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Southland Times, Issue 19089, 3 July 1903, Page 2

Something in the nature of a langlt of wires occurred on the Invercurgill Dunedin telegraph line late last night and delayed work considerably Eventu ally the use of the Huilway Depart meat's service was ' secured, and thi messages were got through. The cause of the lapse was not known. The last time it was the burning of the Clintou station that brought the wires to earth, but this latest break was not so complete. The Ilorough Council met last night in committee to consider the finances of tho town. It is understood that the Finance Committee have made certain proposals for increasing th.} revenue, and there will probably be a discussion at the meeting of the Council next Thursday. Out of respect for the late Mr 11. Double, the hairdressers of Invercargill have decided to close their places of business from 1 to 1 o'clock this afternoon. Headers are ro'.ninded that Mr AiasU-r R. MacKenzie. late of the Gordon Highlanders, delivers his descriptive lecture on the Afghan War, Lord Roberts's march to Kandahar and the Battle of Majuba HUI. where MacKen/.ie, along with the late Sir Hector Macdonald and others, wus captured by the Boers This ■is certain to bo a most instructive discourse, as Mr- MacKen/.ie has several charts showing the various positions, and localities .in connection with these historic fights. Sergeant-Major Kennedy, late of tho 72nd CSeuforth) Highlanders. called on us to say ' that he hud fought with Mr Mac- , Kcnzie in the Afghan campaign, and it had given him great pleasure to again ' meet his o.d comrade in arms. Sergt - Major Kennedy is an old and much estcomed colonist He has been residing at Stewart Island during the past nine months, alter leaving his farm at Spring I Hills, near Winton. where he resided for 2'J years. > Tho strong north wind wnich has pre- , vailed for some days dried no the roads ; wonderfully. and yesterday at, c noon raised an unusual winter dust i-torin. ' For about half an hour Deo suet t.as . almost impassable. dense clouds ot I stinging grit flying before the wind and i' giving the fow who essayed to cross an - exceedingly rough passage. Wl.cn the - supply of dust gave out the mads were » left cleaner than they have bc.'.i for i many a day. There are at pi resent on view in Mr r Deivc's window. Tay street, a irumbcr of • oil paintings, chiefly portraits. Obvio usly the paintings .are taken from pho--1 tographs, but tho method by which so t, exquisite a result lis obtained is a sec- -. ret iv the possession of the artist, Mr.-* > T .1 Hell, (Jrepuki. After a considerj able time spent in experiment Mrs Hell has elfected an improvement in crystol- .. cum work that enables her to turn out I the highly artistic pictures now on ex--1 hibitiou in Mr Devve's warehouse. It ■i will be admitted by all who examine these portraits, some of which are taken I from ordinary magazine illustrations, 1 that Mrs Hell's improvement is r»al. Q The work lis genuine art, chaste and imss Ished, and capable of bearing the closest scrutiny Tho colour, moreover, is lam- , ing. It will not fade with age. Mrs Hell has sent samples of her work to 1 Sydney, wK->re it was at once recognised that a discovery of some importance had been made, and Mis' Hell is . now receiving regular commissions from l one of tho principal studios in the New South Wales capital. It will, perhaps, b« news to some to hear that artistic " work that cannot be done in Sydney is bwing done in Orepuki. But it is perfectly true, and those who inspect tho ' pictures on view in Mr Devve's shop will 1 quite understand how it is that Mrs ] Bell has been able to draw orders from Sydney. The picture can bo taken from J any photograph (portrait or landscape ' or interior), and it is probable- that Mrs 5 Bell will find locally a considerable field for the employment of- her skill and talent. I For the Band Contest at Tiutaru in i October twelve entries have b 'en receiv- ■ ed :— -Oamaru, Kaikorai. Dunc-lin Navels. . North East Valley, Waimate. Canterbury Engineers', Woolston, Elite (M.r st- ! church), Lytlolton, Marine, v. : nnj.-t nui. Nelson and Tinmru. Wn tries have closed. At the Dunedin City Vol ice Court) Mario Majeroni wu» fined 40s and costs for disposing of a bicycle :>>' loiioiy lit the Princess Theatre^

