TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12030, 1 April 1903, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

The scarlet fever epidemic, at Carterton is still raging. Mr H. H. Fisher, of Waihao Downs, hag been gazetted lieutenant of the Studholme Mourned Rifles. The Theatre has been booked for Monday evening next by Mr Lei McLean, the atrong man. Mr J. F. Douglas, of Waihao Downs, has sold two farms on the Waihao Downs Estate; to Mr George of Hook, 420 acres, and to Mr Gray, of Pukeuri, 250 acres. A man -who was arrested for drunkenness and -was creating a disturbance on the railway station yesterday afternoon will come before the Court this morning. The settlement lately acquired by the Government at Mangaheia is to be' opened shortly. It has been given the name of Wigan. The tender of Messrs J. and R. Scott, Dunedin, has been accepted for the installation of a high pressure water supplv at Carterton. The amount is not stated but it is believed to be about £7OOO. The Premier has received notice of the death of Mr James Poland at Reinfontein South Africa. Deceased was formerly in the New Zealand Police Force, and was well known in football circles throughout the colony. At a meeting held at Newtown on Monday evening a Patriotic League was formed with the object of having the will of the people carried out in regard to the local option poll. It was decided to wait on the Premier and urge that authority be given by an Order-in-Council for a fresh poll. On the application of the defence a change of venuo from Palmerston to Wellington has been granted by Mr Greenheld, S.M., in the case of M. Warning v. the Union Steam Ship Company a claim for £4O, the value of goods alleged to have been lost in transit from Lyttelton to Wellington. The financial year of the New Zealand Grand Lodge of Freemasons shows the separate funds of the Lodge to have increased by nearly £IBOO, which is one of the most prosperous years in the history of the Lodge. The position was brought about by large special subscriptions to the fund for the relief of aged and indigent Masons, which benefited by £IOOO daring the: period. , „ . ' ■ .. •.*...-,

After Easter tha Minister of Mines will make an extensive tour of the South Island. 'The Auckland Amateur Opera Club has decided to wind up, owing to the continuous deficits on recent productions. The Mornington tramway works have been valued at £19,171, at which price the borough of Dunediu has taken them, over. Excellency the Governor, who returned to Claremont on Friday,, received, a sudden call to Wellington, and left for -Lyttelton by the express last evening. His Worship the Mayor has received further contributions for tho Caroline Bay p£VT tU ?. d n a T Ma J or Crawshaw 10s 6cf,. 0.U..G.A. £5. ss, Mr A. H. Turnbull £4 Yesterday Captain Edwin advised as follows.:— Strong winds to gale from between north and west and south-west,, glass rise, but fall again after 12 hours from now,, tides good, expect rain." At the Magistrate's Court, Timaru, yesterday, Mr J. Jackson, J.P., fined a man named Brown,, a station hand 10sfor drunkenness, this being his second appearance within a few days. The " Daily News," New Plymouth, saysthat a private letter received there states that Mr Justice Conolly will shortly retire from the Supreme Court Bench, and that his .successor will bo Me O. Samuel, of New Plymouth. Mr J. Maitland announces that he has purchased the business of Me W. Harvie, baker and confectioner, in Stafford street north. Mr Maitland makes a specialty of _ digestive bread," will undertake catering in all branches, use the best of flour, and keep, an up-to-date stock of confectioner's goods. He should meet with ev«ry encouragement. At the Magistrate's Court, Waimate, oni Monday last, before Messrs W. Petit aid J Atwill, J.P.s, three first offenders wera ,charged with being drunk in a public place Each was fined ss, with 7s costs. For a first offence against the borough by-law forbidding riding a bicycle at night without a light, the Bench inflicted a fine of 5s and costs 7s.

Signor Bragato, the Government vitknltural expert, acting on instructions front the Government, recently visited Dargaville, Mangawbare, Tekopura, and the surrounding districts, with a view of assisting; Austrians. on the gumfields in those parts to obtain, land for permanent homes. He found a large proportion of Austrians, whonumber about 600, anxious to settle permanently in the colony. Signor Bragato regards the Austrians as men who will become useful and valuable settlers.

An attractive programme has been arranged for the Swimming Sports to be held at the Century Commemoration Baths tomorrow afternoon. O. Bullivant, the Christchurch. champion swimmer, will be a competitor. Twenty events are to be decided, so that there will be no delay between the races. The Garrison Band will' be present to help liven the proceedings. Seating accommodation is provided for one thousand people, and given a fine afternoon, these should be well tilled. Our Point correspondent writes as follows : —We are experiencing the first serious break in the fine harvest weather which has lasted over three weeks. Ruin began yesterday afternoon and increased when the south-east wind rose, continuing during the night. Most of the grain is stacked, and judging from the increased carting to the railway station threshing is being rapidly pushed on. To-day (Tuesday) the ram is slight and the wind has dropped, but there are few signs of the weather clearing. There was on view in Mr G. Pearson's shop yesterday a very fine fascicle of 75 flowers of lilium auratum, grown by Mr G. J. Sealey, and unfortunately broken off by Monday night's gale before all the flowers had. opened. This specimen presented the peculiarity that instead of the multiple stems coalescing as usual to form a round one, the combination grew as a flat band, of little more than a single stem in thickness and 3 inches wide, the flower stalks all growing squarely off the flat band, so that they formed two opposing masses, with blanks between; both masses arching over on the summit. Nevertheless the flowers spread to the width of 15 inches. On the 24th March the members of Mr E.Bannerman's Bibh Class held their annual meeting in the Foresters' Hall. The Rev. G. Barclay, who had been asked to preside, sent an apology for his absence. There were over 40 members and friends present. After the work of the last year had been reviewed, addresses were given by Mr Rosevear, Mr Freeman, of Christ- . church, and Mr Bannerman, interspersed with music', recitations, and singing. Mr J. Steward presented Mr E. Bannerman with a large photograph of the members of : the class, as a token of their grateful ieelings for his attention as leader of the class. 'Mr Bannerman thanked the mem- ' bers for their present, and Mr Steward 1 for his address. 1 The water gas-purifier at the Dunedin gasworks, through some inexplicable cause, was utterly demolished about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The explosion smashed several windows in the main street in South Dunedin, and windows all over the city rattled. A visit to the gasworks shows that the lice of t"hree attached buildings, consisting of the exhaust house, the purifying chamber and the station meter room, have been blown to pieces. The explosion evidently occurred in the station meter house, and it is considered probable that it was caused by a leak, but the gas engineer can only conjecture as to its cause. The meter seems to be uninjured, and the exhaust machinery is apparently intact. It is estiated that about £2OOO will cover the damage. A singular feature of the affair is that nobody was hurt, although severa,! men, including the engineer, were standing in the direction of the explosion. A deer stalking party,'consisting of the Rev. W. C. Oliver of Wellington, Mr E. Hardeastle of Christchurch, and Messrs Harold and Con. Hodgkinson, of Longship Station, have just spent a ten days trip in The Dingle, in the Lake Hawea district, North Otago, and met with a fair amount of success. The season was opened a week or ten days too soon, to enable many good heads to be secured, us the bigger stags only began to join the hinds towards the end of last week. The shootable stags had therefore to be hunted for in their own quarters in the basins of the gullies near the tops of the high ranges, which involved a large amount of heavy mountain- , eering work. The two visiting sportsmen each secured their four heads, the Rev. Mr Oliver's best being two large eleven pointers, and Mr Hardcastle's included a fine royal and a well shaped ten-pointer. Mr Harold Hodgkinson obtained the best head, a finely proportioned royal, with splendidly developed points. Mr Melville Gray lias gone to the Timaru Creek, and has' made provision for several weeks stay, if necessary, to secure some good heads. Another lot of new dresses came in yesterday—the right sorts at the right time—a little heavier than the last lot, to meet the colder weather that's coming People will look very odd this season in a last year's dress, as the change in stylehas been so complete both in the materials and m the styles of making up. We can now show just as good and varied a lot or winter cresses as you can see anywhere. Of course, while there's a big stock you need not have a fear that you will be copied by anyone who may admire the ! ctress you buy at Penrose's, for we take care that our best dresses are in costume lengths only, and theßs exclusive costumes are sold to us on the condition that none others of same sort be sold in Timaru. Our prices for costumes complete vary from 40s and upward; prices throughout are very moderate.—Penrose's Drapery Establishment.—(Advt.) Sore and swollen joints, sharp, shooting pains, torturing muscles, no rest, no sleep —that means rheumatism. It is a, stubborn disease to fight, but Chamberlain's Pain Balm has conquered it thousands of times. One application gtves relief. Try it. J. C. Oddie sells it.—(Advt.) " The Little Maid of Croodee " wore new century soft rubber hair curlers. Hence her beauty.—(Advt.) With heavy crops you can afford that piano which you've talked about so often. (Jo to Begg and Co.'s Show Rooms, Stafford street and Arcade, Timaru, and select one. Their stock always consists of from. ■ 20 to 30 instrument!--, from tho Highest Class Urinsmead Piano to the German Piano at £37 10s, or organs from £2O. If you're not prepared to pav Cash ! terms can be arranged from 10s a* month. The only other thing you'll require is Quality. Befrg and Co. guaruntee that to you.— (Advt.) J The elusive pigskin ia the source of much sport and the cause of many Football players should use Cham' Pain Balm, an antiseptic liniment. ally valuable for sprains and application gives relief. Try Oddie sella., it-—(Advt.) ._

