NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11244, 9 April 1902, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The auction advertisements of J. T. Ford and Co., H. B. Sorensen, Canterbury Auctioneering Company, and the National Mortgage and Agency Company, will be found on page 11. of this issue. At noon yesterday the Angjia had paia out 792 miles of the Fiji cable. The -Staumore Bond, under Bandmaster R. T. SearreiM, wiK play a programme of music at the Rotunda to-morrow, evening. The mail agent on the Ventura reports that so far as he could learn., Honolulu is free from plague. The mails, however were fumigat-iQ before being taken aboard! At the meeting ci the Canterbury Ragbv Union Council, last night, it was resolvett to strongly support the proposal to wad a New Zealand team to England. Our report of the meeting is held over. It is stated that owing to the award of the Aibitration Court increasing the ' wages and shortening the hours of carters in Auckland, the rate far carting will be .•■•■ increased on and after the 12th instant. "? The Miuister for Railways is making arrangements for a comparative test of locomotives manufactured in Great Britain, America, and New Zealand. The trials will take place onihe Clinton-Gore section of the railway. The annual exhibition of the Canterbury Art Sovietr. was opened to the public veaterday. The Estudtanta Band played several selections during the evening. The Exhibition will be open from 10 to 5 and 7to 10. To-night the Band will again play selections. The award of the Commissioner of the enquiry as to the contributors to the Ashley bridge- is that payments shall be made \n the following proportions: —Kowai and Mandeville Road Boards, 40 per cent • Waipara Road Board, Cheviot andNAnniri County Councils, 6 per cent, eacnipahd Amberley Town Board, 2 per cent. Mr J. Sims, a resident of North Canterbury, who is desirous of making the visit of the Native Contingent to England as pleasant as posible, is taking steps to have the Maoris taken to Birmingham' : his native town, to be entertained there lat his expense, and shown the sights of 1 the city. One old lady who was at the presentation of the address from the Christchurdi old age pensioners to the Premier yester- «* day, inarched up after the ceremony, and , i said some very tlattermg things to Mr Sed- % don. She explained th&b she had been'". - sixty-two years in New Zealand, hiving came to Wellington, in the ship "Aurora" a 1840. - " Our London oorreapondeint says fiat the 'Prince of Wales has presented to the Zo<* logical Gardens an entirely white specimen of the weka from New Zealand. A weka is by na means a novelty at Regent's Park, but a pure white one is distiwtly bo, and is aifetmcbing -mudh attention. • , The Yen. Lingard writes abating that "he was made to say thfcfc he I was '"the oldest vicair in the diocese," at - the meeting of parishioners of &t- Luke's, on Monday evening, and thibfc he <Sd not mean tfbafc he was the oldest clergyman serving in tihe diocese, but was the senior vicar, Jiaving been the longest in one and the mmc cure. ! At Lyttefjfcon yesterday there was an ex-, ceptioraally heavy. fall of rain about midday, and the street channels carried down itlbo ithe bailbour a large amount" of silt/ At the naijway station the water rose about eighteen inches, leaving a deposit "of "silt" on the floor in front of the booking office; Fortanaitely fhe heavy fall was of short, duration, and little or no damage Ws done. Torrents of <rain aCso fell for" hali an hour at Rangiora- about 5 p.m., flood- l--ing the side channels. On Monday evening, Mr G. W. Leadlej' ; addressed a well attended meeting of thu members of the Greendale branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union. Mr G. W. Holland' occupied the chair. Mr Leadley dealt with, the main, aims and ob- ( .. jects of the Union* and 'also answered A • number'of questions. Mr Harding, -secre* ,• tary for North Canterbury, also addressed. the meeting