Local &. General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6037, 20 September 1887, Page 3

Local &. General.

Alarm of Fißß.—r About half-past four yesterday afternoon the alarm near Sfc Luke's Church was sounded, and the Chester Street Fire Brigade turned out, to find that their services were not required, an old tarpaulin on fire being the cause of the alarm.

Art Exhibition.— The attendance at the Art Exhibition yesterday during the day and evening was not very large j evidently the public miss the musical selections they have been accustomed to look for. The Exhibition will be open again to-day.

Ghristchuech Cadets. — The uniforms for the first Company of the newly-formed Queen's Cadets have been received from the New Zealand Clothing Factory, and were issued to the lads at Mr Ayers' auction rooms yesterday evening. They are nicely made, and the corps should present a very smart appearance when arrayed in them.

Cycling. — The 50-mile tricycle road record wa3 on Sept. 18 lowered by one •minute by Mr J. H. C. Bamlett, C.8.C., who went from Carleton to Doyleston and back to Eiccarton in 5 hours 17 minutes. The ride was under the auspices of the Cyclists' Union.— Mr J. H. Parker, having presented the sum of three guineas to the Pioneer Club for a 50-mile road race, the Committee have arranged for the race to take place 011 Monday next, starting at 6 a.m. The route is from the Eiccarton Hotel, via Wheatsheaf, to the Leeston Hotel, and back again. Gambling in a Licensed Hodse. — John Morgan, of the Royal Hotel, Timaru, was charged yesterday with permitting an unlawful game with dice to be playpd in his licensed houae on Sept. 10. Inspector Broham prosecuted, and Mr Perry defended. The evidence was to the effect (as has been already reported) that tho police found men with dice in a room of the house after midnight. The defence was — (1) That Morgan , knew nothing of it, and that the dice used did not belong to the house; (2) no drink was about, and the bar was locked up ; (3) that just before the capture Morgan had urged the boarders to go to bed, and that he was generally innocent in the matter. The magistrate considered the statement of the defendant perfectly straightforward and reliable, ancl dismissed the case, warning Morgan to be careful in future.

In view of the great attraction which London has for labourers unable to find work at Home, the Austrian authorities have just been ordered by the Government in all cases in which passports to England are taken out hy labourers, to draw the attention of the applicants to the hopelessness of efforts to find remunerative work in the already overstocked labour market of London.