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Southland Times, Issue 19773, 24 March 1906, Page 2

I in.'l i'i*liimrsHls for next Tuea-lav’s conpert (if till- Musical Villon arc advertised ill til's issue, and it is particularly desiiulile Una members should muster in hove. as much depends on tho success or .d itcru ise ol' the last run through. : The Ued I'imm.d magazine for April is nil .Ittractive number, 'both for quality an. | variety. The most striking contributions are these on '‘ Hongkong- and its (lov'Tinm iu,” “ Hairying in the United Sillies," White Ants in Australia,” and s .er:i 1 short complete stories. A new M'.-lnl e nitl.il " Spirit Wives of tho Ai-.iiiemone," by Hand Mapletloram, is commenced, it purports to he an oxpoi ere of the celohratt d " Abode of Love,’, which came into prominence in England some months ago. i

f tio secretary of tho Southland H. and C.A. Board desires to acknowledge receipt of a consignment of fin<j plums, forwarded by Mi's "tfoUngpian, Arrowtown. The inmates of Lome Farm, who ai'e to sample the jam, will no doubt also bo grateful to -the donor. This afternoon at 2 o'clock d meeting of flajftniflers will b8 held in the secretary's office to clistusu the grading qut»tion. All millers are invited to be pre-

R«ul>cn Kent, a (ptasteivr c»g.agvd al tho new Town Hftll, niet with a nasty acci<knt yesterday afternoon. He was busy plastering the top box, about liOft. above Die floor, when he apparently lost his balance and fell. Ho had the presence of mind to .tump for the proscenium, ahd lie alighted first on the footlights, then fading till) few extra feet to the floor. In striking tho footlights, which are set in concrete, Kent broke due of hia legß just above the ankle. He was femoved to tho hospital, and according to latest accounts was doing as well as could lie expected. Kont came to invercargill trout Ilohnrt about six weoks ago, and had l.etn employed at the Town Hull for abotit five weeks.

The adjournod meeting of creditors in the estate of Herbert Mitchell, labourer, was held on Thursday afternoon, Mr 0. I!. Uout (deputy official assignee) presiding. After debtor had been further examined in regard to the causes that led to his position, Mr A. Sinclair moved, and .Mr J. C. Smith seconded, that d ibtor's discharge be not granted until he pays his creditors 10s in the Jt. This was carried, ami the meeting l adjourned.

The Rev. J. lYrkins, of S. Johns Church, wiio is shortly IcaUng for Tapaiiiii, will preach his farewell Sermon tomorrow uigiit:

Thus the Wellington correspondent of the Lyttclton Times :—Tho Labour PepaUment is in a state of absolute ignorance of the question raised by recent reports from England about the engagement of navvies and domestic servants. Regarding the latter, of course, tho public feeling is " the more the Cotter." Everybody wants domestic servants always, and the prosperity -of the country enables nil young women and girls that life to, to dispense with domestic service, which, moreover, as regulated by many housekeepers, is not at till inviting to the average youilg womail between the architects who plan dog kennels for the servants and the housewives who want to get 23 hours' work out of SM hours from their " slaveys." This is the. way I heard a young woman to-day put it. in a sort ol fine frenzy- .Whatever the facts, the moral is plain that immigration must supply the market. As to ihe navvies, labour is nervous. They fear that the engagement of navvies will ultimately result in flooding the labour market and creating a considerable numbtir of unemployed. A gentleman pro mir.ent in labour circles expressed his own personal opinion that :' if the immigration scheme is to be continued the CiOVtrnment should guarantee a year's employment. Of course no such guarantee has been given.

Importing houses (says the New Zealand trade Ueview for March) generally report a turnover quite equal 1o that of last year at the same season, but at the same tiinu the complaints of sluggishness of money that have been prevalent for the last two or three yeans ure becoming more pronounced, and bankruptcies, which have of late years been extremely rare, ure beginning to be heard of in a small way. Tho autumn and winter trade in soft goods has opened so far satisfactorily, and the weather, which is rather more chilly than usual for the season, is in favour of the trade. The retail summer trade is, however, reported to have been extremely poor and unsatisfactory, the weather having been very un| ropitiotis, spells of really warm temperature havinir been rare and brief. Increased caution is g-rneally felt to be very advisable.

Prior to leaving Winton for Inveroar•dll. Peter McKiimn was entertained at a social by the stock agents of Winton. There was a large attendance. of iriends. and Mr K. Stevens occupied the chair. On behalf of the gathering. the chairman presented Mr McKinna with a gold medal and a pipe.

