The Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1889.

Southland Times, Issue 10201, 5 July 1889, Page 2

The Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1889.

Caulk News.— Chicago, which has beeu the head centre of Fenianisra and Socialism for years past, is apparently waking up to the truth that such " isms " are _ not desirable neighbours. A mass meeting of its citizens has denounced the Clan-na-Gael in unequivocal terms and calls on their Government to sweep the ruthless pack of robbers and assassinators from American soil. Mr Davitt has had further opportunity of explaining his position towards Mr Pcirnell and Irish nationalism. It is probable that had Mr Davifct not lost his arm in a Lancashire printing office when a boy he would never have been a political "agitator." The U.S. Government have done a wise and kindly tiling in presenting the Samoans with tangible proofs that they appreciate their humane action during the great hurricane at Apia : Germany, on the other hand, harps for an indemnity from the poor islanders whose possessions ' have been taken from them "willy-nilly.'^ Some interesting statistics for the colonie"s* are published. It is expected that New South Wales will get Llo3forher 3h per cent loan. The fight with the Dervishes at Assouan was a spirited affair : the British contingent alone/r ounded; up " 500 prisoners. Lord Salisbury has been saying nice things to Nasr-u-deen at Guildhall ; his Shahship respondee! with a nod. The German steamer Worlf has gone tojaluit to bring Malietoa to his own again, A pitiful tale comes from Queensland of a New Zealander named A. G. Fitzherbert. Further news from Stanley shows that he is in desperate straights in his [laborious" march to the sea. Mutton has i " riz "to 6gcl in London. Victorian wines | are covered with honour and medals at the Paris Exposition. Matters Horticultural. — The adjourned annual meeting of the JlorticiUtural Society takes place tonight in. the Ytban street Hall. Too Good.— The latest quotation for oats' in Melbourne, furnished by the Press Association, tvas4ssd. This would appear to be an error for a private cable message received yesterday gave the price as 4s as the price ruling, iv a dull market, Dramatic— The Vivian Draniatic Company, which has been playing with great success in the northern New Zealand towns, aud is now . in Duuedin, will open in the Theatre Royal,. Inveycargill, on the 19th inst., for a season of six nghts. Police Court.— At this Court yesterday morning, before Mr Win. Todd, J.P., an old offender named John Ryan was fined 10a, in default 48 hours' imprisonment for haying been drunk. A first ofjeu<Jey wfl^ 61e9.1i* wifcU i» fcH* usual w*^. - ,

