North Otago Times. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1899. AIDS TO SHOOTING.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9408, 4 March 1899, Page 2

North Otago Times. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1899. AIDS TO SHOOTING.

Now that the mooting of the Now Zealand Rifle Association is t\b an ond, ib might bo advisable to rafo* bo ft subjocb incidentally mentioned by MUjoc Sotn« mervlllo ab bho annual mooting of bho Association. Ho said thab the fclmo had arrived whon nil those who took pirb in bho mttohoB should dSo weapons of tho eamo pattern. It is astonishing that ib should have boon otherwise, bail ai ib has boon no for years the effort to romovo the disabilities of bho pooror men imymeob with strenuous opposition from thoso who have tho oar of the Aisooittlon by virtue of tho position they ooonpy on tin controlling body, All bho competitors do nob use tho H»mo patbocn of weapon. The onnbof ■ tho Government woapon is, wo bolieve, I L2 12s 6d, and at that prloo a line fidih or porfootion in manufacture could not bo expected, Oonopellbors, however, aronob oompollod touaothaGovernmenb pattern, and this fteodom of oholoo has given the well-to-do aompotitor an advantage over hie pooror brother iihab often influences the scoring. Tho well-to-do oompotitor will npond L9 or L10 on a rill ) thab U as muoh enpoflor bo tho regulation weapon as a Purdey ahob gun la bo tho article " made in Getmnny." E»ory detail for oooarato Bhoobtng has been abtondod bo by tho makor, and tho ownor of this weapon enters into tho ooirpobltlon with points in hlfl favor as against tho man who can only afford to oso tho Governmonb regulation patborn. This should nob bo flo— in (ho first! placo because ib Is nob fair, and in tho second bscauso in tho ovontj of hoafci liti^B the men would nob tako tho field wl h fancy wo»poo(-', bob with thoso issuod to the volantooro by tho authorities. This injustioa has grown up wi h tho moro vigorous growth Of the Aanocution. If the Assooktlon is going to par all competitors on tho same plane, It must insist on all using tho oamo olasa of weapon, otherwise tho supposed boat) man in tho cmtosb may owo his success to a oonsiderab'o extent) to the bettor weapon his fullor pookob lun enabled him to purchase. Othor advonti'ioua aids are allowod in the competitions thab should bo banished. Soraooompotitors use whab aro technically termed ( * optics," Those, after somo practice, give bho competitor a doclded advantage over his fellows, and 4i thoy could nob possibly bo used in the tlold, their uso ohould nob bo pormittod in tho competition*) ; in facb, everything thab alters bho form of the shooting from whab Ib would bo in tho field should be rigorously dispensed with. If ib is nob, bhon tho Government's annual grant is money thrown away. Every man should enter into tho compete tion with the knowledge ihab ho is nob placed ab a disadvantage as regards othor competitors. Until this iu brought abou% the Association will not servo thopurposo for which ib exists.

The Hon. John M'Konzio'a presentation is to bo made at Palmorston on tho night of tho 30bh inst. Mr J. H. Irvine, pastrycook and confootioncr, announces that ho h»8 removed to more commodious promloos, oppoaito tho Girls' High School. At a mooting of tho Drill Hall Baa tar Committee, hold last ovonlng, it waa finally dcoidod bo hold tho bomr on the 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th April. ThoKovs, R. J. Portor'a subjoob for to* morrow evening in Sc Paul's OH "••oh will bo, "DooB God answer prayer ?" {DhU Sun. day morning Biblo class will not bo uold. Wo inadvortonbly omifctod from tho namos of the ladle* who wore prominently connected with Columba Church sale of work at Awnmop, tboso of Mosdamoi Mttoholl, Morloy ana Dioh'. Wo have rccolvcd leaflets