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Southland Times, Issue 9349, 15 October 1886, Page 2

Winton Baces.— Nominations for the Derby and other handicaps in the Winton races close this evening, at eight o'clock. Kowino.— The Invercargill Rowing Club will open the season's races on Saturday afternoon ; members to he at the shed not later than 2.30 p.m. Mobe Recobd Breaking.— T. A. Field, of Nelson, covered. 178 miles in a 20-hours' ride on a bicycle, thus beating the New Zealand record by 10 miles. The road chosen was very hilly in some parts. Bokrow 1 Bobbow 1 I—ln1 — In his circular to local bodies re the Loan to Local Bodies Act of last seasioa, Sir Julius Yogel says he has determined to receive applications only from local bodies which have resolved to recommend borrowing to their ratepayer?, but that no money will be paid until the statutory articles are complied with. Local Govebnment. — The following residents in Makaiewa township have been appointed trustees for two new institutions— the recreation ground and the cemetery. Those for the first-mentioned are 'Measrs J. Kallm, C. Cook, J. Young, E. Waldron, J. Gedney, T. Lane ; and for the burial , ground : Messrs W. Fryer, W. George, M. Imbs, T. Judge, W Lind, P. Ncas. Fob A Bainy Day.— King George of Greece has (sayu an exchange) nearly finished a splendid palace at Copenhagen, and. has saved money enough to give a life income of £25,000 a year independently of any public position. And now he it only waiting for a good excuse to abdicate and retiie permanently from the king business. Fisst Chobcb Social Evening.— The close of thisiyear's session of the First Church Literary and Debating Union will be celebrated this evening by a social meeting and raabical entertainment in Hanaa's Hall. Tfaese gathwinga have been hitbfirto free, but on the present ocnaaioa aJmusion will be by ticket. The proceeds will be applied to enlarging and improving the Young Men's hall in Ythan street. Anothbß Cube.— According to a Melbourne telegram in the Sydney Morning Herald a succe«»f ul test has beeu made of a new gas invented by M, Lee Blanc for the destruction of rabbits. It i* stated thatoae shilling's worth of gas will kill 150 rabbus ; a self-generatiDg meter costs 4«. It is also s&id that tha iav«ntion caa be uoed with equal effert for the destruction of phylloxera. The promoters are in corresdouaence with the New ctouth Wales Government in connection with the rabbit destruction. The District Must Pay— Mr Blackett's report on the Oam&ru breakwater has been forwarded to tbe Harbour Board, An application was made to the Government to supply the money necessary for repairs, the Board's funds being exhausted. The Government refused to do anything until one of their officers had seen it, and M.r Blacked, 'a report is the result. The district will have to find the money itself. The concrete blocka bave been undermined in places by the action of the sea, and have given way in consequence of there not being sufficient batter on the outBide, or any protection to the monoliths. Bough on Bats.— A rat -while attempting to escape from human enemies ia toe electric light station iv Beading, Pa, a few weeks ago, jumped directly from the fLor into oae or the brushes, and waß thrown back to the ground. He lay mutionless.apparently and certainly dead, but without even a tair turned. One of the employ e3 was sent with a shovel to gather it up, but as soon as tne shovel touched it the rat fell to dust wnh a little cloud of particles raising from the place where the body had seemingly lain. There was no vestige of hair, flesh, or bones remaining. Lrt Them Slide.— The success of the artificial " toboggan " alide at the Liverpool International Exhibition (says Hie btar's London correspondent) has been so great that it is in contemplation to erect one at Adelaide next year. During the fifty days the Liverpool Exhibition has been open J36,591 persona tat 3i per head) have indulged in the amusement. This means a solid profit of nearly £I,|OQ, as the entire cost of erecting the slide and maofacturing toboggans on rollers did not, I am told, ex.. ceed £3CO. Tobogganing, it may explained, is an American winter amusement and con.sists of shooting down a frozen incline on a hand sledge. Not Genebally Known.— There is one feature — a wise one, too— in connection with the late fire in Colombo street, Ohristchurch, that is worth more than passing attention. Ie is the ability to insure to landlords loss of income duriug the reinstatement of buildings destroyed bj 1 lire. The annual rents of the buildings in question were insured for the trustees by Mr Charles Clark, their agent, in the Norwich Union Insurance Company, so that during the process of re-building tbe income of the estate will not be impaired. The system is one which is self-recommend-ing to all owners of property, more especially where the sole income is from property subject to Josa by (ire,— Preai,

