TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14057, 15 November 1909, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Sir Joseph Ward told a Christchurch reporter on Friday, that he had received a- '"majority." and a "minority'' report from Messrs Beeves, Parish and Guthrie, who 'were appointed to make an informal inspectiom.of rtoris in Canterbury. The minority., is Mr Guthrie, who does not agree /with the opinions formed hv the 'other members Of' tlio Commission. Both the reports';' havo been sent to ;tbe Statutory Commissioners, \vho ire nbn". .engaged on the-work of inspection., Sir Josepji expects tliat it . will be about two weeks before these Commissioners' have completed their work. Their .report will' be seint to the Government .as sdpiy as it; is prepared. . Tlie rules for the conduct'of civil business in the Magistrate's .Courts; aro to be amended/to provide] that .if the defendant in an . action in -.i Magis-. trate's Court desires] to defend, the action, f jie iiiuSt' .file in the. Court a notice of his intention ' within three days' after the'service Of the summons upon him. i '"Jf'lie fails .to. tlo'so, Ue will not be'allowed to'defend without ,tbe special leave of, the Court,- .and ,tho action will' be disposed of as tiiideferid- ! ed. To give time;foi- the. filing'of tbo notice*; clause '6 provides: tlib'ser r vice of the summons in all cases seven , davs before the days of; hearing'. The Bill also provides a short form" of state- : irient of claim' in actions for goods sold - and delivered instead of' the full !statft-' ment of all dates and particulars now required: : : The' Borough Council of Now Ply- . mouth has had .a by-law drafted,, to limit the speed of motor ; cars ■ in the. main streets: td; 10' miles an "hour, and to three miles 1 an/hour in tiiriiing any street corner. The "Taranaki Herald" thinks tliat if the .by-law »a adopted in this form, there is a danger ' r Xow Plymouth having to suffer the ioo * aiftl" jibe's of sepffers, who Vjll 'ccy-'.' charge the town with. being afflicted with the "slows." ,(•;! proposes'to go to extremes, ally i» tbr' matter of the sp<?etf Agoing n round ; corners. 'Horse tr&ffie.', is limited to a " walking- paccT ground corners in the "centre of the. H<owti, and that'may U?. four; oirfive miles an ,houi;', limit to three—a ] crawling naco? 'lf' this: spe«l is 'observed we shall have ' foot . complaining of cars beiiig an, ; obs£niciidn in loitering l'oiind 'tlie corners. It is, r : diculous, and a ridiculous by-law is worse than none at all.'' The Borough Council of Gishorno is considering a proposal for ail omnibus loan of £177,000 or- £180,000," to ,prov.de' sewerage £70,000, electric light £IO,OOO, two-million gallon reservoir and extended mains £II,OOO, recreation grounds £GoOO, a bridge £SOOO, tramways £25,000, roads £37,000, one war's interest £6OOO. . The. "Poverty Hay Herald.' siiys: , "The Committee were unanimous in agreeing . .to , tbo seweriigo "proposal, which is to include the cost of house connections from. tho sewerage mains. Up to the burgesses'" boundaries. Tliis :js a' cost that usually falls on'the burgesses, but with , tlie desire of making,it.as. light as, popsitye ' in its initial iiistaHation, the, Conunittee thought it best .that >it : Jj©, paid by the .whole', borough, only the cost ,of carrying, tjie connection 1 from the' boundary ' to. the', lioiise to be borne by the' burgesses,' 1 ' which the engineer' estimates' at about £l2, including w.c.aiifl; household connections. It was agreed that £IO,OOO should be adedd to the loan for. tlio purpose of paying for these .connections, up, to £ls in . any, One .instance. This sum is to lie repayable by five yearly ihstalnlents, with interest at 5 |. per cent." . | The fishermen 'if- Oamaru are in trouble. The privilege of being allow-ed-to" forward their, fish'to, Christchurch by .the first express train lias (says the "Mail") been one froiti. which the fishermen have , received , considerable benefit, .But. it seems that there is more > and more it, growing desire on the part of the Railway Department, to reserve the express, traihs. _ solely .fpr passenger traffic, ancl. as if in fiirtlierance of this policy the local fishermen have been approached with a view to having the fish Wiled the. : 'early morning train to Timaru, from which town it would be sent, on to Christchurch the same day as railed from Oamaru.. With this arrangement the fishermen: are not inclined to ; readily acquiesce, because it is the custom of the fishing boats,to ,go out at about 3 o'clock in the morning, and asthey do not get hack until 10 o'clock or thereabouts it is an to halve fish railed by the early train., oil the day of catching., , The ,fisliermeri ; met Mr Duncan'; the local stationmaster, and laid these fae|s;.; before liim, and he promised to forward their representations on ,to . the _ Trnffio Manager., The fishermen promised that if the were taken on; .by. ,the.. , express tneyv would themselves load -it into thsj truck.

