TOWN & COUNTRY

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16309, 10 August 1917, Page 7

TOWN & COUNTRY

vMr Bates advised last night-—"A cyclonic disturbance is now "probably centred about the Kermadres. w ith strong south-easterly winds, mild in the north, with considerable rain in tho north and east eonsfc districts of the North Island, 'out the weather has improved to-day. The barometer rose fast in the north, but has fallen steadily elsewhere. Present indications are for moderate south-east to south-west-erly winds northward of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura, variable breezss with, freshening northerlies prevailing elsewhere. Expect unsettled and showery conditions in the north to east coast districts, and increasing cloudiness elsewhere, the barometer rising temporarily in the north, but, falling in the south.'' Mr TVooles forecasts for to-day:— ''Moderate easterly winds, weather still fine."

Akaroa. the ideal winter climate where ro?es bloom the year round: reduced tariffs still rule, cars 2os retur" fron Broadway's, Cbristehurch, daily 2 p.m. ...

The next ballot is due to "bo drawn in two weeks' time. It will then bo two months since there was a drawing, and the ballot will be a double one/

Ait-era night's poisoning a Clydevalo farmer the following morning secured 7-25 rabbits. His method was to plough a furrow round the paddock, and to f esd -the rabbits for two or three nights with unpoisaned oats and carrots, and then to lay strychnine poisoning, which is very deadlv.

_ The fact that wood for packing-cases is unprocurable in Great Britain at present was mentioned at the Wellington Chamber of Commerce meeting. The subject, was brought up by a member of the chamber, who pointed out th.it merchandise, especially the expensive classes of papor, was now packed u Mfts. wid the us* of doer-WVs on tho wharves often did considerable damage.

Awapuni Oamp has been ey.uipp.-xl with the latesL pattern horse aniouiance, water-punhcation cart, and general service waggons, as wed as the newest War Omee Field Ambulance medical and sureical equipment, &o that the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men have been able to ramiuanse themselves with such equipment as they will be required to both m France and Egvpt

A meeting or the Rangitata Hall Committee was held last night, when it was decided to call tenders tor the erection of a public hall at ■ttangitata in brick or concrete Ft was a,so derided, owing to the increased cost of building material, to collect subscriptions and proceed with the hail at once. It was resolved to call the bui;ding the "Rangitata SoldiersMemorial Hall." Mr E. R. Maodonaid was elected treasurer.

The good results arising from the reformative treacment of prisoners were referred to the Chief Justice at the opening of the criminal sess.ons at Wellington on Monday. His Honour mentioned that he had observed irom a report by the Auckland probation officer that 93 per cent, of the prisoners coming uder the system "made good." Some, on baing released since the war commenced, had gone to the front, and only one of these had turned out a failure.

The proposal to form a co-operative dairy company in Temuka, which it> now approaciiing consummation, it is considered will mean big things for Temuka, and fi.il a long-felt want. iv is claimed that it will mean increased price;, to suppliers and increased earnings, which will have a marked effect on the prosperity of the town. Temuka district is splendidly adapted for cheese-making and butter-making, and where hundreds are now earned it is hoped thousands will soon be obtained. The great advantage of co-opertaion will not only lead to the establihsment of new and larger herds, but wall increase land values considerably.

At least one celluloid collar was summarily "scrapped" as a result of Nurse Everett's le.ture at Petone on Monday evening, states the Wellington "Post." One question asked by a member of the audience was as to the cause of his suffering at night from a stiff neck The nurse at once, without examining the patient, diagnosed the trouble as the result of free perspiration around the neck, conducing to rheumatism, and on closer examination at once spotted the offending collar as the cause of the trouble. The celluloid shuts in the perspiration, which, when cold, causes a chill. She stated that much wrist and throat trouble was caused among nurses when the regulations forced them to wear celluloid collars and cuffs.

