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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10780, 31 May 1911, Page 3

The following hours of attendance will bo ■ observed, at the local post and telegraph Office on the King's Birthday, Saturday, June 3rd : —Post Office: Open in all branches (except money order and Savings Bank) frt>m 9 to 10 a.m. The usual morning mails close at 6 a.m., and alp other mails at 8 a.m. The post office will also open between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday. 2nd June, for counter delivery of all correspondence (including letter-carriers). Lettercarriers will also make a delivery over the counter fropi 9 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, 3rd. Telegraph Office: Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Telephone Exchange: Open 8 a.m. to midnight. Private Box Lobby: Open as'usual. Country offices will open 9 to 10 a.m. Counsel and Magistrate failed to agree on a point of evidence in a case heard in Court on Monday. Mr Lee, who appeared for complainant in an assault case, was outlining the facts of his case and proposed to e;;ll evidence of obscene language used by the defendant. I The Magistrate stopped liim with the remark that there was no charge of using obscene language, therefore _he could not admit evidence on that point.

Mr Lee replied that this evidence was an important part of the evidence in the assault case. His Worship repeated his refusal to hear it. ,r I wish to submit a proposition to yarn- Worship," said Mr Lee, "that I desire to submit evidence of obscene language that was used." "And I won't listen to it," retorted his Worship. "I will make » note of that," said Mr Lee.

The following dates have been appointed for sittings of th© Magistrate's and Warden's Courts to be held in the country centres during June: Waimate, June 6 and 20; Palmerston, June 8 and 22; Kurow, June 2 and. 30; Livingstone, June 13. Sittings will be held ill Oamaru each Monday and Wednesday, as usual.

In civil jurisdiction this morning Mr: T. Hutchison, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiff in the following cases: John. Rule Sewell (executor of will late A. Hodge) v. James Casserley,, £3 10s, costs, £1; Norman M'Lcod Hood v. Harold Jamieson, £2 9s 9d, costs ss; Joliii Edward Broad v.-George Toinlinon, £2 os 6d, costs 21s; John Sydney Woods v. .. Patterson, £1 15s, costs £2 Bs.

There are now to be seen in the Christchurch office of the Sheep-owners' Union two specimens of long-stapled wool. One was part of a fleece of a seven-year-old crossbred wether, owned by Mr Pym, of Opulia Gorge, Geraldine (says the Press). The fleece, which weighed 361b, was shorn for the first time last season. The length of the , wool is 26in. Two years ago the wether was under snow for ten 'weeks. The • other specimen is a- staple of wool of over 26m in length, from a halfbred full-moutlred ewe, \lie property of Mr Broughton, of White Rock, North Canterbury. The ewe had never been into the shearing shed, but was well known to the musterers. She took up her quarters on a rocky face, and sheltered on a large projecting rock on a bluff, seldom going away from her territory except for a drink from a creek a", few hundred yards from the face. When the musterers appeared the ewe ( made for the rock, and remained close to it for protection until the men and their dogs disappeared. With a view of exhibiting the ewe at. the last Christchurch show, Mr Broughton sent out and secured her on a pack horse, and by this means she was carried to within a few chains of the dray which had gone out to take her the remaining distance of 10 miles to the station. The ewe, however, died when within a few miles of the station, probably from fright, and also from the hot weather experi- . enced at the time. In both these specimens the wool is in an exceedingly sound condition, and there is no appearance of any break in the staple.

At last the deficit on the troqpers' memorial monument is to be wiped off. The stock and station agents, law offices, and hanks will shortly hold a poster football match, by which it is intended that the amount still unpaid on the monument shall be collected. A strong committee, consisting or Messrs 0. A. Sutton, R. B. Irvine, F. Ongley, A. Scolon, G. W. M'Douall, a,nd A. A Langley (hon. sec.), has been formed to make the necessary arrangements. Wo hear that advertising spaces on the backs of the team arc. now on sale, + and. there should be a great rush for these by Oamaru's business men. Prices tor space, together with all particulars, can be obtained from the secretary.

