TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXX, Issue 12354, 22 April 1904, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Sir J. G. Ward passed through Timaru on his way north by express yesterday. At the annual meeting of the Wellington -Patent Slip Company a dividend of 8 per cent, -and a bonus of 2s per share was declared. . The amount carried forward was £l9Bi 6s Bd.

Dean Smythe (Roman Catholic) left Hastings yesterday morning for -Wellington, en route for the Old Country, via America. Previous to his departure he was entertained at a banquet.

At 12.35 p.m., yesterday Captain Edwin advised as follows :—" Strong: winds to gale from between south-west and south, and south-east, glass rise, tides high, sea heavy, rain probable." Mr McArthur," S.M., Wellington, yesterday held that "two-up" was a game of chance ; pure and simple, and recorded a conviction and a penalty of £3 in one of several cases, the others being deferred to allow of appeal. ■ The Fairlie branch of the St. John Ambulance Association, is arranging' to. carry on the usual winter course of lectures. Dr S. J. Cook will meet the classes for the first-time on Monday, at the gymnasium, Fail-lie, to arrange suitable days and hours; the ladies at 2.30 p.m., the men at 8 p.m. :: . . r :• -. ■ -The Speedwell Cycle and Motor Works are turning out a great number of Royal-En-' iield bicycles. Ir is surprising to notice how well a really good article sells. All their machines have free wheels, two powerful brakes and mudguards. The firm also take bicycles in part payment.— (Advt.) A man named Richard O'Neill, a farmer of Geraldine, had disappeared riiysteriously, He went to work in the bush there on Wednesday, morning, taking a gun with him, and has not since returned.' : Naturally, fears; were entertained as to liis safety, and a search was organised, hut so far-as we .could learn yesterday he had not been. found; Application was made ts the police for assistance, and Constable Brown was at - once despatched to help in the search.

Miss Florence Menkmeyer, tlie famous pianiste, who is to give a concert at the Theatre Royal, Timaru, on Thursday next, was invited by Sir Sydenham Clarke, late Governor of victoria, arid Lady Clarke to play, and sing at Government House before: their : departure , from Australia. Miss Menkmeyer recently received a.letter from Lady Clarke stating that she and Sir Sydenham, who is an accomplished musician, had derived' great pleasure from their visitor's beautiful playing, and hoped lo hear hev again. : - At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mr John Jackson, J.P", occupied the Bench, and dealt with one casie, that of a Burnham boy,, named Herbert Edward Richards. .Quite a young lad, he had. been licensed out to Mr .J. Black, of Waihao Downs, and on the' 12th of this month disappeared with a horse, saddled and bridled. He went up into Central Gtago, and tried to sell the horse, but was unable to do so. Constable Bradley arrested him at Cromwell the other day, and he was brought before the Court. On the application of the police he was remanded to appear at Waimate this morning.

At the Technical School last evening, 40 attended the dressmaking class. The superintendent, who was. present, notified [ that apart from the fees the pupils would be put to no expense, and divided the class Into Tuesday and Thursday classes. As Miss Gillies has an assistant the pupils will receive ample attention. At the junoir book-keeping, 40 were present; at the junior /shorthand 25; at the senior shorthand 12, and at the senior book-keeping 12: About 25 attended for typewriting; and with regard to this class, the superintendent informs us that he intends re-' questing the managers to appoint , a separate instructor., for it. This evening the senior shorthand and book-keeping "class and the typewriting and arithmetic classes meet.

