TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12560, 23 July 1901, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The Mokbia, from Melbourne and Hobart, arrived at the Bluff yesterday afternoon.

The Mayor has received- a cheque for £5 5s from Mr W. B. Clarkson towards the Coal and Blanket Fund.

It is stated that the North Park was so badly cub up ■ -by the recent Royal review that' it will he of very little use as a golf course this year.

Three inebriates, first offenders, were dealt with by Mr J. T. Brice, J.P., at the Lyttelton Police Court yesterday morning. One was fined ss, and the other two were convicted and discharged with a caution. Cancellation of registry is gazetted, under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900, of the Christchurch Master. Bakers’ Industrial Union of Employers (No. 130), at the expiration of six weeks from July 2.

The St Albans Borough Council decided last evening to grant a donation of £3 3s towards the funds of the Knightstown Library. Dr Orchard will give a lecture on “ Soma modern discoveries in medical and surgical science,” at the meeting of the Lowter High. Street Debating Society, to be ' held on Thursday evening. Seventeen village homestead allotments, ranging in area from half an acre to sixteen acres, in the Alford Survey district,; will be open for selection on Sept. : .3.‘' They are situated at the junction of the Stour River and the south branch of the Ashburton River, near the .Mount Somers coal mines. The Lyttelton Borough Council last night decided to ask the District Health Officer, Dr Symes, to approve of the Council obtaining a loan of £3OOO for the extension of main sewers and other drainage works. Under the Public Health. Act, the loan can be obtained without the necessity of a poll of the ratepayers. Madame Belle Cole’s health has sufficiently improved-and her voice has so well recovered that her song recital for Wednesday evening can now be spoken of as a certainty. The programme advertised for .. the first of the recitals that was arranged for will be followed, and all reserved seats taken for previous dates will be available. A member of the St Albans Borough Council, ■■ at the meeting last evening, asked if something, could not he done to prevent ratepayers,'.; when they wanted anything done, button-holing individual Councillors with, ' “I. wane this, and I want that.” The Mayor said unfortunately it could not be . prevented. The Councillor replied, “Perhaps if notice is drawn to it in the papers, they won’t come snivelling, round any more.” The Millers’ Association of New Zealand has advanced the’ price of flour 15s per ton. This increase is evidently the result of successful negotiations with the Tima.ru Milling Company (“ Silver Dost ” flour), which has new joined the Association, thus leaving practically only one large mill outside .the sway of the “combine,” , viz., the* Belford “uolden Gem,” of Timaru. A contemporary is assured that it is the intention of the Belford mills to strictly adhere to present arrangements. ■ The flavor of St Albans (Mr T, H. , Davey), at the Council meeting last evening, reported that, in accordance with the .Council’s instruc as, he had interviewed several electrical engineers regarding the proposed lighting of St Albans by electricity, ■ He had received two estimates for the work, but as estimates had not been ret ceivcd from the other firms asked to supply . them, he should prefer that the reading of, .the letters should be deferred till next meeting. This was agreed to by the Council.

It was stated at the meeting of the Sk. Albans Borough Council last evening that the Council’s lire engine would be shipped next month, and would arrive in Christchurch in October. An application was read from Mr A. J. Jackson, formerly of the. Sydney Government, Melbourne and South Dunedin Fire Brigades, for the position of Superintendent. A letter was also read from the Brigade supporting the application. The application was referred to the Fire Brigade Committee, with power to appoint a superintendent. The Fire Brigade Committee was empowered to procure uniforms Ibr the Brigade, and to accept tenders for the work. The Council also agreed to grant the sum of £5 to the Fire Brigade Committee, for immediate expenses in connection with the Brigade.

An election was held yesterday to fill vacancies on the North Canterbury Board- o! Education. There axe three vacancies, and the candidates are the Revs P. J, Cocks (South-bridge) and D. M’Nicoll (Lyttelton), Messrs J. Anderson (Leeston), M. Daiziel, jun. (Amberley), 0. A. G. Hardy (Rakaia South), C. H. A. Opie (Daxfield), W., Roilitt"(Sumner), J, L. Scott (Christ-' church), and A. F. W. Smith (Ohrisfeij| church), Messrs Daiziel and Hardy are' present members of ,tla& Board. This is the first election held in fhis district under the ■Education Boards Election Act of last year.. The electors are members of the School Committees in the district. All voting papers received by the Returning-Officer (the Secretary of the Board) before the close of the fourteenth day after the election!, provided that they bear a post mark not later than the election day, will be counted.. The voting papers will not be opened and examined until the fifteenth day after the election, but the result will then bs ascertained, and will be posted up in the Board’s office.

