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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8292, 22 September 1903, Page 2

The transfer of Captain Edward H. Barber from the Bluff Guards to the Oamaru Rifles is gazetted. The annual general meeting of the Otago Shearers' Industrial Union of Workers wi l ! he held in the Eden' Street Hall on Tuesday evening .nest, at half-past seven' o'clock, to receive the Secretary's report and elect officers. Th» Ladies' Guild of St-. Luke's Church will hold a sale of -work : in the Schoolroom on Friday afternoon next in order to 'pay off the remainder of the d«bt on the stone wall. Afternoon tea will he provided. will be no chirge for admission. The Phcenix Bowling Club wilT open their srreen for the season at two o'clock on Thursdav: afternoon-. and an invitation is (riv-?n to visitine bowlers and intending members to be present. . ; for Australia. Tasmania. Cevlon.. Trdia. China. . Strflfts, 'Settlements,.. South, ■A fric.T. Coptinent. of' Europe, and the.United l Kinsrdom. per .Victoria..will,close at Weli ; lin!/ton; .it' 3 p.m., on- Saturday nerf. | Remarking on .the phenomenally hisli values placed- on dairy cows 'the .Southern [Standard ots :—.'Numerous cases of £lO being realised for dairv cows ar« reported, ard .one disposed of in the Dipton. district th<* other dav brouehtafi hi?h as £ll 2s •;f>d for th" pick. This points to the fact that idairyinc is pointr to be prosecuted much more ivjcorouslv in SoutTtland' this rammer, and .its remunerativenees. compared with oat iPTOwinr. cannot-ba disputed St the present •itima. vT-h»re'*e*ms tabe-a, splendid "market. fat'-'Hofne for bntter and cheese, and'the deinland will no doubt be an iincreosing quantity.

The Council will visit the intake of the water-race on Thursday nest, in, accordance with a resolution passed at last meeting, to inspect, the headworks with a view to arriving afc some decision as to what steps may be taken to improve the quality of thewater supply, which has been far from satisfactory lately. The pollution has been caused through the encroachments of the Waitaki River having rendered ifc almost impossible in the circumstances. to divert the Maerewhenua from the side- channels which supply the water-race, and Maerewh:nua water when it eventually arrives in those parts after its many vicissitudes in transit is not calculated to improve anything with which it may be mixed. The question of erecting municipal offices and a'theatre on the town hall site at the junction of Thames and Itchsn streets will probably be considered at 'Friday's meeting of the Council. It is not yet quite certain in what manner the funds for carrying out the work will be secured, but, with nearly the whola of the members m favor of the scheme, and a very accommodating Act, we may assume that the building will soon become an assured fact.

