TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12550, 11 July 1901, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The San Francisco mail left New Plymouth a* ■ 3 a.m. yesterday, and reached Wellington in the afternoon. The Christchurch mails are being brought on by the Tarawera. Mr J. C. : Lane, Secretary of the Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association, has been appointed Secretary of the New Zealand Sheep-Breeders' Association, North Island. Mr A. R. Ellis made his debufc at the, Addlington Yards yesterday, as auctioneer for the New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association, and created a very favourable impression. Messrs John Bates and Co. have received a cable from England, announcing that Messrs Doultan and Co., the well-known manufacturers of high-class china, have bs&n appointed manufacturers to Ibis Majesty the King. The contract for supplying the Postal Department with chiming and striking clocks for Master-ton, Oamaru and the Blufl: has been let to Messrs Littlejohn and Son, of Wellington. The cost is to 'be between £2OOO and £3OOO. Tie adjourned meeting of the Woolston School Committee was held on Saturday evening. AH tha members except two were present. It was decided that Mr Henry O. Denham should be recommended to fill the vacancy on the staff caused by the resignation of Mr T. Douds. Owing to a good fire having been lighted early in -the day, tha temperature of the Lyttelton Magistrate's Court yesterday was far more agreeable-than it was on a receat occasion, when it calledforth an emphatic complaint from a partially refrigerated justice of the peace. At a meeting of- the Insurance Committee of Uho Employers' Association, held last night, great satisfaction was expressed at the manner dn which the Mutual Bond had been taken up by employers. A number of signatures were added in the room, and other employers not present have been advised to communicate with the Secretary. A man named John Dalton, a stranger in the district, was arrested at Orari Gorge yesterday by Constable Mullaney on a charge of stealing sheepskins and wool from Denmstoun's station, Peel Forest, on Tuesday, and sheepskins and wool from Tripp's station on Tuesday .night. Accused was brought up at the Geraldine Magistrate's Court vesterday before Mr F. W. Stubbs, J.P", and remanded till Tuesday nest. Among the applicants for the old ago pension who appeared before Mr H. W. Bishop yesterday, was one who claimed to wave arrived in this colony in the year 184-2. This somewhat staggered the worthy Magistrate, but on investigating the papers handed in, he was fully satisfied as to the genuineness of the application, which was granted. Another applicant dated' his arrival back'-to 1851, and deservedly received a Ml awards

Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., held a sitting of the Old Age Pensions Court yesterday morning. A vacancy having occurred on ihe Canterbury Agricultural College Board of Go-, vernors, Through the resignation of Mr Bv Rainey (elected by the Canterbury members of both Houses i>f the Legislature), an election will take place within twenty-one days. A vacancy has occurred on the Canterbury- College Board of Governors through the*death of the late Mr W. Chrystall, but an election, cannot take place until after the vacancy has'been reported to the Board, which will be done at the nest meeting. A special meeting of the Council of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society will be held at the officer, Hereford. Street, on Monday, at 4 p.m., to discuss the question of voting the sum of £2OO to the Government to bs used in the importation!, of game. The Court of Directors of the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand, will meet at the office, Armagh. Street, at 3 p.m. :o morrow, .to consider several applications for recognition of acts of bravery, and also to discuss the report to be laid before the annual meeting. Hereford Street has maintained, its re-, putation for mud and. damp by retaining its covering cf snow in a most persistent rnE.nner, and it was very slippery in places yesterday morning. A horse attached to a dray loaded with cas;s of kerosene slipped a&d fell heavily about noon, but beyond the bursting of one case no damage was done. The Mayor of Sumner figuratively patted the Borough Councillors on their various backs last night, because the Sumner ratepayers have to pay only 2s in the pound ia rates, while their less fortunate neighbours across the estuary are mulcted at the rate of 2s 6d in the pound. It is to be hoped the residents of Sumner will raise no objections to & slight increase when the drainage scheme assumes definite form. The polling for the election, of seven -ii« rectoTs for the New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Association has now closed, and the scrutineers will commence their work to-day. In addition to the seven .retiring directors three other persons have bsen nominated. The result of the ballot will be announced at the annual meeting of the Association, which takes place on Saturday. The quarterly competition of the Christchurch Photographic Society was held on Wednesday evening. There was a good attendance. The judge (Mr