TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12897, 7 February 1906, Page 5

TOWN & COUNTRY.

s At 12.50. p.m. yesterdays Captain :v 'Ed- : | win advised .as follows :—"Moderate to , (Strong westerlywinds,, glass, rise, v tides. \ good, '*&a'-~ r: probably eoMer." .;'.'•': ' : -'"'"'■''>"""'■ '"':'. " : "'

"K Jwe;-measure people's voices by the way witnesses ; use. theirs in • this 'Court," said Judge .IDennistpn yesterday, "New. Zealanders are the most soft-sppken people, in the %orld." ! v ' " Special at*entiPn : is directejd to Mr Hanson's clearing sale-at Pareora ,to-mor'--iow'. The sale is unreserved as Mr Hanson has sold his feilihongery and is going Home.; It; wall; be cohducted by the K"-M- and .A.'. CJo.F-and 1 should engage the afteßtiOtt of ail -fnterested in. farming. At,; ; a- meetingv-of. the Wesleyan Church 1 Trustees -held?: a. few days ago, it; was decided to proceed at. once with the erection of a "church on Beffield HihV _Waiina r 'taitai. •' Tbe' ; property which is situate at" the corner of; Main North road and Waimataifcai, road, iwas.. purchased A abouti twelve moiitjhs'ago, aiid the. site is considered .an. admirable one 'for'';thW"purpose..."...\ Staid aiid' were the proceedings i throughout, most of c yesterday'-s sitting of ■ the provided during the day.. : pr.,Teevan was feeing asked whather a rounded .pebble jrat-'dnto- "his hands wbuid produce ai jaggedwound if a imah's head:" »He" hardly thought; it-would, ; ; would 'ftdt} er-" pect t it ..to .do : ,so j., ''l'd; likev-itPjKtry \it; on ' .- - - The Teihuka band returned. ;froni'the Nelson carnival-by 'the second- express' yesterday, 1 and though they: did' hbt"%hnex any of the prizes, all had.< a most enjoyable time. But fpr .the,,indisposition, ;of their accompanist,"who I ''was' also :_.playing; in the quartette'and- taKrig !l^e 'tenor' solo in the.-selection,'> the- band feel 'that - they would, have had something to. their, credit, over'the trip". \ ; ..- rs . . ; J. *. ..... ... ?5~.. : The Timaru Amateur Swimming Club' will hold their second grand annual carnival . at, the -century 'Thursday Afternoon,. Ist,b :E-ebruary, at" 2.30 p.m. .. '.The-,Marine,;3?and wiU,:. probably be in atte4a;aiie#'. ''. %11 !T intending competitors' are rfeiniifSed that the' entries for the 50-yards Grand Inter-Club Handicap, ! and the ,200, yards Teams' Bace, close with the secretary.at._9.a.'nL : .pn Saturday nest. , kind-iof. headache-in tweirby minutes .tike,, ..Steai-ns' Headache .- Guxe. Gives positive relief, and .leaves.: the .head; " clear as a" beli:" 'No' bad; effects, no nxrcotic .drugs.-^(Advtv)" ! Most' need bV'erhaxiiiEg, and" refitting -now-.that schooT Mis^ 1 conimencsd ; the greater, the damage, suffered during theholidays.. the. more • costly .^ : the : refitting. ' Make Penrose's outfitting ,shop a .sori: or dry dock! : ' Be'palrs effected" there"'.'J at a minimum cost; r 'Here- is their 'grdde* to charges, for,:.complete dutfit : Bs' - lid boys' all-wool..Timaru- tweed melvil* sirrts, usual-price; 1%,6d,._5a1e price :: .Bs lid. At 10s 6d, boys'; all-wool: Tmiaru -. tweed melviile suits, extra heavy tweed' and goad wearing usual 'price 'l3s 6d, "sale J price 10s. ;6d : .- - At. L4s 6d; boys' 'all-wooi Timaru tweed ..Norfolk • suits.;• -great .wearing Suits, a big cut dowp, usi^al,,price.l93, ; 6d, sale price 14^ <J 6d:' /At 17s boys'' .allwool Timaru tweed 1 Suffolk suits,, superior quality: of tweed, arid 'the iktesfc'style of' suit, great : rednction,: .usual c price 2456 d," sale price 17s-.5d. Abput:„3o: boys' and youths', all-wool Timaru, Oamiiru, and Beslyn twded sac coats/ to be wiped out at the nominal price of 5s each', 'sizes 12, 13, 1-—Penroses Drapers- Establishmeat:— (Advt. 1 ) -..-. ;..,;."; . -.-;,-, - • The man. who says . "there ; is-nothing perfect- on earth " never used a McCormiek. Agent, -Priest -and Holdgate;'.-Timaru.— (Advt.).-- 'y'--v.-^-'. ■•■■:.•.■'..;--■-"•■■ > ";..".. ' f Having .had so many" inquiries, ; as. to wheer. tiey- repair; bicycles, Messrsi "Nalder. and Burnet,:.'Stafford'street; N.,.wish' to' -the cycling.public,thajb theyi;undertake all classes of cycle building and repairing. 'They have, laid .down-.' an, extensive plant' for ■ the express- purpose of doing such.-,work promptly; >■ therefore giving good value to their customers-", They; also undertake.' repairs, to f motor;, cars v -motor, cycles and atl classes of light machinery. —/Advt) v ; ; ;; ; - ■—[ ./;"

