NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11102, 22 October 1901, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

I - > An old age pension for 816 was granted at Oxford •* *>. '","* . * *-"' ' ■ Colonel Pole Pentbn was a passenger to' Sydney by the Waikare, which left Auckland yesterday afternoon, en route to England. During, the. twelve months' he. has-been stationed in Manawatu Mr Duncan, of the Stock Department,-has (states a North Island ■exchange) condemned- fully 400 head of cattle suffering ironi- tuberculosis, and similar bovine diseases.' ■ ..,.,.' Two men named Hunter and Hancock were arrested by; Constable, Birg. at CulverdVn yesterday, on,-a, charge ot'assaulting "Mr King at the.Weka Pass Hotel. „Ths nun were taken before two Justicesof ihe. Peace | at Culverden and remanded. , ■ , ] CTha Right Hon. the premier has accepted the invitation of the Canterbury Agricultural and-Pastoral Association to' attend at the Novembef Show, and will be present-if his parliamentary duties permit. At a meeting of the Council, of Dunediff ' Churches, it -was resolved to protest "agauisbl the proposals' in the Licencing Bill now,: before the House to eusppwer tn^ 1 Colonial' Secretary to grant licenses in'respect to special places, for the convenience -of the tourist traffic. .' 7-. •■. At last night's jtteetihg of the Councilof the League .of..W-tealmen, Mr J. H. Parker referred'regretfully to the fact- that"-bird-life on v the West Coast road! is now practically extinct, as compared with fifteen years ago. Tbis ha attributed to the wholesale slaughter by camping-parties, aad said that it would be a rood tiling to approach the, Government, and ask that a sto-vbe put to the. ruthless destruction of native birds on this road, by. proclaiming a close season covering the whole year. He had <sycledover the road «ev«tml years ago, and had been charmed by the bird?, and when making the trip again recently Jiad missed them very muoh. The Government was giving deal of attention to the preservation of. native bird*, and he was sure notice would be taken of any representation made. Fifteen years ago the tuts had been thick, and the wekas'talked i boldly out and pecked the,oil off the bearings of cyclists' machin&s. ' v Otber members present remarked that they thought the felling of the bush had driJrsh the birds further back. It was generally agreed that no harm could' be done in writing to tha Government, on ihe matter,' and' Mr F D. Kesteven was instructed to write accordingly. The Dunedin Export Department has on hand 30 cases containing 72,000 eggs ready for shipment to the London market. The Genertti Committee of the FloTal Fete will meet this afternoon, to consider the programme submitted by the Sub-Com-mittee, and other matters. The accepted tenders for supplying police shakos and helmets for, three years are as follows:—J. A. Cooper, Auckland, shakos 8s; T. Parker and Co., Napier," white' helmets, 5s sd. The Kaiapoi Licensing Court, Dr. McArthur (chairman), Messrs Daly and Fcldwick, granted a conditional license to At, Scott, Junction Hotel, for the Bangiora A. and P.' Show.Messrs Scott Bros., of this city, who are ' the contractors for the bridge on the North island Main" Trunk Railway, over the Wan--s&nui Biver, at Taumarunui, state tbat the aaatenal has been shipped', and should he to hand shortly. Two pedigree Kent rams arrived at Lyttelton by the Gothic. They are to the order of Messrs Murray, Roberts and CoThey were bred by Mr Henry Bigden, of Lyminge, Kent, and have arrived in good 2ondztion. They were sent to the quarantine island yesterday. • The birds have been responsible for the rtopping of the town clock on several Kscasions, the pieces of string and other natenal used by them in building their nests nsid« the tower having clogged, and stopped ;he works. Yesterday workmen were engaged filling up the apertures through which the birds effect an entrance. In reply to ah enquiry regarding halfsolidays, the secretary of the Labour Department i>as just written that the occupier <4 a, shop cannot/ignore the, tegular weekly haJf-ho!iday and, close on' some >fcher day, unless that half-day be a recogused public half>holiday or has been adverised as such by the Mayor. "

