THE Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. FRIDAY, 1st MAY, 1903. Summary of News.

Southland Times, Issue 19035, 1 May 1903, Page 2

THE Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. FRIDAY, Ist MAY, 1903. Summary of News.

<, , A catastrophe of a singular kind has 1 befallen a little mining community in Canada. Erupted rocks have literally fallen upon and covered the men in ihe mino mid their wives and families in the township. Mdison promises the gold miner a great boon. The Orient S.N. Co. has practically • not made a penny of profit this year King Edward had an interesting interview with the Pope. A strike of lumpers in Montreal was followed by miurder and lawlerf-Uco* Sugar cane as a source of saccharine and in per cent, dividends is distanced by a South American plant which Gorman merchants have heard of. Unluckily, if it be as rich in sugar us reported, the German beet factories may dose f down. Tho Tunes rather backs iho NX judges i» their re tart oil tho I'rivy Council. An interesting summary of the weather for the past month will be found in the meteorological column this morning. Those interesU-d are reminded that tho music class, which is a part of the scheme of technical instruction, meets to-night for tho first time. Both musical notations will be taught, and the tuition given will enable students to pass in the subject at tho teachers' All who think of joining are invited to do so at one© in order that they may have the full benefit of tho instruction. Might it be auggested to the lopal P.O. management that, now that the pensions cubicle blocks the gaslight from. the shipping notice board. It would be a, great convenience to everybody, official and other, if the said board were uflixed to the wooden wall facing the landing. Anyone desiring shipping information after dark has now to use a match— i mud generally throws it down without fitiuch regard for safety when his lingers arc being burnt. Mr James Amderson, keeper at Dog f Island lighthouse, informs us that a carrier pigeon came to the island during the mcmtli, and hftfc been thorp ever since- It has a ring on its ".eg With tho following marks on it :— N.Z.. iOoii. :$, 130." The lightkeeper would bo Ideatted to near from the owner with v view to the restoration of the bird. In this issue the Mutual Life Association of Australasia, of which Mr W, F. I Williams is the local manager, advertises some of the leading features of their last year's business It would be noticed by a telegram a few days ago that thin company has just completed v record year. and a few of the figures show how enormous it.s operations are. The new business, for instance, comprised 405G proposals for nearly ' a million pounds, and the p reuiiums paid on the new policies ran into £4*5,309. Tho renewal premiums, the most significant evidence of progress and prosperity, amounted to £171,828, a v nd the funds were increased to £1,(538,939. The interest realised 4J per cent., which must bo regarded as highly satisfactory, but perhaps tho most remarkable feature was tho reduction of management expenses by £.1 0» pop cent. The result of the year's transactions will renew the satisfaction and confidence of the policyholders. Our Dunedin correspondent informs us that a petition to the Governor, praying for the release of Sarah Fogo, convicted in November, 1900, for tho uiurdcr of her husband, Thomas Fogo, haw upwards of 3000 signatures attached to it. Intending candidates for the various theoretical and practical examinations of the Associated Board oi the Royal Academy of Music and tho Royal College of Music are reminded that their applications must lio received by the linn, local representative not later than to-day, Mr Malcolm McLeod, uf SpringhlUa, brought to this ollice the other day half n do-Mii remarkable heads of oats of the sparrowbill variety. The heads ranged from Id to 21 inches in length, and on one of them no less than 300 ears were counted. Of course they were exceptional heads, and the average head of tho crop would be very much smaller. But even »» selected specimens their length and weight were remarkable. The. oats were- grown -from new seed obtained from i Messrs J.. E. Watson and Co,-

