TOWN AND COUNTRY

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13947, 2 January 1906, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY

The Mcnowai, from Melbourne and Hobart arrived at the Bluff early yesterday afternoon. Her mails should reach Christchurch this evening. The telegraph authorities received news at 4410 n.m. yesterday from Bealey that the river was in high flood. Heavy rain from the north-west was failing.

Dr Anderson, late Inspector under the North Canterbury Education'Board, will take up his now duties as Assistant Inspector-General of Schools on February 1. A dozen Ralston targets for the Trentham rifle range have arrived in Wellington, and arrangements have been made for their removal to Trentham, where they will be utilised for longrangjo shooting (800, 900 and 1000yds) at the New Zealand championship meeting in March. A telegram from Wellington says:— Recently, a cyclist named Matthew Bahisch reported ko the polio© that while riding between Featnerston and the Upper Hutt ho was stuck up and robbed of money and jewellery. Inquiries by the detectives prove the story to be a hoax.

Nothing definite has yet been arranged regarding bringing the New Zealand footballers home via America and Canada. The executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union separated during the holidays, and there appears to be a doubt whether the Government will defray the whole or a portion of the cost of transit. If the latter, the team will probably return direct. The effects of the potato blight have not been nearly so great in this district as was anticipated (says tile Hawera “ Star ”)• A reliable authority says that the blight is very bad in the Patea and Wanganui districts, particularly the latter. H© has seen the crops about her© looking- better, and anticipates very good results. His only fear is that they are blooming too well—there will bo too much top. Besides the crops in the local gardens, the crops being brought in by the Maoris are satisfying. On St Stephen’s Day (December 26) a dedication festival was held at St Stephens Native Church at Tuahiwi. In the morning Bishop Julius preached to a largo congregation; and was assisted in the service by Mr 0. A. Fraer. After the service lunch was partaken of in the hall; and the afternoon was devoted to sports. Tea followed, and a well furnished Christmas tree was unloaded for the benefit of the little Maoris, who were delighted with their presents. The Rev J. Holland then gave a lantern entertainment, and the proceedings ended with a dance. Yesterday, at an up-country sports meeting in Canterbury the starter was armed with a revolver, which appeared to bo rather suited for the arts of war than those of peace. A by-stander happened to inquire whether the weapon was loaded with blank cartridge, and the starter coolly replied that the charge contained a little ball. While the questioner was retreating, the official explained that the fire-arm would not go off properly if the ball was taken from the cartridge. He had the muzzle pointed at the ground, but the two or three persons “in the know ” did not forget to remain at a respectable distance from him.

A small boy who gave his age as going on for eight, was the object of interest at the Rangiora Station yesterday morning after the arrival of the first train from Christchurch. He was bootless, very much unwashed, in anything but holiday attire, and evidently astray. Questioned by the Sergeant of Police, ho brightly said that he boarded the train at Belfast, and was on his way to London. His father worked in the factory, and his mother told him he was to go to London, and so he wont to the station and got on the train.- The sergeant placed him on a return train in charge of the guard, happy with chocolates and coppers given him by some of those who heard his story. The Melbourne “ Journal of Commerce,” in its last issue, referring to Australia’s recovery, says:—“ln the year 1892 the advances in Australasia exceeded the deposits by over 81 millions, whereas in June last the deposits exceeded the advances by 14J millions. Thus the banking situation in Australasia is about 45J millions better to-day than it was fourteen years ago. , The recovery has been slow and painful, but it has been substantial. The prospects for the coming season are by the most cautions experts said to.be very bright. It is estimated that there are over 65 millions sheep now in the Commonwealth, as compared with about 53J millions in 1902, and that there will be at least eight million more sheep to shear in 1905-6 than in the year which has just closed.

