THE Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1907.

Southland Times, Issue 11073, 1 November 1907, Page 2

THE Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1907.

In ihe t’ouncil CMiambors this evening his Worship the Mayor will preside over i\ meeting lo discuss Ihe question of hnihUnLr a Maternity Homo in connection with the Victoria Home.

The annual concert of St. Haul's Presbyterian Warn) of Hope takes place thin (Friday) veiling ri Ashley's Hall at S o’clock. An excellent programme of some twenty odd items, including songs, recitations. dialogues, etc., will he gone through.

The* s.s. WimrncTii. duo at BlulT on Monday iioxt. is hrmoiiin 120 lnigw of KnyJislj and mails.

Tho sale oi’ metal has now inort'iibod sn much that Messrs Brkcdo anti Co. have at present four exports and three assistants at Work in Invercargill. Tills speaks well for Hie prosperity of the town nml indicates the increasing demand Jor bc.iulv in modern d wellings.

At tho Maoist rule's Court yesterday. .Mr McCarthy, S.M.. yavo judgment for U. Taylor against IT. Swan (OUiVara) for 1-lb, costs Ids.

<>ur Parliamentary corivsi'omKlTi wires that in tvjhv to his roprosonlations, Air .1. ('. Thomson has brim informed by Uvo I*ostmasicMT-m*ra 1 that instructuvus have Iio«n issued for tho erection of a telephone liny (o I.illtiurn, whore* tho ollico will ho in charge (.if Mr Carmichael.

by advertisement in this issue it will he seen Duet Mr Peter (leurgeso.n, of 151u!f, has taken over Dio bakery business of Messrs Miller. Anderson and Sans, North Invercargill. Mr (loorgeson has satisfactorily supplied bread to the steamers <i (he I'nkui Steam Spiff Company (Iv.-t for lifted! years.

The following are Die vital statistics of 'the Invercargill registration district uu 1 October . births 50, deaths 2-, nutrriae'e eerDlicaies issue,! 10. For the corri'spomlim; .month of last year the births numbered (id, the ilealhft 28, and .'the man ia m certificates 20.

I la' Southland Hu ;■ till-- ami Investment Sociviy ami Dank of Deposit u.tidies that ii'om i hiii date shares in the institution may be taken up. They atv free from arrears, and may be obtained from tine .Society s ollico daily during office hours. Ihe secretary will he glad to answer all ciujuincs.

Ai (hr. .NVlsou District Court, iK-tore • ludL;c I bizoideu yesterday, Alfred Brooks. il A fl -I sixteen. was sentenced to six months impriscmm'iit for indecent nssanU on a -ml under M. hut over 12. ilm dmlee said Hint he would not order a dm-eitm till he had seen for himself the ‘'""A ni ■' dogging, licit it was absolutely necessary, for the protect ion of sofiel.v, Hint young o.j,] s should he sufeh'uarded from those who would temper "tth Uieui. 1 'risom-r is to he k-pt svparate from others as far us posable.

Air d. E. Watson, chairman of the Bluff Harbour Board, win, returned from Wellington on Tuesday after at tend in a the llui hour Boards' Conference, stated to a Souilihiii'd Times reporter that very valuable work had been done at the C'onierence, Each day the Conference sat steadily through seven or eight hours considering im|ior(nnt remits from the harbour hoards of the colony, ami also ihe Harbours Bill, advance copies of which were courteously supplied by the I Alinis'er of Marine. Puller particulars of tile amendments suy-ested by ithe Conterence in this important piece of legislation, Uu> principal provisions of which have been telegraphed, will be given in a later issue. At the Conference luncheon it fell to Mr Wa'tson to propose the toast of ‘ I ‘arliumeat, ' and flio took occasion to refer to the fact that Invercargill and the BlulT always considered that (hey hold a first mortgage on the symDathies and energies of the lU. Hon. the I ’rentier. In replying, Air Alassey, Leader of the Ouposilion, hnjipily enquired if there was any chance of the North acquiring the equity of redemption*. The luncheon was a very pleasant gathering, much euioyoil by the delegates to the Conference.

