NEWS OF THE DAI.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11333, 24 July 1902, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAI.

Yesterday afternoon theme* *w_ t*-. "'■- Ringarcomla ' driM on the reclaiiSlS a> Point, Lyttelton. v* "*■ °%Sr" The Dunedin City GwnieU r to support the request, of fte BodTX? - that the Government should ' ing the interest on the loaaW JL B*"*-graving8*"*------graving dock. ■ tlw Mw * I A Press Association telenraja frem 4l . ! land states that at a mectm*S 4 «* - mtttee appointed in St o^ "■ proposed presentation to tie Lwie, which will now be ■•Sγ #5* " Gowie, it was announced thaTtiT, , receipts amounted to £110k We "*** At the monthly mectinsr of ti» n_> Gat* Mission, held m t fe* ,< , Ray* and Carter, yesterday afteiW??Rev. G. Coates to in tte-S***J» made for the annual ' Our Wellington correspondent * -"Mr Laurenson has asked ac tJ555?' ' Bhght error in my report of " regarding the Farmers' Union at sSSS meeting the other evening. It it was at Temuka, and W at aKL2? . 1 *^.«*525. At, the Rangioni Court on TnetfaT v. Blank, truant officer, brought Ifrfi2£ cases vi tlbo district under the &£*A & tendance Act, and was succesfal ing a conviction, with «*ts. m eacf«£ In addnien to the dty. «rf eflS aj " abttk has now to attend to ti» AAtotaa L' : «ton. Spnngrton, Safcu* iS?S -"' Riccarton distnets. ~ A party from the Cambridge UnreEwt- ' England, have just spent a fraingi £ ' Lakes Rotoiti and Rotorua, whew thw have been collecting acd gtndTa» the " fauna of tie lakes. Their stay hi* feet, an Auckland telegram) been favoured wkh ■ fine weather, and they expressed admsr*. -- t ion at the wonders of the Lake Beta*, "I They took- soundings of tae lakes. a -j s?hort stay in Auckland they willvish Lafcs . Waikare, Moana, and Wairaraps, coDtpe- j ing their researches. "J There is some friction between tbe W«. : 1 mate Borough Council and tha !oca£ Ere '] Brigade. The Council demurred to the «s- j penditare of £8 in connection with ti» captain going to the Firs Brfgada Confer- _ ence at Hokitika to receive a lojig-temct medal. The Brigade has in conseeneoce passed a resolution threatening to reegn it ■ a body in a month's time unless the Brigao plant is placed on an up-to-date foetnsg," and more satisfactory arrangements fetires the two bodies are made. The inhabitants of a large village i»' Wiltshire have decided to col&cfc fof a permanent memorial of tie CerocatiMV which is to take the form of a. hand-bier for : the churchyard! The Lord of tibe Manor has intimated his strong disjpprovj] dt this arrangement, and offers to gire » dinner at his own expense to tie whole of the parishioners- This WStdsire propoai" eclipses even the"canny" idea of tt» Xwr Zealand township which waited to get i CorporatioD gtoos-crnsher {largd^ , at tbcL Governmeitt expense) as a memorial of th* event. A match was fired at Wa&ari ln>tween teams, ten men a«de, frosa tht Wa:kari and Hawarden iforris Tai» Clubs, and resulted in a win for Hamcrfat Club by 11 points. The folbirafc, were the scores:—Waaka.ri—J. Smith 3Sc I. Dvon M, C. Blake 32, &-?<me 33, J. Thompson 30, J. Glfindening 31, «, fl McAdam 29, J. Buckley 32, I. Keppfer 32; j G. Mowller 32; total, 317. H*wajdeo- I A. Beaven 32, W. Evans 32, R. B. W& 4 liama 30, J. Green 34, E. Pigby 33, W« 1 Lee 35, H. PUcher 33," V. Gwatlsn % 1 J. Dron 32, J. Rigby 34; total, 328. I A ChristchuTch exporter is effibering Sβ 1 t!h* Sydney meat market, having alreedt 3 disposed there of a line of ewe nwstttß, M Wikroh was sent over frozen,- and reaJwsj a satisfactory prices. He Is also -mhSj* 1 over come merino wethers and furthsr sap- 9 plies of prime crossbred wethers ass! ■ ewes. It is bis intention to