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Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 19, 5 September 1905, Page 2

Sheep stealing is very rife m Gore at present. Three farmers recently had 250 young ewes a^'d wpthers stolen m a mon*h. . The Wallace A. and P. Committee meet on Friday next, to fix upon a ground fcr the Summer Show, and to draw up a programme of events. Rumour is rife about the change of ownership of a good deal of property m the business centre of Ctnutan, where Bites for commercial purposes are becoming limited. A week's special mission services commence 1 ' nn Sunday ne^t, a* Nightcaps, m the j Methodist Church. The Bey. J. A. HoskiHg, of Gore, will conduct the servioes, assisted by. theßev.W.Bo.okett. Attention is drawn to the Art Union advertised by Mrs Snodprapa, and which is open at th° School of Art m Tav Street, Invereargill. Books of tiokets can ba had on application to Mrs Snodsrass. A petition will shortly be available for signature iv Otautau, N'ghtcnps and district, for presentation to tho Minister of Railways praying for a daily morning train service m place of the tri-week]y mornin? prrv'ce. The P"tition is emanating from Inverenrsrill, and will b n reidy for signatrra here before tho fni\ ot the present week" at the office of Mr John i'lsher.

The South H.ll nd bush ia as present being .surveyed and cut up into 150 acre Eectirns, and is likely to be put up for sale shortly. Two men, arrested at Hamilton, Waikato, weve found t> have 43 keys and a lar quantity of burglar?' tools and stolen property m Mie r pnsession. The Orepuki RHe Volunteers, having a .large numb.'i of men about the Waiau dis trict, have decided to form a section at Wuihoaka and a meeting will be called at a near '.ate to enrol recruits. Tbe ne w residence of Mr Joßeph Swap, m the main street, is now being pushed on, ai-d will add to the uttraotion of the south end of the town. The d sim is somewhat diner' nt to tlie majority of local residence i Tbe tenders received for the Ot.utau postloffhx were as fo lows : — Smith Bros., Win- i '•on, £1691 Is 3d (accepted) ; Smith and 001-( bran, Invereargill, £1747 5s 6d : J. Walker and Son, £1827 17s 9d ; J. T Peterson, £1886 ; J. Swap. Otautau, £1887 15s. On Sunday, 10th inst, Mr Robbing preaches m tbe Methodist Church, mo. ning and evening, and at Aparima m the afternoon. Mr Bobbins will give a speoial address to young men on the Monday evening, entitled "Some Elements of Manhood." In impressing upon suppliers the ner>d for cleanliness, etc, m milking, a dairy factory manager recently stated that four tons of solid filth had been extracted from 110 tons of butter during the year, and this wa> not all the ' dirt that was brought m the milk. Messrs J. G. Ward and Co. report having sold on account of Mr Andre* McCarthy, his farm of 90 acres m the Taringatura district to Mr Frank Langford. This is one oi the best little farms io South Hillend, and m the hands of Mr Langford will, we feel sure, still retain its good name. Preparations for the visit of Mrs Harrison Lee are m a forward state.'. A number of the senior members of the local Band of Hope have been preparing suitable musical items for the meeting under the guidance of Mrs Cupples. Given a fine night, there is sure to be a big attendance on Thursday evening. Mr W. Bobbins, late of Victoria, will give a highly instructive and amusing lecture on " Heads and Faces," m the Methodist Churoh, next Saturday evening. As Mr Bobbins is a skilled phrenologist, all who attend are 1 assured of an interesting evening's entertain--1 ment. The oharge for admission is sixpence. jhe many friends of Mr Daniel Hishon, who \.as injured between two trucks at Nightcaps some time ago, will be pleased to know that he is out of the Riverton Hospital ; i although not able to return to his ditties yet, , he is fast recovering his strength. Messrs Fleming and Co., Ltd., the purchasers of Mr Saunders' mill, assumed possession on Friday last, and by advertisment m another column it will be seen that pending alterations and tbe instalment of fresh addi- > tional machinery, the company keep stocks of bakers' requirements, and are purchasers of wheat. • Tbe many friends of Mr A. Liddell, senr., will regret to hear that he was taken somewhat seriously ill on Wednesday. He has .been m indifferent health for some time past, and on this occasion found it necessary to leave Drummond and drive to Winton to consult Dr Dalzell. On enquiry last night we were informed that Mr Liddell was slightly better. An order -in-council appears m the Gazette of the 24th August, making new regulations iir the coursing of hares m Southland. Tbe license fee is fixed at 10s, and licenses may be obtained from the postmasters at Invereargill. Riverton and Wairio. The season is from 21st August to 30th November, and only two dogs at a time are allowed when coursing hares. Dr P. Gow (son of Mr J. G, Gow, N.Z. Commercial Agent m Durban, South Africa), who has been on a visit to his unc!e, Mr Duncan King, the Bend, Winton, has decided to commence the practice ot his profession m this district. Dr Gow came recently from Home, where he obtained tbe diplomas of M. R.C S., Eng. ; and L.R.C.P., Lond. The committee of tbe Southland Racing Club met last Friday. Mr Hazlett was appointed delegate to a conference to consider the question of a paid starter for the variDus Southland Clubs. James Bros.' offer to work a 10s and £1 tot ilisator at the forthcoming spring and summer meetings was accepted. Mr Mitchell, secretary, resigned, and accounts amounting to £59 5s 9d were passed for payment. Wyndham Brass Band is practising assiduously, m view of its competing at the Winton Band Contest, m October. Although a number of the' secondary players, have been lost recently, owing to departures from the district, we are glad to hear (says tbe Farmer) that practically the whole of the solo instrumentalists who represented the Bind so creditably at the Invereargill contest m May last, are still available. At a meeting at Lumsden last week, it was decided to form a Gun Club, and the following officers were elected: — President, Dr Mcllrny; vice-presidents, Messrs John Fraser and G. P. Johnston ; joint secretaries and treasurers, Messrs James Malon y and Joseph Payne. The club starts with a membership of twenty-five, and it is intended to procure a trap and?soo pigeons at once to commence with. The infant ohild of a well-known Invereargill business man had a marvellous escape from death a few days ago. Tbe ohild fell from the top storey of his father's warehouse, striking the telephone wire and bounding off it on to the street. Instead of, as everybody expeated, sudden death, the youngster pickedhimself up and toddled off, apparently none ihe worse exoept for some slight bruisf a. An advertisement of interest to t'loae m se_roh of building allotments appears m another oolumn. Messrs J.B. Mills and Son advertise they will offer for t.ale on Friday, the unsold sections of Mr E Matheson. The sale will take place at Mr Matheaon's store There are few equally centrally-situated building sites available m Otautau now, and those wishing property should avail themselves of this chance. An error crept into our report last week to the effect that the Young Women's Bible Class Union terminated its work for the present year on Thursday last. The union is a permanently working society, and Thursday only formed one of its usual meetings. We are sorry the mistake arose, as we received tbe information from what we believed, a reliable source.andmake the correction on the authority of the secretary, Miss Fullarton. The provisional committee of the StarrBowkeft Society have had, m addition to a good deal, of hard work, whioh is always attendant on promoting a large business, somi experenoes of a lighter vein, and at all the meetings they have held throughout the district, there has been present that whioh lent variety and sometimes hilarity to tbe proceedings. With it all, however, the progress has been steady, and the flotatioa of the B( ciety is now assured. The Awarua Electoral Roll is now shortly to be printed, tenders at present invited for th« work. The Roll of 1903 has on it 3876 names, .which have been reduced to 3520, by withdrawals by transfer 272, by request 36, owing to death 48. Tha Registrar has m addi ion objected to the retention on t >c Roll of over 200 names, most of whom will probably be struck off. There are, however, up to date, about 1100 new claims carded, so the new roll will probably contain about 4500 names. No time shou'd be lost m entolling to secure a place on the main roll.

