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Southland Times, Issue 19804, 25 April 1906, Page 2

A cable message received yesterday states Hint Father Gapon, the llussia'i reformer, had been " hanged ' by some of his compatriots who hud heard him admit that he was a Government spy. We observe that a contemporary has a different reading of the message, namely that, 0 a pon had been "handed” over to the revolutionists for duplicity. Thcl technical classes which I'.-Commonc ( this evening in the new school, Tuyt street arc light and shjide drawing. photography, mathematics, and Standards V. and VI. work. The shorthand and typewriting classes, which also commence this evening, will be held in Miss .Tones' rooms, Esk street, and Ipainting from nature studies will he taken this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Intending students who have not yet enrolled, are requested to attend the first meeting. The prospectus may ho had at the local booksellers' or at the Education Office.

n —■ ~ The llov. A. Moßetm,-who has heeu .ap-i pointed t 0 assist the’Ruv. A. 1 Mitchell In I, Uia ministerial- duties,., will this evening be tendered a welcome social byi the Con- j gregalion of St. Paul's Methodist Church, us nnnouncedjn our advertising Columns. | It is understoodthat Ml' Mcßean’s ener-j p;ies Vvilt be Chiefly directed' to work in • the southern ipaft of the church district. | in connection with the supply of daVm.l timber Up tho Invercargill add UdnuditV . railway sections, the lelUlel'- bf Motisrs Massey itttd Cti> has bebn aCtSsptcd dt the following prices,per 100 Superficial feet J I —Tulara .JOs, white pirte 8s Otlv first- | class timu 10s, ordinary building rihlu ( Bs. For wrought timber tho same firm’s j tender was accepted ,as follows I—Totara I fit’s, wiiitp pine VOs,’ first-class rimU 13s, ordinary building rimu 11s Cd. | Mr J. MaCulister, Invercargill, has np- ■ plied for letter's patent for a new seed sower. Complete specifications lor an improved artificial minnow head have been accepted from Roderick McKen/ie. of Invercargill, and - 'cliso for- improvements connected with egg beaters, Whisks And die like from E. It. Oodward, pi Invercargill. Provisional specifications for A tramway rail cleaner have been Accepted from Mr It. OuerUeh. ' It is officially announced in the Gazelle that live Public Trustee is to to the pet-

son Id whom the Custody and manage*Incut of tlie properly of dll CofivictS is committed (luting the Governor's pleasure. . The Union Harriers open their Season to-day with ii run from the PrcsidelU's (Mr t. M. Macdonald) residence. Mr .Charles Dr Ldngueviile, Graham, .shipping tcpoV-ter at Port Chalmers tor nvvt fid years, and ft prdminoa, FrceinusoM, died yesterday murningj Mr Gr.iliam was well-known in Southland.

At the general meeting ot the .StdrrHowkett building Society. Grtlup No. 2, belli last evoiiiVg, 'irai lot No. 13 Was successful, three members becoming entitled to the free loan. The sale appropriation of £'soo in the same group realised, £3OO nt £4l per £IOO, and £2OO at £lO per £IOO, making a total of £203 premium. The Southland Hide Club hold their first competition for their president’s (Mr A. F. Hawke) Ir'dphy this afternoon, at 500 ‘bid (iOOyiis, on the Grasmere range. The City Guards also fire their third roiiipetition for Q.M.S. Ferguson s Cup over (lie same range, and a range trophy will also he allotted for the day’s shoot in conjunction with the cup competition. A paragraph in a recent issue of our Dunedin contemporary states that Jean 1 Math -ion. a little girl of ten year’s, who recently went from Tnverejlrgill to St. Dominie's Convent, passed the Associated Hoard of th; Uoyal Academy’s viola* examination, with honours, obtaining 160 marks. The paper further remarks that ■ it should, lie mentioned that until quite ra-anUy Miss Matheson was taught by Mr W. Ferguson. Invercargill.” With the near approach of the shooting season rangers are on Che alert, and it is Stated that one sportsman, whose eagiyme-s to gel among the birds outran Ids discretion. was detected with the spin’ll of tlie chase in ins possession. Ih" Invercargill Harriet's run from the r. sldenre 'of the President (Air U, A. Anderson) at 2.4,1 p.m. to-day-A case of interest to friendly sbeiuties was decid'd hy MI biitlnint, S.M., at Napier, on Tuesday. The dispensary Sued an Oddfellow for tile cost dt uropfietary medicines supplied oh a doctoFs prescription. Defendant held that under the lodge rules the dispensary was compelled to provide all medicines free, "out ‘-the dispensary rules showed on exception m the ca«e of patent medicines. The Magistrate laid that the rule was clear on the point, and gave judgment for the amoiid claimed. An appeal will probably lie taken.

