TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14432, 24 July 1907, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The following auctioneers' advertisements appear on page 11:—David Thomas, Devereux, King and Co., Harding, Son and Co., Guinnees and Le Cren and 0. A. Lees and 00.

The superintending steward of the Lyttelton Sailors' Home wishes to - acknowledge the receipt of a number of magazines from Mr 0. J. W. Cookson, Lyttelton.

A Press Association telegram from Timaru states that two small fires occurred on Monday night, quite near each_ other j the circumstances 'Suggesting incendiarism.

On Monday a card match was played at tho Sefton Town Hall between Ashley and Saltwater Creek residents. The latter won by seven points, the scores being 761 to their opponents 754. A cold snap' on • Monday put some enow on the ranges of fekrath Canterbury, and a few points of rain fell in the vicinity of Timaru, but not enough to do more than moisten the surface of the ground. A whale about 40ft long was washed ashore on the beach, about three miles north of Timaru on Sunday. It ,was evidently dead when it came ashore, but not long dead. Two young men who found it have engaged some experts of the old days to extract tho oil for them. An important auction sale will take place at* the Exhibition Grounds tomorrow morning. Tho lavatory fittings will be offered, along with a large quantity of piping, several tanks, and tire water supply pump. The group of Maori statuary and the stone fountain will also be offered.

A sitting of the Native Appellate Court was held at Wairau |(Spring Creek) recently, and two cases were heard. Messrs A. L. D. Fraeer, M.H.R., and S. B. R. Budge were retained by the Natives interested in one of the cases, which was sent back to the Native Land Court for furhor evidence.

Next season Canterbury cricketers will be favoured each week by the free distribution at all the grounds of a local cricket guide, giving the- names of players in all the teams, with batting audi bowling averages, and the positions of the teams from week to week. Last evening the Cricket Association resolved to give its official sanction to the publication.

At a meeting of ratepayers at Palmorston North ■ a resolution; was carried authorising the Council to take a poll to borrow £10.,500 for works as follows:—Purchase of municipal buildings £2500, alterations to library buildings £1530, street improvements £4250, street lamps £2OO, cycle wacks £IOO, riverbank protection ax, Esplanade £IBSO, and £2550 for protecting the riverbank at Hokowhitu.

A special meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association will be held en August 1 to consider a motion in favour of an amendment to the rules to provide for the annual election by the Centres of an executive Council of seven mem-, hers. The adoption of such a proposal would do away with direct representation of individual Centres on the Council, which has given rise to some dissatisfaction in regard to voting by instruction of the Centres. The members of the Arbitration. Court left for Timaru by the midday expre&s yesterday. The Court will sit at Timaru to-day. Mr \V\ H. Hagger, Inspector of Factories, will appear for the Department at. the sitting. It is anticipated that the sitting will last through the week at least. Among the cases set down are those of the Pareora and Smithlicld slaughtermen, for striking in February last. There are several cases of alleged breach of awards and industrial agreements, and a number of claims for compensation for accidents to be inquired into.

Mr V. G. Day, S.M., and Mr E. 11. Good, J.P., wero on the Bench at tho Itangiora Magistrates Court yesterday morning. The only <sa.se was that of the North Canterbury Co-operative Stores Company (Mr Van Aech) against Margaret Campbell, a claim Tor £132 16a Scl, adjourned from tho previous Court day for the production of further evidence regarding a charge of £l6 Is for interest to Juno G. xhe .plaintiifs satisfied the Bench that the interest was correct., and Mr Van Aech applied for an amendment of the claim to include interest to date. Mr Day said that lie had no power to grant the application, and gave judgment for the full amount claimed with costs.

