Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4932, 23 April 1894, Page 3

Local & General.

! The MiNia-nsa ov Lands.— The Hon J M Kenzie left for the south this morniDg. Native Land Court.— The Native Lane Court was held at the Stipendiary Magi* gate s Court, Kaiapoi, before Mr H. W Bishop, Judg c and.au Assessor, to-day, There were not maay Natives present. • StJMNEB. — The Gorman Band gave j selections of music for two 'hours at the f Y a , ye fc ' Snmner > yesterday afternoon. ; A large number of visitors went from town, ; fourteen cara well loaded arriving botween j three and four o'clock. I School Committee Elections — In connection with the election of school committees, which takeß place this evening, Mr D. Lumsden has an advertisement soliciting the support of the householders as a can* didate for the East Christchurch Committee. Avon Eoad Board.— ln ifpon^e to a requisition, Mr Charles Burgess, the present chairman of the Avon Road Board, has consented to be nominated as a candidate for the Richmond ward of the Avon Road District. Mr Isaac Parish has consented to be nominated as a candidate for the Richmond Ward of the Avon Road District. Brackenfield Hounds. — A number of sporting gentlemen met at the Commercial Hotel, Oxford, on Saturday evening. Mr W. J. Bassett occupied the chair. It was resolved to place themselves in communication with the secretary of the Hunt Club with the view of securing three meets of the hounds in the Oxford district during the coming season. Co-operative Dairy Factory. — This morning Mr W. W. Collins, one of the members for the Christchurch electorate, had an interview with the Hon J. M'Kenzie, Minister of Lands. During the interview the Minister said it was- his intention to establish, in the interests of the small farmers at Cheviot, a dairy factory to be conducted on co-operative principles. Sydenham Excelsior Band of Hope, — The fortnightly meeting of the Sydenhato Excelsior Band of Hope was held in the Sydenham Baptist Church on Friday evening. There was a fair attendance of I members. Mr W. Gahagan occupied the j chair. Recitations were given by Mies T. Wright and Master W. Griffin, songs by Mr Hunt and Master E. Barnetb, violin solo by Master F. Chambare, readings by Mies E. Smith and Mr Disen, and a duet by Mrs Hunt and Miss Lena Moirse. Mias Moirse presided at the organ. Catholic Carnival. — The carnival which is to open in the Tuain Street Hall this evening promises to be very successful, and to afford a series of most attractive entertainment?. At the final rehearsal on Saturday night all the performers gave proof of very careful training, the *' Estuj diantina" especially. In this " Carnival j Espanol" all the performers will appear in j Spanish costume, with the accompanying accessories of tambourines and castanete. All the dances, tableaux and musical items were gone through in capital style. The stalls are very tastefully fitted up. Each bears the name of a well-known opera, and the dresses worn by ,the ladies are to be in keeping with the operas after which the stalls are named. The mainmast, wheel, bulwarks, &c, of ff.af.S. Pinafore were in course of erection on Saturday night. I Altogether, considerable skill and artistic \ taste are displayed in carrying out the i various arrangements in connection with thfe carnival. The hall, will.be in itself j " a thing of beauty," in so far as ferns, flowers, brilliant lights and gay dresses can make it. The object for which the entertainment is organised is the liquidation of the debt upon the Barbadoes, I Street Catholic Church, and doubtless the | Very Rev Father Cuminings, under whose ! guidance the whole affair takes place, will i haye no cause to complain oF the. aqpgort. [ which he will receive.. The Mayor has'; promised to "open tihe Sail/ /ajTd^thev merits of Jithe carnivdl^shbuid ensure 1% success.:.-,"' ■:■■■---• w >71 // ■% ; | :v> / / . ;;-, The sbaPiTAL^The--n>"eml»er^'' of the honorary medical' Bsaff/in\afy;endarice at 'the hospital "during the 1 , hiaijijjie week are ; Dr Lomax-Smith, surgeon,^ andTDr George Deamer, physician.^ " 7.-.: f" A Silly Hoax.— Abottle^ontaining a i'paper on which was a message purporting j to refer to the loss of the missing vessel Grecian Bend,; was picked up on the New Brighton beach yesterd&yi /The"; p^per" itself shows', however, that' the message 1 iis) nothing but a very stupidly-a'ttempfed hoiax. 