TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13648, 16 July 1908, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

The following is Captain Edwin's weather forecast up to 3 p.m. to-day:—"Ex-pect strong southerly winds with cold and changeable seather generally." Acceding to a request made by thu Waimalo County Council, a Governor's Proclamation has been gazetted, changing the name "Wainouo" settlement to "Norton." The secretary of the Seddwi Memorial Ward for Children at the. Hospital wishes to acknowledge the receipt of £1 Is 6tl from the employees of T. and J. Thomson transferred from the McCarthy fund.

The railways use a lot of linseed oil. Mr Ronaync has just accepted the tender of H. Quano and Co., for the supply at) Auckland and Christchurch of 11,500 gallons of double-boiled and raw linseed oils, at 2s 4|d per gallon for raw, and 2i 5Jd for double boiled. There were half a dozen other tenders, and the highest was 2s 6Jd and 2s 7id. A civil sitting of the MagiMrateVt Court, Mr C. A. Wray presiding, wis held yesterday and judgments for plaintiffs by default were given in the. following caseis:—T. K. l-elland (.Mr iSliinvl v. John Budd, claim £3 12s 6d and crista 10s; O. Coatcs (Mr Ems-He) v. J. Grant., claim 12s 8d and 6s costs; same v. IT. Grindlc, claim IS> 9d and 5s cowls; mum; v. D. G. Watts, claim £4 4s 6d and lCs costs; Randrupp Bros. (Mr White) v. M. McGown, claim £lO and 23s 6d cost*-. Dr Tliomas has just concluded a very interesting course of lectures in connection with the Technical School on First Aid and Hygiene. The class has been wellattended during tha winter months, and last evening the members, to show their appreciation, entertained Dr and Mrs Thomas. During the evening Mr Grant, on behalf of the members of the class, presented the doctor with a case of afternoon tea forks as a email memento of the occasion. Mr Grant referred to the amount of trouble the doctor had gone to, and the patience he had always exercised in dealing with the class; he felt sure that all had greatly benefited and hoped that Dr and Mrs Thomas would accept the- memento and look upon it not for its intrinsic worth, but as representing in sonic measure their respect and esteem; Mr Da.lglish ;iiso referred to Dr Thomas's many excellent qualities as an instructor. He said that he had received a great, amount, of useful information by attending the, class, and hoped that a similar course of instruction would be undertaken in connection with the school . next session. Dr Thomas, in accepting the presentation, thanked the members of the class for their kindness and thoughtfulncss. He said that lie had enjoyed delivering the lectures ; it was alwars a p'oasurc to him to lecture on First Aid, and the co-operation of this particular class had greatly iussi.Mcd him in Lho work. hi another column this morning i* announced an important, change, in hu.sm.N* circles. Mr W. A. ,s.:„tt (Scott s t.yek, Depot) has purchased the whole busmen-, ■of Meters Oaties and Co., including hicycles, bicvele and motor accessories, furniture', and fittings, the valuable up-to-date, evele repairing plant, and the whole of the'book debtis. Doubtless Messm Oaties' cuiitoiuci* one. and all will be welcomed at Scott's Cycle Depot, and will iind the change decidedly to their advantage. ... When your throat is dry and husky, » Zymole Trokey will relieve that disagreeable feeling. Zymole Trokeys give the mouth a cleansed and refreshed sensation..,

This evening the'Timaru Bowling Club •will hold their annual meeting in the Sophia street hall, at 7.30 o'clock. At 3.50 p.m. a -^|>*?<• i;(! meeting will !>•• held to consider tin- »f rules required fnr the legistration of the Club under tin? Ulli.'lawitied Societies Act. A full attendance of members is requested. Tin? Duncdin Drainage Hoard, at a speei;il meeting on Monday last, resolved to raise £35,(300, a further portion of the £500,000 they were authorised by Parliament to borrow, in order to prosecute further work; and resolved also to adopt the gravitation scheme of their engineer, Mr Slinger, for the drainage of the Flat. This scheme provides for taking in all lain water off roofs, for the double purpose of flushing the sewers and of getting rid itf so much of the storm water.

