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Mataura Ensign, Issue 1414, 22 November 1904, Page 2

Tho following 1 additional district dredging returns aee reported for the week .—Royal Wainiuum 570z, Junction Waikaka 360z lldwt, Charlton Creek 220z 7dwt, Waikaka Queen 21 oz lfidwt, Waikaka Syndicate 21oz, Waikaka United 11. Woz 3d\vt, Waimumu Queen 17oz 4dwt, Shcddan's Freehold Kloz, Waikaka lOoz lldwt, MaeCharlton Soz 15d\vt. ' Mr A. A, Mac Gibbon, manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Co. at Gore, consigned from Matauru on Monday to Mr it. Ross of Waiig'unui b)y the s.s. Mokoin from Port I.halmers, five head of purebred Ayrshiie heifers in calf. to puiuhred bulls. These heifers were selected by Mr Ross from the herds of Messrs Win. Muir (Tutuiau) and Holmes (Marairua) on a recent visie, and after an inspection of Ayrshire herds in;the northern provinces' he found that they were not so suitable for his purposes. A claim of a somewhat unusual nature is to be investigated at the Gore Court on Thursday. Some time ago, it is understood, a member of the district legal fraternity sent it "collect"' telegram to the Commissioner of Police at Wellington, the amount payable on the message being .Ci Os Od. The Commissioner, declined to disburse the charges, and application was made by tho,Telegraph Department to the sender for the amount, with the result that legal proceedings are to be tfcken for Us recovery.

Mr E. Mat'Kay, third assistant at the Gore District High School, has been appointed itenerant teacher in the northern part of the Chatham islands under the Education Department. As this is an advance in the .service his many friends' will congratulate Mr MaeKay, who has carried out his duties iu tjlie District High School very carefully since ho was appointed to a position there some two years ag'o. Prior to that time, Mr MaeKav was on the East (.lore school staff.

The Waikaka Valley Mutual Improvement Society ilield its closing social on Wednesday evening, when, despite the. cold, wet weather, there was a good attendance. The President (Mr i). Gilchrist) occupied the chair. The vice-president, Sir W. Sprout, gave a capitul address on the work of the session, after which a musical programme was presented, the following taking part :—Misses White, Melntyre, Bella Aitkcn, ami Cruicksha'nks, and Messrs Crawford, White, Smaill, Mel'hail, MeChlery, and McKay. Kefreshmeuts provided by the lady members were dispensed, and the proceedings concluded with the singing of.the National Anthem.

At the Gore Court on Thursday next a case of general interest to county ratepayers is to be heard, this being an information by the Countv Council against the N.ft. Express Co. for unlawfully (not being duly licensed) transporting on a county road, between Gore and Charlton Creek- on 17th October, a load of lignite weighing more than one and a-half tons,in u two-wheeled vehicle, the. Company not being a ratepayer transporting lignite for its own use or domestic consumption, contrary to the provisions of by-law No. 4*. A second information relating to a similar offence at McDowell's road near Gore, on 2(»th October has also been laid. ' Mrs Thornton, who was shot at Waikaia a short time ago by the young man Erwin. who afterwards suicided, is still a pulient in the Southland Hospital. About a fortnight ago she underwent an operation, which consisted of the excision of tiie wounded intestine. I)r Hendry, assisted by Mrs Young. Hunter, and Snow performing it, and for several (fays afterwards (lie sufferer showed improvement, but on inquiry yesterday it was found that her condition was not so favourable.—News.

The following handicaps have been declared for u doubles tournament uutler the auspices of the Gore Howling Club for trophies presented by Messrs But ten anil Stevenson :• Hrow n and Craig (scrj v. Perks anil Dewar fscr); W. Pnterson anil .1. It. I'aterson (ser) v. Cullen unit Lock fscr); (). Wilson and Bust (ser) v. Vickerv and E. ('. Smith !«): .Martin and J. JlacGiblion (ser) v. S. 1!. I'aterson and Poppclwell i2); Broad and i.\ Smith (ser) v. i'lobarth and ISrockie (]); Graham and Roberts (8) v. Velvin and Crow (■1): Ailam.s and T.ipscomlio (1) v. Kvans and Hannah (IS); Crawford and Jl. Alexander (J!) a bye. Tho iit'.st round must he plavcd bv the 29th insl.

