LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6553, 2 August 1899, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'- I . At. the Theatre. Jtbj j; to-intrrpw eveniag c the Ricearton Liliputiibi Variety Comp'aiiy 3 Trill g-ve a-u. enter taanipent. " .'". j The usiial sitting in Banco of the Supreme r Coiirt. v.v.s hot held to-day. ' To-morrow the liearint; of -the divorce c£se, Smith v. Sin'ch, wi'l-be continued. ! . : i Ow'njr-io the; inclemency of the weather '_ (.he lantern entertaiime:vi> which' was to j have bzf.zx sriven at St. Jobai's scliool last 0 ni^ht was postponed for a fortnight. f Tho Miiyfield telephone . offic'a, in comnt municaticn with Ashburton, was run last ti veav at a loss to the Department of £20. 1 An Ashburfcjn subsidy "of £26 was paid to tho Department last' August. Mr M-;r:dith was reported in the "Lytteltcn 'limbs ". of .Monday, last; as • being a passenger from Wellington to Lyttelton by the Rotorua. The member for Ashley has not been away from 'Wellington, and has aihed the " Wellington correspondent of this journal to contradict the mistake. At the meeting of the .Canterbury Atht letic and . Cycling Club last evening the Captain stated that the. suggestion to place t on the sports programme a relay race for teams C-f schoolboyo had been adopted by the committee, and that , school authorities „ had promised to support the proposal. s Playgoers have heard such glowing accouihts regarding the new comic opera 1 ,- "La Poupie," with 'which the Pollards will commune? their season on Saturday, night, that there is almost certain to be a rush for f seats to-morrow- morning,- to the • Theatre : Royal, where tie plan will be opened at ten o'clock.'' '•■■■. • • The cemetery at Karori, says the "New ' Zealand Times," was opened in February, 1892, and already no fewer than 3400 interments have been made. The whole of the area originally set apart for burials (fifteen acres) has been taken up, and graves are now being made in an adjoining plot. The cemetery reserve, however, is 100 acres in extent. At a meeting ; oi the .commifcjee appointed by the Drainage Board to consider uhe . system of representation on the Board, Mr Burgess stated that Christchurch, which contributed £9265, had, four members ; Sydenham, £2190, ona; Avon, £3585, one; Heathcote, £2575, one; Ricearton, £1930, one ; and Spreydon, £415, one member.. The Mayor of Christchurch, Sir G. Clifford and the Rev Father Bowes arrived from Wellington by the Rotomaihana yesterday. The Rev W. C. Blathwayte left for the Chatham Islands by the Kahu yesterday. Sir Robert and Lady -Stout and ' Mr C. , Rawlins, ; M.H.R., returned from Dunedin by last night's- express train, and with the Hon E. C. J. Stevens left for .Wellington by tho Rotomahana. . • . : • . ■ ThD recommendation of the committee of the 'Ashburton Young Men's Club to biii!d r and furnish club rooms, billiard rooms, gymnasium and caretaker's room, provided half the estimated cost could ba obtained from donations and debentures, was adopted on Friday, and the committed was authorised to ; proceed.' The club. has docided to tender for -a building lease on t-b-s reserve adjoining the Borough Council buildings. 7 ..',.' • Ail doubt about the identity of the hatches recently found near Akaroa Heads has now^ bern set at rest. It was generally, believed at the time the wreckage -was found that it had come from ihe Elginshire, and not from the overdue steamer Waikjvto. Some of the Elginshire's hatches have been recovered, ana brought i'rom Tiuiaru=t6 Lytteltonj and a comparison with found near Akaroa proves that both arc from the one. steamer. The Waikato is now over a month overdue. • ■•:-.■ J, • Meteorological records ' taken '. at the Rhodes Convalescent Home during 1 July show that the total rainfalL for the month was" 3.86 inches, rain having fallen on seventeen 'clays'/ The liighest reading of the maximum' thenhoineter-was.s9---dejjre.es and the lowest reading of the '-'minimum thermometer' was 24 degrees; On twelve nights'the thermometer.: was -below .freezing pointi The meteorological, register kept ati the Drainage Board's pumping station, Linwood, shows that during last month rain fell on sixteen days. The total fall was 4.285 inches, the heaviest on any one day beinf .619 mon July 10. The prevailing wind .was .south-west, which, blew ?n seventeen days. .... .■:•, Tho Legislative Council yesterday afternoon further debated the motion of die Hon J. Macgragor that the Council should be made elective, -but -ultimately- the discussion was adjourned. The Wa»ge.s Protection -.Bill passed its second reading. The Railways Statement was laid on the table of tho Housa of Representatives at the afternoon -. sit/ting, an;d several members expressed regret at the retirement of Mr Cadman, the Minister in charge of the Department. The. Premier gave notice to move for the appointment of a committee to inquire as to the cost of Westpart coal, and questions were answered . by Ministers. During the evening sitting jhc Financial Statement was brought down, and "the ' Government Accident Insurance Bill was committed, progress being immediately, . -eported. •.'"'•■ .

