NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10991, 14 June 1901, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

..Xi&dy Ranfurly and -Lady Constance Knox left-Auckland for "Wellington' yesterday afternoon. 1 " '" , " " • H.itS. Royal Arthur leave* Auckland for Wellington to-day. Th* rest of the Austra-; lian squadron leaves the northern city for 'Lyftelton on Sunday. The following additional subscription* to "the Jubilee Memorial Fond have, been received : —Employees (part) Messrs Chrvstall and C0.,-fil lss; Mr-F. Worsley, £1 Is; Mr Geo. Gibbs, sr. a. -

A public meeting is to be held ai Waimate shortly to consider the question of forming technical and continuation classes in connection with the. District High Sehoed-

At a meeting of the Waimate Horticultural Society it was decided, to expend the money won by tbe . Society for its exhibit at! Christchurch Jubilee Show, on a suitably ennraved cun.

The Rev. S. G. Fielding, recto* of Windsor, New South Wales, isfto take the- duties of St. John's during the absence of the Rev. H. C. M. Watson. Ths Rev. Sir Fielding has a high reputation as a preacher and parish , clergyman. A girl* aged twelve years, was arrested last night, on a charge of stealing a- pair of boots valued afe 18s* from a shop in tha city. She will appear tefore th-e Court this morning.

Mr H. Wynn'-Williams has received a cable from his son, llr Cecil Wynn-Williams, who went Home to select horses for the Govf rnmcnt with Mr Gilruth. He has arrived by tha s.s. Papanui at Hobart, and the liorses so far aro -all well.. During the last few days demands for hundreds of <iozens o! eggs have been received in Masterton from We'lington. firms. One firm alone asked for 200 dozen, of which only seventy dozen could b> supplied. It is estimated that- during this wetrk 500 dozen eggs h-ive hesn procured in Masterton for the WeUihgton city. - At a meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Industrial Association, list night, with regard to technical education, it was resolved, after a lengthy discussion, to consider, at next meeting, a suggestion made by Mr W. Sey. This is in the direction of approaching ihz Government with a. view of "largely increasing the scope of tha technical classes at the School of Art, so as to include all industries.

A change has occurred in the police staff in Wai mate. Constable Parker, who has i'or some veara bsen in charge, retires through iil-health, taking the position of Court, Bailiff at Hawara. Constable Christie at Mosgiel,' takes 'his place, and Constable Walton, who has bsen in charge during Constable Parker's illness, takes charge of the Mosgiel station. Yesterday morning Constable Parker was presented by a numbsr of well-wishers with a purse containing thirty-four sovereigns. The Mayor (Mr John Manchester) made the presentation.

A young man who waa sued in the Court yesterday by the Canterbury Athletic and Cycling Ciub," for a yearly subscription of 10s, stated that since joining the club he had not been in permanent employment, and that, not being a major, he was not responsible for his signature. The magistrate said that he was not going "to - encourage young fellos's in that kind of thing," and gave judgment for the plaintiff. The, following resolution with regard to the timber industry was passed by the Marlborough Land Board at its last meeting : — "To asiist in the conservation of the .timber remaining in the colony, and to receive fair value, and to prevent, undue wastage of the same, tits Board niaJie the recommendation to the Lands Department that the royalty upon timber ba raised, aad a portion of tine increased revenue thus obtained profitably expended in forestation." It was also resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to all the Land Boards of the colony, inviting their co-operation.

