TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10273, 15 February 1894, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Contents.— Further details are to hand! of the fearful storm in the United States, I where numbers were frozen to death, and a father murdered a family of six “to' hasten the end.” In Germany also there' has been a severe storm, many persona being frozen to death. A small-arms factory at Leigh, exploded, the di-; rectors and others being killed. By the recent explosion of a bomb in Paris, twenty persons were injured. The Westport Coal Company’s annual meeting j was held yesterday, at Dunedin. Meetings j of the Selwyn and Amur! County Councils are reported. The Presbyterian General Assembly proceeded with the transaction; of business. A company in Glasgow isproposing to erect storage chambers for frozen meat, and, pending direct shipments, to run special trains from London. An English Dairy Company in Bombay offers to deliver butter in London at dd per lb. The “ Cantbbbuet Times.”— The fiction in this week’s Canterbury Times includes another instalment of Miss Braddou’s novel, "All Along the River,” and short stories by popular English, American and New Zealand writers. Other pages contain an entertaining account of a “strong girl’s ” experience with royal strong men, a narrative of a daring deed of war, a fkefcch,.o£ tha g JBliaaiis,

Christie Murray),” a continuation of the discussion of “The Labour Problem” by "Mr O’Eegan, M.H.8., “Passing Events, and other articles. The sporting editor gives special attention to the forthcoming Dunedin meeting, and in the agricultural columns the history oif another of “Our Stud Flocks ” —the English. Leicester flock of Messrs Digby and Jeff. Ashburton—is given, and the other articles and notes are .unusually full and interesting. The Ladies’ Page is, as usual, a strong feature of the paper, and the other' departments are quite up to the usual high standard. The quality, variety and excellence of the contents is marvellous, and it is gratifying to know that public appreciation is shown by the continuously increasing sale of the Canterbury Times. Canterbury Yacht Club.— The race in connection with this club, postponed from last Saturday, will be sailed on Saturday next. Southern Football Clue. The annual meeting of the Southern Football Club will bo held to-morrow evening, in St Michael’s schoolroom, at eight o’clock. Butchers’ Picnic. —Tho butchers of Christchurch and suburbs will hold their annual picnic on the Bicoarton racecourse to-day.. The party will leave Cathedral Square at 9 a.m. “ Old Canterbury.” Messrs S eager and Hart will give their lecture, on “ Old Canterbury” in the recreation ball of the Christchurch Working Hen’s Club at eight o’clock to-night. Co-operative Money Club.—Tho halfyearly meeting of the Christchurch and St Albans Co-operative Money Club, advertised for last evening, is postponed until Wednesday, Feb. 28, “ Punch and 'Judy ” Show. Thera will be a “ Punch and Judy ” show at the' Sydenham Working Men’a Club Hall to morrow evening and on Saturday after.noon, and at Waltham on Monday evening. Sbpton Dairy Association.— An extraordinary general meeting of the Sefton Mutual Dairy Produce Association will be held in the Sefton Town Hall this evening, for the purpose of revising the articles of association. Teviot Fruit.— ln Mr Nairn’s interesting article on Teviot fruit, published last week, Messrs Stephenson are mentioned as having taken thirty tons of plums. This . should have read Messrs Irvine and Stavenson, of the St George Preserving Works, Dunedin. The Lyons Company. The Lyons Operatic Burlesque Company is now touring the northern district and doing a Mr business. On Tuesday evening the company appeared at tho Eangiora Institute Ball, and was well patronised. The Isle of Scanty was played, and the performance gave much satisfaction, the rainbow serpentine dance being highly appreciated. New Brishton.—A meeting of those interested' in the formation of a tennis court at New Brighton, was held at the school last Tuesday evening, when Mrs Shaw, Miss Gardiner, with Messrs Bishop and Olifmont, wore elected as a provisional committee to canvass the district and to report at a meeting to be held at the same place , next Tuesday evening at eight o’clock. Swimming. —At a meeting of the committee of tho St Albans Amateur Swimming Club, held on Tuesday evening, it was decided t 5 bold a sports meeting at the St Albans School Bath on Saturday, March 17, and the following races were - fixed4tyds, 88yd?, 132yda handicaps, 44yds junior handicap, 44yds clothes race handicap and plunging competition, all races to be open to members of affiliated clubs. Change op Business.— After a residence in Canterbury of thirty-one years, twenty years of which have bean spent in business, Mr James Bain and family are leaving Lyttelton for the purpose of settling on land in the Taranaki district. Mr Bain, during his long residence at Lyttelton, has earned the esteem of a large section of the townspeople, who will wish him and his family success in their new sphere of life. /

