TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13992, 30 August 1909, Page 5

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Sherwood's pictures are to be presented at the Theatre Royal again this •evening. At the Waimate Police Court on Saturday a first offender charged with drunkenness was convicted and discharged. The Hon. T. Ngata will speak in Timaru at St. Marvs Yonug Men's Club on September 22nd, taking as his subject "The Maori past and present." In the paragraph on Saturday acknowledging receipt of a copy, the word was dropped from the sentence the Napier Boys' High School Magazine "reflects (credit) on the editorial staff and printer." \t the recent Conference of WatersidY Workers, the question of. marring* under the present conditions ot tlie labour market was discussed, and Mr Cess of Gisborne, was nngallant enough to remark, "A thing of beauty is a thing of joy until you marry it! At the meeting of the South Canterbury Education Institute in Timaru on Saturday a teacher said he doubted whether there is an architect in NewZealand who knows how to plan school buildings properly. The same teacher suggested that all teachers in South. Canterbury should combine to have a great bonfire, the fuel for the flames to consist of the out-of-date school furniture which had been in use all too long.' Mr J. G. Gow raised a hearty laugh at the meeting of teachers in Timaru on Saturday. He was giving an instance of how teachers with good intentions towards the children under their care were sometimes treated. On one occasion a teacher had sent Johnny home because he did not smell as =weet as he might, and a note was sent with him to this effect. The parent renlied with another note: Johnny ain 7 t violets: you are paid to learn 'in, not to smell 'im. The Gisborne Catholic Young Men's Club seems to he having some trouble with Mr J. C. Williamson's New Zea T land manager, who is demanding 30s as royalty on behalf of Samuel French, the anthor of the opera "Trial by Jury." which the clnb was supposed to have played at an entertainment. Facetious replies to the demand have been sent, but so far the managers ■of the show have expressed no inclination to " ante up," and Mr Williamsons manager's next move is awaited with interest. On Saturday afternoon the Waimate Hunt Club's Committee met to consider the protest against Tarpan who won the Hack Race at the club's meeting recently. After hearing evidence (.the. owner and. trainer both gave evidence), the horse was disqualified for the race and the stakes awarded to the second horse Kaffir.' The owner of Tarpan was exonerated from- all blame arid the trainer was cautioned to be more particular in reading conditions and knowing the performaces of a ' horse before making entries. The committee were satisfied that there was no wrong intent in the matter. The Pollards gave their farewell performance at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, as was to be erpected, their past reputation ensured for them a good house in spite of the very inclement weather which prevailed." The piece put on was Planquette's three act comic opera, Rip Van Winkle, and with a powerful cast, combined with good scenery, and magnificent dressing, it was a complete success — a credit to the company and a source of delight to all present. Mr Charles Albert, the popular comedian, appeared in the title role, which he sustained very ably. The Pollards have added one more to their long list of enceesses in Timaru, and they may rest assured of a hearty welcome any time they care to return.

A most successful concert and dance were held on Thursday last in the Southbura Schoolroom. There was a record attendance and all present entered heartily into the joyous spirit of the hour." Songs were contributed by Mrs Wakebam and Messrs Brydon, Wptherspoon, . Wakeham, Hutton, Glanville and -Carruthers, the accompaniments being tastefully played byMrs Wakeham and Mr J. Kempthorne. AH the numbers were encored, Mr Carruthers' items getting a particularly enthusiastic reception. A heartyvote of thanks was propose* by the chairman (Mr H. J; Evans) and carried bv acclamation. Refreshments on a liberal scale were then dispensed, and dancing indulged in till the small hours. The music was supplied by Mr Glanville's orchestra and Mr W. Hoare acted as M.C. The committee desire to thank the ladies of the district for the refreshments provided. Last Friday night a concert was held in the Makikihi Schoolroom in aid of the preliminary expenses connected with' the new hall. The room was quite filled and Mr Goodall presided. Songs were given bv Misses Stanley and .Topp, and Messrs Honeyfield, Wallace, and Geanev. Pianoforte selections were plaved'bv Mrs D. Martin, Misses Stanley (2). and Geanev. The accompaniments were played by Misses Geanev and Stanley. The concert closed' with a farce "Local "Photo«raphv" performed by Messrs Meeban. Geanev and Oninn. After the concert the floor was cleared and a dance held for which the music was supplied by several volunteers, while Mr B. Coe 'carried out the duties of to the F otisfaction of all. Refreshments were supplied by the ladies. The nett remits will be a sum sufficient to justify the -library committee in proceeding with the preliminaries of the much needed hall. Every year the brain of the invention, produces ideas that are transformed into articles of various kinds for the use and benefit of mankind. One of these wonders is the cash register and Mr J .P. Kirkwood, at present in Tiinaru representing the National Cash Ke«n's'ter Company, has with him some of "the verv latest productions of that iirni which are the most astonishing examples of mechanical ingenuity. Thev will do apparently almost everything, and a business man with one of them' installed in his office or store is at once relieved of 50 per cent, of the worries incident to the keeping of his books. The machines are made m aft sizes and sold at all prices and considering the multiplicity of the actions they perforin, their internal mechanism is simple and not liable to get out of order. The machine in use protects both the owner of the business, his employee and the customer, styes a large "amount of clerical work and cannot make a mistake. Mr Kirkw.iod is neenpving the rooms above Messrs Guinness and Le Cren's and would Ikpleaded to show the machines to any business man of the town.

