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Southland Times, Issue 9359, 27 October 1886, Page 2

Bttildino Society. —Shareholde/s are reminded that to-day is the lorlnighily pay day. Neat. —One of the smartest things ever said in the House of Commons was Sexto ■ remark about Chamberlain. " Chamberlain only required to be given sufficient material to execute the ends of public justice aid himself." That was [a very delicate youv-rope-ean way of putting it,—Exchange. A Good Asset. —The 14 miles of street tramways in Glasgow are owned by tbe city,: and bring to the Corporation treasury a rental of £15,200 annually, paid by the company which secured the right to run over them, A penny a mile is chaiged, with reduced rates morning and evening, when the working people travel. The Waikato Wonder.—lt is reported from Waikato that undoubted traces of a saurian monster have been found at the slaughter yards, near Prankton Junction. On Monday morning the Garcase of a sheep was found. It had been taken from the hooks and devoured, the bones, clean picked, being found near the place, with the trace of feet unlike those cf any animal known to the colony. Men are on the watca with guns and revolver?. Kimbebley. —A lady in town has received a letter from her hu&band, now on the Kimberley diggings, dated the 23rd Augu>it. The letter is written in the most hopeful strain, and states that while hundreds were at tbat time on their return journey, some of the men were doing veiy well. Personally he did not regret his expedition and intended to remain till after the rainy teaaon, when he confidently expected being fairly successful. Quicker than the Bullet.—G:rinan photographers havetu cc ded in photogi aphing a projectile in the course of its fl ght, and some of these photographs show tte head of condented air which preceeds eveiy ehot. It is said to be this "head " wbica even skilful riflemen from hitting an empty egg shell when hung on a long itred. The air blows the shell out of the way of tbe bullet. - Boston Traveller. A "Hard Fact' fob " W.^.H."—The Timaru Herald reports that the first artesian well successfully sunk in South Canterbury has just been completed by Mr T. Parke, of Milford, Temuka. The which is a^out 2rk inches in diameter, *truck water at a depth of 31 feet, and there is a constant overflow of about Si feet. 'Ihe situation of the well promises fair for a regular supply, and Mr t'arke's success encourage other farmers to try the plan, instead of incurring large expense for irrigating channels. " Hokoubable " TO Her.—?' Scalfax," in the O.D. Times, says :—'• Miss Annette Ivanova announces her readiness to teach the ricing Australians how to sing, and with out wishing to be unduly tarcastical, I would like to ask her whether ' The Hon. Mrs Bobert Tyrwhitt' would not prove more attractive on her card, To have married into tbe peerage and descend to diiving solfeggi into wooden heads is not the roseate iutuie she might have expected."—The lady will be* rememoered as the prima donna of the last opera company that visted liivercargill. FiaE at Forest Hill—A dwelling house at Forest HiU, occupied by Mr John McDonald *nd his family, was destroyed by fire on Monday. At the time of the mishap Mr McDonald was iv Inveicargill, and Mrs McDonald and her children alone were in the house. A young man who was ploughing some adjoining land noticed the fire, ran to tbe house, and obtained a couple of buckets of water, but by that time the flames had obtained so good a bold as to be unquenchable. A sevvicg machine, a box, and come blankets were saved. Ihe building belonged to Mr J. Hughes, of lovercargill, and was uninsured ; tbe r>ew Zealand office had a risk of L9O on the furniture. A Mean Fellow Bightly Served,— An unusual case was tried at the Sydney criminal session recently, August Bustan Johanson being charged with being an accessory to bignmy, he having on the 26th of October, married Ellen Lowrey, ber husband, Peter Lowrey, being then alive. Evidence was given in proof of both mar. riages, and also of the fact that the prisoner knew that Kllen Lowrey was already a married woman at tbe time that he married ber. It v*as further deposed that the accused, after living with the woman for a time, turned hur out and actually obtained a warrant ngsiust her for bigamy. The prisoner was sentenced to four years' peoal seivitude. I epused.