Members of St. Mary's Young Men's Society are reminded of the meeting to bo held this evening to make arrangements for the annual camp.

The monthly meeting of the Timam A. and P. Association due on Saturday, was. allowed to lapse, in consequence of many members being absentia Christchurch.

The Old Country is getting ahead of New Zealand. The Great Eastern Railway Company now provides babiesr feeding-bottles, and three-pennyworth of warm milk to put in them, on its restaurant cars.

Asked about the wool trade and its prospects, Mr \Y. G. Foster, managing director of the Wellington Meat export Company, who lias just returned from, a trip to Kngland, said: —"i'lio wool men don't know themselves —they take the risk and bear the brunt. It is a great gamble—something suddenly turns up which creates a demand for wool, and those that are holding are able to quit at a profit, but. they are never able to anticipate with any certainty. To give you an idea. I made the acquaintance of a. Top-man, who bought heavily eighteen months ago and held. Tlie market collapsed, bnt he was able to hold on, manufacturing just sufficiently for the demand, until finally the recovery came, and he found himself a good deal better otf. There were others who could not hold — I Bnt, really, one could not forecast the price of wool. I was informed at Home that the outlook for woollen manufactures was very good."

The late carnival committee wish to thank the following for donations to the industries stall at the military bazaar —Mr Grandt, Messrs Reid an<l Gray, Mr Storrier, Mr Kirk, Messrs Hedges Bros., llr Hitch, Mr Jno. Workman, Messrs Palleson, W. W. Wade, A. S. Elworthy, A. C. "Williams (St. Andrews), Jno. Westland Timber Coy., G. Watts, Timaru Brewerv Coy., J. A. Duncan, .T. Jackson and" Co., W. Hawkey, S. Anderson and Co.,'Belford Flour Mill, Tfmnrn MiDing Coy., D.1.C., SX. Woollen Cov., Cowan (draper), Timara Coy., Bell (Pareora), Bruce Gillies, W. Gilchrist, G. P. Gerrie and Co., Westporfc C°. ,^°' J J. Sinclair, also Messrs Beclangham, Kircher and Radcliffe for loan of furniture ,and Messrs H. B. Kirk and J. E Hnrdley for obtaining the donations. The committee to thank the editor and staff of the "Defender" for their labours in making the paper the success it was. ino '•Defender staff wish to thank Mr C. Collins, who did pood work m superintending the distribution paper. c«fitrdav's " Otago Daily Time> Bays of the wheat market.—: E ? lThit it was freely suggested that about this time merchants would be in to feel the pinch for supplies bufc Dunedin millers, at any rate. Have kept so well ahead of the market that they still have very good eenerallv maintain that they • riSt through to the harvesting Of the new crop in February. Ihts V c ," . as a somewhat disconcerting f-ct. Jo those speculators who early bought freelv in anticipation of a stringency at the present time, and if a line can be taken from the offerings heing made an attempt, is now, being made to unload. These offer* emanate from the Timaru and North Canterbury districts—the country From Oamaru to the Bluff being practioallv bare—and show the existence of fnirlv h<?avy stocks, lines so big as 3.000. ;"i.OOO. nnd 9.000 sacks have been mentioned as being held in =tore, and in view n f the fart that millers are well cnpplied it will be seen that a diffieultv awaits holders in easing r.t prices satisfactory tn themselves. Henry Neville, a youthful offender who was remanded on Thursday last, was brought up before the Stipendiary Magistrate on Saturday, on a charge of having broken into >fi<« Dall's confectionery shop in Stafford Street, and stolen a sum of £1 6s in' cash. Sub-Inspector Green said accused had displayed a considerable amount of ingenuity in committing the theft." He