The HErald. Alexandra, Thursday, Feb. 18, 1904 Good progress is being made repairing the road between Alexandra and Dry Gully.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 406, 18 February 1904, Page 4

The HErald. Alexandra, Thursday, Feb. 18, 1904 Good progress is being made repairing the road between Alexandra and Dry Gully.

The first show under the anspioes of the Dunstan District Horticultural Society will be held at Clyde to-day. Word has been received that the Cabinet has decided that there will be no Easter volunteer encampments this year. The next English and European mail, via 'Frisco, closes at the Alexandra postoffice on Sunday next,, at 7 p.m. The Alexandra Brass Band will (weather permitting) play a number of selections in front of the town hall on Saturday evening next. Mb Jas. J. O'Kane, dental surgeon, announces in outadvertising columns that his surgery will be closed from Saturday, 20th inst, till Wednesday, 24th' inst., inclusive. Messrs Brown, Ewing, and Co. notify that their traveller, Mr A E Lane, will be in Alexandra from 16th to 22nd February, with a new assortment of samples of up-to-date drapery. The Alexandra Brass Band intend giving Sunday afternoon concerts at Clyde and Alexandra, in aid of the funds of the Pun. stan Hospital. The band visits Clyde for this purpose on Sunday, the 28th inst. • The " Western Skr " says that Mr Dunpan is to relinquish the portfolio of Minister of Lands, and to be elevated to the. Upper House, the Premier to take over the Lands and to relinquish the portfolio of Education, a new Minister to have that department. The " Tapanui Courier " says that owing to the falling-off of revenue and patronage (which it attributes to the presence of the leather-lunged brigade of harpies, which the Club has no power to keep off their course;, the Tapanui Racing Club will have to put up their shutters. It has been decided to hold sports at Bald Hill Flat on St Patrick's Day (March 17th). An excellent programme has been drawn up, the chief event being the Limerick Sheffield Handicap, the prizes being £6 for first, £2 for second, and £1 for third. The programme is in the printer's hands, and will be issued in a few days. The Labour Party has now a big say In all political movements, And if it governs wisely, may Make many great improvements ; We hope to have some better laws, v And better health, that sure; If you feel ill, a cold the cause, Take— * Woods' Gbeat Peppebmint Cube.

General Sir Eobert Low, Oommander of Forces at Bombay, interviewed by the Auckland "Herald," said he believed England would be drawn into the Russian-Japanese affair in. two months' fime. This was apparently inevitable, which ever side wins. He regards the war as a serious misfortune for the world at large, whatever the final issue may be as between the two combatant nations. The Postmaster-General (Sir J Q Ward) informs us that the British PostmasterGeneral had agreed to a uniform postage of Id on newspapers, irrespective of weight. This means a large concession to the illustrated weekly papers and will certainly result in a large increase in the number posted to the United Kingdom. The revenue will therefore in no way suffer, and the colony will receive an excellent advertisement. "We have received a sample of potatoes from Mr J H Davidson, of Poverty Beach, who describes them as "External Covering Expellers," from the dexterous manner, we presume, in which they take off their jackets while cooking. Mr Davidson also claims that his potatoes' are all " Females." We do not pretend to tell the sex of a potato, but can testify that these distinguished tubbrs, when cooked, are both fine-flavored and cracked. The Alexandra Cricket Club's concert was held in the town hall on Thursday, evening last. Unfortunately for the club the weather was not too good, and consequently the attendance was .only fair. The programme submitted was deserving of a larger audience. The Alexandra Orchestral Society played a number of selections exceeding well. Songs were contributed by Miss J Benwickand Mr Murphy ; recitation, Mrßudd; violin duet, Messrs Brjasco and Hoggans; phonograph selections by Mr Eggiriton, The programme concluding with a sketch entitled the * Einematograph,' which was a clever imitation of the real kinematograph, The Hon Mr Hall-Jones will leave for England on a holiday trip in about a month's time. For the past eight years he has worked very hard at departmental business, and in all that time he has not had a real holiday. His approaching departure makes a redistribution of portfolios necessary. During his absence from the colony, the portfolios now held by Mr Hall-Jones* will be distributed as follows:—Public Works Department and Boads Department, Hon J M'Gowan; Marine Department and Inspection of Machinery Department, Hon (' H Mills; Lunacy Department, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid Departments, and Government Printing Office, Hpn A Pitt, Here is a true story, showing that AusI tralia, with New Zealand, well deserves the i title of the working man's paradise. A tramp landed at a station at sundown, and asked for " tucker," He was given it, on condition that he chopped wood for half an hour. This he did. He was also given a bunk in the shearers'hut. In the night the upper bunk fell on him, breaking his arm. Subsequently, he sued bis " employer," claiming £4OO damages for injuries sustained. The Bench ruled that the man was in the employment of the station-owner at the time of 'the accident, and awarded him £SO damages. A very outspoken paper, the case, says: " The lucky plaintiff hasn't seen daylight for a week. He is able to bend the elbow of bis useless arm ali right,"

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