on insurance business. Oα the motion of Mr T. W. Adams, seconded by Mr Storey, the speakers received a hearty vote of thanks. Some excitement was caused yesterday afternoon in the railway station yard at Timaru, through a- shunting- . engine colliding with a coal merchant's dray, and smashing it to atoms. TJie dray was backed in between two loop-lines, for the purpose of loading coal from a struck, whim an engine suddenly came along the line, over which the dray and horse were partly standing. It crashed into both dray and truck" with terrific force, completely over* turning the truek t and reducing the dray , practically to matchwood. The driver of the dray was fortunately thrown clear, and escaped without a scratch, as ako did! the horse, though it was knocked over. The affair only lasted a few minutes,", but. it * occasioned not a Httle consternation amongst the crowd of bystanders. "It seems to me,!' said the chairman, of the Victorian Labour Commission, yesterday, ''that the troubles ttnd -worries that affect Australia do not affect you at all here in New Zealand. Every one of the witnesses we have examined up to the present says there are no unemployed. You all seem to in a prosperous condition, and, I' congratulate you on the fact. If you are not a ihaippy people .here, you ought to be." . At fhe Warmakariri Harbour Board's .montihly meeting, the signalman reported that rough seas had prevented his sounding the bar during tihe month. The lowest depth of water in the river was now 7ft 6in and in some places it was 9ft in depth. No return of fhe vessels was given. The balance in band was reported to be £54 2a 6d. In reference to Mr W. Wesson's report on certain buildings leased from the Board, it was decided to .give notice to four tenants to repair, renew, and paint their houses. The members of the Victorian Commieeion paid a visit to the Mayor at the Council Chambers yesterday. They expressed themselves as greatly pleased with thei* visit, and with the city. One.of the mem-, bers of the Commission said, "It reminds mc of England most strongly, more so ( than eny part of the colonies 1 have seen. Tne members of the Commission • ware present last-evening at the presentation to the Right Hon. the Premier at the Canterbury Hall, and left by the northern boa* for Wellington afterwards. The committee of the Christehurei Cycling Club met at the Club house on Monday, Mr J. BuTgess in the chair. .. It wae decided to write and thank Messrs Martin, Sutherland, and Palmer for their efforts in making the Good Friday meeting a success, and it was resc/.ved to pay Martin £100 under his contract to the club. The date for the firms' championship road race was fixed for April I7ti, for taie first distance of twenty-five miles. The second .: distance will take place on April 24th, entries to close on A-prii 12th. The competitors will leave the hospital corner at 3 p.m., the course to be the RiccartonLeeston road. It was decided to make a presentation to Mr J, Bums, the ex-cap-tain. On Monday in Wellington Mr Wilford performed the "urausua ,, . feat of appearing for the wrong client, and winning bis case. He was retained, say a the "Post, for plaintiff in an affiliation case, and it happened that plaintiff's name sounded very like that of another female plaintiff "in Court. Thia othef plaintiff was a wife suing for a separation order, and when the nante of Miss Affiliation (who was not present) was called, Mrs Separation answered to it by mistake. Mr Wi ford did not know his client, and set afocut proving her confinement expenses as in affiHation. The lady innocently answered them out of her marital experience, and after an order flrad been" granted by consent, teft t3ie Court, When her own case —separation —was called on it was struck out as one of no appearance. A sftaiteanenit whicli had been made by her that she had not engaged Mr Wilford led to the subsequent discovery of the mistake. The separation application was reinstated for v future dtt,y.

