North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1891

North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 7266, 14 October 1891, Page 2

North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1891

Tho prices of admission to tlio AkarmanCanaris pntortainmonb havo been altoml to 2a, la, and Gd. A meeting of tho Oamaru Presbytery will bo Iicld on Friday first in Cohunba Chinch (o consider an application for a church at Kurow. The Oainaru branch ("• t Patrick's, No. 24 T>) of tin? Now Zealand l>is!ix:t Hibernian Australasian Catholic R»npfit Society is registoied us a friendly si cicty. It was a strange coincidence, aiiya a Sydney paper, that while tho rlobato hi tlio Now South Waloa Parliament on closing pubs on polling day wai going on in the Homo the draught beer supply ran out in the refreshment room. Wo havo received from Messrs Stone, Son, and Co., of Duncdin, a beautiful specimen of tho printing art in the shai e of a biihinesH card. Tho coloring ami lints aio a long way above tho ordinary i tin of such work, and tho lottorproes is also much wbjvj tho avorago. Australian and foreign mails closing at Wellington, per tlauroto, aro postponed until Saturday, the 17th instant, at 2i20 p.m. Mails for United Kingdom and F.uropo, via Rio und Tenonffu, close at Wellington, per Tainui, on Saturday, tho 17tb instant, at 2 p.m., and aro duo in London on the 23th November. At tho date of tho departure of tho San Francisco mail, tho following prices were being realised for New Zealand frozen meat : Per Duko of Westminster— Mutton, 2id to 4]d ; lamb, 4\d to !i\ l d ; bcof, 2>,d to 3Jd. Per Doric— Mutton, 3?d to 4Jd ; lamb, <*4d to Bid ; hoof, 2^d to 4Jd, Por Balmoral Castle — Mutton 3tfd to 4d ; boof. l 2id to 4id. Per Matatua— Mutton, 2?d to 4£d ; Iamb, 4£d to 5$d. Per NairnQhiro — Sheop, 3Jd to 4£d. Thore aro somo nice administrators of justice in Victoria. In tlio month of August last tho two following sentences wore imposed : At DruiiHwick Police Courb tho keeper of a small shop was lined 5s and costs (alternative a month's hard labor) for Belli ng 31b of potatoes on a Sunday morning, and at Ballarat a woman, tho mother of four children (ono of them at tho breast), was sentenced to a j/eai''i hard labor for obtaining a pound of butter undor false pretences. If tho lion. H. J. Miller had wished to siiy something that would havo stamped him as high anything but a chaimuou of fetnalo suffrage lie could not have gone further than ho did when tho Female Franchise Bill was under discussion in tho Upper Houso. Mr Fulton said if women obtained tho franchise they would never dcairo to enter Parliament, to which Mr Miller rejoined, " Why, bless my heart, there will bo ten* of thousands offering themselves, and talking by the yard." St. Paul's Choir announce by advertisomonfc that they will give an entertainment consisting of Scottish melodies on Friday evening next in the church. Tho programme contains 10 numbers, including the overture to Guy Mannering (by tho orchestra), "Cam yo by Atholc," "Mv hcathor hills," •• Aulcl Robin Gray." " Flowers of the Forest," " Afton Water," and other gems of Scottish minstrelsy. The choir havo prepared the programme with consid sroblo care, and all those fortunate enough to attond on Friday evening, wo sue sure, will not ho disappointed with tho efforts put foilh by tho choir for their entertainmenl. There will bo a collection in aid of tho organ fund. The anuu.il meeting of tho Oamaru Union Rowing Club was hold lint evening in the Coffee Rooms. '} horn was a good attendanoe of members present, and Mr E. Grave was votcl to tho chair. Tho minutes of the last annual meeting wore read and confirmed. Tlio balance-sheet showed the Club to be in a good position financially, though numerically it is not so strong as in former years. The election of officers was Mien proceeded with, and resulted as follows : Captain, A. C. Barnes ; deputycaptain, E. Grave ; secretary and treasurer, W. H. Main ; committoe, Messrs J. M'Laren, W. Richards, avd C. Church. Several new niembors were elected, and it was resolved to placo tho purchasing of boats in tho hands of the committee, they also to arrange for tho opening of tho [ season. This bciug all the business, tho I meeting closod with a voto of thanks to the . olmr. Tho regular monthly mooting of tha Middle School Committee was hold last r.ight, when there were piesent Messrs Tas. ]). Grant (chairman), Davis, Kdwaids, Ogilvio, and Taylor. Tho minutes of lust meeting were road and confirmed. Several accounts were passed for payment. A letter was received from tho Education Board advising tho usual quarterly allowance. The headmaster's report was handed in, showing thb attendanco to havo been well ke.pt up for the month. The question of having a uniform set of bo^ks for use in tho school was discussed at some length, when it was resolved to defer tlio matter for the present. Mr Taylor was authorised to sign cheques, along with tho chairman, during the tcmpoiaiy absence of tho treasurer. Tho Visiting Committee reported having visited tlio school and found everything in good order. Messrs Edwards and Ogilvie were appointed a Visiting Committee for tho month. Tho meeting was closed with tho usual voto of thanks to tho chair. A case of an extraordinary naturo camo to light at Sydney, in which a man has lived for some timo with a piece of glass in his brain. In February last Martin Duagan, employed as barman at tho Lachlan Hotel, was taken to Sydney Hospital suffering from a wound in tho head. Ho remained threo days, and was discharged, apparently well. On the 10th of September ho was again taken to tho hospital, and admitted suffering from epiloptic fits. He then complained of constant pain in tho head, and from tho symptoms exhibited, the doctors were led to beliovo that thore waa an obstacle in tho brain. They decided to operate, and on tho 16th tho head was opened, and n small pieco of tho neck of a glaBS bottlo was extracted from tho brain. The patient seemed to bo relieved somewhat, but inflammation of the brain eeb in, and ho [died. Ooorqo Cook was arrested, charged with being concerned in tho man's death, it baring boon stated ho struck Duggan on tho head with a bottle. The jury found that the unfortunate man died under a necessary surgical operation, and Cook was discharged. Tho National Mortgage and Agency Company report on tho London frozon meat markot under dato September 4th : Tho market lias been very slow, »nd with plentiful supplies and a small demand values have declined. American beef has boon fairly abundant, but within tho past 10 days ship. monts have become shorter and prices havo hardened. Frozen mutton his rocoded Id per stone for best descriptions and 2d per stono for inferior qualities, whilst tho quantity offerad of tho latter has been largely in excess of tho domand. Lambs aro vory scarco, but as tho Bcason is over Micro is little or no enquiry. Frozen beef has gone back in price, and though a fair quantity has been disposed of, no improvement in values seem imminent. Regarding cheese tho report says : American and Canadian havo been dealt in pretty lorgoly, the finest qualities having made slightly higher prices. Now Zoaland has been dull, with a vory limited demand. Wo quote: Prime American and Canadian, 52* por owt ; good to Jiuo Ameri- j can do, 40s to 48s per cwt ; prime New j Zealand, 4 is to 523 por cwt; secondary New Zealand, 30s to 40s per cwt. Plainly (saya tho London Daily Tolegraph) tho examination papers ptovo that tho training colleges aro not homes of pootry. Two lines given for correction were — •• This England novcr did nor shall Ho at tho proud foot of a conquoror 1" Ono candidates correction was, "Foot should be feet, for a conquoror would have two feot ;"

