TOWN AND COUNTER

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12570, 3 August 1901, Page 7

TOWN AND COUNTER

At the Lyttelton Police Court', yesterday morniug, Thomas Carson, charged with having stolen some articles of clothing from a man on the schooner Jessie) Niccol, ‘was further remanded for eight days, as the owner of the articles has not returned from eea. , ■ ,

A man was arrested at Timaru yesterday by Constable Crawford on a charge of having forged the name of Mr H. D. Buchanan, of Little River, to - a cheque for £B, and having uttered the same to Richard David, a boarding-house keeper at Christchurch. The accused was brought to Christchurch by last night’s express train and taken on to Lyttelton Gaol.

' Dr James, health officer, at Wellington, in a report to the head of the Health Department, on the delay in connection with the Monowai, oh Thursday, blames one of the passengers for the occurrence’, the latter having refused to present himself for examination, He also says that the Captain treated the matter with indifference, and did not seem disposed to render very much assistance. ■

The following is a statement of Customs duties collected during the week ended Friday, August 2, at the Port of Lyttelton:—Spirits, £2104 Os 6d; cigars, cigarettes and snuff, £63 8s 9d.; tobacco, £717 15s 6'd; w;ne, £lsl 7s lid; beer, £8 18s; tea, £122 14s 6d; sugar, molasses and ■treacle, £205 17s 4d; weight, £337 6s 6d ; ad , valorem, £5408 17s 6d; other duties, £261 15s 6d; total for w'eek, £9381 17s lid. • It isy understood that an amicable arrangement has been arrived at between the •representatives of the Lyttelton Borough Council arid the Lyttelton Gas Company in reference to the Bill now before Parliament empowering the Council. ,to establish gas works, and that the Bill.will be proceeded with in an amended form. Mr A. Chalmers, of the Gas Company, returned from Wellington yesterday.

A .Veering of the committeeiof the Pioneer Amateur Bicycle and Athletic Club was held on Wednesday evening, Dr Thomas in the chair. The rules adopted by the League of Wheelmen and the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association governing the admission of eligible school boys to racing privileges, were confirmed. . It, .was decided that a welcome home “social” ■should be given to Sergeant Gholmondeley, Troopers Wilson, Joseph and Ka;in, members of the club, about August 21, and that the annual general meeting should be held -a week later.

* Some interesting facts are mentioned by the “ Hot Lakes Chronicle ” regarding the beautiful lakes between Te Keho- and Rotorua, which are said to have been unprecedentedly low this year. At Rotorua the submerged island, which is„ said to have disappeared together with the pa and its inhabitants some generations ago, is now visible for the first recorded time within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. Thiß lake is not connected visibly with any of the others, yet it is teeming with trout, though there is no record cf any having been introduced into it. A telegram from Dunedin- states thafc*at a Chamber sitting of the Supreme Court yesterday application was made for pay,ment of clerical assistance and travelling expenses to the Liquidator of the Ward Fanners’ Association. Mr Justice Williams said that he thought that the application should be supported by affidavit giving details. If the liquidator was paid by commission his personal expenses should not fall on the estate. ,Ort behalf of the Colonial Bank liquidators, a hope was expressed that the matter would not bo prolonged, as the liquidators were only waiting the passing’ of the accounts of this company to conclude their work, which had already been delayed, seven months by this estate. \ [ The price of kerosene in this-colony has occupied the attention of the Premier. A deputation which ,waited upon him at Wei lington on Wednesday, relative to the placing of a bonus upon certain products of petroleum Shale, introduced the question cf competition outside companies. Mr Beddon said he would like to see a little more competition somewhere. When ihc Government reduced the duty on kerosene, it was anticipated that in the natural order of things there would be a reduction in the retail price of the commodity, but the actual result had been an increase. He thought such a state of things was reprehensible. The deputation protested that- it would have no objection to competition among local merchants—it was the competition of big outside companies, for the purpose of running off the New Zealand company, to which the exception was taken.