Brains arid aft Begg's. The'bfain Creates the musical composition.- Thermachrnery iri/the Apollo ;piano player renders. that composition; perfectly. Plays anything at any /tima by anybody. ' It's.passed .all exams,, with, honours, and-"can'"play'ainy compositiofii ,b<9t-. tar than the'greatest-living'artist can. dov" Trice, £37- 10s.—(Advt.) ;■>. ■■■- ;• Begg's have the latest'piano played. It's a combination of brains and. machinery." •Only half the price of similar machines, and is already driving its competitors from the market. It's named the "Apollo," and is worked by a spring motor, the pedals being used solely for the production of loud and soft effects. The turning over and back of the music is done automatically, i The knob for regulating the Tempo produces its effects instantaneously, and to a marked degree—while the slight, pressure of a button operates the pedals of the piano. A most useful innovation is the ability by the turn of a screw to change 'the key in -which the music is written, and a special feature' is the fact that the pieces of music may be hired, as books are from a. circulating library, not necessarily bought. Thus you may have a repertoire of thousands of pieces of music to select from, -without purchasing. Exhibitions are given daily at Begg's.—(Advt.) No Competition.—The uniform ■ success <»F -Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy in the relief v-v-t'-. cur? of bowel complaints both in children and adults has brought it into almost- universal

so that it is practically without a •j rival, and as everyone wlio ha? used it knows, is -wHhonf-. ' a n equal. Sold-'bf'J. •C. Oddie.—(Advt.)

3ft. G. chase four challenge, shields to be shot for by the' Canterbury branches of the Defence service.. The. Government will subsidise the gift-with a further' £IOO. The Opihi river was in very heavy flood yesterday. The rain in fiie back OtWntry has been heavy .and general tlie ranges, and the 'rivers jrSl be |)%k f«c some dtyfl*

~, Mr Hawkins, ex M.H.R., -was entertained ;at.a social/ate Pahiatua-yon:Monday night, and~p'resented-.wi£ha;phrse; of:sovereigns. A similar presentation : takes place at Woodville io-mgbt: ■ ] : -};P-\ ■';>?•■;•-:'-> At a meeting; virke. Bro;-'Mackay:a^c^cid 1 ti^uv;'the' Cabinet had agreed to of delegates from friendly: to the conference in'Wellington.ln? ■■■Miyv'y-;'''■."'•*. ; The. Ashburton' A:'" arid" Pj Association: has now about 570;. members. The secretary recently sent 0ut"550 circulars appealing for support inline way of enrolling new members, and the result was—seventeen. > .,- •-■;--;. '■?■-- >"-r .-.''■.. •..-■■': '. ■ . ■

With preference to 'the 'paragraph going the rounds of the Press that. Mr Houston, M.H.R., for the JBayiof Islands, is likely to resign on the score of ill-health, the Premier communicated -with Mr Houston, who replied: ■-"- Happy to say that my health is improving. There is no truth in -the statement that I am going to resign. Looking forward to see you at the beginning of the session." .* As showing the enormous of the Public Trust Office business, it may be stated that in the paitiyear ;clpse -on one thousand new estates wefeplaeed-un-der its management, while the record number, of 459 wuls.vof living in 'which the Public Trustee is!;na&ed ; executor was deposited' in--1905;''_ : Foir:■ v month of- January this year sixty 'of such wills were deposited, or at "the.;rate of over- two per -working day^' ~ L "''""' ... i- Mr Stericker's.Tainfall']'Seebfd at ; Sutton" Farm last -month; was, 1.73 inches;/"falling on 12 days'.?- ;'-It j the coldest-:-January "iri rhy experience of Canterbury. ilfGiUingbam. Lambrook, on 15 days,; feayieMSfi:^lpoihts';on° the 23rd. In January, 1905,. .the. fall was 4.45 inches: - Orari-. Gorge; registered *?:81-' heaviest fall was>92'ponlfe r ' : ' - The proposal-* - company tq erect a large :up-toidate h(itel in/the'; vicinity ■of CarohW\Bay^^Takely "Wbei'realisei A; corniriittee meeting have made" "certaiii, and wUI • submit a~ report to a public meeting in] the Borough CounciLChambers te-mof-" row evening. - The committee met last .Saturday*, and-agrefed .-port «&flfe'^del^tanding: Hhit the shares .ars to/ be • fixed;rat,- £j> y , -; : ; i-""' r-y-i-y* ";-'~:''s..

