NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12027, 31 October 1904, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Wcstport Coal Company's outptynß last week mis 10,217 tons 10 cwt. j||Bg?| To-day .entries close-with.the E3uc»tin|Bll Boards for the national toholanhip *w|wfl {m place examinations. " < <// iv^BBB Attention is drawn to' the the time of closing the San Francisoo PWgJHffiK leaving Christchurch orders, registered WB P*PFtigBS close at 3 p.m., letters at 4 p.m., and li MB fee letter*', 4.30 p.m. 1 ' */3 jajflH In the report of the Timara Shaw£ gSB van inadvertently stated Ihftt Mr fellow obtained the majority of" mIHW awards for Border halfbreds, \ThcfflarfgpMM» should have been that Mr gained th"c 'award* for Lincoln 1 * ArifiH The fishing telegrams local'agent of the Saturday stated that the Wriroaairiri *BJjBBl; Ashburton riven were sot fishablo; theßntjlggWJ gitata was clearing, and would be by the evening,' and the Rakaia.vmii'tMl! "in '/.''^^fflßi The ! notMtlilsffißJ Camßidge terrape't destroyed an early hour xra Saturday taprnfog, WsfSJgBHBI eared in .the for £460."Tha bniiding wa* Mc A. W. the* 'origin, fire , but not r been trcoed. ",y^^^^^^&; The Amberley % Aforriß-tpbp";CJub their ftcrt annual emoke corifcerfWjgiaMWW* day evening, when . Dr.' Qookcj' * eidenfc the dab, proj<nt«t ? th»/I»ffliHHß won .during t^' "β^son-'. ' were honoured;. ifegjjyJglHl contributed' dab * » e '-^SIIiB Jl baxaar, of ine ISmare ject of raising fonds'to gronnde "and - to 'erect* a 'nw?inlant*lpo6»Hßißß was held in Timara laetweek," on, Setnrdar nkht. and ' i& f *fyHigMßa gain of JB4OO. -It ie hncfewtood thktsißßßJ Govenunent-will' beaekedthe ertent.of by v the ! *Aool in > la» peroaaent,* iroprovernenfo to - t QfT*gjj^gMß - KB» yearly "meeting, o! German Church., waa ; jieijd, oai JHWKi eheet peetor,' been appointed vicar" of %fahnMm&j||MMHH| mo, it *M i-ttnanimowJy oonnderation, to, commnweata AipiMlailßlll a bedding ing tlia f Qiurdi open for wefut Jvggfc l99H iromithe baitor tow' wpae, preented, it* •Wβ < Obilfbpene Home «t Brigbton, :V<: ,.,e^---gip^Mpp to-morrow. A, mait f train-will, city .daily (Sundays «p«pt«d) awivinff/at day.following, and'en leave daily (Sundsyn «xwptpd) 4yjW| pjrf,'/ erriving at Dnneditf •MjlOg^j^p^ jit 5.8 p.m., «fl<l ii» leave invercargiH daily* at 8 am. wQl'arrire bero*ty;l(o> f Wteffiß Allefatiohi have been ina&fo of the Lyttelton train! to fib ui^it^aHHj whidi;* ■ Bay, hae received owners of the vessel, W»e>Pwp*<* , ..ffl^^S^^| aS U float her. ' Hie captain on. Saturday raoraiflgu for gyj*gSJSSl^Wl accompanied by G»ptaln WMMj | to survey the veeeel, befo» tePdea»'*HM«j § called far refloating h^fv* been etanding by^hef | the stranding of tho've**l,^ r letter received in Lyttelfam' on g Captam Aistrup *t&U* thai « a* W«SgMiBB| in getting the Addenda afloat c^ v jjglsS|Wi he will bring her dnwn where «he will be docked for TO&JBPMP The Black Family, had an oently. They w«re coachyng ■ u™KkWgMt& sand be«h of the Eaet r, -»- t -^ owm W|l|i" dwtrirt), described In ptate a« than .the roadlew north, broke, and the thwe leadeft. The driver ww pull«d ftot.ol falling on the pole*, and wai for aorne time. The three * a y%glgSMl| straight for the water, and "it w * i <'f*9ljSfflHi| great«rt difficulty that they-ww^s&&£Sh» 1 "The ordinary coach," wrrtew mant of the Danedin "St*r/'-fiw»« hind w, end with the •*^« w ?l , raH 1 male passengers thing* were put gffiy*fl»Mjli ye got und<r.way Nine had to be corered that day, 'tliree hours. It ww rainmg » i all the way coming back. It Jβ ***OT&mK| to hold on -to the coach ,like gnm ,*%gSBHp bat the bumping and jolttog help i the'monotony of the-joumey. & s The City Council meets thfo when in addition to ordinary & I &qshH| a deputation from the mittoe f f the Education Board and braig matt««» connected w»nAMftißj|ffi Technical Cla*w« in tb» cHy v wytice of members. It p Hil a peiition will be received frwt,lgwgSSlMMß| oa Park t«ra<» objecting to tJie telegrapli pole#, hae been ao much the eastern aide o! toe r** geeting' that they OT6ctfid/i%JW%MK§™ Park. A deputation of bably wait <m the OwmcU, the same, matter, to ask~tn»H«llf3BsgMnßH| be removed to the eaetem j^^^M«|

