Local and General.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2087, 23 July 1901, Page 4

Local and General.

Earl Russell has been sentenced to three months for bigamy, but he will be treated as a first-class misdemeanant.

All the business set down for hearing at the Blacks Court is adjourned until August 29th.

At the meeting of the Alexandra Borough Council, w..en it was proposed to extend the cemetery, one of the councillors innocent y asked if a 'pe. son could buy a section Oelo.e he required it."

Such is fame. At the Alexandra Debating Society in an impromptu paper nu Joseph Chamberlain, the bptaker graven informed the meeting that Joseph belonged to tho opposition in the House of Commons.

A singular sample of law is reported from North Carolina. A train happened to collide with a bull that had strayed upon an embarkinenfc. The bull, being projected from the " cow-catcher " of the locomotive struck a hunter who was standing below the embankment and knocked him into a ditch. His gun, being knocked out of his hand, discharged. itself ou striking the ground, and killed two cows near by. In the final settlement of damages the railway company was adjudicated not liable, but the owners of the cows secured a reimbursement from the unlucKy hunter in the sum of i<2o.

We haye (received Information from a source which cannot be doubted that the advertisement which has been appearing in our columns in reference to the Woman's World £sdoo contest is not fcp be taken seriously. We had printed the advt. this week before receiving the information, and we tuke the unprecedented step of warning out readers against an advertisement which we print, but we will decline in future to be the medium of what looks like duping the public, A dredge band on the Sixteen Wile dredge had rather an unpleasant experience on Monday of last. week. It appears that he was going ashore in a boat when he was thrown into the water, and despite his efforts to get ashoie he was taken down the river somt> fo,u.r miles, where he was ultimately rested by a, Chinaman.

Lpvers of the dance should take a glance at the advertisement of the Clyde Quadrille Club. They are going to have an extended night next Friday, and there will be dancing and singing find what not else to make up a pleasant evening's enjoyment. Mr Fraucis is catering, and there will be good music. The returned soldiers (Troopers Holden and Sutherland) have been invited to attend, and we are informed they intend to be present, when no doubt ifcav will gfrf 9 fajy tf tysn *x, fmzm

The total «cost of the Christohurch review on the occasion of the visit is estimated at over £IOOOO. We draw attention to an in this issue in reference to an office for patents. Mr A. J. Park, Dunedin, has been anthorised a registered patent agent by the New Zealand Government. The billiard match between Roberts and , Memmott, 7000 up, the former conceding J 2600, was won easily by Memmott. - Roberts scared 5246. A young lady had a rather alarming experience the other day on pne of the Greyraouth dredges. Whilst looking at the machinery she got her clothes. caught, and was spun round the shaft several times before the machinery was ,stopped. She was removed in an unconscious condition. The Railway Department intend,.to do all the easting and heavy iron woFk for the South Island railways at the Aldington Shops in future, of letting -it by contract to private firms. —'Pi ess.' At to-night's meeting of the Clyde-DebatJ ing Soeiety two papers will be given, odb by Mr A. Klee (The Maori Kaee) and the other by Mr J. Shechy on. the Geological Formation of the Manuherikia Valley. The Gore bakers have raised the price of bread from 5d to 6d. The agreement arrived at under the recommendation of the Conciliation Board is responsible,.not any ! rise in the price of Hour. The Daily Mail has been mulcted in £2500 damages for stating thai Mi-s Hettie Chattel, the actress, was the mother of Miss Rosie Boot, who recently married the Marquis of Headforfc. The evidence showed that Miss Chattel was unmarried, and but 28 years old. Another bad slip occurred on the th e Otago Contral Railway line on Wednesday last, resultiug in the suspension of ttaffa till Friday. It is fearful to contemplate what may happen on that line seme day. Another instance of the prosperous ttate of the colony, and the beneficial effect accruing from the dredging industry.—The local collieries cannot meet thai-- demands eonsequent on the scarcity of labour. We heard a gentlemen say last, week that ho would give any roan that could use a piok and shovel a job at coal heaving. ' At the last meeting ef th«r Otago L»nd Board a letter was received from the Vincent County Council in regard to the application to luve sections 38. 39, and 48, block XI, Town of Clyde, vested in the council. —Under the circumstances referred to. Hie board endorse the action of the County Council that they (the board) intend to offer these sections for leaee under the Public Reserves Act, for a period of 14 years. WADES WORM FrGS are mo*t (Factive and no n'•pleasant; childJfiu vive after taking there. Price, la. Some eight or nine years ago the vast bulk of New Zealand butter was exported in tubs with rusty iron bands, and smndgei lampblack and kerosene marks with the moisture and often salt from the batter oozing through between the staves. This is in striking contrast to the neatly-got-np white-piie boxes, bearing the impressed brand of our up-to-date factories of today.— Mr Thornton, Government Grader. A RELIABLE REMEDY FOR BQYt&b TROUBLES. Rev. J. M, Yingling, pastor of the Bed Fort St M E ( burch. Cumberland, Md., U 3 A., says : "It affords me great pleasure to recommend Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I have used it and ne er know it to ML" Sold by B, Naylorr Clyde, and James Rivers, Alexandra. At the inquest on Mrs Sneyd, the victim ot the lnveicargill firework* fatality, the jury returned a verdict that death wa» caused l-y a signal rocket fi<ed by_ Captain M • (iilvray. They also expressed the opinion that the council and police snowed neglect in Dot enforcing their powers; Captain M'Gilvray was subsequently charged with manslaughter, and remanded for a week on bail. Two gentlemen met in the street, and not having seen or heard of each other for some years exchanged explanation! of their positions. Said Mr A.: "I am the proprietor of a newspaper." "Then," said i r 8., " you will be able to give me som* puffs occasionally in your paper, for I ana a tailor." " Certainly,'* said Mr A.; " and you wilt be able to give me a snit of clothe* occasionally." " But," said Mr 8., "clothes cost money I" In his paper on " The Imagination and the Emotions," given at the. last meeting of the local Debating Society. Mr Burgess, on the question of Education, said thai " the wisdom of the familiar injunction to make haste slowly is not sufficiently regarded. Childen are too often forced ratlur than educated" In reply to a request from the member for Waihemo that a siding be estabrshod on the Otago Central Railway line, between Ranfurly and Wedderburn, the Minister of Railways said that at present the traffic did not warrant the erection of a aide ing. WaDE'S TEETHING POWDER or babies are soothing, rednotf hrtit revenfc blotches Pnoe Is.

