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Southland Times, Issue 19799, 19 April 1906, Page 2

Tlie Invercargill Hormigli Council meet tills evening to bold an enquiry into abattoir affairs.

A sensation was caused- in Fsk street yesterday afternoon, an elderly woman mimed Mrs Hawkcs, a resident of WaUacetown, being taken Maidenly ill near the Caledonian restaurant. A doctor "ns sent for and ordered 'her removal to Nurse Thomson's private hospital where' she died yesterday evening.

Thu southern portion -of the Sun Francisco mail arrived at Lyttelton yesterday, and the Invercargill bags are due hero by first express to-day, and the Post Office will open as usual for delivery of correspondence over the counter between 7 and B p.m.

Invercargill ratepayers are reminded that to-day is the last ” gas discount day ’’ for the payment o’’ March bills. A six-roomed cottage al Kennington, owned amt occupied by Mr C. Homiey. was burned to (lie ground yesterday morning. The lire, caused by u defective chimney, bail a strong hold before it was discovered and the family of nine children had barely time to escape in their nightdresses. There is a small insurance on the house. The It. M. S. Sonoma arrived ul Ban Francisco on Thursday 121 hj inst., three days late. Mails which left hero tor Die United Kingdom, via Australia on nth March, arrived in London on the loth inst., duo date. Tho Canterbury Caledonian Society offer a scholarship .of £ls, tenable for two years, to children of Scottish parents (either side) and the governors of Canterbury College have granted one years free education to Die successful candidate! Tlie examination will lie (1) Scottish history, TotiO-IOOt), from Scott’s “ Pales of a Grandfather,” (2) Scottish language and literature, including Die life of Walter Scctt. two of his epics, mid two of Burns' larger poems.

It has transpired that Zanaida Smoljmtinoff, recently sentenced for espionage at Leipzig, received £2OOO sterling annually for live years from the Russian Government.

Those who took occasion to hoar Mr Burn’s address on Tuesday evening were well repaid for the time spent. Tlie address was masterly and eloquent, and the lecturer effectually removed many misconceptions regarding the teaching of Theosophy.

Mr George Reeves has disposed of his Otama dairy factory to Mr S. Unmhlefon, formerly manager at Mat aura. Mr Idurnloleton takes possession at Die close of tho current season.

I An entertainment that otters unusual attractions to those who delight in good music well rendered is that promised, for next week by St. Paul's Presbyterian church choir, who intend making another effort in the way of assisting their organ fund. In addition to u sacred cantata

."The Rolling Seasons,” which is lo bo produced under the direction cf Clioii“master W. J. Ferguson. the programme contains miscellaneous musical items, and tiio mimes bracketed with llio vocal numbers form an earnest of the enjoyment that will lie afforded patrons by such capable singers as Mrs Blue, Miss V. Mclntosh, Messrs T. Brown and A. K. Thompson. There is provision also for instrumental selections, and in this connection some novelties are lining introduced, such as a clarinet (Mr F. •!. Lib iicrup) and Unto (Mr Le Pettit) duet with string accompaniment, ami an instrumental quintette by Messrs F. Lilliju'up, Le (Pettit, I). W. McKay, 0. A. Carr ami W. J. Ferguson. No charge will be made for admittance, but a collection will bo taken up.

The W'airio correspondent of the Otautau Standard states that the crops in that district (both grain and root) are the poorest within the memory of ” the oldest inhabitant,” and if they are fcs bad in tlie rest of Southland therfl Is little doubt we shall hear of high prices for gran and feed before the year is out.

j The special correspondent of the Lyl--1 (elton Times, writing of the Champion , Fours at the Piclor regatta, says that (taken all round the race was about the tamest event in tlie class that he has scon. Speaking of .the Invercargill crew, 1 he Says that it was nothing like the crow that rowed so well at Wellington in 1905, and that this falling off was not due entirely to the indisposition of No. B (T. Brown), who Was suffering from a very bad cold. Of the winners, the correspondent says I hut the Blenheim men are a rough and ready lot, having so many points in direct opposition lo the recognised linos of scientific rowing that it is very difficult to say how they acquired sufficient s|iecd to beat otbor crews possessing the points they lack. Their victory was due to good hard solid pluggingj and splendid physical condition.

A Hemligo boy who was a persistent truant from school was clothed by his mot her in girl’s- garments in erder to hamper his movements. This broke him up. After a tew days’ experience of skirts ho vowed to Ids' teacher that he would never play the wag again if he w as allowed to resuulo his bifurcated 1 garment.

ftoro'thah fifteen per cent of the ratepayers having signed a petition that a poll ho taken as to whether the system of rating on unimproved value bo rescinded, Friday,. 4th May, has been fixed for' the taking of tho poll.

