TOWN & COUNTRY

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13449, 22 November 1907, Page 5

TOWN & COUNTRY

In the case of Hayes v. Dun-edm City Corporation, in which £5750 was claimed lor :and taken for street widening purposes at Kensington.' the Court awarded £4IGO, and ecus £ks-0. The turbine steamer Maori tool. 10 hours 2 minutes lor her first wharf to wharf run trorn Lytielton to Wellington. This is 12 minutes more than the Maheno's record run. but wind and tica were against record breaking. The following Timaru candidates passed the recent Ci.y and Guilds of London examinations: —Plumbers' work, ordinary grad*- (practical) —Thomas Currie. Charki B. Healey. O. G. Lewis. .John Millin. Carpentiv and joinery. preliminaiy— Ernest, M. Gabiteo. Ernest M. Hurdley. f>n the eleven .vections- comprising the Chrbtchurch tramway system there were oarried during the last- month 768.636 The largest return was i'apanui. . 161.187 ; the Cashmere Hills an<l the Linwood .ind Wools; on sections coming next with 143,640 and 113.603 respectively. The Show and the races, - held during the Carnival Week, considerably added to the Addington and Riccartori returns.

The.monthly meeting of the Temuka District- High School Committee was held on Wednesday evening, Mr E. B. Coop, r occupying the chair. A memorandum was read from the Education Board stating that: the committee's application for the erection of a new gate and pce-t i ab tlK> entrance of the school ii:ul been referred to the architect. The headmaster's, rep>rt that the average attendance for the mnnch had b/.-ti primary 327. secondary 31. The inspector of manual and technical work had visited the school an ring the month and had expressed satisfaction with th? work being done e. p. cially that in test drawings done by the- High. School woodwork class. L-c-ave of absence waG granted to two of the teachenj to attend examinations. The headmaster handed in £l9 15s-, being the amount collected by the ladies in aid of ft fond 'to improve the school grounds. A letter, was read from Mr Gov on behalf of the- Temuka Municipal Brass Band and Gr-.-hestral Society, asking that the committee grant its patronage at the forthcoming, musical carnival and floral fete, and soliciting the assistance of the school staff. The committee decided to grantits patronage and the matbar of aiostance from the s-taff was left in the hands of the- headmaster and Mr Gov. The annual holidays were fixed at six weeks, to commence from the 2Cth December, the annual concert- to be held on December 6th, and: the distribution of prizes on 20th December. The matter of .fixing the destination of the annual excursion was left for a vote of parents and children. '

Would yon exchange a throbbing' headache for buoyant relief? then tak<Stearn3 T Headache Cure. wiik-h always relieves so. promptly that it is now "used wherever heads ache." ...

I had a very distressing attack of influenza, and decided to give TUSSK URA a trial.- . After taking a few doses ] found great relief, and when I had tinj=hed two bottles I was completely cured.—Mrs T. Johnston. Oisbome. ... "Junket."—Those who are fond of Junket will be glad to know that all fear o? using bad veil net is now dispelled. J Baxier. l'ie*t-iiptioii (."hemixt, 'iimaru. Iras overcome the liifticnlty by placing on the' market his. "Jtemiet Tab'.-t.s,'' which arf put rip;'in • sealed buttles. each containing 24 tablets. ' .Each tiiblvi' will convert one quart of milk into Junket, making a perfectly pure and wholesome delicacy. Baxter's Rennet Tablelr. are one shilling p:r brittle: they make junket, and make ir weil. A trial will convince vnu. "Oct- -them at Baxk-iV." ...