»I Mr WEson, of the Woodville Club, who : > finished second in the Championship, at-■ i; ?* the last meeting of the New, Zealand Ri9e f, j Association, wall be a competitor at .-the ,y ' > annuad meeting of ths New South Wales* '- 8 i Rifle Association. I - From a gentleman who has just retutn- - 5! Ed from the South, the "West Oasfc >' Times" learns that the position of the Jane • j Douglas is now very hopeful, and in about , ] a week's time She is expected to be lifted . j high enough to be ready to temporarily ; repair the damage to her sides and bottom '. plates. ■ It is expected there will be thirty bauds . 1 ; present at the Band Contest, to be held ; j next year at New I'.ymouth. Several I Southern bands intend being present. Mr ? E. T, Code, who judged the la,st band [ contest at Wanganui, on being approached on the subject of acting in a similar capacity at New Plymouth, has replied thai' » he will be unable to do so. • It is understood that the Labour BiJla - • Committed of the Legislative Council hss ' j retained the clause in the Industrial Conci- '' t J liation and Arbitration Act Amendment Bih\ which was inserted ia the Lower House, on j the motion of Mr Willis, allowing parties t<j ' , carry disputes straight to tho Arbitration ). Court without reference to the Conciliation i Board. ! In the latest list of accepted applications \ for letters patent, with provisional speciiit cations, appear the following ironvChrisU . church:—C. A. Wilson, journalist, and (X . H. Oilby, accounlanr, improvements in ' lamps for burning acetylene ga»; J. R. , Brunt, importer, improvements in boots and » shoes; Daniel McKay (Rangiorft), tinsmith, i automatic syphon. The practical examinations in music at . Canterbury College, held in conjunction with the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music,, opened yesterday morning. The ■, examiner, Mr H. W. Richards, Mus. Baa, i j arrived from the" north by Sundays , ! steamer, and expects to finish in Christ- ' . church on Friday, leaving next day for • Timaru. " " ■ ' In the House of Representatives the other day, the member for Wairarapa drew attention to the of individuals win* were being sent to the cooperative works in his district. In thisf connection a iocal paper mentions that the police in a certain district in the -North Island have' on their books the names of between thirty and forty persons who have been sent there by the Labour De 7 part'ineiii-, and whose''train'fares are still owing and are likely to remain bo. Many enquiries have been made (says the Wellington "Post") as to what became of the cargo which tho Mokoia took from , New Zealand for Sydney, with the ojuject. of evading the new" Commonwealth tariff. It will be remembered that the vessel jar-" rived some hours r before the resolutions int. posing the tariff were brought down, hue that there was "a dispute as to whether'_*r manifest, which--was submitted at the Customs office just after 4 o'clock,, was iv time ,to be accepted, and that the Depart-. | meut refused to pass the cargo. We i learn that tihe difficulty which arose is still j unsettled," but that it is more" than likely I tho duties will,be enforced. As _ soon j as a decision is arrived at.we shall doubtless be advised by cable message. It will be remembered that as the outcoma of the working hairdressers in this city having cited the employers before the'. Board of Conciliation, the employers took steps fto test the legality of the formation ,of the industrial Union, on the grounds that hairdressers were npt workers under the definition of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, -1900. . The case was first to be taken in the Supreme. Court here, but was ultimately removed.to the Couit of Appeal. In the a r Bill amending the Act of 1900, and' bringing all classes of workers- under the provisions ~ of the principal Act, ,hns been introduced, and-it is understood that''the employers in / the hairdressing trade are waiting to see ,4(,f whether the Bill becomes law before'pro-, --'■' ceeding with the case, in tho Court of ' Appeal. : - It was mentioned at the last meeting of the.; Masterton Chamber., of Commerce that tfiere was a danger of. the introduction "-- of cattle'tick from South' Africa into the' , colony. The matter was of grave importance to' th»-agricultural! "community. There were-hundreds,of,-men returning from South Africa, and no precautions-were apparently I .