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Mataura Ensign, Issue 1034, 17 May 1902, Page 2

The inaugural gathering of the Gore Catholic Social and Literary Club was held at the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening, and was attended by some 120 ladies and gentlemen, Mr D. L. Poppelwell (president) in a neat speech explained the aims and objects of the institution, which, he said, comprised the idea of promoting harmony among members and providing opportunities for menticulture by means of periodical debates, essays and general discussions on literary topics. The evening was of asocial character, dancing and games being provided, and several songs and, recitations given. The lady relatives atip friends of members provided an abundance 6f dainty refreshments. A comprehensive scheme of meetings has been arranged for the winter. On two evenings in the month the members will devote themselves to debates and literary matters; on other two evenings the ladies will take part, and the proceedings will be of a more social character, and once a month yt gathering similar to the successful functidh on Thursday evening will take place. [ At the adjourned meeting of shareholders in Christie and Hudson's Gore Engineering Co., held on Tuesday evening, it was reported that only one tender for the purchase of the company's works bad been received. This the meeting decided not to accept, and resolved to issue among present shareholders preference shares to the value of £7OO or £BOO for the purpose of obtaining machinery sufficient to meet the demands of increased business. The three retiring directors (Messrs A. E. Kemp, H. Parsons, and H, Martin) were re-elected, and Messrs B. L. Christie and S. B. Paterson appointed to the Board in addition. The linal road race under the auspices of the Gore Cycling Club for trophies was run off on Wednesday afternoon. Owing to Beattie- failing to put in an appearance, Baldwin rode over the course alone and was awarded first prize. These two cyclists were to have ridden over the course to decide who should become possessor of the silver cup given as third prize. Graham and Lamborn rode off for third prize, the latter winning somewhat easily. The prize for the fastest time in both distances was won by Graham, who did the journey to Mataura and back in •llmin 36sec and to Stoney Creek and back in 42min 13sec.

The Thornton Stewart Bioscope Company performed at the Gore Town Ilall on Thursday evening to a very good house. Some excellent pictures were shown by means of the bioscope, and were warmly applauded by the audience. Prominence is given to a succession of illusions, and in this line the pictures were ahead of anything yet shown in Gore. Other pictures included scenes from the Boer war, etc., and a particularly good representation of a ride through Derbyshire in front of a train travelling at the rate of Go miles an hour. In addition a number of excellent selections were given on the microphone, and these were heard distinctly all over the hall. Amongst the better items produced may be mentioned a clarinet solo by a leading English player, band selections, vocal quartette " Annie Laurie," and " Sleigh Bells." The company perform at liiversdale this evening, and are well worth a visit. Th c re is an extraordinary vacancy in the Mataura Borough Council owing to the election of Mr Hugh Cameron as Mayor. Nominations of candidates take place on Monday, 2Gth May, at noon, and the election, if necessary, will be held on Friday, Gth June, in the Borough Council oilice, Short street, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 7 p.m. This evening, Alexander, the unrivalled Australian Blondin, will give a startling high wire-rope and trapeze performance (which is open to all, and is supported by a collection taken on the ground) at the rear of the Club Hotel, Gore. A lirst-clasß exhibition will be given, including marching, balance on a chair, ride on n model horse across the wire carrying a boy or lady across. He will also wheel a barrow, give a startling exhibition blindfolded while tied in a oag, dance the Highland fling, and ride to and fro on a large bicycle wheel in a blaze of fireworks. The annual competiiions under the auspices of the Balfour Sheep Dog Trials Association are to be held on the 4th and sth of June. As usual a very liberal prize-list has been drawn up, which should insure large entries for the different classes. The programme is as follows: —Class I. : Settlers' Trial, £3, £2, and £1; Long Distance Head, £5, £3, and £2 ; Huntaway, £3, £2, and £1; Puppy Class, £2, £l, and 10s. Full programmes, containing all particulars, may be had on application to the secretary, Mr W. R. Wood.