In the si coud trial of Edward Marrah, at Invereargill, on a charge of carnal knowledge, th*- jury relumed a verdict of " not guilty." S veral Christchurch milkmen were fined on Tuesday for selling impure milk, the Magistrate remarking that apparatus for test ing milk could be obtained at a trifling cost A we'l-known business man of Wellington, who has his finger on ihe pule of the local market prophesies that m less than a month potatoes will be selling aHI7 a ton. The records of the Gov-rnment's Meteorological Office show that, on an average. Wellington has three days of rain for every two experienced at Christchurch. Margaret McAuliffe, of Gladstone, has given notice of appeal against the decision of Mr McCarthy, S.M., by which sh? was con--1 victed for a breach of the Licensing Act. The Otautau Gun club will meet m Kelly's Hotel on Friday evening next, Bth inst., and all sportsmen are cordially invited to attend. The provisional committee of the Wallace Starr-Bowkett Society will hold a meeting m the Aparima school, on Thursday evening next, 14th inst, when the principles and objects of the society will be exp'ained. , Rainfall at Otautau for Atigu^t 1905 was 1.89 inches (being 1,85 less than Aug), faUing on 11 days (being 1 le^s than Aug). For the 8 months of this year the total fall is 9.13 inches less than August. At Spar Bush, last Friday, Mr and Mrs John Gri«ve, of Lincoln Farm, who are leaving the district to take possession of a farm recently purchased near Balc'.utha, were teudered a complimentary sooial. Mrs Grieve was presented with a silver teapot, aed Mr Grieve with a purse of sovereigns.