Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5259, 15 May 1895, Page 3

Local & General.

•■■■■'■ ': '■ :■ * : ■■ > ■ '•■ '■■' Cycle Stolen.— -An advertisement, calls •attention to the fact that a bicyole has 'been stolen from outside the shop of JMeasrs Adams, Curtiea and Co. Ballance Liberal Association. — A special meeting of the Ballance Liberal Association is convened for eight o'clock on Thursday evening, at the Waltham Library. Football. — The secretary of the Kaikorai Football Club (Duaedin) ban wired ' to the Sacretary of the Lin-wood Football Club that a Kaikorai team will meet the Linwood team here on May 25 at Lancaster* ! ■ Alleged Sunday Trading; — In conse•quence of the private raid on the hotels laat Sunday, and the Sunday before, informations for Sunday-trading have been laid, <a?ainit eleven hotel-keepers. - The bearing is fixed for next Wednesday week. Band oi* ' Hope.— A inoßfi successful .gathering in conaectioa with the Durham Street Wesleyan Band of Hope was held last evening. After a programme of Bongs, recitations, dialogues, &a., had been performed by the members, assisted by several friends, a short address on th« temperance movement wa? given by Mr Wake. A Cycling Nuisance.— Complaints have been made about the nuisance caused by bicyclists riding on the footpath in front of the A.M.P. building and through Chancery Lane. It is stated that tteveral accidents have been caused lately by pedestrians being taken unawares, and the police now have the mitter in band. A Warning.— The secretary of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association haß -'received, a letter.;. fri^m the manager of , a large estate in Otago stating that he baa noticed the dirty condition of clayer crogs and seed in Canterbury, and remarking that unle'sß farmers are careful, to free the crops as well aa tb« Reed from weeds, there will have to be a return to imported seed. City Council. — A statutory special meeting of the* City Council was held at noon to-day, to hear and determine objections to the bnrgeßS list} present— the Mayor and Councillors Stewart, Samuels,' Cuff, J. T. Smith, Conual, Prudhoe. Gray and Berwick. There were no objections, and Councillors Gray and J. T. Smith were appointed to sign the list with the Mayor, and thelis 1 ; w*9 appointed as the bargeas roll for 1895-96. The Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Librabt.— Some valuable additions have been made to the library dn the roomß of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. The last six volumes of Coatea'e "Herd Book of -Shorthorn Cattle" have been plaoed on the shelves, which now contain forty volumes of that work. There have aUo been received five volumes of the " Clydesdale Draught Horse Stnd Book," making seventeen volumes of the work in the library, and six volumes of •• Breeds of Sheep in Great Britain." ■ -^ S* John's, Ltttelton. — The weekly meeting of St John's Literary Society, Lyttelton, was held last evening. Mr G. •Laurenson occupied the chair. The bußinees was the reading of the "Journal " by the editors, Miss Boas and Mrs Ironside. Contributions were read on the following subjects-.— "r Exclusion of Chinese, "The \Mocn," " Social Intercourse," " The New Woman," " Home," " Liberalism," " Marriage," and Bhort letters to the editor. A vigorouß discußßion followed, in which the ladies joined freely. There was an attendance of nearly seventy members. Supposed Incendiarism. — What appears to be a case of incendiarism ia reported from North Lobnrn. Mr T. White, at about half-past ten last night, discovered a Btack of oatsheaf, containing about thrie tons/ to be on fire. The stack stood close to a shed in which were horses, harness, ,&c, but Mr White and his family, with the help of the neighbours, succeeded in confining the fire to the stack, which was practically destroyed. It was noticed that straw had been brought from a stack at some distance and) plaoed along the side of the oateheaf where the fire Btarted. This, combined with the fact that none of the family had been near the stack during the evening, convinces Mr White that an attempt wbb made to burn his shed, horses and working plant. The Cunabd Family.— The audience at the Opera House last night wrb evidently ■well pleased with the very attractive entertainment given by tbe Cunard family. Miss Helen Gordon gained encores for her admirable singing, and similar compliments were paid to the mandolin and b m]o duets of Miss Gordon and Professor ■Cunard, the latter artist's waltz played on the banjo and the songs of the " Two Mignonnea." Professor Cunard's prestidigitation was also much appreciated, and the highly-effective trunk trick was especially popular. The Cunard family will appear to-night for the last time during the present season. _