At the Police Court to-day an Invercargill publican will be charged with Permitting driniki mii'ss or. bis licensed prenilsis; two girls and a young man will e charged with theft and receiving slolea property : Maley and Foggml, now undergoing imprisonment for consol’) ing with reputed thie\cs. will be charged with housebreaking ; and R. T. Montague, Charged with leaving the colony v itU ~.yS belon-irg to bis creditors, will present bis defence. Prom the n*w committee of Hie Dark School, elected at the■ amui \1 meeting reported in ycsti riluy’s issue, the ndme of, tin Rv. A. Mitchell was inadvertently omitted. A wedding which created much interest locally was solemnised at S. John’s Church Vesleiday by the Ven. Vkchdoacon Siocl.er. The contracting partied were Miss Daisy, eldest daughter of Mr J. BKingsland, anil Mr Dert A. Frostick, son of Mr J. A. Frostick, of tho wellknown Christchurch firm of ' Skelton, Frostick and Co. The bridesmaids were Missis Id. Kingsland. Frostick and M. Fn stick, and Mr . Wilson was best man. After the ceremony the guests w’ero entertained at Hie residence of tho brido’s parents, and Hie health of the parties were enthusiastically honoured. Mr and Mrs Frostick left for the north by tho afternoon express, and intend making an extended lour of fhe colony.

The lady who died on board the lonic on live passage from London was Mrs Potter, relict of the late John Potter, of Mandeville, and'mother of Mr R. J. Potter, of Pukernu, who had been on a visit to Knglaml after an absence of 22 years. She was a native of Somersetshire.

Mr F.. P. Clare, a ualive of Invercargill, arrived at Wellington by the Mokoia on Friday, on furlough from the Malay Federated States, where lie has been engaged for some years as a surveyor. While in New Zealand Mr Clare is looking out for capable young surveyors who would be willing to take service in the Slates on terms advertised some time ago. Mr Clare is now in Invercargill, where he will spend a fortnight of hi* holiday.'

The Otago Acclimatisation Society havi just received, ox s.s. Maori, two boxes of trout ova from Mr Marston, owner and editor of the Fishing Gazette, London. In on-* box the eggs were packed in moss with ice on top. and of these quite 85 per cent, were good. In tho other box the eggs wecc packed cm cloth surrounded by ice, and only about 50 per cent, of the ova are good in this case. There are no distinguishing marks on the boxes to indicate of what species the eggs arc, but' the advice rec lived from Mr Marston was to the effect that ho was sending Blagdon ami Gloucester Colne eggs. It is anticipated that the two boxes will yield about 10,000 fertile eggs.

Tliis day week will s 1 v the opening 11 fo|>tr of the football season, and the Referees' Association meet to-night f to select referees for the various matches, filiil;s indulge in practice to-day, and the following represent the I.F.C. in the match captain v. deputy-captain :—Captain : Reynolds, Cocklnirn, Foster, Morton, liroad. Walker, Hlackham. Bath, Xichol. Ashley, Brown, Carswell, Barnes, Mart in mid Barlow. .Deputy-captain ; Dunbar, Milne, Aitken, Mitchell, Gill, Tothill, Morris, Birch, Fraser, McKay, ,Stool, Martin. Moekrldge, .Small and Harris.

