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Mataura Ensign, 18 March 1909, Page 2

A meeting of the Gore Fanciers' Club was called ior last evening, but on account. ol the meagre attendance consideration of business was postponed to a future date.

it is the custom with many contractors when they aiv under the necessity ("imping in iU«- Chaitou district to occupy tho old milling, reserve aud Mr A. Keinke Ikks come alon<j; with a timely for those who do. When camping mi the reserve the other night .Mr Jfoinke had (lie misfortune to lost; a valuable iior.se through the animal lulling into u disused mining shaft which proved ton deep for him to keep Ins head above water. It is stated that the reserve abounds with these hidden pitfalls.

Se\ci-al lhi\ mills in (|, O Wairarupa ;• i'l cli-M> down shortly. Hie millers finding it impossible to continue under pre-:-eut conditions. Al,ont IT."* men will be thrown out of employment, and the In-.., in wa<;cs will be about infill per month. It is said lhat it the supply ol hemp cannot be kept up cordage manufacturers, who have special machinery to deal with the New Zealand hemp, will ' n r e( rid of tjii.s and replace it with machinery specially adapted for working si-al and Manila hemp. This will practically mean the extinction of the industry. On the other hand it is that last week a Wellington firm were offering . I*2o 1~s; tid tor "«>nnd fair" hemp i.o.b. Wellington, and a firm of (hristchurch buyers approached a miller with an oiler u |' X'2\.

| What tho Scoieii Say. -"lie the same | thing you would be ea'ed," as tho | Scotch say. We aro what we aro called —the largest and most reliable carrying company in the Dominion. Parcels collected and ionvarded to any part of tho world at cheap through vales. Sam pie rooms provided for travellers. Fur" niture carefully parked and transmitted by road, rail or .sea. Cartage of •my kind undertaken in town or country. Thousands of clients satisfied vcarly. W y o can satisfy y.>u.—N.Z. Ex-1 Co. •}

Ollr rc.e:w;!j notice that Dr. 'l'-ntis'.. vi invorcr.r.uoiulay till Saturday in order to 5-uit the convenience of nis patients, wlio generally come to Gore at thy weok-cutf,

Ihe present tourist season has been a record (.says ail Auckland Press Assocaition telegram). A factor in the increased traffic lias been the opening of the Main Trunk line, bearing a largo number of southern visitors to Aucklaml ior the first time. Oversea m'sitors al>u have been larger than usual, and at present, there are many Ainerieau and Canadi an tourists in the Dominion.

lntercAtiue evidence was given at the Addington workshops inquiry by Hugh Sloane, litter in charge of tools at Addington, who said he had hold that position since ltitK). He considered that the men at Addington were superior to men in other shops where he had workud. While at Addington lie had effected improvements in various machines and appliances. He had invented a new coupling lo be used in connection with hydraulic tools, a stud extractor used in fitting, and a boilershop radial cutting head, tools for making ticket nippers used on trains, dies tor making swab irons, apparatus for boring ring pin bolts in carriages, an adjustable feed chimp for widening buffer pin holes, a half tooth feed used <lll a large planing machine, an improved boiler tube expander, also an internal tube cutler, which he had patented and which did the woik in about one-sixth of the time taken up by the old apparatus. 11l most eases he had been told to make tho machine or tool without being told how to do it. He had written to the general manager four months ago respecting further recognition for what lie had done for tho Department, but so far ho had received no reply. The treatment. ho had received from the Department was certainly not, such as to encourage, him to think out further improvements. Some time ago he had proposed to make an apparatus for rephicing belts which had fallen oil', but lie had received no encouragement. At the present time he estimated that a shop like Addington would lose quite eight hours every 111011 111 from belt I l/mbles. • / Tho sloek-rarr.uiie capacity oi "'I he i'afh" estate, .\lo:i flat (lit)I acres), ■ i:is been remarkable (says a contributor, u> tin 'lapaimi Courier'). Although all in its native condition when possession was obtained in l!IO(i, it carried ■<0111) sheep duirtig the winter of 11)07 and about tho same number in HK)B. I'lie expansion of its fat lamb export trade is quite as remarkable. In the autumn of 1!H)7 the whole of the lambs 11 tho estate (23U.1, bought, as stores, '.vere frozen, constituting a record line in weight and price, the particulars of ivhicli were copied by the press of the Dominion, the Commonwealth, and tho Argentine. Inquiries are still being aiade concerning them. The lambs averaged oljlbs., and netted "-''2s per head at I'Mievalc. In 11)08 the whole number were again frozen, reaching this lime to the respectable total of 1:300, and clearing the estate of all its lambs, except one injured. At time of riling (here are 11000 lambs, 1200 ewes, ,00 wethers, 00 liorder Leicoster rams, and 0- head cattle, besides horses, graz-Injj-'on the estate. .Mr Donald Jlacdonald's Kcppoch I''.state of 9000 acres, portion of Moa l''lat, is being rapidly improved and made more productive. To give some idea of the outlay required to put a place like "Kcppoch" in working order, ncro (says a writer ill the 'Courier') are 1 few figures that should prove an eye>peiier to fanners : liuildiugs {including Iwellitighoiise and men's quarters, wool iheds, barn, stable, implement shed, ind other erections), JtlT-jO; fencing (all

