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North Otago Times, 9 December 1910, Page 2

The Gliristchtirch show resulted in a credit balance of £Bll 0s 10d,

The Union Company's s.s. Wanaka has been delayed at the Bluff, and she will not be at' Oamaru before midnight on Sunday,

The annual.meeting of members' of .the Oainaru Poultry, pigeon and Canary Society is convened'for' this evening, at S o'clock, in Bartrum'fl : rooms,',;

The Union Company's s.s. Koony'a (Captain Norton) arrived at midnight and landed 30 tons of general cargo. She shipped 100 tons of produce for Wellington, the Coast and New Plymouth, and sailed early this morning, via- Timam.

•A fisherman at W-harekuri, on the Waitaki, landed -an llrb •quinnat (Cnlifornia-n salnton). "flta Jflsh usually run later than this, but the fish was evidently making up the river. Home 'good baskets of trout are .being taken in-the upper parts of the river.

A south-easterly rain commenced last evening-, and promised to. continue, Should this happily he the case the pastures will be much benefitted '.-as along the coast the rain) that fell on Wednesday was insufficient to mak« the needed impression on the soil. - The Bank, of New Zealand has received'the following cablegram from its London "office: '-.'The sales .have closed very' 'firm, and the prospects, are'good for all descriptions of wool except merincs,/Prices are unohang-. ed. .The:'snles*.closed irregular. The total r.liantity held over was 8000 bales, c-f• which 1000 are New Zealand," '_-■.. -A -telegram; says that the system on-which the English elections are being cabled is that the are given of polling for individual sjats only-in thq.-case,os front bench members and a!b;out'2oother leading men, also • where there is a change of member.- For -the' rest; the totals are only! given,. .discriminating ' between. English', Scotch, Welsh, ; lrish .andNorth of. Ireland seats-

■! -The. following' 1 cajile -has . ; been:,re;; : ceived by Dalgety and.Co'mp'ahyfronl 'tpeir.' London pftlce: ."Th&.wool sales cfoseil firm and, active, with, brisk" competition, ' As compared: with cjosjng ratjes of : lasf; series, .prices;of merin'o w'opls'of'-go'od jquality and condition are .unchanged'; other description.': of merino-.-are 5 per- cent lower, the decline in-heavy,' earthyi' and; vasty wools ibejrig sometimes more;"greasy..crbES-brcd'-wpda' are unchanged,, and : scoured and slipe cross-: bred' are !i Rer,- cent big-har. The total' nst quantity ■ available:' for-sale;

amounted- to 120,000 bales, of jAVhich; : 52,000:italeB were sold for HonieiebnBUuVptlbn, and .1)0,000 .bales: lor': ibe Cciitliient, leaving SOOO bales. to-,be : carried forward to' nexV series, •; '• of which, 3000 ;'bales:;were "not offered,"

For M'DDiiaid's Pictures to-morrow a nice .programme has • been prepared, 'which should attract a'large audieuce. Out; .of 'the' most r'n'oteworthy. picturesis .entitled."The. Cowboy's Stratagem" 1000 feat - in length of film. The picture gives an exhibition of cowboy horsemanship in all its, Mails.' Other pictures> are "The Vestal" (1000 ft), "After Many Years," while ,VNev«r "■' Again" (comic) should afford an abundance of moirimen't. Besides these there will te other noteworthy pictures screstied. On -Sunday, night "Tie Life of Christ" will be shown. ■ '■'■>,

On Wednesday afternoon;, it, was obscrvul that a metsorologicalchange was .abou't to : take place.; Heavy clouds began to accumulate along the ranges,- but it was not till evening that the welcome change took place, when moisture/ laden clouds began to drift in from the sea, The . combination resulted ,vn an extremely heavy 'downpour, that : started in town about 6.30 and lasted for several hours. •Mr Bates' forecast was therefore a correct- one. It Was in the. country, districts, however, that the heaviest fall was experienced. In ai line from about George' town across to Ngapara and 'back to the ranges the. rain continued most of the night,, and the earth received a welcome soak'to?. AtToka' rahi, Ngapara, Livingstone, Duntroon, Kiirow and Hakalararaca ■ the rain; started lather than at Oamaru, tout it continued -heavily all night. More would have, been thjinkfully re' ceived, but what has fallen will do a great deal of 'goodlto a large number of crops that had not besn greatly harmed by the drought. The rain extended throughout the greater part of Canterbury, where it was as much required as here. Heavy thunder-showers continued along the ranges yesterday morning but in the aftera o o» the appearance of the sky betokened fair weather, although at night it was overcast 'again.