The Southern Cross Published Weekly. INVERCARGILL, APRIL 15th, 1916. GENERAL NEWS.

Southern Cross, Volume 24, Issue 2, 15 April 1916, Page 8

The Southern Cross Published Weekly. INVERCARGILL, APRIL 15th, 1916. GENERAL NEWS.

* : ;~r- \ Correspondents and advertisers are reminded, that the. '-Southern , Cross" . will be-published on Thursday afternoon next week. The cantata, "The Crucifixion,"will be given in the Leet street Methodist Church on Sunday evening, beginning at B.lsßafter the ordinary services. It will be given- by the choir and leading soloists. In this issue it lis notified that the Invercargill Milk Supply Co., man-i aged by Mr Wm. Dey, has purchased the entire milk run of •T. Gainey and Son, and customers can rely on ing served as heretofore. Mr H. L. Hay, Secretary of. the Southland Building Sccrety asks that all books be sent by the isth April to have interest added. Forty applications have been received for the position of wharfinger at the Invercargill jetty. The Finance Committee will 'reduce them to six before they come before the Council agalin. The F-la-xmillers' Association, ax a meeting at Palmerston North, decided to close down for a month through, the : shortage of shipping. Mr McHutchison has retired from, the Postal Department after fifty years of. service. He well deserves aIL the good things said about'him, both as an. official and as a writer. Ministerial visitors to Invercargill in connection with the C. E. Union's convention on Good Fridaj-, will include the Rev. John H. White, Wellington, whp .wlill represent the N.Z. C.E. Union, and speak, among other things, on "Consecration" ; and the Rev. F. L. Frost, of Edendale, who will deal with the C.E. movement as ■ a factor in the evangelisation of the world. *» Replying tfp a deputation, the Hon. W. A. Massey spoke emphatically against the establishment of, wet canteens in connection with the,various camps, and stated . that •in this he was acting on the authority of his military advisers. The annual harvest home services were conducted at Lome Farm on Sunday Mast by the pastor (Mr McLean)' ,and Rev. R. C. Hunter, M.A.„ the music being discoursed by Miss McLean and Mr Barnes' orchestra. The services were enjoyed by young and old. The decorations, "showing what the farm can produce, were on a most extensive scale' and were the work of the matron (Mrs Cole) and the inmates. G-arnet Leslie, the younger son of Mr and Mrs G.. H- Yule, Spey St.,, Invercargill, died on Wednesday as the result of an attack of infantile paralysis. It is reported that a little child in the family of Mr Gr. T. : Stevens, Gladstone, is suffering from, the same trouble, and is paralysed, on one side..

