TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 13099, 6 October 1906, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

At the Court .yesterday morning, beforeMr J. Jackson, J,'P., a first offender for drunkenness. w-us fijied ss; iu default 24 . hours' imprisonment. Mr James Young is making considerable additions to -the Fiwrlie Hotel-r-looking' forward to increased; demand for accommodation next tourist season. To-morrowV morning the new Catholic 1 Presbytery at Temulfca will be opened, the > service commencing at 10;30 o'clock. .The < , Yfeiy Rev; Father le Menant de Chennais, < vicar general, will preach in the monung, and the Ven. Archcteacon'ltevoy & tibaevening. « ■ U'nder th© auspices of the Pleasant Point Technical Classes Association, Mr Arthur Bourn gave ;tn instructive proctioal leo- - tore on, wool-classing to an audience of about 40 persons ; members of a class in wool classing, and a number of fanners . of the neighbourhood.; An abstract of the lec'.ure will be published on Moiftday. The National Mortgage and Agency Go. yesterday sent forward by rai'J to Ihrnedin. ior, shipment. to Melbourne per s.s. W«i a kate, about 200 Border' Leicester ram and ewe hoggets, bred by. .Messrs Donald Grant, of, Temuka, Grant, of Ti- >, manif a'nd. James Saott, of Seadowih These sheep were .consigned to' Messrs Golds- • borough, , Morfc and and were pur-' chased by Mr H. L. Cordjier. Mr Frayne, whose stablos at Fuirlie * were. butned a few weeks ago, has l commenced 1 the erection of mew and l -larger stables' on .a plot of la/nd ho has purchased from the County Council next door • to their offices. The concrete foundations for the brick walls Ore completed,, and some bricks are on the ground—all the way from Mr Quinn's y&rds at Makikilii. The site of the old »ta,ble has » been acquired by the Motor Oar Company, who will «rect a> garago upo»a it. The curious optical phenomenon, " persistence of vision," tras very prettily illustrated by Mr Donoghufl'p electric club swinging at -the Theatre last nights . Ho swung the electrically lighted cWtos so aa to produce complete circles of light, to the eye, as may indeed be done by anyone with a stick glowing at tl)e end, but his swift swinging in changing positions produced a series of interlaced circles—ghosts of light—about him. A curious,- ; illusion was: that as they faded they seemed y to travel away from him towards the j back of tlio- darkened stage. , The annual general meeting of tlie South Canterbury Builders' Association took place in their rooms on Thursday evenings there being a fair attendance of members. The election of officers for tiler ensuing twelve* months resulted as follows:—Mr H. M. Hollow, president; Mr J". L. Potter, treasurer, amd Mr F. A. R&ymond secretary; committee, Messrs Cbyton, H. Berry. Tubb, and Boulden. A special vote of thanks to Mr Hunt, the retiring president, was carried by acclamation. The* delegates to the annual conference of Master- BuiMens' Associations of New Zealand are Messrs Hunt and Foster. The conference is this year to be held at Wanganui. The auditors' report, and balance sheet were taken as read, each member having received a copy. Considerable din- , cession took place on items in the- balance. . sheet, and it was finally decided to hold' the matter over till next meeting nighi. ] The su'b-cmnpiittee appointed to confer with the director of the Technical Cluw<c», Association reported on their deliberations. , Revision <r{' the rules was oi'dored to »t;nnd. over tilt next meeting, and the alteration of one .of the rules , was also held over, i Appreciation of the services rendered by the 'secretary and treasurer was placed on « record, and their TCtrwtneralkm was parsed at the same figure a« last year. The retiring president reported on the arrange- <. | ments for the forthcoming annual dinner | and social evening, and what progress I been made with the same.