from tho Department of Agrioulturo on tho following auljoctis : Orango and lemon flo«vloa, phylloxera, tho Queonaland fruit fly, sood ox* animation, barloy grass, The Promior ia evidently not auoh a good naturod young man as ia auppoaod. During tho oou'Bo of his addroio at Cromwell ho said "the Tory wolvos will ihon bo loh loose in tho Liberal fold'," with thoir polioy of' low, moan, eooundrolly abuso, whioh wa« a disgrace to our common manhood !" Our Waimato corroapondonb tolographod laat night : Tho mon on Hawking thraulring mill havo otruok owing to disagreements with tho boss.- Mr Oipatiok, telegraphist, had boon promoted to Timaru, and ab a meeting this ovontng it was deoulod to present mm with a purao of sovereigns on Wednciday wook. A correspondent wires from Chriafcohurch RB follows : At tho Woaleyan Onfotonoe today the Kov. 0. H Garland, of iSfow Plymouth, wae oppointod orguaidag secretary of the Century Oommomoration fund. 'I h^ Revs. Baumber and Ward, both in nomination, withdrew their n*«nea. The Rev. Mir Ward, thoroforo, remiins undisturbed at Oatanrn. MoasrB Dalgofcy and Company, Limited, havo rooeived tho followinsj oablo message f'om thoir Lindoa office, datod 28th ult. i Tho list) of atrivala foe wool flaloa ie oloaod. The total available from Au«tr»« Ineia nnd the Capo (including old utooks) is 176,000 bales. The date8 of our aaloo aro 8th, 16bh, and 21»b March. Binoe our last tolegram tallow in general is higher by 3d to 6d per owt B ndmnater King won the cbamplonahip ye8terd»y with a score th^t t'os thab made by W, B tllinger in Auckland. Until yostor. day 365 w«o a record. King's shooting may well be tonncd phenomenal. lie is '62 ahead of the oooond man, and 48 ahead of M'Gregor. Xc may bo said that ho has galloped away with tho load, and has hold lb ae no othor competitor hao dono sinco tho meetings wer» inBtlbutod, Tho Now Zoalund Loan and Mercantile Agonoy Company, Limited, haa re ooived the following London cable, dated Maroh lab; "Frozen Meat— Mubton market ia steady, and lamb market woak. Canterbury lamb is worth 4^d porlb (last quotation was 6$d). Beef -Market it firm— foroquarlora a»o worth 9§d per lb, And hinda 4d per lb. Tallow— iVlarkoli ia ntrong. There it a good trade demand for lowor and m u dimn oorto, N.Z, flae mutton and N Z good beef ttllow ia rospeotivoly worth 25a 3d and 23a (id per owb (last) quotations woro 24m 6d and 228 9d.)'» Tho Wellington correspondent of the Dunodiu Btar sityat "1 hoar on good authority that whon tho question of disponaing with Captain AUmau'sBorvlooa o^me beforo Mr Glasgow, Secretary of Customs nnd Marino, ho advisod that the oaio should bo tubmittcd for tho opinion of tho SolioltorGenoral, Mi Reid, and it is laid that tho lattor haa advised fine Marino Department that Captain AUman'd sorvioos cannot legally be diiponood with oxoopt ftftor a regular inquiry, and a rooommemUlion from a board of inquiry to that effect." The matoh Banks, Law, andlnaurauoo v. Oamaru Orioket Olub will be played thia afternoon on tho North Road cricket ground, commencing at 3 o'clook, l^or tho combined team Gifford, King, F. Dnwoon, ttoxby (% G. Dawion, 0, Jonos, G. irnoho, Creagh. Roas and Tcnnonb will do battle ; whilo W. M'Doould, G, Maodonald, Miles, W. Jones, F Jones, M. Holmes, C. Holmoo. Murray, 'ihompson, Moir and Sutherland will represent the O.O.O; Any obhor momben not mwtjonQ4 uro iuvited to bo pec^