The Minister of Justice has published in the "Gazette"' for general information that, he has accepted the tender of the "Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company for the supply for three years of blue tweed ami kharki bedford curd for police uniforms. The blue tweed is io b? wool, dyed, 29 inches wide, 110/.s. to the yard and each yard to be 37 inches long. Bedford cord is also to b*-- 29 inches wide and 37 inches to the yard, and to weigh 15iozs. per yard. The prtieas are, for tweeds 3s 5d and for cold 5s 9d per yard. The accuracy of the figures given in the Government's monthly export leaflet seems open to question. Yesterday we quot: d the June figures for Timaru, which differ considerably from tho<-e recorded by the Harbour Board. As examples, the leaflet gives: the Timaru exports of mutton and lamb as 118,536 carcases, while th.: Board's tallv was 123,898 carcases; the leaflet credited the port with 117 tons of tallow, while the Board gives 326 tons: and iu wool the leaflet says 1,040,2451b«. against, the Board"s 5660 bales which, taking an average of 5501b5. a, bale> amount to 1,981,001b5. At a conference held between representatives of the Xorth Canterbury Charit;tblc Aid Board and of the Ashburton Hospital Board, Dr Valentine being present, the Ashburton members stated objections to their hospital -district being amalgamated with Xorth Canterbury. Mr Harper, countv chairman, said the people »>f the county had spent £9COO of local funrls on their institution, and the people were determined to keep the hospital in their own control if they could. He suggested that if the amalgamation was affected, as proposed in the Hospitals Bill, Xorth Canterbury would be too large. 3lr Davis, Mayor of Ashburton. said they woukl prefer to join South Canteibuiy. South Canterbury was also large, and itwould make Ashburton a compact district to add Geraldine to it. The Xorth Canterbury members pointed out some Teasons in favour of amalgamation, urn! Dr Valentine said the recent conference at Wellington had unanimously approved of a system of local committees of management, if consolidation was carried into effect.

The St. Mary's Young Men's Society a really first-class concert in the Uauk street hall last evening and the audience, which nearly filled the large room, seemed to enjoy the various items very much. The entertainment wan opened "by Mr F. Pratt playing an ovcrvuro in good style and he played the accompaniments "very tastefully. Eight orthodox niggers, with Mr F. Wakeham as interlocutor, took the stage and kept up » stream of meiriment for some time, their programme consisting of songs and jokes, the latter portion of the field being nionI'polised by Messrs Carrothers, Wilson and F. King; while songs, sentimental and v.wnic, were rendered by Messrs Camitlitrs, E. Pratt, F. Palliser, Parnell, H. King, K. Gabites and F. Wakeham. The iirst-nanied singer scored a decided success with one of his renderings, a song with ihe wording altered to enable local hits to be worked in; and Mr Wakeham proved himself to he a vocalist of a high order. The minstrel troupes concluded the fiisfc portion of the concert with a company ¥ „ng—" Every race has its flag but the coonV." After an interval a number of athletic members of the society gave a fine gymnastic display, one which reflected great" credit upon Mr A. Black, the instructor. A novel feature was the introitnction of a couple of clowns who created much mirth by their attempts to follow the gymnasts. A short series of character impersonations by Mr F. King was succeeded by a laughable farce, entitled "The impresario's troubles," in which Messrs G. Wilson and W. Carrothers were conspicuous. The farce was full of humotous situations and proved a fitting conclusion to what was in every respect an excellent entertainment.

A Tsar o/ old, who cangbt a cold. Sent for his Empress, who was told It was her fault! Then he lay bold Of his poor wife .and shw her! The tyrant's crime was quite absurd! She'd done her best, upon my word! But in those days folks bad not beard Of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure !... MR CRANNITCH SUFFERED FROM RHKUMATICS. HHKUMO QUICKLY CURKD HIM. Mr M Crannitch, the proprietor of th* Temuka Hotel, is well known through o„t Canterbury. Read what be think*. »f Rheumo. He writes: -For a long time I hare suffered from Rlienmata*. i*>|»g all kinds of remedies. Hearing of RHr.lMO. I tried it. awl have »:.xen a tew bottles, and to-day can sir M'e.t I bare not felt better for the .est !0 ye;-;s. I can honestly say that R.iKU.MO ~, mj ca«! has been a great sii-.tess.- ->l niteh. Temuka." Rheumo will quickly cure you Ail Stores and Chemists. 2s 6d and 4s 6<l. - HAVK YOU HEART DISEASE? Thousands „t people, -aid a well-known medical man the other day. when giving evidence at a corner's inquest, art* walking about! to-day with hearts as weak and diseased that the Midden rat-tat rat-tat ot the postman's knock might cause their death This i<s trulv an alarming statement, ret there is no doubt that deaths from heart weakness and failure are steadilv increasing in number every year. On the other hand, every medical man knows that, hundreds of people who arc Irterallr frightening themselves to death with the fear of heart .lipase ate really the victims of indigestion, eoi-.st'ipation. dilatation of the stomach, and kindred intestinal and stomachic affection*-. Palpitation of the heart is nearly always li>- result of errors of diet, or bad dMetic habits, such as overeating, too. rapid e,t in-—s<»m» men and women ought t» l>c ebTirge.l with furious eating—and anything that' will correct tb«c <>>ois, ;""' |' vll habits will allay and banish palpitation. If rou hare palpitation, dizziness oreatli-le-sness. and other symptoms of heart disease, do not get disheartened and conjure- up fears r.[ heart diseaee-. The probahilitv i* that, the disease is not m that vital op'an. bull in tie- s-tonneli and the muscle.,'that lie i.n.und the heart. Indigestion and flatulence will give birth to all tlw more i-haract* rii,tii- symptom* ot it-art direa-e. and in Mich ea.-"- the s> r

