TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13048, 11 February 1903, Page 7

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The following auctioneers’ announcements will be found on page 11 of this issue :—New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, F. C. Tabart and Ingram and Co. There was no- business at the Bangiora Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. It is’ proposed to hold a bazaar at the end of March, in add' of the fund to pay for asphalting the cycle track in the park at Kaiapoi. Bast year, sixty-six applications for old age pensions were heard in the Magistrate’s Court -at Lyttelton, sixty-three of which were granted and three refused. Messrs Conway Matson and Sons sold by . auction at Bangiora yesterday, ten shares in the North -Canterbury Co-operative Stores Co. at £1 2s 6d each, being 2s 6d above par. In the Lyttelton district last year 137 births and 44 deaths were registered. Thirty-eight marriage certificates were granted and three marriages were solemnised' before the Begistrar. ; Mr J. C. Williamson, was so pleased with! ■ the singing of Miss Amy . Murphy at the benefit tendered in Melbourne to Mr Amies Beaumont that he offered the Dunedin so- ' prano, through an engagement with his opera company, which she reluctantly declined. . The first of the progressive euchre parties ' oi the Lyttelton Club for this year was given in the club’s hall on Monday night, and was well attended by members and their . friends. The ladies’ prize was avoir by Mrs ,J. Childs, and that for gentlemen by Mr F. Childs. Refreshments were served, and songs and pianoforte selections were given during the evening. A Wellington telegram states that Sir Joseph Ward has received notice of his reappointment by the Lake County Council to represent that body on the Bluff Harbour Board. The Minister has now enjoyed the unique experience of representing the Council on the southern Harbour Board for 'twenty-four years in succession. Derry’s Private Band will play the following programme in the Sydenham Rotunda this evening -March, “Palmer House ” ; overture, “ Poet and Peasant ” ; Spanish waltz, “Alcazar”; selection, “ Merry-go-round ” ; quadrille, “ Gondoliers”; schottische, ■ “Warker’s Frolic”; march, “Under Freedom’s Flag”; “God Save the King.” Mr T. Humphries, Commissioner of Crown Lands, has informed Sir 11. G. Ell, M.H.R., that to-morrow he will inspect several pieces -of Native bush on Banks Peninsula. Mr Ward, Crown Lands ranger, jrho takes a very warm interest in the preservation of the- bush and of Native birds, Hates that many species of the latter are numerous in the patches of bush on the Peninsula. Arrangements have been completed for the complimentary social gathering which will be given to Mr G. Witty, member for , Biccarton, in the Canterbury Hall tomorrow evening. The Hons W. HaJlJones and W. C. Walker will be present, as well as most of the Canterbury members. Brief addresses will be given, interspersed by musical items, and refreshment will .be supplied. , Tho third half-yearly meeting of the . Kaiapoi Co-operative Butchery was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall at Kaiapoi yesterday. Mr T. Sullivan was in the chair. The report and balance-sheet showed that the company was in a very satisfactory position, tbs turn-over having increased considerably. Mi- G. Clothier was re-elected vice-presi-dent, .nnd'Messrs T. Hervey, G. Smith and T. Power were re-appointed members of tho committee.

' The. North Canterbury Co-operative ‘ Stores Company held an auction sale of “ farm land at its Rangiora salerooms yester- - day. Instructed by Mr and Mrs A. JT. ■ Chapman’s trustees, the company sold 586 acres of the Northwood Estate for £5 10s ; an acre, and 283 acres for £5 15s an acre. Mr T. Burgin was the purchaser of both lots. A farm of 778 acres, ‘in the Oxford • 'Road Board district, offered on account of -‘■•Messrs J. G- A. and C. Ruddenklau, Was . withdrawn at £2 15s an acre.' * ‘ The Magistrate drew attention to a rather ■ Curious legal anomaly at the Magistrate’s ■ Court - yesterday, when dealing with the case of a man who was in arrears with an order for the support of his children in the Burnham Industrial School. ■ The Indus•r trial Schools Act only allows the infliction ‘ of a fine for disobedience of a maintenance - drder, : whereas an order made under the -.-Destitute Persons Act, for the support of \ a..lunatic, can be enforced by a. term of imprisonment. Mr Beetham said that the distinction seemed rather absurd, and it Was difficult to effectively deal with a case of refusal to pay by a mere fine. Special interest was shown in the arrival of the s.s. Delphic in the port of Timaru yesterday. It is the largest vessel iyet, ■ berthed there, and the chairman of the Harbour Beard, and the Mayor of Timaru, with one of two' other prominent citizens, met the steamer, on entering, and welcomed Captain Breen to Timaru. The Delphic , 475 ft long, exceeds by 18ft the Tongariro, the longest vessel previously berthed, and her tonnage is considerably higher. The harbourmaster, Captain Clarkson, favoured by fine weather, brought in and berthed the Delphic with great ease. She was drawing 16ft forward and aft. The Delphic will load at Timaru about 18,000 carcases of mutton and lamb, and a-little wool-

