CHRISTCHURCH NEWS NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2541, 26 November 1902, Page 29

CHRISTCHURCH NEWS NOTES.

(From Our Own Cobeesfondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, November 21

Ariangements have now been made; mainly through the energy of Mr JameHiblop, of Dunedin, a member of the Bowling Association executive, by which the. northern bowlers will in all probability bo present at the tournament here. For somti years past the tournament has been confined to the Southern and Christchurch Clubs. The presence of teams from the north will add greatly to the success of the tournament, which should be a record one. Mr T Deschryver, of Toronto, the accredited representative of leading Canadian firms, and to some extent an envoy of the Canadian Government, is travelling through the colony in an effort to open, up business relations. He has reached OlnMchureh from the north, nnd intends to open sample room« in the four chief oei.tre«. He reports that the Canadian Government contemplates putting a line of. "•tpamers on the Australasian trade, and his int instigations lead him to believe that th« mo\e would be a sound one. He thinks that Xew Zealand would be able to place quite a number of lines in Canada.

A new attraction has been offered at FitzgpraUr<. Circus in the shape o fa strong man, who if a veritable Hercules, in the extraordinaiy character of the feats of dnring and strength which ht accomplishes with apparent ease. William Pagel (who challenged Sandow without receiving amy response) is a young athlete who has yet to come to his full powers. " I vas a strong pchild," he says, with a ■-light foreign accent, " and I am a strong man — und growing stronger; I cannot help it. I increat-e my weights as my strength comes to me.'* He h?.s never endeavoured to perfect his strength by means of any Ej-item Pagel is a native of Pomerania, on the Baltic. His father and mother were bip people, and all his brothers are powerful 1 men. He ib a blacksmith by trade, and finding that he possessed more than average strength has letermined to give public exhibitions. He lifts heavy weights equal to the record, and rivals all that Sandow has done. He puts up a 2561b dumbbell with one hand, »nd plays with a 2001b one on each, end of which a man is seated. He supports on his arched body a. weight equal to 18c wt, carries a horse 15 hands 3 inches high between two ladders and does a sensational and dangerous feat with a young lion. AltCfc» •. gether it ii a thrilling exhibition.