North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1906. THE SESSION.

North Otago Times, 2 November 1906, Page 2

North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1906. THE SESSION.

"Slap, bang! Here we are . again " might aptly be applied to, the session just closed. Like the performers in a pantomine, it has been a rapid reappearing and disappearing the latter especially having been accomplished with remarkable celerity, Sir Joseph Ward had an easy task before him, as Leader of the House. He acted fairly to the Opposition, and the Opposition returned the compliment by assisting him through the work of the session; and it was hurried through. The session began with an accelerated pace for a session of the New Zealand Parliament, and it ended up with a wild ' scramble and a joyous war-whoop as each beaming legislator emerged from Parliamentary buildings on his way to the exhibition, a horse race or an agricultural show. Sir Joseph complimented the House on having done rattling good work, having put through 105 Bills, which would be included as Acts in our wonderful statute book, and Mr Massey hoped Sir .Joseph would have a good time, at the Imperial conference. With these expressions of good feeling on the part of the leaders of

parties in the House the building was left to the caretakers and cleaners. The House sat 43 days, nutting in seven hours a day, and in that time it shot out on to the heads of a. devoted people Acts of Parliament at the rate of two and half a daj'. This, as the sporting phrase goes, easily constitutes a record, and is a bigger thing in its way than Forde's phenomenal hammer throw. Although the number of Bills that passed into law was at the rate of two and a half a day, spread over the 43 days of the session, the fact must not be overlooked that towards the end of the session they were being turned out at the rate of from six to eight a day—they were being run out with the speed of coal out of a steep shoot, and it is easy to see that judges and magistrates, not to mention J.P.'s, will have many a weary wrestle with the Statute Book of

1906, ai.d questions will naturally be asked as to whether Parliament was compos mentis when it forced into the light of the day such droll things ,ii will be found in these 105 Acts of Parliament as their peculiarities are developed by the probings of magistrates and judges. Parlia- ' merit had the exhibition confronting ; it, and Hie 105 Bills became Acts of Parliament in the quickest time on record for any 'Parliament. New Zealand is an easy.fust again. Baling cricket, which wc cannot play. New Zcnlawl holds a prominent place in the world for all round snorting; lull in passing laws we S whip 'creation. Let us hope " creation" will'have nothing to say later, on I ..