Longbush Ploughing Match.— A gorse J cutting competition was advertised in connection with the match on Wednesday 9 but T. Kelleher was the only man who entered. He was set to work to cut three chains of a rather tough goi*se hedge, and was rewarded with the second prize money, 15s, for his trouble. Contract Let. — The contract for the alteration of existing buildings and erection of a new structure on the site of Messrs Fleming and Gilkison's flour mills, recently destroyed by fire, has been secured by the Messrs Mair, the price being between eleven and twelve hundred pounds. Three tenders in all were made. Winton R.M. Court.— At this court yesterday, before J. S. Hickson, Esq., R.M., C. D. Moore was fined LI, with costs 7s, for a breach of the Slaughter-house Act, in : not sending in returns of animals slaughtered. — In McNickel v. Hickler, a claim of LlO 9s 8d on a dishonoured cheque, judgment was given by default with LI 11s costs. — Millar v. NicholscJh was a claim of LlO 4s, balance of wages due**- Defendant admitted that he owed the plaintiff money, but that she was charging 8s weekly for her services, whereas she was engaged at 6sjjy his sister-in-law. The plaintiff deposed that 3he was engaged at Bs. As the defendant's sister-in-law is in the North Island and he had no witnesses to prove the agreement his Worship gave judgment for the amount claimed, with costs Ll ; remarking that he did not think that 8s a week was too much' for a woman who had five children to look after.— Own correspondent. Mataura.— The return football match, Gore v. Mataura, took place on Wednesday afternoon at Mataura, both teams being strongly represented. Wallis captained the Gore team, and Waddell the Mataura boys. The play in the first spell was prinMpally a defensive one for Gore, and ended with no score. In the second, matters were more even, and the game was a fast one. W. Eadie touched down for Gore, and C J. Humphries for Mataura, neither tries being improved on. The game thus resulted in a draw. For Gore, Eadie, Sayers, and Shallcrass (forwards), and Nurse and McKay (backs), played well ; while for Mataura, Anderson, Waddell, Hay, and Simson (forwards), with Jarvis and Humphries in the back division played splendidly. — Own correspondent. Draughts. — A draughts match was played at Mr Raeside's, Esk street, on Wednesday evening between the Invercargill and North Invercargill Clubs, ten men aside and six games each pair. After two hours' play the Invercargill Club had a majority ; of 19 wins. Considerable interest was taken in the match by a large nu mber of lovers of the game. At the close of the proceeding a vote of thanks was passed to Mr Raeside for the use of his rooms, and attention was drawn to the tournament to be held in Dunedin during the Exhibition. The most successful players for the City Club were Mr Whitaker (who won all six games) ;Mr Heath, 5 (one draw) ; Mr Willcox, 5 (one draw) ; Messrs Turner and Fisher, 5. For Noi'th Invercargill : Mr W. Fraser, 6 wins ; Mr Cheyne, 4 (one draw) ; and Mr J. Anderson, 3 wins. Invercargill Athenaeum Committee. — The ordinary meeting of this committee on Wednesday night was attended by Dr Galbraith (President), and Messrs A. Mair, A. Tame, J. Feldwick, E. Webber, R. Pasley arid R. Tapper. Specimens of the combined catalogue and supplement, and the supplement in a separate cover were laid on the table, and it was decided to sell the former for one shilling, and the latter for threepence. — A list of persons who had not returned books within the prescribed times was laid on tke table ; also of subscribers in arrears. It was resolved to request the Librarian to collect rhe subscriptions. — It was reported that a tenant who temporarily Occupied one of the shops had refused to pay the rent charged on the ground that it was too high. Members considered that it wa3 very moderate, and instructed the Secretary and Treasurer to issue a summons for the recovery of the amount. Is America Getting too Small ? — The colonising (?) of islands in the Pacific, .of semi-barbarous lands, and waste places of the earth by European Governments, will lead to such far-reaching and complicated interests, and make the ocean far more than ever the real link between nations, that the possessor of the strongest navy will be the first among commercial powers. European armies may fight within the confines of Europe. Navies will be the arms of war between nations generally, for the world has now the ocean for its field and nations that are larger than the territorial boundaries of the European continent. It is for these reasons that the United States must have a navy as powerful as the best, not only to protect their own property but to prevent undue interference where the interests of this country demand that [other people shall be left to work out their own political and commercial ends. — New York Maritime Register. The Hydraulic Elevator.— The Mcl" bourne Telegraph in reference to an official visit to the irrigation settlement on the Murray says — Here, at a distance of some v SOO miles from Melbourne, science, courage, and cash have planted in the heart of what was once a waste the germs of prosperous settlements, and of new and most hopeful industries. Messrs Chaffey have expended at Mildura an enormous sum of money ; but the expenditure has been on scientific and practical lines, and even at this early stage in the enterprise the results are visible and assured. In what was yesterday a patch of mallee scrub, worthless to mankind, and tenanted only by the dingo and the wallaby, ■we have to-day a picturesque township, belted with springing orchards, with a State school of 130 children, a coflee palace in course of erection at a cost of over L4OOO. several churches, a local paper, hand-

