North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1889.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6754, 1 June 1889, Page 2

North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1889.

Members of the Oaniaru and Athletic football clubs aic lcqucatcd to attend at tlio Chclmcr street reserve this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, when a practice game will bo played. A meeting of tho Builders' Mutual Protection Association will bo held in St. JuiucV Hull this evening, at 8 o'clock. The wholo of the building trade are invited. Tho City Band will givo a concert in Tluuiu a street this evening, when the following pieces will be played : March " Horatius" (Newton); Quadrille, "Gardoi Party " (Newton) ; Valso, " Love Dreams " (Do Lacy) ; selection, " Lord of tho Isles " (Scholes) ; Valse, " Hands and Hearts " (Round) ; march, " White Squall " (Barker). It is whispered that a great stir has been caused in a London West End ariotocrotio f.iiiuly in consequence of tho daughter, a young and romantic girl, being threatened with an action for i>reaoh of promise of marriago by an individual very inferior 1o her in social position. Strong efforts »ro b 'ing made to arrange tho matter, so as to pic\ out its being brought into court. To day the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. will olYcr by auction six farms in tho Ngu^mv district. It is unnecessary to say moio than that it is seldom that farms in this district aro put in the market, and on this account, the giovt fertility of the land, and its closeness to a railway line, there should bo no difficulty ii finding purchasers. The sale takes place at 12 o'clock. Theiepoitof the Sydney Department of Public Instruction for last year shows that 2*237 schools were in operation at tho end of I tho year, with accommodation for 181,3.57 children. The statutory school population i is '212,774, or an incrcaso since last census in ISBI of (55,436, or 44 per cent. 18(3, W2 pupils, of whom 151,504, or 81 '2 per cent wtuo of statutory age, attended school — the rocords of attendance showing a satisfactmy improvement. Tho percentage of pupils in aveiago attendance — 09.7 par cent —was higher than in any previous year. Tho total expenditure was ll^d less per pupil in average attendance than the proviouiyoai. It is stated that tho expenditure per pupil of the year's enrolment was L 2 Hte 2\<\, and the sum spent on school | picmiscs L 2 7s s}d, the cost per pupil being teas than in Victoria or Queensland, and a decrease on all previous years. Irrovci enco at a meeting of a staid body like a Harbor Board is next door to hide* colons conduct at a religious service, but til is view is evidently not hold by everyone. At yesterday's meeting of tho Harbor Board, it was found that the business beforo the lioaid would not occupy its attention till the hour for opening tender* arrived, and an adjournment was moved and carried, in order to fill in the interval one member suggested that tho gentleman who occupies tho chief place on the Board should sing a sony. Several members hastily escaped from tio room, but whether to avoid tho result of c xnpliauco on the part of tho gentleman asked to " favor the company " or whether ' to express their surprise at tho levity of the pioposer, it would bo difficult to say. How- ; ever tho breach was filled by the ii reverent member launching out on the destructive ness of tho Maxim gun. Refciring to tho London cheese market, tho circular of the New Zealand Loan and J Mcicantilo Agonoy Company for April says- ' " Tho market has been depressed during the p ist four weeks, and with pressure to sell on tho part of holders of American, values have further receded. The shipments per Knikoura ai rived In good condition, and have been disposed of at from 4fls to 52s per cwt Tho maiKot closes quiet. Wo quote : Prime American, 54s per cwt. ; Now Zealand, 50s jto .")2s per cwt. Importations from New ' Zealand <luring the past four weeks amouii- | tod to ) 189 packages." Of the butter maiket | tho ciicular says: "Since the date of oui last circular the market for all deseiiptions hns lemained dull, and prices have rapidly receded. The shipments received pci Taiimi and Kaikoura were for the most p.ut of poor quality, and considerable difficulty has been experienced in effecting sales, sonic lots ntill remaining on hand. The prices seemed for tho parcels disposed of ha\e I runged from (JOs to 90s per cwt. Mu G. Roijinson, dentist, will pay his usual professional visit to Waimate on | Tuesday, the 4th inst.

Nwrai-gia iv Nkw Zeaiavd. Roth to Kmigianls and residents in this chauning Colony theif has nhvays been one climatic drawback— neuralgia — this terribly ])ainfnl disease equally affects all classes and ages, in ••\cry part of New Zealand. In many instances Colonist* became dishoai toned and returned to Kngland, believing their malady incurable. In 1870 an old Colonist, on his return to Christchurch, took with him a few bottles of Freeman's Original Chloroilync, and prescribed it for soveial of his friends suffering from Neuralgia. The effect was simply magical. They exclaimed "We have found the remedy for Neual^ia," and from that day there has been a steady mci easing demand for Freeman's Ohloro dyne, which is now known and used tlnoughout the Colony. Insist upon having " Kicemnn's" only. Tiade mark, an Klo pliant.- -Sold every where. Obtainable from all chemists and storekeepers.