6* Mr Paul Fishbaek, a Poverty Bay ftjechanic. has designed a monoplane, rand hopes to have everything ready ' Tor a trial this week. The Hou. T. Mackenzie will receive a deputation in Wellington Hhis week with reference to the private offer ,of £51)00 towards the purchase of land for establishing an experimental farm in the Wairarapa, and an additional £-1000 for a milking herd. The hockey match between Wanganui and South Canterbury hotkey teams will be played to-day, commencing at 2.30 not 1.30 as previously notitied. The visitors arrive by lirst express and stay over night. A little bit of stir was occasioned an the wharves, ltas Monday (says the Bluff Press) when a black whale measuring about 40ft in length was observed spouting in the harbour. The leviathan came in with the tide and went up to the vicinity of rabbit island. A whalcfioat and several motor launches went in chase, and some of the launches were nearly capsized. The harpooner iu the whalelwat managed to hit the whale with a harpoon, but the iron dragged out-, and the whale made off to sea. The. large number of enthusiastic riflemen in. the Dominion will learn with pleasure that the National RiHe Association has decided to permit the use of aperture sights. This decision has proved the signal for various inventors to exercise their talents along that line. The advantages of the aperture sight are thus stated: The aperture is merely looked through, and does not entail the of focussing an extra object as the V notch of an°open sight does. The aperture is brought near to the eye, the distance between the sights increased, and the result of error in holding consequently decreased. The aperture allows of a larger field of vi.',«on and greater rapidity of aim. The 8.5.A., the Westley,Richards,. arid the Fraser are already being welL spoken of.

At the Auckland Supreme Court a day or so ago Maori interpreters were in request. A Maori was charged with Bring a gun at two " Austrians." A native and an ''-Austrian " interpreter were kept busily engaged in translating English into Croatian and Maori, Maori and Croatian and English, and Croatian into English and Maori. The amusing part of the whole thing (says the Star) was that all parties appeared to possess a.-perfect knowledge of English —at anv rate of swear words. The. Maori excited some amusement by his method of crossrexamination. Thus: '■. Did I point the gun at ypu?" "Why were von not shot.- ' l ran awav." " But you know, don t von that a shot travels faster than von could run?" "Everybody knows that." Jt never occurred to the Maoij that ho was not a crack shot, or, shall we say. that his old blunderbuss was hoi quite accurate. Farmers who growl about the high price of land in South Canterbury, will take a lot of convincing before thev will agree with the stated opinions of a great number of Taranaki dairv farmers, who hold firmly that in a verv few vears the average price of the best Taranaki laud will be £SO per acre; and they further hold that at that price it will pay. Let us give an instance of how prices advance in Taranaki. In the neighbourhood of Manaia a small farm of 120 acres sold recently at £65 per acre. The historv of this farm is peculiar. Eight years ago it was sold for £IS per acre. The farmer who purchased at this price sold it two years afterwards at £3l Ids per acre. He afterwards bought the land hack at £4O per acre, and after two years sold it again at the price we first mentioned. £oo per acre. .We may say that there are practically no improvements on the farm and only a tiny portion of it has ever been ploughed. [•'or some time past the 'Wellington pai>er.i have li.-i-u giving a good snare of space daily to tne doings of a professional spiritualist named - Charles Hailey, who came rom Melbourne. He professes to he a medium of_ Verbal communications from Professor Denton and various other deceased pe-rsons, and to obtain 'apports" or articles that come from distant lands by spirit agency. He submite to i-ross-exainination at his .seances, which is somewhat . unusual. The '• Xew Zealand Times." which has paid particular attention to Mr Hiiley, on Thursday last had a leading article on the subject, beginning as follows: — '• It is not too much to say that the citizens of Wellington have during the last week or two gained more practical information about spiritualism by reading the newspapers than they would derive from perusal of a dozen volumes of the literature dealing with that, elusive subject. Even if any number of them have not been converted from any opinions they previously held concerning the essential doctrine of spiritualism they have had very convincing evidence that it is possible for a most palpable fraud to masquerade as a specially-endowed '• meditim" for the manifestation of what spiritualists regard as unanswerable evidence of their special belief — the existence of a spirit world and the possibility of communication by spirits to carnate humanity. . . That this man is humbugging the people who go to hear his "lectures" and see his " apports" there cannot. except among those who are childishly credu lons Uny longer be shadow of doubt."