Mr' Oswald and his popular players will appear agaia on Tuesday evening at the Theatre Royal, when they will produce the spectacular military ' drama. in three acts, entitled "For England's Glory,'" which has been in active preparation for some time. All the performers are admirably suited to their chatacters, and' judging by the interest taken in this production, full justice should be given to this capital drama which is spoken of as having a highly interesting "and sensational. military story, introducing with: life-like realism the historic, trials of-.the -Biitish trccps during the Crimean war. The camp scenes in Russia with the snow.falling, and the .fires burning will be a special feature. A number of songs will be introduced incidental'to the piece/ : The 'popular prices will be charged, and patrons' are advised to book their seats early at- the Dresden. The company appear " to-night at Temukn.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Loyal; Timaru Lodge was held in: the Barnard street hall on Wednesday evening, N.G. ;Bro. C. Donaldson presiding. There, was a /air attendance of members -present-; .One candidate was initiated; and two more proposed. Two letters of recommendation were granted .to members visiting other; parts of thovcolony, - and one letter : of re-' ctimmendation of a visiting-member was received. The lodge decided tb hold their annual members' social shortly, a strong, workiiig' committee was appointed to arrange matters. The lodge decided to prccurje new .regalia for the officers. -Bro. C. Melnmnn tendered • his resignation as delegate oil the Friendly Societies' Dispensary Board, which was received, and G.M Bro. M. ,'Eyans was elected to fill , the vacancy. The usual: sentiments of the Order being given, the lodge adjourned for harmony, and the meeting closed at about 9.30 p.m. The receipts were £4O Os 7d, and expenditure £l2 3s. Tlie Mount Peel Road .Board met on Friday, ' April 15th. Present—Messrs C. J; Dennistoun (chairman), ,R. Jhew, B. G H. Tripp, and OV S. ;Thomson.. Tenders were received, for painting, the. Board's premises, and Me .Ti. Naylor's-tender 'was accepted.. Mr .Blair wrote offering to bear half cost of a new fence ■at- the boundary of the Board's' plantation. ' The Board agreed to join. Various notices of change of ownerships were received. The overseer reported 'that - with the chairman, .'he had -inspected the site of the proposed protection works near Mr Tliew's, which the Geraldine Road Board wished to have put in hand, and ga.ve an estimate as to cost. This Board agreed to join in the cost of same, plans and specifications to be prepared and tendens to be called for the work. The overseer exhibited a model of a snow plough he had made, and it was decided to have two ploughs made, one for the Fairlie: side, and/ one for the Peel Forest side of the district. Mr Thomson reported that he .had driven over the main roads in the Raincliff district, and found them in excellent order. It was- unanimously agreed not to fence any of the existing cuttings now unfenced. It was arranged that the annual meeting of ratepayers be held on-May 4th. , Accounts amounting to £149 12s lOd were passed for payment. v ■: - ■■ •' _ •

The Timaru Rowing Club lust night revived a very \ admirable custom—that of holding an annual ball at the end of iho season. The function was., held in St. Mary's Schoolroom, which was specially decorated for the occasion with a large number of gags, jjjany of them kindly supplied by Captain Pallpson and Captain Colling: wood of the shjp Canterbury.. There was a largo attendance, considerably over 100 couples., Ths floor:was, thanks to ener-: getio efforts expended during the afternoon, in excellent order, und though the evening was somewhat warm, dancing was enjoyable, Mr Langdown's orchestra provided excellent music, and the catering was in the capable hands of Messrs Bloomfield and Lane, who provided n tusty and altogether first-class spread, displayed to the best; advantage. Early in the evening an interval was made in the dancing,' when-the prizes won by the various crews during the year were presented to the winners by Di Bowe, president of the club. He referred pleasantly, to-the welcome-revival of the annual ball, and made a-few remarks concerning the club generally. As the recipients of prizes came forward the president congratulated eaph upon lus success, and handsd the '' order" for trophy to its winner. Iks. following is a list of the prize-winneis !—Trial fours— E. Smith,'W. Leslie, A. - Price; -W. Mundell (stroke); committee fours—H. Smith, K. Robertson, A: Price, H; Fraser (stroke); pair-oar—G-. Broadliead and W." Mundell; president's fours—R. Harold, G; Broadhead, H. Pritchard, H. Collins (stroke); Oamaru crow—N. Knight, W. Mundell, H. Fraser, J. Parr (stroke) : Lyttelton recattn, 2nd prize pair-otir—W. Mundell and H. Frntser, H. Jones (cox) ; coxswains pairoar race—H. Tilly and H. Jones/-..'Dancing was : then resumed, and kept going merrily; till. well aftermidnight.