A meeting of the Jubilee Memorial Committee was held in the City Council Ghaimhsrs yesterday afternoon; present—Mr H. F. Wigram (chairman), Messrs H. B. Sorensen, R. M. Macdonald, H. J. Beswick, A. E. G. Rhodes and T. Gapes. The Chairman stated that up to July, the sum of £1667 Os 2d had been received, of which £IOOO had already, been sent .to. England.-, The net cost of the statue, pedestal -and other parts of the memorial in London would be £1706 ss, to which must be added the cost of the foundations and all incidental expenses. He. expressed the thanks of the committee to those who had obtained subscriptions. Accounts amounting to £144 7s lid were passed for payment. A letter was received from the Loyal Orange Lodge stating that the entertainment given by it had unfortunately resulted in a loss. In reply to a question the Chairman said that the statue should arrive about twelve mouths from the time of ordering, four months, ago, 1 The meeting then closed..

The annual meeting of ratepayers in the Templeton Road District will he held at the Road Board Office on August 12, at noon.

A meeting of ratepayers in the Malvern Road District wtil be held at the Springfield Road Board Office at 2 p.m. on Thursday to consider the -County Councils Bill now before Parliament. According to Commissioner Tunbridcre. the most common causes of failure to pass the medical examinations for the police force are varicose veins in . the legs and slight heart affections/ both, no doubt, he says, attributable i;r a great measure to ovet-exerfcion hy' candidates at football, cycling. and other athletic exercises. Owing to the late departure of the steamer from Wellington for Lyttelton on Thursday night, it was arranged- that the Arbitration Court, which should have opened yesterday morning, should be adjourned until 2 p.m. As his Honor Mr Justice Cooper, however, had not arrived at that time, the Court has been further adjourned until 10 a.m. to-day.

The question of holding a, conference *ol School Committees of the North Canterbury educational district, was again considered at the executive meeting of the School Committees’ Association on Wednesday evening. After a'short discussion, it was decided that the Executive .should recommend to the next quarterly meeting of the Association, that steps should be taken to hold a conference of School Committees. Owing to the recent severe weather on the New; Zealand coast,'and numerous delays arising therefrom, the Chatham Island mail steamer Toroa will not start for tie islands till Monday night, and cannot consequently arrive at Waitangi till Thursday morning. Under ordinary circumstances she would be due there on Sunday morning, and, .as is usual, many of the settlers who live at a distance will assemble at the pqrt of arrival then in. the hope of getting their mails and of hearing the news of the world, which they know nothing of since June 1. The strain of waiting in suspense and wondering what can be amiss with the steamer can be best understood by those who have suffered from a similar delay. As it is, the steamer proprietors will be well within their time in the delivery of the mails, as the contract provides for delivery at Waitangi on or before the tenth day of each month of the mail service.

The ballot system of electing members to, the Boards Of Education under the new Act w-as brought forward at - the executive meeting of the School Committees’ Association last Wednesday nisriit. Opinions were expressed regarding the present • system of voting, and seeing that the Auckland city and suburban committees, and also some of the Dunedin committees, have complained of the system, and that the former has decided to ask the Minister of Education to amend the Act this session, it was agreed to postpone the matter until the next quarterly meeting of the Association.

The following additional special prizes will be presented at the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s November Show; —Mr John Grigg, £2 2s to the first prize winner in Class 69, recently shorn Shropshire rami; Mr R. E. M’Dougall,- £2 2s, in cob class, and New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association, £lO 10s, to be divided into three prizes of £5 6s, £5 3s, and £2 2s. for the following collection of produce, to be home-made and grown, and the bona fide exhibit of a farmer farming not less than twenty acres: Two sides bacon, two hams, 31b butter, one dozen hen eggs, one dozen duck eggs, one pair dressed fowls, do ducks, two loaves bread, dish assorted scones, two varieties of pickles, and two varieties of jam. The Wellington correspondent of this journal telegraphs that a private cable message received in Napier states that the Privy' Council -has dismissed the appeal in the Kaiwaka case. This finally settles the matter in favour of Mrs Donnelly and Tareta. The case was conducted before the Appeal ■ Court byMr C. B. Morison, a Wellington solicitor, on behalf of the Maori claimants to the Kaiwaka Block, Hawke’s 'Bay, who disputed the titles held by the successors of the late Native chief Tareta, while Mr Lewis, of Napier, appeared for the respondents. The Court of Appeal decided in favour of the present holder, Airini Donnelly, and others, and this decision has now been confirmed. This is the second Maori case that has been ta.ken before the Privy Council, that of Broughton v. Donnelly being the first. ■ Messrs Strange and Company announce that their present great stock-taking sale is proving extraordinarily successful. The attendance since the opening day-, (26th Ult,).has been simply enormous. Some very- special attractions have been provided, and these will be bn sale this morning. The attendance at this sale is large all daylong, but it is always greatest after lunch. 824

