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Evening Star, Issue 12927, 25 September 1906, Page 4

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday Samuel Ingram prooeeded against James Fairbairn (of Highcliff), claiming £5 for damages sustained to his bicycla allegedly through negligence on the part of plaintiffs servant, who was driving a milk waggon. After hearing, Mr Widdowson, S.M., gave judgment for tho defendant, with costs

Tbo 'Taranaki Herald' ventures to say that never, within its history of sixty odd years, has the Taranaki province been bo prosperous as it is to-day, and that never has it had nttch good cause to congratulate itself upon its immediate prospects. Dairy fanners have never had a sea«>n open -with so much promise as thia one.

One hundred pounds sterling for the twenty-seventh part of a perch! That was the price paid in Wanganui for a tiny corner of land at Te Aro Pa, Wellington. Needless to say it was an emergency price, but it •works out (says the 'Chronicle') at the respectable figure of £432,000 per acre. Major G. W. S. Patterson, a well-known Aucklander, who has just returned from a trip to China, has a good word to eay for the Tourist Department, describing it. as "the best advertising scheme this colony ever struck. Wherever I went I found New Zealand was the best known of the Australasian colonies, and that was all due solely to the Tourist Department. I heard it praised wherever I went."

For the purpose of bearing .out his contention that the sum charged for water rates was excessive, as the amount of water could not have been used, a complainant t-o the Napier Borough Council (says the ' Daily Telegraph') mentioned in a letter which came before the Borough Council "nst week that July and August had been so cold that the boarders had no occasion to use the bath!

Everybody who met Mr J. H. Cardew in Dunedin seems quite satisfied that in him the Drainage Board secured a really first-class man for the duty of inspecting and reporting on our drainage system. A Sydney merchant of the highest standing writes : "I have consulted a most reliable and competent member of the engineering profession, who said that he knew Mr Cardew personally and had consulted with him, and was satisfied that Mr Cardew was tho only man in Sydney whom he would consult on such a subject as the drainage of Dunedin." This is reassuring, and we may expect something well worth the fee when Mr Cardew's report is made public. The witness for whose presence the inquest on the body of Margaret Kendrick was adjourned yesterday is the woman to whose house, it is alleged, deceased was driven on Wednesday, the 12th inst., remaining there till Tuesday of last week. The cabman who drove deceased will also be called as a witness. The charge against James R. Hayne of manslaughter will not likely be proceeded with on Saturday. A remand is almost certain to bo asked for for a few more days.

Messrs Hallenstein Bros., of Dunedin, have secured tho contract, for supplying khaki uniforms for the attendants at the Exhibition.

A little after 5 p.m. yesterday Mr R. Laidlaw was motoring home, and had just turned Kensington corner when he saw a man ahead on the road. Mr Laidlaw sounded his alarm, but the man did not at first hear, being, as it was afterwards discovered, partially deai. He did, however, hear the second alarm, and sprang clear on his proper side, but just as the motor approached he changed his course, ran right in front of tho car, and was knocked down. Mr Laidlaw was not going fast, and, pulling up in a few feet, he attended to the man, who was not seriously hurt, and walked home. He proved to be Mr George Hepburn, a fitter at the railway workshops. To the account already given as to the building of the new Methodist Church at St. Kilda it should be added—the omission was accidental—that Mr H. F. Moss was the sub-contractor for the roof, which is of fibro cement asbestos slates. These slates are in two colors, and make a roof that is not only pretty, but fire-proof. Thomson and Co., of Dunedin, won three prizes at the St. Louis Exposition, and have now received two handsome gold medals, one for .soda water, the other for carbonated waters. What has become <£ tlie other prize the firm do not know, but the two sent are good enough. They represent first prizes, and aTe alike. The medal is in the shape of a shield, measuring 25in each way and about three-eighths of an inch thick. On the obverse are two figures—one representing Columbia, the other typifying the Louisiana Territory—Columbia enveloping her younger companion in the folds of the Stars and Stripes. The design of the revereo is- an architectural tablet with the American eagle prominent. Both dies are artistic and sightly.

Furnitare and house furnishings.—You want something durable at moderate prices. Visit Sanders. 86 George street.—{AdvtJ Tho fortnightly meeting of the Dunedin Accountant Students' Society will be held in the Chamber of Commerce this evening. At this season of tho year coughs and colds are prevalent. Take Tussicura. p097 Brigadier Knight will give a recital on his travels through the Great Archipelago in the Salvation Army Barracks, Dowluig street, to-morrow evening.

For premature greyness of the hair, beard or moustache, gentlemen will and "Kolore" an ideal preparation; restores to natural color. Hendy, hair specialist, sole agent.— [Advt-J

Tamer Juice gives you vim, makes your step elastic, and you feel well. [lO9l Intending exhibitors for the home industries classes m the New Zealand International Exhibition are notified that the time has been extended to Mondav, the Ist October.

Have you a sore that won't heal? Witch's Ointment, a mighty healer. [lO9l The soiree in connection with the opening of the new church at St. Kilda will be held m the Town Hall, St. Kilda, to-morrow evening. Tea will be on the tables at 6.30. An adjournment will be made afterwards to the new church, where addresses will be given by the Revs. C. H. Laws and IL B. Gray, and a musical programme provide^. Mr Morris invites special attention to the new picture photograph, "the artist proof portrait in carbon." These pictures are the very latest and best achievements in modern photography. They are exquisite example! of tbe highest-class portraiture. See spe-a-Joens the (Studio, Princes street.—[Advt.j The illustrations in the current issue of tho 'Weekly Press,' which will bo on sale here to-morrow morning, include some of great interest to all classes of the community. Up to date in every way, the 'Weekly Press' never loses an opportunity to present its readers with tho very latest news by pen and picture. Giddiness, swimming of the head cured by taking Dr Error's Tamer Juico. [lo9]