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Southland Times, Issue 12784, 18 December 1893, Page 2

Bi-Cameral Government. —An interesting article on this subject is priated on page four of this issue.

Aristocratic in Name Only.—At the Prahran Court last week, Vere Montague, a resident af St. Hilda, was fined for travelling on the railway without a ticket: first class, no less. The Mastery of Pain.—A young woman of Bendigo, Victoria, was last week suffering so severely from facial neuralgia that she kindled a fire in a hollow tree and burned herself to death.

Frozen Mbit Co. —A meeting' is called for to-night at Tfiornbury to consider the proposals at present before the of the above company. , ;

Cheese and Butter.—Messrs McNairn and Co. Glasgow, in their fortiightly cable of the home markets report under date 14th inst.:—Cheese maiket firm and advancing ; butter market is easier, demand is likely to continue good. Popular Apparently.—Messrs Tothill, Watson and Co. report having effected the sale of the Gore Dairy FactoryjCo.’s output of cheese for the current season; This cheese also is going to a Home firm. Sacred Concert.—The Garrison Band intend on Sunday evening next—Christmas Eve—giving an open air sacred concert on the Rotunda, after church hours. The selection of pieces to be played willbe announced on Saturday evening. ' A Shorthand Publication.—The Christmas number of The Phonographic Magazine, published in Dunedin, has broadened its scope and is now also the Typewriting News. A prize Christmas story and a sketch of the failure of the Dunedin Globe are interesting features in the shorthand portion. Typewriting and other matter occupies four pages of letterpress. Personal.—The Rev. J. G. Paterson, of Napier, and the first pastor of St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, Invercargill, arrived at the Bluff by tfie steamer Talune on Saturday. It is some years since Mr Paterson paid his friends here a visit, and he is .now devoting a portion of a well earned holiday to visiting relatives resident here, and renewing his acquaintance with the numerous friends fie made in his congregation and amongst the community during the period of his ministry in St. Pauls. He will be here for a'week or so, ‘ and will no doubt see as many as possible of his old friends.

And no Treat Then.—“ She only kissed me once, and then she: was drunk ! ” That was the burden of a Complaint made by : John Redding, at the District Court, Melbourne, in answer to a charge of having left his wife without lawful means of support. The pair were married in a registry l Office’in Little Lonsdale street on 18 th March last, and directly the ceremony was over the wife, according to her story,, refused to live at a restaurant with <her husband because he “ had no money, and she didn’t want to run up expenses.” She said she had supplied him with money, and declared that he had basely deserted her when he was fortunate enough to obtain employment. He was now nursing an invalid at a salary of 10s per week. Complainant admitted that she had been married on two previous occasions. As she refused to cohabit with her husband the bench dismissed the application for support.

i A Nice Little Help. — The Victorian Government arc about to pass regulations, providing for the payment of a'Government bonus at the rate of L6.per ton , for : Cheddar cheese manufactured in (the colony -.and. exported to foreign countries. A “Round” Voyage.—The s.s Hornby Grange arrived in Melbourne last week, in ballast, from Wales, to load ISiOOO’carcases; of mutton. The steamer has insulated space.' for 52,000 carcases. After loading there, she will proceed to Sydney, and thence to River Plate arid load live stock,"proceeding’ to London. ■ - >'

The Little Spark.—Fifty acres of wheat was destroyed by a spark from a Victorian' locomotive the other day. <.The .engine was burning wood for economy’s sake, but the farmer’s little bill of L3OO. will' knock off good deal of the difference between 'the!; two fuels. However the trouble is|to b's abolished by a new Victorian patent, which is to suck the sparks and smoke back.frhm . the./futinej, and put them-through q;',/ ' The Colonial Treasurer, — Theron?,’j,' G. Ward, after a protracted stay iniuthe North, returned to Invercargill by the express on Saturday. His arrival nbts.’having been publicly announced only a few friends were on the platform to. welcome him, and the quietness of his reception wa's’nd doubt grateful to him, as after the harassments of the late campaign and thehard Ministerial work that must have been gone through since, a period of peace and repose muBt.be very acceptable—as it must be very necessary.. - ■"

