TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13656, 27 July 1908, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

TemukaY flag for .'..the-;.AmeVieau fleet's welcome at" Auckland next month was<>n view on Saturday.lt was a plain red back. ( ground with Iho simple words ," Wclcbiho from Temuku:" ■•'•■.''■ Coal deakis'on Saturday did a brisk trade, .householders being evidently approlieusi'vo 1 of a strike among ■the* miikmk. People who are, intho, habit of . getting a few bags at a" time wer<-. launching out> into-tons. . ' ' ■ ' -'• ' A successful euchre party, held bv the Temiika, Rifles Morris Tube Club' was held on- Thiurcday night.: 1.50 uinyen* took, part, and (ho prizes were iron' itv Minis' Rickets and Uurke,, and Mcssi ; s' P> <Yillinis. aiid •G. Phillips. . '•'■.;>. ~' .Good pi-ogress is bi j iug i»ui'd<; by ; Mr W.:.J. Pearsel contractor, with llio ''extension of-the accommodation at the South School. The additions, .which an* do-t-ached from the niainvbuildingi consist of two large rooms divided by a.,large"folding door, the opening of whiicli. will eiiablo the two rooms to be t'ti'ued' into one, .. ,- ... ■;,.,. ... .... ,; ' ' The- automatic weighing maebino .-■ on the railway station platform seemed":in danger, of being put out- of . \-on .Saturday, for, a number)'-of the Maori entertainers who were leaving : for Dancdin took lo weighing themselves and the men. being fairly solid and 'bulky, managed-.to turn tih* indicator round.to apart'of t,lio dial seldom reached.' ■-. , ■ '"'... A case of more than ordinary" impbr'tr aiico is to bo heard at tho • Magistrate's ConH, Temuka, to-morrow. The' action arises, out of the unfortunate•■ attempt,' itfc suicide mad© by a resident short time ago in Tennika, - ! He;,W!ia : talvbn .to Dr Hayes' private hospital for attention. The. man■ fcnob in a posiUon'.to pay.?the medical-account, -and : .as the Juetice.l).*)partmenb decline to pay it steps are? new ;taken' by civil action 'to .'-.■' recover y :-tsu>'; amount against tho.police.', . .. j!.. 1 ;

A conference of dairy companies will be held in TaranaM or the Manawatu siortly to consider the question of co-opcr--itive marketing.

Mr Fisher, M.P-, for Wellington Central, has introduced a Bill to amend the municipal franchise, by repealing the provision of the Municipal Corporations Act which gives a vote, under a "residential qualification", to tenants, and substituting for' it the Parliamentary franchise. Ott Satnrdav a group of well-known farmers were" talking about, stukts and the possibilities of strikes, when one man gave it as bis opinion that all stnkeits who disorganised industries and put people- tv coifciderable inconvenience should bo disfranchised. Sever.il persons in th« wnadvertised meeting agreed with this wpiniou. The tenants on Steward fcjjtttlenieut, Waitaki Plain, have a grievance against someone, tliey are not quhe certain whom; whether the Government, the Land Board, or the County Council, because the branch races have not been made from the main nvce constructed by Mr. W. J. Black »>me time ago. This race is itself unfinished, the water escaping from it at ?ar"e below the railway line, and damage ■done by it to crops. A short time ago, the Waitaki being low there was no water in the race, but in summer, when the snow imd ice are melting, it is expected that, there will be plenty of water.