•nbbit-proof), C'itilU); .stockyards and lip, £3OO. Mr Throj), of Moa Flat Downs (another subdivision of tho original estate), has erected 13 miles of particularly substantial rabbit-proof fencing that cost £BB per mile. On "The Falls'' Estate, owned by Mr Howells, ■if Invcrcargill, a largo residence, con--picnously located, with water laid oil by gravitation, has been erected. Barn, tables, implement shed, granary, and •oncrete dip have also been constructed, .i liile men's quarters with hath-roolii ■ iud water laid on are in course of erection. harge numbers of forest trees nive also been planted. It is intended '.utilise the falls on the property ilOll't. high) to generate electricity for lighting and motive power purposes. The Dtiuedin C'itv Council has been ipproached by .Messrs John Wright and . 0.. of London, who slate that tliey are >1 the opinion that 1000 gas cookers ■otti'd be sold on the Dunediu market, .1 nd with a view to placing before hotiseoohlers the ecunomy which can bo ef.ected by their use they arc sending out .! lady representative who will deliver ectures iu Dtiuedin- and suburbs on tho •übjcct. It is claimed that the dewon--trator can show how to cook a I'-- ■ ourse dinner with ono of these gas cookers, using gas at a cost of only 2J(I. it is pointed out to tho Council that the general adoption of gas cookers would entail a large consumption of gas in the daytiino and that with 1000 cookers installed a revenue of £6OOO a year Aoitld hi; assured for tho Cor]K>ration. I he Council has taken tho matter up seriously and has consented to agree to iho only conditions imposed upon it — namely, that it. should pay for tho uso if tho halls and for other arrangements oi connection with tho lectures lo be given.

Mr T. Uresham (district .iaw* notice to tho Auckland Liberal •iiiil Labor federation ;il the meeting 'I that society last week to move at tin.' iicxt meeting:—"That, in view of the ihamlonnient and 'putting away' ot newly-born inlants, which at present ■ •btains throughout the Dominion, thib h'.leralion respectfully urges upon the •.iovcrnuient Ihe importance of establishing 'l<'ouudling Hospitals' at each ■ i the. "chief centres—such institutions lending to discourage infanticide.' Regarding the icccnt cablegram from Melbourne which stated that thy (JYaiid v lilted Older ot Oddtellows had decided i > hold all meetings with open doors ' lll( l that, all passwords and other Miwnniae wen- to lie abolished, Mr •James Marshall, (iriuid Master of the Manchester Unity, remarked to a C'au.erbiiry press representativo that there ;i>ust be a means of recognition of uirinoers, and tho passwords were used to Keep up a regular attendance at lodges, liliile the hand grip served to indicate ihe brethren one to another. No form of recognition of tht> fraternal eoimeclion to Iho .society could he ■simpler and icss easy of detection by non-members. All .Marshall's opinion was that, where the changes proposed were needed must be in tho lodges where the very old text-hooks were used and antiquated practices might be carried out. So far •is lie knew the Manchester I'nity of this Dominion had nothing to imprown upon in tin- condii'-t of the business, and the adoption ot safeguard to assure the brethren ot their relationship and guarantee ihein as being in contact, with iheir lodges was best preserved by the passwords and grips.

