NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11589, 21 May 1903, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

—. —♦_ . Owing to the hrce quantity of grain in the Ashburton district, it htts been found necessary to run th*> Waksnui flour mills twenty-ion. hours daily of late. Tho quality of tho grain is said to be excellent. Tha election of two members for the CanteAury district to the Senate of the University by the Graduates of Canterbury College it .tilted as follows: —Professor J. Macmillan Brown 137, Mr J«m-"« Hay 88. Mr Louis Cohen 54. Professor Brown and Mr Hay have been declared elected. Tho South Canterbury Hospital Board havo set, up a Committeu U* enquire into the. question of nurses' salaries, several members of the Board being of opinion that nt tho Timaru Hospital the nurses are . iiiiidrquatelv paid. The highest salary poid is £40 a year, the head nurse getting this amount. At the conclusion of the annual meeting of the Maylk'.d Saleyards Company, tbo» picM-nt held an informal meeting to consider matters connected with the welfare of the district. Amongst, the questions touched upon were the necessity of a larg« traffic bridge over the Hinds, the appointment of a Justice of the Peace in \hz district, and the inadequate postal accommodation at. Mayfiekt. At the Magistrate's Court, at Timaru, yesterday, live young children, the oldest being twelve years of age. were, ordered to be taken charge of by the Charitable Aid' Board, in ont«r to prevent them being corrupted by association with their mother, who was said to l>e of dissolute habits. The Charitable Aid Board intaad to board the children out, preferring to do this rather than pay for their maintenance in an Industrial Home. An alarm of fire was rung out from the Junction box shortly after midnight, and proved to be an outbreak at' the coach factory of Mr C. W. Harris, Victoria street. The Chfi'ter street engine was first on the scene, and tho others quickly followed. The factory was gutted, and a quantity of slock was burnt. The premises were- owned by Messrs J. and F. Bull. The s<tock was insured in the Alliance office for £150. It is not known whether the building was intired. The adjoining premises did not suffer to any extent. Mr J. C. Blackmore, Government Po»no. logist, returned yesterday from, a visit to Central Otago, and will remain at Ms headquarters in Christchurch for the next eight or ten days. He will then go to Dunedin to deliver an address in connection with the Dunedin Horticultural Society's Winter Show, on "The Principles of Fruit-giowing." He- will also give rut address at Clyde about three weeks hence, and is prepared to deliver addresses in any* district that may choose to ask 'his _er>, vices. Tho Woolshed Creek Coal Company, whoso property is situated near tbo Mount SomcTS Coal Company's mine, has -pur-ch-scd from thj latter company their interest in the eld mine, situated at the terminuj of the tramway belonging to the Ashburton County Souncii. The mine, is the property of the executors of the late Mr 0. G. Tripp, and the lease has three years to run. The seam was discovered about thirty yean ago. The property presents the appearance of a veritable quarry of coal, tho exposed face being about ten chains in length, by at least thirty feet in thickness. Mr T. Garrard, hon. secretary to theQueen's Jubilee Memorial, has received the following telegram from l"r.e Premier in answer to an invitation from the committee, inviting him to be present at tho unveiling ceremony en Monday:—"Please convey tho committee my warmest thanks for the'kind invitation to be present at the unveiling of the Queen's Jubilee Maniorial on Empire Day, the 25th inst. I shall not ba in Christchurch on the 25th, as I have to open the Victoria Ward of the Wang-nut Hospital on that day. Although not wHh you in pcrion, I shall bo with you in spirit. A. memorial to our late beloved sovereign Queen Victoria is a fitting reminder of the most benign and greatest sovereign <mr - Empire has ever known.