TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 6063, 24 September 1894, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

«, . , Mr B&witorn succeeded on Friday m making a key to open Mr X Thomson's safe [ (the burglar of the previous night haying selfishly taken or thrown the key sway), and it was found that the burglar really had the key and had opened the safe and relooked it, for the oaah left m the previous da 7, between two and three pounds m lilver, had been abstracted. There were some cheques m the cash bos but these were not taken. Up to last sight; tbe police had made no arrests m connection with the burglaries-

Ihe Bey F W leitt will deliver an addresi m the Assembly Booms this eveniDg on " The two demands of the Liquor Trade." (The annual business meeting of the limaru Cricket Club will be held at the Ship Hotel on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. A grand concert m aid of the contest funds for the Timaru Garmon Band will be held m the Thaatro Eoyal on the 4th Ootober. A oapital programme is m conrse of preparation and the concert, considering the exoellent object, should be well pal ronieed. A capsize, the circumstances of which caused a good deal of amusement but fortunately were not attended with serious oonaeqnenoes, took place on LeOrenV terrace on the hill opposite Miles and Go's store at midday oa Saturday, A spring cart m wbioh were two men and a woman, was being driven up the hill, when the horse baoked against the kerb, capsized the cart and emptied the occupants out on the road. Ihe woman was shaken a good deal and complained of pain m i the back, while the men, horse, and vehic'e were little the woare, The iaoident caused a good crowd to collect, and willing hands soon had the turn out m going order again. The Oamaru Mail, writing of the advantages of the advances to farmers' scheme, says :— " How the thing works out may be briefly stated thus : If it were possible— but it is not— for a farmer to borrow m the ordinary way £100 on a two.thirde valuation at 5 per cent for a terra of 36} years, he would pay as interest £182 10s and still have to repay at the end of the term the £100 borrowed, or a total of £282 10s. Under the Government toheme he would pay m halfyearly instalments a total of £217 14?. Thus by borrowing from the Government he would sare £64 16*, which represents the reinvestment at 5 per cent of his half yearly payments on aocount of capital." During the last month or so almost every shop m the main street of Waimate, m which no one resides during the night, has been burglariously entered and articles of all descriptions taken, although m no case wai any very large prize gained. The police have had their suspicions of one or two doubtful oharaotera lately, and on Friday afternoon obtained a search warrant and made a searoh on the premises of a young man named Harry Knight, who resides m Leonard street. They found some skeleton keys and sufficient stolen goods to justify them m arresting Knight, who was taken to the look-up and brought before Mr J Manohestsr J.P , on Saturday morning, and re» manded on the application of the police, to enable them to work tha case up. It is probable that other arrests will follow, as Knight is not supposed to have committed the burglaries single-handed. The ÜBual monthly meeting of the Mount Feel Road Board was held on Friday last. Present— Mr 0 G Tripp (m the chair), Messrs R Thew, R Maokay, and G J Dennistonr. Correspondence was duly dealt with. Ihe overseer reported that he bad started roading Arondel village, two groups of four men eaoh had been allotted the work m two sections, and Beemad satisfied with tha prices fixed. The work was being done on the co-oporative system. The surface men had been busy patching weak places m roads, and m cleaning oat water tables and cuttings. Mr Thew obtained permission to clear out the catchwater drain on MoMillan's road as the present natural flow of water flooded part of hie land. General accounts | amounting to £242 6s 43 were passed for payment and the Board rose. The life of even an Official Assignees is not always a happy one. The local officer,' saye the Napier News, has plenty of work on hand juet now.and amid the wreck of farmers and tha craok-up of shopkeepers, there comes another explosion. A subject of the Celestial Empire has gone up the spout 1 Now it will become the Offioial Assignee's duty, and we mean to Bee that he does it, to go through the acoount books and the private oorrei. pondence of the almond-eyed insolvent and report upon them. We understand that with the assistance of wet towels round his head half a dozen coolies, and a kerosene lamp.Mr Jardine is melting alarming progress with the language of China. Our own acquaintance with the tongue is exceedingly supeifibial or we should have offered our aid. We look forward with impatience to the Offioial Assignee's report. The .examination of the debtor too should prove interesting. He will begrsaton the 'no saves ' note we should imagine. At Courli on Saturday, two persons were brought before the Stipendiary Magistrate and Mi Straok, J»P. A very dirty boy named Mills, arrested a week ago for having no lawful means oi support, and remanded for » week to see if he could be got clean, was diecharged, the agent of the Labour Bureau having got him a situation where he wou'd be well looked after. A man named Seeding | was charged with being illegally on premises ' m Xurnbull street at 2 a.m. on Saturday. ■ Deteotiva Livingstone stated that he* whs on duty m Stafford street at that hour and ■ saw the accused slonohing along the street. , He turned into Turnbull street and into the backyard of Mr Oorooran's house and shut the gate, and when witness went up he had oonoealed hiraaelf m an old shed. Acoused * said he had been rabbiting m the MoKeozie Country and was going north shearing. He had been drinking a little, and wag too c late to get into his boardinghouse, and he just ' went m there Bimply to have a lay down till the morning, Deteotire Livingstone said the c man was not drunk, and there were previous i convictions against him. The prisoner expostulated with the witness for bringing up an a 81 accident " he had twelve years ago. Mr Raymond, who appeared for the prisoner, 1 asked the benoh to treat it at a one of ■ drun- £ keoness, pointing out that the man was v scarcely sober yet. Ihe Magistrate dismissed the cage on acoused promising to leave town , on Baturday. J