TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13280, 8 May 1907, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

The Melbourne Brindisi despatch of mails'of April 3rd, arrived in .London oil May 3rd. • . Mr Emanuel, a well-known commercial traveller for the firm of Mendelssohn and svu, died at Dnnedin yesterday, after a, short illness. Yesterday Captain Edwin advised as follows:—"Moderate to strong southerly winds; glass little movement; tides moderate; sea moderate; probably frost at night.". A meeting of the Young People's fcfooiety was held in the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church on,Fridayevening. The liev. J. G. Chappie opened the .meeting, and Miss Williams presided. .-The*/subject was reading.*, which were, discussed, in a very brisk manner. The subject for the next meeting is Bible: study," and Miss Moylo is to take thd'chair. Unclaimed letters addressed as follows are lying at the Timaru,. Prat Office: From the United Kingdom—Joseph Strathers, Timaru; and George Pratt, Waimate; from Melbourne —Frank Ashton, Albury ; C. Gifcten, W. Gentles, W. Lewis, F. Plumber (21, and W. J. McLean, Parcora, East; from Queensland —W. H. Nolan, I'areora East; and from Sydney, James MeTa visit, Faiiiie. The George street sewer outlet A\:as thoroughly well blocked with shingle yesterday, so that the drainage was escaping through the crevices in the timbers on top of the box drain. The Borough Conn- \ oil ought to lose no time in extending the \ box, fiii should a heavy shower occur when the end 'is blocked, there •would be a ln-mr-nta'lilf' inundation of some of the. lower hank gi'lly premises, and probably a burstiiiff of Ihe sewer, where repairs would be difficult and costly.

Miss Dew.tr acted as accompanist at the Gleniti social and dance, and the vocalists appreciated her efforts verj- much.

The Education Department has returned the plans prepared by Mr Tumbull for the rebuilding of the "Gtraldine school, as too elaborate and costly.

Mr A. Thoreau arrived at Timaru last Thursday week by the Corinthic from the Old Country. Mr Thoreau was absent from the colony four months, and the return journey in that timo almost establishes a record, particularly as he ■ was able to spend Christinas week and five days in London.

Mr J. Storrier has cast and delivered at Mr Bowker's new building in the Arcade, for tha contractors, Messrs Petrie and McDongal, two handsome and massive columns, the largest castings probably ever made m Timaru. The shafts are hollow and 10 inches in external diameter, and cast with them are heavy bases and ornamental capitals. The weekly run o* the Trinity Harriers will take place to-morrow afternoon. On tha invitation of the Club's president (Mr J. A. Valentine), the pack will start from liis residence. Queen street. The bares for tliis outing (D. Glanville and R. Norrfc) axe a good selection, and a fast and interesting race is assured. To avert delay and inconvenience, intending runners aire advised to be on the mark at- the specified hour of starting.

Tha erection of buildings at the corners of Barnard and Sophia streets has made the short piece of George street that connects thosa streets rather a dangerous piece of thoroughfare, as it is no longer possible to isee, from one street to the other, as formerly. The Borough Council would do well to consider the advisability of compelling all traffic to go round those two corners and between them at a foot pace. This rale is supposed to be applied ah certain intersections of Stafford street, but for lack of placard notices. to effect few people are aware that the rule has ever lbeeri made.

The borough overseer has made a good j.jb of the short length of Heaton street, between Stafford street and the railway. Ifc has for years been in bad condition, in. winter, owing to the heavy gram traffic upon ib,vand to its. being shaded from the suitby buildings, so that in spite'of its steep grade it has.at times been a sea.of mod. Mr Beswick has reformed it, put a thick layer of spalls on the worst side, and a good cult of broken metal oyer the whole,, and when the roller had gone over it, yesterday morning it looked a very good" piece of road.

The officer commanding the Canterbury Volunteer district has issued a strong order condemning the conduct of certain volunteers at Easter in uncoupling a train between a waggon and a car, and making a rope fast to a- seat of a waggon and fruit cases on the. platform. Apart from the question of inconvenience and possible serious accident, such contract on the part of volunteers was a discredit to the whole force. The officers commanding the battalion and companies are directed to .prosecute inquiries, with a view to bringing a charge against the offenders.

The Hon. Geo. Fowlds, Minister of Education, passed through Timaru yesterday by the second express, bound for Dunedin. He was -met at the station by the Mayor and Mr Jackson, representing the Technical Schools Association, to ascertain when he can pay his promised visitto Timaru, to look into the request of the Association for an enlargement oi their boHdmgs. Mr Powlds stated that he would return from the south on Tuesday, arid would look into the; matters referred to on Wednesday morning, bnt he. must b? given time to visit Temufca also on that day before the first- express from the south reached there.

