LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7157, 23 July 1901, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i + — — ; A sitting of the Lyttelton Police Qourt was held this rooming; "when a' first offender wa» convicted of drunkenness and discharged: with a caution. Mr S. R. Webb was the presiding Justice. On the application of Mr G. Harper, probate of the will of the late W. Chryctall to the executors named: in the will wag granted by h» Honor Mr Justice Dennieton in Chambers at Wellington on July 15. . j His Honor Mr Justice Denniston held & sitting in Chambers this morning at the Supreme Court. To-morrow there will be a sitting in Banco, and a, prisoner will ba brought up for sentence for a, breach of the First Offenders' Probation Act. I A telegram from Dunedin states that £206 has been collected by the committee on behalf of' the widows and orphans of those men. who perished in -the storm in the J Shetland Isles. The money will oe emitted Home to the trustees! of the general fund. i ' . j j J It is asserted by the ''Hawke's Bay Herald " that hundreds of acreg of that beautifully-marked wood, the rewarewa | (native honeysuckle), are being destroyed , in New Zealand every year, and yefc cabinetmakers are paying from 1b to 2a Bd.a foot for the best pieces of the 'timber. ! A young man recently left Branoepeth : Station (Masfcerton) for South Africa, taking with 'him. £400. He procured an ; appointment on the South African rail- v ■ ways, and tibe first day he was at work j he met with an accident which caused his j deaths Inquiries are now being made as 'to his^next of kin (says the Wellington { The Lyttelton Brass Band purposes procuring a set of Besson's "Prototype" in.Btrumenfcs, and, to provid* the necessary funds, «feas adopted of honorary (membership, whereby persons willing to /assist do so by means of a small weekly ccotrlbutioni Circulars have been issued by the Band, drawing the attention cf the feridents of Lyttelton to the proposal. '* An old Maori chief named Daniel, repriding at Matapihi, near Tauranga, died ,tbe other day, being about ninety years of age. He was present at the last tribal fight which tODk place at Mount; Maiinganui, and later acted as. guide to the British , troops at Gate Pa and Te Ranga fights, , (receiving a medal and pension for his services. • Seize the opportunity, and purchase a bii cycle for the coining 'season at the Anglo IN. Z. Cycle Company's great stock-taking cale. Humbers, Osmonds, Anglo-Special, !> Abihgdons, etc., at greatly reduced prices ; also, some splendid bargains in secondhand cycles, just overhauled, and with new /tyres. Th« sale closes July 31. It will Day you to call at the D.1.C., or 226, High fikMk. Xll9B 'Good tyres fitted to a bicycle make cyfling a Teal pleasure. Get "Ideal" Tyres *nd you will. have an ideal cycle. Six years^ trial on the Australasian market have eiven Ideal Tyres a most enviable reputation. . X2721 ■ Ceylindo Tea reduced 2d per lb at Kineaid's GJ.C. X2647 , TarifE reduction at Kincaid's G.I.Q. ! X2547 Candles reduced Id per lb. Kerosene 2s toer tip. Kincaid's G.I.C. X2547 . Townend's Sulphur Hair Restorer will vjtocsitively restore grey or faded hair to its Natural colour; is not a dye. Price 2s per bottle; by post, securely packed, 2s 9d. Townend, Chenrißt, Chrwtchmrch. 2fi2l

Notwithstanding the non-success hitherto cf petroleum prospecting at Taranaki and Poverty Bay, the " Grey River Argus " thinks that a. united effort should be made to test the Kotuku Springs, and adds: — "We cannot help recalling the remark of Mr M'Kay. Government Geologist, when he said that it did not say much for the enterprise of the Greyrmmth people that they did not do something before this to ascertain feu« value . of the petroleum prospects afe rneir door." The ; Lyttelton Borough Council las.t night decided to ask 'the District Health Officer, Dr Symes, to approve of the Council obtaining a loan of £3000 for the extension of main sewers and other drainage works. Under the Public Health Act, the loan can be obtained without, the necessity of a poll of the ratepayers, The Canterbury College Graduates' Association yesterday decided to send «, letter of condolence' to Mrs W. ChrystaU on the death of Mr ChrystaU, who was one of the graduates' representatives i»n the Board of Governors. The : Secretary was instructed to nominate Mr Charles Lewis for the seat on the Board rendered vacant by Mr ChrystallV death. . ' \ ' " ' \ ' "During the past week there has been quite an epidemic of coat stealing frcm hotels in the city; and the police have bisa kept; busy looking for the culprits. .On Saturday it was reported that a covert coat had been stolen from Tattersall's Hotel and an, overcoat from .the Clarendon Hotel, and yesterday that an 'opossum rug had been taken foam a trap at St Paul's Presbyterian Church. Yesterday Detectives Cassells and Fahey arrested a man on charges of having stolen the overcoat fr&m .the Clarendon Hotel and the rug from'St Paul's Church, both cf which have'baeii recovered. An election was held yesterday to fill vacancies on the North Canterbury Board of Education. There are three vacancies, and the candidates are the Revs P. J. Cocks (Southbridge) and D. M'JNicol'l (Lyttelton), Messrs J. Anderson (Leeston), M. tJa'lsyel, jxm. (Arnberley), C. A. C. Hardy (Rakaia South)," C. H. A. Opie (Darfieid), ' W. Rxillitt (Sumner), J." L: Scott (Christchurch), arid A. F. Yf. Smith (Christchurch) i. Messrs Dalziel ' and ' Hardy are present lnembe'rs of the Board. This is the | [ first election held in this? district under the i i Education* Boards Election -Ad oi last ye&ifc , | The; electors aTe members of .the School '< Committees in the; district. All voting papers received by the Returning-Officer (the Secrei4ry of the, Board) before- the close of the fourteenth day after the election 1 , provided that they, bear a post mark not later than the election day. will be counted." The voting' papers will not be opened and examined until the fifteenth day attejr the election, but jthe result will then bs ascertained, and will be posted up in the Board's office. \ '