TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15714, 6 September 1911, Page 8

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

. The following auctioneers' announcements appaar on page 15:—H. Matson and Co., W. E. Simoj a*d Co., Tonks, Norton and Co., M'Kenzio and "Willis, Guinness and Le CVen, Ltd., A. E. Young and Co., Baker Bros, and Dovoroux, King a«d Co.

The locfcuro by Mr W. H. Trigga on " Tho Passion Flay at Ober Ammergan," tho final of the Canterbury Collego popular series, will be delivered on Thursday, September 14. At a mooting of tho Rangiora Druids' Lodgo, heid on Monday evening, it was decided to convene a meeting of tho Friendly Societies in the town for September 14 to arrange for tho annual excursion.

At the Festival of the Creche Kindergarten Association, to bo held at tho end of September, the piano will be lent by Mr Home, of tho Dresden Company, and not by Messrs Milnor and Thompson, as previously stated.

Tho inmates of the various homes in tho city desire to thank Mr R. Stewait, manager of the J. C. Williamson Pantomime Company, for the invitation ho extended to them to witness tho production of "Jack and th« Beanstalk."

A weekly meeting of tho Rangiora Literary and Debating Society was held on Monday evening, Mr T. W. Ambrose presiding over a geod attendance. A number of interesting readings and recitations' were <riven by members of tho Society, and wcro much enjoved by all present. It. was decided to hold a banquet en September 21 to wind up tho session.

The Ashburton Borough Council has boon agitating for soveral years to induce tho Railway Department to grant improved railway facilities between Asliburtou and Christelmreh, and a letter, signed by Mr-T. Ronayne, under date August 31, hss boon received in reply to thejnost recent application mado to tho Department, in which tho application was refused. At a meating or tho Council on Monday night Councillor Wood, the mover in the matter, said he regretted that the Railway Department had again declined to grant the Council's application. It appeared that the-Deiiru'tiiient had "no go" in it, and ho ventured to say that had tho railways been run by a private company a trial would havo been given to improving, tho railway service between Ashburton and Christchurch, as it roferred to tho running of early and lata trains. Ho thought that the' Department might havo given the acceleration cf tho mornino; and evening train servico 'a trial. "In any case/' said Councillor Wood, "we will havo to abido by the Department's decision, but that will not prevent us having another shot later on." The Ashburton Borough Council had boforo it a meeting cu Monday evening a rcLo;...v.ciidation from Br H. E. Finch, district health officer, urging tho installation of an underground drainage system. This was tho outccmo of an application by tho High School Beard for permission to construct a sopt-ic tank. The Council was divided on the policy of allowing the construction of septic tanks in tho town. In his letter Dr Finch said that although the borough had not suffered from an undue proportion of diseases, which could generally bo attributed to defective sanitary conditions, and although there was excellent provision mado for drainage, by tho side channels, ther« was no doubt that the installation oi water-closets and an underground drainage system must improve the sanitary condition of Ashburton, apart altogether from tho great convenience of this system. He therefore recommended that as a preliminary step an engineer should bo authorised to givo a rough estimate of the cost cf an underground drainage system for Ashburton. It was decided to hold tho application of the High School in abeyanco till next meeting, but no action was taken in regard to tho proposal to instal an underground drainage scheme. A • monthly meeting of the Ashburton High School Board of Governors was held yesterday, when Mr Joshua Tucker presided. Tho chairman reported that tho building account was in debit £2249 10s and- the general account in credit £1256 lis 2d. A request . from tho Ashburton Old Pupils' Association for permission to erect a tablet hi tho assembly room in memory of tho late Mr H. H. Fooka was granted. The headmaster reported the roil number to be IG6, with an average attendance for the month of 101. The master suggested that the regulation relating to tho admission of free place pupils en 'proficiency certificates should be rejeajed for tho purpuso of making it binding on parents to observe the regulations. After going into the matter it vas decided that Messrs Tucker, Collins and Denshire should bo appointed a committeo to confer with the headmaster for the purpose of framing a reguhtion to meet the case, and report at a futuro meeting. The Visiting Commiiteo reported favourably on the coudiion of the school, and several minor works recommended by the committee wsro approv- i ed of. It was decided that Mr Clark, nurseryman, wln«n pruning the rose trees in the school grounds, siould give tho scholars some practical hints on pruning. Aeeounfcs for £2O» 13s 5d wcro passed for payment. The Ambcrley Town Board has received word frem the Acting-lo3taias-ter-General that its rwpreseifcations through the m<xnbcr for the cistriet, Mr G. W. Forbes, in the mattero/ the application for a clock fer the »cwlyerected post office will be acc*4d to conditionally on the residents p.ying the cost of, a tower, in which will la installed the clcck lately in uso at Vainsate. Mr Lewin,' of Amberley, i: responsible for the satisfactory repot of the subscriptions which have bpn donated by the residents. The ttal amount now in hand is £69 9s Cd, r.d the estimated cost of erecting a is £7O.

