TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11898, 23 May 1899, Page 5

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

{There was no sitting of the Magistrate's Court at Kaiapoi yesterday, as all the cases had been settled out of Court.

On Wednesday (Queen's Birthday) the telegraph offices which open on Sundays and ■ holidays will be open from 9 to 10 a.m , and from 7"to" 8 p.m. The Telephone Exchange will be open as usual. A handsome pair of iron entrance gates and posts have been presented to the Loburn Presbyterian Church, the former by Mr P. Iverach, and the latter by Mr C. Carmichael, two members of the congregation.

At its meeting yesterday the Canterbury College Board of Governors decided to vote the sum of £lO to provide a proper flagpole at the Boys' High School, in place of the present bare pole which' disfigures the school lawn.

The committee of >the Hospital Lady Visitors and Destitute Patients" Fund has decided to recommence the work party for the winter season. The meetings will be held at 2.30 p.m. on alternate Fridays, the nurses having kindly given the use of their" sitting-room for the purpose. The first meeting will be on Friday afternoon in this ■week.

Entries for the Courtenay Agricultural and Pastoral Association's winter show, which will be held on June 2, are coming in freely. The Secretary will be at Greendale between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday to receive entries. On the afternoon of the show a lecture will be given by Mr J. Joyce.

Messrs D. Evans, J. Freeman, G. J. Reakes, M.R.C.V?S., G. A. U. Tapper, J. Kerr. W. Urownlee, of Havelock, R. Heaton Rhodes.and Captain Willis were among the passengers by the southern express yesterday. As the cheap fares started yesterday, there was an unusual number of passengers, no fewer than thirteen cars being required for their conveyance.

Notice appears in the " Gazette" that tlie Governor has approved of the transfer of Honorary Chaplain, the Rev W. E. Gillam, from the {Temuka Rifle Volunteers to the Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers. The Public Trustee has given notice of his intention to administer the intestate estates of Alexander Campbell, } lat<F of Kingsdowri, and Lars Johnston, late of Okain's Bay. t

A young ihan., one of a party ttfat walked from Cliristchurch to: Gop-emor's Bay on Sunday, had an alaxnungtekperience. When Dearing the main road leading from Lyttelton to the bay the party left the Pass Road, and intended faking a short cut on to the road below. Ihey ran down the hill near the spot where,* the recent landslip occurred, and. one *of 'the party attempted to cross the 'clajr surface over which the slip had passed. He had not gone far when be began to sink, till nothing but his head remained in yiew. His mates went in search of assistancef/md found a resident, who accompanied them to the spot. By the aid of clods placed as stepping-stones the rescuers were able to reach the entombed youth. Their efforts to pull him out of the semiliquid clay were unsuccessful, and it was only by the add of a large fork that the unfortunate man was dug out of the trap into which he had Mien. But for the loss of one of his boots he was none the worse for his adventure.

Special Bread Process.—The attention of home-made bread-bakers is drawn to an advertisement in this issue from Mr J. T. Norton, of Lyttelton, 7983

"Hnnyadi janos." Professor Vircho-w, as one of the first to recognise the value of this popular Aperient "Water, testifies to its having given him invariably satisfactoiy results. He considers it "one of the most valuable of the curative agents at our disposal" Sold everywhere. —(Advt.) "Hnnyadi Janos." This favourite Natural Water, in habitual use throughout the world, has established itself as a customary aperient in all climates. Remarkably and exceptionally uniform in composition ; free from defects incidental to others. "Brit. Med. Journal." Annual sale six million bottles.—(Advt.)

Sir Henry Thompson describes natural aperient waters as vastly superior to artificial solutions, however skilfully prepared; arid " Hunyadi Janos" as " the most concentrated of *-he saline group." Annual sale six million bottles. Signature, Andreas Saxlehner, on label secures genuineness.— (Advt.) Hanmer Plains.—Visitors to the Hanmer Springs will find the best accommodation at Mrs Lahmert's, Jack's Pass Temperance Hotel, for 37s and 20s week. Free conveyances from the Springs twice daily. X 2356

Blankets, Flannels, Rugs, and Men's Lambwool Shirts and Pants. We are now showing a very special purchase of 500 pairs White Blankets, commencing at 8s lid per pair; 48 pieces of Flannels, from B£d per yard; 25 Bugs, from 10s 6d each; and 20 dozen Men's Lambwool Pants and Shirts, from 3s lid. See our windows for special show of these goods.—Shaw, Robinson, and Co., 213, Cashel Street 92 "V our wise investment in bicycle pleasure for 1899 demands that you read the beautiful Waverley catalogue, now ready. You will also find, on inspection, that these are the highest-grade wheels that money can obtain. The latest stock of sundries kept on hand. Waverley Cycle Depot, 217, Colombo Street, Christchurch. 2396 Special Notice. —Crown Brand Tea prize competitions will be continued all this year round, and will close on tho last days of April, June, August, October, and" December in each year. Prizes of ladies' silver and other watches, albums, workhoxes, etc. Hubbard, Hall and Co. 2384 Evenden's Patent Roofing and Fencing Nails, neatest and best; perfectly watertight. Ptecommended by architects, and can be obtained from all ironmongers. X 2414 Cyclists who require their machines well and carefully repaired should send them to the " Premiers " of the cycling trade. Boyd and Son, Gloucester Street. Telephone 658. 2374 Muddy roads, clean cyclists, by using the automatic rubber mud-guards; fit any bicycle, 3s 6d pair, and elastic anklets, perfect fitting, 2s" 6d pair, posted to any address. Oates,.Lowry and Co.> Cbristchureh and Ashburton., §2