The following will be the 1908 p;iterns of Barraeq and De Dion caix net-moling to ;uivice just received by the lot-til agents. The Barracq -will continue to make: 8.10 b.p. single seater. twin cylinder, with <i»able ignition: 10.12 h.p. four-center, short wheel has e with side door entrance or: bftck entrance, twin cylinder. with doable ignition; 10.12 b.p. four-seater, whell base, with phaeton body, twin cylinder, double ignition : 16.18 h.p. iiye-seater, long wheel ..base, with double phaeton boat", four cylinder, double ignition ; 20. 28 b.p. five seater. long whe?l base, vith double phaeton body, four cylinder, double ignition; 30.40 h.p. five-seater. long wheel base, with double phaeton brdy, cylinder, double ignit'on: 16.18" h.p. fivesir cyl'nder, double ignition: 40.50 h.p. same style of body as the 50.40 h.p tihe De Dion Co. will contiue to mate : 8 h.p. model A.L. single-seat, fitted with expanding gear and single cylinder: 8 h.p. n'odel AV. sliding gear, sinirle or double seats and single cylinder; 10 h.p. four-seater, double cylinder, double ignition; 30.56 h.p. five-seater four cylinder, double ignition.. In addition to the above lltey are making two new models which should uphold the He Dion reputation. They are: 12.14 four-cylinder., four seater. double igmtion; 18"h.p. four cylinder five-seater double phaeton body, side entrance, double ignition. By .the steamers: s.s. Kaikiur.i. Kumars and Tonic,and others, Skea'es r-nd Bockaert are landing 35 of the nbove different, models. Intending buyers should now get full particulars of all these models from the local "agents. ... AT UNAPPROACHABLE PRICES. 15s. 15s. 15s. 15s. 15s. To be neat, clean and tidy, is one of the. first-. laws of civilisation, and for fifteen shillings. Scott's will enamel and overhaul your bicycle. The person who is the direct means of bringing" six bicyclei to be> enamelled. will have his done for nothing. We have new guaranteed English covers from 7s 6d. Ren old's ntiaina 8s each, Brooks' saddles Bs, tyres at startling prices. Call and see for yourself. —Scott's Cycles Depot. ... A RECORD HAND IIACHINE. The following letcr from Mr W. F. Alexander, of Tauranga, is a sample of dozens of testimonials received by tne agents for the Baltic Separator. "I have used a Baltic Separator of 40 gallons capacity for two" seasons, and it has given everv satisfaction. This is a leal good little machine, and the upkeep for two seasons has only been the cost of oil. Tests of skim-milk by the Factory Manager have been under ".02. which I consider must be a record for a hand machine." "MaeF.wan and Co.. Ltd.. Sole Agents, T)mv?din...

PHFITMO CONQUERS RHEUMATISM. MR H U HRISTOWS EXPERIENCE. "Aug. 1. 1907. "F experienced the pains i«f Rheumatics or Rheumatic fjont, and for eight or ten weeks had to take to my bed. My sufferings went very severe. Having heard about Rheumo, I decided ti> try it. I got relief, and was soor. able to get about. If anyone would only take 'Rheumo' ax soon as they feel any Rheumatic Pains, it would stave off a long sickness. —HENRY OEORCE BRISTOW. Farbonr Board Carpenter, Port Ahnriri, Napier,

The Post Office requests the writer of a iert-er for Mr Robert Braid, London, to call at til? counter.

An elderly man. a first offender, charged before Mr C. A. Wray, S. M., yc.su rd::y. with being drunk in .Sarah Street, pleaded guilty and was fined 5s and costs, with the usual alternative. .Mr A. K. Orb-ll's Victory, which was recently the property of .Mr D. H. Edgar, secured first prize "for 15st>. hack at the Ujaniarn Show yesterday?. Yifctory was second in the dog-cart class and was thin! for heavy-weight jumpers. During the couisa of his peregrinations round town last night, a, prohibited man. under the influence of drink, broke a shop window. Re was arrested and will probably appear before the Court' fhis morning to answer for his conduct. The Catholic Carnival was well attended last evening, as was to be expected on a Thursday, and a race holiday nighty and besides good receipts at .ihe door, the lottery canvassers seemed to be doing wel,. "The Borzoni -entertainment proved a great attraction, many people sitting throughout th > whole evening to see both .sections of it'.' Ai thi examinations held on Wednesday by the examiner of the Associated Board of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music. "Miss K. L. Sherlock, who passed th.- advanced grade is a pupil of Mire Eileen Dennehy. A.T.C.L., and Mur Cara L. Holdgate, who passed the intermediate ii a pupil of Miss Lilian Steward, a.t:c.l.

