Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5163, 23 January 1895, Page 3

Local & General.

Exctjebion to Little Bivbb.— An excursion train for school children was run to Little Biver to-day, and was well patronised, about 180 adults and 300 children taking advantage of the trip. : Ltttblton Amatbub Athletic Association.—A meeting of the committee of this, aasooiatioa was held on Tuesday evening, when a programme of races was drawn up, to be got off eaoh week, one race every' Friday evening. The programme was as follows :— Jan. 25, 100 yd s; Feb. 8, j 880 yds | Feb. 15j" 1 mile j Feb. 22, 120 yds; March 1, 440 yds; March 8, 250ydaT March 15, 100 yds; Maroh 22, half-mile. After transacting other business the meeting terminated. Banqioba Athletic Association.— The committed of the above association met «fs the Junction Hotel on Tuesday evening. In the abganoe of the President, Mr E. EelphiTsraß voted to the obftir, An approxi- ' jaate kalftnqe-sheeVln connection wrtu the Kew dear's Day sports was read; Sowing a debit balance of £1 6a 2d, the receipts being .estimated at 4189 9s 2d. Accounts amounting to .£154 19a 104 "wore i .pas sad i f op payment. Votes of thanks were passed to the officers of the. association, and also to the officials who acted at the sports. Fbofcbtt Sale.— Me sra Tonka,- Norton and Co. sold, at their land salerooms, today, that : well«£nown 'property* the Wai*:' tham vipery, in . the bankrupt estate of J. Nancairow.' There was a very large attendance of the publio, and the property, after keen competition, was knocked down to Mr Q." Woodrougb, for the sum of .£9OO. The auctioneer also sold two farms, one of one hundred aorea and one? of sixty-three, aorea, situated in the Linooln district, to .Mr Bichards ; also a number of shares in \ the Tai Tapu Dairy Faotory. , Tsmhbbancb.— On , Thursday evening last Mr Crabb, temperance lecturer, addressed an audience in the Oddfellows'. Hall, Woodend. Mr J. Knoffc occupied the chair, and after the close of the lecture a vote of thanks waß accorded to Mr Crabb. As the hall waa engaged for Friday evening, the second address waa given in the district school, which. was orowded. The Jfctsv J. Dellow took the chair. 4 A. very able and earnest lecture waa given, and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks. To-night the lecturer, will appear at Lyttelton, BICCABTON SoHOOIi COMMITTEE. — The usual monthly meeting took place on Jan.' 21 ; present-'-Captain Garsia (chairman), Messra Brake, Clark, Hanson, Marsh and Wood. The Secretary of . the Board of Education, in forwarding examiners' re-, port,, intimated that the Board considered' it ''extremely satisfactory and highly creditable to the ability and industry of the master.'' This the committee fully endorsed and unanimously passed a vote of thanks to the staff. The naming of two persons to fill vaoanoiea on the Board could ' npt take place, as Vthe, witten consent of any persona had not been obtained. The committee would exercise its right to vote in due course. The f aether .wnsideratiog §t the. annual 'tjeat,- &0., w&fl postponed "till after the return of the maater. , "PBBsnNTATioin— The members of the Fendalton Dramatio Club met in the Kindergarten schoolroom on Monday even' ing, to bid farewell to Miss Leaob, one of their number, who is leaving immediately for England. Great regret was expressed at the loss of bo active and useful a member of the club; and to mark their sense '■ of the valuable . service Bhe had rendered to it, the .members presented her with a leather case, containing some useful travelling requisites. In the absence of Mr Justice Dennieton, the president, Canon Stack made the presentation, and spoke in warm terms of Miss Leach's valuable asrvicea in many ways, to the district. At the same time he presented her, on behalf of the choir of 8t BarnabaVa, with an album of New Zealand viewß. Before separating these present sang " Auld Lang Syne." /Fobkstby.— The fortnightly meeting of Court Star of Canterbury was held on Monday evening, C.B. Brb J. W. Steven in the chair. The Woodwards reported sixteen members at present on the sick fund. The C.E. installed Bro J. W. Hunter as C.8., and Bro Hunter took the obair and installed the other newly-elected officers. The C.E. announced that a publio meeting will be held in the Foresters' Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 29, for the enrolment of women to form a women's court. Further particulars would appear by advertisement at the end of the week. P. C.E. Watts, one of the auditors, read the. annual balance -sheet, which was adopted as read. It showed the Court had expended £596 4s 2d in sick pay and JE2380 5a in medical attendance and medicine. The total value of the Siok Fund on Deo. 31 waa .68128 fia 6d, of whioh J86388 was invested in freehold securities. The net profit on the year was .£438 5s 2d. Members expressed their satisfaction on the result of. the year's working. P.C.E. Bro Bruce was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Management Committee. Correspondence wag read and sick pay passed, and the C.E. closed the Court in due form. The receipts of the evening were £146 lOfl. Honobabt Ebsbbvb Cobps.— The first competition of the Eeserve Corps for the New Zealand Eifle Association's bronze medal will take place to-morrow afternoon, on the range at Cashmere. Pobtaob.— A paragraph published yesterday/and headed " newspaper postage," may convey a wrong impression to those interested! The action recently taken by the Queensland postal authorities applies to book-post matter. They have refused to accept printed papers from this colony prepaid at one halfpenny each, and are now surcharging any such matter that may be prepaid leaa than one penny. Therefore, printed papers for Queensland must be prepaid one penny each for any weight tinder 4,0%. There is no other change in the progression of rate*.