NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12964, 18 November 1907, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Westport Coal Company's output for last week was 8808 tons 3cwt. In the case CSiaffey v. Chaffey. heard in the Supreme Court on Friday, in which an application was made by Mr Leathern (on behalf of Mrs Chaffey) for. security tor costs, Mr W. J. Hunter appeared for the husband. At a meeting of the Reviving Stream Lodge.. No. 75, LO.G.T., hekTon Friday night, the treasurer's and Finance Committee's report* were submitted and adopted, firo. F. Deal waa installed as P.C.T. A motion was carried expressing sympathy with tbe relatives of the late Mr J. T. Smith. At the last meeting of the Harewood School -Committee it was decided to hold the annual picnic in the Oxford Domain on November 29th. A motion was passed expressing sympathy with the 4 family of th© Ist© Mr E. Jesson, who was a former member of th© committee. A race for a trophy presented by tha secretary of the Christchurch Model Yacht Club was commenced on Saturday afternoon at Victoria Lake, when two heats ware got off with the following results:—Heat 1: Mr McOoll'a Freda 1, Mr Dobby's Pateena 2, and Mr Haydon's Doris 8. Heat 8: Pateena 1, Doris 2, and Mr Oakes' Emerald Isle 3. According to a Canterbury exhibitor at the Palmerston North Show the draught horses at Addington were, in comparison, more backward than those entered at the North Island Show. At the last-named there was, as far as he saw, only on© beast ttat could bo said to bo in a backward condition. The bulk of the draughts at Palmerston North were, in hie opinion, rather too gross than too backward. A largely-attended open-air meeting/ oonvened under th© auspices of the Independent Political Labour League, was held at the Kaiapoi Domain yesterday, when Mr J. A. McCullough delivered an address dealing with nis removal from the Addington Workshops. A fraction was adopted sympathising with Mr McCullough, and demanding from the Government the removal or every regulation which denied to State emI>loyees full civil and political privieges. It was decided to request the Executive of the League to arrange for the formation of a branch at Kaiapoi. A collection was made by St. John Ambulance Association members in Kaiapoi on -Saturday, which realised £18 4s 10d.' Th© local members of the Association wero well roinforoed by several from ■Christchurch, who worked with considerable energy. Th© Brass Band, under Bandmaster Hoskina, gave au open air programme in the centre of tn© Borough, where a good portion of th© total was collected. Th© kit and stretcher obtained for the membera of tho first ambulance class, organised in 1888 by th© late Dr. W. H. Ovenden, will be replaced by an up-to-dat© outfit and litter. In view of the present discussion in connection with the management of Te Oranga Home, it is interesting to not© that Mrs Albert Kayo, who is one of the official visitors to the institution, whilst in Australia a month or so ago -attending tlio (conference of Young Women's Christian Association delegates, took advantage of the opportunity to visit several similar institutions in two or three of the States. Mrs Ksye was given every facility by the departmental officers connected with these Homes, but of necessity she was not able, with th© limited time at her disposal, to go very minutely into the details of the msnagement of the various homes. In many cases Mrs Kaye found that there was" no common ground on which the institutions in Australia and those in this Dominien could be compared, hfff some details in management she noted, which, however, are of interest practically only to those actually engaged in th© conduct of these institutions. She noted that in comparatively few instances were the institutions housed in buildings especially built for th© purpose, old buildings having been adapted for accommodating tho charges of the State. Another feature noted was that in some of the homes the boys or girls wero not detained for such lengthy periods as is the case in this country, but many of thos© connected with tho homes expressed the opinion that the New Zealand practice had much to commend it.

