The Herald Alexandra, Thursday, July 2, 1903

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 373, 2 July 1903, Page 4

The Herald Alexandra, Thursday, July 2, 1903

Mr William Scoles, a well-kaown resident of Arrowtown, died on Sunday last, Mb 0 J Coombs, surgion dentist, from Duaedln, may be. consulted at Ophir, to* merrow (Friday). St.Ddnstan's Chubch, Olyde, will be opened by bis Lordship Bishop Verdon,' bn Sunday, July 19th. *£ In the appeal case, John Pitches v. '/ Alexander Kinney, judgment was given in faVor of the appellant, with costs. Mb Geobge Fache holds an important sale of furniture, &c, at Ophir on Saturday, on account of Mrs Gavan. Messbs Brown Ewing and Go. notify that their representative. Mr A S Lane, will bt in Alexandra from 6th to 12th July. The next English and European mat, via., 'Frisco, will close at the Alexandra post office on Snnday next, at 7 p.m. The Hon. A J Cadman, late Minister of Mines, haa been made a K.CM.G, 'Sir Alfred Cadman is a widower with one son and one daughter. Fob using obsoene language at a football, match on the Asylum, Ground. Dunedin.ft ■spectator named Thomas Andrews was fined £3 and costs or " 14 dj»js W; ■ A floatae., under the auspices of tin* Alexandra Rifles* will be hold in the town hall on Thursday evening next, ta celebrata the opening of the new orderly room. Gem and Dannevlrke "Advocates*:— The entertainment will be of high class a&sre. Ths'i'a .ftp. to ics CGEpsiiwof'f* for the .finest baby,' aomo singing, cat show, waltzing, best looking man, raoath organ, flour dipping, Istep dancing and a special prise for a " plum duff " contest. Owing to the drought in Australia, the States of California, Oregon and Washing* ton have sent to Australia and South 3 Africa wheat and flour valued ot £2,3040,000 the orders for which woujii otherwise have not gone to America, to; Australia totalled about £1,000,000 in' value, and those to South Africa slightly over./that amount,..- '•■'■ »%*;• A Beaumont settler informs the Toa* peka Times that rabbiting throughout hia district may now be regarded as a thing of the past. The weasels, he says, have killed off the rabbits wholesale, and as the same agency is at work in other pails of the country, he considers it now only a matter of a very short time before tap rabbit trapper's occupation is gone. , .. ■ A rather nasty accident., bammed to Mr and Mrs John Ewing while drfdtag hum St Bathans to Vinegar Hill on the evening of Saturday, 19th ult. It was a very dark night, and before they had gone far the horse became excited, and started kicking; eventually bolting and capsizing the trap oyer, an embankment about seven feet in height. Mrs Ewing escaped with a few bruises, but Mr Ewing had his right shoulder dislocated, one rib broken and was severely shaken. Mr Ewing is progressing favour* ably towards recovery.- ~.,:_ Fbiob to the departure from Clyde of Mr John de Courcey, Telegraph Lineman, who has been transferred to Oamaru K he was met bya number;of citizens at the. HartlefeArme Hosel, -Olyjie, on sTriesdSy : ;-.ev*ninK and presented with a handsome silver pipe for himself and a gold mounted greenstone brooch for Mw de Cpßrcey* x Mr W. 0« Pitches, the member. for ©uriatan Riding, 'made the presentation and in doing so re* f erred in complimentary terms to the sterling qualities of Mr de Courcey both in hie private and official capacity. Several other gentlemen spoke in a similar strain and all • present joined in drinking "Jacks "health, and in wishing him, Mm de Courcey, 'mjk .<■ family all prosperity and happseM to fpr. new home. At a Court Martial hold in Dublin, lasting nine days, seven officers of crack regiment* were charged by H F Stanford, a civilian, with having stripped and beaten him, ducked him in a fountain, cutVjpihalf hie moustache, treated him indecently, bias* pbemonsly crowned bins in imitation of Jesus Christ, and then photographed him. Verdict of "not guilty" was returned ansl the officers' swords given back to them The " Standard " says that the accused were fortunate to secure an acquittal and condemns their distantly and vulgar brutality. Most of the Jpagen express autfiriw fcttst

Ma Grattajt Gret. formerly of the Mew Zealand '*• fiaftaard " staff. Is busily engaged in Melbourne writing oat his record of travel In England Ireland, France. Italy, Holland,

Austria and .the United States »ithaview k to poblicatfon. The work will be copiously illustrated with photographs taken by Mrs Grey, and will extend orer several volume*. In America, Mr Grey gave special attention to the negro question. He went to the State? to study it on the spot. He found the colour line drawn with great sharpness. ' I*eo Booker Washington, the cultured * - president of the greatest negro college in the vaitenßtatea, would be forced to go secoad ejacs when he seaghtto travel by rail, while the meanest white who could rind the money tnight travel first class. Some of the Americanisms of speech struck the Mew ealander ae being very quaint. For Instance, the ap-to-date way of asking for a small loan is* "Bay, have yon got a dollar ttatatat working r Mr Jcstiob Hood, in ceoteacing a boy at Melbourne for an assault on a girl, said that his experiences in these cases was rapidly forcing him to the opinion that a class of youths and people was growing up there the members of which were little setter than savages as far as sexual relations ' were concerned. The girls had neither virtue noi modesty, the boys neither honor ■or honesty, and they apparently feared •either the law of God nor man801UWHKRS in the backblecks. not a ' thousand miles from Xketahona, where no licensed house has yet appeared, there is {according to the "Expirees*) a shaving establishment where business is conducted epoo quite modern principles The person who pays for a shave, if he be of good re- . fate, Is enrolled as a member of what is known as "The Club," whereupon he can ■ procure ae much alcohollo liquor as he want*—provided always that he possesses teecoto of the realm. Apottoeprobationer from Wellington, disgmsed as a runaway sailor, recently sought admission to the dub but he could not qualify and was accordfngly passed out.