Sale td-day of high-class fashionable drapery at prices which cannot fail to effect a speedy clearance,-enormous reductions in boys’ and men’s clothing and mercery. Mosgiel saddle tweed trousers 10s 9d, heavy flannelette shirts Is lid, Mosgiel tweed suits 57s 6d for 27s 6d, colonial ribbed pants 6s 6d for 3s lid, men’s covert coats 37s 6d for 29s 6d, knitted sox 3 pair for 2s 3d, boys’ tweed overcoats from: 12s 6d, men’s heavy army shirts 3s lid and 4s fid, Kaiapoi tweed trousers 6s lid, men's frame felts 5s 6d for 3s lid, boys’.- and youths’ clothing at ridiculous : prices. Beath’s sale. 1

Gamage’s first annual sale second-hand bicycles now cn. High Street, Christchurch. . X 2705 , No matter how muddy the roads, you can ride., to business without getting splashed -if you use Eieumel’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, Gcdd, 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 comparicon of their engagement rings, watches, jewellery, clocks, electro-plate, etc. Jewellery made to order. Watches cleaned 4s 6d, clocks 2s 6d. S. Clarke and Co.’, 148, Colombo Street. —(Advt.) Townend’s Bilious and Liver Pills— Keep in Health the Liver, Stomach,.-Hpart and Kidneys, free the skin' of blotches, Su’d purify the blood. Sold everywhere,Price Is. W. ; P. Townend, 183, Colombo' Street, Christchurch.’ Good "tyres fitted to a bicycle mate’’ey., cling a reap pleasure. Fit “ Ideal ” tyres and you will have an ideal cycle. ~ Six years' trial on the Australasian market have given Ideal tyres a most enviable reputation. * X 2771

The market is flooded at the present tima with worthless preparations for the hair, many of them being injurious as well as worthless, but Heady’s egg-julep may be honestly recommended as a most reliable hair totiio 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* zadrs, or curling fluid, X 2533 '

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

For bicycle repairs’ we specially recommend cyclists to Boyd and Son, who are combining first-class work with moderate charges. 191, Gloucester Street, Christchurchri- Telephorfe 437. X 2588

Sun Brand Chutney I—Piquant, Peppery* and Pleasant. From all grocers. X 2775 Lodestar Carbide, petrol, arsenic, mineral naphtha, benzine. Henry Markwald, Bowron’s Buildings. Telephone 1044. X 2775

Bicycles for everybody. Sale at Gamage’s, High Street. Massey-Harris, Zealandia, Star, Atalanta, Kent, other make* cheap. X 2705 < Lamps. —We hold a large stock of reading, hanging and hand lamps,, and wa guarantee to sell cheaper than any other firm in Christchurch. Reading lamps; from 3s 6d, hand lamps le, chimneys from 3d each, wicks from Id, at Fletcher Bros., Importer? of Lamps, Chimneys* etc.. High .Stress* X 2565

Mr James Collins, of Rimutafca, was fined £5 at the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday for failing to continue to destroy rabbits” on his property.

Messrs Merry-weather havo written to the 6t Albans Borough Council that the fire «ngine ordered for the borough should be delivered early in October. The gold crosses presented to : Kaiapoi <J;rdopers at the “ social ” last evening bore the recipient’s name on one side, and on the other the words “ Prom the People of {Kaiapoi.” They, were supplied by Mr N. (B. Robjlliard, goldsmith, h. i r ...TKa Christohuroh Drainage Board has Srritten to the .Domain Board in co-nnec-fcon with the Lincoln Road which .jßas been before various local bodies'for / jsoms- time past. The Domain Board, at ’• dts meeting yesterday, decided to ask the Srainage Board to complete the covering of the drain. , j A letter has been received by the Domain i P card from the Premier’s -office, 11 staUßg ’ that the Board can have the cahopy in llagley Park erected by the Government; • •{A vote; of thanks was passed to the'Gov-- . fernm&nfc for its gift at the meeting' of. '< (the Board yesterday. It was slated that'the ' canopy would be removed to the Pub--fidc Gardens, in front of -the old archery , (grounds.

