The Oamaru Mail. Daily Circulation. 1750. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1898.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7323, 26 September 1898, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail.

Daily Circulation. 1750. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1898.

The Only Paper in North Ofcago subscribing to the Complete Cable Service.

It is notified by the Post and Telegraph Department that the Duke of Devonshire 1 will not call at Monts Video. Owing to a printer's e.ror, the price obtained by Mr G. Sumpter for Mr Malcolm's property was given in our last issue as Ll7 instead of Ll2 per acre. 1 At a ireeting of the Canterbury Waste Lands Board on Thursday the Board, acting on a report from the Stock Department, rei solved to recommend the Governor, in terms of section 207 of the Land Act, 1592, to approve of runs 61 and 61a, Bakataramea, being weighted with the certified cost of the i erection of a rabbit fence, the Stock Inspector to certify to the effectiveness and cost of the fence. That the public gardens are now a sourcs of pleasure to a great many people was apparent yesterday afternoon, whea hundreds took advantage of the delightful weather to inspect the beau'ies of Nature now unfolding themselves. The main attraction was, of course, the fine disp'ay of spring-flower-ing bulbs, the grand show of hyacinths being the chief source of admiration. Many alterations and improvements are in progress that will sdd to the attractiveness of the gardens. Chief amongst these is a new lakelet in the upper part of the gardtns, the formation of which has occupied a good deal of the time of Mr Gebbie and his assistant during the winter. Around this trees and shrubs have been planted, and new walks, margined with flower beds, are being formed. Thus in good time fresh charms will be given to gardens that are already a theme of admiration on the part o visitors. Mails for the Australian colonies only, via Sydney, per Rotokino, will close at Lyttelton (it 4 p m. to-morrow. The Canterbury Waste Landa Board have passed the following resolution :—That the Board cannot' recommend the Hon. the Minister for Lands to entertain any application, either for sunender or for reduction of rent which necessarily involves surrender, while there are any arrears of rent owing, since such reduction cannot be retrospec ive, and that applicants who owe more than two payments be notified that unless all arrears are paid within one month, their interests will be forfeited, with a view to the lands being re-offered before the end of the year. The annual ingleside of the Caledonian Society, which is to be held to-morrow, in St. Luke's Hall, promise* to be as successful as those functions have been in the past, which is prophesying for it no small measure of success. The committee have arranged an excellent programme. Of course, there will be plenty of dancing, but this will be varied by Scottish song and story, which will be left in the hands of the most capable exponents. Mrs Keid, Airs Watson, and Messrs JVeil Fleming, Potter, and Walls will sing Scotch songs, and Miss Nellie Donovan and Mr Dugald M'Pherson will supply recitations, while Mr Robert Thomson has kindly undertaken to supply the music for the national dances. Mails for Australia, Tasmania, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, the Continent of Kurope, and tho United Kingdom, will close at Auckland on the arrival of the Moana from San Francisco (expected to-morrow). At the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Major Keddeli, S.M., George Parkes, of Winton, was charged with unlawfully failing to provide his wife adequate means of sustenance. Margaret Parkes deposed that her husband left her nearly two years ago, and that she had had only a few pounds since. She had six children, the eldest 14 and the youngest 2 years old. Her husband had sent her L2 last week on hearing that she had taken the case to Court. He sent the letter produced therewith. His Worship said that if he knew accused's means he would make the order to the fullest extent. Accused had chosen to be facetious at) his wife's expense in the letter before the Court, and a man who would treat a woman who had been a good wife to him in that manner deserved no consideration. He would order accused to pay 15s a week towards his wife's support, and Bee what sort of a funny answer he would make to that If his wife could discover that her husband's means warranted it, she could apply for, the order" to be increased on behalf of her children. Sergeant O'Grady said that accused had only oontri- i buted to his wife's maintenance previously i under pressure from the police. ; ( ]

Major Keddell this morning issued ■, „ hibition order David M'Laren his own application, to apply to tho Uam. 011 district, for a period of 12 months. 01 Mails for Raratonga, Tahiti, ancl Nj, per Ovalau, will close at Auckland at 4 n 1 to-morrow. ' ttl.

