NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13719, 28 April 1910, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Christchurch butchers are complaining that the Government have not paid their proportion of compensation for stock condemned at the abattoir for the past nine months. Usually a settlement is made about once a quarter, but this year the Government appear to be "long-winded" in paying up.

Messrs Geo. Soott, B. P. Manhire, J. H. Cooksley, S. R. Webb, G. X..Burton, and R. Carter, have been elected as members of the Heathcote Road Board; and Messrs L.-F. Abrahams. T. Brown, James Deans, George Gray, md Jesse Prestidge, have been elected members of the South Malvern Road Board.

The Christchurch Comedy Club intend taking a new departure in the direction of adopting the course carried out by the Musical Union and the Orchestral Society, of adding honorary members to its ranks. The club, which has already made several successful appearances, has a large number of friends, and no doubt the step it now proposes to take will be a successful one.

The excuses made by defendants in a pclice court when charged by the Government with not having sent their children to school for the required number of days in the previous half-year are often strange. But the candour with which a father stated his defence at Redfern last week (says the "Sydney Daily Telegraph"), caused some merriment. Asked why he had not sent his boy to school, he promptly replied, "Well, my boy, although not 14 years of v age, has learnt all they can teach him in a public school. Ho was in the top class, and the missus said he had to go to work. I wanted to keep him at school, but the missus is boss, and I could not help myself." The magistrate observed quietly, "Very few men will admit that the missus is boss." "Well, it's a fact," replied the defendant, "and there is no use beating about the bush. But what am Ito do?" "You ought to have applied to the dejSartmeut for exemption," responded the magistrate severely. "You are the person who is liable, and you are fined se, or 24 hours' imprisonment." "I had better go to gaol," said th© man; "I have got no money." "Do you want time to pay ?" enquired the magistrate. "Well, 1 suppose I had better have a bit of time and see the missus about the matter," said aefendant. "You are allowed a week to pay," said his Worship, and the man passed out to reflect. *

Tho Ashburton painters have applied for an interpretation of their award by the Arbitration Court. The Christchurch Liedertafel will give a Gemischter Abend, or Ladies' Night, this evening, at the Choral Hail. A good programme has been arranged for the occasion.

The New Zealand Hockey Association last night decided that the challenge matche-. with Wellington for tlie Championship Shield should be played in the following order:—Hawke's Bay, Poverty Bay, Wairarapa, Canterbury, Wanga'nui, Auckland, Nelson, Horowheuua, Thames, and Taranaki. Joseph Walker, a trimmer on the Mceraki, pleaded guilty at the Magistrate's -Court at Wellington yestorday to the theft of £120 worth of jewellery, etc.. the property of Miss Ethel Beatrice Miles, a passenger' to Sydney by tbe Moeraki. on the Bth April. Prisoner was committed for sentence. / A suggestion was made at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Hockey Association last night that tho rules governing the Hockey Challenge Shield should bo based more on the lines of the riunket Shield rules. The chairman replied that the executive of the Association had considered that point, but were unanimously of tho opinion that such a system was not fair to the club winning the shield.

Edwin Phelps was fined £100 at the Magistrate's Court at Wellington yesterday fo>- making a false declaration regarding un-customed goods. Defendant pleaded guilty, hut urged mitigating circumstances, the matter having been duo to inadvertence. The Magistrate said the case was one for the minimum penalty, and fined defendant £100, and reduced the

amount to £25,

The artificial lake in tho Domain is now filling up much mow satisfactorily. This*is mainly due, tho head gardener (Mr J. Young) states, to the water laid on from Victoria Lake having been turned on since last Friday Tho water rose two inches in the southern part of the lake yesterday. Mr Yr.ung also remarks that he intends to put herbaceous plants in the border along tlie front of the garden. This will ensuro a greater display of flowers throughout the year. The Indians, said the Rev. Mr Takle at the Bantist Church last night, are groat believers ir. the open-air life. The barbers share their customers in the open, women do the washing, and ai fresco toilets are the vogue It is a common sight to see whole families by the side of a stream, performing ti'ieir ablutions. The baby is taken in hand by i-ie mother, smeared all over with mud as a substitute for soap, immersed in tho water, and comes out shining and clonn, to bo left on tie bank in tha sun to dry. Thero was an excellent attendance at the opening social in connection with tho St. Albans Wesley Guild on Tuesday evening. Tlie Rev. W. A. Sinclair presided, and took the opportunity of explaining tho aims and objects of tho Guild. Vocal and instrumental selections wero oontrinuted by Mesdames Pilkington, Cooper, Handle, and Edgar, Misses Smith, Gulliver. F.dgar. Partridge, Davies and Mr J. Marshall. A very cordial welcome wars accorded to the Rev. R. Taylor, who lias been appointed to take charge of the Edgeware road/ Church. The usual weekly meeting of the Christchurch Catholic Club was held

