TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12533, 21 June 1901, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Several cases of pocket-picking on thai Ohristchurch railway station have been reported. At the Lyttelton Police CJourt yesterday" morainz, before Mr G. Laurenson, J.P., Knud Olsen was fined ,10s for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. The Mayor's time will be fully occupied d.uring the next few days by the Royali visit functions, and he will not .attend ati the Council Chamfers at 12.30, as is his custom, until the departure, of the Royal visitors. The Executive of the Wellington PouL* try, Pigeon and Canary Society is cEdling a conference of Poultry Societies <and Agri« cultural Associations, to be: held an Wei* linfiton on the second day of its Champion* ship Show, the object being to form flf New Zealand Poultry, Pigeon and :Cag*

Owing *6> *Ss train from'. Culverd-era last Jiight being so crowded with, passengers for tie city,.ib "was a quarter of an. four !ate in reaching Rangiora. ' The Inspector of Police- received intimation from Constat)]* iM&yal, stationed at .Itincchi, yesterday afternoon, that ho Itetdl effected tine arre>st of a man: on, a charge of Baroenj- from the homestead of Mr Grem■lade, near Lincoln. The cost of providing the flagpole for the Normal School has not yet been fully raised, and the balance is being collected by a committee of past Normal scholars, of whom Mr Arthur King, General Post Office, is secretary. A meeting of the City Council "Will be teld on Monday evening. A portion of the ■business which will come up is important, and though the meeting will last for only about ten minutes, it is desirable that a quorum should bsi present. A euehro match was played in, the Oddfellows' Chambers,. Liohfield Street, on Wednesday evening, between the Loyal Volunteer*and City of Christchurch Lodges, 1.0.0. F., M.U. The Volunteer Lodge scored 27, and the City 21. A few .good showers fell at Timaru on Wednesday, and apparently the rain was general. It was a warm rain, and the snow. on the ranges does not extend far down. Yesterday was fine, with a few light showers from *a sky for the moat part clear. ■ The AVeliington Poultry, Pigeon and Canaiv Society's Champion Metropolitan Show "is to be held at Wellington on July 4, 5 Mid 6. Entries will be received by 'Mr J. Currie. at the Christchurch Society's .ehow, up to Saturday next. At a meeting of the Council of the English Institute of Journalists, held at Bournemouth on May 11, Mr W. H. Triggs, of Christchurch, was elected a Fellow of the Institute. This distinction is also held by two of the visiting pressmen, Mr Ma-x- ---" well, of the "Standard," and Mr Joseph Watson, of Reuter's Agency When the Royal Visit Procession Committee were inspecting the Royal route yesterday the- handsome new lamps along Park Terrace, near Te Keroha, were commented on. A City Councillor was amongst those present, as was also the manager of the Gas Company. "I hope the lamps will bs allowed to remain," remarked the councillor. "If the Gas Company are going to ,ba as good to us as this I'll withdraw my name from the committee for harnessing the Waimakariri." The Otago Board of Education has pasted a resolution objecting to the Minister's refusal to sanction the Board's scheme oi [distributing the extra grant, on the grounds that the Minister's proposal will do grave injustice to a large number of teachers deserving of consideration, but who are excluded from participating in the grant. The Beard therefore asks the Minister without further delay to authorise the distribution of the grant according to the Board's 'recommendation, and in accordance with law. " ' Yesterday the city was thronged! with boys belonging to the cadet corps Which have arrived to take part in the Royal re•vlew on Monday. Many of the' little fellows are lost in wonder at the things-they sea in the Cathedral City. Sonie of them. it is r-'ported, have been taken advantage of by sharp and unscrupulous city boys. Yesterday a cadet from the West Coast, made a city friend, to whom ho gave a shilling to. buv oranges. Ths " friend'' went round the corner to mike the purchase, but was not seen again by the confiding cadet. A word of warning should be given to the lii- • lb visitors that they should be cha-ry in nuking chare; acquaintances. The Matron o." the Children's Convalescnt Cottage at New Brighton desires to acknowledge, with thanks, the following gills:—Fruit, from Mcsdames Izard; Rest:ii. Bov.ndoy, Rutherford, Packham, Burv. t* ti llsivct Festival, St Luke's Harvest •F c -'s' :- -j 1 (B-ookside), and Miss Gibson's tY.r« ! ;'vegetables, from Mrs Packham, Ki- ■/ Brighton ai>d Bunvood Harvest Festi'n's. and St Luke's Harvest Festival f '"j;>'f-' 1 ; bac-cn, from Mrs Croaisdaile ,>~";*n *n:l Mr Morrow (per !