THE Western Star AND WALLACE COUNTY GAZETTE. Established 1868. Vincit Amor Patriae. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1898.

Western Star, Issue 2178, 9 February 1898, Page 2

THE Western Star AND WALLACE COUNTY GAZETTE. Established 1868. Vincit Amor Patriae. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1898.

A handicap sailing races takes place above the bridge to day at 2 30 pm. The following boats have entered—Maori Girl scratch, Eileen 2-Jmin, Terakoi 4miu, Myrth smin, Gladys Gatin, Una Grain, FK Grain, Elsa 7min, Ripple lOmin, Syren 13tnin. The Otautan Athletic Sports take place to-day. The Sheffield Handicap should bring oat a large number of competitors for the £lO prize. All tho events are post entry. The Riverton Brass Band wi Ihe in attendance, and this should considerably add to the enjoyment. The trains have been delayed to suit visitors, the particulars of which will be found in our advertising columns. If the weal her proves fine tho gathering should bo & grand success. The Wallace County Council sits on Saturday. The Balfour sheep dog trials take pines at Balfour on Thursday and Friday, the 10th and 11th, These events should prove very interesting to cattle drovers and farmers generally throughout the district. There were only four civil cases set down for hearing at the Riverton Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Two were withdrawn, and in the other two judgmsnt was confessed. An obituary notice in the Southern paper contains the touching iptelligence that tho deceased ‘had accumulated a little money and 10 children.’

Through the medium of an electrophone n gentleman, who resides at Kedbill, had the unique experience of hearing at a distance of 24 miles, the explosion in Marylebono Presbyterian Church on 7th November. ‘ Confined to my house by a cold,’ ho writes, *1 turned on my eleotsiophone, and was following the service attentively when, all of a sudden, I heard a bang followed by screams, shouts, and general contusion, the minister’s voice being occasionally peard anvdst it all, trving to restore order. ! I sneedily realised that I was witness to a 'panic by'telephone —I suppose tho first case of the kiod that had ever happened—a man 24 miles off so excited by the canic as to have his heart almost stand still. When I read the account of the explosion in the papers on Monday evening, I found that there was only one feature I had not fully recounted to my family on Sunday, and that was the dense cloud of vapour that filled tho church.’ The Lake Wakatipn correspondent of the Southland Times writes:—Mining is looking up in every part of the district, in allnvial as well as in quartz-minim?. It would seen as if your towns, people were determined to go in for a slice of the good things going, encouraged thereto no doubt by the success of Mr MoFarlane’s company is meeting with in Arrow Falla tunneling claim. Although the actual amount of their gettings has not been made known It is understood that they are very satisfactory indeed. The Company having a large extent of the river bed to'work there is a chance of the gold continuing for a good long time to come as they ever im prove as tho claim is getting better opened out. Mr W. Taylor, on behalf of an invercargill syndicate, has secured Arrow Flat and if the proper means ere adopted to work the ground tho gold is there right enough to make the venture a success. Last though m t least it has transpired that an Invercargill syndicate has taken over, or is about to take over, the Gallant Tipperary mor Skippers Point, This also is a mining spec with pretty certain and well defined possibilities. It is one of the oldest qnartz mines in the district and has shown an nunsual vitality. During the time the mine has been workcl it has had periods of depression from which it has always emerged with eclat and it is to bo hoped that it will do again so this time and with more permanent effect. The party who now own tho miec are so perfec'ly cognisant of its peculiarities that there is every reason to hope they will take steps to meet in an efS 'icnt manner.

The weather is still bad. In brief, it is wet, cold and blowy, and Wngges and Paulins cannot tell us when wo may expect a change for the better. Snow has fallen in northern Otago,

The Evening News, Sydney, says in regard to the application of Bucalptus iu influenza: — “We have to exercise caution to get an article freed of its astringent constituents or else it will prevent the excretion of the disease-pro-ducing germs, A preparation known as Sander & Sons Eucalypti Extract was found to bo the only refined one, and proved to be possessed of the highest germ-killing qualities Dr H. H. Hart, New York, says It goes without saying that Sander and Son Eucalypti Evtract is the best in the market It is an excellent local application in inflammation of mucous membranes and will cure influenza, diarrhoea, dyphtheria, infectous fve The Hellers opened to a crowded house on Monday, and well sustained their good reputation. With the exception of an alleged oomio item, by one of tho singers, which would be better left out of the programme, the entertainment was unique and interesting The living pictures by the cinematographe, the mysticism, and psyohomanoy provided o bill-of-faro that met with tho greatest approbation. A second entertainment last night was equally meritorious and liberally patronised. INEXPRESSIBLE RELIEF.

Ladies who are in delicate health will find the Bourse of this in Wolfe’s Schnapps, which is also bigly noflrishing and agreeable.