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North Otago Times, 8 December 1910, Page 2

The local manager for the Cliristchurohj Meat Company intimate that the Eveline! works will reopen for [the slaughtering of stock! on the 20th instant.

■ rrobate of the wills of Henry Lister, deceased, late of Ardgowan, was granted yesterday in Dunodin'toyMr Justice Williams, o rn the application of Messrs Newton -and Borton.

The National Mortgage and A'gimcy Company of New Zealand (Ltd.) report having, been advised by their London office that there te no change in the wool market,

The Union Company's s.s. Kaituna (.Captain Mrirley) arrived from Westport yesterday, via Lyttelton, with 150 tons of coal for the railways, and left for Dunedin last night.

Hayward's Pictures will re-open tonight in the Opera House with) a new programme of a high-class character. The pictures, under the new conditions, of an up-to-date machine and improved light, give every satisfaction,, and the programme promised for to-night will be 'an -interesting and instructive one,

Messrs Bruce Christie and Oo.i Will gold a clearing sale to.day, starting at 1 p.m., on account of Mrs Garvic Ardgowan, of all her dairying stock and plant. The stack comprises! ten first-class dairy cows, horses, pigs, etc., and as Mrs Garvie's lease has expired «verything is for absolute sale.

The cables relating to the Home elections are very incomplete, ,tjutas far as can be gathered the Unionists have won 17 seafas from the Liberals, and the Liberals have won 11 1 seats from the Unionists, Not onethird of the returns ijiave been cabled and the above figures are subject to revision.

Mr H. F. Gibson, secretary to the Baiteproductog ICommittiee, received the following telegram from the Government ■ -meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates), yesterday morning :-"Light variable winds, increasing haziness preceding, misty rain, probably thickening, with south-west winds, cither to-morrow morning or night," If the conditions as forecasted here are favorable explosions by the rainmaking experimenters will probably be fired this morning,

The. New Zealand Loan and Mertantile Agency Company (Ltd.') naive received the* following, cablegram from their, Loudon house: ."Wool sales—6o,ooo taken ifor the Continent and 8000 bales held over. Sales closed with good jcompetition, As compared with" last sales closing rates prices are about 5 per cent lower for scoured, merino super and 5 per cent to- 1\ per cent for sooured crossbred.

At the Waimate Juvenile Court (before Mr Hutchison, ,SIM.), on De-' cemfcer 6th, a toy, twelve years old, was charged, with stealing a bicycle, ■ the property -of the Rev. J. Harris, Accused pleaded guilty, and was sevwliy; reprim|a|nded„ A 'gjirl, aged sixteen, was charged with stealing £4 4s from a house where she was stopping. Accused pleaded guilty, and was discharged with a caution, The girl's mother was ordered to pay the sum stolen to the owner,.

Our Waimate correspondent writes: On Monday last Mr E. Pinnell was driving, a pair of horses working. ft grass-cutting machine in a paddjek at Mill road, when the horses stopped suddenly, In adjusting th e machine,! the', horses started, and Mr Pinnell was struck jßa'dly with the

corner, 6f the knife board. in the calf of: the leg, causing, a nasty wound.Dr Barclay was in attendance in a _short time, and Had Mr Pinnell removed td the 'hospital for treatment. Although'• no serious consequences are apprehended the wound is ah ugly,one, and will reojuire attention for. some time.

The new Church' of : Christ building now in- : rapid course of . construction, promises well to (be a very fine addition to 1 the oity of pamaru, Mr Fleming' M'Donald; the contractor; has had 1 the building on hand some month's, but it is anticipated another three or four montta will see ai completion of the work..: When slewed from • the road the construction is UniJQUbtftdly very prettily designed, ;and : -will possess a most- handsome .appearance. '■'■■ Th«: building,, which is, built.: of. white stone,;i3 roofed witfcjtilea, giving a striking \ and■• pleasing effect ■ to v; the :vhoiß,:;.construction.' .However, the touches, less' enhance^!the;appeamcev.'con; sidefobly; Nhavei > yet;: to:;be ; :carried

out -b^rdre I 'a'. fl nal ."iiiipresslbn of -fchie - building: may. be;^tained^v^ ;^^ The ; qjUarteriy; nieating- 3yas:;field'Xin the;Waimatc; ■Courthouse ::;: >ncDecsmte' :&X- A conditicfld license was'grafted to 0; C'onnoHy,'licensee r.'oi, the Btud'holme Jimction. Hotel, for .the-Caledonian .Society's teual'.sportst'on -Deceinher 2-Ctli in.: Victoria Park, ; from; 11 a,m. to 5' p.'ms; and_ it;wea resolved that 'if any,; drunkenness : '.occurred on the ground.,; at- the sports or races in" Question, : the 'committee will not grant any license for a booth at these gatherings, in future. The transfer'of the license of-the i Railway Hotel, Kurow, was 'granted from J. Cahill to T. J, Grant| Mr M'iddleton, solicitor, appearing 'for Mr Cahill. v -■'■•-.

At the. Waimatc Court on Decern--ber sth (before Dr Barclay and :Mr J, Black, Justices), evidence in the; cases of three appticatious for / prohiliitiori orders was taken,; and orders made. On the 6th inst., before the same justices, judgment for plaintiffs was given- in tte following undefended ■.civil coses: T. M'lPherson (Mr Perry) v. H. Miles, £9 2s Cd, costs £1 3s 6d; J; Hunt and Son (Mr Perry)] v. J. • Hydes, £1 10s 6<l, costs ss; J. Hunt and Son (Mr Perry) v, E. Hore, £3 2s 3d',: costs .10s; ' E,. J, Shackleton (Mr Middleton) v. H. S. Anderson, £3 7s Bd, costs 10s; J. O.Lockhead (Mr Middleton) v. J, Kane, £2 lis 7d, costs 20s,