The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, July 16, 1903

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 375, 16 July 1903, Page 4

The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, July 16, 1903

The Alexandra School re-opened on Tuesday, after the usual winter vacation. The spinsters of Alexandra will; entertain their friends at a social dance in the town hall, on Thursday evening next, 23rd inst. There is a growing demand for bicycles in China, only, however, for the ladies' type of machine, as the native costume demands a dropped frame. Mr J J Eamsay has taken over the editorial control of the " Taieri Advocate " Mr Eamsay will still continue his business in Dunedin as hitherto. It is understood that the SolicitorGeneral has advised that there is no power to cancel a club license in Ashburton though Prohibition has been carried in the district. Paul Albert, the German Cyclist, who won the one mile world's championship 8t Vienna in 1898. and in the following year won the N.O.U. quarter-mile and one-mile championships at New Brighton (England), was killed at Mayence on May 24 while tfying & hew raxsiag ean

The Vincent County Council meets o>\ Wednesday next. Thk opening of St Du stall's (R.C. Church, Clyde; which was to have,,iai.<:ri place on Sunday next, has been post; oned definitely, owing to the impassable stare of the roads. Legislation will be introduc d ( ; i; sion giving Government power to tal o\all beauty spots in the colony wheth- i the possession of Domain Board* pnv U individuals or Maoris, and to administer f same. Lix. .M'Lkan will . teach dumbeh exerejscs twice a week if he can get a sufficient amount, of pupils for one month only, lee £• for the month, to be pajd m advance ; name and fee to be lodged with Mr A G King care Mr Theyers. The Alexandra Brass Band will give another.p'mnenad'e cohcert in the toyri* evening next, commencing 1&-0 ocl;oclr sharp,. The programme will be '•-tt'VAijiea'one and judging by'the crowd that took advantage of the fine music on the. last occasion, we anticipate a large, attendance this time. .>_• ./_ .;.,;, :•■'•'• ■;_; Sir Robert Justice for tht Colony of New Zefjatfil is at present principally engaged W;'-standing on his dignity and raising a storm in a tea-cup on a question of precedence. It may, perhaps, be remembered that "a few years the same gentleman took office as Premier without precedence. A systematic survey of the depths of the Scottish lakes has been organised by bir John Murray and Mr Laurence Pullar. Nearly '24,000 soundings hove been taken in jSB lochs. The greatest depth observed was in Loch Morar, 1,000, which is several hundred feet more than in any other lake in the British Islands. Owing to the inclemency of the weather and the town hall being rather cold, Mr J K Stephens, the Singing Evangelist, at the request of the United Mission Committee, has transferred his place of meetings to the Presbyterian Church. Mr Stephens will preach in the State School on Sunday .morning at 11 a.m. and at the Presbyterian Church at 7 p m. A lad walked into a Masterton tobacconist's establishment where a patent cigar cutter has been fixed up, states thw "Wairarapa Daily Times." He poked his finger into the aperture for cutting the cigar and withdrew it minus the fleshy end of his finger. He was last seen making raj idly for home, having in the meant.me raised a considerable uproar; Negotiations are still proceeding (says the Dunedin "-Star") between the Government Land Purchase Department and the owners of Waimea Plains and Edendale Estates, re the acquisition of these properties for purposes of close settlement The difference in value is not so great between the contracting parties as to preclude the hope of an early settlement being arrived at. Air-ships are the last invention, They navigate the air. In future«we'Jl be in suspension Travelling here to there. We'll gaily sail up in the sky, I Till us the clouds immure And catch bad Colds, but won't say die. With Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Mr and Mrs F Donnelly, who recently left Ophir for Cromwell, have been preaon ! -d with a handsome marble clock by tk-v*, Ophir friends, as a token of the esteem in which the recipients are held. The clock bears the following inscription: " Presented to Mr and Mrs F Connelly by their well wishers and friends in Opuif and surrounding districts on the occasiofi of their departure to Cromwell." There was a great crowd of people in Gore on Saturday (reports tnd " Standard"), the impending liquor droctsrhV doubtless causing many people to av.iil themselves of a final opportunity of induig* ing in the cup that cheers. The hotels did a roaring business, and one (the Southland) was so deplenished of liquor that the licensee had to close his bar yesterday morning, thus anticipating prohibition by * couple of days. The number of labourers employed 08 co-operative works throughout the colony is 5163. Of these, 2907 are controlled by the Public Works Department and 2256 by the Departments of Roads. Eleven hundrad and sixty one are employed on the North Island Main Trunk' railway, 262 on the Midland railway, 258 on the Otago Central railway and 220 on the Blenheim* Waipara railway. There are now 209 artisans engaged on co-operative works, " Oh! Listen to the Band In their Uniforms so gay—." yes; but they're not quite paid for yot. On Thursday, August 6th, however, the public, will have an opportunity of' giving their mite towards extinguishing the debt, by patronising the entertainm'efit to be given by the Snowflake Minstrels, who will be assisted by Mr Lex M'Leari, vMiss Kitty Antonio, and Mr and Mrs Dumsday. The entertainment promises to be one of the best audYnoit varied yet given in Alexandra. This is how a reporter on a Fijian jour* nal describes the arrival of the New Zealand parliamentary party at Samoa on ih* Steamship Mapourika:—." The Mapouiika arrived here on Tuesday morning, and wag a great disappointment. The people here expected to see a crowd of swells in French grey, bell-toppers, and the usual morning walking-coat instead of which our gaze was riveted on what?—well, don't ask me. Talk of navvies on strike ! Well, they aren't in it—half-dressed, unwashed, unshaved crowd ; but perhaps it was the firemen I saw." The " Tuapeka Times " has the following I —The Premier must be the recipient of soma strange, if not amusing, requests at times. In November last, he was writtten to by a' local schoolboy, who asked that he should send him some stamps for his collci'.Mon On Thursday last the juvenile stamp fk-nd received a very civil note trom Mr Seddon, in which he explained that press of business and his absence from Wellington prevented him replying sooner, and he regretted that previous applicants had a lien on all )Aa used stamps for some time to come, but he hoped he would be more successful in so;.:,> other quarter. Some extraordinary details regarding the mariner in which the Maoris live are givwi by the "Northern Advocate," on tba authority of " an obseivant southern ger.t'e* man who has been travelling between Maungakahia and Kaikou " This gentle* man found the Maoris leading the lives cf dogs herding together in bopeiess indolence abject poverty and squarlor. In a journey of about 40 milec hf did not see a solitary crop, but on all Bidea was evidence of absolute want and of a 1 cfc: of the decencies of life. The filthinefcn cf their surroundings is almost too abominable for words. Crawling with the vermin. nn» kempt, unwashed, half-naked, huddled together, like swine in smoky, grimy whare«, scarcely fit for the habitation of mongreli of pigs that infest the settlements.