The latest particulars of population in the four principal towns show the following) totals Greater Auckland, 75,r, 2 r, ; Wellington and suburbs, 59,057 ; Greater Christchurch, 56,088 ; Dunedin and suburbs, 50,387. The population of Grenier Invercargill as at January last is given as 11 <550, the next town in size in the colony being Palmerston North With 10,888. Then follow Napier, 9889 ; Wnngiintii. 8051 ; Nelson 7825 ; and Timaru, 7118. The death rate per thousand for., the year 19(>5 was as follows iXllot'.-fit-rhi; 18717 ; Grey mouth. 15.84 ; Nelson, 11.53 ; Invercargill, 12.49.; Hokitika, lt;7<T;i Christchurch 10.89; Auckland, 10.52 ; Wellington, 10.21 ;i Dunedin .10,12; Timaru, 9.-12; New Plymouth, 9.38 ; Napier, 9.29. While Blenheim had the highest death rate for the year yith 18.7 per thousand, Lyttelton boasted the lowest with-7.25.

A company has been formed to start a Scottish colony in Canada to consist of 111 men. Each man will be financed by the company, and it is hoped that in the course of eight years he will ho able to discharge his whole UatAlitics,

During the month - of March • .12 estates of deceased persons ’ were placed In the hftnda of the PubllO»Trustee for managoment. Among the number were those of James Clark, Ryal Bush, and Duncan McDonald, Ervuedalo, Groper's Bush. ■ Enquiries made among local shipping agents yosterday toaflfmedttHe newh .plib- | llshed in fUfesdAy’s ISSue that thfi H--1 dulled Ireig-htS Id bh adopted in the ■shipping wah had Itcch foV warded, «hd that cid’go -frieghta havb bfefen very SuV>- . sUvnlially hMhccd. A full statement of I tlih reductions is ftdt yet ; Available, but I there is good Authority , tor saying that (wool is reduced id per lb and fibre And I tow 10s per ton. 1 The directors of thfe Southland., Fhozen Meat Cdmpany have lost fio time in 1 taking action to repair the damage enus- ' cd by the disastrous fire at the Mataura wor'-is. Plans ’for a new building comprising boiler house, phosphate and rabbit stores, were submitted Mr, Little, and bn being Approved, the offer of Ml ShaW, contractor, Mataura, to construct the building in icon anti bHck was accepted. i Mr' Shaw has .Commenced, work, and ali'entiy the site Of the fire presents Hr. iniprovcd major por- ! lion of the machinery, although .dAmaged in the fire, will be A u >t° serviceable enough when Overhauled, And the company will he. spared the expense and dr-lay of installing an - entirely new plant. In the meantime, the bye-products of tho works are being treated at Mfallocetown. The following wcjre the- tenders accepl*ed for live sole right of advertising at civil way stations oh the railway sections mentioned ;— Whn’ngnrei, J. J, Craig and

Co., £l3 ; Auckland and Gisborne. Leslie L. McDermott, , £355 ; , Wellington- . Namier-New Plyluouth, David C. Eberlet, : Huruhui-Bluff, F. Drayton , Humfield, £14.50 ; Nelson, Henry Saunders, tiOi Each San FronciscfT mail brings its flood of correspondence to the Tourist Department, and ns mail succeeds mail the pile grows enormously, bearing testimony to the manner in which tho colony has been advertised abroad of late. The

mall just to hand (says the New Zealand Times) brought letters from England, France, many of the United States, Canada. China, Japan, Zion City, Jnggersfontein (Transvaal). Noumea and India. In almost every case there is hunger for land, and the desire for precise Information as to how it Is to be obtained, in what areas, at what price, and what it is capable ot producing. There is no mistaking ith« earnestness on the part ot the WfiteFs, dnd in most iinsos reasons ale given for the desire to change their country. It is informative to learn- that the Canadian applicants are seeking new lands owing to the rigour of their long winters. More than one correspondent attributes ids curiosity ’ about New Zealand to the series or articles on this colony from the pen of Mr j.T. b. Lefflngwoll, which has been appearing in the American I’ress.

