TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13013, 28 June 1906, Page 5

TOWN & COUNTRY.

The Manchester Unity will play the For- « .esters at cards in Rankin's- Rooms this ; -evening', at 'l ''■-'", ' - " ! Guinness and LeCren. Ltd.,. are holding; ' a clearing sale of live and dead farm stock" at Waitoni to-djry'on, the'estate of the late ; Dona'd -McKecner.' '" The sale starts at 12' i -o'clock. .- '"" , ■ ■ . - ■ A concert;: given entirety by juvenile per- '; formers, . will .ije> held in. the ■ Wesleyan , Schoolroom, this evening, in aid of the mew; ' j. Sunday* sehoel.- -_ There should be a large I attendance. ' For some time past most of the hotels in Timu.ni have been painted and renovated throughout, several of them being greatly knproved and presenting u very clean and fresh appearance. At the Bfenheim Police Court yesterday, Wm. Murphy, charged on two in forma t ions' ; with obtaining good* from storekeepers at Seddon township by false pretences, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Accused was convicted three years ago at Wellington for ing. The arcade in course of erection in Waimate by Mr Quinn now makes a Bhow, the southern, arch for the ro«f over the second story Baying been built up in brick and concrete The southern facade is a striking one with several large archways ' in it. formed- in red. white and black bricks, in tasteful ©ambulation. The arcade when completed will contain 16 *hops. An important clearing sale will take place ■ oa Mr Bruce Gillie** farm. Fun-lie, to-mor- ' row. The train and ( other arrangements are- very suitab'e, and the sale i* one that should command the chwe attention of all in want of the best of stock. The auctioneers direct special attention to the first cUi's lines in sheep, and otfcw lots of stock will also be found to be exceptionally ' good. Th- ** Canterbury Times" of this week i* a second, memorial of the deceased Premier, and copies will be carefully preserved its mementoes of one of the most notable incidents in the history of Wellington, the obsequies of Xew" Zealand's Liberal statesman. Many line photographs of scenes connected with the funeral are given, also two views of enormous crowds assembled at memorial services in Christchurch. In addition there is presented a fine portrait on surfaced paper, suitable for framirg. A golf match was 'played at Shirley Links, Christ church, on Tuesday, between six ladies representing Ttuiaru and six representing Lhristchureh. The result was. a victory for the home team by eleven holes. "> Results:-Miss Campbell ?C) beat 1 Miss Sealy (TV. 6 up. Miss Wilson (C> beat Mk» ReveE (T), 7 up. Miss Stead (6) and Miss Meridelson (T). all square. Miss Hf.wley (TV beat Mrs Campbell (C) 1 up. Miss Harley iCt and Ms Cox (T). alt \ •square. Mrs Costello tTi beat Mrs Pyne (Cj. 1 up. Since the mutilated sen-leopard was seen oa Saltwater Creek beach tht- other day. the police..have made enquiries and discovered the persons who cut it up. A prosecution is not going to follow it this case, as the animal was found dead in the first place and it was proved that the carcase had been injured previously, and al*o because it. was done by some fads in ignorance. It may be well to mention that anyone seeing these aniuutls on the beach I either dead or alive should leave them cautionsly alone foe they are very highly j. .protected......... I A meeting.of the Sutheramds School Committee was held ou Saturday evening last. Present:—Messrs W. Wall (chairman), J. W. Cain, J. T. Lamb, G. E. Jooes, James Esler, A. Sutherland, and H. Biissett. A resolution, regretting the loss sustained to education rlrroogh the demise of Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, Premier -and Minister of .Education, was parried in silence and recorded .in the minutee. On the motion of Mr BEssett, the resignation •of Miss Sutherland as. sewing mistress, was accepted with regret, and a recommendation ta the Education Board for the. vacated position was made. It was decided to have the cord on the flagpole attended t»> at an early date, and new entrance gates to the school ground erected, members of the committes kindly undertaking to rariv out. trie work. CapitatW" f.rr swbnmln't: had bee» received and the reported" -that every boy in.standards-I and VL wa* ahte to swim. Thw wa» considered hlgTdjr .safWactorv. A *mal account wa.« passed for payment, and the •meeting terminated with "the enstomarv -f-'omplimeatary to the. chairman.