The President of the Otago Teachers -Institute complained the other day ot * "<:bild famine" in Otago, as one cause ot the reductions in teacheis' salaries, rp school attendance is that education district declined from 19,607 in 1895 to 17,152 last vear. An Auckland paper states -that there has .-been no child famine up there, for the school attendance has mcreased by nearly half in the same penod -from abotit 20,000 to nearly 30 000. The school average roll of South .Canterburv ha/, not varied much cither way t We 1095. In that vear it was 5285, «nd Ust year it was 5244 I«> the int«rv»\ the number went up to &iB2 and down to 5054 (1903). Between 1895 any: 1907 the number of schocte increased firjm 65 to 76. 'On Saturday evening a number of friends, mostly clients of the Bank ot Australasia at Teniuka waited upon Jir W. Johnston, the manager, who is leaving on promotion to Stratford, and presented hmi with a gold watch in appreciation of his many good qualities as a bank .-officer and enthusiast in sport. Mr T. Bustou made the presentation, anu spake of their guest's many good qualities and. wishing him on behalf of tiki Honors every happiness and success m Ibis new tphere of labour. Other speakers" were Messrs Gunnion, Macauiay, Brown. Sim, Drs Hayes and Crawshaw. AU spoke, well of the guest, who suitably responded. Mr Dcnham, of i* relieving till Mr Johnston's successor

arrives. A matter which the chemists of the DomiuiuJi intend to move in shortly is the control of the vending of opticians' goods (spectacles, pince-nez, eye-glasses, etc.). Sue'ii goods may now, it is stated, be pnr-<-Uased wholesale by any person and hawked through the country, great harm often being done in this way. At the recent ■conference of chemists it was pointed out that a person without leeSh could get along better than one deprived of his evesight, -vet. dentists had to be certinciied, whflst anyone could sell spectacles. The chemists argue that vendors of opticians' goods should undergo a certain examination in sight-testing, and they intend a little later on to ask the Government to bring down a measure srmflar to the Sight-testing Opticians Act, 1906, ot New South Wales, which had proved an effective check on people who made a, pretence of testing the eyes, and make 500 or 600 per cent, on the goods sold.

The ninth annual meeting of the Tcmuka Terminating BuildiDg Society was lield on Friday night, when there was * pood attendance of shareholders, and Mr Alexander Frew presided. The annual report and balance j-beet dealt fultv with the finance of.both. Croups of shares, and on Uie motion of Mfesis Frew and Hancox were adopted. M»ms Comer, Mclnnes, Calder and Holwell were elected directors. 'The; directois were heartily thanked for their services. At a subsequent meeting Mr H. M. Miles was re-elected chairman and Mr Frew vice-chairman. At the ballot and sale, the liolder of share 228 secured the £3OO in, the No. 2 group, and share 269 £3oCin No. 1 group. There was keen com. ■petition for the money offered by sale at. Clamant shareholder taking £3OO at £2! ICs per £l5O and a Waimate shareholder £l5O afc £26. On Saturday afternoon Dr Hilgendorf, of Lincoln College, concluded a very i--6tructivc course of lectures to the fca-<-bers of the South Canterbury Educafion Board. The subject of the lectures m<s elementary agriculture as taken in connection with primary schools, and the morse included several field days. At the close of the last lecture, Mr Mensies, president of the Educational Institute, thanked Dr Hilgendorf on behalf of the teachers of the district. He said that he was onlv voicing the sentiments of all present when he stated that Dr Hilgendorf had delivered a very excellent course of lectures, which no doubt would be of great benefit to teachers in giving their observation lessons. He was particularly pleased that the lectures had almost whollr been devoid of technical terms. Mr.Grant, in seconding the motion, said that he hoped that Dr Hilgendorf's Services would not be lest to South Canterburr. Included in the additions now bein"" erected at the Technical School was aif agricultural chemical laboratory, where the work could be carried on in a .practical manner. The motion was put carried with acclamation after, which Hilgendorf suitably* responded. Next week Dr Hilgendorf proceeds to the West Coast where he is to be engaged in scientific research in connection with the Otira Gorge tunnel.

No matter how delicate the etomaeh, Stenms' Wine ,always agrees with the patient. Thus it can be used as a tome when others would be useless. It is a great restorative. ... The remarkable strides by the "Lawrence-Kennedy-Gillies" milking machines during the past- sir years is shown by the fact that 1016 machines have been installed to date in New Zealand alone. During the first four experimental years, a total of onlv 142 [ machines were installed, while during 1906 and 1907 the sales reached a total of 874 machines-. The complete list of names and addresse*. of New Zealand users furnished by th' .•gents, te certainly -unmiEtakeable evir ence of the continued success and incrcaiug popularity of the " L.K.GV* milkr; Jl B. MacEwan and C<-, Ltd., sle agents, Dunedin- ...

SUFFERED FOB OVEB TWENT: YEARS. CURED BY RHEJMO. No matter how long you may have (Suffered from rheumatism, g«fc, sciatic?, or lumbago, RHETJMO if gren a fair trial will cure vou. Read tb «cpenen<e of a ladv who suffered for' many jJfars: "Having suffered for ov/-20 years-with rheumatism and sciatic? • I tried many cures but did not deve much benefit from them. I was advfed to try RHEUMO and can recommei it to anyone as it k only thing tbt has don*' me good. A single dosewill give relief.— Elizabeth Mowat, Gor" _ RHEUMO is sold f all chemists and •tores at 2» 6d and t 6<L ...

"Just for the day I'Jbe away," Remarked his wif«lae-t Saturday. "Jf everv dog must ave his day, Then why not cat her day— I'll take Wood's Gut Peppermint Cure, Because ■ that's inapensable, And ma with go wa me, I'm-sure "You ought to tbk that's sensible 1" 6 He did!) ...

An eniergenev nubing of the Lodge of St. John, No. 113710., will be held this evening for ivork n the second degree. Hie lodge will be tied at 7.30. Visitors are cordially invite The weekly pracce of the South Canterbury OperaHc Sciety, will take place at the Dresden £ 7 o'clock to-morrow evening, to enalh members, desirous of doing so, to atied the performance of The Merrymakere his evening.

The Druids of,Vaimate held their annual social and prcblight procession on Friday, led by th Pipe Band. The evening being fine the was a good muster of the public and la social was conducted in the Druids' ussl manner. The music was supplied by £s Hurdley's band, and those present werwell pleased with the entertainment.

A good deal ofnterest was taken in a violin that was lbmitted to auction by Mr C. Jonas an ancient infument, and looking through one ofthe sound apertures a label could be een pasted within,, on which was legifc in print " Stradivarius, Cremona, 1721.' The violin was bought by Mr H. A. lCr<n at £l9 10s.

