TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13014, 29 June 1906, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Miss H. Petreniiant, at present, matron of tie Masterton Hospital, has' been." appointed manager of the Industrial School at Caversham. '' " - ' ' - George White, a well-known business man, was given into custody at Napier yesterday morning; on an alleged charge of misappropriating £439, the funds of the Star Bowkett Building Society. Captain .Edwin telegraphed yesterday V: —"Gale from between north and ■ west . and southrwest ; glass fall ; tides ; high ;r - sea heavy; ; rain probably heavy and> wea-; ther cold." ' ; ■ v ; » Mr (t. W. Armitage has been nominated for a seat on the South Canterbury Board of Education by the Temuka District High School Committee. .Mr Armitage is at present a member of- the Board which vacates office next montk. Some tenders received by the GeraldingCounty Council yesterday were declined 38' ' too high. . ;lhe epgineer said every. iteaa " of expense .had gone up, and the. cost of oars was mentioned by contractors as- an excuse for the higlier ,prices put down; Afcw". ••years'- ago learthwoi'k was, 'doiie : for : ■9d jifci yard, now Is sd:was. put *dowJi ■foiy earth work. ■ .■■ ■ : . i : rhe question .of how t-cv cure a- leaky water-race . -came- up " at the Geraldine 4 •County Council yesterday;: It was agreed that trying to fill up Jeaks by putting in. c.av is often of little or no use, as die water - carries, the clay through- - the shingle quite easily-. Mr Marchant said the cute Wits to plough' the bottom, out 9 :ov 10 inches; and . put it back, mixing - ' the stuff well. . 1 , .

A ..cable message received at Wellington' yesterday morning from. London announces ■the death of Mr- Vernon Wylis, c-nly son of ; Mr Andrew. Wylie;' of the firm of .Skerrett. and Wylie.- Deceased! was a: native of Wellington, 23 years of age, -andi served his term as engineer at Wellington, ,He. went to England about 18' months ago to study electrical engineering. His death, -was due "to. appendicitis;' An idea of the enthusiasm - shown by pfupils-of the . blacksmithing cla'ss at Teniuka technical school was given at the meeting of managers on Wednesday night. Most of tbe-pupils. either cycle or ride dist;uices of from three to 10 miles and are very regular attenders, ai\d one young fanner pedals no less than twenty miles to attend, which he does with great regularity. ■

The second express going, south yesterday met with a mishap between St. Andrews and Makikihi. - . Something went .wrong, .with the . gearing of one of tire cylinders;- it had to be disconnected, and (he engine ran. on to Oamaru "oa one 6 legi" The disconnecting process took some time, aSd this delayed, not- only that train but- also others on the and the evening express for Christchurcli did not 'reach Timaru till 7.50 p.m.

Instead ff holding their usual crosscountry run afternoon, theTrinity Harriers,- who were the guests of the Rev. T. Stinson, ran down to Caro-line-Bay; to witness -the novice race of the South Canterbury Harriers, returning •home via Stony.Beach and the Park. After a- much-needed clean up. owing to the muddy state of the course, the members did full justice to the refreshments provided by Mrs Stinson, for.: w3iom "cheejrs were given with great enthusiasm. '

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr C. A. Wrav, S.M., James Shewan was charged with selling undamped bread.• Accused admitted the offence. Constable Leuwin. stated that he found 21b : loaves id: the shop of accused, and the -21b* stamp was not pressed, thereon. His Worship, warned -him, remarked that he should have known better ii-fter 10 years'' experience, and lined him 20s.- G. McOaa, similarly charged, admitted that he did not stamp all the bread. He explained that he was not aware that " fancy loaves" require stamping; Hk Worship warned him, and fined him; 20s, - the minimum -penalty.'■

