NEWS OF DAY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11006, 2 July 1901, Page 4

NEWS OF DAY.

Brief as was; the stay "of Royalty in the colony, it atford-cd a good opportunity for Ilia "W'tekly i'rsss" ilius-trauons, and that this was teused is proved by the great run Ins paper had last week. That excellent •.um'oer is tupplementcd by this week's publication, in which tha illustrated account of the Royal visit is continued; and as each picture lias an interest of it* own, the whole collection makes a specially entertaining number. The greatest event of tha tour, the Royal Review of the 11,500 troops at Haglev Park, is depicted by a series of fine engravings, the whole page picture of the general fccene 'bedug a comprehensive illustration of a stirring ceremony. Another large picture shows tho Royal visitors attending service in the Christchurch Cathedral. "'Then there, are views of the great gathering of Canterbury children in Victoria square, the Wellington festivities, and , the laying of the foundation stone of the nsw railway effices in Wellington. The pictures carry tha reader from Christchurch 10 Dunedin, showing the denartur- from tha richl- decorated Christchuroh railway station, the roc-piion of their Royal Highness at Ashburton, Timaru, and Palmerstnn South, and the splendid reception accorded them at Dunedin. Following these we have the views of the handsome decorations in Dunedin, the presentation of medals, ♦he laying of the foundation srtone of the -Queen Victoria statue, aud the splendid re-cc-ptlnn br the children of the Otago public schools nii the Dunedin Caledonian Grounds. While th* Duke and Duchess were m Christchurch they graciously permitted Mwwr_ Klandish and Preeoe to take, a, group photo of the Royal party at Te Koraha, which is published in this issue. The paper is the r-im? pise as last, week's, and contains newly Yon' engravings dealing with subjects full of historic-il interest- It is sirre to meet with a,"Wry sale, and to avoid disappointment" orders' should be placed early.

There was no publio business at the poi Court on Monday. . - ". /^-|'P ' Mr C. H. -Wright has- been *ppo_rtej|| Clerk of the Kaiapoi Borough Couno!_,. 'P&ffi The City Council dscided last night t*3_| meet again .on Monday evening to stril, '-H the rate for the -present ye_r. _ ', jjj The, ttum of -8783 6s 8d was amongst 656 old age pensioner- at ChrUpl] church yesterday. . - _j||j The member* of the Teachers' Conunission meet in Wellington- on Thrill day for tihe purpose of drafting their r6p«r|^l There were six bankruptcies in Cante-fotajp] for the half year ending June 30t4i,i90£p as compared with nine for the similar last year. « jM Two stands of 'Mauser rifles captu_ad fining the Boers during the war in South __Mjjfs have been placed just inside tbe doors of Parliament House, Wellington'..*......-«lj The Wellington Society for the of Cruelty to Animals has decided to _j»*3_ upon tho Government to pass an Act ding the dehorning of cattle. *jg| Our Dunedin corres_>ondent t_.egra_-l|||| that it is understood the Governmentretain the services of the poultry who cama from Australia under for a certain period to tho Department Agriculture, ' A*^ The City Council last night it the report of Mr Hay to the S____o; Committee on the scheme for the Waimajkaa'iri. Some of the wanted it read, but the majority djwideffe"?, that it should not be. It therefore et*a*p;' over. * *■".

Mr T. S, Weston mentioned at the ing of tlie Board of Governor* of Cant«ri>-q«__-College ye»t_'day that the, local agent oijSss_' accident insurance company had him that iui application hfld bean made, &_£; cover over property valued at a qu»*'6a-_s£jf a million pounds sterling, . y^f In reply to a letter from, the CaiitwljinryvV Ghamher of Commoroo, as to tha akoxtotof* of trucks, tha General Manag*," of B«§i£; ways has written to th* wnrittury Antill Adley) to the, effect that th*. «*•._»_&??, of trucks ia being added to as possible, ip order to meat the demand. „j*« Considerable satisfaction was expr_Ke_£, in the City Counoil last night on the msa_:f,> here learning that the contribution of '__•_£ ; ratepayers to the expenses of the Boj_t%\ reception would be 22 per cent, less tJjfcajX was anticipated. A compliment wast, paidV to the excellent management of the PinaaotfjJ Committee in having so satisfactorily carried; 1