a token of their appreciation of > Mr F>: R.- Evans, ;on-theTOccaSion : "of" his inarJ3age : ;recently, the. Messrs Dalgety and Co.'s Timaru ".decided to make : h'm a suitable * presents; Qttj, .Saturday it was hah'ded^^hhn,^■ ifil^belatedness due to its haying been madeiTo'order. It was a handsome roll-top desk_pf._useful pattern. Mr lion, ,aM>^pke;;briefly / jteem in" which the their_ljunior a^ibtioheer; and "Mr Evans suitably replied.

At Mr Moss Jonas' auction rooms., yesterday theret;iwe|eT' ; submitttedi; twpW sealed Aiaxes .'and one''portmanteau. There was quite.,an interest taken in' these "'curios,' aiid bidding was very .spirited. The boxes brought £2 each and the portmaneatu 21«. ■Directly the sale was over the buyers made tm ■ attack on their .purchases 1 . i: . L and > upon : being . opened there'-- aiid ".then disappointment, for the boxes contained netbing more than a lot of old clothes,, ! boots and opossum skins. ! , ; l The auctioneer's accphht spf:-the contents -was somewhat embarrassing. * i-' - .i.-'.-v-- ','■ -"- ; -i. ■. . On Monday afternoon, .a pleasing-cerer. mony -took place at the Pleasant Point District High School. , Miss. Annie Ma.ze who has icomplefed'-hei? pupil teaeher couks 'and is about to enter ■ithe'Christchurch training. * college, was made the " v receipieiit' of, a beautiful little watch and, a silver-. Backed; hair brash.'-.nMr ••Dalgiish,"' tlie : hfadmaster, made the presentation on be; half- cf the schplarsf'.thfcteachers and" the scliopl -committee, and wished Mise r Maze'every , success inj her.; McKibbin, one of the committee, present -also added a few words. -Miss Maze suitably responded and was heartily cheered by the scholars ; dismissed for • The usu'af "fortnightly meeting of the U.A.O. Druids was r held..J-as^;.,-.evening, Arch Druid Bro. F. W; : 'Halfortt*'rking in :the - chair. _A_ enee was with, including the passing of the funeral claim on behalf of the late Brother R. J. Webster. One candidate was proposed for membership; and one member joined the. Lodge" by ■■ clearance. The committee set up" to~ ehterfaan the •Disti-ict Grand Lodge Officers and representatives to the Grand Lddge meeting reported that everything was very forward. The receipts fpr the- evening were £l9 "l(fe' Bd. The Lodge' was- "closed at : 8:30 p.in. by-the Arch Druidi Bro. Harford. .

I Mr A. M. Gow, of Wellington, who [made.an.ineffective attempt'last'September to recover the bullion' lost in tie wreck of;i-he NElingamite at the: ;Three Kings, is aboufci to start on a second expedition to the wreck. Mr Gow has chaptered- the twin screw tug Pelican at Auckland,, a vessel of .162 tons,- aiid Capable^of eleven knots, with which to attempt the salvage of the bullion. The treasure, amounts to about -£17,320, comprising; £73oo:Jin. sovereigns; £10J00(3 in per, contained in■'''fifty; . Go w's diving-gear Siebe.Gorman up to .t ; hirty^nvelfatho|Ss. Sou'riaingi taken in September gave indjcatioii jot the. bnlat" "a piuch . more favourable; Mr J. W. A. Marchaiit, Surveyor-Gen-eral, who is about- to retire-was appointed to the position of Surveyor-General in succession to Mr S. Percy Smith, at the latter end of 1901. Mr Marchant's connection with the New Zealand Survey Department dates back to the early sixties. In January, 1870, he made, a survey- of the goldfields boundary in Nelson "in connection with the celebrated dispute v between the : miners and land selectors. The same year hs was appointed assistant' inspector of : surveys arid in 1875 he -was appointed' de- : puty inspector of surveys under the ■ Native Land Act. When, the general (Soveriunent took over tlie service of the colony in 1876, he was appointed first gebdescieal surveyor. Three years later he became chief "surveyor of. the Wellington district arid Commissioner of Crown Lands. In 1891 he was transferred' in"" the same capacity to Canterbury-and in 1896 again retained to Wellington still in the same cai.uuities i)ii promotion .and held the position until appointed Survevor-Ger.eral in November 1901. The appointment of his successor has not yet been decided, nor !•/>> the exact d;ite of his retirement been fixed-. THE FLAX TRADE. The increasing demand for New Zealand flax, says a. Wellington paper, is gratofvmg, and, despite the temporary decline in pace, tlieve lias a revival, and" the

