TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10594, 1 March 1895, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Contents.— The United States Senate has recommended the President to cooperate with Great Britain in promoting an international conference to consider the currency question. Lord Eosebery is recovering from the attack of influenza, which, according to the cable messages yesterday, caused his friendssome anxiety* The team to represent Australia in tns final test match with Stoddart’selavenhas been selected. The match, which will commence to-day, is occasioning great excitement in Melbourne. The Christ* ohucoh regatta was faeld-on the Estuary, near Sumner, yesterday. Lectures.— Mr Corrie Johnston will commence a series of lectures in the Foresters’ Hall, Oxford Terrace, at ?,30 this evening. Eiele Shooting.— I The annual meeting of the Associated Corps’ B&nge Committee will be held at the Christ's College Eiflea’ orderly-room at 6 p.m. on Monday.

Picnic.— Those connected with the building trades are invited by advertisement to close their places of business on March 9, when the annual picnic will take place at Bligh's Gardens, New Brighton.. Peevention op Ceueltt.— A meeting of the committee of the Society for the* Prevention of Cruelty to Animate will be held at the City Council Chambers at 2.80 p.m. to-day, when the question of dehorning cattle will be discussed. School Excuebion. —A railway excut* cion will bo run from Ashbftrton to Christ*, church and Lyttelton this morning to enable the children attending the schools between Ashburton and Christchurch to visit the city and the port. At Lyttelton, the Harbour Board tag will be placed at the dispose! of the masters to give the children a trip round the harbour.

Union Bowing Clhb.—The Union. Bowing Club held another “Musical Evening?* on Wednesday night. There was a very large attendance, including representatives of. the visiting crews competing at the Eegatta. Songs were sung by Messrs A. Allan, G. Lee, J. J. Dougall, G. H. Mason E. Ebert and L. E. Maohin, and Master Davidson gave a recitation. One of the most interesting items of the evening was a violin solo, beautifully rendered, by a visitor, who was enthusiastically encored. Mr J. M. Morrison accompanied in an efficient manner.

Polo. —One of the best games played on the Christchurch ground this season tooij' place yesterday between representatives from the North Canterbury Polo Club and the Ashburton Polo Club. Messrs Crossley, McDonald, Lance and Gray played for the former, and Messrs G. A. M. Buckley* Eoberts, Claridge and Saunders for the latter club. The game was fast and fairly even throughout. In the first spell the northern club scored two goals and Ashburton one; in the second, Ashburton two goals, North Canterbury one? in the third Ashburton two goals. North Canterbury one, and in the fourth spell Ashburton scored another goal, thus winning the game by six goals to four. Ambbbebt.— An entertainment provided by the ladies of the district on behalf of a library fund for the children attending - the Church of England Sunday school, was given on Tuesday evening before a large audience. r The programme comprised tableaux uivants and songs and pianoforte . selections, which were well rendered. The' tableaux had been in rehearsal Sor some time past, and reflected great credit on those, taking part, “The May Queen,” “Bo Peep,” “Darby and Joan.” “Tit for Tat” and “Three Old Maids of Lee” being deservedly encored. The thanks of those present were unanimously accorded to Misses Bowman, Digby and Osborn, and Mesdamea Tobin and Thomson, for their untiring efforts in providing an excellent entertainment. W. Strange and Co. are now making a special show of Dresses, Mantles, Millinery and other novelties ex lonic and Pakeha. AO7B Chance fob the Boys. Juvenile “Stars” fitted with cushion tyres, ball bearings to all parts. Price £lO 10a.cash, —Adams, Curties and Co., 70, Manchester Street, Christchurch.— [Advt.l A Year Ahead of the Times.—We are now fitting to “Eapids” all 1885 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, Myhr© and Co., 48, Manchester Street. — [Advt.] The unanimous opinion is that Oates’s Zealandia cycles are the best 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.] Kent’s Jubilees still to the fore.—The Eire and Ten-mile Championships of Neir Zealand won by H. J. Pither, last Friday, at Napier, on a Jubilee. Kent and Co., Pioneer Bicycle Works, Bedford EoW, Christchurch, New Zealand. — [Advt.] Emphatically Wo! lam not to he persuaded to hare my photo taken by anyone but C. H. Manning, whose work is simply a perfection of the art. Hi* Bromalino Cabinet Photos are only 15s per dozen, and 15 x 13 Opal Enlargements 20s each. JhO, Colombo Street. *1216 Standish and P reece, photograpners hy special appointment to his Excellency the Governor ana the Countess of Glasgow, Studio, High Streat,— LAnvr.; Time Payments—3s Cd per week, 2s 6d per week. 107 Sections, quarter and half-acres, the favourite place for -picnics at New Brighton Worth. Trams nine times daily. To be sold cheap. Small deposit,, balance 3s 6d weekly; no interest charged. Ha*. to h© seen and all information at W> Thomson I *^

