THE Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. MONDAY, 20th JULY, 1896.

Southland Times, Issue 13502, 20 July 1896, Page 2

THE Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. MONDAY, 20th JULY, 1896.

Alteration.—The s.s. Wakatipu, which was to have sailed for Melbourne to-day, has been delayed until to-morrow. Passengers will go down by the 11.25 a.m. train. Southland Hospital Returns.—Remaining from last week, 24 males, 5 females; admitted during the week, 1 male, :1 female ; discharged, 1 male; remaining in the institution, 24 males, 6 females; out-patients treated, 30 males, 24 females ; Visiting trustees for this week —Messrs J. E. Watson and J. A. Hanan.

Music at the Hospital.—On Thursday evening an enjoyable entertainment was provided for the patients in one of the wards by Mr W. H. Mathieson, assisted by Mr Black’s string band. Limelight views of a 'variety of subjects were shown and together with the accompanying songs and recitations were warmly appreciated.

The Gazette. —The registrar of patents notifies acceptance of complete specifications of an invention for an improved apparatus for and process of condensing and sterilising milk by Mr and Mrs Lindsay, of Garryowen, Waianiwa. —Letters patent are sealed for a ridging plough by A. Storrie.

An Undaunted Woman.—The Full Court of Victoria recently upheld the verdict of the jury who awarded Mrs Kilpatrick L 790 as compensation for loss of her husband, who was drowned in the Alert, which foundered near Sorrento, on 28th December, 1893. The defendants w ere Messis Huddart, Parker and Co. The jury had found that the vessel, built for the Bay trade, was not seaworthy. It has been said that the young widow, who has fought this claim through several courts, will get very little of the money awarded, the legal cods being heavy. Seasonable Remedies. —The name of Mr G. Bonnington, chemist, of Christchurch, iwell known throughout the colony in connection with his preparation "Irish Moss,” which has for many years enjoyed a wide reputation. He has several other specialties but has not until now pushed them very prominently down this way. He has now, however, put a competent representative on the road, Mr P. F. Colledgo, who is now in Invercargill distributing handbills, almanacs, show cards and other advertising media. Amongst these are some very prettily got up calendars, one being ranged, by means of a movable disc, for 100 years. A neat little match box, filled with excellent vestas, and distributed lavishly, is another of the means employed to make known tho virtues of the “Moss,” liver pills and tonic, and a selection of the innumerable testimonials Mr Bonnington has received to the efficacy of his proprietary medicines.

The N.Z. Bands Contest.—For the contest to be held in Dunedin on October 21st and following days the Invercargill Garrison and City Guards bands hate entered for the grand contest and the quickstep competition. The former band also has eleven entries and the latter ten entries for the solo contests. The whole of the members of the Garrison Band who are to take part in the contest will bo practising to-night, so that they do not intend to allow even the smallest ove: sight to be a disqualification in their case. The music will be to hand shortly, and with three months of hard practice under Lieut. Siddall the band may be depanded upon to give a good account of itself. Since the last contest several members and the bandmaster, Mr P. H. Mohr, have severed their connection with the City Guards Band, but the effect of this has been to induce the remainder to redouble their efforts to maintain the creditable position which ,they have of late years attained.

Really Venerable. — The Venerable DeanJCowper, dean of the chapter of Sydney, celebrated his 86oh birthday the other day. He is piobably the oldest cleric in the colonies. The dean was born in Sydney in 1810, and studied at Oxford. In 1835 he returned to Sydney an ordained clergyman. His ministry has covered 62 years. Until August last the Dean performed all tho duties of his office. Then, in consequence of an attack of bronchitis, he was obliged to give up preaching, but he still reads the’ lessons of the day in a fine sonoious voice, which is one of tho attractions of the Anglican cathedral. Texas Siftings. — A printing office is usually considered a very tough place, and the newspaper worker a mighty bad man. Statistics, however,do not bear out the idea. Of 3896 convicts in the State Penitentiary of Texas, there is not a printer or a newspaper man, while there arc ministers, doctors, bankers; barbers, photographers, barkeepers, cooks, and members of most professions and callings. The newspaper man gets a bad name because the nature of his profession or calling teaches him to detest shams, and he scorns the hypocrite. As a rule he is as harmless as a dove, though his life may teach him the wisdom of tho serpent.