A Successful Christ's College Boy.— J. ~K. H, In glia, a son of the late Mr John In glia of this city, who obtained the highest marks in mathematics at the late University scholarships examination, is more than two years below the prescribed age. Inglis entered Christ’s College at the beginning of the year 1887, when only nine years old, and has received his education there for the past seven years. Ho is still therefore under seventeen yeas of age. Cycling. —Mr J. B. Norris, a member of the Pioneer Bicycle Club, has just returned from a trip to Cheviot. Starting on the morning of Fab. 7, he arrived at Cheviot the same evening, thus doing the whole journey in under ten hours, a very good performance. He reports that tho roads are in good condition for cyclists, although within a few miles of the homestead they are somewhat rough and hilly. There is every prospect, Mr Norris says, of the settlement going ahead, fresh settlers arriving daily. Easier Encampment. — A meeting of officers of the various volunteer corps was held last evening, to consider matters in connection with the Easter encampment. There was a fair attendance, LieutenantColonel Gordon occupying the chair. The Chairman stated that the instructions were that the camp was to be in the vicinity of Christchurch. A number of places were mentioned as being suitable for the camp, moat of those present agreeing that Kaiapoi would prove most acceptable. No definite action was decided upon till further particulars were obtained'. Land fob Selection. Applications closed yesterday for the rural lauds opened in the Ashburton and Geraldine districts for sale or selection. Thera were 2202 acres of first and second-class surveyed land to be disposed of and 152 acres of first-class unaurveyed land. There were twenty-five applicants (plus those in Timatu) mating thirty-four applications, and a ballot will be held to-day at the sitting of the Land Board. Three applications were to buy the land at its cash •valuation, three to occupy it with the right to purchase, and the others to lease it in perpetuity; The Intercolonial Cricket Match.— The first intercolonial cricket match in which a-representative New Zealand team has been engaged will be commenced at Lancaster Park at noon to-day, and fine weather only is needed to make the game an immense success. Full details concerning the match appear elsewhere. It is announced that no change can be given at the turnstiles, but that intending spectators can be accommodated in this respect at tho ticket boxes. The New South Wales Eleven returned to Christchurch by last evening’s express from Dunedin. They were met at the station by a largo number of Christchurch players, and were driven to their old quarters at the Occidental Hotel. Tbs Hospital Fete.— On March 1 next, the grounds of Christchurch Hospital will for the nonce wear the appearance of an Old Country “fair.” Admission will be free, but a "silver collection” will be taken at the gate, and tho nurses will have subscription lists, upon which voluntary donations above a certain sum will ba individually acknowledged. The object is to raise funds in aid of the building of the Nurses’ Home. A large variety of amusements for people of all ages, sorts and conditions, will be provided on tho ground. There will also be stalls for the sale of work and produce, of which. donations are expected from friends. Nothing in the shape of lotteries or bazaars will be per-, juitted, but tho amusement provided wil 4 include demonstrations of palmistry by a qualified lady. The Garrison Band will discourse music on the lawn, there will be Punch and Judy and other " shows,” besides swings. Maypole, refreshment tent, &c It is intended that the fdto shall last from 2 p.m. till dusk, and given fine weather there will, doubtless, bo a laige attendance of the public. Further details will be advertised in due course. Great Clearance Sale of Watches, Clocks;, Jewellery, Engagement Kings, Wedding Rings, Ac.. Boys’ Watches 10s, Clocks .la, Pebble Specs 3s, at S. Clarke and Cob., Street, opposite Beece e. A 50.1

Industrial Association.— The annual meeting of the Industrial Association will be held on Match 1.

Masonic.— An emergency meeting of the Conyers Lodge will be held this evening, in the hall, Sydenham, at 7.30. The Bail ways. —Train arrangements in connection with the races to be held at Dunedin next week are advertised in this issue.

Permanent Investment Association. —A special general meeting of the Permanent Investment and Loan Association of Canterbury will he hold on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at eight o’clock in Mr Charles Clark’s auction room.

Cricket Concert. —A concert will be given by the New South Wales cricket team this evening in the Oddfellows’ Hall. The visiting team includes several fine singers, who will be assisted by soma of the beat local talent. Plumbers and Gasittters’ Picnic.— A meeting of the committee appointed to carry out arrangements with regard to this picnic, will bo held to-morrow evening in the Foresters’ Hall, Oxford Terrace, at half-past seven. A general meeting will bo held afterwards. Christchurch Regatta.— Entries for the various events to be decided at the Christchurch regatta close with the honorary secretary at noon to-day. A meeting of the committee will be held in the Canterbury Bowing Club’s boathouse this evening at a quarter-past eight.

