NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12085, 6 January 1905, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

■♦ '■ —■ An Auckland telegram states that the Colonial Sugar Refinery Company's prices havo been advanced twenty shillings per ton. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., aro shipping to-day to the order of their Sydney branch, on account of Mr Upton, Ashburton, 100 two-tooth Shropshire Down owes. , The Huddart-Parker steamer Wimmora sails for Melbourne and tho south' to-day, on arrival of tho 1.25 p.m. train, not the 2.4G p.m. train as previously advertised. A Press Association telegram states that the gold returns for tho Auckland district for the past threo weeks totalled £11,046. The comparative smallness of the output is due to several returns not having come to hand yot. The following have now passed all their examinations for the certificate of associate in mechanical engineering of the School of Engineering, Canterbury College:—Mr E. G. Foster, Mr J. Holden, and Mr C. R. Walker. fllr H. W. Bishop, tho Christchurch Stipendiary Magistrate,'will not return to town till about the 20th. In the meantime the sittings of the Magistrate's Court will be presided over by Major Kcddell, of Oamaru. Messrs W. H. Hargreaves and W. Minson, J.P.s, occupied the Magisterial Bench yesterday, and gave judgment by default in the undefended caso of M. Harris and Son against Mrs A. G. McLean, claim £8 16s 9d. Thero was a very largo attendance last evening in Victoria Square, when the Garrison Band gave one of the Municipal band concerts on the Rotunda. The items on _a well selected programmo were excellently played. A complete rehearsal of the orchestra, principals and chorus of the Comic Opera Mikado, which the Christchurch Amateur Operatic Club will .produce on February Cth was held in the Caledonian Society's rooms last evening with a success which augurs well for tho performances before the public. Those candidates who were successful at the local examinations held by the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and tbe Royal College of Music/ may obtain their, certificates on applying at Canterbury College. ,••••'

The proceedings at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday *°. ln P 1 , et;o -, r m exactly four minutes.! .. Several farmers in the Wakanni d_£ trict were busily engaged on Wednesday • in reaping grass seed. ' •■ '.'^iy^v^'y'^ The '■'. fishing telegram received yesterday by the local agency of the Tourist Department stated; that all the Canteiv bury rivers were fishablo. • The Waitaki was in good order for fishing. Our Dnnedin cbrrest»ondent telegraphs that & man was arrested on Wednesday night on a charge 6f,' on the Ist of November, at Christchurch, breaking and entering the shop of Georgo Sutherland, and stealing therefrom a variety of articles of the total value of £20. • Sheop imported by the undermentioned breeders wero released from quarantine yesterday:—Mr A. Murdoch, Riversdale, Southland; Messrs Little Bros., Ngapara; Mr W. Grant, Timaru; Mr J. Reid, Oomaru; Mr D. Grant, Temuka; N.Z. and Australian Land Company, Dunedin; Mr L. White, Rakaia; and Mr T. Reid, Oamaru. Another record has been created by the Christchurch Meat Company, Ltd., in the output of fertilisers. During the week from December 17th. to 24th they mixed, bagged and sent out from Islington and Smithfiold, 433 tons 17cwt. It took 244 railway trucks for its distribution, besides what was delivered at the works in farmers' own drays. A special meeting of the Spreydon Road Board was hold last evening for tho purpose of deciding upon the day. for the weekly half-holiday. Thero wore present: Messrs J. Brown (chairman), J. A. Clarke, and C. W. Comer. Apologies for absence wero received from Messrs Barry and Lee. On the motion.of Mr Clarke, seconded by Mr Comer, tho meeting adopted Thursday afternoon as tho day for tho statutory weekly half holiday. In regard to tho proposed Farmers' Union picnio to Ashburton, Mr Georgo | Witty, M.H.R., recently communicated with the Minister of Railways, asking if reduced faros would be granted' to those participating in the picnic. ,Mr Witty has received the following answer from Sir Joseph Ward:—" Referring to your telegram' of December 21st, 1 regret that after going intp tho matter, it is not possible for mo to accede totho request. Factory rates aro not applicable to Farmers' Unions or any other Unions,, and many applications' of a similar nature have previously been declined. The Union can, ; of course, obtain holiday or excursion fares. I would like, to have met your request if it had been possible for mc to do so." Tho Sydenham School Cadets went to Governor's Bay yesterday for their annual camp. The party, numbering 54 boys and 4 