Cricketers desirous of buying bats i>r private use, arc invited to inspect t« Haw stock :ii specially pelrcted batsfrov Gunn and Monro. Wisden, Bnsse> Spaldinr, etc., at Lrwis and Ander son's, 112, Cashcl Street. 1988 ( If you want Men's Clothing, or ii you want Boys' Clething, why not go at onco to the fountain head—Armstrong's, who lr.vc tho largost stocks, bsst variety, and arc the cheapest in tho city. l° ss

Tho arrival of the J. D. Siddeley type Deafly has created a sensation amongst motorists ill tins city. fhe smart appearanco and clean lines of this latest production, its absolute silence and perfect springing, amply justifteu the title—the Car of Perfect Comfort. Prospective buyers would do well'to call on Mr F. Kibblowkite, Coop Garage, Cashcl Street, and arrange a trial run before purchasing dsowhere 1938

Just at the commencement of tho season, when you have to buy gcods whether they're cheap or not, you now have the opportunity of buying just the f-ooda you want at remarkably low sale pric*B. Jfirerv corner of Strsnge's great store is bargain laden this weak—-prices have been more »ov««-e?y reducsd than over, with tho one object of making shelf room, find tho benefit is yarns but take the adv»ht.i£e of it now— -,ho sale lasts only this week—Saturday is tho last day I'or these raro bargains. 1088

Architects in Christchurch are still fey, and state that building operaIns are being carried on briskly, both the city and the suburbs. The Mayor has received an invitata to attend a function on Saturday ening to mark tho installation of a ttnicipal electric light plant at Akaft.

The secretary to the North Canterirr Hospital and Charitable Aid Board sires to acknowledge with thanks the coipt of £IOO as an anonymous donaon to the Christchurch Hospital, trough the Bank of New South Wales. She meeting of the Domain Board ed for yesterday lapsed for fcnt of a quorum, three members only ring present. Some business of a inor nature was transacted and the raits will be embodied in tho report the next meeting of tho Board.

At tho Supreme Court at Tiinaru Jeterday Daisy A. Lund, a young pman, on two charges of theft, ias ordered to bo detained for twelve lon the for reformatory treatment, and arnes Turner, a young man, on a barge of perjury ai Waimate, wa3 >ntenced to three months' imprisonment.'

The matron of the Children's Conklescent Homo at New Brighton dcjres to acknowledge tho receipt of the kUowing gifts:— Fruit, from Mr Batley nd a " Friend " ; meat, from the Belist Freezing ■ "Works; illustrated Bpcrs, Anonymous; toys and books, rom Mrs W. E. Bishop; clothes, from Kiss Robins.

The Tramway Board's men aro still bgaged on tb* second .track on Papain Road between Bealey Avenue and minster Road. It is expected that he work will bo passed by the Govornient engineer without delay, and that le new track will be in actual use lis week. It will obviate some of 10 fairly long waits that occur on tho fa pa nui line at present. The Education Bo'urd has received a telegram from the Education Department, Wellington, to the effect that, jwing to unavoidable delay in gazetting te amended certificate regulations, applications for school teachers' exammaBons must still be held back for a few [ays, and the timo for receiving appellation forms has therefore been extended until October 15.

