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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 8074, 19 March 1901, Page 2

North Otago will be unusually poorly represented at the meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association, which will be opened j at Wanganui an Thursday. The only three who are attending from this district are Bandsman King, the present holder of the ■champion belt, Sergeant Wain, of the North Otago Mounted Rifles, and Mr J. Blyth, of the RiQe Club. Mr King has been shooting remarkably well of late, and. his friends expect to find" 33m occupying a good position at the meeting. Some curio-us rinds have from time _to time been, made in that necessary article of food, bread. The other morning, says a local paper, whilst a Napier resident was bisecting a loaf in preparation for his morning meal he found therein a large brass key. The Excelsior Football Club are to hold their annual meeting in the Royal Hotel on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, when a full attendance is looked for, and it is hoped to add several new members to the club. At the St. Patrick's Day sports held in Timaru yesterday, E. B. Kibblewhite, of Oamai'u, with 240 yds start, got third in the 3-Mile Bicycle Handicap. A. J. Brown (125 yds) was second in the 2-Mile Bicycle Handicap and third in the One Mile Bicycle Handicap with 80yds. The South Canterbury Poultry Society will, at their next tfrtow. to be held the first week in, July, give two cash prizes, the first -of £3 3s and the second of £2, for table poultry. The prizes were presented to the Society, the first by the Cliristchurch Meat Company, and the second by Mr Reilly, .of Studholme. The conditions are:—The birds in pairs are to be shown alive at the -show; afterwards they are to be killed, plucked, trussed and •seat to the Freezing Works, there frozen and sent to London, the pair realising the highest value on the English market to be the winner. When the "birds are entered the breed or cross must be stated, which will enable breeders to 'see -which breed are the most fitted to send'. While in England last year, Mr James Bennet, proprietor of the Reliance butter factory, spent much of his time, says the Poverty Bay Herald, in watching New Zealand butter and cheese. He found that Danish butter was pushed everywhere, while the great mass of the people knew nothing of the good qualities of our butter. To remedy this, Mr Bennet suggests that lecturers should be sent Home to lecture on the chief food products of the colony, and that samples of butter and cheese should be distributed to those present at the lee-

tur&s. _ , , The Sydney Ua-% Telegraph says: That New Zealand failed to- join the Federated States is hardly sufficient reason that she should be excommunicated at the General Tost Office. There is now no letter,jox to receive letters for New Zealand.

The inscriptions on the various boxes now read as follows: —1. Country and suburban letters. 2. City letters. 3. Letters to other "States." 4. Letters to the United Kingdom and foreign letters. Now, to- post ■a letter to- New Zealand in the box labelled to other "States" is positively incorrect, and it certainly seems just as wrong to consign your epistle for New Zealand in the box which bears t-he inscription of "United Kingdom or foreign letters." With regard to- .newspapers this difficulty is overcome by tie fact that there is a box for such missives bearing the inscriptionof "Papers beyond the State.'' Writing to- a contributor.of an Adelaide paper, Rudyard Kipling says:—"l have had the honor of meeting a good fewAustralians, and some of them I have seen at work. The Boers do not- love -them in-

the least, but we all do. There is .1 very nice story going the rounds of some of your men who -were surrounded by Boers with rifles and artillery for several days, weeks almost, when they were relieved. They had fought like demons. Some one asked a trooper what had- happened.

"Well,' said the man, 'there was any amount of firing, and so we dug trenches. About 2fb down we got on the color of gold, and after that we jnst went on to work sinking a shaft. Some of us are coming baek to form a company, and I think we ought to take in. a. few leading Boers, because we should never have prospected as we did if it hadn't been for them.'"