Two young fellows who were charged the Magistrate's Court yesterday momi with riding a tandem bicycle on thefootw 8 in the borough of Sumner (says Saturdatf' Lytfcelton Times) caused some astonishm J by one of them admitting the oftence ad the other denying it. But the l oo k . wonder with which these conflicting were greeted soon gave way to smiles who' the latter defendant set out his defence. n was a very ingenious one, his contenti being that, although he was riding a" tandem when it was on tha footpath, he * on the back seat, and therefore had no on*' trol over the guidance of the maohine. u' had to go on the footpath whether ho lit 5 it or not. As an instance in support of h plea, he drew the attention of tho Bench t the faot that where a vehicle is being dri v « 0 furiously, although it may be full of peonu only the driver is proceeded against for m, breach ot the by-laws. An unaymp&thet/ Bench, however, held the offenoe to b clearly proved, and inflicted a fine of 10a costs in each case. To preserve the colors of plants, one mush, kill the speoimen as rapidly as possible and not have it die slowly between the dryi ne papers. Some plants, like Btonp-orops, cr [ chids, and other sucoulents, will live' f o i months, and then the leaves and flowers will rot away in dry blackness at last, besides throwing off their leaves and flowers, givi nt only a few dry sticks for one's trouble. The best way to effect this desirablo taking 0 f life is to dip the specimen for a few seconds in boiling water. After tiking from tho , water, the specimen may be allowed to () rv . a little b fore putting it in the press, A copy of the Dannevirke Morning press : to hand contains a report 0 f i induction of the Rev. E. Eldridge, lata of Oamaru, into the Dannevirke P-esbyterisa Church. The ceremony took placa on the • 14th inst., and was performed by the Rev Mr Grant, ns iited by the Rev, W. Lewis of Woodville. In the evening a Bocial took place, at which a number of district repre. i sentatives were present. Judging from ihe i report before us, the two gatherings passed 1 off very successfully, and the many Oamaru ! friends of Mr Eldridge will be e;lad to learn that he is now fairly settled in hia new i sphere of labor» At the Courthouse this morning, beforn M'jor Keddell, P.M., Harry Paraell was charged that on the 23rd September at Oamaru, he did steal a quantity of bacon of the value of 7s, the property of J. Brown. Emily Bone, cook at the Criterion Hotel, deposed to having heard accused come round to the safe at the hotel singing, s She had seen him in the yard. Sho after. wards missed the bacon. To accused : She I did not see a dog in the yard. To the Bench : She did not hear a dog come round singiDg and unlock the safe. Rosaim# ) M'Luskey, widow, knew accused. She saw him at her place on Friday last, in tho evening. He had a bit of bacon rolled up in a : sack, which he offered to seil her. He said: •'Give me a sixpence and I'll gve you some/' She gave him a sixpence an! he left b her some bacon. He cut the bacon oil the floor. He took the rest away with him, To accused * Mie did not know what ho d'd I with the sixpence. There was some beet E got. Accused was nob drunk, but had a 3 glass of beer in him Detective Mayne deli posed to having arrested acoused. Ho went i to the house and found accused cooking the bacon. He recovered the smaller piece • at Mrs M'Luskey's; Accused said ho i had had the b con for three weeks, Accused to'd him he was very smart, and : bad tried to trap him before The loss of , the bacon had been reported to him, To accused : Ho believed the bacon was fairly • good bacon, but never ate it himself. For the defence accused called J. M. Brown, who, in "answer to questions, said he saw i accused in his hotel on Friday. He remem- ; bered serving accused with beer before 4 o'clock. He would not swear the bacon wis ! his. £ ccused himself deposed to having j been round at the back of tho Klovator for - some sacks. He saw a dog gnawing some, thing, and chased it off. He found the dog had a piece of bacon. He cut off tha gnawed bit, and took the reßt home, (jiving a little to Mrs M'Uluskey. To Sergeant O'Grady ; The dog had no collar on it; it 1 went up by the Freezing Works. H« hid s served the following sentences for theft: 1 month's hard labor, 1 month's hard labor, ■ 24 hours' hard labor, 30 days' hard labor, 6 ) weeks' hard labor. Accused was convicted, ' and sentenced to 30 days' hard labor in Oamaru Gaol. i America's foreign policy is thus forer shadowed by Senator Davis, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Betai tions : —" Next to China the Pacific pom i eions of the United States are the most inl viting objects for attack. (Lite United . States must either become an efficient element in the Asiatic situation or must abstain : from any participation in it, return to their own shores and prepare their own defence ! against the same aggressions which havo reduced China to her present condition, ! Now, it is minifest that the United State! will be a great naval and military Power, and certain exponents of European opinion, who until recently spoke with a condescending assumption of authority of intervening in the present contest, have abated the hauteur of their expressions." The New York Herald announces that steps are being taken in New York to meet the Anglo-American League half way, two spontaneous movements having been Initiated respectively by Mr Whitelaw Reid and the Rev. Lyman Abbott. "So far," adds the Herald, " the projects are in the preparatory stage. A small committee has been appointed to take action towards establishing a powerful national organization." Who would win the Queen's Prize at Bisley was problematical up till the