It was wionooitsly stated in a resort of Mr C. E. Salter's remarks at {he meeting of the Taylor Memorial Committee on Monday that Messrs Sailer, Colo, Isitt and H. W. Bishop, 8.M., had gone to the Valuation Office So make inquiries into tho condition of slrs T. E. Taylor's finances. For the hame of Mr Bishop that of Mr J. M/Combs, secretary to the fund, should bo substituted. Mr Bishop mates that he never visited the Valuation Office, or investigated the figures, find has not verified them on any occasion. In the report of Mr Isitt's remarks, Mr Isitt was made to say that he and Mr Bishop had waited on Mr Baiter. The name of Mr Colo should be substituted for that of Mr Bishop in this connection. »

For some timo past a committee has fceen arranging matters in connection with the mission of Mr Newton Jones, of the Sunday School Union, London. A programme has been drawn up and Is.being distributed among the various Sunday Schools and Bible Classes of Christchurch, representing between 6000 and 6000 members. Tho musical Service is in the hands of Mr H. W. ohnson, who is forming a choir. Mr Newton Jones is accompanied by his pon as accompanist and soloist and pe ha 3 had a very successful tour in tho North. Mr Newton Jones will arrive in Lyttelton on September 15, when he will hold two meetings in Lyttelton. On Saturday, September 16, ho will bo accorded a public reception, when addresses of welcome will be, preBented and a short programme will bo carried out. Tho combined mission in connection with the Sunday schools will commence the following week in the Choral Hall.

Talking with an Auckland " Herald'' reporter at the conclusion of bis northern season, Mr Sousa said tho band had boen in Australasia since May; and now that it was leaving ho had perhaps had time to form some impression of this part of tho world. Ha ■xpressed groat satisfaction with his New Zealand tour, though financially the dominion had been unable to supEDrt the costly organisation of which o was the head. It was not to be expected that it could. Towns such as tho chief New Zealand centres, in America, would have been played in for only two nights, whereas they were given seasons of a week each here. It Bad, moreover, been his experience in all of them that the audiences were larger at the latter part cf the seasons. Ho was well satisfied with the support the band had had, for, niter all, tho percentage of true musioj loVcre in a community was not large- —a few per cent at most, and that proportion had treated him very kindly. jTh9 audiences were splendid listentef-s, blessed with a good sense of humour. The motion passed at theV Watorsido Workers' Conference in Auckland, protesting against the Government allowing an industrial union to elect members by ballot, has drawn attention to a somewhat strange position in regard to unionism in New Zealand. "Whenever a dispute goe3 to the Conciliation Council. or the Arbitration Court, the workers ask that a clause should be inserted in the award binding employers to give preference to unionists. In consequence of this, the principle has been adopted that the unions should be absolutely open to everybody who wishes to join. If the principle is not observed, of course, somo men might, by tho action of fellow-workers, be dopdved of the right to work. The only union that has not adonted the principle is the one referred to at the Conference. It i 3 composed of casual workers on tho railways at Lyttclton. The argument in favour of its action is that there is only a certain amount of work,to bo done, and that if there are moro than a certain number of members of the union, tho chances of obtaining anything like constant employment will be lessened. The argument against the union is that it has become a " close corporation," and that it is robbing genuina workers of tho right to obtain a fair living. In somo other anions thore is a mlo that now members must bo prop'oeexL and Eccondod, but that is regarded ai merely a formal matter, and the Lyttelton union is in a unique position in this respoct. Empire, Express Co. have large new Pantechnicon. Export packers, and every care and attention given to household iiemcvals. 'Phones 634 and 843. XI7GS Don't let your horse suffer with girth gails. There's no need to, when a fow applications of Berry's Gall Cure will cure them. It's splendid for sore shoulders, sore backs, chafing of harness or galls. Only Is 6d tin or Is 8d post free. Jno. Boii-y, Veterinary Chemist, Colombo Street (opp. Recce's). 1988 Docs your horse suffer with Worms? Give him Berry's Worm Powder. Safe and certain in operation, yet so mild it does not interfcro with horses working. 2s, 6d box, or post free 23 3d. Advi.e given free on any veterinary trouble. Jno. Berry, Veterinary Chemist, Colombo Street, Christchurch. 4 A special purchase of ladies' drrsn ikirts"is put on offer to-dny at 4s lid ti»ch at blrange'e calo. There are only i$(X) at then* skirts in navy, black, nrown *ud gre?n cloths and serges, and Iris* ordinary prices range from 9s Cd <i» 19* 6d. It's an exceptional ofr'cr and lasts foj this week only, or till the line V 5 s»ld. It is advisable to investigate immediately, as these skirts have only to be shewn to be sold. 1988

