Lpcal & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5310, 15 July 1895, Page 3

Lpcal & General.

♦ Sam op Fbtjit — Messrs Ayers, Beau- , champ and Co. an y. ounce an auction sale of fruit for 131 a.m. to-morrow, alb their rooms. Thb Unemployed.— About fifty men, old and youn#, usatmbled outride the City Council office this morning. His Worship the Mayor told them that nothing could be done untii the meeting of the Winter Work Committee to-morrow. Thb • Industrial Exhibii-ion. — Thia morning a beginning was made with the work of erecting the building on the drill* shed ground for the Industrial Exhibition. Half a dozen man were put to clear away the Bnow; and four men, under Mr Welch, the foreman of the works, began to lay ' out the framework of tbe annexe. ° Bjsatttiftjl Britain."— On Saturday the run on tbe artistic work " Beautiful Britain" was so great that the whole of a rery large edition was sold out by noon, and the management was compelled to withhold the coupon advertised to appear in the Star. A largo number of orders that cannot yet b« supplied hare been received for both Part a 1 and 2. These will be carefully filed, and will be the first orders to recaivo attention on the arrival of further eupi lies, which are expected shortly. Fobester's Funebal.— The fnneral of the late Mr George Wilson, a member of the Court Star of Canterbury, took pl«oa yesterday at the Bnrwood Cemetery. The deceased had been a resident of New Brighton for many years, and the large number that attandt- d bis funeral showed the respect in which .he was held. The Bey P. R. In wood conducted the fnneral j service. The ritual of the Order was read : at the decansec's residence by Bro . Hunter, C.E. of the Court to whioh the deceased belonged, and at the grave by P.D.C.B. Bro H. Crooiis. , Ballance Liberal Association.— The j Ohildren of members of this Association were entertained at a " social " last Friday in the old Wefleyan Chapel, which was kindly lent fot the occasion by Mr Scatt. The affair waa got up by Mr and Mrs Clifford, and the youugr Liberals bad a good time. Games and dancing were indulged in, and a tug-of-war between six gils and - six boys resulted in an easy win for the I girls. Songs, rounds and recitations were ; given by the Misses Scott (2), Norman (2), ! Finn, Clifford and others. Votes of thanks I were passed to Mr and Mrs Clifford, to Mr Scott, and to Mr Wright, who went to considerable trouble in providing a model i Btage and painting a number of scene?. - Mr Wright also exhibited -some marionnettes. The singing of "Auld Lang - Syne " wound up a very successful children's evening. * Daiet Education.— M*r John Sawers, dairy instructor, returned to Chriatohurch from Cheviot on Saturday, and left in the evening for the North Island, to make arrangements for the opening, in a few days, of the dairy school at Stratford. Theosophioal Society. — At the meeting of this society yesterday afternoon, the . of tbe series of papers on the " Higher Life " was read by the President. J The paper evoked a considerable amount of j criticism by both members and visitors. I Band of Hope.— The usual fortnightly • meeting of the Bur wood Band of Hope was held on Friday. Considering the bad] state of the roads, the attendance was ! very good. Songs, recitations, &c, were contributed by Misses Delacour, Judd, Snelling, Selfe, Campbell and M'Lachlan, and Messrs Grant, Delacour, Eolles ton and Selfe. . Cheist*b Collhob.— The Old Boys' evening on Saturday last was a great anoceaa. The schoolroom, which was very prettily decorated with masses of evergreen, and the school colours, was filled i with a large audience. The programme, I consisting of songs, readings and recita- , tiona, wae a very good one, and nearly every item was enthusiastically redtmanded. At the close of the concert two of the boys burnt a red light upon the quandrangle, and thus lit up all the buildings, and threw a soft flush of light over the snow, giving a pretty close to a moßt pleasant evening. Those who assisted in the entertainment were Mrs , Andrews,' Miaa Packer, Messrs Mannering, Bell, M. D i vie, Hugh Beeves, E. Webb, W. A. Day, Norman Smith, A. J. Merton and Brittan, and Master A. Biinz. Childbmn'b Competitions. — A misunderstanding appears to have arisen j in reference to the children's entertain- ! menta in connection with the Industrial Exhibition. There is no intention on the part of the committee that squads from the various schools shall compete in calisthenic exercises, or that the proper work of schools shall be interfered with. It is merely proposed that there shall be . an exhibition— not a competition — of pole drill and club exercises. The committee has been given to understand that the" children of some schools at all events could go though these exercises without tbe necessity of interfering with the ordinary routine of work. The competitions which it is proposed shall form part of the entertainments are in* violin and pianoforte playing, which do not form part of the ordinary work of the schools.