TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12900, 10 February 1906, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

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The Orari Sports Club hold their annual meeting on Wednesday next at 8 p.m. A clouded sky at Timaru prevented sight being had of the eclipse of the moon last -night.

All interested in plumbing' should note that the plumbing class at the Timaru Technical School will make a start at 7 p.m. on Wednesday next, the 14th inst.

Visitors at Hanmer have had a disagreeable variety in their " treatment" this week, the heavy rains Hooding the spa grounds. The coach road was rendered impassable by wash-outs.-At a well attended meeting held in - the Oddfellows' Hall, Pleasant Point,v. it -was decided to run' a district race four times round the three mile block A very interesting race from a public point of view should result, seeing that some of the bicycle riders will be. in sight'most, of the time. : Thb Timaru .Volunteers, should ask the Harbour Board, as the proprietors of the land, to help them to keep the Patiti range more tidy. One portion of it appears to be an extension of the Borough rubbish

tip, and this cannot be an agreeable addition to the range in the estimation of kvisiting^-jflemen. Yesterday afternoon Mr T. Macintosh, cashier for the National Mortgage and Agency Company at Timaru, was .made' ai presentation by his fellow employees,', prior to his leaving the colony. Mr W. JR.. McLaren made the presentation, and accompanied the gift with an appropriate--speech: The<gift was a convenient' combined travelling, bag* and dressing, ca^^ ■ - Soine amusement was- caused- among- the anglers who visited the Lower Opihi. on Thursday last. The river was in flood, and .as a result very-little clear water was visible. A couple of weJl known anglers, out for the day, determined to " scrape the bottom," and catch their fish, head or tail. They accordingly put on kill devil' , devons almost as big as grappling irons, ' and were, rewarded, 71b, 81b, 101b and 121b fish being dragged in, all foul hooked. As an onlooker said, no skiH is now needed for trout-fishing. According to the "New Zealand-Times," f there is a .prospect Of long and tedious litigation -between-the Wellington City •Council and the Electric Light and 1 Power Company. The Corporation, it appears, has offered'to purchase the Company's business for £IOO,OOO, and the company say it is worth £175,000.. The Corporation threatkens to- go -into competition with, the pany; the latter claims that it has a legal monopoly of private supplies,'--and it is understood will fight for that claim even to • tlie Privy-Council if necessary.- The com<pany has-now. over 3500 private customers in. the city, besides many ptliers in the suburbs.