Southland Hospital Returns.—Remaining from last week, 18 males and 4 females ; admitted ’during the week, 2 males and 1 female ; discharged, 3 males and 3 females ; died, John Thomas Sims, Wm. Boardman, and Thomas Parris; remaining in the institution, 14 males and 2 females; outpatients treated during the week, 31 males and 25 females. The Secretary- desires; to Acknowledge with thanks the‘receipt of a quantity of linen from Mrs Laehlan Fraser, Waianiwa. Visiting'trustees for this’week :—Messrs A. Dunlop and D. McFarlane. ■

The Juvenile Fair. ; the . inimitable Charles Dickens wrote the Old Curiosity shop in 1841 the renowned Mrs Jarley, Who travelled far and wide with'her 'instructive wax works show, was a middle aged lady. It is not' therefore surprising that lier personal management of the concern Ceased . Ib ? ppears, £J however, that the “ bis ” so byiher continues .to run in various -4uar > t^ r ® of the globe, frequently in ' several at the same time. Madame Bellinskij the-'celebrated successortdthe-management.’out?'herS,: has added a new'fCature- to the 'exhiHitidif quite recently, .as will be seen by all who attend; the above function ’onI*’Wednesday 1 *’Wednesday and Thursday; Professor Stewart - Will", also “be present with the latest, and, of course, the best lime light apparatus, and will show, a magnificent - series ,of slides.. The City Guards Band will enliven proceedings on the first day of the Fair, which Will be opened by the Hoh. J; G.‘ Ward,' Colonial Treasurer.

‘ Should Be Capable of Proof.—Many people at the present time find it extremely difficult to meet their promissory notes—or; as the Cockney says, pea hens—but in this respect they are no worse than the, Government. The three months’ bill the Government gave the Robinson trustees for .the Cheviot estate could not be met, and had to be renewed, we presume in the usual way 5 per cent, for renewal and 2J as interest on the transaction, with charges for stamps, etc. The inability; to' meet the bill is partly accounted for by the fact that the ■ land did not sell. The Christchurch'Press declared that the principal facts of the Cheviot sale have been deliberately distorted for electioneering purposes, and that in reality out of 17,000 acres offered for cash less than 1300 were sold.. It says that the land taken up on perpetual lease is notoriously, in great part, a mere speculation for the sale of chances. The eyes of the estate have been picked out to create an impression, and . the whole thing threatens to be a ghastly failure. A Trade Custom Case.—A Tapanui correspondent telegraphs to the O.D. Times “ In the matter of Perry v. Ward’s Farmers’ Association, Mr Hawkins has delivered a carefully considered judgment. - After a review of the principal decisions as to customs, both local and general, he said he came to the conclusion that if there was a local Invercargill custom to deduct for draft on oats it was of no avail in the face of. a written contract with an outsider. He did not decide there was no such custom in Invercargill; but. was doubtful about .it/ ahd considered that the company should have supported it by better evidence if it existed.” This action was brought to recover a few pounds on a large deal in oats, the seller claiming payment on the gross weight, from which the purchasers had deducted a draft of a pound, or two per sack according to the custom of the trade. It would appear from the Resident Magistrate’s decision that such deduction can only be legally upheld when it is contained in the contract to purchase. - - ' > ... h r ‘i

