The Bruce Herald. TOKOMAIRIRO, SEPTEMBER 19, 1899.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3100, 19 September 1899, Page 4

The Bruce Herald. TOKOMAIRIRO, SEPTEMBER 19, 1899.

The great events of. li^e are not always iishered in with beat of drum and loud applause. As a matter of fact it has been our lot to have seen institutions, which were started into : life accompanied by the plaudits of the multitude, collapse in a few years, and,' die unwept, unhonored, and unsung. On the other hand, we have seen institutions, with great futures before them, ushered into life so quietly that the many headed public had no knowledge that anything out of the ordinary had transpired. Such was the case on Saturday last, when the Fortification mine was quietly taken over by the new company. There was no beat of drum, no assemblage of the multitude to inaugurate the greatest event which has ever occurred in this district. The Fortification Railway and Coal Company have now taken over the property, and intend to call tenders for the building of the line, without any delay, and placing the coal on the market. This is not the first occasion that we have drawn attention to the many benefi s that will accrue to the district when the j mine is exploited by means of this railway. .Supposing that the mine when inj full work turns out only half as much coal as a neighboring coal company, i.e. 50,000 tons a year at a value of 10.s per ton— £2s,ooo -half the amount will be paid away in the districD every year for wages, &c, to say nothing of the dividends on shares, most of which are held in this district. Tliat the new company will be a very large factor in the future prosperity of Milton, must be cvi lent to everyone in the district, more especially our business men. It seems strange, therefore, to us, that anyone having the interest of Milton at heart could ever have opposed such an undertaking, which has for its object the opening up of the Akatore Coast by a railway, and the exploitation of an unlimited field of excellent coal, which everyone in the district has known to be lying dormant for the last thirty years — only waiting for brains and enterprise to utilise its potentialities of wealth. That many people, whose real interests should have been with the company, tried their utmost to kill the enterprise, is well known. Why they thus tried to stop the progress of Milton and throw it back into the stagnation of the past, is unknown probably even to themselves. Anyway, it is fortunate for all who opposed the company, and for the people of Milton that they were unsuccessful in their efforts. For twelve months past the promoters of the company have had every obstacle placed in their way • difficulties which would have overcome most men have been fought by them, step by step, inch by inch, and to-day we have to congratulate them and Milton on the success they have attained by their untiring energy and theirgreat ability. While several helped the company from its inception, the main work chiefly fell on the shoulders of Messrs Finlay M'Leod, W. (irey, and J. F. Menzies, who often had to neglect their own business in their efforts to bring the company to a successful issue. From the first our faith in the ultimate successful floatation of the company Ims never failed, and we have lofrt no opportunity of helping on the company in every possible way. In fact we prophesied months ago that within two years the railway would be completed, but no man is a prophet in his own country -especially in Bruce! This prediction was greeted by the loud laughter,-— which the poet tells us speaks the vacant mmd — of some who had lived within a few miles of the Foitih'cation coal mine for 30 years, and let it remain undeveloped all the time. It is easy to picture the future historian of Tokomai'riro district sitting down fifteen years hence to write the annals of the Milton of that date. He will then, no doubt, describe it as the chief inland town of Otago containing a happy, progressive, and nourishing population of ten thousand people ; a state of prosperity brought about by the Fortification railway and other industries which will then be in full life and progress. He will relate how this flourishing and progressive condition was brought about by the energy, vim, and ability of those who found Milton the' sleepy hollow of Qtago - \ anguishing under the languor of darkest 4epres. : s i on — a nd who put their shoulders to the wheel of progress, and lifted the district out of the rut of stagnation, and placed MilJ-pn qn fhe road to become the future Manchester of fheSJqcth. .Returning from this, digression, we hope the directs q{ the Fortification Qq%\ Company wijl be able £o s,ee jheir '- etttibjjsj] the jiead offjee in way iv — *«rma ift PQnn c P fc iQ n Milton as the open. . ' • - tht* with the railway will require - management to be here. If this suggestion is carried out, it will not only be more economical, but the directors by holding their meetings in Milton will be in a position to acquaint them selves with the work accomplished as the line progresses.

