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Southland Times, Issue 9383, 24 November 1886, Page 2

i ■ ■■ ■ Building Society.— Members will please remember that to-day is the ordinary fortnightly pay day. The iNVBRCAJtaiLL Mayoralty.—Polling for this office takes place to-day between nine a m. and six p.m. A. Hint to Anglsrs.— A case of-nplendid trout has been received, from a Mandcville friend by Mr Wolfe, secretary to the Hospital Tiustees, for tbe use of the patients. The First Mother — Tas wife of Mr K. Pritcbard, merchant, of Arrowtown, died on Monday, after a lingering illness, lhe deceased lady was mother of the first child born in the district, and was highly re* ■pected. ! Budding Barbistebs. —We learn that Messrs C. Longuet, T. Moffett (of Mr P. W. Wade's office) and Mr J. A. Hanan (of Messrs Finn and Rattray'a office) have passed the recent law examinations, the last named also passed in general knowledge. Sureb than Whale-fishing,— The Port Chalmer* Dock Trust Jba^e sent Home Mr William Elder, a late member, to float a loan for the construction of the new dock. He eets a ronus of £300, and £200 additional if II C ssful. New Patents.— Notices appear in tbe last Gazette to the effect tbat Bobert Eidd, of Wyndham, has applied for a patent for an invention for killing weeds, and Hugh Mainland, of Otautau, for a patent for an improved chaff feeding box for sheep or other animals. Canny Man.— At the request of the Dunedin Protection League, Sir Julius Vcgel bas consented to address a public meeting on Protection before he leave* there, but has intimated that bis views will probably not go the length the requisiomsts desire, bowiNG. — The following aie the crews chosen for the "Rein Pairs" — Wor.'hington and ChiDn«ry. Brown, Hamilton and Tanner, Bramble and Stewart, F. OolliosandjUorMt, W. Collins and Matbeson, Cox and D'algleish, Russell and F. Brodrick, Joyce and Martin, G. Clare and 8. Clare The first heats will be pulled off on Saturday week. Resebvks. — By proclamation in the Gazette of the 18th inst , rectione 10 and 11, block 21, Invercargill Hundred are temporarily reserved as an endowment for primary education.— Sections 4, 5, and 6, block 20, and sections 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11, block 21, Lowther, are permanently reserved for railway purpose?, and section 25, block 2, Longwood as a library site. Getting ''nhkalthy.— For some months past lavercurgill h«s not held its usual prond position at the bottom of tbe Registrar General's mortality returns, and according to the table which appears jn the latest Gazette its healthiness is apparently decreasing. The per centage of deaths to the 1000 of population in October was 1.34, while in Dunedin it was 0.95, in Christchurch 1.11, in Wellington 0.89, and in Auckland enly 0.69. A Candidate fob Modnt Eden:— a meeting of the Auckland unemployed, attended by over 100, was held ye?erday morning A locialUtu harangue was delivered by the agitator, Garrard, advising the unemployed to join the Volunteer force and thus get rifles and ammunition, A committee was appointed to wait on tka Mayor to ask him to telegraph to the Government requesting that public works be provided. Kttneba.l.. — The funeral of the late June 1 Ktlbride look ;p1«66 yeekt>rd&y *nd w* fi largely attended. The deceased having been a member of the City Baud his former comrades turned out in strong force and preceded the mournful procession to tbe JKast Boad cemetery playing the Dead March in Saul. The deceised, who was a promising yonng member of the band, had been in declining health for some time. Pastoral Troubles. — The Standard I (Buenus Ayres) has the following :— " There will be a terrible let-down in the River Plate wool-clip this year. The accounts from all parts of the province of Buenos Ayres are most alarming. The sheep are now dying in thousands from a long worm tbat gets into their lungs and kills them in a few days. All remedies known as yet are said to prove utterly useless. The half-starved ai i rals cannot resist the attack, Om-atocking i'l now bearing ssrious fruit." Masonic— The consecration and election of Lodge Taiingatura, 8.0., took place at Lumaden on Monday evening, the ceremonies being snared in by a large number of tbe craft, including many repreeeatatfves of the three Lodges in Invercargill. The contecration ceremony was presided over by S.D.G.ftT. Bro. Louis Court, the leryice prescribed by the Grand Lodge of Scotland being carried out after the minutes of the preliminary meetings held by the founders of Lodge Taringatura had been read and confirmed. Bro. J. W. Bradmore was thereafter inataliei ai 8.W.M., and the following officers received investiture, viz :— Bro. J. K. Ptckens, S.W. j Bro. W. McNeill, J.W. ; Bro. Geo. Johnaon, Sec. and Tieas. ; Bro. John Hall, 8,D. ; Bro, Charles Veasta, J.D. , Bro. A. McAligter, I.G. j Bro. John McFetridge, Tyler. Addie<aes to tbe 8.W.M., Wardens, and brethren were then delivered, and after an interval five candidates were duly initiated. All the brethren adjourned, when the Lodge was closed, to Mr Croßb-e's hotel and partook of the banquet provided, ia the course of the evening, tbe usual loyal and masonic toaeti being du'y honoured, the night's proceedings Mnally winding up with " Auld Lang Syne" ana tfce National Anthem, !

