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Southland Times, Issue 9547, 17 June 1887, Page 2

KAISER WILHELM.— The venerable Emperor of Germany hag had a relapie, and is now in a low condition, Lake Exclusion.— The Lake W«katipu •5.3. Co: elsewhere announce cheap excursions by their steamers during the holidays in honour of H.Cd.'s. Jubilee. Colonial Bank— Mr W. Younf? having retired from tbe service Mr W. B Viger* h »» been appointed manager of the 00lo nlßl Bank in'invcrcargill,_7ro tern, Sale Withdrawn.— The s^lc of a Robeys engine and other articles advertised by -VicArdell and Oo as to be held under distraint for rent, at Waikiwi to-day, has been withdrawn. Bankrupt Estate.— The highest tender for the book deb. 8 in the estate of D. Roche, which were valuei in the debtor's statement at L 2500, was L3lO. So far the tender has not been accepted. The Nobth Wabd.— We are authorised to say that Mr Charles Freeman will be a candidate for tbe representation of. the Nortb Ward in the Borough Council at the approaching election. Cousty Council.— lt is elsewhere notified that meetings of ratepayers under the Southland County Council will be held at Wyndhatn and Sharks Tooth during the present month in connection with projected road deviations in these districts. HobticultUbal SOClETY.— Members of this Society are reminded that the annual busings meeting takes place to-night. The Committee will meet at 7.30. We have been requested to state that anyone interested in the Society's objects, although non-members, will bt gladly welcomed at the meeting. Dipton Items — Our correspondent writes: —I atn informed on good authority that Mr B, D. McLachlan retires from the political artf na. — Timber is arriving for the new schoothouse at Riverside. This ib satisfactory, fi the present building is now far too small The little mes are making rapid progrete, *hieh reflects to the teacher's credit, Tktß project has been an immense success, To-nigut.— A social meetiDg of St, Paul's Presbyterian Band of Hope will be held in 1 the Temperance Hall thie evenmg. A special feature of tke entertainment will be that the whuk- programme of instrumental and vocal music, recitations and dialogue*, will be carried out by the young members who have uever performed in public- They have been practising assiduously for the last three months 1 and should give a good account of themselves. Aim-no Work IN Sttet.— Anyone who likes to take a stroll in Dee street this morning will have an opportunity of seeing some of the most artistic work in butchers' smail goods that has ever been exhibited here. Mr Steel, who has charge of this department io Messrs Organ and Co's, haa been at it lave and early for some time, and beliefs that on this occasion he has eclipsed all his former efforts. The principal decorations are a clock tower, with a going clock in it, a representation of ;a battery under attack by cavalry, and a field with a race horse as the principal figure. Gobr Borough Coukcil*— 'At an ad journed meeting of the Council held on Monday evening, sundry minor works were directed to be executed, and the sale of tbe debentures was completed. A legal opinion from Messrs Haggitt Bros, and Breut is to be obtained aa to raiiwajjsroaeings and fencing* and upon the opinion, given by MessM Sievwright, Stont and 00. re overpayment to the drainage contractor. Payments to tbe amount of LSO were authorised, inaluding L 23 to the Fire Brigade, a shelter-shed for their plant being also to be elected. It was resolved to meet in future on every fourth Monday of the month, A Painful Incident, — The saddest case in connection with the terrible railway accident at Windsor is, perhaps, that of the young) man William Bunting. Wednesday. 11th May, was the 21it anniversary of his birthday, and great preparations had been made for the celebration of the event in the evening by a ball, to which a great namber ot guests had been invited. He left town a little earlier than usual to prepare himself for the festivities which were to follow in his honour. What mnat have been the anguish of the parents when the mangled remains of their son were brought home on a stretcher, just a3 the guests were assembling to celebTate his birthday ? 11 Thb Sound of a Voice that is Still." In the house of Thomas A. Edison, at Llewellyn Park, is a remarkable memento of Beecher, The inventor's phonograph for impressing on a soft metal abeet tbe utterances of the human voice, and then emitting it again by the turning of a crank, has never been put to any very valuable use, and Edison ha 9 only gained from it a few thousand dollars in royalties from exhibitors. But he utilised it to make a collection of famous voices. Since be became famouf, his visitors have included hundreds of celebrities. Instead of asking them for their autographs, he has, in two or three hundred instances, requested them to speak a few sentences into a phonograph. He has kept the plates in a cabinet, and occasionally he runs some of them through the machine, which scuds out the words exactly as uttered. Edison is probably the only man who can revive the silenced voica of the great prenqher,— < Philadelphia Ximee. I

