The Oamaru Mail. MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1906.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9297, 25 June 1906, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1906.

The Hon. Ucorge Jones has received tin; following telegraphic message, dated today, from the J lon. T. Y. J)uncan: "Cabinet has decided to withdraw caveat lodged against the side of Hedley's land to the Agricultural and Pastoral Association.*' iTho transfer "will, therefore, be made at lOiico from Mr Medley to the .Association : (per Messrs 0. W. Beid and \V. Oardiner). and at next ordinary meeting of the. Association the tenders for the sale of the old Show Ground will be opened and dealt with. The Mayor has received communication thanking him for his attendance at the lute Premier's, funeral and asking that the thanks of the Cabinet be conveyed to the citizens for the wreaths go kindly forwarded.

In tho co'urse of an interview, published in the Mellxmrne Argus, our late I'remier made these significant remarks :—"()ccasionally -alarm is created through tho action of unthinking men, who, through stress of circumstances, lose heart, and ■speak and act in such a way as to injure the cause and the people 11 :-r»y honestly desire to help. Where the workers are wrong is in their going to extremes and seeking tho impossible. In that case their strong men and their best friends mi;-! prudently cnution them. But, when capital is too exacting, and will not give a fair opjKvrtunity to the human mechanism that produces capital, then the strong arm of Parliament and the lenders of men .must do their duty, and put capital and capitalists into their proper place/' He ad-ded that in Xew Zealand capital and labor were working in harmony, and capital was never more securely and profitably empi oyed than t o-d ay. Mr .lames Smith, -who has been employed by Mr B. Perry in the Empire Hotel for 19 years, and who is leaving to undertake an engagement in Mr Perry's new premises at Clvristelmruh—the Occidental Hate!—was farewelled by a laTgo number of friends on Friday night. Mr Smith -was presented -with a substantial purse of sovereigns, and also -with a- gold bangic on behalf of Mrs Smith. The various speakers referred to Mr Smith's unfailing courtesy and wished him every success in his new sphere of work. The market for potatoes shows considerable improvement this week, stocks being reduced into very small compass, and the arrivals have been light {says the Auckland Herald of Thursday last). Apart from mm LI shipments from the Coast , the onilv arrivals to hand comprise 690 sacks per Victoria. These are being distributed from tho ship's side on the basis of £ll 10s. at which price tho market is firm. The Xew South Wales and Queensland second crops are now coming in, and the quality "is reported to be very good. This element in the market is having the effect of weakening Tasmanian values, and offerings from there show a slight decline in price. The demand for seed potatoes shows a considerable improvement, and many bnyei-s are anxious to have an area of early planted potatoes, notwithstanding the experience of the past few years with the blight throughout the wet months. Prime Up-to-Dates, which are practically the only variety in demand, are difficult to secure, and any clean true lots readily command £l4 per ton. Other varieties, such as Northern Star, Breeze's Prolific, etc.. are meeting with a little inquiry. The purchase .money for the Imperial Hotel, which recently became the property of Mr Tjulleid, was £2300. This is a fair indication of the value of borough properties, though the figure is by no means so high as that currently quoted as having been pa.id.

Intending members of the Ambulance Classes are reminded that the firs:- lecture of tho course on nursing will he given on Wednesday, June 27th. Dr. M'Adam will begin the season by giving a lecture on

