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Southland Times, Issue 4942, 19 May 1884, Page 2

Ob Disappointment.? -Mr B. G.Wright, the member for Ashburton, announces that he has forwarded his resignation to the Speaker. The reason given is ill-health. Hospital Returns. — In-patients remaining from last week, 14 males and 4 females j discharged during the week, 1 male ; outpatients treated during tbe week, 24 male*, and 16 females. Dunedin Races,— Those who purpose attending the Queen's Binhday race meeting at Dunedin will be interested in an announcement made by the Railway Department through our advertising columns. Water for Fires.— An error occuired in the printing of Mr Jones' letter on this subject on Saturday. What Mr Jones wrote with reference to using the proposed supply lof water lor street watering was that on dusty days the eagii-e ■ could be run for " an hour or two," not a day or two as printed. Meeting at Woodlands.— a meeting of farmers and others will be held to-mor-row evening at Gohl's Woodlands Hotel, to devise what steps should be taken toseitle the rabbit question, and consider the advisableness of establishing a dairy factory in the district. At Tutubau.— Pour stacks of wheat, the property of Mr A. Gait, jun., Tuturau, were destroyed by fire on Saturday morning. The fire was first noticed from the farm of Mr A. Gait, sen., about b a.m., but before tbe place could be reached the stacks were all destroyed. They were estimated to contain 800 bushels and were uninsured. Eefuses to Shunt.— At a public meeting on Saturday morning at Gisborne, Mr Bees absolutely refused to retiie, saying tnat any local man would hay« more weight for the district in the House than Sir J. Yogel, as it was notorious that the latter only desired to go there to prosecute his claims on the Government. It is said that Sir J. Yogel will now diop out, and the three local men will carry out the contest. Gobe v. Invercargill.— Following is the football team that will represent the Pirates in the match against Gore ;— Full-back : A. Galbraith ; three-quarters : T. Williams, W. Hawke, and J. Harvey 5 half-backs : J. McDonald and T. Galiacher 5 forwards : H. Lihicrap, W, Dunne, B. Hawke, W. Geary, J. Fisher, J. Wesney, W. NewsoD, D. Mentiplay, and J. Leonard. Emergency ; F. Williams, J. Lindsay, W. Smith. Full musters for practice every evening this week. Not " Cunning " Enough.— James Cunning McGroarty, the returning officer at Woolgar, who during the recent general election in Queensland falsified the return from Georgetown by giving 117 votts in favor of Mr Hardwicke, whereas only 17 vote* were polled altogether for the three" candidates, was convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, Judge Co >per saying that it was the worst case of the kind that had ever been tried ia Queensland. Nox Ooybtrd. — "An officer tells me," says La-;ouchere in Truth, " that when a private in his corps was tried the other day for selling his medals, and was asked by the president of the court martial what excuse he had to make for such a disgraceful proceeding, the man answered ' Despair, sir ! I have grown to think the medals almost a disgrace, having teen chaffed so much by my friends about jmy picnic to Bteypt. 1 was tired of 'ha subject, and is I supposed the medals were my own, I sold them for half-a-crown." Wattcr Supply.— Councillor Hall has given notice of the following motion to be brought before the Conncil at next meeting : — That a bonus of £100 be offered by advertisement for the best plan submitted to the Council for a supply of water for the purpose of extinguishing fires within the inner area of the town ; the chief points to be considered beine; — Ist. That the system proposed can be extended, or combined with any future pumping or gravitation, system 2. That it can be completed at * cost not exceeding . 3. That it can be carried out wi:hin si* months. Benefit Concert.— .A "complimentary benefit " has been tendered to Mr 3R. Boss, and the entertainment, in which most of our leading amateurs have promised to take part, is fixed for Thursday evening next. Mrs Ross has ever been ready and willing co give her valuable services in charitable causes, and her vocalisation has mad* her a favorite with the puolic. The lady is therefore entitled to the compliment paid her, and pi obably the presence of a very large audience on Thursday evening will prove that the public /ecognise the fact Ins and Ottts.— Imnrgration and emigration returns for April :— Russell, departures 3. Auckland ; ar'ivalp, 669 ; departures, 893.; Wellington: arrival.", 95; departures, 194 ; Napier ; arrivals, 3 ; departures, 6 5 Greymoutb : arrivals, 4 ; departure?, 12 ; Hokjtika ; arrivale, 3 ; departures, 0; Lyttelton ; arrivals, '9 ; departures, 82 ; Timaru : arrival?, 10 ; departures, 4 ; Dungdin : arrivals, 228 ; departures, 3 ; Fnvercargill s ar, rivals, 293 ; departures, 375. Arrivals— 622 from the United Kingdom, 655 from the Australian colonie«, 35 from Fiji, and 12 from the South Seas. Departures— 94 for the Un? ted Kingdom, 839 for Australia, 18 for Fj|i, and 17 fo.r other British ports ; 93 j for the SoHtb Seas.' Chinese— 4 a^rivalf, and , 94 departures) Total arrivals, 1324 ; dep4rr j tures, 1066,