high price of £33 per ton now ruling ! may be accepted as a proof of the growing confidence of buyers and a testimony of the fidelity of our official grading. The hemp industry possesses a few characteristics peculiarly it own. No industry pavs so much of its product back to labour in, the shape of wages. Each mill producing about one ton of hemp per oay employs about twenty-four men, asd pays them higher, wages than are : paid for auv other'form of unskilled labour. No producing industry shows such a profit to the grower. Good fla* land yields, three years after the first cutting, about twenty tehs_ to the acre. : To produce this, ho fencing, no tilling, no planting, and no tending is required. . Every three jeaTS the crop is" cut, - and with every cutting the yield improves. - Forty tons to the acre is not uncommon over small areas, •and phenomenal crops in figures dangerous to quote have been recorded in the Manawatu district. Each ton of standing green flax is worth in royalty 12s 6d at the present price of hemp. Each acre of twenty tons, therefore, yields everv three years flax worth £l2 10s, or £4 2s 6d per annum. On a 5 per cent, basis such land should be worth £BO per acre, butthe confidence in the industry is not yet sufficiently restored to find buyers at a higher figure than one-fourth or one-third of this amount. The miller usually pays the royalty and crops the flax himself. The cost of milling is about £lO per ton of hemp, or 22s per ton of flax, so that i the profitable nature of the industry to the miller at present, prices, which * give every evidence -of being maintained can easily be estimated. '■*■ ' ' v "

TEMUKA BOAD BOABD. The monthly meeting of the Temuka Boad Board was held yesterday. Present —Messrs J. Talbot (chairman), G. W. Armitage, A'. Bissett, P. Coira and. W.; Hide. The Geraldine County Gouhcil wrote' requesting the Beard' "tp pay £SO pf the £738 expended pn protective works at the Pleasant Point bridge.—Agreed to. : Consideration of a request for an increase in wages, by the day men in the Board's employ was postponed' until scales of wages of similar, bodies were ascertained. Dr Finch, district health officer, notified the Board that the old buildings at Winchester at one time licensed premises, were dangerous to pub'.ic health. It was decided owner.be given*.;inshuct3ohs. :: ?to: haveffthem removed. - Accounts, amounting to £194- 3s Id, were passed for payment. Tenders were accepted as follows:—1400 yards shingle-on Beach road, Kangitata, S. Webb and Son;-'ls 4£d. Drains on road near Mr Bissett's, B. Trumper, £25 16s 3d.

MACMAHON'S NEW DBAMATTC - ■ SEASON; • v. '

. "<The Messrs MacMahon' have, as the say, " spread ! themselves"' in making their forthcoming dramatic season, whichi commences at the Theatre Boyal on Thursday evening next, a nptewcrthy pne. SeveAl dramatic,novelties entirely new to j Timaru will be presented in. rapid successidn during the stay pf the company here,which is necessarily limited to two "nights." The) piece selected fbv the opening nightis Matt. Wilkinson's successful English piny " Saturday Night in. London," which I tlie 'management promises .to present • on ■ a/ scale of -unusual- completeness.' "Saturday Night in London '* dea.'s-with almost every phase of' life, as'; it is" the world's, metropolis ; is splendidly constructed, and gives ample scope for striking and prettily conceived stage settings. The company is an exceptionally 'powerful one, numbering 26 artiste of repute, from the principal Sydney and Melbpurne theatres, and includes such ; popular favourites ae Mr Charles Blake, Mr i Wilton Power/ Mr Charles Berkeley, Mr Harry Doug'as, Mr J. Lambert, Mr' P. Savieri, "Sir G. L. Merrfmpn; Mr ;T.. K." .Hehderson,. Mr Lionel Walshei Miss'.Marie Nelson, Miss May Granville, Miss Hilda Meade, Missrßenrio, Mrs Barry' Lane, etc. An efficient orchestra -under the" conductorship of Mr Henry Hawkins will supply the music incidental to 'the' piece, whilst the ■whole'production will be under the stage direction of Mr Tom Pollard, of operatic fame, Mr Leader Willianis being responsible for -the. scenic effects. . A policy of popular is announced, the box plan for reserved seats being now open at the Dres;3en. "'. ■ '