officers, went through to Lyttelton by the 12.10 p.m. train, and were taken ty tho Bay in the steam launch Canterbury,: the use of tho vessel being generously given free of charge by the proprietors, Messrs Agar and Thomas. Captain Baldwin, Quarter-master of No. 2 Cadet Battalion, is in command of the camp, which, as in former years, is pitched.in the Ocean View grounds, the use of which has been-kindly granted. The lads are to remain under canvas for a fortnight. ' Mr T. I. Smail attends the camp as chaplain. ' As intimated in "The Press" somo months ago, General Booth is revisiting I New Zealand this year. Tho Salvation I Army leader'is expected to arrive, at Invercargill on Monday, April ■"■', 17th, and will spend Tuesday, Wednesday, and. Thursday, April. 18th, ,19th. and 20th, in Dunedin. Ho is due -in Christchurch on the Saturday, and will conduct public meetings in this city on the Sunday and. Monday (April 23rd and 24th), meetings for Salvation Army officers following during the week. He leaves for Wollington on the following Thursday or Friday, and is to conduct meetings there' on Sunday, April 30th, and Monday, May Ist. The Auckland meetings aro to follow on Friday and Sunday, May sth and 7th. A meeting of the; Executive Committee \pf the New Brighton Gala was held on\ Wednesday evening, Mr C.;H. : Winny (Mayor) presiding. The reports of the various sub-committees were V in overy sense satisfactory. Donations wore' received from Mr; A. E. G. Rhodes, Mr C. H. Winny, Captain A. W. Owles, Mr Wakelin, Mr Stewart, Mr Hawker, Messrs Patrick and Son, and Mr McKinney, besides many promises of support later. Captain Owles kindly offered the Committee the. iiso of his complete code of signal flags for decorative purposes. It was decided to hold over the tenders received from the various bands until the General Committee meet on tho 18th instant. ;The sand building by school children promises to be one. of the leading features in this year's gala, and a "strong sub-" committee have the matter well V; in hand. The meeting adjoiirndd until' Wednesday next. . <'{■■•. The Tramway Board's engineer (Mr F. H. Chamberlain) has given a groat deal of consideration to the question of facilitating the street;traffic at the Bank of New Zealand corner while, the new permanent way: is being installed from High street to Cathedral square. Owing to the large amount of special work required at this point' the road would need, to be closed for a week. _To obviate this, to a certain extent'at least, arrangements have been .made with fhe contractors to first put down the lines on the eastern side of Colombo street (that nearest the Bank). ,> This will leave half of the roadway clear for vehicular traffic. It will be'necessary to close tho street when tho track on the western side is being laid, and'the trams will use tho new track on the' eastern side. - ..'.'■'.■-' | The secretary of the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand has received on application for an award iv tho case of James DaniolO'Farrell,; sixteen years |oc age, who,, on January 17th, 1904, rescued. John Bergen,, fourteen years'ot ape, from drowning in tho Paknratahi river, Kaitoke, Wollington. Bergen cculd not swim, and was carried by a cv.rrent into deep water. The second timo O'Farrell tried to save Bergen he got on O'Farrell's back and held him under the water for some time. O'Far-rc-11, who was exhausted, had to leave Bergen; but returned to him and got him ashore. An application has-also | been received for an "In Memoriam" I award in the case of Maraea Pokai, of Hiruharama (Jerusalem), Waipiro Bay, who on October 23rd, 1893, saved three children from a burning whare. Maraea Pokai died nine hours after the accident from shock, the result of the severe burns she sustained. Mr S. R. Webb, Mayor of Lyttelton, has received a telegram from Mr Bradbury, Mayor of Sumner, asking him to use his influence to have the Regatta postponed from next .Thursday, as that is tho date previously chosen for the Sumner Gala. <Mr Webb, after consultation with other members of the Regatta Committee, sent a reply, expressing regret that the Sumner Gala* had been overlooked when the. date for the Regatta was arranged, but stating that it was now hopeless; to. expect - a postponement of the latter. The Mayor of Sumner thereupon'.''.sent.a-re-ply to tho effect that both programmeswould be spoiled if. carried out on tho same day. He stated that ono fixture must bo postponed, and that Sumner could not be expected to giro way. Mr Web.b then held a further consultation with the members of the Lyttelton Regatta' Committee, and sent the following reply yesterday afternoon:----' Efforts abortive. Committee sincerely regret position. Decision under prevailing circumstances unalterable."

