The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, March 10, 1904

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 409, 10 March 1904, Page 4

The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, March 10, 1904

; Mb' O'Kanb, surgeon dentist, visits Ophir on Saturday. See advt. J Mr. R JBotkb has been promoted to the postmastership at Taiha'pe,' ■■ ' ~''' • 'J **' * .. ' Me Jas. F. Thomsons watchrflfiker, 'inserts a change of advt in this issue. j Mrs Donnell*) of the Blacks 'Hptel, inserts a new advertisement in this issue. i The Court sits at Clyde on Saturday next, and at Alexandra on Monday and Tuesday, f Ninepbnce an hour and " tucker " iB the ruling rate in the harvest field in the Clutha district. We draw the attention of pur readers to the change of advt of the D.I.C inserted in v these columns. .; ~.,; ■ .. r l/ } .... ■",'.. Jj* '■. :' ■- The nest English and European mail, via 'Frisco, will close at .the local post office on Sunday next at 7 p.m, +•• ■!. da»tu *-, # »;ls \ The Public Trustee 1 inserts an advertisement in this issue, to which we would direct the attention of bur readers. ■"' s !a --il ■ v " A ; meeting of those interested in the formation ot a Poultry Club will be held in Alexandra Library this.(Thursday) evening. The Wellington " Post" denies the rumor that has gained currency to the effect that no volunteer discharges will be granted this year. -

The " Argus "reports that no fresh cases of typhoid have occurred, at_ 4 romwell,and that the patients at the hospital are all doing.wellj. ., Vi x A North Island backblbcks, paper W . cently came out in flaming capitals, with .the startling war,neVs thatp-'lThe ; Japs are marching On Shebtf "; ■-? fJ> €%\\ 1 lullil ? A three-year-old Battersea (London) boy .has ..been, suffocated ,by a sixpence, , which hadhbegn .placed' ina Jphristmas cake, having" lodged hi his 5 throat?! * f. i * ?S: ' - &ti " It,is .reported that a northern firm hja l Ffurcliasdd the Waimumu block of 20.0U0 'acres, forming part of the Kdendale'estate; for pastoral purposes, at £2 per acre. ~Mr Stewart, ohairmin M oT A ifia' Dunedin Stock Exchange, has been appointed secretary of the Wellington Eduat a|salary Mr L. Ryan has accepted the tender of Mr T Wilkinson for the re erection of his offices, which were .r^eeh% s |de|troy*i frM fire. The new buildmg r is3tr be bntifr*in bnck. wMMw^ia.'wM* ■. To avoid clashing with the sitting. ,of the, District Court at Naseby, the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts, set down'for the 24th at Blacks, will stand adjourned to Tuesday' the29thirist. *- *aJ *# $f fe >■'■-+ %b$ A 1 man, named H. Scott, a member of the Bth contingent, visited Queenstown from Dunedin last week, and, acting in a strange manner .was; put lp^k-up,,alter which h^^wen^vfolgh'tly'insaW." , w ,3 Yet another religious been added to the many already existing 'in' New Zealand, ; ; ' : Amongst the'names 41 of officiating ministers pubilsfaed in the Gazette is that of the head of the Pilgrims of sln referring ;to, (the. Alexandra Brae* Band's visit to Clyde, in our last issue, we inadvertently omitted "to state that the members bf"the''Band £ Were £ d!riven'td saridfroin:": Clyde' by* -Mr -TJ-P; -Beok, free of .'chargeii:. U.i.^:;:>:.,.,•: --i:-.- Woll atii ilss

Mr. M'CARTHy. S.M, sentenced iwm ypung men, mostly the sons, of respectable residents, to a month's imprisonment each at Invercargill, on Monday, forbeing'idie and disorderly, and consorting with reputed thieves. '<&&■■■& ■•* '•.-.>•* hj A mnb of £400," or" months'"ifbprisorK in en t has been inflicted in Sydney upon Ah San,' the Chine'se' steward of tralian, from Port Darwin, for a daring attempt to smuggle ashore a box containing 108 tins of opium.