Mr Jordan, *je draughts champion, will be at the rooms of the Young Men's Club at Lyfctelton this afternoon. At Oxford yesterday two applications for old age pensions were granted in full, one was adjourned for proof of naturalisation, and one was refused.

Excellent entries, amounting to ISO, have been received for the Albury Dog Trials, which will take place to-morrow. The highest prize this year is £ls, which, it is hoped, will be' raised to £2O next year. The entries range from North Canterbury to Southland. A special train will leave Timaru for Albury to-morrow.

Mrs*Ctmnington lectured last night on .the cosmic law of evolution, showing how the four sciences, embryology, geology, zoology and botany had all contributed their facts to the discovery of the law. .Spencer's synthetic philosophy was."described, and the influence of J. D. Maurice, Tennyson, and "Kingsley upon modern thought was explained. ' At the Salvation Army Barracks on Sunday night special reference was made by Adjutant Rowley, the officer in charge of the Christchurch corps, to the attitude of the Bishop on tho "no license" question. A resolution, expressing "the extreme satisfaction and gratitude" of the meeting at the Bishop's action was passed.

At the meeting of the Swimming Association last evening, steps were taken to heal the old breach between the Auckland Swimming Clubs and the parent Association. The utmost cordiality at present prevails between swimmers in the northern city and the executive, and there is every prospect of there shortly being but one governing body of amateur swimming in the colony.

A private letter received from CaptainA. W. Andrew, of the Ist Lancers, Hyderabad contingent, states that he had gone up for the high proficiency examination in Persian, and had passed most successfully. The passing of this examination carries with it special remuneration from the Indian Government. Captain Andrew passed the ordinary examination in Hindustani some seven years ago, and will shortly sit for the high proficiency examination in that language.

•At the meeting of the City Council last night a letter was read from Miss Margaret L. Ross, assistanVsecretary of the Children's Aid Society, calling attention to the practice of children selling evening papers in the streets and hotels, and asking the Council to consider the advisability of ' issuing licenses to these children, in accordance with the Factory Act, or otherwise dealing with the matter. The Mayor pointed out that there was no by-law dealing with the subject, and on the motion of Councillor Appleby,' seconded by Councillor Hamilton, the lettej* was received. At Canterbury College last evening, Professor Bickerton delivered the first of a series of popular lectures on " Experimental Science Applied to Arts and Manufactures." The Professor dealt with, photographic processes and the optical lantern, explaining in turn the method of forming a negative, the action of light on silver salts, fixing, developing, toning and etching, and showing how half-tone blocks and coloured pictures were produced. ,■ The construction of the magic lantern was explained, and the lecturer described ttie methods to be adopted to produce good pictures. The lecture was illustrated throughout with chemical and optical experiments. The next lecture will deal with the technical uses of electricity. During the discuJ§}bn on the Canterbury College time-table ffl the Board of Governors yesterday, Bishop Jitf us said tnat there was just a fear thaiuin arranging the-time-table the senior professors took their pick of the hours and the othersf got what was left, so that important subjects might get left in th-s back-ground. Mr Stead also referred to the same aspect oHfthe questam. The matter," he said, had been touched on bv the Special Inquiry Committee, and he did not know whether anything bad been done The time-table should be arranged to suit the interests of students generally, and not the individual interests of professors.

A FRUIT SHIPMENT. The Agricultural Department h~3 received from the Agent-General a cable message on the subject of the shipment of 1000 cases of fruit by the Canterbury Fruitgrowers' Association, under the auspices of the Agricultural Department. Ifae message states that all the fruit was landed m good condition, with the exception of the Cox's Orange pippins and pears, which were apparently shipped in an ov«r-npe conditiok For the apples, the average.price was approximately 10s, and the highest price 12s; apricots and pears average price 10s, highest 20s. ■

STOATS AND WEASELS. It was once confidently predicted that the stoats and weasels would soon exterminate all the native ground birds; but although These vermin hive b<*h on the West Coast for some years past, fekas are says the "Inangahua Times") as plentiful as ever and there is not the slightest doubt that thev destroy stoats and weasels just as easily as they do rats. It is to be feared, however, that the kiwi and other birds easily fall victims to the imported vermin. lne "Times" recounts a fight, in which, a weka is said to have killed two stoats after they had actually got their teeth into its neck.

