TOWN AND COUNTRY

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 12933, 29 September 1902, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY

\ V ■ J-* ■■ In a paddock ait Waterton, Ashburton county, on the property of Mr James Jamieson, there are fifteen ewes with forty] five lambs at foot. i In view of the coming elections she Tern’ perance Party in Greymouth is particular!;’ active and hopeful of securing a vote for j * reduction in the number 6f licenses. I Licenses are now being issued by tl Secretary of the Acclimatisation Society if ■ the fishing season, which opens, on Oct. i A large number of licenses has already bei applied for. . Tho following is the return of etoif slaughtered for human consumption durit the month of August at Fairfield abattoir —Cattle 70, quality good; sheep B(j* quality fair; pigs 79, quality very good.j The annual appeal on behalf of the Chuty Mission-Fund was made yesterday in all tp Anglican Churches throughout the diooei. As is usual on this occasion, ‘the clergy echanged pulpits, and their sermons w© mainly directed 1 towards explaining, the ejects of the fund and 'impressing upon tja congregations the need for their suppol. At the city and suburban churches the s£> vices were well attended, and the offertojte y were for the most part satisfactory, .-/■ ■ ’

The rainfall recorded at the Magnetic Observatory for the twenty-four hours preceding nine o’clock on Saturday morning was 0.400 inch.

: It is expected that Sir Joseph Ward, the ' Hon W. Hall-Jones and the Hon T. Y. Duncan will be present, together with the Hon C. H. Mills, at the ceremony in connection with the opening of the Blenheim-Sed-<don railway. The Wesleyan community in Greyraouth is about to erect a new and large church. The Rev H. Trestrail, who has been in Greymouth for six months, has succeeded in raising a good deal of money towards the building. — l ■ On Saturday afternoon Detective Fahey and Acting-Detective. Quirk arrested a young man on a charge of having stolen a bicycle, valued at £l2, the property of the Star Cycle Company. He is alleged to have sold the machine.

The cold weather experienced during the past week has been severe on the young Jambs, and on growths of all kinds, at Wad- ' dington. There is less feed for stock in the paddocks now than there was a month ago, . owing to the frequent severe frosts. A bazaar, under the auspices of the Kaiapoi Fire Brigade, was opened in the Kaiapoi Drill Hall on Saturday, and was well patronised'. There were numerous attractions of the usual kind, and the local brass band! played selections. About £34 was realised.

At the meeting of the Philosophical Institute, on Wednesday evening, Professor JJlunt will give an address on “ Provencal Troubadours,” and a paper will be read by Mr R. Brown on “ Musci of the Calcareous Districts of New Zealand,”, with descriptions of now species. During Thursday night a resident in Madras Street, St Albans, met with an unfortunate loss. He had a number of well-bred Leghorn fowls, and on Friday morning hel found that over twenty of the hems bad beem killed by a dog, which had gained an entrance to the fowlhouse. The dedication festival sendees in connection* with. St Michael’s Church were begun at Evensong yesterday, when the Vicar preached an appropriate sermon and festival music was sung. To-day, being St Michael’s Day, special sendees will be held, including a celebration of the Holy Communion at 7.30 a.m., Matins and a second celebration at 11, and Evensong at 7.30 p.m. At the evening service, the preacher will, be the Rev J. Campbell. Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs Gilmour, the pew leaders of the Salvation Army, had their first meetings in the colony yesterday. The Victoria’Street Barracks was attended by. large numbers of people -throughout the day. Officers were present from Wellington and Dunedin, and, with a large local staff, assisted in the meeting. Meetings have been arranged at all the centres for the new officers. The meetings in Christchurch are to be continued to-night, and special councils with the officers of the Army will be held during to-day and to-morrow.. Commissioner Tunbridge has forwarded to the (jouncil of the Royal Humane Society statutory declarations in regard to an act of bravery by Constable A. Skinner, at Auckland, bn August 21. It is set forth that the constable jumped off the Queen Street wharf at Auckland, and rescued from drowning in harbour a man who had fallen into the water. The constable swam to the man, caught him by the collar of his coat and swam with him to the wharf. A rope was lowered, and the constable succeeded in tying it round the body of the,man, who was pulled up in an unconscious condition. Remedies were applied and the man recovered.

