TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12903, 14 February 1906, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

_A -nj*:i..3- 4 iui.rt of the New Zealand Footbali tcun is ..;j view in Mr W. MaaderV window, post Office. H<ha.s a l.MTa'e "i pictures on band.

Ihe <;«';;hh'i;e 5,1r.,0l is entitled to one livue tjacUi 11>- ji the Pleasant Point sch<*.l, i„v latter haj« the larger a.tttnri.ii; U: . Thjv - s becawe (kraldine has 3j:n;c . hi]<-2j«ii in the jjiimarr «de, where :Le .-uldnjon.-il teacher tomes in.

Cannaibunr in the Uecember qnarter the 4577, t.ut «'f aa average weekly roll "of 51211. Fifty-one male and 73 female teacbers S male and 15 female pupil teachers were engaged ike flnarter.

yir Jas. Alexander, of Wilson street, bj*jught in rh« samples «f blighted L"p-to-Hatt* and Briii.-h Queens yesierday, both the wiiittaiers <*J .spore growth on the under sj.k ~f ii. t diseased kavu-. With them lie bi«ucht in wtue tubers e«IJy tooche-:] by the same disease a.i mined m» innny «■<■]> 3aM year.

The I',oron-h (.'■ii-ncil have approved of tl:e .o\e3>eei"- ]ir<ipo«;a3 u> herb and channel ihe s<>oip;nii :iojii Xonb to Roberts street <m the wesi -3de of the Town llelt. Tliis tli.:.iiiij e ]_ is a. " diy " <-ne. Beyond E«b«lN Mi'eet it feefomw "wet" and insanitary, and its condition vjggests that this pyrt. >hould be done flirt-'

1-fli- the position <i first male .assistant 3n_tbe jinmair side- of the Tetnuka District. High School tierc are thirteen ajrolicant*. faj- -Le post r.f sole teacher at Hanghata Station, only tiro—and only one of these -v.i- i: r,tia;t"!. It tie Board to be worthy "i itreommciding for that small port. There viue ticbt applicants for lie intensely rural sole.ie,-.uierc;j3r! 03 Tvebo.

lie Kdm a tin Department mints la know uici.it; tie Plea Kant Point people. mil ielp to jrovide J-ands to cre-cf a woodiw.jl; -itop_ar.d «».];cn- room at tie school. Ji 3J-i.iT assist mem to make up lieir minds about it. 1-. It ji.forme-d ti;ii tie Maori* <■')' lie X'.rlh l«-lnr.d have woodwork shops ;■" ■":.<- ;:i every ten of tie native schools, and mat i!;. Mao-si- hare provided lie si.op* entirely titiosejves.

_ Thanks to a imt; ' f nor'-wester in lie air cin:<iils, ytsierday tt;iv M.methitig like a sun-n-ntr -lay. It > to be hoj.ed ti<Titiv Lcj;.i^ j3 i> A:,bbisbop C»rr. of Mflbf.Brnc. Kiggins. tie newlv appointed iiisioj, of Kallarat. and IJishoj, <j.riiiies of i],-■»■ .;;<K- t -e, arrived bv ii«-J.otU-i txpr<-- yeste-td.-y. Tier ovejuj-it at lie Pri< ty. and mil leave bv Hit' express v<r tl.'t *> tjt.b to-dav.

ionr Lorses took j.i.art in tie perfarituuu* <>: "lie K«liy <;.-mg "' at tie TuwUv last sdght. Tl.'«s»e were iEi-ercrtjng actoj*. esjxcially < n their Jim. ap]H:a}'"ance. for no man kuew tx:.< tly how far tiev were liable to stage fright. But they behaved very well, and showed just. a. nice spice of spirit. Had they played up, however, tier could. sn one scene, easily have kicked away sevei-al square milts c f back- country, ineluding tie fo<.it of the Wombat, ranges:. •Tycio- or -'Taiio"? English. Danitdj. oj_ .M.-.orj. WhJch is the proper fipelJiW what me orsm, vi tie name of the "Flat' ! " r £3»g nonh-west of Mount- Horrible' Monbei* of the Boaid of Education disl cuss©.! thi*e qnertjoos vcslerday, bat arnved at no wnclttsdon. '"Wawj't it named ■alter a dog'? asked tmt member. Tiiis *-** m- hU a hint from a faded or treachcr- «** memory. Jf a f tcr a . j aff? , I lie ipaesiion a row in t'onnectdon with nameinc a new school dirlri<l. The local rcsj<tcnl member <>f the Board *aid the i.iinjbar «.Tnb;n a .tion "TVcho Flat "—or y Jl "T«ko Flat"?—would not nit far -he scnoo]. a s ,} l€ building is on a hill. ilt)i "t> a. flat. The. Board tbej-efore cdirnu-d ihe inle to one word, r.nd will make in,,, 3» (J U33y hour ta .vp,.]] t v :i -. vord

