TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13235, 15 March 1907, Page 5

TOWN & COUNTRY.

A concert and dance will be held in the Waslulyke schoolroom to-night, the proceeds going to the piano fund. Mr D. J. Shea is to act lis secretary .to the Timaru Football Club pending the election of a successor at an. eiirlv date. The classes for the Technical' School tonight are elec-trieity, design, typewriting, and English. Intending pupils should note" that to-night is the last chance for eniolment. The Celtic gold cross that was-presented to Rev. Father Bowden last night was made bv Messrs O'Leary au<f Horton, and though p.ain, is a very pretty ornament. The Celtic cross is very seldom seen as an article o£ decoration. * During the dairying season up to the end of January the Dargaville Dairy Company (Auckland), paid out to 121 nippliers £BOOO for butter fat Ths is £2OO in excess o£ tLe total payments for the preceding season. and there are still about four months of the present season to run. There was some suspicion of a panic at Chalmers Church last- evening ju.Vt before, the conclusion of the -last organ item. A mouse ran across the floor, but the fluttered feminine portion of the audience/who observed the animal preserved - admirable self-control, and the performance finished without interruption. - 1 Tlie Wellington "Post" >-avs that Mr William Hall-Jones, son of the' Acting who injured .one-of hts' kneecaps bv a- fall from his bicycle some, months ago, has left the private hospital to which he-was sent for special treatment. Mr HaU-Jcnes-is .-till only üblt to get- about •with the aid of a crutch. A very heavy rain fell last evening for seme time, the spouting cf verandahs being in many cases quite inadequate to carry off tie "water, which fell in cataracts upon the edge of the footpath? or spurted- across the gutter. "This will give the turnips a lift if they get it," was a practical view of its value taken by the man in the street. At- a. meeting of the' general committee of the consumptive sanatorium yesterday afternoon it was' decided' to accept a tender of £9566 for the main block of the sanatorium, to be erected on. the Cashmere hills; to name the. institution "Tlie Canterbury Sanatorium for Consumptives." and to ask the Acting-Premier, the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, to lay the/foundation stone next Wednesday. Mr T. H. Race, the Canadian Exhibition Commissioner, is tall and very spare physically, and he does ihod mind; a: joke about, this-'ieature of his personality, when he makes tlie joke himself at all events. In his [--peecii yesterday "cracking up" the great- qualities of Canada, he, said: "! don't present myself as an example of the product of the fertile orchards, the' lich grain "lands and pastures, or the fattening diet of Canada." There was a large attendance at the Theatre last- evening and the. seating , accommodation was. taxed' to its utmost. Those who had booked their seats beforehand were greatly in the minority, and : thev.were justly-indignant when-.they.found: the" seats which they had, paid fur and should have been reserved for them, already in the possession of others. This is not the first time that this has happened,; and it shows .that, the booking- airangements are not what- they should be when seats are sold twice over. \ ... A large number of entries il.ave been received for the Geraldine St. .Patrick's sports, on March 18th. For the fire brigide events, hose and hydrant and