"I don't think the people of the present day realise the conditions under which the old settlers of New Zealand lived," stated Sir Robert Stout at a meeting of the Early Settlers' Association in Wellington. "There are great outcries now against the price of food. Only the other day I found a document which shows the'prices of food when I first arrived in New Zealand o3 years ago. A 41b loaf of bread cost Is to Is 6d, beef Is per lb mutton lOd to Is. ham Is 6d to 9</ ' lamb 10s to 12s a quarter, pork Ts to Is 3d per lb bacon (imported from Ireland) Is to Is 6d per lb, veaj Is to Is jd miik 8d nuart. butter 2s 3d to 2s 6d per lb (there was no buttertat then, commented Sir Robert, amidst laughter), cheese (colonial) Is 6d, eggs 3s 6d to 4s per dozen, fowls tl 1° E S . Per o Pair - 1W lb. 2 + 1 6 . d -. to 3s , per Ib -" Sir S +i. L 2t i Wonld 6een *l«at some of the articles were much dearer than they were although the wagls were lower. However. there were never, any grumblings, and evervthin" went along smoothlv. and the "rjeoDle' seemed extremely Happy. ' P That healthy child wants a scooter. ' Scooting- is a most delightful and fascinatmg exercise, gliding the fresh am To own a scooter ts as much to a boy or girl as a mote'! car is to a man. Alston's 6 060t0~s Alstons, Stacord Street North. ..

, jn.p r,nl. cjre blue, a dream of de"r'V H"«ulreds of new spr-ng haf=, the leading shapes and shades A sida window real Panamas fro TO the Islands. -Kia Ora" shinment na=s°d yncxFwtedl.v. Wo have taken pa'ns to make an exact showing of all the new t ;» ns3 . Crepo do chcn ? < from g* lid. ci-io .■nlnnrs, mercer silks, new 4s lid all do-r.ile wid'h r' 05 , *:■?*. 2" 01 - ch«€-fc nno facecloth, m putty, erey, cream, poilu r.mons. uir-|.'d:n«r fashionable C rcW crey h,-.wr-s. o, lid. strioo< rhnekV u»"- v-R-s. corcers. vo.W lorely Wm-os, coof f ro ,. ks- ""'' skirts. oiTfsido peeVfs v.?rv <=m:vt Most ndmiv-.rl Wovninc*. n tabin c wm=. hut „ rp ParP .-,,i r or. +,-% fo'-cret th" vp'i'es. Kt-c the r"-n_ for indications too oxtonsire for detail.

New Seeds.—Yates' seeds crow. Sf,. and Dawson's advt , 11. ...

Vre tiave pis* mnded from the best Enslish makers our new season's Sl,n--nlv of hot-water baps. Everv bug sr'eciallv tested before sending out and each one is stamped with our fruarante;.- Although rubber has advanced, our prices remain the same as ] n *'z \ t ar. and they are the most re.isouabie !n town. Before purchasing elsewhere iiispoet out fine assortment, and :09 t u r> qt.alicy of our hot water bag; In addition to our prices being u lowest, wo give a special discount of 5 per cent, on al! cash purchases. Neil's rharnacv, .3 Stafford St:»et Sou:h. .

Tiiis springtime start a Kodak, and yi-u will be surprised at the amount of pleasure it will bring you. Homo s<---nrs. caniD scenes, pictures of the children, a. few years henco these will be valued more than you ca.n estimate. > Start a Kodak to-day- Vo'i will rot > bo disappointed: fill' instructions with e.-r-h can-era. Our finishing department will develop and print your films if von desire if. Cameras from O O P-omo a- -Is Hd to the special Kodak fia io=. Hn S vr' s Phai-macv. Theatre Buildings, Tiiuaru. ... " |

The membership of the Napier branch or the Second -Division League now numbers 400.

There have been 12 degrees of frost on 'wiree cousecutave mornings at FairUo this week.

A poll for permission to borrow £20,000 for flood protection works at Gore was earned by a majority oi 100.

A Press Association message from Greymouth states that a muses' carnival on behalf of tho Y.M.C.A. realised £275. A Day" at Rimanga brought in £SO.

At a meeting of Ashburton tobacconists held this weok to discuss tho increased cost of tobacco, the question of increasing the retail price to the public was held over for decision at a future meotiug.

