[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Timaru, This Day.

Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 68, 22 March 1890, Page 3

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Timaru, This Day.

Splendid Btoady rain foil last night, and a heavy pour this morning. Wanoanoi, This Day. At the inquest on tho body of Edward Johnston, a verdict of Found Drownod was returnod. iNVKnoAiiaiLL, This Day. Peoplo from bore who havo boon to Dnnedin Exhibition havo brought back influenza, and thore aro a number of casoa in town.

The following (laßaongors arrivod by tho B.a. Jubilee- this aftornoon :— Cabin — Misses Meredith and Uadford, Mesdamos Holland and 3 ohildron, M'Donald and 6 children, Blinkorno. Kershaw, Fox and 3 children, MeHsrs. Kant, Holland, Uorno, Morris, Fox, M'Cauloy, Campbell, Osborne, Evorsfield, Clondon, Melliugton, JJlalco and O'Slmnuessy ; 12 Btoerago This afternoon thrco young womon, named May Fleming, Harriet Flcetwood, and Eva Barker, wore arrostod by Constable Bai-ki-villo on a charge of vagrancy. A married woman named Mary Barbero died suddonly at Parraraatta at 0 o'clock this morniug. Dr. Tripe has been ordered to mako a. pott mortem examination, and tho Dihtriot Coroner (Mr. H. W. Robinson) will hold an inquoßt at the husband's residonco at 6.30 this evening. Tho woman was for some time a patient in tho Hospital. Aristocratic circles in Christohurch are just now very much oxeroised over two cases which aro to come before tho Divorce Court in that city on tho 21st proximo. In ono caBB tho wifo of a well-known man in tho Cathedral oitysuesfora jndioial separation, and in tho othor tho husband of the same lady potitions for a dissolution of tho marriage, tho co-rospondoot being a wealthy runholder. Mr. Jollicoo has been retained by tho husband, and Mr. Joynt by tho wifo, while Mr. G. Harpor is to appear for the corospondent. Tho following new patents have been applied for :— George Frederick Simonda, of MassachuHotta, engineer, for improvements in methods and machines for making irregu-larly-shaped motal articles that are circular in oross-sootional area ; James Charlea Wilson Nicholson, of Sydney, trading as Nicholson and Co., importor of music and musical instruments, for an improvomont in musicstools ; C. Hawkor Wilson, of Anokland, sulphur manufacturer, for pnrifying sulphur ore, called "Wilson's Sulphur-dipreßter ;" John Knapton Mawson, of Papanui, engineer, and Robert Malcolm, of Opunako, Taranaki, engineer, for an improved eheaf-carrior, with attachments for working Eumo ; James Welman, of Hokitika, engineer, for improvements in the construction of contrifugal pumps for the purposos of dredging ; Androw M'Farlone, of Dnnedin, tinsmith, for an improved arrangement of flues and fixing chimnoyß for portable washing-coppers and other boilers, and entitled " M'Farlano's Patent; Portablo Bailor ;" Jphn David M'Kean, of Auoklond, worsted spinner, Ac, for a maohino to bo used for the separation of tho long fibre in flax, tow, and other fibrous matonals from that which is shorter, to he called " M'Kean's Fibre-hackler ;" Alfred Billons, of Chriatchuroh, carriagelamp maker, for an improvement in milkskimmers; Daniel Bernard Bate, of Parnell, engineer and millwright, for " Tho Eleotrioal Harpoon or Fishing-lino," for killing or taming wild beasts and fishos of all description with eleotrioal energy, or electrioal ohemioalß or charges ; William Lilley White, of Napier, basket-maker, for an improvoment in water-tanks and oiaterns. Amateur singors aro ofton heard to express their objection to tbo encore system. Tho opinion of bo distinguished a performer as Mr. Santloy, givon at an interview with one of tho Lyttelton Times staff, will theroforo bo of interest. He said :— " lam a thorough beliovor in encores. It is tho only way tho publio have of ehowing you thore and then upon the spot how you have won their appreciation. And what is more, I never found a 6ingor who in his or her hoart really objected to an encore. If they toll you they do, take my word for it, it is a piece of over-done modesty. Personally, if 1 feel it impossible to sing again, I Bay so. This happened at Auckland, and tho audience accepted my statement. But if lam in good trim I don't caro a snap how lomr Igo on. Fellow singers of mine havo raid to me fit Homo : This is a great imposition ; you ought to put it down. I say tbat is all rubbish. Neither you nor 1 nor any other man oan put down encores. It ia the Briton's way, and he will keep to it. And it is only fair to say that those same singors will pop up again without very much provocation directly they sco a ohanco of an encore Pah I its human nature, ApplaußO is the breath of life- to a singer. Evon in oratorios— excopt in oathedrala or churches, of course. How else are you to know if thoy aro roilly feeling what what yon aro Binging to them ? To sing all through ono of those deadly-lively timoa whero a wholo evening passes without anyono putting their hands together is a torriblo experience Yon should hear them applaud an oratorio at Manchester." For eonttnuacum ot reaaAng matter scajourth vaao.