TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10593, 28 February 1895, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Contents.— A -special correspondent of a London newspaper confirms in every detail the accounts published a few months ago of. atrocities in Armenia. According to his statement, Turkish soldiers have been engaged night and day removing traces of the horrible butcheries, and 360 witnesses who would probably have given evidence before the Commission have been slaughtered in cold blood. Tha virulence of the outbreak of influenza in Great Britain and Germany remains' unabated, and of Lord Sose* bety, who is one of the victims of the epidemic, is said to be causing anxiety. The House of Commons has passed a motion urging the Government to cooperate with the Great Powers in convening a Monetary Conference. At thej meeting of the Charitable Aid Board yesterday, the Chairman submitted a long statement with regard to the report of the Eoya| Commission of Inquiry which recently, eat in Christchurch. The Senate of the University of New Zealand opened its annual.flession yesterday, when, also, meet/ ings of the Hospital Board and Chamber ■of Commerce„and the autumn show of the' Christchurch Horticultural Society were held.

' The “ Canterbury Times.”—ln to? day's publication of the Canterbury TinieS appears the third of the series of Ainu** traled descriptive articles upon "New'i Zealand Industries,” the subject being the KaiapoiWoollenManufaoturingCompanyff mills, clothing factory and warehouse. -The. illustrations include views of company’a premises in Kaiapn ? n d Chmt-' church and of the machinery m the mill, as well as scenes in Kaiapoi and Bangiora —towns which have Benefited, greatly by, the establishment of the company'fl mills in their district. The manufactures oftheKaiapoi Company are known throughout Australasia and most of the South Sea.. Islands,,and the illustrations and descnpi tions of the places-and methods of manufacture will have a correspondingly wide, interest; while the friends of local industry will have before them-a what is posssble in this sphere, and strong arguments for further encouragement, and progress. Other special features of the 1 pap er include an ■ account of the ! t r ip in the Hinemoa to the- southern and) Chatham Islands, in which he was aocom- j panied by Sir James Hector and other] scientists; special reports of the Canter- 1 , bury-Otago cricket match, the New Zea-j land Athletic and Cycling Meeting and the Dunedin Jockey Club's] : Onp Meeting, with editorial notes andj comments on each. An article on = the Hessian fly, by Mr .T. W. Kkk,l?.L.Sj with illustrations, is also given^

I Tbx HoMDAYi—This afternooa will be '.observed as a holiday, ia honour of the 'Ohiiatohuroh regatta, which takes place kt Sumner. Advantage has also been fraVon of the occasion for several trade ' picnics. 'A special train will convey excursionists to Otarama, where the emiployda of Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs .will bold their picnic, and up to last evening about one thousand tickets had been 'gold. The holiday will be generally (observed at Lyttelton, whence excursions StO’Qovernor’s Bay will be run. Meetings.— The following meetings will ha held to-day Permanent Investment and Loan Association, Hall of Chamber or Commerce, 8 p.m.; meeting of P en j o3 } 3 iintereated in forming a football club, jEnightstown Library, 8 p.m.—The annual ‘meeting of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be held on (March 15. Concert.— Mr H. Weir will give a farewell concert in the Opera House on March 14 prior to his departure for Sydney. i Arrests.— Two youths were arrested Jaabevening by Detective Benjamin on a 'charge of burglary at Linwood. They (•will he brought before the Court this morning. 1 State Bank. —An open-air meeting ■under the auspices of the Progressive (Liberal Association, will take place on ‘Saturday night, when Messrs D. Naleria and J. M. Venall will deliver addresses on the State Bank question. i Christchurch Regatta.—The arrangements for the Christchurch regatta, which (takes place at Sumner to-day, are complete, »ad as the entries are large, some good 'contests may be expected. Special trams will leave Christchurch every half-hou r afternoon.

