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Southland Times, Issue 11672, 28 February 1891, Page 2

Massky ok Hoknsiiy. — The disputed point as to whether the Alassey or the lloinsliy nj,n;liii;o "liould be awarilcl first j.rizo in co:mi'ctiwn with ihv recent icHp^r und binder trial will be decided at a meeting (>t the directora of the Southland A. and P. Society to-day. Au impression has g.iined so me. ground that the meeting is to be a general one of members of the Society, but according to the rulee tha point at issue U OJje fop the directors alone to decide,

Cablegrams. — Her Majesty ha<s launched a very large warship with an historic aud appropriate name. Cardinal Mauuing and Mr Buxton are about to attempt to patch up another peace between the dockers and shipowners. The statement that the friends of Mrs Muybrick, convicted of poisoning her husband in Liverpool two ye.trn ago, are hopeful of procuring her release is repeated. The Chilian (iovcrnment seems unable to resist the rebels. Tho conditions in which the four miners existed for 19 days in an : American mine are probably unparalleled. ! The wool sales closed with prices at " firm." , Mr Fitzgerald has got a reply to Mr : Champion into the Ninteenth Century. He i talks about the nex r , elections being the Moscow of the capitalists in Australia. The allusion is an unfortunate one for Napoleon and his (Irand Army were involved in one common disaster. The Manchester trade is very dull. Tho rabid hatred of the French to everything (Jerrnan is shown by the offensive manner in which th« Dowager Empress Frederick is spoken of because she has visted I'aris. Ji'VE.Mi.i: Oitkkin<;s. — On the suggestion of Mr Orr, headmaster of the Park School, the children attending there yesterday con- | tributed L'J Is "id to the Kakanui Relief Fund. The bulk of the sum came in subscriptions of one penny as Mr Orr li.nl suggested. A Mai.kvolknt Bki'tk. — A man named Thomas Thomas was sentenced to four years' imprisonment the other day at Sydney on a charge of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on a young woman named Mary Kelly. The prisoner attempted to speak to Miss Kelly in the street, and when she resented his impertinence and threatened to give him in charge he struck her in the face, inflicting injuries which caused permanent disfigurement. Is UK Sarcastic ?— As a specimen of nice reporting we (Bruce Herald) give the following from b Southern paper : -■" The new church at Oteramika was opened on the 18th inst. by a soiree, when the church and (later on) those who attended, appeared to be comfortably rilled. The edibles were served by the " rosy cheeked " young folk connected with the Bible class." The constructor of these senteuces, which have " caught on ' the fancy of our contemporary was our Woodlands correspondent, a young tradesman whose journalistic experience is limited. There is nothing of the newspaper hack about the composition. The Harvest. — Harvesting operations have now been fairly commenced in the Myross Bush, Mabel Hush, Roslyn Bush and adjoining localities, and in the course of a few days will probably be general throughout the Ungth and breadth of that fertile district. The crops, excellent in some parts and poor in others, are expected to yield an all-round good return, perhaps not <|tiite tip to that of last year but still of a highly satisfactory natuie Root crops are looking remarkably well, two notable examples bring on the respective farms of Messrs Calvert and Halliday, Myross Bush, where ther are fields of turnips presenting a truly mag" nificcnt appearance. Matatka. — The Town Board met on the 24th inst, Messrs Cameron, McLaggan, Clark, and A. Mac(»ibbon being present. Mr H. Cameron was voted to the chair. Dr. Stockwell wrote intimating a case of diphtheria in the township. The Southland County Council forwarded LlO 4s b'd as subsidy towards clearing Waimuiru stream. Accounts amounting to L 7 !>s Sd were passed for payment. Harvest operations are just commencing. Crops all round are exceptionally good and it is well .so, for the small birds are taking their toll ; the crops nearest the bush suffering most. — Own correspondent. i Rivkkton. — The very important mining suit was commenced on Thursday in the Warden's Court here. The applicants for a claim, Messrs Lee, Hudson, and Young, had pegged off a piece of ground lying inside the pegs of Cong Fun and party s claim at Round Hill. To this application Cong Fun and party objected and employed on their behalf Mr Turton, of (Jueeustown. The applicants were represented by Messrs Port and Brodriek. After much argument on man}' points, notably that the applicants had pegged off the ground In/tin, taking out miners' rights to represent it, the Warden decidid to hear the objectors' evidence. The taking of this occupied until 1 p.m. yesterday and then the Warden adjourned the case nin il Tuesday next in order to obtain a plan of the ground from an authorised surveyor. — Own correspondent. Thk SEyi'EL. — The other day the R.M. Court action, Singer Machine Co. v. C. V. Rnini'.i, was reported in th»so columns, the claim b.'ing mn 1 of L'J."> 1.")- for hire of a scwinu' miciuM" for five yars, the d.