TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 6068, 29 September 1894, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

The dredge iru at work yesterday with the pump at the south berth at the Moody wharf. She was getting at the yellow staff beneath the sea deposits. A prohibition order for the Timaru district was made by the Stipendiary Magistrate yesterday, against an artisan who has been for some months past wasting his time and means m excessive drinking. The Waimate horse parade was held on Thursday at the Pastoral Association's grounds. Vive draughts, three thoroughbreds and two trotting horses put m an appearance, and the parade created a good deal of interest among farmers and stook-raisers. Special attention is direoted to important sales of town properties at Messrs Quinneas and leOren's at 2 o'clock this afternoon. One blook of two acres at Waimataitai (tit B Foster's) is among (he best properties near Timaru. Capitalists should attend this sale. A day or two ago we published a paragraph concerning some " dastardly outrages" on farm etook on Kaiapoi Island. A later aoeount says the matter was greatly exaggar* ated, and the animals alleged to have been maliciously killed and injured, diid natural deaths or suffered from aooidents, A lady parachutist has tried twice to go up with her balloon at Oamaru and failed both timer. The reuon for the failures probably was that few people paid to see the perform* BDoe, while many stood outside to see it for nothing 5 but of course other rewanj were found for publication.

Full details of what ihould be enjoyable £ entertainments by Mr Enott, the temperance leoturer, at the Oddfellows' Hall on Monday 1 and Tuesday next, will be found m another c oolumn, I The annual show of itud hones will take { pl&oe on Cain's paddock this morning. Horses r mueter at 10.30, and the parade is timed for 11 30 sharp. Special anniversary services of St Paul's Presbyterian Churob, Totara Valley, will be preached on Sunday, Oct. 7th, by the Bey Hugh Kelly. The annual soiree will be held on thi 11th, when an excellent programme of addresses tnd mnsio will be-pregentei. Lovers of good music m that district are reminded that a first olais conoert m aid of the school funds will be held at Upper Waitohi, on Thursday, 25th Ootober, when the opportunity will be taken to welcome the newly appointed master, Mr Hugh Molntyre. At the Wesleyan Church to-morrow the Bey O B Beeoroft will preach at 11 and 6.80* Morning subject, "A Disguised Benediction i" evening subjeot, "Drifting," The anthems for the day will be— Morning, " O Love the Lord" (8 F Beward) j evening, " Hear Me when I Call " (Gr A Macfarren). A special invitation is given to the servioes m conneotion with the Primitive Methodist Ohuroh to. morrow, when the Bey J Sharp will preaoh at Barnard street m the morning, and Mr Enott, the well known temperance orator, m the evening. The Bey J Sharp will also conduct services at Gleniti m the afternoon, and Waihdjke m the evening. Harry Enight was brought before the Magistrate's Court, Waimate, yesterday, charged with breaking into and stealing from three different dwellings. After hearing the evidence the bench considered that a prima facie case had been made oat and committed the aooused for trial. The case against Mm EnighL for receiving stolen goods is being proceeded with. Tha Waitaki High Sohool Governors on Thursday resolved to forward a letter to the Minister for Education and to the members of both Houses of Parliament protesting m similar terms to the Otago High Sohool Board to the provisions of the Harbour and Education Reserves Bill, and at the same time pointing out that as the roads m the distriot were all formed there was no neoeieity for " thirds" or " fourths." The concert, whioh will be given on Ootober 3rd by Mrs Foster, the well-known teaoher of singing, promises to be a great musical treat. Although some of that lady's pupils will sing, yet it will not be a " papils* concert," as the burden of tho programme will be undertaken by Mrs Foster and several of our beßt amateurs. Mrs Foster hai also been greatly assisted m her efforts by Mrs Beid and Mr Ellis Wood, and there is no doubt that a good ' programme will be well carried out. The hon secretary of tha Timara Trotting : Olub had a couple of hours busy work laefc ' evening taking the nominations for the forth* i coming trot. The entries number between > BBventy and eighty, and are a considerable advanoe upon last year. The club will thin year hold the meeting on the Athletic Club'a 1 grounds, which will give the Timara publio a 1 chance to see some of the finest trotters m ' New Zealand competing, horses being nomi--1 nated from the principal ctnds: Given fine weather, it will be the best meeting ever held , m Timarui Mr James Oraigie advertisos this morning that he has large and complete etooks of paperbangings, paints, plumbing, and other deoorations and furnishings, at wholesale prioei. For the last 21 yean he has been steadily adding to his etook, thus keeping paoe with the development of the town and dietriot. Owing, however, to the dull times affecting the building and general trades, he finds his etook too large for the present requirements of the place. His etook being complete m oil its branches, the sale is moet opportnne to anyone requiring to renovate and improve property to get material at bedrook prices. , Tbs first examination for Pitman's shorti hand certificates wbb held at the rooms lent ; Thursday and Friday evenings, under the i auspices of tha Timaru Shorthand 1 Writers' , Association. The following gentlemen kindly i undertook the duty of examining committee : Mr B G Goodman, convener, Bey 0 B Bee- ; oroft, and Mr Andrew Harh Thursday 1 evening was devoted to the elementary examination, fcwectyone candidates coming for--1 ward* Three candidates were examined for speed, the writing being at the rate of sixty 1 words per minute. Friday evening was 1 taken up,, with the examination for second grade or theory certificate?, also speed at the rate of seventy words a minute ; for these two there were nine students. All the paper* will be forwarded to Sir Isaao Pitman and Sans for adjudication, and the results of the session will be anxiously awaited by all , interested. ' On Thursday afternoon tha ladies who have i attended the sewing meetings held m conneo- ' tion with St Saviour's Church, Temuka, 1 waited upon Mrs Hodgson at the parsonage and presented her with a very handeome 1 jar of Majilioa ware, with silver mounts, as a mark of their appreciation of her unwearied services to the parish generally, and of her self • denial m maintaining the interest m the sewing meetings. The presentation was made privately, Mrs Hodgson, through sickness, being confined to bar . room. The Bey Mr Hodgson returned thanks C on her behalf, expressing the deep sense of kindness which had prompted the gift, and » her grateful acceptance of it as a memorial of 1 the friends sho had made daring her brief t stay m the parish* She would aWaya > remember her stay m Temuka as a bright epoch of her life, and look baok to it with i pleasure* 1 There died on Tburiday at the home of hit 1 kinsman, Mr Jameß Bickus, High street, a ', young Native named William Tuna Pohio, ' the last male descendant of his grandfather, Horomona Pohio, who was paramount ohief of > the Middle Island at the time of the colonieai tion of Canterbury and Otago, and as suoh ) on behalf of his people contracted with • the European Settlement Companies for the ; sale of the land they required. The deceaied was only 25 years of age, and until about two years ago wai a well bailfc sthletio young man. ' He then began to suffer from hip disease \ which has at length oarried him off. He was for some time m the hospital,- but he was ' found to be beyond cure. He was born at Wwmate, but bad lived chiefly at Temuia pan, where tba body will be taken to-day for the tangi and f oneral, and owing to the 1 high rank of deceased among his, people a 1 large gathering is expeoted from all parts of '■ the island. Deceased's father.a man of mark, ' died eight or. nine yean ago. Mrs Bickus ' was bis sister, so that she was aunt to Ihe ' i deceased young man.