A meeting of tho executive committee in connection with the proposed fete to be held on, August 29 and 30 in aid of a school library fund was held in the Addington School on Monday evening. Mr W. G. Burns (president) was in the chair, ihe honorary secretary, Miss Shirtcliffe, read correspondenco from patrons, judges and many helpers. Mr "W. R. Seay (heaelmaster) reported on a successful meeting of old- pupils, and also on tho numerous promises of gifts from parents. The ladies of the different stalls submitted excellent renorts on their work, and much enthusiasm was shown throughout. Reports from the entertainment and competition subcommittees were considered , highly satisfactory. Prices at Armstrong's Realisation Sale are almost put aside, the object of „tho sale is to clear the stocks, and in"'6ffcr"ctions to accept reasonable offers are general, in order to facilitate the administration of the estate. ... 2 Best value given in Gold, Silver and Nickel Watches. Engagement Rings and Gold Muff Chains, Ladies' Gold Watches from £1 15s, Gold Brooches from 6s 6d. K. Grieshaber, Jeweller, 155. Colombo Street. X 3371

Rheumo has cured thousands of sufferers from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago. It will cure you. Try it. All stores and chemists, 2h 6el and 4s 6d, A positive cure*, 5

At Dunedin yesterday, three firemen, belonging to the Hippingham Grange were arrested on a charge broaching cargo.

At Dunedin yesterday, Henryßruhn, charged with exposing forty infected lamb 3 for sale at Burnside market, was fined forty shillings and costs. At the Lyttelton Police Court yesterday, a first offender was fined Ss. and costs 2s, with twenty-four hours' imprisonment in default, for drunkenness. Mr G. Lewin wae the presiding Justice.

It is estimated, says a Press Association telegram, that owing to the drought between 4000 and 5000 head of cattle have been sent out of the North Ota go district or potted. There is considerable mortality due to want of feed.

hi cou sequence of the poor rainfall in Central Otago eheep are being carried to Southland, where feed is plentiful, at ordinary charges, but if the stock should be returned, no railage will be levied. Forage ordered for the interior is being railed free of charge.

At three o'clock this afternoon Mr W. H. Cooper, chairman of the City Council's Water Supply Committee, will sink the first pipe fdjr the Council's high-pressure water supply for tho city. The ceremony will take place at the spot selected for the large 12ft well, near tho Port Hills.

At Dunedin on Monday, a representative, meeting of Civil Servants was held to consider the advisableness of forming an Otago branch of the! Civil Service Association. Mr D. Barron, Commissioner of Crown Lands, was in tho chair, and a resolution that a branch of the New Zealand Civil Service Association ehould be formed in Otago was carried unanimously.

The Dunedin City Council last week appointed tho Mayor and Councillors Walker and Scott to proceed to "Wellington to oppose the passage of the Caversham Gas Bill through Parliament. Some of the councillore, thinking that one of the delegation is favourable to the passago of the measure, intend trying to get the resolution rescinded, says a Press Association telegram. Notice to thet effect has been lodged.

