TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13288, 17 May 1907, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

The- police want an owner for a pair of spectacles picked up in the street yesterday. A party of ten sportsmen from Temuka .who visited Rangitata on Wednesday had excellent sport, no fewer than 163 hares and rabbits being secured. A meeting of business people of Ekclahuna resolved to urge the Government to amend the Factories Act in the direction of allowing local bodies to fix the halfholiday. Yesterday Captain Edwin advised a,s follows :—" Northerly strong winds to gale after 30 hours ; glass fall soon.; tides high; sea heavy swell; indications for rain and wanner weather." '

Mr George Croxford who has been bandmaster of the Temuka Municipal Brass Band for a number of years and who is leaving Teniuka for Christchurch, was presented by the members of the band yesterday with a handsome!' pipe and a. case of silver spoons for Mrs Croxford.

It is reported from Kurow that although somewhat late in the season, salmon can be observed in the Waitaki river in largo numbers, making their way up to. the spawning beds. Probably the high state of flood in'which the river has been for some tima has kept them back, as it is well known that salmon will not face dirty water. (The salmon referred to is the Calif omian variety.)

The monthly meeting of the Temuka District High School committee was held on Wednesday night. The headmaster's report showed the number on the roll to be 424. with an' average attendance of 380. Mr Bell had inspected the '.school, as also had Mr Gill,* the department's inspector, the latter expressing great satisfaction with the work done. Visitors for the ensiling month were appointed, and it was' resolved to procure lime for sanitary purposes and some stationery for the use of the committee.

A young man from Christchurch led the first hand of a firm of implement dealers in Timaru a wasteful chase after a wild goose this week, by pretending that he wanted to buy a thrshing machine plant, and he lived well for a few days while being shown round homesteads where such 2'roperfcies were for sale! At last he made his choice, agreed as to price, promised to put down his deposit at a certain time and place, .and when the time and agent arrived he had vanished. Reference to the police for assistance in locating the missing inventor led to the discovery that he was " wanted" for cheating* a Christchurch coal dealer out of £l7 worth of coal by pretending to be a traction engine owner. He got the coals and sold them. Detective Fitzgerald arrested him at St. Andrews yesterday, and he will appea,r at Court' this morning for remand to Christchurch.

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 not vet used it vonrself....

The London City Council, after two vears' experience with Darracq motor cars for the use of the inspectors of the Council's' tramways, have given a repeat order for several 10 h.p. Darracqs. This again proves the undeniable qualities of this world-famous make, and superiority above all other makes; there is no doubt that such bodies as the London Council look for the two principal points, which are reliability and cheapness in upkeep. It is not surprising that in London, as well as in any other part of the globe, there are more Darracqs use! than any other make of car, when it is considered that 4000 cabs and 400 Darrack buses are now being under construction for London alone. The order for these cabs represents over a million pounds sterling. No father guarantee can bo expected. From a "peed point' of view the performances of this renowned car all over the world remain unapproachable. Possibly you evince hut little interest in racing contests, but even admitting such to be the case, you cannot afford to overlook the importance -at tin? Darrac.q's past four years victory. In the history of autoinobilism no accomplishment can' compare with the Darracq relibility contest throughout the world. ...

