The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, Nov. 5, 1903

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 391, 5 November 1903, Page 4

The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, Nov. 5, 1903

A. J. Joyce inserts a change of ad. in this issue.

A tennis match, Cromwell v. Alexandra, will be played on the local' court on Saturday next. " "•'-' ■. >• ■ In the cricket match, Lowburn v. Cromwell, plaj'e&'at; Cromwell on Saturday last, the former were victorious by 2 runs. The next English and European mail, via 'Frisco will close at the local post office at 7 p.m. on Sunday next. Weather permitting, the Alexandra Brass Band will play a number' of selections on •the recreation reserve on Sunday afternoon next. , t* '• " , ...-.;

V News from Sydney states that the steamer Ovalau sank off Lord Howe Island, as the result of an. explosion.-. All the passengers and crew were saved. V> :• '"; The well-known and oid,-established firm of tea merchants, Meesfs Njilson, Moate and Co ," insert a change adv'tln, this issue, to "which we draw attention of our readers. ■' THB Rev. Mr 'Mackie leaves on Tuesday morning next for Dunedin, where he attends the annual Assembly' (to ,be held in First Church); as ? . one of the of the Dunstan Presbytery. Mr Mackie returns on the 28th inst.

Says " Cyclops "in the "Ensign":—So long as prohibition does not prohibit it will continue to be a success; but if any serious attempt were made to really cut off supplies, the community in its present temper would not tolerate - the innovation for a moment.

The . ;fj>Howing is from " Punch ":— " Extrac&irom a contemporary: We must protest with all our power against the disgusting and degrading spectacle of a prize fight which took place on Saturday between Jefferies and Corbett, Full details will be found on page 6."

We would draw the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr E Souness (late Frank Hyams), the well-known Dunedin jeweller, intimating that his representative. Mr Edgar Bush, will be in Alex andra in a week's time, with a special stock of jewellery, silverware, purses, &c. On Tuesday evening another welcome shower of rain fell throughout the district and the eifeot will be highly beneficial to the crops. From an agriculturist's point of view, the present season promises to be a most prolific one; and the fruit crops also give promise of being unusually heavy. A public meeting held in Latimer square, Christchurcb, on Saturday night, passed a unanimous resolution : " That this meeting strongly protest against the introduction of such undemocratic and iniquitous provisions against the rights and liberties of the people as the Licensing Amendment Bill contains."

On Monday, November 9th (King's Birthday) the local post and telegraph office will observe a close holiday. A delivery of ci&r&pondence will be made over the counter on Saturday night after the arrival of the Dunedin mail. Mails for Roxburgh, Bald Hill Flat, Clyde, Cromwell and. Waenga will close at 7 p. m. on Sunday. Mb L Gakds is at present on a flying visit to Alexandra, and his many friends have been glad of the opportunity to renew the acquaintanceship formed during' Mr Gards' long residence amongt us. \Mr Gards is accompanied by .Miss Gards ; (fromi Germany), who is at present on a visit to. the colony; and also by Miss Schlaadt, from Dunedin.* Al the Band Contest held at Port Chalmers last week, - the Cromwell Band showed up well in the solo competitions. The tejior horn and baritone solos were won by G Wishart .and T Marshall respectively; J Webster took third place for the euphonium solo; and Messrs M'Glashan, Webster, Stephens, 1 and Wishart were placed second in the quartet.

Dealing with six youths charged .tit Bal. larat with breaking and entering a shop and stealing tobacco, &c, the Chief Justice of Victoria (Sir John Madden) , said boys of their age often went to ruin for want of a thundering sound licking. 'There were too many " sickly sentimentalists " in the world who thought they could bring up their boys better than they themselves were brought up. It was terrible to see lads on the verge of Pentridge and ruin all for a few cigarettes and some tobacco.

Our readers will scarcely need to be again reminded of the Alexandra Orchestral Society's concert, to be held this evening. We understand that over 80 reserved i'seats have been taken, so we may fairly venture the prophecy that the capacity ofrthe town hall wiil be taxed to the utmost, Mr J Parker, the champion cornet soioist, arrived by coach last evening, and those who propose patronising the entertainment will look forward with pleasure to the items that are to be contributed by that gentleman. We have been asked to state -tlass, every precaution will be taken by the committee ft) see that purchasers of reserved seat ticketswill secure the seats allotted to them.

A pleasing function took place at the Bendigo Hotel on Thursday evening last, wlren the members of the Alexandra Orchestral Society met to bid farewell to Mrs J Milne, on the eve of hei departure 'from the district. The president of Sediety (Dr Gregg), in a few well-chosen words, conveyed to Mrs Milne the thanks of the members for the kindness and support that she had extended to the Society during her residence in Alexandra. Dr Gregg then asked Mrs Milne's acceptance of a case of afternoon te spoons, which had been subscribed by the members of the Society as a token of their esteem for the recipient, and he concluded by wishing Mrs Milne and her husband every success and happiness in their future career. '

« A horticultural society has been, formed at Clyde. . The is •Dunstan District Horticultural*Society'' :, v->\

I A scratch cricket ;matchiwill.be played* on the Alexandra OricSeV Club's. next, .when•>". all are re- 1 quested'to attend. ;:>.' > - s% . .>-, Jrof .c. ( . A BALLARATex-constable has left £2,760 ,to a local hospital, £1,5i)0 77 acre's"^ land to the Orphan Asylum," £SO to "his, daughter, and 12s a week and a house to his widow. |* * ' •"' '•'

