The Timaru Herald. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1902. TOWN & COUNTRY

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11688, 22 February 1902, Page 2

The Timaru Herald. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1902. TOWN & COUNTRY

Captain Edwin advised at 12.27 p.m. yesterday as follows : —North-east to north and west gale, glass fall, tides good, indications for ram.

The Port Guards fire a match to-night at the 500 yards range for trophies presented by Mr Padget and Mr A. Budd; .303 rifle. . Ladies' chrome shoes, button cr lace,j 5s 6d; bluchers, 4s 9d; men's-shooters,! 7s 9d : children's from Is pair to clear.l Last few days at Prosser's Arcade Booty Shop.—(Advt.) /

The Rev. S. Buchanan will preach at the Primitive Methodist Church to-mor-row. Subject, in the morning, "Doing good"; and in the evening, "The gospel of Christ."' The Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association sell by auction at 2 p.m. today a complete threshing plant, which will be on view from 1 p.m. on the station frontage of the Association's buildings, Cain's Terrace.

The Bev. J. N. Buttle will preach at the Wesleyan Church to-morrow, morning and evening. Holy Communion will be administered after the morning service. Mr Buttle will, also preach at the Fairview schoolhouse in the afternoon.

The " Star" says that the Dunedin City Council's overdraft has been greatly reduced, .owing to a large sum in the way of rates coming in to avoid the penalty. Several applications have' been made to have the penalty remitted, but the Council have no power to grant these requests. There are over 5000 pairs of boots and shoes, consisting of American, English and Colonial lines, all marked at bedrock prices at Whittaker's annual sale for one month only, commencing Friday, 14t'n February. It will pay you to inspect our stock before purchasing elsewhere.— (Advt.) At Wednesday's meeting of the Otago Education Board, a letter was read from Dr Coughtrey advocating the teaching of colour in public schools. He said that in examining persons for military purposes it had been distressing to him to find so many males deficient in discriminating one colour from another. As a professional man he found that females were less deficient in this respect than males. The doctor's letter was received and a vote of thanks recorded.

The necessity for careful cycling in the main street was emphasised lasi evening by the occurrence of a collision near Shepherd's Buildings. A young lady cyclist, in endeavouring to pass a vehicle, met full tilt with another cyclist, and for a moment there was a rare mixture of bicycles and humanity, The lady was slightly injured, and as her bicycle was also in want of repair, she was conveyed home in a cab. The young man came off rather luckily, his only hurt being a slight shaking and bumping, while his bicycle was practically undamaged. The damage done to crops by a recent hailstorm led to three settlers on the Maerewbenua Estate petitioning the Land Board for some compensation to recoup their loss. It was decided to hold the matter over pending further information. It is said that the exportation of rabbits from Otago will be greater this season than has been the case for some years. Everything points to a busy time with " bunny." Supplies came forward at the Port freezing works last week, which is considerably ahead of the period usually adopted for starting the season's operations.

The "Hawke's Bay Herald" of Wednesday last has the following : —The Premier's mobility equals that of De Wet. On Saturday week at Auckland witnessing the departure of the Eighth Contingent. On Monday and Tuesday he was- taking part in the Nelson Jubilee festivities. On Wednesday he was performing a function at Levin (West Coast). Thursday saw him at the Liberal picnic at Carterton, and on Friday he was at Lyttelton witnessing the send-off to the southern portion of the Eighth Contingent. On Monday last he was banquetted at Hokitika, and on Tuesday he turned the first sod of the Hofcitika-Ross railway, in addition to undergoing the infliction of three banquets. The "Southland News" says:—An old proverb, has it that "Honesty is the best policy," but, however satisfactory it may be to practice that viitue, it does not always pay in the coin of the realm. An instance has come under notice, which occurred at the Bluff on Tuesday last, when Mr J. B. Smith, a licensed porter, found as purse on the main street containing gold, silver, and other valuables. He immadiately tooik the property to the sergeant of police, who, on inquiry, found that it Belonged to a passenger by one of the: steamers, to whom, of course, it was restored.. The gratitude of the owner was not expressed in a modest reward, nor even the usual "Thank you."