The dedication of the n«w Presbyterian t'hurch «m*t«d in connection with the * North Belt congregation will take place to-morrow. Tlt« tibial annual inspection by the Ke«rvefl Committee ? f tfie CitT « Oo , unci, 1 of tile reserve* under their care will take place !« Thursday, 17th instant, Our Duncdin correspondent, telegraphs i\ t Mi** \niv (XsWes will give one conSS in on April 30th Only six wicrt. will b<» g»ven in New Zealand. The north train on Saturday night ran . . . nuib <* cat lie between Sefton and V, r° to and was delayed over half an Iklcnirn >o aß" cmv flas ki , Jed outrißDtf and or two had to be killed subsequently. ••I do w* know tnafc an is much rfronatr ti' an a letter, *? ut BtiU one does truth in an aindavrt-eometimes," the observation of Mr Beetham in Ccait yesteiday. A bras* band has been formed at Little River Mr H. D. Buchanan is the president and' the following have been elected a committee:— '.Messrs V. Bonwicfc (chairman), T. Nutt, V. Kiasel, M. Flynn, F. Archer, T. I'oole, and H. Webster. The YVaimakariri Harbour Board received a letter from the Asjent-General all the way*from London, asking for a copy of the "Board's Jast -balance-sheet. It was advised that the required,information should be supplied without any delay. it is probable that at the concluiion of the municipal band concert •euson, ii proposal will be mooted for the formation of a municipal bund pure and eimtfe, composed it may be of members of other bands, but available for municipal paying. liarly yesterday Detective Chrystall grresied a "man upon a charge of deserting |iis wife over a year ago. The warrant tras issued in March, 1901, and since that time the man has been traveling all round Australia. At Masterton tlie other day a horse -was observed to be champing the bit as thougn in pain, and on an examination being made the cause of the trouble was found to be a long darning needle embedded in its tongue. The needle had evidently been in the horse's feed. At the Rangiwa Court yesterday, in the abtence of the Stipendiary Magistrate, the Justices of the Peace we're unable, in the state of the law, to accept a plea of guilty in a charge of forgery. The effect of this is that the accused cannot be remitted for wotence, but will have to take his trial, end the country will be put to the expense of witnesses when the whole case will have to be reheard before the Judge. Of the total sum of £40,000 voted annually for the whole of the telegraph and telephone services of the colony, Sir J. G. Ward told a deputation on Saturday, so less a sum than £17,000 or £18,000 is required for ordinary telephone extensions (says the "New Zealand Times"). As a matter of fact, the demands for telephone extensions-in all parts of the country every year represent about three times as many as the department can supply. About two years ago a horse belonging to a blacksmith at Rakaia was stolen, and all efforts to discover its whereaibouts failed. A few daya ago the same ihorse was taken in the blacksmith's chop for the purpose of being re-shod, and was immediately identified ac the stolen animal. From enquiries made it appeared that the horse had been sold in one of the Christchurcib. auction room*. The blacksmith is now in possession of this recovered property, and the police are endeavouring to trace the thief. Mr Youngson, a Dunedin hortiettlturiet, bas a stem, of lilium auratmn with twelve semi-double flowers. Theflowera are above the usual eize, and the substance and colourings are good. The stamens ere there, but they are treble nb»; the pistil is absent, and m Hβ plafce is a cluster of short petals, «ach one terminating with some resemblance to the pistil. This is quite a novelty, and it is claimed that tbe double flowering variety has never before been heard of. Star Cycles.—Over 5000 Star cycles are daily being wed in New Zealand. The most up-to-date wheel in the market. Bwtttifully finished, and .wear and stand ftrtJgh riding on any roads. Road racers £22, roaiirter £23, ladies £23. 7 100 Xoa»?£nr 1* 6d on a Zealandia Bicydb tftteA, with motor. . No trouble. ' Purchasers - taught in thirty Hfcmfce. Write tot catalogue. Oates, Lowrjr and Co., Sole Agents.—<Advt.) EBantehrare.—.A single article at wihoile■ato pnee. Saucepans from lid to 4s 6d, baans 6d to 3s lid, tea kettles 2s 3d, bMofcfifft cans, tea bottles, billies, cups and taucenr, lugs, chambers from Iβ sd, fryPMw ll* Fletdher Bros,, having iiwt tantod BVlarge shipment of enamolware, wagirt direct from the manufacture before the nee, enables Uβ to setl at the old prices. JJetcher Bros., High etreet.