' Inspector Cullbn, of Auckland, says ;siat returned troopers and ex-artiHerymet) ; who have become policemen,* show an .'evident desire to shirk their duties 'and *'*'• .• • r."'.' : j, ! ''Applications for ■> provisionals licenses.,to,' ' sell liquor at the Caledonian games, A &P show, and Southlandj.Racing,C,lub's meeting J have been refused by the" Inverca'rgiU Licensing Committee. ' ' / ' Ratepayers,, in Alexandra, Boroughs whose rates for the current year are unpaid, will do.".well to note* that I(l,per cent will be added to all. rates remaining, unpaidjoij and after December Ist next. v The Mt Ida Caledonian Society have included "a 220 yds handicap and v a two-mile wheel race": on their " programme for the annual New Year gathering. In the prize money totals £l3, and nominations November 24th; The .Walton Park coal mine (near Dunedin) 'the ( oldest mine in Otago, has been closed down after having been worked for 40 years. Thee use of stoppage is due to the difficulty of dealing with the influx of water in the lower levels, which are some 250 ft below sea level. If there is one thing more than another that people should be chary of it is the # quack—quack doctors or quack anything-; 'else, who profess to be able to cure all tbj£ ills that fish, flesh, or red herring are hsr, to, or never were heir to. About the., only thing they can cure is the pocket-book, In the September quarterly Customs returns, Wellington heads the.:list with £179.768 (an increasing on the correspond-

ing quarter in the previous > year of about £20,000). Auckland ctirW next with £162,211 (a comparative falling off of over £looo}. Dunedin third* iwith £114,610 (a. £13,000), and Christchurch . fourth with £104,892 (an increase of over £6000). Mr Annand, Mayor of Mornington. was sued by Mr Mantz, a ratepayer, for a breach of section 68 of;s!' The' Municipal Corpora-, tions Act, 1900," in that he presided at a; meeting of the • quncil when a re.soluti.on was carried giving free train passes % to councillors. Mr Carew, Stipendiary Magistrate, held that: all the councillors had' a pecuniary interest, therefore the*acji applied. wa§; fined 20s and costs; '' ' * ON March- 31st last,*-the number of resident settlers in the' South Island under village-homestead and other regulations was 7u3, and in the North Island 610 while } the non-resident settlers numbered 439 and

239 respectively Of the full number, 1446 held land under village-homestead regulations. The area held under these regulations was 31,007 acres 2 roods 3 perches, and the area held under other tenures was

11,644 acres 3 roods 15 perches. Stick to the people, it is but their due, Give them good value and they'll stick to you, So we have found it, wherever we've been ; We have a big lead, to keep it we mean, In many a home we have saved much expense •; And still we continue for years that are hence. ';'s'•. For bad coughs and colds, the stuff godffi and pure Is W E Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.

As a result or extremely low tides on {.he coast portions of the wreck of the, Tararua orMVaipapa Point have - been visible.'during the past week. Captain M'Gilvary, of the. Rose Casey, informs the " Southland Times" that he does not remember having previously seen the remains, although he has passed the place nearly twice a week for the last 14 years. On Thursday, however, parts of the Tararua and the Star of Erin were exposed, the cylinder tops and stern of the former vessel being plainly visible, A few weeks ago a travelling photographer arrived at Kawhia, and setting up business in a small room amongst the main portion of the business and dwelling-houses proceeded to take pictures for delivery at some later date. The artist was most successful, but in a few days, having "done " the town, made a most mysterious disappearance, leaving plates and materials in a evidently most careless fashion in an open house, to be. the property of anyone who liked to walk off with them. We are informed, however (says the " Taranaki Herald "), that the eminent young photographer was in reality a detective sent down to watch for sly grog-selling, and a number of prosecutions are likely to follow. The Kaitangata correspondent of the " Bruce Herald " states that on Friday morning last the people of Kaitangata were startled by a loud explosion in the Kaitangata coal mine, which shook the earth and rattled windows all over the town. In a short space of time the streets were crowded with anxious men, women and children, who were under the impression that some serious accident had taken place, jiut.it wag sp.on ascertained that the cause "of the noise was that some fifteen packets of about 701bs, had suddenly expibdecL awhile the mine officials were burning some., damaged dynamite. The two men engaged in the operation had a narrow escape, .*but,\received • no injuries other than a good shaking up. . The apotntesis of foolishness in-the shape of puzzle-games hails f a writer in the Guests are askggkto bring their own sheets and pillowcase'and mask. On arrival each one is en-.

veloped in his or her sheet, the pillow-slip is arranged on the head like a coalheaver's sack, and the mask is tied on, one is seated round the/, ahd' the inevitable slips of paper distributed.. Gifesfc£«arei : them, ',tb give.each 'other's- indentity.. taste from six different bottles, sixjiriffereftt mixtures and write down what each ?6ne" is. After to smell:- six- /SGents,:; and names; and finally to feel .six objects each in a separate pigeon hole, and write down what each one is. Any guest who survives the ordeal is given a photograph frame, while those who die are provided with funerals, and those who go mad are sent as quickly as possible to the nearest lunatic asylum.

Local tradesmen in this district, owing to the nearness to suffer a good deal from hawkers who drop off from the and put in a day disposing of their wares : i(says the " Bruce Herald '). Sometimes these- itenerant folk are pot convinced that honesty is the best policy, and those who unpatriotically purchase goods from them suffer for pocket." has lately come under our notice of a hawker who lately did the Milton district in the following fashion. Interviewing the mistress of the house he expatiated on the marvellous virtues of a tin of soap he held in his hand, and showed a set of three cups and saucers and told her that if she bought the tin of soap for a shilling, she would also get the set of eups andvgaucers. If she was sufficiently guileless the lady handed ever the shilling, but in return only got the tin of soap, but was told that in a week" the cups and saucers would be sent to her. The week has passed, and a considerable fijimber of unsuspecting housewives are still 'waiting for those cups and saucers!