Whero icnoratioo ta blies, inquUltivonosa in a cureo; aud Bwon Dowm, whon ,on circuit in Ireland lately, HA thin fnofc borne homo to him. Tfce prisoner could only understand Irish, and «n interpreter wan 8vvora. Tho prisoner said something to tho interpret, and the interproboMfophad to him. does ho cay f demanded tho iudco. "Nothing' 1 my lord." "How dare vouVthftt,whottw6All hoard it? Oome, air, what wan It ?" " If you don D answer, I sb«U commit you, olr. Now, what did ho any?' »Wel), my lord, you'll excuso mo, but ho aafd, "Who is that) ould woman wid fie rod bod curtain round her, stttin up there?" "And whab did yon say?" askod JHvon Dowse " I oaid to him, 'Whist, mo boy, thab in tho old follow oa ia going to | hang yez " Mr Georga Fowlds, ohairann of bho ConsroaatlouAl Union of tfow Z«»Und, paid » viaiti laal) yoar to tho United Btatoa or Amorion. Ilo was somowhab dijappointed whon ho found that iu numerical strength tho Congregational denomination did nob, in ttooord with hia preoonooiyod idea., oyor,shadow all obhor rolUtlous J>o,dio« in that onuntry. Xhia fooling soon wore off whon he discovered tho mighty influonoo tho Congregational ohurohoa worn exerting. Making inquiries iu business oUolos in each fargo town as to the mau boat worth knowing in tho place, ho almo^b invariably^ ooivo I tho name of tho loading Gongrega tional minister. In tho faoo of such toitimony us this bhoro aro actually somo who think thoro is no plaos for Congregationalism in tho colonioo. To-morrow night Mr David M'Koo Wright) will givo a spooial Sunday ovoning leoburo ia Emmanuel Ohuroh on " What) is Congregationalism, and what is its work ? ' Ad bho Magiatrato'a Oourb, yotstorday, boforo Major Keddo'I, P.M., George Orr, laborer, of Kurow, wan ohargod that: ho is tho putative f»thor of v> cortain illegitimate child named Arthur Cornoliua Kaan, that tho said child ia maintained at tho public cosb at a charitable institution, to wife, tho Industrial School at O*voMiam, being an industrial school established uudor tho Industrial Sohool Aob, 1882, and tho complainanb (-orgoant O'Qrady) prayod thab an order may bo mado against tho said Goorgo Orr that ho pay tho co»t) of maintaining tho said child at tho said institution, Hergoanb O'Grady oppoarod for tho police, and Mr Waryoy for the defondant, who objected to tho order. Mr tUlfo produced an ordor adjudging George Orr thn father ol tho child, and ordering him to maintain it or oommuto tho wookly piymonta by tho paymonti of a lump sum of L30, which latter had boon agrood to. To Mr Harvey : Tho last payment of L10 waa made on tho 19bh January, and on tho 15th February the child waa committed to tho Industrial Sohool. Sorgoanb O'Grady deposed to tho child boiog in tho school, and naid fcho nnintonanoo wan about 5s Od por wook. This was tho oaso for tho oomplainant. Mr Ilarvoy eubmitt^d thab thoro was no ovidonoo thab Goorgo Orr wan tho Gecgc Oi'r provloualy udjudgod tho fathor, nor thub the child is tho s»mo porcion as that of which ho was ndjadgod tho fAthor, and that thoro was no cvidonoo that tho child waB in tho echoo 1 , and rainod several tnohni oal points touohing tho M'h section of tho Dosbituto Poraons Aor, 1894. IIis Worship overruled all theao objoooioae, and ia making tho ordor said that tho oaso waa un<< doubtodly a hardship, Tho defendant had just) paid L30 to cjob rid of his liability, but tho mother had thrust tho <>hi d on tho State, and under tho Aob the fathor must keep the child till ib was 14 years old. Rogarding tho technical points he would like to hear thorn reviewed under »u appoul. It was possible thab tho higher court would dlffjr from him, bub ho was clear in what he musb do. Uo could not take into consideration tho L30 th'tb had already boon paid, for tho Aob was oxpHcit, Tho orimo of illegitimacy waa on the iacroue. Tho ordor was mado for 5s 6d por week till tho ohild reached tho ago of 14 years. A now bueincas is always a matter of pub'io iutoroat, and on thub account wo have muoh ploasuro in calling attotifcion to tho Eoval Tjsa Roomh, Xhimos stroot, opposito Mr Ouonvy'n storo. Mr V. Mioyhh, tho proprietor, hopes by running on up-to-date line;*, and supplying only first class confootionory, to tnoritt tho support of tho rooidouts of O^tnaru and uurroundiug dio< Iriots, Tho following yuotitjions morib caroful fttitontion : Mon a colonial bwood trousers, 6s lid, 8s lid, 10s 9d, l?.