TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14004, 13 September 1909, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

. Mr Bailey, the spiritualist whose seances have caused a great deal of tnlk and newspaper corrcspoiidoiicc < in "Wellington, has come down- to'Christchureh but reverters arc not admitted to his seances there. The regular monthly meeting of St. John's masonic lodge, will be held this evening in the lodge room. Church street, for .work in the third degree. The lodge will no s tylcd ■ at half-past seven- Visitors as usual are cordiall.v invited. ' , • Mr Justice Denniston having refused a rehearing of the libel caso Stringer v. Norton, in which .the .plaintiff was ' awarded £2OOO damages, defendant has deposited security and lodged an appeal. The case will come befqro the Court or Appeal in October, - "When the Hon. J. A.'""Millar was in Tiniaru he stated that an ovci -bridge irom Beswiek stree't across the railway yard would tost £15,000. A local architect says that he would be pleased to undertake the erection of such a. budge in feiro-concrete for £IO,OOO. Di Hilgcndorf, lecturer to the South Canteibury Teachers' Classes, had a good muster on Saturday, for an outdoor lesson on shrubs and trees in tho Paik. A fine morning made tho outing a civ pleasant, and the teachers listened to a most interesting and instructive botanical talk by their instructor. Residents in the piuts of the town just, south of Blow nc stlecjt east arc giumbhng 4>t tho amount of streets •atn bed and the length of time the trenches arc left open. The trenehs have to be lit at night with lantcniN ■ and the number of these make quite a gay illumination in that quartet. The. Maori is being made the stalking horse ior ()evcr-3illiy mvent'ons. The statement has been published that onc v of the party of Maoris who havo gono to America, bought a thermometer at Raratonga and posted it to friends at home "to show how hot it was jn tho Cook Islands." A nieqting of Mr Hogg's Reception Committee was hold in Hutchinson 1 * Tea Rooms on Saturday evening, and final details for the meeting oti Wednesday next were riir.anged. A telegram was received from Mr Hogg stating that he, is leaving Dunedin by tho noon express to-day and reaches Timaru about 4 p.m. Maimers who attended the meeting held in the Assembly Rooms on Satin - day to protest against Hie pioposed prohibition ot .stook thicsliing were highly indignant. Among other things it was said thai if they allowed this kind of tiling to go <m, tho workers Mould soon be tellttui them where, ami, how, and w hat height they should bin d their *ti.cks. Mr John one of tho oldest artists of New Zealand, died at Christeiuired on Firdav Inst aged 78. Ho came out to Canterbury' in 1876, land ( devoting himself to landscape painting, he not only painted ninny excellent pictures himself, hut stirred up a desire to nint tiicturcs in, others;. 110 was particularly in seascapes. One of liik sons, Mr "W. Menkes Gibb, inherits his father's genius as a paiutcr. Dr Vialintme. Inspeutoi-Gcncral of Hospitals, told the Tairinaki Hospital Board that he. whs of opiuion that the appointment of distnet nurses on the lutes now adopted, the settlers contributing a share of the cost, should form an integral pait of the dominion's hospital system, so that tho count! y settlers, who made such great\contribillions to the upkeep of the hospitals, might know that tliev were not being foi gotten or ovci looked. Mi C 11. Mason writes- —Two weeks ot veiv seasonable leather have just been experienced in South Canterbury, and a continuance of the same may be expected till the end of tho month. An anti-c veloni< disturbance due next week will piobnhly tend to nroduec squally weather nnd showers of fchorb dutatioii Very heavy rains are nloro dependent on cyclonic disturbances, which at piesent aie improbable possibilities. The general indications aro foi an.caily spting but a slow summer, and consequently somewhat later harvest than usual. The Gisboriie Oil Cdmpuuy appear to be on tho way to success, as on tho Bth Hist, at a depth Of libit, in a boro put down at a spot recommended by Dr Bell, Hi lector of the Geological Survey, an excellent quality of oil was Struck, l'\)i sonio depth Ix.'tor'G tho oil-bearing sand bed was reached there wero good I indications that oil was being approached, and for tear of an outbmst of gas, th.it might have caught,fire and destioM<d the appliances, tho manager pumped 500 ft. of water into tljQ boro (w Inch is lined with stool tubing). S\horo tho Oil-bearing sand had been sunk mto a toot the horiug suspended, and vcrv soon oil and gas wcro i ising through the w atcr; tho oil roso to 24ft. from tho top of tho'woll, and g.is was bubbling through it treely. A pump was let down 16ft. into tho oil and tliero pumped out a couplo of barrels of clear oil. Tho directors wero sent for, and they 'determined" to get somo tanks, puinn out a. few hundred gallons of oil, and then resume boring, m tho hone of striking a I,2ft. stratum of «nnd, in i>lnrc< of a 12»inch one. 1, Tb*» chairman of diiectors- stated boring was started that' from s first to last, at least £200,000 had"nee-A*spent in trving to. Ktrikc oil iti-tbo 'GfsbV'rjjo district, when)' tliero. wero of VU on the Surface in many localities. *He "nid +!"