The^ ; Gothib;^^Vhich: iW^Vn^!' thbusi-warbases -jol ■', /ifbic? convicted; and discharged by Mr ■ Court- } A^p^rty^o!' /from H.M.S. lyttelton; mbrnin^;j ; arid were marching on rtie.Sumner/ ■•--■l!_i_»" Mayor has convene-i/av'meetthg of the delegates from the bodies, etc;, with reference^to the |sxr hibition, for Tuesday; next, 4 rp.m. The question of "holding a; _>üblio> meeting to consider the starting of tho pxoject will be discussed. ' r 1/ y■■..-: r/;■"•.;■' The r balanceiof Mr J. F< Douglas's Waihao Downs estate, Waimate, consistiog of 2700 acres, 'including' the homestead was sold • privately yester * day, to Mr E. Richards, formerly of Rakaia, who bought a considerabU area of tho Downs some years ago." i Land valuations in tho Wakanui road district of dio Ashburton county have increased largely, during tho oast throe years. In .No.. 2 Ward the. valuation has risen 40' per cent.y and in No. 3 Ward 70 per cent. "VNTicn the workmen engaged in repairs on tho Ashburton traffic bridgo returned from dinner-on -Wednesday ihey found a portion of the old decking on fire. The fire had a good hold, and but for the prompt action of the workmen the damage' would havo been serious. The export of gold from tho colony last year was 519,720 ounces, valued !at £1,987,501, or 13,594 ounces, valued lat £50,330, less than in 1903. Last month's export of gold totalled 28,531 ounces, of the, value of £112,017, as t compared with 49,794 ounces, ,of the value of £193,261, in December, 1903. A meeting of the ratepayers of the Annat, road district of the Ashburton county was hold on Wednesday to dis- ; cuss the County; Council's resolution abolishing the special water rate, and including the latter in one annual general rate. / A motion was carried unanimously protesting against/thenew system, and urging the Council to rescind, the resolution bearing on tho matter. . .'' •.':.;.// The Department of Agriculture /has been advised that quantities of clover seed, badly infected with dodder, aro being sent to New Zealand. The Department emphasises tho. necessity, for farmers to bo careful, as dodder is a serious pest. Tho Noxious Weeds Act makes it an offence for anyone to __sow. sell, or offer to soil, seed containing dedder. The officers of the Department have been instructed to keep a shai-p look out for offeiiders. ;/;;■ ////■; At tho Ashburton Police Court yes-„ terday Percy Eden was charged with stealing three bales of wool, valued at £46 10s, at Westerfield. Thirty bags of wool.were recently sold to a Geraldine buyer .by.; a man; named ■.Eden.Accused was therefore arrested on bus-; picion. The caso was as the Geraldiiie buyer had O not; arrived yesterday morning, i Bail was fixed at £400, accused in £200 and two sureties of ; -£100.//h/;<;/, %.Q : v ; ;>V'/'' *'-/ The'.': New Zealand Shipping. , Com- J pany's.,steamer v ßuapehu ; shipped: at I Lyttelton through- the Lyttolton • H««:----bour Board's*.cool stores 'forsLondbri, three thousand five hundred'and eighty-: six boxes of butter, weighing 1743cwt;, and : of ■*- cheese, ''.weighing 2140wt. ; Tiie above shipment cbm.prised 2004 boxes of butter ■ fromfCan-/ 1132 boxes 'from/ Otagb^/and 350 boxes from: Southland.':/ The whole of; the .cheese fro_a;Cantorhury.'