No trace has .-:o far been found of Mrs Todd, who left her homo in Sydenham on Sunday morning. The sum of £lO has been forwarded to the Mayor, tho proceeds [rem tho concert held recently by the Salvation Army in aid of the Coronation Homo Fund. A trial and demonstration of tho Firo Board's new Thorneycroft motor-chenii-cal will bo given at tho headquarters station, Lichfield Street, at 7.30 p.m. to-day. Mr Luff, engineer in charge of the Cheviot railway works, has resigned from that position with tho intention of going into private practice in the North Island. The Asliburton United Band of Hope held'a monthly meeting in the St Andrew's Assembly Hall on Monday oveuin'o- when there was a good attendance. Adengthy programmo of songs, recitations, Instrumental items and dialogues was (iiven by the members and their friends. The Government has arrived at a satisfactory solution regarding tho purchase of a strip of land on Brougham Street to enable the new Sydenham Post Office to be set back ten feat from the building line. Messrs Bayey and Ell tho members whoso constituencies wili bo served by the post office, were in termed yesterday that tho work would proceed at ouco. An echo of tho anti-militarist meetin"- when the Choral Hall was so badly handled, was heard at tho Magistrate s Court yesterday, when, ■ Harvey Clirystall wa3 charged with having broken a window valued at £1 2s, the property of tho Toraplo Company. JNo evidence was taken, tho accused pleading guilty, and he was fined 20a and costs, and' war, ordered to pay the amount of the damage incurred. ; On Monday Superintendent Erek, accompanied by Mr A. L. Parsons and Mr E. J. Righton, chairman and secretary of the Christchurch. Firo Board, visited Kaiapoi, to give, a practical test of tho engino " Tamwha, which has been on hire to tho Kaiapoi liorout'h Council for some time, with a view to purchase by the borough, iho engine pumped from the river through 800 feet of hose, and gave a mosu ! satisfactory display. i At a meeting of the Kaiapoi Nolicense Council, held on Monday, the , following resolution was carried unam- ; mously: "That this Council-emphatic-ally protests against tho retention of the unjust and undemocratic three- | fifths majority rulo in licensing legisla- , tion. It regards such a handicap as ! being intolerable, and urges electors to rote for candidates who will recognise the right of the people to decide, this question on tho principle of the simplo majority." At the conclusion of tho meeting on Monday, the members of the Asliburton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board paid a visit of inspection to the County Hospital. Tho whole of tho institution j was thoroughly gone through, and a ' number of repairs and alterations wore ! ordered to bo put in hand at once. The inside will be renovated throughout. It was decided to purchase a now steriliser, of the most up-to-date pattern. It 13 tho intention of tho Board to consider tho erection of a surgical ward, and to extend the hot water system. Tho postal statistics for 1910 of the countries comprising the Universal Postage Union show that the average number of let-tors and other articles posted per head in New Zealand is higher than in any other country. The number of letters and postcards per head in New Zealand was 93, and tho number of articles of all kinds per head 139. New Zealand was followed by Victoria and Now South Wales. The number of letters and postcards per bead in Great Britain was 84, and of articles of all kinds 111, and in Germany 71 and 100 respectively. At a sitting of the Juvenile Court held yesterday before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., threo children, aged twelve, eleven and nine respectively, were charged with having lived with a person of ill-fame. The Magistrate committed the three children to the Receiving Homo to be brought up in the Church of England faith, and ordorod the father to contribute to tho support of two of them at tho rate of 5s a week. Tho defendant admitted that the children wore illegitimate, and that the woman they were living with was not his wife, who had been "on tho streets," he said, for over twenty years. Tho Magistrate said that the polino would have to take different action with regard to obtaining mainten.anco fo r the third child. Matters in connection with tho Cheviot railwav aro making satisfactory progress. Tho damage done by the ; July flood has been nearly made good, and a contract has been let to move tho headquarters cottages on to the Leader River. This previously lonely spot is now a sceno of activity. Some three miles of formation aro in hand, much of which «s block and side cuttings, and a considerable number of men aro employed, besides numerous teams. The approaches to tho Leader Bridge are being carried forward from either side, and a service road along tho route of the lino is being formed. Tho locality is a very exposed one for camping, and stray firewood is nonexistent. About four miles up tho Leader from Parnassus thcro i 3 a group of • seven or eight'homesteads within a short distance of one another, and across tho river from these, on a high, flat stretch of country, it is intended to make the next station. ■ Mr M. Maloney, of Christchurch, who has invented a now automatic firo alarm, gave an interesting trial exhibi- ; tion of his invention yesterday al'terI noon when Superintendent Erok, ExSuperintendent Smith and several members of the fire brigade were among those present.. The alarm, which is wonderfully simple in construction, is sot going immediately the temperature rises above normal, and possesses the additional advantage of beins unable to register a false alarm. Tho temperature is recorded by a thermostat, which may be set to any temperaturo tho owner wishes. As soon as this temperature is exceeded, a gong 'rings loudly, and recorders aro set in motion, ono of which is in the building and another at tho fire brigade station if tho distance betwson tho building and tho station is not too great. Tho recorder on tho promises shows at once which room the lire IS in. by dropping a shutter corresnond. mg to the room or floor. The other recorder contains an ink-pad, and registers the exaot location of the outbreak by means of tho Mores redo. Thus tho brigado know exactly where to go before they leave tho station. Mr Maloney claims that tho mechanism of his invention makes it absolutely impossible to record a false alarm. " The alarm favourably impressed those who witnessed tho demonstration. Get Baxter's. Lung Preserver working against your cold. Its effects in wiping it out will be decisive "and immediate. Price Is lOd large sized bottle. All chemists. 1988 Paper Bag Cookery.—ln addition to the packets of assorted bag:-' for ono shilling;, Messrs Hastio, Bull and Pickering, opposite Bcllantyne's, aro oiloring the following at 2s:—Large roll of "Correct Paper", to make, 50 to 200 bags, together with full instructions and a booklet of 40 choice "recipes for Paper Bag Cookery. All for 2s. 1893 When tLo mental attitude is right misfortunes, losses, griefs all lose their power to disturb. But before your attitudo is right your nerves must l>a right, and if they're impaired by worry or overstrain Marshall' Fospherine, tho great nerve, food, is what you want to build up the whole nervous system. All chemists and stores sell Marshall's Fospherine at Is, Is 6d and 2s Gd per bottle. The 9s Gel bottle is four times the size of tho Is one. 1933

