TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14498, 9 October 1907, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The consensus of opinion among Auckland bakers is that there will be no rise in the price of bread unless millers further advance the price of flour. The present price is 7d per 41b loaf. A sitting of the Lyttelton Police Court was held yesterday, before Mr G. C. Smith, J.P. A first offender was convicted of drunkenness and fined ss, with twenty-four hours in gaol as an alternative. Another Exhibition landmark was removed on Monday when the brick smoke-stack behind the Machinery Hall was razed by Messrs Scott Bros, the electric-lighting contractors. The bricks at the bottom were knocked away, and the fall was quite successful. The trustees of the Deans’ Estate have given a section in Riccarton for the purpose of a Presbyterian Church and Sunday School in the district. On the motion of the Rev J. Mackenzie, the Christchurch Presbytery passed a motion of thanks for the gift.

The overdue 'barque Empreza, "which left Whangarei on September 6, arrived at Kaipara yesterday. The secretary of” the fund which is being raised for the widow and children of the late Mr H. Gallop, has received the following donations:—J. Uryden £1 Is, a Lyttelton Sympathiser £l. W.R.C. (Lyttelton) £l, F.M. 10s, G.W. ss, a Friend 2s, G. Bowron (Woolston) 2s 6d, Mrs H. 11. Webb £1 Is,. Linwood ss.

Mr O. M. Gray, has been urging upon the PoetmastertGeneral the desirableness of extending the postal delivery in the north-east part of St Albans ns far as Shirley Road and Washington Street, to meet the convenience of residents. Ho has received a reply storing that a report is being secured on the proposal. The following programme will he played by Derry’s Private Band on the Sydenham rotunda this evening:— March, “Turin©” (Fincher); selection, “ Memories of Britain ” (Rimmer); vake, “Torino"'’; intermezzo, “Starlight” (Bonhour); valse, “Souvenir”; sohottische, “My Girl” (Beyer); march, “Vanguard” (Hall); selection, “ Zampa ” (Harold). The Otago Harbour Board, at a special meeting yesterday afternoon, resolved, as recommended by its engineer, to purchase the dredge Timaru, the property of the Timaru Harbour Board, which has been working in Lower Otago Harbour for the past month under charter. The price, it is understood. was £BOOO. The Otago Harbour Board_ now possesses three dredges, all of which are in commission.

The Woolston Brass Band will play the following programme on the Victoria Square rotunda to-morrow evening :—March, “ King of the Road ” (Greenwood); waltz, “ Loudoun ” (Smith); grand selection, “ Les Huguenots ” (arranged by Rimmer); euphonium solo, “ Lea Rig ” (OrdHumo); intermezzo, “ White Lillies” (Etherington); selection, “ Scotias Sweetest Melodies ” (Smith) ; selection, “A Cluster of Classics” (Round); march, “ Wyndcliffe ” (Ord-Hume). “ Sometimes these people have mud thrown at them,” said a member of the Canterbury Rugby Union’s committee last _ evening, referring to the railway officials, “ and when we appreciate tr eir efforts _w© should give expression to our appreciation.” It was resolved that the union should place on record its appreciation of the courtesy of the Railway Traffic Manager and staff throughout the football season. One member spoke very highly of the courtesy of the Traffic Manager when the Canterbury team was on tour. ,

The sleeping-house which will he erected on the elopes of Mount Holdsworth for th© benefit of tourists will be on the same lines as th© one constructed at Mount Egmont, but it will be in more convenient form. There will be three rooms, two sleeping apartments and a dining-room with a fireplace. The sleeping rooms will accommodate eighteen persons, and will be fitted with beds and wire mattresses. The building will be placed at a spot only two hours’ walk from the top of the mountain. It is stated that December 20 is the best time for tourists to visit the mountain. The distance from Maeterton is only sixteen miles, and of this distance ten miles may be coached.. Tourists can do the journey in three days and a half from Wellington. The monthly meeting of the Waimakariri Harbour Board was held on Monday evening; present—Messrs Doubleday .(chairman), Parnham, Wright, Lissaman, Keetley, Ed ward a and Blackwell. A letter was received from the Marine Department; stating that the question of a conveyance for the section on which the signal station stood had been referred to the Minister of Lands. The pilot’s report, which was adopted, stated that the bar had been sounded three times during the month, and showed from nine feet to ten feet of water. The Finance Committee reported that the receipts had been. £26 14s Id, and the credit balance was £34.2 ss, and recommended accounts for £99 Is 6d for payment. The report was adopted. The Kaiapoi Shipping Company was granted permission to build a shed on the foreshore.

