NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11660, 13 August 1903, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The funeral of the late Mr E. B. Cargill, which took place at Dunedin yesterday, was very largely attended. The gathering was a representative one. A false alarm of fire was given, from the box at the corner of Worcester and Barb-does streets, just before 12 o'clock last night. The Brigades did not turn out. An Auckland telegram states that tho steamer Taviuni, which left that port for the Islands yesterday morning, had to return owing to an accident in the engineroom, and will not be able to get away until this evening. The weekly run of the Chrdstcihuroh Harriers' Club was held on Tuesday night. The route was through the North Park, Merivale, and Riccarton. Strong training is being gone in for by several of .the members in view of the cross-country championship of the club coining off shortly. A somewhat- important alteration in connection with the Metropolitan Show, so far as exhibitors are concerned, was made by tho committee of the A. and "P. Association yesterday. Triis was in the direction of closing the general entries three days earlier than has hitherto been the case. The alteration has been made so as to facilitate the printing of the catalogue of the show. The statement, previously published, that Messrs T. E. Taylor and G. I>aurems*on, M.H.R.'s, had abandoned the idea of exploiting tthe Chatham Island fisheries, is not, quite accurate. Tests aro still being made, and the results are said to be satasf.uctory. Mr Taylor appears confident that, properly developed, a large export trade in fish could "be established. The time for receiving voting papers for a member of the Board of Education in place of Mr J. L. Scott, resigned, expired yesterday. Letters bearing the postmark of yesterday will be in time. Tlie candidates are Dr. Chilton, Rev. W. Simpson, Messrs John Jamieson, C Allison, and W. Radcliffe. The result will be declared on the 27th inst. At the meeting of the General Committee of tho. A. and P. Association yesterday, Mr Vurphy, on behalf of the Ground Committee, reported that they bad met the Tramway Board with reference to taking tlie electric trams into the ground. They had como to tho conclusion "that the. proper place to take the trams, in would be along the cattle road, at the third gate from the city side. It was resolved—"That the Ground Committee recommend that the offer made by the Tram Company to run electric trams into the grounds be accepted, subject to satisfactory arrangements being made." An important point was brought up before the General Committee of the Canterbury A. and P. Association yesterday. This was in the form of a suggestion by a purchaser of a bull at the pedigree stock sale under the auspices of the Association after the Metropolitan Show. The suggestion was that the Association should obtain a warranty from the owner of an animal offered. Tlie committee, however, could not. see its way to undertake such a responsibility. "I don't drink beer," said one of the members of tlie A. and P. committee yesterday, "because I don't know how it 's made. If I did I might do so." This was apropos of a request from a kindred Association to co-operate in a deputation to the Premier in reference to legislation which might injure the hop and barley growers of the colony. The committee, whilst expressing itself anxious to see that beer was brewed from malt and hops only, could not go the length of appointing delegates. Mr J. Haydon, speaking with reference to the sheep rate at_the annual meeting of the Sheepowncra' Union yesterday, said that he felt, sxeing there was no scab in the country, that ho was paying two shillings per hundred for nothing," and that the Government were devoting the amount to other purposes. This, lie considered, was an imposition upon sheepowners, and he moved that the Government be asked to reduce the rate. As an amendment, Mr Duncan Macfarlane moved that the sheep t;-x be abolished, and a stock tax substituted. He pointed out tnat in some parts of the North Island the sheep inspectors practically examined no sheep, but devoted their energies to the inspection of stock and dairies. Consequently a stock tax would be more equitable "especially is cattle owners at present escaped the tame direct taxation that sheepowners piid. Mr Macfaxlane's amendment was a-jjreed to.