Several days ago a cablegram was received from Sydney stating that, as a result of the increased price of leather, the Boot Manufacturers’ Association, following the lead of the Melbourne Association, had announced that it would raise the price of all boots and shoes from 5 to 15 per cent from January 1. On Saturday a “Post” .reporter asked Mr Robert Hannah, a wellknown. boot manufacturer, if any increase was to be made in the price of boots in Wellington,- and was told that the questiou had not yet'been settled. His firm bad received notice from the different tanners in New Zealand that there is a rise in the price of leather, and manufacturers, he said, must, consider this in order to protect themselves. It was a question that would have to bq gone into carefully, because the manufacturers did not wish to advance the prices of boots and shoes if they could avoid it. His firm was at present taking stock, and until this was over he could not say what the attitude of the firm would be on the question. The Marlborough Agricultural and Pastoral Association, which last week discussed the resignation of Mr Gilruth, Chief Veterinarian, passed the following resolution:—“That this Association regrets to hoar there is a. possibility of losing the services of Mr Gilruth. Recognising as we do the immense value of the work done by this gentleman, and feeling that the work initiated by him and catriad on so successfully is for the best interests of the agricultural and pastoral community, and New Zealand in general, his Ices would be nothing short of disastrous to the farming community; and this Association strongly urges upon the Government the absolute necessity, in the interests of the colony, of retaining his services.” The President of the Association (Mr A. M’Callum) stated six reasons in favour of the motion. First, Mr Gilruth had first discovered the plague bacilli in New Zealand a few years ago, against the then opinions of the health officers of the colony. Second, he was the first to discover an antidote for anthrax, and had taken the matter of stopping; the disease in hand. Third, his great services to dairy farmers in warning them of the risks of contagion in milk. Next, his introduction of the system of public abattoirs for the killing of meat. Fifth, his responsibility for the system whereby all animals afflicted with disease are destroyed. Sixth, his undoubted scrvica to the, pastoral community in the direction of lectures on sheep diseases. Mr Gilruth, was not working for dollars in New Zealand, having, in fact, refused tho second highest position in England, but was, as he had said, going to stick to a work ho had started in the colony. Donaghy’s Gold Medal Binder Twine delivered at nearest station 4id per lb cash. Morrow, Bassett and Co., Christchurch. N 3208 At Black, Beattie’s, great bargains are in evidence. Dainty French Muslin 2s 3d, now Is per yard; Ladies’ Fancy Straw Hats 6s 6d to 10s 6d, for Is each; Coloured Crash Skirts, 10s 6d, for 5b lid each. , 8262 Jewellery Sale. Best Reliable Watches, Gold bluff Chains, Engagement 'Rings, Gold Bangles, Gold Brooches, Wedding and Christmas Presents, all Sold at Great Reduction for one month only. K. Grieshaber, Jewellor, 155, Colombo Streets 53371

