TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LX, Issue 2691, 30 April 1898, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

♦ — Mr George Triggs, the well knowr poultry fancier io Timaru, has beer chosen as one of the judges at the Oamaru Poultry Society's annual show, Mr Triggs has been allotted the game and bantam classes. Captain Edwin forecasts the follow ing:— Wind moderate between N. anc W. and S, W. everywhere. Baromete: rise in all parts of the country. Se' moderate on both coasts. Frost is pro bable to-night at places southward o; Napier and Wanganui. A paragraph ia going round that the Minister of Railways has received £40 10s "conscience money " from a person whe felt uncomfortable to that extent because many years ago he used to let a child travel at half price, though over age. I all consciences were similarly delicate and their owners bad the caah to spare what a surplus Mr Cadman would have this year! The Waitaki County Council has deter mined to amend the insanitary conditio! of Kurow, on a report by Dr Stevenß who reßides there. The report statei that there are 21 cesspools, four piggeries two (stables, and 12 wells, all in prettj close proximity to each other, the drain age percolating through a gravelly sub stratum. *' The water from some of the wells ia aimply stinking, and cannot be used for any houaehold purpoße what ever." The Education Board on Thursdaj spent a few minutes in discussing thc inequality of the annual allocations foi scholarships. An extra £60 one yeai would remove the difficulty. One mem' ber suggested going round with the hai and then asking for a Government aub sidy on the collection as a charitable object. The secretary said that the chairman of a committee when bringing in his accounts for audit, quite aeriouslj suggested that the Board, being so hare up, should go round the various centra as a " black troupe." He was Bure thai they would make a lot of money. The Waimate Hospital Board met it the County Council Chambers, Waimate, on Wednesday. There were present Messrs Douglas (chairman) , Sinclair, Coltman, Murphy, Nicol, Petit, Atwill Hardie, and Lyall. The surgeon's and matron'a reporta were received and approved. The clerk of the Waimate County Council notified that the Council had elected Mr Coltman in place ol Mr Hayes. The seoretary explained that £100 had been received from the South | Canterbury Hospitable and Charatible j Aid Board, and placed to the credit oi [the Waimate Board's account. It was 1 reported that the Timaru Board intended visiting Waimate Hospital, and the clerk was instructed to enquire when they might be expected. The visitors reported everything satisfactory at the hospital. Mr Nicol stated that he had arranged for the supply of a new pump to the hospital. The chairman drew the Board's attention to the necessity of having an extra nurse appointed during a busy time aa at present. Dr Barclay was empowered to appoint one. The Rev. H. Kelly forwarded a sample of arrowroot grown and prepared under the supervision of the New Hebrides Mission. Dr Barclay was asked to have the sample [ tested, and to interview Mr Hugheß on the Bupply of it. It was resolved on the motion of MF Coltman,'* That in future when the annual demand is made upon the South Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Board for maintenance, details of the estimate of receipts and expenditure be furnished." Accounts amounting to £92 6s 8d were paaaed for payment. Messrs Coltman and Atwill were appointed visitors for the month. The Board then rose.

