TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 12911, 3 September 1902, Page 7

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The Paparoa left Hohart at midnight , . on Monday for New Zealand. The establishment of a cadet corps irt connection ■with the Addington School has been gazetted. The gold export from the port of Greymonth for the month of August was 70690 z Bdwt 14gr, valued at £28,268 10s 3d. The Hawke’s Bay Saw-millers’ Association has advanced the price of timber 3d per 100 ft all round. Timber required for butter boxes is increased Is per 100 ft. I A telegram from New Plymouth reports the theft of about £IOO, contained in a registered letter in transit between Haweia and Inglewood. The police have the matter in hand. Mr J. A. Kinsella, Chief Daily Commissioner, will lecture in the rooms of the . Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Saturday afternoon, cn “Dairying.” This will bo the last of th? Association’s series-of lectures to farmers io? i' Ihe present season.

The Rev T. Fee, of Ashburton, addressed no-license meetings at the Rangiora Institute Hall on Sunday and Monday evenings. The Minister of Railways has promised to consider the matter of erecting a ladies’ waiting-room at the. Valctta Railway Station”, Ashburton County.

A ping-pong, match was played at the Lyttelton Club on Monday night between teams representing the Club and the Lyttelton Post and Telegraph Office. The Club won by 947 points/.to 887 points.

Mr George Forbes, a candidate for the Hurunui scat, is advocating that the Government revenue from the totnlisatoar should be earmarked and allocated towards providing assistance to farmers in breeding remounts. .

A special report on the Wellington Kennel Club’s, Show, last week, appears in the current number of the “ Canterbury Times.” As is invariably the case with “ Canterbury Times” reports, it is “written with authority.”

One of the most interesting “ Sketches from Tuhoeland” by Mr Elsdon Best, the well-known student of Maori history and lore, is published in the current number of tho “Canterbury Times.” The subject is “ Sacred Fires.”

The Waimakariri River Board has decided to take steps to prevent camping parties removing clay from the embankment below Saltwater Creek, and also to place noticeboards forbidding tho cutting of willows along the river banks.

As two candidates, Messrs James Gordon Cree and Douglas George Wright, have been nominated to fill tho vacancy on the Anama Road Board, caused by .the death of Mr E. G. Wright, a poll will ’be taken on Friday, at the Board’s office, Anama. The petition for the extension of the railway line on the Hamner Plains route was last -night forwarded to Mr Meredith, M.H.R., the member for, the Ashley district. The petition as forwarded contained 3515 names, but several lists have yet, to come to hand.

The report of the Indian Commission on Horse-Breeding is summarised and/ reviewed in the sporting columns of this week’s “ Canterbury Times.” Australia as a source of supply of army horses is an aspect of the question which receives consideration, and the conclusions of the Commission on this and other points are interesting. A meeting of the Rangiora Domain Board was held yesterday afternoon, Messrs A. Ivory (chairman), J. Carmichael, J. W. Poster and J. 0. Josling being present. A letter was read from the Athletic Association thanking the Board for its liberal assistance.in the work of re-forming the track in the Domain. It was decided to let the old Racecourse Reserve for a further term of seven years by tender. The Secretary was instructed to have the Domain put in good order, and the meeting ended. An article on the Farmers’ Union’s approaches to the freezing companies relative to the improvement of the frozen meat trade, a special report,on the Royal Agricultural Show at Carlisle, the text of Mr A. Mansell's address to the International Conference of Sheep-Breeders on “ Wool Substitutes,” and Mr D. Cuddle’s paper on “ Dairy Factory Management,” are amongst the contents of the Agricultural Pages of this week’s “Canterbury Times.” The stock, wool, frozen meat, dairy and general farm notes are, as usual, a particularly valuable feature of the paper. The Timaru Main School Committee, which recently sent out over 1600 circulars to other committees, urging that pressure should ho brought upon members of Parliament to increase the building grant and incidental allowance, bad received up to Monday evening about 100 replies. Nearly all were favourable. A few (chiefly from Southland) stated-that the committees had nothing to complain of in the matters referred to, but they complained of inequalities in the new scale of salaries ; and one or two wrote strongly of the salaries paid in large town schools as unfairly large compared with those of teachers in the small up-country schools, where teachers liad many other disadvantages.

