The Southland Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. Luceo Non Uro. WEDNESDAY, 30th AUGUST, 1882.

Southland Times, Issue 4412, 30 August 1882, Page 2

The Southland Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. Luceo Non Uro. WEDNESDAY, 30th AUGUST, 1882.

' TloN>-~ln directing attention to;the afternoon lexhibitionof glassrblbwing andehgraybagi we f have been requested tb; jgive notice tbatgeach ijuvettile >patrom?ing7the: entertainmentj^rill 7recwi^7P^^*^:7:;7M '.', - , aA'a \ ; i7#/ \. •4||&fc'HiG^ a possible 105 'points, 103 were recently.made in a Volunteer- competition at Avonmouth, Bristol, by Corporal Lerway, of the local highest score on record. Lerway had sev^n). )s6bts*at|2oo) 500, and 6Qoyarda> |cpnngj3sj at the first-- and 34 -at each of -theotheif n~ All who are the happy owners of a large 'family of smaUhbyaJkhow by'.expenence the 'great delight these possessions of theirs take in jputting their knees and elbows through .their, 'clothes. They attend to this matter with* such I indefatigable energy that th<?y speedily cause a icorfespondihgly large hole in. their owners jpocketß, giving rise to raspy a fervent wish that cast iron, or something like it, could bemused for ibbys* wear 7lf those troubled in this way will Igivc W. Smith, Dee/streetj a call , they get s thia wiah gratified by getting moleskin suits at lis i6d each, which will come as near cast irorvf or wear as it 'is possible to get. Try them-.— '[Advt.] '7; "-;"

Lectueb. — The Bey. Mr Dutton will deliver a lecture to-night in bis own church, Don street, entitled "A Night with Intellectual Shoemakers." Admission free. Harbor Endowments. — There will be sold to day at noon, at the Land office, the leases for a term of ten years, of four runs, varying from 1000 to 4420 acres, included in the endowments of the Bluff Harbor. Athenaeum. — The secretary to the Athenieum has received from the Colonial ! Museum parts 3, 4, 5, and 6, of the "Indigenous Grasses of New Zealand," by John Buchanan, F.L.S., extensively illustrated by plates. This work, being the most valuable contribution to the graminology ©f the colony that has yet appeared, is now complete in the library of the Institution . INVEBCABaiLL SCHOOL COMMITTER.— The ordinary meeting of the Invercargill School Committee was held on Tuesday evening. Present— Messrs Matheson (chairman), Manson, Johnston, McKay, and Trew. Letter was received from the Southland Eduction Board authorising tenders to be called for gravelling the playground of the South Pubiic School. — Some small repairs were ordered for the same school, and a request for cards for the infant department was referred to the .education Board. Accounts to the amount of £27 19s lld were passed for payment. There was no other business. North Invebcaboill. — A meeting of the School Committee was held last night, there being present Messrs Garmson (chairman), Brandford, Cruickshanks, De Joux, and Anderson. The minutes of previous meeting having been confirmed, a certificate of competency was passed to the late schoolmistress, Miss Lizzie O'Rourke. A vote of thanks was passed to the two Good Templar Lodges for their assistance at the late concert. Mr Knuckie was elected a member of the committee in the room of Mr Weavers, who had left the district. Firewood for the school was ordered to be obtained at once. Several accounts were passed for payment and the committee adjourned. A Reasonable Suggestion. — To a northern paper a Barman writes thus : — " Could you, through your journal, suggest to the police the advisableness of having gentlemen photographed who are prohibited from being supplied with intoxicating fluids, as I am quite a stranger to some of these persons, and I might, in a mistake, supply them, and thus implicate my employer." To this the reply was — " The difficulty referred to by our correspondent is a serious one, and it seems bard to suggest any ready means of obviating it. How would it be if all ' prohibited' individuals were compelled to wear badges on their coat sleeves ? " ' The Invebcargill Coffee Palace and Temperance Hotel Company, Limited. — We understand that the directors of this company have instructed their architect, Mr Burwell, to prepare plans and spec fications for the building of a coffee palace and temperance hotel, and to invite tenders thereforWe congratulate the company on the prospect that this resolution affords cf their enterprise speedily taking a tangible and visible form, and we wish them all success. Ttiey have secured certainly one of the finest and most convenient sites for a hotel in all Invercargill, and good management only is wanting to make their venture a thorough success. Quabantine Reserve. — The lease for pastoral purposes only of the Quarantine Eeserve, at Te Wais Point, comprising 5350 acres, was put up to auction at the Crown Lands Office yesterdy by the Chief Comnrssiiner, for a term of 14 years, from Ist March, 1883. There was but a small attendance and no competition, the absence of which may possibly h a . explained by the conditions of sale, entitling the present lessee to compensation for improvements to theextent of £300, and including a provision for the resumption of any portion of the land if required for quarantine purposes. It was knocked down to the present lessee ( Mi T. Vale) at the upset price of £30 per annum. Arctic and Antarctic Disasters.— The Bira Arctic Relief Expedition under the command of Sir Allen Young, has succeeded in rescuing the members of Mr Leigh Smith's party, and has brought them to Aberdeen, where they have been safely landed all well. The Eira, Mr Leigh Smith's steam yacht, sailed from Teterhead in June, 1881, on an exploring cruise to the northern regions. She was nipped in the August following, and had to be abandoned. After passing the winter, Mr Leigh Smith's party took to their boats, and rowing and sledging were able ultimately to reach the shores of Nova Zeuibla, after a journey of 1000 miles. They were here rescued by the search party. The Italian expedition which recently started on a voyage of exploration to the antarci ie regions °has been wrecked off Cape Horn. The crew was rescued by an English vesselA BIG Purchase.— Writing on 14th July, the London correspondent of the Argus says: — "The Sorrento arrived a couple of days ago, and the purchaser of the cargo (a Mr Hawtrey) is much pleased with the condition of the meat. He has determined to thaw it gradually and carefully, and to offer it direct to the public as what it i.°, viz*; Australian mutton. He has large premises near London .Bridge, and will commence operations on Monday next, or two days after thisleaves us. He hopes to be enabled to open two pr three more depots before the shipment i<3 cleared, and he is quite sanguine qf tbe success of the speculation. Meantime the Guzco's shipment has been nearly all sold, but I fear the average will uot be very good, as at least 10 per cent of the carcases have turned . ont far fiom peifect. Tbe best sheep .'still' sell easily enough at about 6d per- lb, but I have seen some carcases which the salesmen gladly sold at 3d."