LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9316, 17 August 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The- visit of the American Fleet will be fully described in the iU.uetratejcl pages of this week's " Canterbury Times." The special operators of" the photographic- staff were despatched to Auckland with instructions to secure everything of interest. That they have succeeded will be admitted when the magnificent series of pictures which will be published in the current, week's number is perusedi. There Tvill be views of the arrival of the Fleet, of the welcome to Admiral Sperry, of the vessels at anchor, the illuminations and decorations during the .week; and) in fact, of every thing of interest. Nothing of importance his been overlooked by the pictorial staff, and subscribers to the " Canterbury Times " will be given a faithful record of the most memorable occasion in the annals of naval history in New Zealand. The illustrations will, moreover, contain milch more of interest. The racing at Riccarton during the Grand National meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club, will be vividly described, so far as leading events are concerned, bik| the sale of the late Mr G. G. Stead's racing stock will also form a conspicuous feature. Another popular ©vent, the Canterbury Kennel Cluo's sho]tf, will bo dealt with, alid &1! the -winning dogs will be shown in the series of pictures. To cope With the extraordinary pressure in the illustrated department the pages in that branch of Canterbury's leading weekly, magazine have been increased considerably, but- no extra charge will be made for the number. The reading pages will contain many attractive features, and in the fiction department the following will be the titles of some of the best short stories :— " The Lady Killer." " The Spirit of a Man," " The Luck Seller," "The Scrubwoman/* "The Boy Lovers,'? "The Wedding Present," and "The Monkey's Heart.'' On September 2 the first chapter of one of the most sensational of modern novels, entitled " A AVoman's Enchantment," by William Le Queux, will be published.

A paragraph has been going round in the New Zealand papers, says a Press Association message from Auckland, to the effect that recently Lndy Plunket expressed the opinion that the factory girls of Auckland should wear bonnott and shawls and domestic servants bladb sailor hats during the' fleet week, Th# absurdity of th© statement should earrf, its own refutation, but as her Excellency has been asked in many quarters whether it is true the local papers have been asked to state that the story it a pure invention^

man named John Sullivan, a statueeeond offender, was brought be■e Mr J. T. Brice, J.P., at the LytPolice Court this morning, conof drunkenness and fined 5s and H costs. He had been locked up since Ha Press Association message from states that the cases in which Hdio Fowler, William Stack and MatH^v Johnson were charged with behavH? in a manner likely to catise a breach Mth© peace, the outcome of a hostile ■monstration against the police after H^ hearing of some betting cases, came ■foro the Court to-day, when the deHidants applied for a change of venue H Hastings. This was vigorously opHsed by Inspector MacDonnell, and police offering no evidence the cases Hro dismissed. Ha large number of now books, orderH from England, have been received H the Christchurch Public Library, and Hll be placed on the shelves of the cir■lating and reference departments H>n. Amongst them are an interestK work on Newfoundland, written and Kstrated by J. G. Millaie, " Wildest ■rica," by Landor, " History of South ■nerica," by Akers. " The Secret HisHry of the English Occupation of ■ypt," by Blunt. " Wild Flowers of ■e British Isles," by Adams, "B»g»---■•utal Badges Worn in the British ■•my One Hunded Years Ago, and mtomes and Haunts of the Pilgrim Hthers," by Mackennal. ■Of all true things none is more cer■n than that Stearns' Headache Cure ■variably cures headaches. It is Kteless, easy to take, and everyone Mould keep it at hand. 28