I Distinction as an oarsman is a sure step- ' ping-stone to high preferment in the An- • glicl'.n Church, A fresh illustration of this ; rule will be found, says the Daily Chroni- ! cle, in the appointment of the Rev. H. B. ! Southwell to the second of the newlyendowed canonries in Newcastle Cathedral. Carcoi Southwell graduated) with honors from Pembroke College, Oxford—where he was a contemporary of Mr Athelstan Riley, and also rowed "four" in the University eight. A wealthy layman has endowed a "hostel" at Newcastle for the training of candidates for holy orders, and of this the new canon, who has long been connected with Lichfield Theological College, will probably be the first Principal. Mr Hogg, M.H.R., does not believe in the "classification" system, either for the Civil Service or for the teaching staff of the colony. He told the Wellington, Education Board the other day that he had it from heads of departments, and he had' no hesitation in repeating it, that where it had been tried in their railway and postal business it had broken down. The result of classification in'those departments had been that inefficient men had been placed at the "head of affairs-, with the result .that accidents had' occurred and mistakes had been made, and these incompetents had had to bo disrated. Classification in ;these public services had pushed xAd. inen to the front, nob because of then.' merit, but because of their seniority, and young, vigorous brainy men had been passed over. But they could not afford' to dispense with efficiency in any walk of life. Classification was a- system of dragging down, instead of building up, 'because the machinery became thoroughly disorganised. Mr O'Regan, ex-M.H.R., favors State control of the coal mines. He says:—"l am delighted at the Premier's decision to establish a State coal mine. To my mind its practicability is beyond question, A large number of members of Parliament have declared in favor of it. During the last few weeks there has ■ been a striking manifestation of unanimity in favor of the proposed step among 'the working miners on the West Coast. The Westport Harbor Board recently passed a resolution in favor of a State-owned coal mine. There are immense coal measures on the West Coast, and I think there is absolutely no -risk whatever in the Government going into the business, more especially as it requires such a large quantity of coal for its own use. The usual objection, of undue' interference with private enterprise has bean raised, bub in view of the success which has attended State undertakings in other directions, one may well be pardoned fcr viewing the objection with scepticism. Subsidised German steamers have outdone ■British vessels in the competition: for trans-Atlant-ic trade. I could give other-illus-trations from a distance, but without going away from New Zealand, ample evidence is to be had' as warrant for the further extension of .State functions.," ■The Chief Health Officer has forwarded the following circular, to the Chairman of all Borough. Conncils and (Cootetjr poracils

throughout the colony:—ln view of the; recrudescence of plague in Australia and j at the Cape, I am directed by the Hon. the Minister of Public Health to draw your attention to the extreme importance of at onoe taking steps to place your district in a thorough salutary condition. As was pointed out some months ago, rodents-, viz., rats and mice—are among the I principal agents by which plague is propagated and spread "from one country to another. In view of this, I would ask your Council to enter upon a crusade against <ill such animals. General insanitary conditions, while not likely to produce any specific disease such as plague, tend to militate greatly against the general well-being of a population, and thus in a, measure predispose individuals to the taking of an infectious disease. I would ask your Council, therefore, to do everything that lies in its power to remove any insanitary conditions which may exist. At a- time such as this it behoves everyone, both public and private, to lend their help in the keeping-out of such -a- dreadful scourge as plague. I should be glad to learn what steps your Council has taken with respect to this most important matter. Mails for Australia, Tasmania. Ceylon, India, China, South Africa, and Straits Settlements, 'also itlie Continent of Europe audi United Kingston*, close at Auckland on Monday, the 25th inst, at 4.30 p.m., per Waifcare. The Town Clerk of Hampden Borough advertises elsewhere in this issue that Mr Alexander M'Donald and Mr John Rochfort have been appointed Poundkeeper and Dogtax Collector respectively for the Hampden Borough for tins year ending December 1901. Messrs Guinness and LeCren will submit amongst other lots at their stock sale at Studholme Junction on Friday next, an exceptionally fine Jot of fat and forward cattle. The sale is sure to command a. good attendance.

In consequence of next Saturday being the Anniversary Day of the province, all the Banks in Oamar'u will observe a special Bank holiday in the terms of the act. The Kurow branch of the National Bank of New Zealand will also be closed on that date.

