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Southland Times, Issue 19138, 31 August 1903, Page 2

The lamp room at Kaiatangata coal mine was burned down on Friday morning. The building had been only recently erected, and contained 100 lamps, of which about 40 wore saved. The fire arose from a spark getting among some greasy cotton waste. The building was uninsured. Referring to the shortage of sheep, us shown in the stock returns, Mr J<3. G. Staveley, at the annual meeting of the (Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, said that it was question for consideration | whether wo should continue our frozen meat export at the volume now existing. The question of the exportation of ewe lambs had been discussed in the public prints, and he had seen it suggested moro than once that the subject was one calling for legislative enactment. In his opinion it was by no means a matter for legislative enactment at all. It was purely a matter of pecuniary and financial consideration by tho farmers and growers of sheep, and It would regulate itself on a pound, shilling and pence basis. So long as the farmer was offered such remunerative prices for his fat lambs he would accept them. If the country continued to carry on the export as now, his breeding ewes would become worth so much in time that it would pay him to keep them rather than export them, and the pendulum would thus swing back. Flax, in connection with tho experiments to be conducted at tho Levin State Farm with a view of noting the properties of the different species, still continues to arrive from all parts of the islands. Though, necessarily, some time must elapse before any results of the experiments can be obtained, it is thought the proceedings taken will result in much valuable information being obtain- I cd. The death of Lord vi'sbury recalls the interesting fact, noted in Mr T. L. Buick's book " Old Manawatu " that the ex-Premier of England (then Lord Robert Cecil) walked from Wanganui to Foxton in the early fifties. A member of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce asked for leave of absence from the annual meeting and stated that it was the first meeting he had missed for 20 years. Mr J, JVfohafTey was the recipient of a purse of 20 sovereigns from the public of Queenßtown. Tho school children also presented Mr MehaflVy with a gold mounted cigarette holder and a silver match box, and Mrs Mehafley with a silver manicure set. Mr Mehalfey comes to the Woodlands school, having effected an exchange of positions with Mr Hiddlestone. At tho second annual meeting of the South Canterbury Dairy Co, the balance sheet for 11. months showed a profit of .;SUS against a loss last year of £45.?. The company sold 20,000 gallons of milk, and made 312 tons of butter, 47 1 of which was exported. The carriage of milk cost £720. Of the original issue of 10.000 shares, 2623 remain unallotted. Eight creameries are now in course of construction. The company has ordered a i>iant at an estimated cost of £1000. During the year the company circulated £12,732. The Tarunaki Herald gives currency to a rumour that Lord Kanfurly's successor will be Lord Rosinead, eon of Sir Hercules Robinson, a former Governor oi New Zealand. The Borough Council having received the reports of Mr Salmond, architect, and Mr Annand, of Dunedin, on the designs for the town hall and theatre, a special meeting of the Council is convened for to-night to consider them. The liquor seized in Holland's premises at Gore and confiscated by the Crown was on Saturday sold by Messrs W. Todd and Co. It went cheap, the total realised being £20. A mooting of shareholders in the Southland Farmers' Co-operative Aj-so-ciation was held in Invercargill on Saturday, over -to beinp present, tho pr<-si. dent (Mr Alex. Murdoch) in the chair. The balance sheet to be considered by the annual meeting at Gore on Thursday showed that the credit to profit and loss, including the balance carried firward from last year, was £930, an'l the directors will recommend the payment of a dividend of "> per cent. It is further shown that the Association's deposits have risen from £10-17 in July, ID"'2. to £3350 at balance date. The President congratulated shareholders <m the progress of tho Association, anil said that there was no reason why it should not develop into as prosperous a f.uiiy as any of €he similar organisations in the North. It was decided to recommend to the annual meeting the payment of an honorarium to the directors in addition to their expenses. The fabled philosopher's stone that wns supposed to turn everything to gold has never been discovered, but soinetliini; cl.se of great practical utility has been discovered : thut is a really good ten at a reasonable price, namely, Mr Kuxter's choice Hava Tea at one shilling and sixpence per In. Tho Warnambool to Melbourne Road Uacc a distance of 103 miles was won l»v J. Arnst of N.Z. in 7 hours 43 minutes from scratch, Beating tnu previous record by one hour. Arnst rode a Red Bird machine, thus proving it to be the best machine for road riding. Capstan ButUr is not surpassed lor quality. It is the choicest, the purest and the beßt. From all storekeepers. That tho market la crdwd«d with inferior tools of tiw same style as the Bxcelsior Horse Hoe and Cultivator makes it necessary for us to draw attention to the fact that the Excelsioi is made from first-class, h^h-grade material only. Price, with hilling attachment complete, £3 10». Every farmer should be provided with this inurement Macalister and Co., chemists. Magnificent harvesting machinery, such as any farmer might well consider a privilege to handle was exhibited at the lioyal Agricultural Society's Glth unnual exhibition by the McCormick division of the International Harvester Co. It will be noticed that since the great amalgamation of fivo United States Agricultural Engineers, these makers now tru.de uuder another ccwnmerciul designation, but the McCormick machines remain distinguished by the same meritorious features as has ever characterised them. The wide elevator platform and folding out-side divider of their wideopen elevator have won much popularity for this machine. A giant among mowing •aachines was tho McCormick Big 4 Mower, which has been specially constructed upon ample lines, was also shown, together with tho famous Daisy reaper.