•Is Christ Divided? was Mr Barward's subject at the Church of Christ last night. The speaker emphasised the fact that the divisions of Christendom were a great hindrance to the progress of the Gospel. By means of a farge chart the preacher ..showed the condition of the Christian world to-day, the numerous sects and Parties into which the followers of Christ were divided. The main things that contributed towards this condition were party spirit, departure from unscriptural example and precept, the adoption of unscriptural names and practices, and the contending for partial truth and opinion. The cure for this condition was to be found in a recognition of the liOrdsliip of Jesus, the supremacy of the Bible and the restoration of the New Testament Church. Such a union would result in one body versus many bodies, fellowship among Christians versus strife, a better knowledge of the love of God and the mission of Christ in the world, and greater glory, and power of Christ Himself. The mission ; closes to-night.

Some strange occupations figure oil Indian census schedules. At the last census, in many villages of Hyderabad and the Central Provinces, enthusiastic nud devout enumerators returned tne village shrines and temples as occupied houses." The occupant was the idol, whoso, occupation was stated, as "era lit in c hoons and blessings or s u' J ~ sistance on contributions from the tenants." Other callings returned on the schedules include collectors of edible birds' nests, receivers of stolen goods, witches wizards, and cow-poisoners.

A most interesting revival oi old English folk songs and Morris dancing is taking place at Woodbury, a little village near Geraldine. It was originated by Mrs Burdon, and the first performance in public was given on l'riday. With the help of a few friends, Mrs Burdon imported a clever teacher (Miss Elder), who instructed classes m the Morris dancing art. Some of the pupils are in the habit of riding several miles alter a hard day's work in order to be present at practice. A blocked drain in Humber street liad during the past few days puzzled the Borough Engineer's staff in locating the cause, ond as last night s heavy shower promised to render the situation more acute and possibly cause considerable damage in certain shop cellars which were connected: with .the drain, a very close investigation became imperative. This resulted in the finding of a dead dog jambed into an aperture underneath one, of the sewer gratings. How it got tliere is a mystery, hut as the yelping of a dog whose whereabouts could not be located: had been heard in the vicinity, it can only be surmised that the grating was lifted and that it was placed there by some unfeeling individual.

Rabbiting. has proved a particularly lucrative occupation during' the past few months in portions of South Can T terbury contiguous to the Waataki River. Within five weeks one company of three men earned £59 each on a smal run. A pound a day has been by no means difficult in pursuit ,of bunny, so that it is hardlj; wonderful that farm laborers in the vicinity have forsaken the plough and the seed drill to hunt the elusive rabbit. Two factors have been responsible for the big money to be made; the hight price of skins and I the plentitudo or'victims. ■ , t

The latest statistics of • the German universities show that th© number or students attending them has risen from 52,407 in 1910 to 54,822 this year, an increase of 4.6 per cent., whereas the population of the .empire rose 0n1y.1 ; 4 per cent. The remarkable increase in the number of young men and women attending these universities is further shown by the fact that whereas the increase of population since 1890 has beep. 30 per cent., the number of students has in this period, moi:©' than doubled. Similar conditions prevail also in .the technical high schools, and m the-.coin-mercial academies which are rapidly springing up, tending to create an educated proletariat, and unfit a number of capable young men for .following humble;®ursuits. On other hand, the advance ofv the country ui industrv, the demand-for mans abroad, the greater-demand-for capable men in the professions, meliKl;nrr journalism, has hitherto prevented, any "slump." "Women students \now number 4.4 of the entire number. PHOSPHOL is an emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophospites, and is the finest nerve, bono 3 fat, and musciobuilder known.

Mrs J. E. Batson, having purchased the business carried on by Hemsley Burnet, Ltd., will open rooms on June Ist in Wear street, next Familton Bros. 74?

Hemsley Burnet, Hair Specialist, Hjorrings 5 Buildings, Tyne street, makes the Correct Cap Chignon Hair Frame. Ladies' Hair dressed for Balls, Parties, Theatre, etc Weak, Falling Hair treated. Combings made up, Transformation, Fronts, Switches, etc. Face Massage eradicates Wrinkles and makes the Complexion clear and healthy. Hours: 10 to 6, and in the evening by appointment.

For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure — Is 6d. 2s 6d.