TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14143, 1 March 1910, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Entries for the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association's annual ram fair on Thursday, 31st inst., close on Wednesday, March 23rd. The delegates to the Frozen Meat Conference reecently held in. Christchurch will address a general meeting of formers and others interested in the Sophia Street Hall, on Saturday next. ' The Pathe Pictures Company will ' again show in the Theatre Roynal this evening, when "The Golden Spider** programme will be submitted. .All the films in the series are good ones, and provide an excellent two hours' amusement. On Sunday the Temnka Rifles held a church parade at St. John's Anglican Church. Winchester. There were about 30 men on parade under Captain Chapman. The Rev. J. M. Adoock, 8.A., vicar of the parish, conducted the service. At a meeting of the Winchester Library Committee on Saturday evening, Mr A. W. Ensor presiding, it was decided that the County Council subsidy be not applied for in future, and that the library and reading room be closed at all times against nonsubscribers. The Timaru Marine Band entertained the Besses o' the Barn Band at an enjoyable social in Budds' Cafe last evening. An abundant supply of refreshments was provided, and the proceedings were very successful, songs, speeches and recitations serving to enliven the evening. Conductor Mayo occupied the chair and proposed the toast of the "Visitors" which was enthusiastically responded to. At a later hour (after the Council meeting), the Mayor attended and was invited to preside. | The Rev. D. C. Bates' summary and forecast are as follows: "Strong southerly winds with heavy showers brought cooler weather and a high barometer on Sunday morning. On Monday the weather was very unsettled northwards of Auckland and heavy rain is reported at Cape Egmont and changeable weather elsewhere. The present indications are for a rising barometer shortly in the far north and a falling barometer in the south. Strong easterly winds are probable in the north and freshening northerlies elsewhere. Warm and . changeable weather is probable generally, cloudy and hazy at times in most parts, but unsettled in the extreme north and south." A northern country resident writes: The trains arriving at and departing from Timaru on Saturdav were 1 very much behind time. The morning train from Ashburton arrived nearlv half an hour late after a most wearisome ride to the passengers. It was suggested that the Hon. J. A. Millar should he given a ride in this train—it might result in some improvement. Evidently the Railway Department is not content with cutting out Orari and Winchester from the stopping places of the express, but must also run the ordinary trains in a wretched manner. The evening train to Ashburton from Timaru ran about 35 minutes late—another annoyance to a crowded train of passengers, many of whom had to drive miles on a pouring wet night after reaching their railway station. FOR BABIES. There is no better medicine made for babies than Chambsrlain's Co-agh Remedy. Its pleasant taste and prompt and effective cures make it a favourite with mothers of small children. It quickly cures their coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia and othoi serious coriscpuences. For sale vrerv r> hcrt. ...

The rain of Saturday appears io hrbeen very general over the low'p.p cf South Canterbury and North Otni;- . and it will have done a great deal o : f good to the root crops and feed, and softened lea lands for ploughing.'

Mr J..E. P. Cannell, of Tirnaru, has applied for a patent for a safety catch for tram-tracks; and Mr fm. Fisher, of Hook, for a composition for the manufacture of cooling vessels.

The Taieri and Peninsula Dairy Company paid out to suppliers for January over £25,000, and this largo sum was less than that for December by £3OOO, owing to the dry weather.

The following Timaru candidates for the Senior Civil Service examination passed in two or more subjects, excluding these who have passed the complete examination. Results of former and of equivalf-nt examinations have been taken irto account: —Passed in fc;:r subjects, B. C. Ariiiand and E. G. Miles: passed in two subjects, L. B. Bishop.

A meeting of the residents e ? ir.rv. Valley, Hczelburn. Baim-1 : " 1 Opihi, is convened for Friday e - . g at the Hazelburn School, to dis.-.:=.3

a nrcpcsal to ask the Postal Department to institute a daily mail servic3 for those districts. The srecs in question are well settled, and tho residents should be able to make out a good case for the convenience to bo proposed. Mr T. Buxton, M.P., will be present.

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Mr V. G. Day. S.M., Alexander Cochrane was charged with drunkenness and breach cf prohibition order. To the first charge he pleaded not guilty, and was fined 20s, or 4S hours', and on the second, to which lie pleaded guilty, he was fined 40s, or 14 days'. Constables Wotton and McLean gave evidence in support of the charges.

The Minister of Education says that the leakage of pupils from the schools before they pass the upper standards is less than it used to be. Ten years ago 22 per cent, of boys left schorl before passing the fourth, 25 per cent, more before passing the fifth, and another 18 per cent, before passing the sixth; in all 65 per cent, of those who passed the third, did not pass the sixth. Now these numbers had been reduced to 11, 23, and 14, in all 54 per cent, of the boys, and 53 per cent, oi the girls had not passed the sixth before leaving.

