The Ensign. GORE: TUESDAY, MAY 20.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1035, 20 May 1902, Page 2

The Ensign. GORE: TUESDAY, MAY 20.

To-morrow the election of a member to the vacant North Ward seat in the Gore Borough Council takes place. We would commend to the favorable consideration of electors the candidature of Mr E. R. Bowler as that of a gentleman who is in every way fitted for the satisfactory discharge of the responsible duties of a Councillor. Mr Bowler's views are quite in accord with the progressive policy upon which the Council was originally elected, and that being so, he should, if chosen, prove a thoroughly acceptable representative of the North Ward burgesses. We have no harsh word for the other candidate, Mr Ballintine, and his modest self-appraisement; nor does it form any part of our desire to bandy hysterical language with him. We support Mr Bowler's candidature for the reason that be is in favor of progress tempered with caution and economy, and that he would enter upon his duties with a free hand to act in the best interests of the town. Although but an apprentice in the affairs of local government, there need not be the slightest fear that Mr Bowler will play the part of a municipal Trilby awaiting always the mesmeric guidance of the municipal Svengali in the background. Despite the inclemency of the weather last' evening there was a satisfactory attendance at the weekly meeting of the Gore Girls' Literary Club, over which Miss Howes presided. Short essays were read as follow:—-Miss King, "Decision"; Miss Lovell, "Friendship"; Miss G. Coutts, "Club Work"; Miss Grant, review of Marrietta Holley's book " Sweet Cecely." The essays were all well prepared, and evoked good disoussion. Misses Laurie and B. Lskeman were appointed editors of the journal. Mr W. Gilchrist will give an address at next meeting.

The smart appearance of the French mail steamer Ville de la Ciotat, with her newlypainted hull and deck fittings, evoked some comment on arrival from Noumea, says the ' Sydney Daily Telegraph.' Hitherto it has been the custom to " paint ship" while in Sydney, but the decree issued by the Federal Government that paint used for ships in port must pay duty has altered matters, and what work was necessary in this direction was done by the French mail boat outside the Commonwealth. Other companies are talking of adopting similar measures, so that aftor all the Federal Government is not likely to reap much revenue by taxing ship's paint. " This," explained a shipping manager, " is only the thin end of the wedge. Sydney may yet learn that the oversea mailboats and tramp steamers will do all their docking elsewhere.

At the Borough Council meeting last night, Councillor Day drew attention to the fact that now the Borough had abattoirs, farmers could not bring in dead pigs from the country and sell them to the butchers, The pigs had to be killed and inspected at the abattoirs. But the farmers could bring in pigs and sell them to the stores without any inspection. They wanted a by-law to meet that ease. Councillor Poppelwell said fowls wanted inspecting more than anything. He instanced the case of an individual who had a sick fowl which was apparently dying from some disease. Instead of being allowed to die peacably, its end was accomplished by violent means, and it was duly sent to one of the local shops and sold. He asked why they should draw the line at pigs when they ate all the sick fowls people liked to send into town. Councillor Day instanced another caße of a farmer bringing in some dozen ailing fowls to the market to sell, but before he got to Gore half of them had died. On the pork question, Councillor Macaia humorously suggested that they should set up a Pig Committee, and ultimately moved that the Mayor be empowered to consult with the Borough solicitor and prepare a by-law dealing with all meat offered for sale in the Borough. The motion was seconded by Councillor Day and carried. /

In conversation with a representative of this journal yesterday, one of the local butchers stated that the sudden fall in the price of meat at Invercargill was not fully warranted by present circumstances, but was mainly due to a desire on the part of the older established butchers to oust a rival who had appeared on the scene, and had, by doing a strictly cash business, been able for a while to undersell his opponents. Cutting prices was then resorted to all round, and at the present the public was benefiting by the butchers' loss. To continue at the present rate for long was impossible. Our informant stated that there has been a sharp rise in the price of prime sheep during the past few days, and the large order received in Southland for preserved meat for South Africa will tend to harden the market still further. As the butchers did not yet know how the new order of things brought about by the opening of the abattoirs was going to affect their expenses, little hope is held out of any reduction in the price of meat locally for some time to come.