The returning -officer for/Oamaru, the "North Otago Times" understands,': ; has received - instructions to elect a Licensing Committee, notwithstanding -that Oamaru is..now a no license district. vtOur-. content.-' porary points out that the Act of 1895 contained a proviso that where no license iad been carried no committee*should -be « ected; /bit the Act of 1904 omits that -proviso,; aadthe committee must, therefore: be . elected,; and; must hold, quarterly ings, though there is nothing for a licensing' committee." to do. : If any member is absent from two. consecutive meetings he. loses, his. seat. The County and- Borough Councils- will 'have to pay -the. cost-of the ridiculous election. / Mr Witty madfe an astonishing .statemen' ia the course of his address last night on Mission Work in India. He described how the farmers make presents to their ■stor.? gods (the priests of course-benefiting fov the gifts) in. order to secure good crops, giving perhaps a ,pound's worth and ex-' pec-ting fifteen or sixteen pounds', worth in return. He then went on. to say that these gifts: really did seem to be effective, for if a native became converted' and . ceased to make them he fell on evil times, his crops failed, his bullocks died, or he-fell sick, "but if he recanted and went -hack to his old ways,- prosperity returned. Mr Witty: has his theory to explain all this. Needless to say •it is not the theory -of the Hindoo. ,-v Last , night, the Timaru Rowing Club held a' smoke social to farewell l Mr W. J. Priest", wh& is about to take a'-round) the -world trip. There was a full attendance of the members of the Club, of whieli Mr Priest -was a committeeman; and. a number of members of .the late Pipe Sand were also present, Mr" H. Collins, '"fcapt^ih- of the Club, presided, and conducted a; meet/ ing of a cheerful character, the proceedings"being enlivened with music and. During the evening, the chairman, on be-, ialf of the Club, presented the guest- with a handsome travelling rug, making an en*-' thusiastie speech reflecting the - character of the recipient as a member of the Club and as a committeeman-. Several- others present endorsed, his remarks, and made original'ones of' their own," all indicating the high - esteem - .in which, the departing member': was heli .:- The foundatSon of lifelong ill health maybe laid, for,young girls "by failure to keep their strength, and healtlt' np to normaL -Steams'- Wine 'is best, for tbjm. because it- is a tirae tonic.—-(Advt.) We havie rather too many pairs of good quality lace curtains in stock, which makes that section out- of proportion to the rest of the curtain stock. These beautiful curtains are well bought,- and in every way good property, and at the prices now marked at? should be much sought after. yards ecru lace curtains, extra- wide, ■with open floral designed centre, usual price 15s (s<t pair, sale price 12s 9d pair. 3-j • yards ivorine lace curtains, 61 .inches •wide, in' newest patterns, reduced from 17s 6d to 14s pair. --L4 yards ecru and white lace curtains, with: special Coventry tops : and Colbert .edge, -usual price 21s pair, sale price 18s pair. 4 yards Egyptian Ifice. curtains, extra wide, suitable for bay windows, from 26s 6d<io 21s pair.—Penrose?s-' ; Dra-- : pery Establishment.—(Advt.) :V.%. ; ■=: :/ Brains and maehineiy are being exhibited at- Begg's. The brain creates the .mpsical composition- The machinery in the* Apollo j»iano player renders that composition p«" Kctly. Plays anything at any tim* Apybody. It's aIJ exams, -with honours, and can play: any composition, better than tbe rgreatest living artist can do./ Price, £37 : 'los.—{Advt.) T Begg's have the* latest piano play St. Irol 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 lo'ud and -oft- effects. The turning over; and back if the music is donei automatically. The itnob for regulating the Teinpo--.pro-'uce3 its effects instantaneously, and to a marked degree—while the slight pressure " button operates the pedals of the use frd innovation is the 1 - le . °f a screw to change e key- jn which the music is written, and a special feature is the fact that the pieces o music may be hired, as books are from 5 vi mi ln S library, not necessarily , K, n ' ar ,j Vs 7 011 . ma y have a repertoire from withnnf ° -P 1 ! 068 °* music to select S ? Sing ' Exhibitions are given daily at- Begg's.—(Advt.)

Mr J. Crombie has been appointed senior money order clerk in the Timaru Post Office, the position lately held by Mr Melton. Ma- Crombie comes from Christ l church.

At i:iO p.m. yesterday Captain Edwin advised as follows:—'Strong winds to gale from between north-east and east, and .south, glass further f.JI, tides high, rea. heavy, rain probable or foggy weather." Mr Moss Jonas advertises particulars of a sale of freehold property situated at Saltwater Creek, to be. held by him at his rooms, Cain's Terrace, on Saturday, February 17th..- Intel: ding purchasers and others can inspect the; property at any time:

A good deal of anxiety is beginning to ba felt about the danger oi the muggy weather we are now having, bringing on the potato blight of last year. It- may be interesting to note that last year the blight did notmanifest itself clearly in the neighbourhood of Timaru till towards the end of February. The National Mortgage and Agency Company, of New Zealand, advertise that they have been appointed agents in South Canterbury for Cooper and Duncan's machinery .and farm implements. Farmers in need of same -will do well to apply at the company's office or consult with Mr Thompson, -their travelling representative.