Sale .' Sale ! Sale ! J. K. Hro.id has decided to offer to the public for one month the whole of his varied stock of Saddlery, Harness. and Horse-covers at Prices to sail lho times. Kvery article reduced. Call early and secure the pick of the bargains from (if) Saddles, .'lO Sols .Harness. 2tlll Bridles, KM) Horsoeotvis ; also Whips, Spurs. Collars. Hanvs. Chains. etc. J. E. Broad, Mersey Street. Gore. Sale commences Saturday. November 2f>. IDO-J.—Advt.

I The McCormick h u s stood in the front rank of harvesting machines since ISJI, and during seven decades it has never once lost its prominent position. It has won innumerable field (rials, and gold and silver medals ; it has been put to the most severe tests in all conditions of crops in all grain-growing countries, and it has ever given universal satisfaction. Its durability, lightness of draught, and its absolute reliability in doing good work in the harvest ' field have over made it a favorite, and the sales have gone on increasing enormously year after year, so much so that it has often _ been impossible to supply ocders which have not been sent in the earlier part of each season. It would be wise for farmers to place th»ir orders early for these famous harvesters.—Advt.

The best medicine known is SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPYI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful efteets in coughs, coWs, 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 swellings, no Mamation. Like e:uprising effects produced in croup, diptheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, etc., diarrhoea, -.lysentry, diseases of the kidneys a*ud urinary organs. SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT Is nuse at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe, patronised by his Majesty the King of Italy, crowned w;th medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust this approved medicine.

Another attempt is to be made tomorrow to open tho season of the Gore Citizens' Tennis Club. Should tho fates be propitious an early start will bo made, and afternoon tea- is to bo provided by the gentlemen. The Gore Brass Band played a capital programme of music in .Main street on Saturday evening to the great enjoyment of a large number of citizens assembled. '/ Tho south end of Main street past the Bank of Australasia will shortly be as well built as the north end of the same street. The New Zealand | Express Company's new buildings are being pushed on rapidly, and Miss Cowan has decided to make extensive additions to t*he Willard Teniperunee Hotel. Since Miss Cowan came to Gore,some five years ago the business of this hotel has increased very markedly. At that time it consisted of six rooms, and when the new additions are completed there will be 30 rooms besides bath-rooms, etc. This speaks volumes for the estimable manner in which the business has been conducted by Miss Cowan. , It is intended to build the additions in brick with an arch in the centre, leaving a right-of-way to the rear of the promises, the upper storey being carried uj) over the arch. The fiont is of handsome design, and a two-storey balconv supported on iron pillars will extend for tl™ full length of lhe_ old and new buildings. The front of the old building will be altered to correspond with the new part. There will be 111 rooms in the new portion with bath-rooms, etc. The frontage of tlio new building will be 3Sft, while the wjiolo building will extend fifift ("in along Main street. There will be communication in the upper storey between the present and the new build ings by two iron and asbestos doors, which will materially cheek any danger of a fire spreading!. The downstairs rooms in the new additions will bo I2(t by 13ft, and ■comprise com inercinl room, and two large bedrooms, while there will be another sitting-room upstairs. The whole premises will be lilted with electric light and electric bells, while other necessary conveniences in connection with a boarding house will be of the most modem pattern.

■■ The Core Tennis Club opened its season at the Caledonian ground courts on Saturday afternoon. The weather was fine and the attendance of members and their friends large. The season was formally declared'open by tilie President (Mr A. A. MacGib'bon). Mrs «on hospitaWy entertaining those present to afternoon tea. At a meeting of the druggists and manufacturer* of patent medicines in Duncdin yesterday, it was decided that a deputation should wait on Sir J. G. Ward with reference to the new regulations under the Health Act by which the formulae of such medicines must be given on the bott'e or box, and a committee was appointed to prepare; matter to be laid before the Minister. Vgal advice taken was to (lie eli'ect that the lcgttlations were ultra vires of fact. A yotmgf man who found a valuable gold locket in a iheap of rul.Voish at Auckland which he was employed to cart away, was charged in the local Magistrate's Court on Wednesday with stealing the article. His defence was that lie had watched tin; advertising columns of the papers to see if the locket was being sought after, but (hiding that no enquiry was made for it, he sold it to a fellow-employee for 10s. The Magistrate discharged him with a caution.