On "Wednesday night two Dunedin detectives boarded the south-going oxpress at Port Chalmers and arrested a young man on a charge of obtaining a bicycle a't Christchurch by moans of false pretences. The machine was on the train. He will be tried for the alleged offence at Christchurch.

A new hostel erected in connection with the Christchurch Boys' Hia;h School was opened on Wednesday. The hostel, sitnated in Lower Riccarton. stands on grounds coverng four and a half acres, laid out in playing fields, orchard, lawn, and <rarden. Provision is made for fifty boys.

At the Auckland Police Court yesterday, William Ryan, a bookmaker, was fined £IOO for betting on licensed premises. Mr F. V. Fraser, S.M., said 'that where a bookmaker had a reputation _ for square dealing and honesty he did not believe in imposing imprisonment. The defendant, however, had reached a stage waen he must expect to be fined the maximum every time he was caught.

A ballot was held on Wednesday in Dunedin at the Lands Office to dispose of (two Mount Burke email grazing runs. For one run of 70S0 acres, an! nual rental £SO, there were 17 applicants, and the ballot resulted in favour of Mr Albion. E. C. Newick, of Bannockbivrn. . Sixteen applications were received for the other run of 6070 acres, annual rented £4O and the run was drawn by Mrs Margaret A. Craig of Maungawara.

Referring to the magnificent bravery and courage displayed by the New Zealand Div.aon m the talcing ol a liniaru soldier with the machine-gun section writes: "It made me gulp with pride at realisation of what the New Zealanders had earned for themselves. None of us need apologise for talking of the Division itself, so long as we individually bear in mind thaic we ore ourselves but one tiny atom contributing to the magnificeait average of the whole."

The annual general meeting of the South Canterbury Kennel Club will be held to-night, commencing at 8 o'clock in the Grosvenor horei. The annual balance sheet wid be cosidered and general business including tne question as to whether'a show will be held this year or ncfi. Tho club have a debit balance of £3O, and as a number of members have overlooked the paying o; their annual subscription it is hoped thalt they will pay up to-day in order that tho debit balance may be cansiderab ; y reduced before to-night's meeting. A full attendance of members is specially desired to-nighu

Cigarette prices, as increased by the Budget proposals, were referred to bv Mr T. M. Wilford in Parliament. Mr "Wilford expressed the view that a smoker would not object to paving ?a for his cigarettes so long as he\as certain the Government was getting the difference. What ho objected to" however, was that the Government should get 9-25 d and the merchants 16-25 d. He suggested that the Government should adcmt the same method as was in operation in South Africa, where a ciVarette stamp was placed on every nwket. and when the packet was sold the Government received one penny. Mr J. O'Hara,, of Morven., has received from one of his sons, Private James O'Hara, a letter from Oldham, m Lancashire. The writer says: "My word, the girl 9 of New Zealand do not know they are alive. 1 should say that 90 per cenlo. of the girls here are working in the factories, on einht hour shifts, nighfe and day. The little ones of 12 years of age, work side by side with their mothers, while their brothers and their fathers are away at the front. The people here are moSclv poor. The town has very narrow streets. I have not seen more than three motor cars since I have b?en here. There are only old men and cripples left in the town, and a larse "limbr of miirried women work in the factories." The price of butter is not so much felt when the finest honev can be bousht at a third of the cost. Sea Manning and Dawson's advt. page 11

You who have lost all appetite, are weak and emaciated and in no condition for your diily duties— remember this—Baxter's Quinine Port Wine with i's nourishing and stronirthpiing pro-iw-tins will r<-l'rvre this condition 7>r>d make yon feel like new. It increases yonr annetite. assists digestion, and fills yon with n snap and viVour J hnt makes you forget rour troubles. Tn reputed quart bottles, price 3s e.-rh at Baxrr's Pharmacy j Theatre Buildings, Timam. ...'

Look for the "Unique" Stonner wh=n buying that HOT WATP.T} BOTTT.E Tt's. a Ht':lr« thins to look for. a. bi-i thine to find. means years of wnvmth and satisfaction. ...