had a rather bad record for one so young, having had to leave a situation in Dunedin owing to dishonesty." He had never given satisfaction in any of his situations, and eventually ran away from his parents in Dunedin. His people had been communicated with and informed of the bpy's actions, but they-had. not- moved in the matter. An officer of the Salration Army then came forward arid said Jie had wired to headquarters to enquire whether the lad could bo admitted •to one of their homes. The Magistrate asked the culprit if, as an alternative to going to gaol, he would stay in- the' home and behave liimself honourably.' The lad answered in a scarcely audible voice that he would. His Worship adjourned the case until Monday to give the Salvation Army time to recerve an answer as to whether the boy would be placed in one of their homes. . November 27th will bo a red-letter day at Sonters Shoe Store. On that d3y it is expected that we will open up a shipment of ladies' coloured Swede walking shoes. The shipments consists of the following coloursdead rose, grey, violet, pale blue, deep blue and deep green. Coloured leathers are much superior to coloured canvas and "cloth, .the colon* being more effective. J. W. Souter... If the muscles of the throat are strained a cold is very easily contracted. Zymole Trokeys will prevent this; they are just the thing for' hoarseness and irritating coughs. ... Grow the best Vegetables by sowing P. G. Allen's selected seeds. Send for illustrated catalogue, pest free. ... XMAS. PARCELS FOR ABROAD. FORWARDED SAFELY, SPEEDILY, CHEAPLY. Brine to us (or notify us and we will collect them) any mementos of the approaching season which you -desire sent to friends at Home. All parcels entrusted to us are dispatched direct by steamer, securely packed, and may be depended on to arrive at the time stated and in good order. Th New Zealand Express Co., Ltd. ... Yotl. can lose your situation, Yon can lose your rank or station, Yon can lose your reputation, Yon can even lose your wife! But if this advice you follow >When your cough sounds harsh and hollow, . „ Woods' Peppermint you swallow, Yon will never lose your life... MUSCLES IX KNOTS. JOINTS ALL STIFFENED AND SWOLLEN. Lance-like pains torture and torment the victim of Rheumatism, and yon don't think you will ever get nd ef the disease. Perhaps you have tried all kinds of so-called cures and much-advertised qnack remedies all to no purpose. Well, don't despair. There is a medicine that can and will cure you. Take RELEUMO. It is a positive antidote for uric acid poisoning. It relieves pain, removes the •wiling, and clears the system of excess uric acid the cause of all the trouble. RHEUMO is neither a liniment nor a pill, but a liquid medicine of marvellous therapeutic value. RHETJMO conquers Rheumatism. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 2s fd ind 4# fid * bottle*

Some of the early sown oat crops are already coming into oar in different parts of South Canterbury.

The first wool sale of the season at Christchurch will be held on Thur>day next.

It has been decided that the new Catholic Church in Timaru will l>e built by day labour, the tenders received being considered too high. A start is to be made to-day with the work of putting down the foundations. A special meeing and a short practice of the Timaru Operatic Society will be held in the Arcade Cafe at 8 o'clock to-night. It is probable that the opera so successfully given lately, by the society, will be reproduced at an early date.

It was inadvertently stated in the report of tho proceedings of tho greater Timaru committee, on Friday last, that Councillor Porter desired to see the original boundaries adhered to. Councillors Beck and Sinclair were tho two who took up this attitude.

