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Southland Times, Issue 18063, 5 February 1903, Page 2

The success of the week-end excursions to Queenstown has been so marked that the Railway Department has decided to continue the issue of the tickets till 28th March.

It is pretty well known that Mr R. W. Jones has patented a pneumatic knife cleaner of novel design, and which does its work beautifully. A local syndicate has tho exploiting of tho invention in hand, and Mr Jones leaves for Europe about tho end of tho month for the purpose of introducing tho in-

vention to the Home markets

We were shown lost night a curiosity in the way of a shelL The specimen was of tho kind commonly known us the mussel, but was of extraordinary size, measuring 17 inches in length and 7 inches in breadth. It had evidently been uninhabited for some time, but was in an excellent state of preservation. The shell was found by Mr Bragge at Port Adventure, Stewart Island.

On Friday afternoon the scutcher in Messrs Hart Bros' flaxmill at Wreys Bush burst, and a man named Tomlinson, who was feeding the machine at tho time, was severely cut about the face and head. Dr Baird attendod the injured man, who was not seriously injured..

The gate takings at the Battalion Band sports on Tuesday night amounted to £17, to which has to be added £12, value of tickets previously disposed of. After expenses have been paid a balance of about £25 will probably be put to the credit of the contest fund. The winner of tho mile bicycle race was J, Stewart, not J. Heyre, as stated yesterday. Both these riders wore the same colours and in tho darkness the judges mistook the men and gave the wrong name to the winner.

Tho spectators of the Battalion parade at the Western Reserve last enening were treated to a little excitement by a horse attached to Mr T. J. Foley's spring cart bolting along Leven street. There was a spill opposite the far end of the reserve, the horse coming down and breaking a shaft. A crowd was soon on tho spot, nnd tho friendly offices of some gentlemen raised the horse and put matters right as far as possible.

Letters from places beyond the colony and addressed as follows, were received in the postal district of Invercargill during the month of November, and remained unclaimed unclaimed on 31st January .—Fred Grout, Christchurch ; P. Halpiu, Invercargill; Herbert Helm, Waimahaka ; T. A. Henry, Invercargill ; P. Hogen, Tisbury ; Thos. Pinnerty, Invercargill ; George Graham, Invercargill; William Mcintosh, Woodlands ; Mrs Elhiabeth McKay, Invercargill ; Patrick O'Donnell, Invercargill ; J. Phillips, Invercargill ; Miss W. J. Steele, Invercargill ; Stephens and Co., Invercargill ; William Thompson, InvereargiU.

Messrs Gray and Isaac last evening addressed an attentive audience from Acts, c. xvi. The lirst time the Gospel reached Europe the preachers were- two Jews, Paul and Silus, who began their meetings by tho riverside, and 1903 A, D. had tho result in the Epistle' to tho Philippines. God has preserved Dis Gospel and sent it across oceans to every continent since then, despite tho opposition of man and devil. The men of Macedonia cried, "Come over and help us." The speakers doubted If professing* Christians in Invercargill felt the need of the town as the Macedonians did, or they would not cease to cry to God to bless all His ministering servants. No one met the Apostles on landing, so, finding a sister's pi ayer meeting by tho riverside, they preached, with the result that Lydia is seen as the first Gentile convert. Events,transpired that threw the preachers into gaol, and subjected them to lashing and the stocks. Midnight came, tho prison shook, and, thinking all was lost, the gaoler was abou|t to kill himself. His earnest enquiry rings out down tho ages': "Sir, what must I do to l,e saved" ; ulso Paul's memorable answer : "Believe on the Lord Josus Christ and thou shalt bo saved."

Intending competitors for noxt Wednesday's regatta aro reminded that entries for all •vente except ewjtonung close at 8 o'clock fco-plghti

The mails despatched from Auckland via San Francisco on 2nd January arrived in London on the night of Ist inst., and the malls from Melbourne, despatched on 31st December, arrived iv London on 31st January.

At a performance try Wirth's circus in Adelaide a portion of the staging fell, precipitating 400 persons to the ground. The performance was resumed but another portion, with a hundred spectar tors, fell. Many received nasty bruises and abrasions, but none wero seriously

injured

Foter Hansen, a Tort Chalmers fisherman, aged 55, died suddenly in a waterman's boat while going off to the s.s. Monowai on Tuesday. ~

A Scottish visitor thus describes a Hungarian roller flour mill — " We visited one of the. largest roller mills of the city. The most noticeable feature of these mills, compared with thoso of Britain or even Minneapolis, was the almost entire absence of dust in the nir, aud extreme cleanliness of tho whole building. Many of the company had dark or black coats, but even after a walk through this mill, which produces 300 tons of flour daily, very little dust was seen, even on a dark coat. In this mill the wheat travels for three days from one pair of rollers to the next before the flour is completely separated from the bran. Tho engine power necessary was 1300 h.p., which was conveyed from the driving wheel of the engine to the shafting by twenty-four ropes in place of a belt. All over the mill, spittoons were placed for the use of the men ; our millers and bakers might note this, and adopt it also,'*

The attempt to crack n safe nt Mosgiel was not, according, to the O. D. Times, made at the railway station, but in the post office in tho township.

The Event of the Season.— The Exhibition sale begins on Friday morning. It will be conducted on tho same old lines which have attracted such crowds of buyers in former years. Thomson and Beattie.

The Great Cycle Whizz 1 ! ! ! at Fitzgeralds' Circus— tha four Melbournes' ride Red Bird Bicycles. Thirty miles an hour on a saucer 80-lap track. Tho machine that Melbournes risk their necks on should be good enough for you. Sample machines ridden by them can be seen at our Dee street depot. G. W. i Woods and Co.

The Government steamer Hinemoa will leave Bluff on or about the 17th inst. for the lighthouses and West Coast Sounds.

Price and Bulleid's annual cheap summer sale now on. Vast quantities of furnishing goods at absolutely ridiculous pricea. Floor cloths. Linoleums, Door Mats, Hearth Rugs*, Mattings, Blankets, Curtains, Table Covers, Brussell Carpet Squares ; splendid chance to parties furnishing new homes. Sale for thirty day9 only. Also all our choice Dross Goods, Voilea, Poplars, Cashmeres, Serges, and all black materials at Sale Prices. Don't forget sale for one month only at Price and Bulleid's in Tay street. Compare tho prices, you will find our prices the lowest for first-class articles.

The Newnes art magazine is to cost ten guineas per quarter, not forty, »s inadvertently stated yesterduy, the latter figures being the annual subscription.

No Opium in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.— Many cough cures contain opium. The effect of this drug is to diminish secretion of the mucus, and tho relif afforded is only temporary, As soon as the effect of the opium passes off, the malady returns in a more severe form. Thesystem is also weakened and rendered more susceptible to cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy does not contain opium in any form. It affords relief and leaves the system in a healthy condition. It always cures and cures quickly. Macalister and Co., Chemists, sell it.

Yesterday Michael McEvoj*. an old offender, was fined 20s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment for drunkenness.

Catarrh is Always the Result of a npglected cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will not cure catarrh, but will cure tho cold and so prevent that disagreeable malady. This, remedy not only relieves the local irritation of the throat and lungs, but removes the causes of the diseased condition. It leases the system in a natural and healthy condition. It always cures and cures quickly. Macalister and Co., Chemists, sell it.

Mr J. A. Hanan's expenses in the lust general election contest were £21 ls lOd. Mr Whyte expended £2 13s.

For Sprains. Swellings, and Lameness there ls no better liniment than Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Thousands can testify to the merit of this remedy. One application gives relief. Try tt. M.«caltster A 0o„ Ohemisti, »ells it.