The Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. SATURDAY, 16th OCTOBER, 1886.

Southland Times, Issue 9350, 16 October 1886, Page 2

The Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. SATURDAY, 16th OCTOBER, 1886.

CRICKET. — The Britannia Cricket Club will open the season to-day by a scratch match between sides chosen by the President and Vice- President. Bowling. — The opening match, postponed from last Baturday on account of the weather, will take place today. Bide» will he etiosen by the president and vice-presi dent. Still In Credit. —Our latest loan has gone cfi well in tbe London market, although the amount offered (half a million above the sum asked for) indicates that capitalists are not to thirsty after our interest aa they were wont to be. A Sharper.— The Cromwell Argus states that a young man named F. A, Williams, said to* be respectably connected in Southland, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for obtaining money by means of the ihree-card trick. Golden Gully Limited QM. Co.— Mr J. T. B. Hickson imforoiß us that shares in the above Company are going off rapidly ; that the s'-are list will close on Saturday, 13(h November, and that early application ia now necessary to secure them. The Otheb Fellow. —An error occurred in Mr Gordon's letter in yesterday's Times, where he was made to speak of Mr Ward as the 4i Whitlingbam of Campbelltown." What Mr Gordon wrote was " Whittington " and referred to Mr Ward's having been thrice elected Mayor of the borough. Overtasked. — The important trial now proceeding in Chrischurch is giving th*3 Telegraph Department full employment. Last night the block was aggravated by the mail news, and our special report of the trial came to hand from Dunediu so late that we could not possibly put it all in type. The Association's message, however, gives an excellent account of the i>rojrress of events. Just In Time. — On Thursday- evening while the members of the .Riverton Cricket Club were rehearsing for their dramatic entertainment in the Oddfellows' Hall the lamp room was discovered to be on tire. By the prompt action of those present the flames were soon extinguished, but not a m\nute too soon as tbe paper on the walls and other inflammable materials were burning rapidly. Volunteer Ball. — After parade on Wednesday evening a meeting of the G Battery and Invercargill Rifles was held to discuss the advisableness of giving a ball on the Prince of Wales' Binhday. Members of both corps were unanimous a- to the carrying out of the idea, and a committee having been appointed to make all necessary arrangements, the affair prom see to be a great success > Gobe. — The annual meeting of the Go:e Caledoi.ian Society was held on Wednesday evening ; the President (Mr James Beattie) in the chair. A most satisfactory report ef last year's proceediogs was submitted and appro v^o, and office-bearers elected for the year ; Mr Dolttmore taking the president's cbair aud Mr Beattie the vice-piesident's. The Society has gre*tly improved its standing, and its sports for tbe year will be looked forward to with zest, Who was the Finnek ?— Before discharging the common jury at Wellington yesterday morning. Judge iiiebmond said: — "Gentlemen, before discharging you I have a word to say to you. I say it, you will quite understand, delioerately, in Borrow and not in anger. It is my deliberate opinion that in the criminal sittings you have been jnst attending, the result has been that the juries have been made fools of, the Court hss been degraded, deeply degraded, and ciime has been encouraged." The Tramways. — We publish elsewhere this morning the scale of fares to come in to operation on the tramways on tha first of next month. It will be seen that the 2d fares have been »b Wished, and the rate* for the single journey in some instances increased. Rtturn tickets are, however, to b« in voeue, and liberal concessions are made to those regularly using the cars, in the way of monthly tickets and reduced prices for packets, KoFeah!— Mr Won Kee, Chinese merchant in Cromwell, has dona a generous act (says the Cromwell Argus) which might well be followed by Europeans in similar j circumstances — but so far never has within our knowledge. Mr Won Kee was one of the fortunate investors on Colleen Dhas for the Irot at Fridays races, and out of his substantial dividend of some £70 he next day spontaneously handed to the Treasurer of the local hospital the handsome donation of ! 20 gnineas. GrOBE ATHEN-asUM. — The adjourned annual meeting of subscribers to this institution waa held in the Railway Hotel on Thursday evening. In the absence of the President (Mr Douglas) Mr Dolamore took the chair. The annual report was read and showed there was a small cash credit balance ; that there was • a membership of about 40 ; an increase in books and periodicals, and on the whele, a healthy state of Jmatterg. After approval of the report the office-bearers for the year were elected, as follows :— Mr Arch. Fletcher, president ; Mr ft. Dewar, treasurer , Messrs Douglas, Dolamore, Ronsey, Hare, v*nd Murdoch, committee^ A remit was made for a sub-committee to revi-e the rules with a view to printing them, and the committee were instructed to report to a general meeting on a proposal, which was in embryo, from the Oddfellows, as to the erection of a hall. A a cordial vote of thanks to the retiring (jpn> mittee cloiea tbe proceeding!.

