TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LV, Issue 5516, 19 September 1892, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

We are requested to call attention to the alterations m tbe sales of Mr George Lawrie'e farm and plant. The farm will be sold at Messrs Graoie, Maclean and Co'a rooms, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 27th mat., at 2 p.m , and tho horses, implements, etc., at the farm on Wednesday, 28th inßt. Mr Amies says one of tho best seasons for poisoning birds is when thoy are nesting, as they have then less time to pick and chooae tbeir rations. Wet weather too is more suitable than dry, — probably because the birds do not like to moss their bills poking for a dinner m the mud. The man named William John Campbell, who was arrosleil on Friday for stealing a portmanteau out of the train belonging to Mr J.Brown, was brought before O. A.Wray, Esq., E.M. on Saturday. Prisoner pleaded guilty to stealing and to riding the contents of the portmanteau, and stated tbat he was from Sydney. On tho applicaiion of tho police prisoner was remanded to Thursdsy next for sentence. The Nortlt, Otago Times states that by the Elginshire on ber last visit to Oamaru Mr Menlove shipped a considerable number of frozen shoep, but owing to his being much occupied at the time with harvesting operations he omitted to take out a policy of marine insurance, intending to do co tho next time he came to town. In the meantime tbe steamer was lost. However, a representation of the case was made by the agents of the Canton Insurance office, Messrs ]&, Lintlott and Co , to the head office m Hongkong, and on the grounds that Mr Menlove had been a regular insurer with the company for several years, and thst the omission to declare the rißk wis satisfactorily explained, instructions have just been receivod to pay him the value of his shipment. On Saturday night tbe employees of Messrs J. Ballantyne and Co. presented the Missos Payne, on the occation of their severing their eonneotion with the firm, with tbe following souvenirs — Miss Payne, one m tbe shape of a gold albert, and Miss Maude Payne a plain gold ring with respective testimonials attached. The presents were given as tokens of the esteem and regard m wbioh the ladies are held by tbeir fellow employees Bnd also as an expression of the regret they feel at the Misses Payne severing tbeir connection witb the firm. The givers desired to assure them that they would ever ba remembered as companions who had always endeavoured 'to create pleasant feelings among their fellows m business, more espeoially thoie directly associated with them. Best wishes for success and happiness iv their future career aooompanied the souvenirs; '

