TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume C, Issue 15309, 31 March 1914, Page 6

TOWN & COUNTRY.

The "Weather Bureau issued the following report last night:—"The winds changed from south, to north generally on Sunday, but have be«n moderate to-day. Much, mist and fog have Imm?n experienced, and the barometer has fallen rather low in the south. Present indications are for cloudy and unsettled weather generally, increasing northerly and westerly winds, probably changing r<> southerly by to-morrow evening, the barometer in the meantime falling further." The Prime Minister, the Bight Hon. W. F. Massey, will arrive in Timarn by the first express from the south' todav, and after Juneh will motor to Fairlie, halting on tire way at Pleasant Point to oDen the town clock, and start its chimes. He will deliver a political speech at Fairlie this evening. Business places in GeraJdine close at 11 a.m. on Thursday, on account of the Winchester Show. At the annual meeting of ilia Wanganui Rugby Union last night it was decided to instruct its delegates i,i the Xew Zealand Rugby Union to support the proposal to abolish the : wing forward., —Press Association. Hie Boa nl of Governors of Canterbury College have decided to establish a Chair of Mental Science at the Collego. and to appoint Mr C. F. S&lmond (the present lecturer) to the professorship at a salary of £6so.—Press Association. The first practice of the season for the Timaru Choral and Orchestral Society will be heW in the Stafford tea rooms, Stafford Chambers to-night, at 7 o'clock, for the. orchestra," and. 8.15 o'clock for the choir. Members aro requested to attend punctually. The opening of the Timaru Gotf Club's season will take place on Thursday next when mixed foursomes will bo' played, commencing at 2 p.iu. Friends of members are cordially invited to *bo present. The club require a secretary who must be a member* of , the Club.* Applications must be in "by ■ to-morrow afternoon. „ It is very rare that you meet with » model of a ear, that so much careful. attention had been paid to all details likely to appeal to the owner driver.'-- - ' Ttwuew Darracq is a Jeally She example of best "modern practice. A dead silent engine at all speeds, withL a flexibility oTTrrom four to sixty miles .. J an hour,-must.at/tbe price make good. - This model is on view at Bockaerta. _-j See it now. b

The Australian cricketers have now completed their tour mid leave on a visit to Rotorua this morning.—Press Association.

A harvest homo social is advertised to bo held in the Maki'kilii Hall next Friday overling.

The Marine Band will render a concert in Alexandra Square this evening The programme is advertised to-day.

A shoot for the Aslnvick Flat Gun Club will be liehl on Good Friday. A three-guinea, gold medal will bo on view on Saturday next at Messrs G. and T. Young's window.

A resident of Marston Road, complained bitterly to a "Herald" reporter the other day, of the condition of that thoroughfare, and also part of Craigio Avenue. In wet weather it is a veritable slough of despond, and in dry weather the source of a great dust nuisance. A few loads of shingle would greatly help matters.

The special committee set up by the Borough Council to inquire into the charges made by Councillor Wali lace against a section of the Park Bowling Club, met last evening. After hearing evidence on both sides, the committee prepared a report to be presented to the Borough Council.

The full programme for the Paul Dufault concert is advertised on the front page of this issue. It will be found to contain a choice collection of vocal gems, find, as this will be the last opportunity of hearing this great artiist, who' sails from New Zealand for his native land two davs after the concert here, a great farewell house is. anticipaed. Dufault is recognised as the greatest male artist that has visited New Zealand.

A reduced menu as a form of punishment for unruly boys in 'the reformatory and industrial schools has been adopted by the London Education Committee. The . medical officers were of opinion that a meal could be made less attractive without making it less nutritive. Bad boys could be punished in this way—Breakfast—More porridge and more bread and butter, but no jam. DinnerI—More 1 —More meat, more vegetables, but no pudding. Tea— More bread and butter, but no plum cake. -

■ lu answer to an injuiry by the Taranaki County Council, the Customs Department has replied that the Minister has placed on the Estimates a sum for the refund of all duties paid on road, rollers imported solely, for the use; of local bodies, and the/council is therefore advised to make an application immediately after the landing of the road roller now on order, stating particulars of the duty paid. It is pointed out, however, that payment cannot be made until after the passing of the Appropriation Act at the next session of Parliament. (The Levels County Council have made a similar application.