out the arrangements. ._ \.sj,"V It appears that there were six tha stables owned by Messrs li, and _*>£ Howard, which were destroyed by fire jn_« : Saturday. Mr William Bagley, carrier/*? Sydenham, states that he was the first _f 4 the promise-, that the „ix horses were ft*;_ toned, and that he and a groom in - __em, Messrs Howard's employ, experienced _Tw_jv?; difficulty in freeing them. _$£' tSkating has been indulged in on the Asl||f? burton Domain lakes during the past mornings, and early yesterday it looked aKf; though the long looked for ice would eventuate in the course o£ a day q_-__ «o. A rapid thaw, however, set in duringfl? the afternoon. A skating'club has formed', .'and' if-tho-frost- and ice „___dfß hold it is intended to have a moonlight ttM torch-light demonstration, and devote t_a*| proceeds to charitable purposes. The was started last year by Mr H. A. McKay § to aid the War Fund, biit tha weather br_*ar,f and tha ice gave, out. Mr McKay is at __>! bead of the movement on this occasion". £.■{ The (Mayor has received intelligence death of Mr Geoffrey KtudhcJiuo, youn_s_>-,. son of Mv Michael Studho_me, and cousin off}' Mrs A. E, G. Rhodes.* Mr who was only twenty-three at tho tlmij '«$-$ bis death, went to Africa during the ingi~. with Mr Cameron. He, did hot join •s_> of the Contingents, hub simply went ovws_p a spaefcator. Unfortunately, he cootrwteW* tha seeds of enteric fever, and died at bourne on Sunday nigh l - Under'thwe _r% i ci-mstances the **At Honw»" his Worfl ship and Mrs Rhodes fixed for Wednesdai-S has been put off indefinitely. The flag i&J Gmvenor buildings was h_U-ioa«t day. -£|j P-eaching at All Saints' Church, land, on Siiniday, Bishop Cowie said it wtif M thirty-two years on Satorday since V»'| first -undertook the reapon_ibiUty of and when ho lookod back to the day'of _tt { ffj con-ecration he could not but that of all English Bishops- of that time only one who now remained wag the Bish*Sl-% ? of Gloucester, and in Auckland only en».'.-p. clergyman remained in charge of a dJj-.-f' trict who was in charge when iha Cowie) arrived in the colony. Du**-ißg_ tbqstiLv* -years t__a Church of tho Aucl*i ; in_dw>(f«r*-, , '1 had enjoyed peace, hoth external and j» '■ _ teirnal. The eternal peace they _ad <SK-' | perienced was mainly due to their freedom-"-"' from outeide authority, whether ecolesias--, . tical or civil. How different it would be' J

if, for _3_ bance, the New Zealand Biahoj- ', were appointed! by the Premier. At -r_y__ '> present rime a larger Rtaff of clergy was •'. wanted, and thei*e should be larger endow-. , ments for the maintenance of ttl__fc3er_y