. Th« r aroit «j a K>t trim qualified for » Jjnmr , w . to ,J e Kducat ] 0 * , . V 3 <'« •!'««£ the vd.'.-laxKLij, allotted to Ik "", % 1< d3 ' 3 's] >. -iimJ «,jnv H't.t !;> w, n in i], e cxatnirij""" 1n * CM 'P? v;i ' t "- <* 3 'i- teacLin tt . UiW-'" T'" ''"" MT;<i:n S W* nod to the ' - JJ ' Vr; ''."- J - ■" '■■ -:vc him higher «dti< ; a^ 1»m ;«„ th t - . «•:] S>ni«. a , he bcliev«§ .i]'j'"iir;irKnl* irri.de en the politic* <., ihy.aroit-, Arn-thtr f *KNful caodi<..<K- <,r :. y.:l. lo z- desired t« ««c.. :Jji fi-i rear, ir order that „ht, iwnaji: .n ir<- r nm;uT k.-}jw] j<, l-->" ")h .:si: : .t a T:.l.-,H there. The pupil ".'.* ,t; 3 '7'C-*\ ; :tr - xr,r, .« n du: ' V' -i "* JC; '? tlg Jt The :: ; : .V" :ca: ; '■"•■*■ a* ««id not: -". ' '• n ' "<:• " 7 "•< ■■f'cond rear if ih ty

Among the guests. at the Crown Hotel, Tensuka, just now are Admiral Dowding •and General Chapman. -For its January milk the BaHaace Dairy factory (Pahiatua), pays out £5400, being at the rate of 9d per lfe. A line of 2100 store «heep from Clinton j ■ttPas trucked from the Milton railway sta--tson (says the " Mirror "j en route for Glen--ivy, South Canterbtiy. Over 30 trucks were required to -accommodate the mob. The San Francisco mail is -feeing carried -*o New Plymouth by the-Earawa rives in Wellington, to-night. -The southern mail bags .go to Lyttelton by the . Mararoa mailing at 8 o'clock. Royal Arch Masons -will note that a regular convocation of the Chapter ©f St. John (No. 1137 JL.C.) .is to be "held in the lodgeroom, Chuuch-street..at half .past seven lids evening for exaltation and election of ■officers. Visiting companions are cordial'y invited. Private adsraoes leceined in Greymouth from Okarito indicate that that little South Westiand township -is -in a bad way, consequent on tbe closing of the bar. -No vessel has entered the .port for some time, and in consequence -the wharf -is laden with goods ajwaiting shipment.. The National Mortgage and Agency Company will bold an -important clearing isale l at Mr Thomas Pooke's farm, Krngsdown,"

to-morrow, when icxeellent lines of sheep, horses, cattle, and implements are, to come, under the iammer.. The sale is without reserve,--and should attract-wide attention.The leaflet .issued by. the .Department of Agriculture shows that the exports from Timaru .for the month of, January were: 338cwt pf butter,, valued at £1640; 16,077 bushels .«f wheat, £2612, and "22,768 ".bushels of pats, £2411. : Taking the leaflet as the authority, Timaru has dropped back ".to ninth place as a port of Dr Uarwin, aasident -surgeon at Timaru Hospital, is now absent on a month's day. He started yesterday with Mrs Unwii' and their infant for the Mackenzie Country: Dr Maxchant, -a -son of 3dr. 3P. W. Marchant, who has obtained his degree at the medical college of Dunedin -University is acting as Dr Unwin's locum tenens. * -. . - In dealing at -the Auckland iPoliee Uourt with two toys.charged with stealing'saeks, Mr R. W_. Dyer,' S.M., said -the .lack *o£ - - pareatal. control .in our days was alarming. Hardly «, .Court t'day went giast .withpiu one or more; boys being charged with taking things or doing something wrong. ■ The two boys were "just. 14..years •of <-age, ■-and one*. had- -alEeady " four econvictions .:■•■■■ ;--.; : : /r^i^~^ Mr Aysoh, .Chief Inspector of ,r. Sierra with a large shipment of fish spawn ' ior New .Zea-aad^including 500,000vChinook --.... salmon eggs, two-million white t fish ceggs, end one million herring. eggs from Lake .. -Erie ; 10,000 land-locked salmon eggs from . -Green Lake, .and 50,000 'lalse ttrout ffrom Nortiivijle, Michigan. These - will T cost

