Summary of News

Southland Times, Issue 19227, 14 December 1903, Page 2

Summary of News

There is .lppurently no rest f..r tho .'ew in Mussiit. A luifrp limitation „f the output of l""""^' |'«i>t-r is ( /ii in Aniericu. llt'l-r liolnil. a. Uo-l'Jiittii Hocinli.st. froiiffes l{ussia accurately. While Wesliuliu wus ji Crown rolonv v company Imilt a railway there. Now (l represL'titHlivc parliament 'has pussecl an vet which deUnes whnt the compunv nuiv ennrge for its servicea. (iermany juust •• en ounnie" lor a year in the matter of increnyinff the arinv ■ the people cannot sluixl more taxation' A singular natural change has cuino ovi'i- jmrt of HiiHsiirt'.s ac(|uiro<l domini,,,, north of (.nl)ul A rivor has nitbiwrued one of the str«ti'^j c railways. Ihe fiscal nuestion provides the usual l.ood „f pabulum. Sir W. V. Hnrcourt hu.s been holrtinK forth in his ,'inpructical v . a ''^- Ir recently challenged >nr Win. to state any measure he hnd passeri cluriiiir hiw long parliamentary and ministerial career. At last whnt is supposed to bo K\issia s reply to Japan has been received. "f , -'"Ponrse parliunu-nt lias heen disr*r v s .hc T ss, P t >uid show the ieui te--w/ih'rhlnn 8 trVinff " mutUul fril>ml " rol » •Soiiu- extremely susjiicious things have lome out in connection with an art sold m in 0 V V y 1Ch T l } *° O(i V lllny lickets wcr « s 'ld in V/,. The surplus was to go to ««,. , rp '••■' !' UlC> » uffe rer B by the dread Mount Kemi.la .nine explosion. There is no surplus. | )Ul f olßr or (iv( , of the molei-H are in gaol or on bail,