If It ie estimated that the completed CatheI -"' dral will provide seating accommodation 1'! for a congregation of between 1400 and I; £ 1600. I -•' Our Dunedin correspondent telegraph* I■' that the drainage engiuccr's estimate of the I . t.ewage *chemo for the city and suburbs I, ■* totals £30,000. jjj! " Our correspondent, telegraphs that the *i ? Wellington delegates of the New Zealand f Rowing Association were instructed to sups' 7 ' port the proposal to invite Australian I ' club* to tne civlony, or, in the alternaB " tive, to «n.l a New Zealand crew or rf ;> sculler to Australia. h. »' It is understood that arrangements have *£ ? been made at the local post office for a IJi ni?ht staff to flenl with the southern mail I 1 arriving , by the serond express. Letters 11 for holders of private boxes will be placed \' in their boxe*, and the entrance to the '/> boxes will probably be kept open to a if' later hour than at present. J A commission has rxen appointed to take evidence in Ihe case in which George s- T. Fulford, of Ontario, proprietor of Dr. f Williams'* Medicine Co., wjeks injunction % end damages against Fairbura, Wright and 4 Co., Christehurch. respecting the importafj . tion and Rale of pills alleged to be a 'J- ■ colourable imitation of thoeo manufactured g< by iho patentee. jl Our DiiTvedin correspondent writes that P the ceremonies in connection with the * forthcoming official opening of the Otago $ - Central Railway at. Omokau promise to Ik? 5§ ; on an elaborate scale. The day wjll be g ; i declared a public holiday in Alexandra and % - Iflvde, and other surrounding districts. So iifc far no official intimation has been reM ceived of the date of tho opening or the JS * running of excursion* from Dnnodin, but p. •- it » expected that the Minister of Public ft "< f Works will fix on a date before the se*3•' 01011 closes. •p. • 'Iα response to the circular wnt out by If > th« Mayor of Timaru to tho various schools ff throughout the colony, asking the school \t children to subscribe to the "Pence-" Fund fe' for tlie purpose, of presenting the battlers ihtp New Zealand with a gift of plate or jjf - other mark of interest, contribution lists % have been received from 638 schools, repM resenting a total amounts collected up to 2;' date of £292 7s. The secretary of the vj Kducation Boe.nl will bo glad to receive % v subscriptions from such 'schools in XJanter- ;£ bury ac have not so far contributed to the $, ' fund. U -, - The Ohristchurch Homing Pigeon Society X" <■ Registered, flew off a race from Invercargill U on Saturday. The birds wero liberated at %' 7 a.m., when the weAther was dull and |! , there was a head wind. Tlie winner was S , ' Mr A. Downing's Skipper, which traversed % ' the distance of 290 miles 457 yds in Bhrs 1$ * ' 69min 33sec. The Society wishes to thank "3 *' the etationmaster for attending to and kj V' liberating the birds. Tne following were § \ ' the results:—Mr A. Downing* Skipper, & ' ' 946 yds per minute; Mr F. Kingford's Iron- -. clad, 847 yds per minute jMr F. Fatters son's Petone, 838 yds per minute. & i" The small trout fry which were success- & •'( "folly hatched out at the Oamaru hatchery J : V lately have been liberated in the various !$ •-" etreams in that district. It is estimated ft! is that out of 50,000 ova placed in the '■( hatchery boxes, only about 300 did not maP '*. ture. It is calculated that about 47,000 •ft ' ■ healthy trout of about one inoh, have been ji '- liberated in tho following utreams:—ls^ooo « * in the Kakanui; at the Old Ferry (Waim ' taki), 15,000 > 5000 in the Awamoko; BUOO H in the Otepopo (Glencoc): and the balance I " in the Oamaru Creek and the Society's i'l ,\ ponds. " , ; >| ■ • Mr T. Caldwell, M.P. for Mid-I^anark, j , ! ~* speaking at a gathering of the Burne t\ V Club, in DtrSedin., .said he had fi* travelled • rouod and over the world, 'w ; .but had felt he never' could say lie s. . " had travelled the world until he had seen I '7-, t .Yew .