■-All intending buyers for cheap cycles are kindly invited to inspect Messrs Oates, Lowry and Co.'s splendid stock of . secondhand cycles, comprising all makes of cycles. The machines have been thoroughly overhauled, and are 'guaranteed in good repair. The firm issue . a circular with this morning's. issue. '' Mr W. D. Massey, leader of the' Opposi(ion, who was approached by a deputation when passing through Temxika recently, and asked to perform the opening ceremony in connection with the Rolleston Memorial and. , deliver an address in Temuka,- telegraphed on Tuesday to His Worship the Mayor of Temuka as follows: —" If convenient to: you will ~ address meeting 'FViday, the 29th. Please wire care of Donald Reid, Dunedin, not- later than Saturday." To this the Mayor replied—" on 28th, '29 th, and 30th. -Would -suggest 2nd or 3rd May. Beply if suitable." To tliis a reply has not been received. \ Mr Ferrar, the- geologist of the scientific staS of the Discovery Antarctic expedition,; returned to Timaru from Mount Cook yesterday morning, and went on to Orari by the next train, to visit Mr Tripp at Orari Gorge. Captain Scott came down from the Hermitage last week, and drove over from Fairiie to Orari Gorge. There has been a good deal of talk about an "accident" to Captain Scott. Mr Ferrar states that it was quite a trifle. A swingle-tree of the coach broke, "and Captain Scott had to get out of the coach and help to push it out of a stream. They had fair weather, and found the Mount Cook region very interesting, but they did not attempt any climbing. The opening display of winter drapery will'be continued at Penrose's to-day and also on Saturday next. Visitors to the town who have not yet been able to see the , display, will' have these opportunities of studying the prevailing fashions in dress fabrics', in millinery, in mantles. Particular attention is directed to the new winter mantles which this- season are shown in a'- large, variety of new designs—a great nkmb.er. of- them-being trimmed with -furs. The prices are ranged from ; 30s and up wards. One lot of black silk brocade mantles trimmed with galons and fur at 30s ; «ach ; ver£ smart mantles, and have the appearance of the more costly garments. Penrose's Drapery Establishment. —(Advt.) Out of 100,000 persons alive at age 10, there wi'l be 85,441 alive at age 30. At age 30, 720 persons die each year , out of a selected 100,000. The expectation of life at age 30 is 35 and one-third years.. At age 30 one single jiayment of £393 18s 2d will, purchase a thousand pounds with up to. eight hundred pounds profits at death. At age 30 one single payment of £483 19s 2d. will purchase one thousand pounds payable at- 60 with about seven, hundred pounds profits. At age 30 for the sum of' £2B 15s 4d paid yearly, the snm of hundred .and sixty pounds, will be paid at age 50, s and if death occur before that age, the whole of the payments made will be returned aA well as jhe suinbf£soo, to the estate of the investor.. The New York Life Insurance Company with its capital of oyerseventy millions sterling is the only corporation which can offer such astounding and beneficent contracts. The local .office is situated near the .Lands office, Stafford street.—(Advt.)

;»• His cold cured by Chamberlain's .Cough; Remedy.—Mr W. J. Lee,' of Outtrim, Victoria, writes:—"Messrs Chamberlain Medicine Co. Gentlemen—Having contracted a very severe cold I tried your Cough Remedy. It completely cured, me." Have ho fear of pneumonia wlien "you use this remedy. It counteracts any tendency of a cold to result in that dangerous disease. For- sale by J. C. Oddie.—(Advt.) The people who mak« their money go the farthest in purchasing clothing, drapery, and boots, are undoubtedly these who shop at -A. Gabites (fhe Corner). ■ Our .readers will always find his prices for men's and boys 'clothing, ladies', .men's, and children's boots and shoes, also general drapeiy, to be considerably lower than those of other traders; his prices are the lowest obtainable in New Zealand, consistent with'sound business. One visit will prove this.— (Advt.)

Aii editor's testimony.—Last winter I contracted a severe cow, the only one to my recollection that ever gave me any trouble. Mr Peak, our chemist, suggested trial of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, procured one uottle but did not finish'it —there was no necessity. The remedy is sn excellent one. ..Yours faithfully, J._ B Watson, .editor "Nowra N.S.W. Colonist. For sale by J. C. . Oddie. —(Advt.)

__ -j FAIRLIE LIBRARY. The annual meeting of subscribers of the Fairlie; Library was held in the libraxy. on Wednesday evening. There was a small attendance of subscribers. Mr E. H. Burn, the chairman of committee, presided. The secretary . presented a statement of accounts, .showing'that the library had a: membership of 43, paying inscription of £l7 \ 14s 9d, and that donations and Go'vernment grant made up £lO 7s 9d. Books had been purchased during the year to the amount' of ifilß 14s, about 80 new books being placed, on the shelves, which now contain more than 1000 books.. There is a-balance'of £2 17s 9d in hand. The committee-, meetings had been well attendedthe librarian was attentive and obliging.! On the mojtion of Mr C. J. Talbot, seconded by Mr A'. H. ilcLean, the statement; of accounts was. adopted. On theiAotion of 'Mr McLean, seconded by Mr Wallace,, it was resolved that the time allowed for reading any- bock be three weeks, ' any keeping a boob, longer to be fined' Id for each day over The following were elected thecommittee—Messrs Burn, Wallace,. McLean, and Talbot. The committee met at the close of the meeting and elected Mr Burn chairman, and jVlr Wallace secretary and treasurer. -

