TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 6064, 25 September 1894, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

. A female assistant is waDted for the Temuka District High Bohool, sot a male assistant. A special train will leave Timaru at 11.15 a.m. on Thursday and Friday for the Geraldine raoesi The Hon L Walker withdrew the Mackenzie County Boundary Extension Sill on acoount of the adverse report of the Looal Bills Oommittoe, and on aooount of expeoted opposition m the House. The annual general meeting of the Timaru Cricket Club, called for Wednesday evening, will have to be postponed till Friday evening, Wedneiday beicg found to be an unsuitable date. A counter attraotion prevented there being a good attendance at the lantern lecture given by the Eev Mr Potter m the Primitive Methodist Church last night, but those present spent a pleasant and instructive evening m a pictorial tour of tbe colony, the viewa being well selected and well shown by the lantern. The uiual fortnightly m acting of the Washdyke Band of Hope was held m the sohoolroom on Friday evening latt, when there was a good attendance of young people. Mies Mahan occupied the chair, and Mies Hunter kindly presided at tbe organ. Iho evening's amusement consisted of songs, recitations and dialogues, whioh were given by the members and were very well rendered. The proceedings were brought to a close with a hymn and prayer. The usual weeklj executivo meeting of the New Zealand Workers' Union was held at the head office on Saturday evening. Mr Pearce presided. OorreipondencG was dealt with from the Kaikoura, Blenheim, Timaru and Ohristohursh branches, reporting progress ; from the Sydney branch of the Australian Workers' Union,on shearing matters ; and from the Hon, Major Steward, stating that efforts would be made to bring the Workers' Union under the Mining Act. It was decided to hold the half-yearly meeting oa the following Saturday evening. The proceedings then terminated. " Total Prohibition " (of pure air) carried the poll at the Assembly Booms last evening. The place was crowded, and yet only two windows were open, and the purifying effanti ot one of these inlets wn» affected by fuiiy three-fifths through a curtain being drawn across it In an hour the atmosphere was almost unbearable, and the effect was very noticeable on the audience. The Assembly Booms m such weather aa prevailed last evening could have been most effectively ventilated, by lowering each window abont six inches. A session of the Supreme Court will be held here to-day. There is very little business to be transacted, and it need not be very smartly done to get it through and enable the Judge and the offioers of the court who accompany him to return to Obristohnroh m the afternoon. There is only one offender to be tried on the criminal side, J Costigan, charged with offences under tbe Bankruptcy Act. In other matters Mr Baymond will apply for the provisional decree of divorce m Otton 7 Orton to be made absolute, and Mr J W White has a couple ot motions to make m chambers, A meeting of the committee of the Fairlie Public hall was held at Fairlie on Saturday 9vening last and was well attended by Messrs Milne (ohairman), Fraser, O'Donohue, MoLeao, Wiltshire, Banks, Young, Foden, and the secretary. The treasurer reported that debentures amounting to £100 had been issued to date. Ibis was considered satisfactory and it was decided to endeavour to collect the remaining amount as soon as possible. A cub oommittee consisting of Messrs McLean, Banks aad the ohairman was appointed to interview Mr William Biddle with reference to acquiring the seoessary land required for the building, with power to conolude matters if satisfactory arrangements can be made with him. It was decided that Mr lurnbull, arohiteofc, Timara, be written to, requesting him to furnish modified plans and specifications for a hall to meet the company's finances, the committee to meet the following Saturday to consider the came and that tendon ba called for the work with as little folay as possible, A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting. The annuel oonoert m aid of the Albury aohool funds was held last Friday m the lohoolroom. Mr H Biobardson was m the shair. Friends from Timaru and the district round about contributed to the evening's imusemeDt, and it was generally admitted to iave been one of tbe most successful concerts )ver held m Albury. The Timaru contingent, sonsisting of Messrs JefferaoD, F W Jones, F Sooper, and Higginbotham, gave very pleasing items, each reoeiving an encore, imongat the ladies If rs Carter, Mrs Herbert Jmith, and the Misses Shaw and Irving deighted the audienoe with well chosen songs. SffesarsEHßurn (Eakahu) and Black also lontributed very jolly gongsi Some reoitaions were remarkably well given. Mr ft Jmifch, m character, gave " The Bouseabout" [an original composition), Mr B Mahoney, ty ipeoial request, •• Pardon, the ton of Jeprieve/'andMr Watt* gave "MyOourthip." Messrs Q F Clulee, Jones, Mrs Burn, ,nd Mils Sutherland kindly accompanid the ingsrai Votes of thanks were passed to Mr totohelor for his kindness m eroding a upper room and decorating the sohpolroom 5 0 the chairman and to th« singers. The onceifc was brought to a olose with " Auld Jang f yne/ 1 and the room was then cleared fed danoing was kept up till the email hourß 1 the morning. An exoellent aupper was irovided by the reiideota of the district,

Householders and others should read partioulars relating to the Allaudale Goal Company. The coal is the best on the East Coaat j an excellent steam coal and good for domestic utes. Orders sent to the mine, near Snag Point, will receive prompt attention. The Assembly Booms were crowded last atoning, principally with ladiee, to Utten to temperance addresses by tho Bey Frank laitt and Mr T Taylor. The Bey W Gillies (m the abaenoe of the mayor, who was engaged at the oounoil meeting) presided, and briefly introduced Mr Isitt as the first speaker. Mr Giilios m the combo of his remarks laid that the meeting was under the autpioeß of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the moat energetic and live body of temperance workers iD Tinmu. Mr Isitt they ell knew, and tho other gentleman to address them that evening was "pretty well known as Tom Taylor. " In opening hit remarks, wnich occupied about three-quarters of an hour, Mr Isitt referred to the great temper anoe fight of a few months ago, and to the disappointing result to them and to him of the temperanoe-liooneiag cam* paign. He added with impreisivaness that the liquor traffic was doomed, and that its death knell had been rung from one end of the colony to the other ; and that it only remained for them to keep fighting on to achieve signal success m their war egainet strong drink; He then touohed on old history m depicting what had been done m America and Germany m the direction of prohibition, quoted statistic i relating to the traffic, touched lightly on politics relating to licensing (whilst on this drawing local attention to the way the member for Timarn had acted m respeot to the '■ honest enquiry into clause 21 "), painted vivid word piotures of the effects the traffio had on the younger generation, and conoluded with a powerful appeal to his hearers to press forward to viotory for the oause of prohibition. All they wanted was for opponents to stand aside and " let the voice of the people decide ;" that the eyes of the people shou'd be opoaed, and that the majority should rule. Mr Isifct con« oluded his address, which was well delivered and capitally illustrated, amid prolonged applause. Mr Taylor next came forward, and dealt at length with the Licensing Act, and with past history relating to the results j of the last licensing poll, tbe meeting being brought to a close m the usual way about 10 o'olook.