LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7680, 15 April 1903, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hospital fedard *nl meet on April 22, _t _ phi. * The New Plymouth Bo.ough Council has accepted a tender for salt water baths, to tost £2,482. Thfe adjourned annual meeting of the Cbristchurch Beautifying Association will be held! on Monday. ' The Victoria, from Sydney, arrived at Wellington this morning. Her mails will probably reach Christchurch early to-mor-row. MrT_tc-na_ Stone has sold his sheep fo-rm aii Westerfield, conafetiog- of 400. JMS.es> to a. indicate, which h-tends cutting £t jip dind offering ii> by auction;. ; A man, who had not previously been before the Court, was convicted of drunkenness and- discharged with a caution by Mr J. T. Brice, J._\ t at the Lyttelton Police ICouft this morning. '_.-

AU the accommodation for scarlet fever (patients at the Bottle Lake Infectious Disease- Hospitol is now taken up, and the fever ward at the Christchurch Hospital is still full.

Large numbers of electors wore enrolled tffct the district eLec-ors" list of Greater Chriatchurch to-day, and tlie roll will te greatly swelled by the additions made, vithin the last few days; .The list will close at 5 p.m. to-day. • The vendor .oL toy /balloons 'seems to have "been doing a brisk trade -for some time. As he was walking through Cathedral Square to-day with a fresh consignment of ihis wares, one of the balloons escaped, began to rise steadily, and was soon floating •way over Morten's Buildings. Quite a •mail crowd gathered to -watch " the assent," and the balloon was visible/for some time, going steadily westward.

At the Chri-tchurch Magnetic Observatory aU 9.30, a.m. 4 to-day, tho barometer/was falling at 29;829. The maxi_num and minimum temperatures_ recorded ;d_.i_g the preceding twenty-four hours Were 69.7 and 1 ' 42.8 , respectively. The mosimum temperatUr- in the _un wna ft.13.2, and the minimum thermometer on the grass registered 35;8. ' The temperature at 9.30 a.m. was; Dry bulb 53. 1j wet .Wb 51.6 ; humidity, __ per cent. The direction of the wind was north-east. The (rainfall recorded during the previous •twenty-four hours -was nil. A slight accident occurred to t__ engine "■on the goods train from Christohurch to thi. morning, and the/train was ■ delayed oh the Christchurch side of. the .tunnel. Some of the officiajg on the Chri_tjehurfth Station, when inquiries were nlade j of them, observed; a reticence for which.] iiere seems to have been no reason or ne- ! cesgity. On inquiries being made at the •Traffic Manager's office later on, however, \ :_t was ascertained that after some delay the train went through to Port all right. ! The 9.55 «-.tn. train from Okristchuroh was , ( C6lay_d, and' the southern express had to \ wait about ten minutes i<nt tie train from /Port. ••-,(■ I * P^r b 01? of AH * crt -Dtancan Austen, who ! Jeft Mrs Pope's Nursing Home afc Papanui | on Saturday, and has not beei. seen alive ' *ince, was found this morning in the Pub- j ijo Gardens, at the back of the Museum. \ tjtoe body was lying on the" back, and I .* revolver was on the knees. Wot weapon contained six chamZa*'™™ 0 of wllich had Deen dischargrf_ J _ tei * * as ° bullet wound on the right 'Bide of the head. The deceased suffered from -n_otan.a, and w_s a patient . at the PTOjngHoffie, which he left on Saturday •nd came to Christchurch by the tram The .fcody -was found at 9.30 a.m. to-d«y, and S£ b^Teld tIIC M ° rgUe '' where aA in luest1 vest The Mapourika, with the Pa_lramentary jworirsion party on board, is to take her departure from, Wellington for the Cook Group, via Auckland, at nine o'clock to-tiig-ht. The invitation to make the trip Tras^__o_g_ed by .otty-,i_ membeis, » but .come of these tiow find that they will be finable to get awayi and the number of !Jeg_9latot_ who will take part in the outjing has been reduced to about thirty-eight, {Two n-envbeTS only will oooupy each cabin VBallo-in'g for the berths took place yesterday.. The Hon C. H. Mills, who js to be in «bArge <of the party, will be aecompknied pv Mr Black (pirate secretajry). Mr McCarthy, of the Public WorksT Departaneht, will write an official report of the excursion, and photographs are to be taken by ■___■ Refd, of , the Geological jDepartmett.. It is probable that the Goternineat ißiologi_t (Mr T. W. Kirk) [will also make the -trip. The Mapourika is timed to leave. Auckland for -Raratonga on Saturday night.. Special ventilation and _le_fcric fans have, been fitted £nroug_Q_it to cope with the warm climate V>f the Islands,, nnd the Union Steamship JCompdny'- oil launch will be taken with the party. The overhauling of the Mapoupika has been done at tie company's exipense. '~ . _