In our report of the annual meeting oi tha Invercargill Bal6yard9 Company. Mr T. Buxton was represented as having advocated the payment of a 5 per i cent dividend. In reality ho favoured a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. An enjoyable social in connection with the Bluff Guards was hold on Tuesday evening, nnrl was numerously attended, mid with musMc and in dancing o pleasant time was spent. At a meeting of Iho corps, opportunity was taken to present (,'aptnin Barber, who is leaving the Tort, with a memento of the company's esteem. Lieut. Nicol was up- j pointed captain, and Serjft. Lifter limit- i enant The head of Edwards, the man v. ho battered rt young Loiuton grocer, his wife and their babe to death with a sashueight, had .such mi enormous occiput that il was urged at his trial that he «-«s insane. After his execution, in addition to the usual inquest, an -autopsy was performed, and it was found that the singular shape of Edwards' head was not due to any abnormal eowditinn of the bruin : that the back of his head was in fact a mass of bone, so thick that the doctor said that if anyone had hit. Kdwards witjh a sushweight on thnt part he WOXlld probably luue done no more than brtislu'd his hair down ! The Westport burgesses dismissed all their old councillors save one. G*v.Vmouth, where discontent with the muddling of thp council had reached fever heat : so much so that a committee of citizens Ims) been investigating the corporation'!- books, has incontinently kicked out the ni a .V«f after a long period in ultice. mid owt of nine, councillors required sent six new men to attend to the Imvn's affairs. Mr l-'ord. who has succeeded to the management of the Welabach Incandescent Light Company. Limited, of Australasia in New Zealand, has lost no time in affording the public an opportunity of profiting by his modern and up-to-date experience in the production of the bc-st and most economical incandescent liffht and heating appliances. The. Wolsbjich Light Company to-day draws attention to an announcement sho\ving a further reduction in the prices of burners, mantles, etc.. also tho Welsbach Kern Ku'litt tors, the latest scientific development in gas fixtures, which, from an economical point of view, cannot, bo bonU'ii. securing a heat at small cost They are also platting on tho market, in order to meet the growing rieimuid for n cheaper o,ua)ity of incandescent materini. the. "New .Sunlight fncandoscent <Jns Light," new self-intensifying high pressure lump*, and the new incandescent kerosene lamp. "TwenCent," which consumes ordinary kerosene and produces a most brilliant light. These lamps aro now on sulfj at .1 . U. Stewart's. Ti.vpfcargill and Wltllon, A peruMnl of prim list published should be of interest to consumers. Fresh arrivals from Australia still continue to give this neighbourhood a call, writes our Nightcaps correspondent If every district in the colony hus n similar experience just now thert- must he a great number of Australian working men landing on our shores This season the crops on tho higher ground about Nightcaps are turning out remarkably well, especially where the land has been manured, as. though there has boon iv great rainfall, the necessary warmth luim been retained in the soil. Leadingin is Htill the order of the day in many partn- of tho district, large areas being still covered with stooks. For thiH work the men receive 'HI an hour or Id less than the threshing mill hands. An elderly man named Thomas Smalc has been committed for trial at Christchurch for selling a mixture of resin and paraflm wax for beeswax, and by means of this false pretence obtaining £3i>. Jl-1". and £'20 from three imn-ons. Professor liickerton, analyst, t>UU<;4 that fae had uxuiniiu'd specimens of tin? CoUlpo£iUon.. aB Hi! found there was no beeswax in them l*oth the ingredients or the mixture were spoiled by the mixing, and the stuff was of no market value whatever. (Tarttllhi wax is much cheaper than beeswax, and. since tho establishment of the oilworlcs at Orepuki. Ik no doubt easily procured, and at a much lower price than when it was imported.) Attention is directed to the alterations in the railway time-table which come into operation to-day. The train hitherto leaving Kingston for Cion; ;-t y.t'i a in. and 'G-ore for Kingston nt l.Li pin daily, will run on Mondays. Wednesdays. Fridays, and Saturdays only. The trains which left Luuisdcu for Invercargill at 11.5 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, und Fridays, and Invercargill for Lumsden at 1.0 p.m. on Tuesdays, and Saturdays will not run. The morning train, leaving Invercargill at 7.5 a.m.. will run to King^tsn on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, ami Saturdays only. The 1.30 •p.m. train fram Kingston to invorc^rgjU will run between Kingston and Luinsden on Tuesdays, Thursdays. Fridays, and Saturdays only ; the train Lumsden to Invercargill a-s at present. A steamer will leave Qucenstown for Kingston at O.So am Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, and at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday ; Kingston for Queenitown at 540 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday. Friday, amd Saturday, and at 1.0 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. A steamer to the head of tho 1.u.k0 will )oa\u Quoonstown at 10 a. ill. oil Monday and at 10.30 am. on Thursday, returning at 1.0 p.m. on Monday, mid 3.30 p tu. on Thursday. The opening run of tho Invorcargill Harriers' Club was held on Wednesday afternoon, the starting point being the residence of the enthusiastic president. .Mr T. 'M. Macdouald. About twelve mombeiß mustered, am) the pace was niado by deputy-captain A. S. I'eters, with J Thompson as whip. The course lay past Mr J. K. Watson's, along dies Uoad, out to tho cemetery, ami home through Adamson's. The ground was in good order, and tho going fairly fabt considering that the men are only beginning to strike-, form. In thn tun home Peters came first, with Stead second and JS. Nu«h third. When the traces of the chnSC had been removed, the members Ve-re entertained to afternoon te» by theft I ' 'president, and much did they enjoy tho dainties provided Mr MaCdonald said he was pleased that the opening run had been so successful, and he hoped to have them with him in greater numbers at , L later date, Air J. Thomson replied, thanking the president for his kindness ard for the active interest he had taken in the club from the first. A capital afternoon closed with three hearty cheers for Mr Macdonald. The next run t.turts from tho Hoatished. At a meeting in Wellington re a memorial of the Hon. W. nolleston, Mr Jas. M'Korrow- paid an eloquent tribute to the departed gentleman. lie had served under him foi" a pertotl of live years, which he regarded as the brightest f:\e years of his forty years of oflicial life. The late Mr Rolleston was one of the most pure and high-minded men lie had over had the good fortune to meet. lie had only one object in life, and that wus to do what wa9 right and just, according to the merits of the Question before him. He possessed great wisdom and great foresight. These were sentiments held by every mpmTser of the Civil Service who had come into contact with him Mr J. Ilutcheson said Mr Kollestou was in every senso of tho word a "man of the people," who, because he could not dissimulate, was not accepted of the people. His faith in the people almost amounted to credulity, because when he was rejected in 1 89U he wrote to him (Mr ITutcheson) these words : "I have never doubted thut the voice o f the people- will bu right wMuh there is a clear-cut itsue." French financiers are associated V.'itll Germany in the scheme to make tho Bagdad railway, and their demand for increased control threwtens the whole Kchonie. Uußsiiui newspapers are do-light-ed u>t, Britain's action in discountenancing tho Bagdad railway, thus checkmating Germany in Asia Minor.

