North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7465, 13 September 1892, Page 2

North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1^92 <c Caledonian V letter will appear to morrow. A meeting of the directors of the Ci'cdoni&n Society takes place on Friday eveuiug next. Maib for Fiji, per r valau, close at Rusacll to-day (Tuesday), 13th inst., at 9.35 a.m. Sections 6 and 7, Maerewhona, contain' ing ?11 acres, have boen set apart as a small grazing run. Tho resignation of Sub. -Lieutenant W. A. W. Grenfell, of tho Oamaru N.vval Artillery, is gazetted. The Oamaru portion of the San Francisco mail arrived by the Dunedin train labt night. The mail was sent on by the Rotokino from Wellington to Port Chalmers. The Rev. J. A. Will lectures this evening in the Athenrcnm Hall, Ngapara, on "Holland, and what I saw there." The proceeds will be in aid of the school funds. The European Mail states that a goodly consignment of the most nnpioved lollermill machinery will shortly be .shipped to the order of Messrs Aspiuall and H.i} e^, of Temuka, New Zealand. The Teaneraki School has gained 87 per cent in the recent examination. Dm ing nearly tho whole of the June month the head teacher waa without assistance, and none of the pupils in the Standards were absent from tho examination. Mo overtime was worked during the year. ~ Every effort is being made by the rival sides to secure votes in the Legislative Council on the female franchise question. The supporters of the movement are asking Speaker Miller to abstain from voting, while its opponents are urging him to exercise, his right, knowing that if he conscuta to do so he will vote against the clause,— Duned iu Star. A nice sort of gentlemen must be the "Rev, Mr P. L. Cameion, late curate of Wanganui, who, according to the Herald, spoke of his archdeacon as a "chump," and described a tea meeting as "a tea drunk, with its concomitants of bun stuffing and wisable uwellings."' This worthy thinks that a church meeting is the proper time and place to have a deficit " trotted out." The Timaru Herald of yesterday nays : We regret o learn that the Elginihiro