A Fresh Start. — By advertisement elsewhere it is announced that from June next the New Zealand Meat Preserving Company will be prepared to receive rabbits from those persons who may now arrange with the manager, Bubnt Cork. — A second Christy Minstrel entertainment was given at the Bluff on Friday evening in aid of the Athenaeum. A company of ten opened the programme and did- the ohair business very satisfactorily. Af r er a abort interval Messrs Adama and Stirling danced a hornpipe. Two character songs by Messrs Creagh and McAloney were successfully given, and the evening's entertainment closed with the farce " That hoy Pete," in which nearly the whole company took part. Bach member acquitted himself very creditably, and csuued immecs j amusement to the audience. In the chair business Mr Morrison as corner man was a host in himself, aud he was ably assisted by Messrs ( rea«h and Adams ; whiic Mr Norris, as tne redoubtable "Johnson," filled his i.art satisfactorily. There was a crowded house and the proceeds will no doubt be a welcome help to the Athenaeum Miss Dakgon's Recitals —There was a^ain a good audience in Sloan's Theatre on Saturday eveain' when Miss Dargon appeared for the last time in Inv«rcargill. Several pieces on the evening's programme had been given at. the previous recitals, but there were also a nnmber of novelties. Of these perhaps the most effective were the scales from the lives of the three queens, Katherine of Arragon, Mary Tudor, and Elizabeth. Mis 9 Dargon's dramatic power invested these scenes with an interest ntw even to those thoroughly acquainted with the selections. " The Picket Ouard " was admirably rendered, as also wa3 Whittier's "Barbara Fiitchir." Mr T. Bracken's poem, '• l^ot Understood," was so recited that beauties in the Hues, previously undetected by many, were exposed. In " Beautiful Sn°w," the" Charge of the Light Brigade," and the chase scene from " London Assurance," Miss Dargon was no less effective than on the preceding evenings, Poor Old Man. — Mr Francis King supplies the following information to the New Zealand Heiald respecting Mr Edgar King, who was recently drowned at Dunedin : — " Mr Kdgar King arrived in Auckland by the ship Wellington on the 2nd of January, 1882, and shortly Hfterwards opened a sarsaparilla store in Giey street, but finding it did not pay, he made arrangements with tbe manager of the New Zealand Clothing Fa • tory in Auckland to proceed to the Dunedin factory as a cutter. But he had to leave the factory a few weeks ago, being too old for the work. He was in his 72nd year. His married daughter ( Mrs Streat) and family of five arrived in Dunedin last February by the ship Wellington, the same ship her father came to Auckland by. Mrs Streat was to come on to New Zealand and get settled down with her father and family while her husband finished his term of thirty yeais at Reid and Co/s brewery, London, for which he will receive a pension. His time was up last January." ' A Mad Celesti vl.— When the Sea King, an American ship, arrived at Portland, Oregon, from New York, the captain reported that the cook, a Ch uaman, named AH John, had gone mad at sea, and that the crew found it necessary, to kill him in self-defence. He had become impressed with the idea that the crew were in league to kill him, and other imaginary fears. He then was taken sick, and was supplied with medicine, but became much worse, locked himself in. his room, and threatened to kill anyone who attempted to enter. He fired at the chief officer, who' was standing out-side the window, and btruck him in the shoulder, and he seemed to have an unlimited supply of ammunition, as the firing was kept up for some time, Hisjexact position in the room could not be learned, because no one dared to go within range of the window to learn whether his mania had subsided. A bat was held up on a stick outside the window, and in a moment the Chinaman had sent a ballet through it. A battering ram was brought to bear on the door, but two bullets from inside warned the men to desist. Tbe crew were then armed, and as Ali Jobn still continued firing, several shots were fired through the door from the outside, and heavy breathing and groans indicated thit they had taken effect. Then the door was burs; open, and the Chinaman was found to have been struck by no less than seven bullets. He died next day. In the room were fonnd a selfScocking revolver, two boxes full of cartridges, and a third box partly full. Stupendous Affairs. — We recently called attention in our leading article to the great amount of rubbish telegraphed by the agents of the Press Association throughout the colony. The following is a specimen from Blenheim : — " The Waihi met with an accident when coming up the river this morn* ing, and was unable to reach town. The cylinder cover is gone, the piston rod broken aadseveial tol's sprung. The machinery has been taken out, and will be