The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, March 31, 1904

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 411, 31 March 1904, Page 4

The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday, March 31, 1904

Mb Hbkdman, M.H.R., will address bis constituents at Ophir on Saturday evening nest.

The Bough Ridge school has been closed owing to the prevalence of whooping cough in the locality. A rifle match, Citizens v. Volunteers, will be fired .on the Alexandra Bifle Corps' range to-morrow,

Parker (Wellington), the N.Z. tennis champion, won the singles championship at the Adelaide tourney. The next English and European mail, via 'Frisco, closes at the local post-office on Sunday next at 7 p. m. The dwelling-house at present occupied by Mr A. 0; Perkins, in Alexandra, has been secured for the purposes of a Convent. The first instalment of an interesting account of • A Trip toßotorua and Back,' by an Alexandra' resident, will appear in next issue.

The arrivals in New Zealand last January numbered 3353, against 3558 for Jannary, 1903 The departures were 1588, as compared with 1337 in January, 1903.

The 'Argus' states that tae typhoid patients at the Cremwell hospital are, with one exception, convalescent.—A death from typhoid—that of Miss M'Bride—occurred last week at Pembroke,

Mebsrs Young, Buchonan, and Co, will offer for sale by auction, on Saturday. 16th April, a large assortment of bar iron, blacksmith's tools, machinery. &c, on account of the estate of the late Mrs Walker. The following are the successful tenderers for supplies to the Dunstan Hospital for the ensuing year:—Burials, J U Dambridge ; meat, S Welsford; milk, J Bodkin; bread, P Bell; groceries and medical comforts, B Naylor.

According to the * Stratford Post,' nearly 300 Swiss mechanics and dairy farmers are about to emigrate to New Zealand, attracted by the excellent reports sent to them by some of their countrymen who""came to New Zealand as envoys. Ma Lindon, the manager of the State cpal mine, died suddenly at Greyraouth on Thursday morning last. He bad just entered Dr Morice's residence and told the doctor thtst he felt ill, when he dropped down dead,

penalties were inflicted at the Christcburclf' "slagistrate% Court last week, when Wm. Ularke was fined £5 and Wm. Young £3 each for selling impure f&Uk. Parsons wa* also fined £lO for using djrfrp milk cgns,

The Alexandra Braes Band will (weather permitting) play a number of selections in the Recreation Reserve on Sunday next at 3 p.m.; collection in aid of music fund.

_ There is a growing feeling in England in favour of a modification of what is known as the New South Wales education scheme —viz., popular control of schools, but giving the clergy the right of entry for religious instruction purposes.

Thw afternoon, Messrs Young. Buchanan,! and Co will sell by pub ic auction on the premises, Alexandra, on behalf of Mr A. 0. Perkius, a large assortment of furniture and household requisites The whole of the furniture is in first-class condition, and should meet with a ready sale. School committee elections take place on Monday, April 25. This will be the first occasion on which wives will have the right to vote. An act passed last session provides that " in the case of husband and wife, any qualification possessed by either of them shall be deemed to be possessed by each ot ! them."

The mains of the Alexandra Borough water supply have been without water since the beginning of the week. The stoppage was caused by the breaking away of an embankment, due it is believed, to the earthquake shock on Sunday. Repairs have been effected, and the water should be in the mains again to-day; Ai last week's meeting of the Vincent County Council, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mrs J, B. Dickie for her kindness and thoughtfulness in furnishing the Council table with bouquets of flowers. Several councillors spoke in highly complimentary terms of the excellent quality and beauty of the blooms displayed. Every dog will have his day, And life its ups and downs, face may wear a smile to-day, To-morrow perhaps a frown, When things run smooth we little guess What we may yet endure, As coughs and colds, 'tis then we bless Woods' Gbeat Pkppbrmint curb,

To-morrow (Good.Friday) will be observed as a close holiday at the looal postoffice. On Easter Monday the office will be open in all branches (except in money order and savings bank) from 9 a.m. till 10 am. Mails usually despatched on Fridays will close this (Thursday) evening at 9 o'clock. A delivery of correspondence will be made over the counter on Thursday and Saturday evenings. Ok Thursday next, the valuable freehold property of Mr E Appleton will be offered for sale by public auction by Messrs- Young, Buchanan, and Co. -The property consists of a section with 86ft'frontage :'to Tarbertstreet, together with a four-roomed dwelling house thereon, and a section with a frontage of 43tt to Ennis-street, planted i with fruit trees, The sections comprise one bock, which is one of the finest available building sites in Alexandra.—On the same day the privileges in connection with the Central Otago Trotting Club's meeting will be auctioned.

About. 2,40 a.m. on Sunday last Dame Nature sent along for our edification one of the severest earthquake shocks ever experienced in Alexandra, Buildings were violently shaken, and the-townspeople, who are not accustomed to these kind of visita tions, were|more or less alarmed. The quake was a kind of double-barrelled affair, the second barrel being discharged in quick succession to the first, and with increased force. The tremor was accompanied by a loud rumbling sound and lasted over a minute, the direction apparently being from N.W, to S.E, We would give our readers a final reminder of the annual Easter Sports to be held at Olyde on Monday next. The entries for the funning events constitute, we believe, a record, among the nominators being some of the best runners in Otago, An excellent day's sport may, therefore, be anticipated, and, given fine weather, we predict e large attendance of the public. The Alexandra Brass Band will be in attendance during the day. A concert and dance will be held in the town ball in the .evening.— L C M'Lachlan, the champion runner from Napier, who will be a competitor at the sports, arrived in Alexandra by Tuesday night's coach. A conscience at times proves an expensive luxury. Recently, Mr Mitchell, of Sleaford (England), was sued and distrained upon for Is 4d, the proportion of the education rate, which he refused to pay. Some of his goods were seised and sold in the market place, and the sum realised was £1 10s. The following statement was then presented to him, with a balance of 8d: —Cash on account rate, Is 4d; court fees, 6s; market toll, Is; printer, for 100 bills, ss; distributing bills. Is; men removing goods, &c, 2s 6d; storage, 2s; auctioneer, 10s 6d—total, £1 9s 4d. "Passive resistance" to the education rate is certainly not a payable business. APROPOS of Mrs Maybrick's release, it is not generally known that Lord Chief Justice Russell, who defended her, was to the hour of his death a firm believer in her innocence. In 1895 he wrote to the then Home Secretary (Sir M. W. Ridley): "If called upon to advise in my capacity as bead of the criminal judicature of this country, I should advise you that Florenoe Maybrick ought to be allowed to go free." And in the year of his death the late Lord Chief Justice thus wrote to the Home Secretary:—" Your predecessor, after inquiry, publicly stated that there was room for doubt whether any murder had been committed at all. Nor was this view other than most reasonable, because the quantity of poison revealed on analysis was infinitesimal, and such as might have been accounted for by the notorious arsenic-eating habits of the mani This was strongly confirmed by the evidence of the local chemist, who for years had been in the habit of supplying the deceased with arsenical drinks,"