also toi M frozen beef, and to try the experiment t& S shipping fresh beef as deck cargo:, F*> ■ periy protected in wrappers. All tSf 9 avanable refrigerated space hag bsee booked in the eteainers for Sydcey f* S some wtseks ahead. It is .probable «a*i a profitable business might be doa& a beef for Melbourne. Sir Edgar Stead has forwarded to d* Museum authorities a bir4, wSkh )m] hitherto stot "been included in the categSf ] of bird-s found in t&is colony. It is *- red-necked sandpiper (innonfes and it i? found usually in Asia aad Anrt»»j lia. Mr Sttad has seen them freqaeatJjri»jj this ])art- of the colony,.and surmises they are permanent resident*. Tik a PP**ito be support<--d bj- the fact .tiat the now at the Museum was changing into St-S breeding jf.umage. preparatory to breedagifH It was shot by Mr St«ad in the ~E&eeo*m district. The red-necked frequenter of river-beds, and is a bird, about six inchas in Fength, aad flies with the dottrel. . V JB Our Wellington correspondent tel*g»fil|H that in the House of Representatives y?**Jß da.y Mr Tanner asked the Actmg-Praniee*» the Government will consider the of engaging a first-class electrical engine from Europe or America, to make a ***-]■ pkte report on the various sites in **jB colony which can be used for tie P ur P*M of generating electricity by water pf«rer, cost to be later on recouped f-om the vwfefUJ local authorities or others adopting ww&jjHH ports in the execution of such work. Joseph Ward said the Government ToA *J so far favourab'y entertained the introduce an engineer. There vtrty ever, some important local public templated in different parts of i 3» but the Government had r«»ived n-) I ?™j-|H tion from the local bodies as to wfl«U they wished tiiem to appoint a. engineer beyond the question asked bon. member. Nevertheless, if any .*&BgR cation was received the Government be inclined to assist so far as to P-** §a serrices of the Agent-General at posal of any- local authority anxios**? secure a competent engineer, but <« Wj undersranding that no "expense iu«Bg would fall on the State. ZJI Tlie matter of taking consumptive at the Plague Hospital is being by the Minister for Health. ,' j School Cad-et- Coins at tihe schools recei-red recognition from the WBj yesterday:—Glouc«.-ter street, Sfc. -«"#fe Kaiapoi. and Sydenham. '-j?! The Tramways' Conference City Council «"!* «yht o'clock night to consider a question which W arisen with reference to the tiie proposed Tramway JtJoard. -,'< The Executive of the North Gate***" District Branch of the Fanners'"p&flfij tend holding a meeting on July ChritfohTirch, to receive the repcet » delegates to tne Colonial CouncS. . ■ There l= on view at the local J tie Toarist Department one of raanic photr»<rraphs of taken by Mr'Mw'in Vaaiman, of B cisoo. The photograph his. been C *^T "W It. is stated that there is a- jaff,^S:: » on foot to form a syndicate for S of purchasing the section in Jj?&lt%M square aond Worcester street, % the Union Bank, for the purpose tf M ing a n«w theatre thereon. m Miss Dynes, head mistress cf W ham School, has written to the Board, suggesting tliat the ™IMLM Bhould be asked to visit Kshools in tie district. The i^ ths Board hais b?en municate with the Hon. Mr ® en the matter. 'IHHiil

since the last meeting of tbe-Kaiapoi 00-tayrh Council, the receipt* hare been etviSf, and tfce debit balance at the aoaak fi* £67 6s 9d. Kaiapoi Borough Council has decided not to vote a wan of £5 towards the preexpenses of establishing t«cfaaieducation in Kaiapoi. Mr D*l. v > Mayor of Kaiapoi, informed the Borough 'Council thai, the roads and vathx of ba totra are not excelled by woy of the ktitel* of the North Island towns which Jβ h*d recently visited".