St John’s Parish.— The tableaux vivants and concert so successfully performed in St John’s Schoolroom last week will he repeated, with some variations, to-night, and the low charge for admission ought to secure a large attendance. Tho proceeds will be devoted to the fund to provide tho annual treat for the children attending the Sunday school. Personal. —Mr E. H. Hughes, who was for many years one of tho staff of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company’s live stock department in Christchurch, and has more recently been at the company’s Bakaia branch, has returned to his former position, and met many hearty greetiage from old friends at Addington Yards yesterday. Supreme Court. —In the appeal caseof Bullivant v. Wilson, his Honor Mr Justice Dennieton gave judgment yesterday, holding that the endorsation of the respondent’s license by tho magistrate was bad, and must be struck out of tho conviction. In tho Timarn case of tho Public Trustee v. Morrison, his Honor gave judgment for the defendant. The case against the Heafchcote Eoad Board will be heard this morning. The Late Band Contest. —A combined meeting of tho Contest and Art Union Committees was held oa Saturday evening. A rough draft of the balance-sheet was submitted and considered highly satisfactory. The Secretaries reported that several art union prizes were yet unclaimed. It was decided to hold the final meeting on Saturday, Feb. 24, and that all prizes not claimed by that date should be forfeited. After passing a number of accounts, the meeting terminated, s Prohibition. A temperance meeting was hold in tho Wesleyan schoolroom, Lyttelton, on Monday night. The business was to select candidates for the committee to be elected in March, and other important matters. A latter having been read from the Bev L. M. Isitt, regarding a mission prior to the election, the secretary was instructed to write, inviting delegates from various parts of the' electorate to most in conference at Woolston next week, and select a committee and make other arrangements. Harvest Thanksgiving Services. Though the weather was threatening last Sunday, there was a large congregation, both morning and evening at the harvest thanksgiving services held at Amberley church, on which, occasion the building was elaborately decorated with grain and flowers. Tho reading-desk and lectern ware embowered in a mass of foliage, and the choir, similarly adorned, presented a pretty apnearance. The teredos was decorated with barley, and the sanctuary rails with wheat and flowers. The font was filled with Marguerite daisies and ivy. The musical portion of the service was ably conducted by the organist, Miss Smith. The Bov C. A. Tobin officiated. The fruit and flowers used in the decoration were afterwards forwarded to St Mary’s Home. Hampstead School Committee. A meeting of this committee was held oa Tuesday evening j present—Messrs Crooks (chairman), Orr, Elliott, Hendry, Sage and Strange. The master’s report showed the number on the roll to be 371. Correspondence was received from the Education Board stating that Mr Andrews, having passed the fourth year’s examination, would be required to attend the Normal School, and requesting the committee to recommend a pupil teacher in his place. After consideration, it was decided to recommend Miss Alice Orr for the appointment. It was also resolved to nominate Messrs Anson, Maxwell and Montgomery for election as members of the Board of Education. The Chairman reported that some small repairs had been done during the holidays, and Messrs Hendry and Sage were appointed a Visiting Committee for tho ensuing month. ■ Salvation Army Encampment.— This gathering at Sumner still continues to be a source of interest, and was visited on Tuesday by a large crowd of visitors, many of whom went down by the cheap trams which have been arranged by the Army for the occasion. All the campers seem to be thoroughly enjoying themselves. A meeting of a special character was held oa Tuesday ■ evening, entitled " What Battles I’ve Been Id,” by members of the staff, led by Major Kobinson, of Dunedin. This was h>E a particulary interesting character. For to-day a full programme has been arranged. Several meetings are to be held, amongst others the opening of the Home of Beat being a noticeable item. This takes place at 3 p.m., tho Army authorities having purchased a large residential property which it is intended shall he used as a sort of sanatorium or recouping ground for invalid officers, whom it is necessary to furlough from time to time for a rest from tho strain of the Army work. It is considered that Sumner will be admirably adapted to this purpose, and hence the Army’s venture in this direction. Particulars as to trams, &c., appear in another column.

The Addingon Market. The attendance at Addington Yards yesterday was very large, and included ■ an unusual number of farmers ; some bringing sheep and lambs for sale, others intent on buying store sheep for their etubblos. Tho entries numbered 9347 sheep and lambs, 299 cattle and 287 pigs. The only notable feature in the cattle salsa was a Blackening of the demand for dairy stock. Good beef remained at 24a to 25a per 1001 b. The sale of fat lamba was not concluded till 3 p.m. An improvement in tho quality was apparent, and the heavy supply was cleared, with the exception of a few lines, at an advance of 6d to lo on last week’s rates, bringing prices up to fully of a fortnight ago. The prolonged lamb sale drove the fat sheep sale so late in the day that buyers left before it ended. Most of the lots late on the list were withdrawn without a bid being received for them. Last week’s quotations of 2d to_2;[-d for prime cross-bred mutton, and l-Jd to 2d for oroas-bred ewes (of which the bulk of the supply consisted) and merinos, may ba repeated. A good entry of store sheep and lambs met a strong demand, and realised a further improvement in value. A fair supply of pigs sold weib The following are the prices current. Fat Cattle—Steers -£6 to iE9, heifers JBS 5s to £8 10s, cows jSS to .£B. Store Cattle—Weaaers and yearlings 16s to 355, two-year-olds <£3 to £5, dry cows •83 to £5, good dairy cows £7 to .£lO, inferior iJ3 to •25. Fat Sheep—Best crossbred wethers 14s to ISs Id, secondary 10a to 13s; best cross-bred ewes lla Gd to 15s Id, secondary 9j to lie; good merino wethers Sato 10a Id, medium merino owes 5s 7d to 63 Gd. Fat Lambs—Primo 11s to 13s, secondary from 7s 6d. Store Sheep— Two-tooth croHs-breds 10s 2d to 12b 9d, crosa-bred lambs 6s 7d to 9s, .y.ged crossbred owes 5a 7d, merino ewes and lambs Ss to 3s 7J ; inferior ni'-rlnoa Is 4d to 3s. Pigs—Baconeri 35s to C2s 6d, porker? 25a to 88s, stores 14s 6d to 29a.