The following are the contributions of district Presbyterian churches to the sustentation fundCrookston and Dunrobin, £B7 10s; Gore, £100; Mataura, £B7 10s; Pukerau, £BS; Riversdale, £BS; Tapanui, £lOl 8s ; Waikaka, £B7 10sWaikaka Valley, £92 10s; Wyndham, £94 17s Gd. The dividend for the six months ending March 31 last has been declared at £95 14s 7d. The missing steamer Boveric with a broken tail shaft has been picked up 1000 miles west from Fremantle by the Narrung. The Boveric has been drifting helpless since April 3rd. The passengers and crew are in good health, with plenty of food and water. Of 965 horses 912 are still aboard in good condition. The balance died from various causes chiefly pneumonia. As soon as the breakdown occurred they were put on diminishing rations, about 81bs bran and chaff daily. The steamer had' about eight days' feed when picked up. The charges fixed for slaughtering by the Council at the Napier abottoirs are : For every head of large cattle other than calves, 3s ; for every calf, Is; sbeep or lamb, Gd ; for every pig 1001b live weight or under, Is; for every pig over 1001b live weight, Is Gd. A ticket fraud is said to have occurred at one of the Amy Castles concerts at Sydney. It had been ascertained that there were persons outside the hall selling tickets. A watch was set, and it was 'discovered that a somewhat complicated arrangement of passing tickets was being worked by several individuals temporarily employed by Mr J. C. Williamson as collectors. Tickets were placed in cigarettee boxes, instead of being put into the reception boxes, anil were quietly dropped over a balcony, where a confederate found them. The apparently innocent cigarette boxes were filled with soft tickets, which fitted easily, and these were resold in the front. The game was fortunately stopped before it attained any magnitude. ALL'S WRONG. If the stomach is wrong, all's wrong, for the stomach is the vital centre of the body. It is the Bource from which all other organs derive nourishment and strength. When the stomach works all right you get the full benefit of food, which is the basis of all physical and mental strength. When the stomach is not in working order take Impey's May Apple, the greatest stomach panacea of the day. Impey's May Apple is an ideal family medicine ; it acts gently and painlessly, and is a positive remedy for constipation, indigestion, and all stomach complaints. Sold by chemists and storekeepers at 2s 6d per bottle,

According to the Pooatello (Idaho)'correspondent of the 'Desert News,' the residents of the little town of Chesterfield, located in an isolated portion of Bannock County, Idaho, U.S.A., are greatly excited over the appearanoe in-that vicinity of an eight-foot, bair-covered human monßter. He was first seen on January 14, when he appeared among a party of young people who were skating on the river near John Gooch's ranch. The creature showed fight, and, flourishing a large club and uttering a series of yells, started to attack the skaters, who managed to reach their waggons, and got away in safety. Measurements of the tracks showed the creature's feet to be 22in lopg arid 7in broad, with the imprint of only four toes. Stockmen report having seen his tracks along the range west of the river. The people of the neighborhood, feeling unsafe while the creature is at large, have sont twenty men on i's track to effect its capture. The N.S.W. Minister for Works has received ft long and interesting report from Mr Cleioent Wragge, Queensland Government Meteorologist, in reference to the Stiger Vortex method of bringing down rain by cloud shooting. Mr Wragge give* a long series of observations, all tending to show that rain has been successfully drawn down by sudden perturbations of the aimosnhere, due to the firing of guns. He quotes Powers on •' War and the Weather," as showing that after any battle of importance rain has fallen —further, that during times of drought cannonading will produce sufficient rain to satisfy the needs of the agriculturist and horticulturist. It is also claimed that in Algier the French have reclaimed 20,000,000 acres from the desert through the ingenious utilisation of otherwise unfavorable climatic conditions. Mr Wragge thinks it is the duty of Australian Governments to at once establish a few experimenting stations. Mr It. Simmers, of Waikoikoi, who served with the Fourth Contingent, and was afterwards elee'ed member lor Waipahi Riding in the Clutha County Council, left for South Africa again last week (reports the ' Fr. e Press'). He goes this time in civilian capacity, and it is understood intends to settle in that country. He has resigned his position in the County Council, we understand, and though his term will expire in November •it is considered that an election will be held before then.

At a special meeting of the Abattoirs Committee of the Gore Borough Counoil yesterday, Mr A. Turnbull (who has for several years been engaged with Mr S. G. Inder, butcher) was selected from among four applicants to fill the position of slaughterman at ,the municipal abattoirs, and will enter on his duties on Monday next. , Messrs J. 11. Kirk and Co., rabbitskin an/ wool merchants (Mr A. J. Pope, local representative) have for some time been in occupation of one of Messrs Henderson and Batger's large grain stores in Gore, in addition to their premises in Irk street. During this season the firm has shipped IGOO bales of wool (including 000 bales of the well-known St. Cluir brand) from Dunedin, and 2000 bales from Invercargill by the Bluff. In Gore the firm has handled about 1800 bales, and as each fleece has been sorted and repacked after coming into store from the various farmers, it will be realised that the twelve hands employed by the firm locally have been kept busily engaged for 3ome time past. y Herr R. C. Zimmerman, the widely known violinist, is to give a concert at the Gore Town Hall on Monday evening, when he will play a number of solos of unusual merit. With Herr Otto Hubenor he will also play in two violin duets; and with Miss Ella Dewar in the duet " Kreutzer Sonata" for the violin and piano. Miss Dewar is to play pianoforte works by Chopin and Schumann, and vocal numbers will be rendered by Mr E. R. Bowler. At Invercargill Herr Zimmerman mot with an enthusiastic reception, the local papers in their critiques paying especial enconiums to him for his masterly handling of the instrument. The Kreutzer Sonata for violin and piano (Herr Zimmerman and Miss Dewar) was a splendid effort and was followed by a storm of applause. The programme is of rare excellence throughout, and should afford a musical treat seldom available here.