i.>"." ■' • ■'( V: .- ■■•■■■;: r.V V The bo% of [the ..late-Privats. M'Do-tv'ell,' / of the Sj-denham Rifles, -will be buried witlj. 'military 'h'Q'ftoui's. tq-m'crrcw afternoon:; . ... Messrs G. A. Ml'Btfckleyy G. Raymond,. r Obltfnel Fteuieis i and"fUxßey.F^tlifer;Bowers'of Geraldiiie were. aiKoKg the.passeijgers jvlio,,. wont south by. the express this morning. ' i Heavy rain fell continuously : ifi North' Canterbury during last night, and the \ weather was afterwards showery; until " noon to-day, when' the .clouds broke and the • sun shone out. At. the annual meeting, of the Canterbury Children's Aid Society, held at' the. Art Gallery last night, -th*e usual courtesy of providing a table. ■ for the representatives of the Press was omitted.- ' .-'•'. ' The subject, chosen for ths third cpnference of the" Christian Social Union, to be held to-morrow evening in tne Art Gallery, is " Art and Labour." Mr i J . F. Rowland, 8. A., is the special speaker. '. : Wi, Pncepthe^haif;bacV,&tlfe f Caht4f^uiy ' representatiy|;46qtbail fe^m, liad.'his; \ jaw brojeen "A^nile. is' prpgressfiig^airly- ' well?.. biiC ' St MviUibe^V j least three week's befOre lie recovers ' from" | h^s injury.-.. o? ' aA'T'^'vvu" /pw;.v;--'' No further tidings of the tug Manchester, . recently purchased by the Lyi.J ltori. Har- , bour Board, arc to hand.. When last heard ' c j of the tug was. at Gibraltar. The Secretary ' of the Harbour Board despatched an inquiry by cable to England this morning. ' , . , At the meeting of the Beard of Education this morning, Mr T. S. West on, the Board's representative, gave a resume of the busi- : ness transacted at the recent Educational ' Conference', and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for the able manner in which he , had represented, the Board. The stealing of top-coats from churches . and hotels • seems to have become ■ tho fashion .Cm ..' Christchuroh.. .recently, and quite a 'number of garments "have ■ been ' missed. Yesterday, a "geßJllinlan^shd* 5 & '■■ staying: at the White Hat tflp^elji^ hung ,\. his top-coat \ip in the pa ru^^hue he ; went in, to lunch, and up.;:i riU^niftgVf'ound f .that itrhad;beenj.takeh iiwajv ;<ssss;. >'■ ThcK roljo.^'ng 1 were^ elected i|s|'t^e-i com- ( - mittse'of the' Canterbury Chiilraa's'f Aid .-■ Society .'la^t night :— -Sisters Frances *and • Marion, 'Mesd-unes Wells, Bendeley, Frank Isitt,, Lees, Blake, Howard, Lissaman, Miss M. Ross, Miss Hender on, Messrs Black, Ell, O'Bryen Hoare, O'Connor, Sarginson, ■'. Cox, and llev A. C. Hoggins, j About thirty men attended at the Labour Bureau this afternoon, when the Mayor of Christcburch . selected eight, men for work' on the Midland Ro ilway ot Springfield. The select-ion was confined to married men, and places Avere given to the .two men with the largest families, ■ the remaining six beiflg balloted for from thirteen other applicants. The men will leave for Springfield to-mor-row,morning. The Secretary of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association forwarded,; this morning, to every agricultural imple- : ment maker and iniporter throughout New f Zealand the conditions of tlie trial of general } purpose drilling machines, which will ba. held at the Addington Show • Grounds during tlie last week "in September. Entries will close .; on lA.ugust 31, and the Secretary will be ' pleased to supply forms >on appucation. 