DETECTIVES AND DISGUISES. In the coarse of his defence, in the Supreme Court yesterday of a man charged igvith perjury in a sly grog selling case at viishburton, Mr Raymond, made some remarks on the trick played upon dealers and customers by two constables, who visited Ashburton in the guise of labour■ZF*:?- * n summing up the case to- the jury "Kis Honour, Mr Justice -Denniston, referred to these remarks, and] spoke in justification of the course ■ adopted by the police authorities in the matter. It -was clear, he said, that.detectives have a right to make inquiries and try to get at breaches j of the law, and it may be necessary in order | to do so effectively to use *; certain amount of\ deceit. A disguise of any .kind is a forhi of deceit. - A: great deal of nonsense - .he. would not say. cant—was talked about the police taking deliberate measures to detect crime in that Tray. If -&' detective were to use his disguise and deliberately induce a man to break tha la** that -would be highly reprehensible; ; a gross offence against both morality and law; but if he went to a place wiere the law-was known to be disregarded, and-he merely gave ah opportunity for law breaking without offering any inducement, there was nothing reprehensible in that. Detectives were entitled to disguise .themselves in order* to :be able: to breakersof"the law, so long as did not offer_ any special temptation f and he would be verysorry to tell a jury that because a man Had Tesorted to deceit in order to discover crime, he was therefore not entitled to be believed when he. came to describe what he had discovered.. ••..-• EDUCATION AT ORANGE RIVER. In his report for the year, Mr H. Gunn, director of education in the Orange River Colony, bears witness to the satisfactory progress of the colbnv in educational matters. Though the total number of children attending Government schools is only 15,577 out of some 57,000 of school age, that figure is nearlv double, that of 1898. the last year under the Free State, administration. The concordat with the Dutch Reformed Church has made compulsory education possible, and it is hoped that the stringent regulations introduced will have a great effect in promoting educational efficiency. Under the concordat the general supervision of education in each district is to be under si. school committee, of which a bare majority is to be elected, the rest nominated by "the Lieu-tenant-Governor. Education will be free except, at three high schools, and each school committee will contribute a portion for the present limited to one-sixth, of the total expenditure. SchViol committees mav nominate teachers, but all appointments and dismissals rest with the Lieutenant-Gover-nor. On the.religious question a further agreement was arrived at between all denominations. All schools are to be opened by the reading of the Lord's Travel- and the teaching of Bible history from* an approved handbook. On one day a week clergymen have the right, at the request

[of parents, to use the school premises for lan hour fpr dogmatic instruction to children of their own faith. A conscience clause enables parents to withdraw their children from school altogether during the Bible history teaching. Bpth on. this question and on the amalgamation with the Dutch Eeformed Churches the greatest moderation and ' anxiety to further the real interests of education were shown, as Mr Gunn testifies, by all parties concerned!

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISKMEXTJj.

Dalgety and Co.—Studholtne sale on Friday, clearing eale on 21st hist. Large 6ale of stock—At Waitaki plains on 15th March, by Dalgety and Co.' and Payne and Co. • '- Contractor's plant at Stndholmt—Sale on 15th inst by Guinness and LeCren. Guinness and LeCren—Sale at Glenavv on 14th inst. > " '

Canterbury Farmers' Co-opeative A*aoat Studholme on Friday, at Glenavy on 14th inst. Caroline Bay Hotel Company—General meeting tn-mprrow evening. Jas. S. Turnbnll—Calls tenders for verandah.

G. G. ( Bridges—Land Transfer Act no tice«. V

House to let—Apply at the " Herald" office.

G. G. Hayter, Albury—Calls tenders for fencing. Miss Jeannie King—Receives pupils for pianpfqrte.

U Bbwker—Finns' and other properties for sale.

Box 189, Dunedin—Wants board in Ti inaru.

"Cutter," c/o "Herald" office—Wank? employment, highest credentials. Saunders and Winter—Trial of grain elevator to-morrpw.

Booth,' and Ooi-r-betails of the,: Star windmilL i; " ; ," At 'Bowie's—Value in crockerv, details of. prices. _ Lostr-Ruby brooch, reward at " Herald " office ■■ Wanteds—Four notices.