We have received a copy of Herald of the Sun," the official journal fIL A 9 rder of tlle Star in -the East. J he Order has been organised in. preparation for the expected coming of another great ' 'World T^acher^' J and is not limited to Theosophists. Founded India, it has members in many countries, including 930 in New Zealand, anod 865 in Australia. The journal most artistically produced. Its prevailing colour is a bright blue, MJnch seems to have some mystic significance for the Order. It is devoted wholly to explanation and propaganda of the movement, and an attractive coloured portrait of J. Kristnianiarti, head of the Order is issued as a supplement. ' ' "

At last night s special meeting of the Borough Council, Councillor Malmg voiced a complaint, on behalf of a. large number of ratepayers, of the very unsatisfactory nature of the lighting at Highlield. It was the duty or the Council to keep the contractors up to their contracts, and he thought the Council • should enforce the full penalty if an improvement was not effected. One evening the light had gone out altogether for a short time, but it had been, defective for about a fortnight. Councillor Hurdley said he understood the Council had paid ten guineas for a testing machine, and, he thought they should use it. Councillor Guinness alfio spoke of the defective supply. The light .ill over the town seemed to ■bein a bad state. The Mayor said the matter would be looked into and a report submitted. • The Victorian Minister for' Education knocked down a wasps' nest the other day by making a Parliamentary statement to the effect that out of '4OO teachers who retired annually "00 were women, who left tke service to be married. Whereupon the Victorian Lady Teachers' Association Vigorously and indignantly repudiated the charge on the grounds that, uncontradicted, it would brand the department practically as a matrimonial agency. Not content with the usual feminine argument, they quoted stafurther confound the Minister.' They stated that of 271 teachers who retired last year 95 were men and 1/6 were women; 20 of these were teachers of over 30 years' service, and Jnferentially beyond matrimony, while 60 were "junior" teachers, and while pjobabi'y excellently qualified for matrL mony, were not qualified teachers. And eo they held that the majority of women teachers had not left the service to be married.

It is not likely that Mr Scotland will fly again in New Zealand for a coumderable time to come. He informed the Wellington "Post" that hie machine • damaged <juifc© repair. The construction of the Caudron biplane which he flew, was of such a character and the material such that fte clicl not think it could possiblv be rebuilt here with any degree of satisfaction. The struts are largely of liokowed wood, reinforced with steel, and the ribs are bent in a peculiar way, which it would be hopeless to try to reproduce . without workinc drawings, which he does not possess. * ?^n nt $ m & s are therefore at a standstill. Mr Scotland has not yet decided on his future movements.

After a ipontlxs' tour round the world, Dr. W. E.' Herbert lias returned to Wellington, As his trip was a professional one (says the Wellington "Post'') Dr. Herbert had occasion a - lai :ee number of leading n ll , Great Britain, f«s;nn? o 9° n - inent of EuM Pe. He wal rLm 'i "npressed with the effithoroughness of German - 8? much so > that to 7^ln^? S ui! op ! nion that every New Zealand child ought to be tauglit the German language. There is Ho indiviKfir r S progressive and scienown SKX?£S TAKjf NO OTHER. "For.nine years I suffered with a liver disorder and tried numerous medicines obtaining very little relief," writes Miss Esther J. Coles, Major's Creek, N.S W "After taking Chamberlain's Tablets re', gularly for a fortnight I found I was greatly benefited, and am now completely . restored to health. My father, who is 79, is an invalid and is troubled' with constipation, but has obtained the greatest benefit from Chamberlain's Tablets Rather than use any other medicine wo have often sent into Braidwood, that ia twenty miles away, for Chambei'lainV Tablets." Sold everywhere. ...

The advertisements of /Webb and Bruce, How den and In nes-Jones, Guinness and LoCren, and Morton and Pearson appear on page 11 of this issue.

The Canterbury A. and P. Association elected Mr W. F. Parkinson president for the cui'rent year,; and' Mr ,W, Hay ward jur. ..as vice-president.

