TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13647, 15 July 1908, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Letters for It. Harrison, J. .Seihber. Mrs A. Kennedy, 1!. C. ,Sannders, and, R. C. lirian, a wail, claimanli; at Ihe Tiinarii post. office. An election N> filL l.lu> vacancy 1111 the Hiii-hoiir Hoard caused hy tin-, resignation of Mr .1. Kramer will lift held nl, Temuka, on Monday. .Messrs C. W. Armilagr, and .). Talbot Jiavo been iinminaleil. It. is stated llial, Mr W. Hay intends to inslal a gas engine and dynamo 10 provide lighting and power for the lift in his buildings at the corner of »Stah"ord and iStrathallan streets. The immigration and emigration returns for dune, 1908, disclosed an excuss of departures over arrivals of 52. This is an improvement on last year's figures for the same period when the excess amounted to 323. The meet of the South Canterbury Hunt ;it -Mr WilheU's to-morrow cannot lie, hold as the recent, rain has rendered the country quite unlit for hunting. Likely starttr.s at the. Hunt .Steeplechase meeting must, remember that nominations close, to-mor-row. Lust evening the weather did not look very promising for the coursing meeting to be held at the ITumplon, Washdkye, to-day and to-morrow. It is to lie hoped that, the admires of this form of sport, will have favourable weather, for all arrangements are complete for a fiuecesfnl meeting. The inter-cub debate between the Temuka Mec.hanic.s_ .Institute and the Hi. .lospeh's Young Men's (Jlnb, lixed for last. Monday night did not eventuate. A musical evening was held instead, and games and book competitions were entered into with much /est, after which supper was partaken of. The Industries and Commerce Department's monthly export leaflet- give Tlmaru's oversea exports for June as follows: —19,389 carcases of frozen million, valued at £13,106; 88,447 carcases of lamb, valued at £48,083; 135 hides, valued at £130; 198 skins, valued at£l7; 117 tons of tallow, valued at. £2,931; 1,040,24511i5. of wool valued at £44,896. In a communication received from llowdeu Alberta, Canada, this week, it was learned that Air H. A. Kwen, formerly manager of the Hank of New Zealand, Temuka, had been seriously ill with lumbago and had been-quite' incapacitated for some time., His many friends in .South Canterbury will bo pleased to learn, that, when the mail left he was slowly imjiiov-

For the boxing carnival in lie held in the. Theatre Jtoyitl this evening and tomorrow tin excellent lirogramiue. lias been drawn ii[i. Jn tlie featherweight class Hcgarly will meet Greaves aiul Kliotb ami Watson will tiy conclusions; Stewart and Kylo (bantam-weight) and Gould and Thomson (light weight) arc other wellknown boxers who will compete. An attraction which should be worth witnessing wil lie the cateh-atvcatch-can wrestling, in which ■). Cunnard, 1\ Hinds, W. Suott. and .1. McKay will bo the. contestant*;. An exhibition of club swinging is also on llic ]>rograinme. The Marino Hand will ]i!ay the audience in each evening. In reference- to the. •subject, of black shags and trout, Air. 11. A. Wheeler, ranger for the Canterbury Ace,lima<tisiuion Society, states that he has idiot shags at the mouth of the Selwyn, Waimakariri, Ashley, and Waipara, and in all cafie.s they have contained trout. In only one bird h.ifi he. found an eel, anil then only a. email one. With regard to hake Fllesmt'W and Lake Forsyth, he says the shags no dnubi do to a certnin extent, feed on eels, ai? eels are very numerous in these places, but, in '(he riven, referred to if. it, (|uite different. In regard to the s>lnlenient that, the shag has adopted the prin oiplex of Socialism, and when one catches a fish the rest of the shags gather around to divide the spoil among them, Mr. Wheeler .says (hat he has never experienced anyhing of (hat sort. He hais generally found that when the Khagis are after feed, it.hey are often found diving about, (he river by themselves; ~IR O when (hev cateh a tlsh they simply bolt it anil look for more. Last Wednesday Mr. Wheeler .-■hoi, one at the Waipara, which contained a. <|ronl too much decomposed to mcaßiire but he says (hat it must, have been lOin or llin long. Mr. Wheeler that- In* i« more convinced every year' that the shag* are. the w.'or-.sl 'enemy that. the. (rout have. He argues I hat. trout aneumulate in a, hole -and" remain there all day. while the. eel -is hidden away from view is the. mud, and he risks is i:|.'likely I hat a shag will go groping about, in mud for eels, when Iho I rout are no easily seen and caught. The remarkable strides made by the "Lawiciice-KennedyOillies" milking* machines during llio past six years is shown by the fact, that, 1016 machines have been installed In dale in .Wiv Zealand alone. During thu lirst four expeiiinenlal years, a total of (.nly I<l2 machines were inslalled, while during 1906 and 1907 th* saU >; reached a lolal of 874 machines'. I he. complete, list of names and addressee of New _ Zealand users furnished bv Ilia agents, is certainly iinmislakeable/ evidence of dm continued success and increasing popnlarily of il,o "L.K.G." .milker. .). J'.. Mad': wan and Co., Ltd., side, agents, Dunedin. ... A Tsar of old, who caught a cold. Sent for his Kmpress, who was told It was her fault! Then lie. lay bold Of his 2»'or wife ,and file.w her! The tyrant's crime, was quite absurd ! She'd done her best, upon my word ! Hut i:i those days folks had not heard Of Woods' (Ireat Peppermint, Cure!... Ml! CKAWTI'CH SUFFRUKI) FIiUM If! I Kl I MATH'S. RIILCMI) QCICICLV CCIIKI) HIM. Mr M. Cranuilch, ihe proprietor of he 'remiik.'i Hold, is well known throughmt Canterbury. ltcad what lie thinlu-; of Kheiinio. He writes: " For a long time. I have snlfeivd from Khenmati. n, lining ill kinds of remedies Heuing of IUIKCUO, I hied if, and have t si;en a few jollies, and to .lav can sav '.lia|. 1 havo lot. fell heller lor the i as'l. M) vi?'k I. •an honeslly say (hat 1! iKl'Ml'l ii, my •use has been a ; great sm. est;. \1 Craiilileh, 'l'eiiiul.a.'; Kheuino will quickly cure yi.u. All itoi-et; and Cht-niiiil.'-, '<'i\ M and '♦lm 6d. ...