A schools demonstration, in aid of tho funds of tho Creeho Kindergarten \Bsociation will bo held at the Theatre Royal on September 23, 29 and 30. It was incorrectly reported that tho chairman ai the Labour Party's ment- ;„,', ; n Panama on Friday night was ?.ir S i' Staple?. Mr R. W. Hawke was chairman cf tho meeting. I \ poll will bo taken at the schoolroom, Hillsborough, to-morrow between tho hours of i) a.m. and G p'.m., on a proposal to raise a loan of £7616 for ■ J. oac i and footpath, formation in tho Hillsborough riding of Hcathcoto County. Tho s-s. llincmoa will leave Wellington'on her southern lighthouse trip tomorrow, and should roach Lyttelton on Friday morning. She will call at Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, West Coast Sounds and bays and Westport, sis well us at tho usual lighthouses en route. Tho contractor for tho Cheviot Court House has almost completed the work , end the building, though small, has a ! very neat appearance. Tho Court | room, which forms *tbo main part of ' the- building, has all tho usual appurtenances and is nicely finished, while adjoining aro tho clerk's ofneo and the Magistrate's room. Tho Tainui, which arrived at Wellington from London yesterday, brought 413 passengers, of whom 356 i were third-clas3. Assisted immigrants I numbered 171, comprising 11(5 adults : and 55 children. Fifty-two adults and I 42 children were nominated by relatives in New Zealand, G-4 adults and 13 children were approved by the High Commissioner. Thirty-five domestics camo out in charge of a matron. The passengers included five farmers, fortynvo farm labourers and two shepherds. .Fourteen wives aro rejoining their I husbands in tho dominion. All the I domestics hayo situations to go to. ! The capital of tho immigrants ranged • from £"2 to £225. The Surrey, which j arrived at Wellington from London | via Auckland yesterday, landed sixty passengers at Wellington for various ! southern ports. Eighteen were assistj ed immigrants. ; Tho usual number of doad letters > and packages was handled by the Post j Office last yoar and in dead letters I opened thoro wero notes, cheques, I drafts and so on for £11,863. Amongst I other things that wore dealt with j wore nine gold watches, fifteen silvor I watches, twenty-three gold rings, six j gold watch chains, three gold bangles, j twelve gold brooches, sixty greenstone ornaments, one gold medal, ono gold j ncckchain, ono jewelled pendant, one i gold cross, three pieces of polished greenstone, two silver spoons, ono passago order Sydnoy to Mclbourno, fifteen pawn tickets, fourteon sharo. certificates and thirty-four lottery tickets. In all, 179,850 letters wero oiiened and returned to the writers through the Dead Letter Office, 45,551 were returned unopened to other countries, 658 were re-issued, 24,200 wore destroyed, ! 174,179 were returned by Chief* Postj masters, a total cf 424,339 as compared j with 428,706 in 1909. A total of 21,672 j newspapers wero returned to tho publishers, 1966 letters and G 52 letter-card 3 wero posted without addresses, and 99 letters with libellous addresses wore intercepted. A cheque for £4BBO, at Christchurch, was posted iu a postingbox loose. A meeting of merchants and indent agents was held at Wellington last night to discuss some of tho provisions of tho Land and Income Tax Amendment Bill now before Parliament. Tho real purpose of tha meeting was to protest against Clauso 5, which provides that " where an agent directly or indirectly, whether by samplo, price-list, negotiation or otherwise howsoever, sells or disposes of property of his principal, or is instrumental in procuring the sale or disposition thereof ' (whether a contract for tho sale or disj position of the property is made in New