TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12534, 22 June 1901, Page 7

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The train alterations for'the Royal visit «ra advertised.

The train from the north last night brought in a great crowd' df passengers, and was considerably behind time in consequence. ■

The constables on duty during last night and until five- o’clock this morning have been ordered to parade for duty at 10.30 a.m. to-day.

• The Executive of the Counties Association has'fixed July 16 for the.opening of the Counties Conference. About sixty Councils axe expected to send delegates. ’ The committee appointed in connection with a public reception to returned, Sydenham troopers will met at 7.30 p.m., in the Borough Council Chambers, on Tuesday. .Messrs Pitcaithly and "Co. intend running excursions to H.M.S. Boyal Arthur by petmission of the Com-mander-iil-Ohlief on Sunday' 'and Monday, next, in the Cygnet and John Anderson. A- general meeting hf tho members of the No. .5 .Industrial Building Society of Canterbury was held) last evening, to dispose of the thirty-fifth appropriation of £3OO by ballot, which fell, to the lot of share 444. .. The “New Zealand Times” issued a sixteen ’page Boyal Visit Souvenir number on Wednesday. It contains a full description of the ceremonies attending the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall to Wellington, and ia extensively illustrated!/ To mark tho occasion the number is printed in gold ink. . .. ...j,. ■

At the coming championship shew of th’e Wellington Poultry, Pigeon and! Canary Society rame very handsome trophies are to be ■ competed fbr, amongst them being several £lO 10s and £5 5s 'trophies for poultry, several for pigeons and canaries, M well as a hand-worked Indian silver cup, , valued at £ls 15s, presented by Mr W.--P. Shc-rbt, one of -the vice-patrons of the WelKngtou Society, for competition; h* canaries..

The is a statement of Customs duties collected during the week ended Fri> day, June 21, at the Port of Lyttelton : Spirits £1524 9s Bd, cigars, cigarettes and anuff £142 13s, tobacco £1215 Os 6d, wine £143 17s, beer £22 lls, tea £lll 13s lOd, coffee, cocoa and chocolate £8 15s Bd, sugar, nidasses and treacle £302 3s 4d, weight £lB4 7s.4d,‘ad' valorem £763 15s 6d, other duties £B4 3s 8d; total for week £4503 10s 6d.

-The eight sheep which Mr Jamies Johns, of Belfast, sold at Addington on .Wednesday have been slaughtered, and the weights are as under;—Mr E. C. Berry’s two purebred Southdowns, which -cost 30s each, weigh respectively 123 and 1181 b pet. The five purebred two-tooth Shropshire Downs, bought by Mr J. Knight, at 27s 6d, tyeighed collectively 5091 b net, and the .Shropshire-merino, cross-bred wether, at '24s 6d, .bought also by JWV Knisht, weigh•dim,.

Largo crowds -are attending the -practical -eshibitiorig of glass-blowing at the works, Manchester - Street south. The telegraph office will no closed to-day for an hour and a quarter, between 11.45 a.m. and 1 p.m., during the time the procession- is passing.

White the Royal procession- is passing today, the public Telegraph Office will be closed for an hour and a quarter, between 11v45 a.m. and 1 p.m. Bread- Wag hardly to be had in town' last night, and -a large number of people seemed to" have failed to make adequate provision for the holidays. The shortage was probably due to the large consumption by the visiting volunteers and cadets.

In connection with the -St John Ambulance Association—th© members of ' Dr Irving’s first aid class of women who were examined last Week will all pass—the examination of the remainder of the class will bo completed next Thursday evening, after Which the whole result will bo pub-’ fished.

It has been arranged that H.M.S. Torch and H.M.S. Archer, when they enter the -inner harbour this afternoon are to be moored at ‘ the buoys at the man-of-war berth of the Gladstone Pier. H.M.S. Py'lades and H.M.S. Sparrow-will be berthed on the west side of No. 7-Wharf, opposite the Ophir.

The firebell rang out at 2 p.m. yesterday,and • two chemical engines and two steamers proceeded- to Stowarb Street, where it was found that a chimney, had been on fire. A young man had seen smoke Issuing from the cottage, and thinking the' house was on fire, ■ jjan to the nearest telephone and-called up-the Chester Street Station. No damage was done.