Air Roderick AlcKcii/ie. la'c of I’lacktuoiinl and liircburied sl.-aians, Lss, says Dunedin in--ssn, purchased Bu-diy l*)nrk estate, tbo property of the bile ‘-ir.loVm McKenzie. . Bushy Park run la ins 2500 acres of lirst-class land, ami was under oiler In the Government. The price is stated to lie iu the vicinity of CIo an acre. Bushy Park does not include the hill on which the cairn was erected lo -Sir dobn McKenzie's memory. This adjoins Lady McKenzie's property at Henthtield, ami is on the opposite side of the railway line lo Bushy Bark.

Onr Lams.lon ccn-esi\o.mlent writes :—A case of how ;l stream can be decimated of young trout by eels came very prominently under notice here this morning. On Wednesday night. Master Richard Barra tt set some hooks in a. stream behind the township. Doing next morning to see what success lie had met with, he found an enormous eel hooked on to one line. On endeavouring to get it out, he found it beyond his strength nmd called his father. Between them they landed the monster, which, when weighed, ttimed the scale nt 1121b. It was corktoyed to the camp, and was examined by dozens of townspeople. A podt-mortem was decided on, and on opening the stomach they' found a brown, trout of half a pound weight inside. Evidently hd had boon devoured not long pretdously ; it was in a perfect state of preservation'. Another eel caught at the same time turned the scale ot ll.tt>.

Tito Arbitration Court lias delivered reserved judgment in the case of the executors of tlie will of Robert Gray (deceased) v. William Menlove. The claim was made under Ihe Workers’ Compensation for Accidents Act for £4OO coiupciv sal ion by the dependents of idoeensed, who met his death from on accident while in I (he cm* daymen t of the respondent as manager of ids Centre Hill run. Iho Court awarded £4OO with £l2 12s solicitor’s costs, witness's expenses and disbursements to bo settled by the Cleric •of A upends. The chief point relied on for the defence was that deceased was not a worker within the moaning of the Act, and wc understand that this was the first lime that tills defence has been raised in New Zealand. Mr Eustace Russell appeared for claimant, and Mr H. A. Macdonald for respondent.

The Shooting Committee of the Awania Rifles held a meeting on Tuesday, the 29th last. Captain O’Toole was in. the chair. It was decided to opeiv the shooting season on the 6th and 9th oi November with matches lor two handsome trophies for both Wednesday and Saturday men. The ranges are t6 be 200 and 300 y ftr;la, seven shots and a compulsory sigh tor. The members will got fuller particulars at this evening’s parade.

Yet another shipment of Phoenix bicycles for R. Murie—the Cry is still they oorr.e. In fact the demand is greater than the supply, for it has come to bo recognised that the Phoenix is as good as gold for reliability, and easily the best value in bicycles on the market.— Call along and judge for yourself. Very nice Toilet Soap at Mr J- S. Baxter’s. Glycerine and Cucuber, 3 cakes for Is, also Oatmeal soap, Rose, Honey and Skin soap, 3 cakes for Is. These soaps are direct importation and firstclass value.

E. E. Hill, Bridgetown, W,A., writes : —"From personal experience I can testify to the efficacy of Chamber loin’si Cough Remedy. Last winter I wns troubled with a very bad cough, and tried Chamberlain)’s Cough Remedy, which quietdy cured mo. Now I keep «. bottle on hand, ami take a dose at the first symptom of a cold, and have never since had a cold or rough.” For sale by Macalistcr and Co.. Chemists.

When G. W. Woods and Co. started out to sell B.S.A. bicycles at £9 15s, the trade and some of the public said it could not be done at the price. It was ridiculous, absurd and so on. Well, it has neon done, and is still being done. In fact it is the beat advertisement the firm over had. But B.S.A. machines are not the only bicycles reduced—everything in the shop has been brought down to meet the public. "Have folk wed the shearing season I.trough New- Zealand and dll over Australia, ” says Mr R. L. Mcßoau, Duntroon, Now -Zealand, “and the changes of water and tucker always bring on an attack of diarrhoea, and the only relief I can obtain is from Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy. livery shed now has some shearers who use this wonderful medicine, and always carry a bottle with them.” For sale by Macalisler and Co., Chemist*