At a meeting of the Amberlev Breeders' I Association the prize, list, was gono through. 1 Tlie Show is definitely fixed fur Octoixr'-' Bth. and evorythmg points to a successful , gathering. The Sub-Committee of the Canterbury' * Women's Institute has reported on the. question of improving the conditions of domestic service and recommends the far. □Kition of a limited liability company with a capital of £1000 or upwards, to establish a troiniug home for domestic helps amd. a Iniarding homo for domestic helps out of employment. It is also saggusted that the Home bo used as a place of recreation and instruction for girls who choose to spend their holidays then-, and that it be used a* itn employment office. It i s proposed to convene a public- nut-ting with a view of interesting the general public in tha scheme. Joseph Formaii and Dominick Serra , m charged at- tlie Lytu. ton Police Court ytster day. belore .ur S. R. Webb, J p having stolen about 1 ton 2 owt . _f 'V valued at. about £1 2s, from the Con .♦team Ship Company at LytuUon. B» ireant Jlutledge stated that Mr Beswkfc had been engaged for the prosecution, and Mr tJeorge Harper for the defence, and those gentlemen had arranged with Mr W R. Hasoidcn. 5..M., to adjourn the cas« till Tuesday week. The Bench remanded . the accused, on their own recognisances, for eight days, the remand to extended il neevssary. At the Addington Saleyards yesterday, tin highest price yet recorded in the colony for fat. merino wethers was paid for two lots. yir Duncan Rutherford, of Leslie Hills, obtained 23s od to 3/s 6d for 19 merino ■ wi-thi-rs. and Mr W 0. Rutherford, of Montrose. 25s to 37s 6d for 35. They were all bought, for export by Mr A. L. Joseph. Mr I). Rutherford also got 28s to 43s for 67 halfbred wethers, and Mr W. O. Rutherford 28s 6d to 33s for 16. The sheep were all of very prime quality) th* merino wethers being exceptional for condition and weight, and carried splendid fleeces. The report of the directors of the. Agricultural aud Industrial Hall Company states ! that the revenue had increased from £686 | 13s to £931 18s 3d, an advance of 35 per cent., while the charges account was sonewhat less, viz.. £239 lis 9d. against £261 14s. The main hall had been occupied ninety-one times, compared to fifty tlie previous year, which was clear proof of iv usefulness and growing popularity, la ad- ' diticin to this, the upper hall, known as the Victoria Hall, had been let to the tuana- - 1 gers of the Technical Associated Classes «o that the permanent letting space, vera now fully occupied. There was therefore I every reason to expect that the revenue for the coming year would exceed that of the past. The item of interest, £756 5s 10d, was a heavy charge, and could be largely reduced by selling the unused portion of the land, to effect which steps would haw been taken had not negotiations, which it was hoped would at an early date cow • before the ratepayers, been pending with the «Jit-y Council for the salo of the property as a whole. "I solemnly swear," impressively declared a man charged at the Magistrate-*! Court yesterday with habitual drunken.* ness, "that I did not have a drink all day yesterday What happened waa this. 1 was going along the road when a bicyclist knocked me down. I was pretty badly hurt, so he took mo into a house, when a woman gave me chlorodyne. It was not my head that was affected, but my legs." This ingenious defence broke down completely when the m;ui was asked to show tho Court the injuries ho had received by his alleged fall. With "hopes fast sinkiiig he held out both his hands for examination, but they were neither cut nor bruised. All hope of impressing the Bench had necessarily to be abandoned, when th. police stated that the same accused wa» similarly charged nine days ago, and by means of a! persuasive story, hud won his discharge on condition that lie should take out a prohibition order against himself. His present offenoe was aggravated by the fact that he had obviously been on licensed premises during the currency of this order, ' Tlie man was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. The monthly meeting "of the" OWf"mittee of the Chamber of Commerce ' was held 1 on Monday afternoon, the President (Mr Turnbull) occupying the chair. Messrs Guinness and Le Cren wrote, asking if it had been deckled that sacks of grain should not exceed 2001b from January Ist next. It was decided to reply that the Chamber had received no definite information on the sub- ' ject. The Traffic Manager of Railways, in reply to the letter from the Chamber aa' the subject of want of supervision of sheds, gave details of the attendance of watchmen, etc., which was deemed satisfactory. ' Tlie Collector of Customs wrote on the - same subject, stating that the sheds were under the control of the Railway Department. The Melbourne Chamber of Cora- * merce forwarded a resolution and copy of > letter which had been sent to the Pacific Cable Board, suggesting that the Board should open its own offices for the transaction of cable business. Tho date of the annual meeting and luncheon was fixed for., Thursday, August 27th, at 1 p.m. The v annual report of tlie Committee was refer- . red to a sub-committeo for consideration, 1 and the meeting adjourned. A good deal of humour entered into 1 the details of some dog registration at the Magistrate's . Court yesterday.- f 1 One man, charged with keeping an unregu-t tercd dog, built up an elaborate defence jf; on a basis of errors in the summons. He»*_ contended that the name of the plaintiff ;0 should have been displayed in the infof> mation, and pointed out, moreover, that',, he was charged with having kept a dog~' r ] for fourteen days on one day. "Surely . > that is an impossible offenoe?" he inquired, - with an air of triumph, of tho Bench. B»j- kpresiding Justice, however, pointed 0rt~,.-------that that was-only the usual form. At* > later stage in the proceedings this perse- . - vering defendant offered to bring his bull-*' dog into court, adding, presumably tho Bench should be alarmed, that it wM * a very nice dog. The offer was not ac* - cepted, and the case against the defendant - jj was dismissed. Another man, who wat ,- charged, declared that though his dof „-=r was a retriever, he only used it for cattle, t • On a previous occasion he had registered .j the animal as a cattle dog for lialf-a-cTown, j but when he tried to do it again, he wai i told that he would have to pay ton shill- _«• ings. Sooner than do this, he destroyed ,-* the animal, and thought the matter would end there. Tlie County Council's inspectof stated that by evading the large fee Ott_ it the first occasion the defendant had made v* himself liable to a heavy penalty. '&*'•& fact had been pointed out to him, and h*<sr' had forwarded' another 7s 6d. In of this he attempted to register the dogi>'> for half-a-crown the second time. The aVJ? fendant was fined 10s. Z%iTlie interesting and valuable couection» of Maori curiosities and carvings in New Zealand Room at the Museum '""IMPL been added to recently, five carvings a shell-fish net or trawl being the latestg*. accessions. Tlie carvings comprino:— teko-teko from the entrance of the P*£|fe; at Maketu, Bay of Plenty. This is an old||carving, done with stone implements, to tho advent of the European, and an interesting example of this class work. The next is the centre-piece fronij:> a pataka (food store) at Opotiki, and also very old. It consists of two surrounded by smaller ones and embleni"?.« atic carvings. There are also two slabs, <*, r .j verandah posts, from a runanga near Roforua. Tho carving is represent*-\-jjj tive of the transition stage, as each of 1 "'-* hands of the figures have three fingers a thumb, instead of only three fingex*. * The remaining carving is the inside post , ; of a runanga honiSft, Tolago Bay, and J* * an ancient specimen, and much , The especial interest connected with tfllj- >r-" carving is that it is a figure in the round .3, 1 instead of being in bas relief. The ****** ing on tho figure is very elaborate. Im/'M .hell-fUh net or trawl is from Rotoru*» * ; and is the last of its kind to be got &•'• i that locality. The wooden portions a** *£ very old. These addlf"i>r_s are very rep**»* -.-O ec-ntative of Maori art, and will furtb* > h (enhance tho value of tho collection aj» W*te*i •;£• Museum. /■ . •.*' o