Ko applications for the vacancies for iesduw a* Hnrunui, Seafield, and Kahuna, which bad heen advertised in the Canterbury uuJ Jtalhorough papern, have been received j» tie Education Board. Th« Scuthbridge School Committee has written to the Education Board expressing -naiiatiefaction with the resolution recently . Itvt&d by the Board in regard to aasistantfor the larger schools. Tie Education Department has intimated th*t when applications are made for assistance towards the cort of conveying children t<, school, the Minister would be able to cmtfidcr snch applications only when the elternative involved was the building of a pewschooL The Town Clerk of the Ashburton ■Jtotftish Council has written to the Hospital jjeard that pending a Kettiement between the Jofl»l bodies respecting the infectious diseases .wpita!, the Council was prepared to bear jjj tjie expeii«e» in connection witih the tHiitoimi' of plague patient* sent by the tatjngb to the Bottle Lake Hospital. On Friday evening the residents of Hanmer hold a, public meeting to consider metiers of importance in connection with the One of these—perhaps the inert important —is the question of the improvement of tbe means of transit. There ate also the questions of putting cycle •bridges over the streams, so as to make <y<Je touring easier than at .present, and «f sanitation. The Committeo of tbe Education Board appointed, to visit the Rakaia North district reported to tbe effect that as tih© Government had purchased the Nead Estate fctoge to the locality from which the petiJiOn for a school had come, it would be as - Trail to delay taking) action until this land - &&oald be cut up, when the requirements of tbe two localities conld be dealt with. The report was approved. Tbe fanners who desire to attend the fiatnrday afternoon leoturee given in conpectkw with the A. and P. Association, -ere urging that they should be held at en jearlte hour than 2.30 p.m. Commencing J fkt thut time affords no opportunity for •tytettwmi on any points, as the ma-iority ?tof those attending have to leave town by jhe 4 p.m. train. It may bo noted how--TbvW, that the lecture fixed for Saturday -Bfflrt J* notified to commence at 2.30 p.m. At the Police Court yesterday Messrs W. H. Cooper and W. D. Lawrence, "j.P.'x, fined Joseph Hutchison 10s and '«octs for furious driving. An early sitting 'of the Magistrate's Court was held at ten 'o'clock, at which Mr R. Beetham, S.M., .'fined a first offender for inebriety. Edward Wortoa Taylor, who wae remanded on Tuesday on a charge of stealing a hand-bag at Wellington, and obtaining £1 by means •tof a valueless cheque, was sent to prison iet fourteen days. Tie House Surgeon of the Christchurch ITospital reported to the Board yesterday that during June 115 patients were jbdmitted to the Hospital, 105 had been discharged, and 14 had died. Ninety-three pstitntu remained in the wards on the 30th June, many of whom were chronics. Fifty operations were performed under antesuieticv, and there had been 1061 attendances is the out-patient department. Residents on the Biccarton road are , complaining of the serious nuisance caused !■ py cyclists riding on the footpath. Several '= '"' ihildren have lately been knocked down ud injured, and it is unsafe to go out of "" a gate without first looking up and down tite path. People taking their children out jfar a walk find the cyclists a> dangerous ' instance. Before Mr J. T. Brice, J.P., at the Police ( Gwtt, Lyttelton, yesterday, Mr Blank, tße -V tnwEt offloer, charged Duncan Campbell, . Gewge Graham, Frederick Lurch, Frederick ' • Wwow, Joseph Bntledge, Richard Wakelin, end Andrew Jeffrey with neglecting to ewd their children to school. A fine of 2? was inflicted in each case, but it was pointed dbt that the law provided for a tine of ten shillings for each week that a