Mr Leicester, master of the Waiuiuuiu Extended dredge, while uncoupling buckets mot with an accident which resultad In the breaking of his leg. He ia now In the Southland Hospital. A gentleman returned from Rotorua tells the Wanganui Herald that the eruptions at Waimaugu (Black Water) are increasing (in magnitude, and those on the spot are beginning to feci upprehension. The area of the crater at Waimangu is over an acre and a half, and during an eruption the whole of the contents are hurled into the air over 1000 feet— rocks, mud and water formiug one huge black column. Quite recently 42 such eruptions occurred within the space of a few minutes. A Timnru resident recently lost sixteen fowls in n mysterious way. They were old birds and roosted at night in a house, younger ones living and feeding with them by day, roosting in trees. The other morning the 10 roosting in tho house were found on the floor dead. They were examined for marks of weasel bites or other ' wounds, but none could bo found. They could not have been poisoned through their food, or the younger birds would have suffered also. Another resident lost 35 fowls one night in the same unaccounted for manner, j At tho Campbelltown Court on Wed- 1 ueSKlay Mr S E. McCarthy. S.M., refused tho application of Joseph Met/.ger for a re-hearing of the case Metzger v. Dawson und Dawson v. Metzger, with jC L Js costs.— Mr MofTett for applicant, Mi- W. Mnealister for defendant. Preparations for the Huilway Bowing Club's carnival are now driving Oa apace, and this event is expected to be on a scale of magnificence unprecedented ia the annals of such local enterprise. Next week the Ze-.ilnndia Hall will daily be a scene of bust Hag activity, while participants ia the various side shows ore in active practice, so that whoa the fair opens on Wednesday evening everything will be as it should bo. It is elsewhere notified that the time for receiving entries for the tag-of-war has been 'extended to to-morrow evening, when ! the names of quite a number .if teams are expected to be ia the secretary's hands. Meantime everything is being done to push things on, and giv a patrons considerably more than iMiv shilling's worth At the last, meeting of the North Invorcargill Borough Council the school committee was granted the use of ihe Town Hall on 10th inst. for the entertainment in nicl of the school funds. ; Tfc» requests of Wra. Keys and W. 11--1-I'atiM-son for drainage, and oi W. Iv Pope for street repairs were referred to ithe Wor'.»s Committee. The tilling in of ' St. Andrew street drain, th.- gravelling jot the footpath and metalling of the initersectiong of this street were left in jthe hands of the Works Committee. A Mist of outstanding rates for the year j 1 !>n3 showed the amount to be £5 lOs Sd The collector was instructed to take j legal proceedings to recover the amounts. TK- Ensign reports that Sergl . Fleming, who has been in charge of the Core police district " since 1891, is undor orders to proceed -to Queenstown. Sorgt. Fleming. who has made many friends during his term of office in Core, will > be wucroeded by Sergt. McKenzie, of ■ Queenstown. who was at one time stationed at Lumsden. I Ponfold. the young fellow who v...s injured several mouths ago whilst marking on the lVllull Cully race/..., Wellington, and who is still an i-i-nat" Ol the hospital, has so far rcov : i-ed ns to ' be wheeled into the open air. "iis s.i'inc wus touched by the bullet, an-1 •'„ was 1 ussunned that his recovery »as homeless „ | The magisterial returns for 'he otur'ter ended M"th .Juno show : ':;it various charges were made against l»"s mules. nnd .'*"> females, of whom '.-- a\ii--'S end t 20 females were summarily « .iti\".