Mr John E. Hurdley has been appointed agent for Timaru for the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Mr Ericson, lighthouse-keeper, reports that a small seal was ashore on Patiti Point yesterday morning. It seemed weuk and exhausted, and allowed Mr Ericson to go up and pat it on the back. At 12.13 p.m. yesterday. Captain Edwiii advised as follows:—"Heavy gale from be tween north east and north and west, glass further fall, tides very high, sea heavy, rain probably heavy."

Messrs Wigley aad Thornley received a telegram from Christchurch yesterday stating that tenders will be called on Saturday oext for the timber contract for bridges on the Mount Cook-Fnirlie road. The iron Slew are at present being pointed a; e Addington workshops. The contract work is to be completed by November Ist.

At the weekly meeting of the Wesley Guild last evening in the schoolroom, the Rev. Mr Hunt entertained a large audience by giving innumerable brief sketches of the humourous side of a native missioner s life- The several anecdotes and quips were listened to with much interest and greatly appreciated. The lecturer was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his novel and mirth-provoking entertainment. A small boy while going home through Stafford street south yesterday morning was stopped by an unknown man "who, in response to a query put to the tad, ascertained that he was in possession of a small sum of money. The individual in question took Is 6d from the lad, giving him back 3d, and then went his way. The man was seen stopping the boy, but it was not known at the time what his motive was. It is quite likely that the offender will be obliged to explain matters shortly.

There is a large increase in the entries for the South Canterbury Poultry Society's Show, which is to be opened in the Polished at 2 p.m. to-morrow and all day Saturday. The additional "entries number about 100, the entries received being 381 for fowls, 19 for ducks, 175 for canaries, 17 for cats and 33 for the home industries for cakes and scones. The committee are very pleased with the support accorded them, and should the weather be at all favourable the Show of 1906 should be an unqualified success.

I A parade of the South Canterbury Mounted Rifiea was held in the Drill Shed last night. Captain Bond being in com- | niand. There was a very fair muster and some useful work was done under the direction of Staff .Sergeant-Major Canning, of Christchurch. After., parade.* a meeting was held at which Mr J. Kirkland was unanimously elected secretary and assistant quarter-master of the corps. Eleven men were sworn in and the members present evinced a desire to push forward the corps and make it regain its old time strength and vigours By the last mail, Mr Moss Jonas received a letter, from Mr Julius. Gall, formerly a well known resident in South Canterbury, who is now settled in San Frani cisco. Mr Gall state* that the damage by i the recent earthquake and fire cannot be [exaggerated."The whole city was, on , fire,".he.writes, " and people were running }in all directions. Just imagine 465 blocks ; were destroyed by fire which took in the \ entire business portion of the city." Most [of the destruction, he says, was caused by : the fires. " The earthquake did but little | damage and had it not been for tbe.-£te,{- ! business wotßff* along as if no-"] : thing had happened." For several weeks the people had had no light and little : water, the small quantity available be-1 >ing carted round and dispensed in small j doses. When Mr Gall wrote (on May [ 29tb> things were beginniag to get into better shape, and he anticipated that a year or two would see a great difference "in the burnt portion of the city. Mr Gall's own residence escaped and be quite happy to have a roof over his head." " You ask if there is a market for your meat at Genoa." said Captain HolHngswortb. of the Indraghiri, in conversation with a Dunedin 'Staar* representative the other day. '" Not a doubt about it. The Italian market is one of the finest if yon go for it in time; the Australians are going for it now. I have been three times into the Mediterranean with the Indraghiri. and last trip we put ashore 150 tons of Queensland beef and 140 tons of New South Wale* mutton at Genoa. If opened the eyes of the natives; far better stuff than they rear on the Apennines, or in the Marennna. and they know a good-thing when they see it. If steamers can serve them, the trade ought to open up fastAlready the* have got fine freezing works at Genoa, but they have a lot of detail to learn. The manager was funny on the question of insulation. He inquired what the people in New Zealand used for insulating purposes. I asked him what he used, and he ran through the whole ramut from silica to cork. 'What about pumice r I suggested; 'it-ought to be cheap enough in this volcamc Italy ot vourL' 'Corpodi Bacchol' he gasped; : von don't mean to say they use pnmice in New Zealand! If I had known that> sizuor. I could have saved £25,000. for Dumke-the good Sicilian P™«r*g» here at no more than 3 francs per 100 kilo-

8r w qoite so good in bronchitis awl body builder.... An attraction that. «s from Peuto-es sale eircu'ar is that of 150 Udi» shaped tarns that *ere os lid and « aa each, now being offered at Is each- Ihese winter but. are in all plain «> loore t " l g' cardinal, gtev. black, brown, turquoise. See tarn" are just the thing for evening wear or f.»r wearing out cychag. Though our stock at present is large it must not b> supposed that it will take long to dispose of 150 of them at Is each. The showroom is full of sale attractions. Here are some <>f them:—loo pairs of Celebrated C.B. and P.D. Corsets, chiefly grey colour. sizes 19 to 27 inches, usual prices 8s 6d, 9s 6d. 10s 9d. sale price "3s lid any of theni. 33 pairs of '.jrey corsets, in sizes 24 and 25 only, usn3l "price''■ : 6s to .Bs,: jbow offered at 2s lid pair, Celebrated C.B. corsets, in sizes 25 only, nsual prices 8s 6a to' : 10s 6d, sale prit'e 3a 6d to clear. Girls' furs in light and dark brown, and grey,, round shape, usual price 2s 9d, sale price 6d. , Brown marmot furs, nicely marked, round shape with 4 tails, nsual price 6av.6d, sale price Is 6d. Bound and flat ■ brown marmot furs, with 4 real tails, usual l*rice 6f lid. ' sale price Is 9<L Two only brown marmot furs, laten But s-iiape, with 2 long and 4 short t-iils. usual price Ids 6d, sale price 4s 6d. White foseline furs,' newest flat shape, with ,4 tails. u>nal price 10s 6d. sa'e price 8s ; 6d.--.Penrose's Wmfer'Stfe.-—(AdytO ' People Kke in go shopping and say. ; '»:ve aie .«o nnd so-7-and hand ' over the i "^ >r er urithinl having to ask .how-much. J Yftii" 1 1now * hW it feelt ynutself."" - BegNr'a" I vtn* probab'y the first, "and is to-day the ; nl-»«- it is rigorously' done.' * AnV : article from a piano to a small boy's mouth [orvnn i* phridy marked with -the : cash price. Straight dealing makes satisfied cus--1 "omers. (Advt.)

.Mr Moss Jonas will hold an important clearing sale Lilly's, Ettrick Bank, High street, at 12.30 p.m. to-day. A large number of lines will be disposed of without reserve.'

The July "Review of Reviews'* comes as a surprise. For many years this journal has been sold at ninepence, but it has kvu decided to reduce the price to sixpence. Another new feature is the comau ucement of a serial story, " In the Days o: ;ha Comet," by Mr H. G. Wells. Fullp_._:a portraits are given of Mr Judkins, Mr W. T. Stead, and the late Mr Seddon. Au article which is quite up-to-date is one by the editor on " The Gambling Demon in Australia, with a view of the famous

" CoUingwood Tote." The character sketch is on "John Bull as International !lo<t," and is a fine appeal for more brotheily international methods than these at present existing. The other parts of the " Review " are well up to the mark.

Mr Hunt in the course of his sketches last evening at the Wesley Guild meeting related the following:—A native girl who was seen to be drinking kerosene was subsequently seen to climb over the wall into her neighbour's property and there to spurt out the liquid. By this means her friend's lamp was replenished daily. Her master determined' to put a*stop to these proceedings and the next evening he stepped on to the verandah just as she was about to depart for the neighbour's lamp with a mouthful of kerosene. She saw him and stopped, and then he asked a .very simple question which she was t>b-lige-1 to answer. The only alternative was for her to swallow or spit, but the innate politeness which characterises the natives prompted her to swallow the liquid—she did not drink any more kerosene.

COMIC OPERA COMPANY. To-night, the Theatre Royal promises to be crowded for the appearance here of Mr J. C. Willhunson's famous Comic Opera Company, -who produce '" Utopia Limitea," essentially a -carnival piece, designed to amuse, intellectually and cleanly always. A Temarkable vivacity invests tie action from t.he moment the curtain rises, smart and witty dialogue filling in the story in the interludes between brilliant lyrics and fascinating settings. A feature of the composes' share is the frequency of fine chorus numbers and concerted pieces. The essentials needful to make " Utopia Ltd." delightful—good vocalisation and sparkling effervescence, in the acting—are said to be ever present. The performance of principals and chorus alike is pronounced beyond reproach. As a consequence the opera is berne along upon a rippling -wave of fascinating melody. Dull moments are' Lconspicuous by their absence, merry ones | and musical ones as conspicuous by their presence. The graceful dancing and brilliant chorus work add to the attractiveness of the_ performance, and the scenery and costumes are most handsome.

SMALL BIRDS PESTI - f The chairman of the Waimate county "yesterday asked the Council to decide what, should be done about small 'birds, and mmbers discussed several suggestions. The chairman said they spent £SOO last year, and' he did not think the results were commensurate with that sum. Different members had different ideas, pome believing in poisoning and others decrying it; some recommended King's 'traps, and others asserted that they were useless. Members differed also to whether*, farmers would lay poisoned grain as effectually as men engaged by the Council. One member recommended the purchase of heads whether poisoned or not, and it was replied that last year this offer was made, and very few heads were brought in. Another would trust the farmers to make best use of the poisoned grain, for they know where the sparrows were. The clerk gave the cost of small bird destruction for the last few years: 1902-3, £459; 'O3-4, £1094; •04-5, £818; that-birdsV heads be purchased-at-'ls-per dozen, and that three of King's traps be purchased, and distributed;'by the? chairman.; Mr Walker said he had a lot of eiperienjca .with, bird traps when a boy at Home, and he did not think the traps would do much good unless in the hands of experienced men. He preferred sending two men to distribute poisoned grain.

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISE- .. MENTS. Moss Jonas—Clearing sale at Nurse Lilly's to-d&y. National Mortgage and Agency Company—lmportant land sales on. Saturday. Canterbury Farmers* Co-operative Association—Entries for Tattersall's, sale of property on 7th July. Tnos. Cook and Son —Fares to London, Japan, Vancouver, etc Football-r-On Caledonian and Athletic Grounds to-day. D. C. TurnbuH and Co.—Have Ettrick Bank toilet

. At Bowie's —Move in" grocery line, better value each year. T. Wagstaff—Prices of popular literature. V - .

John E. Hurdler—ls agent for Colonial Mutual Insurance Co. Hutton;' and Co.—Memorial numbers of weekly papers "Frisco mafl. Wesleyan schoolroom —Concert by juveniles this evening. Timaru. Borough Council—Call tenders for street- works. . t South .Canterbury Poultry Society—Annual Show opens to-morrow. Fat wether lost—Reward to finder at "Herald" office. „ . . , . „ T. and J. Thomson—Notice of closing ° ! A P, S', Temuka-Wants to sell prime a smart office bov. - Wanteds—Two notices.