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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 378, 6 August 1903, Page 5

The Vincent Oouuty Council invites) tenders for refWff to the Clyde town race. Tan New Zealand band is returning from fefMi by tt| Oothic as tbe toar did not jtmro • financial success. Anaimoit to directed to the new adtettisetaent «4 the American School of Oorra-poodeaoe. appearing in this iwue. THB "Argus" says that the Cromwell .■and hat entered for the country bands eentest to be held at Port Chalmers on October 29th. Tan editor of a weekly newspaper in Australia offers himself as a prise to the woman who writes the best essay on the. 4utl«s of a wife. Tsß annual social in csnnection with the Alexandra Court of Foresters will be held la the Alexandra town hall on Thursday evening next, 13th inst. RATHXB a reflection on the character of Otago University studente is contained in report that since 1893 six hundred volumes are missing from the University libntry. MnmOallaghaa and Wilson notify in teii issue that tbey have dissolved partnership as from the 23rd July. Tbe business wUI in future be carried on by Mr D. CaUaghan. ** Mr Bobibt WuaoK (late of the firm of Oallaghan and Wilson) inserts an ad in this lane drawing the attention of the public to the fact that he has commenced business *t* Mr W Fraser's shop. THB "Argus" states that at Mt, Pisa * seme 4000 thousand sheep are being hand ed. and about 6000 at Tarras, but the supply t fodder is limited and the frost shows HsUe signs of breakine. of the annua) meeting of the Alaxandra Jockey Ciub has been altered to Tuesday next, as it has been found that it will be inconvenient for Clyde members to } efctecd on tbe date originally fixed. t **■ OsUlO & CalS. mail coaches resumed their dally jaorneys between Alexandra and the "U* Valley Railway Station on Monday, «ftd have sioce been getting through in SJ feed time, althoufh the reads are still in a . Wd state. "WaMkb Tcbneb, a clerk in the employ «t Morrow. Basael and Co, Dunedin. was **l|st week arrested on a charge ofsteabng " tf475. the property of the firm. TheaUeged -■ shaft Is said to have extended over a period . •ftwoysars. *4 l About 700 signatures were attached to she petition dronlatod in Alexandra, pray- " lag for the speedy completion of the Otago Central Halfway to the Volyneux Valley. She petition has been sent on to Wellington - tor presentation to Parliament. Wb are glad to hear that the newly tVflstd Bennies Conservation Society is a»eting with encouraging snpport. We •are in type an article, dealing with the abject* of the society, which we are obliged "to hold over till next issue. The Chinese population in New Zealand fs greatly diminished. Departures always eseeed the arrivals and £IOO poll taxes ■rove an effectual bar to immigration. Daring the month of May, four Chinese arrived in New Zealand and 22 left. The Chinese population in New Zealand now is less than 400. AT Wellington last week, in the applies Hon for a writ to quash the granting of a ; new wholesale license in Wanganui, the Appeal Court (the Chief Justice dissenting) found that such licenses do not come within the laeamJM of • the ordinary publican's < Ucense. Tbe application, was dismissed, with costs (25 guineas). The " London Times'' New York correspondent states that lynchings are so common that the newspapers only record , them when the features are unusual, like the lynching bv a woman on Tuesday. In- . fuential pressure is being brought to bear on the Federal and State Governments to ' end an intolerable situation. IK imposing a fine of 10s on the holder '*t ef a New Zealand wine license for selling *** wine of a greater proof strength than that {2O per cent.) provided by the act. the stipendiary magistrate said that from the statement of the Government it appeared that wine would not be fit for consumption • if it contained only 30 per cent, proof spirit. It was a peculiar position for the GovernJ| Kant expert to face, but the law had to be enforced. , - Wm. Faithful, the well known consulting engineer in connection with Messrs Cutten Bros*, business; proceeds to Bolivia by the B.M. S. Rimutaki, leaving Wellington on the #th of next month Mr Faithful has be«n engaged by a wealthy British syndicate to r report upon certain important mining con- '** oesrions-Obtained in the South American ••public, and tbe work will occupy about six months. ' Owing to the severe frosts, the contractors (Messrs A and T Burt) have experienced much delay in laying the pipes for the Alexandra Borough waterworks, and work is still suspended. So far, all the fj-iaeh mains in Tarbet-street have been laid and the greater portion of the 4-inch mains fa Orookhaven'street. Messrs H'Kecanie and Fleming have made substantial progress with the laying of the malleable iron phes lead- ; to tiie reservoir. ' Mb Hancock, the American expert, wh° is to advise the Government in regard to the employment of tbe water power of the . Hew Zealand riven for. electrical energy, is te leave forthe colony at the end of next month. An officer of the Public Works Department Is collecting detailed infor- _ mation te assist Mr Hancock in hisinvesti- > Rations.' It is proposed, after Mr Hancock's visit, to procure the services of a hydraulic engineer to carry oat the suggestions of the American expert. | £g|x "Free Lance" says that at this UtHearting juncture, when Mr Ell is intend* . leg to abolish the barmaids, to note that in a little town on the wet and wild West foatt but week a bai-lady, who was leaving " ti * town to get married, got a public sendoff. Tremble, ye teetotallers, when yon read that an abandoned community actually presented a mere Hebe with an illuminated address, and made a town function of it. When yon read that " all prominent people of the place "made her presents: and wished: her lock, yon will throw up * the hands that tench not" to the cerulean canopy, and, exclaim, with us: "Ifs absolutely awful!" A oo pt of the first issue of the " Farmers' Advocate,''a weekly paper published every Saturday at Marten, North Island, has reached us. It says on behalf of itself : " The want of a special paper for farmers has been expressed by a number of brsnehes of the Farmers* Union, and was also referred to by the president of tbe Farmers' Union, Mr J G Wilson. Tbe "Farmers' Advocate" Is established to supply the want." The new journal, comprising 48 columns, devotes apectU attention to matters of interest to agriculturists, while a special feature will be made of farmers'politics The " Advocate," : being the offcial organ of the Farmers' Union, will doubtless receive liberal support. W> would again remind our readers of tbe band concert which is to be given in aid of tbe Band Uniform Fund by the Snowtake Minstrels in the town halitenight. The programme is a long and varied oSbsjodtbe management finds it necessary to start at R o'clock sharp, so as to get it » through early and allow the dance to be gone on with We would advise the public to be at the ball early to avoid the crush which seems inevitable. The Baby Elephant has undergone a severe training and will be put through his facings for the last time this afternoon at 4'pjo. on the Recreation Ground. Tbe Mousetrap will also be in good working to-night.