The programme of the dramatic entertainment to. be given in St. Luke's Schoolroom on Friday evening next appears in cur advertising columns. Every pains have' been takeni to make ifc exceptionally complete. It may safely be said that no amateur dramatic company has ever presented to the public a more finished and popular programme. The caste is in the hands of some of the best performers in Gamaru, and Mr Piper is stage manager and conductor of the orchestra, which is an exceptionally good one. The stage will be entirely renovated. The tickets have passed off well, and ticket-holders will have the privilege of taking their choice of seats between 7.30 and 7.45. Miss MTvor announces her intention to commence dressmaking at Duntroon on the Ist October. . At the Courthouse this morning, Major Keddell, S.M./gave judgment by default in the civil case Irving v. Poison, claim 17s 6d. with 6s costs. The following will represent the Kakanui Football Club in 1 their match against Ngapara and Enfield combined, at Enfield, on Saturday, 26th instant:—,Southgate, Rahu, Mitchell, Campbell, Tempero, Eddington, Barry. Matheson, Southgate, Brain, M'Gregor, Minty, M'Leod, Thomson, Minty (captain). Reserve: Asher. The following will represent the North Otago Golf Club in their match against the Timaru Golf Club, at Timaruon Thursday, the 24th instant:—(Messrs J. S. Holmes, W. R. Darling, C Armstrong, J±. M. Roxby, C. Banks, r E. Armstrong, F. J. Du Croz, F. 'Newton. A special meeting of the Waitaki Acclimatisation Society was held last evening. Present—Messrs Charles Jones {chair), J. Sinclair, J. Spiers, O. Bruce, J. Duncan, J. Mitchell, T. Jones, G. Glen, W. E. Farr, and H. Mackintosh. Tlie meeting was called to draft special license forms, which step is necessary under the new regulations recently framed by the Government. _ The fees now in force are as follows: —License for nien, 20, 5s for one month, and 2s 6d for one week; licenses for women and for boys attending school or under 16 years, 10s for the full season. 3s for one month, and Is 6d for one week.' After discussing matters in the interest of acclimatisation, and making arrangements for the printing of licenses and permits, which it was decided should be obtainable' from the secretary and agents throughout the district, the meeting closed with the usual compliment to the chair. "T.P." in M.A.P. thus describes Mr Balfour, the Prime Minister, whom he had not seen for some weeks :—"I was almost startled by the change which has come over him during the few "short months since he became Prime Minister. He has aged visibly. His face is paler, his hair thinner, his manners are languid, and on some occasions when he has'been heckled by Lord Hugh Cecil, he looks, I am told, like a hunted spirit. It is curious to see this man. thus aging, tired, listless, while there is all around him a rasing activity .and voracity of appetite and passion. But then Mr Balfour has >got what all the others are hungering for." The theory promulgated by an eminent Berlin physician who is a specialist in nervous disorders that no child should begin to learn the piano before the age of sixteen years is one that will assuredly commend itself to most people (says thS Lady's' Pictorial). The piano has become a positive tyranny, and who shall say how many nervous complaints are actually due to this instrument, which can at once give such exquisite pleasure and so much pain. Out of a thousand young girls studied by this Berlin doctor, each of whom had begun to learn the piano under the age of fourteen, no less than six hundred had some nervous complaint, whilst only one hundred out of a thousand who had never learned the instrument were afflicted. Could a census be taken of the nerve-racked folk who are compelled to listen to practising children, to people who think they can play, and even to those who can and play incessantly and with no regard to all the other sounds that a6sail us in cities, we should find, it is to be feared, that the piano is almost as much to be dreaded as the plague. It is reported that, several shining, or bronze cuckoos have been seen in Canterbury during the past few days. If the report is correct, the fact is a notable one, as these remarkable migrants generally observe very regular habits, coming to the South Island early in October, though they arrive in the North Island during the latter half of September. The shining cuckoos, together with the other New Zealand species, the long-tailed cuckoo, breeds in this colony, appropriating t'fie nest of the grey Warbler or some other bird, and then leaves for other lands. 'The old shining cuckoos leave the southern, portions of the country during the first and second weeks in January, but they do not leave the north until the end of that month, or perhaps later. This little harbinger of spring is easily recognised by its plumage, which, on top, is a metallic bronzy green, and below white, with bronzy brown bars, while the forehead is freckled with white. The two New Zealand cuckoos are among the mostnotable bird migrants in the world.

The Christchurch Press understands thatMr H. A. Bruce's recent visit to Wellington was for the purpose of meeting a representative of- a Home company which has decided to start- trawling operations on a large scale, in New Zealand waters. The capital of the company at present is £300,000, of which £175,000 represents the working capital. It is proposed to employ 10 trawlers, and to embrace in the_ operations of the company the whole of the deep-sea fishing off the colony's coasts. The representative of the company will be in Christchuch on Wednesday or Thursday next, to make arrangements for the carrying on of the company's operations in the South Island.

The Manaia Witness, understands that a, local dairy factory company lias been offered by a powerful English financial institution a large amount of money, running into six figures, at a particularly low rate- of interest—under 3 pe'r cent. The conditions under which the concern offers to lend the money do not tie the hands of the factory in regard to the disposal of its output or in any other way. The Home capitalists evidently have considerable, faith in the dairying industry, for they have intimated that they are willing to accept the company's works as security for a portion of the amount on a five-sixths valuation basis. The offer will, in all probability, be accepted, and the money loaned to" shareholders needing assistance at a small increase in rate of interest on what it costs the company. A good story is told at the expense of one of the deck officers of the mail steamer •Sierra, says the Auckland Star. On the last, run down to San Francisco of that vessel the officer in question, who prides Himself on his knowledge in fish culture, got possession of two fine specimens of the flying fish, and determined that mey should be preserved and presented to a certain university of California. He save the fish to one of the attendants, with instructions that they were to be placed in spirits. How-. ev>er. the fish, through some oversight; were prepared for the table. Two mackerel were then dressed, fitted one with tin fins and the othsr with leather fins, and placed in the spirit- bottle for- preservation. In due course the officer visited the university and, unaware of the deception, presented the fish to the president. It is not stated what took place in the subsequent interview. Opportunism, Bishop Julius said in effect in the course of his sermon at the Christ•church Cathedral on Sunday evening, is the keynote of governments. The New Zealand or English Government that acted on principle would be out of.office in six"months. What was true of politics was also true of a great deal of our social reforms and moral teachings. It was in the very spirit of opportunism that ws go as wo go and form our principles afterwards. Take morals, for instance, he yaid ; • is it downright underlyimr principle that most governs things, or is it what the people- want, what the people

