The Oamaru Mail. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1909.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10063, 3 February 1909, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1909.

-U a meeting of the directors of Oic Caledonian .names, held last night, a bal-ance-sheeet was submitted showing that there was a profit on the New Year's •Tames of £lO6 2s lid, which was generally viewed as a very satisfactory result. We understand that Mr A. L. Herdman,. M.P., has' midevtakeu to bring to the notice of Parliament next session the question of the recent- Volunteer inquiry held in Oamara, with a view to having the matter thoroughly ventilated. The s.s. Storm (North Otago Farmers Co-operative Association, agents) arrived at Oamaru from the north last evening, and, after loading 65 tons of produce, sailed for Wanganui, via- Dunedin. Our Waimate correspondent writes : Owing to the Court officials being in Timaru in connection with a perjury case, the sitting of the S.M. Court to have been held in Waimate this morning was adiourned to Friday next. Mr and Mrs John Sawers were entertained at Edendale on Friday evening at a very large social, over which Mr John Morris presided. Mr Sawers is manager of the Edendale Dairy Factory, and m that capacity ha s attained exceptional siic'■ess One of the speakers mentioned that in. making 2500 tons of cheese during the past two years Mr Sawers hacl not had one case of second grade. Some few months ago Mr Sawers sustained a serious accident. He was caught, in the belting and carried to the roof of the factory, and would assuredly have been killed but for his presence of mind and coolness. At Friday evening's social Mr Sawers was presented with a cheque for £l5O and Mrs Sawers with one for £25. Nor was Mr William Sawers, manager pro tem., omitted. He was given a silver-mounted umbrella and walking-stick and a liquor flask and 'cigar lease., all suitably inscribed. In his reply, Mr John Sawers said he deeply appreciated the sympathy shown hi::!, and hoped that he would be able to rcnain in the district and still be manager of the factory. Sergeant Griffith is at present absent from town on twelve days' leave, his place being filled here meanwhile by Sergeant Barrett, of Christehurch. The recent death at Wood end of Martin Campbell removed (says the Southland News) an old settler from our midst. He was bom in Tynedrum, Scotland, in 1802, and arrived in New Zealand- in 1859 by the sailing vessel Alpine, landing at Port Chalmers. After working for some little time at Ardino Bay, he came to Riverton, where he was employed in the construction of the old bridge across the AparimaAt the time of Gabriel's rush deceased tried his fortune with a fair measure of success, and subsequently followed the occupation of carrier between Invercargill and the Lakes. The route was then by way of New River ferry, and on one occasion he had the misfortune to lose his team, while his mate also found a watery grave. Later on he opened an accommodation house at Hamilton Burn, and on disposing of the business removed to Wanganui, where he served in the militia at the time of the Maori war. After an absence of some ye: 's be returned south, and became connected with the sawmilling industry at Waimate, Ot-epopo, C'atlins, Tapanui, Winton, and finally Woodend (Southland), where he had resided for over 30 years. Mr Campbell was in the old days, when in Riverton, a distinguished athlete, and won a- half-mile race against a Scottish runner who came to New Zealand with somewhat of a reputation. Three of the deceased's sons have also been champion athletes, in their day being the scratch men in long distance races in Invercargill. The deceased was a members of the Clifton School Committee for some years, and had also been chairman. He was also a. staunch .Oddfellow, and was one of the first members of the Waimate Lodge. Failing health had rendered Mr Campbell unfit for work for the past 14 years, and for 12 years he had been confined to his home. Ho leaves a widow, eight sons, three daughters, 63 grandchildren, and seven great grand-children. It is persistently hinted in -quarters usually well informed (says the Wellington correspondent of the Christehurch Press) that Commissioner' Dinnie, who succeeded Commissioner Tunbridge as officer in charge of the New Zealand Police Force, ts to be appointed successor. to Colonel Hume as Inspector of Prisons when that officer retires by virtue of the an-e regulation, which is to be strictly applied throughout the Civil Service. Commissioner Dinnie's term of five years: expired in Juno last, and his appointment i.« i now- terminable by three months' notice on either side. If Commissioner Dinnie is appointed to take chaTge of the prisons branch, it is further stated that there is every probability of a New Zealand officer being appointed Commissioner of Police. Time and again the policy' of going to London for a. Commissioner has been condemned in Parliament, chiefly on the ground that no matter how fitted a man inay be for the position, it takes-him along time to understand New Zealand' conditions and to thoroughly familiarise himself with the needs and requirements of the force. There is a general feeling in some quarters that considerable changes in the force, are probable. -Most likely, Chief Detective M'Grath, who has been in charge of the.detective branch at Wellington for ten years, will be appointed sub"inspector at Christehurch. If he should be, Christehurch can congratulate itself. Detective M'Grath is remarkably clever, and was once described by a member of Parliament, who is -a lawyer ,_ as a man possessing a knowledge of criminal law sunerior to that of any solicitor in .New Zealand.

Yes, sleep will sometimes euro a headache; but why depend on such a slow, uncertain and" inconvenient way when Stearns' Heada-che Cure will do it in a lew minutes without the inconvenience. 30 Mr J. Swindley, Surgeon Dentist, will visit Kurow on Thursday next, February 4th, and may be consulted at Spiers' Hotel. 930