last evening, Mr J. 11. Hayward, president, in the chair. One new member wa_ elected, and one candidate nominated for membership. Mr Thomas O'ConneJl. delegate to the Federated Catholic Clubs of New Zealand, read a lengthy report dealing with the business transacted at the conference. A debate, "Would a canal to Christchurch bo beneficial to North Canterbury?" was the programme of the evening. Messrs M. O'Rielly, C. Lafferty, and J. M. Hickson spo.k© in the affirmative, and Messrs A. Ivlurphy, D. Edmonds, and J. McNamara in the negative. After interesting speeches on both sides, the judge declared tho contest a draw. Messrs D. Edmonds (92) and Clias. Lafferty (92) scored the highest points-. Speaking at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Hockey Association last night, Mr E. Nordon, president, said he was present at the recent annual meeting of the Auckland Association, and was astonished at the amount of hockey vitality existing in the northern province. Auckland now occuEied tho premier position in New Zeaind as Tegards hockey, both in point of tho number of olayers and of the number of clubs. The Challenge Shield scheme had proved a great success, and last season eight challenges had been sent in against Auckland, and this season ten challenges had been received against Wellington, tho present holders of the shield. Another speaker mentioned that the Canterbury Association was in a very flourishing condition. Five now clubs had recently joined, and the Association now governed thirtyfive clubs, including those belonging to the South Canterbury Sub-Union. Ladies, possibly perturbed by diatribes against their deference to fashion's dictates, may take some comfort from a quaint Maori ornament just added to the collection at th© Dominion Museum. It is a sperm whale's tooth —a large relic—once proudly worn by a Maori chief in the Bay of Plenty district. Tho point is sha,pted to resemble the head of some animal, and tho upper portion is trimmed down and pierced* with three holes to enable the tooth to be suspended from tho happy owner's neck. These ornaments are now' very Tare, except in the older j museums, says Mr Hamilton, Director of tho Museum. The one in his pos- I ses-ion has actually been imported from England, whither it went from the Boy of Plenty years ago. It seems that these tooth pendants were fashionable when Captain Cook visited these islands (says the "Post"), but they were eventually superseded by th© tiki and other comparatively newfangled ornaments: Tlie tooth pendants went totally out of fashion. Another interesting specimen of Maori art is an elaborately-carved feeding tube. This article was once used to convey liquid nourishment to persons undergoing the tattooing process, who wero therefore in a very tapu condition and debarred from handling food. The Wairarapa Lake, which was opened some weeks ago, was • almost immediately closed up again as the result of combined southerly weather, and is now higher than it has been for 14

years (says tbe Carterton correspondent of the "Dominion"). The inundation is now over the Rohutara road, and is ono foot deep for over a mile, while the water is lapping within six inches of the Pigeon Bush road, and fully ten thousand acres of the foreshore are covered by the flood. Various stop-banks in the neighbourhood have been damaged. A Lower Valley farmer states that the surface of the lake was about eight feet higher than the sea water in Palliser Bay, while the sand bar, dividing sea and lake, was another five or six feet higher than the latter. When the mouth o; the lake was opened recently it remained so only for a few minutes. Hugo seas swept over, and immediately fined up the aperture. As instancing the ticmt-ndous strength of the waters in Palliser Bay, ho mentions that, in sweeping up the wrecked Addenda from its sand grave, th© waves in a fewminutes performed a. work which an engineer estimated would take 20 big iron scoops three months to accomplish. The sea then job by breaking the vessel in two pieces on the sand. It is somewhat curious that, notwithstandinjr. tho fact that some ten thousand acres of the foreshore ar© now covered

with water, the area itself is slowly but gradually rising, and the lake is just as gradually filling up through the action oi thij> silt. An old resident states that the foreshore has risen two feet in 25 yearsi while the lake itself is very shallow.