Industrial Association. The Tariff Committee of the Industrial Association will meet at the roomsi Manchester Street, this evening, when manufacturers or producers having recommendations to make an connection with the revision of the (Customs tariff are invited to attend. Melanesian Mission.— A lecture, illustrated with lantern views, will be given in tb© Opera House this evening by the (Bishop of Melanesia and the Rev A. (Brittain. Songs in the Mota language will be sung by the mission boys. The mission schooner, the Southern Cross, will leave Lyttelton for Timata on Friday on the arrival of the 9.55 Christchurch. Old Age Pensions.—There was a good attendance of members at the of the Progressive Liberal Association which took place on Thursday evening in the Oddfellows’ Chambers. The old age pension schema proposed by the General Committee was discussed. One or two amendments were made, and a copy of the scheme was ordered to be supplied to the Zyttelton Hines. The Addington Yards.— During the sheep sale at Addington yesterday it was announced that the directors of the Saleyards Company had decided to make an effort to expedite matters in connection with the sales, which have lately been prolonged to a late hour, in the evening. Amongst the proposed alterations are the proper classification of the fat and other lambs, the poor quality of many which have lately been admitted into the fat pens having had the effect of assisting, to a great extent, in demoralising the. market, as well as causing the quotations to bo misleading. i Caledonian Society.— The thirteenth ■annual general meeting of the Canterbury ■Caledonian Society was held last evening, ■when there was a good attendance. MrP. ■Campbell, president of the society, occiiIpied the chair. The statement of accounts [showed a credit balance of £ls Gs'lld. ■The Directors’ report congratulated the. society on the increased vitality shown paring the past year. (No scholarship was Effered last year,* but the Directors trusted Eo make satisfactory arrangements for [jiving one during the coming year. Ehe election of officers resulted as follows; p-President, Mr P. Campbell (re-elected) ; [vice-presidents, Messrs J. Connal, J. [Richardson and Drs M’Bean Stewart and ■Thomas (re-elected) 5 directors, Messrs iW. Eraser, J. Sinclair, E. L. Wallace, W. rSmith, A. Ferguson and P. Cunningham; auditors, Messrs T. B. Craig and Hamilton (re-elected) j honorary secretary, Mr C. J. Marshall; honorary treasurer, Mr R, Three new members were ■elected. The business having been con[eluded, the remaining part of the evening ■was spent in a social maimer. I Christchurch Domain Board. The ■annual meeting of the Christchurch [Domain Board was held at the City Council ■Chambers yesterday afternoon; present—- ■ Sir John Hall, Messrs Murray-Aynaley, D. IM’Millon, J. T. Brown, W. Jacques, W. H. [Cooper, J. Pentaney and J. W. Mar chant. [An apology for non-attendance was rsEeived from Mr Harman. Mr MurraypLynsley was elected chairman of the Board Kor the ensuing year. The balance-sheet lor the year ended Deo. 31 showed receipts £706 lls lid, of which amount £375 Os ! 5d had been received from rents of reserves or pastures; expenditure £651 2a Id- The head gardener reported that the gardens had seldom had a more vigorous growth than at present. The extensive pruning authorised by the Board had made a striking improvement in the trees. Tenders had been invited for the purchase of the trees cut down, but no acceptable offer was received, and the timber had been sold privately at a considerable advance. Some new and valuable trees and shrubs had been added to the gardens Arrangements had been made for the (taking of meteorological observations for the Government. The question of increaaed plantation of native trees was considered at length, and instructions (were given to carry out the work. The revenue for the current year was estimated at £506 16s Bd, and the expenditure £554 10a 3d. The Chairman stated that in consequence of the golf-players /disturbing sheep in the park, the rents lor the grazing rights had been seriously reduced. After considerable discussion it Was resolved to raise the fees to golf clubs from March 1 to Dec. 31 (Thursdays being excepted) to £6 10s for gentlemen’s clubs and £3 5s for ladies’ clubs. An application from the Canterbury Band of Hope Union for the use of the park on Easter Monday was granted. The Secretary was instructed, to writs to the Saleyarcls Company on the subject of improving the footpath from the West Christchurch school to the yards. A Year Ahead op the Times.— We are now fitting to “Rapids” all 1895 Stanley Show improvements, namely, large tubing and chain wheels, detachable gear, narrow tread, swing chain adjustment and (patent head-lock; finished second to none. (Write for catalogue. Waller, Myhre and Co., 48, Manchester Street.— [Advt.] > The ’unanimous opinion is that Oates’s iZealandla cycles are the beat possible ■machines, made of the best possible material in the best possible way, and the price is only £2O, or £5 deposit and the (balance to suit you. N. Oates, Zealandia ■Cycle Works, Christchurch and Napier.— [Advt.] | Chance pob the Boys. Juvenile "‘Stars” fitted with cushion tyres, ball (beatings to all parts. Price £lO 10s cash. t —Adams, Curtiss and Co., 70, Manchester Street, Christchurch. — [Advt.] '■ Kent’s Jubilees still to the fore.—The (Five and Ten-mile Championships of New Zealand won by H. J. Pither, last Friday, at Napier, on a Jubilee. Kent and Co., /(Pioneer .Bxcyclo Works, Bedford Row, Christchurch. New Zealand.—[Advt.] ! Emphatically No! I am not to he persuaded to .have my photo taken by anyone hut C. H, (Manning, [whose work is simply a perfection of the art. His ißromalioe Cabinet Photos are only 15s per dozen, and 15. x 12 Opal Enlargements 20s each. 150, Colombo Street. X 1216 j SIAHBISH AND PaEECK.photograpacrs by special appointment to his Excellency the Governor and jthe Countess of Glasgow. Studio, High Street.— ;|Advt. 1 j Time Payments—2s 6dper week, 2s 6d per week. 107 Sections, quarter ancfhalf-acres, the favourite jjaco fox picnics at New Brighton North. Trams nine times daily. To be sold cheap. Small deposit, •balance 2s 6d weekly; no interest charged. Plan rto bo eeea and all information at \V, Thomson’s!,