dHAitEY.— The traffic and railway bridge T '. Bt Riverton is found to be unsafe for railway i i traffic, and on Thunday evening passengers , proceeding towards Orepuki had to walk across the bridge wad enter a train which was • waiting on the other side to take them up. ' Yesterday morning it was thought advisable to take tbe same precaution, Afterwards the ' engine and two carriages passed over, bat Ihe bridge showed great signs of weakness ' for about 20 or 30 yards. The defect is sup- > posed to be ia the upper timbers as the piles do not give way in the least. * , N»ir Zealand Not Alone.— The New South Wales Premier made an extra. Financial Statement in the Assembly on Octobe>7th. He said that the non-adoption of certain of the Government proposals h*d affected tbe revenue for tbe current year. There wa« a falling off in tbe duties on spirits, Wines and tobacco, The operations of trade had been limited by the want of money, and, .worse than that, through the fear that things though bad might be worse. The country had been in such a state as he did not recollect seeing it during the past twentytwo years. Not only had there been a falling off in the ordinary Customs and railway receipt*, bnt also in the amount obtained by the land sales Government had been alro obliged to find work for tbe unempoyed, which in itself showed the great depression of the times The deficiency was large, and might possibly increase, and it mainly re suited from the inability to sell the land. The probable deficiency at the end of the year would be two millions. A good season had arrived, and there was good reason fir hoping a return to prosperity. During the recess it would be the duty of the Govarn- > ment to consider seriously the question of retrenchment. Cbiminal Cabelbssness. — A. terrible accident occurred on August 25th at tbe works of Messrs Daniel Doncaster and Sons, ■teel converters, of Sherheld, In the ware* house were stored steel and iron bars roughly estimated to weigh from 600 to 1000 tons. The greater portion was reared against a wall, which was only a brick and a half thick, and which in addition supported the roof, The wall suddenly gave way and fell into the street, carrying with it tbe immense mast of steel and the roof. There was a report as of thunder, and for several minutes nothing conld be seen for the denie cloud of dust. In the road lay the steel, piled to a height of seven to ten feet. A number of workmen at once commenced to remove the steel, bu^ the labour was arduoas, as some of the bars were as much as three or four men could lift. After some tons of metal had been removed it was Hecided to open passages in the mass. By 7 o'clock one opening was made, and underneath were found the remains of three children mangled almost beyond recognition. A little later the body of a little boy was found. By 9 o'clock three more bodies were found, making in all Beven. fhe renewed search next moroiDg among the debris re. , vealed one body, that of a boy five and ahalf years old. The body was so fearfully mutilated that the father could only identify it by the clothing. In all eight children were killed. Fire in Bast Invercargill. — A sixroomed house in Jackson street, Bast Invei" cargill, the property of Mr W, McMasten botelkeeper, was destroyed by tire yesterday evening. It appears that MrsMoMaster and her son, who have been living occasionally i-.i the house recently, left it about 6 p.m., to return to the hotel in Tay street, and at the time of their departure from the bnilding a few embers were burning in the kitchen fireplace. About half past eight o'clock some of the neighbours noticed fhmes about the roof and walls of the kitchen, and they quickly gave the alarm, The «outhern fire bell was the first to peal forth an intimation of the occurrence, but the town bell followed almost immediately afterwards. A number of the members of tbe town and southern brigades, including the principal officers of each, were speedily on the scene, bat by that time the flames had obtained so good a hold that nothing could be done except in the way of protectng surrounding property, The steam fire engine was quickly run out and ready, but as the fire was outside of the town limits, and as nearly ten minutes elapsed before a horse could be procured, it was not taken to the scene of the coufUg ration. The building was insured for £150, and the furniture for £100 in the Colonial office. * A cheering cordial for the despondent, aud the only stimulant which can be aafely introduced into the sick-room or used for Hospital purposes is the celebrated Wolfe'a Schnapps, the purest spirit in the world. Testimonial — To W H Mathieson, American Carriage Factory, Invercargill — We have very great pleasure in testifying that we* have given your American Farm Waggons a severe trial in both this and the North Island ; and in one place, Te Aro Bush, with a load of 3 tons 6 cwfc we had 20 horses on one waggon, and they came through without breaking a bolt At the Hot Lakes we were offered ju»c twice the money we paid you for them, and they are without exception the lightest runniDg and best waggons we have, or ever had. — Messrs Gob and Alf St Laon, Circus Proprietors. oc9 Thb Exhibition offers the customer the ad vantage of goods bought chiefly from the makers. Our importing experience convinced us some years ago that so long as we bought from middlemen we might as well buy from New Zealand as from London middlemen ; we had to pay the middle profit in either case. Now by our perfected buying arrangements in London we have the bulk of our imports invoiced to us by the makers ; and this season our goods have the additional advantage of having been in great part selected by Mr John Thomson when in the Old Country,— Thomson Band eattie. oc6 Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extracts Test its eminently power-ul effect in coughs, colds, influenza; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalding^, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swelling no inflammation. 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