Lake County Press. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Arrowtown: September 27, 1906. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Lake County Press, Issue 2137, 27 September 1906, Page 4

Lake County Press. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

Arrowtown: September 27, 1906. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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, > : ■ n. ;i e rf, \ ,;s■; .1 m, j i>PI i'i;)ii < mi-arc- ■ «,»■<.'own Atvi.- ,-i.-x is (Jimwn io ilu> sade by \I r I 'iv-;., :mc' ir>n- f-; s. of ,\i , i lusts,' ;■ ,d funiiLlU'O Oil . is: was a mils' ■> f at Iho nf ills Mounted Pities last I ;<fV ergt Major (.Irani. wa ; >•••• • i,' would draw ;iMantion lo the fact 1 1s : i 1 ii■: l l it.iai ami Peallie’s traveller v, s: i-s in Aitov, town early next wool; In; orders for lho exhibition and X i n ■ : (>■,'•<!t;. M ; .1, .). C »lii r, of this town, has ]> t : :a,■asl a grazing rim of I -St)! acres m ilia Sul,ton Survey district (Strath Tniori) within eight miles of the Sutlon railway station. The property which has ID years to run, was offered with all improvements, consisting of good dwelling house, stable, barn, sheep yards, and wire fencing, all of which are in splendid order. The price paid was ,£ll3O. We congratulate Air Cotter on Ids purchase, and wish him and his hotter half every success in the venture. Mr Cotter’s departure will he regretted by the district’s people, lie has always taken a keen interest in anything for the welfare of the town. As secretary of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society Mr Cotter proved himself an entlmsiatic an i painstaking officer, and that body alone will greatly regret to lose his services. Air Cotter has been a prominent member of the Wakatipu Mounted Kith'S from the time the corps was formed and a short time ago was elected a lien tenant. It is the intention of the Arrow town people to banquet him on Thursday evening, ■lth October. Our sporting writer, Peeping Tom," appn prialeiy refers to Mr Cotter’s connection with sport. The l'.-cal Pew ego Council passed a resolution at it; meeting on Tuesday cssaiing expressing their regret at Mr Cotter’s severance from that body.

Anvrcics from Roxburgh stale thai ! the orchards throughout the district \ are looking very promising for a big crop. Mkssks Cotter Bros., report having disposed at a satisfactory price to both parties, portion of Mr T. McDonnell's farm at Speargrass to Messrs Paterson and Son. The,y also disposed of on behalf of Messrs' Paterson and Son a piece of land to Mr John Mian, adioimnrr his property at a satisfactory figured '"M'u Robert Jenkins (formerly of Arrowtown), who has been employed as .signalmim at Waitati for the last five years, and recently promoted to clerk at C.iversham, was, on the eve oE his departure, waited on at his residence h- a few of his friends, and was pre-!-."n!.ed, on behalf of the residents of Wai'ati, with a travelling bag (suitably in eribed) and rug, and Mrs Jenkins w is the recipient of a silver teapot (also inscribed).—Daily Times. ;-'s.'.\;.;i-:sr-;:.UiK \-.\j--: If you have tears pr ):.;•• to shod them now Thomson and HeiUfie has it if you have old el ■ : es prepare to shed them now for ' ;r Ireveber Mr Ralph Johnston will '■. 1 in Iho district and you will have an opso-,'tm:i';y to order now ones. Miss Mary MacDanald, a merchant's '■'.■:,•. ■/:.-, r, of Brooklyn, discovered reeen iy tY.t Mr Thober, her bridegroom ; h,'rayed and (lesorfcd bis previous fi •-m ;■<■ Vio'n. (!rover, and Miss Mac--11, at rhe moment of her own in- ! I we dding, dramatically produced l < '■.,' the altar nwA compelled T'imi'C! to ma*'vy her. '• i-iittor. mutton, potatoes, and Hour .ire fleers- in New Zealand, where, we produco them, than in the English or Scottish markets," remarked Mr Hogg at the meeting of Wellington Benevolent Institution trustees. NiKOT.mm, a Servian ex-convict, imagining that some trilling injustice bad been dono to him, butchered at Gostionitza three of his relatives, and also his employer and. two children. He was arrested while asleep with the axe in his hand.

