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Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 16, 15 August 1905, Page 2

The anrr al me ting of the Merrivnb dniry fnot'irv t^tok plac ■ on .Saturday, 12th mv. Th« pivrYculniH of the year's work hay.- not r *aobed us. The death occurred at Wellington on August 4ih of the Hon. H. K. Tainron, who had been a member of the Legislative Council since 1885.

Just fto we were goinjj to pies a inmur wa current bo it the town tl at th* voucher Mr Fisher, M.H H., hus s,) positively ass> rt d, i aid ou; o' ParlLim. n*, was m cxi tenec — shorting im irop^r paym-i-t to Captain *eddo ! — had been found. We- imui -i-. 1 - ly -uwnmniea f Fd with our In\ercart.ill cjr:ei:..iii.ii-ut and find thit the report is q ate me rr et. Sir Joseph Ward, Minist r of Railways, opened the new (-iore railw y station on Monday. The Mi iste was accompanied by MrK.McNab M.H.H., and the Mayor and B rongi t onni.'ilii.r were pres -nt at the ceremony m their otticiul rapacity. At tho in-pv fit on Fredrick Smmonds, who di din a padl dc • 1 at .Mount Eden, the mc lical rvi lence s.L.wel that the eft ise of death wu-- a re dp w und c_ustd by a fall shortly b- -r • d afh. A verdict of accidental death was returned. The fhxn illing industry is at present parsing tnrougii a trying period, and several erstwhile appareutly prosp^rou* conoerns have landed on troublous times, the bankrupoy proceedings m one or two cases revealing a very unhealthy state of affairs. Miss Gardiner, who has taken a most active part m promoting the welfare of the Oiautau B,a?s Band, both by persanal srvice and m the collection of funds, has presented tbe band with a beautiful silvermounted conductor's baton. A social is being'Mnde'cd to Mr Scobie.senr, m theEns ernßushhallonWednesda) night. Mr Scobie, who recently sold his property, ia leaving the district, and and as he is one of the oldest pettlers at Eastern Bush, and the most familar figure m the WYtiau district, a large and enthusiastic gathering is expected. At a meeting of the committee of ihe Wallace A. and P. Society, attended by 29 out of 32 members.on Fii.lny, 11th instant, it was decided to hold ihn annua! flio.v on Wednesday, 29tb N ivc-mber. Tho ground was not definitely rixid on. Various other matters of a detail v ilure were attended to. The New " ea'nnd I,oan and Mercantile Ajieni-y Comranv, Ltd.. have received the following cablepnm from their London office, dated 4th inst. : - Tallow : VVe quote present spot values for the. following descriptions of tallow :— Fine mutton 295, good beef 25s 9d, mixed 25s per cwf At last night.s meeting of the Town Board, n let'er was received from Mr Thompson, M. H It, witb an enclosure from the Minister of Justice, stating that the need of a courthouse at Otautau will receive consideration ■when the Tublic Works estimates and m course of preparation for the current year. A. B. Worth ington, the once notorious founder of the Students of Truth m Christchurch, who is now undergoing eight years imprisonment m Melbourne for swindling a woman who was a member of his church, is reported to be m ill. health. An attempt made by friends to secure his selease was unsuccessful. The interesting Zodiacal Light has been seen to great advantage by Orepuki residenra during the past few weeks. Observers should keep their eyes from any bright light before looking towards the position of sunset, when they will not fail to catch the delicate pearly cone of light reaching up to an altitude of 40 deg to 50 deg above the horison. Th« local branch of the Women's Chris<hn Temperance Union has arrang.-d to imito Mrs Ha-rison Lee, tbe gifted t •niperat.ee lecturer, to deliver an addres* m O autau on Thnr^Uv. V-h S. p eiibe^, and attrition is directed t • an advertis ment m this isuie, Mrs Harti^on Ti'-e i.-* a most gifted an l pleasing speaker, find th* re will lik-ly be a larj.;e attendance. There will ho an. eclipse of tbe moon on the evning of th? I.sth, the last portion of the pc > umbra (:he outer fringe of the earth's sharo ') passing off the moon's surface shortly after ii ise?. The increasing sout crn decl : rntion of -die moon at this season affords fine opportunities for observers during the first quarier, of wliich good uso should bo mtde. At a irre^ncr of the Otautau Ce-me'ery T'ust, held on Mon -lay. evening, an appli--0 t ; on waT rreeh-.d from Mr IT. Eade for a prweps payment of £1, on account of bis contract for clearing the cemetery gronntß of go'sp. broom, tuasock, eto The contractor explained that he had been unahl« t> comp'e'e his work o-ving to bad wc«»hr, *<> be oould n^t pet mat rial burnt. Tbe amount wis p^as'd for psym-nt, as were alio other accounts amounting to £2 14a. In rpppo'-"" *o representations of the To'vn 80-id, hrough the- Member for Wa'lpce, the .Minister of Railways has replied that it is not praciitaple to shunt the cairi-gis at Tornburv on to Nightc*p=? Branoh, as it would involve extra carriages being put on to mixed trains to and from Invercargill, thus cnrtniling goods haulage and adding giextly to working eo^t. It h\ he invariable custom at Junctions for pa c serigers to transfer. The O'au'au Band of Hope spent a very enjoin blerv?iinT on Thursday la-tt. The programme was In the hands of Mr MoLaren. Mrs Walton contributed a song and pianoforte solo, as well ai taking part m a pianoforte duet with Mrs McLarei. Mr McLaren gave two songs and a recitation, as, also, did Miss E Pnrmont >r. AU the items were appreciated, and m t with hearty applause. The Rev Mr Macdonald pave an address on drink, an 1 pointed out the evils arising from its use. Sbv<-jml m«mh»s of the Band of H .pc took pait mad a ue, aud altogether the evening was an e ojojnbl • on". The value of the X-ray » is once more exemplified m the ease of Vlr Bellworthy, an employee of Mr P. A. Blyth, engineer, of Winton. A piece of steel flew off a hammer Mr Hell worthy was using, and beearae erabedded m the biclc or his hand, which at once .swelled op. All efforts to locate the steel failed, and ultimately, m ord-r to save his hand, Vr Bellworthy went to the Invercargill Hospital, where the X-rays were applied, and the cause of the trouble was at once discovered and removed, groatly to the sufferer's relief. The swelling has gone down, and the hind is rapidly heaiing. We are glad to note the substantial and yet comparatively inexpensive small bridge works the Wallace County Council are now doing m various pats of the country, with concrete and old railway iron. The permanant r>a»ur»- of the work would jmtifv it if at double and treble the cost of Ihe old fashiontd wooden cn'verts and brid e>, but we doubt whether the new work is costing aa much as the old construction did. Cement now manufactured within the colony has grea'lycheapß ened this c'ass of work, and the applicability of concrete being b-tter understood, with a cheap lot of old railway rails secured by the Counoil much more of the above mentioned class of work desirable from every point on view. We learn Mr W Saunders has gold the Otautau (Roller Mills to Messrs Flaming and Co, of Invercargill, who tuke possession on Ist September. It ia pleasing to know Otautau if not losing Mr Saunders as a citizen, as he retains his present residence and most of his land i i connection therewith; therefore the more lietrty welcome can be given the advent o? the purchasers to the Town. In"connecMon with the pale the buyers contemplate immlediate ex'ensive additions and alterations ito the present mill, which will bring it up to / one of the most up-to-iate flour-mills m the o dony, the|»»reotion of large stores for the stor--1 age of wheat is also togbe undertaken. This M' another instance of the progress and advancement Otautau is now surely making.