A trip worth taking, if the wea> ther permits, is a run to Stewart , Island on the Theresa Ward. She ia booked to sail on Good .Friday on. arrival of the first train from Inyercargill.\ The return excursion fare, is only-6s. Death has claimed another bright young life in the person of Mra Maurice ;Tangney, wife of the Dispenser at the Southland Hospital.. -Mrs Tangney Wa-s • the ; daughter of and Mrs James Cruickshank, of ''Rosedale," and a grand-daughter of the late Mr Wm. Cruickshankl Mrs Tangney, who had been ailing for some ' months, was in her 25th year. The quarterly meeting of the Leet Street Methodist Circuit was held in the Teviot Street Church on Thursday evening, when there was a large attendance of office-bearers, the Rev. W. Ready chairman of the district, presiding. The reports submitted on the various departments of church activity, were satisfactory, and financial arrangements between the Leetl street and Teviot street churches were adjusted on an equitable basis, while the circuit is being worked by one man. Mr A. Menzies, for many years a well-known builder in Invercargill, has passed away. He was in his 83rd year. ■ ■ ' ■ .Mr James Angus, one of Southland's early railway contractors, has been 'accidentally Willed on one of the railway lines rri N.S.W. Mr Angus, who was in his 8-lst year, had a host of friends in this district, who will \ be grieved to hear of the death of their old-time friend. Full particulars are published on page ten of this issue of the' Christian Endeavour Union convention, to be held in Invercargill on Good Friday. The programme will open with a united prayer service in the Esk • street Baptist Church at .7.30 a.m., followed by a Junior Rally tin the Teviot Street Church at 10.30 a.m. The afternoon will be devoted to a conference in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Dee street, and a public meeting will be held in the Don Street Church at night. The speakers throughout the day will (include the Revs. John H. White, of Wellington, R. C. Hunter, S. Henderson. Mr J. J. Wesney, and others. Mrs Horn, Marlborough, who died of infantile paralysis, Vas a daughter of Mr Jas. Merrifield, a' former resident of dummies Bush, was born and educated in that district, and was but recently married. . The Rev. W. Ready's nephew,Mr W. Lumley, who for twenty months ■was on the warship Pyramus, and was engaged in active service in the Persian Gulf, and was severely wounded, a shot passing through his body, is now convalescent, and is spending a few days with Mr and Mrs Ready, prior to his enlisting .with one of the contingents. Mr Len. Brown, senior member of the firm of prown Bros., butchers,, Otautau, lost his wife aftera very brief illness last week.. She N succumbed to infantile paralysis at the early age of 26 years, leaving in addition to her husband and wide circle of friends to mourn her loss three little children. The late Mrs Brown was a native of Otautauj* her parents the late Mr and Mrs- J. M. Talbot, having been residents of the township from its early history xxp till a few years ago. The late Mrs Brown was till shortly before her marriage teacher at Feldwick school. Mr Jas. McKenzie had his groin crushed whilst working in the mpines at Moretown, near Nightcaps. That well and favourably known establishment in Kelvin street—-The Forum, Ltd. —so successfully conducted by Mrs Dr. Hendry for some years* has changed hands. The new proprietresses are Misses Ettie and [Agnes Hunter,, daughters of Mr Jas. Hunter, accountant, of this town. Mrs Hendry solicits a continuance of patronage to these young ladies, while on their part they will keep their stocks replenished with the latest and best in millinery, mantles, and ladies'- and children's wear, so that patrons will have a varied selection at lowest prices at The Forum, Ltd., Kelfin st. Mr Len Cross said at a recent meeting that Orepuki had responded so nobly to the Empire's cause that at . the present time there remained only four eligible men in that portion of Orepuki which lies between PaMa and Waihoaka.

"There will be very oats or) wheat ; grown in Southland . . next ! year" is the opinion expressed by one of Southland's largest and most I progressive farmers. The number of I young men leaving for the front is I the reason assigned. Getting suit-1 able :farm labour is proving increas-; ingly difficult ; the departure of farmers' sons is leaving blanks : wMch cannot be filled, and so cultivation for cereals ■ will largely decrease. The! death took place at Arrowtown on Sunday last, of Mr Peter Jopp; 3rd eldest son of Mrs and the late J. L. Jopp. He-was 39 years of age,, and had been in ill-health for some sixteen months with paralysis. His illness was largely brought. on by heart strain, which w r as caused in his younger years by athletics and hard carrying work. ; Mr Jopp was a very fast 'runner up to about the 300 'yards distance, the 100 yards being his best distance. Miss Edith Acheson, for many years first assistant at Riverton School, has accepted a similar position in the Island Bay Schooi, Wellington. Mr and Mrs W.' Dixon, 'Nightcaps, celebrated their golden wedding on the 7th inst. Mr Fred Hurst, the last single man who is. eligible in Round Hill district, left for Trentham last week. The Presbytery of ...Mat-aura celebrated its semi-jubilee last week... According to a reply made by Mr Holman to Mr Ballin the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. increased tram ■ fares came into operation 04 April Ist. 1915. It has been \ antici- j pated that the. increase would be £200,000; whereas up to ' Feb. 28, 19115, the ; actual increases approximated £iß7'S,-,-oao. A reduction of fares I to the old level was now under consideration. . I Litigation is at low ebb at Orepuki. For two months in succession it has not been necessary to hold' a sitting 0% the court 'tHere. There is a case of scarlet fever .in ; the Riverton Hospital, and the Round [Till school has been closed', owing to 'an outbreak ■of diphtlieria. Mr E. R. Wilson,, architect, Esk street, invites tenders for extensive alterations to business premises in Esk street 'for ;the Bristol Piano Co. A case of infantile pai'alysis from Nightcaps is under treatment in the Southland Hospital.