IN A NUTSHELL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6090, 29 January 1898, Page 4

IN A NUTSHELL.

Barometer rising slowly. Meeting of the City Council on Monday night. The Domain Board meets at noon on Monday. San Francisco mail on the way down from Auckland. The Primate is to preach in the Cathedral to-morrow morning. The fire in the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine cost the company £33,000. Latest and best news concerning the Mataura : All on board were saved. The Canterbury College Board of Governors will meet on Monday afternoon. New Zealand four per cent stock is quoted at 116£, three and a half per cent 109, three per cent 101£. It is estimated that G9 per cent of the members of the Engineers' Society will accept the employers' terms. What is the New Zealand Natives Association going to do about the active support of New Zealand industries ? The English wheat market is firm but little business is doing. The Continental market is steady, and the American is tending upwards. A London Coroner : People have different ideas of when a man is drunk. .A Juror : The best definition of whan a man is drunk is when he is unable to lie on the ground without holding something. The Industrial Association exists for the specific purpose of encouraging local industries. By the way, how many of its members use imported bikes, to the detriment of local manufacturers ? The eighteenth annual meeting of the Canterbury 'Industrial Association was held at the Art Gallery last night, in conjunction with a supper. There was an attendance of about sixty, and. the proceedings were very enjoyable. Mr J. A. Frostiek was unanimously elected president. The balance-sheet showed a credit of .£2165 18s 7d.