NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10998, 22 June 1901, Page 7

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Public Telegraph Office will be closed to-day for an hour and a-qaar&er, between 11.45 a.m. and 1 p.m., during tine time the procession is passing.

During the past twelve months the capital value of the suburbs of Gisborae has increased by about £100,000. A movement for a Greater Qisborne is being agitated.

One of Gisborne'a oldest setttere, Mr James Dunlop, died yesterday, aged eightytwo. The deceased arrived in the Poverty Bay district in 1849.

The champion show of the Poultry Association was open yesterday, at Tattersall's, and attracted a large number of visitors. To-day and this evening the show will again be open.

In connection : with the fit. John Ambulance Association the members of the Women's first Aid Class, instructed by Dr. Irving, and who were examined lost week, will all pass. The examination of the rest of the class will be completed on Thursday evening next, after which the whole result will be published.

A luncheon was given yesterday at Bellamy's, Wellington, by the Ministry, in honour of a number of soldiers who have recently returned from South Africa and Mr Gharlee Hudson, the recently appointed manager of the Tasmanian railways. Tba Premier presided, and other members of the Ministry were present.

Wβ have received a copy of the Royal Visit Souvenir number of tne "New Zealand Times," consisting of sixteen pages printed in gold ink, with illustrations. It is a reprint of the ordinary issue, of the paper on Wednesday last, and contains in , addition to a very full illustrated description of the reception in Wellington, a quantity of interesting information regarding our visitors. It k altogether an excellent example of journalistic enterprise.

As will be seen from an inset published with this issue, readers are advised to buy copies of to-day's editions of "Truth," for the issues will be found to be interesting souvenirs of the ( Royal visit. A full account of ifae events of the day, for "which comprehensive arrangements hare been made, will be supplied, together with many interesting articles, etc.* pertaining to Royalty and the Royal tour. The customary eight o'clock edition will be.published, and will contain reports of all ths latest celebrations in connection with the Royal visit. It will also give accounts of the afternoon's football matches, aa well as general news.

There was rather a slump in the egg market yesterday. During .the last week or two the supply 'has been very bare, and some ibolders refused as much as 2s a dozen at the shop. Encouraged, no doubt, by the telegrams from Auckland, which stated that ri had fetched as much as 6s a dozen in Northern capital, induced people to believe that tibey would fetch an * abnormal, price here, owing to the Royal visit, and so "held for tha'riae." Yesterday homl-reda of doxena of egos were poured into Christ* j church from the country and suburbs, and I the price (wholesale) fell to a shilling a dozen.

Mr A'Beckett, president of the English Institute of Journalists, stated at a meeting of the Council, held on May 11th at Bournemouth, that the King had been informed, through Sir F. KnoMyVthat none of the persons who took part in the disgracefttf prootadsoge at Cbwes on the death of Queen Victoria were members of the Institute of Journaliete. He doubted -whether tdivey were journalists at all, or even Englishmen. One of the advantages of the Institute was to keep up the 'high standard which, they had every right to expect from the profession. (Hear, bear.) Mr H. J. Palmer, of Leeds, was elected president of the -Institute for tin coming year, Sir Douglas JSt«ug>bt being next on the voting Met.

English papers to hand by t&e San Francisco mail contain the reports of the Melbourne Commonwealth celebrations sent Home by the correspondents with, the Royal party. The reports are both fait and picturesque—unlike the usual business-like brevity of cable messages costing about two ehaiiogs a "word (Press rates), "The Times" of May 10th jntblishee no less than three columns from its o*ro correspondent and Beuter'e agency. "T&e Times" correspondent, epealring of the soene in the Exhibition Building at the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament, save:—"lt was far the finest that I, who have bad considerable experience, have ever witnessed."