Flagi were "own at- half mast on the harbour. • railway and beachstrre staffs yesterday, as a mark of regret for the death of Mr W. McK. Norrie. ,-usi'starit wharfinger. Mr Norrie has been employed by the Railway Department in connection with shipping work chiefly, for the last 25 years. - He was highly respected as a quiet man who did his work in a business-like way.

At a meeting of the Auckland Grocers" Association the following resolution war carried:—"'That in order to afford shopkeepers and other tradespeople more fav ourahle opportunities of taking advantag-e of the New Tear railway excursion facilities for travel, the Acting-Minister foi Railways he respectfully urged to extend the tiiae for obtaining excursion ticket? until about- January 16th. ' .Montgomery's Entertainers concluded" their Timnru "season at die Theatre Royal la-t evening, when they presented a good programme of vocal and musical s elect ions and bicgraph pictures, all of which were 'enthusiastically received by the audience. During the "evening ijlhe re3vilt of the Limerick competition was announced from the ctage, the.winner being Mr W. Bart-let-t. Victoria • S'-rseb,- Timaru. whose line contributed to the verse of poetry known a-3 a Limerick was " and i urgently urge vou to, go." There were a fair number of competitors'end Mr Bartlett's effort was considered the best. They company will appear. this evening at Tem-uka. On June 21s. t three men lost their lives in the. Nightcaps coal mine, by inhaling poisonous gases. ' A Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the matter gave a finding that. ticeupies five of close; print m the "Otago Daily Times" * It i-ays:—The cara? of th-e disaster was the disregard of the manager, of all pre^. caution.-:, statutory and otherwise, for the safety of coal miners in the conditions existing at the time, and in sending the men into a poisonous atmosphere, aiid leaving ihem . there for an unreasonable time. : 'JLhe lights used in all parts of the mine at the time of the dieai-ter were naked lights; no safety lamps- were rfied.

Examinations were held during the pastmonth by the examiners of the Inspection ot Machinery department- at the towns of Auckland, Hamilton, iNapier, Ormondvilie, Wanganui, Waikanae, Wellington, Nelson . Reefton, Greymouth, Christchurch. Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargilj. Two hundred and fifty candidates in all -were examined, and foi- the following i:las.ms ot certificates: —Ist class marin.- engineer,. 2nd cljiss marine engineer, o.rd cla-s.. marine ,enginec-r, .-river <n«Jni-M'. marine engine driver, marine engimeis of auxiliary, powered vessels (both for seagoing and river trade), Ist claw stalion"ry engine driver, 2nd "class stationarv engine driver, locomotive and fraction driver (for mining ct-rlifieatf Of number who sat one ■ hundred and sevehiv passed thvir txaniiiiati%ii. The .beautififtl weather v.'Meidav favotuvcl the opening of the .Won by the 1.1 ir.ity Tennis C'lub, which was in eveirv way very succe-sful. The court (asphal:'Ls- situated in what- w;:o knoMn as C;iin'f paddock, and has been improvec since l;/-:t year. It piayed very keenly, and was kept- fully occupied by visitors a_nd members of tlie club. The opening ceremony was entrusted to the Rev. T. Stinson. who thanked the club for tie, honour, and expressed his pleasure at the good attendance, and the hope that the, ciub would have an enjoyable season. Mi and Jlrc Stinson then went on to the court, and sent- the first ball over the net. nearty eheere were given for the president .and an extra round for Mrs Stinson. The players enjoyed their games ' Wry much, and with the many visitors partook of afternoon tea which was liberally served by the ladies of the club. The club has a good menibership, and with complete appointments should have an enjovable oeason.

Owing to the high price of wool, working men find that cloties aire now deaTer. We have been shown a line of saddle tweed trousers at 8s 6d a pair that will: give great wear. We understand that .bysending your size postal notes for 8s 6d Messrs Pearson and Co., Clothiers,' Stafford street, will post them to any address. Mind the name of the firm, Pearson and Co., Clothiers, Stafford street. ...

