TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 13154, 10 December 1906, Page 5

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Up till Wednesday last, the public subscription list for a'Seddon monument in Hokitika, totalled £236. While a mob of shorn sheep were being driven from one station to another in-the Wellington province, rain overtook them, and 211 died. Owing to the wet weather last night, the Marine Band postponed the concert they had intended giving in Caroline Bay rotunda u-tii next Sunday evening. Mr Palgrave, who was Government inspector at the Pareora Freezing Works last season, is to be succeeded by ; Mr A. M- Paterson, who is being" transferred from the InvercargilP abattoirs. ... A very old resident' of Timaru remarked to a "Herald," reporter yesterday that, since he airived here, he had. neygc noticed the north western 'ra&ges ~*ip r )jaj»"o? snow. ; This was due I warm weather; •' --"• '_ ■"" [; Ladies who are interested', -in : the welfare of the Timaru .Rowing, Club are invited to attend a meeting atthe Club shed this evening at 8 o'clock to make arrangements for the bazaar.' This meeting is not merelv a committee meeting, biit it is hoped that all ladies who are willing; to asskt in anv way will attend. Tie final heat.* of the senior pairs and junior fours wilt be rowed at 6.45 p.m-, SQ; that the ladies will have ait opportunity,,,.of. seeing these races before the meeting. . ; : The secretary of the Irish envoy's reception committee states are coming in freely in the country districts. ■Several lists with substantial amounts are held by the collectors in Albury, Faorlie, St. Andrews. Geraldine and the Point. Yesterday delegations from the reception committee visited St. Andrews, .Pleasant. Point, Temuka and Geraldine,.and on. their return reported that.they had fcad good meetings, and that warm sympathy was .shown at each centre with the object of Mr Berlin's visit.

The local infantry corps go into camp at the Park this week. Rainy weather and camps ha,ve been termed synonymous by local volunteers. Ratepayers of the Upper Orari River Board's district axe warned by the collector that the 10 per cent, penalty will be added to rates unpaid after the 20th iiist. '■

The' Government offices will be closed throughout the colony for the followingChristmas and New l r ear holidays:— December 24, 25, 26. and 31st and January Ist.

The new distribution of seats in the South Island will obliterate the Tuapeka, Waikouaiti. and Courtenay electorates. Mr C. Lewis, the present member for Gourtecay, has bought a property in Hawke's Bay" where he intends to reside. The postal authorities notify that large numbers of post-cards bearing imitation postage stamps are being passed through the post contrary to the post oi'lice regulations, and offenders are warned that the maximum penalty in case of conviction is £SO or six months' imprisonment.. , A few members of the Loyal, Tiniuru) Lodge of Oddfellows met about twenty residents of Beaconsfield in the lo'cal schoolroom last Thursday evening with a view to forming a lodge in that district. Mr J. AnsteyVas chairman. Mr Grandi supplied full information to the meeting about rhe objects and working of a branch and strongly urged the young men of the district to join. Several other Timaru members spoke, Mr Eichbaum giving particulars of rates of contribution. A committee consisting of Messrs G. Hutton, A. Black, W. Brassell, T. Anstey, and J. Campbell was appointed to further the formation, of a branch and Mr T. Anstey was appointed, secretary.

The long spell of dry weather which had done a good deal of mischief, and if continued much longer would have been disastrous, was interrupted last evening by a change which everybody in town and country 'gladly welcomed. About 5 p.m. the long black bar" of cloud which a southerly wind frequently rolls up in front of it, was seen stretching from the' Hunters. Hills far out to sea, with its lower edge drawn down by falling showers. As this passed overhead it left the skv overcast, and presently rain began.to fall lightly. At a late hour at night, ja nice soft rain was falling from a sky whbi?e blackness prosome continuance of the welcome dampness. • .

Anioug tlie awards recommended to date bv the fudges of:the' Home Industries''exhibits at the Exhibition are-: tie following of South Canterbury interest: —Daisy Schmidt (Timaru), gold medal and special) mention for child's frock;. Julia- Butler {Pleasant Point), certificate for nightdress ; Elizabeth N. Mullen (Timaru), third and highlv commended for decorative needlework fancy articles); Mary B. Bruce (Thnaput": first and recommended for gold medal for best dressed baby dollji E. L. Fraser (Tjrnaru), third for best /dressed baby* Bella-?McKay (Tin maru) silver meJll^fGi^quMV'Mrs Schmidt (Timaru) third for thread or cotton em--•broidfery on coloured linen; Hannah .-.J.Bennett (Geraldine). silver medal for table I centre. _._.-■.•