J. \X. Taylor) awarded the prizes as follow:—Landscape —Mr W. A. Taylor (two points) 1, Mr S. Anstoy 2 and 3; seascape—Mr T. G." Strange 1, Mr S. Anstev (two points) 2; animal life—Mr A. C. JTlntyre 1, Mr S. Anstcy 2, Mr W. A. Taylor 3. At the meeting of the Selwya County Council yesterday morning, Mr M'Haffie told a good (story illustrating Government departmental •delay. The Heathcote -Read JBoardi • last summer wrote* to the Government drawing attention to the abnormal spread of thistles, and requesting that, under th& provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act,- art Order-in-Council should be issued making it compulsory to cut them down before seedtime arrived. The correspondence was so long " duly kept in view" that the autumn, came, and while the Order-in-Council was - being prepared, the thistles seeded and distributed themselves over the whole district. On Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, a lady had a very narrow escape from a serious accident, which was averted by the ■ plucky act of a young man. The lady was sitting in a gig at St Albans when the . horse suddenly bolted and she lost the reins, which fell down at the animal's heels. The horse galloped up the Papanui Boad with the occupant of the trap calling for help. A number of people endeavoured to stop the runaway without avail. The horse turned into Bllgh's Road, and a young . man managed to get in over the back of the gig, and getting out on'to'the-shafts,-" , secured the reins, .and soon brought tha runaway to a standstill, the only daniags I done being to the harness. Could one but see the interior- of Dunstable House to-day, one would know thati preparations were being made for soma special occasion,; but as all J. Ballantyne ■Company's largo si r of assistants are fully employed in. marking off and sorting out the sale lots, the warehouse "has to be closed 1 all day to-day. Everywhere there are goods marked .at special sale prices, and of so tempting a character as to leave no doubt as to the absolute freshness and merit of all the goods to be offered ai> special sale prices at J. Ballantyne Company's winter s?ie, commecing at 10 a.m.; to-morrow, ■ Friday, 12th July. 9524 It ia estimated that the largest attends ance ever known at any" sale da Christ* church was experienced yesterday at tha ' " great stock-taking sale" now proceeding ; at the D.I.C. At times during the afternoon the crowds were so great as to'suggest the advisability of closing the door?, but this extreme- step was avoided by the splendid arrangements and quick despatch shown by the management and staff, combined with the good-natured forbearance of the visiting public. Whilst great inroads appeared to be made on is& stocks in the different departments, no appreciable difference could be seen, for quickly as one lob of bargains was disposed of, others took their place. 1988Lodestar Carbide, petrol, arsenic, mineral naphtha, benzine. Henry Markwald, Bowron's Buildings. -Telephone 1044. X 2775 No matter how muddy the roads, you can ride to 'business without getting splashed if you use Bleumel's winter mudguards, fitted or detached in one minute. You can get them at "The Anglo," 226, High Street, and D.I.C. Xll9B Diamonds, Gold, etc.—Clarke and Co. buy for cash old gold ■ chains, watches, jewellery, etc. Clarke's 25s 18ct. wedding rings are heaviest and best value in New Zealand. Clarke and Co. invite compari- | som of their engagement rings, watches, jewellery, clocks, etc. Jewel- ! lery made to order. Watenes cleaned 4s 6d, clocks 2s 6d. S. Clarke and Co., 148, Colombo Street.—(Advt.) Townend's Bilious and Liver PillsKeep in Health the Ldvor, Stomach, Heart and 'Kidneys, fre-j the E km of blotches, and purify the blood. Sold everywhere. Price Is. W. P. Towr.end, 183, Colombo Street, Christchurch. X 2521 ' Good tyres fitted to a bicycle make cycling a real pleasure. Fit "Ideal'.' tyres and you will have an' ideal cycle. Six ' years* trial on the Australasian markets have given Ideal tyres a most enviable r»« putation. X 2771 Tho market" is flooded at the present tima with worthless preparations for the hair, many of them being injurious as well as worthless, but Hearty's egg-julep may be honestly recommended as a most rehtabla hair tonic for beautifying and cleansing the hair. Price, Is per bottle; This elegant preparation may be procured from Strange and Co.'s, drapers, Chiistohurch, who are also sole agents for Hendy's Friazairs, or curling fluid. X 2533 Iu the window of W. J. Dunlop's shopi»" to be seen a display of most beautiful jewellery. N.B.—Repairs of all description! done on the premises, 175, High Street, opposite J. Knight, Butcher, below Clock Tower. X 2815 For bicycle repairs we, specially recommend cyclists to Boyd and Son, who ar* combining first-ulass work with moderate charges. 191, Gloucester .Street, Christchurch. 'Telephone 1437. X 2588 Sun Brand Chutney.—Piquant, Peppery, and Pleasant. From all groeera. X 2775 Lamps.—We hold a large stock of reading, hanging and hand lamps, and w« guarantee to sell cheaper than any other firm in Christchwch.- Reading lamps from '3s- 6d, hand lamps Is, chimneys from. 3d each, wicks from Id, ab Fletcher Bros., Importers of Lamps, Chimneys, etc., High Street. - 'X2si§ '.