One of the most important points in buying a motor car is to pick upon one in which, yon have a good asset or in other words one that you can sell readily and at a good price should you want to sell it after 2 or 3 years use. This has been proved within the last few months to the following owners of Darracq. and De Dion cars: Simon Mackenzie, Esq., after using his Darracq for nearly eighteen months most successfully, without a hitch had no feragble in getting- an almost new price for his car when he decided in buying his magnificient 20/32 p. of same make. B-Al-len? Esq-, of Cbristchufeh. who has jm>t left for Paris, where he will take delivery of a h.p., 6 cylinder Darracq, which Be ordered through the local agents, had several buyers for W old 15 Darracq wJiichrhaclr done U years of exceptional nood touring work all over the colony. He also got' » good cheque for this favourite old Darracq. Andrew Martin, Esq., who was ope of the pioneer motorists of-Tiniaru,, and who used his. little 6 b-p. De Dion for over 3 years was offered a reasonable good price for it wbep he decided i» biry a large 15 h.p. of sam* myke. This little car can be seen at Skeate*. Bockaert, and Co.'s, they defy any engineer to show any sign of mechanical wear. D. Thomas, Esq., of Ashhnrfon. who used a second-hand 114 &p. Darracqif or over 27,000 (twenty-seven thoosandV miles also had a ready purchaser for it when he bought a larger Darracq- This car is now being overhauled and the inspection of it proved that in a Darraco the same as in a De Dion, vou have honest value for your moner "and * good asret. Another P°. int to which we would draw the intending purchasers attention: Tf you want 'o Vrmw the upkeep of a Darracq or a De Dion, ask the loca,l agents who will prove to von bv actual ficures. they do not emplor iinorant agents, who are lookine for- underhand commissions and make rasa statements, which they could not prove....

"Fagged Out."—Tbat feeling of tiredness and utter weariness from which you suffer shows that von are not so wel- as yon us?d to be. You want to sit down and rest, and von feel that everything is "too much tronble." Your appetite is poor, and you probably have a touch of itidisestion." There is no need for you to snffer. There is a Temedy within your reach, a remedy which is safe, sure and certain. That's Baxter's Orange Quinine Wine, ►hf» tonic and nerve food. Tt feeds the nerves and gives you freedom from weariness and prostration. On* bottle will convince vou of its strengthening properties. • Price. 2s 6d. onlv from .T. Baxter. Prescription Chemist, Theatre Buildings. Tnaarn. ...

A BICYCLE FOR 20s. We are to-day making a special display in otir windows of twenty high-grade secondhand bicycles, which have been taken in as part payment for new gold medal Swift, Earth Star, Humber, and Tnumpli crcles We are prepared to accept ZOs as a "deposit and 20s per month for any of 'the machines. The bicycles are ail first-class standard models of various heights of frames and types. \V e enumerate a few of the makes for sale :- i; S A... Centaur, New Hudson, Atalanta, Rndge-Whitwortk, Rover, and Eadie Star. We mast draw the attention of the public to the fact that all these bicycles have been overhauled bv competent mechanic*, and any parts showing sigss of woar have been renewed. Most of the cycles have bnon enamelled, and all bright parts nickelplated, giving them a moat attractive appearance. Special discount for cask. Inspection invited. Adams, Ltd., The Arcade, Timaru. .- s

A grand concert and dance -will be held in the Wai-iti school on the 23rd inst.

Mr T. H. Gill, M.A., assistant inspector of s-.condary schools, is at present in South Canterbury, on a visit of inspection to the District High Schools.

To-morrow the South Canterbury Harriers will be tlie guests of their patron, Mr James Craigie. livery member is requested to roll up, as a group plioto will be taken before the run.

The National Mortgage in conjunction with the Canterbury Farmers are holding a clearing sale of J. T. Whittaker's live and dead stock to-morrow at his farm at Fairview. The sale commences at 11.3J sharp.

When at Home a year ago, said Mr Fowlds to our reporter yesterday, he looked into the industrial condition of the country to some extent, and cams to the conclusion that every man was employed who was employable. Unfortunately the power of the landlord to create slums had resulted in the creation of a class of men, both physically and mentally incapable of becoming good . workmen, the insanitary conditions under which they were born and bred depriving them of. all chance of attaining a robust manhood. New Zealand has no such class of weaklings, .and no wonder, when its whole population scattered over a territory a thousand miles in length does not exceed that of one large Old World city.

