TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13276, 3 May 1907, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

■. Mr Scott, South Australian Commissioner to tlieChristeliurch Exhibition, was q passenger for Diraedin by the second express yesterday, on his way home. Yesterday Captain Edwin advised as follows :—" Strong southerly winds •■ to gale; glass rise, tides very high; sea . very heavy; rain jprobable, and much colder weather." . The northern members of the ..South; .Canterbury Hospital Board yesterday journeyed to Waimate,. and conferred with, the Waimate Hospital Trustees concerning the additions' and improvements the,;. Trustees desire to make. The matter will. be> discussed at the next meeting of the Board. Mr J. Pringle, of 'Richmond-station, has just launched for bis own use, one of the. .Exhibition, oil-launches on Lake Tekapo. It is a nice little' boat; will accommodate about a dozen people, and travel up to 10 miles an hour. It is a picturesque, acquisition to the hike and should bo the forerunner of many more. / At a, meeting of the Arowhenua Domain Board on Wednesday evening the chairman, Messrs Judson. Evans, and Ashwell, were appointed a visit-hip committee. Accounts, amounting tv £2 Is Bd, were passed .for. payment. At a meeting of the Cemetery J3oard, the chairman. Messrs Ashwell, Holwell. McLean and Brown, were appointed a visiting committee. Accounts, amounting to £1 lis, wore passed for payment. The Xational Mortgage and Agency Co., hold an important sale this day for Mr T. Trevurza, Fairlie, who has sold his farm. The lots comprise sheep, horses, cattle, pigs, implements', grass and clover seeds, etc., which are ifl first-class condition and order, and are for unreserved sale. Coaches will convey passengers on arrival of morning train, and the sale starts at 11.30 a.m. sharp. The Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Acting-Pre-mier, arrived from Christ-church by the second express yesterday, accompanied by Mrs Hall-Jones, Captain David, of thes.s. Corinthic, and his private secretaries. The Acting-Premier immediately proceeded tor open the battalion bands new bandroom. This evening he gives an address hi the Theatre Royal. To-morrow morning he will ba prepared to receive deputations at his office, and he returns to Christchurch by the first' express, (

Mr G. F. Smith notifies that he is the successful tenderer for J. S. Pye's drapery, etc., at Goraldine, and that a sale commences to-morrow. Detals are advertised. Mrs Jane Evans, relict of the late Mr James Evans, one of the earliest and highly respected residents of Hokitika, died yesterday after a long and painful illness.

For the season just ended 306 passengers journeyed to Mount Cook by motor car, the largest number hitherto taken un being 178. Over 400 people, were, carried a;/ far as Pukaki bv <iar.

Tha Temuka Domain Board met on Wednesday. A visiting committee was appointed. It was resolved to do some ■ more planting near the memorial gates: • Accounts for £9 15s Id were passed for , payment. ' His Worship the Mayor was conspicuous ' by.his absence, from the opening of the new i bandroom yesterday.. This was due to a prior, engagement, to visit! Waimate' as a member of the. Hospital Board. Apologies were also received from Captain Raymond and Mr G. Bowker. The goods left over from the'bazaar ■ held a while ago in aid of the funds .of ' the. South Canterbury Mounted Rifles, were offered for .sale again yesterday afternoon and evening, and at the. close the goods unsold were disposed of by auction, Mr Frank Evans' acting as auctioneer, The Hon..' W. HalbJones informed Mr ■ ' F, Palliser yesterday that hi'response to . the, representations of .the Acclimatisation ; Society, and Mackenzie Country settlers, -.-' it had decided to allow Paradise ducks to, be shot during the month- of - June, and during that month only. ~ • In a , short discussion 'by the Timaru | Main School Committee on the merits of different ways of heating schools. Mr • McCahon said dho slow-combustion stoves { in use at the High School were a failure. The heat they furnished was very stuffy, ? and the.stoves were expensive to main-/ I tain, the heat being so great as to bum' , out the* bars every year, and each set cost £1 to replace. : . s There was a good attendance at the . Theatre, last evening when Messrs J. and j N. Ta'it's Biograph Company gave their second entertainment. The pictures shown >. in the first part of the programme were of I a miscellaneous collection, most, of them , being of a humorous nature. The chief picture of the entertaiument-Nvas a kinematograph record-of the life of the Kelly ; - Gang, the dramatic effect of which was • most realistic. The.production of such a ; film must have, cost the promoters of the L scheme a large sum as numerous-.people were employed for the purpose. Tot-hose / who have read of the exploits .qf the Kelly ' 1 Gang the pictures.'were particularly . in- • teresting, ; the various incidents ctymeeted with ; their daring adventures .'