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Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 11, 12 July 1905, Page 2

, The Invercargill Dairy Supply Gj'- Factory at Otautau has been sold to Mr Smallie. Messrs Wills and Co., of the Glasgow , Butchery, have bought out tbe Invercargi 1 Meat Coy's business m Invercargill. Miss Lily Ro we, ot Otautau, has been appointed pupil teacher m the Invercargill, South Public School, and commences duty at once. At the present time there arespme 18 shops m course of erection, or. about starting, in' Invercargill, and some business people are beginning to wonder if building is not being overdone. ,77 '■ ; <. The premises recently occupied by the * : Dairy .Supply Co. m Tay Street, Invercargill, have. be9n purchased by Mr C. Macdonald, tailor. Datoctiva Mcllveney, who has been absent ou speci 1 duty m Hawke's Bay, returned to Invercargill by the late express on Friday evening last. The rainfall at Otautau for lune, 1905. was B*l6 inches, being -03 less than the average, rain falling on 10 days being the .average. The annual' examination of Otautau candi" dates for the certificates of tbe Presbyterian Church of New Zoaland, for Sunday School scholars, takes place on Friday. There are about 15 candidates. Messrs Stone, Son and Coy's representative hasrecently visited this district, correcting and compiling information for the next issue of their popular Otago and Southland Directory. The long spell of frosty weather is making the lot of local sawmill bush work rs anything but an enviable one, and adding to the difficulties of busb trollying, which m turn prevents good time being made at tbe mills. (-Ploughing is weli ahead this winter, notwithstanding the short working days, owing to the frost. The winter has been a comparatively mild one, and free from gales and much rain. We 'understand that Mr J. Dickson, of the Peninsula, is at present m the Otautau district, where be has already bought from Messrs Carrick, _ indlay and others, per tbe New Zealand Loan Co., some 200 forward bullocks, and is inspecting others. The annual examination of the Otautau Public School takes place next month. The . yearxxfts been a severe and trying one .for . -teachers, m consequence of the introduction of the new Byllabus with its manifold . Tbe annual election of members of the Southland Education Board takes place shortly, and candidates are already circularising school committees. Several fresh aspirants to office are offering, and school committees will have plenty of candidates to select, from. • . An Invercargill. agent reports that less farms are being sold m the Otautau than m any other district, and attributes it to the stiff neokedness of owners, wanting always a little more than market value. Perhaps it " is-a general satisfaction with their holdings, and a b. Kef that thsy cannot do better by going elsewhere; ' Among the Birthday Honours anuounced are the following :— Lord Ranfurly^ Privy Councillor for Ireland ; Lord Plunket , Knight Commander o! St Michael and St George ; Mr W. Gray (Secretary Postal Department, N.Z.) and Mr J. B. Heywood (Secretary of N.Z. Treasury), Companions of the Imperial .Service Order. Tho Union Steamship Company an J the Awarua (Bluff) Licensing Committee are got »; playing speaks." When the company last applied for a packet l'gense it was only granted on the casting vote pf the chairman, so m view of their narrow escape last year they deoided not to risk a refusal and renewed the license at Port Chalmers, Formerly the .company- had distributed its lioensof.es amohgthe different ports of the colony, and Bluff now loses the £20 fee, much to the chagrin of a certain section of the residents. In the third test match between England and Australia, which was played at Leeds England totalled 301, and Australia 198 m the first innings. In tne second innings [ England made 295 for five wickets. The match was ultimately deolared drawn at 6.18 p.m., owing to the bad light. Australia had seven wickets down for 224. In the match with Hampshire the scores were :— Aa tralia - ; First innings 620; Hampshire : First innings :239,;sicond innihgs,269, Australia thus won bjaa Mpjpj and 112 xwb, •

Tenders for the erection of a post offioe at Otautau close at noon on Tuesday next, July 18th, at the Public Works Office Dunedin. The Southland Education Board aro about to call for tenders for tbe erection of a technical instruction building m Invercargill, - for which they have £1000 Government grant : oa hand. . ' An exchange says that weather prophets m the. Otautau district are predicting, within a week, one of the heaviest falls of snow for ; 20 years. ■ It is currently reported (says an exchange), ' that Mr Dougald,:>fcPbor3on, sawmillw, will be a candidate m the interests of the present Government for tjbe Wallace seat at tbe forthcoming election. • ' It i 3 now necessary for all nurses who practise midwifery to register m New Zealand before the end of this year. Those who have practised for three years may havo th* certificate on producing satisfactory references. Mr M. Fleming, af Papatotara, bad themisfortune to have bis dwelling burned down a few days ,ago. The fire occurred during Mr Fj6miiig*B'ab3ence. Neither building nor contents w^fe insured. The annual Wrey's Bush-Wairio ploughing matcjh 'takes, pla'ee on Friday m Mr John Calde'r's paddock. The president's oup will agiiij* be competed for. It is at present held by Mr M. Gray^&nd has to be competed for twice; .; ".' y.'