Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4704, 24 July 1893, Page 3

Local & General.

— ♦ ■ - Goldmining. — A Dunedin telegram states that the Sew Hoy Company's return for last week was 87oz of retorted gold, and that the Upper Waipori Company's return was 41oz for five and a half days' dredging. Patents.— Complete specifications have been lodged relating to the following Canterbury applications for patents:— Newman Andersen, of Addington, dairy factory manager, an improved apparatus for heating milk or cream by steam; Eeuben Withftll, of Brookside, dairy expert, an apparatus, to be used in connection with milking machines, for automatically disengaging the teat cupß from cows. Provisional specifications have been accepted from Alexander M'Lachlan, of Doyleaton, farmer, for a machine for cleaning clover and other seeds. Gazette Notices.— Messrs W. T. Norrish, A. J. Norrish, John O'Donnell, W. Annett and W. J. S. M'Doweli have been appointed trustees of the Hinds Public Cemetery. Dr F. G. M. Brittin has been appointed an additional public vaccinator for the district of Christchurch. Mr Frank Ward has been appointed as a Crown Lands ranger for the Canterbury district. Messrs James Butt and Matthew Edward Hiatt have been appointed members of the Wainiakariri Harbour Board. Letters of Naturalisation have been issued in favour of the Rev Father di Mattia Salvador, Lyttelton. New Zealand Bands' Association. — A meetiog of the Executive of the New Zealand Bands' Association was held pn Saturday night; present — Mr R. Trist Searell (in the cbair), and Messrs J. Cusack, A. Gordon, J. Painter, D. M'Killop, W. Oliver and W. Mansell (Hon Sec). Apologies were received from Messrs W. F. M'Lean and John Hughes. Correspon- 1 dence was read from the Invercargill