By a firo at Gore early on Saturday Mr G. Geddes' wheelwright shop was destroyed. The building, tools, and vehicles were insured for £ISO in the South Hritish Odice. ; the loss is estimated at considerably over that. Tho Christinas number of the Young Man's Magazine is to hand. The illustrations are well chosen and nicely printed, and tht; reading js inunly as well ns religious. A< tho Police Court on Saturday a first olTender was convicted and discharged fin- drunkenness by Mr (>. Froggalt, The farmers from tho "Winton district and further up the lino who were in town on Saturday did not soem to have suffered very extensively by the late .storms. They say that they had rather much rain, but have evidently fared better than their brethren to the west. Tho livers wire high on Friday. During the )>ast week there were admitted to the SouthJand Hospital 8 male patients , discharged, 7 mules and ."> females ; remaining, 2rt males and ] 1 females. The visitni'g trustees for this week are Messrs J. K. Watson and \V. V. Hunt. Tho black pony " JDurkie." .owned by Mr (J. P. Fari.s. Kdendule. and which gained tii'st prize in the class under IU hands at Invercurgill on Wednesday, has now won '27 urst prizes, and has never been beaten in harness. (luOrielle Hodipanl, who ussi.iled in the murder of 1 ouissant (ioullc, a processserver in Paris, in IHSV), has been released. Professor Liegeois has since hypnotised her to shyw that she committed lhe crime under the hypnotic inlluencu of her paramour, who was executed lor it Ihe woman decoyed (.JoulTe. to her lodging and they snt together on a coucti which had been placed across a curtained alcove in which Kyraud wiu concealed i tie curtain carried n heavy soft draped cord, and this T'ompard playfully wound round (.ioufle's throat and passed tho \'nd to Kyraud. who strangled the wretched man from behind. Bompard assisting. The Supreme Court of Australia hah made a rule absolute for the forieiture of the Great Western railway rights on tho ground of tion-iullilment ol the. conditions I his was, like our Midland, a • mad " railwuy to connect the east const of lusiiiuniu with the Zeehiui mining district. Jt was to he an ci'"i trie installation and urent things v ere contideiiliy u.ssmiil. liui . for) uuuteiy for t h«little coloiiv . the. syndicate that took it up some years ago could not enthuse capitalist.^ un/i the project and practically nothing lins been done One Vicchio, a ft-ading Milunese merchant, has suicided in Ixoine to kvoiil arrest on v charge of planning to murder a millionaire mend oiler extorting a Inquest vi XHi.uiMi from him. and signed a letter siutniK that he (the millionaire) intended to commit suicide Vetch in directed his vulet to drown the millionaire and throw his body into the river, but the valet released him. When a man means murder he should do il himself. There was a large attendance of momhers at tho meeting of the Suvvmill Workers' Cnion on fc>u,turday evening to receive nominations for othce-bearers. The, following were proposed: President, Mr I. o'Hyrne; vice-preMents CJ), A. Couling. A. Huliuun. A. Patterson and J Aiswojler ; treasurer, John Bunson ; trustees, Colin Campbell and F. Hoyd , committee i^). l- Luwn-ntf, M. LimlNay, .;. aicLha.v. A Patterson. L. Alrw oiler. J . Pattou. C. . (Jordoti. J. 10. Gordon, W. H. ilc.\iiiuiarn. A Huiman. W. Stott. W llarper. J . Frew. 1». (..alt. J. Kvuns, W. swain, .) . .ilsweiler. A. C. Moncur. \V . Polhy and \V. Hichurds ; auditor. .Jus Hunter, H was decided that the iinnu.il meeting take place on, the 2Sth inst. and tnat a smoke concert be*- held in the evening. Tho Axemen's Carnival Commit tee met on Saturday i veiling to receive the report of the programme committee. The programme consists of six chopping events, prize money £W<> : seven sawing events. SC')"> , running, six events. . cycling, four events. JC'2'2 1 < >s. Ihe progriiiiiine has been increased considerahly . Ihe gold medals und trophies will add considerably to the prize value '1 luufticials were appointed and other preliminaries arranged On Saturday afternoon Mr l< \\ Campbell, who is severing v connection of some years' standing with this paper, as a .member ot the " companionship " i latterly in the monoline department), was presented by his fellow -employes ivith a case of silver-mounted pities, suitably i-ngruved The presentation was made by Air (j H .loyce. who referred in felicitous terms to the recipient's good ijuuii. lit-ri and wished him isuctcnri m his nr« sphere of action Mr Campbell appropriately replied, expressing the. regret hfi felt in leaving the companions with whom he had for so Ioml; worked in harmony Tho Southland Hacing Club's privileges were sold on .Saturday by the .>,AI and A Co . to the following purchasers ■ — l'emperiince booih, .Jas Aitken. £.'H . cards. If. Hodgers i:.'-!l . fruit stutl. i. 1 ■ bio King; und luncheon booth. .1 . KingsliiiKi. £1 The amount received htst year was <C 1 1 ."> as against t')7 this year —Messrs J A Mitchell and Co sold the privileges in connection with the Caledonian Society of Southland's sports the prices obtained being Temperance, booth. .Ins Aitken. trtl ; luncheon. F Pope. £.'i ; fruit stull. Jas Aitken. C 4 ; fruit (No 2). Mrs McCormack. i.'i 15s; progrumines. F. .1 Hatch. L'J. A license for a booth vva.s not granted by the Licensing Committee, but the prices obtained bring the total to within 112 ;>s' of last years reci-ipt.s Tho Clifton sports' privileges were sold as follows : — Temperauce booth. W K Pope. XIO ; progruinme.s. F. J Hatch. L? 10s ; lundU'on. A. Angus. JL J ; fruit. T Hall V' 2 10s. I>r Hussell. at the meeting of tl.e I'urgesses' Association on Wednusdav. reports the Lyttelton I'imes, said that ho had known in Christchurch a •■strong healthy girl of sixteen or seventeen jeui s. who had waited on n ludy suiVering from tuberculosis The lady died A ft >< weeks later the girl developed a cough, and died in six months from galloping consumption He quoted the case to show that the disease vva.s reudily spread by contact . On the other hand.' he did not know of a single case where a person had been attacked by the disease owing to drinking milk.. "Why is it.' sighed the philosophor, that in the most serious business ol our life, marriage, serious considerations count for nothitu: ? A dimpled chin run, and often does, secure for a girl the best of husbands, while virtue and understanding combined cannot be relied upon to obtain^ for her even one of the worst " — Jerome K. Jerome, in " Table Talk " The Italian Mudget shows a surplus oj thive millions sterling. The machines used in, the Cycling Whizz in Fitzticruld's Circus are Ued Minis, and proves tnul these machines are undoubtedly the strongest machines built, as no other machine would stand such severe tests These muchines have been continually used by them since their last visit to Jnvercurgill. Nothing is too insignilicant — everything must have, attention. You win look in vain for anything even suggestion of hap-hazardism in the construction of the McCounick Ueupers and Hinders. An examination of each separate part, with reference to its relation to every other part shows a symmetry of design* unmurred by any faultiness of execution. There is nothing superfluous ; nothing wanting completeness comforts you in uvery detail . consistency in every combination. In all details that go to make up a scientiliailly built binder it is admitted that no manufacturer can approach tl.O McCormick. Try our Paris kid gloves, 2's Gd. 2s Gci 2s (>d ; try our Pans kid gloves, Price and Uulieitt ; sent post free, 2s Gd, 2s (id ; sent rest free, I'iicu and Bulloid • sent post free, 2s Gd, 2s od, 29 Gel. Splendid stock ladies' umbrellas, very suitable for Xmas presents, and what is more useful for sun and rain. Price and Uulleid are now offering 100'J ladies' umbrellas in good twill silks with stylish handles, silver mounted and rolled gold handles, knobs, rings, hooks und every style of handles, 7h Gd, 8s Gd, 10s b'd, 112s Od, l;"is Od ; also first rale variety umbrellas at Us lid, 3s Od, -is 9d, 5s '.'d, (is Od. Inspection invited before buying elsewhere. Price, and Uulleid. Direct Importer of Dritish-rnade Umbrellas. Uhainberiain's (Jough Kemedy acts on nature's plan — loosens the cold, relievos the lungs and makes expectoration easy. For sale by AlacaUster & (Jo.