engine, competitors are coming from as far south : as InvercargiJL Twenty have en- - teied for the one Sum events,: and five: teams for each {he 'hose and hydrant- ■ and engine competitions, and 25 entries have been received *for the cycle events. The central oval -and running and cycle tracks are said to be in splendid order, and with a fine day tie sports should be a great success. ~ - "I had heard of Timaru before coming to , Newv- Zealand." said Mr Race yesterday. " Timaru is , quite famous in Canada, and "while jralking down, your street onr. the occasion of my first visit, I was reminded of the reason of that bv seeing a sign oyer a door— -Fitzmmmons.' I said, 'I know that name !' ■ I walked;, over ;to the shop and- saw a hgirly-armsd l man there and spoke to Mm. 'Have yon a brother Bob in the prize ring?' .' Yes, I have,'he said. I recognised a.t- once that T -was in the birthplace -of . one -of tlie greatest prizefighters that America has ever,seen. That would give them .am Hdea. how loyal. the' Canadians were. They were,proiul of BobFitzsinimons because he was ; a Britisher. Why, even good Methodists threw up-their, hats. when Bob Fitzsinimons knocked out " Jim Corbett;"" iGreat laughter.) Tiere was a fair attendance at Chalmers ' Church last evening. on {he occasion of an - organ recital by Mr Irvin Moore. .. . The - programme was more diversified than one has grown accustomed to frc-m Mr Moore, a grand solemn march (Hemy Smart) and a grand chorus (Dubois) being a rather welcome relief from the subdued, music of Lemare or 'Maj-cagni • which has predominated in previous- recitals. The organist had the assistance of the choir, which gave - an excellent rendering of the chorus "0' Gladsome light," and improved upon their - performance when they -were called on to repeat it. The anthem ".Seek ye the Lord" was also given, the soloist being 'Mr G. "Dalglish. who proved himself to be a -decided acquisition to the musical circles of Timaru. Mr': Neil Black was encored t for his «010, "The Man. of Sorrows." Altogether the programme presented was thoroughly enjoyable. Nothing is quite so good in bronchitis' and ! chronic cough as Stearns'. Wine. Its * delicious' taste makes its regular . use a pleasure, and it acts as a matchless tonic and body builder. ... . v For years vre would only stock Christy's hard hats, believing them to be the very best value procurable; .but the. improvements effected hi the make of colonial hard hats, chiefly those of the Denton Hat Qjmpaiiy has convinced us tint we' should place the colonial made, hat alongside the imported ai tide for sale in Timaru. Our customers will be sHown both the Christyand the Denton hard hat —we'believe the Denton hat will hold its own with all comers—and all things being equal we ask for" preference to the colonial ' made . article. The prices for both makes are the. same, that is 7s 6d, 9s '6d, ICte 6d. We are showing a grand lot of new season's caps from the Kaiapoi Woollen Company. Penrose's Drapery Establishment.—(Advt.) Everyone knows that if corns are neglected they become more painful and much more difficult to enre. There is no need to experiment now, no need to doubt- the results —if you use Ruby. Corn Cure. Scientifically prepared, Baxter's' Ruby Corn Cure is a proven remedy. People, cured by its we are, recommending it- to their friends, and its sales are ever increasing. Buy a bottle how. - One shilling post free, only from J. Baxter, Prescription Chemist, Theatre Building,'-Timaru. ... r.

