TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12901, 12 February 1906, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

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Mr l»»em. Sloe:]; hiKpectoj', liu*. been lw*-y in Turaiuiki jtioeulaiting <:a3veis. H» t-*a -do j ibotiKaod a day if lie make* ha*le, *»d lie ha* inoculated" 14,000 in Hawara, di*lrkt lhi* xcaiKju.

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The Marine Baud nave consented to play at the Swimming Carnival on Thursday next.

Visitors' to town on Saturday reported -that the potata blight has made its appeax.ance on Pareora settlements and ab'.ut Te.muka.

Arriving on a falling tide, the Toroa coulo>nofe land her sheep by running them up a gangway to the bal'ast wharf, us has generally been done before. The sheep were !slung up with tackle and crates. Mr George-Hogben, Inspector General of Schools, was in. Timaru on Saturday, in connection with the duties cf his office. He .goes on to Wellington by the first express to-day.

' Attention, is drawn to the advertisement) \ in another column' of the clearing sale of •Mr. W. o. Bassetts' property,." McadowJbank," at Otaio, which the National Mortgage and Agency Company are offering tomorrow.

At a meeting of the Auckland branch of the Horse Owners' Association, a resolution was passed that the horse owners of Auckland appreciate the excellence and objects of the Association, and acquiesce in their adoption.

A convent of the Sacred Heart just approaching completion in Wellington, will be one of ihe finest educational ments possessed by the Catholic Church in Australasia. It will be a branch of the ■Sacred Heart Convent at Timaru. A farewell social is to be tendered to Miss Mellroy in the Pleasant Valley- school on Thursday next. Miss McHroy has been in charge of the Pleasant Valley school for the past seven years, and has lately been appointed to Belfield school. "As Miss Mellroy has been a popular teacher, there .-should be .a large attendance. At the annual meeting of the Southland Frozen Meat Company- on Saturday the report showed a credit balance oh the year's •opera'tions of £3976, making, with the balance from last year, a total amount at credit- of £6467. A dividend of 5 per cent, on B, and 2£ per cent. on. A shares was passed, £3OOO was placed to reserve, and £I7OO carried forward. We have/received a copy of the December number.of "The Scindian," the magazine or the Napier Boys' High School. It is very nicely got up, well printed, four pages of fine photo prints are a good feature, these comprising a portrait of Mr A. S. M. Poison, the headmaster, and nearly a score. of snapshots of drills exercises and games.

Convincing evidence of the popularity of the Xemuka District High School lies in the fact that at the i>resent time three National Scholarship holders and two Senior Scholarship winners are attending it. All are entitled to attend the Timaru High School,, vet..the parents of the former are each .foregoing £4O a year, and the parents of the latter £2O a. year, .rather than take the children away from the Temuka-. school.-' The train was derailed on Friday night at Waipawa crossing, and-the engine aid sheep trucks huddled together-in the. adjoining paddocks. There were no/passengers, and. the engineer ■ arid caped uninjured. The accident, It is; surmised, wais caused, by the-heavyrain washing out the shingle on the A gz&g] of men is employed clearing tbeline. The morning train/'was" unable to get through. The Toroa, while at the Chatham Islands., contracted - a flaw in. her main steam pipe. The. .engineer,:patehed; it effectively, and steamed across. The inspector on this side, on examining it, decided that the gf ; 6i nature 'of the'damaged Pipe had been >u fiaentlyimposed upon, and ordered that-,Uvj Toroa must tot even go to Lytteltiai. .to have it repaiied. The pipe is theieiliri _to be despatched to Lyttelton, and irievded.". ' In consequence, the vessel will ■>"enfaiii "'here" til? foWmViirow afterhooa at least, ■, •-. .'--■■'" '■•'■ ' ■'"■'■ -