_ Sumner.—Entries for the Christchurch Sailing Club’s regatta, which takes place Sumner tomorrow, close at the Clarendon Hotel at eight o’clock to-night.

Caledonian Sports.— Handicaps for (the aports meeting of the North Canterbury Caledonian Society, which takes |place at Amberley on Thursday next, appear in this issue.

' Northern Bam and Ewe Pais.-—The annual ram and ewe fair under the auspices of the Northern Agricultural and jPastoral, Association will be held at Eangijora on Monday, March 18, the entries closing on the previous Friday. Political.— Mr W. H, Montgomery, (member for Ellesmere, will address meatjinga of his constituents at the Town Hall, Gonthbridge, on-Monday, and at the Town Hall, Leeston, on Tuesday evening.

' Vital Statistics.— The following are •the vital statistics for Christchurch and jidistrict for the month of February ; Births: City—Males 14, females 15; disItriot—Males 52, females 54; total 136. Marriages; City 20, district 20 ; total 40. Deaths; City—Males 6, females 6; district—Males 18, females 24; total 54. For •the corresponding month last year the (totals were: Births 134, marriages 25, deaths 59. *

Football.— A meeting for the purpose iof forming a football club at St Albans was held last evening at the Knightstown Library. About sixty persons were present. Mr J. D. Colville occupied the chair. |lt was decided to form a club, to be called the “St Albans Football Club. Messrs iFarquhar, Dolan, Eitohie, A. Smith, Ealton and the Chairman were appointed a committee to make the necessary arrangements and report to a meeting to be held in a fortnight’s time. It was decided to open the season on March 9. The annual meeting of the East Christchurch Football Club will he held at the Clarendon Hotel on Tuesday evening at eight o’clock.

Melanesian Mission. —At midday yesterday the Bishop of Melanesia gave an address to the boys at Christ’s College. The mission boys sang a hymn in the Mota language, and after the address they were shown the gymnasium and the swimming-bath. Last evening the Opera House was crowded to the doors, when the Bishop gave another address on the mission work in Melanesia. The lecture, which was illustrated by lantern slides, was entertaining and Instructive. The mission boys pleased the audience with their singing of two native hymns. At the conclusion an offertory was taken up in aid of the mission. The mission vessel, the Southern Cross, will leave Lyttelton about 1 p.m. to-day. Oeain’b Bat. Our correspondent Writes;—After the long spell of dry weather, last Friday and Saturday’a rain was very welcome. Grass was becoming dried up and scarce. This naturally told a good deal on the cheese production. The factory continues, however, to do fairly Well, and is sending by the lonic about tone hundred and thirty cases, containing two cheeses of 601 b each. Only about a hundred more shares require to be taken up to complete the prospectus number of seven hundred. Nearly all the grass seed is now ready for market. A large quantity has been sent to town, some has been sold, while other is being withheld for better prices. The season was so favourable that there need he little doubt as to the first7ate quality of the seed offering. Oeangeism.— The monthly meeting of No, 2 Purple Star Lodge, L.0.L., was held on Tuesday evening, the W.M. Bro C. Cooper presiding, supported by P.D.M. Bros Diffia, Caygill and G. E. Taylor, P.M. Bros Hanna. No. 2, Middleton No. 24, Johansen No. 33, Weir No. 32, and Ballantyne No. 33. A certificate was received frpm the Star of Ashburton Lodge for a brother who wished to affiliate with this Lodge., The D.M. Bro S. Skinner and Secretary I3ro W. Bailey gave their report of the Grand Lodge sessions, and received a hearty vote of thanks for their services. The W.M. reported the death of • vary old member, P.M. Bro B. Cook, and it was decided that the Lodge should go into mourning, that a letter of condolence Should be forwarded to the family of the deceased brother, and that the members should he requested to attend his funeral. 1 Votes of thanks were passed* o the visiting officers and members, and briefly responded to.

