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Southland Times, Issue 15056, 27 September 1901, Page 2

1.<;.0. L'.viiNn.u..- In connection with this event an item of special interest to ladies is to be introduced— namely, cooking competitions, lur which liberal pmes are offered. Country competitors may send their entries to Mr .]. Calder, box 190. All entries to be in not later than Tuesday. Wool and Tallow.— ThoN.Z. L- and M. A. Co. have received the following cable from London ;-" Wool market— The sales progress tirmly. Since close of last sales line groasy crusabred and greauy merino vuper are .^1 per 1b higher : medium greasy crossbred par to .'.d per ll> higher ; rinc scoured croßsl>red Id per lb higher : greasy crossbred lambs to Id per lb higher : greasy merino lambs, supei , Id to lsd per lb higher ; scoured merino super and scoured merino medium and inferior l^.d per lb higher. The tallow market has an upward tendency. Fine muttxi is worth 31s 6d per cwt ; good beef, 29a 6d ; best mixed, 30s ; ediHe mutton tallow, 33s 9d.'

We Shall See.— The yachting expert of the New York World says : " The Shamrock above water is the most beautiful, the i cleanest and swiftostlooking of any cup ; challenger or defender. Her proportions from bow to stem are perfect. I believe she < if twelve minutes faster than the old challenger.'" Personal.— Mr J. A. Mitchell yesterday evening received a telegram from the secretary of the Papakaio Ploughing Match Association informing him that Malcolm (Jray had been awarded champion honours and had gained all specials in the ehimpion class at the annual mate 1 held yesterday. Mr Gray was the only Southlduder competing. This fortunate ploughman is a sou of Mr W. (Jray, Waimatukii, and has had a wonderfully successful career as a ploughing match competitor. He was awarded first prize in tho digger class at the Smithland champion matches of ]MflS and iSUit. i The following year he made his </■'■>/' as a ] "tweeler"' in the champion inaich and i secured the coveted honour. Hi.-i latv.-l j a-'hievi'ineni stamps him as a ploughman ot ; exceptional ability, as northern ploughmen have been known to remark that were Southlanders taken from the Wallacetown Plains and put on unfamiliar soil they would not got a place in a m itch. Tho result, of this match disproves that, and Mr (Jray deserves credit for his pluck in rii"eting the northern competitors on tlieir own ground and m bringing the honours to Southland. BlK'nuooii Ifr\T. - A general meet nig of the ISir.-hwood Hun! Club was held in Mr (iritlin's hotel, Nightcap*, on >Yedncsrlay night, when I In- in isler, Mr .1 nines Kucine, presided, ,md other thirty members were present. The statement of accounts showed that the recent race meeting had resvdtcd in a net profit of €.17 12s 6d, and that but for it the finances of the club would have been in a bad state. Tho general fund of the club is now in a satisfactory condition, and acennnts 'amounting to nearly £110 were passed tor payment. It was decided to call tenders for the position of caretaker of the pack and huntsman for next season. Votes of thanks were accorded t> Messrs Deverv and Lindsay for the use of their ground for tho races, to the various farmers who had allowed the pack to hunt over their farms, and to the gentlemen who worked to make ' the race meeting a success. A protest against Blackthorn in the jumping competition, lodged by tho owner of Minister Lass, was dismissed. Dr liainl was reelected auditor for the present year. A I Rtn.tN'. Matter. — A young man was charged at tho I'olice Court yesterday morning before MrS. K. McCarthy, 8. M., with obstructing Constable Paul in the execution of hi.s duty. Mr W. V. H. Hall appeared for the accused and said he had arranged to plead guilty, although what he had done could not amount to more than a technical offence of a very light nature. The vounii man was a sober, industrious young fellow, in a good situation. On leaving Ins business one evening he saw a man — a neigh hour - being taken to the lock-up by the constable for drunkenness. Ho wont for wan 1 and laitl his hand <Tn the man's shoulder, and wanted the constable to allow him to take the fellow home and take care of him. The constable had aiready given the man a chance and refused. There was actually no obstruction, although what had been done might amount to a technical offence. The young fellow was willing to pay the costs, and he asked the court to dismiss the case. His Worship said the young man had evidently tried to do a friendly turn to a neighbour. Although the entry was not (juito logical, as an offence had been committed, he would dismiss theyoungman with a caution. SrhK.cn and Son.. Mission.— Tho Wenleyan church was crowded last evening, and the gallery had to be opened for the overMow. Sister Klinor's address was on " Daniel- the Godly Premier.' Miss Jule Layton sanj.' " The Dream of Paradise," and one of Sankey's hymns. About 2UU of the audience remained to the continuation meeting, which was conducted by klinor, iiml w n.