Lake County Press. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Arrowtown: May 17, 1906. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Lake County Press, Issue 2118, 17 May 1906, Page 4

Lake County Press. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

Arrowtown: May 17, 1906. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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ajiknt moots on the last We dnesday in dune. Gm.n output from Auckland for last two weeks amounts to .£81,057. Botha threatens to head a Boer deputation to England to urge that all the Chinese bo sent home. Tt is understood that his Lumsden friends intend entertaining Mr W. Fraser, M.H.R , before the opening of the Parliamentary session. A London cable of 14th May says : —“ Wool is meeting with keen competition for all classes, and prices are the highest of the series. In this issue Mr J. Kirkland, surgeon dentist, Dunedin, advertises his scale of foes, and desires the readers of the Pr.nss to carefully peruse his advt. All work is guaranteed. Good teeth means good health. A Goan resident who has returned from a holiday spent in Canterbury, states that farmers in several districts there are unable to commence ploughing owing to the ground being so hard and dry for want of rain. At Thursday’s meeting of the Southland H. and C.A. Board, the Arrow Hospital’s amended requisition (£001) was passed. The Board acknowledged with thanks from Mrs Youngman, Arrowtown, a case of pears for the children of Lome Farm, i Wi; understand that Mr G. D. Baird, ! of Bendemeer. has disposed of bis I Coronet Peak Station together with tin sheep thereon, to Mr Muir, of Palmerston South, at a very satisfactory figure —Rumor says the price paid was between £IO.OOO end £12,000. Cheap fares to Loudon. The good ship “ Oineraatagram,” with a popular and experienced skipper in charge, will start from tho Athnneum, Arrow, at 8 p.m.j cn Friday, May 18, arriving at London at 9.15., leaving agairf at 10.30 p.m. No seasickness. Faros, saloon 3s. second saloon 3s. A Lakes district resident called hi at a certain stable tho oilier day and sain lie wanted to hire a horse. One that was perfectly quiet and harmless, that didn’t hire or shy, etc. The livery fits bio keeper said bo hadn’t one to suit, bin if ho called along tho street lie could got one at tho store —a rocking horse. Tnn annual ball of the Wakatipu Mounted Rides takes place in tho Garrison Hall, Arrowtown, on Friday evening, 25th Inst. The management committee have engaged first-class musicians, and made provision for the host of catering. It is probable a number of visiting military men will ho present at the hall. The attendance promises to ho very large, and as the hall is capacious there will bo plenty of space to trip the “ light fantastic” with ease and comfort. A iiuoE slip camo down last week on the Macetown road, near Bracken’s Creek, and about two chains of the road was covered with earth and rock. Wheeled traffic is Kill! blocked. The County roadmen are engaged clearing tho slip away. At last meeting of the Council it was decided to dispense with casual labor : consequently only tho roadmen were employed. In emergency cases of tho kind wo think tho Council could wisely employ extra labor for tho convenience of tho travelling public. Two well-known Cromwollitcs appeared in tho Cromwell courts last week. Gnu had tho other charged with assault and that ho ho bound over to keep the peace. A witness was asked by tho solicitor if it was much of an assault, and what they would have done in tho early days, lie replied: “ They would have fixed it up next morning with a drop of whiskey!” Defendant was fined 10s, but tho magistrate declined to make an onb-r to bind defendant over to keep the peace. A visstnt, belt with £SOOO in it was spoken of at the inquest at Wellington on George Cissidy, a Greek, who died very suddenly from heart disease. Ho only recently arrived from Fiji, whore he sold lbs business as harbor. His daughter said ho had tho belt with £SOOO in notes, but she and the police could not find it after his death, Bho last saw it in Fiji some weeks ago. The opinion of a number of doctors in Auckland is that there is a craze for operation:: by patients, and many affirm that several could bo cured without operations, but if one doctor will not perform an operation, tho patient will go to tho other medical man. They also state that women have more pluck than men in going under an operation, 1 fit tho craze for operations is possessed by women to a far greater degree than by men. Those in tho vicinity of tho post office mi Wednesday morning (says tho Hot Lakes Chronicle) were just a little surprised to see a modern landau arrive, and three M tori ladies emerge from I he vehicle. Having alighted, they stopped into tho post office, and after a few minutes re-urn ad and reentered their carriage. Enquiries {dieted the information that they had rni>r<d ’ nailed at the nest office for their