■^f r . • Smith, the contractor for the addition to the Harbour Board's cold stores at Lyttelton l , has made a* good start with the foundations, and will have the work finished within a couple of months. The addition, the plans for which were prepared by Mr F. Strouts, consists of an extension of the present building westward for 40{t. This will provide two freezing chambers, one above the other, and each 36ft in length by 27ft wide. The new portion of the building-is to be constructed of brick, on a concrete foundation, and with a roof of wood, covered with galvanised 1 iron. The insulation packing will be twelve inches in thickness, composed of pumice. The machine to be used in the new chambers is a “Hercules” of ~18 tons refrigeration, and nine tons ice-making power. ’ Maine Bros, tvish to notify the public that, In consequence of the recent fire ‘at their premises, they will close all day Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 1 and 2, preparing for a great sale of boots and shoes damaged by smoke and water. A large quantity of raw material, consisting of leather and partly finished boots, will be made up and offered to the public. We advise those who wish to take advantage of our sale to make their purchases during the early part of the day, and avoid Saturday nights, if possible. Maine Bros, have an enormous stock of ladies’ and gents’ .light summer footwear, and these will be offered to the public during the sale at ridiculous prices. Country visitors to Christchurch are strongly 'advised to take advantage of this grand opportunity for obtaining school and working boots. ‘ 6900 Beath and Co., Limited, Argyle House, Christchurch, are now making a special display in their beautiful windows of all the latest and choicest novelties for spring wear: —Mantles, costumes, skirts, blouses, millinery, straws, flowers, feathers, mounts, corsets, underclothing, dress materials, silks, satins, charming blouse washing fabrics, muslins, lawns, sateens, calicoes, sheetings, prints, floorcloths, linoleum, curtains, art muslins, serges, table-covers, gloves, hosiery, laces, ribbons, aprons, fallnets, sunshades, frillings, lace collars, fichus, fronts, silk and lace scarves, belts, embroideries, etc., etc.' Beath and Co., Limited, Christchurch. X 3062 Don’t buy a wedding or engagement ring until you have visited Clarke and Co’s sale, now going on. All goods absolutely onethird less than ordinary jeweller’s prices. Eight-day striking clocks, value 21s, sale price 12s 6d. Pirate alarms 6s 6d. Gold bangles, brooches, electro-plate, etc., equally cheap. Clarke and 00., 148, Colombo Street. X 3054 f Boyd and Son, Gloucester Street, are devoting their large appliances and staff almost exclusively to bicycle repairs. Results, very best work at lowest prices. X 2588 Pianos and Organs, new instruments, 10s per month, no deposit; five years’ guarantee. Milner and Thompson. X 2961 How very thick and long your daughter’s hair seems to be growing, Mrs Smith. Yes, I was recommended by a friend, who has used it for some time, to try' Hendy’s Egg Julep, for strengthening it, and really the result is wonderful. It has already grown several inches longer, and has cured the dandruff completely. You should certainly try it. IV. Strange and Co. are sole agents for Christchurch. Bottles Is. X 2896 World’s best motor bicycles, holding world’s records for speed, price £SO, ready for immediate delivery, by Oates, Lowry and Co. Call and inspect, or write for

catalogue. ■ X 1571 Lamps.—We hold a large stock of Heading, Hanging and Hand Lamps, arid wo guarantee to sell cheapar than any other irmu in Christchurch. Beading Lamps from 3s 9d, Hand Lamps Is, Chimneys from 3d each, Wicks from Id. Fletcher Bros., Importers of Lamps, Chimneys, etc., High Christchurch. 5 £2565 ...

The sudden death reported from Cheviot yesterday was that of Thomas "Workman, an employee at Menclip.

