NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 32, 14 March 1914, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The rivers of the district are all clear to-day. This morning H.M.S. Philomel arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington, and at 11 a.m. was berthed. Owing to the bursting of a water main in Colombo Street, the fire brigade competitions were not held this afternoon. The secretary of the General Labourers' U,nion, Mr E. J. Howard, reports that large numbers of applications are being daily received from men seeking employment. At the annual meeting of the Linwood Football Club last evening a motion of condolence was passed with the relatives of the late Mr A. Loughrey, for 25 years president of the club. Special harvest festival services are to be conducted by the local Salvation Army corps from to-morrow until Wednesday. Attractive meetings have been arranged, at which songs, choruses, and addresses will be given. The Mayor will be in attendance at the City Council Chambers on Monday at 11 a.m., instead of at noon. On Tuesday his Worship will be absent from the city, the municipal visit to Timaru taking place that day. At a meeting of the Lyttelton branch of the Church of England Men's Society held on Thursday, 7th inst., a resolution was passed urging the Government to submit the Bible-in-State-Schools question to a referendum at the next Gene-1 ral Election.

At a meeting of the delegates from the different parts of the electorate, held here last night, Mr W.- Hawkins, ex-M.P., was unanimously elected as the Progressive Liberal Party's candidate at the coming election.—Press Association.

The massed bands/ display in aid of Mr P. Sullivan, who was injured in a motor-cycle accident »some time ago, will take place to-morrow in the Christchui'ch Domain, near the Tea Kiosk. The bands will assemble in the Square at 3 p.m., and will march to the gardens via Gloucester Street. An industrial agreement made on February 25 between the Canterbury Freezing Works, Bacon and Manure Employees' Industrial Union of Workers, and the Christchurch Meat Co., Ltd., and the Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Co., Ltd., was.filed at the Supreme Court on the 13th inst. Last flight the West Coast territorials who have been encamped at Fort Jervois, broke camp and left for Wellington by the Maori en route for home. The Lyttelton detachment leave the camp to-day. During the encampment, in both debating and athletic events, Lyttelton were declared the winners by six points to four. The following programme will be played by the Linwood Band in Linwood Park on Sunday afternoon, the 15th inst.:—March, "Old Ironsides" (Losey); selection, "St. Paul" (Mendelssohn); euphonium solo, "Land of Hope and Glory" (Elgar); air varie, "The Austrian Hymn" (Swift); "A Hymn of the Home Land" (Sullivan); "Two Chorales" (Bach); march, "Social Life" (Boehme). The Sumner Brass Band will play the following programme on the Pier Rotunda on Sunday:—March, "The Ranger" (E. Cii Briggs); morceau, "Les Cloches de St. Etienne" (Shiply Douglas); song, "Babylon" (Stephen Adams); "Our Glorious Empire Day" (J. Ord Hume); "Andante Sonata No. 12" (Beethoven); hymn, "Sandow" (Purdy); Japanese romance "Poppies" (Neil Moretj; "Ora Pro Nobis'-' (M. Piccolomini): A Chinese named Dong Sing was fine £5 1/- at the Magistrate's Court in Wellington the other day, states a Press Association telegram, on a charge of possessing opium for smoking. The accused denied knowledge of the opium, which the police found where he had just been sitting, and an elderly Chinaman, named Sing Lee, who had been previously fined for a similar offence, declared that Dong was innocent. The Magistrate; considered that both gave perjured evidence. The annual meeting of the Canterbury Law Society was held in the law library. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—President, Mr H. D. Andrews; vice-president, Mr M. Donnelly; hon. treasurer, Mr G. H. N. Helmore; hon. secretary, Mr F. W. Johnston; council —Messrs J. A. Cassidy, J. J. Dougall, F. K. Hunt, H. O. D. Meares, and S. G. Raymond, K.C. Messrs H. D. Andrews, G. Harper, and S. G. Raymond, K.C, were elected to represent the Society on the Council of the New Zealand Law Society. Mr 11. Edgar was elected a member of the Society. A vote of thanks was passed to the retiring hon. secretary, Mr W. J. Hunter, for Ms services during the past three years.* At a subsequent meeting of the Council, Mr R. B. Ward was elected a member of the Society. A meeting of the committee of the Christchurch Citizens' Association was held on Thursday evening. Mr J. A. Frostick (president) presided, and there was a large attendance of members, considerable interest being taken in the business brought forward. Mr. 11. G. Ell, M.P., gave an exhaustive and interesting address on "Rating on Unimproved Values," and replied to questions from those who, desired informa--tion, after which a vote of thanks was passed to Mr Ell for his attendance and speech. The sub-committee for public buildings reported re Town Hall, and Messrs Hurst Seager and Cyrus Williams submitted a plan for a. site in Victoria Square. The nomination of candidates for the coming municipal elections was left over till next meeting. Mr G. M. Butterworth was appointed to the position of secretary and canvasser.

The many unnecessary risks that newsvendors run while endeavouring to sell the papers on the waterfront was again exemplified at Lyttelton last night. As the Wakatu, from Kaikoura, was berthing, a boy named S. Tippet, in endeavouring to board the steamer, fell overboard. A man standing near by, who has previously effected rescues at the port, divesting himself of his coat, pluckily jumped into the sea after the boy, who had been driven under the t wharf by the dead water from the propelfors, and both were hauled on to the Wakatu. It seems only right that some steps should be taken that would tend to lessen the chances of the boys selling papers from receiving an unexpected bath. The rescuers for the most part spoil their clothes, catch colds, and suffer inconvenience, without any recognition for services or any compensation for damage—yet they do it.