At a missionary meeting held in the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church last night, Miss Inglesby, wllo is a member of the local Baptist Church, was dedicated to missionary work in Northern India. Tlie Revs. D. Dolamors and M. J. Bennett, 8.A., took part in the opening exercises, and addresses on missionary work were delivered.by the Revs. J. J. North and Guy Thornton- The Rev. J. J". Doke gave the charge to the xni&sioiv- \ ary elect, and in the name of the church presented her with' a purse of sovereigns. Miss Verrall presided at the organ. Wβ see that some of the New Zealand ' journalists are falling into the same error as did the Melbourne reporters in describing the Duke of Cornwall's uniform as that of a colonel in the Guards. As a matter of 1 fact it is that of a colonel c-f the 7th Royal Fusiliers, and the Duke himself requested the Melbourne papers to correct the error. 1 There is also a tendency on the part of some New Zealand reporters to under-estimate his Royal Highness's stature. According to Captain Wallington. private secretary to tfoa Governor-General..Lord Hopetoun l , his Royal Highness's height is sft o^in. Mrs Sansom, relict of Mr Wm. Sansom, sen., of Rangiora, died somewhat suddenly, about noon on Thursday. The deceased lady, who was eighty-four years of age, had been in good health until lately, when she was attended by a doctor for spasms of the heart. She lived for about an. hour after th 9 attack commenced- Her husband died about twelve years ago. He and Mrs Sansom first arrived in the ship Ashburton, in 1857, and after a few months' x-esidence at Kaiapoi, went on to Rangiora, where> they resided for many years. Mr J. Sansom, the Mayor, is a son of the deceased lady. A market report just issued says that the Indramavo brought out three cases of kerosene, and the Lynalder none at all, for Wellington. The Herbert Fuller, over three months out, has no oil for Wellington. Tha Cereda, which, left New York on the 16th April, has 7000 cases for Wellington, and may be looked for soon. In the meantime this market is pretty bare, and the small stocks in first hands are commanding Is 3d to Is 6d for patent nozzles, and Is for plain tops. Sales ex. Tomoana are being made to arrive at 9d, the price fixed by the Colonial Oil Company. Small supplies have b'en.nbtained from Australia., Tha Tomoana left New York on 28th April, and has 48,750 cases for New Zealand, of which eighteen thousand are for Wellington. Th* kerosene famine should not be of long duration." The city side of the South belt, with the exception of that portion between Madras street and Colombo street has planted with Oriental niane trees. Tha work has baen done by the Beautifying Society, under -the supervision of Mr 0. Archer, the Society's honorary curator. In view of the- crowds which will in all probability occupy the part which has been left unpla.nt.ed, the planting of this portion will not be done till after the Royal visit. The Oriental plane is much used in London, Melbourne, Sydney, ar.d elsewhere for street planting, it being particularly adapted for this purpose, as its roots go downward, and do hot spread and come through the surface. The trees have hnd guards put round them, but these will b≥ removed as soon as the plants take firm root. In the meantime residents in the vicinity and others are asked to keep a watchful eye on them and prevent, a-s far as posEible, any injury being.done to tha.plantsDγ. Munro, acting-resident surgeon at th© Timaru Hospital, is ;it present confined to his bed with an attack of pleurisy. The many friends of Mr John Ross, of Sargood, Ron, and Ewerf, will be glad to learn that the latest accounts received are more reassuring as to his state of health. A letter received from Mr W, Seece by the- last San Francisco mail states that the party are in good health, but that they crossed the American continent in a continuous snowstorm. " ■

The Wellington Orchestral Society has unanimously asked Mr Bobert Parker to conduct its next concert, and he has consented to do so.

Our Ducedin correspondent telegraphs that Mr Justice WiHiarns is steadily improving in health-, and trill preside at the Supreme Court again in a day or two.

• At Lyttelton yesterday, before Mr J.. T. Brice, J.P., \lohn. was fined 10s, or 48 hours', for drunkenness. Samuel a fireman on the Saint George, for refusing to obey lawful commands and "using obscene language, was sentenced to fourteen days' impris6nment, to be put on board when the steamer leaves.

