TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 13145, 29 November 1906, Page 5

TOWN & COUNTRY.

ilntries for the South Canterbury Amateur Athletic Club sports on Thursday next fall due on Monday at 5 p.m. Mrs Richmond, the widow of Mr Justice Richmond, and sister of the late Sir Harry Atkinson died in Wellington yesterday. Mrs Richmond landed in New Zealand in 1853. A Press Association telegram frcm Greymouth states that the Hon. A. R. Guinness is still confined to his room, and although improving it will be some days before he will be able to go out. Lady Plunket and Captain Braithwaite, A.D.C.- will leave for Sydney en route to England on January sth. The latter wiii not return to the colony, but joins his regiment (Lancashire) on arrival in London. The registrar of the New Zealand University reports that there are 1180 candidates for matriculation this year, which is an increase of 240 on the highest prevous record. There are 25 examination centres. All interested in the South .School concert should note that it begins at 8 o'clock to-night, >and to-morrow night. A varied programme of choruses, action songs, re-cit-'tions and drill has been prepared and should please all and sundry. The adult performers are of the best of Timaru amateurs, and their presence must increase the attractiveness of the programme. Information has been received from London that Mrs Tomsoh, widow of the late Mr Arthur Tomson, a well-known; artist, has presented a-picture "Harvesting" to Wellington. Mr J. Baillie (brother of the public librarian) who arranged the presentation, states that he is doing his best to; send other pictures to form the nucleus of a really good gallery of pictures. The barquentine Silver Cloud, which arrived at Auckland from Newcastle on Tuesday evening, while in latitude 24 south. longitude 157.30 east, passed through the centre of a cyclonic disturbance. There was a tremendous sea from all points of the compass, and the decks were flooded with heavy rain. During the night the mastheads, yards, and stays, were glimmering with St. Elmo's lights.

None of the churches, when once they hare established themselves in any place, like to confess failure or admit mistake by retreat. The Wesley-sn Synod yesterday made the best of a bad case by smiling at "it. ' The Wesleyans were formerly very strong at Oxford, now they are weak; they built a- parsonage for a married man, the* married man was taken away, the parsonage was let—<md let to the Roman Catholic priest! The WesleTan Ladies' Guild annual garden party will be held to-day 'at Mr C. Bowker's. College road.- Various stalls have been prepared by the young people, ■where goods, flowers, sweets, etc., will be on sale. There will be a floral parade at 3 and children's march at 4 p.m. ~ A drag leaves the Pest Office at 1.30, 2, and 3 o'clock. Should the day prove -wet. the gathering will be held in the Drill. Hall* at 6.50. The admission to the cround or the hall including refreshments will be one shilling. An efficient band will be in attendance. The first woo".: sale of the series of the, 1906 session is to be held in the Theatre Royal to-day commencing at 9 o'clock. The catalogues total' about 50CO bales, and the present .prospects are. tending towards a successful sale. .Between forty and fifty bnvers will be present, and as the classes of'wool catalogued are up to the standard of the" competition is expected to) be kee'n, -■■' Most of the buyers have come from the north where they have .been attending recent tales, and they represent British. Foreign, and Colonial firms. "The principal of'th* Wesleyan native college at Auckland, reports that one of bis difficulties in teaching the Maoris English;, is. the. bad :English that forms the vulgar tongue. ..-•." Any educated and critical person who, listens to the talk in our streets! in ; our factories and at our pleasure Tesorts; will know," says the report, "that the- noble English language is suffering . deterioration in this-, colony. It is the common inaccurate English that the Maoris first hear and learn. Consequently -when they come to school they have td overcome not only the difference, of gra-;-maticsl idiom between Maori and. English,_ but tiiV influence of bad example set by English-speaking people." • The monthly meeting of the Waimate Hospital Trustees was held yesterday. Present: Messrs Sinclair (chairman), and Walker, Studholme, Breen, Sanders, Miller and Atwill. The surgeon's report showed that there were nine males and! four females under treatment. The matron's report -was approved; -Messrs Miller and Sanders reported Tisitsng the hospital, and findingeverytioing'satisfactory. It vra.< decided to obtain several newward screens and particulars as to, heating, the operating room by gas. Messrs' WalkeV and Sinclair were appointed .visitors for. .the month. Accounts, amounting to £1139 9s 3d. were passed. At the meeting of the Levels County Council yesterday some complaints were received from rangers and ratepayers against the prevalence of straying cattle and horses on the country roads, and