To-morrow night, the first of the Chamber Concerts organised by Messrs Maugham Barnett and F. M. Wallace will be given ini the Canterbury Alexandra Hall. Mr Maugham Barnett will play five bracketed pianoforte solos by Liszt, Schubert and Field, and of his own composition. Mr Wallace will play Ries’s No. 4 Suite in G minor, for violin, Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonato, for piano and violin, and Gade’s Trio, for piano, violin and ’cello. “Novellten” will' also be produced, Mr L. L. Bennington being the ’cellist. Miss Maud Graham will sing “ I Love Thee, Life,” by Liddle, and ‘‘Angels Guard Thee,” by Goddard.,, On Wednesday a matinee will be given.' It is announced that a limited number of seats are open to non-subscribers, and that tick«tsvcan be obtained from the business manager, Mr T. Garrard, at his office in the Canterbury Hall.

At a meeting of the South Canterbury Branch of the Teachers’ Institute, on Saturdays a number of remits from other branches to the Institute Conference ■were considered. The majority dealt with technical mattery relating to the rules. In addition to these, remits were prepared in faVour of Government assistance being given to the establishment of school libraries, and recommending the abolition of the present system of tabulating the results of a teacher’s examinations, as this system practically destroyed the value of the freedom of classification supposed to have been, accorded to the teachers. A proposal in favour of centralising the inspectors was rejected. It was decided to send up again last year’s remit that attend- ■ ances of less than 75 per cent on any half day should not be calculated in reckoning the average attendance. ,Th« Shades Hotel, one of the oldest hostelries in Christchurch, has just undergone quite a'renovation. The back portion of the premises has been replaced with a threestorey building in brick. On the ground floor is a commodious and l lofty diningroom, capable of seating over 100 persons. Close by are comfortable smoking-rooms, lavatories, etc. The double.bar has also! undergone great improvements, and hasbeen re-deoorated. The two upper storeys are devoted principally to double and single bedrooms, and there are also a commercial room and several sitting-rooms. Mr Broadway, the proprietor, entrusted the furnishing to Messrs Strange and Co,, who havei carried) out the work in their very best style. Each of the floors is provided with bathrooms, lavatories, etc., and hot and cold water is laid l on everywhere, while each portion is supplied- with fire- escapes. Mr Broadway celebrated the opening of the new portion of the house on .Saturday with a, champagne luncheon, when “ Success’ to- the Shades ” was drunk. 5 All In quest of the 7 very latest creations for spring and summer wear will find it advantageous to inspect the extensive variety \ in ladies’ and children’s millinery, mantles, boleros, blouses, corsets, and underwear at Beath’s new show rooms ; quite the rage this season. Ladies’ French sailors 3s lid, fis lid, 5s lid, 6s lid; imported hats and toques, perfect pictures, 21s, 27s 6d, 355, 45s ; choice millinery, copies of Parisian novelties, 15s 6d, 17s fid, 21s, 255; girls mushroom hats, 2s fid, 2s lid, 5s fid ; stylish jackets, 15s fid, 21s, 27s fid, 32s fid; new mantles 21s, 29s fid, 425, 635, new white shirts 2s lid, 3s lid, 5s fid, 7s fid, 18s fid to 425. Beath and Co., Limited, Argyle House. 3*3062 Notwithstanding the very unseasonable weather recently experienced. Strange and Company report business with them has been very good since they opened -out their new spring and summer shipments (consisting, by the way, the finest assortment of novelties the firm has ever exhibited, the millinery, mantles, dresses, etc., being quite exceptionally choice). It is also worthy of remark that Strange’s dressmaking and millinery departments are already extremely busy, and ladies -are urged to place their orders as early as possible In' anticipation of the coming races and carnival. 8820 Don’t buy a wedding or engagement ring until you have visited Clarke and Go’s sale, now going on. All goods absolutely onethird less than ordinary jeweller’s prices. Eight-day striking clocks, value 21s, sale price 12s fid. Pirate alarms 6s fid. Gold : bangles, brooches, electro-plate, . etc., equally cheap. Clarks and Co,, 148, CoIfimbo Street*

There will he no practice of the Musical Union to-morrow evening.

A large number of people, principally from Christchurch, visited the fine White Star liner Athenic at Lyttelton yesterday. The Agent-General’s new book, “Social Experiments in Australia and New Zealand,” was to have been published by Mr Grant Richards about the middle of thismonth. The list of cases of infectious diseases in Wellington reported to the Health Department during last week is as follows: Measles 150, scarlet fever 11, diphtheria 3. blood-poisoning 5.

As the sawmillers on the West Coast do not altogether agree among themselves, they intend to hold a, meeting to-day to arrange matters, failing which a “ cut-throat” business may be resorted to. The Chinese residents of Wellington have made another donation of 100 guineas to the funds of the hospital, making their contributions to this institution during the past eleven years nearly £4OO. At a meeting of the South Canterbury Public Schools’ Association, on Saturday, it was reported that the Railway Department could not see its way to run trains at school excursion rates on the King’s Birthday, the date selected for the sports meeting. The Association, therefore, decided to fix another date, and Thursday, Nov. 27, was selected.