Burglaries.— Some sensation was caused yesterday morning when news was spread that three buildings in different parts of the city had been broken into by burglars during the night. Mr Caudwell, lessee of the Caledonian Hotel, St Albans, found, on entering the bar of hia hotel in the morning, that the till was lying on the floor and that the contents, amounting to some twelve or 'thirteen shillings, were missing. The window of the jug and bottle department had been prised open without arousing the occupants of the building. Mr Cotterell’s store in Lichfield Street was also broken into and a quantity of tobacco and cigarettes stolen. The Foresters’ Hotel in Oxford Terrace appears to have been the scene of a third burglary, a sum of eleven shillings being missing from the till yesterday morning. The flags in the floor leading into the bar were found to be prised open, and in this way an entrance was effected.

Forestry. —The first ordinary meeting of the newly-constituted Court Queen of Canterbury, A.0.F., for women, was hold at the Foresters’ Hall on Monday. Sister Courtenay, C.E., occupied the chair, and there was a full attendance of officers and members. It was decided to hold meetings on the first Wednesday in every month ; also that contributions should be payable monthly or quarterly at the option of members. It was resolved to ask the Management Committee of Court Star of Canterbury to * draft a code of rales for the guidance of the new court. A letter was received from Court Star of Canterbury, inviting the members to attend the next meeting of that court, to he held on Monday next. The invitation was accepted with thanks. One candidate was proposed, and business of minor importance transacted, after which the Court was closed in due form by the C.E. The annual summoned meeting of the Juvenile Court Star of Canterbury lodge. No. 2309, was held on Wednesday. The election of officers for the ensuing term resulted as follow-C.E., Bro W. A. Weakley: S.C.E., Bro F. A. Lukey; S.W., Bro T. Bunt; J. W., Bro A. H. G. Brown; G. 8., Bro H. G. Bradford; J. 8., Bro A. Wilson; minute secretary, Bro A. E. Ashman; treasurer, Bro J. Stratford. The Secretary’s report and balance-sheet were received and adopted. A total membership of fifty-five, fourteen having joined during the year, was shown. The total receipts had been .£3B 19s Bd, and the expenditure £3l Os sd, leaving a balance in hand of £7 19a 3d, and a credit balance in the bank of £74, 19s 6d. The Secretary complimented the members upon their financial condition and the progress they had made in the past. Three candidates were initiated, and the Court was than closed by the C.E. in the usual form. PEESENT ATIONS TO THE PEBMIER. A telegram from Hokitika Eayrrfchat a presentation by the residents of Lumara and district to the Premier took place yesterday. Addresses from friendly societies and school children wore first presented, and then the public , presentation a handsome oak cabinet, with a magnificent sot of cutlery for Mr Seddon and silver dish covers for Mrs Seddon, took place. A few claim-holders presented Mr Seddon with a gold albero chain. Mr Seddon in acknowledging the presentations referred i to his removal as only temporary. A presentation will also be made by the residents of Greenstone on Friday, and a public presentation by tbo electorate will take place next Thursday. THE ELECTEIC LIGHT, At a meeting of the Wellington City Council last night great dissatisfaction was expressed at the quality of the electric light supplied by the Electrical Syndicate, and it was decided to auk Dr jLemon to report as to whether the Council was getting the light contracted for. THE VOLUNTEEES. A supplementary Gazette issued last k tight, contains new. voluatee* regular]