Cabinet yesterday voted £1000 for preliminary work in connection with the establishment of a prison >vformatory at Topsnui, on vhe North Island Main Trunk line, n*r«r Te Kuiti. Yesterdny Sergeant Keep arrested a woman for using obscene language, and a man for using obscene language and f It. De X -ed^

or assau tective enn , arrested a man for falso pretences, and Detective Snow arrested a man for theft. The Christchurch Operative Butchers have filed a dispute against tlie Canterbury Master Butchers' Union for hearing by the Conciliation Council. The date has not yet been fixed for tho hearing. The opinion was expressed at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Hockey Association last ni_;ht that altogether too many Associations were affiliated, and that it would be a better plan if fewer associations were affiliated and a suh-association scheme adopted for tho benefit of the smaller districts. Th-r© wa.s an cxcell-c-nt attendance at tho first concert given by the Lower Ric-carion Anglican Mission. The programme consisted of recitations by Mr Gibscn, and song,*? by Misses Hepburn, Buckhuret. Macbeth, and Fountaine, Messrs Cade, Coatcs, Cooper, and pianoforte ducts by -_is_e_ M. Fountatne and N. Luttrcll.

Tho Mayor intends calling a public meeting of citizens—on this occasion in the evening—to consider whether any steps shall be taken to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of tho province on December 16th of this year. Tho meeting will bo held in the City Council Chambers on Tuesday, May 2nd, at 8 p.r... His Worship is specially inviting the 00-operation of a number of old

colonists and their descendants.

A memorial window to tlie late Dr. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, and Primate of New Zealand, was •unveiled and dedicated in St. Mary's Cathedral, Parse]] (Auckland), yesterday aft-r----r.oori, in the presence of a large congregation. The window, the cost of which is being defrayed by subscription, was dedicated by Bishop Neligan. The sermon was preached by Archdeacon Walsh, who dealt with tlie important tpart taken by the late Primate in building up the Church of England in the A'uck'and diocese. Tho Minister of Education has informed the executive of the Dunedin Society for the promotion of the Health of Women and Children that Miss Herbert was not blameabio for the Tocent death of an infant, and declines to order the nse of humanised food in licensed homes. According to a Press Association message, the Minister says that tlie medical treatment of infants must be restricted to medical men. but intimates that arrangements could ho i**;ade whereby approved medical officers would be always available in future to attend children in licensed homes. Work on the Wellington graving dock has been delayed for some months owing to some alleged difficulties in connection with tho placing of tho concieto hed in position. It was stated (says a Press Association message) that the concrete refused to set at such ai great depth of water. The Wellington Harbour Board has had the matter under discussion for some time, and it has formed the subject of voluminous reports from the engineers. The Board decided last night to request the contr&ctor. to pi-ceed immediately with the construction of the dock in accordance with the terms of their contract.

