TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13270, 26 April 1907, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Captain Edwin teegraphed yesterday : Southerly strong winds to gale: glass /ise; tides high; sea considerable; rain probable and weather cold. Mr G. Laurenson, M.H.E., has been in communication with the Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister of Marine, with regard to pushing on the Harbour Boards' Consolidation-Bill.' and has received a reply from the Minister to the effect that he hopes to put tjie Bill through Parliament ; next session. A large number of entries have been received in connection with the rejudging of the wines and spirits exhibits at the recent' Exhibition. ~.',. The .valuable meteorological instruments which formed part, of the British Government's exhibit at .the Exhibition have .been .secured by the Victorian Government, and will be shipped to Melbourne fortlnviife! ~

The Orari Sports Club will hold their , annual race .meeting on May 9th. Nominations close on Saturday. It may interest County and Borough ratepayers here to learn that one of the London boroughs, Kensington, recently increased its rate so as to maintain a. surplus, because it had been declared illegal to pay interest on overdrafts out of rates. The Governor left Queenstown yesterday and travelled by steamer and train to Lumsden receiving several addresses on the way, expressing the warmest loyalty to the King. His Excellency's tour of the interior of Otago ends to-day when, he returns to Dtmedin, going on to Christchurch on Saturday. At a meeting of the Otago Harbour Board yesterday it Avas resolved to incorporate in new by-laws the following clause : —" The maximum, charge on any one vessel for port charges, pilotage and harbourmasters fees, both inwards and outwards, shall not exceed £IBO on any one visit; and in the case of a foreign steamer calling twice at the port on one voyage such charge shall not exceed £200." The "Upper. Orari River Board met on Wednesday. The annual balance sheet showed receipts £589, and expenditure £420, the latter including a debit balance of £167. • The credit balance is now £169. The clerk was instructed to take steps to strike a general rate of one, two, and three-sixteenths of a penny on the three classes of land respectively. . The Board decided .not "to collect the special rate this, year, ■ but to. sue for. all outstanding rates. The clerk reported; that ..certain persons who had been felling willows in the.Wail" had left quantities of branches , and even whole trees in the river, interfering with its: flow, and the Board ordered notice* ,t(> be given to the offenders to remove! the willows. The River Boards Act provides a heavy penalty for such acts. 'The young men's club connected with St. Joseph's Church, Tcmuka, held their third annual meeting last week, ahd on Tuesday evening last the Club, opened its winter session by a meeting;'in the form of a banquet in the schoolroom. At an annual meeting some amendments were, made in the rules including a change of name to " Temuka Catholic Club." The clergy of Temuka take an active part in the life of the Club, Mr W. Barry is president, • and Mr T. Knight secretary. At the opening meeting, the patron, Rev. Father Goggan, described the success of similar Clubs in America, and pointed out soine of the benefits to the individual members. Rev. Father. -Kevleyy.spiritual director, mentioned other advantages, £tud the president said ha owed his place in the Levels County Council to the training in speaking that lie had gained as a member of the Glub, but -for which'• he wo'iiM;nofc have faced such a.: petition. The £Jlub , starts the year with' a credit balance, somo ■■ assets, an dthe beginning of a library. f

Lovers of music in Timaru are reminded j of the concert to b'a given, in the. Theatre ! Royal this evening by the orchestra' of \ which so much {has. been heard in, connec- r tion with the late Exhibition'. - To a. great \ many visitors to the Exhibition,, the Con- 1| cert Hall was the 'most attractive- section, when the orchestra was oh duty, and as it comprised the pick of the mstrumeritalists available, and as they had worked long together, and con amore, that was not to be wondered at. Every music lover said it was a pity that such a fine; .combination | should be-broken up, but it would of , course be to maintain it long. t It was, however,: arranged .. that they 1 should make a rapid ' tour of the colony | before disbanding, '.and Timaru is fortunate, in being one of the-'towns vidted. The programme comprises the items which , proved the most popular in Christchurch, j and that kind of selection ensures a -jxipular . concert "to-night. .. Mr John Proust, whose name is a household word as., a I vocalist, will sing two items, and Mr Weston, leader of the -orchestra, will give i a descriptive violin solo, "The Deluge." , A full house is practically guaranteed, tho | whole of the dress circle and some of the reserved stalls being already booked. The | orchestra iwill arrive from Dunedin/ (where they concluded a very successful season last night) by the 1.30 express, and will be welcomed by the Mayor. The best thing for nervous pale young girls is Stearns' Wine, for it increase's their etrength, renews and/enriches the blood, and sharpens the appetite. It'is a matchless tonic. ...

