TOWN & COUNTRY

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 1658991, 18 July 1918, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY

■ • ■. - ■• Mr Bates advised last night Qfe sent indications are for strong southerly * vinds, i)ho 'barometer rising fast everywhere soou. Cold, squally and showojy weather is prolv.blo generally, witli snow on higher levels."Tlie meeting of tho Tomuka Navy League, called for co-day, has • hoeh postponed The Orari Ladies' Miniature Rifle Club will hold a dance in the Coronation Hall on Thursday, July 25.. - Tho Timarn Trotting Club hold their annual meeting in Hutchison's tearooms on Friday, July 26- { The 11th annual meeting of the Kiai Toa Bowling Club will be' hold on Wednesday, July 21, in Hutchison's tearooms. On every outing Kodak. Add to tho pleasure of the trip itself, by taking ' pictures of the places and tho pcoplo that interest you. Anybody can take and finish"" pictures by the Kodak system and do it well; you need no ** darkroom for loading tho camera or for unloading—even the developing "is doue without darkroom. Kodak means photography with the bother left out., It offers a simple easy way to good p : ctures —-and it is less expensive than j'ou think. Start a Kodak this .weekend! Full instructions given ■: »i tfee Kodak Depot. Baxter's. Pharmacy, Theatr© Bmldinss, Timarn.... A Ounedin bargain in boots. Having purchased several clearing lines from warehouses in Dunedin, Souter'e offer at their winter Rale ladies'glacekid derby shoes, patent toocca y sizgs 3to 8 : sale price- 10s 9d; glace kid lace boots, high black legs, usually sod at 32s fid, sale price 23s 6:1 a pair. W have rleqred Pnuo. dian warehouses out of several job lines. J. W. Souler.. .Winter boot? sale- now 0n..,, '

/Tho annual meeting of tho S.C. ■ Employers* Association will be held ill Hutchison's tearooms on Wednesday, July 24. ■ln tho Oddfellowa Hall at Pleasant ] O'.nt to-morrow evening a public meet, ing will bo hold to discuss matters in connection with the war. The meeting is convened by the Second Division Lcngno, and Mr 0. .7. Talbot, M.P, Will bo among tho speakers. A Press Association message from Christchurch _ states that tho record jfjost for this winter occurred thero jostorday morning, the rending at tho nihgnetic o'bs<.'r\*atovy showing "10 dogYpes. Only on live or six occasions during tho past fifteen years has so ninny degrees of frost been recorded. "A meeting of the.Mount Tool Road Board was held yesterday, Col. Mackenzie in the chair. A general rate Of one-halfpenny in the pound was Struck. It wns ngrccd to mako the Visual grant to the Gernldino Technical School, and Mr T. Hughes and A. A. lloaddio wero appointed to representatives on the. Technical School Board. Mr John Tnlbob was appointed to represent the Board on the' Assessment Board. , The short supplies of fat sheep coming forward at Aldington, nnd the high prices, ruling. w.U probably result in tho butchers of Christchurch applvi»g to tho Board of Trade for permission to obtain mutton from tlio freezing works. At Addingtnn yesterday no nil 0 ? f fufc slloen realised less 'tiuvi £2, tho top prico lieing £3. There is a likelihood of tho market being almost' bur© for some time, owing to a grout part of tho country being still snowhound.—(Press Association.) -Tho public ore notified by advertisement in this issuo that the Y.M.C.A. Jinve, romoved to spacious rooms in the Arcade, wlioro tho Ladies wish to give pt-oplo a better opportunity to assist our boys at tho front. Returned soldiers nro invited to call in and get a cup of tea, write- a lettor, or rpncl the news etc. Those assisting on Saturday will kindly, roniombor the Y.M.C.A. Hutment is now in tho Arcade. Look out for further announcements nnd also see what Is in tho window. A vovy enthusiastic combined meeting of tho Red Criss .Socioty, held in tlio Ambulance Hall on Tuesday, unanimously decided to accept nn offer from tho Agricultural and Pastoral Society for free space on tho grounds at tho forthcoming Show >'n October. Arrangements wero made to have a toa ient and various stalls and side shows 'ho men's committee undertook to help i every way with tho sido show.!, 'urioiis Mih-oommitteos were appointed In undertake tho various stalls. A Reeling will bo held at a later dato to fnport progress. . At tho Polico Court in Timaru yesterday beforo Mr P. E. Thoreau, J.P.. I, sailor was charged with having deserted his ship at Lyttelton. He fllendod not guilty nnd wn.s vemnndnd to appear at LyttctUm to-day. The tailor, who brought to the Court in a far from the Timaru Hospital, had tr. to assisted to walk, having recently Ihofc himself accidentally in one foot when out rabbiting nt'Pc.?l Forest. {t is understood that ho is a native of Talta, and that unless returned to his ih'ip the. captain of the latter will have j to forfeit the bond for the payment of £IOO into which ,ho entered for tJue return of tho man. • ■" Mr Justieo Hosking gave judgment upholding tho appeals of Mary Gnihn and Wiunio Olson aguiust their convictions under tho war regulations 'Moning with disorderly houses. His Honour said that both appellants hud a regular income sufficient to enable them to livo comfortably without seeking money by prostitution. •There was no rcnsonnblo ground lor drawing that inforcneo that uncbastity, if it was committed, was practised for hire. Tho appeal of Griffm was therefore nHowdd". The Crown did nob offor evidence in, Olpcn'n case, nnd tho appeal was also allowed. The Court ordered boiih prisoners to be .discharged from custody. As a sequel to tho recent production of tho pantomiiho "Dick Whittington" in SVollmgton, several pnrcnte appeared at tho Magistrate's Court charged with keeping their children from school on tho occasion of a matinee on July 3. Tho truant officer stated that the pantomime management applied for permission to employ a number of children. Tho roquest was granted on condition that tho children's education was not interfered with. The children,, however, were kept at tho theatro till late at night and were asked to attend an afternoon performance. Ono girl, aged * eight, was so ovorcomo by tho excite- i mont that sho had been abed cvor since, j Tho prosecutions wero brought ns u warning to parents. Many children ■ besides those participating had been libsont from school to witness the pcr« formanco. Tho Magistrate, Mr Eraser, said that perhaps the parents wero not so blameablo as tho management. «''"» took an unfair advantage of tlio children and of tho permits. However, the parents wore responsible and tho children had received a reward for acting. The defendants wero fined two shillings each. .. Mr Louis Conn, manufacturing confectioner, from San Francisco and more recently of Manner* Street, Wellington, is commencing business in Timaru, in premises opp. Adams Ltd., Stafford Street. Tho shop nnd fnctory mro being fitted 'or tho new business, rind M.r Conn will give personal attention to tho factory.... ■ ; Whore aro tho Y.M.C A. rooms ■now? See what they say on tho front' l'R«o Maxtor's Quinine "Port Wir.o is nn ideal tonic—a tonic that has stood tho lest of time; ono on which yon can depend. It quickly restores' loss of appetite, aids digestion, and tones up tho whole system. Each doso does good. In reputed quart bottJos nrica os GJ each, at Baxter's Pha'-maev Theatro Buildings. ... 15WICIENCY REMOVING FUR.NI-1 TURE. For nearly half a wo havo been engaged in this businoss. y ou can depend that wo now know the n ln« and out*" of tho work—how to ejjurciso care, how to save time. Yon ben-fit accordingly. Your shifting is mado safer, lighter, pleasant,-)-. What ft satisfaction thcr o is, in gottinc to I one's new homo, to find the task of removing done so well! Tho Now Zealand Express Co.. Ltd.... MEASLES IN CAMP. , Tho outbreak of measles among t» la tromw was duo to germs brought in y soldiers returning from lonve. A K ,. lf „, ' tific and rapid method of coping ' tho mnlady is to sniff up, gnrc-ln ™ iwallow small quantities of warm Flu;cnzol, which dispels microbes without 'lnjury to .the system. (4). _ GARLAND'S"' CUEAMo" (Custard Powder) is wt-Kod m „U flavours, inc tided arc Irinon, vnnilln, raspberry, iilniond, etc Largo tins contain suff£ lent to produce 10 ,„„t s ,„• rich £ •turd. Small tins ronton,- suffioiont for S pints; njso packed in ' caitf lx>ard host's con am.ng B ufi".cien t for 8 pint« ■All storekeepers s» | G'\RLA\rr»H3 CRKAMO (Custard P ow der)~ffldc !• tm in your next order -'ciuae "If it's GARLAND'S its GOOD." 3.