"First Aid" to the women's class. The object of giving a. "First Aid" lecture at the commencement of the nursing course is to afford those who attend for the first time an opportunity to enter for the examination, if they wish to do so. Hitherto. those Indies, who attended a. nursing class as a first course were not- allowed to enter for the examination. This year t-his orivilege has been granted beginners. Tt is hoped that a large number of ladies will avail themselves of this opportunity of acquiring a knowledge of how to care for the sick. As the hall is engaged next Tuesday the men's "First Aid" course of lectures will not commence until Tuesday, July 3rd. As this course of instruction is of mcst importance to men there should be a gocd number of new members this session. The information gained may be of service at any time to oneself or to one's friends. The lecturer to the men's class is Dr. Whitton. The subscription 'for the season is five shillings, an amount which is not high considering the benefit that may be derived by attending the lectures. The lectures will be held in the Atlienceuni Hall at 8 p.m. ifessrs Bruce Christie and Co. are holding a. clearing sale on Wednesday first, ■the 27th June, of first-class dairy cows, hordes, etc., on account of Mr John Kennedy, at his farm, Awamoa, (close to the town boundary), when they will offer his specially selected herd. This presents a splendid chance to those wishing to seeuro. some really good cows. For particulars see advertisement The Thames Yallev Farmers' Union have written to.the Auckland Chamberof Commerce, drawing attention to the disastrous effect which the dumping of tailings into the Thames River by the' mining companies hnd had on the dairying community in 9:* Valley. The water was rendered useless for drinking purposes for cattle by -he presenec of cyanide, and the draining if all neighboring properties was affected by fill in ng up the bed of the river and causing t'no water to flood the lands. An area, of about 200,000 acres had been more ~r less daipaged. 35,000 tons of tailings are now being deposited monthly into-.the Oliinemnri River/ Steamers trading between Auckland and Paerda. used to berth tlie Paeroa township, but now they could. c-'-/ b:rih ■ at the Puke landing, seven

miles below the original place. A petition to Parliament, was being prepared asking for roth-ess. The t'hamher referred iln* Idler !a committee for report.

The .Soulhern portion of tho. Kan Francisco mail wiill leave Wellington by the M.araroa to-day. A good deal has been said lately concerning tho delays in examining passengers' luggage by the Customs' authorities at Lyttelton. ami. the inconvenience caused thereby (says the l'ress). Tho following instance will go to show that luggage, can be dealt with in a. prompt way at the J'ort. On Tuesday morning last the Mararoa, arrived from Wellington with 106 passengeis, ex Athenic and Oswestry Grange. Their luggage, which filled five good-sized railway trucks, was landed, and liandod over to tho Customs' officials within two hours of tiie vessel's arrival. It- was thoroughly examined and handed over to passengers in the very short space of one hum- five minutes.

The question, of insurance was fully discussed in certain aspects at a recent meeting of the Taranaki Provincial Executive of the Farmeis' Union. It- was mentioned that as a result of the operations of the Farmers' Mutual the rates of the other insurance companies bad been reduced. One member pointed out that under ordinary accident policies men were not covered who felled a tree, cut chaff, or even erected a fence. He asked that the Farmers' .Mutual should provide a policy to fully cover all work really connected with the farm. ''You won't get. such a. cover for less than £l." said another member. "(111, yes vou. will,'' replied the first. "I was speaking with a,n agent this morning about the. matter, and he assured me that he would issue a. policy insuring against the di'vil for 155." -Members unanimously asked the agent's name, several of them declaring their intention of talcing out such a cover immediately.

The Stock Office (says the Wairarapa Daily Xews) is meeting with great difficulty in gathering samples of cereals grown in the Wairarapa, to L. u..nwn at the International Exhibition. In many cases where sheaves and grain lia.ve been put aside rats have got at theni, and otherwise the work of collection has been strewn with obstacles. Wairarapa does not seem to care whether its existence is made known to the world at the Exposition. The New Zealand Times- lias received from the Federal Government a copy of despatches in connection with the Natal native court-nniTtial incident. It will be iemembered tliat Mr Scddmi cabled lionte for information, and that he was communicated with by Mr Deakin. the Australian Premier. M'r Seddon's Tcply to Mr Deakin's message lias nut yet been published in Xew Zealand. It was as follows : "Quite agree with you that any interference with the constitutional rights of any selfgoverning colony should be strenuously resisted. Before "taking any direct action, however, the press telegraphic commuiiic:itioiis_being «> meagre and conflicting, Government of New Zealand wish to be fully acquainted as to the actual facts, and to that end have '.requested Governor of Xew Zealand to cable Secretary of' .State for the. Colonies for further particulars. Hesitate to believe Imperial authorities would deliberately interfere with the constitution rights of the self-governing colony. When so many human lives were at .-take, and (lie trial having been by court-martial, and that not at a time of war. postponement of sentences may Icive been all that V.'as actually done by Secretary of State for the Colonies.''

