The Oamaru Mail. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1907.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9656, 9 October 1907, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1907.

iTHei , English, lijail Oamar.u on rThureday, 29th .'August,', arrived'.- in' London, on October -It.h—t.wo days early. ' ■Tho registrars, of electors in thiscity , (says :t-he Ohristohurch Press)- -and vicinity are at' present preparing tlie pai'lia-merLtary r0115,..a work renderect:.necessary, by. thealterations .which have; -been made.-in tha boundaries of the electorates as the nesu-lt oi the findings of the Representation ComTnisfiioii. The names of those i>&rsons which appear on- the xolls as . residing in parts of oldi electorate®, wlii-ch are now included iii..other electorates, aTe being transferred to the roll 1 of the electorates in which t-hey now reside. It is .not intended at present to print- new rolls,' ill view; of the factthat .the next -general.'electioii is'about- a year off, and that- : in the jneantinije:- many. electors have changed their -place of residence, and .many others, will' have done so before the date of the next- -general elec : tions arrives.

Messns Dalgety and Ctompany, Limit© have received the; following cable niei 'sage from their London office, under -dat 4tii -inst." Wool 'sates . closed ftnr, Prices fdT;gocd''and medium wool are, on "the average, 10 to 15 p£r cent higher, .than closing rktes ,'of last-series • Other- descriptions of merino .wools ar higher -by : 10 .per cent-..; fine crossbrcs wools are, " on. the : average, 5. to . 8 ]>e .cent; higher. For medium°cro.ssbred wool pric-es are scarcely. oil a\ par with clos iiig rates of last series-; coarse crcsebrei wools and. slipe wools, any change ii prices-.is in favor of sellers. Lambs 5 ti 10 per cent.. higher. Total colonial wool available, including old stocks, amount ti 96,000, oat- of. which- 54,000 bales wer. sold- for. llomo -consumption,- 1 33,000: wer taken-for the Continent,' and :2000 fa America,. leaving.7ooo to be'carried forwaix to the next" series." , The police to-day searched, the coas line- for traces of the missing man Davi( supposed to have been. dTowiie< from .the s.s. 2f«vna'"after that vessel lef the port of Oaiharu on Saturday morninj last.- - . For the third year in succession ,t-h< -Waitaki Mounted-' Rifles have won tlm Buckley Gup. To-day tfrey . tied'. twia with the King's Rifles, jundi won 911 th< third fire-off. '■■' ' Mails for the Commonwealth of Austra lia' only'via Hobart, per Wainui, close or Thursday, 10th inst.,- at 4-p.m. with the miiitary arrange meiits ,on Dominion Day,' volunteers wil b.c pleased to IWrri that the Officer Com WiandLng* the District has notified Lient. Colonei-Headland, Y.D., that he consider: the muster and arrangements at.Oamari most'-'satisfactory-,' and acknowledges -hiassistance in the. carrying of them out. An irritated* throat is' quickly soothec bzy Zyroole Trokeys. They increase tht throat secretions, and strengthens the -voca. coi'ds. ..- Nothing better for public-speakers "Tim. eight Labor M.P.'s who 1 are going to -Switzerland next month under' the auspices of the National Service " League will have, an': opportunity of seeing; wftk ..comparatively little expenditure ajid "yvith no barrack .life ■ woi;th consideration/ it is possible to raise and maintain ;a nation in arms, to have'out of a total -population oi little over three .millions a first line of a quarter, of' .a millionv ; and a. total war strength of four hundred" thousand. They will :ses—and every facility will -be placed iii' their .way for this purpose by the Swiss G 0 vei-nm ent—how niilitary . training begins | when the boys are at school in the shape of gymnastics for the youngei; and drill and musketry for the older lads. Tiler e they will find all .the .young''men in the country able to bear arms, and kept' in practice from their school days, ■ not by any rigid system of barrack life, but by s'xty-five days, training m their twentieth year and:;eleven' days training every year for. twenty years thereafter. All this they will find, although compulsory service, very cheerfully performed; > - Some t'lifey -will "See —the minority—not-physically"fit for servce, and .of- these: they, will hear how, «n----til'their fortieth-year; they pay ail- annual mihtai-y-tax of something like tgilshillings a head. -Beyond the pui-ely-military:tram-Uig thev will also see-to what extent rifle corps , -are - encouraged by-- the. State, and lipw they, assist 1 in. developing -rifle-shoot-ing among the For a'country m which the obligation to -perform military, service is the'bedrock of the whole,system there is an extraordinary-amount.of voluntary effort. There are, indeed, far mors voluntary rifle -corps nr. Swtizerland than 111 this-country. :It has been estimated that for- f everjh member of 'a?nfl®'du-b'm the Lmted ■ Switzerland- ?has: as many as forty-four,- their;*total-number .of' voluntary rifle, associations exceedmg-,3500, and of members close.on- ' a cqitarter-ofca: milbon " —Pall Mall Gazette < 1 Xhe fottndation oflifelong.-ill-health may: be laid;for:young girls by failure to keep, theip' 6trength and health ; up to normal. Stearns' Wine is best for them..because it. is a true-tonic.- -• - *. - | -Ladies -will have am opportunity ■ this • week of seeing a of new nulI Jinery I niiffiy Tiew'ifosigiis have 1 arrh-edf and, firm -is-taking the op•porhitiify J of "placing; .View -for I public Inspection. An jmnfettee- amoiiht hi trouble has "been taken. & the gatKar&g <ff this.season's duty hlis-beeii to-aioid the style'our oorf-' | temporary mlfv. sliow, and At the same ! time be a leader-in correct style. We I d-n npt think our' hats are duplicated any ' yheip- We "l^licve. model ! ,pt :

' shown is an exclusive design, slid the redhibition on the "whole a most interesting ; '6ll©,- to ladies. A feature of this season s millinery is the very smaTt ready-to-wear hat; can be sold- at 15s and 17s 6d each. '• These hats are very popular, and will be scSrce enough long before the season is half over. Well, it all comes to this, that after all is the beet place for 1 millinery.—PE2STßoSE'S Drapery lisuib- . lishment. . ■ ...