Glycola, the great toilet preparation, it never fails to remove and prevent chaps, cracked hands, roughness of the skin, sunburn, tan, freckles, redness, effects of hard water, soreness after shaving. etc. It is unequalled for softening and beautifying the skin, defends it from the influence of summer's sun, dry winter wind, or soreness after sea-bathing. It is neither sticky nor greasv, and can be obtained in pot«s at- Is 6d each, from Leonard B. James, Chemist. ...

Mr Stephens will be in Temuka district from Tuesday till Friday next- lfcth to 22nd iost. to measure the men for their two seventeen six Christmas suits and will leave a capable nxin in charge at Timaru during his absence. The material these suits are made from and the fit and style of sa,me is really- marvellous — every person wearing one is very well 'satisfied and ,<ays they will never buy a, suit from anv other tailor while Alfred .T. Stephens is supplying such a beautiful fitting suit for two pounds seventeen and six. ... Baxter's rennet tablets make junket, and make it well, a trial will convince you. Is per bottle from Baxter's Pharmacy. ... SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. fiuimuss and T.eCreu —Farmr, for sale, Waimatr- di.-trict. J. Dalian iyne :niil Co.—Two items .of special intt-ivsl. Date* and Co.—Atlanta' cycles. pick of th- town. T. and .T. Thom.»on—Best of goods at lowest prices. Lost—Draught gelding : found, an overcoat. Otajo station—Shephr-rd for hill country wan f ed. P. f!. Allen—P..-q]iires an under gar-den--r. J. Ormger —Hoiw and section for sale. Funeral noiicf—By .T. RadclifTe. . Want id—Five notices.

Unusual activity is manifested in tue building trade in Napier, and new premises. representing an aggregate value of £IOO,OOO, are in course-of construction. (Jreat difficulty is experienced in the matter of labour, carpenters specially being in demand. 'U;e Education Department intend to in vile, tenders lor the supply of 170,000 medals for distribution amongst .vt-hool children of the Dominion, to commemorate the raising'of New Zealand to' its new status. The medals will be of magnolium, i metal us light a.s aluminium. and equally hard. A new" arrival from the Home country fell into the hands of a Good Samaritan in the person of a police constable in Christ church on* Monday. He was in a •state of helpless intoxication, and. when arrested, was discovered to have the sum nf £lO2 on his person, and at the time he was furtively "shadowed" by a brace of pickers-up of unconsidered trifles.

In order to minimise the risk of slips along the Main Trunk line between Mat.ll na and Turangarepe- willowy have b?en planted on the portions of the -earth bank that appear likely to break, away. The t'aihap.' Post report' tiha!i • th? willows have taken root and are shooting well. If the experiment succeeds, the train will run through a shady avenue on this . section of the through joiurriey. ■ \ The Mayor of Hokitika received a wire from Sir .L G. Ward last week,. in reply, to- a telegram, he' sent urging -that - provision be made in 1he J 'FlOur and Trade. Monopolies Bill to enable oats and chaff, when their value in New Zea'and reache 1 ibnormally high prices, to be admitted tree of duty to other countries. In his reply, the- Prime jSjKnister says that-, after giving the matter full consideration, thv iovernment could not extend the pro. .-is'ons of the Bill.

'lhe Rev. Dr. Gibb ,of Wellington, told ihe. Presbyterian General Assembly that le was perfectly certain that- devotional jervices in a good many Presbyterian Jhurches in New Zealand were a disgrace o- the church—slovenly and ill-done'. I'tie sermons and reading* might well done, but the prayers .were the weak part of the •setvices. - What was sought ,wt.g ; to improve Presbyterian prayer and to improve ■rhe service, for it would stand it. The people should and would take part in the service. Mr G. Stringer. (Oamaru). speaking as an elder, said there were some Ihirigs in tlie Anglican Church that might b? adopted in the Presbyterian Church ,with" profit, but he was oppeded to c-hant--ing prayers.