Ai: tie monthly meeting of the Officers' Club yesterday, Colonel Mackenzie, in fitting terras,. referred' to the' loss , sustained! by the volunteers of the colony by the death of Mr Seddon. He moved a motion of appreciation of the late Premier's work in defence matters and of sympathy Avith Mrs Seddon-, a copy of ithe same to be' - forwarded to Mrs Seddon and the Hon. Hall-Jones: The question of a national volunteer mmm-ial -was in response to a circular from Christehurcb, and, it- was decided that the secretary, Lieutenant. Hintz. obtain all information, forward; it to officers commanding corps, and that these officers could then-receive subscriptions from their companies the object in view. -

The secretary of the Timaru Harbour : Board has sent the following letter to Mr J: Kellarid, chairman of the recent 'conference. of local bodies held in reference -\ to the harbour rate to. my memo. of the sth-_instant, 1 tave the ho-' nour to advise you that the Boaid gave • due consideration to the motion forwarded by you,, but decided that it was impossible to mate any alteration in the amount which bad been fixed. It was recognised jtliat local bodies were at-' some disadvantj age rhrougli having to pay the rateV ■jrheir they had. not themselves collected " their own rates, thus incurring a charge for overdraft interest.; ■ I was directed to say : itliat* the Board will have to pay overJraft interest after the Ist July, in consequence of looal bodigs not meeting - the demand", so it. was resolved to allow the Jane lsfc payment to stand over till August Ist.v I hope this will meet with your approval I was dii-ected to expi-ess the, BoarcL's warmy, appreciation, for 'the • complimentary : conr .■ tents of your letter, wherein it related -to .1 the Board's efforts to carry on the harbour on progressive lines, and to'- assure - you that it is the purpose .of the Boar«T collectively , and individually to exercise-.' averv care and discretion in the interests' of tie ratepayers generally." - . ;

The la»<3 department of tie National Mortgage and Agency Gotnpasiy of New gnUrat, reports tfie sale of Mr T. StowelTa Li.p., Otaio settlement, to Mr David Young, St. Andrews. In consequence of this sale the -section will not be offered by auction to«aorrow as advertised.

•A nor'-west rain which fell during Wedattttday night had a marvellous effect in clearing away the snow which fell on Monday, and which on Wednesday evening ■till sprinkled the higher downs and lower ranges with whiteness. Yesterday morning the snow had disappeared, aicept from the tops of the higher of the frontal ranges west of Tiroarn. The Hunters HiQs to the south-west had not been similarly thawed clear of snow.

A young woman was brought before the Magistrate (Mr C. A. Wray, S.M.) yesterday morning on a charge of theft of a purse containing some money and a necklace, value of £2 10s, from her employer s residence. Accused was severely cautioned, convicted and discharged, on her parents undertaking to refund the stolen money, which had been spent, and the puree, which was destroyed by accused. Detective Coanell had recovered the necklace.