.being faithfully represented. Tha pictures were .'.very 1 clearly shown'and rank among some of; the '' .best seen Jiere. .;/ . »-...■'. ..., ■ I The Gas Company, o{- whoever is respon- ' sible for determining, which are "moon-', ; light nights," when- the street, lamps - need > not be lit, made a mistake in thinking ■ that the last two nights were, moonlight. : They were partly .moonlight, but not till after a good long, spell, of darkness, during wliich the townspeople ..had to'walk war- • ily, unless the other m«n showed a head- - light ■by smoking a cigar, or cigarette. 1 '.'■','• '.,'' . •>■■' :.--■> ■ .-.' The follpwuig yer6 the, prize winners for shooting in -No. 2 .Company' .Main 1 School Cadets :—ist-:section: Davidson, ' W/Thompson,/;'J:., second section: i J.;.Wilson,-Applegarth, Gillies: 3rd section : W. Hamilton, W. Best, HV. Sutton ; ■ 4th section t Y... Gabites,.. S. Barrie, G. • ; vids'dn, Appiegarth/ W> Hamilton, C. Wili son. The ''prizes were distributed by the , chairman of committee yesterday. Cricket prizes (presented by Messrs Donolme, 1 Fleming, and Collins) have not yet been ■ presented.: Batting, C.'Clarkson; bowling, ; F. Duncan';".fielding, J. Clarkson. ■'. ''■• ■ ;'., .-■ '. '' ""'""' ""?" , '>i meeting of the; Geral--1 din6'*Bofough Council ~vyas held on Mon- ' day. .Present: His Worship the Mayor . lMr J. Maling); jind Councillors Dawson, Logan, J.'.,■■SherJatt, W. A. Sherratt and Sutherland. The Mayor, on behalf of : the old members of the Council, welcomed the new members to the table. He trusted . that he would receive the hearty support of the Council in all the woi'k undertaken in the interests of the whole borough. 1 Councillor W. A. Sherratt, as one of the li&w meinbersy-. thanked the Mayor and councillors for the kind welcome extended and expressed the hope that they would all work amicably together. The Mayor thanked them for their kind remarks, and said-he felt sure that as business men they would always endeavour to cpnduct the Council's- business in an expeditious manner. The election, of, committees resulted as' follows:—Finance committee : Counci}!on? W.'Dawson, P. W. Hislop, W. A. Sherratt, and. jiis Worship the Mayor. Works' committee-:. Councillors' T. Sher-ratt,'-.E. H. Logan; anil J: Sutherland. Mr 'J'. Herlihy ,wars appointed surveyor and inspector of nuisances, and the Council rose." /. _You can do a suffering friend a kindly service by saying '/Stearnes' Headache Cure will quickly cure that headache." A trial will convince you if you have nob yet used it yourself. ... Mr Whittaker wishes its to notify our readers that the last of, his indents have arrived, and all the new goods must be sold at cost as he intends to sell out the whole of his stock, which is about £2OOO. The goods are well known to be of the very highest grade, and the public have now the chance of buying them at the lowest possible 'prices. See the bargains in windows for yourself; inspection invited. ... .- , '■ A woman's 'want satisfactorily met. Rainproof coats made to our order on lip-to-date designs ; Penrose's new stock is a splendid collection of well chosen correctly cut garments, wliich leave nqthing to be desired. Every wish had been anticipated in style and colourings. Of the prices you must judge for yourselves, but" better value iw impossible to get. Navy striped cravenettes in S.W. sizes, made sac back, with strap across, for 25s 6d. Stylish green eravenettcs, now sn much worn, cut in the latest styles, for 32s 6d and 37s 6d. Smart dark grey cravenettes, made with Empire yoke, full sleeves, and turn back cuffs, for 37s 6d. 'Very fashionable fawn craven-ette, made with stitched yoke and bands and belt round waist, for 50s.—Penrose's Drapery Establishment.—(Advt.) " Fagged Out."—That feeling of tiredness and utter weariness from which you suffer, shows that you are not so well as you used to be. You want to sit down and 3'est, and you feel that everything is "too much trouble." Your appetite is poor, and you proba.bly 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 nerve food. It feedsl die nerves and gives you 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. ...

