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North Otago Times, Issue 13236, 6 March 1915, Page 4

. II is -.understood that Mr.G. E. Dnvey has definitely decided to come forward ntra candidate at. ,the ,opproaching borough elections. .• !•■•.-

■ The-following giftn have been reicelvcrt byi Mr J. MaeKenzie, Curator of (he Municipal Gaidensi—Mr J. W. Chilcot!,• i black . opossum; Mr A, F. Stock, goldfish for fountain.

epp.,|p«s£ntO(l to the Horticultural Society "by Mi's Dr. Douglas,. ffl)' : Hie. .competitor securing most points'lii'the decorative classes at the •Society's three auitnaf shows for I lie past two years, has been won by Mis 9 Doris,; Williams. /

■ Aa ci result of tire .bowling tournament'bsd. week, in,aii][,.nf .(.he Belgian Fund, the have neen enabled, to hand lo ihe treasurer Hie substantial sum nt' £?>;[ ills, a welcome contribution that the-howlers are to .be congratulated upon, .1 ~,.,

; .'ln,our report yesterday of IJic Horticultural Society's show on,, Thursday mention, was omitted of the music supplied by Mr 13. A. De- Latour's.mandoline orchestra. - The muste J<!Jit. nn added charm lo the, jn-nceediiigH, and wnsinncli appreciated by patrons of. the SIIOW,- ■■•... ■,,.!-..., ■;,,; ..',. - .

■A picture postcard rocoivod by a resident of Oamaru from "Corporal-S, M, Oltey,'of the Tarannlii KUhUlegiinentj who;is nowiii KgyptWilli:the Expeditionary Forces, describes a Mpto the Pyramids and Sphinx. The writer says tliat the road, t'oi' the whole distance from Cairo to the Pyramids, runs under a lovely arcluyay' of trees, whereas popular imagination depicts it as tra-versing-a sandy desert.

■ On Monday morning next the new ■daily, mail'delivery service to > Five Forks, Balruddery, Mar'okernko,Maniakoa, li; 'and Kauroo'Hill, which has-been uhdeitakeiuhj f 'The Times" Company, as a lesult of negotiations• lsitli the settlers, Milt'he nuiiigiiinted. The new serviceiwill open-up a voiy Wide sfreteh of eoiiiitiy,'flii(l will enable, tlio-dcttlers in.thi places' mentiOned'ubovc to'enjoy the boon of-n dniJy paper,'while the Company will 1 eomti to their' assistance arid mflkfl /Mnily'idolivCr? fofUho, Settlers"corr'espbnrteTicejJniid fllsolojirry, the 'outward con'&fydfldetfctf'toh'the j central Post "Office 'at Oamart'i «*t; j _ 1 ...' ■^.."A lt '

' Af lnst-niglit'/r- 'ot'qM Borough Council there wcri! twoapplications for the position o£ /typighbridge keeper, Mr' Qcorgo Bissof. ; ro< cciving'thcappoin'tmont, ' ; ;> '■;

- At tho mooting of the Borough Conn I'cil last night permission wns grantee tho Garden Fete Committeo.to lly.sig nalflngs on the"Municipal* buildings li cqiihection with life 'Queen'of tlio-Car nival .Competition. ' ■..;,.

The hon, treasurer (Mr C, W, Kent) acknowledges the. following donation?: —Belginn Fund: Proceeds of the Bowling Tourney,-I'M 10s; Kaktttuit JVthtetlc Club, £3 3s; Mr nnd Mrs L. 11/ Orbe|l, p £3 l'Osj.G. D.. Olbell (birds', eggs), 2s, Motor Ambulance Fund: North Otago Ladia' Hockey Club,' IDs. Gd,

To-morrow (Sunday), there will'be a Bolenm exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at the Basilica all day, and in the evening :i special sermon will bo preached by the Rev. Father Edge, of Auckland,, who is favourably known as a distinguished pulpit orator, :

The services in St, Paul's' Church tomorrow will be conducted by the Hey. Win. Nichol, of ;Hampdeji,■ .interim the Congregation.'. 'At the forenoon service the quarterly celt!bralion of the Lord's Supper wiji.taki' place, ■ .The Eveline .service will be held as it'sitjil in the evening. ■ ,

The vital statistics for Oamaru : for the month •' of February: 'are:—Births 22 (10 males, 12 females) deaths, 7 (1 male, (1 females); .marriages, 4,, : •', For the same month in 1914 they were:- 1 - Births, 28 (12 males,; 16 females); deaths, 5 (i males,: 1 female);- marriages, 5.

The Newspaper Proprietors' Association yesterday decided h forward to the Mayor of Timaru a donation of £25 to the Timaru Belgian Fund, as an acknowledgment of the Municipality's courtesy, in allowing the Association the use of the Council rooms for ■their' meetings this-week. , ■,' .