'w: - ■ " ' "V "| Jewish Festival,— The first ; service of. the Jewish festival of the Pa&soyer, was very well attended- on : Saturday. "The second day of the festival, yesterday, was [ also widely observed, a large number j being present at the service. The seventh ! d&y, Friday, and the last day, Saturday, will also be observed. \ Oamaru Harbour Boabd.— The Oamaru Mail oi Saturday says : — " The question of the Judge's order in the matter of the ap- ( poiutmont of receiver was exhaustively ) thrashed out by the Harbour Board in ■committee this morning, and we are mii formed that it was ultimately resolved to appeal against the order." I The Lyceum. — There was a large audi- ! ence at the Lyceum last night, when Mr | W. W. Collins lectured ou " Pearls of Great | Price 5 or, is there nny Monopoly of | Morality ?" Musical selections were given by the orchestra, and the newly-elected ! president-, Mr J. Nancarrow, was in the chair. N Battery. — After the usual weekly parade of the N Battery of Artillery at Lyttelton on Friday evening, Captain M'lntyre presented Sergeant Smith with the handsome silver cup won by him as the highest aggregate scorer in two shoocI ing competitions. The cup was the gift ; of Mr F. Beverley, of Lyttelton. Rifle Shooting. — On Saturday afternoon the fifth competition for Lieutenant Simpson's prize was competed for. The following were the five highest scorers : — Private G. M'Gregor (10) 200 yds 29, 500 yds 24; total 63 j. Private F. Robilliard ! (4) 29, 24-57 j Private T. Hanna,(lo) 24, 23—57 1 Sergeant A. Winterbourne (3) 29, 21—53; Private Fantham (ecr) 31, 19 -,50.. Boys' High School.— The Boys' High School Cadets were inspected by Colonel Gordon on Friday. The corps mustered fifty-five, under Acting-captain Delamare. The inspecting officer examined the arms, and spoke very hiehly of their condition. The corps was put through the manual and firing exercise by Captain Delamare ; Lieutenant Stewart put the cadets through \ the bayonet exercise to the front and ' Lieutenant Nixon to the rear ; and Ser- j I geants Hutton, Wilson, Symos and Curnau ! put them through the. physical drill. The ! ! instructor, Major. Richards, exercised the ' • cadets in marching. Colonel Gordon con- | gratulated the officers, sergeants and corps ; on their efficiency, and commented very | favourably on the general physique of tho . member?. Proposed Inebriate Home. — As the outcome of a conference of representatives of the Canterbury Women'B Institute, St Saviour's Guild, the Women's' Christian Temperance Union, the Prison Gate Mission, and the Salvation Army, a number of ladies have interviewed various I members of Parliament who have recently ! been in Christchurch, in reference topro- ' curing an alteration in the law dealing 1 with habitual drunt ards. The ladies who " ! undertook this task were Mesdemes Wells, i Venables, Cunnington and Miss Smith. j All the members approached on the sub- ■ ject agreed that there is great necessity , for an amendment of the law, especially ' in the direction of enabling Magistrates .to inflict longer, sentences on criminal inebriates than can now be passed. It has been proved that the present maximum penalty of a few months' imprisonment is not long enough to give any opportunity for reform. There is a general agreement that either an institution must be established for the treatment of habitual drunkards, or facilities provided for the purpose in existing institutions. It has been suggested, therefore, that, say, two Inebriate Homes should be founded, or that wardß in the lunatic aeyluma should be set apart for habitual drunkards, or, again, that victims of intemperance should be treated on a special industrial favm. Itißthe intention of tho promoters of the movement to communicate 'rith the

Ministry on the subject; and it is hope* that the necessary legislation' may bi obtained- at the forthcoming session o Parliament. Upper Waimakariri Road Boabd.— Meßara F. Dalgety and A. J. Stronacl have been re-elected members of tht Upper Waimakariri Road Board withoul opposition. Act Galleby. — There was a numerous attendance at the Art Gallery on Saturday evening. The music was provided by Messrs Frank Ross, W. Stokvis and H. ' Weir, Miss Vartha playing the accompaniments. This evening Mr H. L. Reanert, a Dunedin baritone, together with Beveral local artiste, will contribute a programme of music. Ltttelton Wesletan Sunday School. —The fortieth anniversary of this school was celebrated yesterday. The services ■ were conducted by Mr Wilkinson, of Christchurch, the afternoon service for children being exceptionally well attended. The church was profusely decorated, and special hymns were sung by the children, who were assisted by the choir, under the leadership of Mr C. Aschman, Misß E. Kenner being the org&nist. Mobbis-ttjbe Shooting.