CHRISTCHURCH NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 December 1926, Page 8

CHRISTCHURCH NEWS

BOTANICAL GARDENS DISPLAY. (Special to “Star.”) CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 30. n “If we have a week or two of fine' n weather, the roses in the Botanical 1- Gardens will be he finest lot we have e ever had,” remarked the Curator (Mr J. Young) to-day. He said that the e rose crop was a fine one this season, n with plenty of well-formed blossoms, s After the recent rains, the flowers e have come on particularly well. Ca’lf ceolarias, which weer shown at the, t Rose Show on Saturday, have been k returned to their warm greenhouse i to-day. There they will stay for a i- week, after which their place will be s taken by gloxinas, another beauiful e hothouse plant with flowers of extra- .- ordinary colour. The show this year e will be splendid. During the past 3 week, plenty of cleaning has been - done in the gardens, preparing for the > big summer display. Everywhere j small beds are turning into brilliant i patches of colour. From the shrub- - beries comes the smell of orange blos--3 soiii over all the scent of the rose. - Very soon now two small wells will : be sunk in the big garden. This will . ensure a plentiful supply of fresh . water for small ponds where water f lilies bloom so profusely; Mr Young ’ hopes to have the bog garden looking • its best this year, as many alterations ■ were made during the winter months. > Irises will make a gorgeous show t when they are fully' out. GIPSY SMITH MISSION. “I can see nothing else for it. The . guarantors will have to be called in,” ■ said Mr F. H. Christian, this morn- ; ing, when talking of the expenses of i the Gipsy Smith Mission, in conversation with a reporter. Mr Christian said that the total expenses of the mission will .amount to £BOO at least. It was thought, that the’ expenses would be more, but they have been cut down considerably. The expenses cover the rent, of the buildings, printing and advertising, etc. So far, the sum of £526 9s has been realised from collections at the various meetings in the Trinity Congregational Church and at the ’King Edward Barracks in the evening. It was expected that, the offerings would be more than this amount. The sum mentioned includes that taken last evening. The mission will go on all this week. As is generally known, Mr Smith will take the offering at next Sunday evening’s meeting, and at the lecture on Monday before he leaves Christchurrch. This means a considerable sum will have to be realised at this week’s meetings, or those guarantors will have to be called on to make up the deficit. The following table shows the amounts which have been collected at the various meetings:—November 20, St. Paul’s Church (welcome). £ll 14s 7d; November 21, Sunday afternoon, £64 10s; November 22, Monday, mid-day. £3 3s Id: November 22, Monday evening, £26 Ils; November 23. Tuesday, mid-day, £5 Ils 7d; November 23, Tuesday evening, £35 10s 4d; November 24. Wednesday, mid-day, £7 0s 3d; November 24, Wednesday evening, £>7 9s sd; November 25, Thursday, mid-day, £7 7s 9d: Novem- . her 25, Thursday evening, £49 18s 6d; November 26, Friday evening. £55 19s 8d; November 28, Sunday afternoon, £2B 12s 6d; November 28, Sunday evening, £69 12s sd; November 29, Monday, mid-day. £3 8s Id; November 29, Monday evening, £32 12s lOd. ST. ANDREW’S DAY.

To-day is St. Andrew’s Day, but an outsider saw only a few fluttering flags. One could at least expect patriotic Scots who have seen the bloom on the heather to wear some outward visible token of their country, but no, not even a thistle leaf. The commencement. of the ecclesiastical year is regulated by the feast, of St. Andrew, the nearest Sunday to which, whether before or after, constitute the first Sunday in Advent, or the period of four weeks which heralds the approach of Christmas. St. Andrew’s

Day is thus sometimes the first and sometimes the last festival in the Christian year.