The Wanganui Borough Council has accepted the tender of Messrs McVhann and Ferguson (Melbouruej, at £22,000, approximately, for the supply of spiral riveted steel pipes for ttit± waterworks scheme, fcr which £70.000 was recently borrowed. This is the first time this class of pipe has been used to any extent in this colony, and the pipes will be manufactured in Wanganui, a plant being erected for the purpose. Three other tendets were received. At present forty men are employed in . cleariug the pipe track and a sice for the dams. It is expected that the work will be completed in Its, tLan twelve months. Water w badly needed, as the lakes from which the town derives its supply are falling seven inches a week, and water has to be {turn pud into the pipes. WAIMATE RIFLES. The annual meeting of the Waimate Rifles wa.-. held in the driUshed on 25th March. Thirty rank and file and Captain Barclay and Lieutenant Jackson were present. The tinanchd statement for last vear was read and considered satisfactory, with £37 credit balance. The following appointments were made:--Cqnunittee to deal'with matter of fining members who do not earn capitation, the officers, coiour-sergaant,, and section crrnmanders: secretary. Lieuterumt Jackson: finance committee, Serjeant Shack.'eton arid Private Bennington; shooting committee. Sergeants Smith and Stevenson. Corporal C. Wilson. Privates Dash and Healey. Votes of thanks were accorded to Messrs Francis and Warnock for the use of their lands at the rifle range: to the tradesmen and business men of Waimate for contributions to the shooting prize fund: to Lieutenant Jackson for his service as secretary; to Colour-Sergeant Mines for his service ou several occasions during the year; and to Messrs Symon Brother*, cf Bournedale. for their entertainment and reception on the occasion of a field day of the corps on their Bournedale Estate. * A. contribution of 21s was voted to the Waisoate Troopers* Memorial. A TIMARU-BUTLT MOTOR-CAR^ Messrs C. W. Wood and Co., Tourist Cycle Works, have just completed, and have on view in their shop, a verv neatlooking four-wheel motor-car. to" carry' two. All who. see it must admit tha't it is a very creditable article for Timaru to turn out. It has been wholtv made by Mr Wood, except the woodwork and •upholstering of the body and the painting 4 1 l £ " e . wtlole .' "rkich has been done by Mr J. J. Grandi. The machine is of 4 h.p., set to run at 15 miles an hour on the level, and it has a half-speed gear for nal-cUrabtcg. For temporary halts the engine can be left running, "to save the trouble of starting it afresh. The wheels 'are 26 inches in diameter, with 5-inch Uuntop tyres. The bodv is ceativ shaped, with large mud-gua.ro>. and is fixed on a stout iron framing, and hung on four very easy elliptical springs, which should make rtorng quite comfortable, land tho;-a who. have had a run in the car state that it is very nice to ride in. The bodv is nicely painted in chocolate with b":aek lining, and the seat and buck are cushioned with horsehair in brown American leather. The engine has a water-cooled head, and a notable attachment at the back of the seat is a neat cylinder which contains three vessels., a large one for cooling water, and smaller ones for petrol and lubricating oii. Accumulator and coil are placed in an enclosed space under the sear, where there is rot>m *«r some parcels cr extra stores. Another parcels space h provided m the "head" of the car: or this can bo removed and an extra seat fixed there. Steering wheel and all manipulating kevs are on one shaft between the driver's knees, and a. powerful foot brake is har.dv to his right foot. The front axle is a fixture, and ea«h front wheel pivots in a device like the steering head of a bicycle, and in steering each wheel turns upon its era base, as the front wheel of a bicveie does, so- that the car should '"answer the helm" promptly. The stock of water and pstro' carried in the tanks is enough for 75 miles. and the petrol costs 3s to 4s; the electric igniter i<* good for 500 miles. It ». as above remarked, very creditable to a Timaru firm to be able" to turn out such an article; Mr Wood turned his attention to motors three or four years ago, Lt3 made a_ trv.-ycie motor and "a number of motor bicycles, and in doing this he has ae:uraulated all the necessary appliances for bnilding and repairing motors of anv kind. Yesterday, he had at his shop" tvro motor bicycle* of other makes from other towns, for overhaul and repair. A third also stood at the door, one recently made bv him for Mr Huggins, » 2' 3 h.p. machine, that easily goes "30 miles* an hour 03 a decent road. Mr Wood is now abort to fit n;.. :in electric light installation t<J light the shop, of twelve 8 c.p.. 25-volt lamps.

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS'. _ Nathmai Mortgage aa«l AgatKy Co.— Stock .side at Waimate on Fridav asrt. C.F.C.A. and Pyne and Co.—Sale of lite Mr A. M. Clark's properties on 18th test. X.M. and A. Co. and C.F.C.A.—SaIe- of late I). Mcßeath's farm on 2nd Mav. Guinness and LeCren. Ltd.—Stock"sale a* St. Andrews to-morrow ; rale of farms at Wattn.Lte on 25th test. Girt and General Servant Wanted—Apply at thi* office. _ T&e Tilikcm—On view in Stafford street till Satt'.rdav. Geo. Bowfcer—List, of properties, Tircira and suburbs, for sale. Swimming Sports—At Century Commemorafion Baths tomorrow. .1. Maitlarxl—Has purchased business W. Harvie. baker and ro-.fectioner. J. H. Cowan—Ladies* jackets, paletots and showerproofs en sale. Mcftrner/Bavies r.r.d Co.—Special show of antcmn and winter goods. Httrton and Co.—Retiring sale closes on Saturday; shop earlv. Frneral notice—Bv J. Radcliffe. Wanted.-—Six notiese.