The Southern Cross. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. INVERCARGILL: SATURDAY, JUNE 24 General News.

Southern Cross, Volume 13, Issue 13, 24 June 1905, Page 8

The Southern Cross. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. INVERCARGILL : SATURDAY, JUNE 24 General News.

The Poultry Show to be opened in Invercargill on Wednesday next will be one of the best ever held here. For one thing, the entries are far in excess of those of : any previous year. Mr Day, the secretary,, advises us that they total 825 as against 546 in 1904. Some novel features will also be introduced in the way of exhibitions by a Government grader, sale of eggs, voting for the allocation of a prize in the pet classes, etc. The date of the sale of leases in the Collegiate Reserve, Gladstone, by Messrs W. Todd & Co , has been altered from 4th to Bth July. Home and Australian mails close at Invercargill at two p.m on Monday. The balance-sheet for the borough of East Invercargill is published in this issue. The vexed question of the route of the Seaward Bush-Waikawa railway has been settled at last. Sir J. G. Ward statesthat it will be continued via Tokonui Gorge. One of the most progressive men in Invercargill is Mr Johnston, the builderRecently he purchased a section in Avenal, and commenced the erection of four sixrjomed dwelling houses. Although not yet finished, the whole four have changed hand for close on .£2OOO to a Christchurch speculator, who no doubt sees bright prospects ahead of the town. It is understood Mr Johnston contemplates erecting another six in the happy borough. Well done, Johnston! A man named William Martin, aged 20 years, who arrived in Dunedin recently from Southland, where he was employed as cook for some flaxmill hands at Mokoreta, met with a tramear accident at the Octagon on Monday. He got on a passing car on the wrong side, after the car had started, with the result lhat Le was knocked off by the first electric pole that the car passed. His injuries were not of a serious character, and he has since been progressing favourably. A speaker at the meeting of the Political Labour League at Christchurch (says the Press) was strongly opposed to persons receiving technical instruction in trades that they were not employed at, and cited an instance where a joung man who was about to be married had attended a class to obtain instruction in cabinet-making, so he could make his own furniture. Holiday excursion tickets are to be issued on the railways in connection with the Southland Winter Show. Particulars are advertised. Messrs J. A. Mitchell and Co. hold an extensive sale of horses in their yards today. Messrs W. C. Wilkins and Co., of the Dairy Plant Works, Tay street, believo in giving the widest publicity to the fact that they can meet the wan ts of their clients in sheet metal work, etc. See advertisement.

