Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5333, 10 August 1895, Page 5

Local & General.

« BiiumJui. Bkitain."— For theconTanience of the public, and to enable them toxeadiiy procure copies of to-day's Star, iMoi contains the coupon for Part 6 of "Beautiful Britain," the publishing -room •Si be kept open to-night until nine ' Supbkhb Court.— The criminal sittings tf the Supreme Court will open before his Honor Mr Jnatice Denniston at 11 a.m. on Monday. The calendar contains twelve cn*rg«s against twelve persons. Football.— On. Thursday a match was tfliyed on Latimer Square between teams ntareaenting Taylor and Oakley and the Hqheezs, resulting in a win for the Pioneers by nine points to three. , BuBQLABT.— The warehouse of Messrs Tient Bros was broken into on night, and a quantity of tobacco stolen. Bran advertisement in this issue a reward Zt £20 is offered for information that will lead to the recovery of the Btolen goods. MiNiraVILLE AND RANGIOBA RoAD Soabd.— At, the monthly meeting of the Sfoove' Board . held, yesterday, Mr A. Tempter xeaigned hia position., a> clerk McL enrveyor; fcamg obtained , a good Bvil engineer appointment in the North Island. Fbison Gate Mission. — The monthly committee meeting was held on Wednesday in the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, the Rev C. Coates in the Chair. The Secretary and visitors' report tot Work, during, the patjfe month was received and adopted, and several subscriptions were acknowledged by the honorary treasurer. LnWELTON LITEBAST SOCIETY. — The weekly meeting of t^ia society was held on Thursday evening, when there was a good ittendance. The evening waa devoted to reading, and recitation competitions. Miss Fairclongh was awarded the prize for reading, and Miss Early that for reciting. Several songs were contributed during the evening; whioh was a most enjoyable one. - JtoH^BTON.— A meeting of the Rolleston School Committee was held on Thursday evening. The chairman being absent, Mr Nawton presided. The master* report ■bowed the number en the roll to be 64 mad; the average attendance for the month 87*6. Considering, the recent bad weather this was regarded *s satisfactory. A reiolutionwas passed expressing regret at the death of Mr Colborne-Veel, and sympathy with his f amily. Kauboi Voiuktibb " SociaV'— This annual gathering was held in the Drillahed l|sk evening, and waa a great sucoesa, there being about eighty couples present. The. oatering was in the hands 1. of Mr James Freeman, and was everything that oM.be. desire*. Mr L.Kwiiwm M.0., and the mußiowas supplied by theKaiapoi Bfejjpg Band. The drillhall waa tastefully decorated with evergreens, banners, &0., and danoing waa continued till early in the morning. v . ... Sunday Skevices.— At the Trinity ConBrejjaticmal Church th» R»v S..J. Baker will preach at both services. Chrißtadelfenian services will be held aB usual in the Druids' Hall. At the Lower High Street Bible Christian Church, MrH. Bennetts will preach in the morning, and the Rev A. Ifitchell in the evening. Pastor Birch, in connection ., with .the Chrißtchvnrch Central Mission, will bold services in the Oiftdfellowß' Hall, Lichfield Street, at 11 a.m. and 6.45 p.m. Christchubch Opbbative Boothakbbs' TTnlon.—- A well-attended meeting of the Union was held on August 1, Mr H. Ambridge, president, in the chair. The tariff proposed by the Government was diacuased, and the Secretary was anthoriaed to write to Messrs G. J. Smith, E. M. Smith, Morrison, Tanner, Millar, Pinkerton and, Earnshaw, M.H.R/s, asking them to give their vote in support of a duty ab per pair, in addition to an ad valorem duty, as was urged on the Tariff Commission by employers and employes in Christchurcb. Fibb.— A five-roomed house on the way to ,New. Brighton, between Professor Bibkerton's residence and Radley Bridge, was burned down either on Thursday night or Friday morhiK g. under somewhat strange circumstancea. It waa owned and occupied by. Mrs Mary Jane Smith, whoso husband is in Wellington, and who herself was staying away from the house. On Thursday she went there to attend to some cowhand went ajray leaving everything 1 apparently safe. Wten she returned on Friday she found that tt»e nouße had been burned down. It was in a lonely situation, and no one seems io have given *ny alarm. Tbe house was insured la tlie iNew Zealand office for iilSO, and the furmture, which was destroyed, in the Manchester office for J2IOO. • Water Supply fob Rangioea.— A meeting, Convened by the Borough Counci!, was held at Rangiora last night t& consider the proposal to introduce water into tfae tote fa principally for street channel flashing pnrposeß and for a swimming bath 5 the supply to be obtained from the Waimakarin - AaWey races. Owing, no doubt, to the exceedingly bad weather, the attendance was Email. Mr T. Eeir, Mayor, ccoupied the chair. . After the question at issue bad been exhaustively discussed, on the motion of. Mr H. Boyd, seconded by Mr C. Allington, it was unanimously r.. rived that the Borough Council bd 1 f-K'.ed to, arrange for the water supp'y ; i-gsjetted. It was further resolved, c--»i .1 !•.<-.> motion of Mr C. 1.1 Jennings, r. <■ vied by Mr G* Lnxton— " That the (.:•■■ ell be requested to at onciß ec.iid'.deration the question of providing a public swimming bath for the tewn." Feedbbic Villiees. —An interesting "personality will be introduced to the people of Chrietchurch on Tuesday next, when Mr Frederick Villiers, who has afisfßtea*, in the non* v combatant capacity of apecial attJfeb and correspondent, in wellnigh pVery war of importance daring the last twenty yeaiTß, will give the firat of thrVe lecttireß, bt perhaps, rather, cau&eries, dnßdmeof his adventures. This particular lecture will treat, among other things, of the famous journalist's experience with the Japanese troops' in their recent brilliant campaign against John Chinaman. Tjie Ddx r.fflce for the season will be open at Meiers Milner and Thompson's this morning. <D&a'ngei6M.-— The annual mabtihg of No. i. L.0.L., took place on Tuesday evening. There, was a fair attendance, the W.M., Br6 . iloirow^ presiding. After the usual ro^ne business had been dealt with, the R.W. District Master, Bro H. Simpson, conducted the election of officers, which nsalijed as f oljpws ;—W.M., Bro J. Beattie ; deputy, Bro E. Williams; treasurer, Bro T. Morrow ; secretary, Bro Caygill ; committee, Bros Moor (foreman), M'Call, M'Kelvy, Morrow, and Cookj chaplain, Bro Armstrong; tylers, Bron M'Collough and Baron. The R.W.G. Master, Bro J. Tile'itoti; was present—The usual monthly meeting of No. 25> South Rakaia, L.0.L., was held on Saturday evening. There ■w&b a large attendance. The W.M., Bro Crbm'to, occupied the chair. After the ybii'ibia liuainets hid been dealt with the nb'tnintttion of c Hirers took place. One oAndifl^t'e wafe proposed for membership. The Lodge waa then closed in the usual fanner.

