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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2089, 24 January 1896, Page 2

It is said that our Roman Catholic friends purpose holding a school picnic about a fortnight hence. Mr Walker, watchmaker, Ballarat-street, has in his window a unique work of art, worthy of inspection by the general public, but more especially by youths of a mechanical turn of mind. The object iu question is a model—received by Mr Walker from his brother in England—of the great Ferris wheel lately erected in London, similar to the one erected at the Chicago World's fair, only fifty feet higher than that wonderful whirligig, with its forty carriages for conveyance of passengers. The model is composed of colored pieces of card and must have taken its owner some time to put together. Some grass and fern, accidentally set fire to in the park on Tuesday afternoon by a visitor, was soon put out without doing much damage. A trial of the Gold King Amalgamator, of which so much has been said, is announced l juke place at Invercargill on Wednesday. It is a pity arrangements could not be made for a trial at some convenient place in this district, as over 100 miles is too far for the majority to travel for such an occasion. Mr G. F. Gibb, head clerk to the Lake Wakatipu S.S. Co., has accepted the appointment of general manager of the Wellington branch of the N. Z. Express Co., and will enter into office about a month hence. During his residence at Queenstown the last nine years, Mr Gibb has not only gained respect for his courtesy and business habits, but he has rendered valuable services in many movements having for their object the welfare of this town. Our regret at the loss sustained by the departure of so esteemed a citizen ia greatly counterbalanced by the fact that the contemplated change means his advancement. We have just received from the local agent, Mr Hotop, Stone's Otago and Southland Directory for 1896, notice of which is held over. In another column appears an announcement that classes will be held at M'Bride's Hotel Sample room, Garrison Hall, for the teaching of dressmaking by Miss Radwell, under her patented British System of Dressfitting. This lady has had large experience in the best London and Provincial houses, and is a thoroughly practical as well as theoretical dressmaker, having held leading positions in such well-known establishments as Peter Robinson, London ; Dickens and Jones, London ; Satterfields, Manchester ; Woolwrights, Liverpool, and John Holmes, Bradford. According to testimonials from ladies, published in our advertising columns, the system is so simple that Miss Radvsell should find no difficulty in arranging classes of those who are anxious to make dresses easily and well with as little trouble as possible. A Chinese loan of twenty millions is to be placed in England and Germany. Mr C. E. Rawson, late District Judge, S. M. and Warden, is now practising at Invercargill as barrister and solicitor. Aud yet Sir Rawson is probably past or just upon that ripe age (60 years), at which the Government were lately retiring members of the Civil service aa being incompetent to fulfil their official duties. The total amount paid through the totalisator at the Gore races was £2860 as against £2497 last year. The Colonial Sugar Company has advanced the price of sugar 10s per ton. We have just received from the Queenstown agent, Mr Robert Boyne, a copy of Mills Dick and Co's. Otago Almanac aud Directory for 1896, which, although out rather late this year, will doubtless be none the less acceptible to its many patrons. The compendium, which has been revised to date, is up to its usual standard, but it does not appear to contain any important additions. Nevertheless, it is a cheap eighteenpencfworth, and contains much information useful to farmers, miners, and other country settlers. Messrs Inglia and Co., the cash drapers, etc., Dunedin, insert a new advertisement in our last page, announcing the commencement of their summer sale of goods, with bargain tables in all departments. The Crystal Co. invite tenders for driving a rock tunnel in their mine. Messrs O'Meara and Co. advertise preliminary notice of an auction sale of stock, etc. Five more deaths from heat have occurred at Bourke (N.S.W.), where the thermometer was 119 in the shade on Sunday and 114 on Monday. Since then it has risen to over 120 degrees. A prisoner who got six months in Gisborne the other day (says the ' Telegraph ') philosophically remarked that the sentence would suit him nicely, as it would let him out in April, and he did'nt like going home iu the cold weather. He also said he did not miud the hard labour portion, as he had so often worked for other people for nothing that he did'nt see why he should'nt give the Govern ment a turn too. Further testimony ia to hand of the good effected by the herbal medicine, Vitadatio. A resident of Orepuki, who, for four yeaJs, had been unable to walk, owing to rheuma tism, has been cured of his ailment. Others who have used it speak highly of the benefi cial results obtained. The 'Fielding Star' remarks"The beginning of the end. It ia significant the members of the Ministry are " being provided for." The Premier has "accepted" a seat on the Assets Board, Sir Patrick Buckley has "accepted" a judgeship, and Mr Reeves has "accepted " the Agent-General-ship of the colony iu London. A few more "acceptances" and the famous Liberal Ministery will no longer be the " accepted " of the people. There will be none of them left. And this is how the position of the workers is being improved. A well-known and esteemed Dunedin Medico, Dr Coughtrey and his family, left here last Monday morning, after having spent nine or ten days on a visit to the district during a holiday riding and driving tour through Otago, which has thus far proved so enjoyable that the doctor will not return to Dunedin till the end of next month. With Dr Coughtrey on horseback and his son driving the vehicle, the ' Otago Daily Times' says that the party (including also his wife and two daughters) left Duneain a few weeks ago via the Horse Range, Maheno, Duntroon up the Waitaki to Omarama, thence across the Ahuriri into the Mount Cook district doing Lake Ohau and Benmore, thence back to Omarama and by the Lindis pass to Lakes Hawea and Wanaka. From there they proceeded by Cardrona and the Crown Range to the Arrow and Queenstown. From Queenstown they have proceeded to Lumsden aud Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri, and then will wend their way home by the Waimea Plains. The party, as far as possible, have camped out each night, and seem to have enjoyed themselves. Many of the old patients of the doctor have been delighted to meet him and have been very kind to him and his family along his line of route. It has been found inconvenient to take the census for the colony on the date originally intended—viz., Sunday, sth April, that being Easter Sunday, and the date has therefore been altered to Sunday night, 12th April.

The Tuapeka Licensing Committee have gone back on their decision not to grant conditional licences at race meetings; or, to put it more correctly, two of their number, Messrs Laidlaw and Rawlins, have granted such a license for the Jockey Club's meeting next week. Mr T. Mackenzie, one of our few sterling M.H.R.s., proposes to set out shortly on another exploring expedition to the back country of Otago. He will enter somewhere about the spot where Professor Mainwaring Brown was lost, and will follow up his previous dicovery of the passes leading to the western water. He will also give some attention to the Seaforth River and to the country between Lake Manapoun and Dusky Sound. The Government, recognising the value of Mr Mackenzie's efforts, will bear the expense of three to assist him in the expedition. Monson, who was acquitted in the great law case at Home some time ago on a charge of shooting Lieut. Hamborough in Scotland, has been charged with perjury under the name of Wyvile. The charge is the outcome of the burning of Mon3on's house at Douglas, in connection with which he made a claim of £SOO from the Royallnsurance Company for jewellery destroyed. A young man is reported to have lately married two girls—one in Balclutha and the other at Gore—in the same week, and is supposed to have " skipped by the light of the moon." A terrible story comes from West Africa where a Native chief in the Hinterland of Lagos was driven, with his wives, children, slaves, and troops into his royal enclosure, and there closely besieged. Rather than surrender he gathered his treasures together, got all the gunpowder he could, and he himself putting a torch to the powder blew the whole place to pieces, the chief and those with him thus perishing in the sight of their enemies. It is said that not even a trace of human remains could afterwards be found. A late telegram states that one huudred wounded Armenians were thrown into a well at Orfas. Petroleum was then poured on them till they were drenched and they were finally set on fire. Those interested are reminded that the income tax has to be paid by the end of this month. A Chicago man has invented a steel spring tire, which he believes will succeed the pneumatic tire. This great achievement was in response to a demand for a contrivance which cannot be punctured. In the Rangiteki district- qnite lately, a tender for stooking 520 acres of grain was aecepted, at Is an acre. At the Presbyterian Churches on Sunday the various congregations, voting for a candidate to fill the Wakatipu pulpit joined in an almost unauimous call to the Rev. Mr Blair. We understand that the rev. gentleman is prepared to accept the call, which will no doubt be sustained at meeting of the Southland Presbtery on Monday. The