—The following communication bss been receive! by Mr J. Hatch, M.H.8., frum i ap!niu iiuine, Inspector of Prisons : —' Pr»euns Dsnariment, Wellington, JS.Z., October 22, lßßfi. —Sir, — I have ibe honour, by direction of tbe Hon. the Minister of Justice, to acknowledge his receipt of your letter uf the 2ad inst., giving cover to a petition signed by a cumber of gentlemen of the town of Invercaigill, praying for a pardon or remission of sentences passed upon prisoners Bodgers, Morecombe, Asprey, and Pomeroy, which has been duly submitted to bis Kxcellency the Governor, who can see no sufficient grounds to justify him in complying jWith tho prayer thereof. —l have, etc." Oars Out. —The annual general meeting of the Awarua Boating Club was held at the Bluff on Monday evening. Captain Tyson occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance of members. Tbe report and balance-sheet, which were unanimously adopted, showed the club to be in a very flourishimj condition, there being a credit bal&nce of £3 3s 5 I and assets consisting of a boat- h d, fire boats, oars, &c, valued at £193. Tbe officers elected for tbe ensuing year areas follows : —Captain Tyaon, captain; Mr'!. E K .ox, vice- captain ; Mr J. li. O. Huliter, secretary ; Mr \V. Haanay, treasurer ; >Je6sr« 'J. H. Wad del, L\ Long, D. MtQjarrie, 3. J. ttordou, D McDougall, T. Shepherd, and John Hunter, members of committee. The opening of the season wa9 fixed for Monday, Bth November, at 6.30 p tm , when all the boats will be manned. It was decided to send crews to compete at the annual regatta at Port Chulmerc The meeting then adjourned until sth November, when efforts wili be made to arrange a match against tjje Dutedin Olub. Fbeiqht Binqs.—The J ondpn JJconomjst strongly condemns the freight rings, and thinks ti at the sni of the" i»w should be invoked in breaking them up. It says : — " The exclusion of competition is the principle of the rings. But if competition is to be shut out, how are freights to be fixed 1 Shall it be entirely within the power of one qt the two parlies to tbe contract to say what the freight is to be ? No body of men can ?a£ely be entrusted with such a power. We bear of leading brokers in the Australian ring charging the merchants for freights £1600 or £1700 more than they pay th^ owners of the ship,ar.d we are not surprised. It is not likely that when they can pay wh*t they like, so long as they do nor, go below the market rate, they will taka care to be Jiberal to themselves i' The Economist would like to ccc the action of the freight rings tried in the Courts, and btlieves that their mode of destroying competition would be pronounced illegal. It is said that already the fiiihtin? fund of the Australian I ring, aecuniulated pat of freights paid by merchants in excess of toe market rates, : »B9«»t8 tQ {WW $BP,QQP to. #100,000,

A Well-filled Eye.— The Napier News ] a«ierta that there are between 60 and 70 speelers in Napier, nnder the careful eye of Detective Grace. They are captained by a Sydney native, who was forced by the Australian police to find " pastures new," which he has found in New Zealand. Some of the gang haye attempted tri pick up the c»6h boxes of hotelkeepers, but up to tbe present have kept out of the meshes of the law, South Jnvbboabgill. — The mon'hly meeting of the Borough Council waß held on Monday evening, when there were preseut— The Mayor and Oouncillors Fatter ion,' Brown, MacMahon, McLean, Wood and Marrah.— The Clerk was instructed to inform the invercargill Council that the South Invsrcargill Council considered the gravel placed on Dairy mple road to be of very inferior quality. —The balance-sbeet, as audited, was read and adopted. — The Finance Committee were a*ked to draw up an agreement, between the ('Ocnnl and the Engineer (Mr T. S. Miller;, to be submitted to the Council for approval. — On the motion of Councillor MacMahon, seconded by Councillor Patterson, it was agreed tbat plans and specifications should be prepared for forming and gravelling 28 cbaiDs on Scott street and 15 chains on filcQiarrie street, — Accounts, incladioe ia- 1 ttreßt on