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Southland Times, Issue 9390, 2 December 1886, Page 2

Meeting- of CREDiToas.— At an adjourned meeting of creditors in the estate of Messrs J. Kingsland and Co., held yeiterday after nooa, the resolution passed on the 20th ult. to the effect that a first di7idend in the estate be declare J, wan confirmed. The Deputy Assignee announced that the dividend would be declared within a few days. Still they Comb. — At a meeting of settlers at Otautau on Friday night it was reeolved that the establishment of a dairy factory in lhat district was desirable, and a company was initiated, The capital is to be £2000, in £5 shares. A list was passed round and shares to the value of £350 were subsciibed for, and the milk of 300 cowo guaranteed. Nothing New. — Some extraordinary revelations have been made with reference to the distribution of charitable aid in one of the Auckland districts. It has been ascertained tbat several persons in even more than comfortable circumstances have for a long time paflfc been receiving relief, and it is alleged that no less a sum th&n L7OO has been wrongfully expended in this manner, Mind- Reading. — Professor A. E. Bice will give a private mind reading seance in tbe Albion Hotel this evening, to which over one hundred of our citizens »re invited. The professor's business Jasrent is Mr 8. Moss, a lively and energetic gentlemaD, well known by a sobriquet which indicates his lack of the power of speech. He is well known here, having been agent for the Wiltnott Dramatic Company and the Badcliff -Bita concert?, By Das-mabk. — CoCton, an Oxford studeut. insisted on keeping bees. One day Dean Gaisford sent for him and told him plainly that hia bees must be sent away | because a gentleman commoner bad just been stung in Tom Quad. He replied instantly, " Mr Dean, L assure you tbat you are doing us a. great injaatiee. I know that bee well ; he is not mine at all, but belongs lo Mr Bigg, of Merton," Goifg Too Fab.— A new phase in the tenets of the Salvation Army was brought to lie at recently &t Birmingham, iCDgland, A captain was charged with deserting his wife and family, wholisd in consequence become chargeable to the parish. He said thac "he had been serving the Lord, and that while doing so someone else must look after his wife and children, as he had no time for such matters." He was himself looked after for a month in the county gaol. Masonic. — The annual installation of the BW. Master and officers of Lodge St. John, 610, 8.0. took place on Tuesday . evening. The office-bearers for the year, who were elected at a previous meeting and whose names have already been published, were duly installed, Bro, James Medley being indnctgdiDto B.W.M. chair in the uev f al way, P.M, Bro. Peldwick acted as Installing Master. A banquet was subsequently held in Bro. Searle's Prince of Wales Hotel, when the customary appropriate toasts were honoured and a number of capital Bongs sung. . High Schools Board. — On Tuesday evening (hie body went into committee to consider the Headmaster's report on tbe ateff of the schools. On resuming it wa^ reeolved (1) th*t the services of the Drill Instructor be dispensed with at the end of the year, and that the Visiting Committee confer with the Headmaster with regard to drilling tbe pupils ; (2) that the Secretary write to the Headmnster thanking him for his report on the staff ot teachers ; (3) that Mr McLean's salary be increased to £300 from the beginning of 1887, (4) that the Secretary write to the Secretary for Education for a copy of Mr Haben?' report of his in spection of the High Schools ; (5) that the Secretary confer with the Headmaster and that he be authorised to order any printing or advertising that may be necessary. ! BASHFUL Boy I -An Orepuki ccire«pondeat of the Western Star writes ; — Last Friday evening the air resounded with the enlivening strains of the Orepuki Brass Band, and wondering what it could mean, I strolled down to the station to Bee. I found that the turnout was in compliment to our local <• gentleman in blue," who had la'ely joined the ranks of the benedicts and was returning that evening from his honeymoon trip. Ho was heartily welcomed at tho station, but I suppose, being overcome by his feelings, he could not find fi.ting words to expresn h»m?elf, so he poured out his feelings , in one ejaculation — "real jam." What that ' may mean I can't say, but I hope it ia French for being very- happy. At anyrate eyerybody , wished him lopg Itf can.4 happiness. I

INV£HOABGfLL OMNIBUS COMPANY.— This Company begins real business to-day, and theil vehicle or vehiclea will ply between t_o Port Office and vanopa places. on tT_e Nona road at stated iitevvils. ■/;■> :-f ■. \ V, A GbAOEFUL Oomplim^vt.— lJiiring ||c parade 'of the G Battefyfand tha^Garrisd*Band. yesterday evening a very pleasing ceremony took place, the Band being presented wirh a massive and handsome drumnaajor'3 staff by the officers and . men of the. Battery, Captain Feldwick made the presentation, congratulating the Band on. their victory at Oamaru, and saying that the Btttery offered them the staff as a token of esteem, good feeling, and comradeship. Baudma*ter Siddall acknowledged the compliment , exprefßed the Band's hearty appreciation of their comrade's kindness, and also bore testimony to the excellent feeling whicb existed between th« twoorganiratioos. AVer parade tbe men adjourned to ihe Albion I Hotel, where a number of toasts were yuiti ably honourfid. •'The Bfisc Laid Scbbmss," &c— Owing to one of those little miaundeistanditigs which will occur in matters mundane, ft Dumber of horae owners were prevented yesterday evening mftkiny their entries for the ensuing meet of the Bacing Club, as they had been called on to do. The Secretary, Mr G. O. Baker, was iv attendance at his office for the purpose, but to his surprise the hours passed and no one waited on him. While sat in solitary state quite a number of gentlemen were going in and out of the Prince of Wales Hotel— jmt across the street — wondering what on earth had becoiau of the Secretary, the impression being that entries were to be made there, as it was the usual