The United Bowling, Tennis and Croquet Club has imported a novel machine in the shape of a combined motor lawn mower and cutter. It is worked by one man, who has a seat on it, and drives it over the lawns, which are mown and rolled at the same time. Trout fishing at Rotorua this year continues-prolific of sport. A telegram received from Mr T. M. Wilford, M.H.R., by Mr W. H. T?VWI, of Wellington, records that since the Christmas holidays began, Mr Wilford has caught seventy-eight fish, the largest being 121 b, 111 b and 101 b. Five young men were brought before' the Police Court at Auckland yester, day, charged with offences preceding or connected with the disturbance on Saturday night. Several of them had black eyes. The cases were remanded till next Monday. Bail was allowed in each case. The New Zealand and African Steamship Company, contractors for the steamship service from New Zealand to the West Coast ports of the United Kingdom, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, have given notice to the New Zealand Government that they contemplate exercising the option, provided in their agreement of continuing the service via London. . A very smart turn-out was accomplished by the city fire brigades last night, when an alarm of fire was received shortly before nine o’clock from the corner of Manchester and Cashel Streets. Water was laid on from the adjacent sump, but no fire could bo , discovered. The alarm was given, prob- ' ably as the result of a lurid glare in the sky in the direction of New Brighton. Effect will be given at an early data , to the principal recommendations made some time ago by the New Zealand Police Commission. In each of the four chief centres a senior sergeant will be detailed to take up the office and Courtwork at present performed by the subinspector, so that the latter officer may devote the bulk of his time to the supervision of the sergeants and constables engaged in street duty. A number of additional constables will be appointed to each of the- centres, and it is probable that Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin will also each have another sergeant for street duty. In all probability the status of the inspector in cadi of those cities will ba improved. The Hawera “Star” says:—“Labour is very scarce in the country. Milkers are wanted in almost every locality, and farmers all round are wondering how they are to get in their winter feed in the shape of ensilage and hay. And yet we hear of the unemployed!” The Eketahuna “Express” states that “ local tradesmen declare the business done during the Christmas season has been the best experienced for jseveral years past.” The Waimate (Taranaki) “Witness” says:—-“Farmers are experiencing great difficulty on the plains in securing labour to harvest their hay crops. White labour is practically an impossibility, and most of the work is being done by Maoris. In the shearing sheds, too, the Maoris have taken up the running.” Work at the Moturoa petroleum hors was practically suspended recently - pending the arrival of a packer from America. Operations, however, -yore resumed last week, and on Tuesday Mr Fair found a little pure oil flowing from the bore. Last Wednesday morning the flow was much more and a considerable quantity of oil was found to have accumulated. The oil, according to the Taranaki “ Herald, 11 —. is perfectly free from water, and no gas "is escaping. This indicates that Mr Fair has succeeded in controlling the water. Probably he will lower his five-inch casing about two feet further , into the solid stratum on. which it rests, and then put down the four-inch punip easing, preparatory to pumping. He is more firmly convinced than ever that when once the water is effectually shut off success will be attained. The oil now flowing from the bore is very rich; in fact, Mr Fair says that in all his wide experience, ho has never 'seen anything like it. The difficulties in the way of surveying the back blocks are not often realised by the ordinary reader (says the Opotiki “Guardian”). The, facts recorded from time to time in the newspapers that certain blocks of land have been surveyed for selection seldom conveys any idea of the peculiar difficulties encountered by those engaged in the service. As a rule the published particulars are very dry, but the experience of some of the survey parties are anything but “dry.” During the past winter Mr Mitchell, who has been surveying some of the land to be ballotted for shortly, has had to journey up Wakreka Gorge, a distance of about twenty miles,, and as part of the way into this almost inaccessible country is roadless he has had to swim for it repeatedly when the river has been in flood. But we are glad;to learn from Mr Donaldson, who is in charge of the road contracts in this district, that he has a gang of men now engaged butting a 2ft track into the heart of the country, and this will remove the necessity of fording the rivers, and will offer facilities to, intending settlers to inspect the land to be ballotted for. James Kiely, who was reported in ft recent cable message from Perth aft having been pardoned by his Majesty \ for his share in the Fenian outbreak of 1866, said to an interviewer;—“l was convicted of high treason in 1866, when I was a member of the 53rd Regiment. My regiment was stationed in England, and was sent to Clonmel in 1865. Things were awfully bad in Ireland in • those days, The distress occasioned by the failure of the potato crop was terrible. The soldiers were continually being employed in evicting poor peasants, and no one could help sympathising with the poor people. I was persuaded by some American friends, and got mixed up with one of the Fenian societies. There was a proposal that the armory at Clonmel should be broken into, and a lot of keys were made for that purpose, but they were no good. I was handy at that sort of work, and I undertook, with another man,’ to make picklocks so that the armory and magazine oould be entered, and, 2000 rifles and ammunition taken out and distributed among the members of the Fenian societies. I opened the armory, and went in by myself, but before all 1 the arrangements were completed a detective got to know what was going on, and gave information, and I and several others were arrested. I was sentenced to imprisonment for life, and after spending some years m various English prisons I was, with seventy-two others, sent to Fremantle. Tailoring Extraordinary.—You want a knock-about suit, to see you through the summer and well into the autumn, but you do not want to give too high a figure; well, here is your chance, exactly what you. want at genuine sale prices. "We will make to your measure (during the sale only) one of our second grade suits, cut in the latest style, at the price of an ordinary slop-made, via., 6ps for 55a, 67s 6d for 59s 6d, 75e for 65e. Order early. Death's Sale, now on. 1988 Wo are clearing the deck of Straw Hats just now, when people have use for straw hats. Usual price 3s 6d, special bargain price Is 6d. Black, Beattie and Co. 3262 Christmas and New Year presents, useful and ornamental. Fletcher Bros, have just landed vases from 6d to 8s 6d each. Jugs 6d, tumblers and tray os . 9d, 6s 9d, 9s 6d. Moustache cups and saucers from Is. Shaving mugs from la 3d. Tea sets from 7s 9d. Dinner eet« from 16s 9d. Reduced Prices. Sea windows. Fletcher Bros., Crockery Merchants, Lower High