Tbaffio Stopped. — The express from In- 1 vereargill did not get through to Daaedin yeaterday evening owing to a portion of the line through the Taieri having been washed away by heavy flood w&tera; Bail wat Plant and Sleepjsbs. — In his annual report on the progres* of railway works in the colony the Engineer-in-Ohief gives the following information :— ln addition to the lartue quantity made at the Government workshops, various articles of plant have been manufactured for the department by private firms in the principal centres — for inatance, staam-cranes at Wellington, and points and crossings at Dunedin. A considerable quantity of sleepers has been obtained during the year. The creoaoting works in Southland have been quite successful: 88,000 of the 150,000 eleeperi contracted for have now heen supplied. The creoaoting plant can turn oat 15,000 sleepers a month when working full time. JDBiiiHB Notions. —According to our correspondent the Queenstown people have hit on a " pretty conceit " ; they are going to leave moat of the Jnbiiee tree^planting to their children. There is something in this— fancy a white - headed citizen of sixty, seventy or even eighty years hence pointing to or sitting in the shade of the tree he planted in honour of his sovereign in the year of grace 1887. Another notion that might be worked up in town even yet would be to erect stand-pipes with branches in two of the garden blocks, and improvise fountains by the aid of the steam fire engine. This haß been done <slcewnere with good effect. An Auckland telegram this morning seta forth another and better mode of celebrating the Imperial event, namely, by feeding the hungry. This also is worthy of imitation. We have, as Mr Dalrymple^ nays, many families among us at present whose fare is of the moit meagre kind, and to whom the general rejoicings must savour of mockery of their destitution, Can nothing be done to make them— and especially :he little ones — look back apoQ the Jubilee with pleasure ? Becoming a Nuibinck. — The Borough Council appear to be taking ilarm at the number of application* for have to erect hanging signboards at right angles to footpaths. The Council of a few /ears ago set their faoes »g*inst these monstrosities, which are turning our city into a second Hong Kong, and declined all such application?, Perhaps the Council are not awrare that the real object of some of these suns is to smother up the banner of " t'other fellow " who is in the same Hue of bu»:u8«8. There can be no question that these aeavy wooden structures, in Borne cases insuffisiently stayed, menace public safety and it might ba a nice question to decide who would be responsible if a citieen were made a eebject for the hospital through the fall of ons of them. If the cWic fathers cannot now h fairness refuse all such applications they might at least stipulate that these insignia of trade should be skeletonised, bo that the wild could blow through them. The Borough Engineer, wita his experience of Melbourne, will be able to give the Council information as to how it is done. The best way out of »he difficulty, however, would fee to abolish the lot »ud place all business people on tbe same footing It is evident that if evtry shopkeeper in Dee street were to hang oitf such a Bign their value for trade purposes would be nil. Fast Days in Scotland.— The Edinburgh correspondent of The Times -ecords a remarkable change in tbe feelings and opinions of the Scottish people. Ever since the days of Knox, B&cr&oaeritaA fast cUys have been observed by them— in past times rigorously observed. Their observance sas once enforced by a system of excommuiicatioa and boycotting too terrible to be faced by any but the boldest rebels ; and the kirk might call in the sheriff and other secu'ar powers to punish those who did not abstah from business on fast days. Gradually, however, modern opinions have made themselves felt, and many persons, including someof the most faithful adherents of the churches, have declined to epend two days in tin year iv the only way which once seemed permissible. The fast day has b3come a secular holiday ; the churches are empty, the excursion trams are full, and so often are the publichouses. [n large towns especially people fire rapidly losing sight of the original meaning of the institution. Some of them scaroely know whether they owe it to John Knox or Sir John Lubbock. It is to the credit of the good sense of some of the presbyteries of the various Scotch charches that they have frankly recogniaed the change which hns come to pass. The Glasgow pruhytcries oi the three great Presbyterian todies nome time ago recommended that two holidays should be substituted for the fact days. The presbyteries of Edinburgh have row done the same j and it is anticipated that their action will be copied in most parts of Scotland. Tha clergy, even if they wished to resist the desire for change, con Id not ; and they have done wisely in surrendering grac;fully to a demand which had become too sroag to be repressed, and. in recommending That would have been done without their approbation if not with it. Spubqeon on the Beer Bock.—Speaking at the fifth anniversary of he Metropolitan Tabernacle Blue Ribion Total Abstinence Society; Mr Spurgeoi said that he would ike to hear what w s tie reaaon of these limited liability comfanfes for tbe transference of breweries, distilleries, and such like. Wa« it a bad sign, o: was it a good Sign T Was it that the geulecnen who u»d ai«de a good deal of monty in them wanted to save what they had go, ? He was not an old hand at understand 105 these myeteriee. He heard that several clergymen had applied for share* in the« breweries. He wondered what Christian pecple did with the dividends from these compares. What did they wash the money in befcre they took it 1 Perhaps some of these brethren were of the same mind as the negro minister who uaed to preach with considerable eloquence. Someone asked. Sambo how he lived. Re answered that sse preached anl lived by speculation, " And