tions, which are to come into _ force to-day. Lieutenant J. E. Hume is appointed testing officer of small asms ammunition for the Government. The following officers are appointed to the command of the newly-formed militia volunteer districts : Auckland Militia and Volunteer District, Lieutenant-Colonel Forster Goring; Wellington (including Taranaki, Wanganui, Wairarapa, Manawatu and the sub-district of Hawke’s Bay, hitherto known as Bast Coast District), Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Newall; Canterbury District (including North Canterbury and the sub-district of South Canterbury), Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Gordon; Otago District (including North Otago (Oamarn), Dunedin, and the sub-district of Southland), Lieutenant-Colonel William Webb; Nelson District (including Nelson, Marlborough and the sub-district of Westland), Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Pitt. AKEIVALS AND DEPASTURES. During January the total arrivals in the colony numbered 3551, and the total departures 2254. GERMANY AND SAMOA. The recent statement made in the House of Commons, conveying the assurance that the German Government had no intention of annexing Samoa, was evidently intended to allay a disquieting rumour on the subject that has been circulated in Samoa. It is to the effect that in May seven German warships will arrive in Samoa, the Germans having undertaken the complete subjugation of the natives, and that the disarmament will at once be carried out; that after that time the controlling power over the Samoans will be purely German. The Municipality is to exist as heretofore, except that the President’s office is to be abolished. A chief justice, who shall not be a German, is to hold the position. The whole of this fairy story was said to have Consular authority.

JAPANESE WAR PREPARATIONS. An item in the mail news sent to London from Japan was a note of the preparations which are being made by the Government for the prosecution of the war against China this year. On Nov. 1 the War Department was able to report that she stock of cartridges in hand was large enough to give 240,000 men ten rounds per man per diem for twelve months. The new clothing has accumulated to four suits per man. “ Ice-shoes” are now being made for the twenty thousand horses in the field. As it has been found impossible to accustom the troops to biscuits, notwithstanding their handiness for packing in the haversack, the Government has been forced to return to rations of rice, thus adding considerably to the bulk of stores requiring transport. For carrying impedimenta, 47,000 hand waggons have been built, and were being rapidly despatched to the base of operations when the mail left. As tents will ba useless for a winter in Manchuria, winter barracks were being built in sections, the walls to he of double plank, the space between to be filled with sawdust. Further, the authorities have been called upon to furnish all the necessary plant for, sinking wells, &e., as owing to the fear of poisoned water, the army has to depend entirely upon this method of obtaining the necessary water. In regard to warm clothing for the troops, largo orders for blankets have, as already known, been placed in Europe, but the requisite overcoats are being made in Japan. CAEEIAGB OP STOCK. In order to prevent the overcrowding of sheep and cattle in railway trucks, the Minister has empowered stationmaaters to decide when a truck is reasonably full. Hitherto those who engaged the trucks squeezed in as many as they chose. SEIZURE OF GOODS. The Customs authorities at Wellington have seized nine cases of drapery, boots and fancy goods. Mr G. V. Shannon, Customs expert, when examining the goods and invoices, found not only that the values were greatly understated, but also that more than one-third of the goods were not on the invoices or entered for duty. A prosecution will probably be the result* SLEEP-WALKING. A case of sleep-walking occurred at Ponaonby Road, Auckland, on Wednesday night. The victim was a man named. Daniel Keane, a farmer from Northern Wairoa, He lifted the lower sash of d bedroom window, squeezed through a space of 2ffc 6in, walked on the shop verandah abutting on the street, and fell a distance of 10ft or 12ft on to a hard asphalt pavement. It is supposed that Keane must have laid an hour on the asphalt without the inmates of the house being aware of it. He was discovered by a young man coming home from a surprise party. The man’s ribs were pressed in but not completely broken, and his left eyebrow was lacerated. He sustained a serious concussion of the left hip and leg, and his whole system is shaken. He is now doing as well as can be expected. EXHIBITIONS. Millions visited the Chicago Pair, railways and steamers carried living freights, the independent and self-commanded cycle wheeled hundreds of thousands of cyclers to the exhibition. To-day, at 70, Manchester Street, we are exhibiting all the modern improvements in cycles, and we invite the people to come and see the "modern wheel,” which is a perfect specimen of mechanical ingenuity in cycle construction. We have wheeled a year ahead of our competitors, and are now ready for business with the 1895 Star’s. The new supplants the old, improvement reigns. Adams, Curties and Co., 70, Manchester Street, Christchurch. [Advt.] X 1435