The "New Zealand Trade 'Review" gives the following summary of .New 'Zealand's contributions, in percentages of the United Kingdom's!imports last year of certain lines, of produce, xi'did New Zealand's place in order of quantities compared with all otlier supplying coutries in the world —AVqol, percentage of total 23, place in order second; mutton, 41—first; beef , 2; 2-3 —fourth; tallow. 22—second ; butter, 6—fifth ; cheese, 24—second ; hempj 16 —second; sheepskins, 6—third; peltk, 70 —first.

Messrs Guinness and LeCren, Ltd., advertise particulars of -ah unreserved clearing sale of live and dead stock and furniture they are ! holding at Hilghfiekl farm, at »Fairvieir, to-morrow, Wednesday, April 1, on account of Mr A. L. Tlioreau, who lias si>ld his farm, and :s leaving the district.' The horses, cattle and pigs are in finst-rate condition, and the furniture is new. The sale! starts at T o'clock, and luncheon is provided. Every lot is: for absolute sale. By Mnd .permission of Mr Tboreau outsido entries will "be received.

Shows, says Mr J. C. ST. Grigg. become the debating grounds on various points of excellence or otherwise, hence Britain has bcome the stud farm of the world, and he felt sure tliat New Zealand would be a good second in producing high-class stud stock,, for it had the climate and land: and men of the same breed who loved the land. Every true farmer ought to have air ideal in animals of some sort, and that ideal in animals must be guided first'and foremost by establishing the most useful and profitable points combined with beauty of form and a placid disposition, and by not allowing little faddy points of no intrinsic value to outweigh the utility points and £.s.d. Faddy points had been allowed to influence judging in several breeds, much to thei'r disadvantage.

A severe criticism of the lessond contained in .the text, books of the primary classes in the public schools of New Zealand was made by Dr. Florence Keller at the inaugural meeting of the Civic League lat Auckland (says the "Herald")- "How" much better it would be/' she said, <! if instead'of the usual sentences met j Math in the primer text books—'the cat caught the_ mouse*' —-there were little stories telling of acts of gentle,: gallantry; on the part of brothers to their little' sisters,_ or of kindnesses (shown by girls to their little : brothers. ; We hear of many sad eases of little children being run over in the streets, but where, in all the school text.-books, is there a lesson which' tells a child that it is Wong to attempt to cross the road when there is a tramcar . coming? Every sensible child knows that 'the cat caught the mouse,' and it seems to me to be waste of time trying to_ teach it the obvious. One, of 'the things the women of this country need to do is .to rise up and take an active part in reforming the school books of children attending the primary schools."

The young men of South C:>.ni eibury will soon be chasing the leather again. Don't chase round for a pair of football boots before you see Hannah's selection. The g;oods we are offering have been worn in the three continents. , Secretaries of clubs should call on us. We will give you : special quotes for c,uant'.ties. We would specially recommend ■our 9s lid grade as a sure kicker. R. Hannah and Co., Timaru, the G Bootmaker. See our advt. on Page 4.

. A new standard of motor car value. The Maxwell car for 1914 has broken all precedents for the tremendous value it offers in a car of moderate pric.. It has always_ been known for its wonderful durability and its mechanical simplicity in every respect. It lias always stood head and sihoulders above oilier cars selling at anywhere near the price, and this year the strikingly affective designs of the Maxwell. and its beautiful finish have created a still higher standard of Maxwell value....

"Am sorry to. hear that you are troubled with your old coplaint, why not use ' Baxter's Pills, I have found them excellent for. Indigestion"; a Christcburch lady wrote this to a North Island friend, who promptly ordered a Is 6d box from the makers, J. Baxter and Co., Christ church. ' If your storekeeper or chemist does not stock Baxter's Pills, don't be put off with "something just as good"; send' Is 6d in stamps and your order will be executed by return mail. ...

This time of the year you need a tonics, changeable weather and pressure of work quickly finds out the weai spots Build up your system and strengthen your nerves with Baxter's Quinine Port Wine, the best tonic for loss.of energy, brain fag and indigestion. Prioe 2s 6d per bottle at Baxter's Pharmacy, Theatre Buildings, Timaru. ... '