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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 357, 12 March 1903, Page 4

The anuual meeting of the Alexandra Golf Club takes place on Wednesday evening, 18thinst, The season, for shooting imported and native game has been fixed from April Ist to June 30th; Constable Dale has been gazetted inspector of weights and measures for the Borough of Alexandra; ™ . Mb A D Willis, M.H.R. for Wanganui, is at present touring Central Otago.and passed through Alexandra last week. Amongst the visitors in the Colony at present is Seymour Wilson, of San Francisco whose mission is to buy gold. . The Commissioner of Crown Lands notifies that Run 221 c (part of Moutiere Station) will be open for application on April 2nd. Two excellent views of Mr R Dawson's orchard at Conroys Gully, appears among the illustrations in last week's issue of the " Weekly Press." A number of local athletes and cyclists are in training for the forthcoming sports , which are to be held at Ophir, Bald Hill! tflat, Ci#d« otoA CtsaweU*

The American patent rights of a shotmachine, invented by a Dunedin man, have been bought for £3000.; £A ; '%& \\ THBjAlexandra: Brass J-Jajid iwjil a numbeV of selections ftj'frohfrof the Libraiy on Saturday evening, commencing at 8- p m. Mr Egginton, of the Thames post-office, bas been appointed postmaster at Alexandra. Itis not yet knowri \phen Mr Egginton will take up bis new duties, Fifty-four draught horses sold at auction in Wellington last week realised £1944, average £36 each. This beats the Oamaru record of £I4OO for 50. The County Clerk (Mr Dickie) notifies that lie will visit Ida Valley to-morrow (Friday) and Ophir on Saturday, for the purpose of collecting rates. Mb H. D. Bedford, M H R, characterises the Midland Railway as a " gigantic blunder." Mr Bedf rd was one of a party who recently inspected the line. The Pope's' benediction at the Jubilee" festival has been phonographed. The Pope has authorised its reproduction on cylinders, and their sale in aid of charities. The Ameer of Afghanastan has forbidden anyone to have more than four wives. He bas divorced all his own wives except the daughters of four leading generals. The Colonial Executive of the Farmers' Union intend impressing on the Premier the necessity of special representation of the farmieg community in the Legislative Council.

A Lisbon cable says that great preparations are being made to entertain King Edward on his way to the Mediterranean. There are to be a review, a regatta and a bull fight. Valuable phosphate rock deposits have been discovered at the fortifications at Tokomairiro. There is said to be a whole mountain of it within a mile of the fortification and railway station. A social, in aid of the fund to send a shooting team from the Alexandra Rifles to compete for the Goldfields Challenge Shield at Queeiistown on March 17th, will be held in the town hall this evening; Messrs A. and T. Burt, of Dunedin, are the successful tenderers for the cartage of the pipes for the Alexandra waterworks from Ida Valley to Alexandra, and the same firm has also secured the contract for layirgsame through the streets. Two out-door gatherings take place in the district on Tuesday next (St Patrick's Day), viz., the annual sports at Ophir and at Bald Hill Flat. In each case the sports promise to be a great success, and, given fine weather, we expect to see large attendances

Chief Inspector Walter Dinnie, of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard, has been appointed to succeed Mr Turnbridge as Chief Commisioner of Police. The new Commissioner is a near relative of Donald Dinnie, the famous athlete. The Colima volcano, in Mexico, is in active eruption Black mud, stones and earth are being ejected, and accompanied by earth tremblings and dense clouds Showers of ashes have fallen for 100 miles around* The residents of Tuxpan are in consternation, Hying to the hills ■ ' . At the Invercargill Supreme Court, the jury, after a retirement of about five minutes returned a verdict of " Not guilty " in the case of Dr Fullarton, charged with illegally using an instrument. The result was received with loud applause, which was again renewed when the juryjwas discharged. Mr Macdonald notifies in another column that he has disposed of bis practice as a barrister and solicitor to Mr J. R. Bartholomew, L.L.B, as from Ist April next. Mr Bartholomew has for the past ten years been connected with the leading Dunedin firm of Messrs Smith, Chapman, and Sinclair.

I The hearing of the charge again st Thomas Ravnsay and John Cairns of havinS I assaulted and robbed Thomas Reid 0f.£285 on the reclaimed ground was concluded at the Dunedin Police Court on Monday, by Mr Graham, SM., committing both accused for trial at the next criminal sittings' of the SupremeiCeurt. The grand balance of the scale used in the Bank of England is probably the most wonderful piece of mechanism in the world. It stands ;7ft\high, and. this: scale is so perfectly adjusted that it can weigh a grain of dust or 4001b of gold. A postage stamp placed on one of the two weighing portions will move the lever 6Jncjhes A picture of the employees of the Alexandra Goal Company, with the banner carried by them' in. the Coronation procession |h the* last issue" of the *>'N.Z,. Mines Rec9rdl"-»A picture is given of "George," the company's pony, who is lowered down the shaft (4ft square) on Mondays and brought up on Saturdays, t

