TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2355, 29 March 1897, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

— ♦ A large number of farmers were m Timaru on Saturday, the fine morning tempting them to take a run into town. The Tongariro'S passengers for Timaru are Mr and Mrs W. F. Hamilton, Master and Miss Hamilton and C. H. Denby. A special meeting of the Timaru Borough Council will be held this evening to discuss the question of reorganisation of the council's staff, etc. The Town Clerk, of the borough of Timaru, gives public notice this morhing of the Council's proposal to borrow £4000 for drainage worhs. < The usual notice by the Board bf Education respecting the annual election of school committees will be found m another column. The elections take place on the 26th April, at 7 pirn. ' ' ; ' Brunnerton kept Friday as a general holiday m commemoration of the Brunrier disaster. The holiday was observed m a quiet manner befitting the solemn ocoa-, sion, and many people visited the large grave, which was almost covered with wreaths. Mr Williams, the local Crown Lands ranger, has received the following telegram from the Commissioner m Christchurch :— " Every section m the "Waiapi and Eakitairi settlements is applied for. No use. receiving any applications till ; after the ballot." Mr E. Holdgate will lecture at the Pareora schoolroom on Thursday evening next on " Sightß and Scenes m America." The Rev L. Carsley Brady is to preside, and the lecture will be m aid of the Pareora Public Library. The barque Zuleika from New York which arrived at Port Chalmerß on Friday sighted three large icebergs on February 21st and next morning two more bergs estimated to be 500 ft high and a mile m length. More bergs were passed next day so close that a stone could be thrown on to them. Mr Gordon P. Wood, secretary to the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association, was busy ou Saturday taking entries for the annual ram and ewe fair which are to be held at the Washdyke on Wednesday next. He had reaeived over 780 entrieß by evening and expects a few more to come to hand first post thiß morning. The Timaru portion of the inward San Fanciscomail arriveci i >m Christchurch by special train at l.ij a.m. yesterday. The special after a few minutes' stay here went on south. The post office staff were on duty at time of arrival, and the mail was at once sorted, portions being put into the boxes, and the balance , made ready for first delivery this morning. ' v- .-" -■ . , ..: , I;LL'-\ ; i ',' ) There is to be seen -some entirely new designs m dress materials and trimmings for this Autumn at Penrose's Drapery Establishment, their collection of new goods is the finest ever shown m Timaru, and could nbt be replaced m any town at the same money. A visit should be made to their establishment during the winter fair now being held. -•[Advt.] Harveßt thanksgiving services were held m St. Mary's Church yesterday, morning and evening. The church was beautifully decorated, the eastern end presenting a particularly appropriate and handsome appearance. The Bpecial hymns and anthems were very creditably given, and the services were of the heartiest description. The Yen. Archdeacon Harper conducted the services, and his sermons were appropriate to harvest thanksgiving day. The Hobby Show and Exhibition bl Curios at the Timaru Main School was c!oßedon Saturday night. The attend, ance m the afternoon was very good, a number of country people and their children being present, whilst at night the rooms were again well filled, the concert room as usual being crowded. , The concert was an excellent one, the young niggers being especially good, \ and the physical exercises by a large clasa of boys greatly admired. The singing also was capital, and the whole entertainment was very much enjoyed. Financially the exhibition has been very successful, and the show has been well conducted from first to last. Mr and Mrs Brookland entertained a large party of friends at their residence Kingsdown, last week, to welcome home Mr and Mrs Hedley Abbott after their bridal tour. The grain store was tastefully decorated and fitted up as a dining room, and seated to accommodate 80 persons. After the tea for old and young, the room was cleared for dancing which was entered into with great spirit and continued till early morning. Refreshments were handed round several times during the evening. Taken altogether the entertainment was a great success and will long be remembered by all those present. The Invercargill Garrison Band seem determined to take part m the Druids' Gala Band Contest at Melbourne, at Easter. The News says .-—Lieut. Siddall has received an offer from Captain Courtney of O " Company, Ist battalion infantry brigade, Melbourne, who was a; visitor here some months ago, of the use of the company's drillshed for the Invercargill Garrison Band to practice m prior to the intercolonial contests Tlie band propose leaving Invercargill on April 13th for Melbourne, which will give them a few days m that city before the date of the intercolonial contest. A ballot was taken at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Thursday for seven village homestead allotments m the Waimate County, three m the Wainono and four m the Nukaroa Settlement; Five sections wese disposed of as follows : —Section 9, block XI., reserve 1126, 10 acres (two applicants), W. Kent; section 9, block IV*., reserve 1178, 10 acreß (one applicant), J. Flynn; section 14, blocklV., reserve 1178, 10 acres (four applicants), Elizabeth Pascoe ; section 6, blocks XL and XV., reserve 1126, 40 acres (three applicants), Gertrude M. Hardy ; section 13, block XVI., reserve 1128, 20 acres (three applicants), Annie J. Cochrane. A big fire took place m Londonjearly m February m the premises of Walker and Hall, silversmiths, Shoe Lane, and a feature of the affair was the salvage of a huge pile of silver ware, which was piled up m a bye-street under the care of a number of policemen. Splashed with mud, and gleaming m the fire-light the pile presented a strange appearance. i