about .£BOO. '.Owing to defective packing rone of the lake herring .eggs survreed the voyage. : ; Represeniatwes of '.Chamhers of vCdmmerce at; Palmerston North held : ia conference yesterday on-.the subject railway facilities yon the .East and". West Coasts. Numerous I ::.complaints 'were.Jhade by. various speakers as to the lack of communication under present - conditions. The! opinion was expressed and approvedlby all present that, no effective and permanent reform can be instituted, "unless, the- Government purchase the Manawatu railway. It was niged fiat if that were done passengers could reach Wellington from Napier quicker by -way of "Palmerston than via' Wairarapa, besides which immense expense in haulage <jrar rfhe "ißimutaka -cvwjuM ";be avoided.

In a paragraph :in -yesterday's issue it ■was stated that the New Plymouth breakwater is being aastended at a cost of £45 per foot, and that is £3O per foot under ±h« engineers' -estimate. Mr Bardsley, secretary to the Timaru Harbonr Board, points out that-flre.Goat'Of-themhl3e mole now under construction at Timaru, is being made at ai still cheaper rate. At the 31st December, at which date the staging was finished, the "3000 ft of mole had cost £124,784. Add say £6OOO for stone required to complete it, and the cost of the, 3000 feet of 'finished mole -would be say £l3l,ooo—under £44 per foot, and there is £14,000 -worth of -plant to the good. Besides €liis the Timaru mofe :has .been carried out in deeper water than the New Plymouth mole. • . , Unlike other headache xmedicines Stearns' Headache Cure does not "cause that stupid druggy feeling. It always cures headaches and is as refreshing as a night's good sleep. ... The Benicia Disc Plough is the only successful implement to date that will work swamp land. Morrow, Bassett and Co., Christ church.—(Advt.) The s.s. Tokomaru emptied out 21 tons of new season's drapery for Penrose's last week. These goods are being marked off ,and each day an additional lot is ready :for sale. Although this is in progress it '.will not stop the realisation of the balance >of summer goods. We are still hard at ■work in this section and intend to clear finery shilling's worth before end of this awonth. What escapes sale osier the counter, goes out by auction ,without reserve, on Saturday nest. Are these muslins and ■voiles cheap? Light cornflour blue dress muslin, with embro., spot, usual price Is lid, sale price 9d. Fancy Paris lawn, with imitation black insertion stripe, -usual price Is Sd, sale price 6£d. White "Queen" canvas cloth, with pale blue squares, usual price Is sale price 9d. Pretty cotton dress voile in pale blue and green mixture, ■usual price sale price 6d. White spot . Swiss anuslins, usual price 9£d, sale price s|d. —Penrose's summer sale.—(Advt.) 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 'gei-,-yetly. Plays anything at any time by anybody. It's passed all' exams, with honours, and can play any composition better than the greatest living artist can do. 2Price, £37 10s.—{Advt.) jßegg's have the latest piano player. It's - 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 he&sg used solely for the production of loud and -oft effects. The turning over and "bad jf the musie is done automatically. "The Knob for regulating the Tempo produces its effects instantaneously, and to a- marked degree—while the slight pressure of a "featton operates the pedals of the piano. A most useful innovation is the ability b-y 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 circuiatiflg library, not necessarily bought. Thus you may have a- repertoire of thousands g£ pieces of music to select from, without purchasing. Exhibitions are given daily at Begg's.—(Advt.) Easy to Take, pleasant in Effect.—When troubled with constipation try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and produce no griping or other unpleasant effect. Sold bv J. C. Oddi§.—(Advt.) J

Tie honorary director of the Wanganui Observatory reports that the mew comet discovered by M. Giaaeeluni, ;a* Nice, Isst Itecember, has now D'ecome 'mible in our latitudes. It. was seen there last evening an right ascension, lmin l§sec south; de- ! lination 18deg. 2(amn. 30sec \ With, reference to the Sported scarcity, of farm, hands 3n the Oasnaru district and. the stjggestion that this has been brought about by the ■drafting of men to the ;Government Cooperative Works, the Labour Department iriorms-the Wellington." Eren•ingTost" feat the number of men} sent toj the' co-operafive works since last • November -is 'only 37. The folk-wing team will represent St. John's Tennis Club in their return match with Tenruka to-morrow:—Mrs Minifie, Misses MoGuinness, Weatherhead and Beattie. Messrs Shrimpton, O'Leary, Craigie, Tfennehy and O'Connor (2). The match will be played on the. courts, West Belt, and friends of players are cordially invited to -witness the play and partake of afternoon tea.