A meeting of-the Labour Day Demon-, str&tion Committea will be -held at Inglis's Buildings at eight o'clock, oa Saturday evening, to make arrangements for a fitting celebration of the holiday this year, Tha tender of Messrs J. and' A. Anderson, Ohritrtchurch, has been accepted by the Public Works Department for the Ohinemari bridge contract on the Paeroa-Waihi •Railway. The amount of tho tender is £8771. In addition to tho sum of £5 given by the Amuri Mounted Rifles, Captain Chaffey ba» forwarded to Mr E. F. Wdgrasn for the Jubilee Memorial Fund a cheque for £3 7« 64, the result of a collection from eleven BKumbera of the company. Mr* Hcrrick acknowledges -with thanks 6 cheque for £4> 10b sd, tho Cathedral offertory at the Orange Society's parade, per Rev Canon Knowles; tine eiim of £3 14* lOd, offertory of No. 1 Battalion C.M.R., on Sunday, Juno 23, at tho Show Ground*, per Mr J. Deans ; a thanks offering from'J.S. (Dorie), £l. ■Searchers -.for frost-fish, on the 'New Brighton beach have braved the elements during lue early hours of the day for iwoal weeks past, with highly unsatisfactory results. For some- reason or other, iM yet unexplained, this tasty fish, has not been at all in evidence, and the ■ search hat been a 'fruitless or*. New Brighton tecerds so far. would count on. the fingcTs of one hand, but the miles travelled by the learchers have been innumerable, and, doubtless, disheartening. If erery townsman were to adopt the plan of clearing' tho sidewalk in front of his premises early in the morning after a fall 'Cf anow, great benefit would result ' to ■ .pedestrians. In the tfew cases where this course was followed during the recent saowsfcorm, the results were highly satisfactory, to everybody. It may be noted that in London it is compulsory on every Jumsehoider .to have the footway iru front ©f ail premises cleared'before 8 a.m.,-and ■ tho IPolico seo that this is done', or fines are inflicted. ' A conference of tho heads of Industrial Schocb ia being hold at Wellington. The following are present: —Sir Burlinson (Caversham), Mr Arche'y (Burnham), Mass Jackson (manager of the Auckland Girls' Industrial School), and Mrs Bnmting (manager of the Te Oranga Home, Christ-, church). The conference is being held for the purpose of considering the new regulations drawn up under the Private Industrial Schools Registration and Industrial School! A.cb Amendment Bill of last session, which was an outcome of the Stoke Orphtaage inquiry. At the Lvttelton Polios Court yesterday, before 31? ! S. R. Webb, J.P., and Captain Macciel, J.P., Dayid Miller, W. P. Loader and Robert Haydon were committed! for trial on ifche charge of breaking and entering tho Royal Hotel, at Lyttelton, oa July 4, and stealing -cigars, playing cards* wine «ffd whisky from the storeroom. Loader ■ww also charged with rescuing Miller from the lock-up at Lvttelton, and Miller withescaping from custody. On these charge's the accused' were also committed, and bail ■wis allowed to 'all three. Oa the iday of the review in Hagley Park Mr W. Jacques, Chairman of the Domain Beard, wrote to the Preiaier, asking that the canopy erected for their Royal Highnesses for the review,. should be given to tho Domain Board. Mr Jacques has receivad 1 a letter in reply from the Premier, eta-ting that the Board can 'have the. caaepy, but must bear the cost of removal find ro-orecrion. The Board will be happy it 6 accept it under tfneas condition's, and it js intended' to re-erect the canopy at the iesstern end of the long lawn. It will probably be known as tho Duchess Canopy. Tho igymnastic demonstration at. the Odors! Hall to-night promises to be well att«nd«d, as a large number of tickets have baen disposed: cf. Mr Tankard and! bis pupils held' a very .successfill rehearsal ve'stcrday* ■ Members from tho ladies', girls'', , men's, yo£thV and: boys'' classes -Gill take | part to-night,, .and several novel items are j promised.' Two of the' members will give : 'an exhibition of trick cycling, and those '. who witnessed them at the -rehearsal were very much impressed with their skill. The bex plan is open at Milncr and Thomp- ■ ion'*. ■ ■ | The