LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6496, 27 May 1899, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Particulars relative to the Builders' Association scholarships at the School of Arfc are advertised in this issue. A man named John Cook was taken to the hospital by the police to-day in order to have several severe wounds about his head and face dressed. The injuries were said to hava been sustained in a fight at Fendalton. A special clearing sale of furniture is announced by Messrs Ayers, Beauchamp and Co. for 1 p.m. on Monday; also an unreserved sale, at noon, on premises in Colombo Street. • <■'■ . . At Messrs Mntson and Co.'s land sale today, Mr Conway Matson announced that he was offering a property which had never changed hands since it was first taken up. The property, was the farm of Mr Henry Farr, at Springston, and he produced the original Crown grant to Mr Farr, signed by Sir George Grey. The Rangidra cribbage tournament matches, on Friday evening, resulted in the Rangiora Fire Brigade beating the Oddfellows by 26 games to 20, and the Druids the Sons of Temperance by 21 to 18. The match between the Southbrook Fire Brigade and Volunteers -was stopped by an alarm of fire, and the Brass Band had a bye. The annual gathering in connection with the Sabbath School at. Stoke took place on Friday evening, when, despite the severity of the weather, there was a good attendance. Tables were supplied by Mesdames Meredith, Anderson; B. S. Pawsey, and J. Webster. At the public meeting the chair Vvas occupied by Mr R. Meredith, M-H.R. Addresses were given by the Revs F. \ Stubbs, and A. Peters, Messrs R. H. Ferguson, and A, D. Hassall. A number of hymns were sung by the scholars, and two songs by Mr A. Strong. Recitations and a quartette were included in the programme. A number of handsome books were distributed as prizes, and the whole of the proceedings were of a most enjoyable character. An incident; humorous to the onlookers, but very embarrassing to those it immediately concerned, happened in the Magistrate's Court this morning. The prosecutor in the assault and robbery case was asked in the witness-box if he could see a man in. the Court who resembled the one who committed the robbery. Tho man referred to was, of course, in the dock, but the witness resolutely refused to see him, and pointed instead to 'a" police officer. The policeman, feeling himself to be in a delicate position, with everyone's eyes on him, suddenly remembered that he had left something lying about on the other side of the Court, and ■w ent to remedy his remissness. The v/itaoss still continued to point in the same direction, and a knot of gallery frequenters who were directly behind the policeman, and who had thought the position exquisitely funny when he had been pointed out, now found themselves in his -place, the centre of interest to scores of suspicious eyes, and a general movement was made to have a clear alleyway for the witness to point at. It was Gr.aUy found that the witness had misunderstood the question, and was pointing out the individual who had picked him up. The following is. a return showing the Amount of Customs duties collected at the port of Lytteltbn during the week ended May 2G -^Spirits,. l*Bß94 '3s 10d; cigara, etc., ,£34"> is od; tobacco, .£lOl9 4s ; wine, ii7s 7s 21; boor, ,£52 18s 8d ; tea, .£lB5 3s 8d ; coft'eo, etc., £1 7s ; sugar, etc., £211 Is lid; weight, -£196 13s 10d; ad valorem, .£678 ss; other duties, .£Bl 5s Sd; total for tho week, £3938 123 2d. On Thursday evening the Kaiapoi Oddfellows played a card match with the Kaiapoi Fire Brigade, and won by 26 giunes to 22; fit the Orange Hall the Foresters beat; tho Druids. Mr T. Pollard arrived from Dunedin by last night's express train. His opera company will arrive in Christchurch to-night, and will go on to Auckland by steamer, where they will commence a season on June 3. . ' •■.'■.' To-night, Shaw, Robinson and Co. issue a circular giving particulars of an extraordinary purchase of drapery,' amounting to some hundreds of pounds, which is- of great interest to the whole community. Special mention are Navy Blue and Black Serges, 3s 6d and 3s Ud, for Is lid, and Fancy Bkck Dress Goods, ail new and perfect, from the looms of Sir Titus Stilt, ranging in price from 2s lid to 4s lid, to be sold at Is lid per yard. Also, -210 pairs of Blankets, Jackets, Mantles, and a host of other lines, not one of which is of our regular stock. The whole circular contains nothing but extra special line 3, every one of which is to be sold cheap. Shaw, Robinson and Co., 213, Ciishel Street, opposite " Press " Office. — (Advt.) ■ , Special Notice,— Crown Brand Tea prize competitions will be continued all this year round, and will' close on the last days of April, June, August, October, und December m each year. Prizes of ladies' silver hint other watches, albums, workboxes, etc. li.-.-.r.i.-.-.. H.-.i; and Co. 2 584 The bite of the mosquito would scarcely jo noticed; were it not fox 1 the fact that (he insect injects 'in the wound an acrid vice, which causes tho itching andvpainful jusation. •