The “ Otago Daily Times ” says that it may appear very convincing to see it recorded in black and white that last rear 280 vessels were entered at Auckland as against but forty-nine at Lyttelton and twenty-eight at Dunedin, or that 240 vessels were cleared outwards from Auckland as compared with but fourteen from Lyttelton and thirtythree from Dunedin, But, it adds, a glance should suffice 'to show that a great part of the disparity is quite naturally accounted for in the situation of Auckland as a first New Zealand port of call or a, last port of departure and in the situation of Lyttelton and Dunedin as intermediate ports. In a similar manner the great disparity between the figures in tills return for Wellington and those for the southern ports is to a considerable extent accounted for. Had the return included the number of vessels entered at or denied from the Bluff during the year it would have been seen that that port oan show a much more imposing total than either Lyttelton or Dunedin, the sufficiently obvious reason for this being found in its situation. Yet there is not the least occasion to make a serious comparison between the volume of shipping of the port of Southland_ and that of either Lyttelton or Dunedin.

An effort is being made to provide funds to send a young Christchurch girl to the Continent to pursue her studies on the violin. Miss Florence feoapens, a little maid twelve yearn of age, has shown such aptitude with the violin that those in a position to judge who have heard her play are unanimous in their opinion that her talent is well worth cultivating. Miss Scapens has been studying with Miss Freda Marsden ever since she was six years of age, and she now displays an ability and cleverness which are really astonishing in one so young. Yesterday she played several selections before a number of people who had been specially asked to attend and pass judgment upon her possibilities. Her playing was immature, but it was marked by an easiness of technique that was quite surprising. She secures a good tone, and plays with a breadth and freedom that are quite exceptional. Her bowing is singularly free for so young, a. player, and there is no doubt that she is a child of rare ability. She inherits her musical talent, it is understood, from her mother, and has a remarkable ear and gift for music. It is intended to hold a concert in the Alexandra Hall on October 24. to enable music-loners of Christchurch to judge for themselves as to her ability, and an appeal will then be made for funds to enable her to prosecute her studies at Home. Mrs Burns and others have consented to assist at the concert.

For-*tho spring time of the year, when the weather is so changeable and uncertain, colds are not only easily contracted but extremely difficult to shake off. This being so, a reliable and speedy remedy ;is necessary if serious consequences are to be avoided. Many • Christchurch people know from actual experience the power of Wallace’s Cough Elixir to speedily euro coughs and colds of even the, severest nature. Wallace’s Cough Elixir is so beneficial because it permanently strengthens the bronchial tubes and removes tho diseased mucus membrane which is really the cause of the trouble. The price for this reliable medicine is Is and 2s per bottle, and may ho obtained from most chemists, and Wallace and Co., chemists, High Street. 1 A delightfully artistic display of new Copper and Brass Goods is being made by Messrs Hastie, Bull and Pickering, the new firm of ironmongers, opposite Ballantyne’s. The designs are charming, embracing the antique, repousse and burnished effects in goods both useful and ornamental, 213884

The Christchurch. Technical College will be closed to-day and this evening.