'A meeting of persons interested ui holding a regatta and aquatic sports at Kaiapoi will be held at the Borough Council Chambers at eight o’clock tomorrow evening. -

A Magisterial inquiry Ante the circumstances of the Xapanui—Claymore collison at Auckland, will be held at Auckland on January 9. The assessors will be Captain ,G. Smith, shipping master at Wellington, and Captain M’Arthur, one-of the owners of the Torganteu, formerly a master in the Union Company’s service. During the past fortnight no fewer than twenty-sis bottle-nosed whales have been washed ashore in the vicinity of Shag Point. Mr M’Kenzie, of Bushy Park, informs the “ Palmerston Times ” that there are twenty-two piled up on the beach in a small bay about a mile south of the estuary of the Shag. Two were washed ashore at Shag Point, and two others are lying on the Moeraki beach. The whales vary from 18ft to 25ft in length.

The -Welch family, which , is wellknown throughout the Wellington province, and has many connections in the Wairarapa district, holds a unique position in cricket ■ matters. For years past the family has put a full team of cricketers in the field, and so far holds an unbeaten record. The latest match in which the family took part was played on Boxing Day, against Pahiatua. The Welch Family scored 99, and Pahiatua 36 and 29, the family thus winning by an innings and .31 runs. The steamer Rosamond, which arrived at Napier yesterday, reports having {licked up- off Cape Palliser, an oi! aunch, the Napoli, • having on ‘board four Italian fishermen, the captain e name being Maklo Meo. The launch’s machinery had broken down, and she was drifting to sea in a sinking condition when the Rosamond took the men on board. The launch was taken in tow by the steamer, but during the night she broke away,'and has probably gone down. The fishermen are all married Inen, and belong to Wellington. During-the early hours of yesterday morning the north-west gale .caused considerable perturbation in Lyttelton. Several fences wore blown down, and other minor damages ocasioned on chore. The masters of vessels in the harbour had an anxious time looking to moorings and rigging and, a few small accidents were reported. The hulk Blackwall, lying at No. 4 Jetty, broke away • from her head moorings, swung round, and was only restored to her berth with some difficulty. One of the lines of th© s.s. Matatua parted, and a few similar casualties occurred , elsewhere. A novelty in swimming sports was introduced into the programme of events at the Lyttelton Regatta yesterday. It was a twenty-five yards balloon race, in which the competitors, starting from the level of water, had to blow very email balloons to .the winning poet. Handling was forbidden, and the small elusive spheroids proved most troublesome. Those ■ who used too great a volume of wind found their flighty Charges soaring heavenward, or any--where but in the right direction, and much amusement was provided for,.the spectators before the first swimmer succeeded in wafting his encumberance to the goal of victory. We are giving the best value in bicycles ever offered in Christchurch. , Prices from £ll to £ls 15s. Genuine English-built B.S.A. Bicycles £l2 Kte. Repairs, unequalled in quality, at moderate prices. Boyd and Son, 191( Gloucester Street, Christchurch.* 1988 While Wishing all a prosperous new year Messrs Graham, Wilson and SmelTie point the way to prosperity in their advertisement of to-day. 3562 If you have the faintest suspicion that your ©yes are not just right, if they bother,, you in any way, it’s best to have them examined at once. Do .not. go to the average optician or spectacle seller, for he is unable to distinguish between optical defects and diseases, but consult John R. Proctor, 180, High Street, Christchurch, who , will give you a thorough examination free of charge. ‘ X 2681 Household Requisites. Fletoher Bros, have a good assortment of bath., backets, saucepans, kettles, fry-pams, brooms and brushes. W. and G. cups ' and saucers from 5s lOd, plates from 2s, meat dishes from Is, big dishes 2a Si, toilet sets from 8s 9d, lamps, cutlery, glassware, etc. See windows. Fletcher Bros., Crockery and Glassware Merchants, Lower High Street. 1988 HIRED POLICEMEN. It is not generally known that in London policemen can be hired, and the London Corporation, who have their own force, receive over £BOOO a year ■ from this source. The charge for each policeman so leaned is £135 a year, with extras for overtime, and the rata is the earn© if you take a quantity. Thus £BIO is paid for six policemen at Smithfield market, and the same for a like number at Billingsgate. Rothschilds take three, the Bank of England and the Stock Exchange two each. Most institutions and firms, however, content themselves with one special policeman, among them being the General Post Office. AN HABITLAL~CRIMINAL. George Evans, a young.man, is the first man in Australia to be declared an - habitual criminal under the recentlypassed Habitual Criminals Act. He began his criminal career in Victoria, ’n which State he served several sentences. S'nee crossing over to New South Wales he has had five sentences recorded against him for housebreaking and vagrancy. Judge Rogers, in passing sentence of five years’ hard labour, declared Evans to be an habitual criminal, which means that after serving hie timein gaol he will not be released, but wil 1 be transferred to some establishment where he will be detained till the authorities are satified it will not be dangerous to society to once more set him at liberty. THE ROMANCE OF AN ARCHDUKE After holding the rank of general in the Austrian Army and being known as a good strategist, the ex-Archduke Leopold, who gave up his position in Austria to marry a pretty actress, Mdlle. 1 Adamovitoh, and become a Swiss citizen, has just completed his recruit’s service as an ordinary soldier. Leopold Wolfliug, as the Archduke is now known, was initiated with some. forty peasants and tradesmen in the myster- . les of the ■“ goose ” step. He also helped to clean the furniture and floor of the barrack-room, and took his turn in th© kitchen with the rest of the soldiers. . One day he went out 'for a short stroll, after putting his things in order, and returned to barracks a few minutes before the officer made his rounds. “ What is this?” inquired the officer; “no buttons on your coat, and pieces out.” The surprised ex-Arch-duke stated that the ooat was all right ‘ a little; before. It transpired that Herr Wolfling’s comrades had taken tho buttons and cut pieces from the coat as •ouvenira. ■ THE DECAY oFsELF-CONTROL. . In an article in the “ Monthly Review” for November on the “Decay cf Self-control,” Mr Basil Tozer asserts that “there can be no doubt—and this opinion is shared by the majority of our- leading judges, scholars, statesmen '■and divines—that at the present time, not only in England, but also in certain other European countries, tho ambition of a very large section of the community is to gratify its every appetite, satisfy its every whim, and obtain pleasure, and as much' of it as possible, at any price, and irrespective of all else. In order to do this, restraint of every sort must, of course, be set aside. The warnings of philosophers, of the Press, of religion, ot physicians, must be disreeardcd.N The whole system of Christian-