i^mmaamemtmmmammatmmtmwmmmi^msm^msmmmmmmm It will be " children's day " at Trinity Presbyterian Church to-morrow, when the services will be conducted by the Rev. Hugh Kelly, of Waimate. It is notified this morning by all the bakers of Timaru that the price of bread has been raised from 6d to 7d, on account of the rise in flour which is now £12 per ton. The annual soiree of the Pleasant Point Presbyterian Church is to be held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday next. Several addresses will be given, and a splendid programme of sacred music gone through. The ueual monthly addreas to young men will be given in the Barnard Street Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow evening by the Rev. P. W. Jones. In connection with the church a conversazione and sale of work will be held in the Assembly Rooms on the Queen'a Birthday, of which further notice willbe given in these columns. Tartan ribbons in narrow and medium widths have now come to hand. We have opened our winter stock of blankets, and can show an extra large all wool blanket at 25s 9d, medium size 20s. This is the lowest quotation for all wool blankets yet offered. English blankets 8s 6d, iOs 6d, 14s 6d, 17s 6d per pair. Special prices for jackets, mantles and capeß. W. Penrose's Drapery Est.— [Advt.] At the Wesleyan Conference recently held in Dunedin it was decided that all ministers and lay preachers should be invited to preach on Home Missions on the first Sunday in May. In accordance with this request the Rev. Mr Buttle will preach to-morrow morning on " The Need and Claims of Church Extension." The subject for discourse in the evening a will be " Reflected Light." The anthems ! for the day will be :— "' Te Deum " (Jackson), ''Call to Remembrance" (V. Novello) ; soloißt, Mrs E. Foster. Musical 1 prelude at 6.30, " And the Glory " (Han- > del). The Good Templars gave their first sixpenny concert on Thursday evening to a crowded house. Bro. Hilton presided. A capitaljprogramme was given, the contributors being Miss Kelly, Misses Howe, L. Gardner and Evans, sisters Jarvis, Emerßon (2), Budd and ' Bloomfield and Mrß Boys, and brothers Newland, Armstrong, C. Home, White, j Budd and Muchmore, and Mr A. Boys. J Misa Kelly taßtefully played the accompaniments, and the concert was such a , Bucceßß that it augurs well for the re- | mainder of the winter series. [ There was an excellent attendance at ; . the Assembly Rooms last evening, when Miss E. McGuinneßß had the pleaaure of submitting a concert for the approval of the Art Society's patrons. The programme was a capital one. Mrs Lynch waa in splendid voice, and was unanimously recalled; and the instrumental 1 music by Misa McGuinneas, Misa Fitz--1 gerald, and Mr Fitzgerald was greatly } appreciated. An improvement on con- ' certs generally would be longer intervals i between the items, so that visitors could stroll round and see the pictures, which - thanks to good lighting arrangements j 1 are to be seen almost at. their best. This r evening the concert will be in the able i hands of Dr Reid, who has arranged a - first class programme. It will be found f in another column. We may add, as of some interest, that the water-colours by i Lady Ranfurly are receiving a great , amount of attention. ) A special meeting of the Gladstone ; Lodge, 1.0.0.F., Fairlie, was held in the I new lodgeroom on the 22nd, in order to f dedicate the new hall, recently buiit by the members of the lodge. The Deputy Grand Master, Bro. Crichton, presided > over the ceremony, assisted by Grand Secretary Bro. Reid, and officers of the Gladstone Lodge. The ceremony was a most impressive one. The building of the altar and rendering of the odes and ' anthems (specially prepared) were exceedingly good. The whole ceremony, in ' fact, was gone through with true earnestness. The D.G.M. made a few remarks, chiefly relating to the objects of Odd- , fellowship, aud the Grand Secretary gave I facts and figures of the 1.0.0.F., which were highly satisfactory. Bro. Donn also made a few remarks as to the flourishing condition of the Gladstone Lodge, and ' congratulated the members on building ■ auch a tine hall. After the dedication f ceremony the viaitors and members of "" Grand Lodge were invited to sit down ■ to a tempting repast which was done full t justice to. After suppor a short period - was devoted to Bongß and toasts, one } especially being to the ladies who so i kindly looked after the supper table. I Songs were sung by D.G.M. Crichton, 7 Bro. Langridge, Benson, Trotter, and I Avißon, Bro. Avieon playing the accom. 