TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14393, 7 January 1911, Page 5

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Rev. D. C- Bates's summary and forecast: —Warm and fine weather ha prevailed, with moderate and variable winds. The barometer has been unsteady evcryvvhero, rising during tn night but falling to-day- Present indications are for a falling barometer everywhere soon, for a low pressure advancing from the westward. increasing easterly winds are probable northward of East Cape and Kawhia, and northerlies elsewhere. J; arm and humid conditions are probable generally, and increasing hato and cloudiness shortly, heralding a change in conditions. The Pleasant Point Racing Club have arranged for a special tram to be run from Timarn at 12.20 on the dayof the races, Thursday next. Book will be licensed at three guineas each. An extensive fire is raging on the Piako peat and scrub lands, between Waikaka and Tahuna. A largo area of flax land was swept by the hio. None of the Government land is affected. "Wo are informed that the statement, which has found publication,, that a man was inadvertently locked up in the Public Library all Thursday night, was based on a misunderstanding. The man arrived at the Library - in the morning a few minutes before the librarian, and cave a perfectly satisfactory explanation of his early presence there. Councillor T. N. Horsley has resigned Hi.q seat on the Christchureh City Council as one of the representatives of the Linwood Ward, having come under the operation of the new provision in the Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Act passed last session. There will be on view to-day in one of Mr Radcliffe's windows, an excellent painting in oils bv Mr W. Greene, of Mire Y. Smithson's sturdy bay pony, with paling fenoe and foliage backgrounu. It is one of Mr Greene's best efforts in animal- and, as is well known, horses are his favourite subjects. Another defaulting fireman was before the Court at Lyttelton yesterday, and was sentenced to, a week's impris-' onment. In this case the man was signed on the Delphio as from January 4th, and did not go on, board till January sth, about an hour before the departure of the vessel for "Wellington, when the captain ordered his arrest. and tho brickwork (of Kirk's finepressed bricks) and relief of white Oamaru stone, working out a graceful design, has a very fine appearance. Tlia northern southern great gables vith heavy coping, axe bauh finished.-There is st-jli a great deal to do, but Mr Moriarfcy hopes to have the churoh completed by next Christmas, when it gives promise of being a noble edifice. As a result of a raid by the police during Christmas week., ten defendants appeared at the Wellington Police Court yesterday. Two men named Power and Brit is were each fined £SO and costs, in default one montJi's imprisonment, on a charge of selling liquor without a license. Other defendants were fined amounts varying up to £2 for being found on the premises. The annual consumption of seaborne coal* in South Canterbury is a remarkably yeven quantity. The statement just issued by Mr Bardsley, secretary to the Harbour Board, giving imports and exports for the past five years, shows that the coal import for four of the five years was between 40,000 and 42,000 tons per annum, the fifth year, (1908) for some reason running up to over 44,000. This is.quite the steadiest line in the tables.

A Wairarapa contemporary recalls the fact that a few years back a proposal was made in New Zealand that land agents should be registered. This met with the general approval of ths better class of agents. For some reason, however, the proposal was dropped. "We now. find the New South Wales Minister of Lands definitely asserting that he proposes registering land agents: A step in a similar direction would be welcomed in New Zealand by a large section of the community.

James' Concentrated Vinegar Essence. The contents of a Is 6d added to one gallon of cold water will produce splendid vinegar suitaole, fqr table - use ajid for pickling pur Doses. It is guaranteed absolutely pure r.cd of superior flavour. Price Is 6d from L. B. James, Dispensing Chemist, Timaru...

Wellington has achieved another feat in wireless telegraphy. On £ajuday night (says the 'Dominion') it is understood that Mr Buckley und b's staff at the Post Office heard Sjdr#;y station, 1280 miles away, speaking to some other station quite plainly, but, owing to the transmitting ]>ower of tuo Wellington plant not being stroLg enough, communication with the New Soutn Wales capital could not be «.f----fected. Since the erection of the plw aerials from the United Wireless Oelegraph Company's patterns the receiving power of the Wellington stjtU.n has been greatly increased, which fr.it seemingly indicates thnit those iji charge of New Zealand's first wir -l?s»i station are capable of making the hr-.st of the material at their disposal. On Monday night again the R.M.S. Ma'tai was distinctly heard when she some 900 miles off Wellington. fhe operator on board the steamer in perfect touch with the Wellington station. and told those in charge the readings of the barometer and it t.-r----momct?r. H? wn.? about to give £be longitude and latitude which r he v-*-sel was :n. when some interference by other vessels caused th* local office to lose touch with her. The power of station is not ro be genArally ; ndcred by thf*se distances. as the n'ghts in ouestion were said to be excellent i Ties fnr receiving The ness of any wireless station is i bv the distance at. which messages fnn T-vp sent and received during the daytime. ATTACKED WHILE WORKING. "While at my work one morning, I was attacked with s?vero griping pn.ns in the stomach," writes Mr D.iokl Howard. Vic. "I tried Churr.-b:-r:ain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reniodv. and am pleasi'd to say ti at it cured me in a few minutes. Since then I have had several attacks ;u.d have always used Clnmherla:n's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy with good results,"