Ax luvercargill resident who has just returned from a periodical trip through the Lakes district states that he saw comparatively few rabbits. In the Cardrona Valley particularly, they have been thinned out very considerably.—New.'-.

High lambing averages are the rule this season (says the Gore Standard) Some are remarkably heavy, as high ai 130 and 140 per cent, being by no means uncommon. These figures have been attained in several cases in the Knapdale district.

A four-year-old daughter of Mr A. Denninson, of Ofautau, met with a serious accident on Thursday. It appears that, by some means or other, her clothes caught fire, and before her mother, who was in the bedroom, could render any assistance, the clothing was almost burned off the child's body, and inflicting painful injuries. Medical aid was immediately summoned, but .at present tho little sufferer is in a dangerous condition.- Western Star. Geohgh Lippert, the man who had t vo hearts and throe legs, one of the " Leaks" exhibitor] by the late P. T. Barimm, has died at the age of sixtytwo at Salem, Oregon. The heart on the right side ce ised to beat a fortnight before death ; but the heart on the left side continued to brat for twelve davs longer, when its action ceased T!h; certified cause of death was consumption. Aecoamxd to a Now Plymouth paper, a conn any ot blind brothers are operating a cinematograph which has been showing in that town. It is rumored iji.it th y have kindly consented to give •■}• ■■'■-.> exhibitions at the different in:Ui!n:ions for the blind in the colony. A', - mi.: cinematograph entertainments !,■•.•.;. :he Poverty Bay Herald) we have so;; 'mes wished that we ourselves w.-sv Mind. '['n;- Post gives tho following in reply, to a correspondent:-—Only one thee : .= kept throughout tho whole of the rdouy—vb;., New Zealand standard liiu (whieh is eleven and a-half hours (V;t. m.) (Ireenwich time). This standard v w Y,'.<\.i';:\ time has b -en kept ov."! ■('.•/•.ere in the colony since, 1858. fi >.'■•:.<] lime is never used, if local tin"' were used, however, the difference between Wellington time and Christchurch time would be a few seconds over nine minutes—i.e., Christchurch time would be slower than Wellington time by nine minutes and some seconds.

Tiik outputs of the Seaward Downs, liklenda'.c, and Island choose factories, whose aggregate product until ths end of the season should total about MOO tons, have been purchased by Messrs Henderson and Batger at the splendid value of G-J-d per lb It is stated by a qualified gentleman that the present market price will put, in round figure?, an extra C 12,000 in the coffers of the dairy factories established in the Mataura Electorate. - Farmers of the Wakatipu note this!

At Feilding on Thursday the Fielding S.P.C.A.. laid an information against ('. Tuckor of Wanganui for ill-troating a pigeon by killing it in such a manner as to subject it to unnecessary pain and suffering. The case originated out of a recent pigeon match. On Monday morning Messrs Trowin and Biirne, justices, fined defendant .G5 Is and costs £1 10?, on the ground that the infliction of pain was unnecessary and the object for which it was inflicted was unreasonable. This is the first case of the kind heard in the colony. Ix giving judgment at Wellington on Friday in a case in which two daughters of a Mrs Liddle, deceased, applied for a further allowance than the amount allowed them under their mother's will, this Chief Justice said it was admitted that the daughters would get only a few shillings a week each, and that as they were sickly and unable to support themselves, they should receive more, hui;,Miis hands were tied by the decision of the Appeal Court in Plimmer v. Plimmor. The position new created in regard to the Testator's Family Maintenance Act was very unfortunate, and the Legislature should provide a remedy.

WniLi!: goat shooting on Sunday at the Uppec Hutfc a young man named George Ready was accidentally shot in the groin by a companion. His condition is serious.