The Oxford Terrace Baptist Church was well filled last night to hear the Rev. J. Takle's lecture on the Baptist mission in India. The difficulty of carrying on the work in a country of such deep-rooted superstition, and where there aro 217,000,000 of Hindus, and 50,000,000 Mohammedans, to some 3,000,000 Christians, was vividly set forth by the lecturer. The Mohamlttedans of India, in - particular, Mr Tak-O said, were most fanatical, and very nostile to tbe Cliristian faith, this being fostered by the dangerous influence of their missionaries. After describing the different faiths of India and their influence on the people, Mr Takle referred to his own district in East Bengal State, and asked for support for the work being carried on there. The lecture was well illustrated by lantern views, and at the close Mr Takle was given c. hearty vote of thanks. According to _ Press Association message from Auckland, the resuscitat'on of the mail service between New Zealand and Europe by way of the Pacific is being energetically worked for by the president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce (Mr J. H. Gunson), and at the present time negotiations are in progress between Sir Joseph Ward, Sir James Mills (managing- director of tho Union Com,pany), and Mr Gunson, in connection with the Vancouver service. Sir James Mills left for Australia the other day on business connected with this sorvice, and upon his arrival in Australia the Auckland Chamber of Commerce expects io receive communications from him on the question of a possible alteration of j the service, Boas to include Auckland as the port of call. Sir Joseph Ward has also been communicated with on the subject of Government support to such a proposal, and the Chamber is i_ow awaiting a reply from the Prime Minister. By an exchange of Maori implements with tho Imperial Academy of Scienoe at St. Petersburg, the Dominion Museum has just received an interesting collection of coins. Most of the specimens belong to the various Russian coinages from the year 704 down to the present time. They in- , chide coins of tho various denominations from 10 kopecks to quarter kopeck. Some of the coins are interesting from their design and history, and a few of them are from the outlying portions of tho Russian Empire, such as Siberia and the ancient kingdom of Poland. In return for the coins (says the "Dominion") Mr Hamilton has sent to Russia a variety of Maori axes and stono implements which were desired for purposes of comparison with those of other countries. It may not be generally known that Russia possesses a number of very interesting Maori relics which were obtained at the time of Captain Cook's death. With a view to securing these for tho Dominion Mysoum, further exchanges are in contemplation. It is understood (says tho "New Zealand Times") that Sir Joseph Ward will deal very largely with the question

of defence in th© course of his forthcoming policy speech in the South Island. The territorial forces, as at present constituted, are eagerly awaiting the Prime Minister's pronouncement. Th© question which is always being asked in military circles is:— "What is going to be done with Lord Kitchener's report in regard to the extension of th© training period beyond the age of twenty-one years?" There is a general consensus of opinion among volunteer officers that something should be done to compel tho young men to remain -in the force after they havo reached that age. The appointment of Colonel Kirkpatrick to tho pcejtion of Inspector-General of the Commonwealth Forces is pointed to as an endorsement of lord Kitchener's scheme, and shows that there it a genuine desire to carry out the Field-Marshal's policy in its entirety. Colonel Kirkpatrick is recognised as one of the most able officers in the British Army, and is weii-known both for his work at the War Office and in India. Ho was chief staff officer to Lord Kitchener on his visit to Australia and Now Zealand, and no doubt

Lord Kitchener conferred with him on many" points which were subsequently embodied in tlie defence report. Thift evidently was a big factor in determining wlio should be appointed to the position of Inspector-General of the. Commonwealth Forces.

The Education Board has resolved to make, a charge ot" 2s 6d for all duplicate certificates issued. The reason for the charge is that tho apv, plications for duplicate standard certificates to replace those lost are on the increase, and in many cases entailed search among the Board's records.

Messrs W. C. Kensington (UnderSecretary for Crown Lands), J. Strauclion (iSurveyor-Gcneral), and F. V* • Flanagan (Commissioner of Crown Lands for Canterbury-) left for Balmoral yesterday, to inspect a proposed site in connection with the territorial training camps.

Mr W. Belcher has given notice to ffove as follows at the next meeting of tho Otago Harbour Board: —Tint this Board piano on record their appreciation of the victory secured by tho Labour Party at the recent Federal elections in Australia, and that the secretary of the Otago Harbour Board ho instructed to send a letter to the Hon. Andrew Fisher, Labour Prime Minister of Australia, congratulating him on the* success of his party.

The usual fortnightly moating of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held yesterday, Mrs Cole presiding. Heports of superintendents of departments were received and discussed, and a committee was set up to arrange for tho commemoration of the silver jubile. of the Union. It was decided to send letters of sympathy to absent and bereaved members* An interesting paper on "Narcotics," by the superintendent of work in that department, was read and fully discussed.

The general committee of the Heny Mission met last evening, when the reports of tho various sub-committees were received. A lengthy letter was received from Dr. Heny, who - wrote as to tlie success of the mission in Wellington. He stated that* tho choir numbered about 400, and was a great factor in tho success. It was decided to ask Mr choirmaster ot Knox Church, to act as convenor of tho Music Committee, and to undertake the training of the united choirs until the arrival of Mr Potts.