> poir'Mflt had'provided m.ate,r»»d for sinkinp 2000 ft.. 'tlif de«th rt tbev honed to reach the oil-bed. 'The' 1)a vp met with an oil-bed ; very - much soouei\ ' , ,"* ~

It is stated that Mr J. llohvell. of Temnkn, has offered his farm to the Government for close settlement purines. The Operatie Society are now rehearsing every available evening the "Pirates of Penzance." To-night the society's orchestra will practice with the full company for the first time. The ladies of the" company are requested to meet the wardrobe mistress at 7.30 p.m. at the Arcade Cafe. The dressing and staging of the opera will be on a most elaborate scaleManv visitors to Caroline Bay yesterday" were glad to see a lady busily engaged knitting an article ok useful wear: others, again. were aghast. shocked to the loss, of speech, could hardly believe their eyes, that a visitor, couW be so ras.fi. as to sit c-plmly in view of the mass of aimless strollers, and put in an enjoyable time knitting —actually " doing something—workiug —on the Sabbath Day." The monthly meeting of the Waimatc Library Committee was held on Friday night, Mr Brcmuer presiding. The librarian reported four new subscribers and the receipt of £'4 10s. A motion to keen the library onen to 9.30 . instead of 1) p.m. was held over until next meeting. A number of new magazines were added for the subscribers' room. It was decided to call for tenders for next ycar*s ; magazines, and accounts'£4 10s were passed. The Oxford branch of the N.Z. Farriers' Union at a meeting last week passed a resolution nrotesting against the freezing works being closed just when in that district a large number of hogects and wethers that had not fattened f satisfactorily sooner, had about become fi* for freezing. They snggested that freezing "should be coi>iinned ono dav in the week through September and October. It w*s further resolved to lay'this suggestion before the freezing companies. Yonng . men *o-day. savs P«b«*rt Blafrliford in " Modern Business." are steadier, and tb«re are more teetotalers than in »"rroer times. Tliey arc more abstemious: they are certainly not so romantic as in my day. and thev don't care so r«uch a'wwt the girls; that is why they don't marry so freely. I think they are more devoted to and to amusement,.' and if ■*"•>" Aid that sum liu yon will findi that it means they are more • selfish. - The "Wanuatc Primitive Methodist Church held a sale of work on Thursday. There was a large collection of useful and ornamental articles on view but only a moderate attendance and .business was not too good. . The pro.eceds arc to be devoted to renovating the manse. Those, in charge of the stalls .were:-Mrs Harris, Misses Buckingham, Parkes, Harris (2), Wilson; and .Williams; the gramaphone was in charge of Mr Gardyne and Misses O. Thomson, and M. Dillon had the floral offerings. On Friday evening a meeting «:f the committee re the tri-wcekly st.rvicc_uf mails from. Tiniaru to Pleasant Point was held in the Town Board office, Mr John Crawford presiding. Letters were rcceicd from the Postmaster, Tiinaru, Messrs J. Anstcy, J.-Craigie, M.H.R., and T. Buxton, M.H.R. The secretary reported that. £l2 was in hand towards the £l7 required. To make, up the'balnwc he conld only snggest that a public meeting should • be convened by those interested, say at Ilazelburu or Totara Valjcv. as they received various subscriptions from those districts, and tlier" seeded li*He hope of any more financial helr» in the Point district. Mr Nelligan moved that they should hold tho--£l2 until their next meeting, to see if the outlying districts wotdtl make any move in the matter. This was seconded by Mr McKihbin and carried. A vote of thanks was passed to the Town Board for the use of their office,'and to the : chairman. The. North Canterbury Education Board has Heckled to «;h«:r some new scholarships, as follows: Two scholar- - ships (one junior and one senior) to be designated 4 *Art Scholarships," tenable tor two years at an approved school of art, open" to all children who were eligible to compete lor one of the Board's ordinary scholarship. Two (one junior anil" to be designated "Technical Scholarships," tenable for, two years at an approved