Professor Gf W Heller, the lambus magician and prestigidituer, who with his, wife Madame Maud Heller, visited Alexandra close on -._ ok years ago, is now living in retirement at Selkirk.-aSuotlawi. Heller,; amasse<| at bis profession.' $%& f ' ■ A speare Club in Alexandra, and notice of the first meeting appears objects, of the club are to study the"post's works and/ to cultivate the art of reaSingialou2, :H»v£ irig this laudabll^jeWWMW,WjrtdW hoped the promoters will be encouraged ';psi a good attendance at the inaugural meeting. A t a meeting of ■ the); Otagoi Central Bailway League, held at Dunedin on Monday evening, the on } ., airaa? carried:—" That the city Jbfi,rest,J quested ,10, ask the, Public Vjrprkj Dejarta, ment what steps'have bdeh taken work has been done towards the'erection "Of the remaining bridges to connect the-line 4 with Alexandra." , 4 { Ut i| £• -•*' V * «' Brandy and soda " is all very well - filiS To drive a bad headache, away,. >; t-1. ■£ ■;,.<s But it won't cure a cough, as many can tell, vn ho have tried the right stuff and dan say; TJhe:nnlyv*h?ng.;they have found any use 'sßo When colds they have had to .endure,, ,„,„ : .-„ Is, that which soon sends such ills to the v "\ r " s deuc% •■■ " •■'*■*■ **~* T '-- ' ■ . f ■** .--.r-itJ 'sr ; '- s ßom©s-' *" |*s l« yq>so t&ig&M WOOOS' «r«BA» P«S«BRH«W Vow,

11- 1 , ' H ' "in——l»—gg * AT.the,,Jcqueßt on the death of Donald .Ennfer, '-flnsmaii on the Prince Arthof dredge,'who was drowned while crossing r,n the dredge to the shore on -ajortday dMtet week, the jnry returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased Iw* his life accidentally while in the exeoatl'V, of his duty, aid that no blame was attach* sThb Wellington correspondent of the 'AfTfiw" telegraphed on Monday:—A we«. known Wellingtonian, who most be getting 18^6 188 . ie.celebratiag bis ninth bitthaky to day; He had Hie miaor. tone; iSeyeral, of bis friendsiiave- sent him toys a* iWffil'mwf*' He is being, eptertaiaed at adinner to-njgbt, ' ' ':. ™^^l. Thb' 4 ' Bruce Herald hj says the .wheat and oat crops are not coming up to expectations. ■ It is noticeable that in some cases wheat and oateihaye npt ripened well, the grain Jn the ear not -haying, filled out. /This is considered to bjedee to the lengthened drought ihavlng, brought on the grain too quickly. Rußt if also noticeable, heie and there in some of the wheat crops.-,: « .•--.<) i The Wellington » correspondent) of: &tha ',« , .' telton > Tin »es'» telegraphs:—Thotii?b Mimstersare veryretioieht in the; matter of the manager<bf theliew State Fire -.lnsurance < my Own impression is that the appointment has been conferred upon Mr J, general manager in/, this, oolony of the Victoria: Aire !atod Marine Insnrance 06mpany, but now resident in Australia. «■«» of Alexandra, had the a valuable dranghfc hbrse',- under somewhat Sienliar chfwMsteh6% s W appears &at loweftamler" Earnsclengh ob7s dredges, and/axW pro. the wageon lurched in crossing a rut, with the result that the tumbler carried away its lashings andiafOlledOu^'falling on one ot the shatters., which was killed almost iohyjbhef orce 'ot the impact. Wings, on the Yankee reporter :—« l would H^lpy^i»teUfPta»l coroalenoy then to be jtike t :the, razor-paokw /literary <jwin* ,1, see around me JwL these press tables to* night; who are mire; of . their own mendacity ; and are not eveniat piSs; vpxx are raaor-backed .Plga; wolfii| theferoolty of wild boara,. You smoke, and sin so much that ybu are 4 intellectual rakes, '•. and Jour sheering faces and self-satisfied piggisbnase as you sit therefforr r the last, time, make yo« loathsome in the extreme to me and to thia vast audiencC;T*:*"When did I bocoma afraid of a swarmibf" mosqditoes and flesh* flies and literarr.4ioel Jf < m m ~...