TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13847, 8 March 1909, Page 4

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The annual meeting of the Tiniaru Milling Company will tie held 011 Saturday, March -Oth, at 11.150 a.m. The annual meeting of the Ziiigari Football Club will be held on Friday evening next aj; 8 p.m. in Hutchison's Tea Rooms. Members- of the \Yimmora Hockey Club are invited to attend a. meeting to be held in Hutchison's Tea. Rooms to-morrow night at 8 o'clock. Messrs Leslie O'Callaghan and Co. beg to . draw special attention to the clearing sale of Mr McGrath's household furniture and effects to ho held on Thursday next at his residence, William'street off Elizabeth street. "

Sirs Curtis commenced her dancing class successfully in the Assembly Rooms on Friday evening. Her classes for children on Saturday were all largely attended. By request a, Cinderella will be held on the 2>ith inst.

The regular monthly meeting of St. .lohn's Masonic Lodge, will bo hold this evening iu the Lodgcrooiii, Church street, for work in the first degree. Yisiting brethren are cordially invited. The lodge will be tyled at half-past seven punctually.

The services in the Catholic Church yesterday partook of a mission character. At the 1.1 o'clock Mass the Rev. Father McDermott preached an eloquent sermon, taking as his subject, " Heaven and its Joys." At 3.30 ho brought to a close, the women's; Hussion with a sermon, the reception of .19 young ladies iu the Children of Mary Confraternity, and concluded with an exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Last evening the mission for men was opened by tile llev. Father Clone, the church being well filled. .The opening discourse was on the gut of faith, the rev. Father speaking for about an hour and a quarter. Ibe singing was congregational in chiiracter, and the service concluded with the Benediction.

The annual session of the Gland Lodge of the United Ancient Order o Druids, Canterbury District, was held at Lyttclton on Thursday last. Delegates were present ironi all lodges, limaru being represented by Messrs Jonas, Watts and Much more. 13ro. Furtioaux, Grand President, in his opening address, showed that tlic past vear had been a very prosperous one: to the Order iu Canterbury, the net gain of members for the year being 309, which shows the great popularity of the death levy .scheme by which widows of deceased members receive .£SO in addition to £3O ordinary funeral money. The Grand Lodge I 1 und aI HW shows a good increase, it now standing at £9009 3s Sd. There had been. 1dcaths during the past year. Bro. Grant, (!. Sec. of the North Island Grand Lodge was also present, and gave an interesting address on the pi<>gress of the Order in that district, which showed it to be progressing oy leaps and bounds. In the North Island they pay £l2O at death. Bro. Bates was elected Grand President for the ensuing yo;ir, and Hro. Hntioy virrpresident. It was decided to hold the next session in Christchureh. \ armus alterations to laws was brought Inward, but only one was adopted, that l>"ing brought forward by the Timarti delegates. In the evening the Lyttelton Lodge entertained the visitors by a moonlight harbour excursion, "hem were about '2OO people iu the narty, mi .-ludin.v His Worship the Mayor of ■Lvttelton. The party landed at Purau whi'in a lew exeell"ut toasts were triveu "u the jettv. The Lyttclton Marine Baud contributed to the success of the outing bv an excellent programme of '""sic. and the delegates expressed n

" isli illnt if, would not bo lone; before t-lip Grand Loilro ngiiin met sit 1 ,y tleltun, rfriftv

In preparation for the Trentham meeting 120,000 rounds of ammunition were laid in, but the big increase in entries and the need tor extrai matches made it necessary to order au extra 30.000 rounds. A St.". Andrews farmer, asked on Saturday whether the harvest was about finished in his district, said yes it was, excent a few late bits. He :.dded that a good n-anv had threshed their wheat and sold too —at 3s Bd, -'s SJd, and 3s lOd.

The Celtic Football Club will - liold their fourth annual .meeting on Monday March 1-5- in the Marist Bros' School at 8 p.m., when, among other business, the question as to the advisableness of forming a senior club will he discussed.