To-morrow evening the Gore Kifle Volunteers' annual ball will bo held in the Town Hall. This function has proved very successful in former yeirs, and it is anticipated that to-morrow evening will be no exception to this rule, as considerable trouble has been taken by the committee to make the affair a success. Excellent music will be supplied by Mrs Godby and Messrs Hubener and Taylor. The fierce storms predicted by Mr C. Wragge, although apparently visiting the North Island first, did not by any means nmit Southland from their itinerary. On Saturday last the weather (which had been of a threatening character during the previous few days) took on a decidedly wintry aspect, and Sunday was exceedingly miserable, showers of snow being of frequent occurrence. Yesterday the weather was especially violent, something closely allied to a blizzard prevailing all day and night. Most of the low lying country surrounding Gore is under water, and a flood in the district streams is by no means a remote contingency. The result of the weight-guessing competition in connection with the recent Anglican Church festivities at Balfour for a sheep presented by Mr W. R. Wood was that Messrs J. A. Mills and A. Taylor guessed the exact weight, viz., 571bs. Mr D. Holmes (Gore) came very close, with 571bs 3oz, and Mrs J. S. Thomson also made the excellent guess of 57Jlbs. Mr Mills returned his share of the prize for the benefit of the church funds.

The " Excelsior" spring cultivator offers the farmer a more profitable investment than any other.—Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents, New Zealand. Wade's Worm Figs—the wonderful worm warriors—are always effective. It boxes everywhere.

At a special meeting of the Gore Borough Council last evening, the special orders passed in reference to the loan proposals were confirmed and authority given to raise the amounts of the loans for the electric light works purchase and bridge repairs at once.

Mr P. B. Uacdonald, surveyor. Gore, was on Saturday last offered, but refused, the position as engineer to the Maniototo County Council.

Mr J. Welch, representing the Chamberlain Medicine Company, whose preparations for coughs, colds, etc., and for the alleviation of pain, are so well known and appreciated, passed through Gore yesterday.

The annual social gathering in aid of the funds of the Charlton Temperance Society will be held in the schoolhouse to-morrow evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. This being the only meeting during the year to which a charge for admission is made, and, consequently, the one upon which the society is dependent for funds to carry on its work, tfcere should be a large attendance. A good programme has been arranged, and refreshments, provided by the ladies, will be handed round.

Mr Marshall, the well-known Dunedin chemist, asserts that bis wife's life was sacrificed because two well-known medicoes declined to meet bis family pbysican in consultation over an extreme operation. One of the doctors concerned says that he had not the necessary instruments and, even if he hud, defends his position by saying that he will not meet any homcepath.

Sir J. Ward has received the following cable from Mr Seddon, dated Durban, Saturday : "Arrived. Keceived cordial welcome from Lord Milner, Lord Kitchener, State Governors, and Premiers, who sent letters and representatives. General Baden-Powell personally met me. Unable to catch the Kildonnan Castle, and intend to spend a week in South Africa. Keceived address in town, and also from the Yorkshire and Lancashire societies. The Tenth Contingent well. Lost eight horses. They proceed to Johannesburg to-morrow. Colonel Davits, Captain Seddon, and many other New Zealanders here."

The Minister of Health has issued the following circular to all local bodies : —ln view of the continued presence of plague in Sydney and Brisbane, and the recent death from the disease in this colony, it behoves everyone—private as well as public—to do everything in their power to destroy all rodents. A careful house to house inspection of all back yards, etc., should be undertaken by every local body; no waste food ought to be thrown upon the yard; all house refuse should be kepi in a covered metal box so that rats cannot reach it; all local authorities should institute, biweekly at least, tbe removal of all house refuse ; no fowls uught to be kept unless in properly constituted pens; special men should be told oil in every borough 10 trap and kill rats. It is hoped that everyone will aid the authorities in these efforts to circumscribe tbe sphere of the disease.

It is becoming apparent (reports the 'Lyttelton Times') that the agreement lately existing bet-veen the New Zealand Millers' Association and the Christchurch master bakers is more honored in the breach than in the observance. Bread is to be seen ticketed up in a number of shops at 4Jd per 41b loaf, and many of the bakers are now delivering it at sd.

Dr Mason has examined the suspected ulague cases at Lyttelton, and decided not to Remove the patients to the hospital provided at Lyttelton, us they are not serious. He does not anticipate fatal results in any of the cases. Shields, the patient at Bromley, continues to improve.