; A rarity in the shape of a branch of Sturt’s desert pea, otherwise, known as dianffeus Dampieri, or Australian indigenous pea, "'was shown' at' the Canterbury Horticultural meeting last night by Mr A. E. Lowe, head 'gardener* to Mr R. Heaton Rhodes, it was grown an the open, and is in full "bloom now, the'flowers being of a bright fed, and shaped like a kaka’s beak. Ah exhibit of sweet pea blossoms on the shortest day of the year is a rarity in Canterbury. A very handsome bunch of these pretty Weems was exhibited at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Horticultural Society last night. They were grown in Mr R. Heaton Rhodes’s garden, and exhibited by -Mr A. E. Lowe, his head gardener, who stated, that they had bloomed profusely all the season, and were still in heavy blossom.

Great dissatiafadUon was expressed by the ■passengers travelling' by the first express from the south last night. It was known at Ashburton half an hour before the arrival of the train that its capacity was •taxed to the utmost. The only additions made at Ashburton were a number of waggons and one first-class smoking carriage. The consequence was 'that the carriage was crowded to suffocation, half the occupants having to stand during the journey from Christchurch to Ashburton. A • cable message, received, on. Thunsday.';. from, the Hon. E. 0. J.Stevens, who 'is at present in Adelaide,; states , that professor _ Lowry, principal of Boseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia, has accepted the appointed of director of the Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln. Mr Lowry will take up hi® duties about three months henoeT Tire colony, as well as the College, is to be ..congratulated upon the :apjmintffllntN- The most strenuous efforts were made to retain Mr Lowry in South Australia, .and Victoria also was anxious to peeuxe him, but Australian conditions provided too little scope for his knowledge and . energy, and he preferred' to accept the Canterbury position. . Open to-day, Saturday, for convenience of country customers—9 to 11 a-.m. and from 3to 9 ,p,m. : W. M’Clea and Co., the Cash Drapers. ' ; “ 8440 Good tyres fitted to a bicycle make cy-, a real pleasure. Fit “ Ideal ” tyres and you .will have an ideal cyple. Six years’ trial on the Australasian market have (riven Ideal tyres a most enviable reputation. ... X 2771 Sun Brand Chutney.—Best in the world. ,AH Jjrooers. -■■■ The market is flooded at the present time with worthless' preparations for the hair, many of them being injurious as well as worthless, bub Hendy’a egg-julep may be honestly recommended as a mpst reliable hair tonic for beautifying and cleansing the hair. Trice, Is per bottle. This elegant ■ preparation may be procured from Strange and Co.’s, drapers, Christchurch, who are also sole agents for Hendy’s Frizfairs, or curling, fluid. X 2533 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 2588 In,’the window oi W. J. Dunlop’s shop is to be seen a display of most beautiful jewellery. N.B.—Kepairs of all descriptions done bn the premises, 175, High Street, opposite J, Knight, Butcher, below Clock Tower! . ' X 2815 Sun Bragd Chutney.—Piquapt, 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, clocks, etc., are re-marked, and offered at tempting prices. See our prices, and you wall not purchase elsewhere. Clarke and Co., 148. Colombo- Street.—(Advt.) Townend’s Bilious and Liver PiJls Keep in Health the*Liver, Stomach, Heart, and Kidneys, free the skin of blotches, and purify, the blood. Sold everywhere. Price Is. W. P. Townend, 183, Colombo Street, Christchurch. X 2521

The greatest aid to edsy cycling under all conditions of roads and weather, is the twospeed gear fitted to “ Anglo-Special ” bicycles. Gear changed instantly while riding at any speed, and. free-wheel at mil. Call and see this ingenious mechanism at tire Anglo-New Zealand .Cycle Company, D.1.C., and 226, High Street. Xll9B

Lamps.—We hold a large stock of reading, hangiilg and hand lamps, and we guarantee to sell cheaper than any other firm in Christchurch. Beading lamps from 3s 6d, hand lamps Is, chimneys' from 3d each, wicks from Id, at 1 Fletcher Bros., Importers of Lamps, Chimneys, etc., High Street. X 2565 MAORI DANCES. A proposal has been made that a party of about 300 .Maoris, of Whom one-fourth should be women and girls, should- be conveyed to England, for the purpose of giving in London and other large cities war dances, hakas and other athletic displays, atnidi poi dances of the Native race. The suggestion wais made to the Hon J. Carroll, who referred the matter td" Captain Gilbert Mair- The latter placed the proposal before a largo number of tribespeopk .at Rotorua, and it was received with great enthusiasm. Tho suggestion is that tba Maoris should be conveyed to England about April or May next, so that t they couldi be . there at the coronation. Efforts are to bo made at once to, get the SI financed in either Auckland or . THE PRESIDENT OE THE STEEL COMBINE. Mr Charles M, Schwab, president of the United States Steel Corporation, is thirty-nine years old. At the age of fifteen ‘he drove a mail waggon; at eighteen he served ! ; as _ grocer’s clerk at 10 dollars a month with board. As stakedriver to the Edgar Thomson Steel Works

