TOWN AND COUNTRY

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 14202, 26 October 1906, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY

The new dredge ordered by the Timaru Harbour Board left Colombo on September 24, and is due at Melbourne in a few days. . The second express from the south yesterday was delayed about half an hour by a’ heated axle-box, and ar-. rived at Christchurch twenty minutes late. It is expected that H.M.S. Challenger will arrive at Lyttelton from Auckland to-morrow, and that H.M.S. Pyramus, from Sydney, will arrive here on Tuesday. “Suburban ratepayers should unite into associations,” said Councillor Orchard wit the Richmond meeting last night,, “ for the purpose of educating the people not to vote against leans for necessary and important works, such as a high-pressure water supply, for oven a City Council could not build bricks without straw.” “A revolution is wanted,” said Councillor Orchard last night, “ in the way of naming streets and numbering houses in all parts of the city.,. Many streets have no name plates at all, and there are thousands of houses not numbered in any way, a source of continual trouble to postmen and tradesmen of all descriptions.”

The Christchurch Liedertafel will hold a gemischter abend on Tuesday, Novernbei 6. The Telegraph Department was advised from the Bealsy at 10 a.m. yesterday that the river showed three feet above normal, and was falling slowly. “If using old nails is the newest and most up-to-date ’ system of road-mak-ing,” said Mr Flesher at last night’s meeting at Richmond, “ I think I would rather have 1 the old style.” Speaking in regard to prohibition orders yesterday, Mr Bishop said that it was wonderful how many prohibited persons, charged with drunkenness, appeared before the Court. The orders were held in contempt, and seemed to have little eSeot. The telegrams received at the Tourist Office yesterday reported that the Ashley, Wainrakariii, Selwyn, . Opihi and Waitaki rivers were in good order for fishing, the Rakaia slightly discoloured, the north branch of the Ashburton discoloured and the south branch of the Ashburton and the Rangitata dirty. At Auckland on Wednesday, a news runner named Thomas Charles Edwards was set upon and severely maltreated in the city on his way home. , He had collected his newsboys’ takings, and .when reaching a dark part of the road he was seized by the throat and knocked senseless. His assailants were evidently alarmed, as, though Edwards carried several poujide, no money was taken from him. The “Taranaki Herald” saysMr Dan Power has had.' entrusted to him, to clean and repair, an old Enfield rifle which was found in a swamp in the Nelson district. It bears the stamp of the Tower of London, dated 1862, and on the butt is the inscription B over N.Z., 778. On the stock is decipherable in large letters the name Wapeka. ’ Probably the rifle has been lying in the swamp for nearly for uy yeans, but it is in a capital state of preservation, and Mr Power has succeeded in restoring it to something like parade state. At the Riverton Court on Wednesday, William Noel and Alexander Brennan Were charged with trespassing on the Riverton Racecourse, in. April last. The evidence of the prosecution was to the effect that they had refused to leave when warned a second, time, and the defence was that they only received one warning, and then ceased taking bets. The legal point was raised whether the necessary authority was possessed by the secretary of the club to prosecute, and Mr M’Carthy, S.M., reserved his decision. 1 The proposed one-day service from Hokitika to Christchurch, which will open on Monday, is being welcomed with much satisfaction in Hokitika. It, is understood that some movement is being made to prevent the reaching Hokitika and Reefton, and instead stopping at Greymouth. This is strongly resented locally, and the heads of the local bodies are making representations to the Government on the matter to adhere to the original decision, and carry the service' through to Reefton, Greymouth and Hokitika in oho day. ' ■ ( The cable messages of were not all in perfect condition, and the omission of two lines "made a piece of Imperial politics news run into another regarding the Russian situation. Under the Russian heading a St Petersburg message ran—“ A number of advanced Radicals were arrested hovering around Peterhof.” Yesterday the hiatus was supplied, and' the paragraphs intended to be sent were: “London, October 24. Government has yielded to the pressure of the advanced Radicals in the matter of the Education Bill,” and “St Petersburg October 24. Several men armed with revolvers have been arrested hovering around Peterhof.”