The: following members of the South Conterbury Volunteer corps hare entered for the various matches to be shot for at the New Zealand Rifle Association meeting, to be 1 held at Trentham, commencing February 27th r—Sergeants R. Waugh and Jcs. Beckingham. Privates J. Gosney, D. Griffin, and A. Burford, all of Timaru Port Guards; Colour-Sergeant Stevenson and Lance - Corporal Wilson, Waimate Rifles; Corporal B. Stuart and Lance - Corporal McConnell, Ashbnrton Mounted Rifles; Trooper T. Lindsay, Studbobme Mounted Rifles ; Corporal J. Finlay, South Canterbury Mounted Rifles; Corporal S. K. Martin and Private T. Ctrrrie, Timaru Rifl'esv

On Monday night last the Wellington section of the Australasian Federated , Seamen's Union dealt with, the action of •the ffour millers' combination in raising ' the price of flour, and it was decided :" that the Union should draw the attention of the Government to the recent action of the combination in increasing the '. price- of flour dttring' the last six months ' from £6 10s to £8 per ton, as the ; Union considered, in view of the circumstances of the case, that the increase -was ! totally unwarranted,, especially in view of i a limitation being put on the output, ! brought about by the employees being . compelled to work half-time at the mills, i and they herewith urge the Government I to cope with the matter by direct legis- ! lative enactment or by abolishing the exj istirg - taxation on flour."

I Mr A. Hamilton, Registrar of the Otago . University, has communicated with thg Hon. J. Carroll, the Native Minister, with : regard to the establishment of a National ; Maori Museum. Mr Hamilton's idea is ! that the institution should be established at one of the large centres, probably Wellington, where- Maori relies could be de- ' posited in safe custody, .and wheie collections could be made. It is thought 1 that if this were done, it would be following up the Maori Relics. Act in a proper manner, as several prominent Maoris in different parts of the colony have expressed a desire to takfe advantage of some such museum, in which to preserve valuable tribal and family possession-. ; it is also thought that a museum would help to foster that strong spirit of kinship among the Maoris, which was a prominent feature of their life in the early days, and would help to arrest the passing away of a knowledge of Maori art and iiiduvtries. Mr Carroll has the matter under consideration. The wanton destruction of wild horses on the Taupo plains, says a special telegram to the Dunedin "Star," is a matter for regret amongst people to whom the sight of the flying brumby battalions has frequently given pleasure, as helping to relieve the tedium of a lengthy coach journey. It appears that the natives and others h:ive discovered that the horsehair '.« be obtained from the mane and tail of each animal are marketable to the extent of j about 6s, and in an endeavour to secure | these trophies they organise shooting exj pedition?, of which these beautiful wild ', creatures are the victims. Not only do < these persons kill the horses, but by their | prmiiscuous methods they inflict great I cruelty upon numbers of them. For instance, it is not an uncommon occurrence for a mob of horses to be rounded up and to have a volley of bullets poured into their midst. The result often is that none of the horses are shot dead, but, being tenacious of life, gallop off wounded, with swinging legs and lacerated bodies. j On several grounds it is evident that the I piactice of shooting these harmless beasts j ought to bi> stopped.

Mr Edward Jones, accountant, formerly a well-known resident of Timaru, died in Sydney recently. Mr D. Mahoney has a six-roomed house for sale; also a four-roomed one, weekly payments. The Timaru Mechanics' Institute Library will not be opened till next- Wednesday afternoon.

Entries for the South Canterbury Jockey Club's autumn race meeting on April 9th and 10th are to be made by 24th March.

The next meeting of tie Timaru Harbour Board will be held on the 28th inst., at 11 a.m. The Standing Committee meet on Thursday next, at 11 a.m. The executive and committee of the South Canterbury Farmers' Union meet at 1.30 p.in. to-day, at the Levels County office.

The Gisborne police made a raid on spielers at the racecourse, and, as a result, on the evidence of Detective Nixon and Sergeant Siddells, James Delaney and George Smith were sentenced to four and two months' imprisonment respectively.