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.„_} We are in receipt of a copy of the report the Royal Commission on Federation. It is an exceedingly bulky volume, covering over 800 pages. A remarkable scheme for drawing people to ehurch has just been introdnced by the Rev. DrOarnes, the pastor of the Methodist Church, of Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Advertisements appeared in the local newspapers recently offeiing to pay a sum of money to every person attending morning service at his church. The money for this purpose was given by a wealthy man, whose name is unknown. Hundreds of people responded to the offer, and the church was crowded to the doors. Every perron on leaving was presented with five cents. Encouraged by the success the pastor isadvertising again to the same effect. Rival otergymen in the neighbourhoi i. finding their congregations depleted by this novel proceeding are conslderin* the advi* biiity oi bidding against the enterprising pastor. Interesting developments are expected.— -, TDaily Mail.

\ " All that glitters is not gold," ' A proverb old and true, , Neither is a cough or cold, .What it appears to you. Do not treat it lightly, for 'Tis better to be sure, That you suffer never more, Get Woods' Prkat Peppermint Ctjre;

One of the most formidable weapons ever made is the new 8.2 28-ton gun, which is now being supplied to all the new first's class cruisers of the British Navy. Conoideriig its length (some 50 feet) it is extremely light while it fires shot and shell of 3801b weight the extraordinary disiance of lo miles with an accuracy almost approaching that of a rifle. The cba ge required for every shot is 1301b of " Cordite," the biggest yet used, and its average firing pace is 3£ shots per minute, a great feature of the gun is the new mounting known as the "Homte," m.mufactu ed by the Vickers-Maxim Co. All the machinery and vitai p rtions of the gun are prot-cted i- .such a way that it is almost impossible fo) it to be put out ot action by any missile, while a new application of the hydraulic principle tenders it unusually easy U> "<-'orK.

WARDED OFF.

"Sometime ago my daughter caught a severe cold-. She complained of pains in h-.-r ebest and hid a t»»d cough. I gave "l r Chamberlain's Cough Remedy aecordrg ro directions *td in two dayo she was w.-ii,«nd iible to go to school. 1 have useu this remedy in my family for the past seven years, and have nevtr knowr it to fail;' say a JanKß Preudergast. merchant, t'; mi otto By Jamaica, West India Islands. llie pains iu the chest indicated an approaching attack of pneumonia, whioh in this instance waa undoubtedly warded off by Chambe. lab.'s tough Remedy. It counteracts any tendenoy of a eold towards Jneumonia. Sold by B. Naylor, Clyde, and ame* reivers, Alexandra.

Attention is directed to Mr A. E. Gye's advt. re sale of forges, vyces, anvils, winch, ete.

«Cyolist' writes drawing attention to the fact that the river is encroaching on the road mid«way between Clyde and Alexandra, aud that, as It is very dangerous, he thinks the County Council should attend to the matter at once.

Lieutenant Jolly and Troopers Eady and Mason arrived in Cromwell on Thursday last, 2 hey were accorded a very hearty and enthusiastic reception. Troopers Holden and Sutherland were also accorded a hearty reception at Mataksnui last night