Private advice was recehed in Christchtttcli yesterday morning that I). C. McInlyre had been detained by thu British Consul at Monte Video. The Temnfca Borough Council have agread to assist the Timaru Seddon Memorial Committee, by owning subscription lists at Temufca in aid of th-.i "children's ward." * ■ We understand that Mr A. Kaye, a member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, has consented to act as arbitrator !o r the Timaru Harbour Board, in regard t» the inclusion of the Borough of Wainiate in the Timaru harbour rating dfetriei. - Large numbers of post-cards bearing on the. back imitations- of New Zealand postage'stamps are being posted for place* beyond the colony. As the delivery of such post-card's is forbidden by international regulation* they are sent to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, in every case. Afc the meeting of the Temnka Borough Council on Wednesday, it wa:: 'resolved * general rata of l£d in the £ be . levied 'on all rateable property within the borough, and a sanitation rate of |d in the £ upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the west district, and that 'part of the east district included in the ssknitation area, be struck at- a ."-pecLal meeting of the Council on 17th May. and \to be pavable in one sum on the Ist July. ..1907. " " //''. A* first offender was charged before Mr * C. A. Wray, S.M., yesterday with having ' been drunk in Stafford Street. Sergeant Bowman said that thei man had taken a ticket for. Christchurch, but the officials had refused to let him travel as he was drunkV Accused'said he had. been made by some strangers, who intended to rob him. His Worship said that by being drunk on the railway station, accused rendered himself liable to imprisonment for "two. months. A fine of ss, in default 24 horns' imprisonment was imposed.•""At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr C. A. Wray, S.M., Mr Cohlan. on behalf of J. Reid, asked that an existing, wrifc of" attachment -against J.. O'Hagan ' should «be made absolute. Mr Conlan said a writ of attachment for the amount owing £2 IDs,.-had been made on th? Timaru. ; Borough, Council, by whom defendant was * employed on contract works. • Tlie amount had not been paid, and he asked thai" the writ should be made absolute. The Tow<n Clerk appeared, and said he had' no objection, to the application, which was rtecord- ' ingfy granted, defendant making* no appearance. f ' -At a sitting of the Court yesterday' afternoon when Messrs Moss Jonas,' D. 1 Stuarfe and' H. B. Kirk presided, a party of young men from a roadmaking camp, \ who had taken too much liquor and annoyed a resident by removing a gate- and using offensive language on Wednesday night on Jhe BluecKffs road, Esk Valley, , appeared to explain their behaviour. "On i a charge of disorderly conduct wbfla drunk, | William Draper, Leonard Hilmer and [ Alex. Simpson were each fined 20s and fo I costs; a fourth defendant, William Shaw, Being discharged. On a further charge of using insulting language, Draper and v Hilmer were each fined 20s, Simpson jag discharged. . 1 - . ' The Timaru Gun Club opened the season afc their grounds, Saltwater Creek, yesterday, with two clay birds sweeps, and one ► ■""" liva bird sweep. " The first match was divided by W. Stevenson, Remington, D. Young, 8.5.A., and G. Kerr, with nine fclßs out of ten. Inthe shoot off the trophy presented by Mr H. Rothwell, fell to "Young with three first barrels. The second open clay bird sweep was divided by J. Wedereli and* F. McHwrick, with seven kiQs each . out of seven. The live birdsweep, which drew seventeen shootists, was divided by J. Wedereli, Jackson, D. Young, E. Butchers, and T. Chambsis, with five kills each oat of five. This brought a most successful opening lo a close- The president of the Club (Mr John Hole), was unavoidably absent. Yesterday the South Canterbury Harriers as guests of Mr E. Holdgate held one of the most enjoyable outings the Club have jet had. The members left at 2.50 Smith {ptcl Holdgate being despatched with the Tags. They selected capital country for the run, from Rhodes street across padlocks to CcHege road,j across fine country in. the'vicinitv of tfie harbour quarries, through hilly "country on to Otipua road. Home .was soon sighted the- run along North street- being very brisk. All the new members are .showing capital form, which augurs well for the novice race for the 16th inst- . Ayten r Claughton, Walsh, and Gulverhouse were well %o the fore at the finish. After, partaking of very acceptable refreshments, ii. Malthus cordially thanked Mr Holdgate for his courteous hospitality. The pleasant and expeditions voyage of dredge 350 from Glasgow to Timaru was not imitated by that of .a dredge purchased at Liverpool for Melbourne. 