Chriiitchurch employees of the Kara- ! »oi Woollen Company held their annual ' * fecial" in the Art Gallery on Thursday hsi, when, notwithstanding the severe weather, about one hundred and thirty couplea .were present. A programme of vocal and instrumental items wa-s first jrl-v-an, and th-e remainder of "lihe evening was d'ov&tod to dancing. ■ Great praisa is due to ifao committee, of whom Mr J. Cieworth was chairman, and Mr E. Round, honorary Sftfiretary, for the excellent manner in which (the. affair was carried! out-.' Messrs Beatifcic, Dosmond, Phillips and Woollams were efficient M.O.'e, the music was by Fox's Quadrille Band, and' the catering by Mr A. Rattray. At 'the annual meeting of the Ohristchurcb Fire. Brigade on July 5,' the ■ was received and) adopted, end- the following officers were appointed: —Treasurer, Foreman C. Blake; honorary lieeretary, ■ Branchman C.. Millington ; librarian, Fireman A. Gregg; auditors, Foreman J. Kennedy and Fireman A. Gregg 5 committee, Foreman W. Jurks. BrauchjEsn W. Henderson, 0. Oakes and Ck. King. Branchman A. Gabb, who is retiring from tho Brigade owing to change of residence, was prcisented by the members with a silver-mounted decanter stand. Superintendent Smith, in making the presentation, referred to the thorough and efficient manner in which the recipient had always performed his duties, and the regret; with which his resignation was accepted. Three specially selected Jerssy heifers and a bull, sent to Tasmaniam breeders by Messrs A. C. Wilson and Co., Christchurch, had a rough experience in bnlng landed a t tho Nubeen-a Quarantine Station. There was no jetty available, and »0> -they had to bo forced from the steamer into tae water, and pulled through the water to the shore. This involved considerable ride to the cattie, as the heifer 3 are in calf, 'and the lot -were very liable to catch a chill after ccming out- of the stuffy atmosphere of the hold of the steamer. They were only got ashore after considerable difficulty. The agents have written to the Minister of Agriculture of Tasmania, acquainting him of this, and intimating that they will held the Government responsible if the cattle, imported at considerable expense, were in any way damaged through the want of proper landing - appliances, especially in such severe weaj ther. A meeting of the creditors of, the late E. W. Hanmer was held a£ the Courthouse, Aahburton, yesterday. Mr John Davison, Deputy Official Assignee, presided. The following creditor!?) were present:—Mr &. Burnard (£27 lis 6d), Mr J. Orr (£55 9s 7d), Mr J. Tucker (£8 7s 7d), tho Farmers' Co-operative. Association, per Mr T. F. Gibson (£34 13s Ad), Messrs Mitchell and Turner (£4 12s 2:1). tho A«hburton Publishing Comnanv (£6 8s 3<J), Means Bell and Mackay (£3 Ha), Messrs T. H. Undrili and Co. (£6 6s Id), the Farmers' Meat Co., per Mr W. H. Rule {£7 19s 6d), Mr H- E. Bonnington (£6 6s). The attorney for Messrs . Morrison Bros., Limi'tecl, London, who are creditors to the extent of £IBSO, wrote asking for an adjournment for two weeks, to 'enable the firm's representative, who is now in .Australia, to bo"'prcr3cnt, and eventually this course was decided upon. Ifc is feared that in consequence of to-day being tha weekly half-holiday, many who attended' the D. 1.0. salo yeeterday may Euffer disappointment in not receiving delicvery of their purchases with the company's usual promptitude. Every effort will be made by 'engaging extra assistanco for dalivery, and customer:; tre requested to extend their forbearance at a time when the company's delivery vans and staff will bo so taxed to meet the general convenience. 1388

