LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7661, 17 January 1901, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; The Melbourne postal authorities adyise ■that oaible communication 1 with Shanghai is totally iiiterrupted. •

) The slip of rook on, the Otago Central {line, near Mount Allen, has now been re{tnoved, and goods trams are again limning. ' The express train for the south this mornang consisted of twelve passenger cars, and nearly two hundred passengers were booked jfor Dunedsn 1 . . ■■ .

. The slime whioh was so fatal to fish about iNelson, and interfered so seriously with the pah industry, 'has (says the Greymouth now practically disappeared.

..The local Old Age Pension Commissioner states that the man Afilne inferred to in Mr Soremen'a letter, "published 5m the "Lyttelton Times" to-day, vnder the heading " Samaritan Home,'' as a " pensioner/ is not an old age pensioner. / , . ' v - I To-day tw« Sunday School mcnic parties tteft Lyttelton. That from Holy Trinity School, 'numbering about. 2oo parsons, went [by train to Opawa. The West Lyttelton {Sunday School party, of about 130, went [to Rhodes's.Bay by raje ,6.9. John Anderson.

Tihe manager of the Te Oranga Home begs fco acknowledge, with thanks, -a magic lanfern entertainment, books, games, and a tin of lollies, from the Rev : F.R. Inwood; /games and lollies from Mr Webster, and 10s ifrom Judge Gresson. \ At a ineeting of sawmill' proprietons, held |W Greymouth last week, .it was resolved to {raise tie price of timber to 6s 6d per 100 feet [for export. The orders at present in hand (says i3»Greymouth "Star") will take three imontihs to fulfif, a.nd further orders are comiing in very freely.

; The current number of tihe "New Zear |t»d Sportsman " 5s an exwptdan&Uy fine [production. The illustrations are of a highjolaas descriptaon), and cjover all bmnches iof sport, including swimming, cycling, jathletics,' tennda and rowing. f Tha( jp^er, jwtoch consists of fifty-six pages, gives cnmcdsß and 1 reliable information! cancerning (every Iniportant branch of sport, with/ a xhartHighiiess that is not attempted im any ptiher oolonaal- journaH

The tourist traffic 'on the Wanganui ;Hiver tMaTseasan is tshe largest on recardi. ;Messß» Hatrick and Co., the pioneer steam-boat-owners on the Wangajjua^ have, with their well-known, enterprise, extended! the [steamer traffic some, twenty miles be* yond Pipiriki, which embraces all the best of me beamtiiul sceneny on New Zealand's Rhine, induding all t£at magnificent part jTe Waii Pari (the place of cliffs), Manga-•»ui-o-te-ao, where the two riveis meet like rtwo lanes in a grea* <dty, the big Ngaporo land 1 Paparoa rapids, and the Caves. Now ithat the part of -the Whngaoui River so ably described by Jemingiuun Wake|field in his early "Hretory of New iZeaiand" can be viaited by steamers, his splendid description of . this/; the jnost beautiful portion, is well wotrtti lookHng up by anyone contemplatingF the trip. JOnly Messrs Hatrdck and 60. 's steamers dio ■ibis trip, and intending tourists are requested to either arrange witih' ifchem or {M«ssr« Cook and Son for passages,, to enJWre going by first boat on arrival at Wan!g*nni. 1898 I One Hundred smd Sixty-three Bicycles to •be cleared prioc to stock-taking. Sale comImences to-day. Inspect tie bargains in "Humbers," " Anglo-Specials," "Omonds," and "Globes." ALL guaranteed for 12 months ; easy payments arranged. Forty second-hand bicycles, various makes and sizes, at clearinig prices. Accessories greatly reduced.. Genuine sale of qp-to-date goods. Don't misß this opportunity. For 14 days only. The Anglo-Spew Zealand' Cycle Co., D.LC> and 226, Higli Street. Xl9lß

• Candles reduced Id per lb. Kerosene 2$ |per tin. '^jncaid*s G. 1.0. # X2547' ! Tariff reduction, a* Kaicaid's G.LCJ. v t ■■•■ .. v«26*7

[ CeyHndo Tea reduced 2d per lb qfc teaid's G.I.G. 32547

! Hanging Lamps -from .&£ 9d- to 555. W© guarantee to give better value in hSanging and 4»ble lamps, chimneys, shades, wicks, etc-, than any laanp-se-Her in New Zealand. Fletcher Bras., direct importere of lamps, chimney*, etc, High Street, Chrastchuieb. | Ideal Tyres are, popular throughout Ansitralasia, because "they aa» honestly con. !«tructed fern* Moseley's celebrated rubbeje and fabric, aare resiliepit, durable, and carry a liberal twelve months' guarantee. New 'Zealand Depot, A. C. Healing and? Co., }2g2, Oashel Street, Chrigtoharch. X2721