Yesterday Captain Edwin-advised as follows Strong westerly winds to gale; glass fall, but- rising after 16 hours ; tides good ,: sea. considerable; rain probable." ■ Eigtit chamois, the gift of the Emperor of Austria, to the New Zealand Government, arrived by the Turakina at, Wellington "yesterday. The chamois are to be turned out among the Southern Alps. • The Carrington estate at Carterton, consisting of 6500 acres, is to be acquired by the • Government for. closer settlement purposes. The price offered is understood to be £9 5s an acre. News has been received that Miss Lucy Yafue, .of Timaru, has passed the theory examination in Pitman's shorthand. Mr Arthur Gi.ulm acted as teacher for Miss Yague, and Mr Andrew Wilson as examiner for Met-srs Isaac Pitman and Sons. A movement is on. foot in Geialdine to form a golf club, 'arid, the, proposal: is being well, supported. A meeting of -those interested is to be called sliorily, and meanwhile an expert player, Mr R, D. Smith, is giving weekly lessons on the art of playing . The caretaker of the Old Men's Home desires to acknowledge with thanks reading matter from Mr, Toole, illui-trated papers from Mi's Jameson, reading matter and old liueu frcm Mrs Cowan, illustrated papers from Mrs R. Gerrie; books' and papets from, Mrs ipigeon, and apples from Mr W., Evans. Mr J. W. MarchSnt, writing to Mr Witty, secretary of the Gisborne Harbour Bpardy" mentions thatvhe got the harbourmaster at Timaru. who has known Gisborne well in past years, and who is one of \he most;.'experienced! nautical men. in Ne.w Zeiland, to. go through the plans' far the new harbour with.-him, in so fat as ship-' ping matters are concerned, and he thinks vetyi : highly of the projio^al. so fiir as his-'calling would be affected. . ■ : M&srs 'G. H. Major ; and Co. , draw at . tention to the continuation „of their auction sale of linens, etc., which will be heid in the premises lately occupied - by Mr George Hilton, fruiterer. The sale, will take place to-day and to-morrow, cc : m: mencing at 11 o'clock eacn clay, and as these will be : the : last two days of the linen sales, those who have not already a vailed themselves of securing some of- the bargains should not miss "this rare opportunity. A number of pheasants from Wellington came to hand, yesterday for the South. Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, and were talcen charge of by Mr F. Palliser, .the vice-president. Mr 'Palliser-- and party leave: for the reserve at Cannington this morning to liberate the pheasants in the bush there. It is hoped that every man who has any-, regard at all. for bird life, will let the pheasants alone for a year or two. so. that, ,'tliey ' may pMr' and "bring, lip. their' families in jieace amid the beauties- of their new home. / ' ' We ; have received from the Cmhmonvre'alth ! Statistician a' copy 'Of a pamphlet entitled '"TUe Nomenclature, of "Diseases and of Causes of Death." This is a transv lation of the Bertillon Classification ": of. adopted by tlie International appointed in 1900 to revise the "older nomenclatures. The Bertillon clasjsification , has .been adopted' in pean and A.meric-'an ■ countries, " and it is; obvious- that the adherence of the" A.ustral-: a.si:m,colonre.s to the f older liomenciatures serves to diminish the value of our. vital statistics as a means of comparing the* health of • our populations with t.iat. of the populations of other countries; The crude death-rates for -New Zealand have been of recent years corrected by comparing- the •' age groups" of :cur population witly the "age groups" of the population of Sweden, which is to be taken, as a standard. ; Th'is" improvement is tne result of the Statistical Conference- held at Hobart in 1902 ; ■ but it*will fail in ihi purpose unless -New Zealand medical miJa- adopt the Bertillon classification filling in .-the, death -certifi--cates on which these statistics are based.' Tlie' Commonwealth Statistician, ' Mel- 1 bourne, will forward by return of post a copy of this translation to any medical man, or any person professionally inreiet?ted.,in,:statistics. - At the annual ' meeting of the South , Canterbuiy Harriers on Wednesday evening. between twenty and thirty members and prospentive members were pfesent. Mr 0. T. J. Alpers, the president,, was ■in the chair, and complimented the members on tlie enthusiasm they had shown -tsincethe formation of the club, and on the success they had secured: for .it duringthe firs: year of its existence. The annual report showed the finances to .be in a. satisfactoiy condition, there being a credit: baJanca of £1 2s 3d. : illie club's indebtedness was expressed for the generosity- of. land owners in permitting the pack, "to pass through -their.property. The roll showed the membership of the club to consist of 32 active,, and 10 honorary members; five of the number- earning at-: tendance badges last season. On the -mo-, tion of the ■ chairman the report and ba-.. lance sheet were: adopted. A letter from the Trinity Club, suggested a combined run to open the season. The secretary wa- instructed to write in reply, regrettinsr that for v-vrious reasons the meeting .'did not consider a combined opening run desirable or practicable, but at it-he sam_e time fully appreciated the fraternal spirit which prompted the suggestion. Four, 1 teen active, and: :t.?vo ;honorary .members were enrolled:- The>: officials for the coming vear are -«s follows Patron,.. Mr | C'raigie: .nresideni-, Mr: O; T. .Jv -Aloeis ; | vice-presidents, - -Messrs'. G- Tl-- ® > Jones, j j.T T)unn, J. Hole. I l '., .!. Rollestoii; C. j H. Tripp, and Yen. Archdeacon Harper I ny.pt,-un. Mr- R." Malthus ; deputyvcaptain, I Mr O. G.. Avlen ; joint secretaries,..-Messrs., R. .'Sinclair-"and H. Holdgate; treasurer, Mr C. • JSlartio : committee,- -Messrs H. "feowkett. W: WaM l ' ' T: Pampbsll, J'irl-in. and H. ' Culverhouseliandicapper. Mr H. Culverhouse.: i The secret.irv wai instructed to communicatewi 111 ■ the" club's 1«.: e secretary. Mr, A, E. M. Rowland.: convevin<r the_ congratulations on. winning Ihe fthree- mile wajkr ing championship of the colony, and also expressing an appreciation of his- former valuable services. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the meeting., :