The tender of Messrs John M’Lean and Sons, £16,717 10s, has been accepted for the construction of tramways in Mount Eden Borough, Auckland. The ordinary meeting of the North Canterbury Education Board should he held to-day, hut, in accordance with the Board’s rules, the meeting will he held to-morrow. Isabella Glen was fined £SO and costs at the Police Court at Dunedin yesterday for selling liquor at the Metropole Tearooms, St Clair. Mary Rogers was fined £4O and costs on a charge of sly grog-selling. The committee of the Rangiora Bowling, Tennis and Croquet Club met on Monday evening, and decided to open the season on Saturday, October 19. A very hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr P. G. Peacocks for his services as treasurer, and he was elected a life member of the club. Mr C. A. Cuff was appointed treasurer. A meeting of the Technical Committee of the Southhridge District High School was held 'on Monday evening; present—the Rev H. G. Hawkins and, Messrs J ivTMillan, M. Curran, T. Baxter, A. Greenwood, H. Simpson and E. G. Hubbard. Mr Hawkins was elected, chairman. The Education Board wrote slating that the sum of £7 3s 3d had been paid to the credit of the committee in respect to the dressmaking class. Speaking in regard to the removal of buildings in the city, Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, said that it was about time that the City Council put a stop to the prac-. tice. “ In the meantime,” he continued, “ it is absolutely necessary that the Council should exercise a strict control over the removal of buildings from one part of the city to another. It was all right in the old days, but now people object to old, bug-infected houses being placed in proximity to their property; and rightly, tool” At the Rangiora Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Mr E. R. Good, J.P., and Mr C. I. Jennings, J.P., William Hayes was charged with having wilfully trespassed on the property of R. J. Taylor, Sefton, and refused to leave when called upon to do so. He was further charged with having used insulting language towards Mrs Taylor, who applied to have him hound over to keep the peace. Mr Van Asch appeared for the informant, and Mr Johnston for the defendant. After hearing the evidence of throe witnesses for the prosecution and three for the defence, the Bench dismissed both charges. " Dr Purdy, Auckland Health Officer, in a report on the sanitation of Newmarket, described it as the worst place in New Zealand, and he would have to seriously consider the advisable-' . ness of asking some religious body in the borough to preach a sermon on the subject. He mentioned having found a lobster in the main street, _ despite a promise made by the chairman or the Borough Council that the streets would be swept three days a week. Dr Purdy said that they should bo swept ©very day, adding, “I shall have to com© along and sweep them myself.” The Council has decided to prosecute, without warning, anybody sweeping rubbish on to the streets. With the object of providing the money to meet the cost of a pipe-organ purchased for the Rangiora Methodist Church, a bazaar was held in the Institute 1 Hall yesterday. The stalls were tastefully arranged, and the large and varied stock of articles displayed evidenced the industry of the ladies connected with the church. The Mayor (Mr E. W. Relph) opened the bazaar with an appropriate speech, and a satis, factory amount of business was done during the afternoon. Those in charge of the stalls were :—No. 1, Mesdames Cbok, Metherel, Hadecke and Todd; No. 2, Mis T. 'Withers and Miss Wadey; No. 3, Mesdames Thompson, Watson and Ayers; No. 4, Mrs Strong; flower stall, blisses Foster and Hadecke; refreshments, Mesdames Pinfold, M’Kenzie and Curry, assisted by Misses Smith and Hughes. , At a meeting of the Auckland Hospital Board, a letter was read from the Inspector-General of Hospitals, stating that the Government was prepared to erect, in the larger centres, suitable wards for the treatment of delirium tremens and such alcoholic cases as required immediate care and treatment, _ at the expense of the Dominion. The Inspector-General further suggested that until the wards were erected, Boards should, considering the urgency of the matter, make such temporary arrangements as were necessary, in which event the Government would undertake to pay the full cost of the maintenance of patients. Dr Valjntino added that h© would he glad if the Board would give the matter immediate attention. The letter was referred to the Hospital Committee, to confer with the staff and report. Madame Clam Butt advises colonial singers not to look too much towards London. “ It is quite pitiful that young people should he induced to go to London by the mistaken kindness of friends,” she said in Sydney._ “They write out then that they are singing in public and doing well, when ns a matter of fact they are having a hard battle.” She says that they might go Home to continue their studies, but that they should return to the colonies, bringing the fruits of their studies with them. She states that singers from France and Italy and other European countries ns well as the colonies, flock to London. “ And, oh! it is pitiful to think of the fate of many. My advice to students is that if they have the means to study at Home, they may do so; but that they ought not to stay there unless they have very exceptional voices.” Tlie red-bellied Japanese newts which Mr E. R. Waite brought to New Zealand from Australia, and which were pliown in the Natural History _ Gallery at the International Exhibition, have bred in Christchurch lately. They have been in his possession for six years, and have never bred before. They have been, kept under the same conditions as in Australia, and, as far as can bo ascertained, the only difference is that the climate here is much colder. The species belongs to the same genus as the British species, and Mr Waite finds that the breeding habits are the same. The manner in which the eggs are deposited is very interesting and curious. The female selects some leaf of an aquatic plant. She sits on,;the edge, and, folding it by means of her two hind legs, deposits a single egg in a duplicators of the folded part of the leaf, which is glued securely together, and the egg is effectively protected from injury. In High Street, great city improvements are being carried on by Messrs Black, Beattie and Co. An entire shop front is being fitted _ ,up on the latest and most modern lines, large, handsome and roomy, with plenty of space for attractively displaying the New Season’s Drapery and placing before the public eye stylish and reliable goods at reasonable prices. 1898 Very heavy importations have been unpacked this week by the leading Cash Drapers, Messrs Armstrong and Co. Rich Dress Goods, Special Millinery, Hosiery and Gloves, and full stocks of Furnishings, priced on the firm’s low cash basis. A visit to their stores will prove edifying. 2 It is important that mothers should know about Eukol, the new tooth paste, and see that their children use it daily- To enjoy perfect health, children and adults alike must have good teeth, and_ the best preservative known to secure is Eukol, for it kills the injurious germs in the mouth, which cause decay, and removes the discolouring tartar which eats into the ivory of the teeth. The price is Is per tube. Wallace and Co,, chemists i