A garden fete in aid of the Raincliff Church was held at Mrs 'Wigfey's residence, Opuha Estate, last Thursday afternoon. Good business was done. .;'afc-the stalls which were well stocked, sod?.well patronised by the large attendance of visitors from all parts of the district, about £SO being netted from, the fete. The goods stall was in charge of Mrs Smart, Misses Howell, Inman and N. Verity; the fish pond was under the control of Misses Hope and Bartrum, ;itnd the sweets stall was attended to by Misses Heuchen, Steward and Verity. Mrs Gould and Mr Parr provided fruits and the latter gave some phonograph selections. The refreshments stall .wiich had the largest, .turnover, was attended to by Mrs Jones; Mrs Aitken and Misses Carter arid Bartrum. Messrs Bladder, Lvsaght and Blyth had charge of the sheep guessing competition and "Aunt Sally." Mrs -Wigley, vrho managed the fete was assisted by Miss Wi<rleV and Messrs G. Wigley, Polhill and Richards 'and Aitken. . A successful.: so-i cial was field in the evening. •-« phis wlek it will be. years' since Sh-|R6bert Ste-ut entered upon the studv of law. lot -the course of his remark* aVshe Wellmtori.-Law-Students As'sociation pinner last Chief Jus%H into the .legal profession wasjjt mere accident. - He never intepded./#'be a lawyer at all. He came" to be a. surveyor, and when he could not get a position as a surveyor,, he became mathematical master in aVgranv. mar school. Audi lie supposed he would have been a teacher at the. present day, had it not been that he was;not musical.. At that time, Ms Honour explained, one could not get a position as headmaster in ,otago if he could not teach music. There was another accident which came in the. way. One of the lawyers down South had a clerk who, unfortunately, gotdruink. This lawver met Sir Robert in the street and told" him his clerk was drunk, and that he could not get another. "I -mil become vour clerk, if-you will take me, answered his Honour. , Within a quarter of an. hour the matter was settled. During the first year at the law, his Honour worked on an average—Saturday and Sunday included—fourteen hours a day. He studied so that he might pass his examinations within three years, and he passed them two or three months after .'that time, when the time for the final examination came round. •

The plans and specifications for the completion of St. Mary's Church are now open, for inspection by builcing contractors, at the office of Messrs Tripp and Bolleston. There are several large sheets of drawings, and pages of type-written specification. The additions to be made include chancel, transept, tower, and choir vestry connected' with the-transept, by a corridor. The additions are to be carried out generally in the same style and materials as the present building—exterior walk of selected Ti- j maru bluestone, with Mount Somers' stone for windows, pinnacles, parapets and relief work;, interior walls of Oamaru stone. The principal walls are to be three feet tbick. the space between the external blue aid interior white walls is to be filled with good concrete. Concrete •on inetaL will be. used for the flporm| of tiie vestries and the several floors of the tower. The concrete floors, except the upper ones in the tower, will be surfaced with tiles. In one angle of the tower : a .spiral stair of siione. steps will give access to the summit. The chancel window will be a large and handsome one, and interiorly will be margined by polished red granite*. wlucJliV %&kSs£ -supplied to the contractor. The interior stone work will be, worked generally in the; same style os tWfc in the present buildings the wood-work' of the roof will follow'the original design. All plates, sleepers.and floor joists are to be of jafrah, doors of black pine, rcof' principals of Oregon pine, and all other timbers of selected heart of red pine. The old stone building, a remnant of an older church, is to be taken down, and the stone may be used to face a concrete retaining ivaH on the Perth street frontage. Tendersjclosewith>Messrs' .Tripp *ad RoUeston on the 20th inst.

for the T&fepu' Foot- | biiJl (Jiub's garden party to b# held at (J'-;issuiere . on,*. afternoon, are wuli under way, and a successful function is anticipated, A aeat post and rail fence lined with netting has been erected around the triii!ii;]e o near the gas works as a protection /•••) r the plants put in by the Beautifying .\-.-':ciution.

