TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13389, 12 September 1907, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Wm. Cuwie, who joined tin 1 Postal Service in August, 1863, and who has been employed in the Ilunedin office *-ver .since, is letiring 011 pension. If is und-erstood that. Mr I<\ T. Hoy:;, who ha;; Jul' many year.-; been Ji.vifsoiate«l Willi Messrs Kelson lUollii-VN, Limited, iuni accepted the appointment of secretary to the ('hristchurch M-eat Company, Limited, and will Ik- taking up his dutiai ar an <-urly date. The examination for the South Canterbuiy Hoard of Education's junior and senior scholarships and for the junior national scholarships and junior and senior frse places in secondary schools will be held ill December, and intending candidates mit-l forward their applications to the Board's office not later than September 30th. li has been reported that a movement i.s on foot rei|tiesting .Mr 1\ J. Keane, a local labour leader "at Pleasant Point. to contest, the (ieralrfm* seat at the next general election. According to report Mr Ktunc. who is a staunch Liberal will command a substantial following. Mr Keane gave an address at Pleasant Point recently in the intorc-;s of the Farm l.aboum*' Union. Mr Mjßride, th.- contractor for the completion of St. Mary's (huich, is nothing- if no' L . enter-prising, for he is at, pieseni .engaged iin installing a. gas engine to assist in hoisting the heavy blocks ot .vtone into position. Uuod progress is being made by th.' masons 011 the work and 01.; is now able to see, by a. briel inspection. how .subslantiial anil well constructed •the new portion of tin; church will In-, "'he water motor, which has been idle since ihe organ was shifted some time ago is' being re-er:eted. and will be temporarily connected' to ilie air-blast : so that the .small boy who has been in the habit of pumping air into the organ will be relieved of h'is duties. The Tiinaru Show next month being 1,0 close at hand it is necessary that every man who intends going and who intends wearing one of the £2 l?s 6d suits made to measure by the tailor in Hunt and Werry's Buildings opposite the post office lo place his order immediately as (hero is a large number of orders already in. These suits are worth from four to four pounds ten, being made from the best material and fit and stylo guaranteed.—l Alfred ,T. Stephens. ...

Mr T. Howley, uho ha* been t'Ltk ■>: the Court he-is* for the past thirty year*. M-veied his connect ;»;u with tin- Court offices yesterday. Me left by t lit- lii>« . x j>i« v. iit tlie- al'tt-i rioc.u on an e\ten«!'\l toal- of Au.«i ratia. Mr ' ■ W. Ta\!er. hi:. Ml'l't-.-i-iir. to.ik 'up lt':s iltiii.-s as i li-rl. of the Cimit ye-ler-Say. 'L'ht- gi.af geyser at 'lokaaun (says th--Auckland Hetaldi -rives splendid displaywith wonderful punctuality .-veiy 35 minutes. and it is a source of great attraction to visitors, being by far tilt* greatest gey- : -r in the whole of the thermal district, its <■ in.rinoiis steam cloud being seen t--r in-I-.'s round the fount iv. .-V ti.i-llon «-iigii:-' bel.mgin-.; to (V- I'.tn lerbury Eaimei-..' As.-oi-ia-i->:i, uhi- !i ietr Timaiu ye-terday aft-rii.>oit fi.r A>>> ulienua. hi-.d a ratlier imuuial < xp-ii-i., • When passing Carolin- Hay th? v.!ii tt.broke otf. consequently I tie whole i.-.iilr-r fill of atesm escaped bit'oi * i . pairs »-«uIil be tflecte-l. aud abont two horns ivt i - los: wli-r eventually the tiigine proc-e<!,-;l on its way. The management (»f the Timaiu Op-i----atic Society, in thanking their patrons for their support in the past, state that in the present production of I'laqiirtte's comic opira. "Les Cloches de Ciirncville" no ■•>:- pense or trouble has been spared. Sis montlis of steady and arduous rehearsals, combined with the lovely music and splendid staging, will, it is expected, result in an unprecedented success. Tonight and to-morrow will be the fast opportunities for seeing this favourite opera. Tli* death is reported from Wellington of Mr T. K. Warburton. father of Mr J. K. Warburton. the Auditor-General. .Mr H. P. Cohen, who for many years tool; an active part in politics at Napier, die-1 suddenly or Tuesday night tinder somewhat tragie circumstances. He had arranged to give a gramaphoue conceit at the Working M,-ifs Club, anil was ascending the platform when he was seized with a paralytic stroke, which a iew hours later r.'Milt-.-d fatally. Mr C. X- Macintosh, writing from C'oriloba. in Argentine, to a friend m Chnutchurch. ssvs: —■" I have just finished a drive of 753 mile- through the country. One can hare no idea of the aria going under crop unlet? he has actually seen itfor himself. For days on end we drove through nothing but fields of linseed and wheat, just shooting through the ground. Oiven a good ysar and no locusts to destroy the crops". Argentine's production r.f cereals thb year will be something enormous The sitting of the Kuyal C->nim j- : i ; -u under the Harbour Board's Wainiate inclusion Bill was yititerdav pioviiumully set down for 10.30 this morning, thai hour being suggested hy Mi" Solomon. K.C.. who appears, with him Mr Kiu-u-rney. for the Harbour Board. Mr Hosklng. K.C.. who with Mr Hamilton, appears for the Waimate corporation, was also pre.