Mr Singleton the new-cheese expwel&ig', Canada, who haa arrived in WeUihgifcft 25--be located principally in the ■ The Rangiora Literary and-BefeateiiaiC' , ., oiety has decided, after-d&«* the question, 'That wopas's 1 * of less value than ntaVs <worfc,' The Countew of Banfarly and bet da-agtoL, " •will reUirn to Wellington by the about- the end of the present wiek.^T * Governor and the members of the Wni«w s now in Auckland are to be- bade in Wfl -) lington on Jjlonday., _, < • In rejjly to a message of greeting Wnt V " t'he Chiistchurch branch of tbe Institute rf Journali«te,~the follawing telegram hat i received from the English jouraalistea? > Auckland:"—"Many thanks, visiting iwjrnallisSj ists join in hearty greetings. The Rev.- L Jolly, of tfl» South Presbyterian Church, where he baa fully laboured for over seven year*, WmJIF ce.pt ed a call from the congregation ot&reSS merston Iforti- - C*||^ At the instance of Mr ,T. T. M. a.writ claiming £500 damages .has served upon W. McKenzie and W. MorisSr* publisher and author respectively of alltaJCf libels, contained in an inset in the r»pa Observer" of April 3rd, 1901. ' -^b^S At the annual meeting of the AgricuU-ural and Pastoral Society, the $&-' port submitted nhowed that the fin^S. ; 7 affairs were very satiafaotory, and past year was the beet in the history of &'\ society. . ' , ->■ Mr John Church, wbo has held the fcion of secretary of the North Otago Cultural and Pastoral Association for gj- "'H yeai-s, was on Wednesday presented valuable silver salver and a purse of 75 «k^' : vereigns, on retiring fi-om the ofhW George R. Hislop was appointed seoretarr • ci the Society. . ,-*.^3 With reference to the cabtegrams in another column relative to the suppression $fH sweeps, it is interesting to note" that Tasfi mania is the onlj* State of the Common* *4 wealth that makes a profit on her post £14,500 a year. "Tattersall' , is' tesponsinVSl for this, the Government making- £15,00(h2 out of him. - , ; j^,

Mr A. W. Rutherford, ju_r. s of HiUs, Mr W. R. O'Conndll, and Mr R. Corbett, Awaiere, leave "a "Sydney by the Monowai to-dajv purpose of attending the sheep shtnv' $a.tv« sales of the New South Wales." ; {_&&M 1 Breeders' Association. 'Mr also viMt the Melbourne and shows ' • ! Mr H. G. Ell stated at his meeisaj{l„ ■ Wednesday, that weasels -wer©,. ' into New Zealand for tha p_ , pressing the rabbit nuisance, teoted accordingly. He added " a city where a rabbit did miles'about, a weasd could although it might have devastated ber -of fowl runs. -T^TAi- 1 At .the meeting of the Committee of the Education Board otfihfcp"; 4th inst., attention was mad« of the d^ki_,s,V.< of 'Miss F. Durey, till .lately Hornby, and for many years in the'Bolj&sj-jj service. The Board was reco__«id„^,/"" 1 and at its meeting agreed to forward *,%-!7 ter of condolence to Miss Durey's parent&fyl .<¥ "Within twenty miles of the City," said Councillor Brown at th* of the Hutt County Council the jr "there is a spot where settlers have out butter on horses by means of spraaHy«j<||| made packs -which fit close to tho sides ot..| v tha horses to keep the butter free fromite'dE liquid mud which lies deep aU ] along tkft."j;;i; track. Many of those settlers have tieoifv, paying rates for thirty-five years' \' At tiie City Police Court before Messrs J. Hamilton and T, J. BeceV v.l Matts Erickson, for haviflg■<s been found drunk on the platform' of tM\'\ Christchungh Railway Station, was &»_/£. ss, in default, to be imprisoned for ijw«fttj-.V r four hours. A male firs'b offender chargedjj ~- with having been drunk, was discharged. , -/, ,- /; Conuigham, the petitioner m the-famous -; " s . Coningham'O'Hara divorce case; „! at ■]&»•;;>", sent in Carterton, says t3_6 r Herald." He is touring the WatoJc-ps,'';'. disposing of cash registers. tion with a Carterton -; ported to have, said that re-opsn the divorce case _f - permit. ; V-\.'^ r^ Lawyers figure prominently -m£j_as»t on Southland representative j the Southland "News." .Of the ■ ; bers constituting the High School! BOttO ?<* four belong to -ths legal prweasi&n. ; An_,--= the Town Council there are" three, and en*' '- the Education Board two. To the HotW?« , . Assembly Southland returns two legal j_e_" ;„-. tlemen. , - ' . ' > |"' j ! The Patea Harbour BoaiNi has adopted::;! I the report of Mr Reynolds, CX., ttco_-';M | mending a west pier, to cost for 600 feetf£ls.ooo, or 700 feet £21,700, winch, it ts c} t claimed, would effectually protect the bar,;. 'i and give considerably deeper water in ths. i^J I channel. Tbe Board has, decided to get v.! 1 the necessary Bill prepared authorising loan to carry out'the work. \ ! The of Cam road at Kaiapoi, ''. arranged in 1898, to te undertaken by tjjo '.:..? Borough Council and the MandeviHe Road - i board—the governing body of ChratsCol-. > lege giving half a chain from several.<«*»» i : lof frontage—seems now in danger of being , suspended for some time.' A differenc* ot opinion as to the question of drainage now ■ : stops the progress of the .widening Ola ,- , dangerously narrow road. - - - , Probably one of the last ' -■. Ito New Zealand by the late Sit-WjW.' Besanfc was received by. a lady in Chfttfy j church, who had sent to the distog-WMd author the Jubilee issue of -the jWjjF , ] "Press." In reply Sir Walter ' j beg to thank you for sending mc W«W of your spirited paper "The Press, ,«{£ . I wAury. New Zealand will , have antiquities of its own &■*s«%*?» founders of that Australasian -, form a respected company." ' At a meeting of the *Jj Canterbury Children's Aid Society ,M» in the City Council chambers, Mr ChrysWU presiding,* several cases of children living -, in immoral hourca were dealt **'_*=* -\ members of fhe committee ; ; : the great difficulty of getting children » moved from such surroundings. Jt was cc* ,; j cided that in future meetings of the cowr v., mittee should talce place -every *"*'f?_K_ „ > Thß secretary reported that iMr J j at, %? '- \ had generously given sufficient coal for tl*- 7 j use of the kindergarten to last during tB~\" -7 term. - . X-'S-