The special train carrying- the southern p.niun i>i the San Francisco mail arrived 0.-- Xiiihtru a few minutes after four o'clock yft-leuiu-y afternoon. The mails were si.Ttc-i into the- private.boxes in the even-

:->:naboJy in Chicago appointed himself ! I'tinujiissioner of the Chiistchurch Exiii'jLiijn and appointed half a dozen dupes i" various imaginary positions on. the staff ■>i liie Fair—superintendents of typewrit- ; >.is, incubators and so forth. One of these ■.:-j.'P-auiees has already arrived aind the y■-■■■{, u,re said to be on their way to the colony... . The World's Pictures Company gave a Hi.-iiinoe performance at the Theatre Royal ■■!■'.. ijjtnrday afternoon. -There was a fair gathering of children downstairs and the pictures kept the audience in constant laughter. In the evening there-was to have been a further exhibition of moving pictures, but owing to lack of patronage from the public the management decided to abandon the programme. The sacred concert announced for last night was also cancelled. Mr and Mrs F. A. Raymond and Mr W. Raymond returned to Timaru on Saturday after a- seven weeks' holiday in Australia. Mr Raymond found opportunity to visit his early home at Bendigo. Chatting to a "Tfinaru Herald" reporter he said that at present . Victoria and New, South Wales, which had been having splendid rains were looking exceedingly green and fresh,, a marked contrast to the Canterbury plains which just now are browned and'parched to an unusual extent.' .■;•<.:. The Otaio school committee met on Friday evening. -Present —Messrs A. Martin, junr. (chairman);. Walton, Brunton and Irving. The annual picnic and distribution of prizes will be held on December 21st and it was agreed that instead of a day at the bash, as the are, to be taken ;to' the Exhibitioit early In -the year, the,' picnic will -be-held in',' Jhe school grounds. ''; The teacher,- with Trf the'- committee, : Was authorised to buy the prizes. It was decided that the school close, on December 20th, far the Christmas holidays aiid reopen on the 7th January.

A member of the Agricultural Association's Committee, 'an ex-president, spoke somewhat sarcastically. at the meeting on Saturday, about the unreadiness of certain volunteer competitors in the'Lloyd-Lindsay competition at the late Show. "These men/' he said, " are supposed \to be soldiery, and .supposed! to come there to show in a how they have been trained to; defend their coimtry. Yet three pf ■ss?& teams -when moimted found; that., tiie'y%a,d no~'amm"unitionj. a!nijhjOur t , was lost while sjoniebo^^% : : |e.tGie'd ; v4br j them. • liifijtyirJßi'" ; iJia teai^ u i^"^ : ot'Teq,dy.> at the app6mte4','time, v j£' shouji^-be' "JW.f: qualified." : ' Qffiw 'members fl'aughed -,s tfb., the notion'of soldiers'going into a mamia,,: action without ammunition, and': agreed; with the suggestion of..disojialification.i-v

One of the most successful; land"•.. best"managed amateur ■enterfcammentsveyer held ' in the district, .was given. :in : the. Public ' Hall, Faklie,oi Friday vnight. Its ob- • ject was to raise funds for the newly foraned Fairlie, Orchestral Society, which made its •first appearance in public on that night. , The first part, of the programme /opened,. ; with an overture by the orchestra,.followed ; by a song by Mrs C. Talbot. . • A recite- . tiori, by Mr. Watson, which was extremely well rendered, an amusing character sketch by Mr FitzgerahL -a. vocal duet ;by : Messrs; D. Clarke jffid a selection from the "Bohemian Girl" by the orchestra concluded the first partel;:#he;second part consisted of a performance of the comedy entitled " tfCallaghan. on his last : Legs," which was well staged, and went with ai good swing ftom : starts to fticash. The principal, character,, Sir. laghai;' wasitaken .feMr alt,: and thd Me tfr ; and Mr W.|K- Fitzgerald of* the;drama,tic'parfc of 'r tember: 15tfrj a copy of wbich has -been .sent us, by contains*-a long description.of the business carried on by Ch'as. Begg and Co., in London and New Zealand, with illlistrations-of the London and Dunedin/premises; and two oh their large show ; cases at . the Christchurch Fihibition—Besson's brass instruments and Starck's bagpipes. The former attracts the eye of the Exhibition visitor by its brilliance,. the latter by the fine figure of a Scots Guardsman. The article in ..the "Courier." is'/a matter of fact descriptive account of .Begg and Co.'s premises' aiid it impresses the reader with two ideas very strongly. One k.the large amount of time and money devoted by New Zealanders to nrusic; the other .is the importance of the business whidbj Begg and' C 6; have been able to build upon that foundation. It is mentioned that the firm have at the Christchurch Exhibition, in a space taken by (their Christchurch agents, W. Strange and Co., the collection of pianos ever exhibited l>y." one firm. The proprietors' of the Assembly Rooms (a small partnership) have determined /to make a considerable addition to the building, which when carried out according to the p-ans of architect, Mr J. S. Turnbull* will make a notable improvement in the appearance of/that lower corner of Barnard street, it-is intended to extend the. present Assembly Boomi building/to Barnard street and then alomg; this street the full 66ft width of the section." Both street fronts will be in the same style as the George street front of the present _ building, except that the lower floor, being intended for a samplfe room, will be differently windowed. The lower floor; will be occupied by this sample room (which by : the way is already leased before construction) 54 by 24 ft, with double doors- on both streets; and at the south end will be a 10ft passage with the upper story continued over it. : The upper-/floor will be divided into a supper room (suitable also for small meetings) 35 hj2sit ; at the; George street end two rooms, a ladiesV cloak room 18ft by 12, opening off the i landing, and a smoking room opening off the hall, 18ft by, 11.; and at the; squth ■end. over the right'b'f way, a, caterer's' kitchen, suitab'y fitted, 12ft by 24. Access j to this will by an outside stairs way. The -present* small anteroom on the landing may D*e used as a men's dressing l • room, and if';too; small on .any/pccasion, : there is another available below. ; Then > the. whole of the floor of the jrfesent haill iisto be taken up : and xelaid with the;best . timber obtainable to form? aperfect danc- • ing floor. / . These ■ additions will- niake the : Assembly Booms most convenient for even- [ ing parties, and they will! fill a mueh felt [. want in Timaru, while the. building,, form- ■■ ing a solid corner, will'present an excel-. lent appearance. We Lead. ; Better than cheap -foreign cycles.- Our > speciality The "Atalanta," £ll/ at Oates and Co. ...