y The Lyttelton Fire Brigade, which has ’for a long time had) to put up with a sta- ,' tion utterly Inadequate to its requirements, £sshortlyto be provided with better quam Liters. The Borough Council last night: dc-, Ucidedi to proceed, -without further* delay, ■ivrith ther,erection of a new station*,-accord-ing to :the plans prepared by Messrs* CoTyjins and ' Harman.

V A petition is in circulation in opposition (|o the Bill now before Parliament for *mfpowering the Lyttelton Borough Council to establish gasworks. The Council last , Light appointed a Special Committee to ' take what action might be deemed neces-' '.Story in regard to. the matter, as it was f ltated at the Council meeting that signatures Were being obtained by ifepresenta- ( tionsthht passing the Bill into probablyiresult in an increase of_ the rates. ;Tnds was characterised 1 v afe absolutely incorrect. The Domain Board yesterday morning ((Bonsidered. a letter from the Guy Council, ~(stating that arrangements had been rpade for having all deposits on the Board’s property'properly 1 levelled and covered. This '■•Was written in reply to a letter from the Board in regard to deposits. Mr By P. Manhire and other members of the Board *aid that they would strongly object to the deposit of objectionable or' offensive matter on tho Board’s property. The Hon C. C. Bowen and the Mayor (Mr Rhodes) 'raid that only road scrapings should be' (deposited.-' The letter was received.-

Mr A. Barron, Under-Secretary to the Itoinds .and Survey Department, lias. written to the Christchurch Domain Board, 'fctating that the Government is ■willing to (place upon the Estimates, .as a contribution towards ■ the maintenance® of the ’grounds adjacent to the, bmiding for: magnetic purposes, the sum of £SO. The site of the observetcry will still be under the •Board’s control, and the Government only (desires to have access to it for the pur- . poses of construction, observation and maintenance, and also a right to remove it when necessary. The letter was received jup the meeting of the Domain Board yester-. '*%• ' ' :

Mr H. Pearce asked at the meeting of the iDomain Board yesterday morning why the gates at the Armagh Street entrance to the North Park had been closed at the time of the Royal review. .The Chairman, Mr :!W, Jacques, said that the gates had been opened at ten o’clock in the morning. Later feat, however, he learned that one of the gates :had been locked, though he did not know how that had happened. The head gardener, who attended, stated that a man had been- sent to attend to 'the gates, in accordance withthe wish of the police, ana he- had been given the keys to open -the 1 gites with. He could not account for the fact that the gates had -been dosed for a fchbrt time on the day mentioned, unless it was with the idea that carriages should )e stopped. t The annual meeting of ratepayers of the 1 tßiccnrton Road district was held-, at rttUccarton yesterday morning, when the ■. Chairman, -Mr W,r Boag, presided, and a nuorum was present. The balance-sheet v showed receipts on the • general Account. ' amounting to £4508 14s 6d,' and expendi- ' tore to £3656 17s lid, leaving £651 16s 6d credit balance. The separate account ■ fcihowed receipts amounting to £l2l TVs' 4d, c rand expenditure to £llß Us 4d. On the I Christchurch Drainage Board rate account ; receipts amounted to £1692 16s 3d, and the .credit balance stood at £44 12s 2d,. The of assets arid liabilities showed /fcssets amounting to £2364 12s Bd, and lia-c fcilities to £452 14s. The public .'debt was ittil. The report was adopted. The meet- ' ang decided to send a letter of condolence :|o the widow of the late Mr Ellis, formerly clerk to the 'Board. A vote of (thanks to the Chairman and the Board’s ifctafi .concluded the business. 1