The Christchurch Model Yacht dub started a race for a trophy presented by Mr H. Sutherland on Saturday afternoon. Two heats were sailed. In the first heat Mr Miller’s Dove was first, with Mr Mason’s Fleetwing second, and Mr Miller’s Alert third. In the second heat, Fleetwing was first, Alert second and Mr Haydon’s Buttercup third. There were good attendances at the evangelistic meetings in Canterbury Hall at 7.15 a.m. and 7.45 p.m. yesterday. In the evening, a large number of people expressed approval of an effort in the direction of a united mission, and promised their support. A show of hands was taken in regard to the time of meeting in the evening, and 7.45 p.m. was fixed upon as being the most suitable and convenient.

The Rangiora Technical Classes were Opened on Friday evening by the Mayor (Mr J. Carmichael). Addresses were also given by Mr B. Ball and Mr T. Keir. Fourteen pupils attended the class for mechanical drawing, taught by Mr C. Walker, and others are expected to join on Friday. The cookery classes are to start on Wednesday afternoon, under the tuition of Miss Rennie. ,A large number of pupils having given in their names, it will be necessary to hold classes in the afternoon and evening. The results of a shorthand theory examination, held last July, for pupils attending Miss E. E. Digby’s Shorthand and Technical School, have been received. There were fourteen candidates at the examination, all of whom have been successful in obtaining Pitman’s Theory Certificate. The following are the names:—Misses H. A. Searell, S. J. Durey, J. Harris, K. L. Thompson, B. Spencer, V. A. M. Jelfs, L. Taylor, E. L. Dunn, J. McLeod, L. Jowett, and E. Patchett, Messrs A. W. Bishop, G. P. Pritchard and A. J. Wootton: The bazaar in aid of the Debt Extinction Fund of St Peter’s Presbyterian Church was concluded on Saturday night. There was a good attendance at the bazaar, and fair business was done. There was also a good audience iru the Alexandra Hall, where the choir, under the baton of Mr G. Turvey, sang the cantata “jDrusilla,” hi which the soloists were Mrs Rout, Mr West, Mr Russell and Mr Johnson, while the trio was taken by Miss Henderson, Miss F. Offwood and Mrs Bay. The choir was assisted’ by an orchestra. . Miss M. Offwood was organist. The Finance Committee expects to realise £SO as the, result of the bazaar.

The usual monthly meeting of the Scottish Society was held in the rooms, Hereford Street, on Friday evening. There was a good attendance, and Chief Mdcpherson presided. The new rules, prepared by a joint committee of the Lyttelton and Christchurch branches, were adopted. The Chief read a carefully-prepared paper on the history of the Union Jack, illustrated by illuminated diagrams, and an address was delivered by Mr Bowers, the treasurer of the Birmingham Scottish Society, who is on a visit to New Zealand. Mr Miller Fraser was also present, and sang several Scottish ballads to a highly appreciative audience.Votes of thanks to the visitors and the Chief were passed, and'the meeting closed.

Mission services, to be continued over the week, were commenced yesterday in the North Belt Presbyterian Church, by the Rev Thomas Macdonald, of Waipukurau, and were largely attended both morning and evening. Mr Macdonald was a shopmate of the celebrated evangelistic preacher, the Rev John 'McNeil, and their conversion took place about the same time. Yesterday morning, Sir Macdonald’s subject was “Lukewarmness,” his text being Revelation iii, 14—22. In the evening, he preached from the text, “ Come uilto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” The hymns sung were mostly those used during the Torrey-Alex-ander mission, and -during the week a strong choir, specially recruited for the present mission, will be present at the evening services. '

A couple of incidents which have occurred with automatic machines in Christchurch lately go to show that the colonial youth is quite as resourceful as his London compeer. Some little time ago the proprietor of a cigarette machine of this kind placed it at the Christchurch Railway Station; The placing of a sixpence,in a slot was intended! to produce one packet of cigarettes, but upon the proprietor going one day to inspect the machine, he found that all the cigarettes were gone, while the money-chamber contained five sixpenny pieces, the rest of the cigarettes being accounted for 'by pieces of Ipad the size of a. sixpence. Last week the proprietor of an establishment in Sydenham put a similar machine outside his shop. Upon inspecting it a day or two after, he found that the thirty-six packets -of cigarettes were gone, while the total cash taken was only three sixpences. . Determined, it possible, to discover by wbat means the) cigarettes were extracted, the proprietor filled up the magazine again just before dark, and after shutting his shop placed himself in a position where he could see the machine without being himself observed. After waiting a little while a couple of boys came along and were soon busy extracting the cigarettes. They were pounced upon suddenly, and it was found that one of them had a sixpence attached to a string, so that when the coin in its fall had released the mechanism, it could he pulled back again! and used as often as required. The owner has now come to the conclusion -that cigarette machines of this class will' not pay. 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 gfowing, Mrs Smith. Yes,. I was recommended by a friend, wjio 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. W. Strange and Co. are solo agents for Christchurch. Bottles Is. X 2896 World’s best motor bicycle.*, 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 Reading, Hanging and Hand Lamps, and we guarantee to sell cheaper than any other firm in Christchurch. Reading Lamps from 3s 9d, Hand Lamps Is, Chimneys from 3d each, Wicks from Id, Fletcher Bros., Importers of Lamps, Chimneys, etc.. High Street, Christchurch. X 2565