There was afair attendance of members at the wtkly meeting of the Temuka Catholic dub. The programme took the form of a " Srake Concert" and a pleasant hour jras ipent in song and story. Members diseased the advisability of procuring a bißiarjtable for their new club rooms and afteiconsiderable discussion it was decided rcome to a definite decision a fortnight fcce. Over £3O to promised towards t; table. To-morrow evening the club ppose holding a progressive euchre mate in their new rooms. Since the closing f the Garrison Band Bazaar the band he been hard at prao tice, under Conduct Necklen. They intended giving an pen air concert, but owing to the incltency of the weather, have now decide to give a musical evening to-night, fc the band room and to this they invi all lovers of music. A stage has bef erected and seatmg accommodation pvided. The following will be played bj&e band •.—QuickstepJohn Bull; con* selection—Schubert; grand march—T! King's Bodyguard; cornet solo—Que of the Earth; Indian march—Rajah Sfaandri; ''God Save the King." W r estporlHarbour Board has received official ;thoriry to proceed with harbour improvaents at a cost of £200,000. The wotf to be carried out are calculated to /ke Westport an efficient coaling station econd to none in the 'Australasian colons according to the Westport Times, di the step marks a very distSncf epotf in the advancement of Westport pi the Buller district, if it can be evn jlaced second to the great efforts wfch were undertaken in 1884, when theirst Harbour Bill for Westport passed tfOu s h the Legislature The Board fr now m uan< * Isvorks estimated to cost onsiderably over £300,000. • The w- Nikora Tautau used a striking illvration in arguing at the Congrevs a D \VePgton for the conservation of the Maoriianguage. In days to come, he said hen the inhabitants of New Zealand''"ere one people, such questions woul arise as "Who are the Maoris " "Wl> was their language?" and it was for • to see that there should be an answer Tradition recorded thali the first Mais in New Zealand found another racin possession. They spoke of them as ae "Patupaiarehe," but know nothing me of them than the name. What was thlanguage of the Patupairarehe? What, •n-e their art 6 and customs? All forccon and utterly lost—just because the fitf Maoris neglected to do what the p;eha was doing now. Ehe annual Caledonian Society's Fancy fees Ball was held in the Oddfellows' Jill at Pleasant Point on Friday last, the <and march being led off to the strains > the Timaru Pipe Band, upwards of 90 inples taking part. The fancy dresses jinged from exceedingly elaborate cosumes to those of a very original and omic character. '■ The ball ranked as one •f the most successful of the many happy unctions for which the Point is noted. During tlhe eveniig songs were Tenderedoy several visitors and dancing was continued -util the smal hours of the morning. The arrangements were in the hands of Mr Arthur Lamber\ secretary and Messrs A 'Muir and J. Ireen, as masters of ceremonies. The choice of managers proved eminently stisfactory. The prizes ior the best sustaned characters were awarded to Miss Fiel "Ruination" and Mr A. Lambert Cavalier, and were-presented by lr Jas. Stewart, who also acted as judge.. Mr G H. Rollesbn, who has been appointed by the Britih Board of Trade to the position of Britia Trade Commissioner for New Zealand, i the second son ot the late Hon. Wm Rolleston, and is about 35 years of »ge- .Upon the completion of his studis at Christfs College, he entered the seirice of the Bank of New South Wale* and was, for some years, stationed inWellingtbn. He went to South Africa a, an officer of the New Zealand fcntingents, and at the close of the war, was appointed by the Colonial Offiec o* of the commissioners of the fund expeded in the repatrwtaon of Boers. Wher his duties m that con neion were coated he was appomt ; c ,i hv the Carnal Office to tne IStracr oV Lichtenburg, Trans. vXSd Comiissioner for . the great or T,art! of ae district lyipg between Mafeking Upon tie trrantinc of & constitution to the TransvSlaMtL advent to the office of Premier Ti Geiral Botha most of the Colonial Office <ficials who had been officers in lhe war £e removed from their posit■l w te Government;, and among them wis Mr RoUeston. "About two years '„o he .vent to London by direction of th? Coinial Office, and has now been ap- - *3 to be British Trade Commissfoner or Zealand, Mr»* •s a of Mr. H. D. Bell, K.C., 0 f -vellington. rveu one reads about wonderful perfopances by motor cars in Europe, where „7road conditions lend themselves to ,rh. But nowhere were the iunda„ntal qualities of motor cars so forcibly fought home as lately by the two best jotor cars made in the world, the De Jion and Darracq; for reliability, speed W everlasting wear, they stand alone; the following are- the A little 10 h.p. twin cylinder la?t week ran from Invercargill to Dunedin and back, 300 miles in eleven hours, it made a perfect nonstop run on wet and bad roads, »nd left far behind a car of another make !of 16 h.p.; it is a world's record. Does | this not show wonderful speed and reliability for a small runabout car. As for good wear the first 10 h.p. Darracq which was sold 2 years ago to a well known Waimate farmer was overhauled lately, »nd the owner will prove that not a 6d part was replaced, as not\a sign of wear was found anywhere. Again we repeat that the Darracq and De Dion BtXnd alone and are unsurpaeßed. ...