No matter bow delicate the stomach yon can take Baxter's Egg Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil for it is a palatable hV-nd-inri of the finest Neriogian Cod Liv-r Oil with the Hypo".hosrthito=- ,-f ]\; ;r|o and Soda, apreer.bly flavoured wrh nromatics. Its continual use results in a sturdy and robust health ; for wo"k and delicate children as well as adults it is uncoupled. C'i : ld""n like it so well they miss a. deso. j n bottles 2s 6rl and -1s Gl at Baxter's Pharmacy, Theutro Buildings. Time ru. ... "Unique" HOT WATER BOTTLES aro cheaper than blankets. Nothing like, thorn to keep up the temperature. Made onlv from the best rubber bv tho NORTH BRITISH RUBBER COY. ... TRIED AND APPROVED. Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G.. etc., Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of Victoria, while delivering judgment in a case in which an inferior substitute had been pushed as "inst as <ror>d" as the OEXT'TXE SANDER El"C\LYPTf EXTRACT, said: "-Whenever an article is commended to the nub 1 :!' by vea'-on of its ejood quality, it is rot tn imitate air- of h- : r--,. tnrec." and he prohibited fur-liar substitution. "When a medicine, it is "cr-t'-d en-!-'*-.-" t'v ; von want, rid SANDETVS r\TP. \CT ir. alw-vs beneA trial will at once convince *-oi] iliat there is im "i'ist as trood " !ieeau:-e EXTP ACT "is ' the onlv oiioalyp L us preparation ii'mifir-,1 eveliT-ivelf f-oni the loaves; !'■ is c-tt, .■;-!! v --d contains «~ v-,.~r„, i lr . n , w Tf tou ir-'o s>vnrp'c tt-v- tt> •. r-'p ~.,„, will have good and lasting effects. ...

Subscribers to the late John O'Loughlin's memorial are requested by advertisement in this issue to meet in the Library Hall, St. Andrews, tomorrow evening at 7.30.

A return of the estimated population of Now Zealand, including the Cook and other Pacific Islands, on Juno 30, published in the Gazette, gives the number of males 573,347, and of fcmnlois 555.466, total 1,158,813. (Tress Association.;

In a return of unauthorised expenditure (expenditure not previously voted by Parliament) there appear the following items: —Grant to cover the expenses of the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance on their visit to England, jCSOOO: expenses of private .secretaries, £I.OOO.

Inquiries made yesterday concerning the statement that Chinese labour was being employed in the country, elicited tho Information that two Chinamen were given employment on one of the runs on Wednesdav last, the runholder who engaged them having failed to get wliite labour.

TCbaiD is practically a tax on bachelors was advocated in tne House of Representatives on Wednesday evening by Mr Anstey, M.P., for Waitaki, who contended that the exemption from income tax should bo reduced to £2UO, but that exemptions up fco £3OO or over should be allowed in respect of the wife and children of married men, thus wnsunng bachelors earning between £2OO and £3OO contributing a fair share towards the revenue of the State.

One of the things which attracted the notice of the Efficiency Board was the lanxe number of holidays observed in public offices (sioates the Dominion). In a report to the Government on the matter the board recommended that the btate should set an example in efficiency to the dominion by reducing the number of holidays which are observed m tne State departments, saying that) in the opinion of the board the number ot these holidays constituted a grave

™;!w i* ome hours aft<?r sun set till ?w? h an i WOro A , nstralis illuminated tho .southern and south-western sky wpewaJly the latter. It consistecl_ ot a long arc several degrees in height, whitish for the most part, but at times with a distinct tinge of red. At least one person took if to he a reflection of a big fire. Occasionally long rays shot up half tot to the zenith. _ It is a good while since so good a display of aurora was seen from Timaru.

As the establishment of th« New Zealand bum Corps at present authoriseu will not be sufficient to meet lUture requnements, an increase in tne various ranus at tne dose of the war is under consideration, and it is proposed that a number of vacancies for ueu tenants be tnrown open to ttie warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the R.N.Z.A. and N.Z.P.S. in recognition of their services in the commissioned ranKs of the Expeditionary Force and in temporary appointments in tne Dominion. It is proposed to mane appointments to these vacancies on the results of a competitive examination.