^;' ; " One effect/ of. the-/u Police Amendment >Act of :Jast \ session (says tho "Post*) appears to be; the exclusion of professional boxers froni/nrakhig.; ci- ■ hibition/ tours/ of' tho'.; cblbny". ?ißeoently_ tho secretary ofvthe'lbcial/centre ofithe: Boxing Association received a, team/bf four professionals werovcon'-! templating; a tour/ihrpugh the ;bblony. 5 > In reply/-to'-erigbiries/regarding' v the' prospects of the tour, : he^^fbrwarded}'V copy of the Act with suit that the propbseds;tnp abandoned, i/v-/;.^.;r.^;///';.;/>■/ &<*&■■,. g? i : ;V •In refererice;to ; the death/of .Mr/W/X. , Gaw, -iormerly '• railway-*' bur/: Auckland cbrrespon-; dent states that k Gaw had"/been suffering" from I .iparilyisis, 1 and /hefhad gone ; to Howick iii, the/hbpe/that, v the; bracing air would do him gbod./;f Hij. was doing well,/when, a great; cameupon him unexpectedly in the death/ b|; his wife,;;/and did not survive her/more tbatt'eight'^weeks./ On Monday; last Mr:"Gaw: w_i/bn : .huij way to luriohv SMth,' in company./ with ■ his - daughter, vand/> tie; Suddenly fell 'forward '.on; /the -road,; bruising his forehead ,-04. severely* that he 'sustained ebnoußsibriV;bf. 'Ho was,quickly; rembyed/tbfhis;homo;: and lay there. unconscious//; The';seer: vices of Drs. ,Bewes and/Savage '.were requisitioned' but they/were' unable/'tp' save his. lite. - ';//./^ : ;/' < o' i .O"/ 1 /^'/;-/''?// , S' Mr W.f-Minaon,;•: J;Ri?^presided^/lat: the Police Court yesterdiay; A. offender,/, .charged /with; drunkehnoss, nas : /convicted' //and K"/discharjgecl.' A man • named 'John Malley admitt>*d a charge of drunkenness, and professed: ignorance of a.further charge-oftwil_ : fully breaking a sheet: of plate glass, valued at £5 15s. Evidence was given that on Tuesday night the accuSfed, vrHowas in a,. of intoxication,/vafter being ref used /""drintr/ at Coker^s.; Hotel/ went outside, picked up a: large piece oh road 'metal, ;and deliberately/threw/it" thrdhgh one of the hotel windows;/? The Bench ""convioted and discharged the" ao-: cused/upon'the chargelpf and sentenced: Him to tVb.inonths'imprisonment : upon ; the'vjcharge.'i/bf; brealc-, ing y the ,■; / window.-/; / Herbert /Joseph O'Brieni'/whb. appeared,iuj^n/a charge of forgery, /was.further remanded,; t> 111' Wednesday; next. ■: : '^■■■f:.yW^- I^' Mr A Wi Harding, -who'- has'acted.as clerical secretary to the North/Canterbury Farmers' / Union Executive: since its establishment,/and has /discharged the duties very efficiently, ceased to hold, office as. from the' Ist. of the present month. Mr Harding resigned tho position owing to tho, increasing work; demanding more time than he could devote to it. / Mr ; F. W,/Hilsort, of 114 Manchester street,-;takes,up the duties of clerical secretary to «the'executive', and the meetings- of thatlbody (will ; in future be held ;at his' /office./ Mr Boynes, the_ organising secretary of the executive, is at'present kept busy:.visiting the different districts,. giving addresses and personally • interviewing farmers.