Winter comes with chilly drape, And coughs and colds we can't escape ; We're bound to face it every year, However much the damp we fear. We long to 'see Old Sol's bright rays Through those wet and gloomy days, % While, ojir health we do assure With some Wood's Great Peppermint Cure. , ;'^.l AM acquainted,', says a Home correspondent, •*% with a case in which two sisters -4rthe united: annual income of whose ■ husbands-is not less than £4,000 —have for years been trying to persuade a brother incapacitated by ill-health from work to commit suicide, in order that they might be absolved from a yearly contribution of £SO towards his maintenance." . The " Mt Ida Chronicle " says that accord;ing to the returns furnished by the returning officer, Mr J "Swing's election expenses were: Travelling expenses (including board for self and driver and horse expenses). £23 7s 6d, advertising £lB 19s, hire of halls, fill, horse hire, £6 9s £1 ss, copies of electoral roll £1 12s, telegrams (about) £16 1- ;total £7&l2s 6d. At the.inquest on 'the body of Mr J R Thornton,- solicitor, who was found on the beach at St Clair, with a wound in his forehead and a pea rifle in hishand.and who died in the Hospital on Saturday morning, the jury returned a verdict that deceased came to.his death by a shot from a rifle but there svaVnot sufficient evidence to show in what way. There was nothing to show who fired ; the-shot. ..

W M'Nab.a wsll-known§.sheep-owner and a; judge j of sheep at agricultural sooities" shows in 'the? Norwell district, N;S.W., was. found guilty of conspiracy with two em~ ployes to defraud th* Numurkah Society of prize money. He entered liis own sheep in the names of two lads in his employ, and then, as judge, awarded them nearly all the prizes M'Nab was fined , £6OO, A mile proscqtiA was entered' against the employes. Sir J G Ward, interviewed at Sydney, gave a glowing account of New Zealand's position. He says that every test that 13 usually taken to ascertain the financial po&itiom.of a country,-if- applied to New Zealand, will show that the possibilities of a slump/beginning do not exist.' There is no dearth of employment The revenue is increasing; reductions in taxation have been marie and the savings of the people are increasing enormously. Surgeon-Professor Hofrath M'oselig, of Vienna, has discovered a method'of curing mortification of the bones of the leg by removing the diseased part, and, just like a dentist, replacing it with a filling of iodoform, sesamoel and spermaceti. At a demonstration before the medical society of Vienna, great interest was shown in the important discovery. , Professor Moselig, showed Rontgen ray. pictures of patients who had been, completely curs-d. by fchfy

I SAYS a leading Russian journal:— The| persistent of the British to v thiirart the commercial and political in- ; finance of Russia in iaay go beyond bearable limits, and impel ttr' to take more serious measures namely, to defend cur interests in this country by force of arms. It might then come to pass that, in order to bring the British to a more:accommodating view, it will be necessary for bur troops to advance not only into Persia, but also into Afghanistan. Mr J L,Wanklyn, M.P. for Bradford, addressing his constituents, declared that the Cabinet had neither the moral nor the political courage to prosecute Mr Bryce, member for Aberdeen, for sedition contained in ah article published in a foreign journal in December, 1899, containing an indictment of Great Britain, an appeal foi foreign intervention, and an incitement to the Dutch at the Tape to rebel. He had remarked that the Cabinet should prosecute Mr Bryce or release Colonel Lynch.

To-nAY one million five hundred thousand M'Cormick reaping and harvesting machines are in use in all parts of the world. They harvest grain on the steppes of Asia, on the pampas of South America, the tablelands of South Africa, the plains of Europe, and the prairies of North America From Manitobo to Argentine, in New Zealand, Australia and South. Africa one man seated at ease does the work of 20 toilers. The M'Cormick harvests over one-third the grain and grass cf the world. You can by a M Cormick Harvester for . £35. Morrow, Bassett, and Co., sole agents. The Premier speaking at Hanmer said that there would be a surplus of revenue over expenditure of £266,000 or including the amount brought forward the usual half million surplus. There had been a decrease in expenditure as a sound government meant the keeping down of expenditure. The Government will have underspent the authorised expenditure by £40,000 The public works were making good progress and by careful- management they had over a million in the public work's account. He declared the last loan would realise £9l 14s and denounced the "bears " in the colony who sent incorrect news to London about the Colony. ."';.• On Tuesday evening last Mr W. Bringans, bandmaster of the .Alexandra Brass Band, was the recipient of a beautiful silvermounted baton from the members of the band. Band-sergeant Kinraid, in making the presentation, eulogised Mr Bringans as a bandmaster who has worked very hard to make the band one of the most efficient on the goldfields. Mr Bringans, in returning thanks to the members, said he hoped the band would continue to prosper as it had done in the past, and he would do all in his power to make the band the most efficient out of Dunedin. The Mton bears the following inscription:—" Presented to Bandmaster Bringans, as a token of esteem, from the members of the Alexandra Brass Band. March 10th, 1903."

Mr W. H. Hughes, lately employed as engineer on the Unity dredge, succumbed on Friday last, to the injury he received on February 27th. The unfortunate man was conscious, though unable to speak, tor some time after the accident. He then became unconscious, and remained in that state until his death. A post mortem examination revealed a fracture, eight inches in length, extending along the leftside of the skull. The coroner's jury returned the following verdict:—"The said William Hughes died from the result of a fall sustained while attending to the friction gear of the Unity dredge, but there is no evidence to show how the accident occurred. We al o agree that there is no blame attachable to. anyone, including the deceased himself. The deceased, who is-a recent arrival in the district, leaves a wife and family, .