During the financial year of 1906-7 the Wellington City Council's expenditure was £254,953. The principal items were as follows t—General £100,803, electric tramways £84,263, water supply £22,908, fire brigades £6132, reservoirs £3902, hospital and charitable aid £8156, libraries £3796, cemeteries £IO7O. The assets are set down at £2,210,898, compared with £1,023,930 in 1902-3. The liabilities run to £1,876,896, against £917,813 four years ago. The sinking funds total £116,157, compared with £48,808 in 1902-3. _ Picton is perturbed because of the risk that the championship rowing regatta will be fixed tor another locality, owing to motor-boat owners persisting in running their boats across the course of the rowers, and thus causing trouble- It is reported by the ' Marlborough Herald" that Mr R. M'Callum, who is acting on behalf of the Marlborough Rowing Association in the matter of regulating the traffio in the Picton harbour on championship regatta days, has recommended that a local Bill should be drafted to meet the case, and he has undertaken to prepare it for presentation to Parliament. The growth of the telephone system in the colony is clearly shown by a table attached to the annual report of the Post .and Telegraph Department. At March 31, 1882, there were 116 connections ; the average cost of each connection was £2l 16s 6d, and the total cost for all connections was £2531 145., The revenue was £613 5s 2d, and the balance of revenue over working expenses was £207 16s. At March 31 last the number of connections was 17,403; the average cost of each connection was £24 2s 2d,, and the total for all connections was £420,088 12s Id. The revenue amounted to £100,814 Is 3d, and the balance of revenue over working expenses was £14,587 14s 7d. The total cost of the Wellington Exchange was £15,578 los Id; of Auckland, £SBOB 14s 9d; Christchurch, £5619 5s 7d; and Dunedin, £5643 Is 2d. At a conference between the honorary rangers of Dunedin and the general committee of the City Council the question of the care of various public reserves was considered, says a Press Association telegram, and a resolution was passed expressing tho opinion " that in view of the destruction which still goes on in public reserves by the lighting of fires and) similar acts the Government should appoint an additional constable, so as to permit of one constable being always detailed to patrol all municipal scenic and other reserves with « view to securing the conviction of offenders; that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Government, and that the Inspector of Police be requested to call the attention of all police officers to- the fact that tho care of such reserves comes within the scope of their duties." It was also decided to take steps to increase the number of rangers. " It is only in the hope that tho lecturers on agriculture to the Education Board school teachers interested in agriculture and others will investigate the method and publish their experience that this bulletin is issued," writes Mr B. C. Aston, chief cliemist of the Agricultural Department, in a pamphlet on the wire-basket methods of testing soils. '-'lf proved reliable for New Zealand conditions, the method will be on© of the most powerful instruments that the experimentalist will possess in the solving of soil problems." The method (devised in America) consists in growing plants in small wire pots containing soil "to which fertilisers of different kinds and in varying quantities have been added. The pots are of peculiar construction find aro planned to enable the comparison of tho several fertilising ingredients by actual measurements of the transpiration of the growing plants, though the efficiency of "the treatmentsmay also be judged by cutting and weighing the plants at the end of two or three weeks, or in many cases by the appearance of tho plants alone. Full details of the process, with numerous illustrations showing the progress of the New Zealand experiments, are given in the bulletin, of which 10,000 copies have been issued. Hundreds of people in Christchurch, both old and j-oung, know from actual experience that Wallace's Cough Elixir Ls efficient in removing from the system all coughs, colds and chest complaints. If you have a cold, no matter how slight, it is serious, and should not be neglected. The reason why Wallace's Cough Elixir is so successful is to be found in the fact that it reaches down to the cause of every cough or cold by removing the; diseased . mucous membrane which has started to accumulate in the lining of the passage between the throat and lungs. It accomplishes this by making free expectoration easy. This proven and reliable remedy may be had from Wallace and Co., Chemists, High Street, and from most of the local chemists. The price is ls and 2s per bottle, and it is important to accept no substitute if a sure and certain cure is to be obtained. 1988 An assured success is foreshadowed for the Realisation Sale in the estate of the late Mr T. Armstrong, now in progress, under direction of the Public Trustee. Yesterday, each of the firm's establishments were crowded by appreciative patrons. 1 Dinner and Tea Sets.—Fletcher Bros, have just opened up a fine assortment, good value, 20-piece dinner sets from lGs 9d. Tea sets, 21-piece, 7s Od to 17s 6d, 40-piece from 255; w. and g china cups and saucers 2s 9d and 2s lie, pink celcito 3s 3d. 3s 9d ; earthenware ls lid, all per half dozen.- -Fletcher Bros., Lower High Street.', . X

A sharp shock of earthquake was ex* perienced at Oamaru at 6.30 last night.

At Dunedin yesterday, Loo Lee was, fined £ls for having opium in his possession.