-f.-iv'tnt having failed to exereis" his right to purchase. Judgment was given for the amount claimed, but the local agent of the company informs us that it is not his intention to enforce the claim: he will be content if the defendant will pay the balance remaining of the original price of the machine, namely, L 4 .Is, and the costs of the action ; the defendant to have the machine. If this offer is accepted, as there is little doubt it will be, there will be an end of the matter. The company only took action in order to establish their rights in this and similar cases, and the defendant may consider himself very fortunate in so easily getting out of a light place. i Sayini; Fakf.vvKJX. — About ."iO gentlemen, chiefly those connected with the export trade of the district, assembled in tbe (_ resoent Hotel yesterday evening to bid good bye to Mr W. A. Kennedy, local manager for the Union S.S. Company, who is leaving Invercargill to assume a higher position in the Company's service in Dunedui. Mr Turnbull was called upon to preside, and in pro- ! posing Mr Kennedy's health expressed in i most felicitous terms the sentiments of esteem and personal friendship entertained for ! Mr Kennedy by all in the room and by inaiiy ! who had found it impossible to attend He I complimented Mr Kennedy very highly on his business abilities, and on his gentlemanly demeanour towards all with whom he was brought into contact in business matters. • His exceptionally agreeable disposition i ami deportment in the social circle was j also duly recognised, and, while all his ! friends could not but congratulate him on , his deserved promotion, the greatest regret j was experienced that one so sincerely ' esteemed, and whose preseu:e in the corn- ■ inanity was so greatly appreciated, both as \ a business man and as a citizen, was about ito leave for another sphere of duty. He ' (the chairman) assured Mr Kennedy that he j carried with him the warm ivgard of all the ] people of this town and district who had 1 had the pleasure of knowing him and their heartfelt wishes for his future welfare and prosperity. In the name of a larger number thau were present he (Mr Turnbull) had to accompany the sentiments he had so made■- ' quatfdy expressed with a little material token of goodwill which would perhaps remind the recipient occasionally of the friends he had made iv luvercargill. ,Tl»e souvenir consisted of a double set of carvers, in atagxhorti and beautifully silver mounted. Mr Kennedy replied in a very brief hut very airptopriate and feeling speech. He had beet) taken entirely by surprise in the matter of the handsome presentation and the unexpected—he was afraid the unmerited — kindness and liberality of his friends had rather overcome him. He could only say that he fully appreciated the many kind things said by the chairman, and would never forget them. His career here had not bfc;en very long, only about two years, but he seemed to have fallen into the good graces of the people from the very first and his numerous friendships seemed to him to be of much older standing than was to be measured by the period of his residence. He thought that feeling was due, not to any merit in himself, but to the fact that the people of this place seemed blessed with a very large, share of the milk of human kindness. He left Invercargill with very great regret and would never cease to look back to his short residence in it with feelings of great satisfaction and goodwill. A large number of coasts including " Mrs Kennedy," " the LJ.S.S. Co," " the Exporters of Invercargill," "the Ladies," ''the Press," and "the Chairman " — followed. In these Messrs Tothill, Carswell, J. E. Watson, .Styles, Carlyle, Fisher, Williams, (.lilinour, and H. Feldvviok took part either as proposers or iv response. A great number 1 of songs were excellently snug during the evening, ami the most enjoyable proceedings were reluctantly brought to a close about eleven o'clock by the company joining in Auld Laog

FiXAr,.— ln the Divorce Court, Dnnedin, ypßteriluy, iv the case May v. May, decree mi.--/ wa.-4 made absolute. The parties were married in invereargill and resided here for several years. ; Tine Anclku's Pakauisk.— Tho Chuha Leader rt:|> ifts tbat, the l'uinalmka is now teeming with fish, and some capital baskets have recently been obtained by Victorian and D.uiedin anglers, no less than I SOI I) having l>ueu taken by four sportsmen in two days out of this stream. It speaks volumes for our Xi'W Zealand rivers, when squatters and other lovers of this favourite pastime come all the way from Victoria to enjoy this ! manly and exhilarating sport. A gentle- , man, well known in Clinton, last week erected a spacious and well furnished tent on j the hanks of the Poinahaka, in the Burning ! Plains district, about 16 miles from Cliuton, j for tile accommodation of anglers, which it is believed will turu out a good spec. A Fatkkti, Day. — The F,ake County Press says that according to current report, David j McXidder, who was killed on Thursday last . on the Frank ton Beach dr-'dge, was heard ! to remark thai tho l!)th of February was an important ope in his