Prior to Lord Kitcheners departure from tho Dominion, Colonel Morrow, on behalf of the Empire Veterans' Association, sent him a letter thanking him for having taken the trouble to inspect the veterans on panado * while in Auckland, and expressing the hope that he might long be spared to enjoy his position as head of the British Army. In reply, -Colonel Morrow received tho following telegram:—"Give the veterans this message from mc: I am pleased to have inspected such a h.yal lot of old soldiers, and hope that they may be spared a good few years yet to wear their well-earned decorations, and enjoy their pensions."

The officers and sailors of the Japbnese warships were much impressed with the quality of Australian blankets (says the Melbourne "Age"), and before leaving. Melbourne they purchased some hundreds of pairs. In every case they selected the plain white blanket. '"They aro much cheaper than they are in Tokio," explained an officer, "and they aro of a splendid quality. Some things, however, we thought were not very checjp—your tdbaOco, for instance; doubtless it is most good, but then so strong and so dear I I have bought some cigarettes (Egyptian) here for one penny each to try, and I cannot smoke them. In Japan I can buy twentythreo cigarettes for a penny, and they are very good, too."

At the last meeting of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Labourers' Industrial Union of Workers, the secretary reported that since the threshing dispute -was before the Conciliation Council many obstables* h*ad been placed in tho way of his gaining information in regard to the inaustiy. Messrs E. Kennedy, A. Patterson, and H. Cam-obeli were appointed to represent the" Union before the Arbitration Court. It was decided to hold meetings all over the province during the winter months. The emijsration of th© I<Qn<lon unemployed was discussed _p relation to farm labour, and th© Umon decided to again try for an award to cover all farm work aa the only safeguard against lower wages and a lower standard of livum.

The Organ and Bands Committee of the City Council, when drawing up the programme for the season of Municipal Band Concerts* resolved to hold a contest for the bands engaged on the last night of the season. A sun* of money was allotted to give a first and second Erize. On the matter being gone into, owever, it was found to be .mpoesißle to arrange for the contest, aa one of the bands engaged was partly composed of reed instruments. It would be, therefore, unfair for purely brass bands to compete against it. A proposal has low been made that the contest shall take the form of quartettes, duets, trios and solos. It is rather late now to carry this out, and it js probable that arrangements will be made to hold the oontest at the opening of next sear son.

"We went on board at midnight on. Sunday," an engineer on tho tug Waning told a. Wagea Board at Sydney last week. "A boat from Tasmania was expected at 1 o'clock," he explained, "but she did not arrive till later, and the tug was not finished till 5 in. the morning Then we had one or two 'little jobs' to do, and after that we shifted a vessel to Berry's Bay, and swung her. We finished that job at 11, and went to the A.UJS.N. Wharf and tied up. Next we shifted two lighters from the wharf, and then went to Mort's Dock again. At half-past II we took another vessel to Berry's Bay, and swung her. The tug got back to the wharf about 3 o'clock. That was about the finish. We simply lay at the wharf till 6 o'clock, and then came off duty." "You can go and sleep while you are waiting, if you like?" asked a legal representative. "Yes," replied the witness. "That is very candid," said the legal man; "other witnesses have talked about having to look after their engines all the while."

Mr J. A. Hogue, Minister forTublio Instruction in New South Wales, when performing the ceremony of officially opening a new public school at Haberfield, alluded to the exee.t progress that has taken place in New South Wales during recent years in all departments of industry and enterprise. Referenc© had been made by a. previous speaker tc the large accretion in population that hod occurred within a short time in the western suburbs, and Mr Hogue, in reply, said it was only another instance of what was being experienced throughout th© metropolitan area. To some extent a similar progress was also finding expression in the country districts. He did not favour large cities, but would much prefer to see the population of Now South Wales more evenly distributed. The fact that the metropolitan area carried some 600,000 people was not altogether & good sign :n itself, but it was a splendid tribute to the fruitfulness and productiveness of the country. It showed unmistakably that New South Wa.es was little short of wonderful. A country to support such a vast population in the cities, with a numerical strength so small as to be practically insignificant in comparison with th© vastneas of ite area and proportion of its towns, hold cut a promise to future greatness that few other places could give. As far as could be seen, Sydney and th© suburbs would expand to an enormous extent. It was only necessary to look at North Sydney, and see what had taken plaoo in the way of increase in population, to realise what wa6 to be expected in regard to other portions of tlie metropolitan area. With a maintenance of th© present rate of progress it was only a question of time when the population of th© northern suburbs would extend right back to tha Hawkesbury river, and the general metropolitan expansion reach the confines of National Park.