-being, taken ' to prevent- the introduction [ of the caittle tick. From, enquiries made ' .by one speaker, he learnt that by spread- ' ing a liarjidß-erciiief on the''ground -thou- - sands .of the tick could be-collected; and it was * when- *the- Y mfen were"out camping that tihey collected the tick.- If it onco I -came here, it wau'.d- u cbjne'to stay," and . j 'Would aieah thleruinof the cattle id the ■ colony. It- was a serious "matter. Mr Donald said he' understood that the men were - cohered with ' tick, , and also the ships. The Cliamiber that the Minister of .Agriculture be'written to enquiring if any .precautions were being'taken t*-preventi'the of cattse-tick from.South Africa-.- • ■ ; -, : Carnival visitors and others cannot fail to bs interested to learri "that Strange and Company -propose' to" hyld, a special display today (and following-days) of beautiful washing jdress fabrics, including .■ piques ..-(various), .white muslins, printed muslins, meroerisefl printed- .sateens;'- mercerised • lawns;- Roman • sa-tius, in all the new shades, zephyrs (in 'faaicy self-colours and Wipe*), -l _l_u Uephyrjs (in lancy checks,., bt-ocadesvstripes, ■ and self-colours, etc., etc., etc.). Ladies ari •"cordially, invited by Strange' and' Conrpany ,to' call and inspect these attractive gooos. ' , - 6465:, ■ We hold at- present the largest stock of pianos ever held by any firm in New Zealand,, -. and are tlijerefore prepared to" give exceptional terms to intending purchasers to make room for heavy shipments about to" arrive. , Our stock compriws- the best "makes of English, French,'and German pianos. Send foi catalogue. Milner and Thompson. 6472 Cuckoo (Books; — Clarke and Go. nounce their surriv&l, Intending purchasers who hare bsen waiting should give them au early call, as all will be sold in a few days. S. Clarke and Co., 148 Colombo street, have also received a fresh assortment of Omega, Waltham, and "• Rotlierham watches, in . ladies' and gents' sizes,!gold, silver, etc. S. Clarke and Co. are alcobcst for wedding and engagement rings, repairs, etc.—(Advt.) 1 "I should like to say here that I am more than satisfied frith the ma<_bme. It is running as good" . to-day as when I first had it, . close ' upon two yean ago, and it has not cost mc anything for repairs.—Your* truly, J. H. Goodey, Palmerston N." - The above refers to Bicycle No. 1495, and expresses the general opinion of thousands mi cyclists who ride the "Anglo-Special" cycles. ■ Seethe new models, two speeds and fre« wlwels, Anglo-New Zealand Cycle Company, DJ.C, and 226 High street.—(Advt.) aWire netting, heavy fencing, Li mesh, 7d pelr yard, iowf netting l|d per yard by 100 yiirds c0i1,..10 yards 2s 3d, sheep netting, oghtre strand 2|d by 100 yards coil, 4, $, and 1 linch in stock at lowest price.—Fletcher Biros., High street, Christchurch. —Advt. Mutual affection requires to be preserved by mutual endeavours to please and to meet the wishes of each other. It would b<| hard to imagine a more pleasing proof of affection than presenting a lady with , oiie of Butchers engagement rings. The p<tesession of one of these jewels of rare bifauty and elegance will be .bund a most t permanent source of happimss. jej-eller and ring maker, 210 High street, Oiuistchurch.—-Advt. Second-hand Bicycles.—For a few weekx wis will allow full value for any decent make of second-hand bicyclps in part payment for ladies* and gents' new "Zea-l-ndias" or "Ataiantas." Oates, Lowry. and Co., Christchurch. —Advt. .. .Mr W. E. Sorrell, the popular photo- y grapher, was badly troubled with unbroken , &* chilbfeins. He soaked his feet in hot water V. three times, and applied Loasby's Koolibah after ea.ch fomenting. Result, a complete cure.—(Advt.l For meyele repairs we specially reoomm«nd cyclists to Boyd and Son, who are coiihbining first-class work with moderate charges. 191 Gloucester street, Chriavchnrch. Telephone 17. 29 . Mr Morris, photographer, Colombo . ( ; Christchurch, finds it is not generally known -ji thai his charge for cabinet protraita of chil- M dnau and three-quarter-length pictures is f? 17ij 6d per dozen, and extra'chaages for neitting, groups, hrgo mounts, a,lso the various methods of printing, etc. —(Advt.) b-