The Ashburton High School Board has decided to permit paying pupils to commence in the middle of the term for half fees.

On Monday afternoon, at a. meeting of tho Ashburton High School Beard, a communication was received from the Minister of Railways, refusing permission for pupils to travel in the van of the 9.30 goods train, owing to the danger to tho children from; shunting.

A deputation from the Presbyterian Assembly waited on tho Congregational Union at Dunedin yesterday morning regarding the union of tho churches, and formally presented a copy of the resolution passed by the Assembly at its meeting in Wellington last is’ ovember.

A Wellington telegram states that tho appeal of the Wellington Firemen’s Industrial Union against the decision of the Registrar in reiusrng to register, that body, on the ground that Seamen’s Unions already exist here which the men could join, has been disallowed by tho Arbitration Court.

When tiro report on the finances was submitted to tiro City Council on Monday evening, Councillor Clarke complimented the Mayor on tho fact that there was a credit balance of £353 15s. He said that it was many years since a credit balance had been reported before. After repeated requests, preferred from time to time for some years past, the Police Department has arranged for a constable to he stationed in the western portion of Timant to give especial attention to the suburban wards. Constable Miller, a married man, has been ordered to take up this duty. The Waimakariri Harbour Board on Monday accepted the tender of Mr T. Lush, at £95, for repairs to the sheds on the, riverside. There were two other tenders. It was decided to let the premises in three lots, and the weighbridge and office separately. Applications will be received up to 7 p.m. on. April 9. A meeting of watchmakers and jewellers was held in tho City Hotel on Monday evening. There was a good attendance, and Mr J. Anderson was voted to the chair. It was decided to alter the date of the picnic to Thursday, Feb. 26, on account of several persons being unable to attend oni the earlier date arranged. Tad Tapu was selected as the site. After the committees had hecn appointed tho meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

At a meeting of the. Ashburton branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union on Saturday, a communication was received from Mr H. D. Patton, of Nelson, on behalf of a number of Nelson farmers, stating that it was intended to forward drafts of sheep to Culverdon for sale, and asking the Union to support the project. The Chairman, Mr G. W. Leadlcy, stated that ho -had made arrangements to finance the business up to £20,000. It was decided to reply to tho Kelson people that the project was a good one, and that the Ashburton branch of the Union would assist them in -every way. Mr J. G. Davis’s gardens at Richmond arc a blaze of colour with carnations justnow. He has made the cultivation of these handsome and sweetly-scented flowers a speciality, and the blooms bear testimony to his success. Two hundred varieties have been raised by him from seedlings. In one garden be has two long beds, running in parallel lines, each bed has fifty varieties, each variety is represented by five plants, and each plant has many blooms. The whole makes a magnificent display, of innumerable shades and oembinatioris of colour, from pure white and yellow to the darkest red. The following is a statement of the Charitable Aid Board’s expenditure for the month of January, 1903:—Institution relief—Ashburton Home, 61 persons relieved at a cost of £127 9s lid; Female Refuge, 32 persons, £45 12s 6d; Memorial Home, 62 persons, £lO5 8s Od ; • Orphanage (maintenance £39 13s 7d, boarded out £26 Is 6d), 32 persons, £55 15.3 Id; Armagh Street Depot, 10 persons, £7 0s 4d, total £351 5s lOd. Outdoor relief—Number Of cases relieved, 320; money allowances, £177 6s 9d); rations, etc., £3Ol 2s 3d; drugs and- medical, £25 5s ; funerals, £4 10s 6d; total, £SOB 4s 6d ; maintenance of 42 children boarded out, £43 6s 6d; maintenance of 45 children at Industrial Schools, £57 11s 3d. The office expenses were £6O 9s 2d, legal costs and members’ travelling expenses £9, and miscellaneous items £2 16s 61. The total number of persons relieved was 1277, and the total expenditure, including special expenditure on the mew Home at Ashburton, £IOSB 14-s.