The Rev. E. P. Blamires, from Rotorua, will preach in the Weskyan Church tomorrow, both morning and evening. Mr Blamires -is a- young man who has won for himself the reputation of an earnest, and able minister, of the Gospel. He is how ' stationed' rat; .Rotorua,. . the wonderland! of New Zealand, where he has been, eminently successful: The Rev. S. J. Serpell will preach at Pareora East at 11' and at Pareora at 6.30 p.m. The forthcoming production of Lecocq's three-aqt comic opera " La. Fille de Madame Angot," by the Timaru Operatic So--ciety on February 28th and_ March Ist, is. being looked forward to with interest. The society has, for the last six months, been stiadily rehearsing, and from now until the staging of the opera, every available evening is occupied with the final detail, . and the management are justified in expecting very liberal patronage. . Rehearsal notices are - advertised this morning-

A eppy of the _ prospectus of the New Zealand Matriculation' ruid' Civil Service. .Correspondence College, is- to/hand, the' aim of which institution is to bring within reach of students- in any part of the colony- the assistance of. the most highly qualified tutors.' The directors of "the C-ollege are men well known in the New Zealand educational world, and the ten men and women composing the tutorial staS possess the highest literary attainments and teaching .ability. An advertisement' appears .in another column, i -On Thursday evening the inembers of the Jeiiiuba Borough Council had a, long dispussion oa the question-of gas supply? viV Butcher, who had- obtained; from me Couoicil the right to instai the iliuminant in the borough, sold <his rights to; a Wellington syndicate, ; who made representations desiring j), modification -of certain clauses of the agreement. These were strenucuslv opposed, by some councillors in committee, but after a, protracted, discussion matters were satisfactorily arranged- The work will be commenced- this' month, and will -be. completed, by October/ sth. ~ / -A deputation, from.; the : Christchurch Physical Culture Society, comprising Mr If. G. Ell, M.H.R. (president), Dr Greenwood and" Mr F. Ai" Hornibrook, together with'Mr "J. Rennie, a member of the Education. Board, visited the West- Christchurch School on Thursday, and inspected the boytf and girls at- their, physical drill. Dr Greenwood aiid .Mr Hornibrook. together with Dr Thaqker, wiil visit five other schools .in and - near Christchurch, and' will also visit Nelson, for "the purpose of seeing the drill at two schools there. They will draw up a. report :for presentation to the Physical Culture .j Society, embodying, their opinions on- the systems of physical education in: vogue at the schools, [and; any suggestions-they may be able to make for improvement.

An address on. mission, .work in Ceylon' and India was given ,to. a» small audience in the Assembly Rooms last 1 - evening by Mr Witty, a member of " The Brethren," with lantern illustrations. The pictures e : good and highly regarding the natural beauties-.of the: lands poui - - trayed, the. peculiarities ,of the architecture, and "of the feostumes of JlspeciaHy. interesting were "the Views of Ceylon, ; in particidar, -of the neighbourhood of Kandy, depicting ,>a; beautiful! block of .forested hill country-- -According to Mr Witty's story, the denomination to which he belongs has' good-many strenuous workers in -the'missidtf fields of Ceylon and .India, but : he urged again and!,again the need- for more. The statistics of population and "supply" bear out that demand, if India is ever to be fully evangelised. The no license workers in the Waitaki electorate held _a conference in Waimate on Thursday afternoon, when more than. 40 tffefended; -16: being from Outside districts. T. pjßrownj president of the local Re'form Xihion', presided. : The meeting began cit 3 P-m., and continued until 10 p.m., including an interval for tea. Addresses were given on, various subjects connected with different aspects of temperance work, and five minutes were allowed other speak? ers for comment, and this was availed of to a considerable extent. Mr G. S. Graham read a paper on canvassing, and platform speaking. Mrs Dohrmann spoke on the selection and distribution of literature. Other addresses were delivered by Messrs Kirkcaldy, Murray, Dash, and Mrs Buckingham (Oamaru). The meeting resolved that no candidates be 'nominated for seats on the Licensing Committee this year by the- friends of no license. The conferenceis the first- he.d by tli,e'Waitaki no license workers. -' ■ : - !