The town wore a more animated appearance on Saturday than it has done for some weeks past—an n^ lu ' at ' i { that harvest is practically oyer and that farmers feel free once more to conic to town for their, week-end clia. „,™l the witl. one •"« T-wnSS" «ml etWorty-twn sacks, about one good ground and good culttvatio,.. Air W R. McGrath, Professional Veterinary Horso he will extend 111S , Last week K'tSiS eight, lor» - that district. Sciuatting I»" fSpanf of Victoria, at the vestment Company o t i av reannual meeting the Lnsiness marked that so far as the was concerned t Throughoat the traordinarv year . of t - uc cornworld there c^ ns { unp tion - was the industry in Australia. „ -1,,.. Tirna™ Society will lxold Sophia StrceTllalL 8 The e proccedingS f Wm^take tbe '™b?r "of "T answered and discusse gc of t ij C SnK. i.. *>. 5-S proved as eutertamin o (je point of supporting the sotietj „ retrular attendance. . . , n „ v \ The committee of tbe lo • -t-iio friendly challenge S "S^eSre.'T.d (f TTe match" should be Players of each in friendly rivalry. On dav next, Trimtj play . , , f o i] oW match with Timaru; mate]lies to iollo* are at Oamaru on 18th inst., agaiust Temuka on 2otli mst - afc maru. -. Tud"in r ' bv the conversations ai- on„ Maori cWldren, says the 1 Ase," it will not be so very -cng before the Maori language will te l umbered among the dead tongues. pressman at the "ative celebraw-ms at the Tc Ore T)rc pah on Tuesday- oh served , that the little knots c voungsters who -were watchin - proceedings interestedly from venous vantage points conversed and. cnticised almost entirely in English.. A tew rears ago the first-stage of the 1.-ng-ua«-e transition anions the native TO uii" folk was that Maori was tlie chief and English the secondary., tongue. Now the positions seem to be reversed. , The .Wellington correspondent ol tnc " Otago Daily Times" states that in the . Justice Department three, stipendiary magistrates retire on the 31st ot this'month— namely, Captain " ray (Timaru), Colonel Roberts (Tauranga), and- Mr Eyre Kenny (Nelson). Iheir successors will be appointed during the next week or two. ; There are other changes pending in the Justice Departincnt. Several of tlic bailiffs . alu J clerks, ' and a considerable number ot messengers in all departments have to be dispensed with under the law. Great pressure .is being brought to bear on the Government to relax the rule m numbers of cases, and it has become clear that the law must be rigidly carried out, otherwise room will be given for complaints of favouritism. A sight which baffles description w;-s witnessed at Riverton a few days ago. when at the mouth of the river was to be observed a black cloud of mutto.ibirds appi'oaching from the bay. The " Southland Times" correspondent says they put oiie. in mind of a swarm of bee's, and to give one an idea of the number you have to imagine 40 acres of water' with a bird on every square foot. This was from the traffic bridge to the bar." which is at least 40 chains long by 10 wide. They did not- go above the bridge. One of the birds struck the battlements-of the bridge and fell back into the water. This seemed to be sufficient to cause a rentreat of this vast flight of birds. When tbev rose to retire tliev shut out the view of North Riverton from the south. Tmmediatelv after tlieir departure the banks and beaches were strewn with sardines, which the birds just squeezed the-oil from and store for the purpose of feeding their young birds at the islands.

One gallon of the best table vinegar, prepared in one minute by using Baxter's Concentrated Vinegar Essence. Used everywhere. Especially g|j-od_ tor pickling purposes. Price Is Od, noni J. Baxter, chemist, Timaru. ...

Mr A. Warner, Stafford, N.Z, writes: "A few mouths ago while working in a store at TJtiku I had a severe attack of colic and diarrhoea. As I was steadily growing worse I decided to try Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and I was surprised to find that it only took a few doses to cure me. Since then 1 have never lost an opportunity to recommend it to any of my friends suffering, from the same complaint." For sale everywhere...

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The (lower show draws enthusiastic amateur gardeners, so also does Souter's annual boot sale draw enthusiastic boot lnivers. Ladies arc usually the first to find out whore £1 goes furthest, nnil- llmt is why Souter's boot sale is iw"-popular with the ladies. Call today, as the sale closes in a few short days. ...

Ladies who know, prefer "Red Cross" Ointment to any other. It's so mild and pure, and cures so speedily. Ebses Is Gd, ...