-Zealaadi ; Of all>the visitehe-fwd fflf' mado, none had co deeply impressed hhn w w;th the feeling that he wni nt'home— fly in Scotland, ea it were—as the visit he had If made to New Zoaland. He proceeded to I,' epeok of the eunilarity of the Wo counH '' tries', and said he knew of no country that p ■ had greater opportunities for. rise and proM > press than the country of New Zealand, M k and Hβ had travelled the world over. It S, had great opportunitjee, but required a , %'s greater population. , ' M ' There was ■• a large attendance" ab the m~v 'Anniversaryjwryioes of the New Brighton ®i' Wesleyan Sunday School on Thursday M f night. The submitted WL :'■ /by the children wns commendable, j|f .' and- creditable .items were 'given M br Misse* Martha McKiriney,-Ivy Pattrick, ! ,/ .Muriel Hanham, May Hatiiwni, and Man i [ h'/ ters' Cyril Cooke and. Harris Hunter, and ' V the boys attending Miss -Eva Nicholas \i '} claas. Tho chairman (Rev. E. P. Blamires) ' ! i*' , and the Rev. F. W. Dewebury end Mr F \ • 'l ~ fcpratt, sen. (superintendent of the echool) : J.- ' delivered oddreme*. Tlie einging of the : : '*~ ■ children wee commendable and. creditable ] ■ >JC, to the conductor (Mr,H. Wagstaff). Prizes I 'were distributed to scholars for proficiency \ ' Ef* '' in Scriptiire leesons, good attendanbe, etc. j : '*; The usual votes of tlwnke were passed. _ ; lighting of the recently completed j. f" part of the "Cathedral was intrusted to. ) ■ ;' Chri*tchurch Gas Company, and the !." design adopted for the gasalieni is nn ir Mnboration of thnfc previoufly introduced ;)' .into tho nave. There are two 20 light •V ga»aliers in th<%traneept aiid two others, aibo of 20 lights «ioh, in front of the v; -ehancelf two light corona pendant* of cor- . responding design are fixed in each of the I_ _ v«trw*, and *."Gem v , lanterns have been I*' 'provided to light the eastern entrances - to j,i '.the vestries. Welsbach incandescent I \ ' burners have been used throughout the in--1-1 •tallation, and when the 80 burners on the $&A . '' m,r ar 8° g«*i|i«rs are lighted,_ there is an «!?| ' - abundance of light with an entire absence p. i, ?t glare. .The gasaliers arc very liandaom© fk'-, ' 'Specimens of wrought ironwork, and have |> *- been designed and made throughout in the M f 0«s Compriny'e workshops. Wt '' Regarding the' Seddon-Taylor libel J% %- *< l ' on > which was sH down for hearing at « ; Uie November «e«ions of tho Supreme gg; f Court lvere, it wema that Mr Taylor in- % ', tends taking full advantage of hie Paifp -" - liamcirtary privilege. Stringer, of thie kl ?• ■ city, -who in acting for Captain Seddon M |\ , a«k*d Mr T. 0. RusseJl, Mr Taylor's counM%. te\, if hi* client would consent to the trial mmk- taking place in November. Mr Russell, P||,i-' xrbally, replied that his client would not |||- i i; agree to thw. Subwquently, Mr Rowmll " t0 th . c * ffect thnb m tJ ? e House of &? \ -Rcprcsentfitivca would bo sitting well up iI '• to ,ne opening of the civil sewioris in No- ! I tember, it would, be impo«f iblo for Mr • %\'%-. • Taylor to conduct his defonco. with such, a £, short time for preparation. He had adag! V hw client that the ctoe should not ffl § go to trinl till February. W ?' f i^ , tr ' al °' May-Otway patent fire Mil »*nn. inatalled throughout 'the premises of Messrs Sargood, Son, and Ewen. -vac am' made en Saturday morning. The principle gm of the fire alarm is .both simple and effec*:fr t ' ve - *> "umber of thermostate are fixed to" ~m' X K' Xlk \ Wl Mch floor - Und « r nOT ««»l «>»• mt'- v 4 IO I S "° « lectrical contact » broken, mt >r il i «Pa«"on of the wire when heated mU - by fire causra it to «,g and create an §|i*. «P«nral contact between graphite and jfgl* platinum. The contact cau«« a bell to fll' nn it» nrfl an indicator on the ground floor H| I' •„ the entrance chows on what floor the IS r «» ».»wniing.. thermostat was 5 I, in turn on Saturday by holding a ®B 'i ' ?" etj, l P a n'with burning spirits under it, and HI J-; in from 5 tolOsecondsthe bell rang end trie f' ' indicator wbowed where the fire was. The HI y indicator m further connected with the M * fire Mation. whither the-alarm is con.V; Ye . automatically. %Ih . ' MrCormick is the Binder to buy. it P| I , "- is th« machine which can bo. depended Wb • u P°n *o surcfwfully harvest your crop. 5 $m i,; Carnival Wwk.—Ballantyne's Holiday 5iS it» previous yean*. Bhlfek; I ,' 8nt yn*> n"d Co. will close their'warehouse S all day Friday, 11th November (Pfople , * m if"' \ Da - Vl ? nd '9th November, h Je'iß Hie King's .Birthday, and a statutory Wi h ■ holld j v J : ' .will of course close their Us |t warehouse on that day also. This timely % "J* 1 * 1 "* 1 ' 011 w made in the hope, that the ?PIH. cl !f nts oI -Messrs J. Ballantyi* ■ and Co. |™-ji'™i not allow themaelves to be inconthereby. ' 7739 j&SSfo'- - Itefore purchasing a roller, be sure an-1 f / : , o «r n «" , Booth, Macdonald's Cariylc roller. t&Afb ,* lt,J :,1C grease bfaiing&j you wiH not go

