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Southland Times, Issue 9542, 11 June 1887, Page 2

Two, 3HA p, — As the Riverton uucn leave at 4 p.m., the I.F.C, team arc requested to be up to time. Banks Closed.— ln honour of the Queen's Jubilee Mouday ami Tuesday, the 20th and 21»t, have been appointed special bank* holidays. Timely notice is thus given m order to avoid inconvenience to customers, eapeci ally those in the country. AW^R"A EjLECTOBATB. — A Woodlands correspondent says ihat yet another candidate for Awarua at the ensuing election ia coming forward in the perfton ot Mr I. voa Tunzelmatn, of Woodlajida. His twenty-six years' experience in this colony ('ightecn yoars of which gained in the couth) entitle him to ionic consideration. Cheap Fabes. — A deputation from the Jubilee Committee waited on Mr Gaw, DietricL Train; Manager, to urge that the cheap fares on the local railway lines should be in force for the three days proclaimed as holiday* in commemoration of Her Majeity'a Jubilee, instead of, as proposed, for one day only. Tie following is Mr Gaw's reply :— 11 1 Rtn directed by the General Mauager to inform you that the Hon. Minister for rublic Works has considered your telegram of 6'b in»t,, and regrets that he is unable to comply with the request contained therein for extension of day exenraion tickets," WYNDHAM.—The usual fortnightly Inee 1 - ing of the Wyndham Debating Society w*s held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday night ; Mr D. McKay in the chair, deveral members gave interestiog readings and recitations, and altogether a very pleasant evening was gpent. The subject for next meeting will be a debate on the advantages of married life as compared with single blcseedness, when is is to bi expected that a large number will turn out, ladies especially. Winton. — A meeting of ratepayers was held ia the Oddfellows' fcfftli on Thursday eveniog, when there were bitween 20 and 30 p:esent. On the motion of Mr McLeod 'he Mayor (Mr Jamicson) took the chair. He said that he called the meetiog at the request of 32 of the ratepayers who wanted to know how the Corporation stood fiaan-ialy. H« waß*orry tostate ihat he ou d not give rhem * correct statement as their inctß'igationa were no r ' pompkted, anl he would prefer if the mcfi'i k were held over un'il the books wer* examined thoroughly. On the motion of Mr McLeod, seconded by Mr Beilly, the meeting was adjourned ; due notice to be given by the Mayor when the next meeting would be held, HOW About the MINEKS ? — lf it is really true that a Durham engineer has discovered a method of raising steam which will eScct a saving of 70 per cent, of coal, the greatest reform ever known in the history of our naval and mercantile marine is at hand (writes the St. James* Budget}. The Btruria, of "the Ounard line, concumes 280 tons o£ coal per day, and if 70 per cent, of thin can be saved the gain in valuable freight Bpace will be very great. In warships the lack of banker accommodation for sustained fast steaming has always been a matter of regre*. This, if the discovery is true — and it is said that it is weil vouched for— will no longer be the case. Shipbuilders, if they make full use of the discovery for purposes of speed, will be able to raise steam enough for 30 miles an hour, and go give vi the longpromiied four-day passage to America, The Effect op a Fashion. -A remarkable run upon black wool occurred at the April salea in London, it being in demand for natural colours. In many instances the bales of black brought from 2 1 to 6£d per lb more than the best of the clip in which they belonged, scoured black realising up to 2s 5rJ, and greasy up to 17d. Although no reason is given for this advance there can be little doubt that it was caused by the increased demand for Dr Jaeger's pafcenb all-wool clothing, one of tie patentee's ofcipulationa being that as far as possible no dyes should be used. It is therefore evident that '■ baa, baa, black sheep" is, for a time at least, to be in brisk demand, as most people would prefer something darker than merino for a tweed suit. Those who follow Dr Jaeger sleep in merino sheets, have stockings with " fingers" for their toes, and " biled shirts'' are an abomination to them. Every article of clothing must be wool, even to the fittings and linings of the outer garments, Dibect Ship,— The handsome clipper ship America which arrived at the Blufi yesterday, is the visible sign of a determination on the part of local shippers to help themselves, and, taken in connection with the departure of the s.s. Beeswing for Melbourne with 14,000 sacks of grain, should be a strong hint to the Union and direct shipping companies to p&y ft little more attention to the requirements of Southland in the way of giving greater facilities for the oversea carriage of our produce. The America has been chartered principally to relieve the colonial markets of our chief agricultural staple, oats, which have for some time been realising better prices in London than can be obtained in Mejbpurne or Sydney. The America is a remarkably fine ship, and among the largest t&at have been berthed at the Blui£ to load, aad as there is at present a large amount ci grain at the port the work of loading should go on merrily and the ship get away early. The strongest inducement to ship by the America is thejrate of freight— HOs per ton— which should be quite ref nsding to exporters aftej? the high rates they have had to pay because of the imaginary dangers &nd delays with which interested parties have credited , the port. The charterers deserve to be con. gramlated for their enterprise in securing ?UCh. & foe Y8«!«i ftt 94 moderate i rats,