Extension of premises. Three weeks’ weeks’ sale now on. Further reductions at Beath and Co.’s. Amazing bargains Twenty-one Ladies’ Jackets, 25s 6d to 1355, to be sacrificed at 4» lid ; 80 Fawn and Brown Jackets, 13s lid to, 19s lid, all nt 7s lid; 19 Girls’ Paletots,'l4s 6d, for 6s lid; Serge Costumes (coat and skirt), now 12s lid; Felt Flops, 2s 6d, for Is; Trimmed Felts, 6s 6d, for 2s lid ; Stylish Trimmed Hats, 8s lid, for 3s lid; White xSailors, 2s 6d, for 9d; Wings and Mounts, Is 6d to 5s 6d, for 9d; Chiidern’s Tunics, 3s lid, for 5s 6d. For three weeks only. Beath’s extension sale. X 2867

The Anglo-New Zealand Cycle Company have seven ladies’ and gents’ -bicycles, built of sample English parts, for which they are quoting extremely favourable prices and terms. Early inspection invited, at D.I.C. and 226, High Street. X 1196

It, isn’t the material which goes into your repaired watch that results in a perfect job, it is the know how. Anyone can buy the fine kind of material that Clarke and Co. use, but the most valuable material that can be used in watch repairing is skill, and the bungler can’t buy it. Clarke and Co., Jewellers, 148, Colombo Street. X 1275 Townend’s Bilious and Liver Pills---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, 185, Colombo Street, Christchurch. ’ X 2521

Good tyres fitted to a bicycle make cycling a real pleasure. Fit “ Ideal ” tyres and you have an ideal cycle. Six years trial on the Australasian market have given Ideal tyres a most enviable reputation. X 2771

Sun Brand ’Chutney.—Piquant, Peppery, and Pleasant. From all grocers. X 2775 The market is flooded at the present time witli worthless preparations for the liair, many of them being injurious as well as worthless, but Hendy’s egg-julep may be honestly recommended as a most reliable hair tonic foj; beautifying and cleansing the hair. Price, Is per bottle. This eie° gant preparation may be procured from Stranga and. Co.’s, drapers, Christchurch, who are also sole agents for Hendy’s Fnzzairs, 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 dona--on the premises, 175, High Streetopposite J. Knight, Butcher, below Clock Tcwer - , X2815~ 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

Lodestar Carbide, petrol, arsenic, mineral naptha, benzine. Henry Markwald, Bowron’s Buildings. Telephone 1044. X 2775 Seeds, season 1901, Vegetable Seeds 3d per pkt.. Flower Seeds Id per plffc., seed potatoes. Best kinds in stock. Agents tor Nimmo and Blair, Dunedin, standard seeds. Fletcher Bros., High Street.' '.3f2n6f5,

The. English mails to Jul'■ 20 left San Francisco for -Auckland u *3d>

The Ashburton * rßSa *‘W. approved of the T- -Me! •>; 04ft “ ’<s the central °l'a -c>r ' ' Inct. The accounts la* <• ;.•• .>u:. ca- a I a.' n.. >u telephone service umw > l •■urp.us of jMj lid, with some Yascripiicas yet to be tjM-. Iccted.

The Ashburton Y.unty has appointed a commit* a to inspect, and report on land offered for .-.m* ptopciscd recrcat.on ground adjoining L *■ ocean beach.