Thh Thbatbb— The, Silver King Oom- ' pany brought their season here to a close yesterday evening, when tbe " Lights o' Loudon " was repeated to ix good house. The drama was again well played, and at the conclusion of the acts the leading performers were called before the curtain and loudly applauded. The company have had a *accessf ul run of six nights here, and proceed to Dunedin where they open on Saturday evening. tBcHTPTiAN Administration.— St. James, Gazette remarks : The Egyptians may really be" excused for thinking th*t they do not get good value for the £400,000 a year which they expend oh their European magistrates and administrators Iv that smali country, with a popualation of some 5,000,000, there is a Court of Appeal with ten European judges who have so little work to do that a'l of them can manage to get away on leave together. There are eight>and-twenty Kuropeam, who draw salaries of LI9OO a year and upwards, and of these all but six are able to take a holiday at tbe same time, j 11 Thoroughly capable men," we are alwayß tod these Kuropeans officers are, and if ao, perhaps their high salaries are not excessive ; but there i« certainly no reason why 'he burdened and impoverished country should be maue to support tv?o costly official* to do the work of one. A Diabotjcal ACT.— The Hawkes Bay Herald says : Some scoundrel for whom Fate has in store a dry death, but whose time has nut yet come, recently a moat vicious that act might ba^e iesuhediu the wrecking of Mr Holt a new mill and tbe deatn and maiming of many persoat. A very long log upon being cut into by tbe big circular breaking-dowa saw the workmen near the saw bench were terrified by a tremendoua crash, and by the saw saidealy stopping jWbile the.machineryiliept in motion. The log was hurriedly shifted back, and afterwards carefully examine i, when it was fouud that the aforesaid scoundrel ha i driven saven tixinch nails into tbe log, with skilful deviltry punching the nails in till their headawete lan inch below the outer b*rk of the log. It iis a wonder that nobody was killed. la America, several years ago, a spike in a log met by a huge circular saw caused the latter to break into three pieces, e«.ch of which wan hurled by the momentum of the saw's revolutions to a great distance, and two men (one in tbe mill and one some di6tatice away) were killed. Whoever drove the nails into ilr Holt's 1-jg hid used a hammer, vails, and punch before, as the fiendish work was " artistically " done. The police thiuk th<*t they have a clue, and every man in the community (for the perpetrator is not a man) will fervently hope that tha miscreant may be .caught. All fob Tuppence.— The Waikato Times thusiy launches forth on the new railway -tariff ; — The new railway tariff came to hand last night. A. casual glance at its contents reveals the astonishing fact that the firstclass fare from Hamilton has been reduced by 3d, and the second-class fare by 2d. It is quite evident that the Government mean to eclipse the efforts of Mr Vaile in the matter of railway reform. The immediate result of this stupendous reduction will be au enormous increase in the passenger traffic between Waikato and Auckland, leading up to an era of rural prosperity such as New Zealand has never seen. No wonder the Wellington Press consigns Mr Vaile to oblivion ! In the eyes of all true lovers of progress that gentleman must be regarded iv much the same light as a reformer of '32 would appear to the enlightened Radical of to-day. Mr Vaile is obsolete, eif etc. aad may put up his shutters forthwith, A reduction of 2d on the 84 miles 1 Think of it, dwell on it, and then ask yourself if the colony ought not to burst out into a hymn of praise to the philanthropic Government tbat could make such uuheard-of concessions I Seriously speaking, the new tariff, if its other parts bear a resemblance to that we have quoted (it will take a month of -iundays to rind this out, but we suppose they do) is a ghastly farce. The country has asked for bread, and tke Government has given it — two coppers I A cheering cordial for the despondent, and the only stimulant which can be safely introduced into the sick-ropm or used for Hospital purposes is thecelebr ited Wolfe's Schnapps, the purest spirit in the world. Testisionial — To W H Matbieson, American Carriage Factory, Invercargill— We have very great pleasure in testifying that we have given your American Farm Waggons a severe tnal in both this and the Noivh Island ; and in one place, Te Aro Bush, with a load of 3 tons 5 cwt we had 20 horsee on one wagg >n, and they came through without breaking a bolt At the Hot Lakes we were offered just twice the money we paid you for them, and they are without exception the lightest running nnd best waggons we have, or ever had. — Me.-srs G-us and Alf St La^n, Circus Proprietors. oc9 The Exhibition offers the customer the ad vantage of g^ods bought cniefly from tbe makers. Our importing experience convinced us some years aero that so long aa we bought from middlemen we migh^- a? well buy from New Zealand aa from Loudon mHtilf;mpn ; we had to pay the middle in either case. Now by our perfected buying arrangements in London we have the bulk of our imports invoiced to us by the makers; aDd this season our goods have the additional alvant-ige of having been in great vart selected by Mr John Thomson when in the Old Country — Thomson Band eattie. oc6 Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphite3 is more reliable .13 an agent in the cure ot Consumpti in, Bronchitis, cm ■ General Debility, than any other remedy known to medical science. Bead the following ; "J. have prescribed v Scott's Emulsion' and have also taken it myself, and can fully endorse the opinion that it is both palatable and efficient, and can be tolerated by almost anyone — especially where God Liver Oil itself cannot be borne.— Martin Miles, M.D., &c, tStantonbury, Backs, England."