When you buy a Rambler motor car you do not need a mechanic to drive it, and are not haunted with remorse and regret. Oates, Lowry and 00., sole agent*. Smart Summer Costumes and Blouies.— The D.I.C. have just received for tho approaching carnival and holiday season a charming variety of ready-to-wear dresses and blouses, in all the newtst materials and latest models, all purchawd late in the Home markets at pricfw, the quotations of which are a genuine surpri*% Ladies who may require a race outfit at shortest notice are invited to inspect these very beautiful goods nowshowing in the D.I.C. costume departments. 29 The largest assortment of vehicle*, where prices and quality are unequalled, if McClelland and Matthews' Farmera" Show Rooms. Farm implement*, hardware, tools, oils, a speciality. Next Union S.S. Coy. , -2824 Gentlemen, to look well, must dress well. Why wear a badly-fitting suit, which at best looks little better than a second-class ready-made, when you can get a perfect fitting rait, cut and made to your measure, at a moderate price, by conmilting Messrs Beath and Co.'s new cutter, who has had a wide and varied experience (extend ihg over many years) in every branch of the cutters art? Large new" stock of all tho latest materials and designs for summer wear just to hand. Beath and Co., Ltd., Merchant Tailors. C'ashcl ertreet. 30 Black, Beattie and Co. are now showing a very choice selection of silks, suitable for the present season's wear. These comprise Japanese silks, t.om to 27in wide, Is lid, 2s 3d, 2s 6d, 2s lid per yard; tussore silks, Is 9d, 2s 6d to 4s 3d per yard; also, Louisines, broobes, satins, Merveilleaux Luxors, and Peau de Sole, at 2a lid, 3s lid, As lid, 5a lid, 6s lid per yard, which in value cannot ha surpassed. 21 Handsome Holiday, Birthday, and Wedding Presents, suitable for all. Fletcher Bros, have just received a special shipment of useful and ornamental goods. They are making a splendid show in window. Water seta complete with tray from 5s 9d, teasets, 21 pieces, from 7s 9d, dinner set* from 19s 6d. Everything marked in plain figures at Fletcher Bros., Crockery Merchants, Lower High street. 7287 The Latest Cut in Prices.—Bicycles from £10 10s, with a 12 montlis* guarantee. Clarkson, Manchester street. 24 Sweet Peas.—Six finest-named large flowering varieties for 2s; 12 varieties for 3s; 24 varieties for 6s; 36 varieties for 7«; or 50 varieties for 9s 6d. All poit frea from Nimmo and Blair, Dunedin. 3 FAIBCHILD'S GARDEN. There is a beautiful spot in Comity harbour, *\dam's Island, one of the Auckland group, which has been called "Faircliild's Garden," in honour of the late Captain'Fairchild, whose name will last as long as that of the Government steamer Hinemoa, of which he was master. In his paper in the "Transactions" on the flora of the southern islands, Dr. Cockayne reproduces an excellent description of Hie gaTtten by Mr Justice Chapman, President of the Arbitration Court. The garden covers an area of about 400 acres, and is described by Mr Chapman as one of the most wonderful natural gardens the extratropical world can' show. He says: —" No doubt other parts of. Adam's Island and other places in the group are equally beautiful, but the day we «perit here can'never bo forgotten. A peaked rock overhead ifl 700 ft above the sea level; the summit rocks are 1100 ft by the aneroid. The whole of the ground up to these and beyond is literally packed with beautiful flowering herbaceous plant*. Along the shore there are masses of the golden lily in seed, and here also grow the sweet-scented Cotula lanata and its handsome congener, Cotula plumcoa, both of which are worth cultivating. Over the whole country Pleurapliyllum speciosum sends up, among huge ribbed leaves, two feet long, ita spikes of beautiful lilac or purple flowers. Here, too, we met in immense quantities the most beautiful of-aJI the CelrirTsiaa, vernicosa, a little plant wkh leaves here seldom more than two feet long, gleaming like rjolished nephrite new from the Hands, arranged in the most perfect rosettes."