Something for northing. Photography taught free. Amateur* and artist* should inspect oui* showrooms, Pictures artistically framed. The P.O.P y High etreet ■*' (facing Clock Tower). / 4002 Mr arieshaber, jeweller, who has removed to new premises, 156 Colombo street, opposite City Hotel, is having * clearing ■aje of his whole stock at greatly reduced prices.—(Advt.) Bell Cycle*—The moat reliable and fconest machine built in New Zealand. ' Manufacturers, Bell Bros., 170 High street, just put Clock Tower. Special attention to repairs. 5225 Benjamin Gum enjoys a very large sale in Uerw Zealand, and that ita fame is spread* ing is proved by the fact that the proprietor* of the popular cough remedy have this season secured order* from Westralia, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Fiji.—Advance New Zealand.—(Advt.) Unbroken chilblains almost drive the sufferers silly. The irritation is often very great. Loasby's Koolibah relieves almost Instantly, reduces the swelling, and compleiely cures in a very short time.—(Advt.) MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SIR JOHN ATKUNZIK. A telegram from Wellington states that subscriptions arc coming in freely for the Sir John M'Kenzie memorial fund, and. the Executive officers expect to have a sufficient tmm in hand by the end of the •month to provide for tie erection of a cairn on Mount Puketapu, and also a marble bust, to be -placed in the General Assembly Library, Wellington. SIXTY-TWO DAYS ADRIFT OX THE OCEAN. v The Guardia National, a Government transport, has recently arrived at Buenos Ayres with a man and a boy named Newman, who w«re picked up after having beeu sixty-two days in an open boat, writes the London "Daily Express , " Buenos Avres correspondent. The story Newman tells it an follows:—On May 6th last he was moving his family from Evelyn to Stanley, in the Falkland Isltind*, by boat, was suddenly caught ia a hurricaiib, and blown out to sea-- He drifted for aixty* two days, until picked tip by the transport; during "the last six days lie and his little son had been drinking «alb water. Great interest .was evinced in these two persons, a public subscription baing got up, headed •by President Rocft, and quite a, respectable turn wag collected. A WASTED £50,000. According to thevßoston correspondent of the London "Daily Mail,", workmen have oommenced the work of converting Mr Thomas W. Lawson's Independence into a junk. The owner vras petitioned by a thoueand of the most prominent citizens not to destntv the yacht, which he had desired should defend America's Cup, and which wss refuted & place in the trial races by the New York Yftoht Club. The etime correspondent addfe:— "It haa been published, and not denied, that Mr Lawson applied for membership of the club, end to prevent being blackballed be had bis name withdrawn, notwithstanding that h» expended thirty thousand pouudn in the construction -of tbo yacht, and upwards of twenty thousand more for the ONW, tte and for incidentals, eujployiuu Captain Hank Haff, the successful skipper of four Cup defenders, and the mostexpensive crew ever put on a yacht. He save that the boat was made for racing, but she cannot get *ny races, h#nce she is useless. 'AH the metal will be used to make A figure or set of figures to illustrate the incident. To that end I am going to offer artists and •cwlptoi* in this country and Europe a> Set otf suitable cash prizes for the best design.' '* TOE JOURNEYINGS OP A-BISHOP. A despatch from Tacona, dated August 30th, states-that Bishop Peter E. Rowe, of r . the Episcopal Church in Alaska, ihas returned to Sitka from a fourteen months' . trip to the farthest). wilds of Northern Alaska. During this time he has wandered along the Arctio shtores, traversed Bearing S«A, journeyed down the -entire Yukon, , and, with a dog-team and anowshoes, . tramptwt over 1500 miles of frozen river and r " sngwy forests. His object was to, epreadj -. / -the gn»pel of mercy among. the "Alaskan , Indians, who have been dying by tens and '* scores during .tie past two years. Bishop. iWe #ronouoce» their miction the grip, "svui. *ay«..tfctt it hsm nofc been caused,-as V,. ' ttoine supposed', by the incoming'of white riieh and the pnrCna#a of the fur , robes and '.."'