At the Magistrate’s Court, Ash.naton, yesterday, Henry M’Dunalcl was fined for jumping off a train while in motion, and £1 or twenty-four uoni’s tor being drank.

On the recommendation of the Ashburton County Engineer, it has been decided to construct a branch race from the Acton main to the E race. The' race will be part of the Ashburton-Rakaia water supply system. At the meeting of the Ashburton County Council yesterday it was decided to comply with the request of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association that applications by inventors of a plough for water-race cleaning should be received through the Association, and that the ploughs should he exhibited at the annual show on October 31 and November 1.

King Edward has, through the usual official channels, thanked the Senate of the New Zealand University for its sympathy on the death of Queen Victoria. His Majesty assures the Senate that it will -always be his earnest endeavour to promote by all means in his power the moral and intellectual advancement of his loyal subjects in New Zealand.

Tie Rev Charles Williams, M.A., of Accrington, England, the rioted preacher and popular lecturer, will speak at the Choral Ha’l at 11 aim. to-morrow. On Tuesday there will be a meeting to welcome him at the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, and on Wednesday evening he will lecture at the Choral Hall on “ John Henry Newman: How he became a Roman Catholic,” when the Rev Dr Morley will take the chair. The Rev A. C. Hoggins, Diocesan Inspector of Schools, has arranged for to series of lectures for Sunday school teachers on the practice of teaching. The course, of lectures is to cover the whole of the ground of the practice of teaching, tire work being treated superficially in this year’s course, and more in detail the following year. The first lecture on “ The Organisation of the School” will be given in St Michael’s Schoolroom by Mr T. S. Foster on Friday evening next, and the other lectures will be given by Messrs C. Howard and- J. A. Johnson, Misses H. Gibson and' Freeman, and Mesdames Hughes and Bendeley." OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS. At a meeting of the Auckland Conciliation Board (says the correspondent of the “Otago Daily Times”), the proceedings were very lively in the parters’ dispute. Mr A. Sandford, pointed out that the hearing would occupy a considerable period, and asked the Board to classify the various trades and to appoint' certain days for the examination of the employers in each. Mr Sandford went on to refer in derogatory terms to the union and the aims of the Conciliation Act, and there was some demonstration of approval at his remarks by these present. Mr Bagnall said if this unseemly conduct continued the room would have to be cleared. Mr Way said that evidently the employers had taken a directory and cited everyone owning a vehicle in the city, as these gentlemen were not cited by the union. Mr Craig said that by a resolution passed at a meeting of the employers it was decided to cite all persons owning carts. Tiro Chairman said that he had had no occasion in any other case to call attention to-the conduct of the employers, whom he supposed were gentlemen, and the conduct of those now before him was entirely discreditable. Mr Collins then read a clause of the -Act providing for a penalty and the arrest of anyone disturbing the proceedings, and' concluded by threatening to have the room cleared or enforce the Act if any further interruption took place. Mr Entrican asked that- an old lady cited, named Rebecca Jordan, who was seventy" years of ago,. and who merely kept a light trap for the purpose of taking an -airing, might be released from citation. Mr Way said the employers had gone to a deal of trouble to turn the proceedings into a farce, and had cited a number of people who employed no carter whatever. These people had not been cited by the union. Ho characterised- the matter as a, blunder on the employers’ part. . The lady was released from attendance, also Mr P. Quinlan, whose case was a similar one. &THE DUNE'S"CIGARS. Among the necessaries gathered together for the Duke of Cornwall’s voyage was , a case of choice cigars worth considerably over £IOO. -They were by some mischance sent off to Gibraltar too late to catch the Ophir, and) H.M.S. Majestic brought them home again to Portsmouth. The case was handed over to the London and Brighton Railway Company for transport to London, but in the course of its journey vanished into thin air. Detectives, were set to work, and a few weeks ago unearthed some of the contents of the ease at- a house an Walworth, and when the mail left a couple of apparently respectable citizens of -that parish were awaiting trial for thieving the case. FOREIGN COMPETITION. A correspondent writes to the London “ Times,” from Napier, to express the consternation produced in New Zealand by statements that the menace to British commerce by foreign coraptdtioh is mainly hypothetical. He refers to the superior enterprise and industry of foreign firms and declares that “in- packing, careful attention to minute •requirements of particular markets, and a 1 thousand non-essential details ” the foreigner is assiduously ousting the Britisher from markets, where he has a distinct advantage in language, coinage, weights and the strong tie of kinship. The American cast iron small goods have beaten the British-made articles out- of these markets by tbeir compartive cheapness. The American paints his article, and makes it quite presentable for the purpose required, the British manufacturer following cast-iron traditions subjects the article to a finishing process, which adds greatly to the cost, and “ gets left.” The New Zealander concludes by asking if the Colonial Office cannot see its way to appoint men in the nature of advisers or.promoters of British interests in the colonies. AMERICAN RAILWAY ENGINES. Apropos of the recent acrimonious controversy which has long been going on in the English Press in regard to railway engines made in America, it would be well, in fairness, to state the local experience. In conversation with a prominent railway official, a reporter of the New Zealand Times” was informed that on the local roads the American engine is easily first in the estimation of both the locomotive and traffic departments. It appears that the engine drivers in New Zealand are almost unanimous in their preference for tne \aukee locomotive. The great advantage of these engines is that they are ready lor the road immediately they are set up, whereas ib takes weeks, and some times months, of short stage work to get the engines, built in British workshops into good going order.