Southland County settlers frequently complain of bad roads. The worst thoroughfares in this district, however, will appear of princely excellence in the light of the following incident related by a' North Island contemporary : A settler named Brenton was driving a small mob of sheep along the Pongaroa road, and got them all bogged, and ill his endeavor to pull them out the man himself got bogged and would certainly have lost his life had not assistance arrived, as it was impossible for him to extricate himself. At a meeting of the Masterton branch of the N.Z. Farmers' Union on Saturday last Mr Glass explained regarding fire insurance that the underwriters had been approached without any satisfactory result, and now they were negotiating with an English company to establish a branch in New Zealand to accept farmers' risks only. If that cannot be arranged, the Union intended to start a company of its own. At present the rates were far in excess of the risk, and a reduction must be seemed. Replying to a question, Mr Glass said it would be necessary to secure the bond of farmers before starting an insurance company or arranging with a company to start. The insurance combine existing was a rank monopoly. The London ' Daily Mail' states that ten members of the British House of Commons have promised a million sterling as the nucleus of a pool to secure Atlantic greyhounds to compete with Pierpont Morgan's combine. They hope to secure the Post Ollice and Admiralty subsidies. On account of the Federal Parliament refusing to pass the bill providing for an increase of his official salary, Lord Hopetoun, Governor-General of the Australian Sta'es, has intimated to Mr Chamberlain his desire to resign after the Coronation. Lord Hopetoun points out that it is impossible to worthily maintain the ollice on a salary of £IO,OOO a year, and states that be has already strained his private resources beyond all justification. The conference of Premiers sitting at Melbourne passed a resolution deeply regretting Lord Hopetoun's probable retirement, and hoping that he will find a way to enable him to remain. The criminal statistics of England Wales for 1900, issued the other day as a Binebook, disclose some interesting facts. Perhaps the most striking is that on the first Tuesday in April the police authoritien estimated that there were no fewer than 3251; known criminals at large. Of these 4170 were thieves, and 3G7 were receivers. In comparison with the previous year, and more particularly with the average for five years, there was a diminution in the number of persons for trial on indictment. In 1900 the aggregate was 10,149, in 1899 the figures were 10,902, while the average for the five years was 11,238. During the year 20 death sentences were passed, and of these five were commuted to penal servitude for life. No free pardon was granted. Of the 728 persons sent to penal servitude, and 0430 to imprisonment 21 had to undergo whipping or flogging. There was a steady rise in the percentage of those convicted who had previous convictions recorded against them. In seven years it advanced from 55 to 01.2 per cent. This is attributed in part, at any rate, to the improved means of identifying old offenders, and with the extension of the finger print method which has now been undertaken, it is anticipated that a further rise in the proportion will be seen. The returns are given of " crimes reported " to the police, but, apart from the definite statistics of trials and convictions, they afford no safe guide either to an estimate of the increase and decrease of crime, or to a review of his geographical distribution. Least of all, it is stated, do tbey afford an index to the number of unpunished crimes in any district or to the efficiency of the police action. In this category London is embraced in the police districts with a low percentage of prosecutions, and Manchester among those who are quoted as high. Threefourths of the persons under police supervision—their total number in lt>oo was 2862 —were reported to be living honestly so far as the police knew. About 1000 resided in London. The best medicine known is S\Nr>RR AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds influenza—the relief is instanian-ous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be the; wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy —no swellings —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swelling, etc. diarrhcea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT is m use at hospitals aqd medical clinics all over the globe, patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy, rowned with medals and diplomas at lnt«rational Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust this approved article and reject all others.