Supreme Court.—The Banco- sittings of the Supreme Court will be continued at 11 a,m. to-day, when the adjourned case of Talbot v. Moffat will be heard. Australian Mutual Provident Society.—This Society advertises that it is prepared to grant loans on approved firstclass freehold security at 5-5 per cent. The Otago Cricketers. —The members of the Otago cricket team left by the exoreas yesterday morning, and were accorded a hearty send off by a number of their Christchurch friends. Rangioba Fire Brigade.—Mr W. T. Wilson, secretary of the Rangiora Fire Brigade, has been chosen representative at the Fire Brigade Association’s annual conference to be held at Hokitika next month.

Tram: Excursion.—The New Brighton Tramway Company will run its usual sixpenny excursion to New Brighton tonight, accompanied by the Stanmore Band. Trams will leave Cathedral Square at 7.15 and return at 8.30 and 10.10.

A Big Apple.—The present being the gigantic apple season, Mr G. Gooderham, of Stanmore Road, Linwood, has forwarded to this office a splendid specimen of the produce of his orchard. It is an apple of the “ Peasgood’a Nonsuch ” variety, of fine colour, fourteen inches in circumference, and a pound and a quarter in weight. Fire.—On Saturday a fire occurred at Mr Brock’s farm at Ashley, whereby a stack of oats was destroyed and considerable damage was done to Messrs Brock Bros.’ threshing plant, the water-cart being destroyed and the combine charred. The nr© is supposed to have bean caused by a little boy playing with matches.

Sumner Regatta. —The regatta, at Sumner on Saturday should, given fine weather, draw a large crowd of people. The residents are working enthusiastically, and it is their intention to make the regatta, if successful, an annual affair. Afternoon tea will be provided in Drew’s paddock, opposite the jetty, by the ladies of Samner, assisted by members of the Christchurch Sailing Club. H I M.S. Bubsard. —An entertainment, taking the form of a “Goselliger Abend,” will be hold ia the Art Gallery on Monday evening in honour of the visit of Captain Scheder and the officers of the German warship. A very attractive programme has been arranged, in addition to which the band of the man-of-war will bo present and play selections during the evening. A limited number of tickets may be procured from the gentlemen named in an advertisement in this issue.

Acclimatisation Society.—A meeting of the Council of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society was held yesterday afternoen • present—Messrs A. Garrick (chairman)’ A. Scott, G. B. Ritchie, Dr A. Dendy and Professor Haalam. A letter was received from the Railway Department stating that the pass issued to the Society’s ranker by the Railway Commissioners was invalid, and requesting that it should be returned. The matter was left in the hands of the Chairman and Secretary. After passing some accounts the meeting terminated.