—B. J. . • The sporting world was recerrtly _ti__ l ir.te.re.ted in th. trotting match between th!) champions of Australia and New Zealand/ and next week will -witnoas another contest, between the sister colonies. The champion, trial dog of Australia, Bonnie, the property of Messrs King and McLeod, of New South Wales, has ib«n sent over %o Mr H. T. Little, of Hawarden, and will meet the beet dogs- of New Zealand at ilio Christchurch Sheep Dog Trial Olub'a meeting oi. Cashmere on Thuroday and Friday ttext. Bonnie will b- entered in the heading, bringing back, holding ond yarding class on the first, day, and in the. yarding competition on the second day, so that visitors to the trials will have a good opportunity of peeing him at work. Bonnie is of tho breed known aa kelpie, and Mr Little says that for smartness, alertness, and speed ba'will be a. revelation to our owners of sheep dogs. He is doing good work in Mr Little* hands,; and the meeting with the best Now Zea-, land dogs will foa an interring one. The preparations for Cardinal fMor—i'S visit to the South Sea Islands have been most elaborate (says the. " Otago Daily Times"). The Cardinal will go in th*. Huddnrl-Farker liner Victoria, specially, chartered for five weeks for the purpose," and his party will comprise over 200, who will pay about £50 per head for die trip. The excursion has bwsn organised prunarily ■; for the purpose of enabling Cardinal "Moiannnd a clerical party to make a visit ofinspection to the various mission stations in the South SeaM.ond dbtttin a practical vW; of -missionary work in the. various group*;' of islands in"the Western Pacific. the Cardinal will open the new cathedral,,; and at Futuna he will visit the shrine ot.: Chanel, the martyr priest. It is also in-' tended to make the trip a winter hot'day 1 excursion in the widest sense,'and on ths* cruise several active volcanoes will W passed by rlav and night. Tih- Victori*\ will sail"from Sydney late in July, and. nearly 7000 miles of ocean will w traversed. \ A meeting of the committee of the Christchurch Sht*'p Dog Trial Club was held at the Aldington Kaleyards yesterday. Mr F. _ A. Arch°jr was in the chair, and there was * good attendance. It was reported that extra sheep had been ordered in addition fo those purchased by th? club, as th© entriei* for the trial.-, at Cashmere on Thursday and Friday next were expected to bo larger than la>t year. A number of the best dogs in the> North Wand were coming down, and Mr H. T. Little stated that he had received the champion trial dog of Australia, which would compete at the meeting. Permhwkm was fziven to the Ground Committee ta • icct a permanent holding yard on the hjJU. It. w resolved, that the order of I'unning the events should be as follows-;— First dtHT Class 11.. bringing back, holding and yarding; and weoiid day Class 1., liu_t_w_y" . and C!n;-» 111., yarding competition. The,. chairman reported that the <&n'«-">ury-A.'■ nnd p. Association had granted £5 5* »« a donation to th« funds of the> club, which was i«c«ived with thanks. Various details were d'.-cuwed and left with the afnckU" to crtrry out. There is every prospect <A tho meeting this year being one of ths most (successful yet held. S.-rm o important experiments are now W" in«* mad.* by Mr At-ion, analytical chenurt to"""the- Agricultural Department, to determine the values of apples of different cl-iws for the purpose of cider making. The Government Pomologist is of opinion that if apples .vrtt-t systematically grown they cr'iM lv- divided into three grades, ths Bret grade for export, and the second for local confumntion, while -the third could he utilised for cider-making. For the latter industry a judicious blending of different varieties of apples is aecewny io obtain the bust, results, and Mi Blactenore want* ti be in a position to advise growers on this point. It is for this reason that the-, aii-lvs** is being made to discover the most suitable- kinds of apples as regards sugar and acid. So far as is known nothing of this kind ha." been attempted previously in this colony or Australia, although such experiments hay* been mads in Franco and in the United States. Tsie varieties of apples used in t!io*e countries for cider-making aro not grown here, and' therefor, an independent analysis _ necwsail. - '