-ent- in Court yesterday. The Communion can scarcely sit so early at 10.30 unl.t-s argument in a civil case in hand is postponed. ill- Flatman has n-c.-ived his final reply from Sir Joseph Ward in regard to hi.s representations and letters asking thar direct telephonic communication might .be established from Arundel to Carew. thus making a through connection between Timaru and Geraldine to Ashbulton. Tho reply is as follow:;: " I have to inform you that" the matter has received my consideration, but I regret that the construction i>f th»- desired telephone line cannot, at the present be authorised, as the expenditure involved would not be warranted by th-3 additional revenue likely to be. derived." The estate of the late- Hon. Walter Johnston of Wellington is valued at nearlv threequarters of a million. The chief beneficiary is the widow. With the exception of £IOO. to his coachman, the • estator has left the whole of his estate to his family. The sum of £BO,OOO is to be invested with the Public Trustee for the beneSt of the four daughters in equal proportions. The estate is the largest yet presented for stamp duty in Wellington. The estate of Mr Jacob Joseph was valued at £300.000. and that of Mr W. H. Levin at about £255.000. j To cover a distance of over 100,000 mile? in two years and three months is fairly good travelling, but such is the record of Mr S. Turner, a director in thefirm of Messrs Wilier and Riley, England, who is at present in Eltham in connection with the firm's business, negotiating for consignments of butter for the coming season. What makes Mr Turner's c-xperi-. ences the more interesting to Taranaki' readers is that he has visited and travelled through the dairying countries of Siberia, and Argentina. Mr Turner, who m ,i fellow of the T.oyal Oeographical Society, is well-known as the author of a descriptive work on Siberia. He is also known in the colony by reason of his recent .ascent- of Mount Copk. an article on which from Mr Turners pen appeared in a recent issue of an English magazine. Nothing is quite so good in bronchitis and chronic cough as Stearns" Wine. Its delicious taste makes its regular nse a pleasure, and it acts as a matchless tonic and body builder. ... Rheumo has cured thousands of sufferers from rheumatism, gout .sciatica, lumbago. It wiTI cure you. Try it. All stores and chemists, 2s 6d and 4s 6d. A positive cura. ... The coming event in the mind of all cycle riders is Randrup Bros, great road race on October 17th. Large numbers of entries are coming in and the contest gives every promise of turning oufc a Icesn one. Wishing to meet the wisftes of intending competitors the firm have just landed a fine consignment of the very latest model road racers ,witli drop frames and ljin. West-wood rims. ... CLEAN " HANDS " And clothes at th-e end of the ride is one of the talking points: of tin- Imperial Triumph 3£ H.l', motor cycle. Every rider of the light Ini]K-rial TriTimph will testify to the speed, comfort, and reliability of this successful motor cycle. The only machines that- sell themselves. The English "Motor Cycle," of May 29th, 1907, in .writing about the reliability of th-e motor cycle, stated:—• In the history of motor cycle- and motor car competitions, we cannot j\rinemlx-r an instance- where fifteen competitois entered on one make of machine successfully gained the cos'ettd gold' in -diiis-. This record perforr-ianc;* w;w accomplkli«l in the London to Edinburgh contest by fifteen members of the- Motor Cycling Club all mounted on Triumph motor bicycles. Fifteen Triumphs .--tarted. 15 Triumphs finished, 15 gold medals awarded. The new model can now be inspected at our premis-tti. Adanis. Ltd., Arcade. Tim.irn. ... TUSSICUUA. AWARDED COLD MEDAL N.Z. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. A simple, yet powerful and pleasant, cough and cold remedy and lung tonic. Quickly remedies all tliseases of the throat and lungs, aud builds up those vital parts to greater strentgh. Makes w:-ak lungs strong, and strong lungs powerful. Is 6-1, 2s 6d .and 4s 6<l per bottle. Obtainable all good chemists and storekeeper-. MOUNTAIN KINO ASTHMA POWDER. AWARDED COLD MEDAL N.Z. IN TERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. A powder which gives immediate reli f in violent attacks of asthma, bronchitis, etc. Is largely us.d and recomm-inl--.l l.v asthmatic-al people throughout tliL* whole c£ the colonies. 2s 6d pr tin. ..