So great has been the demand for the wonderful Broadwood Piano-player, that the one selected for Timaru only arrived on Monday and it was disposed of yesterday, and hence- it is impossible for the manager of the Dresden to give the concert, for which a number of invitations had been issued. It is however, only an opportunity deferred £o hear this new invention, for within ten days another shipment is due and the date of the postponed concert will then be duly announced. Meanwhile many new songs have been received at the Dresden, for which an eayly inspection is invited, many bargains in violins, banjos, mandolins attract large crowds daily. ... Woods' Great Peppermint Cor» fox Coughs and Cold* inv tub. I> M tftd2iM. M

At Chalmers Church •services yesterday, the Rev. Mr Guthrie made appreciative references to the lifework of the late Rev. U Barclay, and at each service the organist played the Dead March, tire congregation standing the while. Rev. T. Stinson and the Trinity congregation having news of Mr Barclay's death by telegram, paid their tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased on the previous .Sunday evening. Messrs C. Jonas and Co. sold by auction on Saturday practically the whole of the collection of oil paintings by Mr Pruden, which had been on view the week before. There was a good attendance at the"'sale, and bidding was fairly brisk, but within limits of price that will . not give the artist) much for his year's work. The besti prices were given-for'the following : Pink Terrace 86s, White' Terrace 70s, Taihape Bush 625, Mist on Port .Hills, Lake Ada, and a Bush Fire 57s'6d : each. The average price throughout was something under 40s.

During the past fortnight some work-' men have- been very busy effecting repairs and alterations to the Theatre Royal. Among other things the fire escapes on the south side of the buildings and the approaches (thereto, have been put in order, and rendered much -safer than before.; a number of ventilators have been fitted in the stalls and pit; and the walls- : of the stairway and dressing rooms; have been lined with sheets of ornamenta 1 ! fireproof stamped steel. It was expected that the workmen would complete the alterations demanded by the Borough Council by to-day. Ladies glace kid open front shoes, welted round toes; ladies glace kid open front welted round toes. The very latest styles just imported. J. W. Souter, Cookham House...

We have ammoniated quinine in tablet form for the prevention and cure of colds, influenza, etc., Is a bottle. Try our head : ache : tablets, one tablet will cure the most severe headache in a few minute*, Is a bottle from L. B. James, Chemist, Stafford : Street, Timaru. :.■■■■

Fathers and mothers we would have your kind attention'while we relate to you the following items, which may be useful guides to you when you go -shopping—50'pair's of boys tweed knicker trousers to fit boys up to 16 years of age, bought job, now selling at'2s lid per pair, sterling value. Leather .stockings for the boya made of the best Colonial wool, at is 6d,. Is lid per pair; girls cashmere stockings, very durable, is 3d, Is 6d, is lid per pair; children's black and tan cashmere sox 56V 7id, 9d per pair at Irwin's Drapery and Clothing Shop! Stafford Street... .- The younger generation often hear their fathers speak of the old fashioned' Cookham "boot. It will no doubt be of interest to our readers that J.-W. Souter of Cookham House, has just opened a large shipment of Cookham boots. He is now showing some first-class French calf, East India kip and horse hide Cookham boots...

SYNOPSIS OF NEW'ADVERTISEMENTS. Guinness and at Wa.shdvke. to-morrow. "O'Callaghan and Co.—Drapery and furniture, on Wednesday; special business notice. N.Z. Railways—Arrangements lor Hunt Steeplechases. . Lodge of St. John—Emergency meeting, th ; s evening. - ■ T. and J. Thomson—Drapery and clothing of all kinds. The Merrymakers—At Theatre Royal, this evening. ''.."" Theatre Royal—Mr Chas. Saunders and Miss : Robson, on ■ Friday. Lost—Spaniel pup, fox terrier pup. Ballantvne's—Last week of winter sale. S.C. Education Board—Election extraordinary vacancy. A. jL. Applegarlh—Warning re canvassing. T. Wagslaff—Taking orders for fleet copies of "Auckland News." Commissioner of Crown Lands—lekapo Hotel site for sale. Hogg and Co., Dunedin—l2 h.p. gas engine for sale. St. Mary's Young Men's Society—Meeting, this evening. Coat taken by mistake—Notice to return. lines at the carpet sale. John Knight—Has opened coal yard, Barnard street. West and Hall—Call tenders fcr house. Mark Higgles—What he has done in nine years. Wanteds—Two notices. Funeral notices—By G. Colktt, and W. J. Lister.