place. Ultimately Mr Baker found this uot but too late to ba of any service, and consequently, sb will ba seen fiom an advertisement, the time for receiving entr^ea has been extended. The Pebfokming Bears. — The latest thing in the way of entertainment to visit n» is the dancing bear. Those whose locks are gettiog thin no doubt remember how com moa were the humble street exhibitions at Home in which the brown bear of South crn Europe wan the central figure. The law and the constable have driven him and hia a most aB uncou'.h leader from the highways of Britain, and sent Bruin across ihe ?eas to earn a living — for bis master primarily. The owners of the pair of representatives of tbe hugging fraternity that are now on view at Hanan'u Hall are Frenchmen recently from home, but who have picked up a very fair smattering of English. Their pupils are vary docile and clever in the performance of tricks and ants of rquipoise. They stand on their head?, daDce, drill, wrestle in the approved style, even lo giving the paw of friendship previous to getting m'o^rips, and generally conduct themselves in a grave, sedate »nd courteous manner. The exhibition 's well worth a vi«it, and to children will be quite an eveut, H. AND C. A. BoABD.—Ths statutory annual meeting of this B^ard w»« held in its ofhees yesterday evening. Present — Messrs Bain, Kllis, Hodgkinson, Hiller, Hannah, and Baldey. — The official returns of the elections to the Board having been read, Mr Btin moved and Dr Hod^kineon seconded, that Mr J. O. KHis be chairman for the [year. That gentleman declining to accept office, Mr Bain was re-appoint-otl on the motion of l~>r Hodgkinson, seconded by Mr Baldey. — The correspondence included a letter fro en Mr O, G, VV. Ra?.t resigning his position as a member of the Board, It was resolved to postpone dealing with it until the unanimous wish of the Board that Mr Hsat withdraw his resignation had been conveyed to him by the chairman. — A financia 1 statement aod estimate to 31»t March was tabled by the Treasurer. — Executive, Finance, Building, and Belief Committees were appointed, tbe members of the letttr being Slesirs Hannab, Ellis, Hast, Dunlop, and Dr H o dg. kin*on. — Other routine business having been transacted the Board adj mrnert. Inquest. — An enquiry into the circumstance* connected with the death of Thomas L, B. Adamson, who was drowned in the Wainopai river on Tuesday afternoon, whb held yesterday afternoon before Acting Coroner Mr Thomas Perkins and & jury of tix, Mr D. Roche being chosen Foreman. Tbe only important fac's elicited in addition to those already published in these column?, were thac Miller, one of the deceased's companions, promptly threw an oar out to T&nner and Adamson while they were straggling in the water, and that the former placed it in the hands of the latter. Adanson, however, immediately let go and sunk. The boat, an outrigger, was at the time high and dry on tae bank, ani MilU-r, wtn had also been bathing, was dressing. According to the evidence of Miller Tanner did all he could to save the deceased's life, risking bis oirn, and being quite exhausted when he reached the bank. — Ths jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased bad been accidentally drowned while bathing, adding that the police had a -ted with great promptitude and diligence in the work of recovering the bady. An Old Stoby Fubbished Up. — At Wjudbam, Northern Territory, they have a new caol, and for many weeks the local beak could find no one to put in it, but at last he gave a sinner a three months' tern, and felt happy, Then it whs suidenly discovered (says the Sydney Bulletin) that it was not all joy to own a gaol and a live criminal. It was necessary to have a governor if discipline was to be maimained, also a turnkey to obsy the governor's orders, and a surgeon, Bnd a chaplain to look after the morals of the depraved convict, and in the absence of all four they had to tell the prisoner he had better go and do his sentence on horseback, in tbe op>n r,ir, or any way he liked best. But the criminal inn^ted on staying to expiate bis offence, and accordingly he bas to cook for himself and be his own chaplain and bis own governor, and all the rest of the B'aff, and a new regulation has been made that if he is not in at nine o'clock every night be will lose all right, title, and interest. in the g-*ol. Several friends who are in losv water have offered to take the rest of his sentence for him, but the Spartan prisomr declines all such temptations Who Made the Fir3 t Buzz saw?■We recently reproduced a paragraph which claimed for a la-t century Yankee the credit of inventing the circular saw. Mr M. P. Bele, amhor of ',' Woodworking Machinery," " Sawmills," &c, does Dot think be was its inventor and writes to the Detroit Free Press as follows :— I notice a paragraph in the Free Press in which ihe invention of the circular saw is attribu?ed to an American, one Benjamin Cummins. This is undoubtedly an error which can be proved to a demonstration. In the English Patent Office is to be found a patent, No. 1152, issued to Samuel Miller sailmaker, Southampton, in the year 1777 for sawa of & circu'ar figure for more expeditiously aawins; Y%>oq, sto«tß aud u'on. Z"hereior«i if yuoimias was the inventor he must have invented it before he was 5 years old, a little early even for go-ahead America, My statement is supported by an American writer (see Woodworking Machines by I. Richards, page 9). America has invented enough in all conscience and her " notions " are everywhere, therefore I think she can well afford to let the "old country" have the credit of two or three at any rate. Of Ikteekst to Ladies, —Aa so many people have to Etudy economy at present, we ; have decided, that rather than risk not selling our higher priced Mantles* during the season, to make a loss on them now alttlmgh the season i ot>ly begiuning — we have therefore reduced them ( in a thorough manner— any lady needing a mantle should take the opportunity of buying a high class one when it can be got at a low price. — Our habit of uot half doing things is now so well known that we anticipate a clear- ( ance. — Thomson and Beattie 0c23