firing of the last round at 1000 yards Lieut. Yates, of the 3rd Lanark, who eventually appropriated the honors, missed his last shot. Then twi other marksmen had the opportunity of winning the coveted prize had either ol them succeeded in registering a "bull." Armourer-Sergeant Fcott, however, brought up the "inner" disc, and Sergt. Fulton, who had missed his previous shot, put) on an " outer." It is stated that the son of " M. de Paris" will take over the " business " on the early retirement of the former. Young Diebler ' has had the benefit of his father's experience of late years, and has proved an apt pupilThe veteran executioner regrets very much that he is forced to take his hand off the Uver and leave the " widow" lamenting, because the oity has now a brand-now in' strument fitted up with the latest improve' ments for quick despatch, and all that i» wanted is another Robeßpierre. The laws of Bohemia provide for compuj' sory education up to the age of 14, and 'hi' led to an amusing incident recently. WliiJ 8 the classes were going on in a village school) one of the pupils suddenly got up as the clock struck three, packed up his books, made for the door. " Well boy," said the master, "whither away? - ' "Sir," replied the boy, without] moving a muscle, *« I 'have just completed my fourteenth year, and, W it is now some secondß since X have entered my fifteenth year, you have no right to detain me." And with that he went off, Mails for the United Kingdom Europe, via Teneriffe, close, at Wellington, per Rangatira, on Wednesday, 28ch insti at 2 p.m. A special train of 45 trucks, containing 2400 three-quarterbred hoggets, went through here yesterday, bound from Gore to Temuka. The Auckland hotelkeppers had a meeting last week with regard to getting universe observance of the 11 o'clock closing, aw cessation of Sunday trading. It was determined (says the Herald) that they won'" not leave the matter to the police but- the®' selves take action. On Sunday it was u' s ' covered, so it is alleged, by one of the trade, that three were found to hive wrong In one case a written statement was obtained from two witnesses A caution is to be administered in the first instance, and if that has no effect, then the police w' ll !be informed. Some of tho publicans wW desire to avoid Sunday trading compl& in that the clubs are not under the provisions as they are with regard to Su"' day business. One publican states th« some of hi 3 oustomers havo shown him thei club tickets, and say, "We don't car® whether you serve us or not on Sundayi a we can, with our member's ticket, sit ® day and get refreshment, without either being back-door men, or harried by police,"

Colonel Penton has sent a letter to Mr (Tregear, representing the Veterans' Association, stating that in future military funerals trill be accorded to veteran soldiers whenever it can be arranged. Mr H. Marcks brought to Mr H. Aitken's office on Saturday a shag which he had shot at the KakanuL The shag was in the act of attempting to devour a trout about, fib in weight, bnt by its timely despatch it wa3 relieved of what we should say was a difficult task, for most of the fish protruded from the bird's mouth. The shag was on view at Mr Aitken's office on Saturday, and no doubt afforded some idea what an enemy the bird is to young trout. In these days of " going one better " it is not to be imagined for one moment that the home of the original Eiffel Tower will allow the Ferris V\ heel to stand as a record. Among the numerous attractions at the Paris Exhibition will be a great wheel much on the same lines as the one with which Londoners are so familiar, but much larger, the height of the topmost car from the ground being 347 feet. Ihe Victoriin Department of Agriculture has published a report by Mr D. M'Alpine, the pathologist, on " fairy rings " and the fairy ring puff-ball, a fungus which produces a curious disease in lawns and grass plot", forming decayed areas in the shape of large rings. The disease is found in bowling greens around Melbourne, and on the lawns at Flemington racecourse, and in front of the lawn at Canlfield course; and the germs have been carried to at least one public park. This is its first appearance in Australia, and, as it is easily transmitted, the matter is of considerable importance. The pamphlet contains plates, showing typical appearances of the disease at Prahran bowling green, where it was first noticed seven or eight years ago. The name of " fairy rings " owes its origin to an old belief in the Mother Country that the xings were caused by some supernatural agency, and that fairies held their midnight revels within these circles. Bhe lings begin Email, and increase in size. At Prahran the largest is 24fb in diameter, and they may go to 300 ft. The health of the Indian army in its relation to contagious diseases is a problem which some of the best, and perhaps some of the worst, minds in the Empire have been attempting to solve, each in its own way. Upon the subject a large amount of data has been collected, the great fauln in most of it lying in the fact that its collectors have been extremely biassed in mind, and have sought to bolster upsomepreconceived theory rather than get at the truth. The subject, though unsavory in detail, is one of essential importance, a-d anything which helps to its proper ventilation is worthy of attention. Ihe general order issuect by the Commander-in-Chief in India last year, and laid upon the table of the House of Commons list month, contains many excellent suggestions, applicable, not only to the army in India, but to all other fo-ces throughout the Empire. Among other things it is pointed ont, what is obviously true, but which is often forgotten, that State