--(Advt.) O» Wedding Binge still retain their CMxm to make their owners happy. We WeW inakiny specially liberal wedding present*. Evety purchaser win*receive a * pfee* of mlw plate, snch as a butter dish, * atpkin rings, We* and . forks, photo. * nwn«, cruet, etc. Wβ wish to impress 5 marriage is not a £ rf J *»f.m T biiy t your Wedding King * Item Batcher, Jeweller, High streetf—Advt. * _ Benjamin Gum enjoys a very large sale in ™ Xwf' Zealand, ttnd that its fame is spread- • o! the popular cough remedy have this sea* ? 1 S^TK?-/ fwa WestraMa, Bris- Jj te/ d, fr de ' S&f' Melbourne, Fiji.- ol Advance New Zesiand.-^Advt.) Motot car for nk, system Benz, 3*h.p., ■*Uroh. 9049 b 3

Jflftr •» repairing cycles Company, Chriatchuroh.—{Adrt.) in: , JSi K,I J' w - B «t ™*ue given in town 5-SS& *^ pa A d rings, jtjdl^lfc Js* "il® 1, * , Jrf accidents thai haw wtilro J u » h bike 'woMeitip "W:W.horsee, and sprained aaklee have wwd totmphaeise this fact—tiwt wheremffiiCv: , ™«ninatioo is preeeot Loaaby'e *2W»Mr etaods -uneqimlled. Hundreds of ww»m«Ba!a prore this.—(AdTt.) jMrUI pay to bnvtbe w«d<nng or enring frommJlarke and Co., 148 SS2? . itw f t -. Ttar, 25s guaranteed WbewHere. Clarke and Co.'s jeireUery ff«tu tiKtDort up-to-date in the ckr. wop, brooches, chains, etc., made from gW.a gold Higbeet caeh price given »r gold and silver. Small jewellery jobs JC wwst custonwrs wait. Cfkrice and jjKj^. 148 Jotoiabo street, Christchnrch JJrtfea and photographers, If you would «W» keep abreast of the times. Novel"*in aimeras and photograpltic imple?w»t aleo wrtistß , colours, canvaseee, etc., wjwrfrom manirfactarere. Call to-day. **• P.O.P. (facing Clock JCo doee consignment. Boyd and Son, I WM«ster street, are selling first class lad- i btcwdee, fitted with Carters gear-case. Jwt 6y best English firm, £161<£~

I*s Cycles—The most itßable and ;. 2*** machine built in New ZeaJand. Bell Broe., 170 High street, , }«*P«t Clock Tower. Special attention^ w> repair* 5223 ' eJ!!!! 1109 * Tom s ® organs from 10 fiiu!"* , " 1^ow ?» t prices, easiest teams. , ««aer and Thompson. Don't buy elsevbee „ "ni you have seen oar stock. 2146

KntJHEJJER AND THE COLONIALS. rr," 1, * of Africa," pubwnd ncently by a Sydney firm, and writ- , Jnwy a number of contrsibutors, Mr A. B. tela the followmfc story in congjjjn with «he .encinf ing of Cronje «t -TJust «m the English par■wratinder Kitchener arrived at the laager, • Wt /of Boers from the east came down on •*D,Pje overlooking the scene of Cronje'e Lord Kifcrlwner in person T~ ™« »>y. V»d P ut »P his glasses to , r££ c a Jook at tiiem. Jus* then h« oauehfc gg* -of about a hundred dirty, hungn-, wldiere leading their tired hordes . "**? through the camp. Kitchener beck- \ l { l * lmd * v ov «r t» him. 'Who are \ S? , *'' r*? I*''1 *'' * Nw S * r - Fth Wtfes Kifles, w* said Captain AntiH, who wae in charge.

'Well,* said Kitchener, 'tibere are some 'Boere on that kopje; wiK you go and drive them oot.V 'Well, sir.' said the Australian, 'neither my men nor my ihorses have bad anything to eat «for two days ; does it maflter if we get some rations first?' *Oo J m*w,' said Kitchener, *end get some rations I when you come back.' They advanced on tlie kopje and opened fire on it, and made good their footing tuneng the stones of an adjoining hill, but the main kopje itself was found to be ihe-ld by Boers in great strength ; and after the N«w South Wales liundred luad iveld on for a few hours, Kitchetoer went 3000 men to help them in a tusk vftiich he had asked 100 men to do before breakfast. After the kopje .was taken end the men came down to get their rations there was the usual hitch. The pace of their advance had brought these New South Walts men away ahead of their waggons, and each supply officer applied to sent them on to someone eCse. WMh horses and ineoi famishiag, the officers tramped wearily the length and breadth of tihe camp wiitfenit suocces. Then they went direct to Krtchener irkoweif. He heard their story and said, 'Well, we can T t expect men to figlit unless they are fed.' So saying, he scribbled a few words on a bit of paper, and tlhere was no longer any delay about rations. That was one good point about Lwd Khflbener; he trampled on red tape wjien necessary."