< Ud, 15 males and three femules iomm ! t ■•• I for j trial, charges against seven cries and I two females dismissed, and 21 inn-;* und c linn- female:, discharged With drunken- _ nessi there were 2H males ->i.d six fe- : males charged, and all w ere " con n u-d . .Prohibition orders wero issued cu r .',nst - l.'i males and 0 females- In civil bmi- ■• • ness J174 plaints wore entered for judgment on £'A'2l<>. of which jwigmccts were given for £1107. Thirty-one distress warrants were ssued din ig the quarter For the corresponding quarter of Inst year 209 males and 2* fci-.ules were charged. 102 mules and 22 females convicted, the convictions lor drunkenness being 17 males and 9 females, while 12 were convicted for dismlerU--I'css while drunk. On the civil sale, 37. . plaints were entered, the amount claimed being £4003. and .CtS.'lfi given judgment for Twenty-four distress warrants were issued. Mr Alex. Trotter. commission af-Li-t. Esk street, has for some time had in his office a number of samples oi wood .from the puriri tree. This is uialouotedIly the finest New Zealand wool for cubinetmaking purposes. In rjchness of collouring and boauty and variety cf figuring it compares more than fa .'numbly with walnut and mahogany. Mr Tntter has had a piece polished locally. I; maybe seen at his office, and i H who .mi to sco it will admire it as a thing cf great beauty. It is safe, to say l>.ut C< tew ill ,be a large demand for this I e.a.llful inative wood, for New /,Mlani:crs need not have tables and sideboards' o' imported mahoguny and oak wlu-a they can have an equally line aid h vabomc piece of furniture ia New /eiiand i.ooil. Messrs McLean and Dewur n-e making a chest of drawers with puriri lariucs. aid j when finished it will be i\hii> : ;.ni ai.d submitted to tW.> criticism of r.ll j The increased activity in the building trade ia Wellington is attributed largely ,to the introduction of the system of ratiing on the unimproved value. A rcj presentative of the Lyttelton Times recently obtained an opinion, alleged to be authoritative, as to the popularity or otherwise of the system. The words used were — '' It is operating admirably land there is no possible chance whatever of Wellington going back to the {old system." Judging by remarks- recently passed at a meeting of the Southlund County Council their ratepayers j will hardly say " hear, hear " to this, j One tendency of the method of rating, i may. as years go by, he the creation of something like sluma, ground-owners Imc'-in;:' I'll the buildings the law will permit on their holdings. Capstan Brand Butter absolutely the choicest quality. It leads— others follow. From all storekeepers, price Is Id. The Auckland Education Boni-d k.is decided not to declare a holiday for Arbor Day. New Goods !— Rotherhain's gold #md silver watches in extra heavy cases, hunter and open-faced ; also E.P. ware by James Dixon and Son.— N. J. M Rein, 46 Dee street. .SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENT The second course of winter lei lures commences on Monday. Notico to members Poultry Association und Homing Sorielv re -funeral ol the late H. Double. Spring cart for sale— A. Pine. OU-ru-iniku. Members of Pioneer Southland l.odgt summoned to attend funeral of Uio laic llro. if Double. See the testimonials re Jones' pi.euina. tic knife-polisher. Tucker's clearing sale of Levy's svocl* commences to-day. Win. Todd & Co sell (J ore sections at the Uialto to-unorrotw. 200 acres swamp land. Otautau, fot private sale— N.M. & A. Co. Wanted married couple, man to plough wrfman to rook — Henderson & Bulger Wanted a good ploughman — Ihmdersoi &. Batger. McKay Bros ' sell freehold property Inglewood and Appleby, in the Exchange on Saturday. Last four days of (Herbert. ITaynes \ Co.'s sale. Houses and sections, all si/es, for sua —A Trotter. Latest in boys' clothing for schoo wear at the Economic. Lewis & Co.'s winter sale commences to-morrow, Four fhixinill hands wanted at once— Mrs ITolmes. •(irand Oriental Pair commences oi Wednesday Entries for tug of war at the C.irnisa will be reeei\ed till Saturday. I l '. W. Oiesluun visits Otautau on Wednesday.