A meeting of the Southland Hospital Trustees, held on Tuesday evening, was attended, byMessrs Hawke (chairman), Longuet, Cooper, Watson, McQueen and Stead. Accounts to the amount of £272 2s 8d were passed for payment. Nurse Lindsay’s resignation was accepted with regret, and the matter of filling Che vacancy held over in the meantime. The yearly returns showed that the patients treated totalled M 3, an increase of 40

on the preceding period. The deaths numbered 50 against 30 in VJO4. The average clays’ stay was reduced f: om 37 to 32, the total collective clays’ s ay teeing 17.512, as Compared to 18,601. The daily average cost per patient was 4s .Ad, against 4s 103 d, and the amount received from patients was £6SC, the amount the previous year being £4(33.

To keep oneself Up-to-date, Mrs Craigie (John Oliver Hobbes) declares one; should go to America every two years. She recently returned from the land of her birth, and she says the new grand tour should be to America. 'Hie secret of American success, she claims, is to bo found In the fact that (hey are not afraid of experiments. J louses which critics Would describe us moderately good ami comparatively new were pulled down without remorse, ami better ones erected. In England there seemed to lie something ot a tenor of experiments. Stic did not sec a single drunken man (luring her three months' sojourn in America ; nor was slv accosted by one beggar, though she visited nearly all the great cities. She was much impressed with the high standard of living and (he culture of the working classes. Telephones were to he ftlnnd even in the workmen’s ton'ment buildings. The inlelleclnal life <>f the women of the middle classes was without its equal in England.

SI. Abel Mansuy,' writing in the Revue lilciie oil “ Tie Aim „f German -Policy,” maintains that the gnat danger of the immediate future is Germany's ambition to seize the Gentian-speaking provinces of Austria on tile death of the Empetoi Francis Joseph. The Greater Germany, tiius united in one solid hioek extending from the HnUie to the Adriatic, would become tile greatest Mediterranean Po"ei. .Supported by Islam, by Abdul Hamid, and Amlul Aziz, she would definitely establish Iter imperious dominion o'er aU Europe. It is no secret, that one af the German Emperor's scuts it is learnt Hungarian in tile hope oi one day reigi ing over Hungary. dim realisation of the Pan-Germanic ambition "o'lM lie a death hjl o w to tile Austrain Slavs, a harrier against all communication between Russia and Europe. and the d: .struct ion of Italy’s aspirations. Mommsen’s prediction would litas tie realised. If b ranee were once defeated. England and Italy Would lie powerless to prevent the realisation of tit.' I’an-Germanie dream.

A drought prevails in Ceetru.l Otago. So unbroken inis been Die protracted spoil of dry weather that, farmers and graziers are feeling some nppreben-bni ns to tlieir supply of winter feed, Tlie suwmillers of tile Viesl C< list bn'e decider’.- to reduce Urn price of limber to South Island buyers born Vs to Its a hundred feel, though some will only be reduced to rd n hundred, 'fie- price of timber to the Wellington market is to remain at C.s lid per hundred, t-o-b.

i After thirty years’ service. Cliarie.s Miller, employed at the Astor Douse Hotel, ami one of tbe best known waiters in America, retired Horn actin' service v. ilh a fortune. estimated tat £20,000, derived cliielly from lips judiciously invested. His salary uas £d immtbl.v. arul most of tlie tips consisted of very small amounts. Since JSTI) be bus worked- ten hours daily- The chief rellcction b ■ has d *rivcd from a long and useful career is that the average man eats far 100 much. His longe.sl-iivcil customers always ate sparingly.

I In a Pail Mall Magazine interview, Mr Augustine Hirrell, I lie Minister for Eibt- ] cation, tells sc vet ill amusing stories. He i does not canvass lbs co-.st it ui-ncy. Only 'once did Ids committee persuade him ,1o call upon a doubtful voter. 1 went to tin- house ami knoeseii al the doer. It was Opened hy a very big, strung woman, who exclaimed. ” The murderer <1 Gordon I ' and immediately slapped me across the face. As 1 retired she shouted after me, ' Death, deficit, and disaster 1” J don’t know v.here sii" had found tbe phrase. But the ship was very effective. Since then 1 ha'e always set my face against the pernicious I abit of cimViOS--1 iug. I bud my face much .safer so ” Notice to Straugi rs visiting Invercargill.—See our display of New- Season's ; FURS, JACKETS. Lovely Millinery. Pretty Blouses at. 2s 11(1, Js ltd, ,'is Cd. 7s Cd. Useful Short "all-, iug Skirts in greys and Blacks, at 7s Cd, ( -'s (ul, Dts Od. Blouse Materials, by the yard, SJd, lOjd, Is Old. Smart Brers Materials in greys at Is Bid, Is 115(1, 2s Cd. Dressing Jackets in new materials Js lid, os ltd, (is Cd. Warm Pressing Gowns Ss ‘id, D‘-s lid, 12s (id. Something good in Taliie Covers. Salih, Ci'ei or.m-s, ami’ 'beautiful select ion "arm Eider Down Quills. Grand display this day in our 'Pay street windows.—PßlCK AND BULLED). The British M.P's have decided From alcohol they will abstain ; They'll drink O.T. Punch in the session : It’s better than m;y champagne.