chM wm not sent to school the proper Bomber of times. The Education Board yesterday adopted tbe report of tie Normal School Committee, reporting the acceptance, with regret, of the resignation of Mr J. C. Adams, and thai in view of the fact that the Normal School could only be continued on its preswit footing so'long as the funds were supplied by the Government, it had been egrwd to allow the question of filling the neuter to stand over. The appointment of Mr A. W. Shrimpton as second master was recommended. - la view of the difficulty of obtaining Uactaro for positions commanding low salwi«, the North Canterbury Education liowi has resolved to allow female teachers In receipt of less than £80 per team, and male teachers in reKtp* of less than £100 per annum, to fcppty for other appointments after completfon of twelve months' service in their preset positions, instead of having to wait two jews, as at present. The Chairman (Mr.T..B; Weston) said it had been thought *Wl»ibJe to relax this rule, with a view to eeouraging their teachers, and retaining ™k*V in the Board's service. It waa difficult to »ay what the outcome of the present seaway of teachers would be. Mr H. W. Peryman gave notice of motion ; *«» Education Board yesterday for next this Board, having given i ** wwrnment's capitation grant, of 11s ** P& bead, one year's trial, is painfully of its insufficiency to meet the ®-jjftHxJe made upon it without reducirg the Allowances to school committees, *»* ti> p»y other orlinary and extraordinary i ttS^ , ' D ''^ c *Tying on the onerous ; «« wportant work of administering the «»efaiw Act. The Board, therefore, hopes :, ,1 tJlat th . c Government will at once S 1 ? capitation grant to 12s per ,jk*! ,1 * to the Technical Education ConS*j&* th e txlucation Board, upon the of the Normal Scihool rSS? I*****1***** decided to send a lettef in view of the Boards recent *s without the adtliticm of an kfc**"* ,1 officer to the present staff it ■»*» * position to efficiently administer •£ m, cod seeing that it has no funds *° Appointment, the Conference *£r * * "fhether it will undertake the J™K»of managtvrs to take charge of the *~"**ted ciasaee, end whether it is orethem the necessary funds luriitoiT? 1 *° P a y a qualified person, ap■wSmj Bpard ' ho Would «"! jl^P^ , *™** in connection with the estab- *** carry ™'* °° °f the classes, wit- ■ ■^ t St >nisim of tbe spe^a l resristers of : ettZr** , *** toe observance of : r*J fiaadities required by the Depart-

of the latent railway accident lie Dunedln correspondent , ** . PresO chow tir&t tie 2"- **& tender were derailed, jTj'wfte two hoars were occupied J* n«bjttog the heavy vehaelei on the line, Z? traffic for that time. It 32S Sl!^."* 6 g°°&* train from Mosgkl, eiiuT , ™ m * i "»«h town at 9.55 p.m., was towiag into the cattle yards at the cmJS'Lj*'* night, or engaged in shrasatia^ , tf^SS? ,, Wnirn engine and tender left line, rl tiw aon " 1 P o * o * B °* '**» nw^ : WnewE*? P*™ lßl, ** s * wy v*e natweflfcr I ; mtenSS. but this i. how the accident oc- %' Pwato! i,** 1 ?* 11 * have jumped the r farft?* Sl." 18 Points may here been I itamsM i« ' s tfae third eneine that h*s 1 rt <*«' point within the nast I a en stopped within r *"Sd Zt**z of brid « e: H ?4 H i;"'<*» that *° -ridsce the probabilities * uu W have been preoipitAt?«l SD e 2E? k below, a dietauce of about ■N»riib» » bow believed to ? caused Ihrough negligence in B?«SH°to?* the points before tlhe arri *

