NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2956, 30 November 1900, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

We remind all friends of the Timaru South School, and all lovers of children’s entertainments, that the South School concert will be given in the Assembly Rooms this evening.

We leam that the Railway Hotel, Pleasant Point, has changed hands, Mr John Dore having sold out to Mr Goodwin, of Gisborne, at a satisfactory figure. The sale was effected through Mr D Mahoney, the well known Timaru hotel-broker and commission agent.

The Napier Harbour Board is getting hard up. Their net balance in hand just now is £9755; the receipts to June next are estimated at £23,400, and expenditure at £33,400, so that the Board will be in debt at the end of that time, and this without undertaking works that are deemed to be urgently necessary. “ What Happened to Jones ” was repeated at the Theatre Royal last evening to a fair audience. The comedy went very well from the beginning, the endless humorous situations provoking hearty laughter. Mr Arnold again gave a capital representation of the principal character, “Jones.” and was ably seconded by Mr Sharp as Ebenezer Goodly, and the other members of the company.

A meeting of the Lower Otaio School Committee was held on Wednesday evening last. Present—Messrs Johnson, Smith, Martin, Walton, and R. Brunton (chairman). It was decided to close the school for the Christmas holidays from the 21st of December and re-open on the 7th January. The sum of £3 was voted to get prizes for the children. A few small accounts were passed for payment. The Best in the World.—We believe Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the best in the world. A few weeks ago we suffered with a severe cold and a troublesome cough, and having read their advertisements in our own and other papers -we purchased a bottle to see how it would affect us. It cured us before the bottle was more than half used. It is the best medicine out for colds and coughs.—The Herald. Andersonville, Ind. A casual squad of the Mackenzie Mounted Rifles fired on Wednesday evening. The weather was fine and clear. SergeantMajor Jones was in charge. The squad scored 10.4 in the volley and 22.67 in the independent firing. Only one small squad has still to fire. The company proposes to go into camp early in January, when twothirds at least of the men will be present. One of the most important meetings ever held in Timaru is to be held in the Assembly Rooms to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o’clock. Its purpose is to consider the question of trade with South Africa, and seeing that our productive industries, of both town and country, to say nothing of the commercial interests, are so greatly interested in the extension of the markets for our products, it ought to be very largely attended. Town and country can pull together to some purpose in a matter of this kind.

The final heat of the Timaru Rowing Club’s Committee Fours was got off last evening. The weather was most favourable, but the sea was too calm to make rowing a pleasure, there being no scend iqi the water. The boats got away well, but it was soon seen that H. Fraser’s crew was too good, and rowing a strong steady stroke and well together, they beat T. Mackenzie’s by a good couple of lengths. H. Fraser, Salmond, Hutton and Dalgleish are thus the winners of the Committee’s Fours.

A cross-country race in connection with the Main School will be run to-morrow on the grounds of the Golf Club. The race will start .about 3.30 p.m., the distance being about a mile. The following are the handicaps : —S. Anderson, Campbell, Arscott, Peacock, and Gosney, scr.; Tait and Jones, 20yds; Palliser, Tubb and Pratt, 30yds; Hosie and Knott, 40yds; H. Anderson, 60yds; Cummings, 70yds'; Anderson, 80yds; Crerar, 100yds; Hilton - and Bracefield, 110yds; Baird and Gould, 120yds; Parnell, 150yds; Bezzant and Clarkson, 170yds; Sanderson, Bradley, and Mclntosh, 180yds; Holland and Wells, 190yds; Smith, Burns and Mills, 200yds.

An Epidemic of Whooping Cough.—Last winter during an epidemic of whooping cough my children contracted the disease, having severe coughing spells. We had used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy very successfully for croup, and naturally turned to it at that time, and found it relieved the cough and effected a complete cure.—John E. Clifford, Proprietor Norwood House, Norwood, N.Y. This remedy is for sale by Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association (Ld.)