{ The Manawatu Daily Times states that (Messrs A. and L. Seifert, operating fora big Palmerston North syndicate, have purchased 3800 acres of tha Makerua swamp for (laxmilling purposes. A lady correspondent writing to the Tourist Department (Says the Nbw Zealand Times) relates au episode that should serve as an advertisement for New Zealand. She was travelling, Home by the P. and 0. Company’s steamer India, and her vis-a-viS at table was Dol'd Westbury. whom she succeeded in interesting in New Zealand, and, as he was about to visit Monte Carlo, she presen ted him with a tiny greenstone tiki ; " for luck,” As it happened, Lord Wostbury won an enormous amount of money, so much, indeed, that particulars of his winnings were telegraphed to the French and English papers. Presumably, his ■ Lordship attributed his luck to the Maori I Curio, for the writer states that there is I likely to be n rush for tikis, and they 1 should consequently go up in price. As a matter of fact, there are very few genI nine tikis in the market, and they arc i very high-priced, but of late Iho cdunj try h-s been flooded with a cheap fier- ; man imitation, the spuriousness of which is easily detected 'by those who know anything about tlve gthuhic article. The Government'is pressing im with the preliminaries attendant oii tile erection of workers’ homes at I’otone- Tenders for the erection of 23 housed close on the 3rd prox. The plans for the buildings are so diversified that the appearance of the settlement will in no way suggest the " Government brand.” The houses will be built with the latast conveniences possible in dwellings of the size. It is hoped that some of the houses j will be occupied within about four months.

Wyndhnm was very slightly affected by the floods caused by the ll avy rainfall at the end of lost week, In the Waikaka district the downpour left its effects on the oats in stook, 'turning them black, and it is feared that the area of oats so affected is -wide. The G«jre Standard menj lions that some of the Valley crops are : excessively poor, and the explanation given Is that as practically the whole flat is destined for dredging, it is being cropped to a stundstill'beforo being ,handed over to the destroyers. In the eastern dls'trlct the most serious results ocr curred on tlie Walkain. flat. The river started to rise rapidly on Friday, and on Saturday morning both the Walknia and the Wenidon flat were under water. The stacks wore surrounded by water, and in the case of crops still in stook large numbers of sheaves were carried down the river. At Muddy Creek a new bridge recently erected was carried away, and the ma’n road was covered to such nn extent that the mail coach to Riversdale hod its,floor covered. The Charlton and Waimumu creeks also rose, inconveni'ncing• the bridges, which were engneed for the greater 'port of Saturday dredging silt.

A report is going round to tho effect that a Dunedin accountant who acts ns secretary for a number of the Waikaka Valley dredges has disappeared. The absentee is supposed to Have left the dredgo companies’ financial affairs in proper order, but directors; in several other institutions are much concerned as to their state, and efforts are being*made to trace the whereabouts of the missing man.

The Manawatu Daily Times says : —Mr W. J. O’Dwyer, a fitter ir tho service of the Railway Department a-t Palmerston, • has received advice by cable from his father that ho and a twin sister are to receive between them £19,750, under tho will of an aunt, on their attaining the age of 21 years. Mr O’Dwyer, who is barely 20 years of age, Intends severing his connection with the Railway Department and leaving for London in January next, in order to take possession of his property when he gains his majority.

It is notified in the Gazette that an area approximating to II acre in section 5(1, Wairaki survey district Wallace County, has lnoen taken for a road, and that a. road of similar area between sections s(s'and 26 lias been closed.

The committee of the Gore District High School are ambitious for the elevation of their school to atilt higher Status. In their report to the annual meeting of householders the following paragraph occurs ;—Much dissatisfaction was expressed by your committee at the action of the Education Hoard in decreeing that scholarship holders must proceed to Invercargill to obtain their education. It is now time that steps wore taken to secure a fully equipped Jiigh school for Gore and district, os many children are deprived of the benefits of higher education through their parents being >made to send them to Invercargill. There is sufficient revtr.uo derived from high school reserves in the town of Gore to furnish .salaries for two extra teachers in the district high sthool and to furnish the necessary further equipment. This would put our present school in a position to give as good nneducation as can l»o obtained in the high schools in the larger centres. \our committee would recommend ilt successors to go. fully into this matter end work on similar lines to those pursued by the Palmerston North school. The present excellent teaching staff, with further additions in the higher branches, would then be able to carry,their scholars right through the secondary course.

