TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12634, 22 March 1905, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

- Two million trees, chiefly pines, which have been sown on pumice ground at Waiotapu State nursery, are reported to be thriving well. Shrubb and Duffey, and the Australian visitors received a public welcome from the MayOr of Wellington yesterday morning or. their arrival from the south. Mr J. G. Stevens announces himself as a candidate for Wellington at the by-election. He stands in the Liberal-Labour interest, and is a prominent member- of the Working Men's Club. ; We were misinformed- as to the ownership of the motor car which took fire on •Melville Hill on Sunday night. It was not Mr Wigley's, as stated in a paragraph yesterday, but Mr Hearn's. Mr Moss Jonas advertises that he .will 'hold a sale of valuable household furniture, etc., at his rooms, George street, on Mon- : day next, also a sale of building material at' Shaw's* paddock: on Saturday. ; ' The Bdrbtigh Council of Masterton has decided to-borrow' £4OOO to establish' an abattoir." Tlie interest limit is 5 per cent.,, and a sinking fund of £4O a year is;to be provided. ..,/, Yesterday Captain Edwin advised as follows :—"Strong winds to gale from between north-east and north and west, after 12 hours from now, glass fall'.soon, tides high, sea heavy on the coast, rain probable." The Government have decided to guarantee Id net return per lb oh ishipments of apples to London this season. The grading and shipping must be done under the supervision of the Agricultural Department; all other arrangements are to be made by shippers. . \; The receiving clerk for Keith, Ramsay and Co., Dunedin; found three hearth rugs, and a door-mat, weighted, with six feet of tramway material, under the Rattray street wharf in the vicinity of No. 2 shed. The goods are believed to be associated with the police scandal now under investigation. .':..■• The blight which has ■ recently attacked the potato crops in the Hutt district has snread to the tomatoes, and ruined the bulk ol the crop. The Agricultural Department recommends that plants which show signs of the disease should be immediately pulled up and burned, and that spraying should be resorted to. in cases'where the blight has not yet made its appearance.

"The patients can't be very sick if they get away with so ''much butter," was the remark of a- member of the Hospital Board vesterday, on- totting up the 10's and 40's of pounds of butter charged for the month. Yesterday was one of the hottest days of this season:' There was a good deal of mois-* ture in ihe'air,.and in the morning a thick fog prevailed. : - - ' ■ v - i '- Reports presented to ; the Napier Harbour Board at yesterday's meeting show that last week's storm .did damage' to the various works, and will necessitate an expend diture "of £700; At the breakwater proper, however, the damage was on"y a trifle over £2OO, 'and this was done to the new concrete, work which had not had time to proper'y set. The biennial communication of the Grand Lodge of the independent Order of Oddfellows of .New Zealand, American constitution, opened at Wellington yesterday. The secretary's annual report stated that the funds had increased during the year by £1294. One new lodge had been opened since last report, making forty-one lodges, with a total membership of 3227, a jgain during the year of 215. The total assets at the end of 1904 were £32,404. At the Women's Christian Temperance Union at Wanganui yesterday, the election of New Zealand officers resulted as follows :—President, Mrs Atkinson (Wellington); corresponding secretary, Miss N. Powell; recording secretary.' Miss Bell (Dunedin); treasurer. Mrs Hill (Napier); vice-president, Mrs Schnackenberg land); editor and business manager of the "White Ribbon," Miss L. Smith.- It was decided to accept the invitation sent by the Christchurch District Union and hold the 1906 convention in that city. Mr Macandrew, district railway engineer, accompanied by inspectors of permanent way, journeyed by special train as far as Temuka yesterday afternoon making an examination of the condition of the track and bridges. While'at Temuka Mr Macandrew saw the Mayor (Mr Buxton) re the proposed station, the plans for which have been prepared and the timber ordered. The district engineer made it understood that the work" would be proceeded-with at once if no objection were offered- to the erection of the building near the present site, and on the ■same side of the line. Mr Buxton considers it is better to have the station built on. the position chosen by the Department than to object and then probably have to wait for another two or three years.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Timaru Lodge, U.A.0.D., was held in the Foresters' Hall last evening. There was a fair attendance of officers and members, and correspondence of a routine nature was dealt with. Sick pay to the . amount, of £6 16s 8d was passed for payment. Tha office of Y.A.B. having -become vacant, Bro. F. C. Watson was unanimously elected to the position, and was afterwards installed by D.P., Bro. S. Robinson. The lodge's delegates to the United. Friendly Societies picnic committee reported that the picnic had turned out a. success, but the actual' financial position could not be ascertained until the refund has been obtained from the. Railway Department. One member was initiated into the order, and one proposed. The lodge wa6 closed at 9.15 p.m. by the Acting A.D., Bro. E. Muchmore. . .. . ■

Apropos to the discussion which took place at the Hospital Board yesterday on the prevalence of consumption, may be quoted from the "Gazette" of the 16th inst. some figures from the official bills of mortality of the four chief cities arid their suburbs for 1904. Of all the 180 odd causes of death which are classified, the most destructive was heart disease, which caused 189 deaths, and next to this a.nd close up was phthisis', responsible for 188 deaths. (Other tubercular diseases killed 65.) Cancer comes next with 184, . pneumonia next with 131, then old age, 119. Scarlet fever is low down in the comparison of numbers, only 4 deaths being caused by this disease last year in .the four cities; and only 10 by diphtheria, the other disease for which the South Canterbury Board are making special provision. The return tennis match, Winchester v. Kakahu, was played at Winchester Domain on Saturday, when Kakahu proved victorious by 84 games to 68 games. The afternoon was beautifully, fine, and there was a large gathering to witness the play. Afternoon tea was provided by the ladies.of the Winchester Club. The following are the scores :—Singles.—Miss M.,Bisset (Kakahu) 5, v. Mrs Firman (Winchester) 6; Miss G. Bisset 4, v. Miss Aimers 6; Miss. DeRenzy 6, v. Miss Dick 3; Miss E. Bissett 6, v Miss Opie 1; K. Taylor 6, v. A. Macaulay 1; Williams 3, v. W. J. Moore 6; Dan, McCaskill 6, v. J. Deßenzy 4; R. H. Bisset 0, v. W. I. Moore 6. Doubles.— Misses M. and G. Bisset (Kakahu) 7,. v. Mrs Firman and Miss Aimers (Winchester) 4; Misses Deßenzy and K. Bisset 7, v. Misses Opie and Dick 1; Taylor and Williams 7, Macaulay and Moore 5; Bisset and McCaskill 3, v. Deßenzy and Moore 7; Miss M. Bisset and Taylor 7, v. Mrs Firman and-Macaulay 2; Miss G. Bisset and Williams 7, v. Miss Aimers and Moore 6; Miss E. Bisset land Bisset 3, v. Miss Opie and Deßenzy 7; Miss Deßenzy and. McCaskiH7, w Miss Dick and Deßenzy 3, Totals—Kakahu, 84 * Winchester, 68.

Parents "and ftaends - are cordially invited - ■ to attend the Timaru Boys' High School) sports at the Athletic Grounds on Fridaynext. Should (the weather Be fine, a very good afternoon's sport should be witnessed. At the Temuka Magistrate's Court yesterday before Mr J. Mc S. Gentlemdn, J.P., a man named Wright, of Christchurch, was fined 20s and 2s cab hire for ' being drunk at the Temuka railway station. Members of the Timaru Football Club are reminded of the meeting to be held in , the Royal Hotel at 8 o'clock to-night to discuss the formation of a.Saturday.team. The Club has several members whose halfholiday falls on a Saturday, and should sufficient inducement offer, every effort will, be made to form'a Saturday, team for the convenience and the general benefit of tho Club. ,'-" i-, ; ra-■;..*•:-.. Mr Tasker,,pf. |Hardy fishing taek"e fame, has added another; branch' to his a'ready fastly-improving business, viz., golf.materials. All have, been spe'cinlly selected at • Home as a sample order, by one of the best players in Canterbury; and as golf has taken, a 'strong hold in Timaru, the new-goods should meet a long-felt want. As the season opens oir Thursday next, all in want of a first-clqss set of clubs should pay Mr Taskcr an (early call. At last .meeting of the Canterbury Land Board, the' Commissioner of Crown Lands reported tho result of the-, auction sa'e of pastoral run No. 41, Mount Nimrod Station, held at Timaru on the 14th inst..,, ; It was resolved, after discussion of the.evi-.. ~. denco submitted by the. .Commissioner as. to the carrying capacity of this run, and"" the run already held by Mr Jones',' that;, :h*;-;. be deemed to be legally qualified to hold both runs, and the sale to him was accordingly confirmed. .' '•' A practical experiment in the efficacy of ventilation by means of open, windows was afforded at the Barnardo concert in the Barnard street hall last night. The hall has two good sized windows on each side and both the upper sashes were let down to the" full extent. These seemed to pro-vide-a considerable amount of : cothmuhica--tion with the outer, air, nevertheless'in the warm arid breezeless evening : the atmos--. phere of the crowcled'halT was stifling. There was no reason why the hot air should •to put on one side rather than the other; >nd the consequence was that it stayed in <iie hall. Under flie circumstances tlie : open window ventilation was a complete failure. The Hospital Board has not yet received . my official intimation that the Stipendiary Magistrate has made an allocation of the Contributions to be paid' by local bodies . "or the infectious diseases hospital 'at Timaru, and the Board yesterday requested Dr Finch to inquire of the.. Department'.if 'hey have received the award. Dr Finch suggested that the; architect should be in- ' structed to" prepare complete plans and ; specifications—he'had only sketch plans- so farr—and he would r arrange to confer with I him about them. A little conversation took ■"lace about the cost,'and Dr Finch said' he understood that Mr Turnbull \vas to try to produce a plan' with a limit of £2OOO. It was decided to hold a special meeting of the Board on the 31st inst., to receive 'the if ready, and to take stopv toi collect contributions from the local "bodies. Of course all drapers keep, a stopk ; of lace curtains, but rarely gp. to the trouble of drawing special.,attention to them,- 3'e.t.iri this instance there is weighty'reason why-a-':, tine of Nottinghami lace*curtains shbu?d r .bjß-' .... mentioned in' the. hearing of every house-' holder. "Penrose's have just tp hand a' parr eel of l soo pairs of white and Cream lace■'.-. curtains tljat comprised the whole remains \ of a manufacturer's 'stack...';'As usual the basis of this purcl&se' wa's'-th'e large trade discount thafcraccompanies 'such clearing lots. These curtaihs'* can 'now be offered the public of TimaVu'at "25 per cent to 33 1-3 per cent, reduction off present trade values. White lace curtains 3i yards long,*" ordinary prices 5e 6d, 6s 6d, 8s 6d,95;6d,. - our special prices 3s lid, 4s lid, 5s lid, - 7s 6d: wKite, and cream lace curtains -3 vards lone! ordinary' prices' 3s J.ld, 4b 9d, 6s 6d, 7s 9il, .our special prices 2s lid., 3s 9d, 5s 3d. 6s 3d; white and cream; lace ' i iirtains.-4 yaijds long, ordinary prices 10s 6d, )2s 6d. 15V, 21s, our special prices 7s 9d, 9s 9d, lis 9d, 16s 9d. We have a good ; many low-priced curtains in various lengths at Is lid, 2s'3d, 2s 6d, 2s Sd, 2s lit}, 3s 3d per pair, very suitable for bedroom dows where very, long curtains nre not-re-quired.—Penrose's -Drapery Establishment. "' --(Advt.) ' ,;- • ■'■;". Mr R. Bennell, the Dresden Piano Company's principal: tuner, is at present in "Timaru. Any orderj left at the saloon will have his prompt attention.—(Advt.) The best motor ear ever seen in Timaru • is Scott's steam car. Call at the Speedwell Works and C..W. Wood will give any information abput Royal Knfields, cycles, or motor cars' The largest and bestequipped factory in South Canterbury. Inspection invited.--r-(Advt.) , , ~ The possession of an extraordinary sensitive ear ..aided by other, natural abilities,,, md. years of' constant practice is an absolute essential- in a pianoforte tuner. Begg's hav&' two such tuners in their-em-ploy, resident here always. You need only entrust the care of your piano to thfem to ensure satisfaction and pleasure' to yourself. Begg's ability and capacity to exe- . cute what they undertake is well known; charges moderate and fixed.—-(Advt.) A Safe Medicine.—Mother#6f small/ children need not hesitate to administer Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It contains no .' opiate or narcotic in any form and may be given to a baby with as much confidence as to an adult. It always cures and • cures ' uickly. For sale by J* C. Oddie.—{Advt.) Safe Speculation.—lf. yon have an attack ot rheumatism and Chamberlain's Pain Ba gets you back to work in a few days, will - not pay for itself several times overf There is no need of suffering from rheumat- : isin foi a month or six weeks inenrrihg. the expense of a large doctor's bill, when a few applications of this liniment, casting "but a small amcont, will.cure.you.:*. For sale br J. C. Oddie—(Advt.) , , Chamberlain's Pain Balm.—- This is ,V liniment, remarkable for its great power . over pain. .Iti .quipkly allay* the excruciating pains of rheumatism and makes sleep and rest possible.! For'Tßale' by J. C. CMdie.—(Advt.) \ v--':-'-It is with regret that we have to announce the closing:week' ! 