The Oamaru Mail. Daily Circulation 1750. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1898

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7325, 27 September 1898, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail.

Daily Circulation 1750. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1898

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

Mr R. Blair reports having sold'section 7, block 76, Hull street, with five-roomed house thereon, to Mrs Roberts for L 147 10s. Sergeant Ross, Corporal Hille, and Private M'lnnes, of the North <;tago Mounted Rifles, having undergone the necessary instruction and passed the prescribed examination under a medical officer, as required by the regulations of th-s Volunteer Force, are entiiled to wear the badges of the St. John Ambulance Association, as issued by the Defence Department, and which they have jnst) received. Brigade-Burgeon LieutenantColonel de Lautour and Surgeon-Captain Stevens were the examining and instructing officers respec ively. The above Volunteers, beiog a few members of the Kurow Ambulance class who have passed their [final examination, are alto entitled to wear the medallion of the above-mentioned association. A box of pigeons from Messrs Foss' and Robertson's lofts was sent on board the s.s, Pengiiin at Lyttelton, to be liberated on the voyage across to Wellington. They were liberated at 9 o'clock on teunday morning off Cape Campbell, 150 miles from Lyttelton, and homed at 4 20 p m. in the afternoon, flying the distance in 7 hours 20 minutes! It is intended to send the birdß on to Wellington. At the Courthouse this morning, before Msjor Keddell, S.M., the following civil cases were heard:—G. Bell (Kurow) v. M. Thyne, claim L 5 Ss 3d. Judgment for amount claimed, with costs 9j. Geo. Patterson v. Jas. Wilkie, claim L 6 2s Id, balance of an account. Mr Lee appeared for plaintifi and Mr Harvey for defendant. The case hinged on a dispute as to the value of sheepskins. Wilkie had been killing for Patterson, both parties being butchers, and disposing of the skins in the ordinary couise. He credited Patterson with the actual proceeds of the skins, it being alleged that some of the skins were broken backed. This Patterson disputed, and he claimed the current rates for the skins. After hearing evidence, his Worship nonsuited the plaintifi, and allowed LI Is solicitor's fee. The annual meeting of the Ngapara Rifle Club waß held on Saturday, there being a good attendance, Mr A. Nimmo Presiding. The annual report and balance-sheet, showing a satisfactory credit balance, was read ■and adopted. The following officers were elected: ! resident, MrD. Aitken ; vice-presi-dents, Messrs T. Paterson, W. Seth-Smith, G. Livingstone, H. Edwards, and B. SethSmith ; captain, Mr W. Nimmo ; deputycaptain, Mr W. Howden; treasurer, Mr J. C. Milligan; secretary, Mr J. Robertson. At a meeting in Ngapara on Friday to form a Cricket Club there was a large attendance and the following officers were elected :—President, Mr H. Edwards ; vicepresidents—Messrs Basil Seth-Smith. A. W, Gillies, and P. Treahy ; captain, Mr D. M. Aitken; deputy-captain, Mr W. Nimmo, junr. ; secretary, Mr Robt. Dick ; treasurer, Mr j. C. Milligan; committee, Messrs John Robertson, J. Ness, E. Conlan, J. Conlan, W. Hutchison, W. hheriffi, M. M'Allister, T, M'Culloch, and O. Bond. No liotle surprise was occasioned in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington the other day by the statement of a solicitor that some members of the medical profession would not come to Court to give evidence unless their fee for doing so was paid in advance, and that, when they turned up and the case was adjourned, they sometimes did not appear on the second occasion unless they were paid again. Some litigants were too poor to advance money in that fashion, and were obliged to present their cases without the tpedical testimony when such was required. According to the Times, Mr Kenny, S. M., said that doctors had" no right to demand fees for attendance prior to hearing. If they were subpoenaed to attend they should do so. The present system of issuing a subpoena for only one day should be remedied It ought to be made to read " from day to day," so that when a case was adjourned it would not be necessary to issue a fresh subpoena. "I look upon alcohol as being a poisonlike morphia and other, drugs—and when once it has got into the system the blood is poisoned, and it cannot be got out, or the effects overcome, for a very considerable time," said Dr Collins in the Wellington Magistrate's Court the other day. The doctor added that alcohol absolutely perverted the whole moral tone of a human being; ohronic alcoholism oertainly did affect a man's morals.

