TOWN & COUNTRY

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11737, 22 April 1902, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY

Mr A. Guy has been nominated for the Mayoralty of Palmerston North. The rebuilding of the Bruce Woollen Mills, which were burned down some time ago, is nearing completion. Mr John L. Smith, an old settler of the Arahura district, died at Hokitika on Sunday, after a lingering illness, aged 65. Captain J. T. M. Hayhurst, of the New Zealand Militia, has been promoted to be Major, the commission to date from the 30th inst. ■'* The time for the election of a Board of Conciliation for the Canterbury Industrial District has been extended by Order-in-Council to the Ist of May. . Captain Edwin advised at 12.35 p.m. yesterday ;.s follows:—"Strong winds from between north and west and southwest, glass rise, and good tides." Having bought out the boot shop of J. Mair and Co., I intend to have a gigantic clearing sale for one month only, at Prosser's, Timaru Boot Warehouse.— (Advt.) The Countess of Kanfurly, who is at present at Auckland, has postponed her "At Home" to the Mothers' Union, fixed for ,May Bth,. owing to the prevalance of scarlet fever. Mr T. E. Donne, Superintendent of the Tourists' Department, and two friends were passengers to Fairlie by last night'B train. They intend spending a holiday at - the Hermitage. At the Palmerston North Court yesterday, a charge of Sunday traxiing against M. Hodgins, licensee of the- Phoenix Hotel, was dismissed. The evidence showed that the liquor was sold to a lodger and bona fide friends.

Mrs Bond, wife o£ the proprietor of the " Waikato Times," died suddenly at Hamilton on Sunday, apparently in her sleep. She suffered from heart disease. She leaves a large family. The eldest sani left with the Tenth Contingent. The secretary of the North; Island Bands Association has written to the Mayor of Auckland, asking what support the band contest to be held in Auckland next year is likely to receive. A meeting of. citizens is to be called to consider the matter. • Tartans and tarns are onca more in favour. The new tartan of King, Edward the Seventh and the Prince of Walea. tartan, together with Coronation shade in silk and wool goods now shown at Adams, and Co.'s, Cash Drapers.—(Advt..). Several mobs of grey and paradisa dnolt are to be seen daily on the Saltwater Creek lagoon. This should prove a haniy place for sports on May Ist The Washdyke lagoon also should be. a most convenient place for early morning shooting. A visitor to Caroline Bay inquires whether it is considered good sanitary practice to allow the drainage from Whales. Creek gully (which is admittedly unwholesome in some of the upper parts of the gully) to wander across the sands of Caroline Bay, the popular playground of th« children of the town.

I ' In spite of the large number and size I of the Government buildings in Wellington, including the "biggest wooden building in the world," the Government are paying over £4OOO t. year in rents of' buildings for housing different Departments and branches. It is proposed to spend £40,.000 on erecting a Public Trust Office-; £22,000 on a new Ctistoin-house, and £IO,OOO on a ne r Magistrate's Court. The express for Dunedin yesterday was a long one, of thirteen caTS and half-a-dozen vans, drawn by two engines. The train was well filled too, the majority of the passengers, no doubt, being people who had been to Christchurch to bid good-bye to friends in the-Tenth Contingent. We hear that in this respect a good many were dis- • appointed. The arrangements for the "sendoff" appeared to work satisfactorily, so far as they went, but they did not include individual farewelling, and sons and brothers left without being able to say good-bye. Anglers have been having some good sport at the Opihi during the last few days, and several fine fish have t(en landed. The pick of the lot ". r veighfc at any rate, was caught by Mr P. ?t-i»iey on Saturday night, when he ' jnded a male fish weighing 21ilbs. This fish, which is thirty-five inches long, was in fair condition and nicely marked. It was on view outside Mr Cullmann's sports depot yesterday. The baft used Tipas a2j inch Devon. This week should se« a great many trout grassed, as the river is in fine order,, aad fish are running in .freely. A Timaru parent wishes us to suggert to the school committees and teachers of the public schools in town, thai if' ""attendance prizes " are given at next l,liri«tmastide breaking-up, allowance should' be made for absence from epidemic sioknesse;-, as by cutting out of the account n'UgeSuer the weeks or months during which such sicknesses are prevalent. It may lei ingested on the other hand, that if any valtta is attached to the attendance prizes,, a strict adherence to the full records of attendance might be of some as a premium on the healthy home, and therefore as an incentive to secure the Eealtft of the home and its surroundings.. Messrs Baldwin and Bayward,. of: Wellington, report the acceptance of the following applications for patents from Canterbury, during the fortnight ending April Nth:—-J. J. and W. G. Jamieson, Colombo stieot, Christchurch, "machine for dressing, shaping and moulding freestone or limestone"; J. Wood-Jones, Sumner, I "racquet for table games"-; T. MaNa,ught, ! Amberley,"improvements in horse.- covers" ; ' W. J. Sellars, Christchurch, "non-refillable bottle"; P. Patten, painter, Christchurch, "construction nails, etc.," and "manufac? Itnre of ridges for roofing and other purposes," and "filter for sewages and' storm water."