There will be no afternoon delivery of letters by letter-carriera in. Christ, church to-day. The writer of a, letter signed “ Witlow,” which appeared in the “ Lyttelton Times ” on Friday last, is requested to communicate with the editor.

The. rainfall at Lynton Downs during September was 11.15 inches. Rain feu on 16 days. The fall on September 2 was 2.8 inches, on September 16 there was a fall of 2.33 Inches, and 1.57 inches fell on September 1. The Wellington. Hospital Trustee* have decided to comply with the request of the Government to treat delirium tremens and other alcoholic cases in the hospital till special ward* are erected, the cost of the treatment to be borne by the Government. One of the speakers at a. banouet at Kaiapoi yesterday was an elderly man with a good-humoured impatience,. and when one of the younger men present interpolated a remark, he turned and said sharply: “ You shut up I” Thera was an immediate laugh. “I . used to whip you when you were a boy,” tha speaker added, and the laughter increased. The Auckland Young Men’s Christian’ Association building campaign waa continued yesterday, and resulted in a total of £1455 8s 6d being received. This, with the £3787 raised on the first day, brings the total subscribed for tha new building up to £5242 8s 6d. With the £4OOO estimated to be received in; connection with the disposal of tha present building after.paying the mortgage, the total thus comes to £9242. At yesterday’s meeting of tha South Canterbury Education Board, the “School Journal” was under discussion. Inspector Bell found fault with the “Journal” as being scrappy and insufficient so far as continuous information on any one subject was concerned. He recommended the Board to try it for one year for history and geography, on condition that the teachers supplemented it by oral instruction. The Board adopted the suggestion. It said that the “ Journal” would have to be greatly improved before it would save parents the expense of buying separate school book*. It was elated at a meeting of-the Auckland Charitable Aid Board that ail immigrant suffering from tuberculosis, who arrived a few, months ago, had died and left , a widow and six chilren on the hands of the Board. The chairman said that ; the examination before the family left England and after arrival in Auckland must have been lax. Another member stated that there were several cases in which new arrivals, after having been looked after for a short time by friends, became a charge upon the Board. It was decided to bring the matter under the notice of the Health Department. _ The Secretary for Education has just issued to_ Education Boards throughout the Dominion a circular letter embodying the proposals of the Government with regard to the establishment of miniature rifle ranges. It is as follows: ■ —“l am directed to inform you that the. Minister is prepared to consider favourably proposals for the establishment of miniature rifle ranges in connection. with the public schools, and -to make allowances in aid of such work on the basis of £ for £ in amounts suitable to the circumstances, of each case, hut not exceeding £SO from any ona school. Further, on the establishment of any such range,, the Department will be prepared to cooperate with boards in the engagement of competent Abstractors in miniature rifle shooting. The Department has ordered' from America samples of several low-priced miniature rifles. These will arrivel shortly, and after they have been examined. I hope to be in a position to make some further communication td you on the sub jeer.”

The committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union last evening received a letter from the Linwood Football Club, naming 'two members who had been expelled front the club for misbehaviour. A member of the committee suggested that the men should be disqualified, but it waa shown that the committee must inquire into the facte before it could take such a step, it was then suggested that the men should be called upon to. show cause why they should not be disqualified, but it was eventually agreed that! the names of the men should be sent to the clubs and sub-unions in the district, so that they might protect themselves if the men applied to them for membership. This step was taken on the suggestion of the secretary, who said that clubs were not always aware of the character of for membership, and he knew of a case where a mam had been expelled from one dub and had immediately-become a member of another. He would not have been admitted if his record had been known / to the second club.

