TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LII, Issue 5164, 10 June 1891, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

A fcca, concert, and dance, iv aid of the ncidontal fund of the Opihi School, will be mid m the achoolroom on Friday evening, j rune 12th. o Mr W. Hall-Jonee, the merabor for Timaru, ° ieft for Wellington yesterday to attend the e litting of the House of Hopresontahves.which :ominencos business to-morrow. £ A public mooting is to ba hold m the Town -^ Board offioe, G-eraldino, at 7.30 this evening, to consider the advisability of forming a branch of the Bocioty for tho Prevention of Oruolty to Animals. Tenders for the Biipply of spalls required by the Levels Road Board aro nil higher this year than last, The overseer told the board this wsb owing to the difficulty of getting quarry men hero now. A special meeting of the subscribers to the St. Anrlrows Library and Beatling Room will bo held m the Library Hall, St. Andrews, on Sa'.urrlay next, at 8 p.m. Tho business ia to furthor consider the by laws. His Worship tho Mayor (Mr D. M. Boss) leaves Timaru on Friday for Wellington whero ho will roprceent tho borough of Timaru at the Municipal Corporations Onferenuo m that city. His Worship expect* to jo away a faw days. During the galo at Waimate on Monday last, tlie iron roof of a shod at tho back of the Empire Hotel, was blown completely across the street, Luckily no one was passing the locality at the time, or a serious accident might have occurred. We learn that the chairman of the Harbour Board has received Messrs Wilson and Napier Bell's report on tho shingle question, and that they concur with Messrs O'Connor and Goodall m recommending the board to " shift " the ehinglo. Special attention is directed to the list of sales by Mr Moss Jonas as published m another column. The eale at Waitaki North is an important ono, and the sale of Mr Olegg's harness, etc., commenced 60 successfully last Saturday, will bo continued by Mr Jonas at an early date. This item ia well worih giving serious consideration to. We fearlessly olaim that comparison is the true test of value and we bog that drapery buyers will compare our value and prices boforo buying elsewhere. Whatever others can do wo do bettor; teat this.—Bradley and Co.—[Advt.] From the inspector's report on the licensed houses m Timaru we learn that the whole of the houses, thirteen m number, contain a total of 55 sitting-rooms aad 205 bedrooms. A sanitary caution would soem to require that the number of beda m each room Bboulcl be stated ; und, to go a littlo furthor, the sufficiency of the means of ventilation m each bedroom. Ah Wi, the Chinntnnn charged with stealing load and other articles, was brought boforo C. A. Wray Ksq, E.M. yesterday and furthor remanded till Friday, At the request of Mr Perry, counsel for the prieonor, for evidence justifying a further remand, Detective Liviagstono was called nnd gave Borne particulars of the articles stolon. There are about 14 charges against the prisoner. The threat of the Hospital Board to sue contributing local bodies who do not pay up their half-yearly contributions promptly, has had the desired effect on tho Lovels Road Board, whose expreseod determination to withhold payment as it would involve an inoreased overdraft, led to tho threat being made. Tho board gave m with a good humoured laugh, and ordered their chequo to be paid. A potato grower near Gore has made a good thing out of 17 acres of land this yoar. He ploughed as deop as possible with a digger, drawn by six horsos, and tlie aroa was planted with potatoes. The product was 210 tons, 60 of which have alroady been disposed of at 50s per ton. Allowing that the whole quantity goes off at that figure, tie will have the handsomo return of nearly £31 por nero for his outlay. On Monday last as two drayß m ohargo of Mr Love eenr., and Mr R. Love, wore proceeding down a cutting m Gapes' Valley one of the horses m tho hindmost dray taking fright, started forward and passed tho first dray, when the horsos iv tho lattor also bolted off, resulting m both the drays boing capsizod m the gully at tho bottom of the cutting. Ono horse was ,killed and the three others much injurod. M<* R, Lovo was thrown ouS of his dray, but luckily foil iuto a fhx bush uninjured. We aro requested to oxplain, m connection with an advertisement published this morning, that Mr Robert Kennedy, our " amateur itnpressario," is negotiating with Madame Patey for hor company to give ono ooncerfc m Timaru, that tho matter must bo Battled this evening, nnd that whether the people of Timaru aro to have an opportunity of hearing England's greatest contralto eingor depends upon most of the dress circle Boats boing booked by 5 p.m. The pricea advertised are muoh higher than usual, but not so high as havo been paid m northern towns. In Napier aa it will be romembored a telegram stated, every seat for Madame Patoy'a concort was booked m half an hour, and there, if we remember rightly, the dresß olrole price was 15s. It would bo a great privilege to hear bo accomplished v singer; but the expense of bringing tho company'would be groat, and onn only bo mot by charging correspondingly high prices. Never before m the annals of football m South Canterbury can wo say that ouch interest m an intor-club match has beon shown as m that wliioh is to take place betwoen tlie Timaru and Union Clubs to-morrow. This is the first premiership match m which the 'Ximaru Olub has competed, and as the Union Olub beat Timaru m a by-game at the early part of tho eoaoon, great interest is centred m Thursday's game. There will bo a em nil charge mndo, and spectators are earnestly requested to keep behind the lines. Tho following will play for tho Timaru Olub :—Rutherford, Perry (3), MoKerras> Thomas, Collins, Bristol, Austin, Hasßell, Turnbull, Matheson (2), Maolean, Orr. The following -will reprosont tho Union:—Shophord, Macintosh, Anderson, Murdoch, Holean, Hobbs, Avison, W. Thompson, A. Thompßom 0. Hall, Waterloo, Gardner, Padget, Homo, and Berry. Play commences at 3,30, On the same day the sooond flftoens of the above olubs try conclusions on the Calodonian ground, play commencing at 3.80. The names of the teams will appear to-morrow.

A eiiver cup, presented by Major Steward I ( ) the Waimate Volunteer iiiflee, to be corneted for, is now on view m the shop window f Mr James Siucl&ir at VV'aimate. The following is the toam of Colonials ioked to play m the junior flag match againet ho second of the Temuka Football Club, at 'emutn to morrow afternoon ; —Al!en, Boys 2), Burd, Hooper, Bilton, Thompson, Quinn, ilcKinloy, Wade, McCullough, Malian, ?Thil,takor, Lough, and Hire. A drag will oave the Bank of New Zealand corner at 1.30 harp.