Penrose's are holding- a sale of houso furnishings and have issued a circular of prices which will attract every economical housekeeper in the district. Penrose's have opened a new furnishing shop and the price reductions are made in order to popularise them. For the next week or two profits will be forsaken but turnover will be encouraged and fostered by the savings the public will make. Prices at Penrose's are lower than elsewhere for linoleums," carpets, rugs, hall runners, lace curtains, Swiss curtains, guipure curtain, eiderdown quilts, plushetle :—- Oilcloths.—2 yards wide, first quality, splendid patterns, sale price Is lid yard, 1 yard wide, sale, price, Is, Is 3d yard ; passage linoleums, I-4 yard wide, .sale price. 2s 3d, 1 yard wide, sale price. Is 6d. Is 9d yard," 1? yard wide linoleum, usual price,' ss. sale price 2s 6d, other prices, 5s 9d, 4s 3d. 4s 9d, 18-inch wide passage linoleum, sale price, lid yard, 27-inch wide oilcloth, sale price, yard, remnants of linoleum, all to be cleared under cost prices. Odd lengths of 5, 4. and 5 vards each. Must be sold cheap. Cheap health rugs:—Size. 24 x 57 inches, sale price, Is 9d; size, 35£ x 75 inches, sale price. 3s 6d; the princess, size, 35 x 70 inches, sale, price, 2s 6d. the empire, size x 67A inches, sale price, ss, acme velvet, size 2oi x 63£ inches, sale price. 5s 6d : acme velvet, size 55 x inches, sale price, 7s 6d.—60 x 72 inches eiderdown quilts (large size), 6x5 eiderdown quilts, with floral satteen centre, and plain inserted borders, usual price, 19s 6d, sale price 16s lid, 15 large doublesized real McLintock eiderdown quilts, frilled ventilated, and brocaded, usual price. 25s 6d, sale price, 21s 9d. 8 full double-sized eiderdown quilts, with deep borders, frilled and ventilated, usual price, 28s 6d, sale price. 23s 9d.— Penrose's.— (Advt.)

An alarm was vaxtg on the lire-bell last evening, for a small grass tire on Le Crea'tt Terrace.

The Chief Postmaster advises that 137 bags of Vancouver mails are due to arrive at Auckland per Ranadi from Suva next Monday evening.

There were 520 applications for section 2. 201 acres, on the Mangahao river. 3-£ miles from Hukanui. recently thrown open for selection by the Wellington Land Board. The successful applicant at the ballot was Mrs Elizabeth Frederick. .«-en.. who. elected to taek up the land under the occupation with right of purchure system. The annual rental is 3s p;r acre.

The Garrison Band under (Bandmaster H. Necklin) will play the following programme of music on Alexandra Square rotunda at 8 o'clock to-night : —March •* Land of My Home" : Fantasia " Her Bright Smile* Haunts me Still": Solo Folks*. "The Cornet King": Waltz ••The Gipsy Queen " : Fantasia "In Goonland" : Marvh "Bombay": Gallop "Au Revoir" : God Save the King.

Councillor Denni>ton raised! a smile at the last meeting of the Geraldine County Council by stating that an enterprising man had "been doing a roaring business at the Rangitata in dragging motor-cars out of the stream with a team of horses. One owner got so disgusted with tire state of the South Canterbury roads that he left his car for sale, together with coat and rugs at the place where it had b-en pulled out.

Mr Beswick yesterday put in hand a, much needed improvement of the stretch of George street from Barnard/strict to Latter street. "The surface was scarified, and is being reformed preparatory to remetalltng. Tuts is a busy bit of thoroughfare, and will take a good deal of keeping in repair, owing to the twisting of wfirels in negotiating a double corner.

About 4.30 yesterday afternoon,, after a brilliant day. a violent and cold southerly •rale came on, and made the streets of Tiraaru in a condition probably superior to those of Cliristchurch or any. town in the colony in the master of dust, thick cloud? of it" being lifted" by the stronger gusts. The streets were swept so clean That there could not be much mud formed if rain should follow.

Mr Leslie Hunt has just completed a survey of a ccal mine on the property of Messrs Crowe Bros., at Waitohi Downs. Two bores have been made and a lignite.which is said to be of a very good quality, has been obtained. There is already"* good demand for it in the neighbourhood, and it is being delivered at the pit's mouth at 10s per ton. Messrs Crowe hold their property on lease in perpetuity, and they are applying to the Government for a mining lease.

A very successful meeting of the Young Peoples* Society was held in the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening." The Rev. J. G. Chappie opened the meeting and Miss Movie pre>ided. The subject was a debate whether the Exhibition has benefited New Zealand. Miss Williams taking the affirmative and Mr Skinner the negative-. The former won bv two vote?- The subject for the next meeting is the question box, and Miss Drinnen is to take the chair.

