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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10068, 9 February 1909, Page 2

What might have been a fatal accident occurred along the Woolshed road on the Totara settlement on Monday evening, when Miss M'lvor was driving home from Kia Ora. The road at that part is very dangerous and the horse became frightened at. ine sound of horses-galloping behind. The animal, started up a bank, upset the trap, and smashed it against the fence that encloses the gully at tie side of the road. The horse was caught by two gentlemen who'were riding- along- the road. Mr Ironside and another gentleman, who came along shortly , after the accident,' kindly drove Miss M'lvor home. Luckiiy Miss M'lvor was thrown clear, and, with the exception of a few cuts and bruises, was not hurt. - . \

At the l'oliee Court, this morning an over-indulgence in liquor cost a first offender 10s. On the civil side, judgment by default was given in North Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association (Mr W. G. Grave) v. James lliller, claim £5 15s 6d and costs £1 10s '6d. The warm weather of the past few days has rushed crops along to maturityj and on the warmer faces in the Waitaki \ alley fields are seen in all directions standing in 6took. Given another week of the bright sun at present prevailing the hinder will be at work in all directions, though there will even then bo oat crops still comparatively green. The oats have not ripened so rapidly as the wheat, with the result that the ears have filled better, and it will be some time before all the crops are garnered. The returns will on the whole be good, and they would ha^.e been even better had not the small bird evil been so rife. Another pest that has put in a most unwelcome appearance is the dread caterpillar, the scourge which, about a month ago, threatened to devastate the crops of North Canterbury. far, fortunately, the visitation to this diSr trict is not on a large scale, being confined to a restricted area about the lapakaio locality, but it has created anxiety : and has been the cause of hurrying harvesting operations so as to escape its ill effects. The crops in which it has appeared were, as luck would have it, read} to cut, and it is hoped, that, unless the plague spreads, its evil intent will be forestalled and effectually checked.

At a special meeting of the Oamaru Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday, for the purpose of considering the Kurow train service there were present: Mcssis Fraser (chairman), Steenson, Meek, J. M. Jones, Ireland, Monson, and Jar-dine. Ail apology for absence was received from Mr W. H. Rose. It was decided that a deputation wait upon the Minister for ways on the occasion of hts visit to the South, a telegram to be sent to the Minister asking him to meet the deputation and, .if possible, to stay over between, trains. It was considered- that -the deputation should consist of the Committee oj the Chamber, the Hons. Geo. Jones and T. Y. Duncan, his Woreliip the Mayor of Oamaru, the Chairman, of the Waitaki County Council, Presidents of the North (Jta n o Agricultural and Pastoral Association 0 and Farmers' Union, and representatives from country districts along the Kurow line. The secretary was instructed to write to a number of country residents asking them to .act. lo the Chamber's telegram - the following reply has been received from the Minister: UilL be pleased to meet deputation, but am afraid I shall not be able to do so on my way South, 19tli inst. I w r iU, howevei, on my return journey arrange a time to meet deputation in Oamaru between the arrival and departure of tho first and second mail trains."