A well-attended meeting was hold at thfr-l j Trades' Hall' on Saturday last to disouer .-jl the celebration of Labour Day in Christ. V-f church. The following were appointed an '<_* executive to carry out tho celebrations:--'-| Chairman, Mr' Andrew Reay; -rice-chair- <^ man, Mr J. A. iMcCullough •. treasurer, -~ •-■ W. Newton; <*o_raiittee, Messrs W. "I- .■_' Ballinger, H. R. Rushridge, T. Woods, F,. 0. ~:_.; Ge-rard, and 0. Taylor. It was deckled.to J;s invite all labour bodies to send tliree deje-^ gates each to 'tlie next meeting, and th*j|j_| executive was instruefcad to report, as to-?|§ what form the celebration should take. It -fl was stated tli&t a definite, promise hud been -_;A received from the Premier that Labour Da-";.;! shall be m:wi_ a comipulsory holiday. _-j| His Lordship Bishop Grimes arrived at _*| Hokitika on Sunday from his tour cf the.*'"! .Southern district, states a Pkss Associablon ";_j i telegram from Hokitika received last night. .1 His Lordship received an address of wel- - ! come from the Catholic laity at vespers. He ? ' stays at Hokitika over a week, and de- . _ Uvera a lecture next Monday. • ! Mr W. Gniy, the secretary to the General ■ Post OfKce, Wellington, has written to Mr-; H. Antill Adk-y, secretary of the Cliamhei; ' of Commerace," replying to a resolution ' passed by the Chamber on June 11th, J*fr - gardinig the delay in tr'Ui&hippiiig the south- \ crn portion of the Australian mails on ar* i rival at Wellington. Mi- Gray states tfen-t •< his Department is in no way responsible for jj| the non-connection with the southern a steamer in the two instauces of delay quoteo. J In the'case of tho Monowai's ina__, that vis- | sel arrived in the stream at Wellington at 1 4.45 p.m., but the Health Officer did noV j finish his inspection until 6 p.m.", and, it wa_ 7 o'clock Wore tha steamer reached th* -_i wharf. As the Tarawera left for Lyttelton *j at 5 p.m., it was obvious she could not take rj the southern portion of the Australian raall."';] The case of the mails by tihe Mokom *»«>_| somewhat similar, as they were not available A until after the departure of the- Tarawera, 1 the Union Company being averas to a ,nr- d ther detention of the vessel, after an hours ji wait, as there waa danger that Bhe^°™*M have missed connection with the onr3sb",_i church-Dunedin express train. In condii-y-J sion Mt Gray writes: —"I am to a**-*".^ tout Chamber that every precaution H" jj taken hure to prevent avoidibie delay «»-y transhipping Australian, mails fortne«raffl, 3 but, aa you are no doubt aware, tire D*?P 3 rt-s.^ ment does nob control the' sailings of tf» M steamers for Lyrtelton-" -' ..|j The ' Wellington Employers' Association J baa set up a iegislativ* Sub-committee to d watch legislation brought forward during^ the coming session of Parliament. A A D'Bpute Sub-cnrr-ttittee has also b«n e?ta«---_j lisbed, aud an effort is being made to ei--| tend the association. "il The amount available from the perform* -J ance of "lolanthe," recently given by tt»| Wellngton Amateur Operatic and Dramawf Society to aid the fund for the e_.t-bhftft.l3 ment of the Victoria Home for Incurabk£| waß slightly under jBIOO- ,:J The Premier has given a further ™»"_%\% ance to Mr T. M. Wilford that there w£| be an enquiry into what is now knowfra* the Newton Park scandal. I*&M Cabinet, Mr Seddon stotes, is now _»_■(_•»« ing what form the enquiry shall take- - ; *| Severn Gisborne lads carried ««t.f?fcf tarv operations on & Oishorae K»id«j*j popularly known as "Soapy Tom, ia orfg| to mark the arrival of the Royalir*«j»| New Zealand, and will now have to WfwwgJ i at the Police Court for their condh-t-"'.< ?„_vg _t >:M\-

$■'"'' The Ot-er-in-CounoSl lic__*dng R. Thomp- %'. _oa to occupy a pwt of the foreshore at I Hew Brighton has been revoked. ■ ■ * The D*rn-kl Dairy Company, CJarterton, '■'"' J'as mad* a record o_t*put of cheese for the At 3345 per ton its value <f MtfLh £150,000. v - According to a Preas tdegram from In*m. ' ___UI» exceptionally severe frosts are being f *xwflriftnced there, and old resident*, aver r,; . tiay are the hardest they have known. !•' Mr W. Newton, the newly-elected member of the Cfcmcili*tion Board, will not take his seat upon tbe Board until his election v ' h_j been tra_etted. '$ the gross takings at the Otago Agrieul- £ torsi -how amounted to £790, as agaitwt "-*" _g_J33 the previous ytar. Nearly 20,000 perv X sons attended the Slkw. i. "I f«_r neither Mr Hornby, other members > _| Farliament, nor the Government of the ? dsy." District Judge Kettla, when re- '" faring to the independence of the Bench in % Mssterton.