The comiiiK of capital into a new aud [ 'illy partially developed country i-. alua\s welcome. hut ne\er more welcome thau in t\\uu-< o|' stringency, and when it rcMih s 11 • >in higher prices )<jr produce already in the market <siy- the 'New Zealand lie,aid''. ihiyeis ato more in evidence in the woo! market than ilicy have been {'or many a day. am! llie prices paid Ko» our \'ew Zealand clip have ri'.-pnieh'tl cheerfully t-, ih<- greater competition. meannion money in Ihe Ooiuinhm. more money 1o he *P"iir. h\ tlie s unionf,' 1 lifii' lellow-eolonisfs, more money to increu.se Jhe volume of our trade, and to add to (he working capital of private citizens ami of public invitation.-. We may pryperl}' ask the (iovernnient, whieli will profit; so much from these htKhor prices by increased revenue to every department of State, and which must realise how timely is the filip thus yiven to our somewhat jadeil finances whether if would not have been even better lor (ho counu\ it Ihe million- of acres, now locked up against settlement, had been allowed to contribute their quota to the wool market, a* to the butter market and the meat market. Thcio i* not a thousand acre.-, in the Dominion lit <(>]• wool, or butler. or beej' which not be in u<e within a very few: year-; ii ihe Oovemuient would allow settlors to ai, upon the land.

It is expected that in about a month's time a new s\strin will be in working order in Tirnaru. I'uder the new sysi.-m i"subscriber uishinj; to communicate with another will not rorjuiro 1o up the e\e ha n^e; by tilU Jiiei'e act ol reuli»v tJie receifrom its Look be will indicate to the exchange that hn wants to bo put in communication with a tubM L'ibeitho number of the subscriber wankd will, of course, be given to tho exchange by tho subscriber to bft cojiiieeted. The operator then notify tho fee y. I -übscribor by riagiuij a boll near i\ cond Mib--crib-ji's tblephone. Thia t; m will he y intfaik'd at Inr§rgfti o 'iii.

An ovidence of the progress of business in Gore is shown in the fact that John Jamie, the well-known tvatohmakor and jeweller, has found it uecessary owing to extended trado to remove to more conveniont-and centrally, situated premises in Holland's Buildings, on the opposite side of Main Street, next to Sir Chns. Steniis. His watchmaking and jewellery manufacturing department hna increased so largely that ho finds his present workshop too small, nud in the new premises will locate the workroom upstairs. Ho intends to open out a complete new stock in the new premises, and with thnt object will hold a salo of his present stock, which he is prepared to dispose of at 10 per cent, bolow cost - Advt.

All interesting illustration el the sagacity no less than the üßcction ol the pretty Utile goldfinches which are now so much at home in Southland came under the notice ol two (fore residents at Alandeville yesterday ulternoon. 'i'liey had sought the gratelul shade ol u macroearpa lice, uud when looking up one ol them noticed a goldfinch being led by its parents and subsequently making repeated hut futile efforts to Uy away. It Oceanic evident to the onlookers that the turd v.as not a lreo agent, and procuring u ladder they prucuedfd to investigate. it was iounu that the nest had been constructed principally of horsehair, wmc ot which had been twisted round tho finch's legs, and by this means it had been, kept a prisoner, allowiug unly tho play of a lew inches. They performed the guod Samaritan act by releasing the bird which, however, for a time did not seem disposed to take advautago of its new-found liberty. Tho parent birds shortly afterwards returned, and their satisfaction at the course events had taken was apparent. With much luss they superintended the youngster's efforts to use its pinions, inducing it to move from branch to branch bj easy sialics, and finally tlui happy tno dew away, let us hope not to make an uud He (nil oil the farmers' grain The age of the thethered bird was estimated to be at least three months, ami it would bo interesting to know how much louger the old birds would have considered themselves liable to undertake parental duties. Ciiil we.uted. Brooch tound. funeral of lute Mis Cubbin to-morrow. Annual meeting of Albion football Club to-night. Children's bonnets aie good goods at li. and J. Smith's.