« m.irked by rich spiritual results. This continuationmeeting was an encouraging feature of the mission. Tonight it is expected thiit both sitting and standing room will be taxed to its utmost. Miss Layton is to sing " He was despised and rejected of men,'' and Sister Klinor is to speak on " The conversion of a .Jewess in Australia" — a charming story of tho power of the New Testament. It wa9 announced that the Sunday evening service will be in the church, although requests hail been made by many to hold it in the theatre. The Sisters prefer the (|iiiet reverence pervading the sacred precincts of a church. Votks is Uam.kr. —Mr Peacock, Victorian Premier uul Treasurer, is in a quandary about old-age pensions. For some reason Victoria has an abnormally large number of persons over tbe ago of <w years — believed to !m- a result of tho great Muautity of young healthy persons who tloeked to the colonies in the fifties. They total 56, '>"<>, while in New Zealand you have only ±!,IMH). Paying the pensioners, as wo do, up to IDs a week, our yearly payment rcai lies £313,000. Mr Peacock dedares ho cannot possibly allow such a sum for the purpose: and lie proposes to reduce the maximum weekly payment to 7s. For this he is being threatened with an attack by the Labour party, and it is quite possible he may loose his hold of otlice. — 0. 1) T. correspondent. KkkiNi- Ciiii. dicks. The two boy a, Walter and Robert Adcock, aged 1 1 and In years respectively, who walked from Invercargill to Dunodin to see the Duke and Duchess of York, and were generally lionised and presented to their Royal Highnesses, receiving autograph photographs and a royal pat on the cheek, were before the com t yesterday morning charged with a number of thefts. It appeared that on the •-Mt.il .September they broke into a hut at Clifton, the property of tho < lovernment, and stole a ea?e iind a half of log signals : also on the fwunc day they stole a number of tools at A venal, the property of A. Dunlop, and a boat belonging to Thomas Howie. The boys took the boat and rowed down to Clifton, where they set her adrift. —Sub Inspector (ireen asked the magistrate to send tho lads to the Industrial .School. One of them had been before the court before for theft, and they appeared to bo rilled with ideas of bushrarging or something of that sort.— Mr J. Maealister appeared for the boys, and said the father was not to blame for the boys' conduct. Ho was a hardworking man and his wife had left him for no reason whatever, and seemed to be living with some other women. The boys therefore were out of control, and the father wished his worship to do what he thought hest.— The boys were accordingly committed to the Caver'ahdin Industrial School, the father to contribute 2s lid per week each towards their maintenance. A Mo< KKHY. — Telegraphing on 4th August, the Brussels eorrewj undent of The Times, referred to the fact that the first half-yearly instalments of 32f. fji.ic. (£1 (is) under the (iovermnent -Old-age Pensions Act were then payable to persons of either sex over the ago of 65. "An annual sum of bTjf . for about £1 Vis) would hardly ihe said) be dignified with the title of pension in countries where tbe industrial struggle is less keen than in Melgium, or national thrift less universal: yet no fewer than 1T.),"" 11 old people are now on the register and, though a dole of less than 'id a day is iusutliHent to k.-ep body anil soul together in case of absolute indigence, it is welcomed as a useful supplement by those whoso earnings barely sutlice to provide them with tho first necessaries of lite. As a legislative experiment the result ban been looked forward to with •soiiio interest, and the applicants for the pension have greatly exceeded the number projihesied by the opponents of the bill. " At St. Helena. — A resident of St. Helena, writing to a relative in Melbourne, spenks of the Boer prisoners on the island as follows :--" Since writing my last some fifteen months ago there have been many great changes. Nearly 5000 piisoners of war havo been sent here, with more than 1000 militia guards from England. Tho garrison has also been increased to about SOtl regulars. Two thousand prisoners are located at Broad Bolton, and the greater portion at Dead wood. The island was getting in a moat dreadful condition. When they tirst arrived conveyance was so bad that mules, mule waggons, and drivers had to bo imported trom the Cape. There being so few cattle in tho island, the Imperial Cuvernnient had to import, and now weekly there arrives from England a transport with some 50 or bO oxen for slaughter. The prisoners have many encouragements. Some two hundred are on parole working for the Imperial and civil C-overumeuta. Tho Imperial Government supplies them with tood, clothing, and necessaries. Friends abroad send them tobacco and other luvu ries, and keep them in pocket money. They are not to receive, for work done more than 1 Oil per day, so that they will not encroach on the rights ot tho labouring dassoa, though there is at present more work than they could do, for in the rural districts any man having a garden or tarm can hire as many as ho wants. Many are hiring tl'emselves out for IDs,' per month to escape the dreariness and monotony uf tho camp. Potatoes are 24/ per cwt.; a donkey-load of wood from 8d to 1/9: donkeys themselves from 12/ to i"5 each."