Zealand or otherwise) the princi- ! pal Eha.ll he deemed to bo carrying on business in New Zealand, and the in- ! como derived from- such business shall | bo considered to bo derived from Now Zealand, and shall bo subject to ini como tax in accordance with the provisions of tho principal Act and this Act, and tho agent shall make returns and pay tax accordingly." Mr H. C. ' Towsley, president of tho Chamber of Commerce presided, and said representations had been made to'the Chamber by a number of commercial men ; that certain sections of the Bill would j bear unfairly upon them. It was i stated that indent agents wero unani- ! mous in opposing tho Bill. A reabluj tion was proposed and seconded, but ultimately withdrawn, in favour of the j following amendment, which was carj ricd—" That tho matter bo referred to | a small sub-committee, winch, in con- ! junction with the Chamber of Corn- . roerco, shall formulate a series of roI solutions with a view to presenting the matter to the Government through n deputation." Tho committee appointed wero Messrs D. J. Nathan, H. C. Towsley, T. O. Dawson, W. J. Bridron. W. G. Duthio, It. Hall and U. F. M'Cabe. | ■ Niuvmo and Blair's Standard Seed. 1011. Fletcher Bros., agents, wholesale and retail. In stock, vegetable seed 3d pkt., cabbage, lettuce, • radish, peas, etc., Flower seed Id pkt., asters, pansy, phlox, mignonette, etc., Free lists. Also Canary and Parrot Seed Gd bag. Fletcher Bros., High Street. Crockery Importers. 19SS. Ladies and gentlemen will bo enabled to-day to view probably the finest show yet mado in the city of apparel of every description required by either sex. Messrs Armstrong and Co., Limit- '• ed, tho leading Cash Drapery Firm, having unpacked three sucoesviivo large shipments of " the newest things," are making a comprehensive and delightful exhibition. Now coods and low prices being shown in ail departments. 1988 , In overy tearoom in tho city, at every sewing circle and social function the most interesting topic of the moment is Armstrong's new millinery. Have you ecan it? An immense, bewildering and beautiful collection of the world's latest conceptions. Always celebrated in this department, this season tho firm excel themselves and submit tho best selections they havo ever handled. All marked at Armstrong's famous low prices. 19S8 HOUSES WRECKED BY HEAT. Two six-roomed houses in Lime Street, Aldershot, collapsed recently from the effects of the he.-it. A subsequent examination showed that the intense heat of the sun's, rays had so warped the roof rafters as to draw them from their supports in the walls, thus cnu-nng the collapse. The inmates of both hemes wero startled by a noiso like tho shooting of coal down a cellar. They rushed into the street, and saw the roofs of their houses, come tumbling down. No one was injured. NEW ZEALAND AT THE ROUBAIX ETFTBITTON. Mr W. Herbert Alington, writing from tho New Zealand pavilion at tho Roubaiic Exhibition to the editor of tho "Lyttelton Tiir.es" on July 28, says:—"Wo aro making wool and froeon meat the chief features, and from tho interest ehown by visitors, the frown moat comes as n revelation to a groat manv, who will scarcely behove that meat killed in N C!V ' z °aland last February can ptill ho sound and fresh. Moat is'very dear here, and has geno »P in price over 100 P*r cent during tho last ton mars. It is inferior to and doarer than London meat. Hie Roubaisions, so tho butchers tell us, will not bnv fat meat; hence tho_ inferior nualitV. When they r,oo the London retail price? of frcacn meat, which we hayo conspicuously displayed rn th? meat chamber, they aro nil ken: to have it introduced into Franco, even jn the face of their birAprotectwo tariff i Most probably wo shall have a banquet

