LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7507, 15 September 1902, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"You Ohristchurcb infidels are a more crowd' of infidels than the Sydinfidels."~Dr Torrey on Saturday evenA telegram from Wellington states that small-pos patient there continues to and will be released within a week «o. Some person has been going around 1 Richobtaining the (numbers of houses, but Town Clerk wishes it to be 'known £hat Ho authority has been given for this proAdvices received by the last Australian state that one of the Australian freezcompanies holds, or has ait call, nineof the frozen beef available in New Wales and in New Zealand fop the market, roughly estimated! at quarters. A commotion was occasioned in Rangiora nice o'clock last evening by the ringing both fire-bells. The Brigade promptly . only to fibd that a few sparks from one of the chimneys at the Parsonage .had been magnified a passer-by into a house on fire. Grass is very backward in the Wairarapa In some localities there has been no growth of feed so far. Explaces are phenomenally bare, vegeare very scarce, owing to tJhe winter a long and hard one, and! spring genbackward. A new water-wheel, which ihaa ,for its feature that it takes its power from river as it flows, rising or falling as. the varies in {height, will be on view at yards to-morrow, from ten till one, and 1 from two to four in afternoon. The wheel is the invention 'Mr W. Aitken. It has been decided to hold the annual of the Diocesan Choral Association Oct. 2, instead of Oct. 9, the date oriarranged. The alteration has been by the fact that Oct. 9 is the fixed for the Christ's College sports, were the festival held on that date- the choir boys would be unable to part in the music. The grooms and conductors of the trams start from and arrive at the stand the fountain in< Cathedral Square have pet sparrow. The bird is not in a cage, is as impudent and self-confident as any sparrow ever was. He hops down to street when, he sees his dole of grain out for him, and will go right up to K« cars to be fed, and' his friends of the road take a great interest in him. all the people who attend the Torreymissions do not go for the purof being awakened spiritually is cvithat during the progress of one of Hh« meetings a most impudent robbery was Hommitted. During the talks to business Hien on Friday afternoon, Mr H. H. SecreSecretary to the Canterbury Hall Comhad occasion to leave his office for a Bew minutes. Upon returning, he found his <sash-box, with about £9 in money a nranber of private papers, had disapBlWnend?s Sulphur Hair Restorer will positively restore grey or faded hair to its ■atural colour; is not a dye. Price 2e per Hottle i by post, securely packed, 2s 9d. Hwnend, Chemist, Christchurch. 2521 H^ Fire at Maine Bros.— Our great sale of Halvase Stock is a°w on - Bargain* in KaW and Gents' Light Foot Wear. We ■^ also making a special sale of nmled Fanners note— Prices low. 7069