By midnight message from Auckland coiucs rows oi a dmidjul lute that overtook fo u r tourists who uoro viewing one of the periodical spouts of Walmangu — " Hlnck Water- " — yesterday afternoon. Venturing near to the swelling waters of the cauldron in order to take photographs they were overwhelmed by the wiling witters and swopt awmy. Waiimingu is the greut " show " place of the Hot Lakes district just now. Not many days ugo two men crossed the uncanny pool during one of ita uncertain iKMiiody of rest to take soundings of iff depths. Two of the purty lost yesterrtny uere young ladies from Canterbury. In our report of tho discussion ;tt tho meeting of the Jilufl Harbour Boajid on Friday on the action of the .Marine Department in burking the Board's reclamation proposals, there were two inaccuracies. The area <>i the harbour was given as 1100 acres. It is really 1-i.uOO acres, and the point mado was that in so vast v sheet of water the reclamation of 14 ucrea .can produce no serious effect. The voting on the motion to send tho chairman to Wellington to interview the department, was given as 5 for and three against. me motion was actually carried by 0 to 3, the chairman's nnme Having been omitted from the " division list." Attention is directed to the excellent programme that has been prepared lor vie organ recital in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church to-morrow night. The items vary much in character, and include .some novelties— the recitation " Soul music."' by Mr Webb with organ accompaniment, for instance. Jt is but seldom that Air 1\ 11. Mohr appears as a cornet soloist — his name is on this programme. There are several organ soles, other instrumental numbers, and a very attractive selection of vocal music, to which some of ovir best singers contribute, among them being Mrs Forbes Williams aiul Mrs Blue. Tho programme, it may be anticipated, will draw a large audience, and the Organ Fund, /or which a collection will be made, should profit hstmtsomely. At the boxing contests in Chrjstchureh J. M. Oriflin (Southland) won the mid-dle-weight championship. For the bantam weight event, E. S. Ward (luvcrct\rgill) was scratched. I The Duncdm coursing meeting finished | on Saturday, the winner of tho Muiden Stakes being Lethuby's Expand by lle--I'Jlastic which beat The Jew. In the open stoke Pollock, and Mitchell's Slerry Muy, by lirobws-Jlay Queen, beat King Dick and won. For the Supplementary Stake Wise's Jubilee beat Aledorn. ixr.d won. The Southland Hospital I'jvunis for iast week were .—Admitted, 'J nu.les tuid 5 females ; discharged, 8 males und 4 H'lualen ; remaining, '60 males mid 16 females. Died : Marion Wright, 81 years. The visiting trustees for this week are Messrs J. McQueen and 11. Allen. Tho secretary acknowledges a donation of 8s Od from Mr K. Uray Centre Hill, also hone dust and fertiliser from I'e^srs Wright, Stephenson and Co. Strong south winds on Saturday produced « low wi<l bitter temperature which wns somewhat mitigated by a slight fall oi snow at night. Those conditions seem to have been general us far north as Ashburton, where iour inches of snow fell. This visitation uas without doubt unfortunate as Jambing is on. Since the list of cases for hearing at the sessions of the Supreme Court, opening to-morrow, was made >:p, the following civil actions have been added : — 0. W. Oldham v. Ramsay and E&pie, a claim for £.775 (\s 8d damages for alleged breach of contract and money lent, and counter claim by defendants for damages for breach of contract— Mr Stout for plaintifl ; Mr Barclay (Dunedin) for defendants— and Ranisay and ftspic v. O. W. Oldham ; action removed from Magistrate's Court, Dunedin, on the application of defendant ; claim £85 8s Od ;n connection with a rabbit Cnn-tract,—-Mr Stout for defendant, Dr Parkin, jvho is travelling in conneciion with the Rhodes Scholarship Trust is a passenger to New 'Zealand by the Turak'ina, due this week. Tho wn lking match by commercial travellers, in which a good deal of interest was shown, took place on SatunUy, although the weather was anything ):ut springlike, and a number left by train for Awarua Siding where, with reinforcements, the competitors to tho number of 17, at 2.30 p.m faced the starter, Mr James Macgregor. They kept together for tho first mile or two, tH>n they began to tail oil. Woodend was reached in 88 minutes, Clifton in 08 and Kew in 74. By this time it was evident tho race lay between five competitors, and by the time Biggar street was reached tin; " possibles " had been reduced to three. Coming up the Struigbt. to Twrud «trci:t v promt tu.s.slo ensued between Charlie Martin and Ralph Emerson, Lionel Broad, who hod ncted as puce-maker, dropping out. Tho starter, noticing that the judges had not arrived owing to tho fust, time- made, got to the winning pout, and amidst some excitement declared a dead heat between Martin and Emerson, with Jack Martin Close up, Johnson, Carlton, Hntton and Portew finishing in that order. The distance, over nine miles, was covered in the very creditable, timo of 87 J minutes. Archiuauld was really first past tho post, but as the last mile or two was not done in what is termed, by athletes fair heel and too, no was not allotted a place, *■