A TOTALISATOR CASE. Recently an account of a Napier Court case arising out of eight persons combining to purchase a totalisator ticket at tne Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's races was published. Their horse won, and the person who was entrusted with the task oi obtaining the dividend from the totalisator people some £2l, afterwards declared that he had destroyed the ticket in mistake. Those who had joined him in purchasing it did not believe his story, and sued him for their shares, totalling £lB 18s. The chief defence raised was that the transaction was part of a betting transaction, and therefore not recoverable at law. Mr Turnbull, S. M., has now declared his reserved decision upholding the contention raised. The action, he said, was not maintainable. By the,New Zealand Act passed in 1894, it is provided that no action at all shall be_brought or maintained to recover, inter alia, " any sum of money, won, lost, or staked, in any betting transaction whatever." It appears to Mr Turnbull that the New Zealand Legislature had gone much further than the English Act in making provision against the maintenance of actions in betting transactions by the addition to the English Act of 1892 of the words he had quoted. These words could not apply merely to a case of a person suing a club or association for stakes worn, because that was provided for by Section 7 of the amending Act, and, further, the words " lost or staked " would have no meaning in that connection. Taking the whole section, he was of opinion that the words were intended to apply to the case of an agent making a bet for a"principal. He therefore nonsuited the plaintiffs, but without costs, it being the first case of the kind. The result of this decision is that the unfortunates who entrusted the purchase of the ticket and the collection of the money to one of their party will have to go emptyhanded, although each in equity was entitled to £2 12s 6d in return for the hali-a-crown invested. THE WOUNDED SEAMEN. The men H. Hunt (seaman on H.M.S. Porpoise) and J. F<rxworthy (corporal of marines, of H.M.S. Royalist), who were wounded while lighting the rebel natives at Samoa some time since, and were subsequently brought on to the Auckland Hospital, have (says the " New Zealand Herald ") made excellent recoveries. Hunt, who had his ear lopped off by one of the

" white caps," left the institution on Monday last, and Foxworthy's leg is mending go rapidly that he will be about again in the course of a few days. BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS. At the meeting of the Canterbury College Board of Governors yesterday, the following regulations for the Builders' Association Scholarships tenable at the School of Art were adopted:—Two scholarships, each of the value of £2 10s, entitling the holder to free tuition for three nights per week for one year, will be offered for the ensuing year. (1) One scholarship -will be offered for competition to apprentices over the age of eighteen and under the age of twenty, and another to apprentices under the age of eighteen .years. (2) The competition is open to apprentices engaged in the trades of carpentering, bricklaying, or masonry. (3) Candidates must submit specimens of work produced wholly by themselves and without aid from anyone; in the case of carpenters, the specimens of work produced must be independent of that done for their employer. (4) An will be held at the School of Art, both written and oral, in order to test the interest the candidate has taken in his work, and the amount of intelligence he has brought to bear on it. A* drawing test will also be given, although it does not necessarily follow that the best draughtsman will bo deemed the one best fitted to hold the scholarship. (5) The subjects of examination will be mensuration, geometry, freehand and model drawing, elementary building construction, and qnes-. tions relating to the particular trade of the candidate. (6) The examination will be conducted by two examiners appointed by tho Association and the head-master of the school. (7) The tenure of the scholarship will depend upon regular and punctual attendance, and at the end of the year the holders must pass the examinations in elementary, freehand and model drawing and first grade geometry; failing which, they will be ineligible to compete for a scholarship the following year, should such be-of-fered. The studies and work of the successful candidates will be directed and supervised by the head-master, who will report at the end of the year to the Association. PUBLIC ABATTOIRS. At the meeting of the City Council last night, Councillor Samuels drew attention to the alleged insanitary state of the present slaughter-houses, and 'urged the establishment of public abattoirs. In Dunedin, where no more meat was eaten than in Christchurch, the following beasts had been condemned out of a total of 2656: 266 cattle, 168 sheep, 9 lambs, 19 pigs, and 31 calves. Some shops in town, advertised that their meat was inspected by a Government veterinary surgeon, but the butchers could not well get one, on account of the distance one man would have to travel. In any case, the Council had better have its own inspector than have one paid by the butchers. He then moved—" That the Government be approached with the view of getting the Abattoirs Act of 1894 amended to secure ffae sale of wholesome meat in the city under inspection, and to compel all sellers of meat which is to be-consumed in the city (for human" consumption) to be slaughtered in the Corporation abattoirs." Councillor Sorensen seconded the motion, which was supported by Councillor Loughnan. The Mayor said that he coincided both with the motion and with the remarks which had been made, but said that the law must be altered to compel all slaughtering to be confined to abattoirs, as-otherwise the latter would only be costly monuments. The motion was carried. Councillor Gray proposed that the Government-should.be respectfully requested to allow MrGilraih, Government veterinary surgeon, to come to Christchurch and inspect all existing slaughter-houses. Councillor Samuels, in seconding the motion, proposed that Mr Gilruth sTiould inspect the dairies at the same time. Councillor Samuels said he was sure that children, who were in these days largely reared upon the milk of cows, suffered greatly the quality of the milk supplied. The motion was carried.