There will be Mass at Alma and Mahenn on Sunday, the 2nd October, at Ngapara on the 9th, Kurow on the 16th, at Windsor on the 23rd, and at Georgetown on the 30th. It ia a laudable ambition that moat colo nials have to visit, sooner or later, the gr e »i Metropolis, London, and other places of interest in Great Britain, but it falls to tha lot of only a small proportion to gratify th & ! wish, as few can afford the time and money ftut though we cancot see the great sight, with our own eyes, wo are sometimes priy;. | leged to see them through the eyes 0 f anot her, and when that one happens to be a keen observer, a skilled scientist, and a C nl. tured speaker, who knows ns as we know him, the privilege is great This opp or tunity our leaders will have on Thursday evening next —not We Jnesday, as our ad vet. tising columns erroneously stated in Satur! day's and Monday's issues—when Dr dj Lautour will lecture in Wesley Church on his recent " Voyagings, Journeyings, &D( j Home Experiences." The Dootors raoy powers will have full play as ho describe) I shipboard scenes, the Suez Oanal, Mediter. ranean views, historic spots in Great Britain (not omitting the Shetland Islands), South Amerioan scenes, inoluding tho famous Straits of Magellan, etc. Views of all theeo placeß will be thrown on the sheet with Messrs Cottrell and Fraser's powerful lime, light. From an educationist point of view we may learn more from Dr de Lautour'a account of his travels than we could by pay. ing a personal visit to the places he h ttß been to; and from an economical point of view it is surely cheaper to p. y the sixpence admission than to Bpend, say, Ll5O and four mouths, which is a modest estimate of the money and time necessary to enable one to see only a part of what Dr do Lautour has seen. We have no doubt that many win take advantage of the opportunity on Thursday evening, and crowd the church, Some remarks made by Commissioner Tun. bridge at a parade of the police as to the comparative values of war medals and medals awarded for deeds of gallantry by the Royal Humane Society, are worth recording (says Ihe Wellington Post). It j s well known, said the speaker, that tho latter are not va'rc 1 1 e highly as war medals, but why that should be so he failed to bob. On the contrary, for his part, he would place higher value on the Society's medals, for w re they not tokens of the saving of lif 0| whi'e the others were emblematical of the destruction of life I The Commissioner's expression of opinion seemed to be re-echoed by the majority of those present. The Rev. P. M'lntyre, chaplain of the United States warship Oregon, in a sermon preached at Denver, Colorado, charged Admiral Sampson with being; anxious to unjustly secure a share ot the prize-money for the destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago. Mr M'lntvre gives the Oregon tho bulk of the credit for the annihilation of the Spanish fleet on July 4. He said " Samp, son wrote a report of the battle, and reported himself within four miles of tho Uristobel Colon when she pulled down her flag He did that to get his share in tho prize-money, for a ship must be within four miles to share in the prize-money. |?o Sampson will get 10,000 dol of prize-money, and Captain Clark, who fought the Oregon as never man fought ship before, will gat only 500 dol, ani you, who have just exactly as much to do with the battle as Sampson had, will not get a cent." Chaplain M'lntyre Eaid that when the Spanish ships ran out of the harbor the iowa was within two miles i f them, and the Oregon about three miles. The Oregon, he said, tore up to tho front like a shot, and met the lowa moving to the rear, where, he added, Captain Evans kept her throughout the battle. The chaplain offered no explanation of this alleged manoeuvre of the lowa. He did not refer in any manner to the conduct of Commodoro Schley during the engagement. A good deil has been heard of tho kumi, the strange animal or reptile alleged to have been seen near Gisborne recently. The word kumi appears in Mr E. Xregear's MaoriPolynesian Dictionary, one of the definitions given being " a huge fabulous reptile." Mr Tregear told the members of the Wellington Philosophical Society the other night (tho Post reports) tha;, so far as his use of the word was concerned, he considered the animal mythical, but it did not follow that it was actually so. The only knowledge ho had on the subject was that the early explorers were told by the Maoris that there i was a kind of bif? lizard, sometimes sft or 6ft long, which was eaten. That it should ! be eaten was rather surprising, considering the aversion, and even horror, with whioh the Maoris regarded lizards. If such a strange animal as was reported really existed, it would perhaps turn out to be a species of Australian iguana Sir James Hector considered this a geographical improbability. As to the alleged kumi, Sir James said that in 1875 Mr Carlton, then Chairman of Committees in the Houbo of Representatives, and a great scholar, rushed into his (Sir James') room with the remark: " At last we have really got it." It transpired that Mr Carlton re-erred to a strange animal "with six logs" which had been found in a flooded river somewhere about Hokianga, and the nativeß, horrified at seeing such an extraordinary creature, hacked it all to pieces. If the kumi existed at all, it might, Sir James thought, be found allied to the great salamander of Japan, now almost extinct. The reported description indicates this. The training of carrier pigeons to fly from England to Germany is becoming % regular practice on the Admiralty Pier at Dover, (says a Home paper). 2000 birds arrived recently by the Belgian mail packet Princoss Josephinefrom Oatend. The birds are trainod for military and other purposes, and aro flown for prizes given by the German War Office, l'he flight was started at Dover on a 300-mile raoe to DusseHorf and other German towns. The birds were contained in 63 crates, and all numbered very little short of 2000. The birds were liberated about 6 30 In the morning by two German gentlemen, one of whom was seated to bo a Government agent. Although tho gale of the previous day had abated, the weather was by no means settled, and the pigeons had not been liberated more than an hour or bo before it became rough, with a strong north-easterly head wind and mist and rain, which continued all day. The birds took the cliffs and went inland, and throughout the day large numbers, evidently unable to face the bad weather, returned to the English shores, looking well-nigh exhausted. We shall offer the remainder of our large stock of Drapery and ClothiDg at auotion prices during this wot-k. We have a large lot of White and Brown Towels, Calico, Sheeting, Boys' Suits, Men's Shirts, Dress Stuffa, Flannelette, Prints, Hosiery, Tweed Suiting, to clear. Phhrosk's Drapery Establishment. Have you tried Gawne's sauce V Why buy a small bottle of Lea and Perrin's sauoe when you can buy a large bottle of Gawno'a Worcestershire, of equal quality, and nearly double the quantity for about half the co6t. Don't you require some Memorial Cards come and see the samples this Office. We have the Newest Designs and at Low Prioes. Country Orders.—The success which has attended the execution of Country Orders by the Proprietors of Standard House jus tifies 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 actention to orders and prompt dispatch we recognise to be tho two important points, and these we observe. Dressmaking, Tailoring, and Millinery.— Clayton, Gardiner, and Co. Great clearing sale of boots and shoes at 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 equality of our goods. This great clearing sale will demonstrate to your satisfaction the claims wo 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 Been Ladies' lace and strap shoes 10 per cent over cost price. Dozens of odd pairs of evening shoes at bargain prices. Children's boots,, shoes, and slippers at astonishing prices. Gents' canvas shoes wero 6s 6d, now 4s 9d. Great variety of evening shoes at 2s lid; Men's and Women's strong colonial-made boetß and shoes at wholei»l«