Owing to pressure of business on Saturday night, the Trades and Labour Council had to adjourn its meeting until Wednesday evening, at eight o’clock. Very satisfactory progress is. being made with the arrangements for the Labour Day picnic. NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENTS. Returns show that the total deaths among the ten New Zealand contingents sent to South Africa were 223 officers and men, 59 of whom were killed in action. These figures include those men who died on the way back and after arriving in the colony. ' NAUTICAL EXAMINATION. Mr George Hooper, late second officer of the s.s. Warrimoo', passed his examination last week, before Captain Blaokburne, nt Lyttelton, for a certificate of competency as extra master. Mr Hooper has the honour of being the first officer to pass this higher grade examination in New Zealand, passing direct from first mate to extra master. The candidate was prepared for examination at Devonia Navigation School, Lyttelton: AN INDULGENT FRENCH SKIPPER. Thei following story ( appears in a Hobart paper:—An amusing .incident occurred at Hobart, aboard the French ship Ernest Beyer, the other day, as the vessel was being piloted down thei Derwent by the harbourmaster. Captain McArthur gave the order for the helm to be ported, and the helmsman starboarded instead. The French skipper reproved the man with a clout, and sent him about his business. On being asked his opinion, Captain McArthur told the French skipper that it was a mistake to strike the man. Subsequently, while the harbourmaster was busily engaged in bis duties, the boatswain, who acted as interpreter, came to him and said the captain desired to know what a British master would do in the circumstances. “ Oh, give him a cognac,” replied the harbourmaster, jokingly. To Captain McArthur’s utter amazement, the French skipper took his reply seriously, piped all hands aft, and instantly had bottles! uncorked. The officers, down to the boatswain, were served with champagne, and the remainder of the crew with cognac. The French skipper explained that this was the British method of treating an offending helmsman. The man who had misdirected the helm, after drinking his cognac, took off his hat, and his master shook hands with him, as a symbol of renewed friendship. UNSOUNDNESS IN HORSES. In connection with the annual horse parade, at Blenheim, on Saturday, a lecture was delivered by Mr Reakes, Government Veterinarian, on the subject of hereditary unsound ness in horses. There was a large attendance of fanners. Mr Reakes said that there is far too much hereditary unsoundness in this colony as compared with other colonies, and he strongly approved of the principle of the 'Stud Bill. A resolution was passed apprc&ing the Veterinary Department’s scheme of lectures to farmers now under consideration, and the meeting also adopted a proposal that the veterinary - surgeons now practising in various parts of the colony, without scientific qualifications, but with practical knowledge, should be registered on passing an examination, and that those not able to pass such test should not be allowed to practice professionally. A PEERESS ON VIEW. Something must be done about tire Peerage, says the “Daily News.” It may seem incredible, but it is true, that the fol-| lowing announcement has just appeared in : a Beckenham paper, in a glory of diversified type and subdivided lines which is not reproduced: “In,Aid of the Cottage Hospital. By desire. Lady Raglan will wear her Coronation Robes and Coronet on Wednesday, the 20bh instant, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., when she will be pleased to receive anyone wishing to see them, at Copers Cope House, 3, Southend Road, Beckenham, on presentation of card, for which the sum of threepence will be made, in aid of the above fund. The cards to bo obtained from Miss Sharland, 9a, High Street, Beckenham.” Ini the circumstances, it is as well that Lord Raglan is no longer a member of the Government. If “ noblesse ” does not “ oblige ” nowadays, it is to be hoped that Ministerial rank still does so. “ Let our readers bear in mind,” concludes the “Daily Kews,” “ that this is the day, if they are anxious to see a lady of title in a coronet and robes for what Mr, Tigg called 1 the ridiculously small amount’ of threepence. It may be—we sincerely hope it is—their last opportunity.”