Kabbits have increased alarmingly in Victoria ' since the drought, ami some districts are very badly infested now. The Omeo graziers have found them a much more serious pest than they expected, and regret that they did not net thoroughly before the ralAuts reached them. The Loddoii country was nearly free from them twelve months back, but they have become very thick ttliere latteily. Every one is now anxiously awaiting the result of the coming season's weather. If another good fall comes during October a good season is assured, although we can not, of .course expect such a heavy wheat harvest as last year..

A recent Bucharest telegram said : Terrible uio the accounts of the cruelties practised on Russian deserters who aro so unfortunate, as ito be recaptured, or returned liy the autlnirities of the countries to which they escape. Shooting has been abandoned as too merciful, and the knout, beating with a ramrod, etc., are the punishments meted out and recognised by tho superior military authorities, though such deserters are. usually handed over to the tender mercies of under officers, specially chosen for that purpose, when unheardof barbarities are practised on the unfotunnate victims. Tn KishinolV, a week or two ago, two young men allowed themselves to be nailed up in a barrel in order to escape the notice of the police authorities. Unfortunately, the trick was discovered, and the barrel, with iis living contents, oi'.vn over to the military, was trundled back to barracks over the hard, uneven road.". When taken out. the two deseiters were almost dead, but this punishment was not considered suflieieut. Thcv were beaten with the knout until they both died. Selfmaiming' is, Wing extensively practised and the chopping oil" of fingers, and oven entire hands and feet is now by no means uncommon in the villagts, so hateful is the idea of go tig to the front among the inhabitants of Bessarabia, who have always resented l>eing cut off from Roumania. The flooded state of tlhc l'rtith has not prevented deserters attempting to cross in the night, sometimes with fatal results. It is estimated that over 4000 'deserters have crossed the western frontier since the beginning of hostilities.

'l'lvt' storm of n'pnmc'i. recrimination and insult aroused l>y Bishop Potter's model saloon experiment in New York is (writes t lie American correspondent of the Melbourne 'Age') dying down in view of the success of the experiment. An interesting pen picture. of an evening: in the "Subway Tavern," which is shunted nenr the Bowery a locality oot especially noted for respect nWI it,v —has recently been drawn by an observant visitor. The tavern is a room thirty feet by sixty feet. Decent pictures are hanging on the walls. In one corner of the room is a large tabic covered with the daily and illustrated papers. Half a do/en of the better class working men are generally to be seen at this table reading the news. No drinks arc served at the "library table," as it is called. At other drinking table* men sit as lone as they please l , drinki;ig jnst as little as thev plea.se. and the writer of the description referred to noted that in an hour very few called for more than one drink. An important rule is that no waiter is allowed to approach a customer until he is called. Although fifty or sixty, people were in the room at one time -there was no disorder. There are no gambling devices in the tavern, and the liquor is of good 'quality. T( is. in fact, a working- man's club. Tn the basemen! there is a large lunch >-oom. where the midday meal is served at a low charge. A customer may have either tea. coffee or beer with his meal. Nobody who is the worse for liquor is serv«:l with drink. Another feature of the saloon Is ihnl it el.is,.* at a reasonable leer, whereas most of the Bowery r.-vorls begin to get lively only al-o'il uiidnijht.

