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North Otago Times, 28 May 1908, Page 2

.Reports' and lpttcrs . to tho.editor, crowded out of "this" issue," wc'liopo, to" lhuT rooin for' to-morrow. •• After a day ofr mild and welcome rain on. the• 22nd-inst (says, our Wai; mate correspondent), tho . iiveathqi again brightened . up and continued iliio, with keen frosts at .night... • 1 Moils for tho Commonwealth' of AuS' frnlin, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, and Straits iSptlloinenie, also South Africa, Continent of Eijrqp,c and United Kingdom, close at Wellington 011 Friday, 29th insl., at 3 p,m\, per Warvimoo. ; Mails for Samoa,,, United. States) Canada, United Kingdom, . and Conllnent of Europo, close at Oamaru dt .il a.m. on Friday, 29th innt, .Gorrespdndeiice for tho United Kingdomand Europo must bo: specially: addressed,

y■> ,< . «> ''| -i " ~~~i f> ia '_Ffisco., Tills mall.will be. duo vjn London nljout Jiily/ " v ''■■■■ : ; Tlio Waitakian forJKayhas polno tp •Jlnndj.ind; <ioi}ttnh& ilib'-Sisuaf record of >)(l,iool work and sports sincd tho Inst Tho'--miml)<r' : contains photo-: •'graphs of teams, etc.', ns' Woll as of Mr Iv.'C, Onglpy'and Mr A. M, Piulayaon. former has been -appointed filth aejistant, and tho latter. oxhibition science scholar, . With 31 trade unions, having an aggregate membership of nearly fiOOO, affiliated to it, tho Wellington Tradps Gb'uney thinks the .tirno has come to, baVo'd'TrKdcs Mall,wliorp. union-' iftls will bo their ■project has reached tho practical stajfo, for committees whiclr.lmye iojisidered ways and means and .possible sites will.report to the next meeting. . . n "'■ ■■ 'Our Waimnte correspondent says that on Monday cveniiig; t.lw'ißev, Mi liallantyne," missionary ; from Now Guinea, gave a very interesting address, on tho customs and life of. tho people of a portion of Now Guinea, wjiero ho lias been for several years working as a missionary. His descripttyh of that' part of 'New Gu nea and its'people was highly interesting. The cliair was occupied by Mr J. llayraan, Aj yoto of thanks to and sympathy with tho missionary in his work was eiyen, on tho motion of Mr It. Meredith flnd' Mr A- Bltolierier.,.:;, _ '?>'

J l'ho monthly meeting of the North School Committee was held orf Tuesday evening, there being presont; iffssrs J. Mitchell (chair)} 1 T. Jones, Young,.Ji, Rijsbatch, Stevenson, Geo. S,;.:Jones,3V,"iJnmeß, and N, Mcldrum

(hon;,.secretary). Tlio minutes of a special riieoting and the last general meeting were read and confirmed. The headmaster reported that there wero still a number-of children'absent owJul" to measles. Several accounts wero passed for. payment.' Messrs Geo, . S. -Jones and 1 W'. F, Mcldrum wero appointed a visiting, committee-for tho month, and the meeting terminated with the. usual vote of thanks to tho chair.

Mr Thomas Little, of Tapui, Nga parit, : the j well known breeder of Bor del- Lcicesters, hus just returned from a trip through tho Southern brooders oi stud sheep. Mr Little and Mr Thos Kcid,'-of Windsor, have been appointed oflicial graders, and their district ex tends (torn tho Waitaki, down. to Southland. In some flocks Mr Littlo throw out as rhucli as 33 |>er cent, anJ tlie; breeders interested expressed them selves as.highly pleased at Mr Little's decisions,' There is no doubt the" step which- has.,hoeii taken as regards grad ing'will, result in great benefit to those breeders who aro forming (locks, ;«nc( will- lighten tlio work of' the corn pilers.-of the stud book, '

