LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7070, 11 April 1901, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

4 \ Mr H. Wynri Williams has given the pum of £2 2s to the Jubilee Memorial and Queen's Statue Fund. * Mr T. H. Davey, yielding to strong solicitations npon the subject, 'has consented to again offer his services for the mayoralty of St Aibans: The Christchurch Fire Brigade -will pay a visit to St> Aibans at 7.30 this evening, with a steamer, in order to test -the xraUr Supply available at Webb Street, Chapel Street, and other places. Sections in the Morven township, Waifcakahi Estate, will be offered for lease in perpetuity* at the Land Offices at Cbrisfcchurch and Timaru.on Monday. The annual rentals range from £1 10s to £10 an •ere. At a 6pecial meeting of the Cust Institute Committee held <m Wednesday evening it was decided that the first of a series of concerts in aid of the library funds should be held on May 1. Mr T. S. Weston, who has been appointed one of the Royal Commissioners to adjust sjJaries for the teachers of our primary" Bchoofls, is advised that the Commission will sit at Wellington on Monday, April 22. The Cornish Society in Wellington is preparing an address to the Duke of Cornwall on the occasion of his visit to New Zealand. It is thought desirable that every Cornishman residing in the colony should append his name to the address. What might have been a serious accident teems to have happened at the Akaroa Regatta, according to the local " Mail." " The boy off Tikao," it reports, " turned bottom up, but was picked up without difficulty by the sailing competitors." Two Angora goats, purchased, by th© Agricultural Department, from the late Sir Samuel Wilson's estate, in Victoria, are » now on Somes Island, in Wellington Harbour, and others are being imported from South Australia". The Government intends to breed goats on a limited scale. The Sumner Gala Committee has handed to the secretary of the Jubilee Memorial and Queen's Statue Fund the sum of £5 as a donation to the fund. Of this amount £2 3s 6d was collected at the gala by Mesdames Luxford and 1 Pratt and Misses Hart and Day, and the balance was voted out of the gala funds. The following have been selected from those volunteering to form a fire brigade for Sfc Aibans, to undergo, a probationary service: — R. Smith,' John Williams, A. EUingford, B. Ellingford, R. E. Rees, W. Cox, E. T. Berry, E. Peaice, G. Pratt, A. Jemmett, J. Browa, J. Hill, and A. Gadd. Shortly after midnight last nigtit a young man arrived at the Fire Brigade Station on a bicycle, and after stating that a house was on fire in Stanmore Road, disappeared. The Brigade turned out with all haste, and proceeded to Stanmore Road, up and down which the staff of one of the chemical engines searched without finding any signs of fire, and then returned to the station. It appears that afire broke out in a linen closet of a house occupied by Mrs T. J. Hill, in Armagh Street east, but was extinguished by the inmates without much damage being done. A young man had rather an unfortunate experience this morning. In October last £ie was fined 10s and costs, with the alternative of forty-eight hours' imprisonment, for failing t-o quit licensed premises when ordered to do so. As the fine was nob paid within the usual time, a warrant was issued for his arrest, but his whereabouts could not be ascertained, so the warrant remained unexecuted until this morning, when he fell jnto the hands of the police in a rather peculiar manner. The constable on duty at the Police Station saw a person passing along on the other side of the street. He recognised him as the delinquent, and another constable was immediately despatched in pursuit, and a capture was effected, and the young man will now have the pleasure of putting in the forty-eight .hours in gaoL Good tyres fitted to a bicycle make cycling a real pleasure. Get "Ideal" tyres and you will have an ideal cycle. Six years' trial on the Australasian market have given Ideal Tyres a most enviable reputation. X2721 ' Tariff reduction at Kincaid's G. 1.0. %■ X2547 1 Ceyiindo Tea reduced \id per lb at KinjSaid's G.I.C, j^-&^—

Entries are already coming in for the Winter Show of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Mrs Hera Tukn Hangahangai.of Katihiku, Ofcaki, of the celebrated Ngatihma tribe, is stated to be 105 years of age. The sum of £20 has recently been spent •by the South Waimakariri River. Board m planting marram grass in drift sands on its reserves. In consequence of the quarantine restrictions having been removed, the Westralia will leave Wellington to-day (Thursday), and Lyttelton tomorrow, as announced in an advertisement in this issue. • The sub-committee of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association which was charged with the duty of selecting the various sub-committees for the year, met this morning, and decided to recommend names to the General Committee. The "New Zealand Gazette" has declared Sydney and Adelaide free of pTague. All vessels now arriving from these ports will be inspected by the Government Medical Officer, and if a 1 clean bill ol ■health is given, they will be allowed to come alongside the wharves "Without further delay.. Mr E. Smitlh has resigned from his position as a member of the South Waimakariri River Board, owing to demands on his time in connection with the inspection of buildings and other duties. The resignation was accepted with regret at the meeting of the Board to-day, and it was decided that Mr Smith should be thanked for his past services. Messrs H. B. Sorensen and C. D. Morris have been nominated fo* the. South-west Ward of the Oity Council, and Mr J. Clarke has been nominated for the Northeast Ward ; A. Appleby, W. Prudhoe and C M. Gray, North-west Ward; W. E. Samuels, North-east' Ward ; C. D. Morris, J. T. ( Smith and H. B. Sorensen, Southwest Ward; H. H. Loughnan, South-east Ward. It was stated at the meeting of the South Waimakariri River Board to-day that tie cement had practically not been, damaged by the fire at tlie Board's cement store on March 23. An inquiry had been made into the matter by the police, but so far nothing had been discovered as to the origin of the fire. The overseer to the Board reported that a number of tools had been destroyed. It was decided that a new store should be erected, close to the overseer's residence. At the Christchurch Land Office on Monday, an allotment of 1 one acre, Section 7, Block XII., in the Tamai Hamlet, Woolston, will be offered for selection as a workman's home on lease in perpetuity. The annual rental is £4. The allotment is about Vwo miles and a half from the Christchurch Post Office, and it is described as good agricultural land, with from sis inches to eight/ inches of loamy soil or c!ay subsoil. If there is more than one applicant, the ballot will take place on April 18. The Railway Traffic Manager was instituting an inquiry this morning respecting the failure to provide proper accommodation for the passengers on the north train on Monday evening. One case has come under notice where an aged couple had to ride in a- truck from Oxford to Kaiapoi in the cold and rain; and instances are given where ladies had their clothing spoilt and damaged through the dirty condition, of the waggons in which they were compelled to travel. . On Tuesday night, the Special Committee of the City Council met to go through the applications for the positions of Town Clerk and Assistant Town Clerk. There were altogether 118 applications for the two i positions, and after sitting for three hours going through the various testimonials, the committee adjourned until to-morrow evening, when the matter will be further considered. It is probable that the applications will be reduced to about half-a-dozen for each position, and that these wHI be submitted to the Council on Monday night to make the final selection. Candles reduced Id per lb. Kerosene 2* per tin. Kincaid's G.I.C. X2547 "Anglo Special Bicycles" contain all that tie well-informed' and experienced cyclist; desires, and give immediate and permanent satisfaction. Sole makers of "Ang'-o Special Cycles" and New Zealand agents ior " Beeston Humber " Cycles. The Anglo-New Zealand Cycle Company, D.T.C., and 226, High Street. ; Xll9B Lay on Mac Duf f! who hasn't read How bold Macbeth was slain- ; But now he's been so long since dead, Why rake him up again? Then let him rest, he's out of date, We'll turn to something newer, If you've a. cold, be not too late, Take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 3