11 at uma. near AYaipnlairati. ! hwkes ]>ay. tin' former property of an absentee landlord. who worked it with a lew ishrphvrds, is now divided. into 62 propria ie.s. ha.s 50 I louses oil it- and a- population <n 25CV people. All th? rents have been pai<l. and improvi-menUs to tlie value of £33,629 have been made, wlierons the valm* requires;] by the Act would- only be £8690. Thn dwelling-houses alone are valued at £IO.BOO. It is a. mixed farming distriit. not a dniiying one. There ;ire 22.670 iimv.n under grass. out oi' which 2000 arres have hern ploughed and eropped and laid down ;-.tibiVjuentlc in Knglisli grasses; 1887 acrocj are under white crops.

Loudon, the landscape gardener, who laid out the Duke of Wellington's grounds at Strathlieldsaye. had some ridiculous correspondence. says ihe Cornhill, with the old Duke about the Waterloo beeches there, lie wrote a vile hand, and as the Duke read the letter he thought it was the BUhop of London writing to him about the breeches he wore at the battle. They went on for a long time at cross-purposes, until one day Loudon met the Duke in Piccadilly, and asked why lie hadn't answered his letter. Then the Duke hurried off in a cab to explain to the Bishop.

Miss Luey Kemp-Welch, the famous animal painter, does much of her work out oi' d'nu>. often under conditions the revo«h* of pleasant. The Xew Forest (says M.A.P.) is a. favorite hunting ground of hers, and there she has often spent many hours of fatiguing walking and. watching in all sorts of weather, resulting, perhaps, in only one single study. But the attitudes caught is more than "true to life." It is tho thing itself. At Bushey, Miss Kemp-Welch is able to do her outdoor work m great comfort, by reason of the studio which she has had built there. It

stands in the middle of a paddock, and is built- of glass. From within .it she is able to see her models under their most natural conditions.

There has just been, placed in the American Museum of Xatural History a meteorite which is said to weigh no less than 15 tons. It was found in the Williamette Valley. Oregon, in 1902. After much litigation between the owners of the land on which it was found and the finder, it was bought by Mrs William E. Dodge at acost of 20.600d015.. and presented to the museum. It is 10ft 3£in long, 7ft across the base, 4ft high, and 25ft 4in in circumference at the base. Its exact weight is 31,1071b. While traces of cobalt and phosphorus are found in the mass, it consists chiefly of iron and nickel, there being more than 90 per cent, of the former and nearly 8 per cent, of the latter. A Xew York girl has been successful in a business venture that. Harper's Bazaar calls a new idea. She has opened a. studio called ''The Gift Shop," where she shows all sorts of artistic and unusual articles suitable for gifts. Here the woman who has- not time or strength for a- hunt through the shops for something novel for a gift finds the work of collection done for her. and merely the selection among many charming things left to be accomplished. The originator of the plan has brought together "old prints, the copper and brass for which one must usually go on a hunt into queer cornel's, and the unusual jewellery and pottery that delight the artistic eve." One. drawback to the success of these ventures is that if there is only one such shop in a t-own. everyone comes to learn its contents, and the price of all its articles; and one hesitates to give something that the receiver is probably quite familiar with.

