LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8832, 19 January 1907, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Recess Committee of the Senate . met again this morning, and prepared work for the sitting of the Senate next week. « Captain Edwin's weather , forecast, telegraphed at noon to-day j is as foi--lows:—"Moderate winds; glass little' movement; indications for frost." There was no first-class' smoking carriage on the 5.15 p.m. train from Lyt--telton to_ay, and the omission caused j a great deal of inconvenience. The second express for the south p_lled out of the station to-day at . 12.9 p.m., leaving- fourteen minutes behind schedule time. The train included fifteen passenger Carriages, which were all well filled, and was drawn by two heavy locomotives. Derry's Private Band will (weather permitting) give the following programme on Sunday, January 20, at Cave Rock, Sumner:— March, "The American " ; selection, ''' Messenger Boy " ; valse "Friendship": intermezzo, ' ' Lady.J May ' ' ; march, ' '- American Ea£le " ; selection, " Carmen " ; march, "Last Stand." ' * "."'"-"" During the latter part of the week j the mails from the north have been i delivered very late in the day, greatly i inconveniencing business people, who 'find it difficult to answer the correspondence in time fcr the return mail. - Several complaints have been made, but the Post Office authorities state that the heavy south-west weather has delayed -.the steamers from Wellington, - and it has been impossible to sort the 'mails earlier. i After highly successful seasons in ! Auckland and Wellington, the Messrs ;Macmahon's new dramatic combination will inaugurate a season of three weeks at the Theatre Royal on Saturday, January 26. A very strong drama, by E. Hill Sulchetson, entitled "The Price of Sin," has been selected for the opening night. This play has been successfully given in England, America and Australia, and, judging by its reception in Auckland and Wellington, bids fair to be just. as. huge a success in New Zealand. The oast is a large one, but the company is an unusually strong one, both artistically ahd numerically, ' and the characters have been judicious.ly allotted. The scenery, mechanical 1 effects and artistic details of the production have been earned out with thecompleteness and lavisEness that characterise the performances* of the Messrs .Macmahon. The box plans for the first of the season will be opened at the Dresden on Monday morning. Are you troubled with rheumatism? Give Chamberlain's Pain Balm a trial. 13 . The Golden Crop and Sunbeam Cigarette Competition closes first of March next. 1988 Verbiage is unnecessary — If you want a suit for 6elf or boy go straight to Armstrong, you will be well served, with ultra value for your money. See their doors and windows. 5746. , Where every department excels it is difficult to particularise, but T; Armstrong and Co.'s millinery rooms shine bright particular stare in the finuamsnt of fashion : — Nice Trimmed Hats 4s lld, 5s lld, 6s lld, models\Bs lld, Us 31d, 10s 6d, 12s 6d. The salvage sale prices throughout are astOundingly low — and draw. 51 46