Mails for Australia only, via Syj- , nevelose jit Port Chalmers, per Suf- , folk, to-dav at 8 p.m. . i After the mail closed on Wednesday thtwafie County founding! prC d the following tenders: Co tract . Ml Vailiaorunga back road Waitao i -A Cocluarie £A3 15s .(accepted. R. . White £103:25. A. Shirley £IOO 4s. | C tact 582: TavcmUlc's road, Deep cffwm.Coclu'ane£9ns acce - . e ,n J. Patterson £ll4 Gs 9d, K. White £134 17s (id. Contract 583, Sk ineton's road, Waihao,A p Cochrane £BB Gs Gd (accepted J. P J «m £14(5 As. Contract 581. waiiao Ja,i advertise for next srt ing. Wvnr-t 585 Hatataramea Val CV !::;ft%icbol£ls0 f ept,lj. 'A. Cochrane £l5O. A. Sbuiev m. Messrs Bruce Christie and Co. havo received a -telegram stating that Mcs r Lefevrc and Cuff took six Hist s five second prizes and one ! f\;Vcntt>e.Pnlmo.,onNo ,i. rw hold vnsterdav. with the six Ks it Hicv recently m.rchascd WrXtrketeouWed„4 a the New Zealand Loan an Lrnntile Agency Companv sold, on store cattle as to low : Four st us at £2 Is, 8 at £3 16s, 8 at t>i us. d 4 heite at £3 Messrs Dona Reid and Co. so d for Mr W. P. Red (Maheno). 40 prime ewes at 21s Jd, and 22 shorn wethers at 14s ail. In the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru, before his Honor Judge Hasclden (in Chambersi on the Mth ult. probate of the will of Mi Ihos. Sin (late of Enfield farmer ujwas granted to Messrs Geo. Nelson an Alexander Don, the execufore thSif, on the application o! Messrs Lee and Grave. The Hon. G.Jones has received. the following communication from tic ££er of Railways (the Hon. W. i the joint letter irom Mr J. A. Mr YYm. Steward, and yoiusci ic cii Ktine that a train bo run between OamSu and Toka-rahi on Tuesdays Se convenience of sclJen attend, inn sales at Oamaru on that day. in cpW I have to say that 1 am mat inc innuirv into the matter, and wl. j,c glad lo give vour representations t-arcfii consideration." The Oamaru Bowling Club opened its season on the Meadowbank green yesterday afternoon. The weather was fine and the green was playing well though the recent rain had lnado, it „iav a little heavy. A large numbe" of players were on the green, inciudiiig a number from the Phoenix Howling Club. A match was .arranged, amiiwas played to the. enjoyment of every one .present. Dunne the afternoon Mr T. Kennedy, . the Club s president welcomed the visitors, ami wished all followers of the game a pleasant season, -V sale of the work left from the last bazaar was held in the Lcelu.ro Hall behind Wesley Church yesterday afternoon, and continued m the eveninn satisfactory business being done. The articles ottered comprise plain and fancy needlework, art work, (lowers and sweets, and are such as should command ready sale, in an adjoining room a refreshment department was conducted with complete satisfaction to all concerned. Hie. sale will be open again this afternoon and evening, when no difficulty should he experienced in disposing of tlic , balance of the Roods. The s.s, Kooiiya, 1091 tons, Captain J. M. Drcwettc, arrived from Duhcdin last night. landed 30 tons of cargo, loaded 107 tons pi produce, and'sailed early this morning for the north. ,' A. shooting match'•'was fired las evening in Wear-street Hall. between St Paul's and Columba. Junior Bible Classes. A most enjoyable evening was spent, St. Paul's winning by a few points. Supper, provided by. bt ; Paul's class, was much enjoyed by ali. At the close a few encouraging words were spoken to the lads by the leaders of the two classes. A meeting of the Committee of the Horticultural Society was, held last, evening, Mr J. Mitchell being in the chair, and there was a good attendance, Tlic principal business was the nomination of judges for the forthcoming show. Several gentlemen were duly proposed as judges for the general part of the show, and it was resolved to ask the Ladies' Committee to nominate lady judges for the decorative work, Mr Onglcy was .appointed to superintend the staging, and Messrs Mitchell, Clarke, and Onglcy were appointed to inquire as, to timber for making permanent staging tables. We liaVe received from' Messrs 11. Matson and Co., of Christchurch, a review of the business of the colony for the present year, The review presents to its readers a large quantity of reading matter of special interest to the agriculturist and pastoralist. The various markets arc summed up, railway tables tor carriage of stock and grain, increases and reductions in numbers of fat sheep, etc ; statistical tables, showing sheep returns, produce exported from New Zealand, wool ottered and sold in the local markets and throughout the colony, cereal returns tor. New Zealand and, New South Wales, estimate- of American and European crops, a meat table showing total exports from New Zealand and imports into the United Kingdom of New Zealand frozen mutton and lamb with average and highest prices for the last five years, also meat shipments from New Zealand, and the current prices of stock, skins, hides and» fat. etc., at all the local centres, and a review of the wool markets, etc. The book is beautifully illustrated, and the firm must have gone to considerable expense in its production. To start this day at Penrose's a special Curtain Sale. Having secured a lug lot ot Sample Curtains at 23 per cent discount off the Home price, we arc aide to retail these Curtains at less price thrni than tneycan be bought lor in England. There is among this lot o! Sample Curtains „ fair proportion of cheap curtains, IMi the greater quantity is made up of .high-grade goods. Nottingham Lace, Guipure, Muslin rnil Swiss Carta us—all high-class goods—niarved to clear at low prices. Now is the time to get good Curtains at low priccs.-PENHOSE'S Drauurv Establishment,

Bad ! Bad ! ! Bad ! ! !~I)ad blood comes [rom bad <Ueostion—bad stomach,, bad liver—atteiulod with bad, . foul breath, coated tonpio, (tad taste, bad headache, had appetite and kiiidretf symptoms. Bad as all these are and serious as arc the rt senses to which they load, Chamberlain's Stomach ami Liver Tablets como' to the relict and cure ot all these by re»ilatins and invißoratinß Stomach. Liver and Bowels, and -puttine all these omans in good order. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers. A prescription tor Indigestion that iicvcn fails to give rapid relief—take ten to twenty drops of Dr Cropland's.Noxol in half a cup of hot water halt an hour alter meals. It is a sure thins, take it in sips, 2s. at olicmjsts anil stores.