We remind the friends of the South School that the pupils repeat their very successful entertainment in the Theatre Roval this evening, and others who can appreciate entertainments of this character will find it well wortli attending.

'•There are 40 millions less sheep in the world now than there were ten years ago/' says the Hon. T. Mckenzie, "and 80 million more people have begun to use wool. If, when wool is up 7 von are offered a good price at the shed*, take it. But if, when it is down, vou are offered a low price, don't take that. Go on to the market."

Had the 55-100tlis majority been in force at the last local option poll, fourteen more electorates, including Geraldine and Waitaki, would have carried no-license. If the vote had been by provinces, Auckland, Otago and Southland would have carried nolicense. But Dominion prohibition would have failed, on the votes cast for no-license, the proportion of this vote being F3.45 per cent.

The dispute between the Timaru branch of the General Labourers Union and the Canterbury Farmers Co-operative Association and others, will come on for hearing by the Conciliation Council at Timaru on November 23rd. The following are the assessors: —For the Union, Messrs R. E. Naismith, P. O'Connor, and R. Gould; for the respondents, Messrs A. McDougal, D. C. Turnbull, and K. G. Turner.

Among the Parliamentary papers which camo to hand last week is a copy of the report of the Royal Commission on the timber and timber-build-ing industries. It is a volume of 88G foolscap pages, that cost (with two maps) £525 to print 1000 copies. The report of the Commission occupies less than 14 pages, in large type too. The rest of the volume is a reproduction of the evidence taken, questions and answers, and a few pages of returns. Tho report is for sale at ss.

With reference to the carrying capacity of Povery Bay lands referred to by an auctioneer at tho last Gisborne stock sales, when lie quoted an instance of a property having carried 27 sheep to tho acre "for a period of three months, a correspondent in the "Poverty Bay Herald" mentions a property at Matawhero, comprising 40 acres, on which there has been depastured for some months 40 cows and 200 ewes, with 90 per cent, of lambs. Another 20 acres of the same propertyhas carried for three months CO head of cattle.

Dr. Bell, Director of the Geological Survey, who has been on a geologic;.! inspection of the Taranaki district, with the object of reporting to the Go- j vernment on its petroleum-bearing and producing possibilities, is evidently roue'; impressed with what he has seen in/the district and its oil producing possibilities. The "Taranaki Daily News" says that lie views with no small degree of confidence the results that will follow making a detailed geological survey of Taranaki—a task ' that- will take his assistant (Mr K. Clark) and another officer about months'to complete. The Southland H. and C. A. Board lias decided to make inquiries into the position of a fotfmer resident of Invereargill. who is supposed to be now in business in Melbourne. The Secretary (Mr T. Pryde) reported that the man was stated to have done well in Australia, and as he had six illecitimato cliildren in tho Home, for whoso maintenance there was an account against the father for £350, he suggested that measures should be taken with a view to the arrears being paid. The Secretary was authorised to take legal steps to recover the amount if the result- of inquiries, which are first to be made, justify this course. Hardy's celebrated fishing tackle and sports depot is at- present showing a very fine assortment of rods, reels, lines, casts, traces, flics, nets, phantoms, baskets, waders, etc., afc prices to suit all enthusiasts. Tennis players will please note that there are a few very fine sample of Slazenger's racquets, also 1909-10 tennis balls, presses, gut preserver, etc., at Francis Tasker's sports dc>pot. ... P. G. Allen's flower seeds always give satisfaction A slight irritation in the throat may lead to a Lacking cough. Zymole Trokeys stop it; they soothe the irritation and strengthen the throat. 14 Lntha Burbank is the earliest pea grown. Procure from P. G. Allen. ... Cameras and Xmas are always associated, you will find all you require at Baxter's Pharmacy... fiunos. l'iauos. Pianos. The Dresden Piauo Company, Ltd., beg to announce to the general public of li-jiin-u and the surrounding district chat they have just opened, up an entirely new stock of pianos. Our high grade instruments, include Jo'' u tiroadwood and feon, Collard and Collard the most famous of British, makers, ' the best that money can buy; also the Ronish, Lipp and Sohn, Koch and Sohn, Bohm, besides other celebrated makers. We v give you a ten years' warranty with any instrument you choose; we also give you tne right of exchanging if you are not perfectly satisfied. You are on a good sound wicket when buying your piano or organ from this well known and firm. ... Tf yon are travelling ho sure and have a bottle of .Tamos' Fruit Salts in your bag; it is cooling, refreshing, invigorating. For bilious headache and dyspepsia it is vory beneficial; price 'is: from L. B. James, Chemist. Timaru. ... Let the children kodak. "What better Xmas gift than a kodak so simple to use, so certain of resiflts. Daylight development outfits completo with camera from £1 Is Baxter's Pharmacy... Children's coloured shoes, in sizes 3 to G, 7 to 10, pink, pale blue, wine, red, purple, white, champagne, and brown. Afc Souter's Shoe Store. Just- opened a shipment of 900 pairs of children's I>oots and shoes. Remember address: Souter's Shoe Store next J. Ballantvne and Co. ...