loan, amounting to £296 0« scl, | were passed for payment, and the Council adjourned. What Judicious Drwdging Has Done—The Mayor of Port Adelaide entertained a party of gaests on October 9th in honour of the Port Pirie, a steamer capable of carrying 4000 tons deadweight, having gone up the Port River, being the largest vessel that had ever done so. bhe finished loading in three acd a half days. Referring to the death of Captain B. H. Ferguson. President of the Marine Boaid of South Australia, the Advertiser sa> s that no stone was left unturned by him to make tbe Port Adelaide harbour as commodious as possible, and bat for his untiring efforts there ia no doubt tba 1 ; the river would be in a very different condition to-Jay from what it is. He gave an immense amount of attention to deepeuing operations ia the river, the success of which may be judged from the fact that thfre ia now as much as 22 feet of wafer at low tide in tho harbour where but a few years ago children used to gather cockles and sport about on the sand. Captain Ferguson died on October 12ih. He came out to the colonies in 1857, and was connected with the mail steamers running between Sydney and Sues, tiubsequently for several years he traded on the hevr Zealand coast in a small vessel named the Ariel, and wa- also chief officer of thes.a. Tararua in the Panama mail service. The Scandal op the Qcsa.—A. great scandal, which is said to involve some high military officers, has been exposed by some of the London papers. The Daily Chronicle published on 101 h September a partial list of the stockholders in the ordinance factory of Hir William Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., iv proof of the charge tbafc army and navy officers are pecuniarily iaterested in the contract* of that firm with the Government. Sir Frederick A. Abel, the principal chemist at Woolwich Arsenal, is rcp!esent r -(j as holding 16 shares of £100 c a<:h ; Colonel Charles B, Brftckenbu-g, of the iioyal Army, late superintendent of tie gunpowder factory at Waltham, Ashby, is :lown for 15 chare* ; Vice-Admiral Henry Boys, late lnembur of th' Oidnanc i Committee, holds six shares; LieuteDaot-geueial H. Hope Crealocke hug twenty -nine shares ; Major Jasper (x. Davis, Assistant Director of Works at the War Office, and Major General A. W. Hastings, twenty each ; \laj or O. Jones, late Assistant Superintendentftof the Koyal Gun Factory at Woolwich, two hundred shares ; the Maiquis of Lansdownc, Governor General of Canada, and Jate Under Secretary for War, is *ha owner of twenty shares ; the r»ight Hod. G. J. Shaw Lefene, member of Parliament, formerly Postmaster Geneial and kte Secretary of the Admiralty, ten ehaies ; Lord Ancastor, twenty &har<s; Lieutenantgeneral C. W. Younghusband, late riuperintendant of the Boyal Gun Factory, one hundred share?, and is^ a largely interested person in the Els wick works, for he holds 2485 (hares besides. The War Department is taking the matter up, and as a consequence it is probable that there will be a general investigation into recent contiacts for supplying the aimy and navy with ordnance» and arms and ammunition. The feeb'est .system may be fortified against (he effects' of unwholesome air airi rapid changes of temperature, by the occasional use of that celebiated touic and invigorating cordial Wolfe's Schnapps. Winton I Wtnton ! Wintox !— Look out ! Look out I Lockout! Lookout! O. Cummins 1 O, Cumm'.ns ! V. Cummins ! Forty cases and bale-% Forty cases and bales. Forty ca-es and bales Drapery and Clothing, Drapery and Clothing, Drape y and Clothing. Special slaughtering sale will commence at Winton on lor about the 27th icst. New goods just landed, and will be sold at slaughtering price 3. oc"20 Of Interest to Ladiks, —As so many people have to ttuiy economy at present, we have decided, that rather than lisk not selling our higher priced Mantles during tbe season, to make a less on them n <iv although tbe season is O' ly beginning— we have th. refore reduced them in a thorough mancer— any lady needing a matitle should take the opportunity of buying a high class one whea it can be got at a low prce. — Our habit of not half doing things is now so well known that we anti ipate a clearance. — Thomson an i Beattie 0c23