A Burnham boy who had absconded from the institution was arrested by Detectives Fahey and Ward last night. A benefit entertainment is to be given at Ashley on Friday evening for Mr J. Tombs, who had his house and furniture destroyed by fire a -short time ago. Messrs M. Murphy, T. W Adams and L. Cockayne, who have undertaken to superintend, the planting of Victoria Park on the Port Hills, have arranged to visit the Park to-day to sc© the operations commenced. A representative meeting of the noncommissioned officers of the Garrison was held in the Garrison Library last evening, when it was decided to hold the annual ball on a date to be arranged at a future meeting.

The judgment, of the Arbitration Court in the application for enforcement of an award by the Canterbury Typographical Union against Whitcombs and Tombs and others has not yet reached the Clerk of Awards in Christchurch.

At a meeting of the New Brighton Domain Board, on'Monday night, a letter was read from Mr H. P. Lomax, offering 1:> clear the Domain for the purpose of a sporto ground, but it was decided that tho Board could not entertain the offer.

The Onehunga Borough Council resolved, on the motion of the /Mayor, that tho question of fire insurance as relating to the •borough, should be referred to tho Council in committee to ascertain what can be done in the direction of establishing a local Insurance Association. ,

At a meeting of the New Brighton Borough Council on Monday, it was reported that the sinking of the Coronation Well had been completed, with very satisfactory results. ' There was a rise of about TBft, and the capacity was 60 gallons per minute. The well was over 280 ft in depth.

The Government has granted a reserve of acres, contiguous to the Council Chambers, in the township of M’Kenzio, as a- site for a show ground for tho district of Cheviot. Two sites adjoining have been offered for selection, one of which will bo chosen by the local authority.

His Honor Mr Justice Denniston will sit in Banco to-day. The cases set down for hearing ,are one under the Deceased Persons’ Duties Act re W. Hay, deceased (Mr Hay); a case on appeal from the Commissioner of Stamps; and another, Stevens and Minchin (Mr Fisher), originating summons, July 9. The only cases at the Rangiora Magistrate’s Court yesterday were G. I. Bevhigton (Mr Graham) v. W. Dollis, claim £3 4s lid, and costs 11s ; and same v. Walter White, £1 6s 6d,, costs ss, in both of which judgment was given for plaintiff. Messrs E. R. Good amd C. I. Jennings were the presiding Justices.

An almost incredible statement was made yesterday in the Magistrate’s: Court by a boy, who said that he was nearly twelve years old. The Magistrate asked the botS who was charged with having no settled place of abode, whether he had ever heard of the Bible, and was rather surprised to receive from the youngster a solemn assurance that he had never come in contact with the Book.

A telegram from Groymoubli states that twenty additional men were on Monday put on the Coal Creek railway, connecting with the State coal mine, and twenty more will’ be put on next Monday, making in all about seventy workmen. Notwithstanding this, and owing to the large influx of workmen lately, there is a great dearth of employment in .the district, there being 130 names down at the Labour Bureau.

A tender lias been let to Messrs Scott Bros, for the erection of a bridge across the Hurunui for the purposes of the Wai-para-Cheviot railway. An expert is to be sent from Wellington at once to superintend the construction of the cylinder and concrete buttresses. The Minister for Public Works has given the member for the district an assurance that the work will bo proceeded with as quickly as possible.

The Criterion Hotel, in Gloucester Street, having been damaged by fire' some time ago, Mr W. Burnip, tho proprietor, decided! to replace the old wooden building with a modem structure. He therefore instructed Mr J. G. Maddkon to prepare plans for up-to-date premises in brick, and the contract for its erection was let to Mr W. H. Bowen. Yesterday the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new building .took place, Master J. A. Burnip performing the ceremony. The annual report which will bo presented at the next meeting of the society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, on Sept. 18, records a long list of cases taken in hand by the society. Mr M. Murphy, president of the society, stated, at a meeting of the committee yesterday, that a most satisfactory year’s work was disclosed, and the report showed that the society was very much alive. At last annual meeting the society had a credit balance of Is 9d ; it now has £ll 13s Bd, and it is better off to tho extent of £5 in regard to assets. Last evening Mr O’Brycn Hoare delivered a lecture in the rooms of the Socialist Party, Gloucester Street, on the subject of “ Social Reconstruction.” The lecture was a friendly criticism of a recent lecture on the same subject delivered by Professor Bickertonj and Mr O’Bryen Hoare set forth the particular point® on which he differed from the Professor, and dealt with them in detail and at considerable length. Mr Ensom, who was in the chair, was also a speaker, and Professor Eickerton, in his reply to Mr O’Bryen Hoare, spoke for ■nearly an hour, dealing exhaustively with the. lecturer’s arguments, -and concluding with a promise at a future date to deliver a lecture on “Federated Homes.” EARTHQUAKES. The Government seismograph, in Wellington, distinctly recorded the severe earthquake felt in Manila last week. Tho instrument shows that the disturbance began at 8.30 a.in. on August 21, and lasted 831 hours, without ceasing, until 7.45 p.m. on "August 24. There were also several tremors for days after that date. The seismograph also recorded seven shocks in Wellington last Sunday night and Monday morning.

