LOCAL AND GENERAL.
~ ; . i News has been received by the Veterinary e : of another oatJbreak ofanthS i'SJK"^ 8 ' in S 0 Specimens « Zl* f Laboratory leave no 7 S^** 8 OCCHrr «i on the farm of Air r JNeW, where a cow died on a paddock i .muned wfch Calcutta bonedust. *^^ I ; Ration Board's truant offiI W f»T •^ 3n P™^ several parents : 5f • gniar at school cf I- , case was wdfctanm. In the other cases o Mackay, 5® and costs (7s); Robert WvffiT a r, JS^ST 1(7s > *=2 S 7^ d , PhotograPhje Sooety, held in the romS -f ' w n SS° 1 A Btr ? t '- 0n *""»** night faafcjK ,f Eobert A. Ew,ng took for the* rf ' dlthe evening 'Printing Processes.' His is . remarks were confined mainly to the sihwr :s : printing papers, and he gave a detail of , e ! „I?i7 a I rKms I^a P ers commonlv hi tru k , with the modes of working same.' A nans *e : oer of prints were shown to demonstrate %#. is I varied effects that can be produced \vith. e i these papers, and how these effects can be :s j altered with a modification of the tonnw >- ior developing solutions. The , , traduced photographic post cards received n special attention, several cards bein* printed y . and developed in the rwsia with satisfactory 0 j results. Altogether tits subject was most y I interesting and irstfuciiva. After the dsh ! monstratiou the kicm ra brought into e • use, and a number of new slides by Mi ►f j bartfc and Mr Hammer vat shown on ths e screen. At the do** ,-f the meeting the r | president (Mr R. UhlsLdttj} moved? vste g ; oi thanks to those vrim had assisted in. the ,r | evening's entertainment t | The last English mafl from New Zealand e earned an order from the Government foe v a number of birds for us© on the Stats Y i EZ*^ faxma A seiect *>n wffl be made s j frcm the pais of some of the principal II breeders in England. " t between the Bank of New Zea! s Lad and tiie Central HoteL were sold yes- . terday at auction for £14,433. or £165 vet n font frontage. *" r r Prohibition League, at noting last evening, caressed Ii and Tanner, M.H.R.S, for thes •- successful organisation of the opposition to 1 the Licensing Bill last session. The meet mg also expressed sympathy with the R-v H. a. l&tt m connection with the We!un<*ton City ballot jiaper incident, and affirm £] their conviction that Ifr Isitt had acted "in the best interests of the people of New Z-;i----land. About midnight on Wediresdav a toh,c- ;, comsts shop at Hampden, owned and oa eupied by Mr WHliam Mnrra-v dn stroved by fmv Th»re was an insi:nin^ n of £3C in the Victoria Office on the build y ing, and £25 on the stock in the North t Queens-land OSce An adjacent thrppU roomed cottase, owned by *S\r W. i- on which there was no insurance, was also d destroyed. The cause of the fire is nnr. loiown. i- 'Hie third annual -prize-firing meetinrr of e the North Otago Rifle Association will be is held on the o:tmaru nmge on Deceirber 28 ;- and 29. ?- The downpour of rain on Frklav of iasl d week was responsible for a hcaw mortaKtv > amongst the sheep hi the 'V;iTl»v dis- -- tnct, more especially those thnt have jest e come off the shear... Mr James Ross oi * Kartigi. lost no les.s than ninetj--on° sheep i- while other fiockowners suffered consider- :■- ably. e The Hon. Colonel Pitt (Atrornev-'Jr»neraft hj is to Ijo entertained at a banquet hv the t citizens of Nelson en Monday, the 2ist n inst. ■n The Nelson Harbor Board havn been norig ned by the Government th.it no deviation y from \[r Leslie Reynolds's original plans •) for cutting a channel through the Boulder hj Bank will be sa-nctioucd. I, A ivy nann-d Aiid-rson fell into the river i. near tlie mouth of the