it Paring the whole of tha three weeks that Maoris were congregated at Rotorua, and i MM-Qg to and fro, th«re waa not a single cane calling for the mtorvention of; tae |- pohee. It is questionable, (says a contems porary) whether 5500 whites on a holiday ■>' could have preserved similar good, order, ', The Taranaki Education Board baa deli 1 «_«d to establish a Technical School at '; St«>tford. The establishment of a similar \" school in New Plymouth is hung up, ow- '■% ing to the refusal of tha Borough cWncil 0 to agree to an exohange of sufficient ground ¥ for a site. *■".' Under th* Land far Settlements Act the ;. Oovcrnment has purchased 100 acres from i- Sr Wsstby Perceval, situated on the Hare- -: wood road, about two miles from the present i-' terminus of the Papaxml tramway, Aa soon y ss Mr McClure has finished the work ha has '•:' now in hand in connection with the Eyreton i* murders, he will commence the survey of the * blodk, whioh ia to he subdivided into suitable •';; sections for workmen's homes. ' Sir Joseph Ward has (the "New Zealand f T__es'' miderstends) written to Mr T. 1 Jtonayn-e, General Manager of the New Zea- % _ land "Railways, congratulating him on the '\ sacoe*** whioh has attended tne operations ,!f ol the Railway Department during the C Royal visit, and, express? bis gratefulness y> to the officers, rank and file, for the splen- "\ did efforts they had __6«e«_*__y put forth ... to keep up tho reputation of the Now Zea- /;. land' railways on that occasion, '■*_ Yeafcerday, at the Lyttelton Police .;;■ Court, Captain Maroiel, who was on the 'J Bench, called attention to the extreme frigid- . ■ ■ „y of the place, and said that when the V temperature waa so cold outside both fires ';•/ ia the Court should he lighted, as there was 41 s risk of those compelled to sit there snffer■V bg not only discomfort* but also from an ;C' attack of bronchitis, etc Certainly the temperature in the Com*, when the Justice V ijomplained, would have fitted it for .'ft'cool "* -chamber. -\' A presentation waa made by the Gove-n- ---'_ nient railway officers in Wellington to Mr 1 T. W. Wait*, who haa been promoted from '&_ the position of chief clerk in the office _\ of tha General Manager of Railways to that jjv-rif District Railway Traffic Manager fi-r $* Canterbury. In nwking the presentation, \ the General Manager spoke highly of the ** way in which Mr Waite had always dis-§-<_Wgcd his duties, and complimented him s*_)«n his promotion. Mr Waite arrived in 'm Christchurch on Sunday, '!'__ , A story of international courtesy is told V? in connection with the visit of tho Russian ;£< cruiser Gromoboi to Sydney- lb appear* ■_« that Captain Jessen, of the Gronioboi, and | ■' bis wife, cam- to Auabru.Ua, by one of tbe |* Orient boat*, on which also war* two %i British officers; and some bluejackets for j_,.„H.M.S. Dart. Shortly after their arrival fe'afc S**_~ey one of the British Bailors died of (■ pneumonia. On the day of the funeral . there was a picnic down the coast in con- ■' Motion with tho viaat of the Gromoboi, but «*:,' Captain and Mrs Jess-en apologised for their and attended the funeral of tbe I A body of Russian sadlont fired sy a volley over tho grave, a compKment which ( was also paid by the _«rmaj> warahip. Coriff »6ran. %"■ Following is the meteoro]_gic_l report for :'." June of the C_nt_rbttry Agricrqltural Col>ge, as supplied by Mr Guerin, C.E., tbe ittWisrver :—Tho weather during the month ha been remarkably calm, tne average felocity of tha wind being only 123 miles In the hours. Rain has fallen to tbe extent of 86 points, and tbiw bats been yalcome to farmers, b_ng just about enouab to put tho ground in good order for ploughing. After tha rain a succession oi sbarp hosts set in from the 24th to the 28th, in-Bloih-e. On tha morning of tli© 26th the ftadmg of tho thennojneter at tha surfaoe flf tho grass was 16.5d';g. Fair., or 15.5 deg. of frost. This is the greatest cold recorded it Lincoln sinos July 23_d, 1886, whan tha mding indicated 18.2 deg. of frost. Tha |%b_tt ttmpcratun» in tbe shade, 73.9 Fahr., Recurred on the 3rd, and the lowest, 21.1 _e_r., on t-o 26th. Tho highest reading 41 the barconeter, 30.574 inches, waa taken fa the morning of the 38th, and the lowest, _*__ *— I —■ on the %tV i striking incident is related n with a returned South per. Whilst on active was in -■ the habit of amen, and also a small the pockets of his coat. The ammunition wore a hole in •ke-ts, and ho lost tha Testastdt. He eventually returned M*d of course had given up all ing the Testament again, rprise when he received an inthe oifioiah) of Canterbury i effect that if be called he le* hook restored to bin». It ne Testament bore an inscrip. i trooper's name, and also the ad been presented from the ten it was found in South it bad suffered considerably ber, it was forwarded to tha ities, who handed it to tha o many enquiries, especially T. A. Paton, painter, desires lie wonderfully brilliant gloss , irk of Manning's Brewery has through using Stewart Bros, pure Ilns'-ed oil. It might >ned that the work has been he severe frosts of last; week, would do well to visit Messrs i.'s great "Winter Clearance Bargains in Drapery, Dresses, inery. Underclothing, Furs, ets, etc.—(Advt.) festure of the Saxony Studio art will be spared to- secure ie and expression of sitters.— urket Square. [Advt.] ber, jeweller, who has repremises, 155 Colombo street Hotel, is having a dearing ole stock at greatly reduced 1 170 High street, just past -xanufacturers of the celeyele, now booking orders--i superior. Repairs prompt; ruarairteed. 5223 ellery sale this day aft B. .'s, 148 Colombo -treat AD ihionable stocks of _sg*g__t_at 3« to -815. Gold broochea, classed spectacles, clocks, ets,, md offend at tempting price*. , and you will sot purc___e Jarke ond Co., 148 Oolombo aid to easy cyclkig under all roada and waatber, ia tha r fitted to "Anglo Spedal'* t changed instwitly while geed, and free wherf at will. Htfa mgenioua mechanisa at - Cycle Co., D.I.C. and 286 (Advt.) wedding, birtMay parties. Bd _ saucers, tumblers, c_Wand forks and spoons, dinner '.etc-, at n««onable .rices, r Crockery and Glassware Im- ' High street, Ctrhrtchui-h. WI, and Co, _ . celebrated Tea oompetition will be con- •*» months, and ore-f year, Kihray oarriago paid on lota iward of Tba. 4a to 2s 6d. Next competine 30th {this month). Save