OCEAN ISLAND. One of the numerous guano islands visited by the steamers of the Pacific Islands Company is Ocean Island, which lies about Ideg south of the equator, and almost due north of New Caledonia. There are about thirty white men and between 300 and 400 natives—male and female—on the island. Excepting a few bananas, the island yields no fruit, whilst the cultivation of vegetables is unknown, the soil offering indifferent advantages. Although the island is small, the deposits of phosphate, aro extensive, and are not likely to be exhausted for many years. THE BIRTHPLACE OF MR RHODES. Some doubt having arisen as to the actual birthplace of the late Mr Cecil Rhodes, steps are being taken to settle the matter for good and all. It will be remembered that "Mr Rhodes was the son of a rector of Bishop’s Stortford, and it was assumed accordingly that he was bom at the rectory at that place. It appears that when tho “Empire-builder” camo into the world tho

Bishop's 81 ortford rectory was in course of such extensive repair or reconstruction that tho Rhodes family was not residing in it, but in a. white brick house of moderate dimensions hard by. This lions© is owned by a, lady named Jervis, residing at or near Brighton ; and an order has been given to a Bishop’s Stortford linn to insert a plate in one of the walls recording the now wcllanlhexilicated fact that the great Smith African was bom in this temporary abode of his family. THE KAISER'S ADMIRALS. The Kaiser’s determination to surround himself Avit.li new admirals, one of the strongest points of his fleet, is shown in the case of tho new chief of bis naval staff. Instead of Vice-Admiral Bendermann, whose nomination was- generally expected, the Emperor "William has chosen 'Vice-Ad-miral Buciisel. Born in Strelsund, the new figure at the head of tho Admiralty staff in Berlin has only just completed his fifty-fourth, year. lie has, therefore, the advantage of Lord Charles Bcresford, who is a type of ■almost ebullient juvenility by comparison with most of the official seniors who have attained to positions of less freedom and greater responsibility. "Admiral Fisher, who has arrived at Whitehall as Second Ben, Lord, is sixty-two, one year younger than. Lord Walter Kerr, the First Sea, Lord. Vice-Admiral Buchscl hais very comprehensive and thorough experience both at sea and in the Marine Department, and his appointment, like everything in connection with tho management of tho Kaiser's fleet, is a matter of interest in this country. THE PACIFIC CABLE. In the House of Representatives last evening Sir Joseph Ward, in reply to Mr J. Allen, made a statement with regard to tho Pacific cable construction. Ho said that tho colony had to bear one-ninth of the cost of construction and one-ninth of the deficiency of revenue which necessarily must occur until the. Pacific cable was completed and in working order. The colony would receive one-ninth of any profits, if profits were made, after the cable was completed, and bear one-ninth of the looses, if losses were made. He proposed to ask the House this session to make provision on the Estimates for the one-ninth, and also ask the Legislature to give the. colony power to tako a share in bifurcaiting the Pacific cable from Fanning Island to Honolulu. By doing this there would bo an alternative route to Ban Francisco as against the long length of Pacific cable from Fanning Island to Vancouver, and wise provision would be made, against, a breakdown on the long Pacific section. This, JTew Zealand would be able to get for about £20,000, and it would bo an excellent thing for the colony. • He felt sure that his proposals were distinctly beneficial to the colony, and that they would be approved by the House.