« (id, roally firatclaou value Men's twood suits, 23s 9J, '25 j Od, 32s (3d, ddiii'l. Mon'a moles, 5s lid; beavers, 7a lid, Men's leather shirts, 2s 6d, 2« Hd, 3a Od ; mon'a union shirts, 2s lid, 3s Cd ; men's ihunolotto shirts, Is lid, 2a Gd, Colored blankoti, from 6i lid Boya' suits fiom 6s lid— at '£w& PowiKoriNio. The following quotations aro of special intorosb to tho ladies. They compriso liuoa oponod oub during tho pist week, and wuioh will bo found of oxcoptional value. Ladies' ribbed blaok Cashmoro hose, noamlose feet, Is pair, or '6 pairs for 2s Od. Ladies' blaok and colored fabric gloves, 6<1, lOJt'l, 1». Ohildron'd glovoi from 6d. Our oolebratod woar-woll kid gloves, 2* Od, full aisortmont colors and eww. Our Jubilee kid gloves, 4 domes, blaok or colors, 3s lid. Bobo quality tan dop!«ktn gloves* S» (id, op'ondid wear. Now plushov, 2s 6d. Volvoboens, bkek and colored, la, Is Od, Is lid, 2s (id. ftco our oyoling o'oths, Is, li 3J, Is 8d, Is lid, uowvsb shades. Our navy and blnok coating oorgo* aro well known, and always plca«o, la O.'i'J, 1« 2^d, Is 4£d, Is 0J, Is 9d, Is lid, 2i3d, 2s 01, 2s lid. iilack figured droas m»tod»(, 8s 6J, 12s Od, 10* 6<i dross Jongth, rich designs. Nun's veiling, evening shades, 0« 3d dress length. To bo hud only »b 'J'hh PoriYrHOHNio, tho favorito Ready- money Dr^pon. Aftor a remarkably suoooisful tour of the Southland distriot, tho special represnnba« tivo of H. a. Barraolough, tho ominont Sydney sight-testing export, visits Oamaru, oommuncing businoia on Wodnoidny, 8 h inst. Frivato consulting room at tho Star aud Gartoc Hobol, How aro your socks ? If they are darned bhuy aro unoomfortablo ; if bhoy aro unoomforbablo. it's time to buy now ones, At I'tfNRosn's Drapory EitablUhmcnb you cud got a epleadUl lino of woollen sooks ab 10id, spliced hods and toes. Cashmere nooks, black and navy, Is por pair, Morino sooks, 6d, 9d, and Is — mmosB's Cash Drapory ISfccablithment, Thames street, Mb Oeo. Kohinsok, 8urgeon Dontht, will bo in Kurow from Saturday, the 4th March, till Tuosday, tho 7th, Prodigious Bargains I n&aured to * over patron of tho "Huge Harvest Sale' aty Clayton, Gabdinkk axd Co 's, Steam hau boon getting up for some time. The " sale " onorgy of Standard House has been steadily acoumu'ating for many moubhs, and has now almosb roaohod "oxptosivo point." Tho " oxplosion " will t*ko pkco in a fow days, Bo alorti for tho Hugo Harvesb bale, Nhw Zbaland Boot Sow»by Co. bdg to announoo thab thoy havo usb puroluaod at a tromondoua discount, a largo part of bho stook in tho assigned estate of Gurrobb, Bootmnkors, Auckland, and aro thoreforo iu a position bo offer during tho holiday season unprecedented bargains The following aro a few quotations : Girls' tan leather twostrap shoes, 10 to 13, 3s Od por pair ; girls' tan leather laoo shoes, 3s Od per pair $ womon't) two-bar block canvas bIioqs, 3s 9d por pair } ladioa' ovoning shoos, just landod, from 3s 3d upwards; girls' whito oanvas shoes, 7 bo 9, 2s lid, 10 bo 13, 3s 6d ; gjrU' bwo'Strap watorproof odrivaa' shoos, ,7 to , 10, 2s 4d, 11 to 1, 3s 3d ; wonftoti'd' glabo laoo* shoes, in 6d por pair ; womon's glaoo two* bar shoes, D< 6d nor pair; girls p*tonb A str*p», indestruoiblo boos, 4 to 6; 2a ' 9d? larger stoi from 3a 6d 5 girls' oarpob slip, pore, from Is pur pair ; womoa'o, Is 0d ; women's kid alippore, 3s 3d por p4r j won men a genuine oulHud two bar shoot, 7s 6d per pair (a beautiful lino). Quantities in (iho above linos aro litnibod, thoreforo call early bo provont disappointment. Thanking our patrons for pasb favors, and wishing, them a Merry Christmas and a Happy Now ftjaf, wo remain, etc, New Zealand Boot ' Hum* Co,} Xh^moi itrcot, \