technical school, open to all children who are eligible to compete for one of,the board's .ordinary scholarships, onbject to satisfactory arrangcri'.cuts being made ' (with Lincoln Agricultural College)— Two to «w -dejj 'ignated "Agrieulturr.l .Scholarships, of the gallic of £2O, . tenable for "two years at the Lincoln College, and ooettto all boys whose age docs not dxcee'd luueteen, and who have- satisfied the conditions under which:ibc Board's ordinary scholarship are held. The annual value of the art would be £lO for sclmlars residing at home, and £3O f'-r those who were obliged to live away frum. home; and jii the.case of .technical, the annual value would lie £ls and i.A-> reKpectivclv. In addition to the fore"oing, it had been agreed t<> recommend the Board to have head twrfirrs 'advised that its ordinary sHinlarsbn* . were tenable at agricultural sHmols, technicalschools, and schools of nrw, - and that the inspectors should lie requested to prepare, and submit regulations embodying the proposals indicu- . cd. ; _■ '-■":,■■..,:■■■> r._ OH THE BOTHER OF SHIFTING! Mostlv everybody knows it: how few like it.V Tafce a word ami if you have to shift get the N./i. L*'m*Co? Ltd., t<, d 6 tlic work. Th?y take "tare riot to injure things, are reasonable in their charges, save you all possible trouble. They remove furnituWbj road rail or sea andl if jem want it stored can supply Drst-tlass accouunodation. •... Said Darby to his old wife, Joan. "We," side by side, have aged and grown, , . . But here I tell you plump and plamj You shall not poultice mc again! Tliere's something now to euro one faster , , . Of cough or cold than mustard plaster, No more these blisters I'll endure, I'll purchase Woods' Great Peppermint Curo."... A MESSAGE FOR THE MAN WHO IS TORTURED WITH RHEUMATISM OR GOUT. Every year Rheumatism, Gout. Sciatica, or Lumbago -brings torture to thousands of men. To some it comes during the early and. more vigorous vears; with others, after-middle life has been reached, or passed—but in - every case the trouble is due to excess uric acid in the blood. RHEUMO is the ono certain and rimple cnre.'for Rheumatism, Gout,, and kindred admenfs, and it is the only cure. 1 erliaps.you have read alluring advertisements asserting that remedies claiming to cure almost every other ailment wUI . Rheumatism. Now; a doctor .nejter gives the same prescription for indigestion, for debility, for liver troubtes, for neuralgia, and for Rheumatism. No, be knows, and you know, ttatVeach different class of ailment re» quires : '*jparticular medicine. Linimente, pills, and similar nostrtms, althdngh cheap, are useless. RHEUMO, and proved efficacious by thousands of sufferers, is the one safe •nd salifactorv cure. Thousands have found relief. You too can be cured.

The Celtic. Football Club will "hold their annual euchre party and social in the Assembly Rooms to-night. If jx-rfection of arrangements tends to make a function enjoyable the social should lie a most successful one. No police cases came up at the Magistrate's Court on Saturday. To-day man will appear on remand from Napier, charged with disobeying a maintenance order for the upkeep of his child, and a local resident will appear on a similar charge with reference to failing to maintain his wife. We would remind our readers of the lecture to be delivered to-night in Chalmers Church by the.Rev. A. Macaulay Caldwell, of Auckland. In the unavoidable absence of His Worship the Mayor. Mr .1. G. (Sow will preside. The church should be filled.- as the inif pression made by Mr Caldwell at the services yesterday was most favourable. j On Saturday last the Canterbury J College annual handicap cross-country j .steeplechase was held at Christchurch. ! tlic course being a fairly stiff one of I about six miles at the foot of Cashmere | Hills. The winner turned up in Cecil Msilthtis. at- one time a pupil at the Titnaru High School. He. also made the second fastest time. It is not generally known (says an English paper) that the British Government pavs an annual suKsidy of over £150,000 on the big Atlantic liner Lusitauia, to have the privilege of adding her to the navy in time of war. As a transjwrt she could carry a good-sized army, while as a scout ship or commerce destroyer she would lead them all. Her crew of 900 men, like the crews of such liners, belong to the Royal Navy Reserve. The fact that iu 10 years England pays as much in subsidies as the total cost of the liners is urged as evidence that it would bo a better policy for the (Sovennient to build the steamers and lease them for enough to pay the interest on the investment. The Lusitauia can mount a number of guns, which, with mountings, are stored at Liverpool ready to her installed at shortest notice.