There are present twenty-nine staff cadets from New Zealand at the Royal Military College in Australia. The full quote of ten joined this year. One cadet of the 1915 class was withdrawn, as he was not up to the standard required The three 1913 cadets Th^rt*? 6 BsPe**™** Force. Ihe 1914 cadets who were withdrawn in April, 1916, are now aU under ciders to proceed with the Expeditionary Forces The New Zealand cadets Duntroon College (states Major-G-ene.ral &ir A. W. Robin m his report). The St 4 tf the College speak! most highly of them, and expresses hi* appreciation of the mauner i n hey have worked. One cadet is first in his class and another second.

iisftS civ 115 US acti °* tn n.pist the G-m-ernmient m getting » large, hydro-electric installation fcf as! pertaining how much oowe r ca/ be AST 3 " «7™S*™- Otaki. Pefoinc? arnrton. Shannon, Foxton. and PaT' merston boroughs are included in ft S me - a l } - ,S ? pected the' 111 mills and dairy factories all ovo r the country take the power too" A* a meeting on the subject a letter was Zli fn S Z oobh -' of Boo* M % A Co in.referer.ee to the Lake Coleridge electrical scheme, in which ho stated that suction ga d was .wo-thirds cheaper than steam, and olcctncity had made a further deduction of ahout 15 per cent.

On Saturday afternoon,, the third anniversary of the declaration of war a thoughtful tribute was paid to the meLiojy of those soldiers whose graves are in the Wellington cemete:-ies. At tlio invitation of the National Committor of the Y.M.0.A., Revornl members of the local Ladies' Auxiliary placed wreaths on the graves, wth a card in-r-oribe-d. "Tn sympathetic rememhra-nce o* a, soldier wl>o sacrificed bJs life for the honour of King and country." The "Now Zealand Times" states that the r-ffertive carrying out of this timely thou she was made active co-o-ncriHon of Captain Vine, of flip TCprnrrfc T>nnT-tmpnt. n.pd M> Tvnv. the fcvto" of the Knrori Cemetery, who ■•v-mT>.'>+i l efi<- I 'nv pp+M ag guide. Farmers and ths War.

Christmas Gifts for the Soldiers.— Now is the time. Place your order early. See Manning and Dawson's ndvt.. page 11. ...

Thov say it's the "cold feet" Pai'cy thit wants to stop the war. Let 'om. nil rrr,t NOTiTH BRITISH HOT WATER BOTTLES wi'r.h th? "Unique" Stopper. Winning all along the line. ...

I'nrrp was a day when "T.ysol" was kins of germicides, but that dav is p>-t. Kfrol has displaced '-■ ho other l-vodi'.rt '.K-crtnsc of its non-irritant properties. n:irl now this greatest of Bri■irh disinfectants is in universal use in hospitals, operating theaties, and rxm«s throughout the Dominion. Tfc r.nn he used for gargling, for ihe bath, for an antiseptic month w.ish, and everywhere it is a perfect germicide. It las a clean, pleasant, virile sort of a"d it goes twice as far as many of its old competitors. Obtainable from vonr gro'-'r and dentist, or wholesale from and Co., Timaru agents. ... "Good advice is beyond price."—. Proverb. Ynu cannot afford to overlook any good advice affecting the health of yourself or your children. When '•ousilis or colds make their appearance the best remedy you can obtain is Baxter's Lung Preserver, which has been used and praised for over fifty years. Tt not only relieves chest, and bronchial troubles, but also tones up and vitalises the whole system. Keep "B'-.xterV handy at all times. A big bottle costs only Is lOd, and an occa" sif-nnl dose will help to keep yon fit and well. (4) If enough is as good as a feast, As pale prigs and philosophers say. Wo al. hope to get that much at least, And without any needless lelay. Bit whatever wo get must he good, Of a quality potent and pure; More c-on = oli-g thr>n wealth, and con-'-icive to health. Liko Wood's Great Peppermint Cnro. (1)