LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9912, 29 July 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.Tho Muvor acknowledges s> donation of 17s Gel'to the Coal and Blanket) Fund from li J.G.D." ! The Minister of Railways, the Hon J. A. Millar, has written in reply to a, complaint forwarded by the City Council in June last, regarding the leaving of sheep-trucks overnight on sidings at H*zeldean Road and Addingtofi, stating that arrangements are to fcb mad© to°havo sheep-trucks-placed on., other, sidings in future. ; Owin<s to unsuitable conditions, tra©-, tion-engine ploughing is not being undertaken iu the Ashburton district just now, and Mr J. Macdonald, the ykw~ eminent photographer, who intended. to- go to the district to-day with-hie kinerr.atof;raph apparatus, has postponed his visit. In the meantime Jte will j;o to Hamnor. Ho will take some movi'lig pictures there, and also, probably, nt sotr.o of the gorges and riTers on tne road to the Spa. .It was anticipated that, there was going to be- a rush to tho opening of' Btrav.ge's sale this meming, but the attendance. upset all calculations. Punctually at ten the doors were opened, iuici the- Jingo crowd in waiting, ponrod in. Tho scene- presented v/a» certainly a most animated one. Thousands of people were there, and thecrush lasted practically all day. Tho bargains .at this certainly warrant the excitement-. They are extraordinary, and there, are such an immense number of them that it will tako a long time- to exhaust half of them. It is worth everybody's while to attend tins sale. It is-a real money saver.' •Doors or>en &i 10 a.m. when, the sals will be resumed. 1853 Why wait for that hoarseness tc ' wear off," when Zyrnol© Tfokeys wil) stop it so much quicker? Disngreea.bk ooii'jjh.s arc often avoided by the us» oi. Zyrnole Trokeys. ' £ j

The field trials for spaniels to bo held > in conjunction with the annual show of the Canterbury Kennel Club, will take place over tho" Bottle Lake Reserve on Monday, August 8. Valuable stakes arc offered for competition. .Entries for both show and trials wiT close with the secretary to-morrow night. On Wednesday evening a concert was hold in tho Dunsandel Hall, in connection with the local Tennis Club. Air T. Irvine occupied the chair. All the items of tho concert were given ( by members 1 of tho Canterbury College Glee Club. Those taking part were Misses Gillesttio and Hammond: and Messrs Maniacs and Bauchop. Miss Raphr.el was accompanist. There was a large audience, and all the items were lica rt ily appreciated. Tho drainage operations on the Hauraki Plains Estate arc fully reported on b'T tho Under-Secretary for Lands (Mr W. C. Kensington) in a report laid before Parliament. The result of the operations so far has been that 17,500 acres of land have been onerioa for selection, and it is anticipated that another 12,0G0 acres will be ready for selection during the ensuing spring and autumn. 'Tho engineer in chargo_ reports that there has been sufficient ■work done to clearly demonstrate the fact that expenditure so far undertaken has been more than' justified; that the ultimate successful settlement cf the whole of tho lands contained within the Hn.uraki Plains is assured, and that this area will in the future carry a large population. Several prosecutions -under the Factories. Act were dealt, with by Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M.,' at the Magistrate's Court this afternoon. Mr W. H. Hugger, appeared for tho Department of Labour. Henry Hill., butcher, Woolston.- was.fined 40a and costs for having neglected -to register a factory occupied by him, and a similar penalty was imposed on William Roberts, who admitted- flu offence under the Mine . section of tho- Act. Thomas R. Alexander did not appear"in answer to a charge that he had employed a boy r.nder sixteen years cf age without, a permit, and the Magistrate imposed a tine of' 20s and costs. Tho Westport"Coal Company was charged with having neglected to observe a weekly halfholiday. Mr Hagger explained that the company had for some time ob 1 - served a. half-holiday on Saturday of each week, though it liad given no notice of its intention to do' so. During the week in which the information was laid no half-holiday was observed at all. The offence was admitted, and a Sue of 20s and costs was imposed. There, is something sublime in tho manue'r iii which some people ask for favours, says the •'Dominion/-' During her recent tour through the North island, C'arreno, deemed by many to be the' 1 - greatest living pianist, and certainly one whose artistic pro-eminence is beyond all question, received from Patea the following letter:—"Being a musical student, I am delighted to hear, you are paying Harvera a visit. I intend going to Haworn, where'l study, for the purpose of attending your concert in the evening, but I am Wonder-ing-if. it will be asking too much for you to play to me in the afternoon . some.of the pieces lam studying. Jf you.tvjll.be so good as to do so, will you kindly let mo know where I may find you during the afternoon, and which time will suit you best? lam sure it will be the.greatest pleasure to both ■■my teacher, and. myself to meet you and talk about music. lam entering for the musical competitions at Auckland in November. I intend competing against professionals, fluid the pieces chosen to be played arc as fol- . lows■;(names given). I shall be delighted, if you'find you could play one or two of these for me on -Monday." Herr Benno Scherek, Carreno's manager, replied in all seriousness:— "Madame Carrcno has handed me your, letter of the 19th instant. In answer, J beg to say that Madame regrets that 'ehe cannot see visitors on the day of the concert. A private recital, such las you ask for, might be arranged for /you,in the afternoon., the fee..for.such 1 being two hundred guineas. It would llx) necesary to have tho recital in tho hall, as the concert piano which Madame Carreno uses will be there."