j Fur /•>;:,- years ago there were 500 ! Chinese at Round Hill diggings ; now | there are only 15. No fewer than seven divorce cases i are set down for hearing at tho next i bitting of the Supreme Court, Dunedin, ! commencing on the 29th inst. Mkssks Judah and Phil Myers (lather and son), of Wellington, have drawn first horse (Dynamite) in Tattersail's sweep on the Adelaide Cup, and win .£(>,000. A footbau, surprise was tho defeat of the Alluunbru by Union by 8 to 3. I University. 14, boat Pirates nil; Zinj gari <>, beat Port Chalmers 3 ; Dunedin 8, boat Southern nil I Tine chief mate of the ship Cassius | was sent to gaol for six months for broaching cargo. One of tho crew receive! a similar sentence, and another three months. At Christehurch on Monday a man named Matthew Finlay Patorson was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for voting twice at the last General Election. A party of Palmersion and Dunedin shootists paid a visit to Kurow at the opening of the season. For their day's shooting the tally for ten guns amounted to upwards of 100 hares, 20 pukaki, and several brace cf ducks. A lady in Paris who brought an action against the owner of a motor car which splashed her clothes with mud was awarded damages. The Judge ruled that pedestrians had a right to be protected from mud. Mr Seddon has signified his pleasure at the birth of triplets at Geraldine by forwarding tho sum of three guineas for presentation to them. Mr Seddon says that if the little ones are alive at the end of the year another three guineas will be sent. Mit James M'Phail, of Waikaka, this week sold to Messrs Borthwick and Sons) through their buyer, Mr John Stevenson, of Gore) a draft of very prime lambs at 15s 3d per head. This is understood to be the highest price paid anywhere in the district during the past season.—-Ensign. The marriage has just taken place of a centenarian couple at Maysville. Ohio. The bridegroom is Captain Kuhns, aged 101, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil. Wars, while the bride (Mrs Sarah Crawford) has iust passed her 100 th birthday. Their courtship commenced seventy years ago. A youxo woman named Kathleen Matthowscn died in the ' nursing establishment Q r Mrs Norman, Dunedin, on Monday night. The giri was in trouble, and it is supposed that her death was brought about by the effects !of an illegal operation. She positively } refused to give the name of the person respomiblc for her trouble. An inj quiry i : ' being held. ! Tuk application of Mr Braund for j the preservation of the Colonial Bank books was dismissed, but in order to give him an opportunity to appeal, their destruction has boon postponed until after the first sitting of the An- j p° al Co vK . . ". I ; Tub Mciklo case has finished its sittings so far as Dunedin is concerned. All actors in tho drama left for Wellington on Saturday whore it will be continued, a good deal of evidence having to be obtained there. A arysTßr.Tous epidemic at Dunback which Dr Ogston went to investigate a few days ago proved to be influenza. Two out of tho three people who died wore old people, and the third was in ! indifferent health. —Star. Two young men, Bertram Stokes and Wm. Johnston, were injured while playing footbad at Dunedin on Saturday, and wore received into the hospital Tho former had his ankle fractured and tho Litter his spine injured. At the Dunedin Police Court Henry Wong Gye, a Chinese b.alf-easte, was ! sentenced to six months' imprisonment on charges of defrauding tradesmen by means of valueless cheques for £ls, 10s, and .£O, by purchasing goods and receiving difference in cash. The Premier left for Australia by tho Warrimoo on Saturday, accompanied by Mrs Sodden and two daughters. His health has not boon too good, and his advisors recommended rest and change. Tho Hon. HallJones is Acting-Premier. Mr J. S. Baxter, of Invercargill, has recently added to his varied stock hollow-ware consisting of best quality of pots, saucepans, kettles, etc., whioh are quoted at a very small margin of profit, Mr Baxtor allows a rebate on railage and other concessions. '• It's just another case of Mrs and Mr Caudle," complained a husband in Court at Christehurch, when his wife applied for a separation order on the ground of cruelty. " It's a case of pitiless and relentless nagging," he I went on in a grieved and tired voice, j " I got it at evory meal, I'm pent to I hod witli it, and 1 wake np with ii. in the morning." Tho Magistrate granted the order.