prfoea. See tickets In the windowß and at {he door. School Boot*—A si g'e pair a the wholesale price. Women's dippers from 1j per pair; Children's slippers from 9d. \7e expect our Spring and Summer Goods within a month, and moat reduce stock, gemember this great clearing sale will last for one month only. Come early, as many 0 { the lines are limited in quantity. Be member the address—New Zealand Boot - SUTPi-Y Co, opposite Post Office. —-Colin gievwright, Manager. Tjmpus Fcgit, and how rapid ite fl : ght Scarcely have the last echoes of the past geason died away, and the new season dawns upon us with its new hopes, its new demands, its new responsibilities. Tempos fCGir, and again Time proves the result of a year's conscientious. labor ! Again it ia otir privilege to bring our announcement of a vast selection of novelties before you. jjjrpus 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 'flyiiig time, tha Immense Variety, Wide Bange, and Abso Inte 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 Bangs are certainly embodied in our collection. New washing materials, new stuff materials, new millinery, new ribbons acd laces, iew straw hats, new everything John Bclleid and Co., Universal Providers. Jr you are bent upon buyiDg boots don't overlook the fact that the purchasing power of your money is from 25s to 30s in the £ if expended with Messes M'Donald aup jUDiabmid during the progress of their pig gale. Think of this these hard times- — Advt.