GILMOUR'S CHRISTMAS DISPLAY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9266, 16 December 1891, Page 2

GILMOUR'S CHRISTMAS DISPLAY.

A meeting of the National Association will be held on Saturday next, for the purpose of electing officers. Mr J. A. Sparks is training a number of boys in the operetta " Cinderella," by Mr G. R. Sims, for production at the Alexandra Hall on December 28th, race night. - After the long spell of hot weather that has been experienced in this district, the rain on Tuesday night was most welcome, and it being a Bteady downpour for several hours was the means of reviving the vegetation in paddocks and gardens which had begun to show signs of being affected >by the drought. The rain has also cooled the atmosphere,,which was this morning ; really delightful compared with the fierce I heat of the preceding few days. Wo have received from Mr Minchin, of Inglewood, a sample bottle of his home made port wine, which wo handed to tho employees of the ofljco to aaraple. They all speak in the highest terms of the wine, and drank Mr and Mrs Minchin's health j with it, at the same time, wishing them I prosperity in their undertaking as makers of home mffao wine. ! Mr Walter Kenaway tells a London correspondent of a contemporary that-the large proportion of callers at tho Govern- j ment Offices in Victoria-street this week have been folks wishful to invest in New Zealand securities, which have fallen in value through the Oamaru default, such as the 7 per cent. Oamaru Waterworks j bonds. The last business done in these ! bonds was at 98£ and in the official list they are quoted at 98 to 103, as against' 118 to 119£ in 1889 90. ] A bolfc was witnessed in Devon-street this (Wednesday) morning. A horse harnessed to a spring cart, the property of Mr Billing, of Frankley Road, was standing in front of Mr R. Cock's, Brougham-street, when the animal was startled by the whistling of the 11 o'clock engine, and made a bolt down the street, and then into Devon -street. Just before the railway! crossing was reached tho-trap turned over, but righted again, and the horse careered on, and crossed the lino just in front of the engine, which was going very slowly. In front of Sole Bros.' shop tho trap turned completely over, and brought tho horse down. Some bystanders soon got tho animal out of harness. The trap was considerably damaged. A little difficulty was experienced in shipping tho racehorse Fraternito on board tho Gairloch at Waitara on Tuesday night. The son of Dauphin and Sissio had never been on board a vessel before," and hence ho Bhowed a strong disinclination to be shipped. After a good deal of coaxing,' and a number of artifices had been tried, Fraternite finally succumbed to a bunch of green grass,,which he followed into the box. The colt was then shipped without receiving a scratch.' Mr Wilson, his owner, and W. Holmes, the jockey, have gone north with the colt, whose chances in the Auckland Cup and Derby are considered to be second to none. Referring to the Royal marriage in England, " Puff," in the Wellington Press, sas :—": —" So tho Princess Victoria Mary, etc., etc., of Teck is an English woman ! The Prince" of Wales tays so ! Oh, that's only I his funny little way! Ho is delighted that j the British public are pleased his son is going to marry an Englishwoman! I should smile I They would be wildly delighted if ho waa^ut then he isn't! Not I that the Prince would tell a crammer you know—she waa born in England! But she's as German as mother and father and grandmother and grandfather can make her 1 Hergraudfiither was a German created into the English Duke of Cambridge—he vyas one of German George the ' Ill's 15 children by his German wife, Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ! The gay Adolphus married the German Augusta of Hesse ! Their daughter Mary Adelaide married the Duke of Teck, a Wurttemberg German ! And llieir daughter is the Princess Victoria Mary, who is to marry Albert Victor, and whom the Prince of Wales says is an. Englishwoman! Ho wouldn't have said' it if he had known you were so well up in the subject! Now you are getting at me ! The Prince only wanted to begin to soften the blow when Parliament is asked to vote money for tho young people's establishment !" We have on several recent occasions, says the Wellington Post, exposed the outrageous manner in which the Minister of Lands lias illegally assumed the power of dealing with Crown lands, so as to utilise them for political purposes. Mr M'Kenzie holds himself superior to all law, but when it suits his purpose he does not hesitate to uso its powers in a most tyrannical and arbitrary manner. A flagrant instance of this has boon shown in Dunedin. There is an.Act which allows of 1 the summary arrest of alleged debtors to the Crown without any preliminary in tho way of trial or judgment. Tho Lands Department the other day put this practically obsolete Act in force under circumstances to which it was never intended to apply. An Otago runholder named Scott has a dispute with the Lands Department as to hia liability under the Rabbit Act, in regard to a cortain run of which ho was once leaseholder. Mr Scott is a man of good position, and perfectly able to answer any claim tho Government may establish against him by ordinary process of law. Suchamethodof procedure would not,however, suit the Lands Department, and it accordingly took ad vantage of the Crown Suits Act to have Mr Scott arrested in tho public street without notice or warning of any kind. Mr Scott asked permission to see his solicitor, to enter a shop for a minuto with a friend, or to return to his ofliee to inform his clerk, but all these requests were refused, and he was marched off to gaol, where he was searched and locked up in a cell, just as if ho had been a felon. His release was only obtained after heavy bail was given. This is what may happen to a man in New Zoalund under such a " Liberal" Government as we have at prosent in office. A mto disgraceful outrage on a respectable colonist was never perpetrated. Tho Supremo Court in Dunodin has since sot asido tho warrant and bail bond. Tho best remedy for neuralgia, says a correspondent, is apijeo of Boa salt, tho sizo cf a pea, to bo slowly dissolved in the mouth and then swallowed. It is better while dissolving the salt to keep the saliva in the mouth for a minute or two beforo swallowing it. Rock salt may do as well, but he had only tried the soa salt, which may bo got at the chemists. The sea salt, so marked, cured eight out of ten attacks of neuralgia, the pain boing relioved in Iwo or three minutes. Hg.soys ho formerly used lotions and medicines for casing the agony, but sinco he has adopted the salt he has scarcely any pain. It also cures tlie toothache in some cases, and tho cost of it is within reach of almost all. Sea wutor would produce tho same effect.

The shop of Mr John Gilmour is every year at the festive season fitted up in a most artistic manner, displaying articles suitable for Christmas and New Year presents. Garnished as the windows aro with pretty goods, it is nevertheless necessary to enter the shop to discover the magnitude of the preparation. The display redounds to tho credit of Mr Harry Gilmoar and his brother, and the enterprise of the firm. Their objectß of art are triumphs of taste ; their mechanical toys are features worth inspecting; their collection of ornaments are of high artistic merit, of great beauty, and of ■ varied description. Amongst the albums there are photographic, scrap, stamp, and for newspaper cuttings, the covers of some being exceedingly pretty. Then there aTO photographic screens, Btands, frames and cases. Work boxes and baskets are in large numbers, as well as desks, writing cises, and blotting pads. We notice, too, some very neat glove and handkerchief boxes, very pretty ladies' bags, purses, and caid cases, whilst the supply of fancy stationery is almost unlimited. Mr Harry Gilmour showed us some special novelties from Japan, consisting of spiders and webs, birds, and butterflies, &c. The red parrots which are suspended from the gas jets aro so lifelike as to be apt to deceive. It is difficult to enumerate a twentieth part of the things pointed out; but we dotted down at random a few, as follows : vases and ornamental glassware, fire screens and palm leaves, musical instruments of every j description, parlor card games, and Christmas and New Year cards in endless variety. We recommend a visit, when more will be seen than we find it possible to describe.