<:* New Zealand moats, fruits and vegetables here carlv '■* September. Wool, of course, especially appeals to tho people here, Rop.baix boinc the ccntro of tho worl industry m Aorth Franco. Manv ]". -I'dans are much, interested in the exhibit of 'phorniium fibro, ancl the binder twine made by Maudron Bros., Christchurch, is much admiral. I have ' -iven their address several times. On the whole wo have an attractive little pavilion, dubbed by tho local Pre?B as 'Co Coquet Pavilion do la Ncuvelle Zclando,' and our visitors' book contain.- many complimentary remarks, as well to tho country as to the arrangement and display. Amongst other names in tho book wo Imvo that of the President of the French Republic, M. Falliercs, who was received hero by Sir W. Hall-Jones aa Sunday, July, ,9. Thoro is to bo a very fine exhibition in Ghent in 1913, covering 109 hectares of ground. Ghwtt is the ccntro of tho flax and hemp industry, no if Now Zealand intends to exhibit there, our flaxmillers should make an effort to make a special feature of phovmium fibre." " TO LADIES ONLY." Among tho tilings which have arrived with the spring this year, in addition to blossoms on the fruit trees, new fashions from Paris, and the annual ordeal of house-cleaning, aro tho new "Swift" ladies' bicycles. If you see a smart, graceful girl of the "outdoor " typo free-wheelinjf down the street, without noise, without effort, on a machine which realises the poetry of motion, with perfect harmony and happiness, you can be sure that the rider is a good judge of a good bicycle, and that nor wheel is tho 1911 lady's " Swift." And, ladie3, there is no roason why you should not also participate in "Swift" comfort and refinement. A deposit of 20s and small monthly payments will be accepted. Although wo havo sold thousands of ladies' bicycles on those terms, we have never yet mado a bad debt on the transaction. The new Indies' " Swifts" range in price from £l2 10s, equipped with free-wheel and two strong, neat, reliable brakes. Adams, Ltd., Sole Nl. Asrents for " Swifts," High Street, Christchurch. 1988