Tiie Staiidard states that tite ideal weather of the past week has allowel farmers in the Core district to get on with their cutting, and very little grain now remairls standing. Another couple of days will see the • harvest in stool*. Lia-liiis-i" has been commenced in parts but a tow days will elapse beiore it is eetieral.

Willi reference to the statement made by tlit? Premier at tieraldino on Friday night that an American shipping combine was trying to break down the subsidised steamer service ■'between New. Zealand and the West of England ports, some doubt exists as to the means of retaliation to bo used by the combine against the Federal Company, which has been securing large quantities of cargo hieherto shipped via, London. The New Zealand Times is informed that col.iniul trading lines which are interested in the American combine threaten, with the assistance of the combine to bring pressure to bear on the Federal Company (which rims regular cargo steamers from N'cw Yorki to Now Zealand) by carrying cargo from Now York to London, where it will be transhipped to New .Zealand or Australia at considerably lower rales for the total distance than Uritish exporters can obtain in the same steame.s. It is to defeat the. u tactics that the Premier contemplates the possibility of starting a State line of steamers to Kngland.

The majority of the members oi the new House of Representatives have .-aiarkiud off the seats they intend to occupy in the Chamber. The Leader of the Opposition has '• gone up one," that 'is to say, he talies the seat which for about a tnanrter of a century was filled by the late member for Hawke's Bay—Sir William Kussell. Next to Mr Massey, on the same bench, will sit Mr .James Allen. Mr F. M. B. Fisher has come right down to the front Opposition benches, and will catch the Speaker's eye l'r-um the spot that knew Mr W. C. lUichanan for very many years. Mr K. \V. Alison intends to share the bench from which Mr W. 11. Hemes so often spoke. Mr C. A. C. Hardy, too, springs into more prominence, and removes from the position where he was unseen by the denizens of the public gallery into a more cheerful place "in the same section of the House. The vacancy left by the member for Selwyn is to be occupied 'by Mr A. S. Mal"colin. the new representative of CTutba. Perhaps the most notable change which has been made is that of Mr .1. Graham, member for Nelson, who will in future address the House from Mr T. 15. Taylor's old seat, whence of recent sessions came most of the pyrotechnics that illuminated the Chamber.

Concerning the running in the 100 yds race at the <">oro Cycling Club's meeting on Wednesday, the Standard has the following :—Four g" 0 ' 1 runners got into the final, hut almost immediately the men left their marl-is it was seen that the. race was neither for the swift nor the strong. One of the-scratch men soon shot to the front, evidently with the intention of winning, but his opponents' remarkable -lethargy suggested that they too were anxious for the same result. Ho immediately set his pace to that of the other three, mid a most stupid exhibition of the art of running tk'ad wua presented to the public. lOach of the three seemed to strive for the last place, atid to make sure of it one fell to Mother Earth and unother appeared to be struck with paralysis a few yards from the tape- The founth man won in anything -between 1 I | and 10 sees. I

The following committee has been set up to organise a. carnival in., aid of the equipment of the new town hall at Wyndham, the carnival to be hold three months hence :—President, Mrs Currie ; vice-presidents, 'Mesdames R. M. Mackay, I'null, Cunnincrhiin, and McLauchlan ; joint secretiir.f-s, Misses Trainor and r'fill : commi'.teo, Sirs .1. Millar and V. iss-es nrahan.. Cunningham, S. ATilne and H. MeLuicn, with power to add to the number.

The Rev. W. K, Malcolm uml Mrs Malcolm, of the Cl'inu Inland Mission, are at present in htvercargill on furlough, and advantage Ims been taken of their presence to pcivsuadu them to convey their impressions of China and the people td liivercargill citizens. To-morrow morning Mr Malcolm will speak in Kno'x Church, and in the evening ho will occupy die pulpit of St. Paul's l'resliyterian Church, while Mrs Malcolm, in addition to addressing the members of St. l'aul's Young Women's Hible Class in the afternoon, will speak in the" North loverrargill Church in the evening. In view of recent occurrences in China and the puzzling attitude of the natives towards missionaries and foreigners generally this opportunity of learning s-miething of the ■ lueslion " from the inside " should not ho neglected, particularly us Mr and Mrs Malcolm are uhle speakers, callable of inviting their subject with a r u re [■harm.

The mystery surrounding the gelatinous organisms that were to be sent in thousands or. the Wyndhnm footpaths one day last wee'-: nus been cleared up. Sample specimens were submitted to Professor llcnlinm, of (Hugo University, who identified them as the larvae of an aquatic fly called Chironomus. They were l»'oI,ably .deposited in water first, then were dried ui> and carried by the wind.— Wyndhum Farmer.