Speaking at Auckland about the equipment of the railways, the General Manager said there was a shortage of locomotives as well as of trucks. Price Bros., at Thames, had 20 locomotives in hand, and the Department expected to draw u=ion them in nine or 12 months. The Department had been very- heavily taxed by the Exhibition "traffic on tie southern sections, but he had now arranged to send three powerful engines - from the. Hurunui-Bluff section to Auckland, and that would help matters somewhat. -He did not know that he could do much more without penalising the Southern lines, until such time as the Department could get the engines fro* Price Bros. The crsrines were of the most powerful type. 2dany of the bridges had been rebuilt, and in a very short time the Department would ba able to run from Auckland to Taumafunui —in about three months—with' its heaviest type of engine. They were-having 40 more carriages built in "view of the opening of the Main Trunk line next year. " ; i

The Mayor has received a very nice present to Timaru from Mr Durie, New South Wales Commissioner at the Exhibition. Introduced to Mr Dune by the Rev. R. Jackson, while looking, over the New South Wales Court, Mr Craigie suggested that New South Wales would not want to have returned the large collection of photographs,'fine as they were, with which the Court was decorated, and he followed that up with another suggestion that, if the first was agreed with, the people of Timarn. would be very glad to have some of them as reminders of the Mother Colony of New Zealand. After some correspondence with Sydney, by Mr Craigie and Mr Durie, the latter was authorised to present some of the photographs to Timaru, and these have come to hand, and will be hung at present in the Council buildings, and later on in the Public Library. There are three fine large photographs, and two panels containing four pictures each. One of the large views is a harvesting scene showing eight " threshing harvesters," drawn bv teams of fours and fives, just about to begin work in a big stretch of wheat the further side of whifh is in stook. Another shows a small town on the Tweed river; the third a colliery with a beautiful. landscape of land and sea beyond it. One of the panels contains photos of three mobs of .sheep, and a view of a big shearing shed with machine shearers at work. The other panel contains harvest arid homestead scenes. As photographs they are excellent work, and they are all neatly framed in Australian honeysuckle.

After a long, exhausting illness, when health is slow about returning. Stearns' Wine is always found of great value. By greatly stimulating the appetite it aids nutrition and. restores strength....

Mr Whittaker wishes us 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. ...

Prepared and constructed for the men who are hard to serve, who never buy unless they are sure that better value is impossible. The rainproof coats for men at Penrose's are the best money can buy; so little money required for such good coats that the keenest buyers are satisfied. The shapes- are smart and are made in threequarter and full length. For thirtyfive shillings you can get as good- aii overcoat as any gentleman needs to walk about in. It is a- rainproof material and is just the right colour the new hearher green mixture. Before you make vour purchase of a coat you should not fail to inspect the up-to-date stock of raincoats, chesterfields and waterproofs at Penroses. The new circular-skirt overcoat—a threequarter coat- made very full with no vents seems to give the most satisfaction this season.—Penroses' have them from 55s to 455, in dark grey and green colours. [Aovt.} SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Gerrie and Co.—Sale of drapery, on Saturday. Guinness and LeCren—Sale at Fairlie, oif Mondav. N.M. and A. Co.—Stock sale at St. Andrew* - , on Friday. • Dalgety and Co.—St. Andrews stock sale, on Friday. X.Z- L. and M.A. Co. —Sale of stock at St. Andrews, on Fridav. J. E. Bruce and Co. —Freehold farms for sale, also suburban properties. Geraldine County Council —Proposal to raise a loan. I). Mahoney—-Wants to, purchase a house. r Trinity Tennis Club—Special general \ mesting," to-morrow evening. Raymond and Revell—Dwellings for sale or tp let, want sheep country. J. Craigit. —Wants painters at once. Orarr Sports Club—Annual gathering tomorrow. Wesley Guild—Chrysanthemum Show, to-morrow. Wai-iti School—Concert and dance, on 23rd inst, •Colonial Sugar Co.—Wanaka now loading at Auckland. P ¥.. Thoreau—Has rape for sale. W. Wall—Lo.«t collie dog; reward to tind:r. , , .. At IrwinV— Cardigan jackets, football u-rssys, at all prices. ' Mount IYel Road Board—Result of poll for members. D.I.C. —Latest blouses and jerseys, splendid selection. Ual'.antyne and Co.—Prices of rainproof mats. Norfolk suit?, etc. Herbert Webb—Taking pupils for organ, singing, piano B efT fr's—Selling pianos; why hesitate?' Wanted's —Five notices.

His Excellency the Governor does a lot of railway travailing. H« passed through Timaru, hound for Invcre.ugill again',; yesterday.

A special general mealing of the Trinity Tennis Club will bj held at Trinity Hall at 7.30 p.m. to-morow, to discuss important business.^

In connection with a property sale which took plafe in Oumaru last week an ancient custori was revived. As an indication of the "earnestness" of the transaction, ''the vendor handed to the vendor a handful of the soil and received a penny in return.

At the election of members for the. Mt. Peel Road Board last week all those residing in the Peel Forest district who were qualified to vote and not confined to'their beds recorded their votes. This probably constitutes a record for New Zealand Road Board elections.