Railway Extension. —Apetition is to be presented to Parliament praying for the extension of the Orepuki line to the Waiau on the grounds that land has been reserved for the extension of nine milts through a thriving settlement; that three yeats ag030,000 acres of open land was surveyed to the west of the Waiau, nine-tenths of which has been applied for; that 'the land is admirably adapted for the growth of cereals ; that there are to the west of the river 80,000 acres of bush, a large proportion of which is totara, black and white pine suitable for milling ; that the Merrivale estate, a large proportion of which has recently been acquired by the Government, would be greatly benefited; and that the extension would render the line one of the best paying in the Middle Island.

Electorate.—Mr Eeave i ad- ' dressed the electors of Awarua at Ryal Bush on Friday night, when, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there was a good attendance, including a sprinkling of ladies. Mr Beaven makes no pretentions to oratory, nevertheless he expressed his views on the various political questions in a clear and forcible manner. The candidate does not approve of the Government as at present constituted, and will not bind himself to follow any party blindly, reserving the right to exercise his independent judgment on all political matters. Mr Beaven made it clear that though prohibition is a strong plank in his political platform he is not a man of one idea, but would legislate in such a way as would make it easy to do that which was right, and hard to do what was wrong—legislate for the gn a test good to the greatest number. He is a strong advocate of social reform wherever this is possible and approves of the present educational system as far as it is free and compulsory, but would support Bible-reading in the schools, without comment. He believes the present land and i income tax is preferable to the proj. erty tax and favours the present land laws. At the close of the address a number of questions were asked, and straightforward answers given by the candidate, to whom a hearty vote of thanks was accorded,—Own corresi pondent,

Anomalous.—The Gazette notifies that Arbor Day will be observed as a holiday in ; the Government offices, and in order, that tho movement may be made as successful as possible the Government hope that mayors of municipalities and chairmen of looal bodies will place the matter prominently, before the people, and do all they can to encourage the planting of reserves and other available lands, both public and private, with trees suited to the locality. Here in . Invercargill we are hewing down and up- ; rooting graceful trees of a quarter of a century’s growth, and which broke the sky- j line and gave diversity to our monotonous j flat, in -order to make a public fenced-in ; garden in a town in which the residents can- , not keep'their private gardens free from 1 pilfering and destructive hands! i Wanted : A Delegate.—Discussing the I Elective Executive Bill the Clutha Leader says—“ Mr O’Regan touched the kernel of the whole thing when he said that what he j objected to was a system which compelled members to vote against their convictions, ft is well known that members have to do ! this, and this is a thing which nothing can ■ justify. This, therefore, is an unanswerable 1 argument against party government. In j the issue of the Times in which the report of the debate on the election bill appears there is a paragraph which throws a flood of light on the evils of the party system. The paragraph is to the effect that the Invercargill constituency has fixed on the person they are to run instead of the present member, Mr Kelly. The (paragraph goes on to say that they have no fault to find with Mr Kelly, but that they expect their member to follow the Government implicity. Was there ever anything more absurd than this ? Who would be so mean as to go to Wellington just to do what the Ministry tells him? Better far to have no member at all. A wooden man would bo quite as good as the kind of man these Invercargill people wish. k