It is proposed to open, tho deer season for tho North Canterbury district on March loth, this year. The High Commissioner is sending out to tho North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society special silver tablets for marking the trout liberated by the Society. The Temuka Floral Society hold an exhibition in the Drill Hall next Thursday. Entries close next Tuosady evening. Five persons were more or leasi-ef-fected with ptomaine poisoning at T.'»up:ra. Auckland, through eating tinned j tongues at a private picnic. ; At tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr V. G. Day, S.M., the man Russell, who was before the Court on tlie previous day, charged with being an idle and disorderly person; again appeared, and by reason of his condition, was further remanded for a week. The South Waimakiriri River Borrc! has virtually agreed to transfer its 4000-acre reserve near Christchureh to the Government for tho Sduth Isi.mu taining camp, talcing In exchange extensive runs in the back country. A northern contemporary states that the Anglican, bishops of New Zealand have intimated that it is their dcs;re that no clergyman be married wifcjnn three years of his ordination to «he diaconate. The Church Chronicle also states that tho Bishop. of desires that no marriage be celebrated in private houses, except in cases wlure both are living at least six miles f'.tm a church or cnurchroom. Good progress is being made with the erection of the new Catholic Church on Cr&igie Avenue, and some idea, of the large siae and fine proportions of the inferior can now be got, even though it contains a forest of scaffold poles. The four great arches that will support the central dome are fiue features. The semi-circular western end, which houses tho sanctuary, is now up to the full- height of the walls, Signs are not wanting that the present is one of the earliest seasons experienced in South Canterbury for many years. At Lambrook near Fairlie, a paddock of Tuscan wheat, sown in April, was cut on December 31st, and on Air living's farm at Albury, a crop was cut on Boxing Day. Mr- F. R. Gillingham has. a paddock of bordier wheat which ho expects to yield .50 bushels, and the general average for the cKslrict in both wheat and oats ho puts down at 30 bushel 9 per acre. Surprise was expressed at yesterday's meeting of the Mackenzie County Council when it was mentioned that so far no word had been received from the Hospital Department in regard to "its .assuming control of sanitary matters in the various counties so that Councils would be relieved of responsibility. Remark was oocasioned by season of the inspector's report after a house-to-house inspection in the FairK© township, whfch liuhided several suggestions for tlie immediate improvement of. unhealthy conditions. The Council was in doubt as to whether at should "take it into its hands to remedy these matters, but fears were expressed that thß Department might step in and upset any arrangements made. Gingor wine is undoubtedly the most popular summer drink. Taken alone, or mixed with an,equal part of soda forms a most cooling and'delightful beverage. : Asathirstquencher it is unequalled. A one shilling bottle of Baxter's Ginger Wine Eseence. makes two gallons .of wine. at ijaster s Pharmacies, Timaru and Fairlie. ... In connection with a telegram f'Gm Invercargill, published yesterday, an nouncing an increased prioe of sng; r, the Colonial Sugar Company's representative in Auckland points >ut that when they withdrew the bonus of Ida a ton, which was made illegal by vho Act passed last session, they reduced the price of sugar by a corresponding amount, while the scale of discounts was also reduoed to comply with the; same Act. There was nothing to warrant the statement that there would be an advance of 30s p*r lon spoken of in the telegram. The Company consdered that it would not he more tliau ps a ton. Sugar was 1 cheaper in New Zealand than in any other part of the world. The ft.gar most used was number IA, listed at 14s to 15s. If a dealer took fuli advantage of the discount he got hJs sugar at .£l4 0s 3d, equal to l*d- per pound.

These summer days are the days when you need Baxter's shampoo ponders. Nothing cleanses the scalp or gives the hair such a silken appearance as a good shampoo. Dandruff is quickly eradicated by shampooing. Shampoo Powders three pence per packet. Baxter's Pharmacies, Timaru and Fairlia. ...

A boy named Albert Porter, l.'vitvr at Camperdown, Sydney, had a . markable escape from' drowning recently. He and another hoy wero in a storm-water channel, when they noticed a large volume of water sweating down the channel. The two hoys lurried to get. "out of the canal, and Porter's companion reached a place of safety. Porter's foot, however, flawed on the side of the canal, and it fore he could recover himself the water was upon him. He disappeared in .the swirling foam at the h'ead of the lush, and the last his companion saw Vm was as he turned a bend. A few "minutes after he disappeared down the pip«*s under the Parramatta road. The pedestrians noticed what looked like blood-stains in the water, and in a few minutes saw a body being whirled past. They managed to recover it, and after dragging it from the commenced the task of resuscitation. After some minutes work, their - efforts were rewarded by seeing their patient, who was Porter, recover consciousness. a Recovery from wasting and weakening diseases is hastened by use .rf PTTOSPHOL. PKosphol begins with a "P"... WHO GETS THE BENEFIT. , The Home liner Rotorua brought to Lyttelton a day or two ago an exceptionally large consignment of bicycles—--600 of the very latest products of the great Swift factories at Coventry. It is unnecessary to talk about the Swift quality. * It stands as a synonym for all those sterling characteristics of reliability, everlasting wearing capacity, and thorough honesty in construction which make up a first-class bicycle. In addition to this it runs with a velvety ease that makes cycling a pleasure, and these new models just unloaded speak the last word in style and smartness in every line and in every detail of finish and equipment. Adams, Ltd. know that the public know the Swift and appreciate its .worth. This big shipment of fiOO shows their confidence in the machine, and the public get the benefit of the saving' in price effected on. so large a contract. The new roadracer Swift, which looks, and is a flyer every inch, will delight the heart of those who like a turn of speed. The price is from £l2 10s. The featherweight lady's free-wheeling Swift, fashionable in its lines, and easy to push., sells at from £l2 10s, and the strong, hard-wearing, men's roadster Swift, with free-wheel, is priced at from £l2 10s. These bicycles must sell quickly. TKe price is right. The machine is right. You get the benefit. Adams, Ltd., Sole New Zealand agents,. Timaru.*/