6f "Gabites' great - sale, i which -has [been, without doubt the' . meet, successful -.ever ' lieUJ by this firm. ~;.,,' the- prices <. qimtefl 'for goods during the .< earlier, part *>f the Bale axe to Be ■- reduced for th*,.last jWeek. (Advt.) ' "LA MASCOTTE.". Lovers -of rcomie- opera and patrons of local art are to be given" another • opportunity this evening to hear the Timaru Operatic Society's production of "La Mas-, cotte," which was so successfully performed last.New Year. : .The ; cast for the principal characters is the saihe as before"'aild' ' the chorus.js practically' the ' samel :Mr'■-' Munro will again act as'conductor, Mr H. • S. Moore as stage manager, and Mr J. H. '" ; Coombs leads the orchestra. The com- •. pany have been rehearsing industriously of late, and last night-a' full ogress rehearsal Y was held. The experience- gained in the "■''■'" I former productions of the''opera, and the '.. work done in..the recent rehearsals'should ensure" a-first rate performance this' even-'•"• ing, and as this is to be the final perform- -'\ ance there should be <a full house to enjoy it. The Timaru Rowing Club", the* Garrison . Band, the committee of the Mechanics' Institute, have promised their patronage; and. the public generally will doubtless ,shdw their appreciation of the efforts of the local society to pleaseand amuse them by filling the Theatre as at the first night's, perform-/ , ance.

EDUCATION IN AMERICA. Reporting to the Wanganui Education Board on Monday on his recent visit to the United- States and Canada in connection with the- cause of education; CKief Inspec? tor Gray says:—"All along elementary, rhigh, evening and technical schools- aria training' colleges foi* teachers we have much to learn, especially in the matter of training teachers and the equipment "^ of manual, training and technical schools. The whole American system is permeated with the idea that .the"'highest form of mental; training is obtainable only in conjunction! with manual training: The pupil teacher system is unknown in America, the supply of teachers coming" from well-equipped training colleges,, to which only scholars who have" graduated with-credit from the high schools are admitted." 1 Reference, was made to a visit paid to the McDonald Consolidated Rural School, near Toronto, towhich children froiri a' distance of three to six miles are conveyed daily in'vans.' One ■school of 150 takes the place of about four small schools. The inspector says:—"The sooner we become alive to the great advantage given by this substitute for our numerous small schools', the,better, for-education in our country districts.''' As emphasising* the necessity; for; advertising New Zealand in America, says that in some parts surprise was-manifested at. the sight of a white man who was actually raised in New Zealand. A remark made to -him by the representative of a large school-supply manufacturing establishment in l Philadelphia illustrates the prevalent misconception about our enlightened and highly xiyilised corner of the world. The inspector *. imfr (rested that occasionally the firm received orders from New Zealand. He replied, "I guess we occasionally sell stuff to Americam missionaries who go down there to work among the natives. The inspector adds that he dare not say this ignorance was typical, though all too common. • Our polltics and laws are the cause of a great deal of discussion among Americans, who take arbwn. interest in our -welfare :■-■:

SYNOPSIS OF ADyERTISE^ Guinness and LeGrete—Monster sale of for* on Saturday. "- ■' _ r _ - Canterbury Farmers 1 . Co-operative Association—Stock sale at Studhohne on Friday, clearing sale on, 30th hist. - .. _ ~ New Zealand Loan .and Mercantile Agency Company —Paint'-sale .on Waahdyke on Tuesday, Srudholme oft Fri-i dayv • Moss Jonas—Sale of building materials on Saturday, furniture on Monday. ■ Justices of the Peaee—Meeting at Court- j bouse on ?th ApriL" { H. H. Webb—Properties for sale on easy v terms. •*' *. Francis Tosker—Has- up-to-date stock of golf requisitesCommissioner of Crown Lands—Sections in Arowfcenua for sale. •}'.-- :^ Penrose's Drapery Establishment—Dra- * perr parcel, lost. ■•■ ■~ \ QohUbangte lost—Reward on "return to that' office. .'. " . ~!"■ Office junior wanted—(in. writing). Theatre Royal—Farewell performance of "La Mascotte" to-night." Allan and LeCren—Have house to let. Trmaru Golf Club—Call tenders for golf house. T. K. Cockburn—Business notice as land and estate agent. Timaru Boys' High "School—Annual ■port* on Saturday. Autumn jackets—Details by C.F.OA. drapery . department.. I.C. Oddie—The'best tooth wash. Wanteds—Seven rJotrceS. '"!•■■•-'