LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7807, 11 September 1903, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. „ - „.,.,., +. ... j , A telegram from Dunedin states that Siignor Squar-ise will aot as one of the judges at rh* Timflvu band contest. At Ashbirrton t<wjay the case against X>in«en, tba proprietor of the railway re. freehment room*, was remanded till next Ftufey. . At the AsMmrtaD Magistrate's Court today EJiward Watkins was sentenced) to thww ' months* imprisonment -for indecent exposure. , ( At the Auckland Polrce Court- to-day, ' two stowaways on the Ventura, from Sydnsy,' vere' remanded till Wednesday to be jjeturned to Sydney. * ■ At a well-attended meeting of the Ohrisfc- ' church Plumbers^ and Gasfittera' Union it wa« resolved that this Union is in favour of a universal Saturday half-holiday. Tb« question of dealing with boundary dogs w&i probably be broujjiit before the Premier by .» deputation from tho Christchurch Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Awunala when it waits upon him in Wellington soon. ' 'Bents are still rising in Christchurch, and it is more difficult than ever to get small cottages at a reasonable price, or ab any price at all. Many people are com : pelled to build in order to get cottages that will suit them. ; The annual meeting of delegates to the New Zealand Veterans' Association, held at Wellington to-day, elected the following officers:— Secretary, Mr S. St Iddolph ; treasurer, Captain Hamerton ; committee, Colonel Newali, Captain Beamish amd Mr Barclay. It has been deoidted 1 ihat the fees for youths receiving instruction' in tailoring tit the Teohuioai Classes shall be- raised from 7« 6d to 10s, an order to provide for the jnateriol ti»* will be used. For the new -women's claas, however, the fee of 7s 6d Vill be retained; Mr W. W. Tanner, M.H.R., has informed ih» Chrlutchuroh Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals that the Government Jba* decided to forward the Society's message to the Geneva. Conference sympathising ■with, the movement for doing something to ameliorate the sufferings of horses on the battlefield. The following pupil* from.- the Convent of Mercy, Daxfield, were successful in passing the theory, of music examination, held last June, in connection with Trinity College, London :— Junior division — Amoie Gfll -98 (honours), Cissi'e Baker 95 (honours), Maggie Gill 95 (honours), Maggie iM'Mullan 95 (honouns), Vera. Holmes 92 (honours) and Alibe Jarman 87 (honours). To-day's weather forecast is as 'follows : — : - 'Wiwd moderate generally from the west•ward. The barometer. wiJl rise everywhere. ;TJie sea wall be moderate on both coasts, and the tides moderate an 'both coibste. During the last twenty-four hours moderate westerly winds have been prevalent everywhere, with fine weather. The barometer ha« continued to rise slowly northward of Napier and New Plymouth, Tbenca. southward there was a slight fall tmttt aboufc midnight, since when it has f isen again slowly. Mr J. Ramra, the instructor of the tailor. fag class formed by the Christchurch Technical Association, states that all his ; pujpils, numbering twenty-six, are connected with th« tailoring business in Christehuroh. The , attendance is very satisfactory, and the interest taken in the matterr has exceeded }Sx Ratmn's expectations. He has suggested that diplomas should be issued on the pupils passing an examination. He has ap^ plied to the Board for a. machine for cutting sksfor cloth. The machime is now taking a prominent positiou in the tailoring trade in jUhristohurcik v— ■■■■

The drapers and tailors of Christchurch sell more men's suits at from £4 15s to 1 £5 5s than at any other prices. It is eKt-iirtated 1 th« 6 6s 2d' wr 'hundred guperfipWl fecit hns to be paid on itiunber white ii ift on tratuft Irani' the mddls on the West Coast to the railway trucks at the QhnißtchwKh Station. Tho rolHor the Riconrto'ni-SookWa'n tramway -district is 'being prcwarad. A poll in regard to the propoial 'will have to be taken in'tho dis'tr.ict, in the same manner aa win* adopt«dj in regard to Ohi'lstchurch. The commitbee o*f the Heathoote Road Board; is ready to oorifea* with' th© Routes Committee of tho Tiro^way fßoard 1 .in veffard to t:h© suggestion' that the pr-wienit- line to Neiw.Brigh'ron, near the City Councils swerve, shoiUU bo stpoigfbiteined. / At a meeting of the Canterbury Land Board, held at Timaru to-day, the Commissioner intimated that it wjis the intention of the Board to prohibit periions who had been successful at a ballot from taking part in any subsequent ballot. Th" i? would fitop the bartering of land which now goes on. The work of installing the eleotrio light in the General Post Office Buildings will be comnieivced almost immediately, The first lamps will be plnieed in thft t&leph'one exchange, and the switchboard foi' tliat roonx ia now ready. Tflie eluwige from 4fa«ligtht to elootrioity will add lately to tha oonveniwoa nn.dcomfort of t.ho efftcora in all tlw department*, especially th« operat«oiTß, aa t-Ueir room' sornatimes become* very stuffy at night at present. It is estimated that about, two hundred lamps will be required altogether. R would have been thought the .distressing aaid fatal accident tha* occurred at Wnimangu on Sunday lost (saysi £he- " Hofc LalkfrS Chronicle " of Saturday) would have acted «s a deterrent to others, but there ate some foolhardy individuals whose curiosity tends to lead them into dangero\ui place-s. Among » pnrty of tourists who visited WaSmangu on Tuesday last, two were not satisfied until they had! actually stood on the Supposed *pot from which Waimangu's first unfortunate victims -were four-led.-' Ib is to be hoped this wiil not be repeated very often. A Christchtiroh land 1 ageait, spenking to a reporter to-day, stated that- if tho Gp' v«rnment wished tb protect the publio in regard to transactions connected with the buying and selling of houses and land, it should make provision in th.c Land Agents Bill . that all agents must pay a license fee of £10 and find a, fidelity bond' of £500. In 'hi* opinion, this idea, which hag been put for* ward by leading agentaJn Punedin, would be much better than the proposed fee of £25 and no other safeguard. Unles* , a man intended to carry on a legitimate business, he fl&id he would hot get the fidelity bond, whereas it would be worth while, in some eases, to pay a fee of £25 in order to secure one or two deals. .-...'*.