CHRISTCHURCH. April 20.

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CHRISTCHURCH. April 20.

I li'.'.'i mildlv.;exciting little.incident^- artisticallj ; robbed^of.cny- untoward' possibilities by' the ; j, : frpid of those ooncerried, occurred, durin'g; tho -progress'of, 11 Tho -Mummy, and th& -.a.. .Humm'iug! Bird ";:atiHis Majesty's Theatre ,oli Saturday.'nigbt^ ; ';As : "Lqrd -lliinley iffprtert Flomming)'was engaged in a parti- . culiii'ly drarriatio'-colloquial-. passage at a,rni? • with Mr;< A;- S;- Homewood, >Signor Dorelh,' . ' '(the bold; badlimn'of the-'oveijing's proceed- : ing6y,9tiio'papSi''shade'of on6iof tbe olectria ... t lights-Sii' tho -anartmerit' was'., soon to be ■spiouldoring. . Mr. Flemmwg- to, v , .'.pxtinguisli • fuli (itj--iho,.first\ essay,;.an,dvtho smoke .bo-, more couspicuous.'., Homowood then. came to ; the'rescue, the shado 0ff:,... ; ;thc: stago^Mr^Flemming said " Thanks,. ■ wit'h : courtly' politohess| and' then, proceeded i .to donounce the Italian gentleman's treachery, . with renewed, vigour.-''..V^'K" f . ■ No-Uoenso Movement. •' ■ -: ■'. A visitor ' from: Christchurch, who was in , •Tiniaruon expressed an opinion to 'i : 'Tepresonta,tiva , ' , iof .• N .tho'!.^. < Post that no- > ■ h<tfonse 'Very probably bo camedi ill next!oleotion ri though,he said-.thati . V i :-he wouitJ.. ; b9.' l .very if.-, hisprediction,A ;' i: 5);lio ; > visitor added that tha party;iiYChristchiirch had "opened i campaign, while the licsnso .party■ , bo-doing, nothing. : Tho uo-lioeivso, , 'pirty at itfl operting meeting tlireo weeks ago ... vappealcd ; f6r £1200 to defray, tho oxpotises of i ■ tho'comihg oa'mpaign,laud borore the meeting i 'closed a 'sum '6f r £l6o;was handed in m cash •itfid 'cheques: l 'Refemngt-o "ABhburton, tha : >•visitof'Sßid'he'firmly-belioyed:that the nexi' . poll would see: a: reversiSn to license