Recently ' when Colonel Knight, ol the; Solvation Army, was travelling fiom JJunedin to Christchurch (says tho Daily Times), a member of tho lira) of Messrs Ilislop and Crcagh, solicitors' for the executors of tho lato Jlr (■jamuel Wilson, of Awanioko, former, waited upon him by arrange ment, and handed him a' cheque for the substantial sum of £15,000, being (lie major portion of tlt.e bequest under Mr Wilson's will to tho Salvation Arlny, to be applied towards tho social work of tlie Army in New Zealand, There is a.balance still in tho hands of the trustees; pending the result q( an' appeal from tlio Stomp Commissioner's. decision regarding ilia assessment of tlie succession duty. Tlio Salvation Army feels very grateful fol this han'lsomo sum, which will very materially assist it in its philanthropic work.

The .monthly mooting of ,tho Waitaki .High' School Board of Governors was hold yesterday morning, Present: Messrs'; • "Botfje(chairman); • Brown," Jtose/ M'Kerrow, and Milligan. Thominut.es of .tlio. last meeting wero read and adopted. Outward correspondence inward correspondence read, III*! fdWn' Clerk advised, the ro-eleetioi< of 'Mt' u li. Milligan as Mayor for th(| ensuin"g-4crm. , r The transfer of tho : lease,-Vf,i It. Jones to Mrs B. Ronwielt; warranted Bubject to.the approval of the Board's solicitor. Tho lease by the; Hoard to Mr Woolley was approved. Mr-E,'J; Forbes advised tho shipment of desks per s.s, Mimiro, now in Diinedin, The matter of leases not taken up, and fence and hedge was left in thcMmnds of tho Chairmun to arrange. Accounts and salaries amounting'to IBs 7d, and progress payments to contractors (£510) .were passed for payment. A vote of thanks was ■passed to Mr \Y. ,H. lioso for" arranging ■ financial'details with the Department when in Wellington, The Hoard dien *ose.'

Our Waimato correspondent writes i Empire .Day at Waimato was observed as a close holiday on Monday, 25th in.'U. The town was vory quiet all day, Flags were hoisted at tho Bo rough and County Offices, and the Farmers' Co-operative store. The banks, business offices, and stores were closed. The Post Office was open as usual, In the evening a large number ot peo file visited the volunteer drill-siied, where, the various sports'and attrac tions ol the Grand Imperial Fail 1 and Bazaar," in aid "of tho funds ot til? new St, Patrick's Church still continue- daily ' to, draw many visitors, Tho bazfiar will continue open tlu'oyghout this week-Oil Surnlo) owning, 2-1 tli inst,, the itev, I', Fairdotigli, at'. a church service in the Wesleyan Church, addressed a , large congregation on the British Flag,' - and in impressive nnd oloquont language referred to the world-wide influence of and presence ol tho Union Jack, with its combined three crosses, giving a graphic de-' scription ot tho presence of the flairi» so many situations during an imagim ary flight of twenty-four hours around, the globe,-Mr Smcdley on Sunday evening, at the - tonclusion of a gene' rul church service in the town, gavo an interesting lantern address, thu Temperance Hull being well filled on the occasion. Tho ilhifstratioiis wero representative o[ scenes* in Egypt, tlw Holy Land;' India, Ceylon, Canada, and the United States of' America, with verbal descriptions and personal experiences of the lecturer in his travels tliro'ugh those countries.. Well known hymns wero thrown on tho screen and sung by tho meeting! Miss Bonham gave a solo on -tho occasion.