Captain E<Jwin telegraphed on Satuitfay afternoon: —W«sierly strong winds; gla'-ss rise; tides good; sea, considerable southerly; rain probable.

The first Horn© boats to ship this season*s wool from .Timaru called last week. The Delpbic and the Papanui! between them took away about 7000 bales.Tfce Palmecston North branch o€ the Farmers' Union has decided to ask the provincial executive to take some decisive action to protest against the present method of dealing with condemned dairystock, .especially pointing out the quate compensation paid. An earthquake was left at 4.23 a.m. <ora ; Saturday in the Hawke's Bay and Wellington districts. At Eketahuna the people were much alarmed, and. : rushed into ■the streets. Goods' were shaken off the shelves.'i The .duratios> of the shock was half a 'minute. Reports from the surrounding districts show that the shock was general and severe.

Speaking at a function promoted .in Wellington to signalise Ms appointment, as Attorney-General, Dr Findlay gave a sketch of the career of Ms colleague, Mr McNab, who lad been his colleague in college days. According to Dr Findlay, the present. Minister for Lands' was originally destined for the Church, but he 'descended from divinity to the law, and later fell still lowers from law to politics." Dr Findlay proceeded that Mr .McNab " never opens his lips upon a subject unless he knows 'what he is talking about.-" And this after Mr McNab had made bis egregious pronouncement upon the probability of a general election 'being rendered necessary by the redistribution of seats.! .. . , At the Supreme Court in Wellington on Saturday, the Chief Justice had : before him the case of the Aorere SteamsMp -Coy. against- the owners of the barque Lutterworth, which was salved by the steamer Aorere some months ago when in a lous plight near Cape Terawhitd. It. will be remembered that-the shingle*ballast'of the .Lutterworth shifted, and disabled the vessel. The crew was rescued hy one of the Union Company's vessels, and the barque, dismasted and on her beam ends, was eventually picked up by the Aorere and towed into Wellington by the Aorere and the tug Duco. In consequence of this the plaintiffs claimed £6OO. Evidence was given on Saturday as to the original value of the vessel and the present value of the hull, gear, equipment and tstores. The case is to be continued todaX- ■,,■■; ,-■■■ ■'"'?■'. The treasurer, Mr D v Mahoney, acknowledges the : following subscriptions to the Home Rule Fund :—Previously acknowledged £sl lis 6d, D. J. Shea £1 >, Jno. Murphy £1 Is, L. Hartnett ss, M. J. Doyle £l, Av -Marshall 2s 6d, 0. Sundborne Is, Wm. Smith 2s 6d, P. O'Brien ss, T. Mara ss, Wm. Power 10s, T:' Goodwin'36* John Fear£|n 2s' 6d, J. Kelly ss, D. Pearse 2s 0% fe.iJ'-' jO'Sullivan ss, James M. .Donoyaii:i2s.-6d, Wtf- McGifcJitigan 55, : 4|EuEd}e.yji£l i :ls<.'•Neilv..o?©oyle ; &&W, s"fflh|i§as■; Is,: Michael ilairy £V{ W. Butfervis, .J, .MiAuley' 3Xte, 1 TfiL^JftQ;'"Gibson,:; lQsj;!?Cfiais. :£!,', -Chas. : Ss/'JW: -tO.* Raymond : ; £1 is, \ Jacob; Quirk: £1, ;; John, SnUiyap y £J;uls;nJ».fiMe-• Whirter' £1 Is, Andrew Collins lis, Tho-/ mas. Tobin £l, D. Griffen ss, Jer, i-Gollins ss, L. Tracey £l, J. Mallouk -,25:56 d,' J. Egan ss, P. O'Boyle ICte, E. total, £74;:lTs. ' V '"." ■ : y.\*&y;