Sewerage Works.—The new sewer in Conon street, which is perhaps the longest continuous work yet undertaken by the Corporation, is making good progress, a large number of men being employed. The cutting of the trench, which is a very deep one, has shown what a jumbled up foundation of. water deposited drifts the town stands oncreek beds full of rich brown loam and timber, cemented gravel, clays, sandy and plastic and of all hues, one sticking like bird lime to the shovel, another dark as old moulding sand. The work has shown how' useless" the box 'drains ' are. Yesterday while heavy rain was falling a large box under Teviot street was absolutely dry, while a (strong stream was pouring out of a channel cut by the water beneath it. From Puni creek to Tweed street 18 inches glazed pipes were put it, from there southward 12 inch, aud still further on 9 inch pipes will be used. '' The sewer is being connected’ with all tfie'aftffto the east of it, and will drain about- one-fifth of the town. It is much below the level of the brick sewers put into the cross streets some years ago, and these have had to be broken up for some distance back to make the connections, thus illustrating the unwisdom of going about such work .without a definite plan and end in view.

A Tough Subject.—So numerous (says the Argus) are the allegations to be met by the plaintiff in the Speight v. Syme case','and'so wide is their range, space, time, and -char-, acter, that the wonder grows daily that one small head can carry all the answers. But; Mr Speight never falters or fails. He is equally familiar with the gravel pits of Wooroonoke and thecoal mines of Gippsland, tfie level crossing at * Rochester and the overhead crossing at Toorak. He was called upon, yesterday to .defend his action; in many diverse matters, and his answer, was always prompt and clear,. He; agreed ,to pay Id a yard to the contractor for the Melbourne docks to put. the soil in.the place re : quired to reclaim railway land; because the contract made with the Harbour Trust allowed the contractor to deposit it on the boundary of the railway; reserve, and pit: would have cost 3d per yard to pick it up again. He paid . 19s a fon .fqr coal from, Coalville wheii the Newcastle pride was;l7s 6d, because’- there were a great* many ad • vantages to be gained by; encouraging a local supply, and also because thb Coalville Coin-' pany did not take advantage of the strike to ’ demand an extortionate price.’ It was ’nbtcorrect, as alleged, that the extension of the line to the Williamstown racecourse was constructed without the authority of Parliament. It was duly reported-to- the Minister/ arid authorised by Parliament ? before was commenced. “Let the report.be produced,” said the counsel for the defence, and in the luncheon hour ib was sought for, and found at the Railway department,'justifying the action of the wi’ness and confirming his remarkable memory. . ;The'explanation of the charge that a railway contractor had been engaged to build a line in ,-the NorthWestern district-without tenders having been called was that it was simply a tramway to a gravel pit which he made in connection with a railway contract,' and the department, thinking It worth while to keep the pit for maihtenanOe and also for possible future construction and the benefit of the community took lit over from the contractor at cost price. In all cases, Mr Speight emphatically asserted,- he and his colleagues were influenced by public considerations and not by political pressure.

1 The TestimonialFad;—The New Zea-1 land Herald recently remarked— “ The ; ndtffi&tioha«« that the Government intend to put a stop.to l hhe practice of officers and ; tnen of the police ftrce'receiving prdtentationa >from the pdbliO' i when a'transfer is’inade - is’one' of the -in'osli-1 sensible decisions the authorities have' made for some time pastlt. frequently happens that the presentees return is‘a ‘ few years to the same district where they have received the presentation j and it' is expecting too much from poor hurhah'-nature that they . would, if occasion Tequircd.it, do their duty against men whose subscriptions appeared onr:.the'.MittievlistAThe ■•.-customhofJ testiquite as. much- .upon, the , Activity of , the officer’s friends-’as-.upon: his own,-efficiency as tk-publio servant, and the prescriptive custom has, - as a social fetish, almost ac- ‘ the correct thing - has got to be done/ How’ seriously -it’ affects ’the'-public 1 mi>y .be seen from ; one. solitary-example,.Some time ago. the, Government,:decided - tb-give the inspectors' a 'general ' change - of duty; The'officers had'afi'their .of trailer paid, and, in.some cases, the'change was in the nature of promotion. That made no difference—* the ~correct . thing ~hadrto:jbe done.’ A southeracity.qety the ball rolling by presenting' to' the' officer concerned the inevitable purse ofsoys;; This -was telegraphed through the length and breadth of the colofiy/and the next city;in turn had to “go one better.” The upshot was that before the transfers were completed the tyranny of social .jcustom had-cost the residents) bf ’half a dozeii centres' of “population, in presentations, about LI 100. Some of the. men who; subscribed couldill ; afford, themselves with limited’means'/to join in this movement,'but they: httdipractically got to do it, or be marked .men,. We laugh at the Maoris at a tanp .beggariug themselveg to give profuse hospitality ..to. strangers, with the certain knowledge that starvation awaits them in a month or-two; but .iin slavish'subservienoe to our own social fetishes, we .do not act a whit more sensibly.”

