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Southland Times, Issue 13456, 16 May 1896, Page 2

P.T.O. — A letter, a report of yesterday's S.M. Court, and commercial intelligence are printed on page four to-day.

A. and P. Association'. — The annual meeting of the Metropolitan Association, postponed from la^b week, will be held this afternoon in the Prince of Wales Hotel.

The Planting Season.— Messrs J. Lennie and Sons have just issued their annual price list, which as usual contains a complete assortment of all kinds of nursery stock, etc. Included in the list are several novelties which the firm has latnly imported, and which are highly spoken of in other centres.

To Sheabeks. — The Western Graziers Pastoral and Finance Cj, Ltd., Circular Quay, Sydney, advertise for 60 good hand shearers, and 40 machine-men, at very good prices per 100. In a note accompanying the advertisement the advertisers say they prefer to get shearers from this colony as they are cleaner workmen. They want fast men, no learner?, and applicants must send references and "the usual deposit, LI." This is a condition that seems a new thing, but shearers will themselves know whether it is customary in their line to make a deposit with an application for employment. We do not happen to know anything of the company.

Social. — A social in connection with the Railway Rowing Club waa held in H man's Hall yesterday evening. The room was nicely decorated for the occasion with flags and foliage, and about fifty couples were present. Music was supplied by Messrs Black and Mrs Black, and Messrs T. W. Poole and D. McKechnie were M.C.'s. Mr J. Kingsland was caterer.

For Chakit?. — The Young Women, Sewing Class, which meets fortnightly in the Bowmont Street Church, have completed another year's work of useful and fancy articles, intended for public sale. Hanaa'a Hall has been engaged this year for the display of the goods, and no charge will be made for admission. In the evening a soiree and entertainment will take place in the hall, when a small charge is advertised. The proceeds will be devoted to the worthy object of relieving poor families, especially during the winter months, and it is hoped there will be a good attendance and generous patronage.

Dreadkcl Road Accident.— A shocking accident occurred at Hastings, Hawkea Bay, on Thursday night about six o'clock. A boy named Peter Jarvis, who for some time past has carried the nviils for J. N. Wi!liama, of Frimley, was riding back to that place when he came into collision with a cart driven by a boy named Gibbs. He was thrown to the ground, and the cart passed over him. Though terribly injured he was able to call out and implore the other boy to come to his assistance, but the latter, who received a great fright, drove on with all haste. Jarvis was able to crawl to his own home, which is not very distant. On medical aid arriving the doctor found the boy completely disembowelled and beyond a'l hope of recovery.

The Royal Burlesque and Gaiety Co. — This company open in the theatre on Monday night in the entirely new burlesque Humpty-Dumpty, which will be given for the first time in Invercargill. The burlesque was recently presented in Chmtchurch and Dunedin with great success. It has a strong dramatic interest running right through it and it serves to introduce also the Trilby ballet. The patriotic song " Dear Mother England " will be sung here for the first time. This song, as illustrative of "Dr Jim's " raid, created the wildest enthusiasm not only in the London music halls, but as near to us as Christohurch, where, backed up by a splendid military tableau, it fairly brought the house down on Easter Monday and more recently at the company's opening in Dunedin. The chief characters in the burlesque are taken by Messrs Percy St. John, Fred Cambourne, aud Will Stevens, the Misses Lempriere, Ponsonby, Markham, Howard, Finlay, and WilmoU, and some specially painted scenery will be used in its production.

Pleasant to Contemplate. — Tuberculou meat was cooked in different ways under experiments by Dr Sims Woodhead. and a record kept of the maximum temperature reached at different depths, and portioaa taken to feed and inoculate test animals. He concludes that no cooking process can be relied upon to destroy the infectivity of tubercle bacilli in any but the parts near the surface. Even the danger of meat smeared with tuberculous matter is not wholly prevented by cooking ; for strips of meat so smeared are likely to be made into "rolls of beef" by the butcher, and Dr Woodhead's experiments leave no doubt of the infectivity of the interior of sush rolls after cooking. He also indicates that rolls are habitually made up from parts of the carcase most liable to contain tuberculous serious membranes and glands. — Lancet.