next thing then will be to fix the date of ordination. The Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Auckland) have advanced the price of sugar 103 per ton. A cricketer at New Plymouth had a bit of bad luck the other day. He was struck in the faae rather violently with the ball, and just as he was recovering another ball caught him on the back of the neck, and he had to be carried off the field. A new method of balloting for Crown lands is described in the Inst 'Gazette.' All applications are to be numbered in order of ! receipt, and the first ball drawn from the bux decides the ownership of the land, as it will hear one of the rotation numbers. The regulations are still defective in that they do not set forth who is to take the ball out of the box. This should be defined. The new method is, however, "sudden death," and should put an end to some queer allegations as to what was possible uuder the old want-of-system. —Exchange. At the Auckland Police Court recently a prisoner was seutenced to fourteen days' imprisonment for assault. As the accused was leaving the box he said : " I reckon lam very unfairly treated in this case." Magistrate : " Wait a moment. What did you say!" Accused : " I reckon I am treated very unfairly." Magistrate: "Then I will alter your imprisonment. You are sentenced to one mouth's imprisonment." Mr A. J. I. Tait's patent gold-saving machine was on view at the Albion boardinghouse Oamaru, (says the local ' Mail') when a number of people interested made an inspection thereof. One of the strongest points in favour of Mr Tait's invention is its simplicity. It consists simply of a series of basins fitting into each other, in the upper one of which the gold bearing sand is placed upon a perforated grate. Water is turned on to this and the gravel and sand washed through on to the sheds or basins containing mercury, which catch and hold the gold. The process is repeated through several basins and the detritus then goes on to a blanket which retains any rusty gold that may have escaped the quicksilver. It is claimed for the machine that it will not allow even the finest gold to escape. Those who saw the machine express themselves in terms of approval of it. It will be given a practical test at Livingstone shortly. The capacity of the machine is two tons an hour, and it is particularly suited for gold-bearing sand ; it is said though, with an easily-adjusted attachment rougher material can be treated. The Lawrence 'Times' Wellington correspondent says :—Now that the Colonial Bank is no more—peace to its ashes—one wonders where the earning power comes in. We have not as yet heard of a flock of bank clerks being sent adrift upon the face of the earth ; and it is generally understood that a staff will be required to dispose of the C. and D. schedules. And to those who feel an interest in the destination of the manifold taxes they pay, and the reasons of them, let those people read the speech of Mr John Duthie on the last day that Parliament sat. He told the cold, pitiless truth with the gloves off about Mr Ward's connection with the Colonial Bank, and the reasons he had for the purchase of it. Much more light has been thrown on the screen by the frozen meat case ; and he who runs may read. « Bulletin ' pars. :—Although it is nearly 30 years since any convict was sent to Westralia, there are still 79 British criminals kept in the province at the expense of the Imperial Government. Of these nine are in gaol, four are on ticket of leave, 21 are in lunatic asylums, and 45 are classed as " invalids and paupers."—The solicitor who drew up the brief for Parnell'a defence has been for some time manager of a big Sydney solicitor's business. He says that the brief took him two months'daily labour, including Sundays, to draw, and that it weighed threequarters of a cwt. —Gold-mines, as a rule, come and go, but Mt. Morgan goes on for ever. It is the world's great goldmine. There are two or three on the Rand that have a bigger monthly yield on a much bigger tonnage, but on total production and divs. (for this half-year £150,000) no mine in the world comes near it.—A vacant block of land iu Queen-street, Melb., once worth, say, £3OO foot, now produces a small revenue as a horse-paddock. The returns are, perhaps, Id per cent per annum. In some parts of America there are malicious persons who throw tacks in the roadway to annoy bicycle riders by perforating the pneumatic tyres. To meet this difficulty it has been proposed to attach a magnet in front of the forward wheel, with the object of picking up the tacks as the machine rolls along. Certainly the best medicine known is Sander & Sons Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect, for coughs, colds, influenza; the relief is instantaneous in serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling, no inflammation. 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