North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1907,

North Otago Times, 27 December 1907, Page 2

North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1907,

It is said tliut the Dominion's training ship Amokilra visit Oamuru, i The liailway JJcpnrtmeut announce in this issuo the train arrangements., lor the Noni Year holidaysEntries for and running handicaps at tho >'Oanmru Caledonian sports wil) closo with tho secretary at, 8 o'clock this evening,. l • I'lio 8.8. Bakiurai arrived on Wednesday with a cargo of timber from Stewart' Islapd for Messrs M'Callum and Co,- She discharges to-day, Tho Oamaru Boating Cliib's two crews that went to l'ort •Chalmers to tnko part in tho regatta,' hold thero yesterday, secured two third places. ; The companionship of the Southland Times nend the, compliments of the season i to the companionship of tho North Otago '-Timcs. ; ' Air Justice) "]Villiauis, in Chambers, on Tuesday, ({ranted letters of adriiinietrntion in tlio estate of liobort M'.Kuy Bruce, 011 the application,of Mrlljor«"K. • : Thd s.s. Indramayo is expected in port- to-daj;. from Brisbane direct. She loads uljout. 4,000 bales of wool, for London, on account of tho Shaw-Sa-Jill and Albion Company und the New{ Zoaldnd Shipping Compauy. Heavy rain foll at. Duncdin and Timaru 011 Christmas Day,' whilo 110110 foil at Oamaru. Oamaru lids liact) a larger rainfall tliali, north of the Waitaki; but it is,a' pbculiarity that *ri> liavo' grown ■ accustomed to that rains from tho south' raroly foil in this distiict. Mr' Shand;- of .Ngapara, lias a crop of oats that' is" expected to : go 80 bushels td the acre,' and Mr Clark, of Totrira, also'has a crop of oats which ia expected. to.produce a slightly larger yield,' Certainly both crops' look as .if tlioy would realiso these-6xpecta-tions,. ■ 'Tho pMo gaWens have been largely patronised .by;'visitors and, by townspeople during the past two days. The jataens l are a' thing:' of beauty; 'and they way-'alsp'be .'described ;as a' joy . for 'oyer.' ,Theft' is an abuhdanto- of . floral beauty, at Hho lireaonti time, and charmed w\th, the by Mr Mackenzie and lis assistants, r. , ( , <