Under the new railway by-law, whicli will begin to operate on Monday, a charge of 2d will be made for admission'to the platform of the Christchurch railway station, except in the case of .passengers arriving or leaving by train. Under existing arrangements people who wish to post letters on guards’ vans, will have to pay for* admiseion to the platform, but Mr S. F. Whitcombe, traffic manager, informed a reporter yesterday that other arrangements might he posable. In Invercargill the pcstal authorities had had a box for late fee letters placed at the entrance to the station. It was cleared by a porter one minute before the train started which was to convey the letters. If the pcstal authorities desired to erect a box at the Christchurch station they would obtain permission to do ee, and he had no doubt that arrangenfents could be made for having it cleared by a porter. One minute before a train left should be late enough for posting letters, and the railway people would be glad if the system of posting on trains was done away .with. The officials were put to considerable trouble very often by people who would run after moving trains to do their posting. If a box were erected at the doorway on the east side ofi the hooking'office it would be near the guard’s van of. leaving trains, and thus easily cleared. 1 The Diocesan Synod wias placed in a very troublesome position last evening by what were described by Bishop Julius as the absurd canons of the General Synod, under which,.the election of Standing Committees is regulated. ‘ The canons provide that the members must receive a majority of the votes of both clergy and laity present. The Synod proceeded in the afternoon to the election of a\ Standing Committee, and at 7.30 p.m. it was reported that of the eleven clergy nominated seven were elected and none of the remaining four had obtained the necessary majority. A ballot for the election of one of the four was taken, and was indecisive. The process was repeated twice more without result, and then the laity exercised their privilege of retiring, to a separate room to consult. The fifth ballot was taken after their return, but again there was no election, for two of the candidates received no votes, third 15 clergy and 29 laity votes’ and the other 31 clergy and 2 laity votes. Then the clergy retired to consider the position, and after a short interval sent an emissary to the laity to arrange a conference. Meantime it was agreed, that the Synod should continue the session beyond the hour of adjournment, ten o’clock, in order to complete the election. A 'sixth ballot was taken, and the only alteration was a decrease in the total number of votes recorded, neither of the candidates securing a majority. The election was then adjourned until the following day. With the opening of the Great Exhibition clcse at hand, and “ Carnival Week” all but here, the circular issued by Strange and Co. with this morning’s “Lyttelton Times’ cannot fail to command attention. It is descriptive of a large lot of extraordinary attractions which will ■ be on sale at Strange’s to-day and following . days. Strange’s anticipate a tremendously busy time to-day, to-morrow and all next week. 7343 We are giving the best value in bicycles ever offered in Christchurch. Prices from £ll to £ls 15s. Genuine lingiish-built B.S.A. Bicycles £l2 10s. llepairs. unequalled in quality, at moderate prices. Boyd and Son, 191, Gloucester Street, Christchurch. 198? Nimmo and Blair’s Vegetable Seeds, 3d packets. i'oas, Beans, Radish, Leea, etc. Flower Seeds Id pacKet, iUU varieties. Free catalogues. Also stock, Parrot and Canary Seed, (ia bags. Seed Potatoes. Fletcher * Bros. Lower High Street, 1

Tli© final rehearsal of the Adelphie Dramatic Club was held last ; evening, and everything passed off in ’a satisfactory manner. t An indignant speaker at the Richmond meeting of ratepayers last eyening declared that the only _ way to keep the Stanmore Road dry in winter time was to get a windmill to pump out the water.