Sale of Ohinaware.—We have been, requested to draw attention to the extensive sale of chiuawar-e at- Mr Charles Clark’s rooms this day. The sale is unreserved, and commences at eleven o’clock. 8714

Ho got his money’s worth, that is what the name “M’.Carmick” means every time you see a hinder, mower or a reaper working on a farm. X 3208 For remainder of sale period, Black, Beattie and Co., Limited, are making further extensive reductions. the windows and note the bargain prices. Great sacrifice of Housings. Blouse lengths worth Is 6d for 9jrd, 2s 3d for Is 3d, 2s lid for Is Ad, 3s 9d for Is lid; Jap silks, all fashionable colours, per yard Is lid for Is, while Shanghai silk Is lid for Is 6£d, 2s lid for Is lid, Tussore silks Is lid for Is 3d, 2s lid for Is Hid; Novelty dress lengths, rich brocade 49s 6d for 29s lid, 78s 6d for 555, 84s for 57s 6d ; French' coloured robes 39s 6d for 12s lid, at Beath s Sale. See window. X 3178 For repairs to all kinds of bicycles there is no place in Christchurch like Boyd’s Cycle Works, 191, Gloucester Street. class work ait moderate prices. X 3196 For centuries past it has been admitted that a beautiful head of hair is the crowning glory of a woman, and all who admire beautiful glossy hair should call at W. Strange and Co.’s for a bottle of Hendy’s Egg Julep. Its effect on dry and impoverished hair is wonderful. Bottles Is. Try it. Sole manufacturer, A. M. Hendy, Hair Specialist, Christchurch. X 2896 Our cycle repairing capacity is 30 to 60 machines daily. We have the most- complete manufacturing plant in Australasia, therefore can effect the most intricate re-

pairs faithfully and reasonably. Oates, Lowry and Co., ‘f Zsalandia” Cycle Works, Christchurch. X 1571 Simplicity is a desirable feature., Take a complicated piece of machinery and it takes an expert to understand it. If you are; not an expert mechanic, beware 'of a complicated bicycle. Choose the simplest, for it is less apt to get out of order. Massey-Harris bicycles are marvels of simplicity. Major Tavlor rides a Massey. X 3048 s Handsome Wedding and Birthday presents. —Fletcher Bros, have just received a special shipment of useful and ornamental goods. They are making a splendid show in windows; everything marked in plain figures; competition defied. Fletcher Bros., Direct Importers, Lower_ High Street. Christchurch. X 2565 All who wish to make the- most of a s-mall income should visit Boath’s Great Sale of Clothing ami Drapery to-day. to-morrow you may be too late. Don’t delay. Men’s cord trousers 6s lid for 4s lid, suits 25s 6d for 19s 6d, boys’ sailor suits 5s lid for 3s lid, Hussar suits 8s 6d for 5s lid, washing sailor blouses is lid, 2s 6d, 3s 9d, odd tweed knickers Is lid, 2s 6d, 2s lid, 3s lid, suits to measure 70s for 555, 80s for 635, ties 2s for 9d, 2s 6d for Is, soft felt hats 7s 6d for Is lid, L.W. singlets 5s 6d for 3s 3d, ribb wool pants 5s lid for 3s lid at Beath’s Sale to-day. Further re-, ducrions. 30178 We are asked “If these New Century Soft Rubber Hair Curlers are so good, how is it that you have to advertise them?” If we didn't advertise them people might think that we had run out. Freshsupplies byevery mad., X3l4b

Subscriptions are coming in freely for the erection of a Primitive Methodist Church at Staveley, Ashburton County.