'This vessel was swept by heavy seas in the Bay of Biscay, and spent 22 days un'der repairs at Vigo. The machinery broke down in another gale in the Mediterranean, and sheTspent 15 days more under repairs at Algiers. There were several changes of I officers and crews, too. Tlie English crew could not get-on with the captain,, and, headed by the chief engineer, they all left at Vigo. A crew of Spaniards, with a new engineer sent from England, was shipped, and* they left for the same reason. Arab sailors took the dredgs to Port Said. It was thought time to change the captain, and a fresh one was sent out, who shipped a fresh crew and thbj voyage to Fremantle was then pursued without further - mishap. \ . Gastro-enteritis is held responsible for the slaughter of many innocents during February and March. In Christchurch, says a Wellington paper, 107 children died from that complaint and other ailments usually produced by bad milk. The infant mortality from causes more or less attributable "to foods, principally milk, was also high in other places. Napier- contributed four. Dunedin seventeen, Auckland twenty, Wellington twenty-five, making an aggregate of 173. This death rate naturally again raises the qufstion of ensuring milk supplies. The Chief Health Officer (Dr* Mason) expressed a hope that this important matter will be given its proper place in tha new City Council's programme. He has received an opinion from Mr Martin, solicitor, for the Municipal Corporations* Association.-', stating that municipalities have power to set up milk clearing depots on lines which Dr Mason had advocated. Mr W. Robinson, grocer. Mornington. N.Z.. not only sells Chamberlain's.- Cough Remedy but u.-es it. He. says :—'L have been troubled several times with influenza, and. the only cough medicine that has ever done me any good Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Innumerable times T have- reeommenrltd it To my customers and , thev were more than pleased with the result. I have customers that always t-eep it, bottle of Chamberlain's Remedy in the'r hon.--\ nnd won't >i=;e anvthing else for their children." For rale everywhere— For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and £3 6d ...

One dairy farmer in Taranaki drive: Lps Lawrence-Kennedy miiking .maehim v wfth a pair of horses in an ordinarj- horse power machine. One menibif of the deputation from ths Dnnedin Harbour Board,' who cams up t( inspect the dredge Timaru, Mr Robins, re turned home by the first, express yesterday Mr Douglass remained till to-day, in old;.] to inspect the interior of the boilers, whicl ytslerdny were hot with banked fires. ... Two or tinea ago a young mai went to work in Dunertin from Christ church, and took his dog with him. Shorth afterwards tlia dog was missing. He ad vert feed for it. but without result. A week later he received a telegram iron Christchurch to say that the spaniel hac turned up at its old hime in Christchurch. Some change in the weather condition; of late has caused the sand in Caroline Bay to be deposited along the North Mole more rapidly than usual. Yesterday a 1 low tide small waves were breaking fully 80 yards seaward of the men's bathing shed, and the general surf line curved shoreward towards the middle of the bay from that point. Cheap grapes, at any rate for the southern part of New Zealand, are likely to be an established institution next summer. Mi H. J. Scott, Commissioner for South Australia at the New Zealand Exhibition, said that he hoped to return to this country and supply delicious muscatel grapes to retailers at 4d* per lb, and they could profitably pass them on to the public afc 6d. The fruit could be sold at that price in Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. ! ° '. ■ . Mr. E. G. Sterieker, of Sutton Farm,, ; recorded 1.26 inches of rain during April, on 18 days. This barely damped the upper soil, and the subsoil being still very dry, a good soaking rain would be of great benefit to the down land. In April last year 3.12 inches fell. Our Fairlie correspondent reports 1.77 inches in that quarter, "falling on 11 days; heaviest fall .61in on the 24th. On the 28th the thermomoter ran down to 23 degrees. One of the most successful soirees in con : neciion with the Peasant Point Presbyterian Church was held' on Tuesday evening in the Oddfellows' Hall., There was a large attendance. The choir, with their conductor, Mr W. Thomas, rendered'- suitable anthems. Solos were given by-Miss Swaney and Mr Dalglish. The speakers were the Rev. Mr Todd. Mr McDonald, and Mr White. The ladies had provided a very tempting supper which was done ample justice to. / Mr Cuddie, dairy commissioner, says that fifty per cent." of tlie dairy factory managers' troubles were due to the neglect of cooling. The system of the aeration of milk he considered" should, never have been