? j ■ , The i many friends of Mr Daniel Hißhon wbo4:was. r^ceiiily injured at Nightcaps through being'oaught between the buffers of a railway engine': and a truck of coal, will be pleased to kqojy? that be is making rapid recovery : and.^that he maybe expected to be about very- shortly. The Victodarf Grand National Steeplechase was'vron by' Billlis (10.12), Iris (11.12) 2, Error (11:12) % Freedom, Persist, and others came toVgrief. The time was 6min. 34secs. Machine Gun finished sixth m the Lawn. Handicap m a field of eleven. Mr. W. Wakehng. who has beeu appointed guard at Nighttdaps, was presented with a handsome travelling rug, and on behalf of Mrs WakelingJ; a silver letter dish, on the' occasion of his^eparture from Orepuki, where he was porter and acting guard for eighteen months. j ; ■■■'■'*■ x ■ The Otautaa;Town Board, on Monday evening last', piaisefr a resolution asking Mr J. C. lhpaison»Jhd^member for Wallace, to endeavour to a substantial sum placed on the xs3tim"i,tes . this Session, to enable the telephone service to be extended from Clifden or Eastern Bush to Manapouri, before tbe opening of the coming tourist season. As showing; the need for the establishment m Southland of a hospital for consu nptives, the following cases were reported to the District Health Officer last month of persons suffering from tuberculosis r— Nightcaps 2, Winton 2, Bluff 1, Golac'l, Gore 1, Invercargill 2. Of these, five died, two males, aged 57 and 76 years respectively, and three fema «3, a_el 11, 23 and 20 years respectively The match between Otautau and Orepuki, at the latter : place to-day, i 3 evoking some interest among footballers, as on its result is likely to depend the premiership of the flag The last match '.between these teams resulted m a draw, and b~>th sides may be expected to put forth every effort. Orepuki will have the advantage of being on their •'.native heath." A senseless joke was recently played on a young farmer residing at Scott's' Gap One night a hoi S3 was removed from his farm and placed m tbe. publio ball, wher9 it remained for two days without .food or water. When discovered, the poor brute was m a famishing condition, and bad eaten tbe lower part of the broom used for sweeping out tbe hall. Mr Marsh, who is leaving for Marlborough, was tendered a farewell social on June 30th, by tbe members of the Wairio Bible Class. Games and songs helped to pass a very peas ant eveuing, thp3e contributing to the latter being Misses G, and W. Dodds, E. Robson. and F. Crow, and Messrs J. Dodd?, E Thomas, M. Hogan, D/ Sheridan and W. Smith. After refreshments bad been handed around, Mr Marsh was presented with a , watch-guard and pendant, as a memento of his sojourn m Wairio, and he suitably replied. Tbe meeting closed with the singing of " God be with you till we meet again." " " The foot' all match at Otautau.last Wednesday, between juniors of the Jtiverton and Otautau Clubs, resulted m a^W'n for the Riverton team by three points to till. Otautau scored a t'y; which was converted into a goal, but disallowed, as it was found Otautau had 16_men m tbe field. . The mist ike arose, over some of the players arriving late; and their places having been taken by emergencies, who continued playing, . unaware that the fall s'rensth had been made up by soma latecomers of tbe original team: Five candidater have been nominated for tbe three vacancies on the Southland Educa tien Boird caused by . the retirement of Messrs Baldey, McLeod and Raymond, ar follows: Messrs Jacob Alsweiler, Andrew Bain, Ernest Edward Hammond. George McLeod and Irwon Wills Raymond. The election takes place on Monday, 24th July, and voting papers for each member of the committee will be forwarded by post to the chairmen of the respective school committees throughout the district. The committee of the Western District A. and P. Association met m Foster's Hall, Thornbury, on July 3 : present Messrs F, f. Linscott (president), T. Mclntrye, McLean, McNaughton, Anderson. Jas. Hamilton, C. Haywood, R. Foster, V. R. Haokworth and B. Hancock (secretary). An approximate balance-sheet of the recent Winter Show showed the receipts to be £46 15s lOd, expenses £53 183 lOd, leaving a debit-balance of £7 3s. Accounts amounting to £22 14s lOd were passsed for payment. Votes of thanks were passed to the following for their support m various ways :- Messrs More and Sons, Acheson, Lenme, Jno, McNaughton, Philp, and Frediia, T c members of tbe Otautau Town Board met as the Otautnu Cemetery Trust on Monday ievening, Mr E. Matbieson m the chair. Accounts to the amount of 14s 6d were passed for payment. Mr Swhin drew attention to the gorce and broom growing at the entrance to the cemetery, which had grown right across the track and made it very wet. The chairman said he understood tbe Board cleared half tbe road a long time ago — The e'erk said tbe broom complained of was on Mr Walker's side,; and also ..mentioned that legislation was contemplated to compel local bodies to clear all such roads first, and then the owners would have to keep them clear— The Board, after further 'discussion, instructed the clerk to give Mr Walker notice to cut down the gorsa and brbtml m Clitheroe Street, the spot complained of — This concluded the business. ! 7-