LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7200, 11 September 1901, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Dunedin telegram, states that Air Scobie Mackenzie's condition causes the greatest anxiety to 'his friends. The forty-first anniversary of the E Battery -will be held in the gun-room to-m«r-row evening, at eight o'clock. The Waihora, from Melbourne and Hobart, arrived at the Bluff yesterday morning. Her mails should reach Christchurch this evening. The City Council has been cited as a party in a dispute which will be brought before the Conciliation Board on; Friday by the Drivers' Union. /■Next Saturday 'being the Jewish New Year, services will be held in the Synagogue on Fidday evening at six o'clock, and Saturday morning at ten o'clock. A general meeting of the New Zealand 1 Institute of Surveyors will,, be held at the o3dl Board Room, Government Buildings, at 'eight o'clock next Thursday evening. All surveyors ore requested to attend. Our Wellington correspondent telegraphs that Captain R. R. Kelbel Stuart, of the Derbyshire Regiment, arrived by the Wakantd, from London, yesterday, en route for Chrdstch'urch, where he and his family intend to settle. The early door tickets for the pit for tonight's performance at the Theatre Royal were disposed of before eleven o'clock this morning at Efelick ' Bros. 1 , tobacconists. Very few fetall tickets were left unsold at that time. One of the 'boarders at the house which was destroyed by fire this morning had rather a unique experience. He had been in the habit of using a large 'block of kauri gum aa a watch-stand, iand his watch was resting on ithis esb the time of the fire. On looking for the "watch afterwards, at was found completely . embedded in . the gum, which had melted round the timepiece. The operations of the Fire Brigade at fires are considerably hampered by the actions of 'bicyclists. The wheelmen, who are generally early on the scene, congregate in' the street close to the burning building", and get in the way of the men, running out the lose. It is suggested that in future the Brigade should carry a couple of wire rapes, which should be stretched across the street, distance on either side of the fir*. The fire adarm system is in a very Tinsatisfactory state at present, and has been so for some time. The system sometimes g«ts out of circuit, and false alarms are the result. This morning, when the alarm at the corner of Cashel and Badbadoes Streets was pulled, the instrument at the Fire Brigade Station reached the box at the corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, and thither, of course, the Brigade .went, losing Touch valuable time before the fire was finally located. The Rangiora Institute Committee met last evening, there being presents-Messrs E. R. Good (chairman), R. Ball, J. 0. Jones, A. BT. King, G. Shorland, and C. I. Jennings. The Treasurer's statement showed the receipts for three mouths to be £43 16s, payments £20 17s lOd, bank debit balance £19 13s 6d. It iwas decided not to make a charge i<se the nee of the hall for. the Sail benefit concert promoted by the Women's Christian Temperance Union. An application for a rebate in the rent of the hall for an entertainment to be given by the Ministering Children's League was acceded to, the charge being iredtoosd by one-half. The question of aUbwing the use of the hall for Sunday evening entertainments was discussed, but in view of probable action by tfie Borough Council ■the niatter*. was allowed to stand over. Despite repeated applications by Tagus troopers at the local Defence Office, the headquarters office at Wellington declines fco be worried into any undue ihaste in the matter of forwarding medals to those who were unable to receive them at the official presentation &b Invercargill. A small consignment; was forwarded » few days ago for •distribution, but there were not enough to go round, aid- the disappointed soldiers will have to possess their souls an patience until the sluggish Department has another access of energy. Discharges are mow 'being posted to Contingenters, but the pay fo» active service is still outstanding in many cases. It is « matter for speculation- among the troopers as to whether they are entitled to pay up to *he time that they are officially notified of their discharge, or wfiether they are only entitled to a month's (furlough after arrival in the colony. Anglo-Special bicycles have several advantages over other makes, one of tChese being a two : speed gear, changeable from high to low while riding at any speed, only B<hs added weight and no extra friction. Inspection of the new models cordially invited at- the Anglo-New Zealand Cycle Company, D.1.C., and 226, High Street. 8640 Townend's Sulphur Hair Restorer will positively restore grey or faded hair to its natural colour; is not a dy n . Price 2s per bottie; by post, securely packed, 2s 9d. Totrnend. Chemist, Christchurch. 2521