The Oamaru Mail. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1909.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10058, 28 January 1909, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1909.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following cablegram from their London office r —"As compared with last sale's closing rates, prices are about par to 5 per cent, higher for lambs and scoured crossbreds; tone of market is weaker for merino, shabby, wasted ; good demand for America." Ml- Leslie 1). Millar, representing Krnest Toy, the celebrated Australian violinist, was in Oamaru to-day arranging for the appearance of the virtuoso at an early date. The s.s. Pukaki is expected at Oamaru from Dunedin to-night to load cargo for Wellington and West Coast ports.

There lias been a considerable increase of rabbits recently in the Shag YaJley and Waihemo. districts (says the Otago Daily Times), principally along the Shag river and main roads, which is attributed by tile-settlers partly to the failure of poison through continual Showers, and partly t-o the difficulty of -getting men, as tie shearing has been so greatly protracted by the bad weather. The rabbit inspectors are very active and pressing, but the difficulties of coping with the unusual outburst of the pest are much increased by the scarcity of suitable men. Trappers out of work who care to move their working plant to the district, could, it is said, depend upon remunerative- results. Some of the set-tiers are even said to have requested the officers of the Department to put men on their properties at their expense, unJer the statutory powers, but it as not likely that the inspectors themselves have any special key to the labor market. The advocates of trapping after poisoning -ire pointing with some significance to the fact that the exceptional increase of the pest happens to follow the only season for several years ill which the department's dislike to trapping has been respected to the extent, of almost total cessation, but it is recognised that this may be merely a coincidence. The outbreak is gi\ing some concern to settlers and inspectors alike, but as lit is confined to the low country, and the weather is now more settled, it is not anticipated that there will be any real difficulty in overcoming the trouble within the next few weeks.

The adjourned annual meeting of subscribers to the North Otago Benevolent Society was held this morning, when there were present: Messrs. Newton, Blair, M'Douall, Ogdivic, and Kennedy. The only business was the election of two members to represent the contributors on the Trustees, Messrs A. Fraser and J. Macfarlane being re-appointed.

The Garrison Band will render the following programme this evening in Thames street, commencing at 7.30, opposite the Opera House:—'March, "Tile Elephant"; waltz, "Convent Girls": march, "Canada;" euphonium solo, "L'Assed'io d.i Arlem" ; selection, ''Merry Widow" ; serenade, "Eventide"; selection, "Girls of Gottenberg" ; march "20th Century." Yesterday evening Mr Hutchison, S.M., opened an inquest into the death of Daniel Ryan, sitting without a jury. The evidence of Messrs Joyce and l J atont, actual witnesses of the deed to which death was due, and the relations of the deceased was taken last .evening, and the inquiry was adjourned; to this morning, when the attending doctor and others gave evidence. 2vo reason for the deed was assigned by amy of the witnesses, and the coroner returned a verdict t'hat the injury that Caused death was self-inflicted during a temporary fit of insanity.

Judging by the manner in which the local lands office -continues to be besieged with applications, personally and by letter, for information regarding the Kauroo settlement sections, there is little doubt that the publication descriptive pamphlet will be regarded' with satisfaction, alike by those concerned in the allotment of the "estate and by intending applicants. Already the number seeking information would settle the estate several times over.

Sir D. M. M-atheson, clerk at the railway station at O'amaru, has been transferred to Auckland.

A closing incident in one of the most sensational events of New Zealand' 6 finan r cial history was -efuicted last week, when all the books and documents of the old Colonial Bank, which had teen stored in the cejlars of what is now the Stock Exchange building, were taken out and carted' away_ to the paper mills at Woodhaugh to be converted into pulp. Ever sine© the liquidation of the Colonial Bank in 1905 (says the Otago Daily Times) these books and documents have been the subject of very frequent litigation, and about two years ago the Supreme Court ordered that they be destroyed. A suspension of this order was askeS" for by Mr Victor Braund, and a temporary suspension was made, but the order for- their' production and retention was cancelled again on Mr Braund failing to make good his case, and now'the last has been heard of them.

