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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10764, 12 May 1911, Page 3

During the period 16th to 30th April, 1911, 62551b wool, valued at £2lO, were exported from the port of Oamaru. From Timaru for the same period.. there were exported 228, wool valued at £9273. The wool "mentioned was the only product exported from Oamaru during the period, whereas from Timaru there were exported 6894 carcases mutton, 57,120 carcases lamb, 49,708 bushels wheat, 32,549 skins, and 165 tons tallow. » Mr Ralph Gebbie, son of Mr t[. Gebbie, of Oamaru, was last night tendered a social of welcome at the Church .of Christ, Bang street. Dunedin, whither he has gone from Christchurch to take up the duties of resident evangelist. Mr, J. W. Stokes, who presided over a, large gathering,, said, that Mr Gebbie brought very fine credentials from Christchurcli, both as a preacher and a worker among, the young people.' Other addresses ; oi welcome were given by the Rev. G. Knowles Smith (on behalf of the Council of Churches), Air A. S. Adams (temperance organisations), and Messrs J. M. i Innes and C. 3?. Macdonald (officers of the church). At a' special meeting of the Employers' Association held last night it was decided that the closing hour for shops on Thursday (weekly half-holiday) be 12 o'clock instead of 1 o'clock as at present, the change to "come into operation on and after June 1. It is understood' that out of 82 shopkeepers who signed the circular sent round in. connection with the early closing movement only four were opposed to tlio change, though some others merely signified their willingness to close at the hour agreed upon by the majority. The jneeting also decided to recommend "shopkeepers to close their places of business on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 24, as well as of Thursday, May 25 (race days). Mr Pryor, secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation, has written to the Employers' Association in Oamaru intimating his intention of visiting Oamaru on Monday, May 22, and remaining until Saturday, May 27. Mr Pryor will address the employers during the course of his stay. There will be a nenumbral eclipse of _ the moon on the 13th. The first contact of the moon with the earth's penumbral shadow will take place at 3hr 16min in the afternoon of the 13th, central at shr 26min, and last contact at 7hr 37min p.m. A man named Donald Owens, late of Waimate, canvasser, and said to bo an old offender, was charged at tlio Magistrate's Court this morning, on the information of Alexander Copeland, that on February 23rd, 1911, at Waitaki South, he did obtain from Alexander Copeland the sum of £2 16s 4d by means of a false pretence, to wit, by falsely representing that he was employed by Messrs Young, wine and spirit merchants, of Christchurcli, to canvass for Thorn and Cameron's whisky. Mr G. Brownlee, J.P., who was on the Bench, remanded accusedto appear before the Magistrate tomorrow.

"The canal scheme," said the Hon. J. A. Millar at Lyttelton yesterday, "was a mad-lieaded proposal. Some time ago a prominent engineer told me that it was his opinion that it was nothing but suicidal for anyone to depart from such a harbor as Lyttelton, that had such splendid- opportunities for increasing its berthage. It appears nothing but folly to spend a large amount of money on a harbor like this and then be asked to turn it into a duckpond or a model yacht course. My opinion is that the object of the canal agitation is to get the Railway Department to lower the rates on the Lyttel-ton-Christchurch line, and also to provide better facilities in regard to the tunnel. "I hope," concluded the Minister, "to see the trains from Christchurch to Lyttelton running by the power of electricity within the next two years. Before I enter into private life I will be only too pleased to do anything that will help to develop your port. Take my advice and keep the port up-to-date, so that you will be able to cope with the growing demands of shipping." Over 30 railway employees engaged' on the section between Maheno and Palmerston met the local railway employees last evening in a euchre match at the social hall. The result of the match was that Palmerston won by the narrow margin of one game, the scores being: Palmerston, 94 games; Oamaru, 93. Mr Torrance, on behalf of the Palmerston employees, thanked their Oamaru friends for the cordial reception they had received, saying the result proved that Palmerston was still able to hqld its own. Mr Westphal, on behalf of Oamaru, thanked the visitors for attending in such large numbers, and said their success would be short-lived, for' the Oamaru employees would certainly invade Palmerston at an early date, and carry all before them. Previous to the commencement of the euchre match a meeting of the North Otago employees was held for the purpose of electing a, combined committee to manage all socials. The following were appointed: Messrs Brown, Westphal, Familton, Bain, Chalmers, Robson, and M'Nab, with Mr D. M. Matliesoh as secretary.

Advocates of municipal milk supply ■ (says the Wellington Evening Post) will be interested' to learn that a. move .is to he made by the Petone Borough Council in the direction of regulating the sale of milk within its confines. Reporting on an application for a license to sell milk, which had been referred to it by the Council, the district health officer wrote, inter alia: "I visited this man's premises to-day (20th April), and although I do not consider that he keeps his premises in a suitable condition for the sale of milk, the absence of any by-laws prevents our stopping him, provided he does not commit a. breach of the regulations already in force." He, therefore, recommended that section 34, subsection (m) of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, empowering the Council to make a bylaw providing that no person shall supply milk in the borough without a license from the Council, be acted upon. The Department would then be glad to advise as to the suitability of any applicant. The officer added' that the Council would have jurisdiction over a man whose place of business was at Lower Hutt, but who sold milk hi Petone. It was unanimously resolved, , on Councillor Piper's motion, to draft _■ a by-law on the lines suggested. "Women are notoriously forgetful of their ages—or, rather, they are reputedly so. Sous© of them at the re- ; cent census, says a Sydney journal,' went so far as. to forget not only _the number of their years, but also that misstatements in answer to the ques- ■ tions put rendered them liable to a penalty of £SO. There -might be a little legal difficulty in determining what is a misstatement. Surely thelady who sends in an estimate of her age eight years below the actual figures is only forgetful. TEere were a few men among the absent-minded beggars, and the department, which has been comparing ages with birth certificates, .is sending round notices pointing out the misstatement and the penalty. It has, indeed, become necessary to ascertain how far the practice has been common. The average amount of misstatement so far discovered is eight years. And the department, to save time, invites all persons who have misstated their ages to send along a correction to the Commonwealth Statistician, Melbourne, without delay, if they wish to avoid the prescribed and responsibilities of the home are often most trying to the housewife's nerves. She find herselr fraduallv losing interest in everything around her, and: becoming paintuUy tamiliar with headaches, melancholy, and irritable moods, insomnia, loss or appetite. and many other troublesome -symptoms which rob life pleasure. Marshall s rOSPHLBI-Nlj will set all vour trouble right, strengthen and build up. your nervous system, and act as a tonic to every organ. Your chemist sells Marshall s Fospherine at Is, Is 6d, and 2s 6d bottle. Get it now. . When you read a lot —head begins to throb—eyes pain you as a resulttake Stearns' Headache Cure and read, all vou like —no headache. _ ■ 4 Mr S J. DAVYS, Dentist, will Visit KUROW THURSDAY, May 18th, and may be consulted at Spiers Hotel. ' 551