Masonic Ixstai,latiox. — The annual installation of Lodge St. John took place in the Masonic Hall yesterday evening wheu the building was crowded. Brother E. H. Whitmore was installed Worshipful Master for the current year, Grand Superintendent of Southland, Bro. M. R. Bree, being installing master, assisted by I.P.M, Bro. John | Brass and P.M.'s Bros. Smith, D.0., D. M. McDougall, G.- Crosbie, P.A.G.D.C, A. G. Newman, A. McKcnzie.G.S., W. V. Siddall and J. McLauchlin. The following officers were also elected : — Bros. John Brass, I.P.M. ; P.M. Alexander McKenzie, G.S., D.M. ; Thomas Crawley, S.W. ; R. Dunlop, J.VV. ; \V. Taylor, treasurer; J.Walker, secretary; J. Forrester, S. D. ; D. Biasott J.I). ; \V. Wills, I .<;. ; p. Walker and A. Clark, stewards ; F. Raymond, auditor. During the evening a P.M.'s jewel was presented to Bro. A. J. Rinkin by the installing master and a silver watch and gold chain to Bro. James Walker by the Director of Ceremonies on behalf of the Lodge. The members then adjourned *o the Temperance Hall where a social was held. The newly installed W.M. presided at a bountiful spread provided by Bro. Macfarlane, after which the room was cleared for dancing. Excellent music was supplied by Mr and Mrs Blue and Messrs John Forrester and Wm. Taylor were M.O.'s. Musical items were rendered, including cornet solos by Messrs P. Mohr and J. W. Glennie, and a song by Bro. Bree.

Lecture. — Dr Ryder will speak in the theatre on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Subject: " Child wives of India, as seen by the woman doctor." The Rev. J. Gibson Smith has kindly consented to preside. Admission will be free, and a collection will be taken.

AlleoedHorsk-stealimk. — At the Police 'Jjurt yesterday, before Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., a German named Frederick May was charged with having on or about April 2nd stolen a horse valued at L 6, the property of David Macdonald, of Winton. Mr Macalister appeared for accused. Sergeant Macdonell asked for a remand until Tuesday. He stated that the man had worked one day for Mr Macdonald, and hewing that the latter had a horse at the residence of another farmer had gone there and asked for the horse, saying he had bought it. The farmer refused to give up the horse without an order from the owner, and accused subsequently went to the stable and took it, leaving his own — an inferior animal behind. The police ascertained that accused had been riding the animal all over the country, and had been trying to sell it. When arrested he offered to pay for the horse, and was indignant because he could not thus square the matter. His own hor3e i 3 still at the farm from which he took the other. — The accused was remanded, bail beiDg allowed in his own recognisance of LIOO and a surety of L 23.

Rebuilding. — The Railway Hotel, E=sk Btreet, which, when built by Mr A. Smith in 1876 was considered a handsome structure and an ornament to the town, is to be pulled down to make room for a more ambitious building. Mrs S. Watson, who holds a long lease of the property, is having the new building erected. The contract has been given to Mr J. Crowther and Messrs Mackenzie and Gilbertson are the architects. The structure wilt be two storeyed, built of brick with stone facings, and of the Queen Anne style of architecture, and a conspicuous feature being a tower in the centre. It will have 92 feet of frontage on Leven street and a height to the parapet of 32 feet, and 57 feet to the finial of the tower. The hotel will contain over thiity apartments and jb specially designed to meet the requirements of country visitors, a ladies' refreshment room to be a special feature. Mrs Tulloch will be in a position to handsomely accommodate a lirge number of boarders aud patront when the building is completed, its proximity to the railway station making the stand an excellent one.