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Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1034, 18 May 1894, Page 5

Mr M'Kenzie, manufacturer and patentee of " Safe Cloth cleaner " and furniture polish "announces in this issue the local and district agents with whom he has made arrangements for retafliDg these two very serviceable household requisites. The Taieri paper states on the authority of Messrs Irvine and Stevenson that one fruitgrower was paid LIOO thi3 season for his crop of gooseberries, grown on one acre of land ! Desperate Bargains. —Dunedin Cash Drapery Co. are now open in. Gawn's buildings, balclutha, with a large assortment of drapery &n.l clothing. Dress goods from 4hd, 7;|d. double length. Amazons, whipcords, tweeds c^hmere, velveteens exceptional value. Ladies' children's jackets, specially reduced ulsters 6 s Hd, frillings 2d per yard. Colonial blankets only i4s 9d : flannelettes 3£d ; flannels, calicoes, Meetings at exceptional prices. Heavy tweeds for suits, Is lid.— [Advt.J

Thursday next, being the Queen's birthday, will be observed as a public holiday. The third annual demonstration ,"'undei the auspices of the Puerua Band of Hope, will be held on Tuesday evening. A soiree in connection with the Lovells Flat Presbyterian Church will be held on Tuesday evening. By a proclamation in the G.izette Parliament is called together for the despatch of liusinpss on Thursday, June 21 at 2.30 p.m. The report submitted to the directors of the Balclutha Gas Company last night was considered yesy satisfactory, at it showed that the gas is not only excelleut'in quality, but that it can be made at a veiy fair profit to the company. The Clutha Bicycle Club's 15 mile race on Saturday which earned a <,rciit deal of excitement in the to-.vn, was won by Melville (8 mm), with Pennycook (4 mm.) second. Sander s(scr.), Sutherland (16- mm.), and M'Kiuley (IBinin.) also started. The harvest thanksgiving services in connection with St. Matthew's Church, Owaka, were observed on Tuesday last, when the church was tastefully and appropriately decorated by the ladie-i. Her. J. D. Mitchell, and Messrs Wingfield and Brabant took part in the services, which throughout were very successful. The following applications for licenses will come before the Licensing Committee at their meeting on Friday Bth proximo :—Pabllcan's licenses — Messrs M. F. Coghlan, P. H* Blackly, R. M'Kenzie, J. M'Cork-y, W Simmons, P. Al'Cann, C. F. Dunnefc, A, M. C. M'Kay. Messrs Simmons and M"Kenzie also apply for wholesale licenses. Twenty-six agricultural associations and farmers clubs are ro be represented at the forthcoming Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Conference in Wellington. Amongst the large number of subjects set down for discussion are a reciprocal tariff between the various colonies, and the free interchange of products. We regret to learn that Mrs Bower widow cf the late Mr David Bower of Hillend died suddenly of apoplexy yesterday, at Gisborne where she arrived a week ago on a visit to her daughter. Mrs Bower is one of the Philip Lying's passengers of whom we understand there are now Dnly two left. We notice that the Agricultural Departments offers two prizes -LlO and Ls— for a complete system of marking sheep either wholly on the ear, or partly on the ear and partly on the face ; also prizes of L 5 and L 2 10s for tho best oombination of earmarks made with punch or nippers for ear only. Mr Hull will be able to supply all information regarding the matler should any in this quarter desire to compete for these prizes. Land owners will please notice that rabbit poisoning commences in South Alolyneux, Gleoomaru, Owaka, Cnllins, and Woodland, on Monday first, and in all other district! of the Ciutha County east of the Waipahi river on June 4. A notice also appears elsewhere with reference to the county of Bruce It is of the utmost importance that the landowners should commence this work simultaneously and carry it. on systematically during the winter months. In this way only can much good result. We understand that instructions have been issued to Stipendiary Magistrates from the Department of Justice, that all foes and fines must be paid in stamps ; that cash is not to be accepted except in cises where grave inconveni ence would ariie if stamps were insisted upon ; and that no creditjis to be given on any account to any person, but all fees must be prepaid. The effect of this change of practice wiH be that all solicitors or plaiutiffs must come to the court provided with the necessary stamps to pay hearing and other fees before the cases can be called on or proceeded with. This will save the clerks of court an immense amount of trouble. VMr Hull, Stock Inspector, has procuVed from Tokomairiro a number of the Hessian fly crvsalis from the locality where their natural enemy were placed by him a few months ago. It is found that of the cry.-alis, in many cases only the sheli is left, the iusido or body having been eaten out. The shell is pei f orated by small holes showing where the parasites had entered and in some instances the parasites were found inside the shell. It thus appears that the natural enemy of the Hessian fly is doing its work of destruction. At the Police Court, hero, on Monday, —Mr Flemintr presiding— Joseph Kench, aliat Woods, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the public streets od Sahirday night. Accused pleaded guilty. Numerous previous convictions followed by teimsof imprisonment ha" l been recorded against accused, who was sentenced to another term of 14 days.— William Jonps was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the public streets, and also with using obscene language within ihe hearing of persona passing. On the former charge ho was convicted and discharged, ard on the latter charge he was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment. A football match will be played at Clinton on Thursday 24th between Clinton and Clutha. The teams will be:— Clutha —Backs : K. Stewart, Grant, Tyson, MKon, Fleming, Finn ; forwards : Black. Lattimore, Sievwright, Sheehan, Wylie, Hawker, M'Kenzie, Wyber (2) ; emergency: D. Sievwiight. Clinton— Backs : Finlayson, Vangioni, Paterson, Davidson, Carpenter, Bagley; forwards: Clappe, Watkics, Lardner, Todd, Barnes, Applegarth, Clifford, Battrick Keets ; emergencies : Cooper, and MThail. The team leaves by the express at 11 o'clock. The Clutha team will meet all comers on the reserve at 3.30 to-morrow. The funeral of the late Rev. Dr Stuart took place on Wednesday afternnon at tho Southern Cemetery, Dunedin. The weather was fine and the places of business in tho city were all closed at noon. Tho citizens of Dunedin of all ranks and classes, besides many from various parts of the country, took part iv the demonstration and the assemblage in the streets was much larger than had ever been seem on any similar occasion. The corteje wis lully a mile long, and the time it took to pass given points varied from 30~to 40 minutes, It is estimated that from 6009 to 7000 persons took part in the procession, while there must have been 15, C) 0 people in George and Trincess streets thronging the pavements as the cortege passed alocg, a dense mass gathering in the Octagon, * and another large mass iv Custom House square. The Dunedin papers say the funeral was undoubtedly the largest ever seen in Otago, and most probably the largest that has ever taken place in New Zealand,

Mr Farnie, of the labour bureau, accompanied by Constable Christie, goes to Catlins to-day to start an extra number of men on the railway works there.