recommended. It very seldom did much good. He thought they should abandon the system of aeration in favour of the better system of cooling. With the advent of the milking-machine, too, the difficulties of the managers would be increased, unless those machines were kept in a thoroughly sanitary and clean condition. Those machines would be introduced by hundreds, and it concerned every milk supplier in New Zealand as to what condition they were going to be kept in. A lad named McNieholls, about 15 years Of age, who was recently committed to Burnham Industrial School here for stealing a bicycle, escaped from the school on Monday morning last, and set out onj foot for Timaru: He slept under a gorse hedge on that night and reached Timaru early on Tuesday evening, having walked about seventy miles without any food on the" v.':iy. Tlie lad was found in his bed that evening by his mother, and advice having been received by the police of the boy's escape, a search was made, and Constable Osbonrn discovered him at his home. Tlie boy promptly got out of the window (a second storey one) and dropped to the ground, but was soon captured by the constable. He was taken back to Burnham by Constable Harvey yesterday. A nautical contributor to the " N.Z. Times" says:—The case of the steamer Te Aroha "(wrecked off Whangarei.Heads) is probably the worst of the many Auckland scandals that have come to light. Bought in 1896 for, £340, run for one summer in Auckland harbour and {hen laid up till 1906, presumably for reasons .best known to her owners, and sold last year "with all her. faults," for £l5O. Temporarily patched up, subjected to a perfunctory survey, with a defective covering board and the "under portions of her paddle-boxes" insecure, leaking and without any pump except the deck pump, she was allowed a certificate, to undertake—for her—the long and dangerous voyage from Auckland to the Waikato river. Comment is needless. In inviting Captain David, of the s.s. Corinthic. to address the.gathering at the opening of the band room yesterday. Mr Hall-Jones alluded to th? suggestion of one of his colleagues the export trade of the colony should be concentrated at one port for eacli island. He could not object to that if Timaru were made the one port for this island. In. the course of a few remarks in response to the invitation, Captain David said that a great deal of work had been successfully done at Timaru, but a great deal more was necessary before Timaru would be fit to be the" one port for th& island. He had spoken before about the need' for deeper ' water, and that was still the great need. There was ample scope for "increased trade, but the Corintluc was a bin ship and he must ask for more water for her. The Premier should urge those who were responsible in this matter to push on the deepening of the water. Someone called nut: '•The dredge is at it," and Captain David replied " But very slowly." Everyone knows that if c%rns are neglected.- thev become more painful and much more difficult to care. There is no need to* f-xperiment now, no need to doubt the results—if you use Ruby Corn Cure. Corns of many years standing have been cured by this marvellous preparation. It acts promptly and painlessly, causing nc inconvenience" whatever. If you are troubled with corns Baxter's Ruby Con Cnre will completely remove them. One shilling, post- free," only from J. Baxter, Chemist, Timaru. ... SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C.F.C.A. —Sale of potatoes, on 11th inst. N.M and A. Co.—Plans and particular; Clydevale estate. Genie and Co.—Sell live stock, Japan ts:> goods, greyhounds, to-morrow. Jonas and Co.—Clearing sale, to-day; fiuit. to-morrow. T. and J. Thomson —Prices of attire foi juvenilis. G. F. Smith—Has purchased J. S. Pye'i stock at Geraldine. Lewis County Council—lnvite offers fo horses. C. R. Wilson—Special auctioneer's re port. Christchurch. Timaru gas works—Want youth to assis stoker. Raltantyne's—Hot-water bags and bei socks Emily Bryan and S. Dak—Notice ur.de Licensing Act. Where are you dealing now? —Tr Bowii's. Oates and Co.—C'yeb sale in full swing ths: Cit prices. Wanteds—Thre* notices.

At the Magistrates Court, Christclrurch, on Tuesday. ;i batch of six men appeared before Mr H. W. Jsishop, S.M., in answer to charges of trespassing on Riccarion racecourse. One case was dismissed, and fines amounting to £32 with costs were inflicted in tho other cases. The Timaru Harbour Board last week received from the New Zealand Shipwreck Relief .Society, Dunedin, an application for a donation to thn funds of the- Society. The Hoard postponed a reply until enquiry had been made as to what.. other Boards ■• were doing in ths matter. The Lyttelton Board on Wednesday decided to reply to the Society's circular that it had no funds available for the purpose.