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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5189, 20 December 1884, Page 3

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♦ i The subjects for to-morrow's sermons at ; Trinity Congregational Church are givnn : in an advertisement. A lecture on " Darwin and Most i 3," will be delivered at the Thearre Royal, ! to-morrow evening. An orchestra will ! perform selections. j On Monday and Tuesday there will be a j Christmas tree and sale of work in the . Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. Vocal '■ | and instrumental music will be performed at intervals. : | The following items appear on our fourth page : — Telegraphic Intelligence ; Fire on I Board Meat Ship ; Inquest at Lytteltdn ; ' Annual School Examinations ; Sydenhani ; Borough Council ; Christchurch Regatta j Club. • j On account of the death of Dr Rouse, Lodge Surgeon, the Juvenile Oddfellows' j \ Brass Band, did not perform the programme j as announced for last Thursday evening, ' i but will do so on Wednesday evening next, i Christmas Eve. j Mr T. Kennedy Macdonald, President o the Wellington Chamber of Commorce, offers himself as a candidate for a i;eat on the Government Insurance Board. His address will be found in our advertising columns. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before F. Guinness and F. J. Kimbell, Esqs., Henry Hawksford was fined 10s, and George Titinus sa, for drunkenness. A man who was suffering v from the bad effects of drinking, was remanded for seven days. Pigeon Bay promises some attractions to holiday seekers on Boxing Day, as may be seen from an advertisement. The object is a worthy one, and every effort has been t made to render it a success. The work for ' sale, also refreshments, will be at the ! lowest possible rates, bo that the ladies ! interested trust they may be libf-rally • encouraged by their friends and visitors on this occasion. I At a meeting of the Papanui Village Sports Committee last evening it was • I decided that Mr G. T. White's special , 1 prize should be given in the One-mile Race ; ; for boya under 18, and that Mr G. Adams' _ J specialprizeshouldbegivenfortheOne-mi)e : ( Walking Eace for boys under 18. The , .handicaps for the above events close on Monday evening, j A document is now in course of oircu- I lation for signature by persons willing to j guarantee the expenses of obtaining from ; i the Government the necessary concessions ; j for the construction of the West Coast ' railway, and of disposing of such conces- j sions to a syndicate or company in ' j England. The amount for which eao.lv ! guarantor is liable is not to exceed £2& j It ia satisfactory to see that the document j is being both extensively and influentially ; signed. i At the schoolroom connected with St I Mary's, Merivale, to - day at noon, a j bazaar, termed " a sale of work and , j Christmas tree," was opened in aid of the '. j funds of the Sunday School. The dis- | • play of all soits of fancy and useful ' articles suitable for presents at this time of general goodwill is very , large> and is much assisted by the pot plants, cut bloom 3, ferns, flags, &c. Among | the most attractive plants are the West Coast j j ferns and ranunculus, the latter commonly ! ; called a lily. The 6tage is devoted to a , j stall at which are dispensed strawberries I j and cream, and over which Miss Jervois • presides. As the prices asked for the ! • articles on sale are extremely reasonable, ! they should meet with a brisk demand, j I particularly this evening, when the pro- ) j ceedings will be enlivened by vocal and ■ j instrumental music. The sale is open till ' { 10 p.m. ' !