\lis Hardy, IX ikr.a); jam, from Miss Gibson's School r'l Mr _Munninc;s; fish, from Master k.l .- ; cake?, bun?, scenes and biscuits, ■ !:-.;n Mosdaims W.gram, Hawker (New I'iv't:'iton), iv.i'l Mlas, Gibson's School; Dr Jlrirjdi's IvLalted Food (twc. dozen, tins), iv.m I\ir F. Trent; magazines : and-..books, :~.i;i Mc.-f.mici. 1 Irving, H. P. Hill, and TV. eiiiim, Alices Grcsicn, Townsend, and C. "Wilding; quifrs arcl pillow-cases-' from Lci'slon M.C.L.; hammock, from Mrs Cowan; clothing, from Mesdames Miles f.r.! Harcca-~ile, Mks Broadway, Anbnyrao'Jj, and the Ccvernor's Bay M.C.L. ; counterpane, from Miss Colborne-Veel's n-orkera, Miss Higgins and Mrs Garforth; Uiys, from Miss and Master Rhodes, Miss Pardcastle, and little girl {per Miss Mlaore); framed picture, irom Nellie Veel (patient); wheelbarrow, from Melville Whits; sheets and Favfcepan, "from, Mr Morrow (per Mrs Hardy); table-cloths,. iivm Harewood Road M.C.L.; forms (three), from Mr Saville; cash donations, from Mrs Dixon 10s, Mr Dempsey ss, Miss Gibson's School 3s 6d. Anticipating an unsually busy day to-day (as the hours at Dunstable House are extended till 9 p.m.), J. Ballantyne and Co. have arranged for a special! delivery to be made at 9 p.m. of all parcels purchased during the day. This arrangement is necessitated by the fact that Saturday, June 22, will be observed as a close holiday throughout the warehouse. 8328 1 Good tyres fitted to a bicycle make cycling ft real pleasure. Fit "Ideal" tyres snd you will have an ideal cycle. Six years' trial on the Australasian market have ' given Ideal tyres a most enviable reputation. X 2771 Sun Brand Chutney.—-Best in the world, 'AH grocers. The market is flooded at the present time with worthless preparations for the hair, many of them being injurious as well as worthless, but Hendy's *gg-julep may ba honestly recommended as a most refiublt hair tonic for beautifying and cleansing the hair. • Price, Is per bottle. This elegant preparation may- be procured from Strange and Co.'s, drapers, Christchurch, who are also sole agents for Hendy's Friz■airs, or curling fluid. X 2535 For bicycle repairs we specially recommend cyclists to Boyd and Son, who are combining first-class work with moderate charges. 191, Gloucester Street. Christchurch. Telephone 437- X 2688 In the -window of W. J. Dunlop's shop is to be seen a display of most beautiful jewellery. N.B.—Repairs of all descriptions done on the premises, 175, High Street, opposite J. Knight, Butcher, below Clock Tower. X 2815 Sun Brand Chutney.—Piquant, Peppery, and Pleasant. From all grocers. X 2775 Genuine jewellery sale this day at S. Clarke and Co.'s, 148, Colombo Street. All our new and fashionable stocks of engagement rings from 10s to £ls. Gold brooches, watches, high-classed spectacles, clock*, etc., are re-marked, and offered at tempting prices. See our prices, and you will not purchase elsewhere. Clarka and Co., 148. Colombo Street.-—(Advt.) Townend's Bilious and Liver PillsJeep in Health the Liver, Stomach, Heart, and Kidneys, free tihe dan of. blotches, and purify the blood. Sold everywhere. Price Is. W. P. Towoend, 185, Colombo Street, Christchurch. X 2521 The greatest aid to easy cycling under aJI conditions of roads and weather, is the twoepead gear fitted to "Anglo-Special" bicycles. Gear changed instantly while riding at any speed, and free-wheel at will. Call and see this ingenious mechanism at the Anglo-New Zealand Cycle Company, • 'D.I.C., and 226, High Street. Xll9B England's Latest Cycle Invention.—Free wheel hubs instantly changeable to fixed wheel, without the rider.dismounting. Tho first shipment is consigned to Oates, Lowry and Co., who fit the new invention to La-, dies' or Gentlemen's new "Zealandia" bi. cycles without extra charge, "Xlßti. On hire for wedding, Wrtihday parties, etc., cup»» saucers, v tnmbkM, cake stands, kniVe»> forks and spoons. Dinner «pd tea gets etc., at reasonable prices. Fletcher Bros., Crockery and -Glassware- Importers,