At a meeting of the office-bearers of ■ ■ j the Woodend Methodist Church, held I on Tuesday evening, it was decided_ to take stops to erect a new church building. A subscription list was opened and a substantial amount was promised in the room. The suspension, bridge across the Tutaekuri at Puketapu was opened on Wednesday by Mr Chambers, chairman of the County Council. The structure, which has been erected by the Government and subsidised by the County Council, is the largest of its kind in the North Island, the span, being 424 ft. The bridge is adapted for light traffic, and will prove extremely useful to the settlers. , Two ocean steamers which have left Wellington for London both took shipments of new season’s butter for the Home market. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Tongariro parried 21,647 boxes, and the New Zealand and Afrioa'n steamer Banffshire 5767 boxes. The Tongariro’s consignment is made up as follows Auckland 7312 boxes, * Taranaki 5509, Patea 4216, Wellington. 3359 and Lyttelton 1251. The Banffshire’s total is made up as .under;, — Taranaki 2051, Auckland 604, Patea 345 and Lyttelton 500. The Tongariro has also a. shipment of 2172 owes of . cheese. af The Wellington Coroner ,_ at the ro • quest .of the police, has decided to'hold an inquiry into the recent disastrous fire. The inquiry will commence next Tuesday afternoon. The Chamber of Commerce resolved to urge upon the City Council flL.To', hoM an exhaustive inquiry as..to the Steps that were taken for the suppression of the ” fire, and generally the adequacy ,or otherwise of the Fire Brigade staff and equipment; (2) To arrange so that'in all oases of; fire outbreak in the principal business streets or central thoroughfares within reach of the.,water front, a steam engine should be taken out at the time of the first alarm so ' as to be available for immediate use ill case of need. ' " , - : A telegram from Dunedin states that the annual meeting .of the D.I.C. was , held yesterday. ' The directors’ report recommended pay- - ment of a dividend to preference and ordinary shareholders of 6 per cent, and a bonus of 2i per cent on the purchasers of holders of ordinary , shares. Mr Hart,-who presided’ paid a tribute of respect to the late Mr B. Hallenstein, founder of the D.I.C. Speaking of the outlook, he, said it was most encouraging as far as the agricultural and producing interests were concerned, and- while that continued it seemed , almost impossible for the country to b© anything but prosperous. There might be a little danger ahead through over-buildipg, in the larger towns, and the rather wild speculation reported as taking place in. suburban lands in the North Island. This might lead, as it did in Dunedin some yeSrs ago, to heavy locking up ' of capital, and wherever that happened a ■ slump was almost sure to follow. With the exception of this small cloud' oh the horizon, matters commercial look- ‘ ed bright. The report and balancesheet were adopted, and Messrs Hart and Do Beer were re-elected directors. Mr W.. T. Appleton, managing director of Messrs Huddart, ■ Parker and Co., who is now in London, has just ordered a handsome twin-screw passenger steamer from Messrs Gourlay Bros and Go., of Dundee, for his company, for, the trade. The vessel, built of ,steel, under special survey to Lloyd’s highest class, - will be of the shelter deck type, 414 ft long and 52ft broad; with four complete decks, midship promenade deck, having boat deck above, after promenade deck, deckhouses and full forecastle'. The vesselwill b© of the most modern, design, subdivided, with due regard to the coni* venient handling of cargo, and the safety and comfort of passengers. Up-to-date cabins will be .provided for about 420 passengers, witli music and smok-ing-rooms for first and second classes,' and comfortable quarters for officers and crew. Steam steering gear, steam winches, steam windlass, etc., will be fitted, as well as refrigerating machines and cold chambers for' provisions'; double dynamos, with electric light throughout, and every modern device for the comfort and safety of the travelling public. The vessel will oaiky about 4700 tons dead weight on a moderate draft, and steam about 16 knots per hour. - The propelling machine will be of the triple expansion type, and the vessel, when completed, will, it is hoped, prove a marked advance even, upon the, splendid vessels already built ’ by Messrs Gourlay . Bros and other firms