BATTLESHIP NEW ZEALAND FUND. A pubKc meeting convened by the Mayor was held in the Borough Council Chambers, Temuka, on Wednesday evening, to consider what 'steps should be taken in connection with the Battleship New Zealand Fund. The attendance was very meagre, His Worship the Mayor, Messrs H. Lee, A. Frew, T. King, D. Mclnnes and Mesdames Buxton' and Lee being; present. ' The? Mayor ..briefly explained the object, of the meeting. As the attendance Was so very small he asked: whether it- was worth while going on. - Mr King suggested that the ..public should be asked to give their subscriptions through the school children. Mr H. Lee asked whether the Borough Council could not give a grant to the fund. The Mayor said at the last meeting of the Council the members decided not to do this. Mr Frew thought it a pity that the public looked'on the subject with so much apathy. He thought it a very graceful tiling on the part of the Imperial authorities to name a ship after the colony. Butunder the circumstances he saw very little good in continuing the meeting.' The chairman said that if this meeting-desired he would wait on the School Committee and tell them it- was the wish of this meeting that- the children should act- as collectors, the children giving "a penny and the adults a shilling. He understood that the chairman of the present committee and- the staff were favourable to this-course. Mr Lee thought "it only right that it should go forth how littleinterest had been shown by, the public rathe matter. After some conversation the suggestion that the school children should act as . collectors ' was adopted, and the meeting 1 terminated. A POPULAR LECTURE.

The Rev. A. E. Hunt gave a lantern lecture on mission '-work in New Guinea in the. Assembly Rooms last evening, in aid of the general funds of the' Congregational Church. There was a very fair audience a very good audience for a Timaru- lecture, was remarked by the Mayor, wjio presided and said a few introductory words. A large number of v good photographic pictures, illustrative of the different types of natives, costumes and customs, were passed through the lantern by Mr Davies, while Mr Hunt gave an explanatory lecture from Hie stage. It was practically a repetition of one lie gave some time ago. It is well wcr.li "rehearing for the lesson it conveys of the value of Christian civilising influences upon the savage races, affecting their countenances even. as well as- their habits of life. Mr Hunt, in speaking of the industry of the Eastern .New Guinea natives x — : aa savages they are manufacturers and dealers in pottery—nientioned that a company has been formed in England with :ii capital of £50,000, called the Papuan Native Industries Company, to take advantage of this characteristic of industry, for the benefit of both, the shareholders and the natives. The mission school combines technical education with the " four R's," and is turning out handy carpenters and boat- ._ builders, and excellent best of the latter Mr Hunt declared are quite as clever in housekeeping duties ns any young ladies in Timam. Due respect was paid by-mention and description, to th«»heroes of the New Guinea mission field, white and brown. The net. result of the lecture was probably, in the'mind of most nf those who were present; that the New Guiirea natives, at all events the natives of the south-east, when cleansed of dirt and superstition and savage habits of life, are a very decent sort of people, well worth the cleansing. A vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed by the Mayor, and Mr Hunt proposed a ysimilar vote to"Mr Davies for - managing the lantern. The Mayor,' in proposing his vote, suggested that it would be a very good thing for the children of the Main School to hear so instructive and interesting a lecture..i The hist slide used was the New Guinea " Good-night"—" Umai eboumni ba - mahuta," which being interpreted is "Msy you all go to fllMjp."

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEr',n- MENTS. ; 5 ■■ . Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative' Asso-; ciation— Stock.sale at Washdyke on: Tuesday. " National Mortgage and Agency Oo.— Point stock sale'' tin Monday, next. Theatre Ttoyal—" For England's Glory," on Tuesday next. D. Mahoney—-Farms, town sections and house, hotels, etc., for sale. J. Ballantyne and; : Co:—Something that will interest those who make their own dresses. ' : .

T. and J. Thomson—School jerseys, sweaters, singlets, shirts,, hose, etc. rr John Ford—Notice to apply to Waimate County Council re gate. Wesley an Church—The services for Sunday next, 24th inst. _ ; C. E. Donaldson—Has sample guns on sale at fabulous prices. S. C. Acclimatisation Society—Warning not to disturb imported ducks. ' J. Muir—Has lost collie dog, post information.

Chestnut mare astray—Apply' at Levels Estate. -' .

Mackenzie County Council—Calls tenders for supply of chaff. . St. John Ambulance Association—Fairiie branch meets on Monday. - J. G. Cowan—Has secured Mr Lincoln'* services for tailoring. - Wanteds—l ( ive