The modern high-class motor car is now quite a proven reliable mode of locomotion, and appointments: can now made with safety-, and in the full expectation of beingkept." This is illustrated by the following item ■■ o news supplied us by Adanis Ltd. : ; —The Talbot team of six motor cars entered by R. McLean, Esq., W. E. MiUs, Esq., T/Belclier, Esq., C. B. Brown, Esq., ,Mr H. T. Adams, and F/N. Adams, covered the journey of about 92 miles, set | out by the Canterbury Automobile Club, witli the punctuality <f a first-class train. ' Every Talbot finished on time and only one stop of half a. miriutei was recorded against the six cars. The even running: of the Talbo'.s was most marked.'... Motor men who have, not' already provided themselves with a real leather overcoat can have the satisfaction of examining the new stock of leather overcoats now to hand at Penrose js. We invite inspection of these goods and ask you to compare the values and prices. Not only will you find our qualities are the best, but our prices arje. the lowest in the trade. They are made from pinked skins and are flawless, so will be able to : withstand the. most severe rain, hail or snow-storm, in fact, you could playa fire-hose onUhese coats and no water'could get through. We have them .in. two lengths—the three-quarter length or motor cyclists, which we sell at I 79s 6d, and'the full-levigth coats or motorists or farmers who have a good deal of driving; to do, and which'we will sell at 89s 6d. These coats with care will last a .man ten or twelve years.—Penroses Clothing Department.... There are still some people that are afraid as to the reliability of motor cars. The .following list of successes should convince them to the reliability of the Darracq and De Diou cars: British reliability test held in Scotland—The 20-28 h.p Darracq won the cup against 84 of /the j world's best. cars. The 10-12 won the ,] cup in the consumptive trials 38 miles to the gallon. Capetown reliability test— The 10-12 again came through with flying colours. Transvaal reliability trials—The 15 h.p. Darracq won the cup. * Indian reliability trials—The ,8 h.p. and the_lo h.p. Darracq came first in their respective classes. American consumption trials— The 15 h.p. Darracq won the cup, 42 miles on. 2- gallons. Australian reliability trials —The 12 h.p. Darracq secured the cup against 40 other cars, some of them up to 40 h.p. The 6000 miles French circuit, the greatest reliability ever held in the world were won by a 10 h.p. Darracq and 8 h.p. de Diou," tyint? for the cup. And last, but not least. s the AucklandWellington reliability 500 miles trial was won. by a 15. h.p. Darracq, 4 years old. This same car also won the trial in 1906. Both these trials were held on what are considered the worst roads in the. world. As for speed trials, the Darracq s have held all the world's . records for the past '3 years. The 'construction of the Darracq ;«id De Dion engages the attention of the most experienced corps of motor experts in; the worWi.iii,, .-. ~,