for Messrs Huddart, Parker and Co. ■ The go-as-you-please race from Lyttelton to Governor’s Bay and back was run yesterday afternoon, under the not very favourable conditions of bright sunshine and a nor’-wester. Forty-sis competitors entered, and _ the limit handicap awarded was 20min. Seventeen of the forty-six started, the scratch man not being among them. Mr C. Ivlazey officiated as starter and timekeeper, and got the men, . away with due. punctuality, the announced time for beginning the race being 2.30 p,m. Mr .J. T. Brice acted in the capacity: of judge. The race aroused much interest in Lyttelton, and a considerable crowd gathered oh Norwich Quay to witness it, the starting and finishing place being .immediately in front of the Post Office. E. O’Neill 15min came in first, his running time being Ihr 27min 55sec. IV. Fox Ilmin and E. Rafter Ilmin tied for second place in Ihr 24min 12sec. They took the special prize for fastest time. T. Knowles 15min finished next, and wo» the prize, value 10s, for the competitor finishing among the first twelve. H. Gardhior 6uun ; who finished sixth; in Ihr SOmin 3sec, gained; Mr G. C. Smith’s trophy for the oldest competitor among the first ; twelve finishing. The prizes were trophies value £5 for the first, £2 for the second and 10s for the third. In order to pass the time between the deparr ture and return of the competitors, in. the race, a minor event, in the form of a 300yds handicap race, was arrang-; ed; the competitors starting in front of the Bank of New Zealand and finis!*-. ing opposite the Post Office. There were a dozen starters, and the race was won by J. Worgan, from scratch, with 0. Olliver 10yds second. The prize was a pipe presented by Mr-C. H. Agar. Just to hand, New Goods at a very low figure, gold and silver watches.muff chains, necklets, curb bangles, aaa all other classes of goods. K. Grieshaber. Jeweller. 155, Colombo Street. X 3371 This may concern you; if not, you ;.iiß tell your friends that B. Petersen and Co., watchmakers, of High Street, Cava just received their new shipment; o 1 working-men’s _ watches, which for durability, reliability and value cannot be excelled. 'The “Eclipse,” nickelcase,' 20s; the “Marvel,'l oxidised screwed case, 2os; the “ Canterbury,” silver ease, with patent dust-proof cap, 40s. Posted free to any address on receipt of post office order. 1988 "Wedding and Birthday. Presents.— Suitable Water Sets Jug, 6 Tumblers and Tray, from 6s 9d to 9s 6d; Wine Sets 7s 9d; other glassware, Butters, Sugars, etc., equally cheap at Fletcher Bros., Direct Importers* Lower High Streafa. 8

The Collector of Customs at Dunedin hold a preliminary inquiry yesterday into the fire on the Tarawera. The inquiry was not open. An official announcement ik made of the opening of the Midland railway line to Broken River-on October 29, with the timetable for the line. Twenty members of the Permanent Artillery from Wellington and ten from Dunedin have been detailed to assist the police at the Christchurch Exhibition. The steamer Maori, which arrived at Dunedin from London yesterday, brought a shipment of short-eared owls for tire Otago Acclimatisation Society. Thirty-one were put on board and twenty-eight survive. The Minister of Agriculture has announced that as soon as opportunity offers the matter of seeing whether the present restriction imposed upon the importation of grapes from South Australia should be removed will bo dealt with. South Australia is said i to be free from phylloxera. At a well-attended meeting of the ! Independent Political and Labour League at Dunedin, the opinion was expressed that labour will have to pay dearly for- the Exhibition, as, with the number of Bills brought forward affecting labour, it will now bo some time before the workers have a chance of telling whether .the present Government is sincere or otherwise. The Sydenham Bowling Club spent a very pleasant smoke,.concert in the pdviliou last evening, to mark the opeiripg of the season. Mr E. G. ' Chegwin (president) presided over a ; large attendance of members and-: visitxng clubmen. Songs and musical items wqre given by members and visitors, and a toast list was gone through, including “The Visitors,” “The Association,” “ the North Canterbury Centreand “The Sydenham Club.” A social-gathering of the Rangiora Methodist Held on Wednesday evening was largely attended. The Rev J. T. Pinfold presided. Vocal solos were contributed by Mrs Orerawelli -Mrs