There ''-was a phenomenally heavy downpour of rain a£ Napier during" Friday night, and as reports from the country indicate that it was general, great damage to standing crop's must ensue. ' The weather on Saturday was brighter, but threatening. After a most extraordinary summer season, marked more by sunless. weather and lowtemperature .-than rain, the conditions in Southland are now excellent, albeit there has been a singular persistence of. south to east winds. The potato disease .has been encouraged by the absence of sunshine and the continued wetness of the soil, but is not general, and it is hoped will be stayed if the, present,.conditions continue. : ' ' The pronounced excellence of the McCor-mick-Binder is due -to its • superiority. of design arid 'perfection" of manufacture. Morrow. Bassett and Co.. Christ church.— (Advt.) • A large amount of surplus summer drapery was sold by. ilr Moss Jonas on account of Penrose's last Saturday. The auction sale commenced at 1.30 p.m. and was continued until 4.30 p.m., the buying was spirited all the time, and every lot submitted was sold. Penrose's are decided in their opinion that no summer goods; are ■to -be carried forward; alt" must be sold even if "extreme measures, need- be-, adopted to make the necessary clearance. Such exceptional value- cannot be loDg continued; it will' b£-tV your profit to sort up your needs while the -sale is-in progress;- Minor articles are reduced in. like proportion to the heavier stock. Black and tan mending, on cards, usual price Id, sale price £d .card. Peri lustre, in skeins, in all solours, Is per dozen skeins. Hooks and eyes, black and white, per-. dozen-packets. Toilet pins, .dozen pins on card, usual price 2d, sale price Id. Ladies' and children's sample gloves, in all shades, half-price. Lace collarettes, chiffon fichus, various shapesj usual price. 4s M; 5s 6d, 7s 6d each, sale price 2s 3d, 2s. 9d, 3s 9d each. -Next auction sale, Saturday, at- 1.30 rose's.

Brains and machinery are being exhibited at Begg!s. The .brain creates the 'musical' composition. The machinery in the Apollo piano player renders that composition pei ttctly.: Plays anything at any time by anybody. It's passed all exams, -with honours, and can play any composition better than the greatest living arti6t can do f»riee, ".., £37 10s.—(Advk) .-., Begg's ha,ve the latest, piano player. It's s Only' half- the "-price: -of ; -'similar--: machines, and is. already driving, its competitors-from the market.- It's' named and is worked; by :; a spring, motor,, 1 the-pedals feeing used solely iorr.the production of-loud "effects.:. The turning over and i»a«clf "j! thet music is done automatically. "The Itnob 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.—fAdvt.) . . Do you know that: Chamberlain's Cough Stemedy is a favourite, and preferred to any other, by all who become thoroughly ..acquainted with its good qualities? For sale by J. C. Oddie.—Advt.)

The Opihi river -was somewhat lower and clearer on Saturday and the Temuka was quite clear and fishable. The Canterbury Farmers' notify an al teration of Mr Mitchell's clearing, sale from 3 to 2.30 p.m. The earlier hour will enable southern buyers to get home by th<> last express.

The town was rather busier than us'ku on Saturday with an influx of count-ty people, very likely because many of them expect to be busy harvesting by the end of this week. There was a considerable sea running o;> Saturday and yesterday, for the most- pa; >. of short and irregular waves. This is the tiisb big sea there has been in this locality for several months.

At 12.10 p.m. on Saturday Captain Eu win advised as follows:—''Strong winds to gale from between east and south and souch-west, glass fall slowly, tides high, sea very heavy, rain probable." The caretaker' of the "Old Men's Home desires to acknowledge with thanks illustrated papers from Mrs Pigeon, books from Mr Jaxon, clothes from Mr W. Ferrier, newspapers from Miss Fonseca, and cake* from St: Mary's Guild garden party. Competitors for the Timaru Swimming Carnival oh Thursday next are reminded that entries close to-morrow morning a\ 9 o'clock with the secretary, Mr G. Sanderson. The entries so far are very satisfactory. . ....... The Victoria Park (Temuka) Tennis Club play the return match with St. John's at Timaru on Thursday afternoon next. On the same day the Fairlie players meet a Timaru team on the Elizabeth street courts," and on Saturday the Waitohi Club come into town to meet the Timaru Club. The Temuka Technical Association have just opened up a fine shipment of chemistry and physics apparatus imported from London. By adopting this course, as apparatus for educational purposes is brought into the colony duty free, a saving is made of at least 40 per cent, as compared' with purchasing in the colony; A pretty heavy easterly sea was running yesterday," heaviest in the forenoon. The steamer Tokbniaru lay all day at the Main wharf secure, though there was a strong range runnning up the harbour, though nothing like what there would have been had not the eastern, mole been where itis. The s.s. Kaipara was taken out on the morcing's tide quite as readily as if it had been calm weather. The sea broke heavily on Dashing Rocks, making a grand display of,spray. , On Caroline Bay the seas overflowed nearly all the sands", and just lapped the retaining wall at one or two poiufcs, but did no damage. The seas curved away some of the sand, : making miniature; bluffs and headlands in it. The sand removed must have been shifted towards: the north mole, and a dirty band of water along the mole indicated that some of it was being drifted seaward in that direction.

