The Southland Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. FRIDAY, 10th JUNE. 1887.

Southland Times, Issue 9541, 10 June 1887, Page 2

The Southland Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. FRIDAY, 10th JUNE. 1887.

To-Day's Poll — The election of a gentleman to till the Invercargill Mayoral chair takes place to-day, the candidates being Messrs A. Tapper and A. Blacke. The Invercargill Electorate.— A re., quisition asking Mr Henry Jaggers to allow himself to be nominated as a candidate for the repreiMklation of Invercargiil at the ensuing election is now in course of signature. Kei Hea To Whare .'—Mr Stone is again in Invercargill gathering information for his Directory for 1888. The book gave great satisfaction when issued for this year, many improvements npon former editions having been introduced. The forthcoming volume will, we are informed, be still further improved, experience suggesting condensat;oa and better classification from year to year. Nest issue may be a page or two larger than its predecessors, but no increase in price will be made. Secretaries and others connected with societies and public bodies are re^ue* ted to suuply the neoeisiry information regard* iDg changes of office-bearers, &c , so that the pa. Usui* is may bfi RB BMW tit Myq . . ib;e. j

Some Mobb Fabmers' Pbiends.— At the ] last meeting of the Oteramika Road Board itwas resolved to call the attention of the Southland Connty Council to the small bird nuisance, and ask that body to take suoh steps as may seem necessary for an abate- . ment of tbe evil. Lecture,— An account of the mission of Mr R. T. Bootb, the temperance advocate, will be given by the Rev. F. Isitt in the Wesleyan Church this eveniug. Ac the lecturer was intimately associated with Mr Booth in his work his recollections of the great teetotaller should be interesting and instructive. i Football.— A match will be played tc i morrow on the Western Reserve between the i Pirates and Star Clubs, commencing at 3.30 p.m. Pirates' team :— -Lillicrap, W. Hawke, Gallaher, Porter, Tapper, Borne, Galbraith, Mentiplay, Ekensteen (2), Mcßobie, Bmith, Hawke, Macpherson, aud Morrison ; Star : — Hughes, Donaldson (2), Murphy (2), P. | Sinclair, Hamilton, Ouff, Timbs, Aspray, j Jenkins, Mcßobie, Brownley, De Joux, and Graham. Railway Accident. — The evening train from town to Lumsden yesterday met with . an accident between Gap Road and Wiuton. I A couple of horse, got on the line and the engine driver slowed down to ?ive them a chance of getting off. The animals, however, did not take advantage of the opportunity i thus afforded tbem, one of them being killed by the engine while the other was so much injured that it had to be destroyed. The two front wheels of the engine were derailed but no damage was done to the locomotive or I the carriages. The mishap occasioned about I an hour's delay inthe train's progression. ' What Was the Motive.— At tho Wyndham Police Court yeeterday, before Messrs Raymond and Eraser, J' P., George Da vey and John Ringross were charged with the larceny of a wheel belonging to a threshing mill from the shop ot" Patrick Traynor, wheelwright, Windham. From ibe evidence given by H. J. Woodward, John Craig, and Robert Barr it appeared that they went to the shop on Friday night about 11 o'clock to take the wheel away, having procured the keys to get admission. On entering and getting a light they found the wheel in tbe possession of Geo_ge Davey, who was wheeling it in Mr Morley'. shop adjoining, haviug taken it from Traynor'n shop. Ringrose was with him, and they had gained admission by getting iv at a wiudow. Traynor stated that he left the wheel in hia shop, wheu he closed up for the night. Davey was sentenced to three montbs, nnd Jobn Ringrose to six weeks hard labour. From Private to Colonel.— The Army has lost the services of a g .U»nt soldier in Colonel Luke O'Connor. V.C. Colonel O'Connor is already fifty-six years of age, and therefore had but two yeais to run, so he elected to retire on a pension of 1.420 and the rank of major-general. To the Royal Wei .h Fusiliers the name of O'Connor will ever be dear as that of the man who, though .evenly wounded, saved the colours of the regiment at Alma, and, regardless of consequence, to h ruself, carried them out of action. It was a nobln act of heroism, fittingly rewarded by a commission and tbe Victoria Cross. Luke O'Connor lived to do what in cur Army is quite exceptional— ; command iv tbe rrgiment the ranks of which i he entered as a private ; r.nd he vacated his command in June, IS-!. 