Gairieon Band, Dresden Piano Company, Hawkes and Son (London), and Glen and Co. (Melbourne). The Dresden Company : (Dunedin) forwarded a splendid plated '■ B flat cornet to the Association ' for the special prize 8010 cornet. On the motion of Mr Gordon, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the I Company for its handsome present. A ! similar vote was accorded to Mossrs Glen and Co., Melbourno, for their parcel of munic. The Secretary was instructed write to each unafßliated Band in the Colony, setting forth the desirability of affiliation to the Association, and requesting assistance. generally. Attention was ' drawn to the list of active mem* ' bers which must, bo furnished three ' months prior 'to the contest, and the : Secretary was instructed to notify ' affiliated Bands of the rule. It was decided \ to hand the special prizes, viz., Besson ' and Co.'s medal, Dresden Piano Company's I (Booßey's agents) cornet, and Glen's music : to the Contest Committee to add to the aolo prize list; the cornet to be given to j the winner of the solo cornet competition. ! •The cornet presented to the Association I by the Dresden Company is a splendid I instrument of Class A, with all the latest j improvements. New Zealand Cyclists' Union.— ln ! order to enable the public to easily I distinguish one competitor from another ! in cycle racing, nearly four thousand j distinctive colours have been arranged and printed in the registered colour book of the New Zealand Cyclists' Union, the headquarters of which are in Christchurch. Racing cyclists who are members of any Club affiliated to the Union must register one of these as the colours they always in- '■ tend to ride in, as no entry-form for path racing will be considered complete unlees the registered colours are specified. Colonre may be registered by any athlete, whether a member of a Club or not, on and after I August 1, 1893. The fee chargeable for registration is 2s 6d, and each registration holds good for three years, but may be reregistered at the expiration of that time. The colour-steward is Mr W. E. Thompson, from whom all information may be obtained, and with whom all colours must be registered. The only colours that may be U3ed are: White, black, red, blue, green, yellow, grey and brown, a regulation shade being in each colour. The principal variations are : All one colour, all one colour with different caps, sashes, sleeves and stripes. Sashes must be the regulation width (four inches), and are to be worn round the left shoulder to the right hip (back and front). Hoopß and stripes must be the same width as sashes, viz., four inches. Spots mußt be two and a half inches in diameter. No two men will be allowed to have the same colours, and they will be allotted according to priority of application. Every competitor must wear a silk or satin jacket, long sleeves, plain white knickerbockers and black socks or stockings. Linwood Bobough Council.— An ordinary meeting of the Linwood Borough Council will be held this evening. City Council. — The usual meeting of the Christchurch City Council will take place this evening at seven. The Mayor will, pursuant to notice, bring forward his motion regarding the registration and licensing of street vendors of newspapers. The Cheviot Estate. — The steamer Wakatu, which left Lyttelton on Saturday night for Port Eobinson, took twenty additional unemployed for the Cheviot works and a large quantity of timber and other material to be used in the construction of a jetty at the port. Tuam Steeet Theatre.— The HoJloway Company repeated A Broken Idol on Saturday evening at the Tuam street theatre, interpreting the interesting comedy-drama admirably. This evening The Land of the Living will be performed. This is a romantic drama by Frank Hervey, and is said to have achieved distinct success wherever produced. Knights of Labour.— The Rawhiti Assembly held its weekly session in the Druids' Hall on Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance of members and visitors. The Master Workman presided.— Several members, were received upon clearance cards. The Recording Secretary was instructed to write to the Minister for Public Works regarding the work at Cheviot, as certain knowledge had been obtained of irregularities there ; also to the Minister for Lands, in reference to the placing of a sum of money upon the Estimates to initiate the drainage scheme at Lake Ellesmere. The installation of officers was then conducted by the Senior P.M.W., and hearty thanks were accorded to the retiring officers for their paßt services, to which they suitably responded. The Assembly was closed by the Master Workman. Society op St Vincent de Paul.— At the Pro-Cathedral yesterday morning at High Mass, the Very Eev Father Cummingß preached a charity sermon on behalf of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, referring to the godliness of charity and the good work accomplished by the Society. The appeal was continued at Vespers by the Rev Father Briand. The congregation at both services was very large, and a liberal response was made to the appeals. — At eleven o'clock Mass a large choir, under the conductorship of Mr F. S. Funston, gave a splendid rendering of Weber's Maßs in G, The soloists were Mrs J. P. Kelly, soprano; Misses Cronin and Bryant, alto ; Mr Funston, tenor; and Messrs M'Cormack, Cronin and Hynes, bassi. During the offertory the Eev Father Briand sang a eolo, and Miss Funston, who presided at the organ, played a selection. At Vespers, in addition to the usual benediction service, offertory pieces were sung by Miss Spensley, " Oh, Lord, have Mercy," and Mr Puschel, " If with all your hearts j" and Misses Bryant and Cronin and Mr M'Cormack sang a pretty trio, "Salve Eegina." Alarms of Fibs. — Three false alarms of fire were given yesterday morning. About 2.50 a.m. the Chester street Fire Brigade station was rung up from the electric alarm pull in Victoria street, opposite the Junction Hotel. The chemical engine was quickly manned, and hurried to the locality whence the alarm had been given, but no fire could be found. At 3.30 another false alarm was given from the pull in Gloucester street, opposite the Palace Hotel, and the brigades were needlessly brought out. At 11.20 a further ' alarm was heard, and an accident occurred ' which resulted in the loss of one of the ' horses attached to the Chester street ' chemical engine. The engine was going at full speed in search of the supposed fire, and was passing through Cathedral square when a dog rushed at the horses' legs, and so startled one of the animals that it reared and fell. The impetus of the engine and the pulling of the other horse caused the front wheels of the car- ■ riage to pass over the prostrate animal, I inflicting fatal injuries. The pole of the j engine was broken, though beyond this j but little damage was done. None of the men were injured. This third false alarm came from one of the pulls already touched, and it is thought that the wires may have j become entangled and closed the circuit without the plug being pulled. Finding of a Skeleton.— Last Monday Mr Tyson, a farmer near the Styx, in the . course of ploughing over a sandbank on his property, found the skeleton of a man of apparently about sixty years of age. Mr Tyson's plough turned over a Bkull, and with the aid of his son he excavated the remainder of the bones, which were in '■ an upright position. The remains have the appearance of having been thirty or forty years underground. Mr Tyson has ' been^ on the farm for eleven years, and previous to his occupation Mr Bailey had the land as a sheep run for about thirty years. Enquiries have elicited the fact that some thirty years ago a man named ; Howard, a cattle dealer, camped at the ! Sfcyx on his way north, and was afterwards completely lost Bight of. It is surmised that this man probably lost his way, [ and that these are his remains. A : deep hole was dug on the spot where the bones were discovered, but no further find resulted. The skeleton was placed in a , box and forwarded to the Christchurch police station, where it was examined on Saturday hy Mr R. Beothain, as coroner, j and ordered to be buried.