Thb Age of iNWiALS.-r-Scene : A Glasgow hotel. Enter American stranger, who is aiked by tbe proprietor to sign the visitors' booV. He reads several Dames previously entered, and asks t^e meaning of some appendages, anch as " M.B 0.V.5.," etc., and then -writes as foUows : — "Tom Swau BB.B.B.B.B." Proprietor, nugrily— /( Don't make a fool of my book, sir 1" Stranger— 11 Why, that's my tick 1 ' Proprietor— "Tour what? Whit does it stand for? 'Stranger — "Well, I'm the Best Blooming '.Bngler in the Boston Brass Band. Cjl lapse of proprietor.— Bailie. Qtteenstown Notes. — Oor correspondent writea that a special meeting of tbe Queenstown Municipal Council was held on Monday, i to deal with two matters. One was to ekct a representative at the electim of a member for the Charitable Aid Bjard ; the other to decide upon m*king an application for a loaa under the recently passed Act. Mr Mayor fieid was chosen aB the representative of the local body «t the election. SeeiDg, howera 1 , that the Lake County Council his tbree votes agaiast two for the boruaghs, tha result, is a foregone one, unless some'.bing strange oc-uis. In thfc o her matter it was decuisd to make no special application, as no remunerative works jnafifying Bach application were a present reqainmeat, — Our correspondent reports the new lower level at Btillen's reef a« a grand ' patch." Tbe mine is working well. The aluicer is jubilant with a good supply of water, and making every effort for a holiday return or " spree," as he vulgarly terms it. Prospects are indeed good, and the investments of labour and capital.and n jt less the Lest appliances, are showing good results. 11 A Hopeless Muddle."— This was the opinion given of the Hospitals and Cbaritable Institutions Act, by Mr A. L. Wilson, Chairman of the Hospital Trueteee, at a meeting of that body held on Monday evening. Tbe object of the meeting was to consider the position the Board was placed in respscting the pending elections. 1 he Chairman pointed out that as the contributory bodie* elect their representatives in December, and the voluntary subscribers theirs in January there would be tbirt c i trustees instead of nine during the period that elapsed between the two elections —Mr Manigty, in a letter to the Trustees, reviewing the clauses of the Act bearing on tbe subject, suggested t.bat the only way out of the difficulty would be to hold no meetings till after the two elections. Tho Chairman said that such a course would be impracticable, as they had to pass accounts. The Act waa a hopelcg? muddle, and he doubted very much if its f camera— the Government — could extricate the Trustees from the difficulty they were placed in. The question wan, could they keep the Hospital a separate iubtitution ? To do this they wouli require an annual guarantee of •übscriptions to the extent of LIOO. Mr Hunter pointed out that the Scottish Concert Committee had just contributed LBO, and he thought that the sum could be justly considered money obtained Irom voluntary subscriber*, in which ca»e it wouli only be necessary to obtain an additional L2O this year. — The Chairman eaid there was something in Mr Hunter's suggestion, and the matter would be looked into.— A hearty vote of thanks wag accorded the Scottish Concert Committee for their handsome donatiou- Donations of M 10s 9d from the Church of Jtcgland, Gore, and L-3 lOi from the Presbyterian Church, Mataura, were acknowledged with thank?. — The Vtn. Archdeiicon Stocker wrote stating that Hospital Sunday would be observed in B*-. J ,hn'a on the 28th met.—M r C. Bouf, on bshalf of the Christian Brethren, wrote stating that it had been decided to make no co)\sclion oj behalf of the Hospital this year.— lt was resolved to write requesting the Christian Brethren to re-consider their decision. — The meeting then closed. Ths Ijnvercargill Mayokalty.— Mr J. L. McDonald addressed a meeting of tbe South Ward ratepayers in the Appleby Hotel yesterday evening, Mr L. B. Sangster being voted to the chair. The candidate began by saying that it was not his intention to go over the ground he had traversed at his meeting on the previous night in Sloan's Theatre, but to speak more particularly of local matters. The Council had wisely determined that the time had come when instead of putting in box drains in the streets, brick drains should be constructed a* part o£ Lhe permanent system of drainage, and that idea was being carried out. He had attended the last meeting of the Worka Committee, of which one of the membera for the Bomb. Ward, Councillor liasstian, was chairman, »nd had advocated the widening of the gravelling on the street the tramway line was on and aleo on Nith 6treet. After referring to the conversion of the Municipal loan the speaker said that although it had been slated that the officers and a gentleman behind them were really the Mayor he had never found it bo during his term of offi c ; when he had given an order it had always been executed by the Corporation officials wi'.h whom be could not find the gligbt'St fault. Speaking of the fact that be wao seeking to be returned for a second time he quoted the fli'gutnents which ha said had been used against hitn and in Mr J Kingsland's favour at last election, and informed the ratepayers that if elected this time he would not again come before thetn as an aspirant to the civic ch>ir at least for some years to come. He was of opinion that increased accommodation was required ia the Corporation