The Paris bill-poster, sars the Gentlewoman, is a curious being. He never is in a hurry: he never was, and he never will be. Candidates for the Chamber of lenities know him of old., and put up without grumbling with his slow performance. Xot so the feminist ladies. They watrhc-d witli indignation half a dozen billstickers who were discussing politics instead of working. When the men had gone to lunch, thev seized brushes and pastepots, mounted tlie ladders, and stuck the bills. On the Boulevard Bonne Xouvelle tho people began to display their modest- wit. The ladies perched on their ladders, stood for a long time the badinage without flinching: but- when a 14-year-old youth climbed up one of the ladders to "lend them a hand" he was treated to a mouthful of paste that- sent him down again. The crowd applauded, but tlie noise became deafening, and finally the police appeared upon the scene and conducted the ladies, Mile. Ivaufmann at the head, to the Police Commissariate on the charge of having created a disturbance. The fair bill-stickers had no difficulty in proving that they were perfectly innocent in the matter, and they were allowed to proceed with their work on their undertaking not to take any heed of the chaff with which they might be greeted/. The Department of Public Instruction in Xew South Wales is issuing a wall chart calculated to warn the ypung and thoughtless against the carekfis use of firearms. lii view. of the frequent accidents . resulting' from "ignorance that it was-. loaded" the-placard m>ght-be posted with advantage on other, t-Uan school walls (remarks the Sydney Muily Telegraph). The document'starts, by asking the reader to assume that, as/weapon is always loaded, and'consequently should' never be pointed - at anyone nor ever carried by any person who is vnot conversant with tlie vaga-Ties of self/firing guns. Specific instructions sire /given for nearly all eircumstaiiceis. from/ crawling through a fence to tumbling/it? a bjjg, and the shootist is warned spMMly',against the fatal pea Title. A facsimile 1 ! of & detonator accompanies'the if .the. sight of means to do ill, deeds liakos iil deeds dooie. and leirts a knowVyjre,,seeker to find no resuliincr accident;:-^from- his- expeTimentswith the school he-ynll probably feel a

contempt for dynamite rape* that will lead to future familiarity, '['lie desire to see for himself is innate in the Australian youth. ViN'.ta ago, when tho v.diat-fo-do-i mease of

snakebite and drowning charts xvere issued, a country teacher who had read his Pc>ta lozzi ami Froebel made tho treatment the basis ot' school games, and it was common to hear a frantic cry front a youngster that lie was bitten, and see the a< company, innr -rush »>f his mate* t<> render lirst aid. Ouo day. however, a hoy emptied a, brown snake amount his sehoo!mat< s on the ground that it was all in the -.tine, a.ml inquiries then elicited the fact- ;lm an accident in the creek a. few days pieviousiv was also due to the rage for .realism.

A strange ca.se has occupied the newspapers ami pul>lic interest generally for the last lew days (.says the Keriiu correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle). Acting on information supplied by a dismissed servant named (llase. the police searched the residence of Prince and Pr'.neeiis Wrede. Castle Pasedow, near M ilchiu, Mecklenburg. and found a large number of silver-plated articles and table linen bearing the marks of nine well known hotels in (Germany and abroad. '! ik* latest sensation is the arrest, of (Jlase on a <harge of blackmail. It is stated that' (llase wrote tcv Prince Wrede demanding a ,-mn of SO.OOOt. and threatening that olherwi.se he would denounce ihe Princess as a Imiel thief. 'lhe Prince sent the letter ;o the police. Clase declares that lie h ~«* seen servants of the Piiuccss packing up plate from various Hotels under her d.ration, lie denies the intention to levy blaeivuiaii.