ity in particular must, of course, be forced into the background, and in its place an imago must be set up that is already being worshipped by very many thousands of our countrymen, and by a proportion of other civilised races—the idol, Pleasure. Indeed, the determination to indulge seif-gratification of every kind so far as ever it can ho indulged our leading thinkers are agreed in pronouncing to be now little short of a vice that threatens to take England by storm.”

THE SUN AND ITS PROBLEMS. In a lecture on “ The Sun ” delivered to the Bishopgate Institute, Sir R. Ball said there was arCund the sun a. corona of pearly light, and it was one of tho great enigmas of nature —what is the corona ? During the last eclipse of the sun an agreement by co-opera-tion on the part of astronomers to discover whether the oorena changed in size had been frustrated by bad weather in Labrador. But the opportunity would recur. How was the sun’s heat kept up. All the coal on the earth would not supply the sun’s heat for onetenth of a second. But- the sun was shrinking. Its particles developed neat by falling together. In this way they could account for tho sun’s heat through 24,000,000 years. But tne geologist said —“ What’s the good of 24,000,000 years to me? My phenomena want hundreds of millions.” To which the physicist had retorted —‘ I non von must hurry,up your phenomena. But the discovery of radium had put .an end to the deadlock. There were materials in the world, of which radium was one, which were continually sending forth corpuscles with tremendous velocity, it tli a TG wgt© in the sun as much raclmni sav, 1-300,00 th part of the mm—• then, instead of 24,000,000 years, they had at once 1,000,000,000 yearn available for the life of the sun. That was probably the explanation, and thus the discovery of radium had brought about the re■jnoval of ono of the greatest difficulties that had ever troubled science.