".I The Inspector for the Wellington for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animate **■; 3 ported at ite meeting that, whie at «£' -, Manawatu railway station, he «aw.*M?B > boys leading a number of decrepit «<*•*•», ,\> intended for trucking to PaJmerston X *?T'' f A gentleman who had been at PalmawflJ*, he added, informed him that the way » v whicb these poor cripples were sold for «*■ -c, vice in the back blocks was perfectly e»- r graceful. They -were used eitoer *■ P*?* ,, [ horses or for work in flax-mills. The *** . speetor had also kanied tliat in orde J,r u -l get ihem out rif his way in WeJlington W were sent up-country to be fold- -, ' - A Wellington correspondent st*te« tß«.,'i dui-ing the reoess the Premier and b.s svecrstzries have occuped the Sp*****?-"' rooms at Parliamentary Buildings. ■wedt the rooms have been vacated, and W. are being put in readinef.B for occupancy by Sir Maurice O'Borke, who may be , pected to arrive there any day one* w» - j festivitiea at Auckland are over. Tfcer^f.- , ,] son why Mr Seddon used the rooms *r?£'\ that they were nearer his residence, aad, »i , some extent, out of the path of frj end otber claamante and supplicants. :, At the last meeting of the branch of the S.P.C.A., letters were «•». j from SMr H. Juteum, referred to w «* «*- • -.J getic member of the (Siristchurob. l » c |] relating the endeavours he had m» eat j*Elr J terton and Napier to form branches of 'to*SP.C.A.. and incidentally to. hi» having - endeavoured to put. down the prevalent prwtice among farrierti of burning lampw « l r horses, which is contrary to the few, a* 1 * " source of great cruelty, It was w eead Mr Jutsum a,letter of thanfc« a»d f couragement. '' • =£t-~ ~ In the, window of W. J. I is to be seen, a display of f*x& ~jußes= ' ' jewellerj'.—N.B.—Repairs of m 'sSa- 1 ' fions done on the prennsee, 175 opposite J. Knight, butoher, Tower. ,-*f; ;'