The haunted house mystery at Clive has reached another stage (says the Hawke's Bay Herald). The weird knockings continuing, the police made another inspection at night, and were rewarded with a repetition of the eerie sounds.. Constable Davy daringly approached the house, and, looking through the keyhole of the children's bedroom, saw them vigorously pounding the well. Immediately he entered, however, the cherubs were wrapt j» slumber. It is stated that the house has been vacated by the family. Constable Davy with a Clive resident, later on found a wooden mallet under a bed in the room where the knocking was heard. Its appearance suggests that a substantial spirit has been at work. One Clive resident courageously offered to investigate affairs, but he got no further than the threshold, and precipitately retired, declaring that the "knockings" were ! under li'im and all around him.

The competition amongst this year's "colts" of the Phoenix Bowling Ciub for the pair of bowls presented by Messrs Thomson and Co., Dunedin, has'been brought to a, close, after a series of very interesting games. The final trial ~was between Messrs B. Thompson and J. P. Every, and a keenly contested game was ultimately won by the latter with a margin of five points, the totals being—Every 21, Thompson 16. Another contest amongst the colts, excluding the winner of the last bout, will be entered upon this evening, when tlie first pairs will try conclusions in a struggle for the possession of two prizes, viz., a pair of bowls given by Mr A. Potter and another pair given by Mr J. Herron. In all sixteen players have enter, cd, and a real good contest is looked for.

It is notified in the Gazette that the lease held by Emma Grey of section 79, Maerewheuua Estate, has been forfeited or non-payment of rent. The leases of William S. Jamieson, section 13a, Eldew*. lie Settlement, and John Brown, section 14a, Elderslie Settlement, have also been forfeited for non-execution of lease. The records of the rainfall for February give the following figures:—Timara, 1.04 in; Fairlie, 1.64 in; Wannate, 2.03 in; Windsor Park, 1.48 i n; Maheno, 2.88 in ; Otekaike, I.BBin. Puysegur Point once more asserted its right to be deemed the wettest part .of the colony with a fall of 19.94 in, rain having fallen on 23 out of the 28 days of the month. At three other piaces over JO inches of rain were recorded —Opotiki, on the East Coast of the North Island, lO.OOiu; Mangorei, on the West Coast of the North Island, 10.16 in; and Collingwood, at the north end of the South Island, 10.61 in.

It is (remarkable that Edinburgh, which was regarded as the stronghold of Pro- • Bo'sr santhments in Scotland during the i controversial stages of the war, has just established 1 another record) in recruiting'. • The number of enlistments in the pnsfc ■ year was 1136, which is mere than 400 in [ -excess of the previous year, and nearly three times as many as in 1898, The ■cavalry 'recruits were fairly divided between light and heavy, with a balance in favor of the former; while the line regi- ■ ments most favored by the 580 men were, of course, the Highland corps. Several of the latter, 'however, had been closed for recruiting for some time on account of being up to Dhe establishment. Militia, and Naval recruiting in Edinburgh has also been on the increase, the number for the Militia last year being 787, as compared with 561 in the previous year. The first example in Southern Russia of an 'employer's voluntary, granting of an eight 'hour day to Ms workmen has taken place recently in the little tow-n of Kak- • bovka, Government of Khersau. M. ! Pankeieff, proprietor of local mills, has, on bis own initiative, reduced the hours of labor of his workmen from twelve to eight, without deducting anything from their wages. So far he remains quite content with the change, and states that the men have become more alert, more attentive, and their labors more productive than before. But has not thy been the experience of 'every employer wh'o iljas given the eight hours' day a fair trial? The tobacco and pipes sent to the Scottish soldiers in South Africa by their compatriots have been immensely valued. Letters which have been received from General Hector Macdonald, and the officers commanding regiments testify to this : "It is needless for me," ■ says the General, speaking for the whole Highland Brigade, "to tell you how highly the men appreciate the thoughfulness of their countrymen, and the kindly feeling which prompted them to send such a handsome and useful gift of remembrance." It appears that the Boers looted one lo.t of tobacco from a convoy, but -they thoughtfully left the dainty boxes in which it was contained. These bore a Scottish design and greeting on the lid, and we're really meant as, keepsakes. M. Plunta, chief engineer of the Lucerne (Swiss) tramways, after many years ut uarefuj. istudy and experiments, has invented a system : '<jf brakes much superior to that in use in Europe at the present' time. The brakes are mechanical, and so powerful that it is possible to stop a train travelling at" the rate of twenty-five miles an hour within a distance of eight yards—even on an incline—while in a little over, double this distance an express, with a speed of fifty miles an hour, is brought to a standstill. The shock to' the' travellers is even less than that experienced with the ordinary brake, and it is stated that the brake may be applied by a passenger by simply pulliDg the alarm cord- M. Planta's system was recently tested at Lucerne by Govenuents «xperte, who, without reserve, expressed their satisfaction with the new system, and recommended it strongly. The brake may also be applied to electric or steam trams. Steps are being taken by the Government to have the Plant brake adoped throughout Switzerland. The Pope sleeps much, eats little, and occupies himself less with cares of State as the days go by with a corresponding increase of devotional exercises, says an< English paper. "Every effort has been made to induce him to receive fewer pilgrims, and in most cases in a. more informal and less fatiguing way; but one might as well speak to the wind. 'I would rather break than rust,' he said. 'One day my poor life will be snuffed out like a. candle, and I want to be at my post.' This has become a fixed idea, and his thoughts are so turned to celestial .things that he seems more a wraitb than a man. His days are peaceful, and Ms apartments more comfortable than 'would be suspected from the bleak,, bald exterior of the palace, and froin those rooms, seen \>j the tourist wiea 'doing'