The scarlet fever epidemic in \\ annate Etill has it* cruel sway. Two little children have succumbed during the last week. I'eople are, hoping that. the. wet wcathct will have broken the hold ot the disease. The hockey fixtures for »"' Cup to-morrow afternoon foil .«s -VViUier, v. lt-vhi... feree, Mr Dreaverl; !"" !.!£, falgar Street ißefcree. Mr 8um.,..- • ',e matches commence, at .>..-*) I 1 his. Over-indulgence ... picas....- nmad.- tthem se'.tush, and eve., ••'•';;• ™o U ttheohlfolk. ; .nd. ;; -o ; m ..o-a-O regretted that, he .1 . .. ;t "" ,l ri . lul ..„ s their miwN the l.oble.Wv. el *' , i .... of ihe prime —.»JW ; S'^ib' bv an exchange,}.. ha « ~ Ul .. tt labourers" R .t __. „ tli*- movement for tl.« , KOO W *t L YU™te.l'V n -favour and 150 AT Jm«i "as against strikes again.-1- "* ii>» striker, in anJ . form, and he lad . t > an : '" 7 X° u, once taken part in » Any one wtio na. ;in . ,-trike did not. w.ah to take ].

other. . Siilnrs' The monthly nvvt.ng: ..1 the- . • committee was n-Md on - - Mr Stead reported that -Tune ha. h«n a g ond T nth: in «*»» ;^:^ ,, ;jSi Test 213 tmv.-». A r > s " -, , Ti.p Ferrier and otters. A vo«e ot hank, wa « passed by the committee to the . National -Mortgage and Atlas Milling > Companies for donations revive. I. The following comparison ot the value.. oi tll e colony's principal exports tor the June quarters of this jvar and la>t >e.u are taker, from the Government expo.t 230 - cheese £166.030 (£136.564) : beet £129 720 (£116.310^: -mut ton i,d» t . 1' - ffiS>): lamb £697.974 (£693.078); wheat £99 (£43) : oats £18.922 i£3^),; potatoes £464 (£336) : hemp £ll6U>a (£269,333) ; kauri gt:m £101.663 (£149,948 - hides £40.686 (£54.459); skins £152 BGO £271.004); tallow £129,268 (£149,688) : wool £978.874 (£1,356.259). A meeting of those interested in Morris Tube shooting w:id held in the Geraldine Hotel, on Monday evening, and it was decided to form a club to be called the Oeraldine Morris Tube. Club. The following officers were elected. Patrons, Messrs «Jas. Maling and F. E. Flatman M.P.; President, Mr J. Kennedy; Vice-presi-dents. Messrs J. Mullan, G. Young, and D. McDonlad; Committee-,- Messrs RHenry, J. Best, W. Twigg, C. T. Borrell and K. Richards; Treasurer, Mr G. F. Scott: Secretary, Mr 1.. inmlom. The annual subscription was fixed ab 5s ami the president and secretary were deputed to wait on the trustees of the -Volunteer Hall with a view to arranging for the use of the hall for practice purposes. The show held recently by the South Canterbury Poultry Society resulted in a. <leficiency of about £l2, which amount was, however, reduced by sotne donations to the society's funds. At a meeting held last night for the raying out of prize money a rough balance-sheet was presented by the secretary and this showed receipts £233 16s Id and ■.expenditure £045 6s 3d. Included in the receipts were the following items :—Balance carried forward £l6 5s 2d, entry fees £<s, sub-«-riptions of ir.emb.rs £l9 10s, donation£23 Is 6d, saltti of art union tickets t-bl 12s 3d advertisements in s.hedule aid on an union ticket. £7 10s. item, m the expert were: Prizes £B9 &> "'- -' u union prizes £2O 3s, judging £lO bV. put chase of pens £22 10s. "Life," according to the Rev. Isaac Tolly M \ . "has another meaning than havi'no-'a ™od time." During the course of a slrmon at Wellington he urged young folk< to live the strenuous life, and incidentally remarked that too much attention was given to sport. If one turned to the daily papers, which reflected the spirit of the times, he would see that the doings of a football team were telegraphed ..from one end of the Dominion to the other A few months ago, he said, we had a football team at Hoine-a professional team ar. that—the cables were bury telling vs ot 'its doings as: though the fate of the Brit-

feh Empire rested upon it. The pilgrim fathers, he thought, were a great deal to blame for the present state ot atiam,. TLev lived the stannous life, and endeavoured tr> give their children a good time. That spirit had entered the hie- of ih* eolonv. and -had robbed it of much of its nobleness: it was making people have a false estimation of things .sometimes, he raid, the- pilgrim fatheis had lived to regret th» attitude towards their children. Onlv a short time ago he sn\v th!* in th» vonng people of a triend of To the thousands of sickly, lun-down. nervous, fnll-of-pain and differing men and women, we recommend with ■and confidence this trne friend, Dr J'.n«or's Tamer .Tnice."... ' M „ Cromer, Percy-street, /!<f ?ne- -! !'- •' Actine on the advice of a friend Tnle I'St a bottle of Chamber lL™ Cough Remedy to give to my little lw. who was offering with a very bad s, £s ssrr f;U,K lleing.the bit I have ever tor ,cl* *vervwhe>-». Waterproof boots at Sont.-rs »lioe s.ore .bsolntelv waterproot. We *'A ""»fc shi*'from 10s W per p»,r Ih» -t weather has found plenty -f le..k> I »..ts, none of the"Mackenzie ..hooter-

«out«-r's Shoe Store. "The greatest of all recent inventions in the sphere of music is the Brpadwood Ranoplayer, a combination of a piano and 1 Serf winch does neither interfere with the use of the piano in the usual way, nor fornTL obstruction: The mechanism o SaSmment is so cleverly devised that in addition to an absolutely perfect and accurate interpretation of the most difficult piece of music, it also reproduces the mo*t delicate human touch and correct tempi. Anyone can learn to play this instrument in a few hows. The Dresden Piano Co. Ltd are sole agents and importers oftiiis great musical novelty, and on Saturday next a concert will be given at the Dresden, when the Broadwond I'iano piavei will be shown for the first time in iimaru.,. About Clothes—and where to f?et your ne**- .Suit.—lt is quite possible that you have not fully deeidVd where to get your next suit made. If *'>, we l*-g to remind von that we make suits to nieasw e-h guaranteed—of the best Colonial worsted "n,l woollen suitings "-at cannot li» exMbd for qualitv, workmanship, and prire. Whv nay five pounds for a. slut t.f when we can make you a suit of the v«-ry b-st material, well-made and perf«-rt titting guaranteed, f..r 50s, 555, 60s, 60s, ,os, a: Irwiit'M Drapery and Clothing M'-p, .Slitt'onl Street liu-xt I'i-oswr s). ...

