TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LII, Issue 5166, 12 June 1891, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

! It is stated that 316 unemployed are al • presont boing providod with Government ; work, 88 m Wellington, 74 m Canterbury, anc 1 184 m Otngo. ' Inadvertently tho names of Mrs Ruesel ' and Mrs Morodith wore omitted m tho list ol ladies who providod tables at tho anniversary eoiroo of tho Presbyterian. Church Goraldine, hold last week. , An important announcement by the 1. butohevs of Timaru uppears m anothei ; oolumn. It ia to tlto effoofc that their busi noaa promiao3 will be closed on Saturday evou' ingn at 9 o'oloclc. Houaewivos should noto thif alteration of closing timo and " Bhop oarly, 1 i or they may doprive thoir households of theii , Sunday roasts.

[j A letter from Zeehan, the new silver field, i describes the place as a mixture of mud and . muddle, with typhoid fever prevalent, and a i glut of all kinds of business'placea- Tho mud l and horribly wet and depressing weather is 1 driving hundreds away. But this of courao ' is the worst season of tho year. Amusing incidenta were caußsd at the pro ceedings before tha Sydenhatn Licensing 3 Committee on Wednesday by tha demand of tho £ clerk for a shilling from each witness sworn. Several of them had no shilling, and the 3 lawyers ran out of small coin and 9tamp3, and 2 had to ask the clerk to acoapt thoir "personal b guarantee." Even Inspeotor Pender declined f to be Bworn, for one reason " became he had 3 no money." ' A somewhat curious aooident happonsd on - Tuesday evening to Mi" Garrott, farmer, of " Oust, who with his wife and daughter was 3 driving homo from the Kangiora market. ' When about mid-way between Bangiora and Fornside the horse became frightened at the approach of a train, and backed the trap on . to the line. The train catue into collision j. with tha vehiole and the occupants wore thrown out with considerable violonca. r The Oamaru Harbour Board intend to pree sent a Bill during the present eesßion to 3 enable them to obtain advances against tho y loan authorised m 1887 ; to borrow by way 3 of overdraft m anticipation of current c revenue, and to mortgage the drodge or any i' other plant as eecurily for Buch overdraft, 'i interest on advancaa not to exceed 8 per 'I oent ; also that the board may pa 7 the j n expenses of raiding tho loan already autho- I '• rised out of the loan, y c Mr G-. H. Moore's Glonmark estate, 75,000 acres, is now m tho market, except the home- .(; stead and 6000 acreß about it. If not disposed s of as a whole within the next three months, it (J will be laid off m lots of from five to 500 i_ acres, and submitted to public competition p after noxfc shearing. Mr Moore has baon a h shrewd colonist or he could not have accumuif lated so much land. Miy we credit his ), shrewdness with foreseeing that " cutting up "t the big estates " will if necessary bo enforced h before long ? Tho Primitive Methodist Band of Hope held w their usual meeting m the church on Wednean day evening. Thißbßirig the first of a Berieß of „ " open " nights there was a good attendance £ of members, parents, and others. The preai- „ dent occupied the chair and gave an address ■ c on the cause of temperance, and tho work L l m connection with the Band ef Hope. A c number of temperance recitations and y dialogues wore given by members of tho band, c and the choir sang two or three melodies. At 1, the noxt open night the service of BODg " Woe if Jimmy " will be given. ' A meeting of persons interested m the c , formation of a society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held m the Town !| Board office, Geraldino, on Wednesday evening last. Mr A. White, occupied the chair. After some conversation on the sub' Q ject at issue, it was decided to form a society !