the galleries. His whole private suit heated by steam, not too warm, so thifi' runs a minimum risk in going fat,, .J* Peter's. It is lighted with electric \yPsoftly shaded to suit his eyes, but bril]! ' enough to read and write by. Thus ,{' venerable Pontiff spends the evenfaj his life, happy, peaceful, and respected "' the whole world." °J

"If some powerful personage,'' S;IV writer in the Temple Magazine, " s jj fl .' secure us a 45 per cent, increase fa incomes, and promise us a further crease .speedily, we should doubtless ?" ready enough to say that the world *■ the brighter for his presence. Thj s V the light in which Mr Benjamin I'irt.J' M.P., is regarded by 50,'00C \>ks™ miners, and by many thousands more'd'" where. The 'King of the Miners,' ] 1() h j!" sometimes called, and certainly few n," have exercised a greater influence oti tb/ class. Hence these lines. Mr literally a- miner. He was born in a j 1 liery village—Kiddport. near Wakefield in 1842, and h e started worli in tl w c .7 liery at twelve years of age. But he l also been a lender of others and a ttij" unionist from his youth up. He was',!? retary of a miners' lodge at sixteen T' came successively assistant secretary' Jj secretary for West Yorkshire in tho'sovT ties, has now for 20 years been .secret,*, of the combined Yorkshire Miners' jwj ciation. and finally lias become Preside,, of the Miners' Federation of Great. Uritat' which he practically'brought into exists He is a keen and tenacious fighter, but} combines generalship with pugnacity, j, by persistent and skilful organisation i has gained power not only to rule thenm but successfully to negotiate with the m' tors.

An unusual discovery, reports (lie \ R Zealand Herald, was 'made at WhanL the other day, when a, .small turtle, nieL ing about 18in across the body, was i m in the river close to the township. It,, secured by some of the residents mid m !( to Mr S. Bout, the chief steward of.i s.s. Wellington, who mow has the in his possession alive aud well. It is very probable (says the New % land Times) that tho Government will nounce jit a few days tho amount ofw sidy that will be given to either the X, Zealand Shipping Company or the \ Company for the institution of a remj steamship service between this country c South Africa. One of the conditions! Government will insist upon is that ( rates of freight .shall be fixed for a <| e |j, period, and in order to earn the sub* the service will have to he regular i adequate. The Premier has been assu that a- Loudon, shipping company is \y| to establish a service between Cape d)l ( and New Zealand, so that there will be dearth of shipping facilities for the, velopmenb of a trade wliich, it: must confessed, has been too long neglected! determining to offer a substantial subs for such a. service as this country ag the Government is only following tie i ample,and policy of all 'commercial nab! Most of the crops throughout the Bit ton district are in stook, and it, few I, started leading in. Several are still t ting, but if the weather keeps up, Inn will not be later than usual.