tors complain bitterly of tho scarcity of bunny, and tluu in some districts trappors have ceased operations. I Albanians have issued a manifesto calling tho people to arms, declaring that ! tho Sultan has betrayed them to fot'eigi ners, iiiul their intention to defend them- [ selves against all-comers. The vital statistics of the liivoivargili resist ration district fur April were as follow:- . — Births .'l l , deaths 1.".. mtrri a«u cortilii'iitps i-ssuod 12'_ For the corresponding inuiitli of last year Uie births I numbered -17, df-nUIK 1 •">, and marriage . certificates issued 1 fi. lloferring to tho recent departure of thrre ttyd'ney doctors to help 1o copo with the measles outbreak in Fiji. the President of the M.S.W. Kou.nl of Health hah\ tho alleged virulence of nicaslcH in Fiji i K « delusion. Tho disease lioes tnnl assume a more severe form I there than anywhere else How does Ihu iicniunl for the extremely high morUility i'oUr)\viiisr previous epidemics ? IVrhaps through lack of knowledgeTti Whom it may Concern.—- 1 hiving boon requested by inilivy riiKtoinerH to put n small size of my throat ami lung cure TL'SSICURA on the market, I have conceded to their request, and advise Wui'l ns from this date a Is C.d si/-e will be procurable from all chemist s and storekeepers tihroughout the colony. S. J. Kvans, Monufaeturinpf Chemist, Dunediii. IS. McDonald is clearing his immense stock at lower prices than ever. This j Kemoval Sale is a ffijrantic concern, as hundred of keen buyers are proving daily. Are you in need of Doots or Shoes ? Now is your chance. All absolutely new goods and the best value ever offered in Invercargilt.— S McDonald City Hoot Palace. Another Attraction.— We desire to direct the attention of our lady readers to Messrs Thomson and Heat tie's advertisement in this issue, in which they make the somewhat sporting oft'er of the pick of fifty pieces of new dress materials, overing tho whole gamut of fashion, from which they are prepared to make dresses to order at a uniform price, which seems low considering that the best of finish and furnishings are quaKo cycles over buily have become so popular us Uumbers. Light. s'.rong, .speedy, dumble and pSegant. those splendid mounts represent the acme of perection in cycle construction. — McKenzie and Road), agents, Dee street, InvercarSill. The most essential print to r>e considered when selecting a bicycle is its easy running qualities. At the sports on Monday the Masaey-Harris won «very event, thus demonstrating the fact that it is the easiest running 1 machine on the market. We are now showing u> splendid line of Prams and Go-carts, all up-to-date goods, and we are prepared to sol) them at prices which defy competition. Call and see our stock and enquire our prices before purchasing elsewhere. Go-carts frcm 20s. prams from 355. All other lines equally cheap at Dewe's Furnishing Warehouse, Tay street only, near Vee street