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Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2957, 3 May 1898, Page 2

The Bruce County Council meets to-day. Ae shewing the effect tho sludge is having in silbing up tho Waipori and Taieri rivers, we may meotiou that in forma tion has ieacbed us, that Mr M'Kegg'u steamboat recoutly stuck iu the channel, on a trip to Taieri Mouth. It is expected that the Canada Gold Mining Company will strike the reof thia week. The country they are working in la improving every day, and the ntone is strongly mixed with quartz anil water ib ahowing freely. A year or so ago the Bank of Zr aland rn.lue d the rate of interest, on the Bruce County overdraft fco five per cent. ; the B>nk Him now notified that from tho Ist instant tho rate of internet will bo raised to nix and a-haif per cent. During a gale in Wellington lately s email stable in a section at Kllbirnio wan blown bodily ovor the fence, and a horse that was in it was blown ovor with tho stable, bat not being tied up luckily oecaped injury. The Milton ' Free Press ' correspondent declares that most of the bicycle riders in Miltou are boy. This is a libel on thy majority of our bicyclists who are men, and the balanco who are women. The ratepayers in the Mount Stuart Road District are evidently Vf>ry well satisfied with the various members of their Board, for all the old mo-nbers woro re-elected last vveok without any opposition. Said a delegate at the Women's Council, " It was very good of them to give us Bellamy's, it lu a vury nice room — and at any rate, they have left uo the filters. 1 ' Does the the Dew woman want something stronger than water to quench her thirst — {o knowledge ? There are a good many rabbits on tho Government reeervo up Canadu way ; notwithstanding tho fact that poisoned pollard is much in evidence on the road tracks, but in no instance did wo notice that bunny had disturbed the poison laid down. The Gear Meat Companj has been advised of the acceptance of its tender for supplies of tinned meat for the Army iu India for the next year. The quantity to ba supplied is estimated to pmount to about 90,0001b. The local agent, Mr F. Way no, of fche Sew Zoalaud Acetylene Gas Company, of Nelson, will light up Mr F. M'Leod'a establishment to-night with the company's light. This will give everyono an excoilent opportunity of seoiug thia new nud brilliant illuminant. We notice that Mr Jno. Chisholm, son of the Rev. Jae. Chi>sholm has bci-n recorded as hiving passed In pure mathe matics, applied mathematics, aiid mental science in his Uaiverstty examinations, thereby passing his first; section of the B.A. degree. "Our education system provides for the child with litorary abilities. A ofctlld without literary abilities almost always has other abilities ; therefore I etrcngly advocate tho establishment of technical schools." — Miss Heuderson at thn ! Women's Council. Mrs Williamson re J ferred to the educational systom aa a sausage-machine, Avhfoh . aimed at turning out the children like sausages, all Bhaped the same way. A mad Chinaman, named Ah Ti, was arrested by Constable M'Bae on Sun day last and taken to Milton on that day After medical examination he was sent in. to the tseacliff Asylum by train. For Home timo past, Ah Ti, better known locally as "Charley," has boen a perfect terror to butchers, bicyclists, and othors travelling on the Glenore road, owing to his playful habit of heaving rocks about in a manner that was painful at.d free. In fact, during the last few days, people on bikes and in traps had to run the blockade pnafc "Charley's" residence whilo ho bombarded them with rocka. Tne following handicaps have been declared by Mr Haggitt for tho road race to take place to-morr;rw, the 4th inst. Chalmers (Oamaru), (15aec behind scratch), T. Grant (15aec), H. M'William (15aec), J. Vernon (15seo), W. Alcook (25sec), J. Thompson (45sec), J. M'Clymont (458e0), W. Wallia (lmin), T. Cmber (3min), J. M'Leod (3&nin), E Ransome (4min), S. Dawßon (smln.) The raco will Btart about 4 p. m. from tho Cost Oflioa, round corner, up Ossi&u street, round by Fairfax, and down the road. The distance is twice round this oburae, and is nearly seven mike, ( , : '"