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Even those high up in the scholastic world sometimes perpetrate a good "bull." At the meeting of teachers in Timaru on Saturday, one of the shakers, in referring to the ailments of children, spoke of some children who suffer from '•eyesight." Good progress is being made with the erection of the cool stores for Mr K. J. .Smith, in Fraser street. Tlie doors of the freezing chambers are now in position and a. shipment of pumice for the insulation of the walls is expected shortly. In connection with the sale of the South Canterbury Dairy Company's property on Saturday • last, it is interesting to note that for the site on which the main factory stands at Maori Hill, the company naid £SOO, and for rather more than half of it (half an acre and 32 perches) it obtained £790. The pile driving at Patiti Point for the outfall of the southern septic tankis being successfully accomplished by Mr P. Bradley, to whom the contractors, Messrs Hunt and Werry, lot this portion of their contract. The piledriving is somewhat difficult as the piles have to be driven through a lied of rock. A meat exporter in a large way, who was in town on Saturday, and who has only, recently arrived from England, stated in conversation that he had no fears concerning the meat market at Home. He believed that by October next the glut on the Home markets would have eased off and prices would then return to normal again. Mr T. Buxton M.P., to whom the Hon. D. Buddo wired on Friday last, advising as to the constitution of the. commission appointed to report upon the' subdivision of the hill runs, said in replv to a question put to. him on Saturday, ihat so far as he was aware, there is' no definite time within which the renort of the commission has to be in, but he presumed the work would be done without any delay. New Zealand's trade with the Tinted States is considerable, bnt onesided. It has not, grown much ot iate years. The imports were £l,438 OUO in 1905, and £1,644,000 m 1908 The exports to the States averaged, about £700,000 for the three years preceding, but last year were onlv half as much as that. Among the" imports, keresene is the largest item Last ve'af this was in round numbers £182,000; tools and implements came next in importance £l ()fi -- 000- other oils than kerosene £83.000; iron in various forms £90,000 (including wire £69,000); tobacco £89,000. 'To-day' the Government steamer Tutanekai'will be .fishing in Cook Strait with a hook weighing something over a hundredweight, and a line some hundreds of -yards long, for a valuable ••ribbon fish," one of the submarine cables between Oterangi Bay and White's Bav. which has developed a fault Tliere are now six cables across Cook Strait. Two of them (each about 40 knots in length) run from Lvell Bav to White's Bay; three (each -30 knots) from Oterangi Bay to White's Bay: one (109 knots) from Wanganui to ' Wakapuaka, near Nelson. These are the principal cables in New. Zealand waters. Work on the big swamps in the Poverty Bav district is proceeding apace.- Soine 20,000 acres on the Hauraki Plains have now been drained, and three surveying parties are at work on the block, which it is expected will be available for settlement in 12 months' time. The construction of the main canal is proceeding, two dredges being employed in the work, one at Waitakaruru, and the other at the upper end, at the Maunoro Block. Altogether there are over 100 miles ol drains in the swamp, and a stop bank has been formed along the foreshore from the Piako -River, round to Waitakaruru. At Waitakaruru and various places along the river the teaTree has been cut and grass sown, and the clover is said to be knee-deep. By next month about 300 head of cattle will be depastured on the swamp. Since draining operations have taken place flax has been growing in abundance, hut. owing to the low price of fibre, there is n'o inducement to make use of it. It is estimated that H the whole swamp were drained it would virld sufficient product for 50 or 60 mills.

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