For the firm time for many years Uxe ; ' Taranaki Mabris are using the berries ol | the ICarakn, tree for food. The ; kernels;] are ground Into flour after the tUletoriduS substance has been steeped l out. Tho/'fallure ot the potato crops is the reason for the use bf tke berries; | _ -Prlof tB his 4 e P°^t u re front Glenitam; Mr W.. Eggleton, headmaster, waS entertained at a Social at wihlcil about 100 Were present. Mr S, Thompson presided; On bßhalf of subscribers; Mr li. boss presented Mr Eggleton with a gold chain and pendant ’bearing the recipient’s monogram ar.d a suitable inscription. On behalf of the ScholarS, Miss N. White presented the guest with a sovereign entio. The social was a great success, and Mr Eggleton curries with himi the best wishes of his scholars and all the pestle of the district for his success in his pew position on the staff Of the UoyP Industrial School ht Levlii. I •« In lighter vein,"-Truth ■(Christchurch) 1 * remdi'ks that Sir Joseph Ward arrived in Homo and Vesuvius immediately blew up. It is pretty lougil wlidn even the., forces of Nature ally themselves a gain St . /hj man and burst; into' violent protests as soon as he Sets foot in the countiy. BosSibiy it is the Italian idea of a fitting reception - for the I'eprcseTttnUyD of an earthquake country. They may have 'thought Sir Joseph and U. Wilson would feel lliiieiy it they didn’t, have' ti v*tlcaiHd explosion to .make -it feel like hoihe. I’ut the protesttheory finds the most general acceptation.. When we . recollect that Indore he left New Zealand Sir Joseph’s brief already amounted to 77 pages of ■ type, witli a probability of another 77 before lie got to-Home, wo aren’t surprised at any prot-.st an outraged and Indignant mountain may make. No country can be expected-to enthuse about a man with a I_7-page .speech in his pocket. Since writing the aboye we understand the true explanation is forthcoming. Sir Joseph has telegraphed that the eruption, was a little delicate compliment to Mr Seddon, the only oilier volcanic mountain capable of n.u equally prolonged and equally murky efiort.

Mr J. A. X. Riedle, general manager of the Dresden Piano Company, is now in Invercargill on his annual visit. Musical Iriends will surmise, and correctly, that Mr Riedlo comes to conduct the Com, pany’s annual sale of pianos, organs, harmoniums, and all classes of musical instruments. Tie sale, of coUr.se, will take place In the music saloons of the Invercargill Agents, Messrs Lillicrap, McNaughton aid Co., Esk street. Customers, whether buyers or not, will receive the most courteous attention, and the inducements offered will .doubtless result in a gre a t volume of business being done. The "Dresden ” regard a satisfied customer, as the best advertisement, and they have thousands of those who sound the praises of “ Dresden Pianos and Organs." The'public are asked to kindly note that the sale is for ten daysVnly, commencing Saturday, 21st of April. If you value your digestion. You are careful what you munch ; And the drink beyond all question, j You aho-'d drink is O.T. Punch. 1 What is, this great medicine that everybody is talking about ? Why, Noxol, of course. Dr. t.'rossUind’s celebrated prescription .R9878, one of the best-known cures for indigestion, constipation; ned liver disorder. ■ Sold by chemists and stores at 2s per bottle. Oh, that we two were mdying. ! In a nice secluded spot I Oh. that we two were staying Whore O.T. vrttcch could be got I .RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS,, Don’t waste your money by the purchase of liniment or pills which nt. the best only aitord temporary relief. Ho to the root of the trouble and expel the uric acid (the real cause of rheumatism) from your system. This you can only do by taking a medicine which drives out the urie acid. RHEUMO will do this for you, and you will be surprised tn find the wonderful cure effected by let leg a few doses. Read the published tesl Id’Onials from lending citizens all over tlew Zealand in favour "of RHEUMO, and try It for yourself. Sold by all chemists and stores at 2a (Id and 4s Cd per bottle. Invercargill people kindly 4 Take a note that David Roche For O.T. Punch .is agent ; ’Tis a drink beyond reproach.