land,trades and Labor Council, has «ve( .tho. following telegram Denmston Union appealing aS fc E - PCCt K"»t flSTht." Kindly inform unions your d strict.-J .- Machant, Secretory." . T h e telegram is re-' Ifanled as an appeal for fiuaiicinl support, • v*, i, A competitor ' returning f rom the Duntroon snorts by l ast Zoning ssje 1 : cial had the misfortuno to lose his . pipe caso containing his pipes, 'fliov were safely deposited'under a'carriage m, bilt on re urning to remove them the owner couul find no trace of them, f tlioy havo been, put off at any station on route >wo'shall be glad if any i one bavin? information! qonccrning them will communicate with this ollicc, .' The recent rains havo nindo the crops between limnru and Oamaru (says tho limaru Herald) look very promising but it-is very noticenbjii that the wojis in this district, especially wheat, potatoes; are much nioro forward than spiithof the Waitokj.- Pns-'-ure, on Hhc v ,other hand, is -slightly bettor tlmn Jicl'o; judging by what can be seen from. thoVtraihs, v,' \ ' ; ' The'; PJKDOili^"'« l nd' ; ;Mcadowbaiik. liowjing Glubs'spcnt, a pleasant -uiul enjoyablo day..' at Tih'mrn yesterday. M arrival the visitors were met'. by he Secretary ('Mr, Turner)' nii'd'n number of other, bowlers, and were hospitably entertained at lunch. Owing to the hurry :in catching, the express twin tho cauls too not colluded andwc are unablo'to give the scores, but' hoenix beat-Timnru by 37 up, anil Meadowbank went down by 19. The s.s. Beautiful Star, which lias been destroyed by lire at JJobart, was an o d-time trader between Dunedin and. West Coast ports, and for many .. yours ran between Dimcdin and On- . mm ii. She.belonged to Mr Houghton'■ m tho curly days, and tlierenfter be came the property of "the Union Comnany, who sold her to a Tnsmanian lirm. Jlcr destruction will revive oldtime memories. ' ,i A J 0111 ;- 1 ' 0 , o ™ ll coHasc, situated at the head of. Sumpter's Gully, was destroyed by fire Iftto, on -Tuesday nWht. iho house was tho! property of JlTr John Moore, and was occupied'by his son, who, with his,' Wife arid' family: ) rao in „t, own at the time of, the 'outbreak. Iho.house,was destroyed in a very short time,,iu> water being availnblo to cope with tlio ; fire, 'The house ™S n - ,I,s , Ur « l in the Uoyal;,. office for floO, and tho furniture for £IOO in , Hie,-Yorkshire office. Tho barque Kassa, Captain Brown, arrived oil Oamaru on Wednesday at midday, and was.brought in by Captain Uamsay in tho evening.' Tho Kassa left HobarUn the 17th inst., and arrived off the Bluff on' tho 23rd ami on tho 24th the wind died' away, but on tho 25th a southerly. wiiid ' brought her along to her 'destination, Mm is loaded with the following hard- ., wood timber for Messrs M'Callum and Co,: 120,832 ft sawn blueguin timber 16(17 split posts, 1-1,050 split •20fi5 sawn palings. This is tho fourteenth trip of the Kassa, under com-'' mand 0f Captain Brown, within tho year. , The Shay-Savill steamer 'AthOnic, winch is due at Wellington on the 31st inst., from London, is bringing a record number gf passengers. The'vessel left England with 732 people,, of whom 701 are for Now Zealand, there being for the Dominion 583 passengers in the third-class, 78 in tho second saloon, and 40 in the first snloon. The number booked for Wellington is. 237 • for Auckland, 182 | for Lyftclton, 83 : , for Dimedin, 46; for Napier, 30; for Greymouth', .23 ; for New-' Plymouth, 2.'! • for Gisbome, 22; for-Bluff, 18; for Wnngnnui, 15; forTimnru, 8; for Oa. maru, 8 ; for Wcstport, 3 ; for Picton, 2; and one for Nelson, The special Christmas services held at St, Liike's Church on' Christmas morning were- largely' atte'lidciL, At 7.15 and at 8 o'clock holy'communion was celebrated, and at the 11. o'clock choral service special hymns ,werc suiiij-. Mrs Batson sang tho three recitatives from the " Messiah "-" There wore shepherds in tho'fields." The' Yen, Archdeacon Gould preached, tnkilig as his subject, " The Contrasts of tho First Christmas Day." The Rev. I), Jnmieson took part in the throe services. Owing to the holidays tho choir was deprived of the services of several members, but the numbers were nevertheless well rendered. . . A sad accident happened to the. big drum of tho Garrison Band on the railway station yesterday morning. The band was playing a cake-walk or something of a similar character, and

the big-drummer was putting in'his say "wi''micht and main,'" when the heavy end of the drum-stick shattered . tho tympanum of the.left-hand side of lift.instrument. Tho drummer was equal to'the emergency, and twirled his drum round, but its music had ffOiio, It was.as if a fiddler was frying to extract music from a flat-iron. Thcro was a pianissimo about the big drum for the rest of the day that was extremely disheartening, to the operator, , Goods in everyday, use, common things in many qualities' -which, if ' you do not buy, to-day, you must, tomorrow, as they aro all markoil " indispensable." Weigh the advantages of immediate 'buying by comparing usual with White Sale prices,; White Flannelettes,, former price 7|d, 9il, •10id; White Sale prices'sitt, 7 id, 8J d a yard. Dowlas ami Fotiar, former prices 9d, ,9i<l, 10Jd;, White Sale prices, SJ<I, f#il, 7Jd. White Calicoes," medium weight, former price- sil; ] White Sale price Id. Calico, heavy satin finisji, former price 84; White , Sale price GJd. •Untilcachcci Damask, former price'Js U, Is 10|d, 2s 2d' White Sale price Is 3]!,. Is'3d, Is "7*l. ' White Roller Towelling, former prices i 'Jjrt, Is; White Sale price* M W. 1 Striped Rollor • .Towelling, former , prices Sid, Aid, Is 4d; White Sale prices 6H 7-4* l, H-Jd. White Dimity, ', former prices 6W, 7Jd, (hi.; White ' Sale prices, 4Jd, 5-i.d, fid. Floral ' Dimity, former prices 7A<l, Ifld, Is; ,' White Sale prices H<\, 7}il, &Jd. <■ White Drill, former prices 10-Sd, Is ( 3d; White. Sale prices 7-Jii, i PENROSE'S Drapery Establishment. It is quit© an" education and wo< i may almost say a privilege to in- v spect R. Murie's latest arrivod Plioc- • nix Bicycles, which' arc'"absolutely ' the best value ever imported into ( Oamaru. The price—£ls—is a mere- " bagatelle when you take into con> i siilcration. what you pet, for yous r money-terms, of course,' if desiroil. ( Givo Murio a call. You have every- [ thing to gain and nothing to lose. n