3 paniments. About 12 o'clock the meett ing was brought to a close, and each one went-home highly satisfied with the evening's enjoyment. The aecretary to the Chamber of Comt merce has handed to us for perusal a bundle of correspondence received by him by a recent mail from London con- [ cerning a proposal to hold a *' Greater . Britain" exhibition in the premiaea , which have been made famous by the . " Colinderies " and other exhibitions, [ including one now in progress, entitled ; the '' Victorian Era." The premisea are L known aa ''Earl'a Court" and appear . to comprise a considerable area of land • with a large range of buildings erected i specially for the purposes of holding exhibitions. Earl's Court, it seems, belongs to a company who make it their businesß to arrange exhibitiona aa Messrs i Joubert and Twopenny some time ago , did in Australasia. The idea is to hold , a great exhibition of colonial produce of , all kinds at Earl's Court from May to October, 1899. The correspondence shows that the idea has been submitted to a number of firms conected with the colonial trade, shipping people, bankers, etc., and the replies received to inquiries what they thought of it were of a very encouraging nature. It is reasonable to suppose that a venture of this kiud would , be well managed by a company that makes a specialty of such things, and , which posaeaaea premises already well known as places for aightseeing. Of courae the company runß theae thinga in . order to make money, but they could not make money unless "hey make the exhibition a success. r J ney could not do it out of the charges for floor Bpace. The documents are too voluminous for : an abstract to be given, and any one who , might think it worth while to peruse or glance over them will be gladly shown ! them by Mr Allsop, the secretary to the Chamber of Commerce,

*M*MMMBW-i-MM-M-----W---W----rtM--M-_-M-» The other morning (says a Napier paper) the carcase of a horse was floating in the Iron Pot. A shark some seven or eight feet in length was for a time engaged in "browsing" on the carcase, biting lumps out of it and thia attracted a number of spectators. Attempts were made to capture the shark, but these failed, and when the tide drifted the carcaae out to sea the shark went with it. Miss E. Blackmore, asaistant postoaißtreaa at Makikihi, has been appointed postmistress and telegraphist at Ophir, Central Otago. She haa for ten years assisted her father in that capacity. On Wednesday night a large number of friends and well-wishers gathered in the Makikihi School to tender a farewell social to her and her sister, who goeß with her. During the evening Mr Goodall, on behalf of those present, took the opportunity to present each of the ladies with a gold brooch as a mark of eateem. In addition he presented Misa K. Blackmore with a purse of sovereigns. He spoke of how much everybody regretted losing such an obliging official and so sociable a member of the community. However, it meant promotion for her,and everybody wished her still further success. Mrßlackmore repliedon behalf of hia daughters, and said that he felt sure they would always have kind remembrancer of the days they had spent in Makikihi. Refreshments haviug been handed round dancing was continued. About 1 o'clock all joined hands and sang '" Auld Lang ■"yne." I The twelfth annual meeting of the Timaru Wealeyan Mutual Improvement Society was held in the Bank street schoolroom on Thureday evening. There was a fair attendance. The new presiientj the Kev. J. N. Buttle, in reply to greetings by Mr W. G. Irwin, expressed his pleasure at the welcome accorded him. The balance sheet and report were read and adopted. The election of officers resulted as follows :— President, Rev. J. N. Buttle; vice-presidents, Mrs Rule and Mr Orwin ; secretary, Mr J. E. Holdgate ; assistant, Mr W. G. Irwin; organist, Mr E. A. Holdgate; mditor, Mr G. B. Creemer ; editor of journal, Mr A. Blackmore ; general committee, Misses T. Harris and Dale; Measrs Budd, Wilson, Vogeler and R. Dale. The draft of the syllabus was adopted. The next meeting is to be held on May 18th. The subject will be " A talk about the Maoria," by the president. SYNOPSIB OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Glasson and Co. — Largs sale of sundries this day. Guinness and LeCren — Stock sale at Point on yonday, Geraldine on Wednesday ; large clearing sale at Redcliff on. 10th May. National Mortgage and Agency Company — Point sale on Monday, Geraldine on Wednesday. Canterbury Farmers Co-operative Association — Sale at Pleasant Point on Monday, at Geraldine on Wednesday. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.— Stock sales at Point on Monday, at Washdyke on Tuesday, at Geraldine on Wednesday. Pearson's— New line in atlases, all school books, Fry's choice goods on sale. Pareora school— Concert and danca on June 9th. C. S. Fraser— Has houses for sale or to let. Pleasant Point— Presbyterian Church annual social on Thursday next. Timothy Cronin— Notice under the Licensing Act. A. C. Thompson, Albury— Notice to erect a swing gate. The bakers of Timaru — Notice of raising price of bread. , Trinity Presbyterian Church— Children's day tomorrow ; preacher, the Rev. Hugh Kelly. Sports ball— On the 12th May ; tickets from the committee. t-outh Kensington science and art examination— To be held about 15th June. Seadown— Bchool concert and dance on May 12th. Primitive Methodist Church— Services for to-mor-row. Tho Salvage Comdany — Goods ready for sale on Monday. Mrs Cambridge— Gives exhibition of dress chart at Oddfellows' Hall to-day. The art exhibition— Programme for this evening. R. Bowie and Co. -Have received 'Moa brand Ceylon teas ; finest cheese and butter. Tyrrell, King and Co.— Opening of new business. In bankruptcy —Re R. Mahony and B. P. Bundesen, orders of discharge. Funeral notice— By P. D. Herdman. Wanted — One notice. \ IM_W_M_Mi----_i_M_M---M-«