Billiabds.— Last night an exhibition game of billiards took place at the White Hart Hotel between Mr Fred Bennetts, of Wellington, and Mr Shipton. The match was 800 up, and the players started level. Mr Shipton won by thirty points, but the two principal breaks, 190 and 145 re- 1 speotively, were made by Mr Bennetts. ! St Mabt's Catholic Club.— There was a good attendance at the meeting of this club on Monday evening} the President ocoupiad the chair. The programme for the evening was rather exceptional, being a { lecture on the method of breaking in and training the horse. Daring the progress of the lecture a live horse was brought into the hall to illustrate the method advocated, which was that of _ kindness to animals as the underlying principle of taming. Working Men's Club.— An entertainment was given in the Chriitchnroh Work- 1 ing Men's Club social hall on Thursday \ evening. There was a very fair attendance. The programme consisted of two farces. Bowled Out and Borrowed Flumes, in whioh Misßes R. R. Robson, E. Turn- 1 bull, T. Shea, Messrs S. Walker, W. Davie, R. G. Applegarth and A. B. Mansfield took part, in addition to a number of songs, a negro sketch and plantation son? and dance. Prohibition Meeting.— A prohibition meeting was held last evening at the Gospel Mission Hall, Sydenham. The j Rev W. G. Parsonaon occupied the chair, j and there was a good attendance consider- j ing the bad state of the weather. The RevF. W. Isitt addreßsad the meeting. He reviewed the provisions of Mr Seddon's Bill, and strongly condemned some of its clauses. He moved— " That this meeting strongly protests against the undemocratic, unfair and absurd provisions of Mr Seddon's Licensing Bill, which demand an enormous majority to carry no-license, and Which SO split the temperance vote as to render it inoperative." The Rev H. R. Dewebury seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr D. Lanyon also spoke. The meeting was closed with the Benediction,: