TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11666, 27 January 1902, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

The Timaru City Rifles -fire their first match wiili 'he .303 rifle this evening at 500 yards, for trophies presented by Major Crawsliaw and Mr J. Ellis. A meeting is to be held at the Shamrock Hotel on Wednesday evening, to discuss a proposal for a picnic of the grocers of Timaru.

Important Notice. As premises are coming down, I am selling the whole stock of boots and shoes at regardless of cost. Balance will be sold by auction. —Prosser's Arcade Boot Shop.—(Advt.) According to our sporting telegrams a record dividend of £522 4s was paid on Leo Delaval, the winner of the First Hack Handicap at the Takapuna Summer Sleeting on Saturday. The gardens and orchards about town now show the mischievous effects of the nor'-wester of Thursday, in a considerable proportion of wilted leaves, besides the loss of fruit shaken down by the gale. In many instances the trees look as if touched by a first sharp frost of winter.

At Ccurt on Saturday, before Mr C. A. Wray, S.M., John Mclnnes, a carpenter, was charged with neglecting his four children, aged respectively 13, 10; 8, and 1 year, in such a manner as was likely to injure their health. Sir Raymond appeared for the defendant, and the case was adjourned till Wednesday next. A telegram from Dunedin states that the following have passed the matriculation examination :—J. Stewart, Jeannie King, Jeannie Stewart, Winifred Howell, Margaret Mee, Muriel Tennant, G. Hayes, R. Black, Ethel Simmorfs. Sara Andersen, Margaret Anderson, Elizabeth Ritchie, P. Davie. W. Harte. Medical Preliminary —G. Gunn, J. Gow.

It's the same everywhere, time tells the story, and 99 times out of every 100 the demand is for the Brinsmead piano, because they are built to last, not for 5 or 10 years, but for a lifetime. Their tone appeals to the ear, their durability and price to your pocket, their direct appeal is to you. Why reject it? Interview them at Begg's, next Theatre.—(Advt.) Several things in Mr Ferrier's window attracted attention on Saturday. Most prominent among them was Mr W. Greene'.'; portrait in oils of late FarrierSergeant R. Smith, which lias been handsomely framed, with an inscription "Presented to his parents by S.C.M.R." Other items were several photo groups of performers in the Main School concerts last month in the pretty costumes they wore id the kinderspiel " Dan, the newsboy."

3ft Sidney Wolf will resume his lessons or' the 3rd February. Captain Eel win advised at 1 p.m. on Saturday as follows :—" North, to west and south-west gale, after ten hours from now, glass fall soon, tides high. In our! local on Saturday concerning the Presbyterian social, at Aibury, on Thursday, Sirs Cowan was erroneously named instead of Mrs Cooper, as the recipient of a silver teapot. Ail important meeting of shareholders in the Prince Imperial, Koyai Sovereign, Big Beach, Lyoncss and Union Jack mining companies will be held at the Grosvenor Hotel at 8 o'clock this evening. '

A reception to Miss Alice Hollander, is to be held in the Assembly Rooma on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Afternoon tea will be given,, and matters musical chatted over.

The D.I.C. have an important circular going through the paper this morning. It refers to their bi-annual sale, and shows the great reductions the company are making in all departments. The Timaru shaw-rooms contain samples of all stocks. To-dav! To-day !. After-season sale now on"! Stock'to be reduced by two thousand pounds. Sonad seasonable .drapery selling regardless ~of cost. Quoting urices can give little idea of the values. Early inspection invited. —Adams and Co. —(Advt.) The Waimate District School opens to; dav, after being closed for the Christmas holiday. The headmaster, Mr Pitcaithley, having been allowed an extended holiday by the Committee, will not be present at the opening, but is expected to arrive at Waimate this week.

There were not many electors present .at a meeting on the 2,7 th instant, to elect a representative of the contributories for a seat\ on the Board of Trustees o£ Warmate Hospital. Mr J. Atwill presided. Mr James Sinclair was re-elected to the position, and he, with Mr J. Atwill (second year), will represent the contributories for 1902.