The old fashioned hairpin, important article of feminine attire, is doomed- So says the Melbourne "Argus." The haoirpin of 19C-2 is the spiral hairpin, "a neat little spiral affair, made of lightest steel, coloured any tint, and revolving, m a head which is forked, r.r.d helps to keep the hair in place. Being spiral it is. impossible for it to fall out. Revolving in a groove, it is aa easily pulled out as any other pin. Being absolutely secure, it requires only half-a-dozea pins to do the- work originally don# by 15 or 16. The inventor and owner has an enthusiastic latter from the Queen's hairdresser, declaring that he has seen nothing to compare with this for efficiency and comfort." Tbe spiral hair-pin is the invention, of an Invercaxgill man. The following, from the Wellington "Post," will afford some information to those who have been so long endeavouring to get a bridge erected over the Opihi near Pleasant Point The Minister of Lands has replied as follows to a letter urging the Government to call for tenders for the cc ®" struction of the Mangaweka bridge : 'While it is recognised that the work is desirable, and one that will have to be taken in hand shortly, the Government regrets that the funds at its disposal for road works generally does not permit the commencement of the work at the present time. Government is pressed on all sides to provide money for construction of roads in districts where the settlers have no* means of access whatever, and if the Mangaweka bridge were started, it would mean that many of these persons who have no roads at all would have to go . without. In your case you can at least J get across the river at ordinary times by means of the low-level bridge, and while it is admitted that it is a hardship that I you should be unable to cross the river, the Government 'trusts that your- I self and other settlers, in the district will . realise that they are trying to do the best (rhey can for settlers generally with the I small amount of funds at their disposal, -i and that the postponement of the work of | constructing the Mangaweka bridge is no : indication whatever that the work . will not be done as. soon as money can .be found Sw it." ' '. " ; ~ - I

The banks in Timaru ■will be closed tolaMTow, St. George's Day. Government offices throughout, the colony will be closed to-morrow, St. George's Day. The past pupils of_ the Marist Bros.' School meet in St. John's Hall this evening. All members and intending members are invited to discuss football. We are informed that the firemen of the Suburban Brigade will test the bell at the Sandietown station at 7 o'clock this evening. The Levels County Council have men on the Opihi bridge taking note of the traffic for a period of a week. This information will be used when the question of the maintenance of main roads is being discussed. A start was made yesterday at the trench arrangements for laying the gas pipes to the new lamps on the main wharf. The standards are in position, and appear to be very well placed. Our telegrams were from some cause or other greatly delayed last night. The Auckland sporting did not come to hand till 1.38 a.m., and ordinary Chrjstchurch interprovincial till 12.59 a.m. On Thursday next Messrs Guinness and LeCren, Ltd., will hold an important clearing sale of stock, implements, etc., at Mr John Fraser's farm, Waitohi. The stcrc-lt is for absolute sale, and many really good lines are to come under the hammer. The Receiver-General acknowledges the receipt of £3, forwarded to the Collector of Customs, Wellington, anonymously, with the request to " pass to Government's account, duty owing." Someone's conscience has grown stronger with age. Mr H. Thomas announces that he has taken over the tailoring business from Mr E.' Saunders at Fairlie. Mr Thomas has replenished stocks, and will promptly attend to ail orders entrusted to him, at prices that will be moderate and give satisfaction.

In reply to a question put by the Education Board, which desired to grant Mr W. Mowbray six months' leave of absence on full pay on his retirement from the charge of. the Thorndon school, Wellington, the Education Department has intimated that there is no provision in the Act for paying salary to a teacher who is absent in sucJi circwnstances. The principal thing' for which you. buy a book is the information it contains. You want all the information there is to be got on the subject, if you don't get all then there is dissatisfaction felt, and questioning afterwards. The London Ballroom Guide meets your want in all points. Begg and Co., next Theatre, will send it post free to you for Is 6d.—(Advt.) The Mackenzie County Council invite applications for a lease of the Tekapo Hotel; and ior the. rangerships of Ash wick Flat and Three Springs water-races. The Council want* tenders for oats, and chaff, and a lease of the gravel reserve near Silver- ' stream; and give notice that the electoral rolls and defaulters' lists for the several ridings of the County of Mackenzie will be open for inspection at the beginning of next wsek till May 15th. The public schools of Timaru reopened yesterday morning, after being, closed for a fortnight by order of the Borough Health Officer. In the case of the Waimataitai and Timaru Main schools, there was a cocriderable shortage in the attendance. At the Main School there were 555 present, out of the . roll number of 740; and at Waimataitai 255 present out of 364. At the South School 182 wer» present out of 220, a defect of only 38, or about one-sixth, while the defect at the Main School was just one-fourth, and', at Waimataitai nearly one-third. In the latter case, and also at the South School, a large proportion of the absentees were infants. The members of the Methodist Church in Waimate circuit are called on by the itinerant system to submit to a change, of ministers this week, the minister, the; Rev. J. Blight, having completed his three-years' service. He preached his farewell sermon on Sunday last in St. Paul's Church, and, with his family, leaves Waimate this week for Temuka, to which circuit he has been appointed. Mr Blight's removal is regretted by many outside his own church denomination, who have learned to esteem him as a faithful minister and a kindly and useful member of society. He will be succeeded by the Rev. Mr Tinsley, of Temuka, who commences services at Waimate next Sunday. An artful and unnatural schema on- the part of two daughters to lose their mother in Wellington was unfolded at last week's meeting of the Benevolent Trustees. The young women brought their mother up from Christchurch, with the object, first., of getting two brothers there to take charge of her. As the young men were not at home, the mother was taken to the office of the Benevolent Trustees, and left there. The old lady not being called for, and the secretary growing suspicious, the matter was placed in the hands of the police. Enquiries showed that the daughters were returning, to Christchurch that day. The mother was then handed over to the care of' her own people. At the High School Board meeting yes-, terday, it was stipulated that a tenant who applied for leave to build a cottage should use heart of totara fdr the ground plates. Mr Smith asked why the applicant should be confined to heart of totara when there weTe other timbers as lasting, and not many , people knew heart of totara when they saw 1 it. Another stipulation was that the ground plates must be a foot- above ground. It was remarked that the practice of putting the plates- on the ground is very common, and they soon rot; and that another bad practice was the banking up all round houses raised on piles. "To persona about to • build, good advice gratis," ! said another member. A nine-roomed dwelling in Carlyle street, Napier, owned by Mr Dvncan Guy, and occupied by Mr Michael Quinn, was -totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Very little furniture was saved. The insurances on the house are £250 in the London and" Lancashire office, and on the furniture £250 in the Standard office. An incipient fire was discovered on Sunday night at Palmerjston North, in a large building in the square recently vacated, by the Bank of New Zealand, and at presnt occupied by Messrs Mell'sop and Elliott, commission agents. When discovered flames were issuing from a composition pipe between the gas meter and | distributing gas pipe, and had set alight to ~® odjoiwng woodwork. The damage is slight. The origin of the fire is unknown. The South Canterbury Rugby Union is to be congratulated on reviving- the thirdclass competitions. Already we hear of three teams—Star second, Main and Waimataitai old boys, and Marist Bros.' 'old' boys—iu Timara. Steps are being taken to get a team together in Temuka, and' probably Geraldine and Waimate may enter teams. The Pirates (Ashburton) and' the Waimate clubs are both playing this year in the senior competition: The Pirates can always put- a first-class team in the field, and Waimate will have a very fine team, some of the players being Glendinning, Lawlor, W. Thomas, Dick Finn, Rattray and C. J. Goldstone. Secretaries are Teminded that all entries must be in by Thursday, 24th April. On that night all the first round fixtures will be made.

VETERINARY LECTURE. As arranged by the Waimate Farmers.' Union branch, a veterinary lecture was given by Mr Lillico, V.S., iji the St. Augustine Hall, on last Saturday evening. Mr J. F. Douglas, the County Chairman, presided. About forty larmers were present. The chairman regretted that there was not a larger audience as the subject of the lecture was one of very great importance to all farmers. Mr Lillico said his former lecture at ..aimate was on the animals of the farm, as being in a state of health. His subject this evening was on some disease's of animals, and on injuriss from wounds, with simple treatment of the respective case 3. The principal diseases referred to were those of the mouth, tongue, teeth, throat, the eye, and other organs; strangles, tetanus, etc. Wounds he classed under the heads, incised, punctured, _ lacerated, and contused; obstructions in throat or gullet, injuries to the eye from entry of foreign matter, such as cliaff, dust, etc. In all cases of the diseases mentioned lit. indicated the symptoms and causes, and gave plain practical instructions as to the treatment of wounds and other injuries to which animals, particularly horses, are liable. The directions were quite plain and practical to nonprofessional people. The lecture was attentively listened to, and at its close a unanimous vote of thanks to the lecturer was passed. At the invitation of the chairman several questions were asked by gentlemen present and answered by Mr Lillico. A vote of thanks to the chairman was proposed by Mr G. Manchester and carried. The chairman expressed a hope that a larger audience would be present at Mr LiJlico's next lecture of which due .notice will be given.

MOTOR CYCLES, Our representative was shown yesterday a new 1902 Tourist model motor bicycle, which Messrs C. W. Wood and Co. have just put on the road for Mr W. J. Huggins, of this town. The motor is to* well-known " Minerva," which is the leading engine fitted in England and France, and made under the Do Dion patent#. It is capable of developing 1£ horse power. The fuel used is gasoline, the tank carries one gallon, at a cost of 2s 6d, which amount will last for a run of 150 milos in the hands of a careful driver, at ail average speed of 15 miles per hour. The charge is fired by electricity, which is supplied by an accumulator of 4 volts, and is sufficient for 500 miles. It can then bo recharged at a cost of 6d. Mr Huggins had his trial run last Thursday and was more than satisfied. For short distances the speed reached was 25 miles per hour. There was very little noise, no smell, and no more vibration than, in an ordinary bicycle. The bicycle is built of B.S.A. fittings throughout, with the necessary modifications to suit the motor. The front forks are specially strengthened with two vertical rods from the - front axle to the head. There is a. hand brake and a powerful back pedalling brake fitted, which allows the machine to be brought to a standstill in five yards. This is the third of six orders already delivered by Wood and Co., and as this industry has come to stay we wish him every success.

THE FLOOD RAINS. The following i'ecord of the rainfall for March is extracted from the Meteorological Office report for that month on the east coast of this island. The figures give the number of days on which rain fell during the month, the total fall, and the greatest fall in 24 hours, these maxima being in all cases on the 23rd or 24th:—Flaxbourne (north-east Marlborough). 9 days,- total 3.97 inches, maximum 2.10 inches; Kaikoura, 8-8'.83-3.50 ; Cheviot, 13-8.19-2.95 ;Waiau, 12—8.03—3.83; Akaroa, 12—8.01—2.68 ; Port Hill's (Christchurch), 13—3.67—1.10; Christchuroli, 14—5.04—1.45 ; Linwood, 15_4.24_1.38; .Lincoln, 14—4.30—0.81; Southbri'dge, 11—5.95—1.16; Kyle, 8—7.35 —1.40; Hororata, 14—6.84—1.20; Bealey, 8—3.68 1 —1.25; Methven, 17—14.60—3.63; Winchmore. 13—9.01—1.86 ; Windermere, 14—9.83—2.03; Karranatiki (Mr Rolleston's), 14_9.57_2.74; Orari, 15—11.58—2.84 ; Mt. Peel, 14 —10.85—3.60; Peel Forest, 17—15.07—4.31 ; Woodbury. 8—14.77 4.74; Geraldine, 16—13.99—4.12; Fnirlie, 16—12.21—4.25; Timaru, 16—9.84—2.54 ; Timaru Reservoir, 16—10.48—2.85 ; Waimate, 18—11.09—2.50 ; Windsor Park (Oamaru), 18—10.33—2.90; Otekaike, 16—6.96 1.40 ; Maheno, 11—9.76—2.00; Palmerston South. 14—10.90—2.40 ; Dunedin, 15—14.38 .3.96; Balclutha, 7—1.08—0.45. The rainfall at the Hermitage was 11.63, with 2.34 inches on the 17th. In Central Otago and Southland the heaviest rain was on the 17th and 22nd, but the total for the month in these districts nowhere reached 3 iticlies. Inglewood, the "wet shop" of Taranaki, only attained 5 inches in March; and Puysegur Point, on the south-west of this island, a very wet place, only reached 6.27 inches. SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. B. Rutland—Clearing sale furniture on Thursday .West Town Belt ; first sale a l , new mart, Church street, on Saturday. Canterbury Co-operative Association—Clearingl sale at Winchester 2nd May. Guinness and LeCren, tynlited—Studholme stock sale Friday; clearing sale Upper Hook an. 30tb inst. i\ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.; —Sale of stock at Studholme on Friday. Penrose's Drapery Establishment—Derails of dress stuffs for the ladies. Mackenzie County Council —Call tenders for oats, chaff, etc..?. notice of electoral rolls; invite applications for rangerships ; and for lease of Tekapo Hotel. Wesleyan Anniversary Conversazione— In Assembly Rooms this evening. To sugar importers—Hawea loads at Auckland to-morrow. H. Thomas, Fairlia—Special tailoring notice; prices moderate. Bank holiday—la Timaru to-morrow, St. George's Day. I Lost—Silver watch, return this office; gold brooch, reward at this office. Found—SHeep dog; apply at Herald Office. D. Henry, Temuka—Wants a blacksmith. T. Tesclvjmakpr, Otaio—Wants strong boy for farm. Wanteds—Six notices. e