and says that his only nmti\e was of revenge for his. dismissal. Tho I'-rdner TageblaU states ihat 'two Tn-rlin i.otrls. at 'which the Primvcs stayed befoie :: >ing to Madrid, when the Prince and P:-uccss mes'.lv reside, hav< i inlonned ilie p< \\.e ot thefts of plate, and declare their c-u.ici ion that: the Trim-ess is the thiel. In \n wot the comparative worthlessncss of i' : " articles found and the action. taken b- the i'riuce, the Press assumes that .it- is a iase <if kleptomania. P>et ween the months ot May and duly London must, be indeisl "music uno i! it can find audiences enough lo sunport all the concerts given. This. hnwr\-r, ii cannot do; but apparently support cannot- prevent the student with a rudimentary smattering of music and an inflated opinion of his (or her) own \irtuoaty from giving the inevitable ivc : taL What happens to them altcrwards'! Ihe irilic who. in spite of many is generally a kindly c-oid. is unable i<» do 111; ii - tiian <lai nll with faint praise (or praise with faint damns, as the nwd.iu saying goes) a perfonname hope!, -.-ly mediocre. In nine eases out of ten ibi-,e over-sanguine debutantes have to di peiid upon music for their living. Remains then only the dull piospcct of teaching it one .is lueky enough to got pupils. What monev has l.n ell expended upon the iv ilal i> in the octopus-grip ot tic cm-en ag 'lit- -even down to the- overcharge mi the necessary boiupiet. which, for some invsterious reason (for no one is deceived 11v it) every l.idv artiste is supposed to i ceognise as indispensable. There is a pathetic side to music-madness as wcil as a comic one.

,\ schoolmistress in nhio ii;ks been dis h."cause of her in;ii t i>tn>ni:i! eii!.;ieement. Slh« brought a snil Id recover >J6S for .salary in lieu of notiee, bui lu.sl ii, the Cleveland jury deciding thai a

-•<-lioi;|.niiMn , 'H,s is not a. competent teacher ii' she is in low. The ediieat ional head-. of America have jjiven widely dilTerinij <»| »in i: MUS oil ill' 1 Mlhjert. t UIC said thai til.' . 1111LC n >.s * julj Ii I to ha\e 1>« • n trhd I»y her n<ll by a jury <>f men. ;nd. that all teachers in love ;uv better tea cll uiis. ".ii-fVi* ciliarges - iiie\i nal ni'r, and turns one's mind towards the beauti iul 111i11lT-s of iife. M Another woman said, *'[ can si'anriy conceive of a school mist re.--; falling in love afier she has he:_ r nn her career as a- teacher. A te-idior has so muck to think about- in conn-eel i-ni \v:ili Iter <lutics tli-.it I canm.t believe sin* won!-.I think about a. man while teaching In v }kij)iis.Which is absurd.

.\ sum of .£7u<x3 was realised lately ;<l Christie's, London, by {ho sale of a ml lection of <>!< i Kn;j;lish and other porcelain. As nituh as 820 I'll ineas. was for a pair of handsome scale-blue Woreisfer with. "panels painted, with exotic binds and groups of (lowers, ami a m'! of three vasts and a pair of beakeis. painted with birds, wilt; to the same buyer for W ! 0 euiuens. A \V<nve>irr transfer-printed brought no lees lii.iu 205 guineas, whii-e mother *et of va-.'.s an-d beakers, decor;llc«t. in Oriental taste. was knocked down for 200 guineas. Vov a rare old Chelsea u r roup. representing the Vorlune Teller, 100 was paid. and a- pair of figures of pheasants oil t IVe-rU I mips fetched loft I'uineas.

lil ihe. early days of Uosshmd. America, Wile!! Ll.- !\ui chilli TiWere M'iiillLT ;i | 5 < cuts. a shabbily tn;>n cut'-nd a tailor's shop in an Oregon (own. "Tailor.'' he said. "I wain a- suit of clothes. itnl i h;i ve iu> limney. It' you'!! make nw a r-iii| Hi ,uivi i yen 5000 shares of Le li<>i sturk." Tin.- tailor-demurred al first, but nit imat elv

aeecj>iv'd. the .shares in exehanu'' 1 b»r th. clollieS. Tjjl'ee years pa»rd away, ('are ful development proved thai the ].<> Iba mine was a properly of value, and m.ni to gather in. odd blocks of the