life. It was on that day of the mouth named that he was married, that his first child was born, that (a year j later) it died, that he was shipwrecked, and that finally he met, his death. On the morning of the day of his death ho said "he wondered what would happen that day." iloNidder is said to have been careless of the welfare of his wife and family, resident in Dundee, but the fact that his life was insured for Lf><H) with tho Government Insurance Association seems to indicate the reverse. Ho.vr Ai'iiDKNT. — On Monday last while (ieorge Allen and George Smith, of Nugget Hay, were out fishing off the Nuggets, a heavy sea arose, and iv endeavouring to land, the boat was struck by a sea and both were thrown into the water. Smith caught an oar, but being a good swimmer gave it to Allen, and himself succeeded in reaching the shore after a hard struggle for more than an hour. Nothing was then seen of Alii a who was given up for lost ; but one of Mr Mcfvinlay's daughters, when returning homo in the evening, saw him struggling in the surf, and went in and pulled him ashore. Ho was very much exhausted, and said that three times he had had his feet on the beach but had been swept back, and he would in all probability have been drowned but for Miss Mcfvinlay's plucky assistance. A Mkke Fi.earitk. — The Economist points out that one of the prominent financial features of the past year has beuu the distrust evinced towards land, mortgage, ! and loan companies whose operations are chiefly confined to the colonies. The capital invested in these companies (excluding those financed locally) has increased during the last seven years from L' 20,000,000 to L 00 ,000 ,000. If the capital invested in mortgage and loan companies of purely Australasian origin be added probably the total would exceed LIOO,00(),000. The mere statement of these figures is suftijient to indicate the cause of the existing depression. The introduction of so much additional capital lias created a competition for business which has necessarily proved less profitable than of old, and very probably very much less safe. Almost without an exception the shares of the best known land mortgage and loan companies trading in the colonies show a decline which holders of such stock must regard with some dUijuietu.de, or at any rate disappointment. The Xkw Ma^sky Binder. — A trial of the new Massey reap -v and binder took place on the farm of Mr William Halliday, Iloslyn Bush, yesterday, and proved in every se:i.~e satisfactory and successful. A number of minor improvements have been made on the former Masaey machine, but the principal one in the new impleneut i* in connection with the raising and lowering apparatus. By a simple yet ingenious contrivance this apparatus is added without interfering wiiii vie simplicity of the other gearing, the whole of which is still driven by the main shaft the same as in a stationary axle binder. This is claimed to be a great advantage, it being apparent that the simpler the gearing the lighter the draft, tho easier the work, and the less the liability to get out of order. The paddock chosen for the trial was one of about forty acres of cats, heavy in some places light ra others and probably averaging over forty bushels to the acre. The machine did its work in such a manner as to meet with the unqualified approval of the fanners who were present. Jn the places where the crop was thin and in the places where it was thick and heavy, where it was ripe, and iv one small patch where it was green and tangled, the sheaves were uniformly wellshaped, piznil, and tightly bound, and the unanimous \crdict was that the binder worked very sweetly and smoothly. The makers' expert, Mr J. D. Ellis, was present, but the greater pare of the driving was done by Mr Halliday himself, Mr A. L. Wilson (of Wilson, Tame and Co, the local agents for the machine) and others taking a round or two. The ease with which the implement was handled by these nonexperts was cousidered a high point in its favour, since it showed that capital work could be done without the aid and unremitting attention of a specially skilled workman. The binder thus tested has been sent to this country so that the representatives of t he makers may test it and rind what alterations are necessary to make it thoroughly suitable to the crops of this country. Its perfect adaptability tograsscuttingisoneof tho main objects in view, and the manufacturers' representatives ure confident that that object will bo completely attained. They hope by next season to place on the market a machine which will suit in every way the requirements of the New Zealand farmer. ij it sum —Wo h*ve pieasiue in int. mating '-o our fnea«is th i Wi.' oave e>2 'gei Miss Spvirs to takf charge of our Dre j sm king D partnr:nc. Miss Speira has h»'J a spleud.d experiece, and comes recomtneu ! ed in the liigue-t, term* by people wuoau ta j te v» to sty c aud fit iv drcstm iking h unquestionable Mew 'OOJh for the Dre-a Department a' riving by every steamer.— Thomson A Bsattu. Certaudy the meet effective medicine in tbe -voi'ld is -aader & -Son's Kucilpyti Kstrac. 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