' . The annual ' meeting of Knox Presbyterian Church, Waimate, was held this week, the Rev. Mr* ; >lorEisqn>. presiding. The session's report showed: ,that there had; been steady progress in : the'variofe -branches of church w<m£ <furing'tlie .y«ar..x,<ltf ■was noted.- that£63 for jpiifisjons, about £2O * of; the amount being . confenbutfed directly-bj young, i- A rfeoliitiois was passed? axvlrP -crease in the eldership'.'" The report of'the Sunday School mentioned that. 22; scholars Centered! for '' examination. and;, bad done .well. - Tbfe school bad cwfepted £5 for New: Hebrides .^lission; -altogether about £3O ' ha<i been raised for Sulftdiiy' School purposes during tie rear. jThe -i-Christian . Endeavour- ' report ~ also : showed: satisfactory progress'. The! Ladies' had- sent -away a box of jclothing to the Xew Hebrides. The managers' report showed a falling off in town collections, which was largely accounted- for by the-opening- of Dew preaching stations in the county, districts. The amount raised' in.Waimate was £2-58 7s 9d, and in county districts £l6l 17s. .The retiring Biembers of committee were re-elected, with the addition of Mr W. Menzies. Mr J. Borrie was elected secretary, Mr C'oltmrui treasurer, Mr iShackleton envelope secretary, and Mr W. Miller assistant envelope secretary. Tie student (Mr Tocker) intimated that he would be leaving at the end of his year in March, and it- was resolved that the session take steps to fi'l the vacancy. !

Admiral Dowding, late of the West Indies squadron, and General Chapman, are at present staying at the Royal' Hotel, Temuka.

The Waimate School Committee met on Wednesday evening. The headmaster reported that Mr Park, the newly appointed assistant in the High School had entered on his duties. The resignation of.Mr G. .McKenzie, who has completed his pupil teachership, was received. Mr Pitcait-hly spoke in highly commendatory terms of the work done by Mr McKenzie," -and the committee resolved to place on record an appreciation of his services. Mr McKenzie goes to the Normal School at Christclrurch. The visiting committee reported one or two small matters that required attention, and it was resolved to have a defectj in a drain remedied, gates to teachers residence and janitors section erected, and a clock obtained for one of' the school rooms. It was also resolved to ask High School Board for assistance towards gymnasium. Messrs Coitman and Miller were appointed visitors.

The usual weekly meeting of the Lifeboat Lodge, No. 101, 1.0. G.T., was held last evening, Bro. J. Newlands presiding over a good attendance of members.. The harmony' committee submitted their programme for the quarter, which'was unanimously adopted. The opportunity was taken to bid farewell to Bro. Manhire, who is about to leave for the North Island. Bro. Muchmore, in a few' appropriate words, asked Bro. Manbire's acceptance of a handsome wallet as a sma'l remembrance of the many pleasant- evenings he had spent with the Lodge. - Bro. in thanking the members for their gift-, said he would never forget the happy evenings he had spent- with the Lodge, and hoped he would be-able to pay them many visits. A splendid supply of refreshments was then handed round by the sisters, after which the following contributed to harmony: Brothers Muchmore, Ellis. Newlands, and 'Manhire, Sisters Lennie. Jarvis. Lowry, Butt. Bell, and Peake. A pleasant evening terminated at 9.30.

MACMAHON-R DRAMATIC COMPANY. -

Messrs MacMahcn's dramatic Company, which has been so successfully touring the colony and is .at • present ■at Dunedin, will commence a short fieasop ;bf two nigiiis in the' Tiniura TheUre 'Royal on Monday' evening r.;xt. The play to be first staged will be Matt Wilkinson's " Saturday Night in London," which, .sets forth a, highly, dramatic story, embellished by the scenery and effects. \ The/, other piece to be produced- is the extraordinarily successful Australian busliranging play " The Ive.ly Gang." ' Mr Tom Pollard, formerly .of the well-known opera- company, is'tliestage manager. Popular prices are notified and the box plan is now open at the Dresden where tickets for .Ualls ..and, pitmay also be obtained without extra charge. It- should be stated that Messrs MacMahon bring their company to Timani in its full strength (26 members) with all the scenery and' effects used -in the larger centres. The Dunedin "Times" speaking of the., appearance of the company in < that city says the play is a forceful- and: characteristic, example of the popular .class of' theatrical prod-action that- London.. critics localised in reference a$ vtransj»rtive~ melodrama." In the titled " Saturday -Night in London," expectation is whetted. In the play expectation has full fruition of. sensational incident, intricate plot. ■■ overwhelming pathos. Everything i? positive, vivid; intense, for "this class of plav would only be spoilt and stultified in the appreciation of its admirers by half-tones,, restraints, or what we cull artistic -reticences,