Sub-Inspector Dwyer h-as just completed his annual inspection of the cily _oteL» for the Licencing Committee. The Union Stejim Ship Company* dividend is l"r the half-year at the rate of 8 jK-r cent, per annum. Tiie Muvor lias decided to ash the cittzetis to observe .Monday, May 25th (Empire Day), as :i hoii'i.iy. At a- special meeting of the General Committee of the Cauteibury Agricultural una Fa>t-ornl Association yesterday. Sir Ciiiford was nominated us a repre(Jrlitt.nve of the Boaid.of Governors of the Lincoln College, in place of "Mr 11. A. Knight, re.'igued. The Ariadne, Commission, which ha? been Fitting in Wellington s'nce Thursday, h-ts Ftiil a l.are-e quantity of evidence to take, .•rid i»- unlikely to Conclude its iuvestigatiess bel'oi-J th" <-ii'l of ihe p!-:.-e_t week. Nothing us to t:he character of the evidence hsa ljtv'n allowed to escape. Mr Avson. Inspector of Fisheries, wiio Jia-< had'largi- experience in ;<ccl;mati.--.-ition Xtjaitens, is furnishing ihe Government- with a report on the re ~ul:. of enquiries mr.de Bsto tii-- mo.'t .••uit.t'j.e animals to introduce into the coiony fur gumo and other purposes. A Blenheim mwago states that, there were 130 applications yesterday for Mount Patriarch, v small grazing run of 16.020 jiiTi-f. inci'J'ha;; f-.'vcr.il limn othtr provinces. The succc-i-ful applicant was Mill. Ta-pp, ton of v. well-known Blenheim settler. Dr. Neligan. and the Bishops of Clirht(hunh, Dur.tdin.. mid Nelson, arrived at by the Ilotoiti yesterday. The was welcomed by representatives of the various Diocesan Boards. Tocav the co_>ecration take* place. The Premier has received a cable mesraze from the Agent-General, dated London, May 19t.1i, statin:; that at the Royal Geographical Society Dinner tho President referred in cordial'and grateful terms to the sympathy and assistance- given by the oeop'e and Government of New Zealand to the Antarctic Expedition. The- I'oiice Department, which has been experimenting with the electric torch, thought to be a suitable substitute for the hitl'seve lantern ordinarily carried by the p-olice' on night duty, has (telegraphs a. Wellington correspondent of "Tiie Press") come to the conclusion that the excessive cost of tho appliance dots not warrant its adoption, at any rate for the present. At Lyttelton yesterday, Mr R. Beetham, S.M., presided for the last time in the Court. He had only one case, to deal with —Willhm Baxter v J. D. McTvor, a judgment summons for £11 5s 6d. The defendant- did not appear, and the applicant dtvore that ho was able to pay. His Worship made an order for payment forthwith, with the alternative of one month's imprisonment-. Quite a number of robberies of a more cr "**« seiiou.-* nature, from the impudent theft of a pair of gig-lamps while a vehicle wa.s left standing for a. few moments outride a liott.se, to most audacious burgiarkti irom dwelling.*, have occurred of late, in or about the city and suburbs, the southeastern district having apparently suffered in«;t. So far the police have been quite miabio to trace the offenders in several cases, and people, in the districts referred to aro complaining of the inadequacy of the police protection afforded them. Messrs Strange and Co. have recently introduced into their wire mattress making factory a. new multiple weaving machine. Under tho old system a heavy coil of wire •was woven tilirtnigh the table by a boy turning a wheel, which was a cumbersome aJid slosv process. In the new machine the coils of wire ore placed on iron reels, find each strand '_ led over a drum, the threads being taken off by an arm and pulleys on to the weaving table, which is 16 feet long. Hero it is taken by a special projector and driven through the mc*«h on the iftblo. Any number of wires up to sis can be manipulated by the new machineIt "a stated tihat the output of apples from T««mani» this season wiil be one mil'ion cases. Mr Blackmore, the Government Pomologi-t, sees no reason why a legukr export trade of apples from New Zealand should not be developed if gone into properly, although Australia has an advantage in the matter of season, which enables her to send earlier apples to the London market, and this obtain the highest prices. Instead of sending Homo eueh lato varieties u_ the Stunner and Cleopatra to compete with locally-grown apples, Mr Blackmore advises growers to go in for tho early sorts to send Home before there is a glut in tho market. A fair number of midte&son apples could also, he thinks, be profitably exported.