another sapiontly observed, " A foot cannot bo proud, tho word is misplaced" ; a third, oviilently a cvnic with unpatriotic in w^ll as unpoctio fcolinga, hypocritical y observed, "This sentence is wiomc, for England has lain at tho foot o a conquoroi —to wit William tho Conqueror ;" and, us I if to enforco his cynicism, tho oandidato actua'ly underlined tho word " has." Then, again, several students mixed their patriot, ism with nnatotny. Soys ono, "lb is incoirect to say proud foot, aa the foot is not affected by such iv very human feeling as pi ido ; ' another puts it, piactically, that a "country is too largo to bo at anybody's feet." Two gcntlomen, strong in physiology, put in that "foot should bo foot, it being natural that a conqueror should havo both feet; 1 ' and " fo' !> is wrong, because it is not natural to nupposo anything with one leg." And lastly, a plain blunt man says, "If England was to be subdued tho conqueror would bo proud, not his foot ' After these exhibition* of English, ns it is understood in our training colleges, it is not surprising to find a Rtudent gravely infoiming his exaininicn that Dr Johnson wrote the Bible. Within tho next few weeks (says " Mercutio" in iho New Zealand Herald) wo ahull probably have a good many membois oddrcasing their constituents. J'ach of those gontlumon will doubtless have his own little difficulty to overcome. But there is one matter common to them all, and I beg to tako tho lihorty to suggest it here ns something which everyone of them should be asked to deal with : What has become of the " retrenchment" cry? I suppose that at tho last general election uot a oandidato ■poke but pledged himsolf to sec that retrenchment was carried out to tho utmost. Not a penny would bo spent, but ho would bpo that tho colouy got a ponny's worth for it. And so on. But during tho session that is past, wo havo scarcely ever heard the word mentioned. Anyone who listened to tho speeches must have como to tho conclusion that these gentlemen sitting on the cushioned seats, and beckoning with lordly gestures on messengers were not th n nuno as those who, while addressing the electors, had staked their honor and political reputation on cutting down all unnecessary expenditure. I am glad to light upon an explanation of the fact which is to some extent creditable to those gentlemen. I believe that when they determined to raise their salaries to L240 por annum they dropped retrenchment out of puro shame. They could not conscientiously cut down the salaries of hard-worked civil servants whilo they were increasing their own Things wero ordered last session as if we were still in tho heydoy of the borrowing era. Ask your grocor for Ninian ftyslop and Co.'s " Imporial " Indian and Teas. Bebt in tho market.

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