DO YOU SUFFFR FHOM foXKTII'ATIOX. You cannot, possibly be w-ll if your bowels are clogged an.l 1.01.1i.t- back the poivonons waste in v.iur body. Ihe lunger •on iKgkct your bowel trouble the moie ilifticul* 3 to cure it becomes. Dr FX-;-OR\S TAMFR JUIOF softens the iniuis !,[ waste and restores to the bowels a »entle and natural action. This is the uav Tailor duile arts and dm.- constipation, indigestion, biliousness, dyspepsia, wind. Uilaclw.. and other ailnu-nts. Xote There is only one l)r Fnsofs Tamer Juice. Sole proprktois Tn.-siciua Maim fseturinif Co., Dunedin...

The secondary branch of the Oeraldine school ii. in danger of being lopped off as unprofitable. The average fur tin' pant two w.f1..-t was only !J. tli-- average for siune time pa.-t ,>nly 11. The Departln.iil't, ;,t;i[iff:i!"<l minimum is 12. A lew Women in the world hold an iinnieniie ainoitii! of wealth in their own hands. A lir-t wai. recently given ill M. A.l', of ilie world's lieh.-l wom.-n. ami the amount" of iheir annual incomes are Unite dazzling. The Marchiomss of OiaThe. Kducation Hoard y.si.rday postponed the discii.-Mon mi lb v. (i. Barclay \s notiee of motion In ask the Department for ai Uaet half the ~,st. of n.-w offices. The chairman ili.l not w,' why the Hoard should >ugge.-t. it,i paying half ~h,- c 0.4. when the Department undi-Monk In pro \iilt- new buildings. Sime remarks being made al ihe Hoard of Kducalioii yiv.terday about the temlers for tlit- Canninglon school—a little place 26 by 20—being higher ihan tin- cost of two or three similarly .small schools Iniilt, som.- time ago. ihe chaiiman --ni<l that timber had gone up 2s 6d or ".>• per 100 liinii- then. A member of th.- Kducation Board was puzzled yesterday by a. recommendation that the pump at "Springbrook school should I;.- shifted because thr> river had encroached upon the land. "How could ii b- shifted;' Wouldn't they have. 1o dig a new well?'*' The explanation was given 'lha! tho pump was nnj in a well but upon a driVeti pipe.

The salary allowed by (he Education Department for tilt- smallest classes of country schools is insufficient to induce teachers to apply for the charge of such schools, and the local Board yesterday marie it a condition of their acceptance of a tender to build a school that the residents should guarantee a considerable addition to the statutory salary. With a view to breeding a finer class of pheep an Ashliurton grazier h;.s imported several pure-bred merino rams, which he is crossing with large-framed eross-breds. This farmer is of opinion iliac- too much in breeding is responsible for the inferior asd coarse class of sheep that are to be seen on every hand through out the Dominios. A new arrival in the Dominion from South Africa—a schoolmaster of long experience—complained bitterly of the state of things in South Africa. "South Africa is gone to the dogs," lie says; "but things don't look too rosy here either. I read all kinds of seductive literature about Xew Zealand/before I could decide to come here; but now that I have landed the roses seem to vanish, and r : n far as 1 see at present., I shall be no better off here than in South Africa, ham has only £114,000 a year. Madame Y'on Bohh-n (Bertha Krupp) has actually £40,000 a month. The latest reporc confirms: the impression of this 3ady'i> stingiiKtis. In fact, not one of .the. group except- Lady Graham, is anything but mean, ami most of them dress badly: Madame Creel, whose fafher •- left her Mexican Mines bringing in £1,000,000 sterling a year, buys three dresses costing £>V every year, but she •■ gets ' expensive hats, and often giv<s £75 each for them. Mrs. Hettv fireen has a fortune of about £16.000.000. and i.? almrst. a miser. Mrs. Russell Sage was left. £17.000,000. but is giving mrv.t. of it awav in charity. Mrs. A. \V. Walker has £12.000,000". Princess George of Oreeee (Marie Bonaparte) is enormously wealthy. Her. grandfather, M. Blanc, of Monte Carlo fam*,'made her his heirces.