lii many instances assisted immigrants sent to Gisborne "have given complete satisfaction t-o all concerned, but m a couple of recent- instances, states the Herald, the "new chums," arriving with excellent credentials, have turnod out to be quite unsuitable for the work offering.' A few days ago two young men miners arrived at Gisborne and were duty forwarded on to the Public Works railway construction works, where a- special conveyance was -engaged to take tliem on to the work. Shortly after their arrival at their destination, however, the young fellows rolled up their swags and returned to town, apparently declining to tackle the jobs offered them. Again, three able- , bodied young men, stated by the passenger agent at Home to be capable and willing to turn a hand to general farm work, were soon found, on reporting themselves at tho Gisborne office, to be incapable of accepting the work offering, and they were ac cordingly forced to seek other employment in town. As Jtong as this class of men are induced, to seek their fortunes in the Dominion there is bound to be some disappointment.

According to the Wairarapa Age, Mi R. Tanner, of Longburn, has what is probably a record crop of Algerian oats this year. He has just finished threshing, and the crop from some acres has panned out at 90 bushels per acre. This n> all the more remarkable when it is taken into consideration that Algerian oats art finer than manv of the kinds sown, ana do not, as a ride, yield' so heavily as the coarser kinds. The average yield per acre for oats is, roughly, between and 40 bushels per acre.

Mr and Mrs A. S. Miller, of Oaroaru, who have been spending a pleasant holiday in Kngland, returned home by the lonic.

The X<>atiwhakaue tribe handed over '.o the Commission of Native Lands vanou* blocks totalling 40,000 acres, to bo Jul with by that tody, and. opened up iw settlement by either Maori or pakeha. li pursuance of that policy Mr lai3lU; chell, surveyor, is (says the Times), at present engaged laying oil tinWharenui block into sections. ihe hist step was to lay. out roads on the most suitable grades, and then proceed with the subdivision. The block contains about 2000 acres, and has been laid oft into three farms. The following will probably be the terms o£ the lease i-Rental about * per acre per annum, terms ol lease 61 years; tenant to be paid for all improvements if he does not renew the lease when offered at the expiry of first term. It s intended to give Maoris the hrst chance at th • sections, and to grant them the opportunity of setting up as farmers. it they do not accept the opportunity the land will be offered to, Europeans, ihe Wharenui block is almost directly site Rotorua town, an the other side ol the lake, extending i'rom the road to the crest of the hill. The rest ol the: -Ngatiwhakauo land extends from tho harenui block round to the railway line lrom Agonuotalia station to Mamaku, including the valleys of Utuhina, Puarenga, ami Agongotaha streams. .Some good land is contained in the part on the opposite side of the Hemp Gorge from Rotorua.

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It will bo found that prices arc completely wrecked in tin. 1 showroom, millinery room, mantle and dress department, and that incredible bargains are a great reality at Penrose's Sale. Trimmed Hats and Imported Millinery up to 355, each are priced at Gs lid. Ladies' Summer Jackets at one-quarter usual price, Ladies' Black Street Skirts at one-quarter usual price, Mantles, Capes, Blouses, muoli in the same plight. Costumes ready to wear at 40s to 60s, now at 12s 6d to 21s each. Dress Materials of all kinds almost given away. So are Prints, Muslins, Ginghams, Sunshades, Gloves, Embroideries. Wo are selling Embroidery Edging and Embroidery Insertion, 'J inches wide, as low at Is 3d per dozen yards, Embroidered Box Blouses up to 7s 9d each for 2s Gd each, Navy Indigo Prints 7] per yard for 3s 9d per dozen, Light Ground Prints of highest quality made also selling at 3s 9d per dozen yards. But books wouldn't hold the story of all the bargain lots that abound at this Summer Sale; seme idea may be gained by a perusal of what items are here for special mention, but nothing short of your time spont among the bargains will convey to you the importance of the occasion. —PENROSE'S Drapery Establishment.

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