some villas, and all based on an agriculture fed by perfect scientific methods of irrigation. Nearly a thousand people are settled round Mildura, and their spirit is declared to be one of contentment with the present, and of hope for the future." .... The third great opportunity in our history is given to us by the new policy of irrigation, a policy which weds the waters now running to waste in a hundred rivers to the parched plains where the harvests droop for the lack of moisture, and which will give us not only a hundred earß of wheat for every one we grow now, but a hundred new products for every one we possess now. In this new ami hopeful policy of irrigation it is our good fortune to have a distinct lead, and our future depends upon maintaining that lead. A Close Shave. — About one o'clock yesterday afternoon it was discovered that fire had broken out in an unoccupied apart- i ment on the upper storey of that, building in Dee street which belongs to Mr Langlands of Dunediu, and which is situated between Messrs McLeod Bros' warehouse and Rodgers' buildings. The two shops on the ground floor are occupied by Messrs Thorn and Stead, bootmakers, and Mr Riordan, fruiterer, respectively, the upper floor being .divided into a number of offices, one of which is occupied by Messrs Latham aud Co, architects. About the time stated Mr Latham, who was working in his office, detected the odour of fire, and noticing smoke issuing from one of the empty rooms, gave the alarm. Mr Stead ran up from his shop below and entering the room saw that the studs of the lath and plaster wall near the fire place and the floor adjoining were burning. He managed to gee some water and. threw it on the flames, but the fire had extended up inside the wall, above the ceiling of the room, and had taken hold of the framing of the roof of the building. By tjhis time the fire- bell, had been rung, and the members of both brigades were soon energetically at work. A stream of water was quickly playing on the floor, wall, and ceiling, the hose running from the street below right into the loom, and Captain Stewart, of the Southern Brigade, and others mounted to the space between the ceiling of the room and the roof of the building, where, although almost suffocated with smoke, they succeeded in arresting the progress of the flames. 7?he origin qf the fire is a mystery, although it is possible that qne of three flues running-into the chimney jjisfc below tho floor of the upper storey caijgH fire and that the lining was ignited by the heat from the bricks. A bottle half filled with kerosene was found on the floor of the room, but there is every reason to believe that it had been there for some time previous. Io make good the damage by fij-e asti water wiu pratoU? ' sm ibm\ W*.

The Sparrow War. — At a meeting of [ settlers held at Makarewa on Wednesday night to consider the small birds nuisance question, it was decided to collect subscriptions so as to take advantage of the County Council's subsidy. Subscriptions should be sent early to Mr T. JudgH so that operations may be entered upon while the season is suitable for poisoning. ...Riversdale Endangered. — A petition will shortly be presented to Parliament setting forth that the site of the township of Riversdale ia lower than the Mataura river, but that owing to a high ridge of land between the township and the river all flood waters formerly passed down the plains without encroaching on the township ; that recently during an ordinary flood the water from the Mataura ran down the main street l of Riversdale ; that the sole and only reason for the waters being now diverted to the township is the fact of the RiversdaleSwitzers railway embankment lying like a dam across the plain anil that no sufficient openings for flood water have been made in such embankment ; that in the event of any casualty tha petitioners will hold the Government responsible for all loss and damage as it is entirely through the action of their engineers that the said flood waters have been diverted from their natural course. The petitioners therefore pray to have such flood channels formed through the railway embankment without loss of time. Seed time and harvest, summer and winter, are seasons promised us, and we look for them. Winter is now upon ns with conghs and colds. ROBERTSON'S PEOTOBALINS ib a specific for coughs, oolda, and all affections of the che>t. A trial is all that is necessary to convince the most sceptical that Robertson's PoctoraHne is tho Best ever brought beforo the N Z. public. If a man tells you he keeps the best brands ju-t look if he has Woolfe's Schnapps. If not he has told you an untrnth. Opkrbd.— A repeat order of Cheap Scotch Tweeds. Customers .>ho have waited for them will oblige by calling early, as they will gj very quickly. Also for tailoring purposes, a choice a/isorrment of better trouserings than are generally imported.--THOMSON and Bk&ttib.