A great attraction in the main street on Saturday night was the white donkey and go-cart which play a prominent part in Mudoon's picnic at the Theatre' this evening. The donkey was driven by a small boy, and attended by an army of lads. The boys played all sorts of pranks with tlie turn out, but the donkey took them in good part, evidently a " fellow feeling made it wondrous kind." The nor'-westers early last week, followed by tropical weather, have caused rapid maturing of the grain crops in Waimate district. In a few instances harvest work has commenced, and in the course of this week a good many crops in various parts of the district will be ready for the machines. The nor'-westers of the 19th, 20th, and 21st instant were not so bad in effect in this district as is reported of North Canterbury.

The third competition for Mr Binney's clip by the Studholme Mounted was held at the Waimate ranges on Thursday last. Trooper Roberts, with a handicap of 1, was the highest scorer with 89 points. The ranges were 303 yds, 500 yds, and 600 yds. On Thursday last, Private Kirkcaldy was successful with 77 points, including* a handicap of 16, firing for Lieutenant Hurst's trophy. Private Bennington, from scratch, scored 69 points. The ranges were 500 yds and 600 vds. There were eleven competitors.

Miss Elizabeth Sugrue, who succeeded in passing the professional examination in music held at colonial centres in October last, by the examiner appointed by the associated board of the Royal _ Academy of Music, and the Royal College of and is the first in South Canterbury who has attained this the highest distinction of the Board obtainable in the colonies, received her certificate this mail, and is now entitled to the diploma represented by the letters L.A.B. (Licentiate of the Associated Board).

The Mounted Rifles' camp at Fairlie was struck on Saturday by orders from headquarters. Only 20 men were in by Friday. The late season delaying work was the cause of men arriving at intervals on Saturday. Others were wired not to come. There is great disappointment over the failure of the camp, many doing their best to get in, thinking that the regulations were the same as in previous years.

Cheers were given for the officers and instructor who had done their best with the few men in. The camp arrangements were good. On Friday there was volley-fir--1 ing and good riding drill by Instructor Crespin. The weather was fine but hot. A YOUNG MAX'S FUNERAL. The funeral of the young man Arthur Lawrence Howe, which took place yesterday afternoon, was largely attended, among the followers being the elder scholars, their superintendent, and teachers of the Wesleyan Sabbath School, and the officers and brethren of the Timaru Lodge of Druids. The service in the cemetery, at the mortuary chapel and the grave-side, was conducted by the Rev. J. N. Buttle, and the Druids' service at the grave was read by the A.D. Brother W. Hathaway. The Rev. Mr Buttle said that he did not often embrace the opportunity of speaking at the grave-side, but he thought that on this occasion as the circumstances were so pathetic he would say a few words. He had felt this young man's death more, he thought, than anything which had happened during his four years' sojourn in Timaru. He was a young man of great promise, of wonderful mind, and he (Mr Buttle) had great hopes tlait he would use his talents for the good of others as well as himself. He was a lad who seldom or never absented himself from Sunday school, and on Sunday last he had, with many of those present, worshipped in the sanctuary. On Monday last he had gone to work as usual, returning home feeling unwell, and on Tuesday he did not go to work. The doctor was called in, but. found that the malady had made such rapid progress that human aid was of no avail. His end was most peaceful, and the very bright testimony he had left was a great comfort to his parents, his brothers and sisters, and friends. At the close of Mr Buttle's feeling remarks, the Sabbath School children and others j solemnly joined in singing the cheering hymn "There is a Better World." The" coffin was covered with wreaths (the employees of Messrs Ballantyne and Co. sending two wreaths, young Howe having been in the factory department), sent by personal friends and sympathisers. The sympathy expressed for Mr and Mrs Makepeace Howe, and family, at the loss of their second son, who was just on manhood's threshold, was very deep, the bereavement being a most trying one.