Tlie hearing of the Canterburyifarm Labourers' dispute by tho Conciliition Board will bo commenced et the Provincial Council Cliambcr at 11 o'clock this morning. 4 A meeting of Worke*m' Union will bo held at the Trades Hall on Wednesday night, when tho business will b© the consideration of the repli«i from employers to the conditions of work proposed by tho Union. A one-legged cycle championship •vent is to be placed on the programme Of the Christchurch Cycling and Motor Club's New Zealand Wheel Race Sleeting on Anniversary Day. J. Fletcher, of Now South Wales, and Stanley B. Willis, of Christchurch, have already arranged to meet in th© event. At the Taihape Police Court on Saturday Robert Bunt, awell-known axeman, was committed for trial for alleged anon. - The evidence adduced showed that accused's watch and chain were found on a sledge, and a tin of kerosene removed from tho washhouse bore blood stains. A wound on the bacis of the accused's hand was certified by a doctor that it could not be inflicted by a knife or a bottle. The accused was said to fait on a bottle. A first notioe was given by the Postoffice several months ago that tinselled post-osrds would be prohibited from transmiieton through the post unless enclosed in covers. Many cards which were subsequently sent to the Deed Letter Office, because they had not been enclosed, have, as a matter of srace,5 race, been specially delivered to adresseee. It is now finally announced that in future such cards not enclosed in covers will be destroyed. The directors of the Kaiapoi and Woollen Manufacturing Company have accepted the plans for a new warehouse and factory (to be erected in Manchester street -South) prepared by Messrs England Bros., architects, of this city, and havo entrusted the work of building the premises to Messrs J. and W. Jamie-son, Ltd. Tha contract time allowecLis twelve months, and the cost involved is about £25,000. The warehouse is to front on Manchester street, and the factory will be fifteen feet distant, at the rear. A local resident who is much interested in the efforts made by the Canterbury A. and P. Association to evolve young judges makes the suggestion that, in addition to the young farmers' judging competitions, young farmers and students at Lincoln College should bo appointed second «stewaras to attend tlio judges in the judging ring* By that moans they would b© in a position to nbte the manner in which the judges arrived at their conclusions. In his opinion more could be learned in half ea hottr by young farmers and Lincoln College students by watching the judges at their work than by taking part in half-a-dozen judging competitions. '--'~ Judging by the variety of uses to which it is nowadays being put, the bicycle has become an essential ingredient of oiir advanced civilisation. A youth was to be seen the other day vigorously pedalling against a head wind, towing a eoap-box on wheels, in which sat his infant sister. On a subsequent evening three boys oould bo obeervod charing the joys and sorrows of another wheel, one of the young hopefuls lightening the tedium of the journey by playing a jnouth organ; while yesterday, in the neighbourhood of Richmond, a milkman was going his rounds on the übiquitous cycle, with a can. depending from either handle, and little tins of cream hooked on to the frame. About eight yearsago (states the Wellington "Post") a young Westknd«r, a hardy man, who Had learned something of the art of digging on tho coast, went away to Klondyk* in eeajnh of fortune. After varioua -adventures in Alaska fc-a had *tb« luck* to meet another - fitout-hearted New Zealander, a man from Canterbury, and the two decided to battle together for the. elusive gold. They had..the usual downs of the mirie,%ut whether'fortune waa «ttifin« or frowning their friendship.was always steadfast.' Nearly two yearn ag* the Westlenderwes severely injured.by an aooident and i died. Hie mate embalmed, the body, *nd kept.it near him iii the cold region? He intended taking the remains to New kiu|t but the opportunity did not oome until recently. Then he act out with his chars* across the sea.