sent over to Wellington this afternoon by the Moh<ika. This will nec(S3itat3 the Waihi lying up for several days." Just so Qaite a maiine disaster, The magnificent dimensions of this steamship may be gathered from the circumstance that the machinery had been taken out and sent away for repair ; just as one sends a tea kettle to the tinsmith. It is to be hoped that intercolonial trade will not suffer through this grievous breakdown. — Then we are expected to get into a state of insomnia over the following from Wellington : — " Tbe name of Sir Julius Yogel appears as a freeholder on the electoial :o'l for Waikouaiti district." Who ever doubted that so astute a politician as c ii Ju'ius was an elector somewbeiein the colony ? — Some time ago an enterprising agent wired from his town in the North Island, as follows :— " The gas is very poor in town to-night. 1 ' I 1 ! Stirring items like these rob readers of their rest t Another Suspicious Blaz^. — A fire broke out at 11.30 p.m. on Thursday, 15th inst., in the Rojal George Hotel, Newmarket, near Auckland, and| destroyed, besides tbe h n tel, the shop of HamiH o i, b ;ker, and jthe police station. The hotel was open at the time of the outbreak, but none of the inmates ware able to account for the fire. Several boarders asleep ups'airs had to escape in their night-clothes, and Corbett, the licensee, was seriously burnt ia rescuing a girl named Agues Brown, who was also injured. The hotel belonged to Mr Odium, and was leased to Mr Jagger, a brewer. Mr Jagger was insured for £800 in the Norwich Union, and Mr Odium had a further policy of £?ofr in. the same office. The stock and furniture were insured by Mr Jageer for £800 In the Noithern. The premises of Mr Hamilton, baker, were two-storeyed, with a bake-house at the rear, and these, with the police station, were the 'property of Mr F. G. Clayton, and were insured by him for £600 in the South B-itih. Hamilton's furniture and stock were uninsured. Constable Graham was also uninsured. He loses LI 60 worth of furniture. The stables and offices of Hammond and Byron, pulled down to stop the spread of the flames, were insured by that firaa on behalf of Mr Clayton for £100 in the National; The total insurances are L 250 0; damage, £4000. All persons indebted to W. Smith are requested to pay their accounts as early thi^ month as possible. All accounts due on 31st December 1883, will be sued for if not paid before 21st May ' . To the Ladies.— R. D. Yule and Co. have just opened up a large assortment of Ladies' Fur Capes, from 11s 6d up. Algo, splendid selection of Dolmans, Ulsters, and Jackets. To Strangers Visiting InvekcarCtlli,. — Have yon visited Price and Bullied's Big Discount Sale ? If not, call and inspect at once No" one compelled to purchase. Look at the windows. All goods exactly as advertised. No deception allowed. Everyone is talking about our prices. Ask your neighbors who have tried us. If you study economy, try Price and Bullied. Wonderful success of our great Discount Sale — 2s 6d in the pound.— Price akd Bullied. A Boost to All.— The New Zealand Cash Company is now open in Dee street, two doora from L. Rogers and Co. Their stock of drapery and clofhing is fully assorted and bought direct from manufacturers in the United Kingdom, and ia sold for ready money only. No, njiddlp pror fits, no prices to cover bad debts, interest on book debts, or salaries of clerks and collectors — {he genuine readyrmoney value of the goods only. Truly a boon to all. Try them, Remedy for Hard Times.— Stop spending so much on fine clothes, rich food, and stylo. Bur good food, cheaper and better clothing, and stop the habit of using expensive or quack doctors or humbug medicine that does you only harm, but put your trnst in the greatest of all simple, pure remedies, Hop Bitters, that cures Stfvyays $t $ trifling cost, and you. wjll.gee better limes and gqqd health, Re^q,

Despairing Bankees. — The number of suicides among the brightest and most capable of business men, bankers and others will be reduced to a happy minimum as soon as. the specific virtues of . Hop Bitters are known. As all men who work with their brains and neglect to take the needed exercise, the fopd taken does not nourish ; and dangerous debility, physica and moral, ensue. Bead. BVNOPBIB OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS The weights for the Wyndham races are pub- i lished. The sheriff notifies the sale of some goods at William Todd's Exchange on Friday next. | The New Zealand Meat Preserving Company' ,J Works will be re-opened in June to recerre rabbits. The Inyercargill Racing Club Committee meet to-night. The Railway Department have a notice re fares on Queen's Birthday. Wm Russell invites tenders for lease of the Yerulam Estate. Wm Rennie has a, notice to men working the fire engines. ■''■■'■ Horace C Church notifies that poison is laid on his property at Long Bush. F A Steans, tobacconist, Dee street, has a notice ■■ . • Murray, Dalgliesh and Co are purchasers of skins and hides. "— For "Wantedß.", "Wanted knowns," and ' Tenders," see fouth page..