LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6501, 2 June 1899, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

u 3Che Saturday sikj^lourt .Column ■ edition ../■of. the " Star " : TCilf itinQlud&'jthe-: following : special features.:— -I<p.cal Government ;•; No^bs,; Tales and iSJistahes^The Pace at the. Window, A .New [York; Horror, The' Black Statue, Bodges to Win Rich Wives, In, the liight of the Moon^fllhe Spread of L Cascer. . Ladies*-" yi^ge-^ConefHicirig/j^robf,. '■ Engkugl's Reignimglßeauty, The JProper '•.Treatment of Senwritbs, A^Mflboiirne Q*A . at lJice» Household Hintsj .Wqaaan's' World. l\ Reading for EyarjpiboHy^FundßiYd Fancy; Notes fcncl Notioms, Brief .jMetrtionjißand < . Gossips and all the Mest telegraphic -.and, ; gener^Uiewß-;- .'/:■ '-. v, ,v;.'." ,■•.;.... \! -T^Thej.eliy inspector lb»CrHse<3ejgfcfi; instrnc-ti;■Eicnaaj-ijp/»t once sinoamoftiiilk o^fgtesro.'of ' on? r^Bgi^tere^. dogs. : i ■". :; „' '; v ; ' • Among; the passangeisiby.. #ie ' express <,rfor the aputh this ' morning wgre'.Messrst''C. J. Mp»ntfort, CL T. J)udlcyi;.S.i_Maddi- , son, Gilbert Andersom , and. J. Bur»ett, and mejH&rs of ;silf SohjipFJllkr'l 'Myrjo- ;. $ama CpHjjKjiiy. . i . . : . .:. . .. ■'*■•. -Last ire^Miss Macudejiiaet thejjnambers t of, the 'maisjng class/' (ittows^ed, scjih. the • JJai TapuJ^anch of ]ti»!SWJobn;;Affll)Tilance •'• A^ociatiatki and gave. fm> ;ho]irs'. pscctical v r :HK.tructioßi^, nursipg. ...U?ii»fi»e ..gregent re- ' ceived grea^tbenefit frflna her,yisit A .%ni,. on •-the motioa.rtJf Miss PH^jTOaiß.s .she, aß&s ac+.x3<(jded a baatty vote of ithajikjß. Theimem- '• liere are akqjjiidebted to JMesflames R. H. .• Bh^ides" ani £. Voss for snaking arrangements. Tise exainination for t the .nursing certificate will >be held- next lr Thoiaday by *&r Gane. -'■f-c-Qps of the Relists chai^aiint^hff,g^psCourt ithis morning w.itOi3*idi|ig lus 3hi&<*>-. on. ihe pptpath p%dedfrg«ilfy; but a#kedi leave «ff 'Jfiie -Bench; to.sftSjHnfei^liliie ■OTpßii^an^'lp^l^'--6tete-6|:^rrwdy' ;i;Tlh'e; ■'wiay*^ ' ; fepjie'd; ''he;'; i 'had; V £dready,< ad- : ; -^ndat no^""^^ l^^,*!^ : :^^cH^ deil^^iti^^^^ $heAVfHsduced .■* •pwrtiora^ of a newspaper re- . »t>rt^-a»d askedleave to read someTremarfcs raade % the Mayor, of StAlbansa,t the lastl WW&g&opf the' CioufKiil in ref«»B«e sfeo' ; ". l^d.sßtt^ of the ajo&ds. This ®p^iicatior [ waQ.-^Jsor-iefused, tChevMayor remnrJiii^tthai itwwas'ii'ue that fft^was the dirty «p'f 'the loail'bo^y ,U> keep «h%.?oads in orifecTfeatrii . wae ? ilso#the duty fdf ratepayers <complaio:itiir.were not done. In this ccase^the defeifdant'liad ple*fle^i guilty ; sand" ithe . Bern&. "hafl no ■• option" (but to Srifliet a pensftty. himself *ede a bicydte, and ■coulfi\sy*Bp«fchise wi^i cyclists wh* Sooi^i thenwfilves ia the position of having to ttdke a muflflyrroad or break th«,law. " I should," he coKfimied, "be summmed myself -aiM , fined ¥f 'I -rdlie on the footpath, and so in ' our turn 'We -must fine you. You will 'be fined 5s and costs." After the defendant had retired, the Mayor, in an undertone, to I /one of his colleagues, said— "Yes, and I ex--oect I streflllbef&Bed one oi\#uep3 days." A ripolicemaxi, standing within ''-hearing, "was Gerard to amutter, fsignificant3y,i " v Yes, I exv j*ct you •wflfl!" <0n Wednesday evening a weasel was ''•^&V.?ht by .-a /etjt in a u -garden at A~.i?ettdalton f and there have" been several of dep"redations in -fhe fowllhpH*es in tliat'locttlrfcy. jit is understood fthat a firm, jrfready llargf iy interested in the tanning 'business, Qiaspgi rchased fnan $]» Bank of 'New jZeaJb3id {tie Woofcton Tannery, oi'igkially ikno\¥fi as Messrs Lighfband,,. Allan and -■■ CJo:?s. ■ |Rec«riily a cable from America announced tb*t"a jfigantic cycle fcpust, with a eapifefl of hai %ieen formed in- New Yoi&- .details of «he scheme.; wi11.. -be: found in*<{lie current mam H ber of the. "IS^; w Zealae? 