■Not only headache, .-but all-other •'sorts of nervous; pain /are conquered by Stearns' Headache ;Csire, the most extensively idsed headache remedy in the world; itjis dependable. The s.s. Poherua. and s.s. Ha^fi^ iV ,aie due at Tirharu about' 17th December' With cargoes of ; Westport-Coailbrookdal'e icoal. Owing to the holidays and nrmere' visiting the Exhibition, further will probably , not be "available ' tut , the middle of Januaiy. Clients are Teojiiested to stock upito Ssave disappoin^jb^rtS'i l^^

New from the. Exhibition; call and in-'-patent in front fork outside liners: iwhifh are being fitted to all *B.S':'A. Premier lycles. Price, £l6. Grant i®rW:f*6pp9site feallantyne'e. ... Parents of infants and little children should be pleVseq to see in our advertising columns that Mr G. W. Hean', chemist, Christchurch, has now placed his splendid nursery requisites on sale at chemises and stores in Timaru. Besides being a chemist, Mr Hean is also a father of children, and same years ago saw it-he need for a better ,and finer dusting powder than was being used for babies' sensitive skins, also the need for a safe teething-syrup and a harmless cough syrup specially for babies and little children, with the result that many mothers now use " HeanV Ba bicof," " Hean's Bockabye," and " Hean's Talsic Toilet Powder." ... . »*.-

The Jfap'e.", have of late ; practically collared the silk trade. The sale for other makes is infinitesimal, compared with the Jap's, output. The treason for this is easily understood when one knows how well they wear/iow cheap they are, and how well they wash; but Penrose's White' Sale prices create a perfect furore over Jap. silks. 'Our lowest priced Jap. silk is a 20-inch vKawaniata, a fair silk for blouses, and very' useful for hat trimming; worth Is, sale! price B|d yard. " The next quality is a trifle heavier and. firmer, in- shades of white and cream; worth Is 3d, sale ;price 10£ d. Ivory white Jap. whitie. and, cream—this' is a fairly good blouse siflj;",, worth' lis. 6d, sale "price ll£d yard. "'*" Very useful quality of silk is our pale cream, "Habutal" jap. silk at Is 6d; it is 22in wide, and will wash and wear well. ._, Guaranteed pure silk.—l piece; white Botan silk, 27 .inches wide, a beautiful, chene silk; worth 2s 6d, . sale, price Is ;9id. | Good'quality white "Shanghai " or Tussah silk, 25 inches wide; usual price 2s 9d, sale piice 2s 3d. Penrose's Whit*: Sale.— (Advt.) - ... "Cycle I Have you seen Gates and Co. ? s grand cycle display—the best in Timaru ...

SYNOPSIS OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Hay —Notice re accounts of Gliddon and Baird. Orari River Board—Notice re rates. Colonial Sugaa* Company—Steainer from Auckalnd. Theatre Royal—Entertainment on Wednesday. R "Webstei Clearing sale of stock, of, furniture. W. Miller—Timaru cash store Christmas goods. T. Wagstaif— Christmas prize books and fancy goods. , Manager", Claremont—Has insignia timber for sale. Lost —Red cow; angler's fiv-book; year--ling bay filly: string of pearls. Funeral notice—Of late Bruce Orton. T. and J. Thomson—Christmas preparations. J. Mundell—Synopsis of this weeks -sales ; shares and land for sale ait Tattersail's on Saturday. Ware and Co.—Christmas goods. E. W. Co.—E.P. ware, copper goods and cutlery. ' Begg'B—Pianos.

The funeral* of the'late Henare - Kahu, who was found drowned in the Opihi last week, took place at Arowhenua yesterday, in. the burial ground attached to the native ckurch in the village. There, was a large assemblage »f natives from distant points, and Europeans from Temaika and the sur- . rouuding districts swelled the attendance to something like a, thousand. The Rev. J. Tantau, of Telago Bay, conducted the funeral service in- Maori, and Rev. H. Bennett addressed the concourse of people in both Maori and English.