Six thousand sheep Vere sent away from Milton by train last week, Four thousand of these were bought for settlers on the Government Wakakahi settlement, while, the balance went to Canterbury. Word has been received -that the case for the, Arbitration Court between the New Zealand Collieries Railway and Qil .Syndicate (Limited) arrl the Kaitangata miners will be heard this month, but tho date is not yet fixed. .The ftev. George Miller recently inducted to the charge of ihe local Presbyterian Church delivered his first Address to his uew congregation on Sunday. At the evening service an observer could notice t hat a larger number than usual of the young people of the congregation were present. Both services were highly appreciated. An officer of the volunteer corps on duty in the east of Fife very proud of his new uniform had coma to church, and walked about looking for his seat, but took hiti seat rather quickly on the minister quieuly remonstrating from the pulpit : "Oh, mon, will ye sit doun, an' we'll see your new breeks when ths Jtirk'a dune !" — ' Pearson's Weekly.' The committee appointed by the Tokomairiro Farmers' Club to consider leaders for printing for ihe year met on Saturday evening, Messrs J. Inglis sen., G. Martin, J. lough and D. Tweedi) (?ec. ) being present. Two applications were dealt with, and eventually that of the Bruce Herald, being the lowest tender, was accepted. On the occasion of his marriage, MiBert Dickson, who is a member of the Milton Brass Band, was presented with a very artistically carved ferastand. aa a token of their esteem ani good wishes. The presentation was made by Conductor King iv a kindly and very appropriate speech, Mr Dickson suitably responding. The Milton draughts players purpose visiting Lawrence on Wednesday to play the return match. The team will be composed of Messrs T. Bewley, R. Murray, L. Burn, J. R. Parlane, T. Flett jun., J. Parana, D. M CHI, S. Caudle, P. Welsh, John Walsh, R. M'Kinnon, M. Fleming, J. Burn. Conveyances will leave Ru.l's yards at 1 p.m. sharp. Sister Ruth who is at present in Milton preaohed to vory Urge congregations at the Wesleyan Church on Sunday, especially in the evening when the church was packer!. In the morning she took for her subject the " Pascal Lamb " and in the evening spoke at considerable length and in a very de iberate and effective manner on the subject of the " Prodigal Son." The singing of the choir aided by a few fri nds was of a high order and altogether the services were very successful. Mr George Clark, guard on the Kaitt.ngata train, had a narrow escape from a seriou3 accident on Saturday morning. While engaged in shunting, and when running between a truck and the engine, his foot by some means became jammed in the cowcatcher of the engine, with the r©3ult that the sole of his boot was torn completely off. Mr Clark has reason to congratulate himself on his lucky escape, aa had the engine been travelling at all fast, or had his boot not given way, he musb undoubtedly havti lost his foot. As will be seen in another column, two c*ndid.itea have already announced themselves for the Bruce seat, i.e., Mr M'Skimming, of Benhar, aa an IndependentLiberal, and Mr Crawford Anderson, of Stirlirg, who stands as a Liberal candidate. Mr M'Skimming is one of the leaders of the Bruce prohibition party, and has considerable experience as a public speaker. Mr Crawford Anderson represented Bruce in the House some years a.sjo, and therefore is lo novice as a politician. Besides his parliamentary experience, he is a member of the licensing bench and has always takeu a keen interest in local affairs in h's district. Mr C. Maitland, who before leaving tor his new sphere of labors in Wellington was summoned a 9 a witness in a forgery case at Invercargill last week, now finds himself in a predicament. Toe accused in the case was committed for trial at the] Supreme Court sittings on Monday next, and consequently Mr Miit'and is bound under a penalty of £100 to appear on that date. Jrle ivds, howevor, under orders from headquarters to proceed north at once, and although every effort was made with the aifcho:ities in r.oih instances to secure a release from one of his engagements neither gran'.elhim permission. Even if he were willing to pay the £100, it appears that he could still be made to answer his summons, and more unfortunate too is the fact he may not be able to ca'.ch the return steamer from Wellington. When one is not a good sailor and two sea trips have to be made insteid of one— besides the risk whatever is done — it Will be seen that circumstances are masters of the situation and a banker's lot is not always a happy one. Mr Maitland in his dilemma left by' the express oa Saturday afternoon for the north. Writing on July 2lst, a London correspondent says : — " Mr Radyard i liug has written to Mr John Hays Hammond, the famous mining engineer, that he intends visiting South Af'riaa again next year, and will probably return via Australia and America. Mr Kipling has never made any secret of the fact that he considers the Australians and New Zealand the dullest and mo3t uninteresting couttrie9 iv the world. The inhabitants he found hospitable, certainly, but parochial to a degree in all their,, ideas. They cared for nothing b,ut thejr own Ijttle P.edlingtqns, and the wider interests of the wqrl'd were Hebrew tp tljem. Tlje cribbe J, cabined, and confined atmosphere qf the JJew 3° »lnn 1 tqwns more especially stifled Mr Rip ing, and he only ~»»-v gli9 r t time in each- Since stayed a » ; .^ hftve then Mr Kipling has met unconvinced him «hat his hurried condemnation of the Antipodes aa a field of romancewas precipitate So be jn^ends to giye you a second chance, b,eing naturally a just youpg man,"