The shin»le beach off Patiti Point ha* been much" narrowed lately, and as one result of this the sea has been cutting into the rubbish tip. and drifting all sorts of old tins and iron ware along the beach, making ;-.n ugly litter right, up to the breakwater. The tip has now attained some dimensions, the surface being large enough for a building lot. There is a good width of shingle now in the Hospital corner, and the bank has accumulated further south so that the outlet of the Park gully drain is" blocked. Thfc is not- due. at the present time, to the jamming of the door of the box drain, but to a quantity of shingle carried into the box, which has effectually dammed it, and the drainage is flowing over th? top of the invert shoreward of the culvert through the beach.

At last meeting of the South Canterbury Conrsing Club, which was attended by Messrs Howard (chairman). J. H. Rodgers, Wm. Greig, J. Kearny. P. Lynch. G. Kerr. W. Connollv, M. Lagan, T. Blanchette. and J- Gale, three new members were proposed and approved. The committee decided to further improve the plnmpton bv having the escapes made similar to the traps used by homips pigeon fivers, which will dispense with the necessity of having men at the escapes. It was decided to admit ladies free to the •rounds and grandstand. The secretary reported that 53 hares had arrived for the next meeting, and that eight nominations had already been received. The train arrangements will be the same a* for last meeting- The matter of the £l6O Timaru Challenge Stake was favourably discussed, and will be decided at a special committee meeting to be held next week.

The Press Association supplies the following:—"ln February last certain telegrams were published relating to tha death and exhumation of the body of the late Miss Howell. Those telegrams contained passages which were complained of by Miss Ball as seriously reflecting upon her, and she has lately commenced actions against some of the newspapers which published telegrams under various headings for damages for libel. We need hardly sav that when the telegrams were published we had no intention of making i'.ny charges against Miss Hall, and the serious side of the matter of which Miss Hall complains did not present itself to us. or the paragraphs would not have been published. Tha actions commenced by Miss Hall against certain of the papers concerned have now been settled amicably, and we denre to take this opportunity oi unreservedly withdrawing any _ chaijjes which were" unwittingly made against Miss Hall, and to say that those statements which were contained in the paragraphs, and which reflected upon Miss Hall, have been clearlv shown to bo without, foundation, and we sincerely regret their publication."'

"Fagged Out."—That feeling of tiredness and utter weariness from which you differ, shows that yon are not so well as von used to be. • You want- to sit down and rest, and you feel that everything is "too much trouble." Your appetite is poor, and yoa probably have a touch of indigestion. There is no need for you to suffer. There is a remedy within your reach, a remedv which is safe, sure and certain. That's Baxter's Orange Quinine Wine, 'the id-sal tonic and nerve food. It feedsdie nerves and gives you freedom from weariness and prostration. One bottle will convince you of its strengthening properties Frice. 2s 6d. onlv from J. Baxter, Prescription Chemist, Theatre Buildings, Timarn. ... What might have proved a fatal accident happened thh morning. While a man was walking along the- wharf the toe of his boot caught on a projecting piece ot wood, and he fell heavily. When the [loot was examined id was found to be made of inferior material, and it was torn from toe to heel. He said he would have to tret a new pair, and made all haste to J. E. Reid's. Stafford street, whrre he prncuivd a. pair wlu'h he kn* w would give him satisfaction and n-::ver '/ive way. \~i:.if the stocktaking sal* at J. E. Boid'a and .1.) likewisf....

In a revision of the Government valuations of the City of Auckland. The values of Quern street properties have been raised ail round by about 25 per cent. The sale of one property has given the valuer this higher standard of values.

Th> Cabinet have decided to appoint. Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M., at New Plymouth to act a* second Magistrate at Wellington Mr H. S Fitzherbeit, of Palmerston North, has been appointed to the Bench and takes Mr Riddell's place in Taiairaki.

Mr Nkol. nv.-11-.r of the Empress Hour mill. Waimi'-t-.-. which has been hitherto been driven by steam, lias just installed a 40 h.p. auction gas engine and generator. The whole plant" occupies a very small space, and it is claimed to run with less than 11 lbs of coke per horse power per hour.

Mr W. A. Boucher. Government Pornologist for the North Island, who was sent to California last year to investigate the fruit industry there, has forwarded to the Government iris report, which has now been issued from the Government Priumg Office. 10.000 having been printed for free distribution.

