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North Otago Times, 23 September 1908, Page 2

The s.s. Kaiapoi will tako the Flora'? time-table running on Friday,

Tho Government- intend to spend £IO,OOO on immigration during tho coming year. , • -

Last year, the Government expended £8632 on works for the development of goldlields,<and this year £35,000 ib asked for.

The amount expended on public school buildings last year was £lßl,2G5, and £IOO,OOO is asked for this year. ..- . •

i Tho Post and Telegraph Department are observing Dommion Day as a holiday. Tho' hours of nttendanco will bo notified in a later issue,

In th'a open {olf ,'championsliit match at Dunedin Boxby (Oamaru; scored 394 and Holmes (Maatortoii 364.

Tlio sum of £45,027 was oxponded on tourist and health resorts last year, and the authority asked for this year is 117,093, including £20,000 for a new steamer for Late Wakatipu.

The total appropriations by tlio Government for public .works of all descriptions this year is £2,721,450, against £2,521,210 voted last yoar, and £2,106,262 actually expended.

There is the promiso of a good horso parade on the Show Ground on Saturday. Tlio ontrles so far aro good, but the list will not be availabla till Thursday night.

A special meeting of tlio Council o( tlio Acclimatisation Society will bo held this ovening at 7.30 o'clock to take into consideration tho allocation of tho brown trout fry to tbo different rivers.

The not expenditure on roads construction by tlio Government last yoar ivns £3G3,9!)7, and tho estimated total this year is £607,000, this amount being in addition to the £250,000 voted [or the maintenance of roads.

The annual meeting of the Oamaru Amateur Swimming Club will bo held in Holmes Hall on Monday ovening at 8 o'clock, ' .All members and intending members, iucluding ladies, aro requested to be present.

In Mr Piper's rooms this evening the annual general meeting of the members of tip Oamaru Boating Club will bo hold to receive tho report and balance-sheet, and to elect officers for the incoming Benson. A full attendance is requested,

The North Otngo Horticultural Society's bulb show takes place to-mor-row in the Drill Hall, The show will bo open in tho afternoon and ovening, when there will be a good display of spring flowers and decorations. The ciiargo for admission is one shilling, members and thoir families free.

A Dunlroon sottler is in the fortunate position of being able to account for 200 per cent of lambs over a fairly numerous flock of ewes. The lambing is mostly made up of twins and triplets. If this is not a record, it cannot be far short of it. The (settlor says it will; partly mako up for the two previous dry seasons.

Tho Minister for Publio Works says tlio railway journey between Wellington and Auckland will be made in 19 liours and 50 minutes. The railway has cost two millions and a half. All tho works borno by the Public Works fund in the'past year totalled £2,106,3G2, or £99,243 less than the previous year.

.A parade of the mounted volunteers ol the district has been summoned for Saturday (Dominion Day), and the infantry corps have been asked to state what the prospects arc for a parade in the event of their also be: ing.is boincr prepared for a display of bunting, the desire being evident to celebrate the day in appropriate fashion.

In. his Public Works Statement the Minister asks for a voto of £IOOO to pay off contingent liabilities on the Oingo Central'line; £30,000 for tho prosecution of tho Lawrence-Roxburgh line; £12,000 for the Gbre-Waikaka line; £30,000 for the Catlius-Waima-iinka line; £IB,OOO for the RiversdaleSwi tors line; £30,000 for the Ore-liuki-Wninu line. The sum of one million i* proposed to be expended on railways this year. £105,000 is put on the estimates for the duplication ot the Dunedin-Mosgiol line,

A sub-committee of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday framed tho petition which is to bo circulated for signature protesting against tho discontinuance of the extra train service to Kurow. Tho potitiou is in the following terms: "To the Hon, the Ministor for Railways,Wcllington.-gir,-Asil has been publicly notified that it is the intention of tho Railway Department to withdraw at. tho end of Seplcmbor tho oxtra train that has been running between Oamnru and Kurow l'6r some months, we, the undersigned residents of the district, served by tho said train, respectfully ask that the decision may bo reconsidered, and that this train, which has so great a convoniouco to the travelling public, may be continued." Copies of this havo been forwarded to all the country stores along the line; where it may v .be signed, It also lies at several business places in town, and all interested in tho maintenance of the servico should, sco that thoir names are attached to it.