An information for perjury has been laid by Thomas .Sutherland, who was convicted at:the AsUburton Magistrate's Court on April 12th of selling whisky, against one.'of-the constables: who. gave evidence against him. The case will be called on for hearing at the As-lib urton Magistrate's Court on Friday.

The usual ■ fortnightly mee'ing of. .Court Southern. Cross, A.0.F., was held in the hall, George street, last evening when correspondence was received and accounts were passed for payment. Six new members were proposed for •'e'ertidii. and one candidate was ; elected. The Court was closed about 10 p.m.. by the presidingC.R., Bro. T. ' Veitch.

Land buyers wanting conveniently situated farms*of good land.are reminded that Guinness and Cren ltd., sell three farms on Saturday at their Waimate saleyards. Farmers wanting clean farms of rich land close to rail and, stock, saleyards should note full particulars in advertisement. A coal mine with 12£ acres land will also'be offered, and two of the.farms have also good seams; of coal on them, the coal being : easily obtainable and of excellent, quality.

At a.meeting of the Shipwreckßelief Society held at Dunedin yesterday, it was stated* in reference to the circulars sent to Harbour Boards asking for assistance, that favourable replies had been received from Napier, Gisborne, Bluff. Invercargill, Timaru, and Greymouth. The secretary of th? Auckland Harbour Board wrote stating thatj membsrs did net see their way to comply with the request. It was decided to request municipalities on or near the coast for pecuniary aid.

"i'he Arbitration Court was asked at .itslast sitting in Thriaru to give a decision on a question in reference to the engine-driv-ers' award. The question was whether the Christchurch Meat Company,. being a party to the award, was exempted under' clause 13 of the award as t being a, freezing company. The Court has replied that the. Christchurch Meat Company .is' exempt so long as it pays its engine-drivers and firemen not less than the minimum wage prescribed by the award. ;

A special meeting of .the; Timaru Hockey Club was held in Mr Huhshesori'ra rooms, last evening, there being a good attendance, about twenty members were present. Mr Geo. Parker "was elected Captain (in nlace of Mr Steven:-:on resigned): and Mr Milne vice-captain. The. selection committee chose the following to play against Geraldine «£o-morrow :—Warburton. Hillarove. Parker. Grade. Bnrriifv Stevenson. Kennedy, Wall, Milne. Hurton. Nottingham : emergencies, Grieve, Davidson, and • Crombie. A drag leaves the Bank of New eZalar.d corner at 1 p.m. sharp.

Opportunity was taken at the South Canterbury Mounted. Rifles annual dinner to make- a presentation to Staff-Sergeant-Major Morgan who has severed his connection with the volunteer forces. Captain Gresson in presenting Sergeant Morgan with a silver-mounted epergne, spoke of the many services rendered to the c'orpn bv him beyond his official duties, "and tha corps was very grateful to him for thorn. Sergeant-Major Morgan thanked _the corn; for their present to him and' said that it was a source of real pleasure to him to assist the volunteers in any way.

Sometime during Friday night a- large number of sheepskins were stolen from the premises of Mr Lee, butcher, of Temuka. . Information was given to the police next • morning, and yesterday Detective' Fitzgerald discovered the skins, which had been sold to a buyer in Timaru. Subsequently, in company with Constable Hammond, of the Point, he arrested on suspicion at Sutherlands a man who had been going about the country with a horse and cart, and -on bringing him to Timaru the man was identified by the buver of the skins. The prisoner will be brought up! at Court' this morning and charged with the theft.

Entries for the Wesley Guild Chrysantheuin Show closed last night, and judging v from the number it promises to be very successful. Mr Bayliss,' of Christchurch, who was sd successful at the recent: Christchurch show, is sending down four of cut blooms which will be well worth seeing. -He is recognised- as one of the most successful growers of chrysanthemums in Canterbury. There are "also some entries from Waimate. Mr Joseph Sealey, late of Ashburton, will be tHe judge of the floral exhibits. .. In •■ the class for table decorations there are eightentries, and as these are to be judged by popular vote it will lend an additional interest to those visiting the show.

Writing on March 28th, the London correspondent of the " Otage Daily Times" stated that Miss Christina Meredith Waimate). who came to tha Mother Country several' years aeo, in company with her sisters, Mrs Alice Burn and Miss Eva Meredith—both of whom have been devoting themselves to the study of medicine in Edinburgh,—only paid her first visit to London a week or two previously. She came up from Edinburgh in the capacity of delegate to the Women's National Suffrage Convention, for,' natural!v, as New Zealanders, the sisters' have all identified themselves as closely as circumstances permitted with <he Women's Suffrage Movement. During her leisure time Mi. c s C. Meredith has be?n taking r>dvantafre of the very excellent tuition to bn had in Edinburgh in voice production and elocution.