The Auckland Education Board has" taken steps in. regard to an initiatory scheme of agricultural education in the primary |;schools in the' Auckland district, i The scheme, as drawn up c by Mr George George, director of technical education, is intended to the waykfor successive courses ;of'instruction in the'secondary schools and special agricultural schools, "the diploma obtainable at -tlie latter schools to entitle students to admittance to an agricultural college, which it is suggested might be attached to a large experimental faim, such as- the Government farm at Ruakura. The Education Board has invited applications in England and Canada, as well as in the colony, for the position of instructor, who it is proposed shall commence work by instructing the teachers in the primary schools, and thus enable them to qualify for imparting the to the pupils. The appointment of the. instructor will be made in March next. :

A fuss is being made over an alleged collapse in the butter trade. Those, however, who are in a position to express an intelligent opinion say that the. whole thing is "a storm in a tea cup. A . The Wairarapa ''Daily Times" says we have now " political' butter," something -which is a less desirable blend than even margarine. When margarine first came into the market, there was an alleged collapse which hurt nobody. The present collapse is' a high oiie: and, if maintained, will keep "the wolf from the door" of the dairvraan. There is really no occasion to worry oyer the iniquities of English dealers.or to secure State intervention. So long as! New Zealand can get a good price for good butter, it need not.wbrry over what the people who pay for it do with, it at the other side of. the g'bbe.- Buyers of New Zealand butter in Britain have to study the requirements of the particular- class of customers whom they supply; while all that-producers in New Zealand have to'do is. simply to study. the requirements of those who purchase their output. , - A meeting, of -the committee of the New Zealand "Traction-Engine ers, Owners and Users' Association was" held on.Friday evening last at the offices of. Piicaithly and - Co., Manchester street, Christchuich. Mr R. Pitcaithly, jun., presiding, and there being also present Messrs Wm. Wood, of Wood and Co., A. H. Anderson, of Anderson's, Limited, J. Duncan of P. andD. Duncan Limited, and S. P. Andrews, of the Heathcote Quarries. Apologies were received from Mr Hy. Holland, of McLean and Go., for being unavoidably absent. There was. a . large amount of business before the meeting, and correspondence was read from owners in Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Wellington and also every district throughout the South, Jsland. A collection, of the bylaws of local bodies obtaining throughout the colony is almost completed and- were gor.o into, andv those which are of too restrictive a nature will shortly- be cited to the Minister in charge. The portions of the compiled Public Works Act of last session, dealing with traction engine traffic were discussed at length..- It way resolved on the motion of,. Mr A. H." Anderson seconded by Mr.Wm, Wood—-"That for the future the executive cdmmittee of "this Association meet every week,, the business in hand and coming, in being too heavv to dispose of at monthly meetings." ■With the last Home -mail we received a copy of the "Weekly Scotsman." Amongst other interesting reading, we.note, that the inhabitants of the City. . of.. Glasgow, are now - :"the possessors of one of 'the largest and most handsome theatres in the world. The new building is situated in Eglinton street, south side, and take's the name of the "The Coliseum." ; Tt is capable of accommodating 4QGfJ people at each performance. This means" that on the two ..k~.-u.ses a night principle. 8000 persons may be entertained, nightlv, 48.000 weeklr. and 2,496,000 yearly. * The Coliseum" was opened la*t month, and is the 38th hall owned by a combine known .as "the largest aggregation of variety theatres in the world." The desigu of the structure was prepared bv Hie company's architects. Messrs Frank Mote-ham and" Co.. who took for their model one of the largest of the Ma??;stoll halls.-.the. Ardwick Empire, in Tl, e Coliseum st.-.nds on. :m island site. There are no' fewer than 36 exits, each 'six feet wide, while the doors are fitted with automatic alarm bolts.- Waiting rooms are provided for

patrons of every part of the house. The entrance hall is said to be the finest possessed by any threatre in broad Britain. The floors are covered with Turkey rugs and carpets; even the pit floor waiting room is covered with a carpet and provided with velvet covered settees. The auditorium is beautifully and gorgeously decorated in Italian Renaissance style, and art paintings are introduced in the ceiling and in the box facades. The tableau curtains are of rose-red pressed velvet, with embroidery design and, rich silk fringe and trimmings which alone cost £SOO. The ilieatre is also fitted with a hvdraulic fireproof curtain, made of solid "steel, which weighs 82 tons. The scenery is of a special kind, and the work of the well-known scenic artist, Mr Hemsley.