The adjourned monthly meeting of the Middlo Soliool ."Committee was hold on Tuesday evening,. 22ud inst, Present: Messrs Iving (chairman), Row Buckingham; Messrs . Puttick, Swinard, Dr Whitton, and Mr Riach iacting see'rotary.).' Mr tannings wrote that owing to his removal from tho school district he was obliged to.resign his-seat on the Committee. The resignation was received with regret. Mr J, G' 1L Sumpter was elected to tho vacancy, The headmaster's report showed the average attendance for, the past month as 229. Miss King being absent through ill-health her position is temporarily occupied" by' Miss Mit. chell from Dunedin. A favorable inspection' report was submitted. In

connection with tho memo, from tho Education Board as to facilities for escape of pupils in caso of fire in the school building, tho headmaster • reported that in' the stono portion there is an outer door to each class room; and in the wooden'portion there is an outlet through ' a small porch to each room, and that tho facilities are adequate for all possible emergencies. Mr Riach and the Rev. R. J. porter were appointed visitors ■ for the ensuing month'; '■-...■ '.'liJ 1 ; .accordance with v instructions

a%v#niri^ : 'a ;^ilntterfofficio! f n£ rplainedVthat tliiß '-xm^tl^Mg^oA'i June'c'pinpany -jsoeond : <£ jcompimyifSlt •is tha^ I .ihi^enquiry : :prbceeded^th|lrc-; '■'ilueM'^lpf^ J irom;both Bidea, 'tbat"the cvoss-exaraiv nation iat ;stage; was ■of lorsonal; nature, and that eventually hoaringiw^vcontinued:toiallqw<of the' J« f endant''eetting>j his'case on; record;!, jut the^evideiice:hos;to.go'> idin : where; it: will,.;' bo '■ considered by;, the" O.Ci ; District, :, : What?action can. ho taken mist in any.;case lie.doubt-, Jul, for the' charges' relate to events that/ as previously- stated, ■ are- more than three months old, and are there;foro by the regulations excluded from 'ormal investigation. In- any ; case; it is 'generally concluded that'the informant failed, to ' provo-his case, A charge of insubordination' against the Informant has now' b'een laid, he having addressed an offensive remark : to ■\ superior 'officer, ■

Tiiore can be no'."doubt' that Life has justified the flourish of trumpets /inJulged in by "the proprietors "when on .ncreaso in size and an all-round improvement wore announced, a month or two back, The addition of a fiction section was a great boon to readers who want a fair dash of lightness in their reading, and the stories being served up monthly are excellent. For example, in the September issue, just out, thero is a fmo detective story by Jacques Futrelle (one of tho Van Dujen series); a capitally written Australian bush-story by a Now Zealand jirl, and a very funny baby story, In more serious vein is Dr Fitchett's story of the Black War in Tasmania, •n which ho tolls, with graphic effect, the tragedy of a perished raco. Among tho special illustrated articles three or iour stand out prominently. They are: "How I Mako 'Em Smilo," in which Mr Barclay Gammon, who is now touring Australasia, tolls the secrets if successful fun-making; "Deep Sea Diving," by W, A. Somcrsot, being a collection of stories and photographs to illustrato tho dangers and tho rewards of submarine work; "When the Crowd Goes Home," which is anotha, of Charles NuttallV charming litlik impressions of New York. Dr MtchlM: ?ivos his usual niasteriy review of tto history of tho world, and sums up tto month's doings under our own skies fc, characteristic fashion. Tho regular I to" nartments, covering literature, scionflft sport, pootry, business, humor, am politics, nro so filled with bright, ulfr t'ul, up-to-dato mattor as to nuw Life almost indispensable to tho av* ago man or woman. It is interestiH to note that tho closo of a plotllj 1 puzzle competition is announced. 1l» first-prizo winner gets a free trip |l Japan and back, there aro a handla of cash prizes as well, and it is iH# yet too lato to enter for tho contest

New goods are pouring, in frn» every direction.' Tlio s.s, Vaimf IV, .\lumari, Aotea all bring large cl- - of summer goods for I«• .ose'fi Drapery Establishment. \% collection of novelties and drapery 9? il.e useful order that is coming i to Penrose's just now is most compret "i----sive. Everything new ,and in sea! <«• able demand will be found in abi :■&■ ance in this popular store. The (( Mlion of value is, of course, imporli A, but it is well known that the nev *1 and best of the imported stock t «t "omes into Penrose's is marked at L« smallest possible margin on « it price, We do not put on large \m •' It nt the beginning of the season wit ft view of paying for the goods I Hi have to be sacrificed at tho end of ''« season. We would ask all who k'-w ihc value of imported millinery to'Nt this assertion. Penrose's murk hi same low rate of profit on milli '<)' that calico bears; henco imp?''*! millinery can be bought as cheap In their store as it can bo bought in I sy wholesale warehouse in the Domif!,s. -PENROSE'S Drapery EstabKsbliM H

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