Telegraphing yesterday a Wellington correspondent says that it wae stated oy the Attorney for one of the compensation dajmaute in respect of the Byko Comer cam, that the litigation and compensation bad cost the corporation just upon £30,000 for the small block acquired. To-day (Thursday) Strange and Company's premises will be closed all day, lαitead of far tbe usual baJf-dav. The reason is that the firm, wfoo have been preparing for bbeir annual siie for weeks past, require tihe*whole of to-day to make their final preparations for the safe, which starts to-morrow (Friday\ Mtd promises to be eartraordinarily attractive. The sale catalogue should reach "Press"' readers wJthi t&s morning's paper. 9169 Why be miserable? Join the merry throng that visits Beati's great sale daily, and be happy. Inspect these lines:—AH woct coating serge, leading colours, 7s 6d dress; camel hair frieze cloths, latest, 19s 6d dress; French serges, new colonrs, 13s 6d dress; black and dark-coloured Union tweeds, 5s lid drees. For blouses—Lovely striped silks, 2s 3d for Is 4£d; Foulard silks, 3e 6d for Iβ lid; Jap. siiks, Is lid and 2s 6d for Is; panne satins, 3s 6d for 2s 6d; washing silks, stripes and checks, 2s 6d for Is 4Ad. See bargain tables. Beath's sale. 68 The smalest things have brought fortunes to lucky inventors, see handbook on patents obtainable free by post from jialdwin and Rayward. 172 "Gloucester street, Christchurch. A. H. Hart, representative. (1) Star Lady's Bicycle.—The new lady's bicycle is fitlted witih all the best and laitest improvements. Every pant is guaranteed to fee absolutely the .best, front rim bvake fitted, celluloid mudguard's, instead of metal or wood, celluloid chain cover, which J (reflects *he dress from the ctharn, very igbt and does not raibtle. Gracefully curved top ifctibe to give plenty of room for mounting and dismounting. Upturned handle bars, so that Afhe rideT may sit up in h comfo'i'talble posiiioai; gears 'bo suit. Price £23, easy Iterms QTranged to suit cusIjomera. Cafl and inspect at Adams Star Cycle Company, 70 Manchester street, and 198 Colombo street, aear Cathedral, Christdhupch. " 8 The following are extracts ficm the numerous testimonials which have been in crived by the proprietor of Wilton's Hand Emollient:—"lt beautifies the hands."' "I always use it after washing." "It is the best thing I have ever tried." "It cured a bad case of chapped hands in one night." Try it at once, and dent be put off.. Once used, always used. Price, Is 6d Obtainable from chemists and storekeepers everywhere.—(Advt.) Wanted Known—Best value given in town in wedding, keeper, and engagement rings, in watches, and all classes of jewellery. K. Grieshaber, manufacturing jeweller, 155 Colombo street. 7287 Consumption in now attracting the attention of those outside the medical profession, who recognise the ravages it is making. Townend's Cinnamon Cure is an old and proved remedy for this Numbers of letters from people attacked rejoicing in their recovery prove this statement. Cinnamon Cure is the best known remedy for chronic coughs, bronchitis, and stubborn colds. 2e 6d everywhere.—-<Advt.) Boyd and Son, Gloucester street, are devoting their large appliances and staff almost exclusively to bicycle repairs. Results, very best work at lowest prices.— (Advt.) Always well ahead. We are now ready to supply the 1903 "Zeatandia" bicycles, fitted witih every modern improvement, "and can arrange the easiest possible terms to buyers. Oates, Lowry, and Co. Largest makers of cycles in New Zealand.—(Advt.) Repairs Cycles.—We are repairing cycles at 70 Manchester street, and ISS" Colombo street, near Cathedral, Christchurch. Adams Star Cycle Company, Christchurch.—(Advt.) Worms undermine Children's Constitutions. Use Wade's Worm Figs, Is boxes. —(Advt.) Wire-netting at wholesale prices by 100 yards. Sheep netting, centre strand, from 2|d yard. Fowl netting, 18 inches, Id per yard; 3ft, 100 yards, lfd; 10yards, Is lid and 2s 3d. Pig netting, strongest made, 2Jd yard. . Also in stock fin wire birdproof netting, £, %, 1, and Hin netting, galvanised and black fencing wire, hog barb wire, staples, etc. Fletcher Bros., Wire Netting Merchants, High street.