— On Friday evening the Christchurch Working-Men's Club Rifle Class fired the final stage of No. 3 Competition for prizes presented by Messrs J. Gould, E. Recce, Ashby, Bergh and Co., Munford and a class prize (seven shots at 300 yds). The following were the leading scorers :— Turpin (Ber) 35, Thomas (3) 35, Scott (scr) 34, W. Garrard (1) 34, Frost (scr) 33, Caldwell (1) 33, Wells (scr) 32, G. Allen (scr) 32, Spicer (1) 32, Munford (2) 32. On Saturday a elas,s-prize was fired for (seven shots at 200 yds), and resulted in a tie between W. Garrard (1) 33 and J. Garrard (2) 33. &ABT CnBISTCHUECH SCHOOL.— An Bdjourned meeting of the East Christchurch School Committee was held on Thursday; present— Messrs M. Sandstein (chairman), F. J". Board, H. Allison, I. H. Pentecost, ! J. S. Williams, J. Tippett Smith, M. S. j Brown and J. R. Brunt. An apology for | absence was receiTied from Mr M. Murphy. \ It was resolved that the rough report on the business carried out during the past year, read by the Chairman, should be received and adopted. It was unanimously resolved that a vote of thanks should be recorded on the minutes to Mr Sandstein for the very able and energetic manner in which he had carried out the duties of chairman. Mr Sandstein thanked the committee, and stated that it was a great pleasure to him to do the work. 1 Pigkon Shooting. — A number of matches fcooE place at Papanui on Saturday afternoon. There was a fair attendance of both spectators and shooters. Mr ! J. P. Homer was the promoter, and Mr } ; W. G. Garrard acted as handicapper and ; ' referee. The following are the results :— i Maiden (district), 25yds ; five birds— -J. j : A. Homer and J. Jackson tied, and in the ; ' shoot-off Homer won. No. 2 Stake, 20s ! entrance ; seven birds — J. P. Homer 24yds, 1 ; W. Bennett 25yds, 2 ; H. Cutts : 26yde, 3. No. 3 Stake, 10s ; five birds— I W. Penninghous 24yds, 1; H. Nunweek 22yda, 2; W. Dyer 23yds and W. Bennett , 26yds divided third money. No. 4 Stake, j 10a; three birds— Messrs "Smith" 25yds laud Penninghous 26jds divided firatand second ; H. Bailey 26yds, 3. Consolation, ss ; three birds— Messrs Rossiter 22yds j and G. Higham 23yds divided. I j Good Yields.— On the farm of Mr John j J Henderson, jun., at Yaldhursfc, where j tbreshing has just been completed, a yield j of ninety-three bashelaof— Dun oats- to the acre has been obtained, while eightysix bushels of Canadian oats to the acre were taken from another paddock. The farm, which contains two hundred and twenty-two acres, was taken up by Mr Henderson, sen., in 1860, and has been systematically cropped ever since. The • only, manure which has been used during. -rtTb&t-pejrj.qd ha^ibeen" 2ewt of bone-dust i 6b^;ihe; -acre applied -with each crop of! .p'ptetQas' that has been planted. The; <f&rjo]£&as taken ovejc, ."by Mr Henderson,' iuri.j about •f'pur ; years' ago,' and was then ' '?ip£> g*aa!&H p^H tsfieidl ifpjr iiia j first year was j ■' P tiOTe^tyrfi^e^ibu^^B-^ ( jc',oatk to the acre, j • and ""■t.hb'y Bpoocj ilftfog ■■vW$ thirty-eight j bushels of velv4t:baa£E wheat ,to the acre, ) while the third; is as stated above. These ; good results have been obtained simply by ; careful attention to - the rotation in which the crops haye i beengrown. Shorthand. — The adjourned annual meeting of the Christchurch .Association was held at the . Young Men's Christian Association rooms on Saturday evening. • About fifty memberß Were present. ..Mr C. \H. Gilby; was voted to the chair pending the election o£ a president, to "which office < Mr A. G. Ashby was elected. The following were also appointed officers for the ! year :— Vice-presidents, Messrs Gilby and M'Namara ; honorary secretary , and ! treasurer, Mr W. A. Banks; assistantsecretary and reporter, Mr Wright; | librarian, Miss A. M. Carr ;• conductor of ; reporting practice^ Mr H. C. Bafeer'; auditors, Messrs Jameson and Donaldson ; I committee, Miss Hobden, Messrs Stout and Telford. Thirty-six new members were elected. The report and balance-sheet for the year were read and adopted. Speed certificates were presented to the nine candidates whose names have' already been published. It was decided that during next month another examination should be held. The meeting terminated with votes of thanks to outgoing officers.