There was a good attondauce at Hayes' circus on Saturday afternoon, end m tbe evening the tent waa we'l filled. The various items of a lengthy programme woro warmly received, epplouee being frequent and hearty. A lecture was delivered m tho Ohristadelphian meeting room on Friday to acrowdsd audience, which listened with marked attention to the subject, " Mr Brown m the Scriptural balance, weighed end found wanting upon baptism and the commandments of Christ." The lecturer oritieixed some statements of Iho Bey. C. C. Brown m a retont lecture. The sublet was resumed last evening. At yesterday's sorvico m Trinity Presbyterian Church, tho Rev. Mr Gillies intimated that Mr James Mansfield, who had been a scholar m their Sabbath school as a boy, and waa now a teaoher and aho a deacon, had been appointed by tho Foreign Minion Committee aa one of ihe two lay assistants to be sont out to tho Now Hebrides to work under the Rev. Dr. Lamb, and (hat before leaving he would be ordained to tho office of the eldership at tbe forenoon diet of worship on Sabbath, the 2nd October. The speoial aervioes beld at the V-vesloyan church yesterday, tho occasion boing the anniversary of tho Sunday school, wero largely attended. To-morrow evening the annual ten meeting will bo hold m the sohoolroom, commencing at 6 30. A public moeting will be held afterwards m tlio church, when reports on the school work, and addresses by the Bey. W. 0. Olivor and thu Roy. W. J. Williams will be given. Special music will be rendered by tho scholars and tbeir friends, who will have the ablo nssietauco of Mr Wood's band. Aa Mr W. Binley was driving from tbe raoecoureo to Tomuka on Friday he monaged to run ono wheel of his trap against a log of wood lying iv the middle of the road, wilh the result that the vehicle wos capsized. Mr Binley waß accompanied by Mr Purchase, and both got shaken a little, but not injured. The horso luckily stood quietly, and some other travellers ooming up the vehicle was righted, the only injury it sustained being a broken splashboard. Tho regular weekly moeting of the Life Bout Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was beld oa Friday, Bro Muohmore CT. presiding over a good attendanoe nf uiombers. Six persons were proposed f< i- membership and one was initiated. The anniversary commitieepresented their report, which showed that tha " social " passed off vory successfully and left a credit balance to hand over to tbe lodge. A hearty voto of thank* wss parsed to the committee for the manner m which they worked, and tho secretary was instructed to forward letters of thanks to persons who had kindly givon their services. Tbo lodge was then thrown open for harmony and a very pleasant evening wos spent. We now loam that the son of Mr John Aitkin, ef Smithfield, Winchester, who, as waß stated by us on Saturday, met with a fatal accident on Thursday evening, had been to the Winchester railway station on horseback to fetch a parcel, and on his way home, just inside the SmithSeld paddooks nas thrown from his henrt j at least such is presumed to bo the case, as he was found lying iusonsible on tbe road, and from tho nppoaranco of tho horse's knees it is thought it must have Btumbled. The boy was removed to Mr Robert Smith's house where he received medical attention from Dr Caj-ley. He died, however, ou Friday morning, tbe immediate cause of death being a fracture of tho baso of tho skull. At an inquest held on Saturday a vordict m accordance with the above was returned. Tho annual social m aid of tho South Rangitata School was held m the schoolroom a few days ago, there being a very good attendance. The danoing was intermixed with songs and recitations, and a most enjoyable evening was spent by all. Songs were contributed by Mr Irwin, Mr Hawkes, Mrs Hawkes, Miss Connal, aad Mr Davidson ; and recitations by Messrs Hawkes, Irwin, aod Scalar. Mr A. Bissat acted as M.C , aud excellent music was supplied by Messrs Cadwallader, Taylor, Hawkes, and Miss M. Taylor. Miss Connal kindly accompanied the singer;, and Mrs Taylor lent a piano for the occasion. 'IW much praise oannot be given to Mesdaraes Taylor and Oadwalledor, especially the former, who worked assiduously to make the affair a perfoct suoces?, and the results attained on tn unfavourable evening allow how much their efforts to .benefit the school aro appreciated m tho district. Tbe annual meeting of tho Temuka Orioket Club was hold at tho Temuka dispensary on Friday evening. Present, the inojority of members ; the president, Mr J. T. M. Hayhurst, occupying the chair. The balancesheet showed the total receipts to have been £26 2s 4:1, tho expenditure being the same, with liabilities £1. The assets were valued at £13 10s. Tho election of officers resulted as follows :— Patron, Mr A. E. G. Rhodes, M.ff.R. ; president, Mr J. T. M. Hayhurst j vice-presidents, Messrs D. Henry, A. M. Clark, J. S. Hayes, J. Blytb, E. Cutton, and M. Quinn, tho Revs. B. Gillam, J. Dickson, and J. Dellow ; captain, E. 0. Dann ; secotary and Treasurer, E. Herbert j general committee, Mesßra Brown, Bryan, Buxton, Cooper, and Dignan ; match committee, Messrs Bryan, Dann, and Dignan ; ground committee, Messrs Hayhurst, Brown, and Herbert. Tho subscription was fixed at 10a for membors ovor 18, and 6s for juniors and bona fide playing members of the football club. It was decided to open the season on Thursday, October 6th. It was also agreed to join the Waitaki Orioket Association, and the president was asked to aot as delogate. Our attention has been called to tbe reckless way, as a subscriber puts it, m which shopkeepers and others allow hugs oases of goods to be tumbled on ths footpath on the main street. One day last week it appears some oaseß were being discharged from a dray m front of a shop, when a case toppled over and knocked down a child, injuring its log severely j m fact it was a wonder the little one was not killed. In connection with this matter it may be well to note that clause 5 of by-law No. 6 of the borough of Timaru provides that "Ho person shall obstruct any street or private street or footway by placing thereon any goods, chattels, or materials of any kind, or othor wise obstructing suoh stroet ( private street or footway." Tho borough authorities should see that this by-law is strictly oarried out, as almost every day cases of obstruction are Beon, more particularly m the main street. It may "look well for business " to sco piles of oases m front of a shop, halfway on ths street and halfway on tbe footpath ; and shopmen cutting off lengths of oiioloth on the pavement i but auoh thinga ara a nuisance to passers by, aod, as io the case elated above, serious accidents sometimes happen.

At St. Mary's Church yesterday, m accordanoe with previous announcement, the Yen. Archdeacon Harper gave an explicit account of ths late discs'rous fire m Newfoundland, and the ohurch history of that colony since ita discovery by Sebastian Cabot. The Archdeacon, m his remarks, said lhat Ood ia bis wisdom visited the earth at different periods with four scourges —disease, famine, water, and fire. When England had only a population of four millions one-half died with a disease called " balok doath." At the present timo Europo was suffering from famiue and cholera. Great flrrs had often nearly destroyed cities. We m New Zealand had cause to be thankful to God tbat we bad escaped the groat calamities that older nations have suffered from. Newfoundland had been singularly unfortunate m having had sevornl large files, and through the last ono church property to tho amount of £100,000 had been destroyed. An appoal was now being made for help for St. John's, and he hoped tbo congregation would contribute according to their means to reliovo tho distress. It. was the provident people generally who had Bftmething to give the poor, the improvident who lived beyond thoir means and squandered their substance, novor had anything to give to assist those m distress, and were a bane to society. Tbe result of the Ten. Archdeacon's earnest appeal was a liberal response. The offertory taken at the doors was £1110 b over and above tho usual offertory m the seats. Tbe sum of £1 Os 4d was also collected m addition by the Sunday sohool ohildren m. the Bank street school for the same object, the total sum oollected boing about £22.