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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13545, 19 March 1906, Page 5

II is .-iaicd that the official recount ot the voting papers fo. (he Caversham

.Licencing Committee election has resulted in \\. d. Love, a Temperance candidate, dcfc-iiting Air ,S. ].;ili Q (t, a Moderate candi. date, by three voles. The original voting, as announced on the night of the, election, was: Klliott. 1411; love, 1406. The effect of the recount is that the whole of the Temperance -'ticket" ha s been returned.

On- (Jreymoulli correspondent wires:— "It is understood that the Government will almost immediately c a.ll for tenders for the summit tunnel on the Midland railway. - '

At Tuesday evening's meeting of tho Drainage Hoard the engineer's annual report and other returns recently published will receive consideration.

At the adjourned meeting of ratepayers «t .St. Leonards to consider the question of raising a ward loan 'of £800 for various road works, footpath formation, and other works tho general opinion appeared to lie that there was no real demand for the works .suggested in tho schedule of the proposed loan, and it was decided that the loan be vetoed a* not necessary.

P.obert Thomas Montague, who, as mentioned in a cable in Saturday's issue, bad been arrested at Hobart on a charge of leaving New Zealand with the property of his creditors, is (the Southland Times stale;) ihe man who was reported to have suddenly disappeared from Invereargill a short time ago, and in connection with whom Detective M'llveney left for Hobart on Monday of last week. A meeting of Montague's creditors has been called for Tuesday.

Tho cricket match Melbourne Cricket Club v. Otago will bo continued and concluded to-day, when it is hoped that the local team will save a one-innings, defeat. The sum of £115 was taken at the gates at Carisbrook on Saturday, and it is hoped there will he a fair attendance to-day.

The Drainage Beard reports that vain fell on four davs last wool;—namely, 12th, .250 in; 13th, .SlOin; 15th. .OlOin"; 17th, .810in;—total, .560 in. The total rainfall for 190& to date is 6.585 in.

At the. beginning of last week-there were IC6 patients in tho Hospital, and during tlie week admissions numbered 21 and discharges 18. whilo the death in the Hospital of Lye Sin is reported. The number of patients at present, is 103.

The subject, of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair's address to a. large congregation at the Garrisou Hall last evening was "The 'Worst Man in Dunedin." The speaker gave away no secrets, but drew tome pictures from which he let the audience judge for itself. He suggested that'those looking for the worst man in the direction of the most abandoned drunkard, the most confirmed gambler, tho most hardened criminal, or ibe most licentious profligate might, after all, be looking in the wrong direction, for, as opposed to the sin 6 of the flesh, there wove sins of the spirit, which, according to the leaching of Ohrist, were equally flagrant, ('hrist spoke much more harshly to tile Pharisees, the hypocrites, and the whited sepulchres than to the poor abandoned derelicts of humanity. We must learn to be charitable in our judgment* and turn the searchlight; upon our own hearts Religion wag to he tested by what it could do for the worst Jiian, and the oiily true religion was one that could take the worst man and convert him into the best. man. Christ was able to save all, down to the very uttermost.

Messrs Seoullar and Chi 6 ho!m announce that there will be no stoppage in the work in consequence of the fire on Saturady evening, and that all the hands will resume as usual this morning.

We understand that the general position of the mutual firo insurance branch of the Otago Farmers' Union is entirely, satisfactory. Over £80,000 worth of risks are covered, and losses up to the present havo totalled £B—an extraordinarily small loss on a year's work. All tho same, the union is not getting quite the encouragement it anticipated from the farmers generally, possibly because the union's rate is Is id per cent., alwve that charged by the companies. But it is felt that once the advantages of co-operation in this matter are appreciated there must be a large increase in the work of the branrh. Meantime,' it is noted that there has been a. steady increase from the start. Tho risks covered have increased from £20,0C0 to £60,000 in a year. The popularity of the scheme is slowly increasing as it becomes better understood by the farmors; also the farmers are daily taking a keener interest in tho work. One man drove 24 miles the other day to get a proposal. Southland and Canterbury have agreed to join, and a first proposal from Nelson came in the oilier day.

The ravages of blackbirds on fruit crops in some parts of tho Wellington district have been serious. An effective method of dealing with the pest ha? teen discovered by the keeper of the Opawa Gardens, Christchurch, who describes in the Press how he caught 500 blackbirds and thrushes in a single season. "My plan has been to trap them by five kinds of rat-traps, baited with cherries obtained from my wire-netted cherry orchard, an additional inducement to catch the birds being the great relish lliey afford to my largo lizards and trout when the feathers of the birds arc singed off. The beneficial effect of a- blackbird diet for invalids, especially when the. birds are living on a fruit diet, has been forcibly brought to my notice. If the public generally was alive to the toothsome delicacy of blackbird pie and its health-restoring qualities we should hove fewer complaints about these, fruit-destroyers and dear fruit."