The Waimatc Agricultural and Pastoral Association- met on Saturday afternoon. The President (Mr A. Garland) and sixteen members- were present.' The president rex>ortcd that a .canvass had been made for special prizes with a gratifying amount oi suc-L-ess. Ho also reported that Mr G. Dash had offered a .prize" of £5 ss, for judgiug by young farmers of draught stock, the result nearest to that of the judges:to win. After - discussion the matter was left over, it being understood the offer was for next year's show.-,-An application for 10ft. space for working exhibit from E. M. Hart was granted at a- fee of £l. Mr Hay reported having interviewed a member who had sent in his resignation at last meeting and had- got- him to withdraw it. The appointment of judges for the show was taken in committee. Class stewards were appointed and the meeting jelosed. A new calendar has been devised (says an Australian exchange) with the object of harmonising tjie. civil vear with the astronomical year. Tho Gregorian calendar, which at present •'ovcrns civil operations, was established in 1582, and it is contended that the time has come to make another Advance. The principal features of the' proposed new calendar are:—There will lie .364 calendar Jays in each year and one "-Anno day. The '•Anno Day'' will come between Saturdav, the fast day of December, and Sunday, the first day of January. This dav will bear no other name or date than "Anno day," 1911 —"Anno day," J912. and so on. There will lie"exactly four weeks in every month and every year,.month, and week will commence on a. Sunday and end with a Sundav. Every fourth year (commencing "with 1312) shall have a " mid anno" (or mid-year day). This day sliall come between Saturday Vincent 14 and Sunday Vincent 15. . I f "* the exact middle of the year. This day is to be treated in "every respect the' Sam's as "Anno day." The new calendar coiil-l. by general f«n«:eiit. be adopted on Ist January, 10T1, without disturbing the present calendar. The returns show that .the di«mrorr of goM in TPSI t" the end of 1008." Australia nnd New Zealand, have yielded ab«"t. 3050 i"ns of irol''. vnli""l at ororfa7o.ooo.ooo. Xo, v Zealand's contribution.-was'about 380 tons.

If Nature has not favoured you with a beautiful complexion, call Icilma Cream to your aid. Used daily Icilma Cream will do more.than keep your skin transparently clear, delicate, anil white; it will protect it from dust and wind, prevent it. from chafing, and produce in a short time a velvety softness. Price 2s 6d, pest free. Baxters pharmacy, Timaru. ... , auipuur anu oaroapanlla Salts.— This pleasant and retresriing preparation will be louiiU exceedingly vaiuaOle in: purifying the blood and cooling the s»s.tcui:'aud thus preveiitiug those unpleasant eruptions and "-pimples, so common to many at, the change .of the season. One teaspoonful in half a tuniblcrfid of water before breakfast is invaluable as a spring medicine. Price Is 6d a bottle, from L. B. James, chemist, Timaru. ... .; -;■:'•■ The -. Dresden Piano Company, Ltd;, announce .their annual sale or pianos and organs. In addition to models by t,ue "worm's' leading makers, including John- Broad wood and-' Sons, Lipp and Sohn, Collard and Collard, they have recently- opened up.a new shipment ._ of the justly'.famous Boh in x'lanp, which still, maintains its position as the best medium price instrument on the market. They are also offering at special rates a- line- of pianos-' slightly shop soiled, and.-would recommend intending .purchasers to . take advantage _of this opportunity to secure a high gr&de piano on tho .best terms ever offered Jn this district... "-"""■. ' We are ..given, to. understand -that owing to Mr Stephens expecting to receive a large, shipment of new goods any day in the way of tweeds, men's underwear and clothing, etc., he is selling the goods on hand at very low prices, in fact under, cost, so as to make room for the new season's stock. The new department recently opened (referring to the cleaning and pressing) has been a great success, the work being done giving every satisfaction. It is needless to say that every person who buys fronj Alfred J. Stephens, opposite the Post Office, saves money... Tho distinction of being the first man to