The Herald. Alexandra Thursday, April. 23, 1903

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 363, 23 April 1903, Page 4

The Herald. Alexandra Thursday, April. 23, 1903

The Court sits at ophir on Thursday next, 30th inst. The Hon, Dr Grace, M.L.C.‘, died at Wellington on Sunday morning, after a long illness. At Norwegian State balls the ladies who intend to dance wear white; those who do not are expected to appear in black. London “ Daily express ” states that King Edward has entered a horse for the£lo,Cou Stakes, to be run for at St Louis World’s Fair. Creditors in the estate of the late Robert Millar M'intosh, of Ida Valley, are requested to send particulars of their claim to Mr G N MTntosh. ■ Mr H. L. Sprosen, of Dunedin, inserts a new business advertisement in this issue, which may be of interest to those engaged in poultry raising. The barque Port Sounachon,; from Glasgow, with the pipes for the Alexandra waterworks on board, arrived at Port Chalmers on Tuesday. A meeting of the Alexandra Football Club will be held in Mr Cairn’s office on . Saturday evening next, when important business is to be considered.' The annual licensing meeting for the district of Tuapeka will be held at Roxburgh on Wednesday, 3rd June All notices of applications must be lodged with the clerk of the committee 21 days before the meeting. In a trotting match at Christchurch, Ribbonwood put up a fresh record for a mile of 2min 9sec, ; : Later in the day. Price, the owner, was disqualified with the horse Felony for six months for suspicious practices. Amongst the old books which he bought for a few shillings a Broughton Ferry coachman named Lowson has found a copy of the rare Kilmarnock edition of Bums He has been offered £SO for it, but the last perfect copy sold fetched £572. Says the Cromwell Argus”:— Mr D. M'Loughlin, who was bitten by a horse last week, developed symptoms like those of blood poisoning, and yesterday Dr Hyde was sent for in order that a consultation might be held. He is progressing favorably. The Wellington police are taking finger impressions of all stowaways arrested on arrival in New Zealand; These are sent to places from which the undesirables departed, and so far the practice has proved that one or two recent arrivals have “ done time ” in Australia for burglary, &c. The Government have completed the purchase of the Lake Wakatipu Steamship Company’s business in terms of the preliminary agreement entered into some months ago, The Lake service will now be brought into more direct communication with the Lakes tourist traffic. A curious fact, dug out of the records of Llyod’s is the reviving popularity of the sailing ship. For several years hardly a new one appeared ; last year from the Clyde alone there came four 3000 tonners and over, six of between 2000 and 3000 tons, and six of between 1000 and 2000 tons. The first of the winter socials, under the auspices of the committee of S. Aidan’s Church, will be held in the Alexandra town hall on Wednesday evening next. In past years these socials have proved most enjoyable, and no doubt this year they will be as largely patronised as has been the case hitherto. “ Health Day ” is the name of a new legal holiday appointed by the Utah (U.S.A.) legislature. On the first Monday in October it is compulsory for every person in the State -to clean and , disinfect thoroughly dwelling houses, stores, theatres and public 1 halls. There is a penality of £lO for failure to observe the Act. L - A Perth message says that Mr Wise has ■returned from London. Referring to the.fall in Australian stock, he said that they shared ; the same fate as the high-class securities, including, .consols. He thought that the “ Daily Mail ” criticisms had some effect in reducing the value of Australian stocks, but not so much as had been imagined. Deaths from cancer rose at the chief tojms in New "Zealand from, Ts4in'l9ol to ;165 in, 1902, the being; 635 per cent of deaths for the year from all causes." ''At the four chief towns in New Zealand and their suburbs the death-rate from cancer for each of the last five years was as follows: —1898, 160; 1899,151 ; 1900, 145; 1901, 154p 1902 165. Public interest in educational matters in Dunedin must be in a sickly condition, in consequence of which the Albany street School Committee, with a view of inducing house-holders to attend and remain till the close of the annual meeting, will this year introduce into its proceedings an innovation in the shape of a musical programme, to while away the time during the counting of the ballot. Old England’s Navy rules the sea Nb matter where her ships may be, : Her flag will fly in every clime, —— Foremost till the end of time. Her hardy sailor loves to roam Upon the wave he calls his home, While from the cold he is secure. Taking—deed’s Jtagptt&ubt ©arc*

On tho eve of the recent licensing committee election in Dunedin, the Kev Mr Scorgie. speaking at a demonstration in the Harrison Hall, declared that the whole trade stood as an ally of crime, an ally of prostitution and an ally of murder. To this sweeping assertion tho trade naturally took exception, and an apology and unreserved withdrawal, demanded on their hehnlf by Messrs Mondy, Sim and Stephen has been made by the rev gentleman.

Mr L. Ryan, secretary of tho Alexandra Caledonian Society, has received a circular from the Scottich Society.of- New Zealand inviting subscriptions from one shilling up-' wards toward a fund that is being raised to vindicate the character of the late MaiorGeneral Sir Heofior Macdonald. If not required for this purpose, the funds will be devoted towards raising a memorial to his honour. Mr Ryan will be glad to receive subscriptions towards the fundAt the beginning of the week, a cold snap of weather set in, and for a couple of days it seemed as if winter had commenced in earnest A good deal of snow f.-ll on the higher levels, with rain on the low country This unfavorable weather will have had a rather serious effect on farmers in various parts of the district, as several have their crops still in the stook whilst in some cases the crops are not yet ripe enough to cut The weather cleared up yesterday, and is now fine. The financial year of the New Zealand Grand Lodge of Freemasons has been one of the most prosperous experienced by tUe order in this colony. The separate funds of the Grand Lodge have increased in the aggregate by nearly £IBOO, chiefly .through the special subscriptions made to the fund for the relief of aged and indigent Masons, which benefited by £IOOO during the period. Arrangements are now well forward for the annual conference of delegates from the whole of the lodges in the colony, to beheld at. Auckland in May. Mr T. P. Beck will represent the Alexandra Masonic Lodge at the Conference. IT is better to be brief in business announcements, and the Putney fishmonger who announced " Winkles is Riz" was a mcdel in his way. Even brevity, however has its pitfalls, as the Dewsbury Swimming Club discovered last year when, in advertising its annual ball, it announced on the placards, «• Dress optional." It was a harmless sensation, almost happy enough to have been deliberate, but such slips are not always made with impunity There are some who are unfortunate, as, for example the one display in a shop window in North London, which ran :—» Our superior butter is Is per lb; no one can touch it," " Annual sale now going on," ran another, " don't eo any where else to be cheated—come in here " There was something wrong, too, about the advertisement which asked for a boy who could " open oysters with a reference/' and that of the furrier who undertook to 'make up gowns, capes, &c, for ladies out of their own skin."

Referring to the revival of an apparently dead baby, which was mentioned in a recent telegram the " Auckland Star "savs :—The father returned borne and with his parents and some other friends they kept watch over the baby form throughout the night. The night dragged slowly on and the clock had.]nst struck three, when to the father's joy, though mingled with a sort of superstitious shock, he observed the ;eyes of the baby slowly open andgazing upon him. Ha called the women folk and' found that the rigidity and coldness of the • bdfr: b,ad vanished, the warmth was returhfnfc. ..The child was alive again.. Rapidly somefood' " was prepared and baby a.t&M . he' jjp "not, eaten for. the last two • ing advanced the unbereaved* father pro* ceeded to cancel the funeral arrangements. He met the coffin on the way to the house and astonished the undertaker by ordering it to be taken away again. The peculiar experiences of the undertaker had not hitherto included a baby's resurrection, although he could recollect some older people changing their minds. "