offices for the proper despatch of business, and he thought that when the present loans expired steps should be taken to beautify tha rark and provide botanical gardens according to the plan which h^fl been prepared by the Corporation Gardener. In regard to the ws.t--r supply he wa«s not in favour of more boring, but thought they should set to work and get the water laid on. His opinion was that if they had put down the bore in the corner of the Bigger street b ock a plentiful artesian a.ipply would have bsea f.,und. Wish respect to the gas department hi; stated his belief that, as it had some £10,000 to ciedit the mama might chorfly be extended to the suburbs with grt at adv*ntage. Aftsr explaining various matters in coanection with the loan Mr McOonaid concluded by inviting questions. — t-evernl interrogations were put and answered relative to local wotks, and the meeting closed with votes ci tbanke to the candidate and the chairman. Meeting of CDEJiTORS.-The creditors in the estate of James Maben, of Benmore, met in the Courthouse, yesterday afternoon, the Deputy-Assignee presidhsr. Mr T. P. Finn represented thebankrnpt, and al*o held a proxy for a creditor, while Mr Hall, Mr Harvey, and Mr Russell appeared on behalf ol various ©fch«r crediioTß. The ehairua&M expl«iued that the meeting bed been called for the purpose of hearing' a further explanation from the debtor in regard to certain land of which Messrs J, Hatch and F. Oles.™ were tha reputed owner?. It ippeared that Messrs Hatch and Cleave had become the possessors of the land at a given date, and bad offered it for lease by tender, the debtor being tbe successful tenderer. The term of the lease had now expired, and Messrs Hatch and Cleave wished the debtor to give up the occupancy of the land. For that purpose they had instituted proceedings in the Supreme Court, and the debtor had filed a defence to the eSect that the gentlemen named were not the owners of the laid but only held it in trust for his brother and himself. — James Maben, the debtor, was ■worn, and made n. lengthy statement as to the transactions between Messrs Hatch and Cleave and himself. He said the question he wished the creditors to decide was whether or not they would defend tbe action. If they would not he was prepared to make an offer for their interest in the land, and, M that offer were accepted, he would fight Messrs Hatch and Cleave himself.— Mter discussion it waa decided, on the motion of Mr Harvey, seconded by Mr Finn, tbat the creditors should not deiend the action.— Mr Finn then said that on beha'f of the dabtor he was prepared to offer £20 for their interest in the land. Unless this offer were accepted the debtor would be helpless, and could not carry out^his promise to pay 20s in the £ in two years! He (Mr Finn) therefore moved that the offer be accepted, the debtor to reserve the proceeds from the land, if he won the case, for the benefit of his creditore. — Mr Cleave moved as an amendment, seconded by Mr Young (Colonial Bank) that the meeting be adjourned till the 27th inst. The mover's object, he said, wa» to give Mr Hatch an opportunity of being present and explaining his side 'of tbe qut stion, — On being put there voted for the amendment two creditors representing £120, aad for the motion seven creditors representing £?4GO. The motion wm declared, carried, and the msetiag adjourned,

Natube's Compensation. — A recent f i visitor to the Hot Lakes, writing to the New E i Zealand Times, states that, viewed from the mountain, the place where the White and Pink Terraces formerly stood at Lake Rotomahana »eem now to be large steam and mud [ holes. The levels of the new lakes are all ' f&r below that of Tarawera. Perhaps as the < rainfall accumulates these will rise to the level o? Tarawera, and form a long narrow i lake, occupying the great volcanic rift ; j while steam boles, hot springs and geysers ( will form along the sides and. famish* new terraces and new wonders for future generations to admire. The old Rotomahana and its terraces and mud holes, its geyserß and i opal water*, koura?, canoe?, creeks, bush, ] ferns, and all its wonders aro blown into i space. ! Persons whose avocations are sedentary and confine them indoors, are especially in need of some wholesome stimulant ; we therefore con- j fidently offer them that world-renowned tonic, Wo'fe's Schnapps. Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with i Hypophosphites, is prescribed by Physicians all over t&e world. It is a remarkable remedy for consumption, scrofula, and wast ing dißeases 3 and very palat ible. Read the following — " I have much pleasure in stating that J have tried Scott's Emulsion ' in a casa of impoverished blood, with scrofulous disease, and found it to be a very efficient preparation. Ifc was taken without the least difficulty. — A. Templb Peekins. 22 Lordship Park, Stoke Newington, N. England." Any chemist can supply it. New goods to hand at McLeod Bros, Dee and Don streets. We have purchased over 150 cases new spring goods at a large discount off manfaturers prices, which are now being opened out, and will undoubtedly prove the greatest bargain in Drapery, Clothing, Mantle and Millinery ever offered in Invercargill. Tremendous value in grey and -white calicoes from Is 6d per dozen; nnbl; ached sheeting, 9d ; bleached, 10£ d two yards wide. Great stock of new hosiery at from 3Jd per pair ; best bargains in town, at McLeod Bros Dee and Don streets.