-:' : '' ; v ; : '■■';■'■ .-. '•■/,••■ ■."''■»'•.■••.■■ The '■_ London 'Times" of •■ November 14th last contains the following regarding tho death of .General Snow, whoso nephew is Major Snow,; commanding; tho' First Battalion North. Canterbury/ Mounted Rifle Volunteers :--"The death took place on Friday/ at. nls residence, Southampton, of General Thomas Rochfort Snow,; late of the Bengal General Snow Indian; Army in #1839, : and/ as _»'■'; subaltern. ; r' served" throughout the campaign' of. lS_3.:/m Sind, under /.Sir CSiarles : Nftpier^ : :; and was' present at tho battles of Meoaneo and Hyderabad j his; horso being shot in the last-mehtibnedjengagement./ t'Dur-. iiig the" Indian; Mutiny; having fn: the meantime; been promoted to the rank of captain,- he;- .Light Horse, and served under Sir John Lawrence against the tribes in the- Goof garia district ./,Du ring these operations he was twice wounded, tho second timo severely;/; and; satJtheclose.ipf .'ftercam-: paign his sbmces/were/rbwarded' by promotion to the rank of brevet-major;' Ho became: a lieutenant-colonel in 1863, colonel in 1870,/ jiiajbr-general in 1881, lieutenant-general in 1886, in which year 1 he was placed on,.the unemployed supernumerary/, list,' and/general in: 1890. : ; Ho was" in his eighty-fourth year."

"|Csi£^^__^t^^r_SlM^^^_i^^i^|lH Alistjalia is forwarclih^t^^rSa^^H and $ome other formation in"reforeri™3 »^*iffisß3ftMH| of The J^U^S^ffl tbero >arev TwtdopoCTte of^h_ti_3raH .from^.whi^'radiß^ ton "Post,'' under date roncerning frco rideg on thr?Jit^SH I cars in calling attention to this a week passes but J eniov ridesv though I Bit/with;; theTSMgajllfl toy;, To-day :i I 'rtfifasWfflHUM street on top of a tram, ;wiUi 'deadheads'—four tramway ■ and a telegraph boy^; Twic«^i(^_£ month I have received toomtichcnir__Slal which I *t eince re t"rned, bntiiAtonaffll going to pass my ing,. tho leisuro of a guards b**tiS3fs^ \ penny forwarding ;st"ami».^^!^^™| I. '■'.. A veritable plague-. BptA.}^i^^Bm\W | Herald,"; '. exists in. tho shanties on/the:.uMnu_£d near the Cemetery,' where a mnnbSifi old vagabonds are drinkfog ■ the__fi_ri___« intb delirium -tremens. The«G/_»rt«ttE!j_S do no' work, and how they is a mystery. No less than w»r_tf lt£_ them aro old ago pensioners, and/is2ra companions spend most Of sponging on them, and induan&tjJJgSß to waste their pensions in last night onb of the necessary to go over and hunt* these latter out,;and put in one of the huts, as he of the.occupants being burnt /tb/wMngjS such was their drunken shanties 4ro indescribably tho whole locality is a town. :, Two of these precib-t|sQtt__jS3 were before the MagUtrate ing, one getting tllree labour, and the other for, medical treatment. The in a shocking state,' and ' frame was shaking from the; drink, so much-so that hai unable to sign his evidence, ;a_a'4_^n@ .to make a cross. It is to be hoiMd<tl)ki_| police will lose no time in this nest pf. vagabonds;f s /; :: "*■'! Wise's New ZealandDirectory for i 1905" is to : hand.