-. He reached Sydney with hia dead mate* and landed iv Wellington last week, .when the body was taken possession of by relatives. "Ihe worst of these Protectionists," aaid Mr Reid in Commonwealth House of Representative* recently, j£a that they always use foreign goods themselves. If you go into • lavatory of thia building you use English soap. If you -go upstairs you drink English or oome foreign beer. If you rest about the House you sit on a foreign chair. There's kardly a Protectionist to-day who did not bf«k Apologue for the Cup. Why should they support this foreign horse, instead of a horse born and bred in AustnlkP They tell mc that Apologue was brought up on foreign corn—New Zealand corn—end was brought over in a .foreign boat. Theso Protectionist* allow such a horse to oome here and toko away our richest prices. 1 waa horrified to learn to-day that thousands of staunch Protectionists put everything they had on thie foreign-trade horse, end landed something •'pretty substantial, too. It ought to be stopped." The opening of the new flax mill owned by Seifert and Company at Makerua, known. . as Miramui, took }»laoe on Saturday in the presence of a arge number of Members of Parliament and business men (says a Press Association Telegram from Palmerston North). The mill is capable of turning out about 60 tons of finished material weekly. The grounds cover an area of 300 acres, and the mill employs about 150 men. It is claimed to be the largest and most up-to-date flax mill in the Dominion. At the luncheon given by the Company to the visitors, speeches were delivered by the Hon." R. McNab, the Hon. T. Y. Dunosn, Mes»i* Hogg, Greenelade, Lawry, Field, Heke, M.GLR.'s, and Mr Booth, of Christchurch. A telegram from the High Commissioner, received for the occasion by Mr McNab. quotes the gfices of flax in London a* follows: ood fair, on the spot, £30; JanuaryMarch, £28 10s: fair, on the spot, £28; January—March, £27: Manila, on the soot, £30; January—March, £29 10s. There is no reason to fear a Borious decline. A most interesting souvenir hss been issued by the proprietary of the "Nelson Colonist," in celebration of the journal's Jubilee, it having been founded by tho late Mr William Nation, and first published (twice weekly) on October 23rd, 1857. The "Colonist" was established, a prefaratory note explains, to serve as a counterblast to the "Examiner" (founded in 1842), which was strongly allied to tho cause of the runholders, and in order to "oppose tlie unreasonable aggregation of land by a few." The interesting httlo brochure whtains interesting excerpts from the "Colonist" news columns of tho early days, many of the happenings ea recorded having since found an honoured place upon the ecroll of New Zealand history. During its career the journal has changed bands, the firm of Bond, Finnev and Co. purohasing tho property "in 1874, being represented at the present d»te by Messrs W. T. Bond, Percy Bond, and J. H. Finney. The first editor was Mr Emanuel Eban. Mr D M. Luckie was one of tbe most brilliant writers controlling the HteraiT department (from 1863 to 1872). Mr T. H. Bannehr severed a connection ex-! tending over thirty years with the "Colonist" a few months ago, and re- ( moved to Christchurch, I

dered h» wife at AddS£^«BHßr..i Side" t,lon >tt^^ : ' Mr J. J Kinscy, wha ia.sll '" here for Lienlensnt ShMkfetMtiHKH'*- ' : Polar expedition. has •rraSsSS§lf« ; " ; Nmirod to bo sported f«ShM»111 '' i '■ against the Wellington'c!ty SSSfI F . for land taken i tt LHSSSw - 1 with the Karori w1252Kk8 .'» with £298, plus witnesses' S2SpJ > etc -. . * Ben Tillett left for ' '■ second express on Saturday.-. JlfvSSSi -- . farewelled by a number of W2S&I; " - »ts, who ch<ter*d him a. tk..!Hßjß .' moved off. He lecture inXaffilf* - and then leave* for Hobart. ' The Domain Boird-has tender for the aucply of nTBSti&flH ' trio motor for the purpose of pSfcffilM water for the lawns in the pnMi"ifiS4t dens. The City Council is t&£ JE&t'f to brms in the current, and ptafiSfe*;' been laid in position ready tnbution of water -m soon aa w3*?T'%P available. • Js£V' p of the front wall of apol Woolkn Company's ««nlm<£3l>" . stroyed br fir* on liuieday -Trfi? 1 was pulled down to thTTH-W" of the second stony onJ.BM/ * /♦ , wp«). we power being; mSgk'l--' plied by the corporation steam teH;" *: fhe operation was completely suSKfc ful, and tho wall is now quite seewT \l Dangerons portion* of the side -«ik~ : -•'*• were also taken down. ,"*7fV .?n' Mr Beswiok, the chairman of : "m£-'% executive of the Oonsumptite ' torium Fund, was advised by MrClT&ff *. Gray .that the House early on 84mt£Sfc*% , morning pawed a subsidy of CU,W*& ■• for the land snd buildings **£!