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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12933, 28 March 1904, Page 5

Curing the pa ; t week pr.tients were admitted to the Hospital and ?.7 were discharge:!. On® iieath.occurrod, that t'l- Annie M'Nai'r, The number of patierifs now in the.institution. :i's 88.

' It is understood that the call from' First Church .congregation to the Itev.. .Ufi' Nisbof,. of. Brisbane, hits- been signed by" about 460. members' arid, over 100 adherents. . A special incefing of -the bunodiii r.rcsby.tery . is to be licld: tiiis morning to deal. ■with, the call.

A' raid was, .mado. by th'O police* at l'prfc Chalmers on Friday aftor'r.con on tho. pie.-finises-known as thd Xiar.ino Cafe, in George -fitreety occupied; by H.r Furk.. ■ »Sergeaiit. ..Gc'erin-,-with. Constables .Ilylnud and liov worth, visited tho establishment in. con.-e----qiiencb of; the usual information received, and found a' demijohn containing about a qiir.rt .of wht-ky. 4 IQ-galto'iv b'e.if:: keg. about h:d( lull, and another half lull of wine,, tho whole of which tln> police took possesion of. No doubt some, further action. will eusiie. .'■Speaking, with rofer.-nco to the. Bublio School Teachers 'Act at I'almcrelou on Friday' night, Mr *J\ 'Mackenzie, M.H.H., urged the necessity of a .superannuation .fund, for teachers iii order that the! .efficiency of ■jtlio teaching staff of the' colony's public ■schools.might be kept iip. The. 1-. 9ii still .unused' in scale i I of tho act would, in, tho. opinion of the teachers, form a satisfactory ■ jiasia for granting' ;t rapcrannuitibh- allowance. Many teachers, he believed, would, ■be content to abide by their present salaries if. that could be -done..

.At the .meeting of the; Uliitha: River Board ■-on, Friday -tlie chairman (Mr 1). S.t'e.y/art) brought forward tho; matter. of intro.diici.ng. a, fast light tratTio service oi'i ■ tho. river.. It was decided that the chairman and ,ihe secretary inquire into Die- cost of -establishing: tho service* and also as to the. estimated receipts and expenditure, and, report at' a. future meeting.

'. ■ About; .£46 was realiso'l. on Saturday by tho street collection arranged' by the .St. John: Ambulance Association to aesist iii defraying, .tho cost' .of tho ambulanoo waggon which is being provided for the. uso of the. public. This sum is nearly £20 short of | this ainpunt required', and it iiiay' be mentioned that a:iyc-::e dwir.ous of-contrilnitihg can send tfic-ir donations fo Mr J. E; IJone, 'Fprstef street, Belleknoweii. The. fp.How'i'ng ladies, as far-as,- can ha ascertained, assis.tod iu taking the. collection; from 11-. a.m.. to 6 p.m., tiio male memljers of. tlie St. John ■Ambulance- Brigade continuing- -tho- work from- 6 to 11 p.in,:—Post. Offico—Misses: Hooper, Applegarth, Williams, Be'gg, liin'tl. Andrews; Man : o street—Mrs Peterson; Misses Skipiwrfli, and Peterson.;':' Grand Hotel—Mrs A. Smith. Miss'' J.iacdpnald. : ; City Hoiol-—Xfvs W. Forrester; .Mises Milbum, M'-Ecelinip, and licjg; Octagon— Mesdame.9 W. J, Will, Carr,' and Jione, ■Misses* K. Patrick, tik'-ndining. iurd licgg ■Tlip.-'ass.bciation desires' to. 'fha-'nk. tlie iadi.es who assfated, aiid states that, if any names afe Omitted 'the onii»sion is accidental. t

, Mr A. W. Rutherford, M : :;H;li.j dias rpceived a telegram from Sir, Joseiili-; Ward, stating, that -tiio - -Cabinet' has decided .to construct a .narrow . gauge railway from Culyorden to Ilaiim'e.r. The proliniiimry ■.survey will be mado. immediately.