A »-;cial in aid of the school fund- vriii be held at Otaio and Ciandeboye, respecSirelv. on Friday next, the 12tb inst. Mr J- C. Cran, teller in the West port branch of the Bank of New Zealand, Is •under orders of transfer to Timaru. Mr Ellis Wood, the well lenown 'cellist, who'has just returned to Timaiu. has been appointed a member cl t-he Exhibition orchestra. Special attention is diiected to the important sale of town and suburban properties by Messrs Guinness and LeCrea at 2 p.m. to-day. Particulars are advertised. Michael Deli, who was arrested - at- Sydney on various charges of forgery and false pretences, and returned to Napier, was brought before the Court yes- . terday and remanded. At their meeting yesterday, the Timaru Licenced Vicuallers' Association donated £2 2s to the Technical Classes Association, -and £2 2s to the. Marine Band in aid of their Waimate contest fund. To-morrow at St. Mary's Church, the sermons, both at "the morning and evening services, will be preached by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Christchurch. A confirmation servi _> will be held at 5 p.m. When the btiaiiicr Athenic arrived at Plymouth from New Zealand on August 29th. the officers reported that off Gape Horn they passed a large iceberg, - about 200 feet high. It- was right in the tracis of all outward and homeward bound vessels, and very dangerous to navigation. *' If this by-law breaks down we will never bother with another," said a Mackenzie County councillor yesterday. '"lt ought to be good enough, we have had plenty of legal talent employed "upon it; nearlv all the lawyers in Timaru had a hand" in it," said another. The Post Office notifies that there will be no second delivery by the- letter carriers this afternoon, the carriers having given a special delivery of the San Francisco mail on Thursday last, their usual half-holiday. Letters may be obtained at the counter between 4 and 5 p.m. TJ.e anniversary services ; in connection with the Wesleyan Sunday school take place to-morrow. Sister Olive is to conduct the services, morning and evening. Her work in Dunedin as a deaconess and also as a speaker, is highly spoken of. The hvmns hare been carefully prepared bv the' children; some very old tunes being used for several hymns. A special devotional meeting is to be held at t a.m. The metal badges on dog registration collars have hitherto been brass plates fastened on the leather collar with rivets.. A new badge has been brought out in •which the trouble of rivetting is saved. The "badge is stamped out with lugs, on the ends, and the-e, driven through the leather and clinched, make the badge fa-st enoush -fcT use, and it looks neater than a plate with livets showing. The writer of stud notes in last week's "Otago Witness" says:—"'Many people contend:that racing only tenders for those ■wfco wast- to gamble, but when such wellbred sires at Phaethon, the-sire of Lady. J.Tllian" and _ Phaetontis, stand at ;-a , twoguinea fee, and Finland " (who won rtheM&ribytnong Plate, the V.R.C. St. Leger, ; and. ether races) can be xved at a fourgnicei fee, it cannot he said that farmers faave n&t an opportunity to breed "utility horses at a small outlay.' Geraldine at-one time could boast of two tennis clubs, but cf late years the game has died a natural death. With tli& .object? of reviving interest a meeting of tenuis players was held on Thursday night in the Literarv Institute, when there was a fair attendance. and Mr G. B. Creamer presidedThe chairman referred to'-the fact that the two Geraldine clubs had become defunct, and «iid that therfe was every reason to believe that Geraldine could this year run one good club which would be -a success. A resolution was then put and unanimously that a clxlb be formea to be called "Tre Geraldine Tennis Club." The ■following officers were elected -Patron, Mr F. R. Flatman, M.H.R.; president, STr G. 8.-Creamer; vice-presidents, Messrs A. J. Mackav' and T. Sherratt; secretary and tiearurer, Mr J. S. Pye; committee, Missejt Hughes, Campbell, Pearson, and Mcllror,' and Messrs Lawson, Thomas, Meredith and Blackmore. On the motion of Mr Willcughby it was decided to lave one of the courts top-dressed with tar and sand and to chip the other one: The subscriptions were, fixed at- 5s for jnen and 3s 6d for ladies. The colours selected for the club were blue and white. Ifc ■was ;• greed to have -an. opening day onThursday, October 11th. Chrc nic coughs ' are best treated' by Steams' Wine,- which, by strengthening the system, enables it ;to tirow them off- It does more good than cod liver oil, ■■ and tastes as good as fine old port. ... A particularly well selected lot of new real j;>ce work tray cloths are now on view :it Penrose's, quite a number of high class goods that are fit for an exhibition of needlework in any part of the world. 'These beautiful pieces of work have been sent out.as suitable lines to buy for presentation * purposes. It's often a puzzle -what to give as a present that will at -once look nice and not be very costly. "There is nothing manufactured that so well meets the case as a tray qloth, table cloth or Duchess set, trimmed with a beautiful piece of real lace work. This will give you some idea of the prices:— £ doz. sample heavy real renaisance lace -36 x 56 inch tray cloths with new scolloped designed border linen centres, 9s 6d each: 35 x 36 linen centred tray cloths worked with honiton braid and lace edging, lis 6d each; 36 x 36 tray •••loth with deep lace edge magnificenr.y designed in leaf and circular pattern. 17s 6d each; one only sample tray cloth with exquisite hand lace edging of floral and mosaic design. 25s 6d each.— Penrose's Drapery Establishment.—(Advt.) NKW ZEALAND MANUFACTURES. Th ? fact that there are more patents applied tor in New Zealand than anv other country, for over every 1000 of the population. augurs well for the manufacturers of the colony. This no doubt is due in a great measure to the general prosperity and enterprise of the people in the colony, and to the extremely moderate patent- fees which enable protection to be obtained at a very small cost. Invention and manufacture go hand in hand, the inventor is .in fact the pioneer of the mannafcturer, and where the inventor is greatlv in evidence then too will the factory hum. It is said that the great bulk of "capital invested in business enterprise in America is based entirely upon patented inventions. It is therefore a hopeful sign for us in New Zealand that we value the patentlaws rrnd strive to take advantage of them. An invention does not become a property till protected and once brought under tlie Act its value v-ill increase in proportion as it is wisely handled. These remarks are supplied us by Henry Hughes, international patent age:;t. ChristcLnreh. the oldest established patent agency in Nctt Zealand and authorised by the N.Z. Government. ill* Hughes prepares all the work m connection vrith patents in both Wellington and Christchurch offices, where competent men pre explored solelv in preparing the drawings and specifications. ~Timam -epreseniatir?. .T. E. F*. 