The great danger of lads using pea j was again made evident on Friday |< the Southland News). A lad who van in the dill's at Orepuki for the purpim shooting rabbits, fired at one, ami, the. bullet carried a considerable (li'slt breaking a. pane in Mr Young's store. Young was writing at his desk at theli and the bullet passed within a font rf head.

The Bulls (Wellington) justices dnp very heavily on a. man brought before i on charges of refusing to leave a. lwdj sisting the police, and for using 4 S language. He was lined £2 on. tluj charge. £5, or 14 days, on the second,, sentenced to three months' hard hk the third. A man who tried to rescitl from the police was lined £5, o;i month's hard labor. The line was piil You dio not require a pair of sjftl ■to read this.—6 yards light faasiM stuff, Is 6d yard; 6£ yaws all-Will serge, 2s 6d yard l ; and 1 4 yards W* washing silk, 2s 6d' yard—total, Sil

3d. The lot for 21s. A complete ti dress, -with linings and furnishings, fa 6d, worth 20s. A ,rai-e bargain—3 ynrdti print, sjd yard; 3 yards navy audi stripe drill, 9£ yards ; 6 yards blouset •white Marcella ground', with silk strij 3d yard; 24 yards black fancy lusta 9d ; and' 4 yards black Merveilleui & lid—total, £1 19s 3d. The complete eel for 26s 6d. To be procured cjl the great abandon sale now proceed Penrose's Cash Drapery Establish Continuation of the Great Neirftj Clearing Sale at L. H. Teroptro's. order to make room for new goods a ing in March we will continue to fit our present stock at a still greater n tion until March 2nd. We musti

room, and the reduced prices will 1 Here are a few samples : Unbleached coes, were 3;jd up, now 2j|d; Whil! coes, were 4|d, now 3Jd; a good I White Calico, was 6s 6d doz, now 4 doz ; 8s 9d doz, now 6s lid ; a goodr make, was 7s 6d doz, now 5s lid; It were lOd, Is, Is 3d Is 6d; Unbleached Tab! were Is 3d, now Is; were Is 6d, n 3d; were Is 9d, now Is 6d; 'Whit* lings, were Is Bd, now Is 3d; were!) now Is 6d; 2s 6d, now Is lid; & now 2s 6d; 4s 3d, now 3s lOd ; iti, lins, 4fd, now 3Jd : s|d, now t|4',

now s£d; Turkey Chintz sfd, 6Jd,Hi duced from 6Jd, 7gd, B^d; White 8 ings (Fimlay's and other makes) all ni —Usual price Is, Is 3d, Is 6d, 1« 9 lid. 2s 3d, now 9d, Is, Is 3d, Is! 7,3 d. Is lid; Unbbaehed Sh&ertingß,: 3d, Is 6d, now 9£d, Is Id, Is 4d. 0 white and colored, all at bargain I Blankets and rugs reduced to b* prices. Bargains in remnants, in 1 Calicoes. Flannel, Flannelettes, and Goods at L. H. TEMPERO'S, J and Wear streets, Oamani.

The distressing symptoms of Djl or Indigestion jire too well known It describing. Many sufferers from tl» plaint have been permanently ctitf taking BONNINGTON'S PILLS, medy •which promises to become & l sal favorite and a boon to all. B« ton's Pills will be found invaluable it of sick headache, biliousness, consti| and liver complaints. They ax*} mended to young ladies for improvii complexion, are guaranteed to keep annoying skin blemishes, etc. Obti from chemists and storekeepers gai or by post from the proprietor, 0. riington, Chemist, Christchurcli. ? One Shilling per box.