The Herals. ALEXANDRA,THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 441, 29 September 1904, Page 4

The Herals. ALEXANDRA,THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29

..,...,p,Ts%i£;oiictaiiiii«t,opi4iMx>-da7. : A. oahSe message state* that Mi; Vesuvius it in active eruption. , The Railway Department advertises- cxoursion fares in this issue. f V J '' r ; In future the name of the railway station atrOphir will be known as Ornakau. —-- The auction sale of freehold property at Clyde, advertised in last issue, has been postponed, i\ \ \ \fs ff% TfJ" \ The Clerk of the Courts will visit Alexandra to-morrow (Friday) for the purpose of issuing summonses, etc. i'-,. | fj r. ■-- The Alexandra Golf Club held the concluding competitions of the season on the 17th inst: i The approaching and putting competition was won by Mr L. B Grimstone, with Mr F. Young second ; while the driving competition was won by Mr-J; J. O'Kane 'lßoyds) t Mr Young being again runner-up. il ON reference to opr advertising oolumas, it will be seen that the annual meeting of fho Alexandra Caledonian Sooiety takes j''cu< t'li.s "ev< nirtfi s sorre important ; busiues* is tj bj i'dt.V- w-rh t-.i eluding, we.: understand, the question of altering the date of the gathering—it is hoped there will be a good attendance. -. OUR readers will-be. plaased to notiee that the Taylor-Carrington Company will appear in the Alexandra Town Hall on the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday, 11th a»d J 2th Cctober, when they will produee •• The Gipsy Queen" and "East Lycne." We notice the Company is being greeted by large and appreciative audiences throughout the southern tour, and Alexandra play-goers may be assured, of a treat on the occasion of the Company's visit to our town..

The Public Works Department has accepted the tender of G M Fraser (Whangarei) £3d47 for,the second bridge across the Manuherikia. The following tenders were declined. Sutherland .and/Son (Mornington) £3965, A H Anderson (Christcbureh) £4664, W Rhodes (Clinton) £4799, M Farlane and Son (Balclutha) £4046, R Wilson (Dunedin) £4943,. E Roberts (Dutedih) Lssl3,—As some misunderstanding has arisen in consequence of the term " second '! being applied to this bridge, we might ex plain that it refers to the bridge aqross the river near Chatto Creek. The bridge across the Manuherikia above Ophir is termed the first bridge, and the one near Alexandra will be the third. The " Mt Ida Chronicle " says!—We are always picking up items of news from afar although they often concern things close:, at hand. The traveller tor the Lbvell's Flat Coal Company, who is a bit of a humorist and an erstwhile newspaper manj went into the Ceversham Station the other day and asked for a return ticket to Ophir. :'•• To where 1" said the clerk, " you do not mean Ophir, yon mean O-me-Kau?" "I don't care." said the traveller " whether I owe yon a cow or a calf I want to get ta.Ophir or Blacks if that suits you. .better." «• No but don't-yer-know'sa-d the distracted clerk; don't yer-know that ; Blacks —1 mean Ophir —is not either Blacks or Ophir. now, but 0-me-Kau, that's the new name for it." "Oh well" said the traveller, I'U.pay you for the «' Kau " only lets have the ticket and that "slippy." Omekau is the newly designed came for the terminus of the.Otago Central line. The exact meaning of the' word (according to the Daily Times) is not clear. " Oma " has a meaning " to rut swiftly," aad " ka« " has two meanings, " alone "aia4 "Idle*"

OwijfGlJo pressure on our •:■#■„' matter is unavordably••bvid-^F:'-THEiflshing season commences to-mornyvv M W M'Oonnoclve. St inserts an advertisement regarding the > <'.- •'* curing of licenses. xVext Sunday afternoon the Ale*&r.i>r;. Bras,s Rand will parole on the lecreari.T. grjpu>d.;wheh they w 1 play the sou test, m there Selections, tinthe foilowi: g S"n >s* afternoon a church parage attended 1 Band and Volunteers will be held, ai». Rev. Mr Fitohett will hold a serv'ce c« recreation ground. , '* At the outcome of Mr Moss's qui s ..." i the House, a king the viinijter of J*, t. K . he would take steps to abolish the mm. rary practice of kissing the Bible whet. i;u . ine an oath in the Courts, it is stated th .1 the Government, Printer has receivt-.i j... struetions to forward a new cor.v of th« Bible to each Court throughout the' Co ouy Mr Hekdman has asked the Miniver of Lands to make such arrangements as w.'l enable those settlers in < entral Otago whj suffered loss by the snowstorms of .a»t vear and who are not in a position to pay their expenses to. Wellington, to give evidence regarding their individual losses'br-fo,v sav two members of the Otago Land BoarV hi Otago J« g m w- *P£ ****** ac on AT „. day. Mr Nicholson was on the bank tu. er." vismgthe loading of coal, which is £,. Srtaf^" 1 Wh6D the pffß e "1.1 l S T Way knd st ™* Wr Nicholson on the lower part of the f .•,. rendering him unconscious, and knoctwJ out some teeth, besides inflicting a Be «£ wound under the chin. The mViw are glad to learn, progressing satisfactort y , J?fi a Jnly """M/kJ « a Dorset town «"■ small crowd of farmers and their wives wen nnt5 g i b 1' Wa f hnes ina contents b.lf of one of the local newspapers. An old lady anxious to know the oause of their interest questioned a bystandw. -They're only reading the war news," he said. •• Be there a_war mvthenp was the next query. <Jt ,\,u Japs , at 6 % h «ng the Russians • Oh I she exclaimed, with a long-drawn sigh of deep thought;" well, they've QaaettJ' ' Tf I**'""' 1 ** '""' Waß *a>inster WISI-^ 6 is mponiiWe for the following t-~lt happened on ike ".oast" that a reverend gentleman held forth on a reqent Sunday evening on gambUrp drills attendant evils, particularising Tattersails sweeps, as a straight road fcowa.mer regions. During his able address the pood man described the latter-day methods of sending :monev, to Tattersall's, One .1' SL for Jf°aw been a euitomer of George Adams, bat who ceased se-di,.■' on ,f y t,;7 h , e - n . the ? o,tftl re g»lation S becsm* so strict, listened very attentively to the pulpit oratory She got just exrctly the information she required," 1 an d next rW called at, a local .agent's for £1 worth of And the sequel ? Well, the old la-lv ,lZ ahandsome "divvy," and, in a M&r .',. closing £5 to' the church choir fund hwarmly thanked the parson for his 'k i explanations. Up to now the pprso,, u struggling violently . with" the lesT. if I doesn t knowwhat to do with that <" fiv r '