asking the Council to act in the matter, j All agreed that there were far too many I cattle at large on the roads, while the ' ', ranger. in his information, stated that. on' ■ the Kerrytown road he daily saw 60 head bf cattle being herded by seven boys and the "same thing was going on, on the Temuka-Timaru road and near lie Aro- j i whenua Hotel. One member said he saw not far from his place six or seven, head of cattle on the road every day "and the •owner hasn't a rood of land." Headaches of every kind yield to Stearns' Headache Cure in a few minutes. These tiny, tasteless wafers, bring certain relief from almost every Mnd of pain. "Used wherever heads ache."... The Narelle controversy has aroused some little interest; a more paying .subject "is the superiority of Grant Bros.'- Preuoder machines— : . ,-.. Relinquishing a portion, and in some ■cases the whole of a trader's profit is the only way to run a successful sale. During the. next three weeks the reductipns of-fered-at Penrose's White Sale mean, a sacof profit that is rarely attempted at -3 time when white goods are, in greatest demand. This sale is intended to further popularise Penrose's to give their regular customers advantages they cannot obtain elsewhere; and to make casual customers permanent customers. ITeather boas at Penrose's -White Sale.—Beautiful white feather boas, very long and full, the very thintr to set. off a stylish costume,, usual price. 9s 6d. sale, price 7s lid; a nice assortment of white Marabout stoles, in the k'-test . round styles, usual price 9s Hi F~le price 7s lid; lovely white ostrich bow. very curly, also in the round shapes, usual "price 15s 6d, sale priie 13s. 3d: some c-liarmmg white Marabout stoles, very broad in the middle and narrower at ends, usual price 19s 6d, sale price 16s 6d; magnificent white ostrich boas, joined in 3 stoles, narrower in the middle -and very wide at ends, an ideal summer ■wrap, usual, price 21s, sale price 17s 6d. Penrose's White Sale.—(Advt.) "Troubled"? If so, get your cycle -repaired" at 'Oates and Co.'s, all work < guaranteed—

The s.s. Kaipara, which reached Dunedin from London on Tuesday, has 1100 tons of cargo for Timaru. Mr S. F. Smithson, who is at present in England, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. . The Garrison Band will play a- sacred programme on Caroline Bay on Sunday evening next at 8 o'clock. Owi'n- to inability of the Timaru Cricket C'ub'tc raise a team to travel to Waimate to-day, the match has been abandoned. The task of recovering the dredge buckets made some progress yesterday, the end of the chain of buckets being got up to the water level. At the Wesley an Synod yesterday it was stated that the "population in the Methven district of Ashburton is diminishing ow,ing to reaggregation of properties. A good deal of rain, fell in the Pleasant Point district on Tuesday morning, and ao-ain early yesterday morning, but still the farmers could do with "a little more." During last month 4299 persons arrived in New Zealand compared with 2/43 in October of last year. The departures last mc::th totalled 1677 or 234 more than in, the corresponding month of last year. The Salvation Army Band gave their first municipal concert im the Caroline Bay rotunda last evening. The night was pleasantly cool, and was brilliant'iy moonlight,, and a large number of people were enticed out to hear the music, which was' much appreciated. The Timaru Marine Band will give ai concert and draw an art union at the Theatre Royal: to-morrow evening. An excellent musical programme will be .presented, and a novel, method of physical culture will be fully demonstrated. The fees for admission are very reasonable, so that a large attendance should be the result.