vice of a doctor : "e totallv limn cc rar v. l»p EN>SOR'S TAMKII .iVlt'E. taken nsul.irly at night-time for a fe<> nn-lis. •Mill prove i|iri;.' sufficient to ii'iii'vc the i-arw of all your trouble and r> store liea.lt.tiv digit-iron. It i* mild in action arid triore <fricacioiis than drastic pirrgatirfis that, are n.itunillv fo'lon-.l by an ...,uallv drastic reaction. I),- EN'SORS TA.MKK JTT< E i» obtainable {torn all rhemift-. in bnttl-y at 2- 6.1 cadi, and if v.nt are uoitbd by any of the symptom*, that make you think you have li'fal-" disease, juisu irive if a. brief tii.il. Don'r postpone good inr-ritionr-. but call ar Tour eh-emi't. "to-dav nnd trr ju-t om=hr,rt.'.-. You will be delighted with thu re'-alt. ...

At tin" Magistrate"* Coint. at t'lui.-i----chnrch on Tuesday. William Hmld, of Winchester, was ordered to pay 5s a week towards tin- .support of his two glandchildren.

'flu-re were fifty-six cases of scarlet fever rcpoi tctl in Otago last month, seventeen of them in town, the rest in the country. The reports hi came fewer this month, when the weather became colder.

The progressive euchre pany in aid of the fun.ls of th'- Winchester Tennis Club, is to be held in Viciiuia Hall to-morrow night. (Jood prizes have bvn given, am! refreshment's are to be provided by tin lady friends of the Club. The prolii is to "go towards improving tin- giounds in tin: Domain.

Mr It. S. Hissei, of South Canterbury, but now of Avondale station, Southland, cntei tabled the Birchwood Hunt on Saturday, June 27th. The drags were laid over good hunting counlty, with plenty of wire fences, and the runs were veiy much enjoyed. The dtp. lnasiei thanked Mr lii.-.-'ett for his kindness, ami Mrs Bisset. sen., and Ihe Mi-t-cs Hissei made the field welcome at the homestead.

The illustration;, in this week's "Weekly Press" include some of peculiar interest. Photographs of the hugs 87ft. whale that was strandued at Okarito give an idea, by comparison with m---ai standing beside it, of the enormous bulk of the beast, and of the peculiarities of its surface. A double page is devolcd to snapshots taken on tlr? trawler Nora Xiven pourtraying big hauls at the Chatain Islands of fish and of Crustacea.

The quarterly .summoned m;cting of Court Southern Cross, Xo. 3123, Ancient Order of Foresters, was held on Tuesday evening, Bro. P. Acheson, C.R., presiding over a good attendance. A refund was received from the U.F.S.D., and a copy of the Friendly Societies' Rill was received from the Hon. W. Hall-Jones. 'The woodwards reported that three membeis were on thesick list, and that four had declared off. The auditor's report and the balancesheet were read, and ten nominations for membership were approved. Accounts for £177 18s 9d were passed for payment, and the Court closed at 11.30 p.m. Mr Alex. McPhedran, one tiir.e of C'oonoor, South Canterbury, writes an interesting letter to a member of the "Herald" staff under date May 12th, penned on the Pampa Central, Argentina. The wiiter is in the employ of Juan and Jose Drysdale and Co., the largest importing 'house for agricultural machinery in South America, and is doing well. As to farming Mr McPhedran says that everything in South America is done on quite a different! scale to Xew Zealand. Each season has its busy time and May sees the end <■( the plough and drill period. The ploughs are made in Xorth America and turn a furrow of 18 inches. The disc plough is largely lifted, and on some of the large cstancios, steam ploughing is- done, tilie engine pulling 20 discs. As coal is dearstraw has to bo used for fuel. All machinery is light -cr it will not ko'J ; Xew Zealand implements not finding favour owing to their weight. A North American 2-furrow disc plough costs £l7 and a, 3-furrow £2O; a 16-disc drill for grain £26 and a 20-disc £32. If an implement lasts four or rive veers, the farmer thinksthat it hais done- well. Splendid rains had fallen in May in the Argentine and a lot of grain was sown, there being every promise of a great hai vest. Store sheep were cheap, but fat for freezing were keenly competed for at 14s to 17s for wetheis. Fall bullocks sell at £7 to £B, and dairv cows at £5.