The National Mortgage and Agency Co. give notice of the sale of the Clydevale estate. To-morrow the company will offer properties on account of Messr-s J. T. Whittaker, J. McKeown, and Bruce Gil\k£, at 2.45 p.m. Particulars are advertised. A peculiar sample of weather was ex- - perienced yesterday, in a cold nor'-wester. Xh* western sky was thick with cloud that was torn to pieces by the gale and drifted awav. The appearance of the sky over the ranges suggested very rough weather on the West Coast. The following have been returned as members of the Temuka Borough Council : —Messrs J- Ashwell, J. Barr, Job Brown. T Buxton, W. F. Evans, A. Frew. John Holwell. George Judson, and James McLean. Five of these returned were members of the old Council. Sergeant-Major Jones has returned to Xelaon from his trip Home, much improved in health through hi 3 furlough.. Hemet with an aceident on the way out- that laid him up from the Cape to New Zealand. While playing quoits one day he was struck od the shin, the skin being broken, and blood-poisoning supervened. "The Ashburton A. and P. Association have decided to hold their show this year on Thursday and Ist Noyember, and will notify the Timaru Association to that effect. This will clash with the Timaru dates of "the last Wednesday, and Thursday in October." The Christchurch Show will be held on the 6tb> 7th and Bth November, the 9th, the usual "People's Day" being on Sunday. The Christchurch' Hospital Committee finds that probationer nurses leave when they have completed their term of probation and obtained certificates, nnd there was a difficulty in obtaining nurse? as higher pay was obtainable outside. The committee decided that they could -hot .'•fiord to increase the pay, and will demand a guarantee from future probationers to remain one year if appointed to the permanent staff. The South Canterbury Mounted Rifles held, a dismounted parade on Wednesday evening, Captain Gresson being in command. . The new instructor, Staff SergeantMijor Ckments, excercised the men in si cumber of movements.. • The new instructor has had experience; with the Imperial army in India and S° n th Africa, and the mounted corps should improve under his tuition. The annual meeting of the corps will be held in the Drill Hall on May Ist, af 8 p.m. The turnip csop is reported to be damaged all over the district; in some places qnifce seriously. Most people seem to attribute the mischief to some kind of insect ; but'Mr George Xyall described to a " Herald"" reporter what appears to be a. more likely cause. Mr Lyall says that the drought gave the turnips a serious check, the roots became "hide-bound," and when the rains started them growing again, the interior substance grew faster than the skin. The latter therefore'split, and let hv air and moisture, which caused the ( whole root to rot. The weak and dam"i! aged root became an easier prey to inf sects, which therefore abound upon the damaged roots, and this has given rise ' to the erroneous idea that the insects caused the damage. In the Wesleyan Church last evening the Rev. R. M- Laverty, who has for Sometime* worked among the descendants of the mutineers of the "Bounty."' on Norfolk Island «nd who is now visiting New Zealand on furlough, gave an interesting and amusing lecture on liss work in that field. The church was about half filled and the Rev. S. J. Serpell presided, and briefly introduced the speaker. Mr Laverty" told of his arrival at Norfolk Island, and'his reception by the Wesleyan Quarterly meeting— six natives with one pair of" boots »between them, soft reed hats, small flannel shirts, and yolnmin..'ons patched trousers of "butchers blue" and the missionary himself wearing his Sunday blacks. Mr Laverty continuing, gave an account of the origin of the settlement ; how. about a century and a half ago and the ship "Bounty" sailed to Tahiti to.load plan f s of the breadfruit tree to be planted in the West Indies as a means of providing cheap food for the, slaves there. ?pd how one morning .the crew mutinied ?ind some, of them settled on Pit cairn Island. Among their descendants, who were removed by the Government to Norfolk Island when their early abode became to crowded, Mr and his experience provided a wealth of subjects for story and anecdote. As a contrast to the" early state of affairs Mr laverty related a few of the most prominent features of the social life of the settlement. Now, Mr Laverty said, every man on attaining the age of twenty-one. though not until he married, recerved twenty-five acres of land. Norfolk Island might also claim to be the forerunner of the no-license campaign, for fifty years ago a law was passed forbidding the sale or importation of alcoholic liauor. At the conclusion of the address, Mr Howard proposed a hearty vote of thanks to ti-.e lecturer for his instructive discourse, and the motion was carried with acclamation. Premier Road Racers, now at £ls; full Roadsters and Ladies ,fully equipped with brakes and freewheel. £l6: made to any styfe or design. Grant Bros., makers, Christchurch and Timaru. "F/agged Out." —That feeling of tiredn£S* and utter weariness from which you • suffer, shows that you are not so well as you teed to be. You want to sit down and rest, and you feel that eTerything is "too much trouble." Your appetite is poor, and you probably have a touch of indigestion. There is no need for you to suffer. There is a remedy within your reach, a remedy which is safe, sure and certain. Thafs Baxter's Orange Quinine Wine, the ideal tonic and nerre food. It feeds che nerves and gives yon freedom from weariness and prostration. One bottle will convince you of its strengthening properties. Price, 2s 6d, only from J. Baxter, Prescription Chemist, Theatre Buildings, Timaru. ... SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C.F.C.A. —Sale of Sports' Ground sections, to-morrow; property at Temuka, on 14th May; clearing sale, Ist May. Gcrri/and Co.—Sale of Japanese goods, produce, furniture, to-morrow. Jonas and Co.—Sell poultry, office furniture, carpenters' stock, to-morrow. S.C. Coursing Club —Meeting at Plumpton continued.' Clydevale Estate —Full particulars by Christchurch agents. T. Wagstaff—Graphic exercise books and blocks on sale. J. Maling, P. W. Hislop, W. A. Sherratt, J- M. Sutherland, W. A. Dawson, E. H. Logan —Th:mks. X.' Herlihy, Geraldine—Mayoral and Council elections. At Thomson's —Jerseys for boys, the right tailors. Bowie and Co.—Prices of carpet sweepers. Mackenzie and levels County Councils — Rolls and lists on view. M. J Knnbley—Calls in accounts J. Whit taker's estate. Timaru Borough Election —Thanks by W. Miller. Black and.Son—Want lad for camp. J. O'Rourke —Football jerseys and cyclSsts' sweaters. ■Wanteds —Six notices. Funeral notice—By W. J. Lister.

Gerrie ami Co. will sell a quantity of Japanese goods to-morrow. Details are advertised.