The Premier, who will be, fifty-six years of age next Saturday, has already received a large number of birthday congratulations. The following subscriptions have been received to the Jubilee Memorial! Fund: Mr R. Hopwood 10s 6d, Mr H. Highb £1 Is, New Zealand Native Rifle Corps £1 Is. At a special meeting of the East Christchurch School Committee held last evening, Miss E. L. Wauchop was recommended for appointment to the vacant position of assistant mistress in the school. The "New Zealand Times" publishes a rumour that the Premier will probably visit England for the occasion of the King's Coronation, and to attend a conference of Premiers which is likely to be 'held there. The occupants of the city police cells last night comprised five persons charged with drunkenness, a boy, charged with breaking and entering at Leeston, and a woman, for stealing a pewter pot in the city. The express train from\ the south last evening consisted of eleven'passenger cars, all very heavily laden, and drawn by two engines. In consequence of - the extra traffic the'train was nearly a quarter of an hour late. A truck-load of greenery, for the railway station decorations was also attached. - • Quite a small sensation was caused yesterday when six members of the Procession Committee and two members of-the Press were driven along the Royal route behind the two horses which are to draw 'the Royal carriage, the coachman, one of W. Hayward and Co.'s employees, who will drive the'Royal carriage being in charge of the reins. The party inspected the whole route, from the railway station to Te Koroha, and made all final arrangements. , What might have been a serious accident was averted yesterday afternoon , by the pluck displayed by Trooper T. Clark, who recently returned from South Africa. A Chinese vegetable vendor, Sam Lee by name,' was driving along Manchester Street and, when turning into Cashel Street, the backhand of th© harness broke, causing the shafts of the cart to drop and the horfe to kick furiously and attempt to bolt. Trooper Clark, who was standing in front of Delamain's stables, rushed to the horse's head. Meanwhile Lee had extricated himself from his dangerous position and complacently looked on the wreck of his cart and harness, no doubt computing in his own mind the cost of repairs , "PULLING THE PRO-BOERS' LEG." The French, readers of yellow journals seem ready to believe the wildest stories about.disasters to British troops in South Africa. Not long ago the "Courier de Cannes," which will really have to change its name to "Courier des Canards'," published a Teport from its Johannesburg correspondent, stating that General French had been captured by the Boers and Released on condition that be would nob again bear aorms against them. An Englishman could not resist "pulling the 'Courier's' leg," and sent the editor the following letter. To the writer's surprise, it published under the heading of "A Sensational Revelation" from a "Distinguished Foreigner," which " cannot fail to produce a certain sensation." The letter ran thus: "Your Johannesburg correspondent states that General French's departure is due to the fact that, having been- captured by the the Boers, he had been released on the condition of ho longer serving against them. But vour correspondent appears to ignore f-U' fact that Lord Roberts, Sir Redvers Buller, Sir George White, General. KellyKennv, General Baden-Powell, Sir Alfred Milner.' Colonel Ward, Sir Archibald Hunter, and General lan Hamilton are all in the same category. All, without exception, have been, captured by the Boers, and generously released on the condition of no longer •'bearing' arms against the South African Republic. The English Government naturally.keeps silent." . THE '"WAR'OFFICE AGAIN! One of those little mratt6rs which compel the average man to suspect the sanity of the Army authorities in Pall-Mall has attracted the attention of the Press during the past few days (writes the London correspondent of the " Lyttelton Times.") At the beginning of May a contingent of the 2nd West Yorkshire Engineer Volunteers returned from active service in South Africa, after, sixteen, months' campaigning. On landing, they were informed by the commanding officer that every man would' receive a month's furlough on full pay, that being in accordance with- the old regulations. - But on the very day of their disembarkation new regulations came out, disentitling volunteers to either pay or furlough, or disbandment. Believing that some mistake must have occurred, the commanding officer consulted the War Office, but was surprised to learn" that under the new regulations, only- volunteers either discharged for ill-health or "who have not completed l "one year of service," are entitled to furlough and pay, for a month. Could there be anything more absurd or illogical than to place a penalty on the extension of active service? If these gallant Yorkshiremen bad come back within a year from volunteering for the South African campaign, they would now be enjoying the rewards promised to them when they accepted ihafc liability. But because of patriotically continuing to perform their duty, they are deprived of all reward. The report states that these victims of official perversity feel " greatly aggrieved" by the way in whir.h they are treated. The economies of the War Office were ever grotesque, but in this case the saving of