North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 19lO.

North Otago Times, 1 December 1910, Page 2

North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1910.

The cricket match arranged between the Union Cricket Club and Balruddery' for to-day has been postponed owing to Balruddery players being unable to raise a team on account of shearing being in full swing. ■

Sir Joseph Ward's remarks, in the discussion on Mr Hiuc's charges make interesting''"reading. lii the' House yesterday afternoon he referred to the pamphlet that has been selling at public gatherings lately up and down'the country, " '

The National Mortgage anil A gthey Company, Ltd,, are in receipt, of the following caible message from their London Office, datel- November 29th, 1910: "London wool sales—merinos, inferior and faiiity, prices are weaker as the salesi progress, being 5 per cent, lower. Home buyers operating sparingly, For crossbreds generally the market shows a hardening, tendency."

The New Zealand Loan and .Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd,, have received the following cable from their London Office As compared .with last sales' closing rates the prices are about 5 per cent, to per cent, lower for merino, (medium, inferior, '.and faulty wool);' about Par to 5 per cent, higher for crossbred, and about 5 per cent, higher for lambs, which continue-to meet with good demand,

Still further reports o! the fishing in the Waitaki are to hand, large baskets being obtained and fish from 12 to lotbs caught. One fisherman reports - 'having) seen an unusually large fish, which hie states might be any weight over 20ibs. Another fisher fishing foj the same part got,' as he thought, snagged, but • it turned-out to be .a fish,,.which got away. It is surmised, that that wa; the same'' fish that had previously been seen; - The whitebait are' running strong, and all account? the fish are plentiful. The lowe' part .of the Ka&anui > river gives good sport, good , baskets bemgv obtained, Further up, the riveris low. and the sport in not so good.

Mr' M'Donald, of -tba Operacine- i scope; Pictures, has secured ■ a series of .animated .Biblical pictures, which, i lie intends • Producing' at the Drill Hail-on Sunday Evenings;,'comment- ; ;,ing Sunday ne?t,?.yith a'series depicting scenes and incidents in the .life of. Christ. The pictures are; undenominational, and altogether outside the realms-' of controversy. In order that the churches)'"m : ay not be. affected -in, any. . way, the time) of starting:.' has been fixed at 8.20. A silver, coin collection will be taken at the doors to deiray expenses. Mr M'Donald .has invited the clergy .and ministers of Oamaru to " witness, the) production of 'this Picture (which measures 3500 -feet in length, and occupies If hours in passing through the machine); on Friday evening at 8 o'clock, when it will foe. shown for their approbation, The programme fo to stfbimitted! 'at Hay ward's Pictures ,in the Opera House on Friday night is an attractive one. It what is rsiported to be .an exceedingly fine view of Sydney harbor, showing Woth sunrise and sunset. Pearl Fishingiin the Northern Waters of Australia, the Pathe Gazette (including the arrival of the steamer Megantic at Liverpool with Crippen and Le Neve on hoard), the Long Trail (an excitinpi story of ,fcbe Wild,West 1 ) and the Adopted Daughter contribute to the scenic and dramatic portion of the programme, and amongst the comics will be Tontolini's Bet and Tilly goes Boating. An illustrated song will foe sung by Mr A. King, and the result of last week's competition will be screened. The usual matinee-, will be held on Saturday afternoon. There was a gpod attendance at the annual meeting of the Glenavy i Sports Club held on Saturday night ' last. Mr CutWbci tson, was voted to the chair. The report and balancesheet for. .last year, were read and confirmed,' the balance-sheet showing a credit balance' of £l6 Is 3d, which was considered very satisfactory. Mr Ciitbbertson was elected president, and tiie following gentlemen were appointed directors: Messrs H. M'Tutyrc, 0. D. Fleming, J. H. .White, W. S. Williams, F. Wesley, I J.' Harper, E. Shea;,' R. Clark, G. Clark, G. Fridd, J. H. Fleming, W. Shea, and M. Shea. Mr Hector M'Lean was' unanimously 1 elected - a 3 life member of the Club. A vote of thanks was passed to the retiring . officers. A new set of rules was 3 adopted. A meeting of the directors I. .was held after the meeting when it 3 was decided that the next sports . should be held on Bester Monday, I and the following;, officers were electL' ed; Vice-presidents, Messrs C, D. i Fleming and H. M'lntyre; secretary Mr J. Hogg; treasurer, Mr E. i ■ Shea.