With the advent of the new 'Gewrag[B nor. a Wiltshire Society is pir-u___t£____B Wellington. The new artesian bore on *_> -wjfiPjß ough Park, Napier-South, of between .6000 and 7000 CaUoaTIgKH hour. The total cost was £30. Tbe Mayor has received * i_rtf_ff__l addressed to "The Board of-_£«*Q_____ tion, Christchurch, New Zea]at2jf_l asking for information as toT&teulii C. Engle. Mrs Alice E. Olnej, ls,___i Barry street, Olean, New York '~i ____ Mr *G. D. Elgin, Point <.t_Sll§ Oregon, U.S.A., will be glad ffi fQajgja information. .-, Henry James Hansen was ch*rL«ill on Tuesday with the*jj|3|li attempted murder of h»" jHS|| Arthur, at Ngunguru. on Anrifct-jfflSj The hearing lasted until a late iHRjSSIjf night. Accused pleaded not gt_ilty jSp reserved his defence. He n.itted to tho Supreme Conrt _<>» ■JJjS||s no bail being asked for. Tho Woolston Brass Band will' j|§f| thfi following prosramme on Virtrajp square rotunda this evening- 3S_» mencing at ei_ht o'clock;— "The ~ Competitor;" waits, . Prairie Flower;" selection. «__3Sfeg zetti:" cornet solo, "foe* jSSjs Chord;" selection, "Glee Gariju33g|F waltz, "Syringa;" fantasia. ' -ktSjfjl tia;" march. "The Vanquisher.**", J»|| The recent land boom in town sections in Ohakune •pp*3_fP to have received a set-back. business man a few days ago that ho gave £350 for a section thS® lev than two years ago; and be dc_sf|| ed if he could realise more thaq «_i|| third of that amount on tho atjfiftPg On Saturday next the A-ton«fcjj||§ Association intends taking the c_iH_S|| of the Waltham Orphanage *nd fjSpt Sumner Deaf and Dumb a ride out to Lincoln College. 53fM cars leave the Council ChamC-ta lPi|| p.m. and return about 5 p.m. So $||f about twenty cars havo been p_*oi_j_S3(f| but about ten more are required. iijft§§ person willing to lend his car**£ro|i communicate with the secretary.'<£jKfl Automobile Association. .___«! "There is a good deal of reel; tuggi about the Education DepartowsSffil said Mr C. A. C. Hardy, M.P. :aI3H meeting of the Education Board y-wBaJ day, "andsomeday.it will get 10.4181 throats of the officials and choke -faBM It is present in almost every mst-Sgi tion that come 6to the Board, ai__iK| every regulation that is issued byi2|| Department. The Department is «§|| tinually hunting round for red 13_W& and I think I can snealc for the raajjj|fl| bers of this Board when I tsar 1«wliB they are disgusted with the ment's red tapism, as well as it_f cdßaWt tinual changes of front. We TOSgal hardly know how it stands on ag||B| The annual general meeting of twjlS Children's Convalescent Cottage, at Nwjf§» Brighton was held on Tuesday. • 7iie_pß was a full attendance, and the for the year were passed and r*-pfl§fH|M and correspondence read. The exoculjSmß com rr. ittee were re-elected. It w«a 'qHf» cided that the accounts be tlie end of December and the rtWflßgH published then. Votes of thanks passed to Dr. F. G. Gibaq.,. Jm»H physician, retiring after ten vice from pressure of work; t0 s sf** agaH W. Moore for the use of her, roon. fregjM meetings, and for her joint *brjMnamW Mrs T. A. B. Bailey on the admtt-BSglB committee during the year; and tos|ttS T. D. Condell, hon. auditor, fpfcjafc mSßm Mr T. G. Russell, when in cases regarding the ctsmoi* of j-OJaH merit of tramway fares at tho yesterday, remarked necessary that people who wo&d.njiH pay their fare shouki be brought ~Ug9H tore-the Magistrate. A . :oonatd_raUl|H section of they held a penny in their-*agd *S3_W__\ succeeded in evading the .