1 ., carrying with him ioto retirement, the admiration and kindly wishes of everybody who had ewer know- | him during his long and honourable regin mental career. An Intellectual Peoi'LE. — The usual meeting of the Gore Literary and Debating Socieiy was held on Wtducsday evening, when there was a full at.t.ndanse and some visitor*. Mr Ihe'doie Ring read an excellent paper upon " What to eat ; when to eat; and how to eat," with the v. ual anti-alcoholic *nd anti-tobacco basts. Mr Golding, 8.A., had for his paper the title " What .hall I i ..ny .'" which turned out to bs on puolic speaking, and was a very elaborate essay, i. .th puoers elicited very spirited criticism, aud the meeting was only atj.urned at 10.40 because of the approach of " Forbes Mackenzie's " ghost being announced. The musical ! selections were ns usual ably rendered by the I ladies.—- The Rev. Mr Spence, of Clinton, gave a lecture on " memory " to the Gordon Literary Society in the Presbyterian church oa Tuesday night to a fair audience. An agnostic might approve of it, for Mr Spence admitted his inability to fully account for memory.— Own Correspondent. DEAR Ptji__». Mr Ballr.nc. and otker ad mirern of fpecinl settlement., says the Evening Pre.B, gave most glowing account, of these Arcadian 6pots. The .ettlers, it seems, produce large numbers of quite abnormal pumpkins. Where the precise merit of that is, we know not. We coufe«« we do not hnnker after pumpkins a . an esculent, bit we have raised theui just for devilment, and we must say we never found them a particularly coy vegetable. All you have to do is to put the e.ed in th« ground and "let it rip," *« they say. and all in good time, up comts the plant, and crows like fury, and breaks out into big yellow flowers, with little fuzzy brushes inside, and when these wilt, they leave behind green knoba, which swell a . bit. a? your head before you can bless yourself and turn yellow, or brown, or Rtreak. , It io as easy as "sin, growing pumpkins, and we can quite believe it suits the inhabitants of the special settlements mon admirably. They were unemployed before, and they desire nothing better than to be unemployed to ihbitter end. But nre 1)00 pumpkin pntch'-s worth LHOOO in caah, aud 1.02,000 in liabilities ? We off^r no opinion ; bat it seems a lot of money lor lomuch pulp, NARROW KsCai-k.— The premise, of Mr Dewnr, cabinetmaker, Tay street, had a narrow escape from being burned down on Wednesday evening. About half- past nine o'clock several passers, amongst them Captain Raymond »nd Messrs F. atone ami Menzic. noticed liamea in tbe woik hop, behind the show-room, which was of course Yoked up for the night. Some had doubts of th. propriety of breaking in but Oaptain Baytnomi | took that responsibility, and had the noor broken open at once. Meantime Mrs Francis, landlady of the adjoining hotel, furnished some buckets and pointed out where w_t-r was to be had. On gaining ad mi? .ion it wa. found that tbe covering of a spring maitr«>*s was all on fire and nearly consumed. Fortunately it was at a little distanoe from the wall otherwise the work of extinction would not have been so easily accomplished, A ! [ portion of the ceiling in one of the corners was alec on fire and considerably charred. A few buckets ot j. ater well applied quenched the flames and nsflds all safe. Mr James Cunningham was also very en«. getic in the ' work, and but for the promptitude of those ! mentioned, and perhaps some others of whom we have not heard, there might have been another considerable fire to chronicle. The Mayoral Election. —Mr A, Tapper addresaed a meeting of ratepayers inSloan's I fheatre yesterday evening, Mr N. Johnson \ occupying the chair, and about two hundred 1 -octle*** teWS Pie Bentl Mr T »PPer comfe -*d bf .fcankug those who were present menc. -*«ndftO©e, *%•$■ afterwards spoke ror their «. -« to tb* MW6 effect as at upon local matte__ ~^U£, D.. jn^ the Appleby on Monday ev__ "*■»<_ ft'gaiuflt contest he had not aaid any.u_„ M '*•«_ Councillor Blacke, and he hoped ._. nothing would occur to destroy tho friendship which existed between them. He had no axe to grind, nor