A Napier telegram fi&yo thet the trawler Nora Niven will proceed to thf Chatham Islands in connection with, thi trawling* test on Thursday. There have been very few callers at the Labour Bureau lately, and the offi# cers of the Department find that thing* have not been so satisfactory in tb.« labour world for a long time.

Mies Jessie Maclachlan, with he* company, will give a concert at th» MentarHospital, Sunnyside, to-mor-row afternoon. When asked to vibiv the hospital and sing to the inmates, Miss Maclachlan consented at once both for herself and.,those who iaro col- . laborating with her. It was reported yesterday that ■ large seal, believed to he one of _ th« Exhibition seals, had been seen in *, dying condition on the beach five mile* north of New Brighton. Mr W. H. Zouch, inspector to the Society for th« Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, wiU visit the spot to-day. • Mr George Wilson, Gore Bay, write*; to the '• Cheviot News " that on Thursday afternoon last, while on the beaca with another gentleman he saw a larg« sea lion come out of the water ana make inland. It wae very quiet, and allowed them to get close up to it befor* it turned and went back to its natural, element. Contrary to expectations, it made for tho north, and is believed to be one of those liberated from the Exhibition grounds some time ago. It* weight wae estimated at fully 3001 b. A discovery of some importance ha« been made in respect to the effect of blue clay on iron pipes, says the Dunedin "Star.", Recently, come gas-pip-ing in, Grosvenor Street, South Dun* edin, was dug out, and it was found that the organic matter m the bluo clay had' destroyed the fibre of th« iron to such an extent that the iroa could be cut with an ordinary pocketknife- Some of the pipes had been; completely eaten through, showing that 6ome kind of protection is necessary, ia laying down iron pipes in clay of thi*. kind.

The fortnightly meeting of tie Cheviot Gun Club was held on Satur* day. In the No. 1 match of five birds there were eleven entries. C. W. Lea (17yds) was first with four birds, ana J. Cameron (13yds), J. Auld (13yds) and A. Kelly (16yds) tied for second; place with three birds each. There were thirteen entries for the io - a match of nine birds, which was won by, N. Campbell (10yds) with seven birds. A. Kelly (16yds), J. Auld (13yds) and T. Denton (10yds) tieing for second! place, with six birds each. Auld audi Denton, with six hits each, were equal for the trophy for the greatest numbe* of first-barrel hits, and will decide th« tie at the next meeting of tho club. Ilia No. 3 match, a Monte Cario sweepstake at 12yds, was won by N. Campbell witH seven birds, L. Wells, with six, beui£ runner-up. In tho No. 4 match, undef, similar conditions, C. W. Lee and lv Wells secured five birds each, and OK vided the stakes.

Last evening the Independent Polity, cal Labour League heldi a meeting id Cathedral Square, near the front of the United Service Hotel. A couple of ■ speakers had given tJieir views, one ol them at some length, and up to that point a constable had contented m*i-< self with quietly shifting a few listen* ers from the path on to the roadway* Later, however, while Mr J. A. M'Cul-i lough was concluding a speech, a quief message was conveyed to him that thd, gathering must "move on." Having, been reviling the system of private ownership of land, tho speaker r&» marked. "Oh, private ownership agaln ? : We have got to remove. I thought we.' were on public property but apparent* ly not so. I apologise to those people! whom I have inconvenienced so by my, loud voice, and will remove." Mr J* Thoni mounted the! platform, andi said that he didi not see what moral right the law had to shift the meeting from any public place whatever. A voice in the crowd protested, "Then why go?" but the meeting- was tenw porarily broken up, and moved to it* accustomed place in the middle of tl« Square. j