will have, and what the people like? What are our divorce laws but opportunism, and of tha vfry worst type, and so it went on to our religion. The people liked their religion with all the. bone taken out to make it easy to digest, easy to swallow. "Ourspiritual digestions are sadly out of order," his Lordship added, "so it has brought our religion down to that." The town authorities of Odessa have ju6t decided to place a. gun, which, was taken from H.M. S. Tiger, in 1854, in a prominent position in the public park mere. The gun, which weighs upwards of four tons, was presented to the town at the conclusion of the Crimean war, and ever since then has lain in on sof the barracks. The inscription which will be placed on the pedestal reads as follows :—"A gun taken from tfie British man-of-war Tiger, which surrendered after battle on April 30th, 1-854, to-the troops of the [Odessa garrison. The Tiger was blown p and sunk. The gun was recovered from the wreck in May, 1854. Tliis trophy was presented to tue town by the Emperor Nicholas I. in memory of the victory of April 30th, 1354." It is Interesting to note that the Tiger ran ashore in a dense fog. MOST POPULAR BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST. Messrs Philpotts and Son, storekeepers, Tieton, N.Z., say : "The best selling cough mixture in this" district is Chamberlain's Cough Rsmcdy. Everyone likes it and speaks well of the results after using it." For sale by all Chemists and Storekeepers. Price, Is 6d and 3s. One of the most attractive selections in lace goods ever shewn in Oamaru i 6 now open at THE POLYTECHNIC. The goods are direct from the leading Home warehouses, and comprise the newest styles in Collarettes, Scarfs, Laces, Frillings, etc., etc., while the prices have been marked at smallest margin of profit. We want to do a large trade, and will be satisfied with a small profit. Ladies' Lace, Lisle, Taffeta Gloves, in black, white, cream, 6late, and fawn, 6d, 9d, Is 9d, 2s. Our value in Hosiery this season will commend itself to our patrons. Ladies' Blr.ck Cashmere Hose, plain, ribbed, or fancy, 2s, 2s 3d, 2s sd. Have you tried our 4dome Kid Gloves at 2s 6d? They are undoubtedly the best glove for the. money in town. 'Try THE POLYTECHNIC the Favorite Ready-Money Drapers. You will save money by doing so. Extra Special Supplementary Sale.— L. H. Tempero begs to announce that owing to alterations to the Showroom, which will be in hand next month, he will hold a Great Clearing Sale of drapery, clothing, etc., consisting of Ladies' Jackets, Waterproofs, Mantles, Underclothing of all descriptions, Hats and Bonnets, Corsets, Aprons, Flowers, Prints, Muslins, Calicoes, Flannelettes, Sheetings, Blankets, etc., at desperate prices, to save stock from damage during the progress of the work. For 10 days only can you get drapery at un-heard-of prices. L. H. TEMPERO, London House.

Now the bright weather has come back.. the corner turned, and we are in straight for summer .there'll be hustling and bustling to prepare your new wearing apparel for the season. Early shopping is a necessity to first choice and most first choice goods are proved both the cheapest and prettiest. Choice French Muslins at 4|d per yard. Most beautiful designs in this low priced Muslins. These goods will wash reliably and wear a whole season. We have a better range at 6A and 7>]d per yard. A strong, serviceable labric for girls' school wear. A boon to mothers who can't be bothered for ever making up new dresses for the girls. Our navy cambric prints, at 6d per yard, are very choice in design, and will wear as long as any printed cambric we've handled. White Tucked Lawns hi great variety, of nr.w designs, B£d, 104 d, Is. White. Lawns, tucked partly and inserted with washing lace in new designs, at Is, Is 3d. Is 6d, Is 9d, 2s per yard.—PENROSE'S Cash Drapery Establishment. You cannot do better than purchase a "Little. Wonder" Broadcast Seed Sower. It will sow four acres per hour and any quantity up to six bushels per acre. Post prepaid Morrow Bassett and Co., Christ-church.'

Side Combs, splendid selection, from 6d pair: also larce Loop Pins, Back Combs, extra laroe Hair Nets, Hair Frames, etc., just opened. MISS M'NICOLL, Art Repository, Sole Agent for Mr Hendy, Hair Specialist, Duoedin.

Not a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears will prevent the attack. It never fails, and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all Chemists and Storekeepers. Price, Is 6d and 3s.