Strange and Co.** .new- depart-1 dtvoUd to boot* nod shoes—is now 1 fine collection of boot* and. '$Ec foxing *« mc Jio * s never before seen "fcwa E"g Jand ' the Continent of 4 and America, and the leading •*" StaoUl manufacturer* aSV a,ao !" ell ■' **d A feature of the new department '■*' £ tbabranch for repairs of JiH sorts. The** ? -£2J i£Vrform«l by a staff of rtdlled i< Kor*. "* the repairing plant is of > •"' ?£ 'Very U»«* description. 6596 > MeCfe* and Co. are, through force of ; - *w«mst*ie«, that is. through want of holding a *"ale of all their stock. The t ' are on a most liberal scale, ami " 'drastic. N*"" cr I** 01 * ha * lhis firm *j*Jzjt «, many barcains. Particulars in ' !Sir in "Prcs*" this morning, which you ! invited tn read and study. 6652 Huhbtrd. HaI1 » and C ?°'' JS Tea competition will be con- • A *rerv two month", and every year, ' dd 'Railwnr carriage paid on Ids •J wkin3 upward of Crown Brand Tea. &fcS Su « *« 2s 6d - Save y our jflmejtfl-tAdvt.) « Herri* photographer, Colombo street, JtJKS, finds it ia. not gem/rally Ills charge for cabinet portraits iJa-iS ~nd three-quarter-length qjcoi .onwB»» &nt j extra charges l^JL*ktirt t srroups, large mounts, also l?l ZZtovT mrthod" of printing, etc.— (Adtt) \ . Mr GtiedDiib*** jeweller, who has re«d to Bβ* W*" l ' 8 * 8 ' Colombo street Oty Hotel, w having a clearing Sof hi».««le stock at greatly reduced Bell Brpe., l? 0 High etreet,,_ just past rjock Tower, manufacturers oi the cek- ; w«d Bell Cycle, now booking order?— few eewJ» H° ne superior. Repairs prompt; iwriunM»bip guaranteed. 5ii23 Benjamin Gum enjoys a very large sale ! Ja Ke* Zealand, and that its fame is mnadiag > 3 proved by the fact that the K jnotora of the popular cough remedy g thi* seaeon secured orders from WestnOJe, Briebane, Adelaide, .Sydney, Melboarne, and Fiji.—Advance Xew Zealand. MAdvt,) Unbiwken chilblains almost drive the sufferer* *illy- The irritation is often very m&X, Louby'e Koolibah relieves almost ■ jlauuitly, reduce* the swelling, and com- ' yielely cures in ft very ehort time.—(Advt.) ! EiifflandV lkte«fc cycle inrention. Free whew hob"* ciwig ß * ol * l ? wneel in - tUndr without t-be rider dismounting. The firtS ihipnieat k conugiwd to Oat«s, Lowry tad Ckfc, who fit the new invention to ladies' or «Hta' new "Zealandia" cycles without exttftCft»rge.-<Advt.) Drink Crown Brand Tea, and save all ytMt coupon* Iff prkee. Solid gold, silver and e&?r w»tcbee, albums, dinner and tea sett, set* of Carvers, lamps, etc, Eubbard, Hall, and <S>.—(Advt.) Gtnnine jewellery nk {his day at .8. : Gierke ftiid Oo.'e, 148 Colombo street. All <mr new and fethionable stocks of engagement ringt irom 10s to £15. Gold brooches. watehM, higa-claesed fpectacles, clocks, etc., amremrkad, and offered at tempting prices, prices, and yon will not purchase elsewhere. Clarke and Co., 148 Colombo street.—^A-Ivt.) II! "Anglo- Special Cycles" enjoy the remtation o f being the best colonial built bjcyclef, there mnst be a resoson for it. Very well; call at our show-rooms and I Uarn the reason. It won't cost you any- *\ thing, ami nv*y increase your knowledge -, of cycle construction. The Anglo New Zea- ■'".■ land oy<4e Co., 226 High street, and D.i.u. ~Advt. '.■■ Mr W. E. Sorrell, the popular photo'v grapher, was badly troubled with un> | '. broken chilblains. He soaked his feet in A., hot water three times, and applied L 00--5..• by'» Koolibah after each fomenting. Rβ- ■ «ult, a complete , cure.—{Advt.) - ' Lamps.—We hold a large stock of reading, hanging, and hand lamps, and we ■ '~, "guarantee to sell cheaper than any other r firm is Christohurch. Reading lamps from ! 5s 6d, hand lamps lid, chimneys from 3d ■■■' each, wicks from Id. Flettfher Bros., Importer* of Lamps, Chimney*, etc., High ; ttnU Cbri«tchnroh.*-{A<Jrt.j ,