The "Dannevirke Evening Jfews" states that an awkward bluntler was made by the Lands Office clerk at a land ballot held there last week. "Xo. 38" was a section, and the clerk called out the wrong name, Hartstone. Sir Hartstone at once went up, paid the rent and got his receipt. "No. 38" Mr Romley, heard his number called, but his complaint was not listened to for some considerable time. Fnaliy the clerk looked into the matter and found that he had given the wrong name. Then "things looked ugly for a while,'' until Mr Hartstone was'found, and when the mistake was explained to him, he, in a generous and upright manner at once surrendered the right he had gained by possession of the receipt.

Tho poor results generally of tlis trout fishing season so far as it has gone, are making the majority of anglers unanimously of opinion that it is high time the Acclimatisation Society established its own breeding ponds. The Opihi js the favourite river with weekend anglers, and is so poorly stocked, that the average baskets are lamentably small. In this connection it is interesting to state that Mr F. Palliser, in a chat with one of our staff, agreed that the time has arrived when the Society should have its own ponds for re-stocking purposes. Other well known anglers go so far as to state that there should be a "close season." for the Pareora and Opihi at any rate. The Temuka River is ahout the best stocked with fish, hut their condition is nothing like so excellent as fi«h from the Opihi and Pareora.

The "Inangahua Times," Reefton, of Friday, states that the Wealth of Nations and Energetic mine, one of the Consolidated Goldfields properties, is reported to hare struck soma phenomenally rich stone. Colour ii now lent to the reports by the company, which will not give a statement, striking ofi the night shift and only working the mine when trusted officials are at hand. Indeed, the level is said to be almost closed to any but tha managers and their assistants. By these only is any stone taken out, and at every shot the bagging is placed to catch the least particle of the precious seone. It is currently reported that £SOO worth of ston9 went up in a single truck. The officials keep the closest watch on the stone from the face to the battery. It is also stated thti' dressing-rooms are to be erected foK the men to change in.

. Cammander Home, of HJtf.S. Pegasus, visited the Taranaki Petroleum Company's No. 2 bore during the vessel's stoy in New Plymouth. The great attraction for Commander Home waa (says the "New Zealand Herald's* correspondent), the boiler-house, where waste petroleum was ebing used as fuel A small jet of petroleum was caught np by ft jet of steam, and converted by the heat of the furnace into vapour which burned fiercely , giving off great heat. There was no labour of supervision required, the supply of oil being continuous, and no smoke was emitted from the smoke-stack. "Stoking mad< easy," remarked Commander Home, At the citizens' reception, the MayoJ of' New Plymouth complained that wan ships' visits to New Plymouth wert few and far between. Commander Home replied that one of the greatest inducements that could be offered to the Admiralty to send warships, both regularly and frequently to the port, would be the development of the oil well which he had been glad to see spouting so well that afternoon. For naval purposes oil was a most important factor, and if the admiralty could onlv relv on a constant supply from within the Empire at a reasonable price, then it could do with anything up to a million tons a year. Commenting on the denunciation of lord Kitchener's defence 6cheme, by the retiring president of the Australian Methodist Conference, the "Hawke's Bay Herald" says "There is a certain tendency on the part of religious minded men —a tendency that we must) treat with respect—to regard_ all warfare with horror and detestation. This,howeer, does not preevnt us from regarding such views as wrong-headed and unintelligent. And we think a* the present moment that it is desirable that they should be recognised as such. . . . The question is whether we are entitled to defend ourselves at all, or whether it is our duty to welcome the. invader to our homes and submit to his commands. If we are to defend ourselves, we must do it properly. We must do what in us lies to prevent an invasion of our shores. Ami. to do this, as Lord Kitchener assures us, it is necessary that we should baj prepared slowly and steadily and_ submit ourselves to the necessary discip* line. Anyone who thinks that an army can be improvised after the declaration of hostilities must be strangely icnorant, strangely blind to the plnin facts of the case." Lord Kitchenre haa laid down the minimum training without- which any attempt at "defence would fail. Tf we decline to. accepa it or rorne similar system, we may as tli-ow «!own our arms at once. \Vp uather that our clerical anti-miW-tnri*t is t>>+. oreiwred to advocate such conduct. Wlmt. iv tT'e eS acs»a»

There are at the present time about 40 flaxmills at work in Otago and Southland.

A meeting of the committee of the Arts and Crafts Society will be held at 8 o'clock this evening to transact general business.

A dance will be held in the Assembly Rooms on Thursday next at 8 p.m. The admission fees are —ladies Is, men 2s 6d; refreshments will be provided.