Ratepayers in the city of Christchurch are reminded that there will ho an additional charge of 10 per cent levied on all rates unpaid before Saturday next. The Supreme Court will sit at 10.30 this morning, not ten o’clock, as was announced to the jurors. The alteration was made after the jurors had left the Court. Owing to the interest taken, by Major Mair in the resting-place of his comrades of the olden days, the Government has decided to loc'ate the graves of the late Captains Canning, Carr and Hassey, who were killed in fights in tho Wairoa district in. the sixties. Tho remains, when found, will be interred in. the Wairoa Cemetery. As a result of negotiations that have been proceeding for some time, an understanding has been arrived at out of Court, by which 14,000 acres of he Waipaoa block, in tho Waikaremoana district, have been partitioned off. This area includes Lake Waikariiti, one of the beauty-spots of New Zealand. Mr A. L. D. Fraser acted for the Crown in the matter. Letters received in Christchurch • from South Africa state that pork is being supplied to the latter market from Russia, via London; high prices and insufficient supplies in New Zealand have lost this colony a market which promised to bo of great .value to producers. Shipments of pork from Canada are being received in Sydney, and the Australian market, also, threatens to bo lost to New Zealand. The Lyall Mission was continued yesterday, when the Rev ,T. Lyall commenced his afternoon public readings at three o’clock, and there was considerable interest shown in the work. In the evening there was an increased attendance. Tire singing was conducted by Mr Daltry, Mrs Steel singing a solo, and it was much appreciated. The speaker took for his subject the relationship of men to the Holy Spirit, dwelling chiefly on the exhortations of tho apostlo°to grieve not, quench not, and resist not the Holy Spirit, saying that he) believed the greatest sin of which God’s people were guilty was that of grieving the spirit of God, especially- along tho line of neglected prayer, and thus making the. power of the Spirit of non-effect in their own lives. The exhortation to resist nob was applied to those in the audience who were not professing Christians. To-night Mi?s M’Gregor will sing a solo.

The first annual meeting of the Glen more Brick and Tile Manufacturing Company was held in tho Builders’ Association’s rooms, Hereford- Street, last evening. There was a good attendance of -shareholders, and Mr S. Maiming was in the chair. The Chairman, in moving'the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, gave a full account of the principal affairs of the company, and said that he looked- forward 1 to a satisfactory dividend being declared at the end of tho present year. It was decided to pay a , -dividend of 6 per cent. Mi HRobinson, a director, suggested some improvenients in tho present -plants 'and stated* that, although in its infancy, the trade generally had benefited largely by the company, through its having been able to supply, to some extent, the largo requirements of the builders during the past year. The report and balance-sheet were adopted, and the retiring directors, Messrs S. Manning -and W. A. P. Clarkson, were reelected. Mr W. Jameson was re-elected auditor.

THE BOER DELEGATES. The Wellington correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times” telegraphs that it has been decided by the Premier that the delegation of Boer farmers who will arrive from Sydney by the Mokoia to-day, shall be taken- -in band by officials of the Agricultural Department during their travels m this colony. Owing to Departmental business Mr Ritchie will be unable to accompany the visitors to the South Island, but -ariyingements have been made for a responsible official of the Department to perform this duty, and he has been instructed to" facilitate the objects of Their mission in every possible way. After travelling through the Middle Island the visitors will make a tour of the northern districts." Captain Kirkpatrick, of the Imperial Army, is accompanying the delegates on thc.r rounds." An opportunity will also be given them of visiting the wonderlands of each island. A select few whoso pro-Boer utterances dfiring the late war were brought into striking prominence, were desirous of" getting up a demonstration in the delegates’ honour, but a whisper from a certain quarter had the effect of quietly kndcking®this suggestion on t'h'o head.

A SALVATION ARMY PROJECT. An attempt is being made by the Salvation Army at Wellington to establish a Farm Home, where persons of the vagrant class and ex-prisoners can be given_ employment until other work of some kind is obtained by them. Tho Government will probably be approached 1 for a subsidy to enable the Army to purchase the land necessary near- the city. A FAMOUS BARRISTER.