At a meeting of the Finance CJommittee of the Auckland City ■Ccuncil, it was decided to recommend the Council to borrow £78,000 for the following purposes:—Purchase of Philson's Square, erection of a town hall and Fire Brigade equipment, erectioiß of a rubbish destructor and the paving of Queien Stoat.. The Government, made a present of a ■pair of paa-oquets and an albino woodhento the Duke aiid Duchessi of York, bub, owing to difficulties of shipment, thely had to be sent after them, going by Sydney and Melbourne.■•■ A message •of thanks was received! yesterday that the birds have arrived all fight at Adelaide. If sound business principles mean success, theini the success of J. Ballantyne Company's winter sale, announced for tomorrow, is assured, and we think J. Ballantyne Company are to be_ congratulated on their energy in circulating a preliminary notice (to bo found with t—s issue) relating to same. The sale catalogue, proper will, we understand, be issne-d with- tomorrow's paper, and we feel sure, judging from J. Ballantyne Company's past sales, that the catalogue will be well worth perusing by those desirous of obtaining highclass goods cf fashion at special sals prices. 9°23 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. There is a bad time coming. Such was the text oi some) remarks made by the President of tho Wellington Industrial Association'at its meeting on Monday night (says the "New Zealand Times"). MiBrown supported his prophecy by references to the unsatisfactory state of finance, ■trade and' industries in Europe. H© pointed out that there had been a slump practically all over the world. In cne United States the output of iron in 1902 would, it was estimated,'be 50,000,000 tons. That would be 10,000,000 tons more than that country could absorb. The iron industry raiigflt be said to rule everytlu-ng. If the Americans, as ''"usual, ■ sold their surplus regardless of cost, bad times -mightTbe looked for elsewhere. There was likely -before long to bei a period of slackness in New Zealand. In fact, he did not think slackness was the word to describe what was coming. Mr R. 'Martin said he believed the President was right, but hoped he was mistaken. Mr Brown replied that what he had seem recently in other towns in New Zealand did not lead him to be hopeful. : , POLLUTION OF A WATER-COURSE. At the, Police Court at Dunedin yesterday two settlers were charged with allowing foul (matter to flow into Ross Creek, thereby polluting the northern reservoir from-which the chief city water supply is obtained. The 'defendants, both of whom were in the place before the reservoir was thought of, one having lived there for over forty audi the other for over fifty years, have their oowbyres and pigstyes on the side of a hill whidh slopes in the direction! of the creek. The evidence did not show that the drainage xeached the oreek, bub the inference was that it made its way there. The Justices, wbile admitting the hardship of the cases, said 1 that the law must be enforced as they found it. They . convicted' and: imposed a fine* of 10s in the first case, but agreed to delay fixing a penalty in the second! «ase until Monday, so that an appeal can be laid. " SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE. News from Gape Town, under date May 1, which has ; reached a firm of shipping .agents in -this city,' states that tho block in the produce trade to South Africa, still continues. On May 1 there were 38 vessels of varied tonnage inside the breakwater, at Cape Town, some of which were dischargingcargo. Outside 65 vessels were at anchor awaiting their turn to.get in with,-a view of getting discharged. "Yet," remarks the writer, "there appears to be a demand for reduced freights. It is only thoso who see the time wasted who wonder -how, the freights remain as they are." "CHARACTER, AND HOW TO READ IT." We are in receipt of a fascinating book, entitled, "Character, and How to Read It." This volume is published by the Bile Bean Manufacturing Company, and it is -absolutely the best literary production yet issued by that firm. The many ways of reading character are described in a concise, yet comprehensive, form, and it cannot fail to prove interesting and instructive reading. From a typographical point of view it is exceedingly satisfactory, the blocks are well cut, a.nd special mention must be made of the picture on the back of the book. The Bile Bean Company offer to send a copy of this interesting. work to any address free, the only condition being that ybu mention the name of this paper, and en-close a penny stamp to, pay postage. Addressed to their New Zealand Branch, Stafford Street, Dunedin.