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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5132, 14 October 1884, Page 2

Latest Locals.

Most wintry weather was experienced on j the Peninsula last night, and this mom ing j the higher hills on the far side of Lyttelton j harbour were plentifully besprinkled with I snow. The newly erected electric fire alarm at Lyttelton is now iv working order. It was tested by the Councillors after last night's ! meeting, and found to work most satisfac- \ torily. i In the Gazette to hand to-day it is notified - that the Christchurch Operative Bootmakers' Society has been registered under : the Trades Union Act of 1878. Date of ■ registration, Sept. 30. ! The following items appear on the fourth i page of this issue : — News by the Suez j mail ; Sporting Intelligence j St Albc'ins • Borough Council, &c. i The President of the Working Men's i Club wishes us to state that the donor of : the "Transactions of the INew Zealand Institute " to the Working Men's Club, . was Mr A. P. N. Blakiston, not Mr C. 11, i Blaldston, as previously stated by him. > Up to the present time 270 applications j for employment have been received at the j Public Works Office. This morning in- ! structions were received to put old married ■ uieu to work in the Domain. The number j to be so employed is limited, and probably j not more than 30 can be taken on. } A meeting of those interested in the pro- j posed Lyttelton Tradesmen's picnic has ; been called by the Mayor for to-night at \ 7.30, in the Colonists' Hall. The question j of the time and locality of the picnic will '. come under discussion, and any other ,' business that may be necessary. ; Mr Harvey Roll, son of Mr J. C. Roll, ! chemist, Xaiapoi, was found dead at 10 o'clock this morning, in the premises at | the roar of his residence in Chnrlea street. : ' The'deccased, who has for a lengthy time. > suffered from ill-health, was 24 years of < ago, and was much respected by a largo i circle of friends. An inquest will be held. ; ' To-day about 40 fishing licenses were j issued to anglers who intend to make an ' early start with their trout fishing by i < commencing operations to-morrow, the I first day of the season. Some individuals, : i ! however, who last season were guilty of t : unsportsmanlike conduct in their style of i fishing, have been refused licenses this ; ] year. | A meeting will be held in the Church of i England schoolroom at Lyttelton this even- ! ] iug" to consider the proposal of dividing the parish into two. A petition on the l subject was sent in by the residents of 1 Dampier's Bay some time since. It will ]

bo remembered that at the last Synod the matter was warmly advocated by the Primate, and the proposed parish was endowed by the Yen Archdeacon Dudley to the amount of .£155 per annum. Yesterday afternoon a well-attended meeting of the Council of the Acclimatisation Society was held for the purpose of considering the advisability of sending Home some person to obtain and take charge of the salmon ova which various Acclimatisation Societies in the Colony are anxious to procure from the Old Country. The lion J. T. Peacock occupied the chair. It was unanimously decided that Mr S. C. Farr, Honorary Secretary of the Society, siiould proceed to England for this purpose. He will leave by the N.Z. Shipping Company's next steamer. Hitherto all attempts to introduce salmon to this Colony have failed, generally from want of proper care in transit. It is hoped, however, that Mr Parr, from his long experience in the management of fish in this Province, will be able to conduct the enterprise to a successful issue.