North Otago Times. SATURDAY, MAY 30. 1885.

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3968, 30 May 1885, Page 2

North Otago Times. SATURDAY, MAY 30. 1885.

The annual meeting of the farmers' club takes place to-day in the corn exchange room ab 1.30 p.m.

The next quarter of Miss Dawson's danoing class, which meets in at James's Hall, begina on Thursday next.

The cargo of mutton by the steamship Ruapehu has arrived r>t London in bad condition, caused through a breakdown in the freezing machinery,

Mr S. E. Brooks' dramatic company will appear in the Public Hall next Wednesday night in the comedy " Our Nelly, A farce will follow the comedy,

We are informed that the hatching out of the salmon ova at the aoolimatisation i»D3iety's grounds is progressing very satisfactorily. The percentage of infertile eggs Is very small indeed, considering the dig. tance they were brought and the risks run.

At the courthouse yesterday, before Messrs J. Borton and W. H. S. Roberts, J P.'s, the following cases brought by the Inspector of Nuisances for breaches of the borough bylaws were dealt with : M. Cunningham, for allowing one cow to be at large, was fined ss. John Parker for a timiiar offence was fined in a like amount, and the same penalty was inflicted in a case of the same nature against M. Brown, The case against I, Hurst for allowing two cows to be at large was dismissed.

The Rev. Mr Punn delivered hia third lecture on physiognomy in the Athenceum lecture hall last night, when he again sue ceeded in interesting and instructing his audience. This evening, Mr Dunn will deliver a free lee uro in the same place, and will discourse on the attractive and edifying aubj^cfc which he heads "Sweethearts, or Matched and Mated." It may be mentioned here that Mr Dunn will conduct divine service at St. Paul's Presbyterian church tomorrow.

Mr R. T. Bsoth, the temperance lecturer, left Oamaru by rail for the north on Thursday. Mr Booth, it will be remembered, had in a manner broken down at his Monday night'a meeting, but the rest he took with Mends here on Tueaday and Wednesday enabled him to get sufficiently well to ba able to proceed northward. Mr Booth was accompanied to the railway station by the office-bearers of the Blue Kibbon Army and by other friends.

A few Dighfca ago Mf Bryce'a private rooms above his shop in Tees street were entered by a burglar, and a caßh box containing the sum of L 29 in cbbli and a cheque for L 4 odd taken. Mr and Mrs Bryce werf out at the time of the robbery, aud did noc mJ3B the cash b:>x till the next morning. Information was given to the police, but up to the present time their diligence has not been rewarded by the obtainment of any clue t • the robber. All the doors leading to the outside of the house were secured before Mr Bryce lef i the house, and it ia surmised that the thief effected an entrance by means of a skeleton key. Nothing but the cash box (which stood on the parlor table) was taken away. It ia evident that the thief watched his opportunity while the family were away to effect an entrance and seoure his booty.

At the date of the last home mall leaving London New Zealand mutton was selling at very little bolow English and Sootch, For l»mb there was a steady enquiry, and up to B£d waa the pries realised. During the fireti three months of the current year the following quantities of f-czan mutton had been nceivod in London : From Australia, 26,886 carcases ; from New Zealand, 97.538 carcases; and from the River Plate, 51,682 carcases — total, 176,106 carcases. Por the three correspond! -g months of 1884. the total number was 103 968 carcases, fchipments from New Zealand realised the following prices : Coptic, from Wellington — 19,907 sheep. 1569 lamb, and C 37 quarters beef (quality irregular) — 4d to 5Jd for sound mutton ; 4£d to 7d for lamba ; and 5d to s£d fo. beef. Arawa, from Wellington— ll,Bß3 sheep, 1960 Jamba, 132 pieces and 24 quarters boef (quality good) — 5| 1 to 6|d for mutton, s£d to 7^d for lamba, aud 5 1 to ojd for Ixef. Aorangi. from Lyttelbon — 12,309 sheep, 1918 lamb-, 318 pieces beef (quality excellent)— 6d tc 6?- 1 for mutton, s£d to 7^d tor hmib and 6 1 for beef. I< mo, from Wel'ington, with a cargo conaiating cf 14 664 aheep, 984 lambs, and 88 pieces beef (quality excellent)— lCJo shpep wera aold up to date and 200 lambs, at 5g I to Si tor the former, and 6£d to 7jd ior the latter. The price quoted for beef was for roast pieces.