A cable message from Suva, dated March 5, says that Major. Sir Hamilton (jooJd-Adams, Governor, elect of Queensland, iu an interview there, .said that the people at Home were impressed tremendously, by tlii' way the Australasians came into the Empire's fight, not only with regard to men, hut. with thi» mngniliccut gifts in'money and kind,

Inspector Hugo arrived, in Oamaru yesterday, and last evening inspected the local Fire Brigade. The members were given practice exercises in reel and hose work, and. Inspector Hug) then addressed them on various matters appertaining to lire brigade work. The Inspector considefs that the Brigade did exceptionally good service, so far as lie could judge, nt the Star and Garter lire. < • •

The Xewboioligh Ladies'. Guild, working for soldiers' children, will'be. glad if any ladies who would care to help this cause would attend the meetings .in the church room every Monday at 2,,'t0, They will also be pleased, to receive gifts of material to make into garments, or money to buy material. Titer wish to thank Mrs Barley, Mrs Travis, and Mrs Roberts, who have given material for their work.

Mr J, Main, who judged the exhibition of vegetables and fruit at the Horticultural Society's show on Thursday night, questioned as to the quality*' of the .exhibits, said that though the entries were not so numerous as last year, the quality, considering the season experienced, was realty excellent, and was quite up to. the high standard of the previous years' exhibits. He made special reference to Mr A, Holding's exhibit, 'the' quality of all vegetables being good, and the staging of them .particularly effective.

A. ladles' pair-oar race, initiated by the Oamaru Boating Club, will be rowed next week, The event, has brought forward six entries, and as the different pairs have been training assiduously for some lime, an interesting contest should result. The following is Ihe draw for the first round, to be rowed on Monday evening at (MO, sharp:— Misses M.'Simkin and Patterson meet Misses Westphal and Bond; Misses. Donovan and Garrad meet Misses Sunkin (U); Misses Orr and Jewell, and Misses McGhie and Dalgleish, byes,

The Timarti Horticultural Society's autumn 3how was held yesterday, and was a pronounced success". The fifteenguinea silver cup, president by • the President of the Society, for best exhibition of cactus and show dahlias,

was won by Mr G. A, Travis, of

Oamarn, who is to be congratulated on his success, Mr Travis speaka in high terms of the show, which attracted nearly 900 entries, He is particularly enthusiastic about the children's section, which was splendid, while the and vegetable classes were also very fine, The cut blooms, especially roses, were, thought; Mr Travis, considerably inferior to those exhibited at the Oamaru Society's show on Thursday.

The. proprietors of the four illustrated weekly papers of the Dominion— Olago Witness, Weekly Press, Canterbury Times, and Weekly News—have agreed to each give 100 copies of their papers every week to -be forwarded to the Expeditionary Force camp in Egypt, the Defence Department to be responsible for the postage, The Hon, Mr Allen, Minister'of Defence) speaking to a Daily Times' reporter on Thursday, said he was very grateful to the newspaper proprietors for their generosity in the matter, Ninety-five copies of each paper will go to the camp in Egypt, and five copies to the crew of the Philomel, Bad: numbers of the papers will also be sent. The arrangement commences this week, .. i

Mr W, 0. Wiokliam, JI.M. Trade Comrnissioner in New Zealand, writes to the Oainaru Chamber of Commerce an follows:-" The Board of Trade will hold a Brilish Trade Fair in the- Agricultural Hall, London, on the lines adopted by Licpzig—exhibition of samples : -of British manufactures exhibited, by manufacturers in order to book "contracts. The Fair is limited to toys, fancy goods, earthenwrtrc and glassware, cutlery, electioplate, clocks, common jewellery, paper and stationery. It willjic opened on May 1 nth, and kept open for fourteen, days. You will understand that the goods in question- nre being made specially to replace those previously supplied by'Cierinany." ,

The meeting called for Thursday evening at Totara Hall to discuss 'matters' pertaining to the nomination Of a candidate for the honourable positipn of Queen ofjhe Carnival-was rather poorJy attended. Three dclega tes from Kakanui attended, none at all from Incholnie, while the men folk of Totara weri! conspicuous by their,absence. Mr Crqn, of Kakanui, was voted to the "chair, and he briefly and' clearly' explained matters. It was'-'dcsirable, he said, that a-candidnte, who sliould-.be the chosen one for the combined-fyikii-nui and Incholnie ridings, should be elected nt that meeting, and he invited nominations. Scveinl names were pur. fonvnid, mid the ilnnl ballot, assisted by the toss of a coin, resulted in Miss Elizabeth Bniek holng elected. *Tho ,best means of filrthc'rlng the Candidature were discussed, and Miss Bnick's supnortors are, enuring hopitily into the spirit of the thing, and their bring tp Totara. '' - ' ' ' '- ' ' < ' ' '. ''