The : various -works ont the Waipara- : Cheviot Railway are progressing Satisfac- ' Itorilyj,Ry far the largest number hr men are employed cutting through the saddle between ; the Qhimi and Greta Valleys, about thirteen miles from W-aipara. .Owing ,to Mr Thomas being in ill-health, the .con*, 'srructioii -of the bridges has been placed .in the hands of 'Mr J. Welsh, who is forging the work ahead! A gang of platelayers has just started work under Mr C. Sellars, of Balcaim, and bids fair to soon use up the hundreds of tons of rails and sleepers now lying at Waipar-a. It is expected that the .line will, be, opened as far as the Greta -by the coming -New Year; and the farmers tare itepeaking with- confidence of -being able to 1 truck their next season’s wool and . grain .'away by rail, .instead of -having to cart it tea or. twelve miles. , - -

At; last"night’s meeting of the .St AI- , bans Borough, Council, the Mayor reported Mat was done at the meeting of delegates &t Sydenham regarding the Government ' System of valuation. Four years ago the iCouncil hod made the Borough valuation by. {contract, aiid the work had cost £26 for ?shree -years. - The last valuation account, imder the' Government system, showed a ’itcharge 'of £43 10s for valuation, and then Two additional accounts had been received, “one for £l2 14s 7d, for correcting the roll, 'and th'e other for £54 9s, for revising. Tins Weant £lO9 3s 7d for three years' and the Ijovernment charge was monstrous. ..There naid not been a; Council meeting after the : invitation to the delegates meeting was re-

icedved, and he had attended on his own Responsibility. The Mayor’s action was fip- , proved.

* A meeting of-tie promoters of the Wai'Social Hall anti Library was . held in (the schoolroom, on Friday eveniitg. o.ditfr :tT. M’Donald was voted to the chair! The rommittee appointed at!a previous meeting Reported .that owing to the increasing requirements of tie district, and the lack of •> suitable , building, ,a public hall was (urgently needed, and recommended the formation of a company to carry out the (project. The meeting decided to form a ogTitpany at once, and' to invite applications for 600 shares at. 10s each, 5s to be jpaid on allotment, and' the balance in calls of not more than 2s 6d each. The follow’ing were appointed provisional directors: J—Messrs J, Dampier-Croasley (chairman), TJ.'-'P. Andrews, J. Stewart, J. Morris, R. "O-ill, Dickie, j. Hunter, R. M’Dcnald, ■(F. Horrdl and T. E. Tomlinson (honorary , secretary.) , It was announced that Mr T. Wilson'had gratuitously offered the com‘■’inittea a suitable building site. A beauty wote of thanks was voted to Mr Wilson for f his offer, t What do you think is usually a hard •question to answer? But when asked of Creasoted Emulsion the answer is easy, and it is that dt is one of the best ‘preparations for the cure of poughs, colds and general debility obtainable. Not only jdo the medical fraternity prescribe it, but b is also used largely in most of the hospitals. The local chemists have Lane’s Creasoted Emulsion for sale, and sell it at ; .the same price as it is sold by the proprietor—two shillings. 1988

A summoned meeting LoyM Volunteer Oddfellows Lodge will be held-to-mor-row evening.

Members of the City Council will visit .the site of the proposed -abattoirs, at Bromley, this afternoon. The Finance Committee of the Lyttelton Borough Council last night reported a record credit balance of £825.

At Kaiapoi yesterday, Dr. M’Arthur, S.M., granted lour old age pension -renewals of £lB each, one of £l6, and one'of £l4. r,.-.■

A meeting of the General Committee of the Canterbury Industrial Association -will be held at the rooms, -Worcester Street, on Thursday evening. The entries for the- Ashburton Poultry, Pigeon asd Canary Show, to be held on Friday and Saturday, total 523, an increase of 78 on last year. , “Socials” to returned troopers from South Africa will be,-given this-evening in the Riccarton Public Schoolroom, anti- in -St Mary’s Schoolroom, Manchester Street. Arrangements are being made to hold an entertainment, or “ social,*’ in Lyttelton, for the benefit of Mr and Mrs Day, who were left destitute by the recent fatal fire. At the Eangiora Church social gathering,.to be held on Wednesday evening, -Sergeant Strong, of the Fifth Contingent, is to relate some of lus South African experiences. ,

*■ ‘The Worcester -Street annexe of the Jubilee Exhibition has now been removed, and -the appearance of the Canterbury Hall Buildings has been much improved. Tho •saco.which the annexe occupied has been enclosed.by -a* neat galvanised iron fence.

