The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday August 4, 1904

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 429, 4 August 1904, Page 4

The Herald. Alexandra, Thursday August 4, 1904

Thx Court sits at Clyde on Saturday, and at Alexandra on Monday and"Tuesday next, A reward is offered for the return of* sum of money lost in Alexandra. There are about 30 children attending the Chatto Creek school, which is under the charge of Miss Noons, ..■','"'

Thk next English and European mail, Tla Ban Francisco, will close a the Alexandra poet office on Sunday next, at 7 p.m. The Railway Department advertise excursion fares commencing «on Tuesday next, in connection with the visit of the British football team to Dunedin.

A vbr7 enjoyable conversazione was held in the Chatto Greek school house on Friday evening last, when there was a large attendance. At the conclusion of the concert, refreshments were handed round, and subsequently a few hours dancing was indulged in. A report will appear in next issue. The Millers Flat correspondent of the "Mt. Benger Mail" states that a man's foot was dredged up on one of the dredges there lately. It is quite possible the rest of the body was there too, but it might hare drifted back under the dredge. Prior to his departure for Ophir, Mr J J Ramsay was entertained at a farewell social by the members of the Mosgiel Borough Council, who expressed their regret that Mr Ramsay was severing his connection with the district.

A eOBBESFONKENI' of the " Ashburton Mail" writes;—"l think that the way things are going on in our town is a thorough disgrace. 'ld place of seven hotels, there are, I believe, fully one hundred sly grogshops, and what I saw en a recent Saturday night was for I saw no less than thirty drunken men."

Ala well-attended meeting held at Ophir on Saturday last, to consider the question of erecting sale-yards in the district, it was resolved, after a good deal of discussion, that Messrs J McArthur, E Gerkens, M Macdonald, J Davidson, and T Duggan be appointed to canvass the district for support, and that the question of a site be decided at a future meeting; The meeting was somewhat divided as to whether the site should be at Ophir or Lauder. • A feature of the poultry show at Alex~ andra was the exhibits of White Leghorns and Silver-laced Wyandottes, entered for exhibition only by Mr A Ashworth, of this town. The birds, which are splendid specimens of the respective breeds, were recently imported from Mr BE Warren, of Kiohmond, New South tfTales, The Wyandotte pullets are full sisters to the Winners of. the egg-laying competition recently held in Sydney, and the Leghorns are of the famous Wyckoff laying strain. M r Ashworth is to be commended for his enterprise in introducing such high-class birds to the district,

THUS the «Bulletin 'on Mr Bedford, senior;— When the juvenile H D Bedford was/returned at the top of the poll for Dunedin, his dad (a tailor) decided that it : was'nt quite the cheese to work for anybody, so he set np biz as a " merchant tailor," and advertised his speaking-countenance in thcr papers as a guarantee of the quality of his nineteen and-sixpenny pants. Also, he has talked municipal polities written to the papers about the shocking state ef.some street or other, started a Parliamentary Union, got made " Premier," and is otherwise getting his hand in. This is a curious instance of politics being handed up from son to father Bedford looks young enough to have his grandfather rushing into the Legislature yet. Constable M'Quarrie, of Clyde, was in charge of the Alexandra police station last wpek. Constable Dale being absent in Duuedia isi connect io:. wit'i the opium cases heard there, in which the defendant (Sing J ee) wns mulcted in fines and costs to the extent of over £7O, In addition to the confiscation of ten "tins qf opium. {i was disclosed in the evidence that the defendant was guilty of distributing two packages containing opium—one to Alexandra, and one to Cbristchuroh. In giving judgment, His Worship said there was no doubt that a system of importing and distributing opium existed to a very extent. We may add that Constable Da'e is entitled to a good deal of credit for this successful prosecution by the Crown; .he having detected the delivery of the Alexandra parcel, as the result of which. thefe was a: successful prosecution against a Chinaman for illegal possession of opium. The result of the prosecutions in Ohristchurch, and Dunedin, was that fines and oos.ts amounting to £lO§i: The. local Court of Foresters held their annual social in the Town Hall on Friday evening last. The attendance of meraberg and the public was not large, a fact due no doubt to their having been a dance in the hall a night or two previoasly. However, those who were present spent a very enjoyable evening, and dancing was carried on until shortly after midnight, when the gathering broke up. Mr Geo Campbell made ah efflcient M.J, while the music supplied by Mr A A Bjriascb £viohn) and Mrs Buraside (piano; left nothing to be desired.

Wa would direet the attention of our -readers to the advertisement of the Alexandra Poultry Company, appearing in. this issue. _ Although, comparatively speaking, only in its infancy, this company has aM ready made a name for itself throughout .Central otago, by reason of the thorough manner in which the bue'lpjjgs i§ conducted ' The company has spared no expense to procure the best breed of birds obtainable, and" already some Plymouth Rocks raised on the farm have scored first ,BneV second prices at Dunedin, Christchurch, ' and Alexandra shows. The Aylesbury drake owned by the company Judge Bielly said was the besf bird of its kind ja Australasia),' besides getting the pri£e" for thtf test bird in the show at Alexandra, has already' won first prizes at Blenheim, Christchurch,. and Ashburton. Those who are interested in poultry raising cannot, we think, do better than try a settiag or two from the Alexandra Poultry Company's farm ; for, we feel sure, the r esults will be. entirely satisfactory to pnr-