intervention in matters affecting morality has. its limits; and an attempt is made, by appealing to the higher instincts of the soldiers, to impress upon them the necessity for living clean lives. Another strong point is made of the fact that officers in the army, who can speak from the standpoints of higher education, pure lives, and technical knowledge, are listened to, and heeded, by the men under them ; and in this connection i 1; is suggested that lectures on the moral and physical degradation arising from impure living should be delivered by properly. qualified medical men. In addition there are given the records of many station hospitals, from which it is shown that the majority of cases are confined to a narrow circle of immoral men, who, being admitted again and again, swe 1 the number of admissions and throw upon their more self-respecting c>mrade3 an extra burden of duty. The report concludes by inviting the hearty co-operation of both officers and men in the matter, so that a great evil may be considerably lessened and the efficiency of the army correspondingly increased. The suggestion of the Commander-in-Chief might be considered outside the army as well as in it, for clean living is as good for civilians as for soldiers. . Many an outbreak of fire has been attributed to the agency of rats and matches, and a discovery (says the Wellington Post) made daring the renovation of a building on dhorndon quay the other day throws some light on this subject. Between the skirting boards and a wall were found six boxes of matches, in addition to a number of loose vestas amidst other tit-bits, which could only have been conveyed there by the rodents. Love me, love my—cat," might well be the motto of an institution at Home inaugurated for the benefit of the harmless but extremely necessary mouser. Here are its objects and aims :—" (1) To rescue all lost and starving cats from the streets, empty houses, etc , ; (2) To call at people's houses free for any lost cats that may have been taken in; (3) To send for and humanely destroy by chloroform cats which are not wanted (free to the poor, but at a charge of 13 6d and 6d for carriage to people able to pay); (4) To find homes when possible for the better kind of cats." Since it was started in 1896 the institution has secured no less than 10,865 cats. The Seine is a river in which there are notoriously no fish. Recently a fishing competition took place there, and the result of an hour and a half's efforts of 80 persons, assisted by some thousands of onlookers, and kept in order by at least 100 policemen, was a draught of minnows weighing in all 121$ grammes, or exactly four ounces. The proceedings were conducted with all the solemnity of a first-class race-meeting—-stewards, judges, starter, grand stand marquees and all the other essential adjuncts. Xhe competition took place on Sunday afternoon, and in addition to the actual competitors, the river banks were thick with men, women and children passing hours in similarly trying to conjure minnows from the vasty Seine —all to no purpose ! It appears that the Paris concert-hall singers give themselves the luxury of hats to the value of L4O a month. At least, this results from a case just settled by a Paris tribonaL Mdlle Jane Pierney, of the Folies-Dramatiques. was condemned to pay a milliner's bill of Ll6O for hats received between September and December. This bill merits a litt'e attention, for if we pat the price of each hat at. say, LB, which is high for even a leading Paris milliner, it means five costly hats a month, and in four consecutive months it means twenty costly hats; or, if we put the price at L 4 each, which is probably nearer to the fact, it means the prodigious number of forty hati in four months! And then, if we may infer, like the p ileontologists, tha whole of Mdlle Pierney's year, from the fragment in our possession, we must count L4BO, and, as we may choose to divide it, either sixty or one hundred and twenty hats as the sum total for the year! In an article upon the appointment of Mr Weldon, head-master of Harrow, to the Bishopric of Calcutta, the London Times has the following weighty sentences, which give a iresh turn to the phrase " the heathen in his blindness "The Gospel can make lLtle way when the practice of those who represent it iB glaringly inconsistent with their professions. And, though English justice and the devotion of duty which so honorably • distinguishes our Indian officials have done much to reconcile intelligent native opinion to our rule and have given them a respect for the Knglinh character, the moral tone of our countrymen does not, perhaps, always inspire a like respect of our religion. Among English soldiers, sailors, artisans, and laborers of every degree in India, and still more among the constantly-increasing "Eurasian" papulation of mixed race, there is as much need, perhaps, for organized mission work as among the native population itself. Mr Rndyard Kipling's returned soldier graphically expresses the idea, too common among certain classes of Englishmen, that moral restrictions are less binding in the East than at home:— "Ship me somewhere 3 east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, " Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst. And the Church in India must combat drunkenness and immorality among professing Cnristianß if it is to make way among the heathen. , , Mr Burt, M.P., in his monthly circular to the Northumberland miners, says that the most important event of the month, so far aa the working classes are concerned, ib the report of the Committee on Old Age Pensions, which can hardly fail to cause intense disappointment to those who are anxious for a satisfactory settlement of the question.