.stock. They wriv able to 1 r«u-<» all tin l shares except 5000. Advert isom.ills were inserted !'<>r the missing shares. and tin 1 tailor saw one of ihem. He rcscu«'d the shares from i In: old ,-u.'in-]n!x in which he had thrown them. and disposed of them at Tdols. a .share. The nervous strain. of household care wnars out oven (ho strongest women. Take Stearns'' Wine, the peerless tonic, which builds up the body and makes the weak strong. Pleasant to the taste. Such pretty Muffs and Furs arc to he

pokl for l.s 6d ;it I'OLYTKI'i [ X \(.' Sale on Friday Xext. Only a few at the price. "The Kaiser's persistent interfenee in ;df matters of art- I ins cost, the fatherland heavy losses in cancelled printed matter." Kays The International, "(hie of his lir.sl ads as sovereign was to show his subordinates I low the imperial arms .'-lou'd lie printed. .After many thousand forns and documents had been impivMsed with these arms as antiquary of bid) aulhoriiy provod to )»is Majesty that i.he new design was "noi oidy wroinr, hut also humiliati.uu; to himself.- Seven thousand live hundred dollars' worth of papers were promptly rediued to ashes. In another cnusc the Kaiser 'sub-edited' the (Jerntan moneyorder form in such a way that the public could not in ake head or t'ail of il. Finally (lit! new form had t<» lie ealhsl in. ru;'l thousands of unissued eopies desl reived." to the I'osfoii Tran.-erip!. l-lie cut is rapidly becoming a favorite :i rt i<-1 • ■ of foo'd in certain |iart.s of Italy, |i:tr( ii-ii-larly ill Yoniee and Verona. 11l these ;m,:I fiomo other cities also, the huleher-; sell dresse<l eats under t.he name of rahhits. There is a lav.- against eating cals. but. notwithstanding, a husinres is do) 1-', in raising eats for the market. Tin.' eat is usually cooked liv ronsline- in the oven until brown, a Inns; with onions, Riirlie. parsley, liay leaves, and oilier herbs.'

"Thore scans t-o lie no reason," Goed I I (':) it;}, "why I here !..> ;i prpju(]ic.-> against cats. Sr t uii-rol.s arc very commonly eaten. Tin- squirrel cats init'ordinarilr but it <■'! I s birds ;iwh r-n it s r l-DOS lint find a good (supply of :K 11:11 lira] foods. Cats arc in every way :i ( ' wholesome as fell. Nearly all fish sir.; strictly carnivorous, while cats take readily to a dipt of bread aixl. milk.'' For Colds in the Jlead an<l Influenza. Woods' Great Peppermint C'nre, Is 6d and 2s 6d per bottle. Penrose's are holding their first All Black Sale, and will make this event, tli" occasion to cheapen every all black article aixl everv yard of all black stuff in their store. For ten days wo will sacrifice our profits and increase your spending power. Tti'S reductions in black dress material, black sateens, velveteens, jackets, mantles, fiilk coats, hosiery, gloves', black trimmed hats. Everything black reduced. .Sale now on at Penrose's.

"Rain Probable."—Well, who cares when you can bnv a Good Umbrella foils 6d at POLYTECHNIC Salo next Friday.

Sing the 6ong of the five-starred cross Hung low o;'er Southern Seas,

Then tell about our frightful lass From coughs and colds and sneeze; Again, again let voices ring In one great, grand bravure, To praiso the magic healing king— Woods' preat Peppermint Cure. 20 R-. Brims, draper, Kurow, having purchased the business premises owned by Mrs Davis, wishes to intimate to the people of Kurow and surrounding districts that he will hold, a large clearing sale in the old premises, commencing Friday, June Bth, Everything in stock will l>e reduced, so there will be some very tempting bargains offered. R. Brims, draper. Kurow. 7nn

Mr Swindley, Surgeon Dentist, will visit Kurow on Thursday next, 28th inst., audi may be consulted at Simmons' Hotel. 931; _Small Boys' -Suits, from 3s lid, at the/ North Ota go Farmers' to-dav. 8' SMOKERS. ATTENTION" PLEASE The best of all smokes—GOLDEN EAGLE, FLAKE CUT, in TWO-OUNCE tin 9. 64b'