,V " Cymrodorion " Society tins b-H-n lormcd in Wellington. Its chief object is to brine- the Welshmen of the Empire City into closer touch, ami to preserve ami cultivate Welsh music fuel literature.

The Kev. .) • Y. ltol.y, who has been pastor of the OrepnUi I'reshyU'riuii Church for the last seven years, has for reasons of ill-hoalth resolved to seek a Uryer mid warmer i-limaU-. To that end he has accept id a call to a n u'lhcr.i pastorate, ami leaves Oivpu'ki to-day <:-nluyurilay) for his new location. To mark the esteem in which he is held here, he was entertained at n. social in 1 lie church ve.ster.lay evening, when about. lot.) ut-

semlik'-.l to wish him Cod-speed. Mr 11. Curd'Mi presided, and in a few brief sentences expressed the regret of the congregation at losing his ministrations, and

voiced l In; hope of all present thai the change might do him all the good anticipated. Tin 11. on behalf of Mr Kohy's innr.y friends. Mr Harden presented ihe truest with an address beaut ifully got up, a silver cuke-dish suitably inscribed, and a purse of sovereigns. llr Hoby replied in feeling terms, thanking all ''"' (heir uiiiforin Kindness while he had been their pastor, and for the splendid gilts. which ho woit'd cherish as a memento of (he pleasant relations always o'.itnining between himself end his tnngrrgation ir. Oivpuki. 'l'lie l!ev. Mr V.nr.donnld, of Otnutau, was present and spoke ni. some length. Tea "us handed round, and a pleasant evening was line slit to a close by. the choir sin-;iug " C >d be with yon till we meet again." —Hw ' correspondent.

A coursing elub lias ! n formed in .'lore. The preliminary i: ..line; was alt ended by about in eent leinen, and Messrs A. .1. Cibbs. ('.. Taylor. C Whittinghnin, <>. Kelly ami T. Mncai'a wena appointed a committee to circularise e.mrsirijf me,, ihroiKdioin Southland and the Lakes District with the o'b.iect. of a<eertaining v.hit support would be forthcoming from the various districts. a"d to d'seuss and draw up a report of ways and means and to report to ~ meet inir t.j be held liter en. Mr .1. Latham was appointed secretary. The I'icton harbour was visited on Wednesday ni-lil by immense shoals of jelly-fish, and the local paper asserts thai pussi n/.-ers crossinir in a dinghy had to cut their way through with the oat's. At the freezing Works the I's'i were a gr.eit. nuisance. When the sail water pump was set going lli'-y choked I lie pipes so that it was feared the m-arhiin ry would bnvj/ !o !e sopp.d. hj was :i o'clock in '.lnniorni; g before the en.hirers cot all clear and li'ouehi things into lair run mug order again. The I'iiy Hoot Palace invites inspect ion io-niglil. The windows are bright and ftvsh. showing seine of th • latest styles mid qiiulitiis in Cent ieinen 's footwear for the coming s--n:on. The I.:.dies' window also is a picture of fashion Hoots an I Shoes. snowing Ihe tnl-'si styles in the most up-to-date lines. We slock the wvy be.,! Hoots and SI s fri.in Ihe world's muinifurl uivrs. nail invite inspection and comparison, both in qualities and prices. - McPON ALP'S City Hoot. Palace. In their advi., which will be found in the usual place nt the top of the right - hand corner of pn.-je .",. Met'. UP I'.ll. T,\ V I.OK AND CO. undertake to show "how to make money." The subject is one ot" universal interest, and it is certain that many readers will try Mr<! IUJKIL Ta.VLOU AND CO.'S pian. Will you join them ? If not. why Hot '.'

KPF.CIAI. XOTICK is directed to PRICK ASH Itt'LI.KIH'S I'IUST Slid PAYS, on, Thursday. Friday mu\ Saturday, 2'2ni\, '2'.\ri\ and 2 Ith. on which days a grand ips'ilay .if X K\V SF. \SO\"K tIOOHS will be on View Lovely Autuinu and Winter Goods. .Model Millinery direct from London and Paris. Choice Tailor m-ide .lac Vets. H.'autiful blouses. Sp.r.i,,! and Attractive Hh.us.. and Press Mclcr.i als. Dainty Silks-all w. II select.d with view of placing" on the nicrket .-.1 nietl.Tate prices. All goods marked in plain 'mures. Inspection invited at Pb'H'K .V Iti.'LLKIP'S.

Tamer Juice docs not gripe, but is a sure laxative and liver tonic