The deliverances ■of th-s committee consist of a series of criticisms and negations, and though the report ends another chapter, it has tot finally dispose 1 of the question. " For, while the subject grows in importance," concludes Mr Bnrt, " and while 1 more and more regard it as one of the most vital social problems of the age, I feel with increasing strength that there is only one jußt and logical solution and that is the establishment of a universal scheme for old age based on the lines advocated by Mr Charles Booth. That, however, means an enormous outlay, amounting to not less than 20 millions a year." A German Socialist candidate who was defeated at the recent elections consoled himself with the following proclamation to the constituency :—" I tender my most sincere thanks to all those of my fellowcitizens who honored me with their votes and confidence. I venture to hope that they will continue to favor me with their patronage In my shop, where the moßt moderate prices, and where every kind of repair will be promptly and carefully executed." This move proved eminently successful. We shall offer the remainder of our large, stock of lirapery and Clothing at auction prices during this week. We have a large lot of White and Brown Towels, Calico, Sheeting, Boys' Suits, Men's Shires, Dress Stpffa, Flanne'ette, Prints, Hosiery, Tweed Suitings, to clear. Penrose's Drapery Establishment. As busy as bees at the Polytechnic opening new goods for spring and summer seasons. !*ew Prints, new Dress Goods, new Millinery, Flowers, Laces, Ribbons, Gfovos ; novelties in Linen Collars, Caffs, Habits, etc.—a splendid assortment. Call and see them. No one pressed to buy. ] &.DVT. ] Country Orders.—The success which has attended the execution of Country Orders by the Proprietors of standard House jus tines them in drawing the special attention of Country Residents to this department, and asking them to give it a trial. No matter what your order, if it is the most out-of-the-way article, we will supply it, if procurable. Close attention to' orders and prompt dispatch we recognise to be the two important points, and these we observe. Dressmaking, Tailoring, and Millinery.— Clayton, Gardiner, and Co. Great clearing sale of boots and shoes ab the New Zealand Boot Supply Co.'s Branch, Thames street. We have decided upon the above as our great movement for the end of July and the month of Augusb With us to will is to do. We leave no means untried to prove the quality of our goods. This great clearing sale will demonstrate to your satisfaction the c'aims we make on your custom. Gentlemen's Boots, the well-known K.G. Brand, were 225, now 16s 6d. Ladies' evening shoes in great variety at the lowest quotations ever seen Ladies' lace and strap shoes 10 par cent over cost price. Dozens of odd pairs of evening shoes at bargain prices. Children's boots, shoes, snd slippers at astonishing prices. Gents' canvas shoes were 6s 6d, now 4s 9d. Great variety of evening shoes at 2a lid ; Men's and Women's strong co'onial-made boots and shoes at wholesale prices. See tickets in the windows and at the door. School Boots—A si g'e pair a the wholesale price. Women's slippers from Is per pair; Children's slippers from 9J. We expect our Spring and Summer Goods within a month, and must reduce stock. Remember this great clearing sale wil. last for one month only. Come early, as many of the lines are limited in quantity. Re member the address—Naw Zealand Boot Supply Co , opposite Post Office.—Colin Sievwright, Manager. TfiMPUS Ftjgit, and how rapid its fight Scarcely have the last echoes of the past season died away, and the new season dawns upon us with its new hopes, its new demands, its new responsibilities. Tempos Ftjgit, and again 1 ime proves the result of a year's conscien'ipus labor ! A=ain it is our privilege to biing our announcement of a vast selection of novelties before you. Tempos Fcgit, and yet again we are able to make the time-honored claim, as wellfounded as of yore, that the new collection in all its divisions and sub-divisions is once more in advance of all its predecessors that it has kept pace with flying time, tha Immense Variety, Wide Range, and Abso lute Novelty, coupled with rare beauty and high finish, are more than ever the distinguishing characteristics of our Spring Show. We will make good the claim. Immense Variety and Wide Range are certainly embodied in our collection. New washing materials, new stuff materials, new millinery, new ribbons and laces, rew straw hats, new everything —John Bulleid and Co., Universal Providers. Keep your eye on Clayton, Gardiner and Co.'s advertisement- over ths leader, it changes often.