The Dunstan Times. CLYDE : FRIDAY, NOV. 12, 1897. Local & General.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1842, 12 November 1897, Page 4

The Dunstan Times. CLYDE : FRIDAY, NOV. 12, 1897. Local & General.

Mr JaukS Kk&b. railway stetionmaster at LtWivnce, is to Os tra’ aferia to Kelso. To-uaT the Black* Show taae# puoo, and given line weather promises to be r SU'.C S3. Th* ranges have received a cunsitierab e coat of snow, and the whole district has laoher a wintry appearance for this urn* of year. Th* township of Alexandra is still in want of a decent water supply. Samples, filtered and unfit cored, or the Chatto Creek race have been «c*ut for unalye.s. Most of the teachers in the d strict have got notice that School Lisped ors Goyen and Boasence will this year be round on the annual examination tour in about ten days. The Rev. Mr Small intimates that be will bold service at St. Michael's Church, Clyde, neat Sunday forenoon, when the Holy Comma non will b i administered. In the evening, Mr Small will conduct service at Cromwell. The rabbits are beginning to show np as the feed increases. Daring the past winter their numbers seemed to have decreased considerably, but it is well known they do not take lo; g to increase fifty fold. Wire netting, pouon, trapping, and all plans seem unable to keep them down. Perhaps a * factory, or close settlement, might have some effect. Db Parker, professor of biology at the University of Otago, died at his residence, Dunedin, at an early hour hat Sunday morning. Dr Parker had been suffering from diabetes for the last four years daring which time be had been under medica treatment. Dr Parker was born in Lend i in 1850 and received his appointment i; the Otago Univcieity over 20 y ars ago, hj. being at the time demonstrator to the late Professor Huxley. His wife predeceased him some years ago and he leaves a family of three sons. Our Wellington correspondent writes Met-ars Larnach, Richaidson. Fieldwick, Kelly, M. Thomson and Gilfedder waited on Hon. Ball-Jones tosnight (Friday), and urged the desirabi'ity of pushing on the Heriot Dunrobin Roxburgh Railway, and the Otigo Cent i a I. The Minister said he would bring the matter before the CabL net, with a deeire to do all in his power to lunher the request of the deputation's. Be also promised within three months to visit the Heriot-Roxburgh (list-let, an Genial Otauo. The claims of the Sea ward Bush lire were also urged on the Minister. Quite an exodus of families and person U or is about to toke place »t Bald Bi.:F ai, owin,' to lack of employment. It u expected that by the end of this month probably 30 or 40 of 'he population will have leit, that dint let. There will be reduction < f ten or a dozen of pupils from the public school Many of these persons' have been a lot g time in the distrtctaml it s-eras strange that while new people a*e finding emp oyment in Alexsnira, old residents in the neighbourhood ehoul have to remove, and break np thui homes, an* seek employ mem in diet ids. We nndersatui lira, a .no propo Hop of tin se who a e leaving b;.lH. I F rt are goieg to Wa piiri, where toe. ate finding wmb. A MBkTING of the committee of the Vincent County Ho.ticultural Society was held at Alexindra on Weonerday evening last, the President (Mr Grimstone) boin in the chair, 1 he schedule for the forthcoming show was gone into and revised. It whs decidtd to hod the show on Friday, 18th February, 1898. The secretary (Mr F. Williams) reported that he had already received a large number of special prises, the principal one being a silver cup given by Alexandra hotelkeepers. It was derided to leave the allocation of special piises to the Alexandra Committee, A considerable amount of interest is being evinced in the show this season. ‘Chill November’s surly blasts ’ is au expression familiar to readers of Burn*, and the inhabit nte of oo'd i climates tln n the usual of New Zealand ; but we have bad a taste of cold and wintry weather during the past few days. Cold gales, sleet, and hail showers render the weather anything but pleasant in this summer month of November. Altogether, this spring and early summer (though of late favoured by moisture), have been too cold, and the growth of vegetation has been much retarded. The grass is late and pastures arc still bare enough. In gardens and orchards a good deal of damage has been done to the growth of tender-plants, like tomatoes, French beans, etc. Some of the fruit trees have been despoiled considerably, though at first they were laden. In some gardens the peach blight is playing havoc, and pear trees have also sufierel. MX Uobt. Mill, the popular accountant of the Bank ol New Zealand at Alexandra, has received notice of being transferred to the Dunedin office, and leaves for that town by to-day’s coach. Daring the time Mr Mill has been resident in this distdot, both in the bank at Cromwell and Alexandra, he has made many friends, who will all regret that he is leaving, and hope that he will obtain further promotion before long. In athletic clubs of all kinds Mr Mill was always a prominent member, and from his experience was able to give much assistance in all public entertainments. He was always to be found when wanted and in social circles be will bo greatly missed. Mr J. Pearce, from the North Dunedin office, will take Mr Mills' place, and arrived yesterday. Mr Pearce is not altogether a stranger, having been here about live years a.o on relieving duty, at the time of Mr Wingfield’s death. No less than 62 replies have been received, says the 'Tuapcka Time- - ,’ from school committees favorable to the pro po ed refoims in the education boards which we e outlined by the committee of the District High School and submi ted lo tne school comm ttees th muhout Otaco. Those favorable replies were received princip dly, if not exclusively, from country school committees and were transmuted to the Minister of Education. But tha: bon. gentleman appears to have altogether ignored the representations thus made to mm on the su ject. His Bill, which has passed its secon-i reading in the Legislative Council, merely provides for the holding of education boaid elections on one day and the representation ot individual committeemen, instead of the present system of committees voting as a body, Mr Dimant, chairman of the Lawtenco High School Committee, has written to the Minister of Education on the subject, pointing out the manner in which the representation of country school committees have been overlooked, and also to Mr Larnach asking him to endeavor when the Bill reached the Representative Chamber to introduce the snb division clause into it. The Bill as it now stands is an exact copy of the wishes of the city committees, while the opinions of the country representatives of education have been dismissed apparently AS not