The special ■ attention of readers is drawn to Messrs Lorie and iCo.’s advertisement, which appears in-stliese columns to-day. This firm have bebnilnstructed by a certain financial institution, to .realise a large stock of'drapery,‘'clbthing/pian'o4'and I dfgaris, !i f|d to effect this they -have 15 taken the premises lately occupied by Mr Rabbidge in Tay street (formerly? J.2Stock. 'and; Co.’a)/As is probably well kno Lorie and Co. are a firm h af : auctioiiebrt ;! Bbme years established iff a -large ' way- ’in ■ Dunedin, so that the mere fact of their undertakingsuch a- . ale is sufficient evidence of its boiuijidM.

Price.and Bulleid specially remind thoi readers of this paper that they are now offer-j ing vast quantities; of high class, drapery, mantles, jackets, millinery,- dress, goods,■ umbrellas, kid gloves, corsets; beautiful stockblduses ; also in the Manchester department lovely lace pur tains, tray cloths, toilet sets, handsome cozies and French cushions, all very suitable for ‘ Christmas presents. In our. Boot and Shoe departments—New 1 goods just opened and marked at such reasonable prices that defy competition. .' Remember no old stock to dispose of. i---

See Thomson asd Beattie's dvertisement for, particulars of purchase of;;goods J under' - value.'Also special value in Golden Wheel Clothing. ' Men’s Tweed Trousers, 7s 6d and 9s 9d. Men’s Colonial Tweed ‘Suits,'good'Tivetds, well put tbgetlibi 1 , 1 'it‘39s.'/’" Boys’ Colonial Tweed Suita, 7s to Ils, all made.iriT; and B.’s own work-room. Buy them and help the triide'of the .own. ' '

: ' Certainly the most effectivehnedioine in;thW- world is’ Sanders and Son’s Eucalypti; Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza; the relief instantaneous. In serious' cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds;-burns;’ scaldings, bruises’, "Sprains,' it ia the safeSt-’remedy—no swellings—ht> inflammation. Like'surprising effecta produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis,' Inflamma* tion of the Lungs, Swellings, &c;, Diarrhoea,' Dysentery; Disease of the Kidneys and- Urinary* Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics; patronised, by His Majesty the King of Italy.; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all .others. i - ■■ ————■ —-r.;.:- ’•;< z SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Tenders invited for repairs and painting s; : q; Pearson, Scott and Co hold a special sale to-day N.M. and A. Co. sell stock at Wallacetown 19th Full particulars of the Juvenile Fair Mercantile firms announce holidays A flve roomed house wanted A purse lost; reward Waxworks rehearsal.in Temperance Hall-to-night Dr S Kennedy’s lectures—See.partiouiare. A four or five roomed cottage wanted - - !i; Ekensteens’.are {-booking -orders for, Witness and Canterbury Tinies of itiiis week ; new cards . Win. Todd sells fruit, onions, &o, to-day ;>a i'i Pearson,,Scott and-Co.’s stock sale at Dowell’s yard ispostponed . ■ Marshall's mixtures are recommended for influenza Herbert, Haynes and Co give 4s discount in the® till Slst-December J