Mr Wilson, dentist, will visit Gore on Tuesday, November 29, arriving' by the early express and leaving again the same evening, when he may be consulted at the Criterion Hotel as usual. The Gore Presbyterian Christian i.'ndeavor Society meeting Inst night was well attended. Mr Xieolson occupied the chair, and Mrs Fleming and Miss Wilson both read excellent papers on the subject "Impressing Thanks." The Rev. (iray briefly addressed the meeting, which closed with the Benediction. Several Austrians. who have in en on the local gumlields for a number of years (says the 'Dargavillc Times'), left on Wednesday morning for \u.-ic-lund, en route to their native country. They have accumulated a i'< ry large sum of money amongst themselves, and are now going home to enjoy the fruits of their labor. ''no Austrian, a sturdy young fellow, is said to have made over .t'KMltl luring his period of seven years' gum diafiing. The exposure of a number of ikcletons recently at Lake Taruweru, ecar the site of the eruption, indicates that considerable change is taking lihfe on the surface there. These bones (says the 'Hot Lakes Chronicle") are tho remains of those unfortunates who, on the night of the great eruption, met their doom. The 'Chronicle' understands that the relatives of those who were buried on the occasion are taking steps to re-bury (he remains as they appear, and at. the same time to secure certain Maori treasures that were buried during the 'eruption. A settler in the Kketahunu district has discovered diat die oil of tno burr, known as "'biddy-bid," is a splendid thing on which lo leas calves, lie intends submitting a sample of the oil to the Agricultural Department for analysis. If this proves correct what at present is a nuisance may be become a valuable aid to the farmer.

In -Japan only the very rich have fences around their farms', not bi cause of the cost of the fence, but because of Die value of the square inches the posts and pickets would consume. If a border is desired around n field it is customary to plant mulberry !rvs. The total area of ground in Jnii-iii thus devoted (o the silkworm tree, which otherwise would be taken up with fences, amounts to HMI.IMM) acres. A man who had been reported dead writes to the editor of a North Tsl.-ind paper as follows:—''.Sir. J desire to call your attention to a few errors in your obituary of myself of Wednesday last. 1 was born in Palmerston North not in N'ew Plymouth, and my retirement from the (lour and wheat business in 1S!)0 was not due to f* I - healtli, but to hard times. The cause of my death was not pneumonia. ' The Vienna newspapers tell the slory of a lire which broke out at llerniannsreiith. an Austrian village near the liavarian frontier. A Havana n lire brigade which was stationed not more than three mihs awav hastened to the rescue, 1,111 the Austrian I Custom House authorities refused to i allow the lire engines lo pass the frontier before the usual tax on imported machinery was paid. 'I he Havarian firemen naturally turned back and half the village was burned down before the nearest Austrian brigade was on ihe scene. The attention of residents in nolicense districts is directed to section .5 of the Licensing Act, now in force, which provides— Every person who gives ain ojixier, whether verbal or in writing, foiylifrfior iy. be sent or taken into such district "must notify this to the person taking the order, and give full name and address of, the person for whom the order is given.. The seller, under these circumstances, must furnish this information to an appointed clerk of the Magistrate's Court, giving the name and address of the consignee, and the nature and quantify of the liquor sent. Kvcry brewer, wine or spirit merchant. or other vendor of liquor is required to keep a book in wlhich all such orders are to be entered. The books and statements mentioned are to be open lo inspection by a magistrate, or any person appointed by the Court. There is -nothing in the Act to prevent any resident in a no-license district, when outside the district, obtaining for personal use, with the right to take it into the district, liquor not exceeding a cfiiart of spirits or a gallon of beer in anyone day.

'I he Department of Imlustties and Commerce received the following cablegram from the Agent-General, dated J.oiidoii, November i'.lth :—'l hero has been a better tone in the mutton market this week. Stocks on hand are very ligiht, and are firmly held in a few hands. 'The retail trade is •IJuiet. Kivor Plate mutton is in Inroe supply and is being pushed for sale vigorously. 'I lie average price today for Canterbury mutton is J.UI. The; lamb market is firm and the average price to-day is : N.Z. lamb. Can teebury brands, tid, ami for other brands than Canterbury, .VJd ; North Island brands, I.UI. 'The beef market is depressed. The supplies of Kiver i'latu beef aiv very heavy, and there js no changes in prices to report. There is a good demand for butler, and lint market is lirm. Kirst shipment of new season's N.Z. batter arrived per Papanui in K „„d condition. Ihe average price of ehoieest N.Z. butter to-day is Ktts ; Danish, ll:i s . 'J'he cheese market is ste u dv, at the same time business is curtailed bv an advance in prices. Cnundinn. Jss per cut. The lieinii market is lirm. and there,is a general and active demand. I he price of N.Z. hemp-good fair. He lington grade- on .spot to-dav is i-.1l IPs per ton; .Jnnuurv to Maieh shipment, .t.'JO. The price of .Manila hemp, fair current grade, „ n spot today is £lO. The cocksfoot seed market is very dull, buyers not being keen to do business. The aveia.'e price to-day for bright N.Z. cocksfoot seed weighing I7lb per bushel, on spot, is 30s per cwt.