"1 want te goot motor-car," said a Maori to a' Wellington dealer in automobiles. -He was shown a Spick-and-span lour-cylind'er car (says the " Dominioii "j up-to-date in every-I'esp'ect. " much .e. price?" asked the Maori. " Eight hun- , dred pounds," wasi the reply. " 'Aw, ;liim too cheap—l want te good motor-car,: te pig moior-car—-te pretty good one, eh? 1 want te. car to beat Toneli (Mr G. P. D6nneMy). ; foneli. pay. —— for te pig car; I pay for te more pig car... :to peat Toneli, my word!" The dealer .confessed that he had no car in stock to f tea- ill' Donnelly's six-cylinder, 40-, horses-power .car, so the deal is off for the present. But the Maori means" to beat foneli on the road yet. '«<. Mr Samuel Brown, a member of i lie Arbitration . Court, asked the Wellington Industrial Association,' what it thought should, be conceded in point of time to an apprentice, who had had a year or two; of technical education before entering upon 'his apprenticeship. Mr J. P. Luke considered it . a question of how well equipped the-school'was that, lie had attended. Larg4 firms in Great Britain, America, and Germany made a concession of a year or.' two '-to' . who. had had; soma education Vat technical schools Vbefore' en - tering .on their »apprenticeship. . Mr ; T. Ballinger; said so far as> . plumbing was concerned; although, 'the bovs did not get .".ime . off,:, they passed their examinations more easily for having attended classes..-.. following proposals of. wagers, etc., "for engaged at piok-and-shovel work,- other than those working in collection wit.li. "building operations, have been adopted by t.he Dime din. and Suburban General Labourers' Industrial Union .of Workers, and forwarded to the vanous em plovers for their approval oi otliei - wise:;' (1> All labourers engaged at pick-and-sliovel work, - other than tho-e moik;ing iii connection with building n-j.eialion>, is'hall 'be V.paid. not- Jert» than 9s. per of eight-. hours when woiking. in dry places. (2) Six hours shall constitute a : 'day's .'. work wlien workers are working in wet places or in foul aiiv "A wet plabe" shall/mean a place' where workers , have to stand' in water over tie .boot-tops, or when ' watei 1 is dripping on them. . (3) AU tools shall be provided by tl?e employer.■" .• Owing to certain ' Coast colliery (proprietors: having found it necessary to 'raise (the prices of their coal to the, merchants, V/says the " Greymbuth Everting Star.'' the, flatter, have . revised their tariff, making ari - a dvance on previously ruling Mr William Scott, secretary of „the. Goql 'MinejQwerns' Association, referring to the position, stated that the rise made in the selling price by the mine owners ; was effected to j meet, the seneral rise in -the T>rice of materials and the cent of production, also to cover the band-to-bank clause and in keeping with the general me in the price of coal all over the world. It quite probable, he' stated, that the other companies would be compelled to advance their charges also in the near future, more particularly in regard to sea-borne coal. This, with the manv advances in other articles, presents anything but a hopeful outlook -for tjie householder.

A Press Association mersaer-e Gays : —An Auckland merchant, Mr Gr. W. S. Patterson. who has iust returned from a foreign tour, in disclosing the relations bewe°u Japan and Russia, quite confidently predicted that 'in iris or seven years thesetwo nations must once more meet in war. Both nations are aware that- this is. ahead of them. Russia is actively engaged in preparing for it by concentrating troons in Northern Manchuria and populating the great ; trans--Baikal country.- On the other hand. Mr Patterson says Japan is in a somewhat perilow plight. Her people are crving out bitterly against the taxation that the 'late "war brought upon them. Tlic-y are unwilling to populate Manchurian territorv as Ja.pan. desirei~ because they must fight for everv inch of that connti-y. "Mr Patterson speaks -of improved d'-mearirur on the part of China towards the foreignn*, ' b"fc ex-«resi-?«s. t3ie oninion that none the !pt, the Chinese are working for China for the Chinese.