had any of those who supported him, and his personal interests were inseparably connected with the advancement of the town. It had been said that he had promised to get Mr Quinn a railway siding in return for that gentleman's vote and interest. In the first place he did not know that Mr Quinn was anxious for the siding ; in the second place he had not spoken to Mr Quinn for a month ; and in the third place he had not spoken to tha gentleman about, a siding for over twelve month*, He would use every effort to keep the rates as low as possible, and he was greatly in favour of progressive harbour works. If elected it would not be his fault if he did not give the ratepayers every satisfaction, in fact if he did not succeed in giviug them that satisfaction he would be the man who would feel it most keenly. At the conclusion of his address Mr Tapper answered several questions, expressing himself in favour of borrowing L 25.000 for harbour improvements, and stating that he would nofc support a proposal to combine the orlice of Inspector of Nuisances and foreman of workß, as he thought each of these officer* had quite enough to do. On tho motion of Mr W. Strang, Mr Tapper was accorded a hearty

Fobtbose Licensing Committee.— At 1 the annual meeting of tbis committee the : following licenses were granted ; — R. A. I Elliott (Fortrose Hotel) ; J Shirley (Com- j mercial Hotel) ; O. Douglas (Ocean View j Hotel) ; W. H. Miller (Pine Bush Hotel) ; and W. M. Morgan, accom modation license at Waikawa. The police report on all the applications wan favourable. Mrs Catherine j J. atteraon's application for an accommodation license at Waikawa was refused, the police stating that a second house was not required. Too Good to be True.— We had misgivings as to the accuracy of the telegraphed statement that L 20.090 would be aaked by the Minister of Public Works for expenditure on tbe Seaward Bush railway between now and September, and move especially seeing that the pet Otago Central was only to get L 17.000. From Wellington papers to hand it appears that those telegraphists Wave been exaggerating again, the sum asked for being L21K.0. It is better ho, because there is every likelihood that the House will pa«s that crumb, and if rails are available the lice can then be completed to Oteramika. Semi- '.ffioialism.— The following letter appe*red in yesterday's O.D. Times: — "A correspondent in to-day't. Times calls attention to the fact that Mv Henry Clark received for his services as. member of the Waste Land Board lor the past year LlO2 8. 3d, while Mr J. C. Brown received for similar services Ll'24. Mr Clark's ruilway fare ifl included in his little bill, and Mr Brown travelled free on his railway pass. Your correspondent omits to men ion, or perhaps i. not aware, that Mr Clark, along with another member ol the Waste Land Board, Mr McKenzie, frequently walks from tiie Waste Land Board io the Education Board meeting. Do they charge their little bills to both depaitments ? lam quite suie if the work iv connection with itie Waste Lar.d Board aud the Education Board were tendeied for, Mr Brown would do it as cheaply as any other man, as his time, like that of Mr C'iarke, is not very valuable. " bOCIETY FOB PREVENTION OF CRUELTY.— A meeting of the committee of this Society was held yesterday evening, there being present Messrs J. W. Bain (in tbe chair), J. L. McDonald, E. H. Whitmore, Potter, Bey. Mr b inton, Dr Grigor and Mr ticandrett (secretary).— Mr G. W. Brodrick, one of the honorary solicitors to the Society, furnished an opinion on the report of the Society's Inspector relative to the recent destruction of cattle at Greenhills. .V long discussion fallowed but ultimately, on the motion of Mr J. L. McDonald, it was resolved—" That the solicitor be thanked for his opinion on the Greenhills cattle maiming case but that the committee in reviewing the facts do not see their way to prosecute." It was further resolved that the report of the Society's Inspector bo forwarded to tke General Manager of railways witn the intimation that the Society do not intend to proceed farther with the case but would be glad to be furnished with a copy of the regulations issued to locomotive drivers for the information of the committee of the Society Mataura Riding Licensing Coubt — The commifee met at Gore on Wednesday, Mr Waddell