r i ho second of the entertainments which have boen organised in favor of St. Luke'a rhuroh b*z^ar, was given last night in the Public Ball. There was a good audience, the dress circle especially being well filled. It was plaia that no pains had been spared to niftke the entertainment attractive and emooth going ; the attendance, therefore, was no better thin the committee deserved, in fact ib was not so good as it deserved. There should have been a greater number of people downstairs. The entertainment itself consisted of two charades, and of solos ant duefca sung by various ladies and gentlemen. Some of the Bcenes In the charades were very amusing on account of the comicality of the incidenta, while others were representative of elegant enjoyment. The at fresco dance and the lantern-lit foliage in the second act of the second charade was of this class. Of tha first charade the whole words were "Homeward Bound," of the second, "Tea spoons." In the first scene of the first charade Mrs Mitchell sang "Home, sweot Home" very nicely, and as the willreading lawyer in the second charade Mr Butt had some funny business entrusted to his care, and he created a good deal of lauabfcer with what he had to say and his manner of saying it. The musical part of the entertainment waß excellent. The singers were Mrs Kinuear and Miss Clifford. Mrs Croxton, Miss Hardy, aud Miss Bollenhagen ; Mr Weymouth, Mr Farr, and Mr A. B. Smythe. Mrs Rinnear and Mr Farr sang a comio duet, and were encored ; " U'low on thou gentle river." *ungas a duet by Mrs Kinnear and Miss Gifford, wan also encored ; and the solos suns; by Mias Bollenhagen and Miss Hardy were very much admired. Mr Weymouth for hia singing of the " Bedouin Love Song, :> nnd Air A. B Smythe, for the way in which he sang "The last watch,'' wore eucored very heartily. By far the finest thing of the evening, however, was, beyond doubfc, the duet "Let us gather bright fljwers," as sung by Mrs Croxton and Miss Hardy. This pretty little thing waß sung with great grace and spirit by these ladies, who sustained their respective parts in the piece admirably. We believe it was Mrs Croxton's first appearance before an Oamaru audience, but those who last night heard her expressive well-trained voice will hope to hear it again on many future occasions. Mrs Ctoxton and Miss Hardy received a warm enoor«; Mr Finch acted as accompanyist, and the programme ended with a. verse of the National Anthem! '

Id the Melbourne Telegraph of the 11th instant, appears an article on the Uniou Steamship company. After eulogi»ing the company's enterprise it saya ; " Thepreßont fleet of the U.S.S. company consists of twenty-six steamships, having a gross measurement of 27,495 tons, »ud 26 500 horsepower, and the carrying oapaoity of the whole is equal to dose upon 45,000 tons. Ia addition, there are a large number of steam tenders, hulks, and lighters— all of coniide--able size. •" ome idea of the work done may be estimated from the fact that last year 853,218 miles of sea were traversed, and to accomplish this work, 94,574 tons of coal were consumed." The cunoluding remarks are thoroughly deserved, " The company have from time to time disposed of those vessels of their fleet which were not suitable to the trade in which they were engaged. These have all been replaced by modern high, class vessels, so as to leave nothing undone to seoure oomfort and convenience to the travelling and mercantile communities. Such rapid progress amongst shipping com* panics is unexampled, and places the Union Steamship compinv in the ranks of the highest shipping association of the Southern Hemisphere."

A. SARGEANT, PHOTOGRAPHED, TEES STREET, IS NOW TAKING PORTRAITS FROM 12s 6d PER DOZ.

Mr Robinsoit, Surgeon Dentist, will make his usual profensional visit to Waimate oa Monday first. — [ Advt.]

They gay Russia wants India. Lot them say, for they will hae to tak it first, if they can. They any P. Cormack 19 very busy. Is he ? Aye, is hp. Got a suit frae him, if ye can, He has lots of cloth, and he does not mak slops for ye. The cheapest houße in town is Cormack's, tailor and clothier, Tees street, Oainaru.— [Advt.

Don't Die in the House.— " Rough on Rats ' clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs, flies, ants, injects, moles, jackrabbits, gophers. — Kempthorne, Prossei, and Co,, Agents, Christohurch.