J. T. Withers, Mieses Wilson, Harvey, Thompson, and Suther- ■ land, and recitations and readings by Misses Barrett and Graham, Mr -T. R. Grets well and the chairman. ■ Refresh- ■ meats served by the ladies’of the congregation brought ia pleasant' meeting to a close. The total cost of the Stoke Bridge over the Gust River, recently opened by the Minister of Public Works, was £899 9s. A grant of £4OO was made by the Government, and the remainder is to be paid by-the local bodies interested in the bridge in the following proportions:—Mandeville and Rangiora Road Boards £lB7 6s, Cust Road Board £124 17s 3d, Rangiora Borough £B2 8s Bd, West Eyre ton Board £54 18s 9d, Oxford £44 19s, and Eyreton £24,. 19s 4’d. Regulations ; covering the loading and stowage “of ballast are included in an Order-in-Council gazetted. These provide ’ When the ballast of ■ a British ship is oompesed wholly or partly of shingle or sand it shall be properly levelled down and the shifting boards shall be at least three feet higher than ~jthe ballast, and shall be flush with U; ohe another. (2) Any , person committing a breach of the regulation shall Reliable to a fine not exceeding £SO. The"' question of gambling is to be brought before the Diocesan Synod on Monday by Archdeacon l Scott. He haw given notice to : move—“ That this .Synod, recognising the widespread and serious evils of gambling in the colony, urges upon all members of the Church the duty of resisting the same, and while heartily supporting the Government in its endeavour to check the evil" by more drastic legislation, it deplores the fact that the country should continue , to derive revenue out of a vice of the people.” ■ The Committee of the Rangiora Athletic Association met on Wednesday evening, Mr D. M’Gill being in the chair. It was decided to join the New Zealand Athletic Union. Four new * members were elected. The programme for the Now Year’s Day sports, drawn - up by the sub-committeo, was adopted, consisting of five cash cycling events, six amateur and five cash pedestrian races-, and sixteen miscellaneous events. All cash cycling races were cut out. The .sum of £6 was vipt-ed for children’s sports. A deputation was appointed to wait on the Borough Council to pro- , pose the laying down of a cycling track in Maria Andrew Park at an estimated cost, including fencing, of £390. A meeting will be held this evening ia the schoolroom, Leinster Road, St Albans, to urge that the- Tramway Board should alter the present route for the extension of the system westward into the Fendalton district. Mr A. Appleby, the convenor of the rneet- . ing, when seen by a reporter yesterday, said that he, like other ratepayers, gave the Board -every credit for the good- work it was doing, but it was thought that it would be courting disaster to construct a line along the Fendalton coach road route. The district that such a line would serve was not a populous one,, and never would \ be. The suggested new route was along Carlton Road, Regent Street, which was 45ft wide, and the new street, a’chain wide,, to Merivale Lane. Owing to the subdivision of the Merivale Estate, Merivale Lane and Boundary Road, to Office Road, had been opened out to . three-quarter -chain roads.. If the line was carried west, along Merivale Lane, past Mr A. E. G; Rhodes’s property, to Boundary Road, it would well serve all the properties , between that point and the river, and also thq residents of Holmwood Road, while half the*' residents of Wairarapa Terrace would he brought, within'a very short distance of the new line now suggested. There was also the new suburb of Wroxton, which was being rapidly built upon. Tlie - line could be continued up to Leinster Ro-adj into Strowan and Bryndwr, and along Glandovey Road to the railway line. In a short time an extension would he asked for, crossing the railway, going along Glandovey Road to Fendalton Road, close by Clyde Road. That route would serve a very large area and would pay handsomely. For Sale, our first-class Retail Cycle Business in Palmerston North, together with our Agencies for the M-anawatu District." This is the finest business of its kind in the North Island. Our reason for selling is that we have entered the Wholesale and •General Importing business, and cannot consistently compote with our own customers. Reasonable price and easy terms can . be arranged. Principals only dealt with. J. B. Clarkson, Ltd. Head Office, Palmerston North, 7227 Ladies who