The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, Jan. 28, 1904

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 403, 28 January 1904, Page 4

The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, Jan. 28, 1904

IHE Court sits at Ophir to-day. Mr C J Coombs, dentist, m&Y Tbe e&131 2££ °P hir^a Friday, January 29th sofP morrow). ■■■•> - ' v. .;.■.-;,,,." :;'*-•;;.<.« DUBINa last year 30,883 people arrived in. ; ? } n f took For, 1902 the figures are ;30i593 and* 22.30* * respectively. .;'■■<:/<?*'•v-->*--'V'■•. J£*V'; SIR Jobb»H;Ward, Minister of Railways, states that to date the increase in the rail-;. way revenue for the year f has been £146,796 'Ol over the amount for th& correspondingperiod of last year. '■£•];£?\ v , ■ -. ' ..The Alexandra Brass Band.will, weathjef permitting, play a number of selections in -, the Recreation Reserve on Sunday at 3 p,m. Collection boxes will beplaced at the. gates of the reserve; proceeds in aid; of the! Music Fund. v : . _ Mexico has advanced; to Commandant : Snyman 60,000d0l on 2{> years' credit towards the purchase of lands to be colonised by Boers within three years, the Boers to be exempt from military service and taxation, • Snyman commanded the Boers at the siege of Mafeking. It is reported that experiments with the clay deposits recently discovered in the Kakahu district, near Winchester, South Canterbury, have been most successful, arid that an effort to establish complete workswill be made. The find isadjacent to.the recently-discovered gold-bearing quartz reserve, owned by a Ohristchuroh resident, ;. . Anyone that has sore throat, <:■;-'' Must know he's caught a cold, Our good advice he, then should note, , And do what he is told; Which is—if he has got the'sense— To hasten to procure " The thing that sells for eighteenpaenoe Some— Wood's Great Peppermint Curb. Mr R. Wilson, wheelwright and blacksmith, inserts a notice in this issue notifying that he has entered into partnership with MrJohnM'lntyre. Since Mr Wilson started business in Alexandra he has been credited with turning out some excellent work, arid « we feel sure that the new partnership (• Bob' and • Jack •), will keep up the repui tation of the old firm. ' > Wb wish to call attention to the DIG sale announcement in our to-day's issue. The sale commences on Monday, February Ist, and will be continued for 21 days. The management are sparing no efforts to males it the most successful sale of the season. All seasonable goods are to be cleared, arid in addition every article in stock will be reduced and marked at sale prices.- A sale catalogue of 16 pages will be posted free to any address on application. - •

Mr John Williams, a well-known quart* miner of Bendigo and Macetown, met with a serious accident at his hut on the banks of the Arrow River on Sunday. He had been burning some tussocks, and the fire caught the shed in which he had stored dynamite and caps. An explosion took place. Per* tions of the dynamite caps struck him on the head, inflicting deep wounds. When discovered a few hours afterwards Williams was in an exhausted condition through loss of blood. He was conveyed to the local hospital, where he lies in a precarious condition.

For absolute strengtn, extreme simplicity freedom from weak or undesirable points and abundance of excellent working faturea throughout, Excelsior Ploughs are unrivalled. They will do perfectly the worjljijpiat can be expected of any plough, and are guaranteed to give satisfaction in any soils where a plough can work at all, no'matter how tough and difficult the workv They have extra length of land beam, specially made mould boards, and steering, gear of fclhe most complete and approved kind, Revolving swivel steel circular coulters, ©ouble furrow, £ll 10s* three furrows, £l6*loß, Morrow Babseti and Co., sole agents The following item of .news from the Johannesburg correspondent of the "Obago Daily Times" will be of interest to the many Alexandra friends of the gentleman referred to:—" Mr ' E Richardson, one of the Wellington family, who for a very considerable time has been engaged proving dredging properties in Portuguese East Africa, has, 1 understand, been offered and has accepted a good position under the 'Rhodesia Limited as consulting engineer for the company's several gold dredging schemes. He and his wife (just recently arrived from New Zealand) take up residence at Umtali, a British town healthily situated in the uplands 200 miles from Beira " The " Star's "special correspondent wires from Christchurch that Mi* Seadon declare* that the endeavor of certain newspaper cor* respondents to represent the Grey mouth banquet as a failure cannot be justified. To say that large numbers of business people absented themselves from the gathering is untrue, and presents the real facts in a totally false light. As a matter of fact, snob a large number of people were present that they could only be accommodated with great difficulty, and as for large numbers of business people: absenting themselves, the troth is that the applications for tickets were so numerous that a great many had to be refused. Regarding the alleged dissatisfaction with the action of the Government in regard to the Harbour Board, what the Gov* erament have done was simply to substitute the mayors and county chairmen for the men previously on the Board who had no particular status.

It is interesting to learn that Mr Taylor and Miss Carrington, chiefs of,the Taylor* Carrington Company, have seen a good deal .of the East in recent years, and have had sonie'striking experiences. They spent five years in India and the neighboring dependencies, playing in the garrison towns, even in far Oashmir and Beluchistan. They were in China during the Boxer tfoubles,* and played in a theatre of matting constructed within the walls of the Imperial Palace oil Pekin immediately after the capture of the city. had an unique experience in Japan, where they were the first company to play in the interior towns. Playing "Bip Van Winkle," in one of the commercial capitals, the Minister of Education was so pleased with the play that he arranged a syndicate to run the company with ''Hip, Van Winkle "through the interior, irtid for four months they played it ;a day : on seven days a week, and might hive continued had not' Mr Taylor's voice given way. uod&r the constant work. They -were exceedingly well treated during this trip, and saved all trouble.. ■•■,:"'-"Vy'- .:,'•■.;• .■■':■

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