• m Geraldine. and Messrs A. White, J. Man[t dell, 3?. Wilson Smith, and R. Hammond, c wero appointed a committee to obtain from a the Ohrißtoburch Society all information as -i to its working ; a copy of rules, otc, and if 0 they can obtain all details necessary, to call a ,t meeting to lay the information before those if then present. a Tho heavy Boas of the past few clays have S made a good deal of alteration m the northern beaches. At high water, — it has again happened that the high soaa coincided with spring tides — the wavoa swept over the Wasbdyke spit and filled the lagoon, so that the main north road was under water at times nenr Wa3hdyko. The spit at tho southern end of , tho lagoon liua boon driven back, apparently a chain or more, and at high water it was ] almost invisible. The Httlo Waimatatiai iipit baa also been driven back almost ita wholo „ longth, but especially at tho Bouth end, whera t tho surf now breaks against a low flat bank of a clay, a strip of which several yards wide is c swept clear of shingle. This lagoon was also U flooded by Boa water during the height of the 8 disturbance. Mr Saunders, whose curious and pationt industry m collecting tho spray on Dashing | Books to run a water-wheel haß long been a source of wonder to those who are acquainted „ with it, has had his heart gladdaned by the sight of a constant and really considerable stream flowing through his flumeß during the r prevalence of tha high boss thia week ; but as he had nothing for it to do, the wator haß dashed idly over his chained-up whoel. _ Mr Saunders has a more ambitious schomo m 1 hand, namely, to harness some of tho power g in tho waves which race grandly past the h northern edge of tho rocko. But hero he has y to contend with more power than he can y tame, and so far his structures, necosßarily t make-shift for want of means to make them c bettor, have suffered more or less complete c destruction. The sight of bo muob. power '■ going past tho rock 3is tempting ; but we fear '■- it is too strong for him. It would coat a lot '> of money to control those ruahing watore as '" ho proposes to do, and when tho boat possible " had boon done, they might " bolt " and wreck c tho wholo arrangomout. a 8 Tboro was a very good attendance at St ij Mary's schoolroom last evoning to lieten ii to an aooount by tho Von. Archdonoon y Harper of his travols through Italy, and his f description of the buildings to bo aeon m and s about Romo. Tho viowa wero ahown by [, limelight manipulated by Mr Willcocks, co f successfully that ho was awardod a vory cordial c vote of thanks at the close. Before the gas 1 jots wero turnod down, the Yen, Archdeacon f briefly referred to tho discovoriea whidh had c boon made of late years of old Roman - ruins, and the signs of civilisation datiDg back * to 740 b 0., and then paßsod on to hie pei • sonal visit to Borne, briefly describing tho modes of cultivation, irrigation and agriculturo, and tho stylo of dress, etc., of tho , proßont inhabitanta. Lights havine [then j. been turned out, a largo number of splendid c views wore thrown on' to tho screen by tho limolight, the Yen. Arcbdoneon explaining the arohitodturo, dimensions, and other interesting points of thorn. Tho views gave tlio listeners a dear idoa of anoiont nnd modern Homo, and among tho moßt interesting were k tho Courts of the Vatican, St. Potor's, tho ' exterior and interior of the Colosßeum. Bomo ' being so full of historical buildings tho Archdoacon last evening oonflood his ramarke to 1 tho principal of thorn, and purpoßOS giving f another looture, whioh if as interesting as that - of last evening should attract ft largo audience. , Tho viowa ho has colloctod aro oxcollent, and and m ouch as groups of statuary overy dotail 9 is wondorfully brought out. Ho spoko for F about an hour and a half last ovoning, and . at tho closo was awardod hoarty thanks by . Reclamation. a Still to tho front,— The Jumbo Brand Baking Powder takes prccodouoo for making ■ r digestive scones, cakes, bread, etc Sold by ] all merchants and grooorsi— [Adyt.] ,

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVHIiTIsKMIfiL-Cl a. The Butchers of Timaru — Notice of early dosing. Rutland and Co — Have country hotel to let. T. and J. Thomson — Call attention to valnes they offer. <3eraldme Road Board — Intend to close certain roads. Messrs Postlothwaite, Brown and Barter — Have dissolved partnership. Daviea and Murphy — Notice of the " new white Bhirt." Wanteds — Ttvo noticos.