SUCCESS OF A NEW fiEALANDER AT CAMBRDDGE. Mr G. li. Greenwood, Official Assignee, received intimation by the San Francisco mail to hand yesterday that his*eldest son, Mr Neil Greenwood, who is known to maov in this city, has been successful in obtaining a place in the highest division of the first classical tripos at Cambridge, a position secured by only one man last year, but attained by several this year. Mr Neil Greenwood has been at King's College, Cambridge, for the past three years, and is in his twenty -second t r. He wae at Canterbury College frr-7- :ry 1892 till December 1896, wht stained a junior university scholar*. He attended lectures at the College -tr a little under two years, and then went Home to Cambridge. There he secured a scholarship to King's College, and has now obtained his present distinction—a very creditable honour indeed. A NATIONAL SURVEY. The question of whether Neiw Zealand should undertake a general survey of the principal islands of the colony, with the object of contributing data for the better determination of the exact figure of the earth, is (telegraphs our Wellington correspondent) a subject wbooh has frequently been dealt with by such authorities as the late Mr J. T. Thomson, F.R.G.S., Major Palmer, R.E., and Messrs Theopbilus Heale, and James MeKerrow, F.R.A.S. Ths difficulties to such a survey which presented themselves in the e>arly days cf the colony have, according to the SurveyorGenefal, now disappeared. New Zealand is wealt'h-r and , prosperous. The greatest facilities are afforded for communication, and the tedious and expensive process r.i base measurements has generally been by metallic bands. Theodolites or altazimuth instruments are lighter, and therefore more portable. We possess a full knowledge of fclia whole of the country, and we ihave capable and energetic officers eager to undertake tbs work. It is submitted for favourable consideration that a ' beginning at last might be made, so tihat New Zealand, ■which stands otherwise prominent in progress and up-to-date methods, should tab* its part amongst the nations, and fulfil its obligations to the world, by completing an imiwrtant addition to the solution of the all-important problem of the precise form, cr, more strictly rpsakin?. the variations of the form of the e-artb from that so far accepted.

MR SLEIGH'S DRAFT PROSPECTUS. Tthe writer elf the editorial ncfcse in 'Taarplay, , " of June- 12th, says:—"T have seen a draft prospectus of a Comnany called the Colonial Steamship Comroanv. •with a capita* of £400.C00, half in 7 per cent, cmnulative ■preferenos> shares of £1. ard half in ordinary shares of £51. Tb? Company :s raid to he under contract with the New Zealand Government, the latter jyuaranfWMig a subeidv of £30.0(X) p?r t\v.num. Tbss amount will net c*> very far towards the espemyfcs of ninuincr a. line between Ufew ZeaJaa/d, t?ne> fpd«rat«ed States of Aw+ralia. and South Africa. Generallr tibe <\bieot of the wrosT>ect«s atroears t/> be to derelop tTje bimnesses <rff W. 0. fMfh and Ob.. Limited, and Mr H. C. Slei<*h. Ih* bnsjres»s are s\i--cen*jibl* of the developments necewarv to make the. Company a ceneem is n mattCT for futwre I have V*n enroa t<o urdersfevrd ik*>t the New Zealand contract has ttmj nfF«red to ore or two well-knorm London lines, and dM dined , ."

A HOME FOR THE VETERANS. Mr Labouchere, of "Tnrth," bods "the same views as bis Excffleney tie Governor as to the most fittiwr form of memorial for those wfoo hare lost tt«<ir lives in the war. Hβ writes:—"l would suggest that ire should raise a war memorial yhich trill at once commemorate «ur gratitude to the <kad and the living, to ail who Save offered their lives, whether they have paid the for-

feit or not, and to efi wtoo, are etfll ready to offer them'whea Che calk comes. W* can do something to discharge our debt to the Army by making oar memorial a gift to tie Army. T&ere are ways enough, in which this may be done, I will mention only care. We have iv Cheleea Hospital an institution which is at once picturesque and useful, bub utterly inadequate for the needs of tihe old warriors for whom it is designed. Why not build another Cfcelsea Hospital, of double the capacity, or two, or half-a-dozen, or as many as you can find money to build! I (have often suggested that every regimental district should contain its asylum for the aged pensioners who have no other home in which to end their days? The suggestion is founded not merely on benevokoce, but on t!be expediency of removing the slur -which is cast on the King's service when those who have foug&t their country's battles areendiog their days in the workhouses."