PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1894.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8089, 29 September 1894, Page 2

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SATURD AY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1894.

Owing to pressure on our sp.icc we have j had to put the first part of our report of | tho proceeding at the Harbor Hoard meeting yesterday on the Ist page, and from that page the report is coutiuuod on the 3rd page. Mails for Auatruliati colonies, via Sydnoy, .per Fiona, close at Auckland on Saturday, tho 29th, at 9 a.m. Mr Thomas Mco, of Incholmo, lias pur- I chased, through Messrs Wright, StophonBon and Co., tho well known Clydesdale stallion Lord Lyon, by Lord Salisbury, out of Myrtle, by Prince of Wales, at a high figure. Lord Lyon was a prize-taker in the south. A man named William Walsh was found dead in his bed at Kodciisblo yesterday. He was seen alivo about 10, .'JO yesterday morning, and half an hour later was discovered dead in his bunk. l)r do Lautour was in attendance shortly after the body wjw found. An inquest will bo held tit 2.30 p.m. today. A young man named Prosland, employed in Mr W. Bee's biscuit factory, met with a Boveio accident yesterday. His hand was caught in a part of tho machinery and crushed considerably across the back, the thumb being broken. Dr do Lautour dressed the injured limb. The injury is a very painful one. The la-lies connected with St. Paul's Presbyterian Church have for some months past been actively engaged in making up a, largo quantity of goods for sale. The object of tho sale is to extinguish tho debt on the hall, and from the quantity and quality of the goods made up and tho promises of support offered there should be little difficulty in tho object being accomplished. Tho date of the sale of work is fixed for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 18th, 19th aud 20th Octobor. St. Paul's Literary and Debating Society mot last evening. Tho Rev. R. S. Allan occupied tho chair. Tho minutes of tho previous meeting wore read and confirmed Mr S. M'Donald read an able and scholarly paper on Milton. Mr M'Donald showed a very close acquaintance with the life and writings of this scholar. His paper was richly enjoyed by all present, and congratulatory remarks were made by the mest of those present, The session will be fittingly concluded by a Hocinl next Thursday evening. In tho death of Mr Cornelius Todd, at his residence, Tottenham, on Thursday, thero passed away an early Otago settler. Mr Todd came to the colony in 1819, when but a lad of twelve His people resided at Dtmodin for some time, and thereafter removed to tho Taiori, whoro tho subject of this notice resided till about 18G2, when he came to tho Oamaru distrlot, taking up the farm at Wniareku. Mr Todd was a woll educated man, and besides was a well informed man. He took an uctive part in local politics, having boou for years a membsr" of tho County Council aud Waiareka Road Board. Ho was also a member of tho Agricultural Society, and to all these bodies ho gave the assistance of his experience and sound common sense. Only recently Mr Todd inherited, along with other members of tho family, a considerable property. He has been in indifferent health for years, and for some time past has boon confined to his house. Mr Todd had a large cii-clo of friends both in this district and in tho south. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Major Keddell, S.M,, David Scott, ownor of a mine at Wharokuri, was charged by Mr Gow, Inspector of Mines, with failing to send ia tho half-ycarlv return of tho produce of his mlno, etc. Mr Leo (Hislop and Creagh) appeared for fcho plaintiff, and the defendant did not appear. Mr Lee said the defendant had been fined rather heavily a short timo ago for neglect to protect his iriino. All that Scott had to do was to fill ill a printed return and send it to tho Inspector. It did not cost the defendant anything to fill in the form, and he had failed to do so for the last year, although the Inspector had given him every ehatice to do so. Inspector Cow said the defendant was manager and part owner of a coal mine at Kurow, and Ijo had not sont in returns a» required by the Apt, utyljough requested on more than one occasion to <}q so. 39ofendant had only to fill in a few figures, and post the return. Ho could not account for the object tho defendant had in neglecting to Bend in his return. Defendant had written a Icttor to the Magistrate asking to be dealt with leniently, as he had been worried and had beou ill with influenza. Tho Magistrate said it seemed j strange that a man would write a long letter to him, and fail to fill in a few figures in a return. He would not understand it. The Inspector was but doing Ijis duty, and a conviction must follow. A lino ol L/J was imposed with L 3 3s solicitor's fee, and (Js expenses, the Magistrate declining to give any lengthened time for payment. Wo havo received from Messrs M'Phorson and Scth-Smith a sample of clover seed grown in tho Ngapara district. There sooins to 'w « great future for tho cloverL'rowing industry in this district, and wo bolievo when it is in full swing that both in quality and certainty of reaping tho crop in good order tho district ia sure to eßtabHuh a reputation for itself. Tho climate of North Otago, so wo aro told, suits clovergrowing, and now that bees aro all over the district there is no reason why clover* growing should not take tho placoof some less remunerative crops. Mr Robevt Aitkeu, <tt Gleniffer, last season grow JSQ acres of clover, aw] had thorobeou any past experience of tho growing of this crop the profit would have been exceptionally large. As it was Mr Aitkon's return was a very satisfactory one. The yield of ahyko and lucerne wiw about lOOlbs an acre, and the first half ton of tho seed was sold at tho mill at 100s per cwt. With tho knowledge of how to treat the crop the yield is reckoned to bo many times that mentioned by \xu. Messrs M'Pherson and Soth-Smith threshed tho crop with a mill specially made for this purpose by Messrs Andrews and Heaven, tho mill delivering the seed in a marketable condition. Tho possibilities of clover-grow-ing arc very great— the yield being estimated to give a return of from L 5 to Ll.'J an acre* There is no othor crop at tho present time that so much can be expected from as this. The cultivation is not excepr tionally difficult. Evcrydistrict is not suited for tho growth of clovers, but that of North Otago is exceptionally favorably situatod, both as regards climate and soil, for tho production of ses-d of a good quality. Th« sample wo have received ia said by exports to be equal to if not better than that grown ir. Europe or the Old Country. We believe that Meisrs M'Pherson and Moth.Smith will supply information relative to tho modo of cultivation and treatment of the crop, and it would bo as well for those who intend to put in clover crops to apply to those gentle. moa fay iofanu»tioß,