Representatives ol the fnc'iKlly societies met lii'tlio Foresters' Ilujl,. Eden .itrect, Inst, night,', All.-iliV Jmlgcs •with tho'-cm ; |HiOfl • of! the M.U.1.0.0.R; l.cjjng rdprosentcd. Mr \Y, It. Frith wus voted to t(ic chair, aud iully exphiiiicd what they hail been ralltti toccthcL - for. It-was then Unanimously decided ,to play a euchre tournament,during tlio jvintct months, ■Tho following rules to p-bverh ihc tourney were agreed toTwo, matches v |)cti„wcek to bo played; each player to jiay .sixpence per match; tho maximum :iiuml;er of payers op coc|i sjdo to lie JO ; ■, paints td' >Count v 314 i (pr g draff ; tho vqlua aj»»| t)ic second a trophy, "fyiluc ')ss.; A siilj-cpminittep, consist* ing of : 6np member from' eileh lodge,iflppqintvil to fjrrango for n hall and other details, If was, resolved to fimmenoo play next week. Mr W, 11. ritli was elected to a'et' as secretary for tho toutney. Eight o'clock to ten €« -fixed upon as tho hours ol play. 0 draw resulted as follows: Round ;1-M.U.1,0.0.F, meets 'Alfred, Forresters, meets Hibernians, Druids meet Protestant "Allianco; round; 2-M.U. ;mccts Forealors, Alfred moots l'.A., Chiids' meot ' Ilihcrnialis; round 3M.Ur meets VS., Alfred meets Hibernians, Druids moot Forestcis; round \ -11,U, meets Druids, Alfred moots For;cslei's, Hibernians meet, l'.A.; round 5 —ll.Ufomcots Hibernians, Alfred meets Driuds, r.Armccts Foresters.

Jjjfi Howard Vernon's JlUijipal pqni(ily Company t nppgarfjd for " a oho nigjit' scasgn .Iftsi' s?!>}!s• U>?' wlifchVj} ga'vo to ihpir pitjironftgp; 'Pp farcical 'comedy.." '.Trip.; tp jijriatowi)/' went fl)l ; i«8 W |n<| success fhich v /clyiractoj'Jsk peffomolic'cg of tMs'nttturo.' Mr.Wnon.lool; tho ; leadli)R,:pW't - o| WolMiuV' Bti'ontf,

, i.i V.lijch. ho displayed great .aplitudo;'ynrmiig meritorious applause. .This is ji character entirely Mr Vernon's own, ho brig knotted 'together la number, 1! phases of human-character, making '.lie rojii'Dsontatioh irrisistible, 110 was lly'it in the-sonir oPinany langua< "!•, "We take. our hat. off to the in r," the ' national characteristics ( iiul ilifileets • beitig admirably acted,' 'Miss Vinia do Loittei took tho part ;ofho young widow excellently, and lier idling suited the part 'eminently, and ..■apitdl; sjnging .made up the sum oi an ! lnpcrsqnation . rarely fpuoil in all round'e'ritcrtainniDnU, her rendering of " When-the Heart is' Young" being particularly good. Sho was 'also successful in tho 'duet with llisg Vance, lliifl ilfis Vance, . who has n strong Contralto : voice, took tho part ' of: Rnshleigh Guy, looking the character,, while her musical voice and easy'styleof acting'niado'her a feature in the comrdy, The part of Ben Gay. the old lacholor, was well played by Mr J, R. Ilowftrd. and the .French njaid bv Miss 7 essio' Turner in no . way undimmod 'he suffe& of tho.performance. The luties of tho minor functionaries was erformcd by l capable artists, who Mastered thoroughly tlio business of 'heir parts. The . piece was 'well stagd, and tho accompninisto was Miss r lntficld, , Ilie Company return on Wednesday next:

For Children's Hacking Cough al nielli, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is fii and 2s Gd,

The public of Onmnv.u nro to \,v ri\oi another clmnco of buying i)iop vi'y at their own prices. Penrose's will hoi i another Auction Sale on Satin* Jay, starting at 1.1)0. These sales are now so well known that we hardly u:rtl mention that every article put up will bo sold without the slightest ro tiiTve. Tho goods to be offered arc articles from every department,, in facj anything the people want.—PEN HOSE'S Drapery . Establishment.-' u.licw Watson,, Auctioneer,