At tii.- annual met ting oi' the Norlii Otairo No-license .V-ocia; ion ihe follow-iii-j l-s-ilniioii was adopt.-it-" That llie* l ioveiiiment be i. .-|ii-sle,l ;o lake ini'iie-h----::tc steps i"> -i. a! i 11-i-ilvcly willi '.lie I.:«-!<.-I" SVsiril!. " 'lh.- WV.ital.i A'-clima! isr.t ion Sori--iv have fixed Ihe op. liln-r of the dcer-shool-iu.r sei-oii ti.-r Ist ol April and the closing for she oG;h May. The fe. s are £-1 f»r a tiist license cliliiling th - hold-rs to four he ids and £2 10s for a seiond lieeli:- • with two extra heads. The weather yesterday wa.s not all lhai could be -1.-siied by iaiiiieis having lambs t-ouiiiig on. liijeimi!:■ n! sliowe-.s of rain weie i"o!!n«e.l alioiii ;i p.m. by a downpour of hail, and lilt- :i-r li.-.-;.lli - col;!. As i:-- laiily L-eneial all ov.-r th-toa.-tid wea'.iier will impiow. At a meeting oi the Oeral-liue Ploughing Match Associ;;-.. : 01i h- M yt-sterday afie*--iiismi it v.as deci-l-'d !«> accept tile otter of Mr I). I.eivia" paililocl; lor the match t.» be held on Septemlfc-1* 20th. Messrs Patterson and \V. Stevenson were appointed judges for th.- various classes, particulars ot which are advertised. .-V number of sp-c.a! prizes were also arranged ai:l it v.-a.s dec. : de:l to hold the usual dinner on die evening of the match. "1 waited to t.iU-e my wife's advice before deciding on purchasing the lease." said a witiKts at the Supreme Court hi Wanga'.iui. "A very wise proceeding." interjected in his Honour, "a lady's advllo is ofU-n veiy coniniendable and to the point." ar.d he remarked on a c;we lie heard at New Plymouth, where a hw>!>iiin. in a similar jiroceeding. had b=:-n saved a considerable amount by taking his wife's advice. In th- Wesley Schor.lioom last evening Mr \\\ 1,. Wallace gave an instructive and interesting leciuv- on "Bird Life." He divid-d his discotnr • into thi to parto. •lea'hig with tropical. British, ami Xew 2e:dand varieties of feath. ;rd life. M: Wallacv showed that birds exist d on th.-eart-h befoie man. aud thai man couh; not live without birds, which perform :: u:- ful purpc e by keeping insects and rrptilis- in check. The ibis of Egypt was for this reason held to l>-> sac-r;vl ;ind Ara:protected. Many varieties of bird.s, the bull* of which were known only by name to the greater part of the audience, werrkscrib;d. and stories- were told to explain their modes of living. The lecture was illustrated with lautern views. At- the conclusion Mr Wallace gave an account of what he and a few other strident.--- oi nature intend to do during a forthcoming trip to the Keimad-c group of i;lands. Thi Seddon Meniorial Cpinmittee caL attention 10 the lecture and concert to b held in the Theatie lioyal on tJie 19tl. •list. The lectin-', v.liieh is to be givei. by the Mayor iMr Jas. Craigie). is oi the life of Robn-u Burns—post., man, ant/ jiati iot : and musical and iuslruinen'u.' items will be rendered by local sniger-. and the Garrison Band. As an indicatioi of the programme which will be publisher later, the following names should be sufficient guatanUe thai a liist-ch-.-:-. evening'entertainment will be given.—Messrs J. P. Newman,. Win. Mcßride. I!e Looze. Mi;ees Fyfe unit Lie war, with Mr Irvin Moore as accompanist. The procseds oi the concert ale for the ptiipo.se cf erecting a children's ward at the Hospital, and the (Tovernmeiit grant a .-übsidy of 24s in thf £,on amounts rai-ed for the purpose. Tickets are obtainable from any member of the Committee. A meeting of th? of the Temuka Bowling Club w:is held at Mr W. Johnston's residence l:»-:t evening. The following members weie present:—M T. Buxton Ipresideiiil. S. Wright. W. F Kvan;:. C. E. Shaw. J. Sim. T. Edwards, W. H. Brown, W. Johnston, and J Cooper. I'ha building committed leportei that the contractor for the pavilion witmaking good progress, anil that it woul. be completed in good iin:e for the opening of the season's ]>h:y next nionth. It w:a dicided to procuie a roller .similar to thawhich was made to the order of th;- Canterbury Club, and a Shanks' mower. With the green wejl top dressed, level, anc: with these up-to-date implements, th; committee expect to have the green it first-class condition for play during tht coming season. An offer we;- receiver from the newly formed' Temuka Orchestra; Society to give a. concert as a benefit towards the club's funds, which was gratefully accepted, tli?- bowling committee to assist- as far as they can in making it ;- success. The annual meeting was fixea for tho last Friday in. September. The xn-ecting then terminated. Lately we have seen the following lisof wonderful performances mentioned ii the English magazines:—Australia: Dun lop Cup, 1000 miles, Darracq Ist. South Africa Transvaal Club trials, Darracq Ist New Zealand Auckland-Wellington trials DaTracq Ist (two. years in succession) Mcscow-St. Petersburg. 401 miles, Dar racq Ist. Spain, Victoria to Bilbao anc back, Darracq Ist, Dai-rack . 2nd. Bel gium, Meuse Cup trialfi. Darracq Ist Now what this means? It, simply show: that how rougher the countiy and Toads, how better the Darracq car shows hei superiority over all other makes. I\ r o doubt this car deserves the name of " Tht World's most reliable Car," ae the above successes have proved it. on Australian bush tracks. New Zealand mountain passes. South African veldt, Belgian cobbles, the mountains of Spain, Russiarruts. Surely to those still hesitating what car to buy the a'oove fihould con vince them. ... SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C.F.C'.A. —St. Andrews stock sale, tomorrow: horses - and shares at latti-rsall -.>, Saturday. N.M.' and A. Co.—Agents Sandow wool press; on sale Ivesf seei 1 s and manure. Webb and Kempt hornt —Details and price-; of and properties for sale. D. Mahonev—Town anil suburban properties for sale. T. Harney—Has- residence to let. W. McClatciiey—The popular barber. P. \V. Hutton and Co.—Now .season's tennis material. A. Copland—Stud notice of Olen Esk. C. S. Buchanan—i'ainler'.-: and plumber's bu.-iiiess for sale. Waratah tea roomr. —T'aken ov<-r bv Mrs SimmoiK. Nalder and Bunieii—i.osr a motor chain. A Vinetnt —Has lost a bay draught geldillg. Aibuiy Anglican Church—Services for Sunday. Wainiate County Council Tenders bridge building. Eugbv I nioi:—Matches on Athletic grounds. Aulsrhiook's bi.-cuiis—What are the favourites. A Oabit-s—Line in boors, satisfaction ill all way.;. J. Radclitl'c—- High quality furniture. Alhury Catholic Church —Social on September 13th. Sedd.->n Memorial teiuber 19tli. f". D.uvson, Adair —Cow for sale. Tiniaru <lp -raiie Society • Les, Cloches." at Theatre, this cwning. I'. O. All.-n—l'eas. bulter bean:;, :;eed pctaioes, etc.. on sal<-. tleraliline Ploutrhinc A-sociatioU'—An-nual match, on 35th inst. Wanteds—S -Veil Veil iees.

Major Tr.son who has been appointed A<lj t> t; 11; I - <!. li fc ii > 1 of the New® Zealand l-'mces arrived fiom London by the Ooriuiiiii- yesterday afternoon. Ai- the jxifir t:ii;i:n j ;ii i] > lii.eling a! N.ini !• y-.-sterday. was third (068 l in 111.- te::in-i' match for the O'Korke Vase ■ '.run tiv YV.-Hilton. .155). Mr T. Lynch and Mr H. Wright (Tiniaru) won their ga.il'.eS in til ' S; LlllUl lOllllli' of till.* championship. Er.i hu-iasts in boxing and tin- many who support it. should lie very pleased to heir ihat \V. Elliott. of Timaru, and the lc-pi> simitive o! tin* South ( antcrbui\ Bo::ing Assodai ion. won the featherweight cla.-:: "at- lii-J Australasian Championship ]>o:-:':'iu; toil:iKi.neni a: Wellington yeM.-r----dav. Mi-s H. J- Bennett. of Capes' Valley, has jii.-i received i'ro-ni the Exhibition authorities a silver medal lot* her exhibit in the home -ndiuiries section. Thj article which won this pvh'.s was an elaborate- table centre in lace and 111 - fact that it was secured nut of a class or eighteen speaks v-?ry highly for the quality of tli? work. • A lady thus describes her nightly precaution in ca.-.e of a possible fire. J!oi ytars I have never slept- -without, seeing that a couple of silk handkerchiefs hang n°ar mv toilet stand. and that the was half full of water. When I was r, young woman, not out of my teens. I w«.-. "ill a hotel wljiuh took lire. I should hav. Isuffocated. if my uncle, with uhoit I was travelling had not thrown a sil\ handkerchief over niv face, Thus pre Let ted. I followed him through the hall filled with choking nmoke. I have taught the practice to my children, and it has become a habit with urs all. \ou want crnod big fines, and they must be weLted thoroughly if required : then you may endure the thicker smoke lor some time." Son).? time after the memorable naval conflict in the Japan Sea, a number of Dunedin gentlemen, impressed by the great skill displayed by the Japanese Admiral, decided to show tliejr admiration of him. A warmly congratulatory illuminated address was prepared, and this and a handsome silver casket were in due course sent to Japan through the British Ambassador at Tokio for Admiral Togo's aceptanc-e» Admiral Togo has now replied:—"Allow me to tender my most sincere thanks for the very kind address in recognition of the slight .services I rendered my c-ountry during the lute war. The beautiful diver casket I shall ever treasure as a memento of the kindly feelings shown towards m? by unseen''friends .beyond the sea". I beg to request you to do me the favour of accepting- my portrait, of which herewith 1 present one as a slight token of my gratitude to each of the gentlemen who have been good enough to the addrfs'i. Professor J. Macmillan Brown, in the course of a- lecture at Sydney recently, said :—"Labour, if wise, when it- holds the reins of power, will not forget the; natural truth, that it is out' of the rural districts a nation must reinvigoi'ate itself, and that the zone of cultivable land is comparatively narrow in Australia. True KtaUii'men should do everything in their power to extend thi? zone- aud to push small settlement and intensive culture as far ai-j irrigation, afforestation, and Other means will carry them; and in order tocheck the hugeness and wastage of cities, should encourage the spread of cottage industriffi and the -transference of even the larger industries to the country. The concentrated industries and factory life of our age are surely not th-e goal of human development, td>e that goal is Hades. For out of it comas on irresponsible plutocracy that dies of luxury at one end, as it breeds at the other an enfeebled, impoverished people, that gradually dwindles True- i;tat£:iinc-n will .:ee that- the re-, wards oT set tlement in the country and of intelligence, wisdom, and invention in the ranks of urban labour are not lessened, but increased."'