North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1894.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7908, 26 February 1894, Page 2

North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1894.

Mr Shrimski's letter will appear tomorrow. Mails for Australian Colonios only, via Sydney, close at Wellington »t 11 a.m. on Friday, March 2nd. A "drunk" was fined the usual 6s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. Ho promised not to appear again. Tho Awamok© School Committeo havo voted for Messrs Borrie, ifraer, and Macgregor, and the Pukeuri. Committeo for Messrs Borrie, Cohen, and Macgregor. Tho date of the annual ram and ewe fair under the auspices of tho North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Asiooiation has been fixed for Wednesday, the 21sb March. The next annual district meeting of tho Anoient Order of Foresters will bo hold at Oamrvru. Tho Court Prido of Oamaru was represented at tbtf annual mooting in Dunedin last week by P.C. X.'s Broa. W. Cairns, J. Maokie, and W. Harts. Tho following raciu ? stook was purchasod by Oftmaru residents a t tho «alo in Dunedin last week : Bay filly, 2 years, by Vanguard —Molly Bawn, Mr O. W. Wiae, 55 guineas, Bay Marc .Sincerity, 6 u ve*rs, by Neckersfat— Fidelity, served by ;St Georgo, Mr J. '. Reid, of Elderslie, 46 giiinoas. Cyolista who intend competing at the North Otago Cycling ChyJb's sports on Thursday aro warned against u«ing the track while it is in course of preparation. Under favorable circumstances' Mr Robertson, the caretaker, expects to have the surface very fast. Wo are informed that a nrnholdor in this district lost over 2000 sheep last season, and where they havo gone to lie is totally unaware All ho knows is that Uioy have mysteriously disappeared — stolen, in fact. A few days ago we published a statement i mado by tho Tuapeka Times that several of the interior runs lost large numbers of j sheep by tho depredations of thieves, and these gentry havo ovidontly extended tho limits of their operations to this district. On Saturday, a team of 10 men from tho employees of the North Otago Times fired a rifle match -it the hoadquarter's rango with a team of tho Oamaru Woollen Factory Company's employees. The weather was not favorable to good shooting, and 10 shots were fired at 200 yards. Tho match resulted in a win for the Factory team by 13noints, tho score being— Oamaru Woollen Factory, 293; Times, 280. Those who scored 30 points and over were, for the winning toam— Messrs Hastie, 36 ; Clark, 35 ; Byrne, 34 ; Young, 32 ; Ormiston, 80 • and for the losing team- Messrs Kelly, 37 ; M'Phorson, 34 ; Evans, 34 ; Johnston, 32 ; and Anderson, 31. The customary compliments wore paid at the close of tho match. To show the celority with which large quantities of grain can be moved nowadays with tho assistance of traction engines, wo may mention that on Monday last, about 1 p.m., a sample of grain from Mossks Clarke Bros., of Kauroo, was placed in tho hands of a Duuodin merchant, who made a sale and telegraphed tho result. By 5 o'clock tho tamo night 1000 sacks of strain had been i •cmoved from Kauroo to Maheno and put i, •> the trucks there for railing to Dunodin. V To aro not awaro of the exact mileage bct\\ teen Maheno and Kauroo, but those who know the distance would never bolievo it possible thab so Urge a quantity of grain cou Id bo lomoved to Maheno in so short a time,* Thit Rev, Henry T. Robjohns, M.A., is the i e present* tive of the British and Foreign Bibl* Society in Queennkud, N.qit bouth

Walou, and Now Zealand. Ah a mfcttor of fraternal fooling and holpfulness, he ia visiting a f o\v placw for tho Otftgo Biblo Society —amongst these Oamaru. On yesterday morning he proachod in Emmanuol CongroRational Chinch on tho unique unity of tho Bible, from E/.ckiel xliii. , 2. In the evening in St. Paul s Presbyterian Church ho discoursed from|Paalm xlvi., 4, on that continuous stream of Bible translation and diffusion, which, beginning at tho roturn from the Hebrew oxilo, has flowed on to tho present day, this evening Mr Kobiohns spoaks at St. Paul's Church— probably in tho hall— on tho immonso achievement of the greatest of all the Biblo societies ' In another column tho handicaps for the North Otago Cycling Sports, winch take place on Thursday next, will bo seen, and we think some difficulty will bo experienced in flnotting the winners. An will be seen, tho fields arc large j in faot, record entries have beon received for thu popular annual gathering. Tho ontrants includo the very I pick of the fast cyclists of tho colony, and I when such names an Ken Lewis, J. Boyd, C. R, Wilson, J. Bato, T. Cl&rkson, K. J. f.illy, and A. R. Barker appear, it is hardly necessary to enlarge on the cliiss of racing to lie provided. There aro ten events on the programme, including the mile championship of New Zealand. Tho Club will arrange for tho comfo>fc of lady visitors to tho sports by providing icats free of cliargo, and expresses will run to and from the ground at a charge of uixnenco each way The Garrison Band will add to tho attractions of the meeting by pitying an ontircly now programme of mmic specially got up for the occasion. It only remains with the clerk of tho weather to no hii best, and the North Road Ground will no doubt be thronged on Thursday. Perhaps Mr Paulin will kindly use his influence in the required direction.

Boots ! Boom ! ! Boots ! I !— See price lint of M'Dokald AND M'DiaKMlo'h advertisement on third pago.— [Advt.] Wo beg to direct special attention to Mn T). Bkown's advertisement of Sale of Boots on the fourth pagei — [Advt]. Cyci.k Boom in Oamaru.— The shop Jn Thames-street will be opened on Saturday, Fobruary 24, 1894, with an exhibition of Star Cycles and all the novelties up to date. Mr F. N. Adams will be glad to see all those interested in cycles. The easy payment system offers great inducements to buy cycles— LB deposit ; instalments, LI 10s per month. Immediate delivery for standard patterns. Do not fail to boo the spokeless wheels and change gears fitted to Stars, the record road racers, and light roadsters. — Adams, Curties, and Co., Makers Star Cycles, Christohurch.— {Advt ] James GEMMEM,,MerchantTailor, Thames street, has just landed a large consignment of Summer Suitings ex Rangitira. Gentlemen in want of first-class Suits of Fashion able Material should see Mr Gemmem/s i stock. This establishment has long been I noted for the first-class character of the i goods it has produced. — James Gemmell, I Gentlemen's Outfitter, Thames street.