&<■ k ■ for the -Sanatorium. lb%m*snbsk ' marked to a "Press" reporter.- M»i« l the executive was apparently getffinA "' a subsidy on tha sibount the land, snd he was pleesed that this had been.grwrtKcr t The subsidy had apparently been gmat' •'% on the whole amount of £9000 "' ■rrihAri * V^7*v# Ty" ~ <&ss& Two special summer offers are to-day at the D.IXJ.; - choice range of some 160 model Miif'k-ready-to-wear hate at One .Guinea IsfcMS* l and, • fine lot of white muslin-etfh l tumes and costume skirts. These Uttsr&V:& have never before been, offered,intttb££'-»!> city at such nominal prices in the D.I.C. Csahel atieet and.are specially recommendedprevailing warm summer weather; ft-%;;,' : We have something good to She* in Binders. Mowers,-and Hakes," Wi ! !>*Tw Baesett and Cp., S3' Manchester ' ' ' ? " c ' ' 1 ■ Tho- Oullinan diamond, recently--' birthday gift to the King, is valued at|sl| £150,000, and is the largest diamondS-m A ever found. Diamonds, mounted , either emeralds, rubies, or stpphirefc|&s; ». are in great demand for engagem*iiVj| ( 'i# ? and dress rings. FJ W. TackefcmM |', jewelle_ 225 High street, MboSrs one ofM)l- - the largest stooks of genuine "stone Se»f|% \ rings in th© colony, rrom ®» to £30'i##' each. : Catalogues and 'siae . -■■ posted free. . -\ "' , : v A late shipment milli-sety selling &SMk '> day. Trimmed hats 12s 6d to 81*,&$3f ■' motor hats 4a lid, 9* lid to 8s lid, stylish Mouses %,lli}M to 12s 6d- Armstrong's. -- l *'' l^fi; The most genuine mercery held in Saturday, November 16th, at ImuM,|@4s Moss's, Royal Exchange reasonable otfer refused. -__ '• ; \ »■ 'jN|^ To'the thrifty housewife; one o'f'ts^W most a-totractiT© «xhibita at tha; &gg£B}gr * iras the "Unique" oa*at-i*r<»ii , furnaoe, with copper and csst-uwSs|i< chimney. This wilj outlsst sevsr*J**i|lW||i. ' the sheet-iron frames, snd only, a'trifle-mows. "The'ag'en*ts l '- Hastier Bull and Pickering, .«Ptmtm& k >i Ballantyne's, can supply all 10 gallons to 30 gallons capacity.'i--.4l|M«' : ; l Giris' trimmed hats 5s M. . Tuscans Ss 3d to 4s 6d. 1 r 'l!:'ai<ln't' know Besth's had, > good'furnishing department,'' k i„ iwhm kind of romsirk one frsqu«tbrij«jn|,B^ -made by ladies who really • to know about tk» w&*mMM* -fA of Beath and C<*npanjr% Mfe&4 : Ms ittoshing beea » l4rge, m ing department. Aa a ,wU rtwent big improvemenU,'K .V*Jjff.ttCgJi I* considerably enlarged, sna 1 MgWv'j&& ;. lif firm's atreful buj»<f*QtW*t4S| ehiied by'this seotimi7»««* ■ natural dfect of making , friends fee the departmwrt.*.^.^ m&U ■ -TOieNJ is no doubt'a large :- persona who suffer from hWP*s!^sS- J^f!--dissinoss, and mental* con! • are hot award it oan he l**^Wft^gl"' s ? > the use of «l»«iw. ists John 11. Proctor, tidwi 180 High street, } can correct.it by .»••«•.«£ ground lenscß, which can be - rimless-mount* or any - other * patient requires. - . Special purchase at HMn^j-jls*»H^; r J taiiS/will be sold Is nH?4*g»& ~ oilcloths, 2yds wide. Is lld;.lta*M||fe *' 3a 3d. - Armstrongs. » f - J ' For oil engines, oils and ' best cen be obtained at .224 Csebel strewt, ObrWdmfAf^gg^^. You should know that V is far and away tho best plsee bWVfi&jffi-,' anything wanted for aen or -. ana prove it. •/<>'%&2ftsm '"• S.,Ckrke and Co., t Colombo street, announce that having • clearing sale ol th» k ','. their etock of watches, &**s■• jggjsfejm * lery, electro-plato. etc. * has been reduoad to 4 very Iggg&ffifjE .' in order to effect a .**£*[§\M 1 and a considerable loss will be ££!£&s■&& • on some of the goods. •*&£{ss - stock, and note oriees. *"»*f«S'i-V-i\i .■ invited. S. ClaAe snd ', Colombo street. iy, ■;:, •& ] i.;|\ That idea of yours. - patent it? Consult J*™t*»lg*&'. i\%< " Patent Agent, 183 Hereford■ «**gW;'.'i# (opposite United Serrioe Hotel).; -»J l r-i>V consulting feos.» < ■?■;-«',;* L - . Mr Ernest M. Saadstein. F*-M(*^M«f« D.S.O.A. (London), Consulting OptK? ;-yLf* cian, may be consulted on all oa«i *p%'ilurw defective eyesight The most w-Uw plete and up-to-date optical jmrtytny* in th© oolonies. Consulting wettfc^-;7 'mm' Oaabol atroet W. (next * :l* Hours, 0.3Q to 5.30. Tdspho-S*; ;,-.>,?*, 397. ■'- "rIX