presiding. Mrs W. A. Lamb, wife of Mr David Lamb, storekeeper, applied for a license for the titar Hotel, Waikaka and Mr Evans, a resident there, appeared to oppose. Mr Henderson for the applicant stated that the houee was wanted in the diatrict, and *he was willing to taite the risk of its paying ani to furnish it satisf actordy though that had not yet been done. Mr Fletcher for the opposition stated that there was no need for the house. The battle wus fought last year between the Royal, held by Mrs Kdge (Mrs Lamb's mother), and the tben occupant of the Star. J here being two hotels at thit time. The Bench on that occasion decided tbat there should only be one hotel in the place and a license to Mrs Edge was granted, lhe district had not during the year made such progress as to require a reversal of that decision. Oq the other hand Mrs Edge had _iven up her store and left Mr Lamb a monopoly of the storekeeping and she hud also rebuilt and refurnished the Royal. The committee after consultation decided to grant the license, The license to Mrs Edge for the Royal was renewed, as was also that of Mrs McDermott for the Pukerau hotel. Mr Moorhouse had his license at Chatton reduced to an accommodation licence (Ll2 100 »8 the trade had fallen off Mr Cuff, Otaria, applied for a reduction of bis license fee a . he had to feed a lot of travelling swaggers. Reduction refused, Meeting of Sukabess — About twenty shearers met in Hanan's Hall yesterday eveu« ing, and were addre*»d by Mr James flattery, Secretary of the N.Z. Branch of the Australasian feheareti' Union. Mr J _.mes Reynolds was voted to the chair, and introduced the speaker, who dwelt at length on tbe advantages of tbe Union he represented, both to shearers and their employers. He gave an interesting aeeouut of his experiences in Australia, and said that the Union had been very successful there in protecting the rights of the shefireTß and also those of the squatters. He did not understand how it was tbat the prices paid for .hearing over there weie to much higher than here. Iv Victoria the rate was los per 100 and found, and in New South Wai .s, Ll and " fiud yourcelf. - ' Further north in this colony the prices were froai los to 22s All the squatters he had met in Marlborough and Canterbury were in favour of baying a union established. The Union would also pay special attention to the accommodation of the men while at work — on some stations the arrangements in thia respect were disgraceful. A delegate had been appointed in the Western di .trict, and he would attend the Conference to be held in Oamaru on tbe Hth inst., when the rules would be framed and the prices fixed for each district. There were now 13,000 members on tbe roll of the Union ; the initiation fee being 2s Bd, while the subscription was ."> . per annum,— Mr A. D. Sutherland was appointed agent in town for the Union. A vote f thanks to the chairman closed the meer in_ , «nd nil wbo were not already members joined the Union. Tailoring.— The Inew net cash prices for made-to-order clothing at the Exhibition are aa low in proportion a 6 the prices of other goods which are attracting public attention. A large stock of the best coatings, trou.-^erins. , and j suitings to choose from. (Specially low quota- . tions for youths' suit*.— Thomson .fe Beattie Suited to a T.— To all in search of a really first-classTpa at a reasonable price, Baxter's Famous " Royal Choice" at ISs per box is strongly recommended as being of very superior value. AH who use it bear testimony to the fact that it cannot be .surpassed for purity, fragrance and strength. Try it. Try it. To be had only from J. S, Baxter, The Cash Grocer, Dee street. my' 27 Great Bargains of Clothing, Drapery, Boots and Shoes, at McLeod Brothers. Caledonian Warehouse. Men's Suits, Ms Gd and I.st" -d, strong twesd. Boys' Suits, :>a 1 ld, up ; Blankets, tia 6d ; Best Wool, '2a lld lb ; Man's Heavy Shirts. Is 3d ; Woollen Drawers, 2s lld ; Waterproof Coats, from 12s tid ; Flannel, from <>hd per yard ; Men's Hati, Socks, Ties, at desperately low prices. Every buyer should examine the goods, _.'erm3 cash. Unshaken in popularity by the competition of worthless imitations and importations meu maliciously represented to be equally remedial, or to possess the same qualities. Wolfe's Schnapps will soon drive from the field these trashy competitors, j