MX R. S. OiuciaoN advertises on impor* rant sola by auction of pipes sad minim plant, at Alexandra, tomorrow afternoonMX H Etbb Kenkt, S.M at Welling* ton, i« thr police roaginirate who hu bees selected »<> p wide over the Police Commission of Inquiry, who commence their duties at Auckland on the llth inst. The *Oago D-iy Times’of Monday;., says • The Rev, J. 0. Small preached hist** farewel sermon in St Paol's Cathedral Ist . ighc f.om I d Cor. ii, 18—' Who is 8 tficie.it f;r tLoao hinn« ?‘—and gave the Ap ■aile's answer —• I t bank God, through Jesus Christ our God, I can do all thing*/ Refoiencea were mi.de to the works of artiste. and seiontiets, who recognised their limitations, to the noble women who do* voted their lives to relieving the wants of suffering humanity in oar hospitals, and aho to our necessity of supplementing the work of Sunday school teachers. Daring the past three years ho bad received kind sympathy and ready help from. every member of the congregation, and he said ho need not ask for similar consideration for his (accessor as’.curato of St. Pant's Calhe* dral.—When it became known that the Rev. J. C. Small had been promoted to the curacy oi Clyds and other parts ot Central Otago several presentations were arranged lin his honour. These included a Prince of Wales rug from St. Paul's Association, a Gladstone bag from St. Paul's afternoon school, and several books from uhildrea attending the morning school. The rev. gentleman was recently entertained at a .octal gathering in St. Paul's Schoolroom, and Archdeacon Robinson, in making a presentation, expressed the regret of Mr Small's friends that he was about to leave the city. The rev. gentleman bciefiy thanked the contributors for their kindness.* Mr Small arrived in Clyde last Tuesday forenoon.