Education Board.— An ordinary meeting of the Education Board will be held this morning at eleven o’clock. Catholic Literary Society.— This society’s weekly meeting was held on Tuesday evening. The programme was a “ Shsksperean ” one, and consisted of a reading of the first act of Hamlet and various selections from other plays. There was a good attendance, and a very enjoyable evening was spent. Picnic. —The annual picnic in connection with the Lyttelton Garrison Band was held yesterday at Diamond Harbour. The party was conveyed across the harbour by the steamer John Anderson, and notwithstanding the fact that during the forenooon the elements ware all against the outing, tho excursionists spent a most enjoyable time. Lyttelton and Heathcote Deserve. A public meeting was held at the Heathcote Valley schoolroom last night, for the purpose of taking steps to fill vacancies in the Lyttelton and Heathcote Valley Becreation Keaerve Trust, Thera was an attendance of about thirty persons. Mr J. Joyce was voted to the chair. Mr Wiffen, chairman of the Heathcote Eoad Board, detailed the history of the reserve, which comprised 14a 3r, and was now lot for grazing purposes. There was a credit balance of about J 6127. The original members of the Board were the Hon G. Buckley, Messrs B. Martindale, J. Oih v^ r and the Mayor of Lyttelton, and the chairman of the Hcathcoto Eoad Board ex ojjicio. Messrs Ollivier and Martindale were deceased, and the affairs of the trust had been managed by Mr A. M. Ollivier, an ox-chairman of the Heathcote Road Board. He had been informed that the Lyttelton Borough Council had nominated two additional members of the trust, and he thought the action of the Coancil wag discourteous in the extreme to the Eoad Board. He had telegraphed to the Hon J, M'Kenzie, protesting against the nominations, but no information had yet been received from Wellington, The residents of the Valley, who at any rate should have equal rights with those of Lyttelton, had been completely left out in the cold. He nominated Mr W. H. Dale as a member of the trust. The motion was seconded by Mr Queree. Mr S. E. Webb said that Mr Wiffen was evidently under some misapprehension as to the action of the Lyttelton Borough Council, which had no desire to act in opposition to the Heathcote Boad Board. The Council desired that it and the Eoad Board should each elect two members. Mr Wiffen said he was pleased to hear what had fallen from Mr Webb. After some further discussion Mr Webb moved:—“That tho meeting stand adjourned until Wednesday next, and that in the meantime the Mayor of Lyttelton, Messrs Wiffen and Joyce be empowered to make further inquiries, and, if possible, procure the books and other documents relating to tho past management of the Board.”—The motion was seconded by Mr Wiffen and carried, and the meeting closed. How to Get a Cycle.— Call at the Star manufacturers, 70, Manchester Street, Christchurch, and select a cycle. Pay meats will be arranged to suit you. Tuition free to purchasers. Our best model B Star, .£23, fitted with clincher tyres, is an ideal cycle. Adams, Curties and Co., 70, Manchester Street, Christchurch.—[Advt.] Dr Kennedy may be consulted from 10 till 3 p.m., and from 2.30 till 4 p.m,, at 245, Cashel Street.— [Advt.] Professor Bickerton writes of Jameson, Anderson and Go’s Teas“ The amount of extract in each case is very high for the short time of infusion, and the proportion of tannin low." 3360 And yet you will And that anyone who reomres thorough artistic and legitimate photographic work tha is permanent and of the highest order of execution still patronises C. H. Manning, as his still increasing business testifies. The demand for liia own patent process, the bromaline photos, is largely on the increase. Another new exhibit of all classes of work just added at Studio, 150, Colombo street. Appointments advisable to avoid detention.—fAnvr.l Standish and Preeoe, photographers by special appointment to his Excellency the Governor and the Countess of Glasgow. Studio, High Street.— [Advt.] _