Private advice has been received] in Weir lington from the Rev. Father Hayes, the well-known temperance reformer, who recently made a tour of New Zealand, stating that he has settled down to work once! more in his parish, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire (England). Father Hayes reached his home in better health than he had previously enjoyed for years. At the special meeting of the Levels County-Council held Mr .J. E. Hurdley waited on the Council to ask' them to open the road which runs from Otipua road parallel to North street and Raymand street. -The road will be a blind one, the eastern extremity running against the High School Board's property in that locality. The meeting appointed Mr Orbell (chairman), Mr Black and Mr J. Mtahony as a" committee to report' on • this, work. ' ¥ At yesterday's meeting of the Waimate County Council.,.. Mr Rhodes , mentioned that having seer/the South Canterbury bay at the Exhibition, he was glad that they ;had subscribed so much towards it.- It was la credit to those who had designed it. ;Mr Studholme said Messrs Orbell and :Bremner designed it, and deserved the, exhibit and he was glad/when there to sav he came from the 1 district nv tepre--sented. . At the annual statutory meeting of the Timaru Borough Council, he'd' yesterday, the Mayor (Mr Craigie) /was re-elected borough" representative on the Hospital 1 Board. At the Levels' County Council meeting Messrs G. Butler and F, R. Gil-. lingUam were" reappointed i«p v re'sentativ;es ; , on the Board for the Levels and Mackenzie County Councils respectively. Messrs J. Talbot and W. S. Maslin were re-elected representatives for Geraldine, and Messrs Studholme, Lyall and Coltman for Waimate (County and Borough). -

In our report of the mquiry. by the Borough Council into the', cabmen scandal, it was°not made absolutely clear that the cabman Townsend came' upon the scene accidentally. Some people, it appears, have taken the words "another cabman drove up" to imply that became, by previous arrangement, whereas they.were intended to indicate a casual passing along the road. .Townsend stated that he had driven a fare to Mr Hill's house, Kensington, and was 'returning home by the shortest way when ■he came"~upon the other. two, cabs, , arcd •pulled up, but did not stop a minute. The Pleasant Point School Committee •met on Saturday night last. Present: Messrs Crozier (chairman),,; Double, Saunders. Leitch, and Maze. The headmaster reported /the attendance for the month to) be . as. follows :—145 primary and 29 secondary, and the roll number 156 and '34 respectively. ,It was decided to close the .school fori six • weeks \ for the Christmas from December the 21st. The 'concert committee reported that they had clea¥ed : £l2 odd from the children's enter T . ? tainnient for . the prize funds. Mr McCieery" • was-, appointed visitor for. -the month. ■ '■'- ■•'-.■'■'::..•:<'""-'■.'■-■:■•.■•••■•••■ -..,_ The Timaru-Floral and;.-Horticultural Society-arehowdistributing the list of prizes for their annual Show, to be held in the first weak of March next. It is drawn ; up generally oiu tie same lines as previous ones, but with an enlargement of the i school children's section. _ Between. £BO land £9O k offered m prizes, in.'cash or kind, for flowers, fruit, vegetables, 'decos rative arrangements and cookery. The new classes for school children are: Col•lecMons of grasses, and Of leaves, es.say on some botanical subject, and cookery, and Mr Hurdley gives a challenge shield, to go to the school exhibiting the best collection of flowers, fruit and vegetables grown in the school garden.

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Guinness and LeCren—Stock sale at Studholme tovmorrow. - * Gerrie and Co.—Sell timber, etc., town properties on Saturday, furniture December 6th, bicycles on Bth, turn-outs for sale. Francis Taster—Fishing tackle, tennis material?, tobacco, etc.. on sale. At the Dresden—The latest march, song and dance albums. - St. Joseph's School, Kerryt own—Annual concert this evening! - Orari Gorge Station—Shearing begins on December 6th. - Canterbury Licensed Victuallers Associatfoi:—Notice re/Exhibition charges. Theatre Royal—Marine Band concert, tomorrow evening. ■'■""" l Tiaiaru Harbour Board— Call tenders for debentures. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company—Second wool sale on 4-th. January. D.l.C.—Details', of high grade pianos. Ju;. Stiack'.n—Notice re unpaid boot "accounts. :..-.'. . ■■'Arthur A -Ware Company—New comic, lor-v.i. i)lsot«: post cards. .Per.rc.se Brothers—The world-famed K boots. . ■S.C.A.A.C.—Sports' meeting on Thursday nest, 2.30 p.m. Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association—Clover hay for sale by tender. Jas. S. Turnbull—Calls tenders for work at schools. Wanteds—Three notices.