Prior to stocktaking we clear sun bonnets, sun hats, sun shades, at half to one-third original prices. Fifty mackintoshes half price. Dress pieces and remnants from all departments must be sold. —Adams l and Co.—(Advt.) The Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association notify that the annual Ram Fair will be held on March 20th, entries closing on March 17th, and that the fast autumn show of horses and horse sale will be held on May Ist, entries closing on April 26th. Very good weather has prevailed at Rangitata this week for farm operations, and stacks are appearing in all directions. Most of the grain is now safely gathered in, and owing to cool and breezy weather very little damage has . been done by the heavy rains of las? week. , The annual meeting of members of the Timaru Technical Classes Association will be held next Wednesday evening in the Sophia street hall, when a report on the past year will be read, and " managers" for the coming year will be elected. All friends of technical education are invited to atted. At the 11 o'clock service at St. Michael's Church, Christchurch, to-morrow, Colonel Jowsey will unveil a msmorial brass of the late Lieutenant A. D. Ross, of the Third New Zealand Contingent, who died of enteric at Pretoria on January 10th, 1901. The members of the E Battery have signified their intention of being present at the service. 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 youT pocket, their direct appeal is to you. Whv reject it? Interview them at Begg's> next Theatre.—(Advt.) The farewell to Mr T. E. Taylor, who is leaving Christchurch for England, took I the form of a prohibition demonstration, at which the Rev. F. W. Isitt outlined the plan for the coming campaign; He said that the following speakers were coming to help in the crusade: —Mr John G. Woolley, Miss Florence Bahjarnie, Mrs Harrison Mr Smedley (now in India), and Mr John Vale, of India. At a special meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council it was resolved to entertain the Premier prior to his departure for England, and the following resolution was carried :—" That . the Premier, the Minister of Railways, the Minister of Public Works and the Native Minister be invited to Gisborne to open to traffic the Gisborne-Karaka, railway, and that citizens entertain Ministers on that occasion."

Two men in, a gig had a lively time in Stafford street south yesterday morning. The horse was rather fresh, and when passing Jackson's sawmill got a fright, and commenced mrckjumping. The occupants held on; tight, and a bolt was prevented, the horse eventually falling down on the road. Matters then quietened a little, and in a short time the journey was resumed. The* gig was not damaged, but the horse sustained a few slight cuts about the legs and body. A telegram in Thursday's issue gave the names of " the first forty" in the list of those who passed the Junior Civil Service examination, held last month. The following are additional names of those who passed at the Tiinaru examining centre, in order oi merit among themselves :—A. J. Cross, Daisy A. M. Evans, William A. Pye; Marshal Kelland, Augustine-- V. Venning, Victor H. Geaney, William Harte, Percy T. Ord, Helen Clarke, Samuel Mcßride, John Scott, Thomas H. Knight. In all 294 candidates passed. T. Fergusonaand Cor. r eaacli builders, are just getting completed a commodious, welllighted and dust-procjf painting-shop, which will be a valuable addition to their facilities for turning out good work. They have now in hand, we may mention, a light hose-reel for the Sandietown branch fire brigade station, and so far as it has gone it promises to be a first-class reel. We are pleased to learn that they are very busy, and are employing a number of hands in the several departments of the business.

At this week's meeting of the Otago Education Board no less than 30 appointments of teachers and 34 of pnpil-teachers were made. The Board passed the following resolution:—" (1) That, in view of the many changes now taking place, of the generally expressed desire of teachers for promotion according to merit and ser- | vice, and of the Board's continued efforts to so promote, the school committees of Otago be earnestly solicited, for this end, to co-operate now and in the future with i the Board; (2) that town and central committees be asked anew to give preference to candidates who have long borne the depressing work of outlying districts." The general committee in connection with t the presentation to the Premier met at Christchurch on Thursday night, Mr G. G. Stead in the chair. It was resolved—"That the presentation to the Premier take the shape'.: of: ai purse of sovereigns, to be raised by a national subscription, and to be presented at one of the chief centres of the colony. Also that it be a recommendation that the names of all subscribers to this fund (omitting amount of subscription), be; arranged alphabetically in a volume or volumes, to be presented to the Premier- as* a lasting record of the sympathy of the.' colony with his policy

in regard to the-- South African war, and that the other centres be invited to cooperate in this direction." The committee was strongly of. opinion that the centres of the colony should combine and make a point of a- national presentation to Mr Seddon.