'C^t<flJ9 fc r.-. whicn giyes an interesifcg s critict«i -upon it-byan BnglKfc expert. ' .'• '■","■ Four a.fl.aiti«tfial'pageß are included in 'thi* "': week's jswanb^r "of .the "New : 'ftiaiand Cyclist," wt»oh Qontains an exceptionally large quantity <sf .cydting information. The edi<i»rial deals with the American <oyifle trust, (Spd amongst articles are A< Sorrows of * a .Cyclist," by Jchw Foster Fraser., ;Withor of "Round the World on a Wheel" and "Tke Future of Bntsing." The English . letter and " Capfn Cwttle's " remarks on " Bn^es " call for special attention. Masters in connection with the government of the sport are fully described, and a number of letters from prominent cyclists in various parte of dfje colony, criticising the Pioneer Olub's secession from the League, are pub- ; Ijshed. As a. colonial .cycling paper the '.."Cyclist'' hoHs a very hJgh, position,; and j [job its'eost is ; V.BpoiJ l Jd, ; sTO''»t a Affty inio'iht bands of all- wha cysl?r- f

Common jurors . summoned to attend the CiviU Sittings of the Supreme. Court ..cm Monday will not be required to attend. ,• • GhiefrDetective Ghrystal arrested a, man this morning, oh a charge of having assaulted and robbed WißaanvXiric^ &£armer, of Burwood, of £6, last night. At the Oxford Market, on Thursday, a line of fat wethers, sold on account of M'Grath Bros., realised r 30s each, and a line of ewes 21s each, MrlF .iißullt&eing the purchaser. ■■■•■<; . : The funds at the disposal of-.ihe. Mayor for the^ purchase of coals iand -blankets for Jheipobr are now almost BxfcaustedjVa'hdunless some charitably disposed citizen comes <to the rescue, the distributioii^will. have to rcease. ji ■;.. The prize of £20 which: tha. Canterbury and PastoratAssociatioh is offering to the prize fund -of -the Country Association, exhibitors .'from whose district secure the /greatest number of points for jprizes'^ . at the winter show, promises tafarouse^ood comipetition. In connection with .thef show, it may be mentioned that .the, private prize offered for scones made fayacMldren. is for any kind of scones. ■ . ■ ' „>.-..'. Various causes have prevented many of the members of the committees. of the Industrial and Agricultural and. Eaetoral - Associations from giving ,much time this week 1 tftax canvassing the city in lOrdenoto dispose ■ of the preference shares in the .Agricultural • and Industrial Hall Company. .Those who have been out have met with.iyarying sueQes.s, as the citizens of Ckostehiaieh are evidently more apathetic than those, of Duner 4i«. The committees of the. .two. Associa-' tions will meet' at the Agricultural and Pas-■-•tdral. Association's .rooms ai in. , on Mona^iyy to-jeport progress.- ■ • ;: , : - ". .: ;. -i. The' Tamai; JHamlet," consisting/. of thirty-^ ;-seyeh''acp6s/ ; 6nfe rood,, thktyisaijjiierc&es of sfipßt-class agricultural la.a^'wilK^open'fbri Ruction for workmen's home&/bn lease in ; >.ppi;petuity at the Land Office£Christchurclv .;o« Monday, June 26. Km situated in the ;B.orough of Woolston, and iis yfeibout two ■itniles from the General Post Office, ChristIchsrch, via the Ferry Road, flfae nearest • poction of the Samlet is nyeicHains and the forty chains from "'the'TJlerry Road. |!Cte land will be divided into forty sections, 'tlig being slightly tjver'riwo acres ■ahdi the smaHest half an acre. : •/■..-. •' OR Thursday a sale of^vork atfdifahn pro-: •duce was held at Southbrook, : :ihftsonriectibn vltstfi.