reach the North Pole has fallen to Dr Cook, an American, but the distinction of reaching the highest pinnacle of excellence,'in ladies English, American, or Continental footwear, has by popular acclamation fallen to J. W. Souter, Cookham House, famed from pole to p01e... Miss A. Rata, The Lake, via Charlevillo ,Q., writes: "1 do not know what we people who live in the bush would do without Chamberlain's Remedies. Many of us live miles from a J doctor, and* the time that would be lost in sending for one in a cafcc of J Croup would, in most cases, provo fatal, to say nothing of [the expense. In our family wo take the orccaut-'oh of. keeping Chamberlain's Cough Remedy oir hand—we always have a few bottles in the hdtise—and we call it our doctor. As a matter of fact, ou« and all of ChamberlaiVs Remedies have a place in our medicine chest and T could not tell yon the number' of times thev have saved ns serious trouble." -'For sale.everywhere...

The natives of tlic Solomon Islands arc said to be dying out rapidly, and tho white traders who know them say the chief cause of their decline is the loss of interest in life since their old practice of hcad-huntiug was stopped. This required them to keep physically "fit," whether as hunters or limited; now their casv do-nothing life leads to phvsie.il deterioration. It may bo sue-, gested that tbey need missionaries who can tcacli them rugby football. Some southern farmers who were in town on Saturday were heard to complain of a practice which they say has latelv been followed at the freezing works in the adoption of a new system of grading sheep, by which up to 50 per cent, are sometimes thrown out, and classed as second quality. J*.V some it is said that the difference between those classed as second quality is so slight as not to lw discernible from those'in the lirst class, and farmers sav that it is absurd to deal with their sheep in this way. It is said to be done on tho ground that a high standard must be maintained oil the Home market, but sellers contend that it cannot have any good effect as it is only done spasmodically. The Plunket nurses were made the subject of some complimentary remarks by Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M., when delivering a judgment in the Auckland Police- Court on Monday. Referring to the case under notice, lie said that it-was one which showed the -great benefit which the community might derive from the establishment of that institution, which was formed in New Zealand by her Excellency Lady Plunket, lor the training of nurses who would visit the homes of the people and teach them how to bring up their children and bow to. look .alter them. It would enable young mothers to get the advice and assistance of these trained nurses, which would be of the greatest benefit. "In my opinion,' continued Mr Kettle, "that association is one which should be supported not only by the fathers and mothers of the "community, but by the State itself."/ Mr Kettle then quoted from a report- of Dr Purdy's which stated that of the deaths of 257 infants, probably 164 might have, been avoided. Mr Kettle also made some remarks on. the general ignorance of young married women of how to rear their children. SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. N.M. and A. Co. —Studholnie sale, on Friday. J. P. Kirkwood —Prices of National cash registers. Ballantync and Co. —Ready to wear spring hats. Sparrow and Co. —House and residence for sale. Drill Hall—Poster and fancy dress carnival, Thursday. Lodge of St. John —Regular meeting this evening. Theatre Royal—" Drink,"' the moral drama. 16th and 17th. Stud notices—Of Commander and Champion of the South. W. H. Wiliams and Son—Farms and houses for sale. St. Mary's Young Men's SocietyMeeting this evening. Scott's cycle depot —For one of best cycles, etc. Lost—Ray cob, black/ spaniel; rewards. ' • . ' Assembly Rooms—Navy league mcetim' on Friday. T.. and J. Thomson—Details and prices of spring goods. • Athletic. Grounds—>orth v. South Canterbury Thursday. O'Callaghan and Co.—Sell motor car Wednesday. H. H. "Webb—Town and farm properties for sale. Adams and Co.—Prices, for costume complete. r , ■ Mark Higgins—Sure ease for cjc.c man. • ' x . "Wanteds—Two notices. Funeral By AV. J. Lister.