The coal famine in Wellington is as acute as ever. Uhe public were informed a short time ago that all the trouble was causad by the delay of a certain steamer in Westport, and that as soon as that steamer arrived a plentiful supply would be available. Unfortunately, says the "Post," for the householder, that prediction has not been fulfilled. When the steamer arrived it was found that she only had about one day's supply, and as only a few tons have been landed since, Wellington has been without any New Zealand coal practically the whole of June. The owners of the Westport mine assure the local dealers that bo soon as the Duke's yacht and the accompanying warships are clear of New Zealand waters a plentiful supply of t&e Coalbrookdale article will be obtainable. As this will not be for a week or two, consumers will have to burn Newcastle, of which there is plenty.

Mr R. B. Restall, who haa been representing Messrs Reid and Gray at Ashburton for some time post, and who is leaving for tae Waikato district under engagement to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, was entertained at a supper in the Oddfellows' Hall, Ashburton, on Thursday evening. Mr J. W. Maekinson presided, and there was a large and representative gathering of town and country friends to bid Mr Restall good-bye. The Chairman, in proposing the toast of the evening, referred in complimentary terms to Mr Restail's popularity, and many sterling qualities, and handed him a purse of sovereigns as a souvenir from his numerous friends. Mr Restall suitably replied, and a counle of hours were pleasantly spent in narmony. Mr Restall and his family leave for North Island on Tuesday.

The "Otago Daily Times" yesterday (save our Dutradin correspondent) paid high tribute to Mr Lewis, -whom they describe as one of the most generally respected of members of Parliament. The House will be poorer, adds that journal, by the removal of hie genial personality, but people have no right to expect their representatives fo destroy their health in attending to their Parliamentary duties, and the 6000 odd electors in Christchuroh, by whose votes Mr Lewis was returned, are not entitled to complain because, on the klore of their indifference to the sacrifice he has made on their behaH. he luue decided to study his own comfort, sad give them an opportunity of securing another member. The «aper severely criticises the manner in which the work of the legislation of the country is carried on, and characterises th& system of legislation by exhaustion a* sot oxuV utterly and absolutely undemocratic, but as the apothe* oiift ol tyranny.

" The Normal children of "the Third Stsndaant and upwards will assemble at the school at 9 a.m. on Monday, and be marched to *beir place on the stand in Victoria Sqtiare. . , f ' A general meeting of the members of the No. 5 Industrial Building Society of Canterbury was ludd last evensng to dispose of the thirty-fifth appropdaUon. of £300 v- ballot, which, fell to. the lot of share 444. > ,At the Danediß Police Gatttt yesterday" , three men named Robert Maiume, John McNab, and James Cooper were committed for trial on a charge ci assault and robbery. A man named Long arrived m the oitv. and After spending a day with the man the accused went to the "Waverley Hotel, where they were refused a drink, when Long left. "He was followed by the accused, end it is alleged that while Cooper and Mahone robbed him, MeNab kept watch. Bail was allowed, '

The weight of the tight efaeep sent to the Addmgton, market od Wednesday last by Mr James Johns, of Belfast, and on which several wagers were made, was as follows:—Two purebred four-tooth Southdown Trethere, wbich Mr & C. Berry purchased at 30s eaoh, weighed respectiveJv 1231b and 1181b oett. The five two-tooth Shropshire wethem that Mr James Knight purchased at 27s 6d weighed 5091b; an average of nearly 1021b eaoh; and one Shropshire merino cross wether, for which be paid 24s 6d, weighed 1111b net*. The carcases were all very prime.

An Engine Drivers' Union ha? been formed at Timaru,

Mr A. MM"* has "iven £1 Iβ to the Jubilee Memorial and Queen's Sta-toe Fund.

The fire bell rang at about one o'clock yesterday, but the cause of alarm proved to be only a chimney on fire in Stewart street. No damage wea done.

Mr Beresford, J. P., on Thursday attended at the formal swearing-in of forty members of the Christchureh Queen's Cadet Rifle Corps.

Messrs G. Payling and W. Prudhoe, J.P.'e, at the Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, granted a renewal of Mr Benjamin Bayno's pawnbroker's license.

Railway officials are having an. extremely arduous task at tha press:nt time. With the heavy demands on tolling stock, it is a difficult matter to make requisite .arrangem-ents and keep anything liks near the timetable.

The Executive of the Counties Association has fixed 16th July as the* date for the opening of the Counties' Confereinoe. About sixty Councils are expected to send delegates.