require something smart and stylish in ready-to-wear Costumes should see the large collection showjp by Messrs Black, Beattie and Co. The garments , are perfect fitting, and in every respect represent the skill which has been employed. Exhibition models in smart Eton shapes, various shades of grey and . green checks, trimmed with silk braid and faced with cloth at 63s and 70s each; silk lined 90s. Smart grey tweed Cossilk lined 90s. 3083 The time of importers is too valuable to devote t,/the clearance through Customs of their ■ importations. The New Zealand Express Co., Ltd., employ experts in Customs clearance work, and save importers trouble, time and money. X 3235 A PICTURESQUE TRADITION.. Among the caves of Victoria,, which are but Tittle known to the majority of the people, says the “Argus,” are those of Bats’ Ridges, about six miles

inland frorir Portland, which are a favourite resort of local picnic and touring parties. In connection with one of these eaves there is a strange tradition among the blacks in the Portland district. A few years ago a (petrified animal was found lying among a mass of stalagmites. This was said to be a lion, which had flourished in the locality nearly a century ago. According to the story related, a vessel arrived near the spot where Portland now stands, and the captain sent ashore his first mate and a boatload of seamen to obtain water. While so engaged, the aborigines attacked the party, and speared the mate, who subsequently died from his wounds, and was buried at sea. Not haying sufficient men or arms at his disposal to send a punitive expedition after the blacks, the captain sailed away, but still carried with him the idea of one day retaliating on the murderers. A year later he visited South Africa, and there purchased a lion. On his next trip to Australia ho went out of his way to visit Portland, and, sending the lion ashore in a cage, there released it. The animal lived for some years, killing anti eating a number of blacks, and at last succumbing to old age in the cave where its petrified body was die covered. THE “STAR.” The Saturday issue of the “ Star ” has a very large circulation. This is duo to its special attractiveness to the general reader. Four of its eight pages are devoted to literature of a magazine character, compiled with a view to interest and entertain weekend re ad era. In it there is something for all sorts and conditions of men and women, instruction for some, information for/most, interest and entertainment for all. It is published in three editions, one at three o’clock, a second at four, and a third at eight o’clock in the evening. The eight o’clock edition gives full reports of all sports contests of note that have been held during the day on the local recreation grounds, and of the more important events in other parts of, the colony. It contains also the last word by cable and colonial telegraph on the happenings of the day. The issue to-morrow will contain the first chapters of a new serial by W. Le Quenx, the well-known •author, and amongst the other tales and sketches will bo found “The Hunchbacks of Samoa,” “Ghost-hunt-ing,” “Yellow Silk,” “Liberia,” “Life in New Zealand,” etc. In the section of the paper devoted to matter interesting to ladies the following will be found to be welcome reading:— “Platonic Affection,” “The Wife who Succeeds,” “Frills of Fashion,” “Women who Deal in Millions,” “Is Bathing Beneficial for Women?” Woman’s World, Household Hints, etc. The permanent columns, comprising" that for the gardener, the racily written “ Week,” the multum in parvo column, and that made up of humour, are all up to the high level of excellence that has marked the publication for many years. ONE POUND. We now wish to tell the public that really reliable second-hand bicycles, ladies’ or gents’, are delivered by its on payment of £1 deposit, the balance being paid by weekly payments of 6s until the price of the machine is paid. The terms are very favourable for working men and others to obtain a reliable bicycle. We are determined to show the public that we can sell secondhand bicycles at the lowest prices and o-n the easiest terms of payment in the city. 'We have a good stock of machines, each one carefully overhauled md guaranteed in good running order. The public can depend on our guarantee that every machine is sound. Call and inspect at 138-140, High Street, and 198, Colombo Street, near Broadway’s.—Adams Star Cycle Company. 1988