The annual meeting of the Timaru Ladies' Hockey Club will he held in Hutchison's Rooms this evening, when a. full attendance of members is requested.

Old and intending; members of the Pirate Football Club are reminded that the annual meeting takes place at. 8 o'clock to-night in Hutchison's tea rooms.

The attention of our readers is drawn to the fact that the Congregational Choir are giving a vocal and instrumental concert on Tuesday, March Bth, in the Church. Mr Ellis Wood, who ha 3 taken tho leadership of the choir, lias an excellent programme in preparation, consisting of songs, glees, and orchestral selections. Patrons may look forward, to a very enjoyable concert.

A Wellingtonian iust back from Auckland says people can have no conception of the bitterness of feeling which exists in the northern city in connection with the Knyvett case. The grounding of the Kaipara and the falling of a £25.000 seawall into tho harbour are not mentioned, but the name of Knyvett is in every month. The Minister of Railways states that the Department is building four petrol cars to 'run on tho railways. Two of these will he kept in the North Island bo as to bo under the eye of the Department, and the disposition of the others has not yet been determined. Certain parts of the motors are being constructed at Potone, and the parts ordered from Home may be expected early. According to published information petrol cars are used in the Old Country' and in other countries, where it would not pay to run i"he ordinary train services.

The condemned stock fund recently inaugurated by the Auckland Provincial Master Butchers' Assodatioa, in conjunction with the graziers and cattle dealers, is operating very satisfactorily (says the "Herald"). The percentage of animals condemned since the abattoirs were opened has been about l-£, which is considered to be a very low figure. Under the system of idomnification adonted buyer and spiles pas 3 in equal proportiom on th» basis of Is 6d per head for bullocks ,1s 2d for heifers, and 2s for bulls, cows, ind stags, and the buyer is completely covered from loss in the event of an jinimnl not coming up to the inspector's standard.

"Civis" says the happenings and mishappenings of the Kitchener visit to Dunedin still rankle. As the past is tho past, and .nothing of it can be mended, I have been for forgetting the whole affair. At first I was for hanging somebody. Plainly somebody ought to be hanged; the only question was whoP But now that a week has passed, a hanging seems hardly worth the trouble. That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanted cannot be numbered: —lets apply the sponge of oblivion. The Mayor, sitting in his official seat, has been* asked by a councillor to explain. And the Mayor's explaining took the safe and simple form of general disclaimer.. He" "disclaimed all responsibility.'* This appears to me the one and only way out. Let us all adopt it. conjugating in unison the verb "disclaim," "I disclaim, thou disclaimest, he disclaims, we disclaim, you disclaim, they disclaim:—there cannot be too much disclaiming." The functionary, whatever his name, who wrecked the Forhury review—be disclaims. The mob of 'Arries and 'Arriets who involved Lord Kitchener in a whirling, roaring, football scrum —they disclaim. And so say all of vs. And now, remembering brings .only shame and confusion of face, nothing is left us but to forget; . . •

The following regulations as to election of :the Local Committee of Management of the Waimate Hospital have been gazetted:—l. The members of the local committee of management for the Waiuiate. Hospital to be elected by the elector* of the County of Waimate. .".nd by the. electors of the Borough of Waimate shall be elected in the manner provided by Tte Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, for the 'lection of members of the County md Borough Councils respectively. 2. The first elections of members shall be held on Wednesday, the sixteenth day of March, 1910, simultaneously with 'die election of representatives of the aid county and borough to the South Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Boarl, and the returning Officers fnr the election of such representatives diall be th© Returning Officers for the purposes hereof. 3. The voting-pa-pers provided for the elections of members of 'the said committee of management shall be different in colour from those provided for the election of members of the Board. 4. The members so elected to the Said committee of management, shall hold office until the election of their successors, in accordance with the next succeeding regulations. 5. On every day appointed for Holding the ordinary general election of members of the Waimate County Council and Waimate Borough Council respectively there shall be held an elec- ~™?„+ members to represent that county or borough, as the case may be on the said committee of management and the four last preceding regulations shall, mutatis mutandis, applj? there! James' Concentrated Vinegar F!s Hence. The contents of one bottle added to one gallon of water will r reduce splendid vinegar for table use i-nd for pickling purposes. It will be found unsurpassable and we guarantee it to be absolutely pure and of supaWor flavour. Specially prepared in E?i3land for L. B. James, Chemist, ilwbtu. Price Is 6d a bottle... Save your temper—Stearns' Headache Cure stops headache quickly.' Many a cros word would never have been spoken if this remedy had been used a few minutes before. Is a box. 2 Baxter's Vinegar Essence. —A shipment just to hand; you'll need it both tor the table and pickling. Rememrv T - lV f 5l xter ? quality-the best. Price-Is Bd—» bottle mnkes one gallcn. Baxter's Pharmacy, Timaru... The medical profession, state that tight boots is the cause of a red nose. What risks you run in wearing illfitting boots If you trade at the store where only the best makes of boots are stocked, you run no risk Souter's Shoe Store specialise in good fitting boots. Half sizes stocked. Try Souter's for your next pair of boots Yoti will be satisfied; why we hold the premier position in the boot trade of South Canterbury. ... ... NEW ZEALAND AGAIN la the phrase appearing in all tho F»ijr*ish papers at the present time. A London daily, in its leading article writes of New Zealand thus:— "A country abounding' in scenic Wonders of every description. Everything is as Nature intruded it to be. In the Hot ILakos district man finds the marvol.ln.ns hot springs, j which are famous for We curing of rheumatism and kindred lilr." pur! v.'c mi<rht furthnr add thnt h> rrv *>* found +he snlendid th!»Mrnto"ieri o*.Mw?h A. > r "rrlopn nr\d 0»., v;haro P.ed Cross Ointment is