The Poet Hills Shooting Case. —An inquest was opsned at the hospital at 5 p.m. yesterday, before Mr R. Beetham, coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr Julian Mariner was chosen foreman, touching the death of the half-caste Daniel Kelly, who died in the institution the previous evening. After the coroner had referred to the fact that deceased had been shot on Monday, the jury viewed the body, and the inquest was adjourned until 3 p.m. on Monday next, at the came place. It is expected that Otten, who was wounded by Kelly, will then be sufficiently recovered to give evidence. Rowing.—The Trial Double Sculls in connection with the Young Men’s Christian Association Rowing Club were decided on the Avon on Monday and Tuesday last week and Monday , of this week. Six crews took part, the prize being a cup presented by Mr A. Kaye. The results were;—First heat: Mills and Burns beat Roxburgh and Musgrove; second heat: West and Kinnekr beat Christian and Killner; third heat: Bosomworth and Le Quesne beat Redpath and Irwin; fourth heat: Mills apd Burns beat West and Kinnear 3 final heat: Mills and Burns beat Bosomworth and Le Quesne. A SHEARING DISPUTE. On Feb. 19 a case was heard before the Stipendiary Magistrate at Geraldine, arising out of a dispute about a shearing agreement. Two shearers named Stonehouse and O’Neill sued W. P. Studholme, of Opihi, for money earned and damages for wrongful dismissal. The evidence showed that these men were engaged verbally by defendant’s manager, Mr Jeffrees, to shear for the season. Near the close of the shearing rain' came on one evening, so that there could be no shearing of sheep outside till noon next day at the earliest. There was a shed full of sheep, however, which were dry. The usual time for turning-to was 5.30 a.m., but the shearers, or most of them, agreed among themselves the night before not to turn to until after breakfast, as they would have to lose some time after clearing the shed. Word was sent to the manager, who dissented, but his reply was not properly given to the men, who understood that he assented. Next morning, as the men did not turn up at 5.30, the manager went sometime later to call them, and when they came after breakfast he told them they had discharged themselves and he had turned the sheep out, and they would not be paid for what they had dona. The case turned largely upon one c£ the rules posted in the shed : “ Shearers leaving the shed without permission before shearing is finished will not be paid.” The case was argued at Timaru yesterday. For defendant it was urged that this rule must have been known to the men, and apart from that it was a custom of the sheds. For plaintiffs it was contended that the rules formed no part of the contract, as the men were engaged verbally before they went near the shed, and their attention was never specially drawn to the rules as part of the agreement. In giving judgment his Worship remarked that the litigation could easily have been avoided by a little tact on the part of the manager. If he had gone down to see the men and asked them to turn to at the usual hour—he having good reasons for desiring it which the men were not aware of—there was no ground to doubt that they would have done so. It appeared to him that the men meant no affront to the manager, nor any disobedience of orders in delaying to turn to, and it could not under the circumstances be held that they left their work, or in the words of the rule, “ left the shed without permission.” He concluded that they ought to be paid for the work done, but as they were dismissed through a blunder of their own, they were not entitled to damages for wrongful dismissal. Judgment was given for Stonehouse for £7 Is 6d, and for O’Neill for £9 7s 6d. Mr J. Hay appeared for plaintiffs; Mr C. 1 H. Tripp for defendant. A SHIPPING SUIT. The Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association yesterday sued, in the Magistrate’s Court at Timaru, the master and owners of the barque Duriadeer for £2O 17a 6d, damages to goods received ex that vessel. Nine bales of cornsacks were damaged by wet to the extent of one shilling per dozen, and of a ton of linseed only five hundredvieight was delivered, and that damaged by rats, reducing its value from £l4 to £lO per ton. There was no appearance of defendants, and the plaintiff’s manager having given evidence of the damage, judgment was given for plaintiff by default against the master of the vessel. It was stated that the ship had left the colony, and the Association would have to do the best it could with its judgment. A NOVEL CLAIM. At Timaru yesterday the Stipendiary Magistrate heard a rather novel claim. Mrs Cole, owner of a farm on Upper Washdyke Road, alleged that she had been annoyed by the trespass of pigs belonging to: a.- s,ejghljoup, tho-piga Jhwi»g