At last meeting of the Arena! Council the Town Clerk (Mr C. W. Brown) received a well-deserved increase of salary, as also did the inspector of nuisances, A football match between a team from the Railway Workshops and a combined legal and insurance teams takes place this afternoon. The workshops team is composed of :—Bacon, Walker. Stead, Hamlyn, Hazelmore, Kempton, Walton, Challis, Horan, Bonifant, McDonald, Kirk, Taylor, Brass, Mclntyre. Emergency —Lobb. Mr Eobt. Barr, who carried on a butchery business in Balc’utha over 40 years ago, was in Balclutha recently (reports the Free Press), being on his way home to Invercargill after visiting the Dunedin Winter Show. Mr Barr is the third son of the late Mr John Barr, of Dunedin, who came out in the Philip Laing (1848), and a brother of the late Mr John, Barr, who was a large landholder at Balclutha, and owned the first punt over the Molyneux. Under the Public Works Act, owners of property are not a lowed to grow hedges or trees which tend to keep a public road in a damp state, and the Avenal Council has decided to bring about a better state of things in Wellesley. subdivision of the borough, by causing the trees along the eastern side of the road to be removed. Wiuton is to be the scene of the next second-class band contest. A committee has been formed to make the necessary arrangements —Chairman, the Mayor (Mr C. D. Moore) ; secretary, Mr White; and treasurer, Mr McWilliam. The death of Colin Macandrew, the youngest son of the secretary for the Otago School Commissioners, occurred under peculiarly distressing circumstances. About 'six weeks ago, the boy, wbo wifi 14 years of age, was poking a prop through his father’s fence, with the idea of driving back some fowls which had strayed. A by-road runs past the place, and someone running down it in his anxiety to catch a passing tram, pushed the prop out of his way without realising that anyone was at the other end of it. The wood struck the boy on the nose, causing it to bleed freely. Serious consequences were far from being anticipated until a day or two later, when alarming symptoms set in, culminating in a sort of facial paralysis, which necessitated the patient being fed artificially. From this he partial’y recovered, but subsequently had a relapse, and in spite of the efforts of the medical gentleman in attendance died last Saturday. It is understood that the cause of death was blood poisoning. The poor lad was a pupil at the High School, and a general favourite. A first class bachelors’ ball is to be held in the School of Arts, Tay st., on Wed nesday, sth July. The secretary, Mr J. Hunter, is arranging details, and patrons can rely on an enjoyable evening. Building sites are in demand in Avenal, so much so that the Council has taken alarm in case the borough becomes overcrowded, and at last meeting passed a byelaw similar to that in force in Gladstone. In a nut-shell it means that if the by-law is adopted dwelling houses hereafter erected or altered, must not come nearer than 8 feet from boundary of a section, and must be 16 ft from adjoining house. Of course a saving clause has been inseited, giving the Council power to grant concessions. Mr Charles Wilson has been appointed caretaker of the Invercargill Abattoirs. A second Orange lodge was opened in the Protestant Hall, Liddel street, Invercargill, on Thursday evening. The officers were installed by the Rev. A Pybus, Past Master, under authority from the Grand Lodge. In his opening address he urged the members to promulgate the Protestant tenets and principles which formed the basis of the Order. The members of the new lodge, which is named the Southern Sentinel No. 25, were afterwards entertained at a banquet given by the Sons of Levi Orange Lodge, No. 18. Songs and speeches ’served to make the time pass quickly. The annual winter show of the Southland Metropolitan Association will be held in Zealandia Hall on 4th and sth July. Entries close to-day.

Owing to unfavourable weather only one football match was played on Wednasday —that between Invercargill II and Winton, the latter winning. Few Zealand’s Premier, the Eight Hon. Mr Seddon, reached his sixtieth birthday on Thursday. Eepoited by the Winton Record that Mr J. McDougall, Drummond, has sold his farm to Mr J. Lindsay at #l4 per acre. Mr W. B. Scandrett has a private hotel for disposal. Mr Chas. E. Hansen, one of our most popular musicians, has commenced teaching the violin, piano, cornet, and all brass instruments, and is open to instruct brass bands or orchestras. Mr Hansen resides in Tweed st., and is also opening at the Bluff, where he is conductor of the band. Some interesting and instructive figures are to hand from Christchurch in reference to the cost of up keep and earning powers of the motor bus, hundreds of which will within a few years play an important part in the passenger traffic of the Colonies. A small twelve h. p. Stirling motor bus (seating 16 passengers) has been running for nine months between Cathedral Square and Railway Station, Christchurch, a distance of about half a mile, carrying passengers at 3d per bead. During that period the bus has covered 17,000 miles and oarried 71,384 passengers. The gross takings were #892, The whole cost of running the bus during the nine months was sixpence a mile, the total cost being #425, leaving a net earning of #467. The experiment has been such a success that several large 24 h.p. buses are now being put into service by the Christchurch Motor Bus Co. A deputation from the Invercargill Law Society waited on Sir J. G. Ward on Monday and urged that Mr Riddell, S.M., who has taken the place of Mr McCarthy, S-M., during the latter’s absence on duty in Auckland, should be retained here. Sir Joseph promised to lay the matter before the Minister of Justice, and to bring the opinions expressed under the notice of Mr McCarthy. A petition in favour of retaining Mr McCarthy in Invercargill is in circulation. “ AT no time in history has the demand for -useful inventions been so great as at present, and never has there been such activity displayed in invention and such astonishing results produced.”—Extract from pamphlet giving information npon Patents, obtainable free by post from Baldwin and Rayward’s representative, J. F. LILLICRAP (of Hall, Stout and Lillierap), Solicitor and Registered Patent Agent, Esk street, Invercargill,