>,rjl|| contains aU .the well-known;ffeat_KH| which have made it and wjjjffl be found indispensable to aiid professional; oftlce.; >iira useful' it botical directories, for .over a directory for the}iv^holelcolofigr,?!**_lS street directories of: the with particulars concerning the JvarJMflj professions, and < Iwal Government official :director{es.ji; „TNfl| work commends"itself, and very '!Xs|H /. :'/Thev y equipped with .a practical loosening •;andtightening\tho:elewjßß canvasses, neither dew. nor affect them when they are|loa_^%^g We are" thia day sale price Co., Commerce C^Houße; geuertdly.; and those our readers will/find/ the;: front that Commerce scene/at ylO o'clock to^ Chrbtmaa—Gifts k are now .'fij TMiiiiP; TTiilllMl i: *ii jl I KJ^WWfgDi ladies' and >; writing cases/; music hand-bags, hair Ifi ii fli I in; f i ii r Tim "n't ffiflir inOfflHn. perfume cabmets,^aptoe«B:^||%t_pw| ■ table mat*, selection of trimmed millinery, ? wh»h//_j^||»_|Hffl : '_^be's ;';'''Shiplo"ao_i;-ibf:- j great entire. bf:po-_idb bought, from/manpf hbusembn - Lowest prioes " straws 4s 64 for/ls ' stoles:' 56 '- (3d for Is lid. i|. 11 I I I i|i ,j iii 111 Til J|HM__B -Jap. silks all lid for 6«d.r anot for Is; 6d, > lid; Java skirtsJ7s6dforß«lld;chUdr*_*SMH and tunics 12s M for 3«_lld;it«iWH picnio hate 6s ltd for 3s6d/«^ ,black/oit-.cli«tip_^ ''B-let&E^/windb^^ v'a a Bhipmentlof the^belebrate^^ these the piano showa-oonw on the|fl in the purohase;of-Rtrument-isyinTited,to;yi-iMthft|llliißa ment and inipeet ;the- lnrtrtilm which er^rtsaßwrt;are.th^gWj^g both'English'and ■Americanp^M_ffl| _uacelus;/3b;yd^ street; (opposite:,RinkfStables)^pMH they-Tiav^: every appUahce^a^fiw|HH : at;;ioWe6t; : pricw^^:'Agen^ : _i£^t'ij^t''^s^^__S^_^^_^ffl_H pricfis. /Mason; p»ten%pinj^ Lar^st-ai^rtment^.o/->ja_n?^^iMH ■ 'jars 4n/;Christehureh;^^See^^i»iiiM ;joU^tumble^2s^^ocMsi^^| ' h'r««^ : enamel.: ■/^Fleteher^ , i; Thb' : s;repairing'|br^?^^ and motor car tyres j-md^iPi-e^^ •caSi v 6nly ; •b_i";e_f_otf»^>S(Bh^MwSM^H H.F. vulcanising plants" h^ljuiftj^ ' installed in the large wrk*tif||»Sw LowtvLandCoV; Christchurch^JMtaMf|| causedya' revolution infthe. : "rtpiitfiMgfllW THF/CHANCELIX)R'S PER^Uie^O The granting of » new, ' the/ Lord Chancellor {nwah_t|^y*^^n ■ huryiv : held'tne/dffice^.will-ljl^ his perquisite..* ;^When;it ■hmji' [ ' ce_s'ary.\-to" make ra'^newH sear whilelSw! Chancellor and; his - thero has been? squabbluii, pieces of the old one t which'the reign has been; 'tween Lords Lyndhurst and:BroaidMHM for that-which had existed pribr^wßwm r acce_sion;^.bf : ; i sagacious monarch, judgment of;; Solomon>" Seal (which is m two parts) tween v them.;'' ; >' ;jibade;;. '■ owtier's and their There is, of course, as well as bo|«ra| considerably emolument the office of Lord Chancellor, and this that Erskine had; in they told, him. that car tain plorers had, had to live.upon/M>3wH :!'Ahd"/a ••: vory/gob4 ; claimed, '-''ifc ; ' v 'ybu'l;; keep:'s;theiß||.|^W