Reports that ebafted out from Westiand conveyed some *ort of indication of the enthusiasm with which Westiand dropped its ordinary -o&aupation and accompanied the Premier in thousands wherever he went •in his recent tour. An incident reported from Nelson sbeds some fresh light on this interesting fact. A case came on at the Magistrate's Court there, having been-ad-journed from January 9th, a West Coast bailiff not having served,the summons.;, A fortnight fiad elapsed, anil".'■ still-."the. summons had not been served. Speculation as to whether the bailiff was dead, or on •holiday, or otherwise engaged, were in-"' -dulged-in; ibut nobody suspected the true reason why defendants were being left in peace until counsel for plaintiff mentioned that on-the first adjournment the summons had been returned, to Nelson with a memo. as 'follows:—" Bailiff touring country .with Mr Seddon—unable to serve ' summons." BARRIE MARSCHEL'S SURPRISE ... PARTY. . ;.:; To-morfdlsfeviening at the Theatre Royal, Barrie Marsehel's Surprise Party ..of Vaudeville Entertainers'- begin a season of two' nights, and will be seen to particular ad- : vantage in a bright new programme of taking items chosen with discretion and arranged iwith care, Mr Marschel and Miss Garlyon will; be well suited in a Bancroft Comedy in which the favourite actress wilt sing the hew Irish song " There. are as .good men in ; Ireland to-day.;'': Mr. Milford Haven, the new tenor, is 'down fop several i magnificent songs; Mr Fred Carrington, n coon. singer, with an excellent voice ,;-iwill introduce ;Lee Johnson's latest and greatest' American hit '"'Telegraph Ma ways' well received, will be heard in pleasing items; Mr Harry Smith, the funny, man, -arrives from'We'lington to-day, and will make .Ms.first appearance in a.laughter repertoire of vocal and teirpsichorean oddities, whilst the remaining members of the ".party" will' contribute towards what should be a very pleasant evening's amusement at cheap rates. The musical direction isj in. the hands of-Mr J. Hay'field. 'On Friday the programme will be 'changed. Intending patrons are counselled to secure seats at once at the Dresden. : ; • TECHNICAL CLASSES. The Timaru Technical Classes Association announce to-day that' their plumbing class recommences work this evening. The secretary, Mr -Crawshaw, informs us that already twelve pupils have signified their intention of preparing for the London City and Guilds examination in June next. This will involve ■ steady grafting at their work during lesson hours. The" instructor, 'Mr Kershaw, hopes to be able to prepare a respectable exhibit for the Christchurch exhibition, and remembering what the class did last year in lead work of various kinds, .it needs but a repetition of. it to make a -good 1 collection. It will be seen from the advertisement? that the lessons are of two parts. The first hour each evening' is devoted to the theory of sanitation, the instructor lecturing on some branch of drainage, etc. This section of the work ought to be of use to master and" journeymen builders, and at anyrate it would be worth fheir while to attend a lecture to see if fhat is not the case. The managers will ;meet next. Monday, and a proposal will then "be made for the establishment of ai technical class for builders, dealing with "building construction, architectural drawing, calculation of estimates, etc. The woodwork class previously carried on, for amateurs, if resumed will' be a separate class r from this, It is thought that there are plenty of young men to form, a strong class for the technology of building construction. Last winter less than half a dozen attended -such a class.

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. "New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company— St. Andrews'stock sale on Triday. D. Thomas—Ashburton horse fair on dayCanterbury, Farmers' Co-operative AssoAndrews sale on Friday, entries for Tattersall's, clearing sale on 22nd inst.

Guinness and LeCren—Threshing plant, etc., at Stndhdhne to-morrow.

St. John's Royal Arch Chapter—Convocation tins evening. W. Ferrier—ls -selling off stock of plato frames, etc.

H. H. We"bb—Properties for sale on easy terms.

New Zealand Railways—Train arrangements for Dunedin races.

Waimate County Council—Notice of rates overdue.

Timaru Technical classes—Plumbing class starts this" evening. Belfield Hill—Meeting re church and school on Friday. Mrs Freme, Fairlie —Important notice to the three boys with the billy. W". Mander—On sale pictures of New Zealand football team.-

At Randrups—All cycle repairs and accessories, the Blue Streak.

Kernohan. MeCahon and pots and jars, all " K " jam-—Details by S. Kirkparrric'k and Co. (Ltd.) Wanteds —Ten notices.