A well-attended meeting of owners, tradespeople and others inteW rested was held in Geraldine on Mon-' day evening to discuss tie proposed inj crease of fire insurance rates. The. Mayor (Mr J. Maiing) presided, and] read the resolution of the Underwrite ers' Association to the effect that to the recurrence of fires in Geraldine iii had recommended the Council thati. rates in the horough should be increas<ed by raising them from 0 to F tariffV. In the disoussion it was asserted)'by; speakers that the Underwriters' prow, posal would take Geraldine back to thai tariff which was in force before the inj troduction of the high-pressure- water system and up-to-date fire appliances.' Recently also the Borough Council had! added a second reservoir, largely in-', creasing the pressure of water and thel supply. The Police Department had!, appointed a permanent night-watch-J; man in the town. A table prepared oyj the captain of the fire brigade • wasread, showing that the panies had lost very little in spite of, the large number of . fires, and that] some of the principal losses they had* made had been legitimate ones, having no connection with the supposed fire-* raiser. A resolution was carried &p-> pointing Messrs Maling, Sherratt andi Creemer to draft a letter to the Under-< writers, protesting against their actiou.j One tradesman suggested that in tha' event of the Underwriters' Association'taking the action proposed, the Government Fire Insurance Department* should he asked to take over Geraldind risks. The Mayor introduced the question of having telephone ccmmunication between Arundel and Carew td enable Geraldine subscribers to telephone to Kuapuna. He said that it meant the erection of less than two miles of posts, there beins: a telephone line between Carew and Ealing, which' was practically useless, and part of which could be used for the Arundel connection. Messrs Maling, Sherratt, Creemer and Thomas were .appointed a, sub-committee to approach the Government in the matter. This connection; and another small one between Ruapnna and Mayfield : would practically! connect Timaru with Ashburton. There was a record attendance at tha' opening of Strange's colos«il annual stocktaking sale yesterday, and although the firm had taken the precaution to engage all the available extra' assistance to be had even the largely augmented staff was quite inadequate;' to cope with the rush of buyers. This hup-o clearance will be resumed at 10. o'clock sharp this morning. 2805 We cannot impress upon the publia too strongly the tact that Black, Beat-, tie are making a clean sweep of all their Fashionable Winter' Dress Materials* A purchase will return a handsome interest on the outlay. The Stocktaking Sale is in full swing, and bargains arA' to be picked up in all departments. Call and ask for • our eale list, go righj} through and calculate the saving. I* will surprise you. 1898 a dissatisfifeFimmigrant. ■ Writing on June 14 the London. cor-' respondent of the "Lyttelton Times" Ea y„ : —Occasionally one comes across, grumbling letters m the English paper* - from people who have gone out to NeW Zealand and found that it dees not suit them. _ They represent a very small minority amongst the emigrantt from the Old Country, but a letter find* - ing fault with a much-praised country usually attracts attention. Mr m ~\

Beale, late of Susses, and now living in Auckland, writes to on© of the London dailies a "warning" from which I quote the following passage by way of illustration:—-"It haa been freely •tated that no poverty and no slums exist in New Zealand. I, for one, am willing to show any person interested elums in all tie four centres, and as genuine poverty as could be found anywhere. With such conditions existing In the colony I think it scandalous to feteh numbers of my countrymen here. There 13 absolutely no scope for a townsman unless he be a person of exceptional abilities. .What New Zealand really requires are master farmers with not less capital than £500; there also may be room for farm "labourers, but even in that line there are any amount both in New Zealand and Aus-tralia—-hundreds arrive here from that country every summer."

LADIES' CHEAP BICYCLES. "We have a line of 25 ladies' bicycles ready for sale at £5 for cash. Every machine is guaranteed reliable and in good running order. Ladies can save tram fares by investing in a bicycle. Money daily spent in tram fares is lost forever. Why not invest the weekly tram bill in purchasing a good reliable bioycle, which can be obtained on weekly payments of ss. and costing on terms only £6. We invite ladies to call and inspect our stock of cheap ladies' bicycles. The line of 25 machines will eoon be sold out, and the best and most stylish will be picked out first;, therefore, do not delay, but call at once at Adams Ltd., late Adams Star Cycle C 0.," 138-140, High Street, Christchurch. . 1983