A meeting of the committee having control of the arrangements for the forthcoming band contest, to he held in Timaru in October, was hold in the Borough Council Chambers last evening. There were eight members present, and Mr J. Hole presided. It was decided to procure the Caledonian Society's Grounds on the terms offered last month. A late entry from the Dunedin Citizens' Band was accepted, a/? it was thought that its addition would prove acceptable to the public. It was decided to extend the date for the receiving of entries for the solo competitions to August 15th ; to submit the names of judges to the bands to enable them to vote on the matter; to refer the tenders for the supply of medals to a sub-commit-tee which was appointed; and to offer prizes to boys for bugle playing. Mr Newman mentioned, that the Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association's new grain and wool stores in Heaton street would soon be completed and would be available for use for the judging of the test selections and those present agreeing that this would be a suitable building, it was decided to interview the directors of the association with, a view to arranging terms for the tise of tho store. Xine bands have entered for the contest; and a large number of entries have been received for the solo, trio and quartette competitions.

We hare ammoniateJ quinine in tab'el form for the prevention and cure of colds, influenza, etc., Is a bottle. Try our headache tablets, one tablet will cure tho most severe headache in a few minutes. Is a bottle from L. B. James, Chemist, Stafford Street, Timaru...

Ladies' gum boots at. 10s 6d per pair at Souter's shoe store. Just the thing for the wet weather. Children's gum hoots, sizes 11 to 2. at 8s 6<l per pair. No child need stay away from school, if they have a pair of our gum boots.— Souter's Shoe Store. ...

Mrs. Cromer, Percy-street, Geelong, writes: "Acting on the advice of a friend of mine I bought a bottle nf Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to give to my little girl, who was suffering with a very bad attack of Croup. I am pleased to ear that after a few doses relief wa« ob tained. and before the bottle was finished my little girl was able to go to school again. I will always recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my friends as being the best I have" ever used." For «aIA Waterproof boots at Souter's shoe store. The '"Mackenzie" shooter is guaranteed absolutelv waterproof. We stock strong shooters "from 10s 6d l>er pair. This wet weather has found plenty of leaky boots, but none of the "Mackenzie" shooter.— Souter's Shoe Store.

The remarkable strides made by the ! "Lawrence-Kennedy-Giilies" milking ma- | chines during the p.vt six years is shown I by the fact that 1016 machines have been j installed to date in New Zealand alone. j During the first four experimental years, i a total of onlv 142 machines were ini stalled, while during 1906 and 1907 the j sake Teaehed a total of 874 machines ! The complete list of names and addressee ; of New Zealand users furnished by the agent?, is certainly mrmislakeable evidence of the continued success and increasing popularity of the "L.K.0." milker. J. IJ. JlacEiran and Co., Ltd., sole 1 agents, Dunedin. ... i Often one reads about wonderful performances bv motor cars in Europe, where i the road conditions lend themselves to ; auch. But nowhere were the fundamental qualities of motor cars so forcibly ; brought home as lately by the two beht I motor cars made in the world, the De ; Dion and Danacq ; for reliability, speed j aud everlasting wear, they stand alone; , die following are the proofs: A little I 10 h.p. twin cylinder last week ran from j tnvercargill to' Dunedin and back, 300 ; miles in eleven nouns, it made a perj feet nont-top run on wet and bad roads, I and left far behind a car of another make of 16 h.p. ; it is a world's reconl. Does j titles not show wonderful speed aud reliai bility for a e-mail runabout car. As for ; good wear the Href 10 h.p. Darractj which i wiih sold 2 years ago to a well known ; Waimate farmer was overhauled lately, ■ and the owner will prove that not a od I part was replaced, aa not a sign of wear wab found aijywhere. Ajriin we repeat

] chat the Darracq and De Dion stand alone i tad are unsurpassed. ...

The following will represent the Wiminera Hoclcev t'hiU in their match against Rawhiti at Russcl Square to-day :—Misses L. (Sill. V. Mason. L. Hurdley(captam). O Bradley. M. Sullivan. M. Shea, K. Dobi.r. K.' Sullivan, G. Albert, X. Burke, X. Sullivan. Th<- following will rcpre-s-ent l.h" Weslev Club in the match against Tui. Trafalgar street, to-day-.—Misses Tai-fiise. Cill. Miller. Hciry (21. Holder". Foster, Mason. McArthur. Coe, and 11 row n.