In the window of W. J. Dt*nlc_p's. anon fa to be seen a:_isplay*of inosfc beautif _1 jeweUery.—N.B.—Repairs. of all descriptiooe done on the preoa-es, 175 High street, opposite J. Kn-lgbt, butcher, below Clock Tower. [Advt.] Motor Cars.—We want two orders to complete an imh-nt for motor cars to be de-. Uvered in Christchurch ebiut -Tovember. Oates, Ikrtrry, and Co., Zealandia Cycla and Motor Car Works, C!bxUtchi«rt__--(Advt.)

Mr Morris, photographer, Colombo street, Chri-tohuroh, finds it is not generally known that his charge for cabinet portraits of i&ildran and thwniiiarter-length jj-c----tttfea to I7s 6d per doc, and extra charges for vignetting, group*,, large mounts, also the various methods of printing, etc.— (Advt.)

Unbroken chilblains almost drive the sufferers silly. The irritation is often very great £o_sby's Koolibah relieves almost Instantly, reduces thw swelling, and completely cures in, a very abort time.—(Advt.l Champion brand butter is superior to" any oth« PS the market. It is uniform in quality, Price ls per lb- Wardell's, sole agents-—(Advt.)

Benjaioin Gum enjoys a very large aala in New Zealand, and that it* fame is spreading is proved by the fact that the proprietors of the popular cough remedy nave this season secured orders from Westralia, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, and Fiji.—Advance New Zealand. —(Advt)