TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12868, 2 January 1906, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

The "local" trains leave Timaru :hw evening—For Ashburton at 5.20, p.m.; jor Fairlie at 5.55 p.m.; for Oamaru at aos p.m. Two parcels of land in South Canterbury under the l.i.p. system are to lie open for application at Timaru and Christcfcurch to-morrow. If necessary a ballot will be held at Christchurcli. One lot is a le-acrc in Momn, rent 15s per kit rear: the -other 1J acres in Cave 7a 6d per half year.

Ttiarfc appialeu to A ia'tigd Aajfltuat M i moisture in the upper air yesterrlav : i caused reasonable fears that rain vouklii spoil tie afternoon's Vports. FcHn< - c'V i no rain fell till afttr sir o'clock, w » } n very slight rbovrers at isttrrahs Ufc ' 10 P-m. Visitors to the Oafnarn iprtit* »■ lported that ther bed Mverat dm/luig 1 showers dating the afternoon and .1 lieirr j downpour at 5 p.m. On the oibfr hard they had no wind to speak of treie. All the local trains coming into Tnnam yesterday morning were of " cwn|wiv]ic character, but the one from Oanaru was? the moit mixed. To the ordiuajy strain of more than one kind of passenger car! were added large covered trucks and s*«nie! low-sided uncovered ones, seated. Those were all full, and to pick up 3 be i l?st few itcores of (mtagtni same c<w»d«! vans were requisitioned, and the lrdi-<Wi! doorways of these, at all eveau, wen inii. There were 27 vehicles carrying |os«E;tr!'. I oucteen vehicles, probably "of larger aver- i age capacity, took the jK-ople home again, i The Waitald High School Board of Governor has decided to open a. prepjritonr scuool in connection with the Bovv Hirh SchooL It ha* been found that Viace jji;i introduction of tie regulations granting free I FCcondaiy education, the average stav at ills school has become considerably shorter, and the preparatory schaol is being Parted in order to enable the school 10 take bur* who have not passed the Fifth Stansiani. : pwvides that no portwn «f tie; endowment of a high schoal may bt applied to the instruction of these r«ung*r j pupihs, who most be taught in a ieparatc class-room, but the boawi feels amuerl of < the xuccess of the departure. 1 Touching the vicissitudes of tie trave". j ling pubbc coming to ■Dnnedia, Saturdays] Star says that the case of a new'jv- i married couple who started fan the Srmil, j on their honeymoon trip is most distiettfog. ] and robs their case of 3 lot of be-milfnl i sentiment incidental to the commencement i of a new life under the auspices of Hrmen. | The young couple were so full of iLear new- ' born happinen that they quite loigot to J telegraph for hoi el accommodation. Owinc 1 to the coined Mate of tie dte ju*, mS tney found it impossible to get a n!ace j wherein to lay their beads. The poor, forlorn young people might be mn trudging am m ami round the town at one odoefci m the morning still in search of the nuptial: chamber, but alt m vain. There was a. trunfudoos uuwd on 12:6 railway statioD la.tt cveouog when tic u^rtbj' «pres» came in, probably as big as anv'l crowd that ever gathered there. If woafd go very much acainxt the grain to keep non-passengers off the platform, but that 1 course really ought to be followed at ; tunee. To move in such a crush it uncomfortable at any time; but undtr ho!i-1 day circumstances, when a good proiwnicn "f the crowd are at least a little licit! Beaded, the passage becomes a trying "or- a « • t > Dots people last tveniits | their heads and crushed violently through ] the crowd without the slightest vonvidera- i -ii 0n -? r an< l 't "would have pane | ill with a child or feeble person canght in I the rush. Tlierc was a great exr»<iu v <.f J passengers by the train, and tie d««« of which it was composed weie ftaeiifd. j ■ Two engines had to be' used to disw it- 3

Official notice* are advertised t3u» am ing: Ibj lie ihdaapt County- clerk, ra dog tax collection; fcy the Um ObßD^; rc statntonr weekly Lalf holiday. As jko many people vho www Mated «< libe new graod stand at tie CaHedfiniuaCame* yesterday complained of die oo3d the wralfceriy gaße, it may be «| interest and aaristanoe to the *»dety to publish «. »ngg««tian wbicb una* nude to a< member of our *taff yesterday. The urandl yci4«rday entered at ibe #o«tbcra «nd, wasdeflected by lbs wertern wall, and ftmol „- tl final <mtHet over the bead* of ibe *pecla4«r*. Hie *up;gwli<m is that a wing be |?»: <>a line .wantktrrn ead of lie mew «taad, liag from the mof carve sod •nx-ll inlo the lavro. la line, of ooorfe, with, the end of the prexeat building. The idea is an cttnUtali ooe, and etrald be earned into effect at a mall cosL -Many people at the Caledonian sports jtstertoy derived not a little fan from ui g to themselves to pronounce, or to make ibeir friends prwoonnoe "Sean tiittbUas,"' found in 'the programme. The word* ■are capable of agreat variety of pronunciations by n»n -HagMaadets, all of then* v-ixjjjg, and a definite xtandaid would be w doome. Even the spelling varies gnestJy.. * In tine programme of last nighfa concert) an effort. was apparently made to wimily standard. The daaoe was dencnbeJ ag *' OsactiieoKe,"' and given a Frcacls p:o----uuaciatitta, thin profoaJbJy comes a* near the Gaelic a* a co3opial*may dare. Tiie trouble is Jiiat pjobablv everyone cannot pronounce ~ckantinense*' properly either* The ordlinajy jDttntWv meeting of *t!hy I'leasaat- Point District ffigb School Oaa»mitleD was held on Saturday evening Jaast. Pjcfieat—Mckpj'h -1. M&ae Sanxidej*. Leitci, Dt nble and McKibbin. Tfce headmasters rejwai showed afoul tie -atteadaccc of scholar* bad kept op till dosed, and tie average for the- »ew»ndjay classes* for- ibe-year/sraus 22, aai^tofr^itibeprimary school 145. A statement- of accounts for piiaes was aim added, and sum of £ls 6s Sd, balance of ** ooncett and school picnic, was handed orw to tie Committee. Accounts lor £l2 17s lOd were passed fox payment. It mw decided to topdvess the aiphalt dsicng: &s holidays, and aim to .put lie fescos ia order.

A very obstinate horse earned some Sn« oonvenienoe near the Caledonian groa&dr jesterdiy afternoon. He m one oS *T" pair harnessed t» an which "raw £ lying for passengers, and by 5 o'dlock e seeded to consider that be had dose enough trork for one day.. Tbactoe be jibbed, and all the niteii know* to fit-., driver and an interested crowd of spectators failed to make him badge. Finally; a man tried hitting him behind the knee*, and tie baj*e then showed fight, Ktiog: Jiavagely at his toraieotor, and going decs' on the ground lo abetter his legs. SmSdedv, for no apparent itann, he "seed up" and one or hro dismounted cy<sistii hsS diificnlsy in getting their maachiow vat of tl;e read in time. To caae any Sdnd.wf headache in twenty myites take Steams" Headache Care. Give* jji.»st3ve leHrf and leave* the head ~clear <8« a bel- 2Tt> bad effects, no marootiQ, Smogs.—lAdrLJ Note this fact! Watche* tbowmghJy cleaned and examined ss; mainspring, otafe. quality, 4s 6d; twelve months* gasranSeeu, C. Warbnrton, the people'* matchmaker,, next T. and J. Thomson, draptrt.— Tn the great cycling match at Cfaristchnich on Tuesday M. Ran drop cas3v dt* levied Sntberlandl by winning the Three' Mile and 0»e Mile eraflts, The lire 3©* was not run.—(Adv..) Hunger is a Gk»>i Saute.—-When yon <J»am »i jvc bauser a* a *Mi©e for your food,, trv Chamberlain's Stomach and Lzmr

Tude*.*. T&sey and anvigorale lie st Ji uad girc a for Hie food, a* r>'» 03-her pxtparalacm can. They am e«- lake, pleasant in effect and 1 are jo-T. tai. r»a need. For «ale br J. C. O - ' < ■*jm»of o* lie ptuJdia"* in tie pwiil «i. T-J-e Zenl-m<3ia Cbnntmon meat sbowr * «3eraMy mailed 3»y lie ecceclaic conduct of "jovains ptarius. 1 " Xercrtl»lw, ;bs verdict of libs mmp wrbo bwrawif 4 ■ ■''.•s'flenli? jjbat ©uawon .was, lia*-

| n T pproachiag it iba# been men la 1 T Hears pa*t; for <qna3»r, Tandy, j"* ' f* n tur naent it »t»bC3 be hard | to T. McWbirter and Sons beg to iiiat 3nr Xcwt Year a similar exi <v.->"lh4 vsiaerr of quality will i be fij.-vne-—rhojee «cx beef, from *' Cotnp- | tuicii w«lj»r a v.tlfln a»d ddidej* i L-u'j fi-nm l-i.e best iktiieiiijjg pastimes in ! Ssw.th Cajnterbair. Included ia our varieS ] au'3 < rtccsire jjaaE gondii display. *2l i be a. rcpressmfcalirc Sooli hh of I Ai,il Lairg Syae.—:(Advt4 Chronic Gwafrtipalian Co3*4.~Fiwd. G3-, Juts. Kwj., Wmlgdt, X.S.W.. writes—"For : _ i had been a «aff«er foam chronic i tw,>?jjviti«j doe to tar wedcotaay oocupaI tutw- i I sect for «, free sample of l3i.jTO«ctlaia*(| sl«nch ami Uvcr TiHets, nnr: ?.he rcsulta wers *»* that ' TT' ' r ?i f i* l ™ a dozen bottles. I j i ' 'Wets Jiarc ceitaioJy d»ne me a great deal nf for when I firrt began <*»• o>?e them I bad io tairc foar Tablets Swioe l a wcefc to prodocfc tlie defcired effect, bulb Jffl wder." For n a 3« for J. C Oddjc.—'Advt..!) Malic hay while the *un shine* wil3i ai : jrVS"** Ralje—M«rr<.w. Basedt m* ■ Co.. Chnstcborch.—(AnJrt.) i Cnviinn!—Persons wlea travelling shonJd' , tttJvtM cars in Iho <.>f diinlcinir water, i As a safeguard it is or£«d that etwr ■ r^ c^, cnre a boW3e « f CiambertMuV : Cholera and Diarrhoea Eemedv- be- ! & ?* be cajrTiod * *b* i . Jvspge- This mar parent «Jig- , Sk l n2 wcJfocKs and aßßoriiiir delav.. Pfor J Kr J. C. Oddie.-(Advt* 1 In a day « r tw-c» *t3 3 -i pacJanif awiar | bat- before doing *» jaa offer <rf a substantial rcdtictioa in pdce. Tj f It** w have io |i»aic'3i awar lie better | XToreoven Wv* bad a . ffood ! So«If T W ri l?JT - r makc ih * iew ijL c j «J Va *t. K 3.'"nje ornaiiMaat*, .. i i,®! , E w " . 8(i cac3j -* l-"'ra* china fnsit -PK : ls eac J l - »o*r B<3: rase# 84. 3d, l \ *** 6d " 7d - B <3- 94 cadi; floww-• chuaa. wei« 2* 6dL 3 S 3. ijj e_ irki* i*- ** 9<3 - 3 * 9(3 -• Lfs ■ & 6d, 3*. 4«, uovr I, 3<J . V 3* «»d, ; ; ' Is' ll si i h o S r <y . dl: n ' efcai • iII ? d 'n?' 2 " to **■&' H h>, h each : fsscj baskets Ik 3k , A*-H 28 eacL - c ««- as: I*. 1* 5<L IS <W each; ban<3-p.-,5ni c ,3 ri!3t Jaan. -n-«r« 'o E " ,,r 4d <>nr ' L: l™.rob<x> tabk*, 8* U. 1% 6,1. 12s 6,2. 16s M m OW os 7« 6fJ. 9K |2K <*C3J; 6<r. 3P« 6(3. ahw 6i 3 . 3s 6,1. 4* fid. Ss 61 ca.ch, nfl.v I? 9-1; ?«; 3* fia. 4k 3d -achr all ; mv.« f»,j. 3,3. J* w lu Btiw 4d. 6d. 81" c."icli i all 1«v« 1« 611. cich, now Is, Is 5,3 <w!-.—l'<«T!rf!sc*s lirjijicrr Enlablifij' ! wesil.--?-\dvtj Ii» rim.—Wbea jr*n »♦& for 31 bottle of R«iuf!:!.v. re' tbe «s««3er to JNC3I ■ .tibw m He firm in y»nr coars«,i..fj t>V«» is nothing m good. 'Thin mc-ii.-j-ii' hw Kt's-lc-j ju "tlte tbtMt •!?<' <"-i-fcs of trxanm, «w3ic anik Jiarrh-1":. j -"v3 hns mver b«o Liio w n torass. F"- * -.ile 3jt J. C. Oudie—jfAdvL)

; Overhear & in the crowd at yesterday' sports :—-An . old' farmer was condemnin eysteni qf education, which 1) regarded as useless because none of hi miMmini family, each of whom had passe the sixth standard, could work out th . length of rope required to tether a co\ in order that she might graze over an acr ■ of -ground.. Ati attempt at a fight attracted a crowi near the Club comer at 6 o'clock last even ing, .and the barbarism still innate in th race displayed itself is a manifest dear on tie part of the majority to see th scrap go on. Friends of the qnarrelsomi pair, with a greater sense of responibility separated them, amidst; laughter -by thi crowd that was painful to thoughtful by •standers. » A- serious street riot occurred in Auck land on Saturday night A. quarrel abeu payment for a meal between a customei and r 'a- Waiter : " at ; the Zealandia. Dining Hooms, led t6 blows, and a crowd collect f' ig, a number of young fellows took i and : in it, and smashed the windows oi . the dining rooms wita stores. Five young men were arrested and the crowd followed the police to the station, and again begai •throwing stones,' but were driven off by »turning a hose on them. Yesterday morn- ; ing the "five men were brought before the ■ Police? Court, charged with , offences pTeceding' or connected with the disturbance. . -'Several---of them had black , eyes. The -cases were remanded , till next Monday, bail being allowed in each case. Something iril the nature of a ■curiosity was seen on the sports ground yesterday. This was the Highland costume worn by Mr J. Maclean A Dun, every item of which, except the cap, .was of colonial production. As long ago as: 1882 a Christchurch Caledonian Society proposed to send Home for materials .for a -uniform. Mr Dun persuaded ithem to get the materials in the coloDy, and this; was done. The Kaiapoi Woollen, Company wove a fine Maclean tartan, and a suitable cloth for a jacket, a Christchurcli silversmith made the silver - ornaments, and a Christchurch woman knitted, .the stockings. Mr Dun's cloth jacket looks- the worse for age, but the kiit and plaid and stockings have preserved their colours and finish wonderfully 2To one would suspect that they are more than 20 years old and have been worn at innumerable'gatherings. MR GEO. STEPHENSON'S ENGLISH MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY. This popular combination, after an absence of 12 months, will renew acquaintance wuli local playgoers at- the Theatre Royal on Monday night.'' Since last seen here it •has • been • coiisiderably augmented, while the pensoxiiel has been slight'y altered. All the old favourites are still with the company, a .new comer in the person of Mr Harold -.Reeves v.-iii fee,., inticdueed, while such;, old friends as Miss Roland WattsPhillips, Miss Alice Pollard, and Mr Charles Albert will be seen here for the first time with this combination. The opening attraction will be the first production in Timaru of "an entirely original musical extravaganza, entitled "Bill Adams, the 'Ero.of Waterloo." This piece is built-on the same lines -as. modern- musical comedy, with, itis claimed, music up to comic opera- standard. As'the story ,is laid during the Napoleonic period, there is ample scope for -military spectacle,. and; judging by ; contemporary. criticism', Mf- Stephenson takes full' advantage of the opportunity. A feature of the performance: •■will' ; be the number of and novel .ballets' viiitroduceod by. the '|&jnous " Rgse " j>a]lerine; On Tuesday night tfee- attractions wfll be the famous jnwical comedy "The Skirt Dgncer," which stsgod here. It will a piece, as nearly all the. mneical; nuafcers, daucss, ballets, etc., will be rendered here for thetfirsfc time. The box plan will be opened at the Dresden on-Friday .morning'. ,'T : i 6F Advertise- . » ; MENTS. - Mackftlizie County Council—Notice re <fog tax. ■• /Levels County.Council—Notice re weekly half T holiday. Theatre Royal—Programme for this evening, .. - ' .. J. Mundell—Stock for sale at St-. Andrews. • T. and' J. Thomson—New price list. Kernohan,. McCahon and Co.—Notice re teas/ ... F. J. Dunn—rHas« new: stock of wedding presents. N Lost—Gold bangle. , . W. Greig—Has 60 ; ; acres of land to'let at Point. !■;■;• .; W. Miller—Supplies all proceries. Lost—Gold bangle. Doyle—Stocks fresh fish and poultry. Funeral notice—Of late Thomas Ley. Wanteds—Baker's driver ; general servant.