In passing through Timaru on Tuesday Mr W. H. Rose, who has returned to Oamaru from a trip to the Old Country was interviewed l)y a Timaru Herald, reporter,- and spoke of the legislation passed during his absence in reference to the Oamaru Harbor Board loans. Mr. Rose said he was pleased that the suggestion which he and the . late chairman of the Board made for the consolidation of the Oamaru Harbor loans was in'ai fair way to being 'given effect to. With regard to the loan in respect ofwhich default in payment was made (but which it has now been decided to pay) Mr Rose mentioned a point which is perhaps l not- generally known but which in justice to. the'people of Oamaru • should Hq stated, namely that the Government in power, at the time the loan was floated was responsible for it—not the people of Oamaru district as is generally supposed, As a matter of fact, said Mr Rose, the- people of the district had no say in the raising, of that loan and were neither legally or morally bound to repay it until -they had recently decided on their own motion to do so,

A meeting of members of friendly societies was held in the Druid's Hall last evening for the purpose of discussing the establishment of a Friendly Societies' Dispensary "in Oamaru, Mr John Veraor occupied the chair, and there 'Were, about one hundred present. Mr J, Macfle, secretary of the Dunedin Friendly Societies' Dispensary, was ■ 'in - attendance, and,' gave a 'large amount of interesting inforinat on in connection with" that enterprise and kindred undertakings, for which he received a cordial and, hearty vote of thanks. The committee who had the matter in hand -for some time submitted a outline of: the. scheme, and a very -interesting discussion thereon took place, the pros and cons of the matter 'being freely stated, Thereafter it was revived to reiiiit the proposal to the various, lodges for an expression o! opinion on the project, the delegates being instructed to report the results to .the committee, During'the discussion' several members took the opportunity of 'declaring that! the proposal did not spring from any feeling cf' dissatisfaction with the manner in which the various lodges had been served foyj theip several chemists, hut had been promoted foecausel 'of a" belief that" a Friendly Societies' Dispensary could do more for members than could to obtained from chemists on the current annual payment. " Several votes of thanks were' accorded, and the meeting closed' with a similar compliment to the chadr.

M'Donald's Operacinescope display last night drew another large audience to the Drill Hall, when a capital programmei was submitted, no fewer than fourteen subjects being shown. This is the extreme of quantity, but when we add that the quality was also, of the best, the public Will readily see that they get plenty for . their money.. The first picture shown was a magnificent series of views of the coast line of Naples, and judging by those put oh, one could almost acpiesce in the famous phrase,"See Naples and Die." Dramatic films were presented iii "A Traitor to bis King," '•'Conscience," "The Wanderer's Return,". ''The Thief at the Casino," and "The Street Waif," ali ot themb'eirir watched with great interest. Ailother" scenic film, "Nova : Scotia," depicted the 'grandeur-.;of : 'nature "in' that part of our Empire. -"A Philanthropic Uncle" and "Caught. With L .he goods" were good l comedy, -whilj the comics, '''The Professor's Trio," "Scrogsins: puts up for Blankshire," ."Wanted, a "Young Man," and: ''The Wrong: Coat," as' usual, caussd »re&t merriment. . -The "Pathe .Gazette" was extremely 'interesting, te'i'ng of some of the principal .occurrences in Europe in picture, in-

eluding tho (Queen of Holland on I •liar • way to open Parliament, tho Emperor Francis -'Joseplii inspecting; machines, Paris fashions, and several : winter, sports in England were also shown/ •including .the hoekey and football matches in London, the ■ Gposo Fair at Nottingham, and' ni.cay '.itlwrs. Thei music rendered-by the J'athe . Orchestra i contributed in no small degree to ..the pleasure, of the entertainment. On Saturday the, usual, matinee will, be held at &.30, and in the .>: evening a complete chant of programme will be submitted. 'Mr M'Donaldlasltß us- ' /to state that he will deem it'a great | favor if patrons will be in their i seats at each performance at 8 o'clock prompt, as owing to the length ' of his programmes a punctual start is essential if they are to be concluded in good time.

' A correspondent writes: The Oa--maru Boy Pfcouts are doing good' work under Scoutmasters Barsdell, Joll, end <de Lambert, while the secretary .(Mr D. M-., Brown) da here, there and everywhere, helping one and all. One scoutmaster has failed on several occasions to put in " an appearance .with bis boys, much to their disappointment. • Hence -there is talk 0 f the disban'dmont of this troop. Scoutmasters who cannot attend to the {boys should give up the wori, fori there is no . surer way to dishearten lads; and make them disgusted, with the whole movement than for their heads toi fail to keep their promised appointments. It . also disheartens-dhe enthusiastic officers, who are'sjunfortunatcto be in the same troop or battalion. .