The train which should have left Lyttelton at 6 o'clock last night was delayed for some time, in order that some frozen meat trucks.might be attached to it. The delay was p*iiaps impossible for an accident, alarming enough in its nature, but fortunately not resulting in injury to life or limb. A goods waggon had been left ou what is called No. 2 line, a line next to and parallel with the ordinary through line, about 150 or 160 yards from the tunnel mouth, nnd just before the passenger train reached the spot a shunting engine (bad tent the truck on to the main line, where it collided with the leading waggons, completely capsizing the first, a

" freezer," aud throwing off the line- the second, also a "freezer." The engino was disengaged from the train and the fireman, it is stated, was slightly hurt. Tho colliding waggon itself wan overturned. This was nearly all tho mischief that wart done. There, were four other " freezers " idiead of the passenger coaches, and tho fact of their 'being there probably helped to save the passengers from injury. As It. was the train was delayed for nearly - Imlf-an-hour, and the next train from Chrifitchttrch had to be taken along a shunting line on to the middle of the rail way yard, instead of being taken to the station. The truck which caused the accident had been put into its position by the man engaged in attaching the '"freezers" to the passenger train, who, apparently, did not notice that it was " foul" of the shunting engine, which had before gone to the vt eighbridge, th.> driver of wliich supposed that the way out was clear, as he had "left it. The main lice was cleared for traffic by about halfpast nine o'clook. The "Sterling" Cycle, the most beautiful, marf, finely finished ladies' wheel made. Price £20. Morrow, Basiett and Co. 5 A Window Attraction! A Window Attraction at. Strange*. We. aro just now making a special window display of "Orient underwear fcr gont«. Thi* beautiful underwear is of pure wool, and has been manufactured expressly to our order by the Kaiapoi Woolkn Company. It consists of PantH and .Shirts. Prices, ss, 6s. 6s 6d, and 7_ each. Strange and Co., Christchurch. . 39 Fancy Basket-—Just opened up, an iuihiense assortment All sizes and shapes, from ls each. John Kali aud Co., opposite Clock Tower. 18 Motor bicycle bargains. Three latent motor bicycles, in fiiwt-class order, used a little to teach purehajsers to handle motors, reduced from £bQ to £30, for epoi cash. A Pply prompt to Oate_, Lowrv and Co.— fAovt,) ~ Art Daisy wool work taught free. Machines 2a 6d. All materia is may be had for Daisy work. Also pew style of oil painting taught in two k.-suns at 134 High •treet, opposite A. J. White's. 21 Wanted to sell. Ir.dy'a B.S.A. bicycle. j_K been enamelled. Both new tyres. Adorns Suu Cycle Depot, 30 Lower High street, opposite A. J. White's.— (Advt.) i, . Th-j "Excelsior* Cultivate!-, the only I" "-"ported machine to receive the coveted Silvt-r MLdai of the. Show. Price £li'o. Morrow, Baasett and Co. 3 Sheep netting centre strands from 2_d yard, pig netting, 2ft. wide, from 2_ld; fowl netting, 3ft, I_J, itit, 3jd. Also in stock, strongest letting made- for fences. Netting for birds. pi_c-on.\, chickens, eic. in all sizes, m ICOyd coils. Ah.o, biaek and galvanised I fenclag wire, hog, barb wire, staple!*, etc. 1., Our prices defy competition. Fietcher I ..Erai., Wire Netting ilwchante, Lower Iji'*li_h street.—(Advt.}

H yon have the faintest suspicion that your eyes are not juat right,, if they bother you in any way, it's best to have them examined at once. Do not go to the average optician or epectaek- seller, for he is unable to distinguish between optical defects and di_-cases, but consult John R. Procter, ICQ High Ktrtet, Christchurch, who will give you a thorough, examination freo of charge. 2115 Wanted Known—Jewellery eale, for one month, of watcheH, clocks, rings, brooches, and all ether classes of jewellery, cold at greatly reduced prices. K. Grisshaber, Watchmaker and Jeweller, 155 Colombo street. 7A63 Fortunes are daily made by clever inventions. Se_ handbook, how to obtain "Patents" for inventions, free by post from Baldwin „:id Rayward. 17_ Gloucester street, Chrwichurch. A. H. Hart, representative.—(Advt.) 1 A very nice display of ready-made clothing is now being made by Black, Be-attie and Coy. in one uf their windows, comprising the litest novelties in min-proo: overcoat?, covert coats, men's suits and juvenile sttitrt. which have all the appearance oi being tailor-made. ill "Jennies Mii'.cr" Boots and Shces.— Thoee numerous "<id'ct>- who have been waiting tiie arrival of these celebrated hygienic mode!* of footwear, will be to leant that by the steamship Jcseric full slock.* of all the different. tJiapea have now been opened up, and may be obtained at the fob agency. D.I.C. We advise all who value comfort, and are looking for durability combined viith economy, to give these-s-plen lid makes one trial. For particulars we D.I.C. advertic.tement. on page 6 of this isrue. 21