LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10536, 10 August 1912, Page 7

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The raring carnival at Riccarton next week will be the subject in the "Canterbury Times" of August 14 of a very fine selection of photographs of notable horses that will be seen on the papular racecourse during the Na- " tiorial meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club. The pictures have been arranged attractively in composite form, and they should prove very ac/ceptable to patrons of the turf. .Amongst the general miscellany will be . a panoramic photograph of Ghnstchurch and the Port Hills, taken after the recent fall of snow, a capital series of views of Dannevirke, two illustrations depicting the great fire at Messrs ~ Whitcombe and Tombs's in Wellington, a flashlight photograph of the recent rally pf the Reform Party, and scenes and pictorial studies. Topical matters will be described by the journal s cartoonist, and there will be a page of dominion views of amateur photographers. The literary portion of the journal will contain a wealth of good reading, and the various columns devoted to sporting, football and other pastimes and recreations will.be stocked profusely with news, notes and feneral information. The " Canterury Times" will be published locally «ra Tuesday. Weather conditions were somewhat unsettled this morning in many parts of the dominion. Rain was reported frtfm Auckland and the West Coast. Twelve electric aro lamps, each of 8000 candle-power ? are about to be erected by the City Council between the Clock Tower, in High Street, and Cook and Ross's corner, in Colombo . Street. After considerable negotiation the Mayor received the' Tramway Board's assent to the proposal this Sorning, and the work will be put in ind at once. ' The Lyttelton Marine Band will play lhe following programme of music on jhe rotunda at tho port to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, commencing at ihree o'clock:—Contest quickstep, "Fearless Footsteps" (Rimmer); selection, " Macbeth " (Verdi) ; MorseaUj "Salut d'Amour" (Elgar); March, " Tho Australasian " (Rimmer); melodies constructed on a Japanese theme intermezzo from " Cavalliera Rusticana" (Mascagni): quickstep, "Roll Away Bet" (Ord Hume). Complaints that the City Council Btaff has been making two demands for water rates are groundless, according to the Mayor. To-day Mr Holland gtated that the officers had no choice in the matter, and were aoting in accordance with the Act, which provided that the water rates must be collected in two half-yearly instalments. Trouble had arisen because many folk had not paid the first rate until the second was diie, and they received the second ' notice immediately on the heels of their iftrsfc payment. #■■■■ ~".'