LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6282, 13 September 1898, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

For the vacancy on the Waimakariri Watte_-s_pp_v Board Messrs George BnddenHau and John O'Halloran have been nomijnated. A poll will be taken on Saturday week. Dr W. Irving has resigned his position as assistant house surgeon at the Christchurch Hoßpital, and it is stated that he intends for the present to act as locum tenens for another medical man. ;

A special meeting of the Kaiapoi Borough Council was held on Monday evening, when the- newly-elected Councillors, Messrs Feldvrick, Daly, Bugg and Douhledajr, made the usual declaration and took their seats. It was decided that the lessee of the reserve at Ashburton should be allowed a stipulated time in which to pay np his rent arrears. That much can be accomplished by the systematic giving of the smallest coins was shown at the meeting of the Christchurch Presbytery. * The minister in', charge" of, Lyttelton has. at certain meetings, instituted a penny collection, and this will result in the addition of some £5 or £6 to the Foreign Mission Fund. The Presbyterians of Pigeon Bay, who are about to erect a chnrch there, are setting an excellent example, in determining to have no debt on the building. They already have the land and nearly £400 in cash, but, fearing that the addition of architect's commission and extra, might cause the estimate to be exceeded, have had the plans amended so as to reduce the cost. In aid of the widow and family of the late Richard Butler, who was accidentally killed at the Farnley brickworks, a concert is to be given in the Oddfellows' Hall this evening, and it is hoped that it will be largelv attended. The programme is advertised "in this issue, and therefrom it will be seen that a well varied and really excellent entertainment has been provided. At the Oxford Magistrate's Court on Mondav, before __r H. W. Bishop, the owners of "the Waaren Estate claimed £86 from J. Weld, for damage alleged to have been done bv defendant's dogs disturbing sheep. . Th. do . were found poisoned on the Warren run, but no one had seen them disturbing the sheep. After hearing a considerable amount of evidence, the Stipendiary Magistrate gave judgment for plaintiffs, but the dama _s were not fixed. Mr Brown appeared for plaintiffs and Mr Johnston for ____-_«_■__

■defendant. A meeting of the committee of the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held ih the Corn Exchange, Rangiora. this morning. Mr J. W. Foster was in the chair The following were elected members:—Mes__s W. Hickmott, J. Dollar, T. Denton, S. Horrell, J. Skilling, R. Dalziel, A Hills, R. Evans, T. Green and J. Dobson. On the motion of Mr A. Home, it was .»- •solved to have a parade of horses on the show ground at two o'clock. It was also decided to have a jumping contest at three o'clock. A sub-committee was appointed to allot the balance of the special prizes. Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes, the newly-elected president of the Christchurch Liederbrtov chen, has presented the Society wth a cheque for the purpose of procuring new •music from England. There was a verv large attendance at the funeral of the late* Mr David Heney, which took place at 1 Cnst on Sunday afternoon. The service at the Presbyterian Cemetery was conducted by the Rev W. J. Gow, ot Kaiapoi. At the meeting of the City Council, held last night, it was" decided that" the' Works Committee should examine the River Road . between the Avon Rowing Club shed and the Stanmore Road, with the object of having it widened. The final round for the championship of the Linwood Lawn Tennis Club was plavpd on Saturday between W. H. Kiver and C. A. E. Ferguson, when the former won, the scores being : 6-4, 6-2, 7-5. In consequence of the present unsatisfactory state of the Linwood Cemetery, the City Council determined last night that an extra man should be employed to assist in keeping the grounds in order.. The annual meeting of the Rangiora Fire Police was held Last 'night, the Mayor, Mr C. L Jenninss. being in the chair. A number of new members were sworn in and Mr M.

