LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6131, 18 March 1898, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

m Saturday's " Stab." — In the sixty-four column edition of the Star to-morrow, the following special features will be found :— Tales and Sketches— The Fight for the Cro.vn, Millionaires Who Became Paupers, The Bull Fighter's Secret, Studies in Watchdogs, A Mysterious Fever, The Fire of Aguirre. Ladies' Page — Tne Lonely Woman, Why Bridegrooms Disappear, Little Industries' for. Women, Sarah' Grand, Tasty Wayß of Cooking Oysters, Woman's World. Beading I for Everybody— Fun and Fancy* Notes and Notions, Brief Mention, Band Gossip, Poetry, &c, and all the news, of the day. San Francisco Maid. — A Wellington telegram says: — The San Franoisco mail arrives by train to-night, and will be taken on by the Eotomahana. Entertainment at Kaiapoi. — A very successful entertainment was given in the Oddfellows' Hall, Kaiapoi, on Wednesday, in aid of the Cadet Fund, when items were given by the Soscius Surprise Party. In the minstrel party, Messrs Whitley, Staunton, Glubb and Woods proved very efficient, and the first part of the programme concluded with a laughable farce, entitled The Barber's Shop. The second park included a skirt dance by Miss F. Prescott, concertina solos by Messrs D. Hurt and T. Calvert, a tableau dance by two little girls, Leah and Vio'et Hurt, a song by Miss F. Prescott, an Irish jig by Master M'Aleer and a hornpipe by Master Woods. The entertainment concluded with the farce entitled Irish Justice. Personal. — Madame Amy Sherwin and company left for Wellington by .the Eotomahana hist evening. Madame Sherwin intends to pay Christchurch another visit about the end of April, when she will give a short concert season. Mr E. P. Lonargan left by the Eotomahana last evening en route for Great Britain. Captains Temple aud Kempson went by the same steamer. Mr M. Murphy, secretary of the Canterbury Agricultural and •Pastoral Association, will leave for the south on Saturday for a fortnight's holiday, during which he will witness the Jubilee celebrations at Dunedin, And afterwards pay a visit to the dold lakes. The Hon John M'Kenzie will leave Wellington for Lyttelton to-day. Messrs E. G. Kerr, W. F. M. Buckley,' W. P. Cowlishaw, J. F. Grierson, A. P. O'Callaghan and Mrs and Miss Gerard were passengers for the south by express this morning. " New Zealand Cyclist."— This week's issue of the New Zealand Cyclist contains a highly interesting interview with the .representative of a leading firm of manufacturers, in which topics of considerable interest to wheelmen are discussed. Full .reports are given of club meetings to con-, siderjnatters of importance. ; the inaugural race^meeting^of the Lin wood Club is reeorted afr-leingth by the Cyclist's^representative ; details are given of a number of remarkable record-breaking performances, by Australian riders, and the editorials, as • usual, are up-to-date, and racily written in the Cyclist's well-known style. The illustrations in the main deal with the Linwood Club's meeting. Socialist Church. — A meeting of the Socialist Church was held yesterday evening at the rooms, Hobbs's Buildings. There was a good attendance of members, and a paper was read on a " Socialist Municipal Programme." A discussion followed. Theatrical. — Mr L. J. Lohr, business manager for the Frank Thornton Dramatic Company, will arrive in Christchurch by the express train this evening to make arrangements for the Cliristehurch season, ■which will open at the Theatre Eoyal on Friday next. The Governor. — His Excellency the •Governor will leave Wellington for Lyttelton to-day. After remaining in Cnrist- . church for a day or two he will go on to Dunedin, to be present at the Otago Jubilee .celebrations, and will open the industrial exhibition there. The Tuberculin Test. — About four months ago, Mr Eeakes, Government veterinary surgeon, assisted by Mr Holderness, Stock Inspector, applied the tuberculin -test to fifty dairy cows, the property of Mr H D Buchanan, of Kinloch. Thirteen of these reacted, mostly cows which had been tiouo-ht at various times, and these were at once destroyed by Mr Buchanan. This •week the remainder ot the dairy herd, twenty-seven head, together with twenty- ' five two-year-old heifers and seven fat bullocks, were tested by Mr Eeakes with the result that five of the cows and three of the heifers reacted. 'Ihese also were destroyed. None' of the bullocks reacted: A post-mortem examination was made on all the affected animals at the first trial, and on several of those which were destroyed this week, and in every case tuberculosis was present jo. further inquire into the accuracy of the test, two of the bullocks were killed, and o ßP°st-mor tern examination were found to be absolutely healthy. Mr Buchanan has now cleared Sherd of all tubercnloxis cattle and has thereby set an example which it would be well for every stock-owner to follow.

Ellesmere.— The holiday was only partially observed in the BUesmere district yesterday. A special service was celebrated in the Catholic Church, Leeston, during the forenoon, and a. dinner and dance were held at Southbridge in the evening. Mobepobk Celebrated Mild-cured Hams j and Bacon can be had in any quantities < from Hubhard, Hall and Co., Manchester I Street, next Milner and Thompson's. 2192