When the case against Edgar Allen Easton Roper, who was arrested in D'un-

edin on a charge of intending to desert his wife, and leaving her without adequate means of maintenance, came before the Court at Christcliureh yesterday, Mrs Roper's lawyer asked that the information be dismissed, as his client had discovered that the grounds. on_ -which she laid the information wera insufficient. Mr Stringer, for the accused?, explained that his client never intended to leave the colony, and as Mrs Roper had instituted proceedings for divorce sh« must have known that for her husband to go back to her would have destroyed the case. On behalf of

his client he had offered to deposit £SOO as a guarantee that he would not leave the colony. The solicitor then acting for Mrs Roper had asked that the amount should be paid to her unconditionally. This satisfied Mr Stringer that Mrs Roper h;td no bona fides in the present proceedings. Tlkj accused was discharged'. The Premier, who appears to take- quite a fatherly interest in Mr Jackson Palmer, and who a little while ago endeavoured to dissuade him from going oui to Sooth Africa, sent him the following telegram : "As you are aware, your nomination for a captaincy in the Ninth Contingent depended upon there being a general consent of your constituents, and at tha time this was your opinion, and it was further understood that you would take the feelings of vour electors on the subject before finallv d'eciding. This, I believe has been done," with the result that the opinion of vour constituency is almost equally divided. Such being the case, Ido not see my way to confirm the appointment. Moreover, Colonel Porter has sent me the name- of several captains who were with the Seventh, and who have yoluntered for positions in the Ninth. In all the circumstances, I think it would be wise for you to agree that I should refrain from sending in your name to his Excellency for a commission. lam very sorry, * because I know your heart was set 'on going. It will be very disappointing to you, but under the circumstances, and as the same conditions have been applied to others. viz., Messrs Rhodes and Lethbridge. I think it as well to adhere strictly to the conditions."

The following are the draws for the Rowing Club's president's fours, to be rowed in the harbour on Thursday, March 6th:—Healey (stroke), Kbert, Knight and Knowles ; W. McKenzie (stroke), Watton, Priest and Walker; Perks (stroke), Wade, Mundell, and S. McKenzie. Owing to the unavoidably short notice given, we are requested to draw special attention to "tte invitation advertised today for entries for the Trinity College, London, examination in musical knowledge, to be held next June. Entries must be made with the local secretary, Mrs Katherine J. 'Foster, not later than Wednesday next.

A meeting of ex-girls of the Timaru High School was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of raising .funds for asphalting the chip tennis court. There was a good attendance, and it was decided to hold a sale of work and garden party on Thursday, March 6th, when tennis, croquet, ping-pong, putting, Aunt Sally, a shooting gallery, and various other games can be indulged in. Afternoon tea will be provided. The "Otago Daily Times" says:—Yesterday a member of our staff inspected a,' sample of hematite from Mr S. Proctor's farm on the Peninsula. There is to all appearance an immense quantity of it on the farm—a large face has already been opened out—and as the quality is said to be equal to that of the Nelson hematite, Mr Proctor appears to have struck a patch of very valuable material. It has been tried by painters in the city, who are unanimous in favourably recommending it. At a well attended meeting of the committee of the Timaru Tennis Club, held at the pavilion yesterday afternoon, it was unanimously decided to hold an Easter Tournament on "the same lines as the one which proved so successful last year. A sub-com-mittee was appointed to arrange preliminaries and write to the Tennis Clubs at Ashburton, Waitohi, Orari, Geraldine, Temuka, Beaconsfield and Waimate, enlisting their cordial .co-operation and support. It is anticipated that with favourable weather a most pleasant time will be spent, and the tournament be again highly successful. The annual treat to the children attending the Fairlie Presbyterian Sunday School was given at Strathconan on Thursday. The Misses McLean invited the children with parents and friends to spend the day, and a goodlv number responded to the invitation. The greater part of the. children left the township about 10 o clock, the small ones being driven down, while the big ones walked. The grounds were thrown open to all, and while many strolled about the garden and plantations, the younger ones spent the time m running races, skipping, and in playing various games, till even the most energetic were ; tired out. The day turned out a per- ! feet one, warm, but without a blazing I sun, and all were able to enjoy themselves !in comfort, The gathering broke up ' about 5.30 p.m., with -hearty cheers, by ' way of thanks, for the Misses McLean. I Old customers of the Melville Hotel who i vJsit it to-day or presently after a few weeks' i absence, will think they have got into the 1 wrong hostelry, so different an appearance : has bean given to the front part of> it by ; some alterations which Mr P. Reilly, the ■proprietor, has just carried out. Discarding the billiard table, he has thrown part of tha former billiard room into the bar, doubling the area, and much more than doubling the convenience of the latter, besides greatly improving its appearance, while the remainder of the billiard room, nicely-finished and furnished, makes a- large sitting room, which will assuredly be found useful By the country patrons of the hotel. The dining room and.bar parlour have also been renovated, and look very well, a good choice-of paperhangings having been made. The' '"slide" in the bar parlour has been shifted'out of the draught and enlarged, and a half-door from the bar serves the new sitting room. Altogether the alterations give the Melville quite a new appearance within in the northern corner, and are a great'improxement in convenience as well as in appearance. The contractors for the alterations, Messrs Simpson and Andrews, have done their work well, as also Jias the painter and paperhanger, Mr R. Edwards.