Of the late Mr S. D. Waddy, K.C., Methodist preacher, Non-conformist stalwart and barrister, some good stories are. told. The best-known refers- to an occasion Upon which the late Sir Frank Lockwood had gone, with a number of other counsel, to the chapel where Mr Waddy was to preach, in the hope of disconcerting him by their presence. Mr Waddy took a neat) revenge bv announcing from the pulpit that. Bro Lockwood would lcad_ the congregation in prayer at the conclusion of the first hymn. Instead of those who came to scoff remaining to pray, Bro Lockwood and his associates beat a hurried retreat. Another relates how, when still a youngster, he was pressed by lus father, tire Rev S. D. Waddy, D.D., to take the pulpit in an. emergency at a local Wesleyan service. After his protests had, been over-ruled, the) lad consented. When the service was over the father criticised the sermon severely,' declaring it ill-composed and ill-arranged. “ Yes, so I thought,” exclaimed the lad gleefully, “the time was too short for me. to compose a sennon myself, so I fished! one of your old ones out of a bundle in a drawer and read that.” The best story, however, is told of Mr Waddy’s examination of Tom Emmett, the well-known Yorkshire professional and umpire, in a case at the Leeds assizes, about ten years ago. Emmett gave his answer sotto voce, and-Me Wiiddy said, “ Speak up, Emmett, iu the tone in which you cry over when a man is out.” For this solecism be was tried in, solemn form by the Bar Mess and fined a) dozen of champagne and a box of cigars. SOLDIERS’ TEETH: Much humour was expended over the rejection of Volunteers for the Boer war on account of bad teeth, but the report in the. “ Journal ” of the British Denial Association of the dentistry done in South Africa shows how necessary it is to look a gift soldier in the mouth if ho has a long period of bully beef and hard biscuit before him. The following year’s work of one of the dental surgeons may be taken ais an average) of them all;—Cases seen 1200, plastic fillings inserted 1356, extractions. 2901. The most defective teeth were found among the Militia and Yeomanry of the later levies.

Many of these men were useless as fighting units through dyspepsia from the moment of starting the campaign diet of tough meat and hard biscuit, as their teeth wore hopelessly bad and beyond dental treatment. THE “ CANTERBURY TIMES.” The illustrations in tho current number of tho "Canterbury Times” deal with a variety of subjects, notably —Tho English Cricketers at Creymouth, Tho Salvation Army Officers’ Council, The North Island ■Bowling Tournament, Ashburton Lawn Tennis Tournament, The “Bloodless Surgery,” Cyclone at Ashburton, Christchurch bleat Company’s Picnic, Creymouth Swimming Oltib, and R.M.S. Rimutaka. Tho pictures are all splendidly reproduced, and form a highly interesting selection. In tho reading pages the paper maintains its standard as one of general interest to all classes of the community. The Ladies’ Pages, giving social news and valuable household hints, should bo perused in every homo. Garden notes include two capital articles, one on Chrysanthemums, from tho pen of Mr Edwin Molyneux, in tho English “ Journal of Agriculture,'' and ono on Daffodils, specially written for. tho “ Canterbury Times ” by a writer - whose initals, A.E.L., will bo recognised as those of a loading New Zooland -grower. In the agricultural columns tho subject of the recent outbreak of anthrax is dealt with editorially, and a. valuable article on “ Soil Analysis'” is included. Tho Poultry Pages contain an American article on “ How to Make Hens Pay.” Tho Sporting Pages discuss tlie prospects of tho C.J.C. meeting with the week’s training notes, and also give full particulars of the Mam'brino Ab-dallah-Rickctty trotting - case. Amongst sports and pastimes, cricket this week receives special attention, tho doings of the English cricket team being given duo prominence. In tho Volunteer Pages, under the heading “With Rifle and Corps through the Colony,” a complete record is -riven of tho various shooting matches which have taken place in different parts of the colony. The Band Column contains comments on the result of tho Mastcrt-on Contest. Amongst special articles tho most notable are—“Dr Lorenz, straightencr of children, or the Great Austrian (Surgeon with the soft, strong hand.” “ Morgan and Morganism,” and “ Tho Delhi Durbar.” The pages devoted to fiction include additional stories dealing with “Australian Bush-ranging,” by Ohas. White, and historic tragedies’of London life, by W. W. Hutchings.