Sir Joseph Ward replied as follows to the congratulations from tfe Canterbury Cham bar of Commerce:*—"l sincerely thank the Canterbury Chamber, of Commerce for its kind telegram of congratulations.— J. G. Ward."

At tha Waipawa Hotel yesterday, one of the men" eimiloved on the WaipawaCheviot railway works reportedi he had been robbed of £16 10s of his wages, which he had placed in his trousers pocket, and tne garment put under his pillow. At Amberley Constable Roche searched three of the complainant's room-mates, but without i success.

By tne San Francisco mail, specimens of the new pan-American issue of postage stamps have been received. A correspondent, writing from America, states that there will only be a limited issue of these stamps, and that they are likely to become valuable. The two cents stamp bears a representation of a "fast express," and the five cents shows the bridge at Niagara Falls. Lord Roberts, in reply to a letter sent by a Roslyn resident, describing what had been done for the Imperial troops, writes: "It is always a source of gratification to mc to receive such tokens of goodwill, especially towards our soldiers, as, if proof were wanted, it shows how closely knit our interests are, and how strong the tie is which binds the Mother Country to her great colonies. V

Mr A. R. Ellis, who was formerly in the stock department of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency in Christchurch, and has been several years auctioneer for the Company in Oamaru, has been appointed stock auctioneer to the New Zealand Farmers' 00-operative Association. He will take-up the work of Mr J. J. Isbister, who is to be placed in charge oi the grain and produce department. At the last meeting of the Richmond School Committee a letter was received from Mr Alex. Gray, resigning his position as second master, hie having been appointed assistant master at the Akaroa High School. The resignation was accepted with regret. The Committee,-while glad of Mr Gray's promotion, realised the great loss the school would sustain; It was decided to invite the parents "to a social on Thursday evening to allow an opportunity of saying good j bye to Mr Gray.

A cable message has been received from Melbourne from tbe Hon. E. C. J. Stevens, Chairman of the Canterbury Agricultural College Board, stating Professor Lowrie, of the Roeeworthy Agricultural College, Adelaide, has accepted the position of direct tor of th» Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln. Prof essor Lowrio has to give months' notice of the termination of his present appointment, so tbat he wUI not be able to take charge of tbe College till October. The Board have been very forturnvte in securing the services of Professor Lowrie, as he is undoubtedly the best man they could have obtained for the position. Mr Morris, photographer, Colombo street, Ohrietchuroh, {fads it is not generally known that his charge for cabinet portraits of children and three-quarter-length noctures ia 17s 6d per doe., and extra charges for vignetting, groups, large mounts, also tbe various methods of printing, etc.— (Advt.) Mr Griesbaber, jeweller, who has removed to new premises, 155 Colombo street opposite City Hotel, is having a clearing sale of his whole stock at greatly reduced prices.;—(Advt.) Bell Bros., 170 High street, just past Clock Tower, manufacturers of the celebrated Bell Cycle, now booking ordersr— few equal, none superior. Repairs prompt; workmanship guaranteed. 5223 Benjamin Gum enjoys a very large sale in New Zealand, and that its fame is spreading is proved by the fact that tbe proprietors of the popular cough remedy bare tliis season secured orders from Westralia, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, and FijL—Advance New Zealand. —{Advt.) Unbroken chilblains almost drive tbe sufferers silly. Tlie irritation is often very great. Loasby's Koolibah relieves almost instantly, reduces the swelling, and completely cures in a very abort time.—(Advt.) England's latest cycle invention. Free wheel bubs, changeable to fixed wheel instantly without the rider dismounting. Tbe first shipment is consigned to Oates, Lowry and Co., who fit tbe new invention to ladies' or gents' new "Zealandia" cycles without •xtra charge.—(Advt.) Champion brand butter is superior to any other j>n the market. It is uniform in quality. Price Is per Ib. Wardell's, sole agents.—(Advt.) Genuine jewellery sale this day at 8. Clarke and Co.'s, 148 Colombo street. All our new and fashionable stocks of engagement rings from 10s to £15. Gold brooches, watches, bigb : classed spectacles, clocks, etc, are remarked, and offered at tempting prices. See our prices, and you will not purchase elsewhere. Clarke and Co., 148 Colombo street.—{Advt.) The greatest aid to easy cycling .under all j conditions of roads andf weather, is the two-speed gear fitted to "Anglo Special" bkvcles. Gear changed instantly while riding at any speed, and free wheel" at will. Call and see this ingenious mechanism at the Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co., D.I.C. and 226 High street.—(Advt.) Every bit* of Wardell's bacon eats sweet, mild, and mellow. It owes its quality to the great care taken in raising, feeding, and curing, amid healthy and sanitary surroundings., It is uniform in quality—always the acme of. bacon perfection.—{Advt.) Lamps.—We bold a largs stock of reading, hanging, aad hand lamps, and we guarantee to sell cheaper than any other firm in Cbristchuxch. Beading lamps from 3s 6d, hand lamps lld, chimneys from 3d each, wides from Id. Fletcher Bros.. Importers of Lamps, Chimneys, etc., High •tint, <aatitfclwwJi.--{Adn.)