he earned 30 dollars a month", and when he entered the*, drafting office he spent his rights in an improvised laboratory, studying* chemistry. His present salary—-con-cerning which there are innumerable guesses—is certainly greater than- any -ever paid! before to a, single individual, 1 and his workpeople, not reckoning several thousand clerks, number-about 50,000.

THE PROFITS PROM A CHEAP EDITION, An-, eminent .-novelist, who ■ -had the. good luck to keep his copyrights dn • his own hands, tells Mr H. W, Lucy of" a notable addition to his fortune just made. A publisher approached him with a proposal to bring out one of this most .popular novels jn sixpenny, form'. At first" he demurred, bolding it something" lacking in dignity to come down from six shillings to as many pence per volume. In the end ho yielded, and has just received' a six months’ account rendered! by the publisher, enclosing a cheque for £SOO. This, as he says, is absolutely unearned' increment. The novel in question, first came out in serial form, for which Ire received payment that would have made Oliver Goldsmith stare. Then he ifad here and in America 'his royalty on , the sale of the - volume, which went through many editions, -Now, when he thought -the .thing was played out, -a sixpenny edition brings him this handsome cheque. His tribute is at the rate of a Eeimy -a, book. Over a hundred thousand ad been disposed of at the time the account was; rendered, end the book merrily selling. Obviously, both publishers and authors have struck a new mine in the sixpenny editions which now crowd the bookstalls. ~ unsuccessfullngenuity. A case has just been decided in the King’s Bench which illustrates the stern Sirtiality of _ the law. /The late Lord onto, a devout man and an ©xOhancellor", ‘was at some pains to devise his estates so that they might escape the payment of death duties exacted in humbler oases. -At first sight it., seemed. -as if industry and acumen had been rewarded. At the time of the marriage of his son and heir a settlement was made, which, on the Earl’s death, evaded payment of estate, duty. But lynx eyes at the Exchequer discovered a weak point in the cunningly devised armour. They gave up the estate duty, but claimed succession duty. This, amounting to per cent, made a con-, siiderable •sum, which the second Lord. Selboroo declined to pay. Thereupon, at' the instance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Attorney-General was set- upon their joint colleague, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and action entered on behalf ’of the Crown for recovery of the money. “ Call you this a backing of your friends?’-’ The oldest, perhaps .unkinde-st, cut of all came in the King’s Bench Court. Two judges ''eat to hear the case. One, Mr Justice Phillimore, gave judgment for the defendant; the other, Mr Justice Kennedy, pronounced in favour of the Crown-. In such/ circumstances, as when a jury disagree, it might be thought the case would be dismissed. But in the King’s Bench there is an ancient custom whereby, the judgment of the senior Judge prevails, and Lord Selbome will have to pay up. THE PRICE UF EGGS. One effect of the Royal visit has been to cause great activity in the egg market. 'lt was announced from , Auckland that when the Royal visitors were there, eggs were selling at 6s a dozen. It was expected that the, price would also rise in the various cities as the Royal party approached. Consequently for a time it '■Was only with the greatest , difficulty that .eggs could, be obtained in Christchurch, those who 'had. supplies holding back on the chance of a rise to an abnormal price. As the time for the visit to Christchurch came near, however, supplies came pouring in from all quarters. It seemed-to the dealers that every citizen who had! a fowl-yard, and every farmer in the district, had been accumulating eggs for weeks, . and had-sud-'danly sent them in to the qityi On the top of, tois, eggs came from Wellington, and dozens. of boxes were offered ' from Auckland. It is hardly necessary to-.state that under these circumstances the market is terribly glutted. Instead of 6s a dozen being realised, storekeepers are refusing eggs at Is a dozen, and the piaoe to the retailer: yesterday was Is 6d a dozen.