BARRIE MARSCHEL'S SURPRISE PARTY.

On Thursday and Friday evenings next the above popular combination will reappear m the Theatre Royal in a breezy laughter raising programme of meritorious novelties. The companv has been augmented for the occasion* bv the special engagement of Mr Milford* Haven, a fine .enor vocalist, who appeared at the Melbourne Exhibition Concerts in association with the famous Ada Crosslev, and more recently visited New Zealand with Madame Vartka. Other new comers are Harry C. Smith, comedian, end man and champion whistler, au d Walter Whitburn, comique, etc. With the full strength of the company, as it now stands, to call upon, patrons may rest assured that this management will, as usual, put forth something- well worthy of support. The musical direction is in the hands of Mr J. Hayfield. Circle' seats may be reserved at the Dresden without extra* fee.

MACMAHON DRAMATIC COMPANY. The Messrs MacMahon Brothers' successful dramatic organisation opens in the Theatre Royal, Timaru. to-night, in the notable English drama. " Saturday Night in London." The plot deals with almost-every phase of life as seen in the metropolis of the" world, and allows ample opportunity for powerful acting and-effective stage setting. The story deals with the adventures of Roy Winton, the son of a rich London banker, who falls into the hands.of bnnk thieves. After going through various experiences he is wrongfully accused of the murder of his father, which has been perpetrated by ; two members of the gang. The events leading up to this climax and those which follow are of enthralling interest, and at the hands of the talented members of the company receive full justice. The piece will only be staged on Monday. On Tuesday the season will be brought to a close with an elaborate production of the thrilling Australian bushranging romance, " The Kelly Gang." The box plan is now open at theDresderi.

TIMARU FLORAL SOCIETY. _^The committee of the Tirnaru Floral and Horticultural Society met on Saturday night, to make arrangements) for the Show on March Bth. There were thirteen members present, and Mr C. A. Schmidt occupied the chair. The Veu. Archdeacon Harper wrote enclosing a donation to the .Society's funds. The correspondence consisted chiefly of letters from those wbo had been appointed judges for the Show. Most of them accepted l the appointments; but in two cases they were declined, owing to prior engagements. The chairman stated that Mrs J. A. Johnson had offered prizes for a home industries section, to be open to pupils of the technical classes. It was to be similar to the ordinary home industries section, except that jams and preserves were not to be included. The members agreed that this was a very welcome gift, and decided to include the class and increment the prizes. Members spoke of an excellent entertainment which is being organised for the evening of the Show, including marches, dances, instrumental and other music. Some of the sub-com-mittee set up to look after branches of the work reported satisfactorily on what had been done; and one of them was instructed to prepare and submit to a later meeting a plan of the hall showing the proposed arrangement of stagings, tables, etc. It was decided to advertise this Show extensively. Several members spoke of the insufficiency of the advertising in former years. A committee was set Tip to organise a system of advertising, including a plentiful distribution of posters, handbills, etc. Further business included the division of the Society's membership into sections for canvassing, and other details.

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association—Stock sale at Fairlie on 19th inst., sales for this week, Washdyke sale to-mor-row, goodwill of lease, etc., for sale. Lodge of St- John—Regular monthly meeting, to-night. Stuart C. Allen—Notice under the Licensing Act. ; Smithson and Raymond—Call in claims against W. S. Pearse (deceased). Kerr and Frayne, Fairlie—Notice of dissolution of partnership. Miss Lawrell, M.A.—Resumes classes 17th inst., university exams. W. Connolly, Gapes' Valley—Warning to trespassers.

Henry Harris—Apology to Tiniaru Fire Brigade.

Miss Battes—Wants girl for situation in Dunedin.

G. Finch, Cave—Horse aetray, reward for information.

Theatre Hoyal—Maischers Merrv Moments Co., on 15th 1 and 16tk.

T. and J. Thomson—Best goods at lowest- possible prices. At Strachan's—Good wearing, latest shape*, boots. D. Mahoney—Has leases of several hotels for sale.

Funeral notice—By R. B. Comer, Temuka.