Details of tie proposed system lor payment of'school teachers’ salaries by means of money orders issued by tha Education. Boards, ere given in a cir- ■ cular addressed to tlie boards by tha & Education Department. Special moneyorder and iulvicer-forms, printed ou paper of a colour distinct from any other orders used, will bo supplied by the Post Office, and a form of receipt on each order will be provided to cover the service iu respect of which payment is made. The orders ’may not be drawn for payment outside New Zealand. An \ officer of a hoard will prepare and sign the orders and advices. Orders are to be posted to teachers until aftorthe advices have been handed to the Chief Postmaster. The Chief Postmaster ia to date-stamp and countersign -the advices, and then forward them to. the postmaster in charge of the office at which the orders are payable. Tha subsequent treatment in all respects wut be governed by the regulations dealing with ordinary money-orders. The same rate of commission will be charged «■ on ordinary inland orders, viz., 6d for each £5 or fraction of £5.

At a banquet held yesterdaym connection with the starting of the \Vaimakariri Harbour Board’s now dredge, some very hopeful speeches were made in connection with the possible future of Kaiapoi. There were many oTthel, earlv settlers of the district present, and’when they spoke, they generally referred to the days when, the arm or the river, now silted up, ran in a very, deep channel, and when ten, fifteen, and even twenty-five vessels -were to be seen in harbour at once. They ana other speakers said that the time might well oome again when Kaiapoi could be a great shipping centre. It was the natural centre for the exports of North Canterbury, and the operations necessary to open it for proper service need not be very extensive. Some speakers referred to the great expenditure that was contemplated in connection with the proposed canal from Sumner to Christchurch, and Mr, Sorrell said that a tenth of the two millions mentioned would, suffice to, make Kaiapoi a port that would serve' the whole of Canterbury for a hundred years to come. There was no reason why Kaiapoi should not be tho manufacturing centre for Canterbury.

A fresh showing to-day of Juvenile apparel includes Boys’ Washing Suites, 3s 3d, Blouses, Is 9d; Tunics, Is 9d;j Galatea Hats, Is to 8s lid; Boaters, Is,! Is Hd; Washing Hats, 10id; Em-| broidery Collars, 9d, Is. At Armstrong’s. , 1 I . iSimmo and Blair’s Seeds, seasoit 1907. Vegetable seeds, 3d per packet; Bower seeds, Id per packet. Free lists on application. Canary and parroii food, 6d per bag at Fletcher Bros., wholesale and retail agents, Eight Street. - 1 A SURPRISE. The London correspondent of th« “Lyttelton Times” writes:—Whenthe Eirautaka arrived from New Zealand the other day, captain, crew aid

fencers were astonished to find a heaxro in waiting at the dock-side. Their a tonishment increased when they i6ar f L ‘ ed that the hearse had been brougnti down to remove a coffin from the slii Pt~ a coffin containing the body of a laoy who: had died in Christchurchbody on board the vessel knew where the 7 coffin was. Nobody, not even the captain, had been told in New Zea that there was a coffin amongst tne cargo, and so there was nothing tor but to send the hearse away until tne coffin should come to light in the process of discharging cargo. The vessel got into the docks on a Thursday, and ft was not till the Saturday afternoon that the coffin was discovered. Ip nao been shipped as ordinary cargo in a plain wooden case, with nothing on tn outside to indicate the nature or tne contents, and to avoid frightening passengers and crew— for sailors are very superstitious about sailing with a deaa body on board—the utmost secrecy had been observed. It is usual m such cases to inform the captain of the nature of the contents, but in this case Captain Greenstreet was as much surprised as everyone else to nnd tne hearse awaiting their arrival. Ino body was removed for burial on tne Saturday afternoon.

REDUCTION IN BEESTON HUMBERS.

"We have made a reduction of £5 on the prices of Beeston Humber machines. Our stock of Beeston Humbers offered will soon be sold, therefore ladies and gentlemen should purchase a new cycle for the spring, and should not miss a chance of securing a first-class cycle at a greatly reduced price. . Lady’s Beeston Humber cycle, 22m frame, equipped with front and rear rim brakes, free wheel, clipper reflex tyres, Brooks’ saddle, Reynold’s chain, which we usually sell for £25; can now be bought for £2O nett casb. Everyone will admit that this is a very low price indeed, for a Beeston Humber bicycle, which is the most expensive bicycle to build in the world. Call and inspect. Adams Limited, late Adams Star Cycle Company, 138140 High Street, and 198 Colombo Street, Christchurch. 2