Mr S. ,/. Mathi.son. of (he Anvrican School of Correspondence at Amour Institute of Technology is at pivsi.nl slaying at the Cuffce Palace. Those interested in building, nrchilcl lire, electrical, mechanical, steam, and civil engineering,:also illustrating and caiicatiiring, have this opportunity of calling on .Mr Malhison, within* the next few days, and obtaining all in formation about the various courses. They may also inspect the school text books. As the tuition fees uvc to be raised at tho end of the year, intending students are urged to" enr () l now. Free catalogues will bo sent to any address on request. Ever abreast of the times, Mr John Jamie, Gore and Wyudham, is already opening up his stock of Cluistuias anil IVcw Year novelties in jewellery, plate, and presentation articles. The goods have been chosen in the best markets and the prices being as low as is compatible with first-class quality, those in search of seasonable gifts should experience no difficulty in making a satisfactory selection.—Advt. SYKES' CORA COUGH For Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis. Cures quickly. No waiting. No delay. Price "is Cd. Agents : Southland Fanners' Co-op. Store.

On Saturday evening last soma twenty residents of Riversdalo met in the Athenaeum to make a presentation to Mr 1\ Stanton, who has been stationed there, as a clerk in the Hailway Department for over two years, and, is now being transferred to Kingston. Owing to tin: shoitness of the notice a good many load residents were prevented from being present. Ttfr A. Mucdonahl presided, and made the presentation, which consisted of a handsome and substantial writing- desk, a pair of gold-mounted sleeve-links, and a silver-mounted lneerchaum pipe. The chairman, in performing the interesting ceremony spoke I culogisticully of Mr Stanton's many good Equalities and oM'iging disposition, and expressed n hope that he would work his way up and attain a high position in the service. To make a popular railway official required tact, courtesy, and patience, and everyone did not possess these qualities. Tie (the speaker) mentioned Mr ]'. A. Duncan formerly slatioiiniaster at (lore, and now locate! at Oumaru. ns an ideal railway ollicial whom all yoiniii men would do well to imitate in their relations with the general public. Kven in his busiest moments, Mr Duncan would give a courteous reply to all inquiries and also a'beaming smile. Messrs L. (ice. .1. MacDo.igall. T. Maylis and others spoke at lnigtb of Mr Stanton's courtesy and popularity, and wished him every success in the railway service. Capital songs were contributed by Messrs Sinaill and Krnck. which enlivened the proceedings considerably. Although Ihc authorities in f.H-. land to be unaware of the t-Jt. t liven British sailors are prisoners ol war. it is asserted, in Siberia, havin.f been taken, it is nllcgul. from up lured Japanese transports. Whnl"cei be th<- facts, a Correspondent at Omsk imiy provide amusement with the following Mory:-"r saw al Ihe railway station thosu rosv-iuced, fatcheeked Britons, all as ' cool as ,-u----cumbcrs. They formed a strange runtrasl to the sallow nnd morose .lap anese. Kach 'Anglitchanin' smoked a short wooden pipe, wind, |,c |„.|,| cocked up indifferently at (he skv. Tin on.y Word of their jar.j.in v.'cch I caught was •Skotch.' ' We treated one to a a lass of vodka at the I -.net. but he rinsed his mouth with it. and

spat it on tin- ground. In spile ~j th,. sun. which blazed like an mfe-nal furnace, the Britons wore thick blue coals buttoned to the chin. ~a | k, pi their hands in their pockets, Tliev wen evidently stili'ering In iin.igiua lion from Siberia's traditional •rine.-s. One apparently longed for 'eni.ile socicly, for he gazed ardently at the women, and clmckisl a pictly ne.is.uit girl under the chin, at which she cried indignantly, •I'biraitcs. ich->rt" Ikegoiie. devil). No one would ti.ink that these sons of Albion were prison ers. On the contrary, ihev sirutt.il about like Kokhariol cmiis'. and one coolly ivvcaked il,c l„nr,i ~f ll.e gigantic armed infnntmnnn who v. nin charge." The annual statutory meeting of the Southland Counlv Council is to be held at lnvcrcaigill to morrow, when a new chairman for the ensuing year is to be elected. Conn cillor Stuart having completed a successful and harmonious term of oilier. The point having been raised by the Labor Department that hotclkcepcrs are now prohibited from selling cigars and cigarettes after ordinary shop hours, or oil shops' half holiday, the Wellington licensed victuallers have obtained a legal opinion to the effect that they tire within their rights in continuing the pructiic. which has obtuincd for tears. Canterbury hotclkeepers the other hand, have decided not to compete with tobacconists.