STREET IMPROVEMENT. Mr R. Calvert has made an excellent job of the reformation of a short piece of Stafford street from Heaton street to the Commercial Hotel, giving a nice even crown fromi end to end of the section. It now needs a heavy rolling, and no time should be lost in giving it, or if a heavy rain comes a few heavy loads would make bad ruts in it. Yesterday afternoon Mr Calvert started to rip up the second' part of the street he had to do, from Heaton street to North street. For this lie employed a traction engine, instead of six horses as before, and the engine made a much better job of it. Indeed, it is questionable whether this part of the- street, which has been heavily metalled, aoirl'd be ripped up by a l.orse team at all, the difficulty being not so much the power as the pace. It tcok four heavy men at the plough stilts and two at the plough head to keep the implement in the ground, and they were tossed about in a lively, and what must have beeen a very fatiguing way. And the engine moved much slower, so that the ploughmen had a better chance than thev would have had with horses. The work provided an interesting free show to numerous onlookers. There Mas no getting under the whole of the metal as was done, in the first lot; it was the hardest of; graft all the time, and the ploughshares Bad to he frequently renewed, a blacksmith being kept busy at repointing them. The job was commenced at 2 p.m., by dark two-thirds of the width of the street had been ripped up, and Mr Calvert said he would persevere and finish it by moonlight, anticipating that the work would be easier in the middle of the street. The Heaton street crossing had to be left to be dealt with separately, as a stone-topped culvert was struck too' near the surface to be ploughed over. Whatever may have been thought Of the policy of breaking up the part of the street first dealt with, which was on a slope* mad thus well drained, the part now in hand did need crowning up, as it was flat and held lots of water in raury weather. The lower part of the Melville Hill' (noitn. side) would be a good place to experiment on next, as from Sarah street to Whale's Creek it is in a very bad statev SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dalfeety and Co.—Stock sale at Pleasant 1 Point on Monday; at Stoudholnie on Friday. Guinness and LeCren —Point stock saleon S&mday, Temuka Tuesday, Studholinei Fridav. (Ea»>terbury Farmers' Association—Stock at Point yards on Monday,, at Temuka on Tuesday. National Mortgage and Agency Co. Point stock sale on Monday, Gerakline :on Thursday. „„ „ J u j ©rain season, 1902 The Canterbury I Farmers' Co-operative Association, nave j buying orders for grain. ■ New Zealand Loan a.nd Mercantile ! Agency Co.—Freehold and leasehold! farms I' °Maling and Shailcrass— Stock sale at iGeraldine on Thursday; also sate furm- '" farmers.* Exchange Co.—Sell' produce, : furniture, etc., this day. Timaru Milling Co.—Are* cash, IVnyers of j wheat and oats. „. ■ _. . . Box 76, Timaru—Want smart junior ', Mrs Foster —Entries and' fees musical knowledge examination due- 26th inst. Mr?. Robert Bell, Hook—Thanks to friends for kindness. Madam Elvino—Last week, rooms Webster's buildings. W. Shiers —Notice that stock sale is at Geraldine yards on Thursday next. Timaru Mechanics' Institute Library will not be open till Wednesday. D. Mahoney—Has land, house ancl stables for sale.

Autumn Show and horse sale—On show grounds on Ist May. Timaru Technical Classes Association— Annual meetinc on the 26th inst. Primitive Methodist Church —Services for to-morrow.

J. G. Cowan—Tftis ladies' tailor-made costumes, cloaks, etc., for inspection. Miss Hardy-John?.ton—Resumes classes in dancing, pole and other exercise, April 28th.

Agricultural and Pastoral Association — Earn fair on 20th March. S.C. Jockey Club—Autumn meeting 9th and 10th April. Mrs Morrison—Certificated nurse; residence Maori Hill. Government Insurance Commissioner — Has money to lend, £IOO to £IO,OOO. B. Bowie and Co.—Are taking orders for greengage and other plums. S.C. Dairy Co.—lmportant notice to milk suppliers; now receiving milk. Funeral notice—By Lister and Barrio. Wanteds —Four notices.