The gross returns from the Milton Brass Band bazaar have now been made up and total £171. After paying all expenses the Band nets £155, which ia an eminently sati factory state of affairs. It may be mentioned that Messrs Gooinbe Broß. kindly gave the use of their hall for the whole of the time freo of all charge. In consequence of the pressure of wuik on the telegraph liueto theGoldfields, tho Departmen . has deemed it expedient to erect an additional wire from Lawrence to Dunedin. At Alexandra, for instance,, we are informed that telegraphic business' has grown enormously as many as a thousand messaged being put through in a week. The erection of the wire was commeuced yesterday t-imultaneously at Milton and Dunedin. The first Fortification Kailway and Coal Company was registered on the Ist August, 1898 At that time the Company had a seam of coal in view of 12ft. This Company went on working twelve monthß and now hand over the property to the new Company with a seam of first class coal 21ft 3in. The new Company was registered with a capital of £40,000, on the 3rd June and took possession on Saturday, 16th instant. What might have proved a serious accident happened early on Saturday morning at Kaiiangata. Mr and Mrs R. Hawker were driving home from the Volunteer Ball, and in endeavoring to pass a cab which was in front their trap struck a post on the side of the road, which threw the occupants out Mrs Hawker received a severe shaking, and was was unconscious for some time. She was conveyed home, and on later intelligence was improving as well as could be expected. . A man named Thomas Bryce Wilson, hairdresser, Dunedin, at oue time a resident ot Milton, waa brought up on Monday morning, before Messrs Hardy and Birch, J's.P., charged with assaulting his wife. According to the latter her husband came home the worse of drink at about three o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and wanted her to give him money. He got her keys and took 89 of her money from a box. He then battered her ou the face and went out. He threatened to take her life before he went out. He said he would do for h©* when he came bick. She sent for a policeman for protection. The accused was fined £5. Another charge was laid against Wilson of assaulting the tjoliceman with a stick, and breaking a bottle over his head. The case was not concluded when the ' Star ' went to press. Mr ft, C. Kirk, in " Twelve Months in Klondike" (Heiaemann) tells a curious story :— " A boy, born in Chicago and sent away from home because his conduct was thought by his father to be unbecoming the the son of a minister, drifted down the Yukon just in time to stake a claim on Bonanza Creek during the first stampede. The claim realised large sums of money, which the boy squandered as fast as he received them. The news of his good fortune, finally reached the father, who made a hasty trip from Chicago to Dawson, ouly to find that the boy, upon hearing of the father's intended visit, had given his money and the clam to a girl in the dance hall, and had departed for St. Michael's in a small boat. The father remained in Dawson three days, and then returned to the United States thoroughly disgusted— prob-^ ably, however, more over the loss of the money than of the boy." The recently-formed cycling club in Kaitangata gives promise of becoming a very live institution. The meeting was held on Tuesday evening and was largely attended, and the following office-bearers were elected — President, Mr Chas. M'Veigh ; vicepresidents, Dr Fitzgtrald, Messrs P. Sou« ness, J. H. Moir, W. M'Laren, R. Lee, W. P. Watson, VV. M. Shore, W. Shore jun., H. Douglas, N. Paterson, F. T. Poole, H. S. Hitchon, G. M. G. Macdonnell ; secretary, Mr R. Greenwood ; treasurer, Mr A. MLelland ; captain, Mr Jas. Oliver ; vice-cap-tains, Mr J. Gage and W. H. Kirby ; committee, Officers ex oMcio and Messrs J. Green, J. Dixon, J. Wilson, and J. Bain. Bicycle 3 are selling almost as fast as the agents can import them, and as several of the office-bearers have promised to donate prizes for racing, no doubt we shall soon see bike-racing in Kaitangata providing quite aa much entertainment and amusement as it did in Milton last season. The following reply has been received re Poultry Station at Milton. "To R. A. Pyke, Esq., and others.— Sir, — I am directed by tke Hon. Mr Walker, Acting Minister for Agriculture, to acknowledge the receipt of your petition, requesting that a Poultry Station be established in the Milton district this season. In reply I have^ to say that the matter has been carefully considered and at present he is unable to comply with your request. Further it is considered that the establishment of such a station should be at a convenient point for settlers from Central Otago as well as north of Dunedin, and which would be equally central to your district. —I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant, John D. Ritchie, Secretary. September 15th, 1899." There is gome talk of Mr Thomas Mackenzie standing for Qaniaru, says the Vyellington correspondent of the • North Otago Times,'? 1 £opk an opportunity of asking him to-day concerning' his intention with respect to Oamaru. He informs me that he has letters from Waikouaiti and Qamatu, asking him to become a candidate. Mr Macken^'e, however §ays tljat \t j& impossible for him to. say what he will dq until an Act is passed making him an eleptor ' qf the cplony, as he is at present ineligible, As ho has told the Opposition a few plain truths and flouted the Government there ia vow anxiety on £he part of the Government, or 6ppC;:" nn t0 vm Jegislalipi} for \\tf special benefit of Mr Mackenzie. Mr Mackenzie, however, while willing to enter A politics, js not o^er jealous, hapng a £gh< sidera^le amount of business to attend to.

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