TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 2939, 18 February 1899, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Captain Edwin advises :— Winds, moderate S. to £. and N.E. and glass fall. The dredge Timaru commenced pumping at the Bhingle under the wharf yesterday. The Rev. J. N. Buttle will preach at the Wesleyan Church to-morrow, both morning and evening. The anthems for the day will be " Lead me to the Bock " I (Rev. R. Lawry), v Thine is the Kingdom," chorus from Holy City (A. R. Gaul). Major Keddell sat at the Wai mate Courthouse on Thursday last and heard claims for pensions. He granted twelve at £15 per year. Two applications were adjourned m order that the claimants might produce further evidence. The Stipendiary Magistrate yesterday committed three young children to Burnham, on the ground that their parent, a widow, is unable to maintain them. The mother (who haß three other young children) and the Charitable Aid Board consented to the arrangement. In a paragraph headed " Another Job " the Manaioatu Standard says: " Dr Teare, whose chief qualification is that he ia a nephew of a well-known political agitator m Wellington, has been appointed police surgeon. His Government appointments are said to total £550 a year— not bad for a " new chum." It would be difficult, says the Chronicle, to estimate the amount of the loss which will be occasioned to farmers m the Wanganui and Waitotnra Counties by the unseasonably wet weather of the past few weeks. The wheat and oat cropa, which at the beginning of January gave promise of being exceptionally prolific, have been terribly damaged, and the aggregate loss will, it is expected, run well into four figures. i

During the past-few days great progress has been made with the harvest at Kangitata, and another week should see ail the grain gathered m. The wet weather has done, comparatively speaking, ne damage, and the season has been remarkably free from nor'-westera. The number of stacks promises an unusually large yield, and the farmers are jubilant over their prospects. Borne of the neatest stacks m Canterbury are to be seen m this locality.

It is Said that when the Sirdar held a levee at Fashoda, the members' of ac rtain tribe had to come ten at a. time. The tribe only possessed ten Bhirts, and even these were m Buch a condition as to suggest that they were family heirlooms. There is obviously a good opening m the Soudan for a linen-draper. The lines of gents' white shirts at 3s 9d, 4s 91, 5s ffi, at Penrose's Drapery Establishment should be a good line for either the white or coloured race.— [Advt.]

At Court yesterday two seamen were convicted on a charge of being drnnk on the wharf and were dismissed with a caution. A town labourer was fined 5s or 24s hoars for being drank, and on the application of his wife a prohibition order was issued against him. He asked that he be given another chance first, as a good part of his living came from working at hotels, and he could not go near them if the order was made. He would promise to " knock it off altogether." His Worship said experience proved that drunkards' promises to " knock it off" were not to be relied on at all.

At the Magistrates Court at Waimate on Thursday last, before Major Keddell, J. Maberley, jnnr., was fined 6s and 7s costs, for allowing two cows to wander m the streets of the borough. Evans and Son v. Frank Wills ; claim £4 3s on a judgment summons. Defendant did not appear and an order was made for payment forthwith, or m default 21 days' imprisonment. Waimate County Council v. W. J. Henery ; rates, £1 5s Jurig ment for the amount claimed, with 18s costs.

Mr John Joyce, M H.R., president of the Humane Society of New Zealand, has received from the Hon. W. C Walker a copy of a despatch received by His Excellency the Governor, from the Secretary of State, m reference to the approval by Her Majesty thl&Qaeen ofi the granting of the title " Royal" to the Humane Society of Ne* Zealand. The despatch, signed " J. Chamberlain," informs His Excellency that the Queen has approved of the title *• Royal," and adds that it would not be m accordance with precedent for Her Majesty to become the patron of the society. The society had, m the course of its request for the title "Royal," asked that m accordance with precedent Her Majesty should become patron.

It is always a pleasure to learn when virtue finds its doe reward. This haß been strikingly exemplified m the extraordinary snccesß of that popular drink The Tiger Blend Teas. Now obtainable everywhere ia New Zealand.-[ADVT.]

The Rev. Isaac Jolly, of South Dunedin, preaches at Trinity Presbyterian Church to-morrow, at both services.

At the Congregational Church to-mor-row the Rev. George Burgeas will conduct both services. In the morning he will give an account of th*» mettinizs of the Council of the New Zealand Con: eregational Union, recently held fit Dunedin. The evening subject will be— "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" Strangers are cordially welcomed. The members of the Timaru Tennis Club are engaged just now playing off two club tournaments — handicap combined doubles and men's doubles A start :was made with the combined yesterday afternoon, when Miss R^vell and W. Revell (scr)beat Miss I. Mcc and J. A. Johnson (scr) 6 — 3, 6-3. Home of the gameß were very close ; but the winners had the best of it throughout A fair number of members and visitors witnessed the play.

The Outlook for this week announces that it has teen appointed the official organ of the Congregational as we 1 1 as the Presbyterian Churches of New Zealand, and a good share of the number is devoted to the Congregational Union meeting last week. A paper read by the Rev. G. Burgess, of Timaru, is given m full, on "The place of the Prophet m Modern Life." and a note upon it says : - "A better speaker than Mr Burgess it would be hard to find. Without Hue or note he delivered a clear, vivid, foulstirring addreßß. There were none of (he tricks of the platform orator nhout Ins delivery, and his style suggested that there was a"n immense reserve of f ree and passion behind. He said that the conditions had not so greatly changed since the time of the ancient prophet. It was B till the prophet's place to call the mere formalities of worship to the recognition of the living presence of God. The prophet had still his work to do with voice and pen." The Outlook is a wonderful pennyworth, for the colony.

The report of the Director, presented recently at the of the Lincoln College Board of Governors, contained the following with regard to the breeding of lambs for freezing purposes : — " A draft was taken on the 18th January, when the lambs were considered fit, f>r freezing, and the result as to numbers m the draft from each cross, and as to the price obtained for each cross, is as follows:— 27 Southdown crossbred lambs at 12s 4d each, 11 Shropshire crossbred lambs at 12s lid each, 9 Border Leicester crossbred lambs at. Us lid each, 6 English Leicester crossbred lambs at 11s 8d each, 11 Shropshire cr 088 bred lambs (from Border Leicester ewes, but not so purely bred as the ewes used m the experiment) at 12s each. So far as the experiment has gone the Southdown crosses, as to numbers and prices, have come out best ; the Shropshire Border Leicesters and English Leicesters next m order. The other sales for the month are :— 1 young boar pig at 3gs, 4 two-tooth rams (2 English Lei eesters and 2 Komneye) at 3gs each, at Lincoln railway station.