According to reports which have reached Vienna the treachery of the Russian Colonel Grimm appears to have been discovered by acoident. The chief of a section of the general staff, Colonel Horschelmann, ordered several secret plans to be sent to him from Warsaw. He found among them a photograph of a young and pretty woman, whose face was unknown to him. The name on the back of the photo showed that it had been taken at Charkow. Colonel Horschelmann sent it to the police at Charkow, who ascertained that it represented the widow of Colonel Bryzenmeister, of Warsaw. The police learnt that the lady often travelled abroad. On the documents being examined they showed the maiks of photographic chemicals. A search at the dwelling of the lady proved that she received the papers from Colonel Grimm, took them abroad to be photographed, and restored them within four days to their original place at Warsaw. In one of her journeys she had given out a small photo to be enlarged, but forgot to remove it, and it fell into the hands of the chief ot the general stall. For absolute strength, extreme simplicity, freedom from weak or undesirable points, and abundance of excellent working featurea throughout, Excelsior l'loughx are unrivalled. They will do perfectly the work that can be expected of any plough, and are guaranteed to give satisfaction in any soils where a plough can work at all, no matter bow tough and difficult the work. They have extra length of land beam, specially made mould boards, and steering gear of the most complete and approved kind. Revolving swivel steel circular coulters. Double furrow, £ll 10s; three-furrows, £lti 10s.—Morrow, Hassett, and Co., sole agents in New Zealand for Cockshutt farm implements. The following district dredging returns are reported:—Waimumu Central 31oz 13dwt, Waimumu 270z, Waimumu Extended 2lioz '.ldwt, Central Alataura 230z, Charlton Creek I IGoz 2awt, Central Charlton 15oss l'.ldwt, Spec Gully l loz sdwt, Charlton Valley lOoz sdwt, Lady Charlton lOoz odwt 12gr for live days, Sheddan's Freehold 370z for five days. The Sixth Contingent arrived in Wellington on Thursday. Yesterday morning tho men paraded and received their pay for furlough prior to discharge. Each man received a month's pay at colonial rates. In the afternoon the men attended a luncheon provided by the Government. Sir Joseph Ward presided and in the course of a speech complimented the men on their conduct in the liold, and regretted that he was unable to say that peace had been proclaimed. He was pot going to individualise the efforts of Anyone specially, beyond saying that among those who had come back were two who had earned D.S. medals ; he referred to Sergt. Free and Trooper Freeman. He was sure that he was echoing the sentiments of the colonists in expressing a hope that these men would long continue to wear the honors so worthily won. The health of ollicers and men was honored on the invitation of Sir Joseph Ward und responded to by Colonel Banks, who also thanked the ollicers and men for their assistance to him during the campaign. They had done their duty remarkably well. He thanked the people of New Zealand who had sent out comforts, and the Defence Stores Department for its tboughtfulness in fitting out the troops with 'suitable clothing. The proceedings terminated with cheers for the troopers remaining in South Africa, for Mr Seddon, and [or Sir J. G. Ward. The southern members of the regiment left for Lyttelton last night. A great novelty will be on view on Saturday evening, when a miniature ballroom in full working order will bo on view in Mr Harry Wright's new premises, Mitin street. In addition to this novelty, thero will be on view the largest stock of bicycles, cycle accessories, and novelties ever seen in Gore. Anglo-Special and Humber bikes by the dozen. H. W. has no.v splendid facilities fur the thorough repairing of bicycles, guns, sewing machines, and locks, and can make all patterns of keys while you wait. An inspection is invited.—Harry Wriout, Main street, Gore (next Lakeman's).— Aijvt.

Notice inserted to individual who removed a lamp. Totbill, Watson and Co. have turnips for sale at Wendonside. Gore Presbyterian Church services for tomorrow notified. ' Boy wanted for baker's van. Henderson and Batger have rich river-flat land for sale. Impey's May Apple will relieve tho stomach or many complaints. Vitadatio, tho great herbal remedy, is always to the fore. Kev. (t. Hervey conducts Congregational services to-morrow. Henderson and Batger have cropping land for lease. •' Home, Sweet Home," is the subject for the evening service at Methodist Church. Herr It. C. Zimmermaiiti, tho Austrian violinist, gives concert on Monday night. Church of England services for to-morrow announced. Meeting of Waikaka Valley Farmers' Union on May 23. Blondin, the high wire and trapeze performer, gives exhibition to-night. Mataura branch Farmers' Union hold meeting on Wednesday, 21st inst. Wright, Stephenson and Co. sell land and stock at Waikaia on May 28. I. W. liaymond and Co. sell horses on 22nd May at Wyiidham. Wanted to rent paddock in Gore for grazing. Tenders wanted for addition to dwelling in Gore. Wright, Stephenson and Co.'sell horses on Saturday, 24th inst. O. It. Buchanan, dentist, notifies country visits. The " Excelsior" spring cultivator offers the farmer a more profitable investment than any other.—Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents, New Zealand. HE OWES HIS LIFE TO THE FOItETHOUGHT OF A COMPANION. While on a camping trip in Webster County Mr S. I. Slump, of Normantown, W. Va., had a severe attack of bloody flux. He says : " I firmly believe that I owe my life to the forethought of one of the company who had taken along a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhu-a Remedy." Moral— Procure a bottle of this remedy before leaving home. It cannot be obtained when on a hunting, fishing, or prospecting trip. Neither can it be obtained while an board the cars or steamship, and at such times and places it is most likely to be needed. The safe way ia to have it with you. Thousands of travellers never leave home on a journey without t. For sale by Messrs John Mac Gibbon and Sons, Gore and Mataura. Price Is Gd and 3s.