The Oarnaru Boating Club have decided to hold a 75 yards swimming championship open to all club members, also a 25 yards handicap open to members who have not iron a swimming event. Both races will take place in the evening about the end of this month. Mr W. F. Stewart, who has been relieving the postmaster at l?etono for the past six months, was in Oaniariii to-day attending to private business. Mr Stewart, is to take up relieving work in the Waniranui district for an indefinite period. The following are the crews for the club fours to be rowed commencing Ist March, 1909; course, up and down:—J. Smith (stroke), Molloy (3), J. Kosie (2), L. Kobins (bow) ; U. Urenfell (stroke), .J. Brunton (5), C. Gilliand (2), 1). Wallace (bow); B. Bryan (stroke), A. Uri 1 (3). K. Sharpe (2), JI. Jamieson _(bow) ; J. Birss (stroke). N. U. Powell (6), U. Craig (2), 0. llivers (bow); W. Allan (stroke), F. Jones (5), 1). Rodgcrs (2), W. Clark (bow); W. M'Coiubie (stroke), J. Molloy (o), J. Spiers (2), W. Williamson (bow). Emergencies: 1». Wilson and Tl. I). Stevenson. Vacancies to be reported to W. M'Combie, J. Birss, or B. de Lambert. The outlook in Wellington for carpenters and joiners is by no means bright (says the Otago Daily Times correspondent). Work lias been slack for some time, and it is feared that there will be a greater scarcity of employment in the near future. Already about 200 men belonging to Wellington and suburbs are unemployed, and (says the l'ost) the number will be added to when several large buildings are completed, which wi" be within the next three or four weekt. Very few contracts for houses are beii.g let owing, it is stated, to the stringency of the money market. A number of carpenters have recently left for other parts of the Dominion, and nearly every steamer for Australia takes soriie away. There are about 900 names oil the roll of the Wellington Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. The present demand for fresh flat fish in New, Zealand exceeds the supply (said ilr J. j. Niven, Napier manager of the New Zealand Trawling Company to a Dominion representative), and there should therefore be scope for further enterprise by trawling companies. A possible deterrent, however, were the initial expense's, which were very great. The Sydney market absorbed 1 ail the fish unsold by bis company in the Dominion, which were shipped iin a salted condition. Asked how it was that, in the main, the country districts betweeen Napier and Welling! on were so badly served as regards a fish supply, Mr Niven stated that it was because the tisli would not keep. New Zealand fish were caught in warm waters, and were always subjected to a higher temperature than, say, those captured oil the great fishing grounds near Iceland. Such" fisli were laid oil the deck of a ship during a three weeks' voyage to Great Yarmouth, and then sold in a quite fresh condition.

There is to be seen in a paddock near the main south road, on the Totara. Kstate, a crop of wheat that stands probably unsurpassed by any that is this year growing in Xorth Otago or out of it. The crop in question is remarkable for its evenness and thickness, and one to which the owner can with confidence look for a magnificent return. t

Mark Twain lias formed himself into a -corporation -under the title of the Mark Twain Company of New York, with a nominal capital of 5000 dollars (£1000), in order to secure to the author and bis family all rights in the pseudonym. Mark Twain is president, and his two daughters, together with his secretary, Miss Lyon, arc directors. Mr Clemens decided oil this step owing to tho knowledge that the copyright of his works would soon expire, and that strangers instead of his own kin would reap the financial benefit from liis literary works thereafter. By adopting the plan of incorporating the Mark Twain name itself as the property of a perpetual -corporation, Mr Clemens and liis friends believe that his heirs will bo in a position t-o restrain perpetually the publication of all the Mark Twain books not authorised by the Mark Twain Company, even after the 20-year first copyright and the 10-year secondary copyright have expired. Mr G. Brownlee, senior clerk in the Railway Department head office, formerly traffic clerk, at Auckland, was (says the .New Zealand Times) the recipient of amarble clock from his fellow officers in Wellington on Saturday, as a mark of their esteem-and goodwill upon his forthcoming venture into the state matrimonial. Mr R. W. M'Villy (Chief Clerk) made the presentation, in the presence of a big gathering, which included Mr Buxton (Chief Traffic Manager). Mr M'Villy said that, with the exception of Mi- Buxton, lie had known Mr Brownlee longer than anyone else on the staff, and he knew of no occasion on which he had ; made a presentation with greater personal pleasure. The speaker jocularly referred to Mr Brownlee's fortunate independence of the married men's minimum, and concluded Tly suggesting that the bride ought to be congratulated upon securing a good hnshand. Mr Brownlee accepted, the gift modestly, and with gTateful appreciation, and was accorded three hearty cheers and many handshakes. Australian flourmillers are organising a fieroa crusade against the milling interests of the Dominion, having entered upon a spirited attack on the North Island (lour markets. It was .thought that the invasion of the North by Australian millers was merely a passing phase brought about by the scarcity of wheat in the Dominion, but. Australia lias grown to like this new outlet-, and. is securing the services of agents throughout the North. Another important step they are taking is to put up their flour in the small bags such a 6 are mostly used in New Zealand ; tills means they are into the project with serious intent-.