■ At a liieeting lieild at Balclutlia on Triday, convened bv Mr t). 'Stpwa.r.tj-it was ; resolvixl to. form' -a Close Settlement Tieaguo. for ,tiie purpose of keeping before tho Government tho necessity of having tlie.-large estates in. tho- district cut iip: Tho league is to be called the' Clutlui, Brpce, and Tiiapekii. ■Close Settlement League'. ''

The .Rev. \Y. K. liroimlov,-, lioad of (he 'Methodist Jiissiqii work' in ;Xevy: Guinea, speaking at 41 missionary- anhivciw.'ry at Sydney, ieferred, among other matters,- to ■the:' necessity ' for; missionaries''acquiring'-:' 'a': .■'fii'owk'dgo of' .tli'e ing to .the iflanders in 'tlio vernacular, as ■ it^woii!d;: : bo^inipossibl9 ; them.' It 1 was' rieecssary .'to rcduco the Dobuan 'language to writing. ' Ml" Bromilosv had tried to epeak through tlio native

intenirotcm, but .they communicated tiro matter witlr such a mixture of " pid-reon " English that it. was'.impossible' by this means tii convey Christian truth. It was. found, .ill some instances, instead 'of repeating what was said, that tlio interpreters, "threatened, •tho natives, with the Government, telling tiieni that they would bo put ill. gaol--■exactly tho very thing we did no;t want to. ■'toil them." Gi.io of tlio native boys who accompany Mir Hroiuilow stated that before the arrival of the missionaries lliby stood ill a state of: f<ar, and were subject to t-c influences of sorcery. Twelve years ago there was no Christianity iti Dpbu; now .■there ar0.20 N'eiv 'Uuinea natives who ore doing duty as pastors, and can. read and write; and know tho sinipio. elements of education, A recent bulletin' of the Indiana State' Board of Health gives ail actual breakfast niC-iiu. iii ft: Workman's iaiiiily in Indianapolis, U.S. This, breakfast consisted of frie4 sausage .coloured- with ani.line red 'and adulterated with about 10 pet cent., .of lliili.ed corn. gi:its: apple butter coloured, with aniline red arid loaded with glucose; butter coloured with azo dye; coffee glazed with dextrine and starch, and coloured with /brown■'aniline dve; bread adulterated with glucose a.iid malt extract; potatoes, and [ gravy madti .fr.oni iiiiHi,. Hour, and dripping from the adulterated SauiSagCis,.

Mr TK A. De Maiis sat iit the Tort Chat mei's I'o.lieo I'our't on iSiilurda;,"j and liiud a first Offender cliargnd with druiikl'niie-'.s ;>*, with the altefnative of .2+ iiour.s' iinprisonmeiit.

The bazaar in the Chora! Hall iii p.itl of tlie instrument' fund :of the Nflitli. Dunodiu Brass iiai.d was broitght to ft stir.o6ss.fui close on Saturday night. The .attendance w.aii largp and good business done. In addition to sejeclio'na by Stokes's. Banjo, Mandolin, .and (iuitar Band, enjoyable items were giy&i by Messrs' t!> C'onnell (ventriloquist). .1. M'Conueli and T. I'lynn (comic singers), and B. I'rawn (ccon iong).

At a final meeting of the committee who arranged tiro eonoerl; in aid of i.lio family of the late 3Tr l'ogr.rty, Koslyn, }t was ro■ported that this net results Hnounted to £110 17s 6il. This amount; -Jite been vested in tho St: Vincent do i'aul Societj;, who vyiil. pay 10s por week to the svidow as l.oiig Its tlio siim In;;-. Votes of thanks to all who had assisted in. bringing the benefit cntertaini.npnfc to a luecre-ful terminatio/i were unanimously adopted..

Messrs. Jr.mes Sanson irnd Co. wili erll 'household. furniture, etc'., at their rooms tomorrow (Tuesday).

Tjiesd.ay, the. sth day of April, will hp observed S3 a special bairfr hoii:diiy tJirougJiout ■the: colony. The hanks will also, lie closed from Friday, .Ist April, to llouchy, 4th April .(inclusive).

'Messrs Park, ItiynolcU, 'and Co. will sell freeholds and buildings fronting Cumbi'i'laiid BlTCeti at their rbo.nis this day; also, at the eam'o time aml places suburban. property.