The 'Wellington Garrison Rifle Association are arranging to hold a '■Cadet Bisley" at J'renlham on December Bth.

The Timaru Marine Band will play through the town to-Jaijght for the South School Concert. Members oro to meet at the band-room at 7 p.m. The cool stores which have be"'i erected on the beach near the Harbour Office are now being fitted up with all necessary machinery and should bo readv for use very shortly.

The slip for the use of fishermen between the end of the main wharf and the root of tho eastern molo is completed and will be ready for ue this week.

Saturday was another oppressively hot day, but farmers in town expressed themselves as quite willing to put up with a little inconvenience of this sort as blight was beginning to appear in some of tMo wheat crops, and tho heat would effectively kill it.

When H.M.S. Pioneer was at Lyitolton two of her men deserted, and the police have been one the lookoit for them even since. Constable Harvey arrested the runaways in Timaru on Saturday. When taken the men stated they had walked a!l the way 'from tho Hinds to Timaru.

In the last ten years the profits of the Advances to Settlers Office have increased from twelve to nearly sixtyfour thousand pounds a year. Out of all-these profits loan flotation charges amounting to £209,248 10s 5d were written off, £50,000 was transferred to reserve fund, £44,189 18s 8d to sinking fund, and the balance (£50,742 15s fid) stands to credit of profit and loss account.

The Canterbury Farmers Co-opera-tive Association, will bold a large and important sale of farm and suburban properties at their land salerooms on Saturday next, when they will offer tho late Mr Martin's farm at Otaio. known as "The Grange"; two farms at Hilton, in the estate of the late James Skinner; Mr S. Wright's late residence at Temuka; a combined house and grocery store at Waimataitai on account of the trustees in the estate of the late Mr Blackler; and a house and section on behalf of Mr F. Allen in North Street.

At their land salerooms on Saturday, C. Jonas and Co., obtained what is surely a record price for a smalt building site in Timaru when they sold a section of not quite a quarter-acre, situated in Elizabeth Street, between Stafford house and Strathmore house, for £620. Bidding started at £4OO, Mr Ord offering this figure; then under keen competition the price ran by £25 bids to £GOO, when the auctioneer (Mr Cecil Jonas) announced that he would tako £lO bids. Two were at once forthcoming, and at £620 Mr Annets, of Hole and Co., became the purchaser. The section has on it an old" cob house—a relic of tho early days—and it will probably cost an additional £2O to clear this away.

