LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9307, 6 August 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■♦ There was a very fair attendance at. the. Opera House last evening, and ih«Lmoving pictures shown proved very suc*cessful. A complete change will be made to-night, and" a second series oi v views of the Franco-British Exhibition will be projected. . ' The balance-sheet and financial statements of the City Council for the year* ended March 31 last have been received ' from, the Auditor-General, and the Deputy-Mayor has called a special .meeting of the Council for August 17. to consider them. ■ The Deputy -Mayor, Councillor W. Hi: Cooper, recently received an application from the EJite Sand asking for permission to play a programme oi sacred music in the Victoria Square Rotunda on Sunday next. Owing to the discussion which the question, of ( Sunday band concerts had recently aroused, Mr Cooper did not feel justified in granting permission without consulting his colleagues on the Council. The replies received from Council'" lors to-day were favourable to permission, being granted, and the Deputy-; Mayor has accordingly acceded to the request, on the condition that no collection is to be taken up. A meeting of the Show Committee of the Canterbury Kennel Club was held" last evening, when final arrangements for the coming show were reported by the secretary to be well in hand. The special wire divisions that are being imported by the club for the benching of the dogs have arrived, and these will be erected during this week. Furthei special prizes were donated as follow t — Dr Hammersley, £1 Is, for the best dog or bitch in the classes for small dogs; Mr R. O. Duncan, 10s 6d, foi the best setter in the show ; and Mrs B, O. Duncan 10s Gd, for the best Irish terrier in the show. The secretary re« ported that ho had xeceived information that several well-known fanciers from the North Island intended to be pre* sent at the show. A no-license resolution ended in something of the nature of a scene at Knox j Church, Parnell, last night, says a Press Association telegram. After the ordinary business of the annual meeting, a proposal was submitted express[ing full sympathy with the temperahc/i movement and arroointing a no-hcensfl committee. The "Rev J. M. SimpSoD said he thought the motion would hay« I the full sympathy of the congregation, but Mr John Earl protested vehement* ly against a semi-political subject being introduced into church work. Mr Simp i son said they knew he was an out-amu out prohibitionist, and if they did noi like it they could tell him so. Eventi* i ally tho resolution was submitted an< carried by 27 votes to 10, several present not voting. Zymole Trokeys are handy to oarrj and are invaluable to all vrno talk oi sing. As a stimulating antiseptic foi i the throat they are unequalled. 2&

Mr Cyrus Williams will give an illustrated lecture on "Canals and Waterways " this evening at Canterbury College, in the winter series of popular lectures. An ordor has been placed by the Domain Board for several loads of Screenings to dress the paths in the North Park. The footways have become somewhat damaged during the ,week of restoring the Exhibition site. Flags were hoisted half-masl high at lytteltoa. on acotunt of the death of ilr Adam Chalmers. The deceased gentleman leaves a widow and one son, trith come grandchildren, for all' ul whom much sympathy is felt in the jporfc. The Rhodes Convalescent Home aneteorological report for July is as follows :— Total rainfall, 6.Bih ; ram fell on seventeen days: maximnm fall, l.Gin, on July 7. Highest reading of {maximum, thermometer, 33 ; mean, 48.7 ; lowest reading o£ nair^uuni tkerSnometer, 28; mean, 35. At Port Chalmers this sorning, says l Press Association message, Frederick J. D. Board was chareed with embezzl- • Ing cargo oil the steamer "V\ aimate Vhile on a voyage from London to *e\v feealand. Accused, who was the ships carpenter, and therefore a petty officer, whose special duty it was to look after the safety of the ship and cargo, was sentenced to four months' "oP^sonment and ordered to forfeit £8 ot his tvages. The new pipe organ at the Woolstou Methodist Church was opened on Sunflay, when tho Revs A. M'Bean and T. R. Richards conducted the services, in the afternoon Mr J. Trerise presided, when an organ recital was given by Mr D M'Harg. The soloists for the day were Misses- Rosina Buckmann and Falconer, Mrs Guadkins and Messrs G. . Collins, M'Bean and B. Shillato. The choir, under Mr E. Martin, gave several anthems during the services. j A very handsome show-case has been Ucted in the ChristchurcU office »of the Tourist Department for the display ot photograph's representing the dominion's scenic attractions. The case has some historical interest, . as it was used 5? the British Court at on ' al Exhibition held in Chrißtchurch a. Bhort time ago. The pictures, which are excellent samples of modflrn photographic are, are arranged systematica)fv and the person who inspects them if 'taken right through the donjon, from the north to the extreme «mth. The Auckland Employers' Association, s&ys a Press Association telegram, has passed a resolution strongly disap.tovtn- of the decision of the special ESrd In the tramways dispute which, the Association considers will have a /ar-reaching and very detrimental effect im>n the industrial and commercial, jommumty. As the decision, could^ not but be prejudicial to the best interests pi both workers and employers, the As T . delation urges all employers of labour fco strenuously oppose any attempt to make the decision a precedent regarding the condition of labour in other bases. A sitting^ of the 'Lyttelton Police SiXhavSg vaulted Chatk.^Clea^or Se -steamer left the Bluff a number of the firemen came on board under the InflueWf Uquov. The chief enpn^er took a battle of beer from one of th^n, XreupJn Gosling .and another m an attempts to tako it from him. J« thTScSK which ensued, the bottle was thrown overboard. Gosling then struck ?L officer and attempted to thiw him flown The Bench convicted him and fiSdhim £5, with £1 Is . solicitor 's feo Sled and^with one month's imprisonment as the alternative to payment. --■- The monthly meeting of the MinisWs»- Association was hold on Monday >t the residence of the Rev W. Ready. There was a good attendance. It was resolved that the secretary of the Association should write to the Tramway Board and ascertain if the trams^could 1 hot cease running during church serVices on Sundays. The secretary was Instructed to send a letter to the Domain Board regarding football being played on the Domain on the Lord s Day. The Rev S. Henderson gave an. , kddress on " The Week-night Meeting, j jts Condition and how to Improve it. A discussion took place, in which all present took part. The Rev J. M'Keiifcie consented to give a review 61 the took entitled "The Christ of the Cross" Wt the next meeting. The Rev C. j kbernethy kindly offered to entertain , the brethren at the next meeting. Mr £nd Mrs Ready entertained the friends fet tea.