The, Ca.n ; te,rbury College Graduates’ Asso-* elation yesterday decided to send a letter of condolence to Mrs W. Ohrystail on, the death of Mr Ohrystail, who was one of the graduates’ representatives on the Board of Governors. The Secretary was instructed to nominate Mr Charles Lewis for the seat on the Board rendered vacant by Mr Clirystali’s death. - - A row occurred on- the ship Hesperides, lying at Timaru, on Sunday, or.o of the seamen, an' old man of sixty-six, quarrelling with "the steward about the absence of sea-pie at dinner. He assaulted ihe steward* in the presence of the captain, and then threatened and abused the latter. He was arrested, and yesterday the Stipendiary Magistrate sentenced him to- six weeks’ imprisonment, with the option of a fine of £6. '

' Some discussion took place at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, with regard to the financing of hotels by breweries. A solicitor held that a brewery company would not supply a practically penniless man with the necessary cash to take over a licensed -house, but Mr Bishop, S.M., said that this ' was often done. He had never heard of such a course being pursued in any . other trade, and could. • only assume that the profits were very great. During the past week there has been .'quite an epidemic of coat stealing from hotels in the city, and the police have been kept busy looking for the culprits. On Saturday it was reported that a covert coat had been stolen from TattersaU’s Hotel and an. overcoat from the Clarendon Hotel, and yesterday that an opossum rug had been taken from a trap at bit Paul’s Presbyterian Church, , Yesterday Detectives Cassells and Fahey,, arrested -a man on charges of having stolen' the overcoat from the Clarendon Hotel and the rug from St Paul’s Church, both of which have been recovered. 1 MBS KRUGER'S KINDNESS. A strikingly typical story of Mrs Kruger, who has just died, vouched for by unimpeachable authorities, has reference to a statue of President Kruger erected in Pretoria during the days of his ascendancy. It wag a true likeness of the Boer leader, and no attempt was made to give the image adornments and -beauties not possessed by the , original, Oom Paul is pictured wearing the Inevitable baggy trousers, loose-frock coat,' arid high chimney-pot hat. Few people who have seen the statue know that the hat has no roof. It was Mrs Kruger’s idea. She, good, kindly soul, saw that the absence of the top of the hat would never be noticed, and in the depression thus left the lain would collect and provide the birds of the air with a drinking-pool. The birds have appreciated her kindness. “THE CANTERBURY TIMES.” ' ’ The return of troopers by the Tagus, with some of their .accompaniments, four scenes at.lnvercargill; Cecil Rhodes’s home at Rondebosch, Cape Colony; the Tomoana Freezing Works, Hawke’s Bay; the southern tour of the Royal visitors, and a number of portraits and other illustrations form the pictorial portion of this week’s ‘‘ Canterbury Times.” The other departments of the popular weekly, will be found to contain the usual excellent matter, VICTORIA LAKE. The Model Yacht Club has approached the Domain Board in regard to- a water supply at Victoria Lake. It has asked the Board to grant a £ for. £ -subsidy up to £l6 for the purpose of sinking a deep well to increase the water supply. The well, ‘it’ suggests, could be pub in such a position fes to be used as a drinking fountain for the public. That would be the best way of dealing with the weeds. If the water supply was good enough the lake could be drained, and cleaned, and refilled in a month. The club would undertake to clean out three wells which were running very poorly. The letter came before the Domain Board yesterday. It was decided to receive the letter, but the proposal could.net be entertained. ADVANCES TO SETTLERS. The applications for advances to settlers from Canterbury for the year ending March 31 last numbered 818, and the amount applied for totalled £252,787. The amount authorised was £218,900. DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS. In connection with the Health- Department, the following appointments as district health officers have, says the special correspondent of this journal ‘ been... .made -by -the Cabinet: ,4-Di> Magill,’ Auckland; Dr Valentine, - Wellington; Dr Mo-rice, jun., West-land ; Dr Roberts, Nelson and Marlborough ;, Dr Symes, Canterbury. The first’ two are permanent appointments and tho others temporary. No appointment for Otago and Southland has been made yet.