Messrs Donald Jioid .a.nd. Co. (Limitsd) will fell .grain and produce at ilie Qt.ngp Csrn liud W.o'ol-Exchange this day: t)n Wednesday, 30thiust., they will gtll crps.sb're.d. breeding ewes. at'.Biir'nside Yards,

ifessrs .Alex. Ilnrris ami Ca will sf>li cnltle j: etc., on tho premises, Li;th Valley, tc-morrtiw .(Tuesday), ,2pth inst. [MessTij Stroimcli, iMo.rris. tfn<l Co. will se]l calyes and. .yearlings at. .Btirnskle on "Wixlnes-dav,-30th March;

jlcrsrs Dalgely iand Co. (Limited) 'ifold their r.itntlily- sn.lj -at Piii.nie.rstoh on Slo'tirlay, .lltii April, .'iiisteiid of Itondav. (lie -Hli nit, They se.'l .grain and proditro this d.'y.

The Otajo I'.irnurs' Go-pyerative Association of' Nnw .Zoalan'cl lipid a clcariiig ; pr.!c of slock and farm impl.eih'ontif:. etc., at : I'ina iliii on Tuesdays sth; April-. They wijl also, feel! ranis arid- e\vc.s;at Buriisid'e on 'i'tiurf<l :iy..illstMarch.

' Jif-ss3rs IVriglit, Stephenson, and Co, :(i.n conjunction witli tlie Js'alipuai flortgage. and Ageiicjr.Company, Limited) will hold a clearing sale of -cattle: at Kdonciaia Homestead on Thursday, litli. April.. Tenders .for steel-pislo pirders. for bridges ■aro. invited by tlio; Public. Works .Department. .. Jfcssrs J, A : , Dnthie and Co. lipid their usual fortnightly sale a.t Jiilton oil TiieEdfly., 29th March.

; Messrs-Park, lieyr.olds. and Co,-advertise-the withdrawal from sate of a property at St. Glair.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, .and . Co. lio:d their, annii'a! sii.lp of rains: ;uihl : b(ii<l ewes at Burnside snievards. on Thursday, Ifo.rch 31, ill claims against- flio onrqv.c Hy.on,. from Liverpool, must; be rendered io iV'eill Co. (Limited) on or before nooiv to-moirovv (Tiics.ilay), 20:! i inst. t . ■A 'sacred conc?rt will be held iii. 'ln: Garrisoii Ilall on Good .Frito nki'l which prciuises to lie a- musical success, The services-of the Rev. A. Mi'tchen.lßali'iutlinV and. Sir,? JJrne.st Barber (Christchnrch) have beer, secured. J'opiilar uriens will rule, wlueli siiouiu ensure a bumper .house;

. A: farm, of 800 iicrcs. adjoining jfr John O rigg's Estate n! Longbeach, Ashbiir.tpn, is advertised for sale.

Applications are invited Ijv tl'> Clpverliment. for iho position of medical officer at tlio Clinfham. Islan'clß..

Kb: 3 Company Jf#w Zealand flarrisoii Artillery Volnr.teers meet to-night, after' parade io elri't two iieiilcnants,.

'Tailoring Beiiartmc-nt ill 4Ye li.a'ye now openc<jl otir iW i))fii!l'.m fll'il winter tv.'ccils niid suitings, For exUiitt lint). variety bur stock will contain all that is insiiioiißlili*-. ; All gsiiuients lire produced on the yifcniises under lii.n supervision of our cnttw (Sir Fred, Smith;, jitn.y. The prices chare.e;i arc t!io fewest jihssililo rons.tet'eii.! with- L-cod nia!cri:il rind ■workflinnshin,—JlolliSonS, George street. Acivt.

.For tills winter tlic latest London fnsliiiJlM in hats and dresses will ofily lie found- at. Dallas and Watt's, CO and-02 George .street.— A'civi. ' . .

'Messrs Cf. and T. Young announce the arrival of a large shipment of si.iv.er and. electroplated- ware-particles specially in favour as' wedding prcSe']it«, aiti-ac.ti.ve alike in quality, db'igii-. riiid price.- Acivt. D.ento'r, a .fragrant liquid -dentifrice; cleanses- and whitens the -teeth .and hardens tlic! gums, takca away foul breatli.- Bottles, 2s each -, alt ch6misl°'.~A'dvt.'

.'.AViio- js Peter Dick ■'v-Tho most reliable Watchmaker- and Jeweller, opposite CoffeePalace. Moray place, Dnr.cdin. Churgcs strictly moderate.—Advt.