In the District Court at Sydney a few days ago, John Nagle Siattery sued Alexander Scott for £2OO damages for injuries caused through a cigar whidh defendant gave him exploding in hfs face. Plaintiff stated that ho was an articled clerk, and was a lieutenant in the Irish Rifles. On the occasion of

the farewell to Major-General French, on February 1!) la»t, on the Government steamer Dawn, defendant (Lieutenant Scott) came up to him, and, tukiug in his hand the pipe which plaintiff was smoking, handed him a cigar, saying: " Have a cigar, Siattery ; it does not look well smoking a pipe in i\u: presence of your superior officers." When witness put the cigar in his mouth and and applied a match, it exploded in his face,

and was blown out of his hands and over thu side of the boat. He suffered great pain afterwards, and could not do any reading at all for about three weeks or a month, lie looked for defendant, but could not see him The cigar was loaded with some explosive material. The medical evidence showed

that the side of plaintiff's face was badly scorched, the left eyebrow and eyelashes and the left side of his moustache burnt off, the left eye injured, and both hands burnt aud blistered. Defendant pleaded not guilty. He admitted giving Slattery a cigar, but did not know that there was anything dangerous in it. His Honor said that it was not to be supposed that defendant intended to hurt plaintiff, or to do anything more than to give him a bit of a start. It was very fortunate the consequences were not more serious. A verdict for £ls was returned, with costs on the higher scale. A Chinaman brought before the Waimate Court on Wednesday, on a charge of " not having visible means of support," waß a most eccentric individual. He was apparently a notorious cadger. He would enter a house, dump his bundle down on the table, without any ceremony whatever, and demand articles of clothing. Judging from his rig-out, he was determined to see the winter through, as, wheu he was arrested, he was wearing two or three 6uits of clothes and two hats. Poor

" John " was completely bamboozltd when he made an attempt to get two pairs of boots

The Dutch have many strange customs, but one of the strangest is their habit of smoking in church. A similar practice exists in several churches in South America. Smoking in churches in Great Britain, according to tho ' Sunday Strand,' is said to have been 'prevalent at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century. In Wales smolinß in church was indulged in as late as 1850. In one church the Communion table stood in the aisle, and the farmers were in the habit of putting their hats upon it, and when the service began they lighted their pipes and smoked, without any thought of irreverence in the act.

A Piece of Flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound to the affected parts, is better than any plaster for lame back or pains in the side or chest. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is a liniment that has no superior. One application gives relief. Try it. G. E. Wharton, Chemist, Gore, sells it.

The ' Egmont Post' mentions, as an instance of what it terms " the perfunctory manner in which the Lands Department does its work," that Mr C. K. Stock, whose appointment as a Taranaki School Commissioner was gazetted under date of 28th ult., has been dead for several months.

Speaking on the' child labor question in ' connection with dairying, a prominent dairying authority remarked to the Palmerston correspondent of the ' New Zealand Times ' the other day, that there was a good deal to be said on both sides. It is principally those people, he remarked, who are milking on shares, or taking up land on little capital, who make slaves of their children, and then it is generally only done till the struggling farmer is on bis feet. While the little oneß are worked early and late at milking, the parents show a commendable spirit in sending them to school, and in this connection are deserving of praise rather than blame. The real evil, he points out, is that the children are compelled to work in damp and insanitary cowsheds, after struggling, perhaps, through mud over their boot tops. Then they are sent off to school with damp feet. The fact of the matter is that those dairyman who can afford proper sheds can afford to pay for labor, so that those farmers who work their children, work them in places not fit for a cow, much less for a human being.

The best medicine known is SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in couchs, colds influenza—the relief is instan-anious. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, bums, BOaldings, bruises sprains, it is the safest remedy —no swellings —no inflammation. Like surprising effectproduced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swelling, etc. diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT is in use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe, patronised by Hi* Majesty the King o! Italy, rcwned with medals and diplomas at Ini«r. ational Exhibition, Trust this approved utiole and rejwt all others,

A drag will leave Inder's Bazaar on Wednesday far Qaalter's eale. Tothill, Watson and Co. bold clearing sale at Wendon Valley on Thursday, 29th May. Poisoned grain oan be had in different ridings of Southland County. Notice inserted re accounts in the estate of Charles McGregor. G. E. Wharton, Chemist, Gore, sells Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy. I. W. Raymond and Co., Invercargill, has farm for sale. Sheep dogs for sale.

I. W. Raymond and Co. have sacks for sale.

Dredgemaster wanted for Victoria Waimumu dredge. Mote alteration of date on which J. F. Wilson, dentist, visits Gore. Henderson and Batger have cropping land to lease.

A meeting to be held on Wednesday nigh! at Eiversdale re formation of dog trial club.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and influenza. It has become famous for its cures of these diseases over a large part of the civilised world. The most flattering testimonials have been received, giving accounts of its good works; of the aggravating and persistent coughs it has cured ; of severe colds that have yielded promptly to its soothing effects, and of the dangerous attacks of croup it has cured, often saving the life of the child. The extensive use of it for whooping cough has shown that it robs that disease of all dangerous results. It is especially prized by mothers because it contains nothing injurious, and there is not the least danger in giving it, even to babies. It always cures and cures quickly. O. E. Wharton, Chemist, Qore, sells it.