■' At last night's meeting ~f the Cm Horoiigli (.'oiiiicil, tin- Mayor made re fi'i-cnci- to tin- Council's recent linan ciul operations, stating that for .C'J" llldl of various loans which ihey plac i-d mi tl><> market, £33,0011 was olleic: at a premium. The result was mosi satisfactory, showing. H s it <lid. thai tliu invi'Ktinjy public had confidence ii the Itoioiin-h and in the security offer oil. Jt was especially gratifying con siderimr the large iniullicr of local bodies* already on the money market with loans. 'I he l-'iiiance i'oiiuiiittei 11.11K.il to lie able to give- details oi tin- transaction at the nest nicotine. of the Council. It has been slated that the miilifal fraternity regards the new regulations compelling makers of patent mi-diein.-s i old In New Zealand to attach a label to the packages of such preparationsotting fnrili tiln-ir inirreiliciits.'willi a certain amount of gratifu-ation. I-Yoni what can be ascertained, however. i|llite the opp.eilc is the case. Doe tors generally reirard tin- indiserimi nate use of patent medicines as a powerful agent for the increase of their business, contending-, as they do. that many people ijose fancied ail incuts with all sorts of .pinch nos trams until th-y become ically ill. and are thus forced to call in a pro pcrly ipialilied praetilioner. At last night's ui.-etinir of the Cue Domain I'.oarcl mopl'ion was made bv the ehairman (Mr l'oppolwell) of the wanton daman.- d to the bowline green block by some miscreant, who uprooted a number of the ornamental shrub., anil wrought havoc wit|, a new portion of tin- bowline. 1 ".recti, li was resolved, on th- moti ,1 Mr l-'aitt. to offer a reward of CM for the coiivictiou of th,' offender, li il\ i-llie to whose ifli'iititv being an elllpl'v ■whisky Hash and an old broom. A relic „f bygone .lavs in Civ was unearthed last week. tthon the workmen were excavating i,-r ill.' foimiln lion of„Mr..l. Holland's new buildings in Mail! streel. t„ re|,laee those des iroieil by lire some months , K ,,, i 1,,ground was found lo dip suddenly al one particular point. I'uitlicr investigation disclosed that tin- hollow had one lime been the ~,.]1„r of ihe old Uailway Hotel, w,hich many old resi duit.s will remember lost its license over a ilazeii yours ago, and after be ing used as.a boarding lioiise for some time was burned down, Mr Holland afterwards built a row of brick shops on the site, and these in their turn being destroyed by lire, are now be ing; replaced by handsome two-stotvy premises.

Speaking at Tuihupe on Sntiirdnv. the Premier said. before last session commenced, he thought it would le 'necessary for him i„ t u |„, „ { „.,f, r i rest from politics. His medical ad viser declared that to face, the s.ssioa would be almost suicide, but, with careful mirsiiijr, and taking matters somewhat easily, he found himself much stronger at the end of the ses sum than at the be-iiininrv. Mr .1. 11. Wriyht, who conducted the Uiiorion Hotel, Gore, for some time, has taken the Occidental Private Hotel, corner of Manse and Hieli street. Diiuedin. Visitors to Dunedin Show will find every comfort and attention at this hotel, which is centrally Mtu add, being convenient to all trains and to the ruilwuy station. SCIATICA YIELDS TO WIKU.MO.

A well-known Cambridge solicitor j writes :—"I do not want to c;o figur- i h\g in tho world in testimonials, but ! lihoumo certainly removed an uttack of seiatia 1 was suffering; from, and I am satisfied that in my case it was very effective." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. 2s (id and in Cd. Wholesale Agents, Keiupthoin.-, I'r.n scr and Co.

