TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4936, 8 September 1890, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Tho " slow " train from Cbristchurch was lialf-uo-hour late again on Saturday. It was snid to bo duo to using part brjvtn coal ia tbe furnace. Mr J. A. Young notifies that m consequence of tho Geraldina Race?, tha fair at I Winchester to-morrow will commence at 30 a.m sharp. Mr A. R. Cox announces Mi at. ho has made orrangciDonta which will enabiu him m future to hold regular fortnightly sales of stock at Terauka. Ho is now receiving entries for the salo on tho 12th nut. A girl named Sirupson, nged Bovcn years, daughter of a settler near 'Xemukn, was accidentally burned to death last night by her clothes catching Ore. An inquest is to be held thin Hay before one of the local jnatices acting as Coroner. Tho Canterbury FurmoiV Co-operative Association hnvo received the following cablegram from thoir Loudon agents, datnd 4th September: — " Wheat, fag, Mark Laro, 3fia 6d, with a deoliniug tendency ; beans, 325, market unchanged ; mutton, 2s Sli j lamb, 2a lOd. Mr Murley having finished tho repairs to tho 'i'inmru Club's boats, Mr Murdoch got to work, and on Saturday afternoon finished his job of pointing and varnishing. All tho boats look well, but will not be seen on tho water for a fortnight yot as it will tuko at least that period for them to get " hard." Wo remind owners that acceptances for the first day's handicaps ut tho South Canterbury Jockey Club's spring meeting, entries for tho Disposal Stakes, and balance of sweepstakes for LhoTimaru Guineas fall duo tomorrow evening at tho Grosvooor Hotel, not on " Saturday next; " as stated m error m our lest issue Many of tho dairy farmers and othors m the Qoraldine district will bo pleased to learn that Mr Charles Cox, who had so successfully managed the Goraldino Dairy Factory during llio past two yearn, has leased tho same from tho proprietors. Mr Cox's cheese commanded tho highest prices m the Londou market during the past season, and Mr. Meadows, from London, who purchased the output tho year previous, »poko m the highest terms of tho snmo. A hoy named Barklcy, aged 5 years and 4 months, son of Mr John Barkloy, farmer Olaremont, was drowned on Saturday afternonn. Mr Barkloy was engaged m ploughing on Saturday and took his eon out with him. After a time tho boy was missed, and on the father going m search of him, he found tho body m a dam which is situated m tho paddock which was being ploughed. The dam is of fair size, and the water m it is about five feet deep. How the unfortunate little fellow got mis a mystery. An inquest will be hold by Mr O. A . Wrey, Coroner, at tho parents' rosidonco to-day. An extraordinary geooral meeting of the shareholders of tho Teinuka Dairy Company was hold m tho Wallingford Hotel on Friday evening for tho purpose of considering a resolution that tbe company be wound up voluntarily. About twenty-five shareholders attended. Mr J. Brown, ohairman of dirootors, presided. It was shown that the post yoar had been vory unfavourable to tho Buocess of the faotory owing to the low prices ofiorcd, *nd that, although (ho company was financially not m a muoh worso position than at any limo during the previous twelve months, it would be nece3sary to inoreaso the guaranteo to the bank to provide for payments for milk during the onsuing season, and this tho directors wero not prepared to do. BuggOßtioos rrere mado that shareholders should subßcribo at the rate of £1 per share, and that tho milk euppliors should allow onethird of tho milk payments to remain m üboyanco until the end of tho season. It was clearly Bhown that either plan combined with tho adoption of ths suggestions of the Government Dairy Tnstruotor (Mr Sawers) as to details of production, would enable the company to continue operations with every prospect of success, but aa absolute unanimity was necessary mid that was impossible of attaiuraont, tho opocial resolution as moved by Mr Scott and saconded by Mr Wuddoll was put and oarriod, 16 voting for and 1 ngainßt, 'Xho chairronn guvo notico that a mooting of shareholders would bo held m a fortnight whon tho rosulution could bo either cob* flrniod or negatived.

The crew of the Ashmoro wero Bonding up he yards on Saturday morning. Another lay or two's work will make her a full ship. A lecture will bo delivered by the Rev. W. Gillies m the Presbyterian Church this sveniDg at 8 o'clock on " The Jewish Tabernaule; ita Construction and Instruction." rhe lecturer is an acknowledged authority on ihis subject, and will illustrato his lecture by models and diogrsmß. A collection will be made m aid of the church improvement fund. A large building is being erected on the beach oppOßito the Atlas Mill for Mr John Uille, stevedore at Dunedin for the Now Zealand Shipping Company. It will be used shiofly as a wool store, and it will He provided nith one of tho beet dumping plaots. At uthor times than tho wool season it will of Bourse be available for storage of grain. The principal part of the material is from the Exhibition building. An important notice respecting the running of the special trains to the QeraWine races to morrow and Wednosday will be found m our advertising columns. Given an enjoyable day the meeting should be very successful. Xho acceptances for the various handicaps are excellent, and tho entries for other events are very good. For the &ttt day's events the following will probably bo the first to catch the judge's eye : —Hurdles— Eringo-Bragh ; selling race —Chelsea ; district stakes—Arbiter; Oup —Prime Warden or Catamount; trot —Calista ; flying handicap —Bed Cross. Lectnring ntChristehuroh the other evening on Westminster Abbey, Bi.-hop Julius brought m two illustrations of tho want of revereaeo on the part of tho Colonial youth for buildings liMry with antiquity, around which cluster ths momories of centuries. He des-ribed what would occur if be woro talcing the yonr.g Colonial round tho eiahts of London, and when, of course, he first brought him to St. Paul's. Tho remarks would be, " Ah, jes, St. Paul's ; rather dirty, ain't it.' Finding that ecclesiastical architsctura did not impress tho vieitor, tho next building brought under notice was Guildhall, " Ah," would be tho reply of the visitor. " Guildhall. ' Did you ever see tho Town Hall of Timaru ?'"