TOWN & COUNTRY

Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3460, 3 January 1901, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr E. Holdgate, J.P., a first offender, who was arrested the previous day by Constable Gough, was charged with drunkenBess. Mr J. Irving, of Dunedin, who appeared foV him pleaded guilty, and ne-was fined 5s and 4s cab hire.

Randrup, against whom a complaint was lodged by Sutherland on the first day of the Caledonian sports meeting for deliberate interference in one of the bicycle races, was before the judges and referee yesterday, fined £1 and severely cautioned. A caution was also administered to Sutherland. ■• ■ _

Among the selections rendered yesterday at the Caledonian sports'was one lately written at Home, "In Memoriam,'' <1 treated to soldiers who have fallen in the Transvaal. The selection is a beautiful ona, opening grandly with a bass solo, and introducing all the movements ■nseporable from military, life. -. The band played very well, and their rendering of this particular selection was much appreciated by lovers of music.

One item in the accounts of the I.'-vrfs County Council for last month was £ll7 for small birds' eggs and heads received during the month. Mr Mee said the birds in his district were more numerous this year than ever. It seemed a waste of money paying for eggs and poisoning. He had seen a paddock of early oats which had been completely stripped, so that he believed it would not thresh three bushels an acre. The birds bred in the rocks, ; nd there was no comparison between the pest up there and down in the „plains. Mr Macintosh reckoned that, the £ll7 repe- , sented 13,440 dozen eggs. The expresses from Christchurch yesterday were long and full trains. The first contained nine jjassenger cars, the second 14, all well occupied. The latter left Christchurch as vi train of 22 carriages. Here, with three luggage vans (two of them full of bicycles), two engines and guard's van, It stretched from the front of the Atlas Mill to the western end of the platform. Many of the passengers, no doubt, were people who wound up their holiday at Christchurch by attending the Lyttelton "regatta on Tuesday, and there were a good many volunteers on the second train. A collection was taken up at the Caledonian Sports' Ground yesterday in aid of Mr Finch who met with the distressing bicycle accident on Tuesday, and the substantial sum of £22 13s 6d was subscribed by the public. Miss Currie, a Highland lassie, was courteously assisted by Messrs W. Priest and Craigio, junr., in the task of collecting. The president of the society, Mr T. Pringle, informs us that the Society will pay. all medical charges; and as the arm will probably be taken off this morning, these are likely to be considerable. The Garrison Band will give an open air concert in the streets this evening when a collection in aid of the Finch Fund' will also be taken up. All fancy goods and toys now in stock we offer for sale under cost price. Each season we commence bur fancy bazaar with an entirely new stock, consequently present lots must be sold regardless of cost price. Each purchaser of 5s worth of fancy bazaar goods'is presented with a kiochi teapot valued at 2s each. Penrose's Drapery Establisnment.—(Avdt.) <•

Mr D. O'Dbnbhue has sold out of the Crown Hotel, Temuka, to Mr Nash, of Dunedih.

Nominations fall due at' noon to-day for the seat on the,. Timaru Harbour Board, lately held by Mr James King. Whoever is elected will sit as one of the representatives of the Borough of Timaru. Members of the Timaru Lodge of Druids are summoned to attend a special meeting at half-past 7 o'clock this evening, to discuss matters relating to the picnic and other important business. • The left division of the South Canterbury Mounted Rifles will fire for Mr Turnbull's trophy at 5 o'clock this evening. The conditions are three shots each, at unknown ranges. Points will be allowed for time and drill.. A curious sight in the Lyttelton station yard on Sunday was a long train of trucks containing nothing but racing boats, which had come from, .the Little River Regatta on ' Saturday for the Lyttelton Regatta on Tuesday. There were at least 'twenty boats, and owing to their fragility not more than two were put on one truck, and owing to their length, in most cases, idler trucks had to be run between the loaded—-very lightly loaded —ones. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Timaru Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U.,was held in the lodge room last evening. .There was a very poor attendance, owing to other attractions. Correspondence was read and received. The sick list showed only two members receiving benefit. Bros. Rothwell, Macintosh and Oborn were elected to represent the lodge on the Dispensary Board. A few accounts were passed for payment, and the lodge closed at the usual time by the N.G.,, Bro. Christmas. In our introductory remarks on the-Cale-donian sports in yesterday's issue, mention ! was madcot some- discussion wejheard on. the sports ground about, the absence of the '■ "dear little shamrock" from New Zealand, and the question whether it would grow anywhere but in Ireland. A satisfactory answer to this question was sent to this I office yesterday, in the shape of two or three tiny plants of shamrock as grown by Mr C. Crimmins, of Regent street, Timaru. ■ < It is: undoubtedly the genuine article. I - On inquiry at the railway station we were r informed that the incursion of visitors by ; rail on the Ist and 2nd inst. is as yet unascertained, the returns not having come in from other stations. - There was a consider- ' able counter movement of people, .683 pas- - sengers being booked outward in, the two 3 days. Since the issue of excursion tickets 3 commenced, on December 14th, 1528 passengers booked at Timaru for Christchurch (exclusive of volunteers) at excursion rates. 9 After two days' hard work, the officers 1 of the Caledonian Society assembled on the i ground at the close of the sports yesterday, . and had a little jollification on their own 'account, before a most representative B audience. The two great national relaxa- * tions, music and dancing, were the chief s items, and members of the three great j clans —the Fergusons, the Pallisers and t the Holes, were judged by others of the .chieftains' races, the Camerons, the 1 Priests, the Caldwells, and the Kirks. e Burns' gems were the bill, o' fare. Rab . played "Yestreen I had a Pint o' Wine," j to the tune "Banks o' Banna";- Frank j "The Ban-in' o' oure Door, Weel, Weel, Weel"; and John." Willie, brewed a peck " o' Maut." Though each player found a s difficulty in filling the chanter and stopping a the holes, they got on well, and as the judges declared it'a dead heat, they had to , play off with " I Married with a Scolding Wife," the " Deil's amang the Tailors," and ' "Up in the morning's no for Me," the prize s eventually going to Rab. Altogether it j was a drouthy time/but the whole enjoytment was immense. t A bicycle (every part guaranteed for one year) direct from the makers in America. e Strictly high grade. To prove this we will s land you a machine naked, i.e., without t enamel. You can examine and test it. No s flaws in any part. Enamelling then done in the colony. Our price, £lO. This r is the bike that sells in the colony for e £2O 0s Od and £22 Os Od. Why pay I more? Cash or time payments. -Write us , about cycles, buggies, watches, or anything you want. Zealandia Supply Com--8 pany, Christchurch.—(Advt.) Tone, touch, and durability of the right 1 quality in a piano is a good investment, f and if you want satisfaction you must have j these qualities. Begg and Co., of Timaru, invite your 1 attention to their pianos, which fulfil these conditions. The price is an ' bonest one, and the terms will suit ■: you. > Why not interview them ?—(Advt.) » SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISE- { ' MENTS. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association—Sale of cattle at Fairlie; Waimate s sale to-morrow; horses at TattersaU's on ' Saturday. 3 Maling and Shallcrass—rFairlie stock sale t 7th inst; Geraldine stock sale on 9th inst.; . Geraldine horse fair on 11th inst. Lost—Pearl crescent brooch; £1 re--3 ward at this office. I United Ancient Order of Druids —Special meeting of Timaru Lodge this evening. The N.Zi Shipping Co.—Papanui due at Timaru, on Tuesday next. ': . : Ernest LeCren.—Has 6-roomed house for . sale. S-C Mounted Rifles—Shooting for Turnbull trophy this evening. ' Wanteds —Four ■ notices. ■