1 The trustees, of tne Samaritan Home desire ;to .acknowledge, .with thanks, the, .re- ' ceipt of the following donations :— Mrs i Souter £1, Anonymous £1, H. Cotterill ! 10s, vi. Chisnall 10s .6d, G. Treleaven ss, J. H. Twentymari £1, Tribe and Co. £1 Is, , Ashby, Bergh and Co. £1 Is, Dravton ss, . G.Piercy.lOs, F: J. S.ith.ss, E.*J ..Cot T terill 10s, Ballantyne and Co. £3 3s, W. Widdowson 10s. • .. . ■ "A Wellington telegram states that al ■ though the San Francisco mail reached Auckland at 4.45 p.m: yesterday, and was taken on at once to Ohehuhga, arrivinsr iiiere at 6.32 p.m., the captain of the Rotoitij, in' face of the- thick weather and | falling tide, decided that he could not sail till 2 a.m. It was, however, 6,30. a.m. ' when he left. The steamer :is-;e3^pected it ' f Wiellingto4 ; abput;<o.O l |a.m. -tasxi.pvjWi 1 , . witt g6 T 6n aiTince-W Lyttelt6ri;v;.';.: Our • correspondent telegi^phs : " Call- . boy," in .the Dunedin " Star," is ■ advised . that the principal reeinbars of the Williain-eon-Musgrove Pantomime Company v, r :;l combine with the Pollards for the prod\i<:tion in New Zealand of " The Forry Thieves." The pantomime will be staged in the four centres, on a scale of completeness hitherto unequalled in the colonyl The : tour will be a flying one, the season being limited to twelve n'ghfr. in each town. " The Forty Thieves " will . be first staged at Dunedin early next month. Miss Henderson, speaking at the Art Gallery 'last night, said that the people of Wellington ■and other New Zealand cities wtoe under the impression that the Christchurch people were faddists, and more or less mad. She took this, however to mean that the feelings of the other cities, were not so keenly aroused. It had also been. ■ said that Christchurch got' the women to . run all its concerns, and for ■ this reason she thought it would be well- that, say, a dosen of the leading business men of A he city should take an active part in tha nranacrement of the Canterbury Children's Aid Society. At a meeting of the. Chidron's Aid Society, last night, th» Rev A. C. Hoggins recommended the following rules- for the improvement of children : —(1) That no child under the age of sixteu years should ; be allowed to earn wages; (2) the imforce- ' ment of parental authority allowing *rio i child to bo out after dnrk ; (3) by enforcing ' upon parents the fact that the great object ; of education was not learning, but rather impressing upon the minds of the children j the characters of the best men. in the com- ! munikS'. He thought that if these three requirements could be carried out, all laws against crime would be unnecessary. ' - At a: meeting of the Belfast Town Hall , and Library ' Committee', held on .Monday , .night, the tariff of charges, for the use. .of '. the hall was revised . i and by-laws framed for v,the future mAnrfgeinent' of- the r iristitu^ I tion. Mr James^Butterworth. retired from j the position of caretaker and librarian, after fourteen, years' service. His resignation was received with regret, and a vote of thanks was accorded to ( him for his services. Mr i W. H. Allen, . sen. , was chosen' from among ' five applicants as his successor. It was reported that the increase- in. the-number • of subscribers to the library .was an mdi- . cation that the improvements made ■in it-he reading-room and circulating library ihave been appreciated.