All the sections comprising the Crioklewood Settlement have now been | taken up. i Tlio annual general meeting of the Kia Toa Bowling Clab will bo held in Hutchison's Rooms on Wednesday, Juyly 24, at 7.30 p.m. Our readers aro reminded of the concert to bo given in the Congregational Church, North Street, this evening nt 8 o'clock, when a first-class programme is to bo rendered. George Stnrich Milan, a. Serbian, pleaded guilty at the Polico Court Pnincdin to seven charges of burglary. Ho was committod to the- Supreme Court for (sentence. H. AUclmreh and Co., wish to draw attention to tbeir advertisement of ea.k> of motor car, wh'cl.i will bo on view in the rooms on Friday. As the owner Is shortly proceeding Do camp, tho enr will bo for absolute salo. Four Chatham Islands natives have been committed to Christchurch for trial on a chargo of manslaughter, through, killing a nat/v© woman by tohungaism—trying tt> expel, an evil spirit from her by physical violence During tho month of Juno 153 patients wore treated in Timaru Hospital, and of those, tlipro had been discharged, cured, 57, relieved 12, dead, 4. At tho beginning of the present month there were SO under treatment. Tho Borough Council Chambers at OartPfrton wero destroyed by fire early yesterday. Nothing was caved. Hart and Hogg, solicitors, had off cos in tho building. They also lost everything, including a valuable law library. Tho origin of thofiro is a mystery. , The South Canterbury orchestra will have tho assistance of Mr Francis L. Lubbe at their concert in the Theatre Royal on Sunday evening noxt. Those who havo not hoard Mr Lubbe will do well to attend, as vioVnists of his quality aro raro. Mr Inkster, ono of thio finest bass voices evu heard in Timaru, will also assist. Tho programme will bo advertised >n Saturday's issuo. All proceeds will bo devoted to the Red Cross Fund.