It is not generally known that the great success which attended the railway operations in connection, with the recent Royal visit hero was mainly due to the fact that the American locomotives and carriages which were brought out- and set up in the local workshops, and upon which a very heavy call was made, answered eve-ry demand made, upon them without breakdown or accident. As an example of the adaptability of the American engines, it may be mentioned that two of them have been hauling coal on the Westport lines for the past'two years, and though coal haulage one of the heaviest classes of traction, the American engines' are running as well now as on the day they were set up, although they have not had a tap of tie hammer in the way of repairs. NEW ZEALAND HONEY. Reporting to the Agricultural Department, Mr H. C. Cameron, inspector of New Zealand produce at Home, states, that, the smallness of the quantity of New Zealand honey placed on the London market has possibly been the reason for the good prices obtained. Were a large increase in the quantity exported from the colony to take place he thinks that the prices ruling might be reduced, though there is every likelihood of it always realising a ready sals at a fair price. " A large quantity of the honey imported into the Old Country comes from Chili, Jamaica, Australia and California. That from -Chili and Jamaica is inferior, and has sold on- an average at 25s per cwt. Australian honey fetches a little more, but is not popular owing to the eucalyptus flavour. Californian honey, with the exception of the small quantity of New Zealand, which goes on the market, commands the best price, probably averaging during the past twelve months 40s per cwt. New Zealand is worth about 40s, but the price is nominal, owing to the want of supply. Honey sent to the London market should be “ run,” and should be packed in 561 b tins, two in a -case, care being taken that the tins are perfectly clean, and the “ get up ” attractive. The highest price obtained is during the cold months of the year. If moderate and regular shipments of fine quality could be made they would doubtless show a good result. A PLUCKY GIRL. A Bluff correspondent of the “Southern Cross ” writes :—“Avery old resident of Bravo, Stewart Island—Emmanuel Goom.es, —went out fishing the other day, leaving his daughter, aged sixteen 1 years, at home. Soon after, she observed the boat drifting about as though there was no one aboard. Becoming alarmed, she plunged into the ■sea and swam out to the craft, to find her father lying in the bottom in a fit. Seizing the oars, she pulled for the shore, which was reached after a hard struggle. The .next trouble was getting tbe sufferer out of .the boat to his home, about two hundred yards along the beach. She succeeded in this, and then took the boat and rowed down to the schoolhouse, three miles away, and, obtaining help, pulled back to her home, where she had the pleasure of finding that her father was gradually coming to, and recovering Ms speech. Miss Alice Goomes is .d plucky girl. Strength, presence of mind, devotion—nothing was wanting in the equipment of our island heroine.