H Bailey was elected captain, Messrs a.. Bo\ -d. R. Walker r.nd W. Allan, lieutenants, and Mr R. Walker, secretary. A missionary service, under the auspices of the London Missionary Society, was held in the Trinity Congregational Church last evening, when Dr Sewell M'Farlane addressed a large audience. Mr A. W. Beaven presided. The subject chosen by Dr M'Farlane was " Medical Missions, their Place and Power," and the lecture was mainly on the lines of addresses previously reported. Tonight a young people's demonstration will be held, at which Dr M'Farlane will give an address. A number of representatives of stock auctioneers and the butchering trade met at the Al Hotel yesterday afternoon for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr H. S Harris, who, after nineteen years' residence in Christchurch, during eleven of which he has been in business as a master butcher, is leaving for England. Mr J. T. Ford presided, and expressed the regret that was felt at Mr Harris's departure. On behalf of a large number of friends, he presented Mr Harris with a purse of sovereigns, as a mark of their esteem, and wished himself and his wife and family a safe and pleasant voyage Home. Mr Leicester Mat son on behalf of his firm and the stock sales men generally, said he was sorry that Mi Harris was leaving Christchurch, and he trusted that the experience and knowledg* Mr'Harris tad gained in the colony in regarc to the frozen meat trade would be usefu to him at Home. Messrs G. Tabart, G Andrews and J. J. Isbister endorsed wha had been said. The health of Mr and Mr Harris was drunk, and Mr Hams thankee his friends for their good wishes and ther ■present.

His Honor Mr Justice Denniston will leave for the Timaru Civil Sit-in _ on Monday next. At the Resident Magistrate's Court today Mary Box and Robert George Grey were each fined £5 and costs for cruelly illtreating a horse by working it when in an unfit condition. At the last meeting of the Yorkshire Society eighty new members were enrolled. Sir John Hall presented the Society with a full-sized map of Yorkshire, to be kept at the rooms for the use of members. Considerable interest is being taken in this organisation by Yorkshiremen in various parts of Canterbury. The question of the Bible in schools came up at the meeting of the Christchurch Presbytery this morning, when the Rev. W. Scorgie asked if it was not possible for them to take some practical steps in the matter. The Rev Dr Erwin pointed out that the question had been under consideration for six years now, but nothing had matured. He thought if the ministers showed themselves really in earnest, the people would soon follow. The Rev Gordon Webster said the matter had presented many difficulties, and similar ones were being met with in Victoria. In that colony the agitation was now in the direction of making the religious teaching of the general reading books of a more satisfactory character, and he thought j it 'quite likely that such a proposal here j would have the effect of uniting their forces J

again. Ultimately the matter was referred to a sub-committee to bring up a report at next meeting. Mrs Herrick desires to acknowledge the re.eipt of the following goods, etc., during the past three weeks:— Clothing, boots, hats from Mesdames M'Callum, Wilson, Howard 'Richmond), Roll (Kaiapoi), Blackburne, Burnett (Opawa), C. H. Smith, Messrs G. H. Blackwell (Kaiapoi), J. B. Chisholm (Waikari), Misses Acland and Austin, Springfield Road, Trinity Congregational Church Friends and Friends, Kaiapoi Friend, and Railway Station, Unknown." Oilskins and waterproofs from Mr.G. H. Blackwell, Kaiapoi ; palliasses from Belfast Friend ; Dorcas garments and materials from Members ot Dorcas Guild and Friends and No. 183 ; blankets and nigs from Messrs W. Strange and Co : groceries from Friends, Fernside ; sheep from Christchurch Meat. Company and Belfast Frozen Meat Company ; coal from Messrs G. MClatchie and Co. ; tea from Friend ; meat from Messrs Langdon and Steel, Forrester, W. Henderson and Son and , J. 1 5. Gresson ; bread from Protestant Alliance •'■' Social " and Friends ; biscuits from Messrs Aulsebrook and Co. ; vegetables from Mi-Grubb; potatoes and onions from Mr S. .G. Unwin ; dripping from Mrs Wilson ; case wood and tree from Messrs W. Strange and Co. and Mrs Reeves; periodicals from Mr A. E. G. Rhodes ; cash donations from Mrs Roll.. Dorcas 2s 6d, H. C. Box, A.L.C. ss.