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| 'L~Skr " Gazette" notifies the- imposition of a d"ity of 2d per lb on " /era mate," or " The Winchester' Tennis Club have held an organising meeting. The grounds, old and new, will be rolled, grass cut, etc., and all will be ready for the opening on October 20th, to which members of kindred clubs are cordially invited. . At the Magistrate's Court at Ashburton, yesterday, Mr Wray, S.M., fined Frederick Charles Startup £SO for selling liquor in a no-license district, and convicted him on a second charge of selling. A third information of receiving orders for liquor was dismissed without prejudice. The South Canterbury Acclimatisation. Society have sent one tin of rainbow ■trout to Major Young, and these will be distributed in Winchester water?. It may be mentioned that previous efforts to raise rainbow trout in cur rivers were not attended with marked success. At a meeting of the South Canterbury Rugby Union ia-t evening, a player of the Zingari Club was suspended for four plavicg Thursdays cf the 1907 season. The club was exonerated of any misconduct at Geraldine r but it was decided .that their manager should not be 'allowed to travel in charge of any future travelling teams. The Winchester Morris Tube Club, after many close and intere-ting competitions, held" a ball on Thursday evening in the Victoria Hall. This was well -attended and enjoyed. .Mr J. Cripps, who has acted as hon. secretary, together witli his committee, may be congtatulated on their successful efforts in the club's interests. Some interest is being taken at Winchester as to the action of local Boards with, regard to the erection 'of a light traffic bridge over the Waibi creek. There is no doubt it will be a great advantage in the moving cf sheep, and motor car occupants will be secured from being occasionally stuck up while, attempting the present ford. The reduction in the postage rates for letters in the colony and to the Cook Islands to Id' for four ounces or fraction thereof, and on the charges for the transmission of telegrams within the colony to a halfpenny a .word with a minimum of sixpence, and urge'nts to one penny a word (minimum Is), wili come into operation on November Ist. .". There will be on view in Mr Lister's, furniture shop to-day a fancy chair. The centre piece has been worked with beads on a plum colour plush, and the sides upholstered. in old gold plush with a plum plush border. The chair is being soit away to-day for competition at the Exhibition. The woodwork lias been coloured to imitate walnut. The usual weekly meeting of the Life Boat Lodge; No. ,101;: LO.G.T., was.held last' evening. 'There was a very good attendance of members, and the C.T. occupied the chair. One candidate was initiated into the order. After special business'had been disposed of, the programme " Suggestions how to improve the Lodge' was l taken up.' Several. members.. exprespd thkir views; a nd- some excellent: suggestions were -madex. Two prizes -Svere presented to Sister andJßro. Newlands as. the winners of the nail-driving competitions. .The programme for next evening is in the hands of'the. brothers, and a firstclass eveniug is assured. Thfe lodge was closed in j the usual manner at 9.30. It- is notified in the " Gazette" thai the' Secretary of State for . the Colonies has considered the position and treatment of foreign Consuls'ib the colony, a&d his decision is that foreign Consuls in England have no claim to precedence, atadl. axe i treated like any other foreigners Resident in England. This .principle .equally extends to s the colony, and it is not desirable that any instructions should be given tending to recognise the principle; of according preference to the foreign Consul body. Reference is made to the claims of the Consul body in Sydney in* 1863, and the Spanish Consul at Brisbane- in.. 1855 for privileges, when it was decided that there were no privileges to which .foTeign Consuls were'strictly or legally" entitled. This decisiom, the Secretary of State says, ishould be carefully borne in mind, as it would prove in the highest degree inconvenient if' in. the British colonies Consujs of foreign Powers should be permitted to acquire a claim to- the privileges or immunities ofdiplomatic agents,: or to assume in any other respect a footing different from that, which they hold in: the United kingdom. Recent .experiences have shown that?this possible danger is a. real . otoe, and. should be strictly guarded against. :

WATMATE BAND CONTEST. -The contest, is. aioiising great enthusiasm in Waimate. The chief events are' the Garden Party on Tuesday and .the Quickstep on Wednesday afternoon, and Test 'Selection cn Wednesday night. The train arrangements for Wednesday (Labour Day and a licliday) are announced by advertisemieat from the Contest, secretary and by the railway authorities. The Committee hopes the special trains on Wednesday will be well patronised, as a heavy guarantee has been given in connection with them. The Drillsfaed, where' the indoor events take place, has been specially fitted up for the contest, the walls and roof having been iscrimmed right to. the floor. A test has been made of the building for acoustic properties, and the result is in every way satisfactory, while seating accommodation has been arranged for at least 1000 persons. The ladies- are wqrking hard for the garden party, and they are also providing refreshments for bandsmen and the public on the ground of the Quickstep. A special souvenir programme, consisting cf nearly 100 pages has been issued at- 6d. This is illustrated with twelve prints of officials, bands and Waimate views, and will be more complete than anything of the kind issued at any of the recent contestr-. The Waimate people are expecting a big crowd oe quickstep day, and are making every possible arrangement that can be foreseen to provide for the visitors. Only fine weather is wanted to make the contest a great success.