LOCAL AND GENERAL

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7423, 9 June 1902, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL

. i -♦ _ Mr J. F. Wachsmann has sent to the Mayor a cheque for £2 2s for the coal and blanket fund. . The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Papanui has arrived at Hobart, Her" passengers include nine New Zealand troopers: . „'■: ■ ' . ' A& a recenfc meeting of t!he Heatheote Road 'Board (Mr. G. H. M'Haffie was re--elected chairman, a position he has aow held for about six years. It has been decided 1 to form an Association of past members of the Cathedral , School and Cathedral Choir Choristers. For this purpose a meeting will he held at tbfe Christ's College Library on Friday, June 13, at 8 p.m., instead of Tuesday, June 10, as previously notified. The petition asking that a poll of citizens should be taken on the question of introducing the Rating on Unimproved Values Bill into Christchurch containing the requisite number of signatures has now been lodged with the Town Clerk, and the necessary steps will be taken to secure the poll-' - ; The Special Committee set up to report upon the Waimakadri scheme will meet at the City Council Chambers this evening to consider a letter from Mr T. E. Taylor embracing a report of an interview he had on the question with Colonel Turakini, the Swiss exper-t who reported upon the Niagara Falls .scheme. The meetings of ratepayers which will be held throughout tie Heatheote Road district this week, beginning this evening, are merely of a formal character, to consider the proposal to raise a special loan of £16,000. It is proposed to hold a public meeting on June" 16 in the Opawa Schoolroom to go thoroughly into the matter. Some of the Justices who at stated seasons preside over the local Police Court have been of late slipping back into the unfortunate habit of forgetting the hour at •which the Court should sit. This morning the business <was begun ten minutes after the appointed time, and then only one Justice took 'his seat. 'A " beat " was organised by the police, and some ten mintjfces later another dispenser of the law made his appearance.

Mr arii^ Mrs H. Wynn-Williams have each given £2 to the coal and 'blanket fund organised 'by the Mayer. . The 'Hawera Co-operative Dairy Company has decided . to erect several creameries, including one at Tokaora probably. A large central factory near Hawera is also spoken of. It is stated that experiments made at the (government farm at Ruakura seem to indicate that 'ragwort is the 1 cause of the cai'.tle disease known as " bush sickness." The " Taranaki News " says that the bar of the Hotel Commonwealth at New Plymouth has been closed, the appeal to the Privy Council apparently 'being abandoned. It is understood an application will be made for .a new license. Mr Ritchie, on losing interviewed at Auckland by 'Mr Bollard, 'M.H.R., said it was never Jhe intention of the Government to compete with nurserymen by selling cuttines at experimental stations. A few extia cuttings and trees had been disposed of, but not over two or three score of any one kind. The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court will open at Timaru to-morrow, amd! will probably be taken, by his Honor Mr Justice Williams, as Mr Justice Dewnistom is detained further south. Mr A. R. Bloxam, sheriff, with Chief Gaoler Cleary aud several prisoners, left by theWxpress train this morning to attend the 'Court. < No-license meetings were held in, Cathedral Square on Saturday and Sunday evenings, when Mt T. W. Glover, of the <New Zealand Alliance, gave addresses on the subject. On- Saturday Mr Devereux presided, the subject 'being the effect upon the labour market of the- diversion of wife vast sums of money now spent on liquors to; other articles of commerce. On Sunday 'Mr FieLd presided. Mr Willoughby, «f Wainui-o-mata, who is at present in South Africa, has written to a friend in ' Wellington that between ] Durban .and Klerksdorp there is some of the best dairying country he has ever seen. | He predicts that in -a. very short time the products of South Africa will be sufficient for all requirements, amd that any trade which may be established from New Zealaiid will only be temporary. "^ . The Mayor of Christcburch 'has promised to open the Coronation Fancy Fair to be held in the Canterbury Hall on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It will be held under the auspices of' the Canterbury Christian Endeavour Union, and in aid of ■fhafc institution's West Coast Chinese Mission. There are 1100 Chinese on the Coast," and a large number of these belong to the Mission, which commenced operations on Sept, 18, 1897. Mr M. Murphy will leave for Dunedin on Wednesday to make arrangements for the biennial conference "of delegates from agricultural and pastoral societies in the colony. It will tie 'held in the Agricultural Buildings in Dunedin, and -will commence on I June 24. .At least twenty-two societies will be represented, and a long list of important subjects has been prepared and is being ■printed for circulation. The last confereince was held in Wellington. At' the annual meeting of the Martonl Licc-nsing Committee, held on Saturdtay, an application was made for a new license at Rongotea. Several petitions numerously signed were set aside for not having been lodged in compliance with the Act. The committee was left without a, quorum, after the luncheon adjournment, a member having to leave for Ms home. The Cou-rt thereupon adjourned' until Friday. LAn open-air meeting convened by the Auckland Trades and Labour Council resolved—"That this mass meeting | of Auckland citizens views with serious concern an Association in- the south fcnpwn as the Southern Milling Trust, and urgently requests the Government to inti.oduce during .next session a. 'Bill 'makin? illegal all rings, trusts and combines., Failin^legislation against combines, this meeting urges the Government to take the necessary steps 40 take over the manufacture and distribution of flour, andother food supplies." Mr E. St^ng, ; librarian at the Public Library, made two excellent- bargains at a book sale at Cbfristehurch the othsr day. For 12s 6d he obtained a copy of Joseph Ritson's " Robini Hoed," 'being " a collection, of all ancient poems, songs and 1 baJlads. now exta.nt, relative to the famous outlaw." A "feature of the wojrk is a number of wood engravings, and etchings executed^ by Thomas Bewick, several of them being duplicated-. The book was published in 1832. The illustrations are as quaint as the text, and seem to fit the picturesque timtes when Robin Hood, Friar Tuck and Littlejohn •roamed mi the glades and 1 forests of Merry England. The other valuable work secured by Mr Strong was " Eothoh," dtealing with the East. There is no name to the work, but it is admitted to bs .by Kinglake. The brightly-coloured illustration*, vividly displaying the costumes of the people, are specially interesting. Another interesting feajtfre'is that the work came from the establishment of the famous John OHivier. It was knocked down to Mr Strong for the absurd price of 2s 6d. Townend's Sulphur H?ir Restorer will positively restore grey or, faded hair to its natural colour ; is not a dye. Price 2s per bottle; by post, securely packed^ 2s 9d. Townend, Chemist. Christchurch. 2521