' AN UP-TO-DATE ENGINE. Pelvin Bros., of Waimate, fitted up at the railway station last week, a new traction engine, imported for them by Wood and Co., ef Christc-hm-cli, the maker's ao-ent. The engine is one of Fowler and Co.'s most modern patterns, and includestheir latest improvements, introduced to meet more fully than L-ciore the requirements cf military transport in South Africa. The first things to. attract attention are the" solid fly-wheel and the fact that all the gearing is covered from view, and from du.st, an obviously g:eat improvement. The next novelty tliau appealed to the curiosity of persons" acquainted with this class of machinery is that the engine is hung on springs, both fore and aft, and we understand that this is the. first traction engine on springs to reach this colony. This fore spring is a comparatively simple one. The spring under the fire-box end, which has to carry most weight, is so fixed that it allows the big driving wheels a good deal of independent play while the boiler hang! true up and down. The difficulty of connecting the driving gear, when driver and driven wheels may he separated more or less by the action of the spring, has been very ingeniously . got <sver, by an arrangement of sliding parts which maintain a constant and even connection. The engine is a compound one with the ciaulcs at right angles, ■ so that, as the makers claim, a load may be started at any point, without having to back oil the load, and start it with a jerk that is rough on the draw-bars. There are a great many improvements in details all over the engine in construction and management arrangements, one of which we may mention being that the brake wheel is shifted forward so as to be at the driver's hand, instead cf being as usual, at the rear, where it necessitates his leaving the controlling levers to get at the brake. Every part is well finished, and the engine i? a handsome upstanding article, that will cost Pelvin Bros, well on to a thousand pounds. It has been put together by Mr Appleyard, one of Fowler and Co.'s oldest expert erectors, assisted by the owners. They expect to leave this morning for Crlenavy, where they will pick up a new Clayton and Sliuttieworth mill, just arrived there. Last year they got one new engine and mill, and they show both enterprise and faith in the district hy getting another set this year.

LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES. When tlie Mayor of Tnnaru immured of the Colonial Treasurer whether tnis Bcncugh could obtain from the Government the £IO,OOO authorised by the ratepayers to be borrowed ior drainage works, "the reply was that, in view of use number of applications made, or likely to be made, iur loans under the Loans to Local Bodies Act," £IO,OOO ■was too large a sum to be lent to one local 'body. ihe Borough of Carterton has been more sueoesslul. Carterton applied ' for £I3,COC- —£10,000 for waterworks and £3005 • for drainage, the reply (resembling that given to Timaru) % vas t-liat the Colonial Treasurer was unwilling, in the lace of many applications for loans from local bodies, to lock up in one Borough the sum of £13,000." The local journal, the "Leader," of a recent date, states that the Mayor, Mr Baillie, and 'Mr Hornsby, member for Wairarapa, interviewed the Right Hon. the Colonial Treasurer and pointed out that if the money could not be secured from the Government it would be impossible to obtain i. 1 : under auytliing like such favourable circumstances elsewheie. Finally the loan was approved, provisionally upon the law upon the matter being carried out in its entirety. ' The poll of ratepayers has yet to be "taken. The " Leader" points out that-* unles* the approval of the Colonial Treasurer had been so obtained before the 31st March of this year, the Borough would have bean unable to raise a loan ! from the Government. The money (£lO,000) is to be lent to the Borough at 3a pgr cent, per annum for a period of 4i years, when the loan will be extinguished.

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISE MENTS. National Mortgage and Agency Co. Clearing sale at Fairlie on 3rd February. Farmers' Exchange Co.—Sell household furniture on Wednesday next. Canterbury Fanners' Co-operative Association—Sales for this week. Ballantvne and Co. —The bargain hour at the sale, this day and every day. Di'LC—Bi-annual sale now in progress ; special concessions. = Lost—Overcoat on Parcora road; reward to finder.

At Penrose's—Quilts at bargain prices ; full particulars and prices. The Hollander concerts—Particulars for Thursday and Friday next. Pleasant Point Saleyards Co.—Dividends now payable to shareholders. Grosve'nor Hotel—lmportant meeting of mining shareholders this evening. Mr Sidney Wolf—Resumes his lessons on the 3rd February. Grocers' picnic—Meeting of those interested on Wednesday evening. Mrs J. Merry—Has farm, to let by tender. Lodge of St. John—Regular monthly meeting this evening. Miss M. Venning—Takes pupils for pianoforte from February 7tli. T. and J. Thomson—Particulars of autumn drapery; goods at men's branch. Kemohan, McCahon and Co.—Full stocks of requisites for preserving season. Wanteds —Four notices.