greatly damaged a crop of oats. As the land was not surrounded by a “legal” fence there was some difficulty in the way of obtaining damages in the ordinary manner, and Section 14 of the Impounding Act was relied upon. This provides special trespass rates for pigs and goats, la a head for the first trespass and 2s a head for each subsequent one within three months. A record was kept of dates and numbers of pigs turned out of the crop in some weeks of January and February, and the owner of the animals was sued for £5 Is, made up of charges of 2s per head per visit, after the first three at Is each. Mr C. Perry appeared for plaintiff and Mr Raymond for defendant. The latter submitted that these special trespass rates are to be collected through the poundkeeper, or by the owner acting as poundkeeper, and are not to be treated as statutory damages to be sued for. His Worship read the Act in this way, and nonsuited plaintiff. THE HALF-HOLIDAY. A telegram from Gisborne states that in consequence of the representations of tradespeople as to the loss to trade, the Borough Council has unanimously decided to communicate with the Minister of Labour to see whether it cannot have the halfholiday changed from Saturday to Thursday. HEAVY SEA AT TIMAEU. The heavy sea at Timaru on Tuesday poured over the breakwater in heavy masses, and ripped up about one hundred yards of one of the crane-track rails. This was the only damage done. A number of young people who were on the beach watching the breakers were caught by an uprising 0 wave, and received a thorough drenching. Some others, venturing to bathe in Carolina Bay, where in such storms the waves are very unequal, wore caught by a heavy one and thrown down by the backwash, and but for the help of some onlookers might have been in considerable danger. WELLINGTON EDUCATION BOARD. The Wellington Education Board has decided that it could not undertake the inspection of Catholic schools in_ the Wellington district, as the Board’s inspectors already had more work than they could get through, and the finances of the Board prevented any increase in the staff of inspectors. At yesterday’s meeting the Chairman remarked that the Board’s financial position, though not serious, was one which required careful attention as regards future expenditure. Unless care was exercised he knew of no other alternative than the very objectionable one of reducing salaries. Mr Young said that at the next meeting of the Board he would probably make a suggestion by which he thought £SOO or £6OO could bo saved annually without any reduction in salaries. BOWLING. At a meeting of the council of the Northern Bowling Association yesterday, invitations were received from the New South Wales and Victorian Associations, assuring a cordial welcome to any New Zealanders who could visit the Easter tournaments. It was resolved to recommend to the various clubs the acceptance of the invitation, and to ask for replies by March 15 as to what members can avail themselves of it. SEIZURE OP LIQUOR. A telegram from Dunedin says that a seizure of a large quantity of liquor was made in an unlicensed house at Fortrosa on Tuesday- The police found a full hogshead of beer and another on tap, and a number of bottles of beer, whisky, champagne, &c. The place was fitted up in all respects like a bar. ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET. Entries in all classes were again large at the live stock market yesterday. The attendance was good, but the sale throughout lacked animation, and considerable delay took place, a good deal of it owing to the dilatoxinesa of the salesmen, and it ia satisfactory to note that the directors of the Yards Company have at last called attention to the matter. There was a fair entry of fat cattle, which included some lines of handy weight steers, but the bulk of the entry was cow beef, with a sprinkling of light heifers. Butchers were very slow in bidding, and business was only done with difficulty, late rates being barely reached. The dairy yards contained some fair sorts, but there was little or no demand, and very few changed hands. Store cattle were poorly represented, only one or two pens of decent young cattle being included in the yarding, the bulk of which was of the usual miscellaneous character. Very few buyers were present, and only a very small proportion of the entry changed hands. More than 5000 sheep occupied the fat pens, the bulk being cross-bred ewe mutton of inferior to medium quality, with a few pens of good wethers. The sale opened badly, the first half-dozen pens failing to elicit a bid. A couple of pens of good wethers then sold at 10s 8d and lls 4d, after which biddings again dragged, and only in the case of the primest sorts was there any competition. A very fair pea of wethers from the south topped the market at lls lid.- Cross-bred ewes and inferior sorts fell quite Is per head from last week’s prices, and even at that they were hard to dispose of, a large number failing to find buyers. Bad as the fat sheep market is at present, there are indications that, with the large number of sheep yet to come forward, in consequence of the scarcity of feed, it has not reached its lowest (stage. A large yarding of fat lambs was very mixed in quality; a good many of them should have been in the store pens. The sale was dull and prices were irregular, ranging from 4s to 7s 6d for inferior and secondary to 9a 6d for freezing quality, and up to lls for a pen of really prime sorts. The largest yarding of store sheep for the season came forward, and as owners were anxious to quit a fair clearance was made at a further drop on last week’s rates. A large entry of pigs met a fairly good sale, best baconets being most in demand, while all sorts were fairly competed for and late rates well sustained. Entries for the day comprised—--120 head of fat cattle, about 60 dairy cows and 120 stores, 5500 fat and 7200 store sheep, 1800 lambs, and 526 pigs. The following are current prices:—Pat CattleSteers £5 5a to £S Ba, heifers £4 2s 6d to £5 10s, cows £4 to £7. Beef 15a to 20s per 1001 b. Fat Sheep Prime heavy-weight cross-bred wethers 9s to lie, freezers 9s to 10a 6d, secondary sorts 6a 6d to 8s 6d, best crossbred ewes 7s 6d to 9s, secondary 4a 6d to 7s, merino wethers 2s 6d to 4a 6d, merino ewes 2s 6d, fat lambs 4a to lls. Prime freezers 1£ per lb (factory weights); butchers’ best up to 3id; cross-bred ewes and secondary wethers from Id to lid per lb. Dairy Cattle.— Springers from £4 12s 6d to £7 10a, dry cows from £2 to £5. Store Sheep.—Two and four-tooth cross-bred wethers 6s to 7s 6d, four and six-tooth cross-bred ewes 5a to 7s 6d, two-tooth croaa-breda oa to Bs, cross-bred lambs 3s to 6s, merino ewes Is to 2s. Pigs at prices equal to 3jd per lb for prime faaconers and porkers.