Entertainment . — A concert was given in the floutk Inyercargill Town Hall on Thursday evening in aid of the funds of the choir, which has been formed in connection with the services held there every Sunday by the members of the Wesleyan Ohnrch. The Xcv, * Mr leitt presided and contributed a couple of recitations, while the Misses Wood, Rillstone, Pickfoi-d, Mfteoo (2), and Mc.Ylillan, Mr J. Wesney, and Master. A. Oriap also materially assisted in the evening's entertainment. Miss Smith ably presided at the o.'gati. A Ranoatika Ntji. — A correspondent smda tho O. D. Times the following inte'"e«tiag particulars of a Maori f anoral :— " On Tue«d»y )a9t. in the little churchyard of the Maori Kaik, Moeraki, a gathering of Natives and Ku.opeans assembled to pay the last token* of lenpect to the memoiy of Rawi:i Tc Matnaru, native magistrate for the distries who died on the 13th May last. Tfee funeral of the dece*sed would have taken place earlier, b ,t iv order to give friend" from a distance an opportunity of intending, the date of interment was fixed for Tuesday last. Frifnds came from North and Botith, from Kaiapoi, Temukn, and far off Siewart Island, A massive concrete vault had been prepared to receive the remains of the deceased, which were enclosed in a leaden coffin. Glass had been inserted both in the lid of the coffia aud in the roof of the vault, so that the stars by iii^ht and the sun by day will still look down on the face of : the dead chief. Toe Rev. Wynler Blatb- > wajt conducted (in Maori) the funeral aer-' j vice, wiiich was tint of the Church of Kng- | l«nd ; and it wag inexpressibly sad lo reflect that one was listening to a dying i language anaict the survivors of a noble but peiisfciog race. Bawiri Te Mamaru was appointed a Native magistrate as far back as 18tH »Dd wai highly respected by his own people as well ati by the Europeans with whom be was brought in contact. The sittipg of the Native Laud Court at Temuka was suspended on the day of his funeral as a token of the great esteem in which he was held. On the memorial stone above his remains an inscription, in Maori has been cut, showing that among the natives of New Zealand his pedigree snd position were of the noblest. He had attained the patriarchal age of 79 " Temperance Lecture.— The Bey. F. W. Isitt deiivered an instructive, amusing, and effective lecture in St. Pau'i's Wesleyan Bchoolroora yesterday evening, his subject being —" R. T. Bootb, hi« Pathos and Humcur." The Rev. A. H. Stobo occupied the chair, and the audience, if not extiemely large was very appreciative. The lecturer commenced by explaining how he had come to choose bin subject. During Mr Booth's New Zealand tour he had beeo unable to visit several tovvns, and considerable disappointment bad been felt in many place?. One of these io*ns was Asbburton, where the audience was almost cougregating when it was learned that Mr Bjoth could not come, and ia this emergency be (Mrl*itt) contented to deliver sn address about Mr Booth. The lecturer then proceerlei to describe scents and incidents in Mr Booth's parly life, narrating bow he had gone through the American war, lighting on the northtrn side, almost unscathed ho far as bodily injury was concerned and wholly so by the temptations with which he was becet. At a later period, however, Mr Booth yielded to a requeit to take a glass of wine and some two months afterwards was a degraded drunkard. His (Mr Booth's) sub'pquent restoration to temperance principles and the means by which it was effected were described, and several occurrences in hia own experiences were recounted, the lecturer inters, sraing his remarks with many of the pa'he'ic and humourous anecdotes with which Mr Booth's addresses usually abounded. He (Mr Isitt) «lso spoke geuerally of the evils of intemperance and the dangTS of moderate drinking, stating inter alia, that more drunkards were to be seen in Invercargill on a Saturday than could be seen in Christchurch, although the latter place had twice th^ population. He concluded hy an eloquent appeal to all to sign the iiledgp, a rflut.ongu to which a number of ladies and gentlemen responded. Daring the evening the choir Bang several selections, and solos were giv*>n by two ladies. The next lecture Mr Ibitt anuounced would consist of an account of Mr Booth's military experiences. Tailoring. — The new net cash prices for rnade-to-order clothing *t the Exhibition are as low in proportion as the prices of other g^ods which ate attracting public att-ntion. A large sto:k of the best 'coatings, trouserings, and suitings to chaose from. Specially low quotations for youths' suit.-. — Thomson' & Bkattie Unshaken ia popularity by the competition of worthless imitations and importations men maliciously represented to be equally remediil, or to posasßS tho same qualities. Wolfe's Schnapps will soon drive from the field taese trashy competitors.