•'lt js \rith regret tfiat I notice the grad nal increase of Chinese into the lain) dry trade : hardly ;i month passes without fivsh application l'or tire registration of a iu-w CliiiKW laundry," reports the Wellington Iroipeetor of Faotori. b. "Now. thtse men compete with it-lie very .poorest of our working women, and ■ therefore this matter should receive earnest, consideration. Usually the wash-house ami ironing-rooms of these Chinese laundries are clean and in order, hut their dwelling places are frequently anything but clean. Many of them are, in my opinion, quite unfit for human habitation; and by the Chinese being allowed to live in thin way they are enabled to compete, unfairly witli F.uropean workers. Another way in which they compete unfairly is bv employing other Chintse. to work for them aL ail hours and at any "wage, and when called upon 1o show a return for wages or overtime worked they merely tell°UH that they are all partners. Inspectors should be empowered to demand deeds of partnership." Mr AV. Ball, a member of the Council of the X.Z. Bowling Association, speaking of indiscriminate driving and burning of heads, Slid he .purpr.st-d bringing a proposal before the Council at an early date, which he thought would overcome the difficulty. Many players advocate penalising driving; Mr Ball is against any suggestion of this sort, holding that well executed, is one of the mo.st "telling and scientific points of the game, as evidenced by the few players who Income even passably good at it after years of bowling. But granting that most lhiii"s can. be abused, and when it is necessary to have a time limit on games,

:ib in the Association tournament n. as at present carried out, the proposal is that there shall be no burned heads, the rule being that if the jack is driven beyond the Tine on either side of the rink it will not be dead, but placed at a point nearest t lie ditch and close to the boundary line on either side of the rink—i.e., on whatever side it is driven out. Should a bowl l»v any chance be resting on that mark, it could be removed a sufficient distance to allow the jack to be placed on the spot. TJriving to burn heads would be abolished. TSo time would be wasted in this direction Driving would be more confined U* cuttin<* out bowls. Every bowl would be

plaved in every head. Take a game of doubles- At the prsenfc time one of the vkips may burn the head with his first i.owi. leaving- seven bowls to be trundled up the gTeen anyhow, and the whole head being thus wasted. We have ammoniated quinine m tablet form for the prevention and cure of colds, influenza, etc., Is a bottle. Try our headache tablets, one tablet will cure the

most severe headache in a few mural**. Is a bottle from L. B. James, Chemist, Stafford Street, Timaru... Ladies* gum boots at 10s 6.1 per pair at Souter's shoe stoiv. Just tli* thing for the wet weather. Children s gum boots, size* U to 2. at 8s 6.L per pan. No child ur<-d stav away from school, i! they have a pair of our gum boots.Souter's Shoe Store. ... A succession of colds or a protracted cold is almost certain to end in chronic catarrh, from which few persons ever wholly recover. Oive every cold the

attention it de*erve 3 and you may avoid this disagreeable disease. How. can yon cure a cold:? Why not -try Chamberlain'h Cough Remedy! It is highly recommended. For sale everywhere... Often one reads about wonaarful -performances bv motor ear.s in Kurope, where the road conditions lend themselves to audi. But nowhere were the fundamental qualities of motor cars so forcibly brought home as. lately by the two best motor cars made- in the world, the lie [ Dion and Darracq ; for reliability, speed | and everlasiing wear, they stand alone; the following are the proof* : A little j 10 h.p. twin cylinder la*t week ran from | [nvercargill lo" Dnnedin and back, 300 • miles in elevvn houis, it made a perI feet nonslop run oil wet ami bad roads, I and left far behind a car ui another make |of 16 h.p.: it is a world's record. J>i»es I this not show wonderful s|>eed and Telia- ! bilitv for a small ninabout car. As for good wear the Urst 10 h.p. Darracq which was sold 2 years ago lo a well known Waimale farmer was overhauled lately, ami the owner will prove. I hat not a 6d part was replaced, a.s n.>t. a sign of wear was found anywhere. Again We re|>eat that the lJari'a"c.| and Tie. Dum island alone trul are iinsiirpiu*>-il. ...