SYNOPSIS OE -NF.W ADVERTISE- ■ : MENTS. Major and Co.—Sale of linen-goods today and to-morrow. ; Jonas.- • and Co.—Sell bicycles -at their rooms to-morrow. • . . New Zealandi Loan and Mercantile Agency Company—Fairlie sale -Monday, Temuka Tuesday. Kernohan, McCalion and Co., Limited—Proclaim their sale. Jf . J. G., Cowan —Latest patterns suits to, meisure. ;. ■ ,v , : J. E. Lowe —Classes for dancing, deportment-, etc., forming. ■ ■ H. G. Broadhead—Calls tenders for r&idence. . . .. . - , ... H. Mackintosh, Oarnaru—^Wants.laundress, servants, etc. Ballantyne and Co.—Prices of eiderdown quilts. J. O'Rourke—-Men's new ready-to-wear clothing on hand. r T. and J. Thomson—For winter clothing, jerseys, sweaters, etc. A. Fraser —Wedding presents, etc., now showing. New. Zealand" Clothing Factory—H.B. ties cheap. Technical school—Classes for this evening. : I Wanteds—Seven notices.

Dredge 350 lias been' thoroughly ovephauled during the last fe"W ' days, arid resumed work again -yesterdayi, .

A. ratlier peculiar- test- case was brought at Napifr a few days ago. The bandmaster; of the Battalion.Band* ivas. charged with playing a "musical instrument in a j)ub!ic thoroughfare without the permission 8 of the BorSugh C'ouncLj The contention'<>£ the police'was that although the Mayor-' had "granted permission, that-., w-ai not sufficient ,j as it .had jo be given by resolution of the Council. Pne whole band Cilid lieen plavinig, lint- Jthe -case brought- against the bandmaster -to test the question. The town clerk stated that tlie Council did not wish any prosecution to be"; made; 'they w.eie perfectly satisfied vrlth the action of'the-band. The case •was dismissed.

At the iast- meeting of the Kimbol-v ton. branch of the . Farmers' Union a long discussion took place on some of the £50,020 limit received the most attention, and . the president (Mr K. H. Crabb) and Mr -L.-/'K.' Jackson expressed themselves in , favour, of -a limit in the: ownership .of '- land to u\ certain, extent. j Some of; the members : expressed, themselves. ih favour, of a graduated tax on wealth, /^lietlier-.in land; or anything The" chairman proposed, and it was carried, that/ the following remit ' be forwarded - to the Provincial Confertence : That tliis conference, while considering the...; l Govenment' proposals crude and unworkable,.- is- not oppcsed to t'he principle qfv the' limitation; of area. 1 ' ,v;- -..jv ■'

' News hasi 'lieetii received of .'the loss' of aformeii -well-known.. New Zealand' trader, the . ship 7 Wellington'. ; Slie . belonged- to the Slijiw, Savill, 'a.nd .Albion Company, and ;:for many; years traded regularly between New. Zealand and ..London. .During, her time she made last passages. ; and in the early part fo'f. .1904 went from Lyt'elt.on to the Channel, in 7.7,. %ys. ~o,n_.,orie: -of - her homeward. trips she ..rak .her bows into an icebegs'. and* suffered a good ..deal; of damage. :A 1 son oi Mi J. (}.. Cow an.-: on board ab that time and ,a pliototji ,ph 'of tlie damaged bow is Timani -people/ "-The- Wellington: visited. jTimaru in command of Gapta.m .Collingwood "more tlia|i once. . She, wa.'.'.sold to Norwegian owners, ancr lier; rig altered .to that of a barque. She wa& abslldoned. on the: 3d-Decembei«.in; a waterloggecl condition, while on the passage from ' Gulfport to j Rosario. ,

Mr Maurice F. G., Wilson. M.T.C.E.,"a member, of ,'thefirm cft Sir John Coode, Son, and Matthews'.' ..arrived-hi (..lisbcrtie on the 6t.h- inst. : , ftir ,-the- purpcise (if inspecting t-he site of' the jirojiosed outer harbour ahd reporting upon :Mr* Ma-rcliant t3 scheme in connection therewith. Mr W.l'soh examined, the records 'f.f soundings, drove • round to the site of tlie [iroposed breakwater., -and inspected the qifarry, which lie said- was a good one. -He afterwards had a ' conference with the "Board, lint.declined to express, any ojiinion in the' plan uhtiivhe.. hail, s/acl an opporttihity :■ of conferring~wii.il Mr Marchant, Members of the Board i-uggesttxl several points that they thought required attention. The last, remarks made to Mr Wilson were, that they' .would rather have n £500,000 harto serve all time. ; than a. £300,000 one ilia.ti would'-not : -''money no ob-. 1 ject"—" We only .want.'^ • best jpossible iliarbour -at the lowest possible "cocst."' iArlTangement's - were , to r be made,, possible, f ( ir Mr. Wilcjc'n ahd Mr Marcfoaiit to meet ii.t Auckland, Mr: Wilson leaving , for home ,by the. 'Frisco boat. -. ;■ . .