LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6134, 22 March 1898, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

m ♦ 1 Uneven > Koabways. — A driver of a ) hansom cab complains of the rough state tin "which the- roads are sometimes left' i-affcer:- sewer connections have been made. IHe say 8 : that last night, when driving ; Along Armagh Street, near the East Belt, 1 his cab 'bumped over .an. obstruction caused uas<above. Both .lighta were extinguished iby < the- shook, <. and he was nearly' thrown 1 :fw>miihis dickey. Theißxprkßs.-4-Two trains, one of six carriages and . the other of seven, were •despatched to ; Dunedin to-day to accomimodate the laige.inumber of passengers, .lajnongt these were Mr Justice Denniston, Mr 'P.- Campbell, 'Mr Gohen and Mr G. G. A i large i .number of horse owners .and riders .also travtelled,, south. Messrs ■W.tE.iThompsonHand C. H. Cotton, two of the-exeeutive of' the League of New Zeailand Wheelmen, and several bicycle comipetitoF3, were among! ithe passengers. fEHE .Weather. — The iCust district has .experienced , very-stormy weather of late. On Thursday there wwaa. a very severe •thunderstorm, accompanied vby flashes of lightning of a disagreeable character. The hailstorm <was ' the. worst experienced for a greatinumber. of;. years. Fortunately there, was mo wind, otherwise, a good deal of ■damage -would ihave accrued, and had it -taken place in harvest it, would have been • {nothing •short of a: disaster, to the f dißtrict.;. ;,A howling nor^ prev^iliedfo* sfiferall fcbnrs On* Friday, ancl dip eohßiaer^blev 1 4amagiß.' -YestißMay-.'X'Mbnda^y llt.'igain; ble.w mith terrific force ;but; moderated; t&wards.averiing, when a rwelcome rain] fiefcin. ';■■■•' Auß(tralian Mail. — The iMonowai arrived at the Bluff yesterday from Melbourne .and Hobart. tHer .mails should teach Ghristohnroh by the express this evening. Sunbat SLhcitokie. —^There wwas?. a large audience -nit the Lyaeuni on -Sunday night, to listen to Ma- W. W. Gollin's'a. lecture on " Theiatie and Amtitheiatic .Theories-: Hind in Natune." ' The Biuilsdbto Ts,&a>Er-^heubnilding trade is partieudarly active in Chtfisbchurch .at the present time, and one.. or two new •"■: brick;' baildings which iwillibe- ornaments' to . the city are now in process. of^c«Bati»uction. ■ That a very 'large iiui^ber .of \teickJayers ■ are engaged is shown by the fact that, in response to the invitation for men to. go to work on the Parliamentary (Buildings at Wellington, Mr Lomas y eeterday leceived only one application. . . The Express. — The expnese i?uom 'the south last night was a heavy one, consisting ef nine carriages and six luggage vans, most of which were being brought*. back from Dunedin empty, after taking. down,. a heavy load of passengers on Saturday.' iThe train was half an hour late at Afihaurton, having met with high winds soon. after leaving Dunedin. Twenty minatea. of i the j lost time was, however, mode up between | that station and Christchurch, where it| arrived only ten minutes late. ■ < New .'Zealand 'IHTivEg „a,bßo,siaimq«.— :;_ At a meeting of the Concert sub-Committee:: of the New Zealand Natives Association; yesterday afternoon, it was announced; that the. necessary arrangements almost completed. . The concert .vwiJl . -be. held on-Eaater Monday if possible, and^thej. very best talent available in Christchuvch j ; . ' "Wellington and Dunedin will be. engagedd The president, ■Mr W. Eeece, will giwe^ short address.^ealing.with the work, before! the Association, and the necessity for sill* young ' New Zealanders enrolling thean- : selves as members. : Mobefobk Celebrated Mild-cured Hapas j and Bacon can be had in any quantities ' tfrom Hubbard, Hall and Co., Manchester "Street, next Milner and Thompson's. 2192