PATENTS. , The first essential to success as a- patentee; is to have your' patent properly secured. And' the surest way to get jit done is to employ the oldest and best) patent firm in New Zealand, which is Heniy. Hughes, 185 Hereford --street, , Chrirtchurch. • Henry Hughes "does nothing but and' trade marks, anil; inventtors can always him at Christchurch, where their:; instructions- f*>r patearfs in any pS* \coiripletsd on th§:spot- by Mr P. M. manager, who', is'; a properly qualified ipatpnt agent of larM experience. 'Too much:4{nportance cannot'4be attached to the faqtxithat every detail-ii-i made complete by Henry Hughes at CJittstchurch. It is very njssessaiy that the important interests cdhnedteS|,with inventions "• should not go beyolid • the conpatent ajpnt until the applications are reafdy for filing, as it standS io reason i that nqjpne is better able to fulfil your instruetiOTts or' to bring out the strojig points of youM invention, than the patent agent to whoij* you give -your instrndtipis in the l® l ®' P. M.;' Newton,' iwisfered patent agfent, is the manager at j for He%y Hughes. J. E. S. Jat&son, Ti- : marn representative. ' .

SYNOPSIS OF'.: NEW AOVES4ISE-i"' i 0 MENTS. ' J. B. Vllutland—-Selfe po*ltrv r produce,, fruit, fafiify goodsj- to-day-; clearing, sale on'.Thursday next. and LeCren—Point sale; on Monday,? Geraldine on. 'W^dx-esdayi. contractor's Splant on 15th insti, large sale of sheep 22nd inst-. Co.— day, Washdyke- Tuesday, Geraldine Wednesday, St. Andrews Friday, clearing saleson 2st; and March Ist. New ■ Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency i Company—Point sale, on Monday, Geraldine sale on Wednesday, St. Andrews on Friday, clearing sale 'Totara Valley on Thursday next. Wright, Stephenson and Co.—Final clearance of Waimea. estate, farms to suit j all classes. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association—Point 6tock sale on Monday, Geraldine on Wednesday. ■ • Moss Jonas—Sale of-land on SaiiiTxiay:nest, clearing sale at early date: National Mortgage and Com-. P an y—Sale at; Point Monday, Washdyke Tuesday, .'Geraldine- Wednesday. P Cooper r ahd'' Duncan'?, machinery—N.M., and:A. Co.-agent 9 for South Canterbury.; r ., Timaru Amateur 'vSwimming 'i Grand carnival on Thursday nextiiAt Sonimerville's— Chinese linAi_glpss.. ? '^ebltnieai-. \ climes —plumbing pass, sfafts bn . iGold baingle lost—Reward on reiurn to | " Herald:'r:-office. j, ! Hutton and Co.—Ou sale, Fiom the I Crib to the Cross." II ~ T. Cruickshanks—Cow lost, for information. . -■ •\ J. C. Scott, dentist—Has magnificent residence'.for sale. i N.Z.M.- and C.SLC. college—lmportant notice to students. .. ' ■ Lost— : Fur • necklet, return to ." Herald " office. ~ • ; >: . Frank E. Lamb—Calls tenders for residence. Timaru Operatic Society—Dates of rehearsals next week. Pleasant Point—Particulars of road race next week. • MeGruer. Davies and Co.—Great bargain harvest at the Satisfaction Stwe. Oates and Co.—Stock evervthing in tli-e cycle trade. ! At Ballantyne's—Xow booking orders fur winter suits. Orari Sports Club —Annual meeting on the 14th inst.

Levels County Council—Are euing for overdue rates.

Court Southern Cross—Special meeting on Tuesday next. Wanteds—Five notices.