Caupbelltown.— A baeaar and sale of work in did of the Presbyterian Church was opened in the Drill Hall on Wednesday night by tho viayor, MrJ. H. Reed. There was a fair attendance and the Ladies (-Juild of the congregation were energetic in their olTorts to do business. During the evening vocal and instrumental music was given by local amateurs, assisted by Miss l>ickin»oi> and Messrs McKinnon and Blue from Invercargill. A sheep weight -guessing competition was well patronised, v lady being the winner. The Imzaur w.i^ continued last night and will iiNo bo opufi this evening. Prior to the opening tin 1 hand played a number of selections in the vicinity of the hall. (Jruioi> AunuMKVr. — AtalaU'. meeting of I the Royal Society oi Edinburgh, Professor ('. F.wart (submitted a paper cm consanguineous marriages. His observations tended to show that they led to loss of consul v- j lional vigiiur ami sometimes si /.'.', but not > t) Jo.ss dt f-Ttility. I'nder wrt.iin i-in-nm- | I >taii'-'-s in bic-din^, IS .ir.esliiy I'l'Ver-ion, i I favoured tlie nppiMi an. c of new varitle--. I I'l-nfes-or Kwatl acciiuntfil for ihe dirTeu:ril vi <_•«■?) hold as to tin; mrlueiiri! ot corisan- i i guineous marriages l»y the fact that tin- j j members often diti'erod considerably, the \ i ditleivi\.-o between a In-other nnda sister I sometimes being greater than between th'-ir . fuller and mother. < )ne result of this dii • \ lerenei! was, he «.iid, that tirst cousins were < sometimes to nil intents and purposes more i closely related than brothers and sillers, and , at other times less closely related Ih.ui . ' Fatal t'ciiiu.h. — List week two rail w.-iy | employes while walking along a Yiet.iM.ui ! railway in a state of intoxication were- run j down by a passing train. Ouo of them hid j ' to be collected in a bag, mid the other was ' thrown off the road and had his arm broken. ■ The one who escaped said that he and his mate had had a " holiday " that day. Purfleet was drunk, and he himself hid Irid a few driifks. They wandered about, and shortly after II oV.lor-U walked up the Mm-. Purlleet was walkini; between the r.nN, uii'i j staggered fr"'piently, while Vesper walked i on the sleepers outside tho line. They did not appear to have seen the train approaching until it was almost on them. Just at that moment Purfleet stumbled against one of the sleepers and fell on his face. "(Jet up, you fool,'' shouted Vesper, but he took no notice of the warning. The train was now only a few yanls away, ami Vesper sprang forward to pull hi.s companion out of danger. Tie remembers the sensation of being struck a violent blow, and falling heavily on the ground. He lay there for some moments and then rose with diliieulty to find that his companion had been killed. Di-.imikskini: Fatality.- Miss Rowe, aged •2"), was burned to death in bed on Wedncs- ; da\ night it Huiriragin, Taranaki. Ap- j patently the bed clothes had ignited and the fumes had sullbeated the victim, while the absence of draught hid prevented the fire from spreading.