The new railway station at Flinders street, Melbourne, now approaching completion, is costing about £440,000. A couple of first offenders against sobriety were lodged in the police station yesterday, and will come before the Court this .morning. Temuka can beat Timaru, municipally, in some things. The Mayor .of Temuka wears a gold-chain collar when presiding over Council meetings. A very great number of store sheep have been shipped from the North Island, (Hawke's Hay. Wellington and Gisborne districts) to Lvttelton during the past- fortnight. At the Magistrate's Court on Saturday Mr C. A. Wray inflicted a. fine-'of os, with the usual alternative, upon a statutory first offender, who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness. A Sydney paper gives the estimate of the Australian Wheat harvest at 64.V million bushels. Taking the consumption at 31 million, this will leave 33 .J millions for export. "A Ratepayer" writes that an object lesson in weed-growing is to be seen in the grounds of the High School rectory, and he wants to know if the High School Board are going in for giving lesson on weeds at the school.

The season for trevalli fishing is just about at an end, judging by the catches recently made about the. harbour. A few weeks ago it was a common occurrence for two or three dozen" of the little fish to be caught in the spaoe of an hour or so, but the takes have gradually got smaller and smaller until now 7 units represent the dozens of yore.

At Waimate on Saturday afternoon Twomey's Waimate Hotel was offered at auction by Messrs Guinness and I e Creii, Ltd.: bidding commenced at £7OOO and was carried up to £9OOO, at which price the property was passed in. It was stated at the sale that the buildiugs cost £7400, and that £4OOO was refused for the land after the fire some years back, before the present building was erected. The funeral of the late W. J. Campbell, which took place yesterday after-c-non, was well attended. Members of the Order of Druids, to which the deceased had belonged, preceded the hearse, and following the chief mourners came a body of railway servants, and then a considerable, number of the general public, who thus showed their respect for the family. Rev. S. Buchanan conducted the usual service at the grave and this was followed by the simple funeral rite of the Druids. A peculiar kind of larrikinism has lately been practised in Timaru. Night after night some person has drawn the blinds between the outer shutters and the glass show windows at Ballantyne's, with the result that the sun of the early niorniug gets on to the goods, and to a certain extent injures tliem. The police have been informed of the matter, and it is the intention of the firm, if necessary, to set au all-night) watch for the would-be despoiler of other people's property. Mr J. C.-Huddleston, Inspector of Stock at Tmaru has received a number of specimens' of blighted wheat from farmers who desired to know what kind of blight had affected the crops. The samples were sent to Mr T. W. Kirk, the Government Biologist, and Mr Huddleston has handed us his reply for publication, for the information of the inquirers and others. Mr Kirk says:—"The wheat specimens have been carefully examined. They are affected with fungus known as Cladosporium Herbaruni. ' This fungus is generally considered not to be a true, parasite, but merely a saprophyte. There is no doubt,-however, that it is .often, parasitic on various grasses and cereals. Its attacks are generally confined to the seed bearing portions of the plants, and although in the case of wheat, not killing the plants, discolours the seed to . a large extent. Damp weather sonnis to greatly favour the spread of this fungus, and in bad seasons so discolours the grain as to tcreatly reduce its market value. As the attack does not seem to'commence until the pnrii is nearly ripe, there are no effective means of destroying it." The farcical nature nature of some of the labour legislation is illustrated by a case which lias just, been heard ill Palmerston North. The inspector of factories, Mr W. J. Culver, sued the -Shannon Meat Compauv for breaches of the award in not having paid proper wages. Two employees, Armstrong and Martin, were also charged with having accepted less than the statutory wages, and both stated that they were getting full wages except that they were neither of them taking a meat allowance. They were both single men, and though M r Culver hod impressed on them t hi." 'fact that t-liey were entitled to the meat, they had no use for it. .Mr Culver contended that the meal was part of the wages, and .that the employer should be compelled to give the meat and the employee to take it. His Worship said apparently the employees had committed a technical breach, though it was absurd to force them to tifkc the meat if it was useless to them. • The case agaiust the employer was dismissed, and ngainst each emplovee a conviction was entered, but no fine enforced. If the-employees had taken the meat and thrown it away tliev would not have been convicted,

James' Fluid Corn plaster is still curing a lot of corns. He can guarantee it, because it has been largely used and proved to be a really good corn cure. Price Is a bottle, prepared and sold exclusively by L. B. James, Chemist, Timaru..