Spwwr your fruit trees with Montauk, and keep your arehtad free- from insects, blights, etc ; obtainable from; Nimmo and Blair, Dunedin. See advertisement in tbes paper. [Advt] Hubbard, HaU, and Co.V celebrated Crown Brand Tea competition wiß be continued every two months, ai>d ejnery year, as usual. Hallway carriage paid on lots of 63b and upward of Crown Brand Tea. Prices from Is 4d to 2s 6<L Save your coupons.—(Advt.) In the .window of W. J. Dusnlop's shop ia to be 'seen a Replay of most beautiful jenreJlery.—-N.B.—Repaiis..:erf all desoriptions dose on tiie premises, ITS' High street, opposite J. Kmght, butcher, below Clock Tower. [Advt.] Drink Crown dfeaad Tea, and save all your coupons for prises.' Solid gold, stiver and other wsicbes, -albums, dinner and tea sets, sets of carvers, lamps, etc Hubbard, Hall, and Cb.—(AArt.) . Mr W. E. Sorrel), the popular photographer, was badly taronWad witb unbrofceo ohflblains. He soaked &» feet in hot water three times, and applied Loasby's Kootibah after each" fomenting. Result, a complete cure.—(Adrti.) "THii PRESS" AND THE ROYAL VISIT. "The Press" on Monday and Tuesdaynext will contain full reports of the proceedings in connection with the Royal visit. As it is certain that there will be a large demand for these for the purpose of sending to friends at a distance, and to keep as souvenirs of this unique occasion, those of our readers who desire extra copies should order them at once. A x>OER TRICK. A n on-commissioned officer of the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, writing .from CyferkuSl to his brother, says':—"We 'were down on the Oraage River last week, the best sheet of water yet seen, but the Boers t&ere are dastardly. They leave .303 Enfield cartridges in their last camps in hopes of our men packing them up. These cartridges are filled with dynamite, aad if we happen to. fire them will burst our rifles, and possibly the rifle-holdear too. liucki-ly we Save been warned in time; no explosions of the kind desiixjd by tlie rebels have taJken place, and all fly off from stray cartridges." PROPOSED VISIT OF MAORIS TO ENGLAND. A proposaJl has baen made that a party of about 300 Maoris, of wiiom one-fourth should be wonKn and girls, should be conveyed to England for the purpose of giving in London and other larga cities war dances, hsakas, and other athletic displays, and the poi dance ot the ■ native race. The sugges-, tion was made to ths Hon. J. Carroll, who referred ths matter, to Captain Gilbert Mair. Ihe latter has plaoed the proposal briore ' a large number of tribes and, people at Rotorua, and' it was received with meat enthusiasm. The sugg-estiion is that the j Maoris should bo conveyed to England about; Aprit or May next, so that they could be there at tha "coronation. Efforts are to.be made afc ones to get the proposal financed in either Auckland or London. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CORNWALL AND YORK. - "Truth" (London) of May 9th. says: — "The Queen will hold the Drawingr-rooms as a rul?, but if anything prevents her Majesty from .presiding in the Throne Room, she will be represented by the Duchess of York. In tlie laab reign the Duchess of York came below ooth the daughters and tho daughters-in-law of Queen Victoria, but now she ranks next to the Queen Consort, while the Duchess of Connaught conies immediately after the daughters of the King, and then Princess Christian and her sisters." The same journal adds:—"After the present year the Duke and Duchess of York will have Frogmore Lodge as thedr residence at Windsor, and they are to Crve there a great deal during the summer, the only time when residence there is pleasant and healthy." A GHASTLY TRADE. Tbe inquisitiveness of a <ne.wly-elected member of the Yarmouth Board of