Salvage Company have given up the undertaking to float the steamer, beaten by the bad condition of the steamer's bottom. They have made & courageous and patient effort to patch her up so that she would float, but the dumage she has sustained has proved to be too great. The company will remove their pumping plant this week. What the next move will be is not, we are in r ormod, yet decided upon. From the annual return under the Hospital a- d Charitable Aid Act we learn that tho valuation of the South Canteibury Hospital and charitable aid district is L 6,559,001;, 559, 001 ; the number of holdings. 2,121 ; population, 24,853 ; contributed by rate, L 2463 10 3 7d ; voluntaiy contributions, L5l 4s 7d ; be quests, L 35; subsidy. L 2549 Is 9d. The valuation of the Waitaki district is L 2,987,712; number of holdings, 912; population, 14,274 ; contributed by ratf, L 749 19^ 7d ; voluntary contributions, L 145 3a 5d ; subsidy, L 704 5a sd. Says the Dunedin Star's Parliamentary lcpoitci ; Clause 191 of the Land Bill as passed thiough Committee reads: It shall not be competent for any poison or company to hold more than one run of any kind whatsoever under this pai t of this Act, or foi the holder of any .small glazing run | under part .") of this Act to bo the holder of any mil under this part of this Act; pro\idod that the holdci of any nm of a eai lying capacity of less than .1000 .sheep may become tho lessee of an aggregate area •mtlicuMit to cany 5000 sheep. If the number of bankruptcies in tho district is an index of the financial state of the place, we must be fairly prosperous Th< 1 'ollowing are the returns of tb.p insolvencies for the past fivn years and eight months : 1887, 47: 1888, 39; 1889, 27: 1890, 32; 1891, 52; 1592 (oight months), 17. The year 1891 came up with a bound, but 1812 shows a great falling off No one, however, would rare to say it was due to an improve ment in trade generally. There hare bee i 308 insolvencies in thii Oamaru district since the preaeut Act came iuto force in 1884. The regular monthly meeting of the South School Committee was held last evening, when there weie present : Messrs Creagh (chairman), Winsley, Thomson, (trenfell, Reid, Laurenson, Mackintosh, and Ramilton. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The inspectors' rep >rt on the school examination was read, and a vote of thanks to the te ich ing staff for theireffortsin bringing about the very satisfactoiy results at the examination w<<s passed. The reports of the visiting committee and of the head master were read. A vote of thanks to the chair ternvnatpd the meeting. A correspondent telegraphs from Dunedin : " The Dampier company have payed ' Robory under Arms ' hero for seven nights to overflowing houses. The piece is b imful of interest Irom beginning to ond, without a dull moment in it. ' Robbery under A mis ' is better than nine-tenths of the most successful dramas that hay. 1 been produced heie. The dialogue is blight and pointed, containing hardly a weak line, and the situations are strong enough to satisfy the nvst exacting. The piece, moreover, Ins the advantage of being exceedingly well mounted, and admirably played. It lias been recei% r ed with enthusiasm, the curtain having, in response to the plaudits of the audience, to be raised three and four times at the close of each act."' The Hon. Mr Fergus has given notice of a liighly peitment question in legard to the i count alteiations m the ventilation of the Paihamcntaiy Buildings. These alteiations cost L 565, and the aiehitects weie paid fees amounting to L 220 10s. Mi Feigns wants to know whether tho woik was done on the co-opeiatno system initiated by the piesent Minister of Works, or by public tcndei, and whether <my depaitinental engineei luu.repoitedth.it the alterations have been of any benefit, and that they ha\e been earned out at a icasonabic cost. The leply of the Minister ■\\ill, we (Wellington Press) have no doubt, be acunosity — a ma^t ci piece in the ait of political jugglery and diplomatic evasion in -i\ hich ho li vs. become "such a. thorough .ulcpt The following prices were being received for frozen meat in London at the date of the departure of the San Francisco mail : Per Aorangi— Mutton, 3[dto4d (part unsatisfactory.) Per Duke of Sutherland — 2d to4Jd ; lamb, sg'l to 5/d ; beef, 2^d to 3ft (pa t unsatisfactory ) Per Maori King — Mutton, 3}d to 4d ; beef, 2^l to 3?d. Her InvercarciH (from Oamaru) —Mutton, 3d to 4d. Per Coptic— Mutton, 3^l to 3^d; lamb, od to s id ; beef, 2}d to 3+/1. Per Mamari —Mutton, 3W to 3Jd. Per Star of Victoria—Mutton 3 ! d to 3^l. Prime Scotch mutton was selling at 5s to os 4d per stone ; English, 4s 8d to 5^ ; piime New Zealond. 2z 7d to 2s 8d ; prime Queensland, Is lOd ; prime Sydney, Is lOd ; prime River Plate, Is lid to 2s, A return social was given to the railway employees on Thursday, Bth inst., by their young lady friends The social took pace in .St. Andrew's Hall, and was in every way a, success, there being upwards of thirty couples present. Music was supplied by Mr J Burns, and Miss Laura Mills ably officiated as M C. till 12 o'clock, and was then succeeded by Mr J. Galloway. Several young ladie3 and gentlemen contributed songs, and Mr R. Thompson, by his step dancing, grcutly added to the enjoynvnt of tho evening. All the ladies used their best efforts in making their guests enj-iy themselves, but Mrs Thompson and Mrs Cunningham faiily outpaced their youthful fi'irads. Miss Thomson and her commits c deserve great praise for the manner in which everything was carried out. The London Circular of the National Mortgage and Agency Company, under datp London, August sth, reports of the wheit market : The weather although rather wet during the past foitnight has continued favorable for the growing crops, which -we now promising well and only want a spell of sunshine to make harvesting general in tho earliest districts. Reports from America and the various continental countries are a'so satisfactory, with the exception of Italy and Ilussia ; regarding the la it is too early yet to form an accurate opinion, the various accounts being .19 m val in the early part of the season of iither a conflicting character. The few days of heavy rain experienced about the middle of the month gave more courage to the trade, and checked the downward course of prices to which we have been acuuskmied for the last eight months. Values being at such a low Ie% r el a brisk demand set in, leading to a recovery of fully Is per quarter from the lowest point. A return of fine weather has naturally made the market dull again, but there ifa stilt a strong undertone, and the advance, especially for forward wheat, is nearly maintained. Says the Tuapeka Times: During the hearing of the case on Wednesday against three Chinamen for keeping a gaming house at the Chinese Camp, there was a slight diversion in the proceedings when Ah Ming, one of the witnesies for the prosecution, entered the box. When asked whether he wished to be sworn on the Bible or in the traditional fashion of his country by lighting a match and then blowing it out, Ah Ming jauntily replied in very good English ! •' All the same to me ; I not care, I kis3 'em book " And he reached for the volume and gave it the orthodox salutation, On one of he presiding justices enquiring whether the witness was christianised and knew the nature of an oath, Ah Ming justified hia preference for the Bible over the match by the solemn assurance in his very best Eng lish thifc he was going to tell the truth — the whole truth and nothing but the truth — just a3 the superior European does, and with as strong a probability that he recognised the importance of the oath and meant to keep within the narrow limits of the truth. Sam Yeek Moag, another witness, also followed the example of his compatriot, and after implanting a generous kiss on the well-greased volume he went smilingly through his story. The usual meeting of the Wesley Club, held last night, took the form of a parlia mentary sitting, with a government ; Mr Scott was premier and minister of education, and with him were Miss Jones and Mr Clarke, The Opposition members, each

representing a constituency, and their friends (preseut by invitation), oocupied the gallery (rear seats). The Education Bill wab placed on the table, and read a first time by the Premier, who, in an able address, set forth the good qualities of th ■ Bill, which dealt mainly with improving the present system of education, and among others of the chief points were the abolition of school committees, the householders to elect a board of five for each electoral district. The syllabus was also to undergo considerable change, the one in use at the present time receiving very severe handling throughout the addresses. Bible-reading in "schools also came up for consideration. In reply to the Premier, Mr Grenfell(le\der of the Opposition) gave his views in an animated address. Then followed the other addresses ; from the Ministry thre 11 very able speeches in favor of the Bill, and five from the Opposition, equally able, against it. The Premier, in a creditable manner, replied to the speeches of the Op position, dealing at length on each objection raised by the speikers. On the division taking place, 29 voted for the Bill and 22 against it. The meeting, which proved interesting all through, as well as instructive, "vas then closed, tfexl week the entertainmenr ' National \lnsie" will take place in the church ; the admission to be 6d. Ninian Hyslop and Co., Tei, Merchints, Chrislchurch, sole Proprietors ami Importers in New Zealand of "Imperial" Teas,

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