Last^week a farmer up GHenore way disposed of his wheat ik4)6U bushel* delivered on truoka at; tho Gienoru raitWay station. Tho manager of one of the largest ebCtktob ia the Man-iwittu btabeu that thore ia reanou Co expeot that boot will bo dour during the approaching wiuter. The first day of winter in Milton waa typioal of Bummer, although wheu the church bells were riuging on Sunday evening a slight shower of raia fell, only enough, however, to keep down the dust. The services at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday will take the form of a hurveut thanksgiving, and as usual tu° collection will b.> in aid of tho Patienta aud Prisonera' Aid Society. Threshing in the district ia proceeding apace, beautiful weaiu.ei' h^viug been experienced for the past fortnight, and it is expected that the seuson will be closed in about throe week?. Returns, generally, as has previously been stated, have not been turning out eo favorable. During the last few weeks the evening and morning ordinary trains from Onnedia und the south have kept well up to their usual time — half an hour late ! - If those trains cannot keep up to timetable the Department should alter the timetable so as to keep up to the trains. On Sunday last at the Presbyteii(.u Church the Ruv. Mr Caisholm iutimnUd that he had found it necessary for hi* health'* sake to take abbolute rest for a few weeks, and ho claimed his congregation's indulgence and generosity for leave of absence. The Rev. Mr Waters, be stid, would conduct the services while he was away. Mies Benjamin, the Dunedin lady lawyer, haa wiitten a paper for the Women's National Council which no one can be got to read. It is said to be very severe on the Council, makes a good deal of what they did last year, aud winds up with a remark that those are her sentiments, and if they don't like them they can leave them. It is probible the paper will be struck off the list uf business. A. North Inland paper gives an account of a peculiar hailstorm, accompanied by lightning, thunder, wiud, and rain, which visited Patea a short time ago. Many of thy stoned which were of abuorm^l siz* and weight, resembled in shape n Biiufiah with tho uxti'SHiß potato of tba fingers cut off' Ono hailstone measured 2^;n. by If in oxcluof the " fingers " and weighed just over 2£ oz. Gruing from home to hear news finds exemplification everyday, and as a ruio the titbits cau be relied upou to be approxiimstely correct, but now and again one does strike a canard. The following, by the Milton correspondent <>f ihe ' Witness,' is a bit previous, seeing that the meeting re. furred to was not held nor h»8 been up till now : " A mooting of St. John's Club wao held on Tuesday evening. The Kev. J* C. Small was elected chairman, and the other i frno-bears wore elected for tho year " For tho luturo, uo doubt, tho scribe will be more careful and not jump to conclusions. Yesterday was the opening day of tho shooting eoaanu in Otago. Thu Otngo Acclimatisation Society notify tha* heavy penalties will bo inflicted for killing the following game : Wild geese, tui, white heron, bittern, and crosted grebe. In | this conneotiou a petition from Tokomairiro, eigaed by 46 settlers, was presented at the Uat; meeting of the Society, requesting that a close season for hares bo observed in, that district ; it was decided to agree to the request. It only now remains for settlers to carry out to the letter tho restrictions placed upou sporiHmen in this respect, and severely r> primaud anyone found killing hareß. ! Two appeals from the decisions of tho Siipendary Magistrate in certain rabbit cases were dealt with by the Chief Justice at Wellington at a Banco siting in the Supreme Court lately. Ono waa in a case in which a Bheep farmer had been fined JLB and ousts for a breach of the Rabbit Act, aud another had been finod LlO and costs for a similar offeuoe. The defendants appeal, d against the convictions, and the rabbit iDspeotorV oounoel submitted that under the Babbit Nunauce Act Amendment Aot of 1886 the general right of appeal wag restricted to cases in which tho penalty imposed exceeded LlO. His Honor held that in determining the quentiuu of whether there waa a right of appeal the fine ouly must be looked too, and that therefore thore waa no right of appeal in either of the cases now before him. The appeals wore accordingly dismissed, with L3 3a coats in each case. I