what do yai speculate in?" " Mass*, I sell chicken?.' "Well," returned the other, " but where io you get the chickens from V "Wy toys brings 'em at night " "And where do your boys get the chickens from?" " New, honey," the negro answered, " dont't you inquire too much. The fact is, I was going to inquire rayaelf, but a revival burst up, sad 1 nave not had time to ask the boys aboU it, so we have gone on Belling the chickeia." Temperance advocates would probably inquire, even if the " Sambos " did not, where the chickens came from. If they ould sometimes trouble the conscience of those who would pocket the fool's pence, thsy had, he thought, a right to do 10. Legalised Robbesy. — It is pretty plain (gaya the Evening Btar) that we aaye not yet heard the laot and worst of the Midland failway scheme. Ministers avow, with charming candor, that there were aooie things which they could not divulge to the House, and it may be accepted as certain that these things are not of such a nature sb t> increase parliamentary confidence in Government management. Then the peculiar code of dealing with the land on the iVest Coast must be remembered. Firit, the Government reserve all the level land, but when the syndicate resented this procedure the reservation was withdrawn ; but the reservation was not made public, because to have done so wonld have provoked tha hostility of the Westland members. So the revoking proclamation was quietly pigeon-holed, sad when the subject was broached in the House the guileless member for Hokitika actually got up and lauded the withdrawal of the lands. Great must have been his astonishment when he was informed that this nice arrangement had been upset by a second proclamation dated ii March last. It IB now asserted that a new device haa been resorted to, and that by a side wind accomplishment of the object desired has been attained. An amended Mining Bill, to all appearances a harmless bat u^cesaary measure, was forced through Parliament in the last hours of its existence ; and by the operation of one clause in this Rill the public cheat is threatened, it is said, with ravage . As the law stood, when freehold land waß resumed for mining purposes, the local bodies within whose limits the land was were to pay the requisite compensation ; but. as the law has now been altered, one moiety of such compensation^ is to be Jpaid by the Colonial Treasurer. This seems fair enough, but how will it work 1 Whatever land the Midland Railway Company may select on the West Coast will be declared to be auriferous, and be resumed ,at the cost of the State. It is estimated by those who understand such matters that this pretty little clause will certainly coat the country half a million oi money, sod pesfc&ps ft great deal m,Qr.§,

I A Ohazy Venture.— Coi. Gildea,; who ! started for the North Pole in August last wi*h & flourish of trumpets, has returned to tfew Tork for supplies. The papers made merry over his failure. This bombastic 11 knrnel " was going to show how the North should ba reached. He had only one companion. Juvenile Footballers.— A match wm Uke place at Riverton on Saturday between teams representing the Invercargill High school and the Jtliverton District High school (past and present). Invercargill team : — Bain, Borrie, Bow*, Grigor, Irvine, Howella, Hankinson, Macdonald, Macpherson, Matheson (2), Morgan, Rogers, Tapper, Wade. Riverton team : Go'ding, Mills <2), O'Riclly, Mirrilees, Robertson, Winton, Clark (2), OanseUs, Akhurst, Stewart, Printz, Geary, Pankhurat. Tailoring. — The new net caßh prices for made-to-order clothing ftt the Exhibition are as low in proportion as the prices of other goods which are attracting public attention. A large etock of the best coatings, trouserings, and | suitings to cheoße from. Specially low quota- J tions for youths' suits.— Thomboh & Bhattib Suited to a T.— To all in search of a really first-class Tea at a reasonable price, Baxter's Famous "Royal Choice" at 18s per box is strongly recommended as being of very superior value. All 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 Greit Bargains of Clothing, Drapery, Boots and Shoep, at McLeod Brothers, Caledonian Warehouse. Men's Suits, 10s 6d and 19s 6d, strong tweed •, Boys' Suits, 3s lid, up; Blankets, «s 6(4; Best Wool, 2«s lid lb; Men's Heavy Shirts, Is 3d ; Woollen Drawers, 2s lid ; Waterproof Coats, from 12a 6d ; Flannel, from 6£d per yard ; Men's Hats, Socks, Ties, at desparately low prices. Everj r buyer should examine the goods. Terms cash. How to Gain Flhsh and Strength.— Take after each meal about » tablespoonful of "Scott's Emu'aion of Pare Cod Liver Oil with Hypophoaphites." It ia almost as palatable as milk, and easily digested. The rapidity with which delicate children and sickly people suffering from weakness and wasting diseases improve and thrive upon this diet is truly marvellous. As a remedy for Consumption, Throat Affections, and Bronchitis, it is unequalled by any other preparation in the world. Use it and try you weight. All Chemists sell large and sma bottles. " A Thing of Beauty is a Joy for Ever."— l he preservation of beauty, so dear to all, will make them welcome " Saphederma " as not only. an elegant addition to toilet requisites, but a decided beautirier lor the complexion. It effectually removes spots, freckles, and pimples from the face, and produces a delicate freshness to the Bkin surprising to all who use it.— The Specialty Mf tg. Co, 3 Flinders street W. Melbourne. Local agents : J. Hatch & Co, who will post Pamphlet on Dr Hope's Cure for Rheumatism and Gout on receipt of I d stamp.