•j " Every Stex> With Caution Feeling.” i—Hobart is pertuibed about a ghost, so much so that the matter has been mentioned in Parliament. The other evening a policeman on duty in Davey street was somewhat startled by seeing what he took to be the ghost in St. David’s burial ground, leaning against the fence. .Being some distance away from the unwelcome visitor he stopped thinking of what he should do. He was alone, and naturally felt a bit nervous. However, he decided to “face the music,” and drawing his staff sauntered along, bracing himself up with the thought that he was there to protect life and property. The night was dark, and in the distance he could see the “white monster,” with piercing eyes, staring fixedly at him. Still he went on, but wishing all the time that someone else was in his shoes. On getting pretty close to what he took to be the meet-me-at-moonlight-alone visitor he asked him a question, and, getting no reply, made a .terrific hit with his staff, but tho animal (f ir.sura enough, it vas a b'lly g >at) dodged, and w s soon out of reach. It had been standing on a tombstone, with its two fore legs resting on tho fence. The policeman suffered a good deal from mingled feelings after this adventure, but was consoled with the proud satisfaction of having done his duty.—Mercury. Otautau’s Perennial Risk.—The floods have been flooding you with paragraphs writes our correspondent. That rainfall was a windfall to country correspondents. Well, there was nothing either sublime or tragical in the matter as far as this locality is concerned. If the rain had continued a day longer ; if f lic Aparima had risen in the same ratio as its affluent; if the snow on the mountains yonder had melted at the same time, then indeed there would have been a paragraph to write,that is if there should be anyone left to write it. Much virtue in an “if," as it was everything was prosy enough. Only a few families were actually flooded out, who found shelter with some of those who had a few inches to spare. Some, in fact, had as much as a foot, or very nearly so. The water surrounded every house, however, including the railway station and stationmaster's residence, with a strong current intercepting retreat—unless with the aid of horses—a foot or two more,and retreat would have been impossible and in the absence of boats the situation would have been somewhat ticklish. Nero is said to have played on the fiddle while Rome was burning. We have some fiddlers here,but I have not heard if any of them practised his or her philosophy in that way as the relentless water swiftly and silently, like Fate, crept upward towards the level of the floor, and threatened to drive them from hearth and home. The place is built, railway station inc'uded, on a part of the old river-bed, and all are at once invested on any serious rise of the river, barring a few common-sense individuals who built on the adjacent terraces. Of course,in the good time coming the thing wil be s nullified, when every family will have its own flying-machine. In the meantime, it becomes a matter of serious consideration how fur precautionary measures are available towards averting not simply’ d'sinal discomfort, but actual calamity. They say that a cutting to lead the water of the Otautau creek straight into the river would ensure immunity from serious danger. The expense of repair.ng the periodic damage to the railway alone would pay the interest on what money’ would be required. And then think of the anxiety, tlie certain discomfort, and the contingency of a catastrophe. Would ib not be judicious to survey the situation and nob altogether trust to the disposition of ate, Pie: Mrs'Charles Bailey, of Pompapiel, Bendigo, has received account sales for a consignment of ducks to London. They realised 6s 2d per pair, Mrs Bailey receiving 5s Id per pair clear profit. Something Ahead.—Thomson & Beattie’s Fourteen Days Cheap Sale starts Saturday, Ist August. The parcels will be large ; the money paid for them little. The Napier Borough Council recently undertook to purchase a quantity of metal the result of prison labour. Some one wrote to the Premier,stating that this kept quar.ymen out of work, and he directed the governor of the gaol not to supply metal. You can get really Tip Top Teas of good quality, rich liquor, and fine flavour at J. S. Baxter’s, who makes it a study to give particularly good value in the tea department. Some ladies in a northern town have formed a hockey club to be called the “Hinemoa Club,” and the indispensable parson of the place, determined not to be left out in this new phase of afternoon social life, has monopolised the position of “ coach.” Such a ready adaptation to novel circumstances is ■Refreshing. Our people are growing more and more in the habit of looking to Macalister and Co., Chemists, for tho latest and best of everything in the drug line. They sell Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, famous for its cures of bad colds, croup and whooping cough. When in need of such a medicine give this remedy a trial and you will be more than pleased with the result. The Wellington Meat Export Co.’s annual reporb recommends a dividend of 8 per cent, and that L4OO be carried, forward.

synopsis of new advertisements Floor's relief fund—Notice re applications for help Late train from Gore to Invercargill on 22nd delaved J A Mitchell and Co sell 30 acres turnips at Wallacetown on 21st inst McKay Bros sell unredeemed pledges at Exchange to-day City Guards—New uniforms to be issued to-ni"ht A iVhite and Co sell stock at Invercargill yards tomorrow Mrs R McLeod, Tay street, wants apprentices to dressmaking Bonningtnn’s Irish Moss for coughs, colds, and all chest complaints > II Vickery, butcher, wants a respectable young man to do a round Bonnington’s liver tonic a blood purifier A,purse containin'- small sum of money lost in Tay streei’; re yard at Times office Private board and residence for four gentlemen Bonninglon’s liver pills for headache, kidney, and digestive troubles A comfortable cottage to let Price and Bulleid’s realising sale continues till end of July Herbert, Haynes and Co have seasonable goods at the right price ; see prices o(_ umbrellas, waterproofs, and gloves