a few pounds is to be effected by the perpetration of an act of injustice so monstrous that it is inconceivable that Parliament will tolerate it. A SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT. The Rev Canon- King, of St Peter's, Caversham, has (says the " Otago Daily Times") just received an interesting communication fromi Home in reply to one which his-- perusal of a paragraph in a local paper relative to the efficient organisation of the British Post Office prompted Mmi to write. When Canon King left England for India in 1866, he was under the- impressiaon that he left a small sum to his credit in the Post Office Savings Bank either at Birkenhead or at the Liverpool chief office. His passbook was- lost years ago, and h© thought no more of the matter until, reading the paragraph referrecl; to, he resolved, out of pure curiosity, to make inquiries relative to his deposit*. As a result, he/'has received a letter from the Controller of. the Savings Bank Department, General Post Office, London, in these terms:—" With reference to your letter of Maich, 4 'last, in which you inquire respecting an account with the Post Office Savings Bank of .this country, opened by you many years- ago, and in which you believe that a trifling sum remained to your credit, I am directed by the PostmasterGeneral to inform.you. that, from the information you furnished, an account, 'Birkenhead, No. 1678,' standing in your name, has been traced. In the- circumstances I am to enclose postage stamps of the value of 2s, the amount which remained due to you in the account in question, and I ami to ask. yon'to-be. so good as to acknowledge their receipt." THE BURIAL OF SUICIDES. In; a summary note on the increase- in the number of suicides, the "Church Chronicle," which is the official journal for the Anglican diocese of Wellington, says:—"lb is

urged that a strict obs-ervance by the clergy of the rubric as to the burial of suicides—irrespective of the . verdicts .of coroners' juries—would have a considerable effect' m deepening the sense of the guilt of the act, and checking its frequency. The matter is one of great perplexity, and it is plain that any clergyman endeavouring to carry out this direction, unless justified by some fresh pronouncement of high authority, would place himself in a position nob only painful to himself, but questionably defensible." . ACCIDENT INSURANCE. At a .special meeting of the Canterbury Employers' Association, held . last evening, it was unanimously agreed—- " That, owing to the excessive rates now being charged by the three -accident insurance companies in New Zealand to cover employers under the Employers' Liability and 'Workers' Compensation Acts, and at common law, an employers' insurance company be'immediately formed." It was also resolved to Invite members of the Association, to call at ! the rooms to inspect th© work done by the committee and sign the share-list. UNIQUE SPECTACLE AT SEA. To vessels passing us at night, writes Mr E. F. Knight, of the " Morning Post," concerning the Royal tour, and not knowing who thoy were, the squadron must have been a cause of wonder, for rarely does a ship sail the seas covered with- such a blaze of light as does this mighty Ophir. Along nearly her entire length run the two rows of electric lights illumining her uninterrupted line of double-storied, balconied, white deck-house; and the dazzling,light, streams out, too, from her large square window-like ports; so that she. looks like a ttreeb with the houses illuminated within and without on some night of public rejoicing. The spectacle is a strangely impressive one, appealing strongly to the imagination, and) tending to keep ever in one's mind the gTeat significance of this cruise. When one ponders on the import of it, of what may be the outcome of it, one gazes almosb with awe at this silent procession across the lonely seas of these fine ships, which are carrying the heir of the great ocean Empire the whole world over, that he may visit our farscattered dominions and the loyal peoplei who are eagerly waiting to welcome Jiini in every climate and under every constellation—long joTirneyings from colony to colony, that the Duke may bear witness to .them of Great Britain's gratitude to our kinsmtn beyond the seas who nobly ana loyally came to her succour in the hour ot danger, and whose son;; went forth to fight so bravely for their sovereign and the Empire, to testify also to the sympathy of our free people with the national aspirations of the free Australians; and, moreover, as the watching world fully realises and as our enemies dread, it will be a tour likely to further much the consolidation of the Empire and the permanent unity between the peoples of British blood.