INDESTRUCTIBLE TEAK. Teak grows only in India and Burmah, and in old palaces and temples it has held indestructible plaoe for many generations. From the colour or sandal-wood it changes with ago to y. alnut brown. Big nnpainted bungalows standing upon pillars of tho_ wood, sided with it, roofed wit., it, latticed with it, defy heat and rain, and grow rich upon their poverty of oil and varnisn. \ines enwrap them, flowers . garnish them, years add moss and lichen, J>nt nothing destroys save flame. Railway carnages wheels’, spikes for laying rails, pegs for bolts, implements of all sorts are made of teak. No one save a shipwright guesses how many parts of a ship are built from this muscle of Nature. The Burmese wood-carver knows his art is almost hewn in stone, when ho ooaxes leaf and flower, sacred cow and festival cart grotesque sprites and elves, gods and Buddhas, out of rugged trunks. The little prow of the sampan (native boat), shaped like a wish bone, the plinths of stronger pillars, the embellishment of the temples, the playthings of the children —all -these are carved from the indestructible teak.

THE PITCAIRN ISLANDERS. The German ship, Alsterthal, which arrived at Geelong on December 19, from Iqniqne, South America, reported that on October 21 she came within view of Pitcairn Island, and a boat carrying fourteen men and two women put off to meet her. At th© time when the islanders’ boat came alongside, mo Alsterthal was about four miles off the shore, and there was very little wind. Th© chief magistrate of. the island was ono of the party, and the first question he asked concerned the progress of the Russo-Japanese Mar. The captain or the Alsterthal was surprised that the little community in the remote island should have known anything at all tu tho war. He was told that news was conveyed by passing ships, but three months had elapsed without any vessel having been seen. The islanders were a healthy-looking lot of people, but they seemed to be badly in need ot clothes, and Captain Hellmich, the master of tlie Alstertlialj gav© tliem all the old clothes that he could spare. He also supplied them with nails, matches (of which there were none on the island), soap, flour, biscuits and tinned meats. In return, the islanders placed bn board the ship enough fruit to last tho officers and crew for ten days. ,

“ FAKED ” BUTTER. IN LONDON.* When the extensive importation into England of “ faked ” Dutch butter came under discussion about eight months ago, authorities in the trad© said that the process of adulteration was so clever that it could not be proved by analysis, and therefore could not bo prevented under existing laws. It was generally understood that vegetable oils were being added to the butter, but in what proportion no one ventured to estimate at the time. Cases recently heard under the Food and Drugs Act show-, however, that the Dutch, manipulators are not quite as skilful as they had appeared to be. One consignment of 33 cwt cf their product, imported from Rotterdam, and labelled “ Guaranteed Pure Creamery Butter,” was found by an exhaustive system of analysis to contain 19 per cent of foreign fat, or “ neutral blending,” a substance barely distinguishable from pure butter. The invoiced twice of the consignment was from 94s to 965, per cwt, whereas thp current market price for pure Dutch butter was 105 s to 114 e per cwt. Mr Frank Nicholls, a Tcoley Street broker, was held responsible for tho importation of the adulterated stuff, and fined £2O, with £lO 10s costs. The defence was that ho acted only in the capacity of an agent, his sole function being to collect the price or the goods from a firm of consignees. In another case of the same character, a Spitalfields butter merchant was fined £5, with £5 os costs. His consignment was stated to contain 18 per cent of foreign fat. The defendant urged that he had taken all reasonable care to avoid an offence again&t the Act by obtaining a warranty from tho exporters that the consignment was pure Dutch creamery butter. ■ The magistrate rejected tho plea, remarking that the English traders should, in combination, take steps to see that the goods sent to them were of tho quality described. The prosecuting solicitor for the Board of Trad© said the importers could easily protect themselves by accepting only such butter as bore the Dutch Government stamp. GRAND SWIFT ROAD RACE. It is expected that the Grand Swift Road Race, to be run on May sth, 1906, will be a most interesting cycle event. The prizes offered are very liberal, being £63 in all. Plenty of time is given to the scorcher to train and get ready for th© great event, the distance of which will bo about 40 miles. Road racing cyclists are invited to inspect the 1906 models of the Royal Swift Road Racer, which have just come to hand, and which we can fit up to order with short heads, any gear, any shane handle bars, Westwood rims, any tyres, etc. Price £2O. Easy terms arranged. Second-hand bicycles taken in part payment. Inspection cordially invited. Adams Star Cycle Co., 138140, High Street, and 198, Colombo Street, Christchurch. 12