The Geraldine Golf Club were favoured with very fine weather for the opening of their "season yesterday afternoon, and the members and a numbers of friends, including some from Timaru had an exceptionally pleasant time. The visitors vri-re enthusiastic in then- praises of the links, and though much remains to be done to make the course entirely satisfactory some good play was witnessed. Mr? 'Maling kindly provided afternoon tea for members and visitors.

Hie blizzard which swept the Athletic Grounds at yesterday's football matches made Ihe spectators "cast longing eyes at tin unfinished grandstand. Most of them found a poor substitute in the shelter of the iron fence: and the enthusiasts who .-tuck to the touch-lines kept one eve on the- game arid the other on the gathering bank of cloud. If many more Thursday afternoons of the sort are in store, the Snorts Grounds Company will confer a. blessing "pon those who attend football "iiatchts by Retting- the grandstand completed us quickly as possible.

An ihereii'-e of the number of bankruptcies in Wellington led the " Times " te make soma inquiries, and different merchants attribute the fact to different cases. One said it was extravagance among working men. the heavy mortgages of the Mnuawatu farmers, and inflation of land values on that side of the Island. A second put it down to people starting as storekeepers with too little capital. A third attributeed the majority of the bankruptcies to an unwise extension of credits, first by merchants to retailers and then by those* to consumers, both being led bv the case of giving long credit to buv more than th'ey could ever pay for.

Afc the Magistrates Court yesterday, before Mr C. A. Wray, S.M.. Thomas Leonard was charged on remand with being on licensed premises on April 29th, during the currency of a prohibition order against him. Sub-inspector Green said accused -was convicted and fined 20s on each of two similar charges in February last. Accused pleaded guilty, and explained that he felt unwell, and had a drink. The offence would not be repeated again. His Worship said the only thing in accused's favour was that he had acknowledged the offence. He cautioned him that if he appeared again he would inflict the full penalty. He would fine accused £3, with court costs 7s.

A Timarn plumber, in conversation with a "Herald" reporter yesterday, said he did not think the plumbers wtru going to make anything of the underground drainage works. He understood the Borough Council intended to supply sanitary fittings at practically cost price, so that any likelihood of making a profit in this direction was removed. Nor would they make much out. of the connections, as the majority, if not all of these would be done by employees of the Council at the householders' exxpense. The plumbers could not hire out their men to the Council as they would want to make a shilling a day profit on them, and hence outsiders would obtain all trie work.

Mr Boucher, Government Ponn'ogist for the North Island, who went, to C tlii'ovnia. to investigate the fruit industry, in his report dealing with the subject of fruitdrving in California, says he does not consider "that the climatic conditions of any part of New Zealand will admit of the production of first-class sun-dried fruit on extensive commercial lines. In the production and .marketing of fruit dried by artificial heat it would be well to considi - the competition that has to b? faced Iroui a country where the process of air-drying is so simple and inexpensive as almost to defy competition, except froni countries with similar climatic conditions. '1 h* pamphlet is illustrated with numerous photographs of California!! orchard scenes.

The ,: Oiago Daily Times" states —"The directors of the New Zealand Association at their ordinary monthly meeting-held in Christ church, decided to advance the price of flour by another lCs t-er ton making a total rise of £1 per tor within a week. The. reason for this '.•is© is obviously the ndvar.ee in the price of Hour in the "Commonwealth, thus makin«- importations from thai source prohibitive. It has l)3en a matter of common knowledge that the possibility of the importation of Australian flour hns been a factor militating against any advance in the Now, Zealand commodity, despite the general gradual hardening of the wheatmarker. D Now. however, that wheat is hardening all ov-.-r the world, an advance has been established in Australia and should the excitement continue the outlook is for higher prices for flour and bread throughout the winter."

Mr A. Adams, Havelock, Marlborough, XZ . savs :—"I consider that Chamberlain's Tablets are an A.I. remedy, and the most efficient procurable for all disorders of the stomach, liver, and bowels. I have n«ed them for some time, deriving the nreatest benefit, and have every confidence in recommending them to all in. need of such a medicine. For sale everywhere—

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