■' which ,thft Indian* formerly pos- ; ,^.;»e*ied.-"In lie large Indian village of Port ■~, vi Bislfcbip Rowe found oiuy.A lew $, ViniiabU^|if* : #ili: alive, while the dead were '■?{," "lying everywhere unburied. Ho widespread - : "; : and 4miKo has ibeen -the grip epitfettio ;."•"' tbaft h»vder.c4 minerH.were appalled, and •'{'• *»e|[gejd,.?Ji»i!sop Rowe to aid the nek and f ~ dying 1 Indians. Afe Point Barrow Bishop :., •■■• Itowo found the best specimens of Alaskan t nwiveß he ha* seen. Five hundred hadr "gataierfd thfer*, including at large: j>ar(y | ;■ , worn the interior, which had come down to ; .-, " the co*t«t tt> trade and 'hold- A potlatch- Hβ ( *: , found the l>quimo of the , Arctic elope very I ' bright and cwtive Instead of etolid and slug--; ; : i A . gisE, as he expected. The Bishop be-: lieves *he .United. States Government' is, : V accoaspliehin(;i great good by carrying otrfc Dr. Boeidon Jackson s ideas in providing reindeer hbtda and sending thfe cutter Bear . to Behr&jg Sea each summer to look after J ■ then*Utres. ';>.,....'• , .. ' ■' ■ •/' ■.; .} THE LAB<SBSX.StStION I2ST GEEAT ; ■ ■ ' ~ BRITAIN, ■ ■ - ■- "■-- Tie honour of beiog.'thA largest station 4in Great Britain belongs .to ihe Waverlev ' Station afc Edinburgh. . 16 spreads over -~ twenty-three acres. However one compares th& gigantic . station (which almost fills •the valley between.the "asid toon ,, and Princes street) with the two largest sta- ; ( tione in England, it rftnks first. In area I it extend* nyet half an acre moire than its . muctxtval, Liverpool street, th« London ter* minus of the Great Eastern Railway. It /; has the same number of platforms, but ; whereas Liverpool strest has three mam line platforms, and sixteen <lock. (or local) '■• ones, Waverley lias the advantage in possessing four main line platforms against j - h it* rival's three, and fifteen dock platforms. &» regards the total length of iUt nlftt-1 fotms, VlTaverley comes out an easy winner. / The largest etatian in the world ie said to be the terminal station at* Boston, ' U.S.A. ' . J j A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN SINGER. • After a retirement of eighteen. months ! I since her Jughly-sucoesuful debut as a ; IA "tadent *t the. Y.M.G.A. Hall, Sydne.yJ Jlws Alkft Hollander is about to enter upon I a concert toar in Australia. During thi* ~ 4 retirement/ cays the "Sydney Moxstbts He- " J raid," *hl> youtfeful contralto haa studied acisiduously under Mr C. G. Bethune, has toara, . «d New Zealand with financial profit* and £, has created TBnwo«l iflterest in private mtisi--5 oal circles hereby the improvement shown in V the development of her beautiful voice. .-. r Had SignorioA'B««ttob been unable to sina ;• the part of Siebel, which does not. form '£,' pwtion of >» nrima donna's repertoire, it ie i> probable that Miss Holknder would have ;; , made W debnt with the Italian Opera £ Company last week. Mr J. C. Williamfr; .eon, who has always encouraged voong I , Australian singers, joined Signor Hazon I aod Mx Henry Braoy in heanni? the new I contralto, and expressed himself as -de- - I "gated with, the roic*.*' 'Manr other con- | Hmss«urß have lately heard the new con; *"" our recent .visitor, l£r T Vincent, the specHil comininrioner for "The I;, limes" throughonfc the tour of th* Duke 3j. «nd; Dnchess of Cornwall. This well-known JournaliHt leoords his imprtesions in the | ; l-Jurlieh illustrated journal, "Country Life, ,J f y , of August 17th. in'the worde.— ,! On my *;"i.- return to Sydney I hact a private audience of an Australian contralto, -whose voice will mf«t certainly electrify London next \.: *«ason. To witness if I am a fftle* prom ' : /poet, let mc a>d<t that Tier name is Miss k;".<Alioe HoJlaoder." h';t'