Kaitangata Canal r n y Wednesday evening, and was' going down y the third time when ?.lr James' api- peared on the scene, and, plunging in fully i- clothed, managc-d (rcnorts the 'Friv Preys') to rescue the boy. Onlookers say Mr Praj sra-'s act was a very brave one. .ind w.irfhy of the Humane Society's medal. -Uthougn j a poor swimmer, he went to the boy's help regardless of the consequences. There wtre a number of persons fishing in the s+ream at the time who witnes-e.d the acciJenr. frit " none seemed disposed to attempt a rescue At the Clntha Presbvterv's meeting ves- * terday tho Rev. P. 8~. Fraser Tabled" 9ii overture for piPsentaiion to the mseting of ! e the Hyncd r.f Otago and Southhad on the "' ! Yot ar-nther newspaper in Lond>n_ 'il.f l " late?i is a new departure—adaily a '■ paper for woroen. The 'Daily itirror.' hranchftd It Tvlr Alfred Harmsworth a few weeks ago, claims to be a reflection of vo- ', men's interests, women's thoughts, women'? ' work— *'i)v.:- mm and healthy ' of domes.:: UJft. the developments >■! .::' and sciencv. hj) tiia ar.d arrangenvn:.V" of the homes of af[ clairss/.. 'J-:- d-vi'v n-'>r. '" of the world, the hrtcrc.-.t < >-i [•.■" ivvr.--- r.'ri J1 art." and, of coarse, die fo-stv-u? ;-n;! ii'.f ; c social chit-cisat r.wrclly :issv.i?.t ; s <■ t: ; s woman's worl' 1 -. Tne ' I>aiiy sH'TCr 5s a 1 well-written paper, and the ncihfr'iQ .- .>'.> is , II , good. : In reference to the cable rccaivrd from Sydney lart week staring fiat a Mrs i° Kate Hill h<ais died on the Moeraki during | s the voyage from Wellington to Sydney, it ~ appears that the deceased expired suddenly ]' ' in her cabin during a brief absence of her ; husband. Mr Hil stated that his wife had '• been ailing for eicht months, and had been ° attended by Dr Sloan, of Hawera, for about lh five months. 0 i The Mnsgrove Opera Company disband y ! at the closo of the present season in Syd--o', ney. Mr K Lanri and tiie rest of the pxm- ■" j cip;ds return to England. n ! Miss May Beatty is likely to fill the part 3" 'of " principal boy" in Mr J. C. YViffiaaay son's Sj'dney pantonihne. s ; The regular meeting of the Mcniiingtcß ■ r j School Committee was held a fortnight; i earlier this month, so as to arrange prizes. I etc, for the bresk-np, which takes place on | the 23rd. Corrcsponcknce art:! reports from i the varions siib-committees were received and | attended to. The sum of £23 18s 9d was I collected from the householders towards the i prizes, which was very gratifying to the Committee-, and showed that the Mornmgtca people take a great interest in their schooL i A sub-committee, consisting of Mr Dickson \ (cl«airmau), Mr Scorgia, and Mr Davidson (k-f-rtd-mastcr), was appointed to arrange aR details in connection with the break-up t the teaching staff, Mr Seorgie, and tbechairf man to procure suitable prizes. It was also j decided to hold the annual school picnic , eaily in February at Warrington. The head-master reported the attendance to be T for the three weeks, 364, 407, 394: nnm- \~ ber on the roll, 469. The attendance banner '" ] was won once each by Standards V. f94 per j cent), I. (98 per cent.), and EL (93 per l > cent.). Savings bank deposits, £2 12s :s 6d; withdrawals, £1 12s 5i Mr J. P. 0 Arnold, M.H.R., has been good enough to ~ donate a special prixe to Standard V n -s The gross amount received by the French ; State from the sale of tobacco is £16,560.000 y par annum, which represents a net profit; n, of £13,200,000. A
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Evening Star, Issue 12067, 12 December 1903, Page 5
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