The industrial trusts now under the control of Hie Standard Oil Trust, are, roughly, as follow :--Amalgamated Copper Company, £31,000.000; United States Steel Corporation. £173.759.860; National Lead Company, £6.000.000; American Sugar Refining Company. £18.000,000: Central Leather Company, £11,400,000; American Tobacco Company. £23,786,310: Corn Pro. ducts Refining Company, £16,000,000;total, £279,946.170.

The police require, an owner for a silver watch and gold chain, which were found by a boy near the Rattray street railway crossing veeterday afternoon.

Iters Donald Hcitl and Co. and Messrs Dalgcty and Co. will sell grain and produce at their rooms to-dav.

The time for receiving tenders for the medical pavilion, Dnnedin Hospital, has been extended till noon on Wednesday, 21st inst. Messrs James Samson and Co.' will sell furniture, etc., at their rooms to-morrow. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association will dispose of 200 head of cattle at C=ombes's yards, Milton, to-morrow. On Monday, April 2, at ralmeraion, they will sell sheep and cattle.

Messrs Park, Reynolds, and Co. will on Friday, Marsh 30, hold a- sale of household furniture and furnishings on the premises, Mount Lodge, Melville street. Mr D. M. Speckling will sell household furniture, nl.-o grand piano, at his rooms on Wednesday, 21st inst.

Messrs Dalgcly and Co. will sell 1000 merino wethers at the Waipiata snleyards on Friday, 23rd inst.

The animal meeting of the Southern Association Football Club will he held in the Friendly Societies' Hall, South Duiiedin, tomorrow evening, 20th inst. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. announce a clearing sale of cattle, horses, implements', etc., on tho premises, Halfway Bush, on Thursday, April 5.

Mr A. Vernon King gives notice oi his application for a gold-buyer's license in the Otago mining district. Tenders are invited by the Public Works Department tor the right of removal of sand from pits at Cnverslmm Industrial School.

In our advertising columns Mr John Mill returns llianhs to the electors of Chalmers district for returning him at the recent licensing elections.

The New Zealand Railway Department advertises special train alterations for anniversary Day. March. 23, also in connection with the Waihcla regatta, on the same date.

The Minimi meeting o[ the Southern Football Club will be held in the Forbury School Gymnasium this (Monday) evening. A meeting of ladies mid those interested in ambulance and district nurse work will bo held in the Daily Times Buildings this evening, in order to malce final arrangements in connection with Ambulance Saturday, March 21.

The eighteenth animal meeting of the Koslyn Association Club will lie held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evenim:, March 27.

Tenders are invited for the erection of a store in Bond and Crawford streets.

A medical superintendent and matron are required for the Waihi Hospital.

Messrs Sccuilar add Chisbolm, in our advertising columns, insert a notice thanking the Dunedin I 1 ire Brigade and others who assisted in extinguishing the fire in their furniture factory on Saturday night.

Lightning Music Reading.—Mr Kyme's new class commences this evening at Y.W.C.A., 7.W -Advl.

We draw your attention lo the large and varied selection of dress fabrics we are now showing. All our season's importations are now opened. Prices, from Is Cd yard up.— Mollisons, Ltd.-Advt.

The Anglo-New Zealand Cycle Company's closing-up stile a great success. Everything going quickly. The prices tell; still further concessions. Customers who have been unable to receive attention owing to the rush are invited to call again. Shop to let; early delivery.—Advt.

" Kolore" is a decided success in cases premature greyness.—Full particulars from Mr Hendv, hair specialist; sole agent X.Z.— Advt.

You can't do better. Come at -once and see our new jackets and millinery; new goods in evory department.—At Dallas and Walt's.— Advt.

Messrs Myers, dentists, are back in their new buildings, comer Octagon and George street.—Advt.

Tourists in search of mementoes are recommended to inspect tho magnificent selection of better-class Greenstone Goods at Messrs G. and T. Young's showrooms, £8 Princes strep! —Advt.

Professor Bickerlon asserts that "Loasby's Wahoo " is " a highly concentrated medicinal vegetable extract." It is the great remedy for indigestion.—Advt.

Who is Peter Drcx?—Tho most reliable Watchmaker and Jeweller, opposite Coffee Palace, Moray place, Dunedin. Charges strictly moderate.-Advt.