Tweutv-lwo members of Ihe Winchester \lonis-imV Club tire.l on Monday evening for a trt.phv given by Mr J. Sim lleiiiukal. Three tied and will lire oil' nexl nHit---L Voting ill 35. .1. Clilf ill -sa. \" Tavlor 12) 35. C. Haar Iser) 34. J. Palerson (1) 31. J. I'. Kalaiigher (scrl -i3. •I. Cripps l«:r) 33. C. Opie (1) 33. G. Tavlor (s.-r) 32. J. South Iser) 32. 1. St.ine 11) 32. A. Cripps (scr) 31. R. Maddren iser) 31. W. J. M'.oie (3) 31, A\ m. Scott. Iser) 50. A. Wilson (scr) 30. A verv enjovab'.e social was held last night in" the' Sacred Heart school under Iho auspices of the Children of Mary. Ihis being their annual gathering. Most ol the evening was taken up willi progressive euchre, the pri/.fS being won by Miss Rvtiii and Mr Murphy. Tin- bonby pri/.es fell to Miss Pyke and Mr 1). Pearee. All present sat down to a very enjoyable supper. Mr Fitzgerald took occasion to thank (lie ladies <if the society on behalf of the visitors. The vole w-is responded lo bv Mr *l. Mahoney. Mb's K. MeGrath Mien sang "The bast Tri bale" in a. very pleading manlier. This ended the social, all having enjoyed I lie. evening.

In his annual report as Minister of Railways the Hon. W. Hall-Jones has some remarks on the shortage of trucks question, and gives a hint to those who make complaints of shortages: He says "The waggon capacity has bsen calculated on the basis of the trucks being made use of for conveyance on traffic on two days per week only, yet even on this very low basis the capacity of the waggons is sufficient to deal with two and a quarter times the existing goods tiraffic. If every goods waggon was loaded to its full carrying capacity and made one trip per week only the present stock would s till : bo sufficient to deal with a tonnage greatly in excess of the present business. It'is evident that the equipment has a very large margin over normal requirements, and that margin would be ample to meet the fluctuations that occur during the year if users of the waggons lon.l<>d them to their full capacity' and discharged them with reasonable despatch." The greatest of all recent inventions in the sphere of music is the Broadwood Pianoplayer. a combination of a piano and n player," which does neither interfere with the rise of the piano in the usual way, nor form an obstruction. The mechanism of this instrument 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 most delicate human touch and correct tempi. Anvone can learn to play this instrument in a few hours. The Dresden Piano Co. Ltd. are sole agents and importers of this great musical novelty, and on Saturday next a concert will be given at the Dresden, when the Broadwood Piano plaver will be shown for the first time in Timaru...

About Clothes—and where to get your next Suit.—ll, is quite possible that you have not fully decided where to get your next suit mad'e. If so, we beg to remind vou that we make suits to measure —tit guaranteed—of the best Colonial worsted and woollen suitings 1.1.11, cannot be excelled for quality, workmanship, and price. Why pay five pounds for a suit- of clothes when we can make you a suit of the very best, material, well-mailo and perfect tilting guaranteed, for 50s, 555. 60s, 655, 70s, a: Irwin's Drapery and Clothing Shop, Stafford Street, (nest Prosscr's). ... -SVXOP.SIS OF XKW ADVKKXISKMKXTS. Conic and Co. —Clearing sale of furniture, to-day. U'Calla"hau and Co.—Sell produce, todav. C.F.C.A.—Kntrics for TatteifcallV, on Salurdav.

Jonas' and Co.—Large sale of paintings, on Saturday. Coursing —The programme for tiliis afternoon.

Webb and Kciii.pthornt—Gcod bargain town properties, handy farms. S.C. Hunt —Nominaiiions due to-day. Wadfiworth and Co.—Cash grocers, new stock of currants, etc.

Wotten and Co. —Special offer in busi mss suits.

Queensland hind—What offers to farm ens. agent in Timaru Friday. U.F.S. ball—Details <f tickets lost. Collin* and Ifaimaii, Christclmrch—Ten dcrs for house.

Sparrow and Co. —Hvuscs and farms for sale.

Knipir-u Hotel—Wants jioii-ev and pan tiv malt.

'Mutton and Co.—Tln« greakst tor of the age. Football Rep. game on Athletic Grounds.

Timaru Howling Club—Annual and spe ci;»l meetings. AVantedfi—Four notices. Funeral notice —By F. Ben.