The manager of the Dresden informß the music-lovers that the famous "Broadwood Player Piano," for which the Dresden holds the sglo agency for New Zealand, has arrived. This player is admitted by the leaderß of the musical world to be the most perfect instrument of its kind extant, and further possesses the great advantage that it may ho used either as a player piano, or as an ordinary piano of the highest grade. This combination, together with the guarantee furnished by the world-famed name of "John Broadwood and Sons," places this instrument without question in tho forefront of things musical to-da.y. Call and hoar this wonderful instrument, when the manager he delighted to demonstrate to you its marvellous powers. Anyone can play it in 10 minntes...

Tlic pantomime "Red Mill" will be here in ii lew days. Souter's boot sale is here, and draws just :is big a crowd as "Red Mill" will. Souter's boot store lias made wonderful progress, and so large is their business now that fully one person in every three must be wearing Souter's boots or shoes. There is a house in Timaru that does not harbour a pair of Souter's reliable boots. Our business is going ahead by leaps and bounds. Our new season's'stocks will be opened up in a few dnys. Until then our sale continues. ' Souter's boat store. ... Distinctiveness of stylo, gracefulness and attractiveness of figure, combined with perfect freedom and comfort, is desired by every woman, and the P.D. corset has a world-wide reputation for imparting these great essential points to the wearer. Science and skill have combined to render P.D, corsets absolutely unrivalled for durability; they will wear considerably longer than any other make. ...

The Marine Band will. give thc?ir fourth municipal concert of .the season in tlidCaroline ;Bay rotunda-, this evening at S o'clock. The annual nicotine of the Pirates Football Club will be held in Hutchison's tea .rooms on Wednesday evening next. All members and intending members are invited to attend. .

At Waimate on Saturday .morning, before Messrs Franc-is and Sinclair, J.P.'s. a first offender, for drunkenness, was convicted and discharged. An application for. a prohibition order agaiiist a local, resident was dismissed. The Rev. -Thomas Farley, writing to a, friend in Timaru from liis new home in New South "Wales, speaks with satisfaction" of the conditions prevailing over--there. Though the -heat has-.-heen intense—9o and 100 degrees in the shade —lie. says he has felt just as hot at tithes in Timaru. He is putting in 700 acres of wheat this year on what is known as the share system. He is to find : the land and the seed, - the other party to the bargain finds all the labour, and they divide the pfro? ceeds. :

The weekly meeting of the Life Boat Lodge, No. 101, 1.0. G.T., was held on Friday evening, the C.T. Bro. T. Claughtoii in the. chair. . For his kindness in making ii gift to-the lodge a very hearty .vote of tlnjnks was ac-corded-to Bro. Muehmore. After routine busiuess a. very enjoyable half hour . was spent iii " anecdotes and comiq - cuttings;" after which harmony was indulged in, the following contributing—Bros. Wentwbrth, Lowry, Muchmore, Ellis, Olh.tighr.on and Sister Rielly. The programme for next meeting will be carried out by the cliohy wlien a first-class evening is assured.

SYNOPSIS OF NFAV ADVERTISE- . : ' " MENTS. "

C.F.C.A. —Washdyke sale to-morrow, sale at Fairlie March loth. The AVelsh Choir —Saturday and Mondav next.

Theatre Royal—" The Red Mill," tonight. . ...... Leslie O'Callaglian and Co.—Sell household furniture at, the Mart on Wednesday, and at "William street on Thursday. Guinness and LeCren—Houses for sale and to let. Entries lor Washdyke sale. -. :.

.Timaru Milling Company—Annual meeting, Saturday, March 20.

Jaxou —Farm and town hands wanted. •N.Z. Trade Exchange—Notice to immijzrants. , :

Zinsari Football Club—Annual meeting. Friday next;

Celtjc Football. Club —Annual meeting, March loth. , . Pirates .Football Club—Annual meeting on, Wednesday evening. T. and J. Thomson—Now goods opening lip. R. Leslie Orbell —Has house for sale. St. John's Lodge—Meets this eveni'lg- ' Timaru Literary and Debating Society—Meeting toriiiglit. AVimmera Hockey Club—Meeting tomorrow night.

Strayed—Notice by W. P. Stericker Jjost—Gold watch. AA'anteds—Five notices.