It will be remembered (cays the Dunstan "Times") that- same twelve months ago an apparently ownerless dog was shepherding a solitary shsep on the main road near Cliatto Creak for some coE6ider-. able time. It appears that the dog had continued his self-imposed task ever since, taking his change (a merino ewe) through several of the runs in the locality. A few weeks ago one of Mr .Topp'rc shepherds tried to make onr* of his dogs get the sheen away, from iifi erstwhile owner. '1 he strange dog was tme to his .eliarce. however. and' resented th? 1 interference, attacking the intruder fiercely.- The ewe was subsequently cauQ'ht by one of the Monitor? employees, and is supposed to be one iiold ftom thai station thise or four years ago. as it bears their earmark. The dorr ;,v still at lar<re in the vicinity. having b:-en seen on Mr Allan's ..property last week, and still rakes a hand at working the sheep on his own account. _ Though' not suspected of dointr any mischief amoiia flocks, his wandering propensities will doubtless lei'd to hie career being abruptly tsnpin'ate<l by some of the ptation-hnldsrs.

It was stated in .fcliei- W-aihi Warden's Corut last week that the : Grand dunctirin Company has already spent, over £ZQO, ■ 000 on mining-. operations, and wlvs spending at. the ra.e of £SOOO per.month. In a -disputation on the relative prices of Hour -and sugar .two Oamaru citizens advanced the argument • that sugar ana limn-- weiv selling asi._ the same , price, a, thing thai- had not occurred in ihe timeof ilie present, generation. -It is siated that- Mr U. W. Forbes (t'v? viot) a member of the Lands - Commission some time ago, and Mr O. V. Clothier (-Hawarden) will con-feet- the Hurnnni s-n.i at the general elections. • Mr R; Mered! hj, ex-member for Ashley, now a. setfl-n- en Waihaorunga. it also mentioned as ii pos.-i blc Candida,e.

The 1-eport of the Agricultural Implements Enquiry Board - regarding tneir meeting in Christclmrch in October last, was presented to Parliament- last week. The final paragraph ~of the . report■ -reads a.s follows :—" -In view of the fact that the only'material reduction in prices proved by the complainants was in connection Trit-h ihe Osborne- drills, which had been importerl into New Zealand, belore 1..t June, 1905. and which were being sold by the"Harvester Company as-*old i-itock. and concluding that the rgjductiop may be regarded: as':merely temporary", .tha Board, does not recommend that any relief should be granted ,the - complainants ■ untier the •Act." v" - At! a meeting of creditors in Wellington it. came' ont thati the bankrupt had been persuaded by an energetic canvasser to buy a cash register. His business - was only a small one, and this purchase nan him into a liability df £75, which took a lot- of " making up. When lie had paid £3O he failed in liis business, and the celler,' it was stated, repossessed himself of his register, and retained the £3O as well. The question was raised- whether there was legal warrant- for this action, more especially as there had' been lio -registration of the bailment- . The Official Assignee said lie- was just waiting the chance for a good case to take in.o . court to haye the' point- settled. This particular case wai apparently not" so regarded by the Official Assignee-. - ' Dming the twelve months ended 30th September,' the Wellington . Society for the Prevention of Gruelty to Animals dealt with the following cases:—Working horses suffering from sprains, bruises, ; and sore fetlocks, 30; .houses injured by nails, 12 : horses ordered off <the. road fdi-' veterinary surgeon treatment-, 120; horses suffering through-.being; improperly * shod, 50: horses condemned by ..veterinary , surgeon i and destroyed, 4-0,- overloading: lior;;es, 9; placed' under vet-erjnaiy . surgeon's care, 10 •;• dogs condemned: by veterinary . surgeon and destroyed, ;9cruelty to other animals and' biros,- 3 ; -total: 283. In addition numerous- warnings were given to owners of horses, cattle, poult,iy, etc. Amono-st other recommendations for the future^the Society urge that the Cit-y Council- should make a by-law dealing with ; the overloading of horses.