The i'areora. Sunday .School concert will be held to-morrow evening. -• . An appeal for school children's subscriptions inwards the ptirchai-e of historic spols in Canada, was Irowned upon by ni»ml)ers of lhe Education Hoard yesterday. The enfeVlaiiiiiienl by St. Maiy's Young men's Society will be held in ihe Bank direct schoolroom this evening. The programme is of such excellence as to attract :i large audience. The Friendly Societies' annual reunion will be held in tho Assembly. Booms ;ioiiiorrow evening. The arrangements ate excellent, and a verv. enjoyable evening is being' looked forwarded to. The oilier day the teachen-; of South Canterbury were discussing ihe importance of gra.nlmar as a. piiniaiy school subject. A Taraiiaki paper, .suiniliarising the 'annual' report of 'lie local Inspectors of Schools, says that " composition," the Inspectors liud, " suffers from ihe absence of a i-ound training in grammar, so that a great number of children are now leaving school ignorant of the mechanism of even the simplest, sentence." The committee of'the Tiiharu Mechanics' Institute met last evening and transacted some routine business. The librarian reported (lie accession of a number of new members, but apparently till were looking forward to ■ the opening of the new library and none booked for. . more than tiix. months. Muring Hie month £l9 Is was collected, and the bank balance was £9 12s. Two or three accounts were passed for payment. The president, Mr F. Foden, stated that the income latterly Had been sufficient to meet, current expenses, but there was a considerable amount of liabilities being carried forward.

Thti dearth of male teachers was exemplified liy the list of ..selections made- by I lift Board of Education yesterday. For fiv« appointment r.pt-m, Uai applicants wire chiseii for recommendation vo the Committee, and all hut one were females. Kven the odd male ought not to have been an applicant, according to a .strict reading of rules, as he has not been long enough in his present appointment. The Pleasant Point school har> about 200 pupils on the roll, and if, as they may do, the committee select a female teacher for their secondary division, the head master will be t.he only male teacher in the school. The Railway Department (says the Eketahuna Express) is experiencing some difficulty in obtaining sufficient portersand shunters to cope with the work, and is recruiting men. from every known source. One of the latest recruits at Cross Creek was unearthed in the dairying districts of Taranaki and it is wonderful how tenaciously liifi former commands cling to him in his .present'■position. In place of the order to the engine drivers to; back up and couple-up the youth's .-com; mand is "bail up!" So used to the expression are the . officials at Cross Creel* that Ihey have nick-named the eratwhile. cow spanker "Pail up." ' ' -,

A night or two a*go (states tli?,. Wellington "Post") a .descent vras made fjpm Wellington Terrace on the Royal 'HoteJ, Lafnbto'n Quay, by an individual who dirid the unique experience of victimising. ChjiefDeteetive M'lllveney, of the staff otitis Commissioner of - Police. TJie defective was staying at the hotel and occupied a room- near the terrace entrance. His belongings were all packed .for. a visit to the West Coast. . Two of the portmanteaux contained articles valued . at. £3O. including 1 presentations, handcuffs and. a photograph relating to Scotland Yard. The ihiei appears to have. slipped into the nearest occupied bedroom", grabbed the two bags and bolted. It would be interesting to know his [feelings when confronted with a pair of "bracelets." Handcuffs were on top of.the conten's of both portmanteaux.

AUCTION NOTICE. The attention, of,.the .public > is-called to the unreserved clearing sale of furniture to be held by O'Callaghan and Co. at their auction rooms, Stafford street today, commencing at 2.30 sharp. •.SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Gerrie and 'Co.—Clearing sale of fnrnftiire, to-morrow. Cuinness and LeCreu—Shle at Hunter, on 28th inst. C.F.C.A.—SeII dairy farm, on lTlli iiuit. Dalgety and Co.—St. Andrews .-«il<', Friday; want land-for cropping. I.oval Makikihi Lodge—First .social, on 171 hj" inst. Mark Higgius—All roads lead to''his cycle sale. At, Bowie's—Three good" lines in dain- ■ ties. IJrown and Co.—Tea in canisters, and in packets. W. W. Wade—The good point* of the Beery bit. United Friendly Societies—Ball and social, to-morrow. .T. Hay—Notice in estate .lames Skinner. .1. K. Brydone—Can restore, the pitch of piano. ' . . The White, House—High-class goods, at cost price. It. Sommervillc—Up-to-date dispensing establishment. S.C. Hunt—Meet for to-morrow is cancelled. W. Penrose—Very good cow for sale. Lodge Caledonian —Brethren to attend funeral to-day. Pareora—Sunday School concert to-mor-row evening. St. Mary's-Young Men's Society—Entertainment, this, evening. Imrie. and Campbell—Want I" buy small farm. D.T.C.—The >ale still on, special lines in blankets. - Theatre Royal— Sheridan and Company, on Fridar.