There ar eindications, says the Auckland "Herald," that the overseas tourist traffic from New Zealand, that is, the now of New Zealanders toother countries, will be considerable this season. The time most favoured by New Zealanders who have opportunities of travelling is the end of summer, for by leaving the Dominion at that time they' may chance to find summer in the Old Country when they reach there. The bookings from New Zealand for the months of February, March, and April are described by Mr R. Angus, manager for Messrs Thos. Cook and Sons, as heavy on all routes, via Suez, via Cape Horn, and via China and Japan. The best of the accommodation on the P. and 0. boats which will take passengers" from' Auckland has already been taken up. A letter from a signalman serving on H.M.S. Challenger, who wishes to take his discharge, was before the Wanganui Harbour Board recently. The writer sought employment, preferably as a signalman, but' failing that was willing to turn his hand to anything. Before he could secure his discharge, however, it was necessary, to satisfy the naval authorities that he had employment to go to which would return him more than his present pay. This, he thought, should not be a difficult matter, as, after eight years' service without a black mark against him. he was only getting 2s 5d a day. This, and the fact that further promotion seemed impossible, had caused him to form the wish to give up a life on the ocean wave in favour of a shore-going billet. The Board was not sure whether a vacancy could be found for the anplieant, but passed the letter on to the harbourmaster to see what could be done.

The red deer, in common with others of its kind, sheds its antlers annually, and stalkers frequently find cast-off horns that would form a fine head had they only been .secured in the usual way attached to tho head of a live stag. That such horns need not be discarded as useless has been cleverly demonstrated by Mr F. S. Steffan, of Kurow (says the "Lyttelton Times.") Some time ago Mr Steffan was given a fine pair of cast royals which were found by Mr F. Palliser, of Timaru, and he has successfully mounted them by using an artificial skull of plaster oJf Paris, and the skin of a stag's head. The head has been mounted with a "turned" neck, and the completed head is as fine as many a trophy of the rifle. The head has been placed on exhibition at the Cbristchureli bureau of the Tourist Department. (The publication of this paragraph in the "Times" called forth indignant letters from deerstalkers', who condemned as unsportsmanlike tho "faking" of heads. But heads are sold, to be used as ornaments, and a "faked" head serves as well as another for this purpose. Heads of killed deer are also "faked," by splitting tho skull and spreading the antlers to give them a better appearance.) An Italian astronomer, Don Francis Faccin Do Schio, commenting on the statements made by Commander Peary that on April G, when at the North Polo, ho made a number of lunar observations, wrote: "I regret to be obliged to say that, according to unquestionable astronomical calculations, the moon would not be visible on April G at the' North Pole, for tho verv good reason that at that date it was on the Equator." The writer proceeds to give a full astronomical demonstration in support of his assertion. In tins connection the 'Siecle' (Paris) has published an interview with MM. Guillaumo and Perrotin, tho former a wellknown Arctic explorer, who accompanied Professor Nordenskjold to Spitsbergen. These gentlemen, speaking before the question had been raised by Don Francis, said that this vear the moon would have been visible at the North Pole from February 23 to March 9. and from March 25 to April G only. This statement was made casually in the course of a. consideration of how Cook or Peary could prove their claims by observations and photographs of the celestial bodies visible at the Pole. This, they said, would have been very easy for either Cook or Peary to do if they were really at the Polo at the dates they affirm.

Stearns' "Wino of Cod Liver Extract cives to delicate children a new vitality, fills out hollow cheeks, and makes them strong and robust. Easy for them to take it too; the taste is so pleasant. %,

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISE-

MENTS. C.F.C.A.—Entries for Washdyko sale, to-morrow; notice re new wool stores. N.M. and A: Co.—Sell farm by auction 27th inst.

Dalgety and Co. —Entries for Washdyke sale. Miorton and Pearson. —Farms and houses for sale.

W. H. Williams and Sou. —Have l.i. p. farm to sell. Sparrow and Co. —Houses for sale; cottages wanted. St. Mary's Y.M. Society.—Meeting this evening. Timaru Operatic. Society,—Meeting and practice this evening. Wai-iti Tennis Club.—Special meeting on Thursdav. J. S. Turnbull.— Tenders for building- . • Geraldine Victoria Lodge.—Notice re funeral. T. and J. Thompson.—Now goods landed —prices. E. Miss . B. Leah—Takes pupils in shorthand. Funeral notice —E. Prouting, l.eraldine. Lost. —Umbrella. Wanted.—General servant.