At the meeting of the Temuka District High School Committee on Tuesday night (I)r Paterson presiding) the headmaster reported that the roll number o£ the school was 403 and the average, secondary department, 38 and primary department 335. It was decided to do about 600 yards o£ aahphaltmg on the school ground! The chairman was requested to write a letter of commendation to Miss Grace Baillie a member of the staff, who has been appointed mistress of the Fair lie school. At the meeting of the Temuka Technical Association's Board of Managers on Wednesday night, Mr G. W. Armxtage presiding*, the director reported that there was an average of 160 individual pupils in attendance at the classes. This state of affairs was considered highly satisfactory. It was reported that a grant of £l7B had been authorised by the Department for apparatus.' Accounts for £l6B were passed for payment and arrangements were made for completing the improvements to the school surroundings. .Last peering at the Weskyan schoolroom the juvenile members of the Wesley Guild £ave a most enjoyable concert.- The attendance was a large one, and thoroughly appreciated every item given by the children. The programme was a lengthy ■one of miscellaneous items, and was got off without a Mtc'a, all the children gobg through their parts in first-class style. The items given included part and action *ong», recitations and dialogues, and a couple of pianoforte aolos. / The various items were accompanied by Miss Sherlock on tie piano. On November 4th, 1879, 27 years ago, the first i vessel—a 6Q-toa' ketch—to visit Timaru was saftly berthed, discharged •45.CCG feet of timber, was ballasted, and ■was despatched within eight hours. Her Earns was the _Prip.ce Rupert, Captaia H-.nn.cg. The report of' 1885 shows' a paragraph, to read—a noticeable feature of the year was the arrival on December 12th of the ship Canterbury, which . took away 10,120 carcase* of mutton; and S as the report anticipated, has proved "the precursor-of a large and continuous business -in exporting surplps stock." [ - The St. Andrews Card Club played a return match with the Fareora Works ■Club on Monday night.' The games played were crib, euchre, and fortv-Lves. Flay was very exciting and the result was ta doubt up to the last game. St. Andrews . won by a small margin. At the supper which followed Captain Keaney thanked ■ the Pareora, Ctub for the way they had treated his men, and hoped to see more I "forty-five" players at the next match. L He had a number of his Club schooled in I the game, bat the trouble was to find % * team to play them. Captain Gaßaugher replied,' and after three cheers had been i given Mr Smith for the use of bis dining iroom, a pleasant gathering broke up. The following paragraph is taken from yesterday's issue of the " Otago Daily Times";— The Shaw, SaviH liner Athenic » is expected to leave Lyttelton to-day for Timaru. Her arrival 4t -the latter" port is being awaited with unusual interest, inasmuch as the Athenic is the largest vessel that has ever berthed within the Thnarn breakwater. Less than half a lifetime back shipping communication with Timaru was maintained by surf boats plying between the shore and vessels anchored in the ooen roadstead. At the present time 12,000 ton liners can find berthage within an artificial harbour, which has proved of incalculable value to the town and surrounding district, and the people of Timaru have every reason to feel gratified oa the occasion of a visit to their harbour of a vessel of such dimensions as the Athenic. Would you exchange a throbbing) headache for buoyant relief? Then take Stearns' Headache Cure, which always re- | lieves so promptly that it is now used wherever heads ache... An. attraction that was omitted frcan Penrose's sale circular is that of 150 ladies •shaped tams that were 3s lid and 4s 9d each, now being offered at Is each. These winter hats are in. all plain, colours as navy, cardinal, grey, black, brown, turquoise. These tams are just the thing for evening I we_ir or for wearing out cycling. Though our stcck at present is large it must not ba supposed that it will take long to dispose of 150 of them at Is each. ITie showroom is full of sale attractions, tlere are some of them:—lQo pairs of Celebrated C-B. and P.D. Corsets, chiefly grey colour, sizes 19 to 27 inches, usual prices Bst 6d, 9s 6d,* 10s 9d, sale price 3s lid any of them. 30 pairs of grey corsets, in sizes 24 and 25 only, usual price 6s to Bs. cowoffered at 2* lid , pair. Celebrated • C.B. corsets, in sizes 25 enly, usual prices 8s 6s to 10s 6d, sale price 3s 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, usual price 6s 6d, sale price Is 6d. Round and flat bjown marmot furs, with 4 real tails, usual price 6s lid, sale price 1* 9d. Two only brown marmot furs, htest fiat shape, with 2 long and 4 short ' tails, usual price 10s 6d, sale price 4s 6d. White foxeline furs, newest fiat shape, with 4 tails, usual price 10s 6d, sale price 8s 6d_—Penrose's Winter- SaTe.—(Advt.) Are You a Nuisance? You disturb everybody in the house. Why not atop You make a terrible noise. As for sleeping, no one ean get a bit of rest. Tf you do not care for yourself, then for j the sake of the others take Chamber!* in'sSi Congh Remedy. Yon wiß make everybody "happy, and that includes yourself, for the firct thing yon know you will not have any cough. For «a!e bv J. C. Oddie.— (Advt.V

Pe-opTe like to go shopping and say, gzv? ma i»o and so—and hrvnr* otw the ■nnre-c without having to ask how. mnnh. Ton know how It feels yourself. Bege's w probab'y the first, and is to-dar the where it is rigorously done. " Anv I'rtirTe frntn a piano t*> a small inottth i« plainly mnrked with the- cash rir-e. Stmeht dealing .makes satisfied customers. (Advt.)