__n-U-tor"iH» was oil right, but there wras M^H well as a moral obligation on them _g___| tender their fare: Vbp that ho knew the tramway : «*ffi*&fgflHH some trouble it- collecting the loss of rerenue -was Tbe public would have -to -1 I'»'lWHillL that there was a to pay their fare and not-let Iffi-||Bffl-ductor go past them. AMfllfi-ÜB--. A abort time ago the -" "89ffl__l__| County Council wrote to tbw ~€|uH£M| church Beautifying - - l Aair*>ciat-CfeJM}M|» plaining of the badly of the reserve on the which, it was pointed out,,; .w'JCJJHHW run with scrub. At of the Council, a letter in reoeived from MrE. J: tary of the Association, -tgtiafeg"(*____■ after the association had ed tho reserve, with -trees,' rabbits bad destroyed them, a. time tha reserve hecame : «c«SSijHHß grown with gorse and therefore, been deemed again plant the reserve. mam (Mr G. Witty, M.P.) considered that the aisociatson hao»WB ed very unfairly, « itThad tak«i|?ffl|M reterve over in aapd now practically asked the "'■^_____W^m ta<ke it hack in a rery ■' «^_\W______\\\\state. It was resolved to *&_W&&, over the reeerre, and to ;-, * m * e jSi|H™W association expresaißg , Te manner in which it - had acted glecting the reserve. ;^S_S_H A special line of ladies'Slippers is offered at Stock's ifim_____\\____\\ sation sale far 3s lid per -#|H string soles. Coloured with carpet soles, -Is-: Too popularity of T>J'C- :r, s_____Wm Ready-to-wear Millinery. have been more decidedly it has been this year by t-H* unj|gßßH dented volume of sales in Stocks are still very ever, having been numerous fresh arrivals from markets. Burberry Tweed Mount from 19a 6d, Pretty Far >WggW from 12b 6d, Girls' Tweed tolOsGd, D.I.C. ' --'s|^S 'Who oan nam* the Now _%_____\\ DrssdaonghtP Wall, the C_ritfiwK|H|B and will name it, but tber* pound not* awaiting the, miv> f : or ohild who first anticipates tlffi!____B_|f net's cboioe. - This stimulus ** "s__2__W is offered by our anterprtfir-g. c*»!gjffl|B porary "Ths Weekly Press/ liebem full details «f -tha it» oorrant iasus. . 7 tl |i^fflH' When you contemplate moTiamiHHW up or interview J. M. Coy„ Ltd. They will qnfortoit*|Mß-l work, and as none but oompewTOlHa||M careful men are employed, B * l^*^fflw Messrs Fountain Bros., h»ve removed to Wardell's Cashel street. Principals: E. v tain. B. A. Dearaley, denUl sorgi lJ '^|H Before purchasing elsewhere, <&!§____ see tbe Eobey Oil Engine. |»°- fl *!M||p kerosene; also belting and oils, at McClelland and AtutaXaWßßßm 224 Cashel street, Christchurch. : iHH A trouble-saver, a That's our baggage checking *_P_Wgm W«» collect, check, and deliver «,«fai end promptly. Costa you ' fl, *"' t than travelling with baggage.ffl» l!Ol _l____m ed The N.Z. Express Co., L^?:|^H On few subjects are thereso.^BHHB 1 popular delusions as :n eyesight, and the results y», _5m Berious. The defect which M , most general comes with ■ a years Although the pight rB*J tfr&ESlm. perfectly good for distance, yet • tß *?r3sßß cannot accommodate itself to "tfJlJ 1 jects; consequently glasses are j Jff-a_fg_g Consult John R. Optician, 180 High street, **°* i '^?<wjsKM'