LOCAL AND GENRAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7119, 7 June 1901, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENRAL.

•'■; i*v :: ":</- ■ .."..'"♦.- ; ' ;^.T_|i* Gea» -Meat Qpjßpa«y hj, s a-claied . » 'ira-jjepny^eivictend : 0|'.,5.' gifff Vcejit ;"--. j- ' 'v ;d.^|S 1» ajjfeimiy bereayeaafent, the cn r tetciraXWit. anrtounced ./o^bo. given' % the - : '&sM^fy' Qh^si&DL at.tjpawa this evenißg,dSas bieit'iMJstttonedi- ■ "additional -subscriptions to tht^JtibUee' lfeniorial and* Queen's Statue' Fuijijl^ive.'.lfeea- received r—N'.' and.S. £3 O.; ;# DennistolD £2 2?. B. E.H.. ', Triggs £lW., pilive'p.,Scott- Thompwrn iJI/Dogald Ma^flftne IOsM.. . ' ' "'.-.; jwjjptnjb ni^e Q'clock this niornjKg^v a valu«i>lia"i^ang^'V ioxsej,;. belonging^ to^Meisrs Holl^^n.d^Browji, dropped dead- on- the GU&ifforks Roadj^Lytt^lton. The cause of dsaiif'is not 'kno^vn, but it- is supposed that tlfe- s^idjiaal , buffered froni bot-flies. ' . * civil engineer 'attended a medi&ig: of tie'AVaiaiak»riri : Beheme Ocen- 1 in^teerithis onorrizsg^;; when entails of. the works' trore discugsed.': Sir 'Hay JMgjiDtmactf-d boih ' sites- for ti» , .pronos,ed 'tot^ttj-thoißpoic Iford tip "Wainjaka, '^^•jfi^rgfr^kg:^ •has'-a^'fr^yersM-Jther i3ve jA.^:O^ JJobspa,, i^be.;<^tyi tJuryefor, suggests shoaid 'be utifisedifa takj^s tfc6'-wJrt«r; to th© liiid^«ris. XiSr Hay %iSI-Hwionn» his reyw« 1b *te toaumttw Ut«r oa, I

• * ■ .... . ... ' Tht Fey «T. J. J?er&. Nt tfco Sfp-jfyfio-n Baptist dumb, be* irsjcivwi a un-i-ndsiaus 0 call fi'oib t&? co?.;vrsgn<ic:: of .the UaW Baptkr u-JL Civ.igregatseni;! . Church at YhJcnctt. XT* is ai ;.>r«sm conmvctiiig rrAs*jon'services ;<t kelson, and Wie Rev R. H. Gray, of InVisoh. is e.ffirf&ttng at Spr>?Tdon, artier* mission services -I were- commenced losb Sunday, &rd- will coiriaaiae till next week. As numbers of !«tter3 for- Australia and the United State? are. still being posted vriili oo.ly ti 1.-enny stamp affixed, th» postal authcrities (jesira to again warn the public i hraf tbe tetter rate ' "of " postage to Australia and Tassiania ; is $d, tand to the United States 2ic3 per half-ounce, and that the deficient- pitsiiwit result's -in %he let- ' ters bein.se surcharged double the deficiency at the office of delivery. t „. - .. iA-^fiteman from -9, steamer-'-* who was..) charged afc the Lyttelton'PoKcc (sourt.tliis' jrajorning with having assaulted another fireman on Thursday sight-, presth't-e-d "S'tw- '. rible appearance as -he stood in the <lock, iis face beicg a ma^s of ■.-briii'^ss- aildSftf{ixiiife~ '"■ Bad as his condition was, it was, it ap- j peared, : better than that of "the other ' fe^lowr' who is -laid up in the Casual -Ward.. .with- a .bad cut oa-tihe head.-^The Benoh remanded the case tilt next^ Wednesday. ;.f „ "J Tte cottnoitte* of the Canterbury RawingijCfyh fiaye orideaped frotti Ayling^andSpji,. London,, several^ets of racing oars and! sculls, which will . arrive shortly. Th-?y have 'also decided to reduce f the incr&gage .on the club's property .. by £50. : ?: Ikfrs Deal, whose' death .Occurred at Ran- ' gipra on .Wednesday, arrived at Lyttelton jn'tie ship Egmont on-Dee. 24, 1856, wi^ih ;her husband, Mr James Deal," who predeceased.her many years; After Irving- inFendalfon twelve months, the family removed to Rangiora; then in its infancy, where a,few.year3 later Mr Deal, in partnership with Mr. John Lilly, opened the, first rbuteher-'s'-shpp in the place. 'Mrs Deal was highly . esteemed by the early settlera and her friends of later years. She leaves /a ; son,'.-tSvo. dauglrters,: ; thirteen grsKidehil'dren; and'seyen^grea't ': ;-. While Jhe expreW- train remained at the Chpstehttyicli -.railway station^ la^i eveniag. '» of 7Qung;.jpen : "^a»d ; bogs "gathered \ 'in.ftdnt of a particular carriage, amd;st<»od gazing in at tie window. The. sight whichattracted their morbid, minds was a prisoner,, who. AtA? . being taken , back to the Lyttelton .'gaol in charge of a' warder, and in etrmpany .with aoot^rpjisonttr.. They seemed to have their eyes fivetttd on the* man, and he was subjected to their gaze until the train moved off. . About siryeais ago the prisoner was arrested on a charge of manslaHighter, biit the Grand Jury returned no bill. A shorty t-ime ago lie. was sentenced, to years'imprispnmeat on another charge, and was' afterwards rearrested on tM« old charge,; tried at Timaru, and acquitted. Last evening he was taken back to prison to serve, the- term of s^veu years./. ... "No business house can well afford to do without a work tlat combines fact and information in such an easily accessible manner," say.s the "Evening Star,',' in reviewing. " I)irec.tory." . 5947 . Good tyres fitxed to a bicycle make cycling * real pleasure. Get ''Ideal" tyreß and you wiU haV* an ideal cycle Six rears' trial on the. Australasian market havt riv«n Ideal Tyres a most enviable reputation. V X2'/21 U * Anglb-Special Cycles " enjoy the reputation?' of" /bfcmg^the ■ wst colonial-built bicycles!! tiere .•*; must be *a reason for itv Very well; c*Jl at our showrooms andleam fas reason. It oost you anything, and may uwreaise' your knowledge of cycle cdnstructiosu— The "Anglo-N.Z. Cycle Co., 226, High Street, and P.I.Q, Xll9B Tarii: reduction at Kinoaid'a G.I.C" . .-,-rr- i.- -,-r - : - . ■ . r,.^ -. v^X2547 Candlw rethiceiiid per IVf^mene _2f pertii. KmcaidJs^.lC. ■ ; X2547 Geyliado .Tea. r^u«cu 2d per 1b at Kin. 'An dveit V m^ importance "if ;/&» announoement made-; to-day «$ the annual winter clearing- sale at T. Armsti'oiig and Co.'s., Jtforket Square and Lower High. L Street. A marking -down process has been ruthlessly carried; out,- and the- result is some' extraordinary bargains'- iv. all departi inent3. T-iirifry l nousewiv»s".and the general I public would do well •; to mark, the event. I,r ■ >. „:-". .- ;. - - .1988