Guardians has led to the discovery— ot'U ghastly traffic in pauper corpses. His suspicions were aroused by the more or less frequent appearance in a "workhouse book of, the entry "buried by friends (Cambridge)." This turned out to be the workhouse master's discreet method of recording the fact that be had dfeposed of the body to the School of Anatomy at Cam-bridge, the price paid him being £6 14s 6d per body. It was stated at the meeting of theGuardians on Saturday that for twenty years past it had been the practice to sell unclaimed 'bodies for dissection, but tbat the receipts from this source were not entered in the Poor Law books, and never came to the knowledge of the Guardians or of - the auditor from the Local Government Board. One Guardian suggested that the -business had been carried on even more extensively than was admitted, workhousa coffins being some, times buried which contained only bricks and sawdust instead of deceased paupers, and although this was officially denied, there are evidently ample grounds for the searching investigation which has been promised. THE SIXPENNY NOVEL. An eminent novelist who bad the good luok to keep his copyrights in his own hands tells mc, says Mr H. W. Lucy in the "Sydney Morning HeraM," of a notable addition to has fortune just mode. A publisher approached ham with proposal to bring out one of ihb most popular novels in sixpenny form. At first he demurred, hold- : ing it something lacking in dignity to come | down from, 6s to as many pence ncr volume. [ In the end be yielded, and has fast received a six mouths' aooount rendered by the pub- ! lisher, enaloaLng a cheque for £500. This, as he says, is absolutely unearned increment. 1 The novel in question first came out in serial farm, for which he received payment that wjjhuld have made Oliver Goldsmith stare.. Then he had here and in America his royalty on the sale of the volume, which went through many editions. Now, when he thought the thing was played out, a sixpenny edition brings him this handsome cheque. His tribute is a* the rate of Id a book. Over a hundred thousand had been disposed of at the time the account was rendered, and the. book is merrily selling. Obviously both publishers and authors have struck a new mine in tha sixpenny editions which now crowd thd bookstalls. THE DUCHESS~IN SYDNEY HOSPITAL. On one of the last days of the Royal stay in Sydney, the Duchess of Cornwall paid a visit to the hospital, and was shown over tha institution, exhibiting says the "Age" deep sympathy with the sufferers. Threequarters of an hour was engaged in inspecting the various wards. The Duchess visited between sixty and seventy patients, and spoke a few kind words of encouragement to each, at the same time presenting* them with a small bouquet of violets. In the accident ward a very pleasing incident occurred, which greatly touched her Royal HighUfess. On the .occasion of laying the foundation stone at Prince Alfred Hospital last week, a little boy named James Graham, aged eight, fell off a fence and broke his lesg. When the Duchess stopped at his bed to-day, 'Master James, had no idea who bis visitor was, was asked how he came to break his leg. "I fell off a fence trying to see the Duchess go by when she was going out to the Prince Alfred Hospital," replied tbe little fellow. The reply somewhat took ber Royal Highness by surprise, and ber interest in the little fellow increased. "Oh, dad you? lam so sorry," she said. "So you broke your leg trying to see mc, did you? I suppose you are sorry you ever ♦wanted to see mc now," continued tne Duchess, as she banded the bey a bunch of Young James was too much astonished to reply, but the look on his face indicated that he wxnild'willingly have broken the other leg for hear Royal" Highness.