At .the lost meeting of tie Wesley an Church, trustees, several designs for the new Sunday school building -were submitted. THe one approved of shows a fine brick structure with all the latest improvements for conducting the school on up-to-date methods. The building will probably be erected in Church street. Mr J. S. Turobull has been instructed to prepare tte plans and specifications. The trustees have also purchased half .an acre of land near Gleniti, on which 'it is proposed to erect a suburban church. "It is well known," said Major Andrew Yesterday, that the Japanese, in their attacks on the Russian lines, though favoured with good cover in high fields of " liaoyang" and maize, seldom daring the davtime got within 1200 yards of the enemy, but had to await nightfall to | creep" closer to deliver a decisive attack. : Yet the much-criticised British soldier, against an enemy who could with the rifle ! pick off 20 men while a Russian was 1 hating a -"haystack, and on country -which j afforded absolutely no cover, often got i within 600 yards of the enemy." I The trend of prices at the local stock ! markets of late has been steadily upward 1 says the "Ashburton Guardian," and Tues- \ day's sale at Tinwald saw them still higher, : well finished lambs especially firming. The I bulk of the prime stuff is at present being 1 snapped up by export buyers, the butchers : being mostly ousted in the competition, and the query was not infrequently asked ias to bow the local .consumer would preaently be faring. The exporters also are ;at present showing a greater disposition >to buy ewe and secondary mutton for shipment, the assumption apparently being that by reason of the recent Chicago tinned meat scandals there will spring 'up a stronger demand for this class at Home. I Some of the Home buyers regard present | market rates as rather speculative and na- ! tnraHy prefer, the comparative calm of buy-' ing at the homestead. In this connection, just after a line of lambs had been sold on Tuesday for 19s 4d, a farmer made the meaning remark to an export buyer that it was lucky for him that he had called and bought "that line of lambs the day before rather than the day after that sale." A meeting of the Kohika school committee was held on Monday night. All the members were present and Mr Hoare, the chairman, presided. Mr Nieoll moved a vote of condolence 'frith the family of the late Mr Seddon, which was carried in the usual way. A letter from the secretary of the Education Board was read stating that a sum of £3 had been placed to tte credit of the committee towards the erection of the footbridge across Marshall's creek. It was resolved that the Board be thanked, and that the erection of the bridge be put in hand at once, Mr Nieoll |to obtain the necessary timber. Accounts for nearly £4 were "passed for payment. The master's report showed a "steady decrease in the roll number owing to* families leaving the district. * The chairman stated that he had received a letter from Mr Norrish, who was about to leave the district, referring in eulogistic terms to Mr Yates's abilities as a teacher, and requesting him to present to Mr Yates, on behalf of Mr Xorrish's children, a musical instrument, as a token of their gratitude and esteem. Mr Yates briefly responded and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman^

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. National Mortgage and Agency Company—lmportant land sale to-morrow. J. B. Rutland—Sale of timber and iron to-morrow. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association—Entries for Tattersall's sale to-" morrow. Property at Winchester—For sale early date by C.F.C.A. and Guinness and LeCrea. Clearing sale at St. Andrews—By N.M. and A. Co. and C.F.O.A. on 6th July. R _ Leslie Orbell—Has corner business block for sale. Theatre Royal—Farewell comic, opera compauv this evening. At Thomson's—Fire-out- sale opens this morning. Geo. Bowker—Details of country properties for sale. D. Mahoney—Has hotels for sale, also lease of hotel and bakery. Kernohan, McCahon and Co. —New consignment of dust exterminators. Wanteds—One notice.