na prevalence, of sheep-stealtng «» J VrSlto vi the cSerimry Shipowners' t „d the opinion ™ \ e itl . . duties of sheer- ,n.-pectors shou W 1 J creased so that- they could .< tcction oi this olii-Jiee. ay t- U)0 mu v]\ contended, the inspectors m d _ vi , h '';,' ofii-0 work v. do, which H"" ihtdr outdoor duties. hotter knowji as ■ Wiremu I'' n [ lon f\ at Oromahoe. AuckWiremu te Parihi, died at un> g._ 3 land, a few days ■?« 0 ' ? H one H.ke's old years. He was the ltft o H _ h .__ warriors, and k"£ ht _?f, _, oiiaeawai when several battles. J» I)w ,» r d reiho m^ l '? rt l„_,lv- the British losing suited so Wiremu led 100 me *£ce before the Governor at Wai- I th " "T vnnap-- He was greatly re- j and Europeans, j S Cj •« ' v.d whips of whips. Another | M Morrow, !»*>*'•'• L v- ,„-;-* —J D. Billcns is no longer ! rubhc not; «-0. v ab-.,iutelv no j » ». "? S, ,onev or take ord-rs ', ' Son,, I dstchurch. 4GS6 Xow that the annual stock-taking date is'can and all last season's fashions di«- ------! posed of at the D.I-t. we are requested to announce that every effort is being made to open up for this Grand NnUonal week th* n,-t shipments of spring novelties alarrived, comprising some 1250 packVictors to Christchurch will be ; 6f> welcomed to inspect. 10 Mrs Tlmniton Lees, hair physicisn and complexion specialist, ha* the American methods for beautifying the skin and hair. Special treatment for baldness. Inglis s Buildings opposite Freeman's. 21 Black. Beattie and Co. are making a jpecial display of Eiderdown Quilts at exceptionally low prices. Mr Edward Hope, surgeon dentist, has commenced practice at 45 Hereford street East. 1481 Great clearing sale of pianos and organs. For one month only. We are cki'rmg out our largo and varied stock of mu:;ical inttrametitx at unheard-of prices. Stock mu-t b.- reduced. No reasonable cash ojf.-r refused. Pianos from 10*. organs from 5s monthly. Come and inspect our stock More purchasing. It will pay you j to do so. The Musical Exchange. 159 and I ' 161 Manchester street, Christchurch. Robert h Francis, manager. 2975 Most reliable watches, correct timekeepers, best value given; gold murl chains, engagement rings. A great variety in ! greenstone goods, and all kinds of wedding f presents at the very lowest prices. K. Grieshaber, 155 Colombo street, Jeweller. 50 -Further reductions in seasonable drapery y and clothing at. Death's genuine clearance sale. Great sacrifice; whole stouk must be cleared to make room for extensive shipments shortly to arrive. Ladies' silk • fronts, 4s 6d for*ls 9(1, 6s lid for 2s 9d; lace fichus and collarettes, 2s 9d for Is 3d, 4s 6d for Is Gd; fur necklets, 5s lid for is 3d, 13s 6d for 9s lid, 21s for 14s lid, 47s 6d for 22s 6d; fur mulls, 16s 6d for 12s 6d, 25s for 13s lid. 50s for 355; fans, 4s lid for is 3d, 12s 6d for 3s lid; children's black socles, Is 2d for 6Jd; ladies' black cotton hose, Is 6d for B_d; girls' black cashmere hose, Is 9d for lljd. Further reductions at Beath's great sale. See windows for genuine bargains. 30 In cold wintry weather, warm woollen clothing and underclothing are iudispenjabie for health and comfort. uneuy mat ism, sciatica, influenza, and similar tomplaints find their natural enemy in pure, til wool, Kaiapoi hosiery and clothing. Kaiapoi wooliwi hygienic sheeting, and Kaiapoi pure wool blankets will keep off chills where nothing else will succeed. Kaiapoi woollen goods can be purchased in all tho leading shops and stores throughout Canterbury. 38 Black, Beattie and Co. are making a special display of Trimmed Millinery, I Jackets, and Furs for Grand National ' week. 2 . Lamps, Lamps.—Fletcher Bros, hold a large stock of reading, hanging, and hand lamps, and we guarantee to give better value than any other firm in Christchurch. See best show in window for prices of reading lamps complete with shade 3s 6d, hand lamps (brass or glass) Is each, chimneys from 3d, wicks Id; also lamps that burn without chimney. Fletcher Bros., Direct Importers, Lower High street. 5458 Fortunes are daily made by clever invemtdons. See handbook, how to obtain "Patents" for inventions, free by post from Baldwin and Rayward. 172 Gloucester -treet, Christchurch. A. H. Hart, representative. —(Advt.) 1