"I joined the Labour Party very young,'' said Commissioner Cadman lust night. "I looked for a situation to earn a little money to keep my mother, at 5% years of age," and got one. Boys of sixteen nowadays don't want to go to work. They want Co go footballing."

Mr W. A. Sherratt, who was returned at the top o the poll for the Geraldine election of Councillors wishes to express his regret at not being able to be preseut at- th-j announcement. In another column Tie returns thanks to the burgesses. Other notices of thanks to the burgesses also appear. "Joseph bad a coat of many colours, but not nisre than mine had." said Commissioner Cadman, in describing the experiences of the early Salvationists. " The people threw dead cats, dead rats, dead eggs, at me, and were quite liberal with that kind of contributions." The Commissioner pointed out what a very different attitude.the civilised world takes up towards the Army to-day. The annual meeting of the Fairlie Library was held on Wednesday evening. Seven members were present. Mr R. L. Banks being voted to the chair. The secretary, Mr J. R. Wallace, read -the,report and balance sheet or\*he year, which showed a balance on haricl of £6. He reported that the number of members was 21, which, considering the population of the district, was very small. The thanks of the committee -were due to Mr A. H. McLean for his handsome donation of books, and to Mr J. Riddle for supplying divisions for the shelves. The adoption of the report was moved and carried. The foling committee was elected; for the ensuing Tear:—Br S. J. Cook. Mr R. L. Banks, Rev. C Addenbrook. Mr J. Caskey and Mr J. R. Wallace, Mr R. L. Banks being appointed chairman. It was recommended by the committee that the library should be enlarged, and that an effort should be made to increase the membership, and if possible issue a catalogue of the books.: A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Wallace for liis services as secretary, and to the chairman. ?■■ The second outing of the S.C. Harrier Club took the form of an invitation run with the Trinity Club. Yesterday was perfect and the course opened up altogether new eoiuntry in the vicinity of the Glen-iti_ .-chool. There was a good muster from both Clubs, about 26 in all donning their uniforms. The trail laid by Goldsman (Trinity), and Penrose (S.C.H.) led from the store to the gully at the back of the school, and then over many ups and downs. A good variety of country was traversed, in which Hamilton, Aylen, and Claughton were conspicuous. After a brush up, afternoon tea was provided by Mrs Ayson, ;:nd was hiffhlv acceptable. Mr Anderson on behalf of "the Trinity Club, thanked the Sooth Canterbury Harriers for their kindness in extending to their members an invitation so early in the season. Mr Malthus replied, advising Trinity to stick together, hoping "that when they next, met Trinity's numbers would be doubled. The 'bus then coming on the scene, members embarked for town, after having spent a really enjoyable afternoon together.

The first meeting of the present season of the South Canterbury Officers' Club was held yes'erday afternoon at the Empire Hotel, Timaru. there being present Lieutenant-Colonel Mackenzie (presiding), Major Beckingham, Maior Dchnan, CapJackson. Raymond, Hefford, Percy. Studhnlme, Foden, Adjutants Wain and McNab, Lieutenants Houlker, Child s, Purdham and Holdgate. ■and SergeantMaiors Healy nnd .Clements. Captain Hefford produced the' present which- was intended to be sent to the late secretary (Lieutenant Hintz) and the members directed that it be forwarded to him at once, with the addition of an engraved plate (the engraving being .left in tha hands of Captain McNab). Lieutenant Houlker was elected secretary in the place of Lieutenant H.intz. Captain Raymond asked what replv the Railway Department had given io the complaints as to the conveyance of the troops to and from Sheffield. Th? chairman detailed what had been done and stated that although the officer commanding the district had communicated the complain 4 ® to the Railway Department and had conferred with the traffic manager and other officials in Christchurch. nothing satisfactory had yet been accomplished, though it was hoped that rome definite .promise as to future occassions would yet be dbtained. At the reouest of theClnb Colonel Hawkins O.C. D. and Captain Tupper (District Adjutant) attended the meeting and delivered a lecture on the-, work done at the manoeuvres at the Easter Camp. By the aid of maps and plan=s showing the positions and disposition of the different forces on each; day the lecturer -showed the good and bad features of the work done, and commented and criticised the manoeuvres from F'tart to finish, adding suggestions as to where imorovements must be looked for. He laid special stress on the need of training in reconnaisanre and preserving communications, and honed tha'' •nrmld take every opportunity of practising their companies in these matters. An interesfcintr discusrion followed on different points by the lecturers and litrht whs thereby thrown on certain movements dorintr th? manoeuvres wliich appeared unusual and somewhat ill-t'med under the circumstances existing at the time.