At a meeting of traders at Christchurch yesterday a resolution was earned, after considering the Shops and Oflh-cs Act at great length, ui-ing <n " f «'vern. ,( to reassemble fa'-Ma- * ment, in order |,> m „| i( , „,,.<j,,i a |,,,,.. tioiis iii the Act. A refreshing exception t„ (1,,, rll | o that Divine guidance points u | ir „ ll .;„. r from a low salaried pastoral,. to ft chinch with fuller rollers j s t|„. ,„.„ of the Methodist minister ~f \\,\\\ (•••the. Mo., who (says the Ne VV Vl , lU 'Kvemng Post') has notified |,j K ~„„. grcgntion that he will refuse to serve it longer unless his salarv is eu( | )v ■M) dollars a \ ear. Hume insist..,! so we are told in the news from Mis' souri, that miracles needed to l,e proved by corroborative evidence; and the world is (plite as sceptical in the case of the preacher as Hi m ,e vus regarding miracles, lint there to be no mystery in (he Chiflicothe case. | here was no frenzied appeal by an e\hortcr. The pastor eo-illy figiind that his coiigr.gntion could not afford to pay the salary he was receiving. Having failed in London. Mr Donic is evidently beginning a big crusade in fan's and on the Continent. Mr and Mrs Booih Cliijborn. who v,,-,,. formerly at the head of the Salvation Army in I'vnn, c. and ha\e since |„.- come converts to the Zioit doctr-ies. have arrived in Paris to currv on the propaganda.

The military correspondent of The Times,' writing of the Halt it fleet shortly befni-e its departure from l.ibau. s U id t|,„t t l„. iU-.-l could not j reach the Sea before Christ--1 mas. Vladivoslock would |„. j c< .. ; bound by then, and Port Arthur would remain closed, even if it had . not fallen. As a„t even the uiost l»e----iicv.itent interpretation of neutrality could entitle Russia's neutral friends ' to throw open their harbors to an ' • a.nmda on s„c|, an errand, the Baltic fleet would have no lmv.li in which to coul and refit. "The pro I.u)!;;lilies seem to Ik- that it will not 1 start in earnest. Jf,it does so stui't. the inference will be Htrong that it is not upon either fort Arthur or upon | Vladivostok; that it is relying as its ' prospective base." . Threatened by I#ood - poisoning (writes the New York cv.rrespondciit of the 'Daily Telegraph'). Dr. Fisher. [ of Cumberland, Maryland, performed a heroic operation on his own foot, 1 immediate action being necessary to save the limb from the knee downwards. With the assistance of a nurse (the only help available), he cut ' the Mesh from' the instep to the toes ': ilovvn tin' tendons and bone, without J anaesthetic, and scraped and gouged ' | among the diseased tissues, suH'ering agony for nearly half an hour. The operation undoubtedly saved his Hie. I J A debate under the auspices of the | Core Young Men's Society is to lie held on I'riduy evening, the subject ! being. "Is the' Standard of Literature (declining?" Mr K. Bovvmnr is to take up the allirmative side, and Mr ! K. C. Smith the negative. Wanted parlv to remove turkey. Housc\rc|ivr wants position. ! I'hoeiiix cycles r. cord holders-!!. i Minic. proprietor. I Southland Coinitv Council in.it,, ; lenders for works. | Christmas jewellery opened mil at ! -I. Jamie'-. (lon- and Wyndhum. I Notice to Woman Catholics re Si.n- ---: day', services. Tenders wanted for carting coal <o Chariton Valley dredge. » Clayton oir, l> spend inducein ills lor one month. Drag leaves Tivmhnth's stables for Mandeville on I'vidav evening. (). If. Buchanan, dentist, visits Mataiira on Moiulav and Clinton on December <>. NX Clothing rVI.-ry. Cue. f„r portmanteaus:, etc. Mr and Mrs Hugh Kankin return thanks. Drown. Kwing and Co. open in Impress Co.'s sample rooms, (lore, ill Monday next. Core Domain Hoard offers reward of flit. Meals readv at Mrs Organ's al all hours, .lolm Cicgau wants -hearers and cook.