(the Methodist Church. Tlheiw'ell-filled 'stalls at the opening bore evidence- of the' '©nergy of the ladies and chm-chjisffieers', arid 'thefe being a good attendance, results were satisfactory-. -In'the -evening there was instrumental, music -and singing, Selections _ on , the graphophone'- by T 'Mr W. and an exhibition of ilectrical ap>pftratus, and experiments by iSfr"C~I. JenYiings." ~ -The proceeds are to'<be"«used in renovating the "church, and "paying- r off a BBlall "debt. One of the stalls, managed by 'the 7 dd€r Sunday School scholars, was to aid arfnisfiiofi fund. ......_ ' A^good specimen of that obnosrious'animal, ' v th^ cycling hog," was in eviaenee.'at the vMjigktfate's Court this morning. " The- roads rwerfr.too muddy for. him to ridemponyso he «j»prepriajbed a narrow footpath 'tdhis- use, tst^djoto escape being run down, i iwcf : .4idies rbad ,i& make way for him and : step out into •the "slush on the roadway. But this =was .the cause of his undoing, .farthe> indigBantijadies- informed the police, aodi sf few' Hayss,la)ter. he was waited upon iby a man 7 in Hue, i-ft^hOt .presented him with' a -piece of paper' of similar tiiit to his uniform^ npon Mm< to-present himself in .Gcrurfi. before 'ms-]og\fis.kto£::''. He^^wa^mnjcte^ jin^ajsgell^ '^v¥evereiy,..upVii^!fifs : 'c6n'du^,^^^^d> ; fii^--' in / future- to .try. and exercise. a Uttle^diserfe-' tion, even.if he was^bfeakingthißiikw^ £ ./iUnaong ; other effects of the recenfij±& 1 tweaiielj-ihaS: been a marked increases in "th s number- of summonses issued againstccyclist i for^xtSinglitheih bicycles on 'the foirtpttths j;' Quite a.nbevy of them appeared "be'fere'th^ Bench this* morning, all from the. Noftij| JRMd and' Papaniii district,: and 'ike--onl; n< excuse- made was awful state «6f thS* Tpads.TiThe ßench did. not regard thts-esous £ as "valid,- and infli<ited a fine in every(-ca9e|' One defendant, wiw>''had been caught' on "the feotpath. afc midday r.on. Siinday, wos-repre! •' ■Bented^yMr." Joimstone. He coniende<[ tbhat aJ-fereach of tfe> by-law -^ms vxtti ream ' mStted unless- dangerjor obsttnciJonto-anyl cno.eflwas'-'sliiown.- It was not sufficient to sho^| prtKp«*iya -.danger ©rlobstruction, -: In' 'this icase the constable Kxmielf liad admitted thti' (fihere was no- one on the footpafli ««• in«si||hl at the time* so there «ould be tw> danger. '« The Mayor : " Well, /tfe^re is one tSangevoui element, -even if thraie' As no one -visible on the footpdth. People ?have front gates 'tc liheir 1 houeesj-ivrhich tliey-fsometimes «se, -aric anyone emerging theretrsm suddenly 5s •verj lialile *o' be'-4cnocked dawn." "Bnt, -ytrai Worship,' there are very^few homses trtrSJ] about thaE locality." Srib^nspector O'Bfien : " Amfl someone- might Ire'taidng shelter-un-der-a •fence. •T'-Are these tfeovbe at the -mercy of t"he'cyclislf!"-The Benoh inflicted! % <Sm of ss«tideos-ts. Anii^3armt)g.fire was (giv-en at 1 5.30 pum. yesterflay. The Brigade turned out, trot it -was ff ouild Ttf iat the tflarm had ' arisen throog*hi^. g%e,.being saen iat the, tack «f "Messrs 'Scott Bros.' tEpuridry. ;A casting of -'-mata! was \fceing ; made sit the &ael£ •of the premises, and " the reflection -6f ?"the molten wetai upon, the mist cwoseo^pasaett-by to tkiilk^aie premises !irere'-o»Sre^_ ' \ .;-■.; ;'.; ■'; ',..; '-, .':]] ':"?' ;'V "i , i ' Special BEanfl/Tea ', prize i • i tompeti^oM ■ wili^Jse • continued !i[l"this~year : ronnd," junfl <wi.ll«-*il<)se on the "la^t; days of April, Jrane^ /Augq&t. October^ us<3 Dec«tn- : be* in "'■■ ea«* -y^r. Prizes of Slaljiea' silver and other ■wet^hes nt albums. woffliboies, etc. Hnhbard. Hall and Co. .' ' 2384 ;