Referring to the Kitchener sham fight at "Wellington an onlooker says of on e party:—"The want of observation was evident in other quarters, for the enemy's positions should have been ascertained at a much earlier stage from the fact that a mob of horses on the crest of a narrow ridge had become restless and were trotting away, while sheep taking a curious interest in something near at hand, and a startled rabbit, were other indications of the near presence of man." Welltrained boy-scouts would have been useful there.

A fairly large number of persons gathered on the Moody Wharf last evening to witness rowing and swimming events in which members of the Rowing Club took part. The weather was calm without being warm, and the races were interesting. The final of the 50 yards' swimming handicap was won by V. Hawkes, the other three competitors H. Rollinson, C. Mason and G. Priest following in order. The first heat of the President's Fours rowing race was keen and well-con-tested, t % ree crews rowing. Bradley's was holding a quarter of a length from Morrison's at the quarter-mile. At the half-mile Morrison's drew level, with _ Hodgson's a half length away. Morrison's kept pulling a steady stroke and won by two lengths from Hodgson, with Bradley third. The second heat of this race, together with the preliminary heats of the 75 yards' swimming race will come off this evening. Self-reliance is a good thing, but when it induces an inventor to venture alone into the mazes of the patent laws, it is apt to come expensive. Take your ideas to a keen, straight agent. Messrs Baldwin and Rayward, Christchurch and Wellington, know all about the Law of Patents, and have agents everywhere. Skilfully guarded and adroitly placed, there might easily be a fortune in a simple idea. 2 A little rorethought may save vou no end of trouble. Anyone who makes it a rule to keep Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand knows this to be a fact. For Bale everywhere... There is no need to suffer with torcorns. Baxter's Ruby Corn Cure is a certain and painless cure. It is easily applied, preferably at bedtime, four or five applications being sufficient for any ordinary corn. Be sure you get Ruby Corn Cure. Price one shilling, post free. Baxter's Pharmacy only. ... Are you overworked or dragged down by worry? Do you feel all tired ou+.P Steiirns' Wine of Cod Liver Extract will put new Ufa into you. It brings back your strength and gives you a clear, thinkim: haad. 28 SYNOPSIS OF NEW' ADVERTISEMENTS. C.F.C.A. —Cave special sale, on Friday. Jonas and Co. —Mid-week sale, tomorrow. G'Cailaghan and Co. —Clearing sale, to-morrow. Hazelburn School—Meeting re mail service, on 4th inst. Lost—Bangle, brooch; rewards. J. G. Cowan—The fashionable suit, at £2 10s. Sophia street hall—Meeting of farmers, on Saturday. South British Insurance Co. —New offices, Hay's Buildings. H. H. Webb—Has removed offices to Hay's Buildings. T.A. and P.A.—Ram fair, on 31st inst. Timaru Borough Council—Traffic on LeCren's Terrace stopped. Miss Francis—Resumes dancing classes, on 31st inst. Hemsley Burnet—Violet snow cream. Adams, and Co.—rNew season's millinery now showing. L. B. James—Pure sugar of milk from London. Penrose Bros.—Considerations in buying boots. At Bowie's—Flower show vases. Change of season—Autumn and winter showing at Marriott's. W. C. Barrett, Winohester—Wants a noorman. Waimate County Council—Notice of election of Hospital Board. Sale of building—By Jonas and Co., on Saturday. N.M. and A. Co.—Cave special sale, on Friday. ' Mrs Hamilton, Ashwick—Wants a Path© pictures—At Theatre, this evening. ' Smithfield Freezing • Works—Wants lad for casing room. A Gabites—Special value in overcoats. Wanteds;—Six notices. -