The Pennsylvania railroad (says the New Tork correspondent of the Daily Telegraph on December 21) filed plans for building the largest" bridge in the world. It will connect the mainland of New York with Long Island, and, with its approaches, will be three miles long. The greatest span, over ' Hell Gate Channel,

will bo 1000 ft. long. The bridge will bo 1401t. over the water, '-ermitting the passago of the tallest vessels. The entire structure, except the piers of the aiyli, will be of steel, having an estimated weight of 80,000 tons. It will have four tracks, two for passenger trains and two for freight, and is designed for live loads on each of 'the tracks oi two 190-ton locomotives, followed' bv a mliform load of 50001b pel- lineal foot. The estimated cost is between £3,000,000 and £4,000,000. For some time past the Oamarn Auctioneers Association havo lieon working assiduously to induce the New /calami Woolbuyer.s' Association to include Oatnaru in their itinerary. In reply to a communication the following let-tor has been received from the secretary of 11" ' Woolbuyers' Association: —"1 have to advise you that full consideration lias been given to your request for a sale to be allotted to Oamaru, and by a unanimous vote of the members it was resolved thai a sale could not lie allotted to Oamaru. That the request has been declined is by no means due. to lack of onergy on the part of the Oamarn Auctioneers' Association, who have practically left no stonr unturned to induce the Buyers' Associ:' tion to accede to their request. The ten deney, however, is to reduce the iiui.ii-.'-i----of sales, so that the refusal : . hold one in Oamaru did not voine as a surprise.

Inspector Dw-yer, wlio has just received promotion to the charge of a district, joined the force in 1878, and has served always with credit at Oamaru, Bunedm, and Chrisk-hurch. lie has been in charge o- the Oamaru gaolTand was police olliccr in charge of the Exhibition in Christ - church. While ill the service the new Inspector (says the Lyttolton Times) has on more than one occasion distinguished himself by acts of bravery, and in 1882 was the nieans of saving the life of Mrs Kitchener, "wife of Captain Kitchener, a near relative of Lord Kitchener, and the lives of others from what was known as the Cumberland street tire at Duuedin. luir tliis act, in risking life to save the lives of others, lie was awarded a silver medal. 11l 1892 he was awarded the Koyal Humane Society of Australasias certificate of merit for risking his lile to save a drowning man in the Oamaru harbor one darii and cold September night. After swimming out a distance ol eighty yards he brought the man ashore alive, but the man died on ( lie beach soon after from the etfects of the cold and exposure. Insi>ector Jhvycr was the first police ollicer .in New Zealand- to advocate the system of identification by hand or foot print, and previous to the installation of the up-to-date method of fingerprint identification was successful in some cases he undertook by means of his method.

Air F. A. Ileinze, the cx-"Co|i|wr King, ' ga-ve a "stocking-darning" dinner party at, "(Vector's Restaurant, New York, at which iliss Klizabeth Stanton, of the < Jaioly Theatre. London, was thu guest- of honor: the other guests included some of tlio prettiest actresses ill New \ork and a number of millionaires. The dinner, whieh iH'gau at midnight, was sei;vod in a private room, decorated with hundreds of pounds' worth of orchids. -An orchestra was concealed behind a hank of palms. Kach guest iound under his or her plate a souvenir worlli £2O. When the dinner was half over the lights were lowenxl, nnd e.ich woman was ;i needle and some wool, with whieh she proceeded, to darn, a small hole ill her stocking. Then the lights wore turned on again, and the "women exhibited tlio neatly-darned hosiery as proof of their domestic abilities. The dinner co.-t D 25 4i plate. Settlers about liotoiuna, Waikalo, have set all. example which tanners 111 other parts of the Dominion may lind worthy in' consideration and imitation. 'I liey clubbed together, raised £4O among llicin. and built a neat 12 x 12 post ollicc, conlaining 36 lettei' boxes, some larger ones for parcels, and a posting box. Previously they had to go or send to the town of Hamilton to post or get letters; now they have their own. post otlice and a daily mail. Those who subscribed £1 each have a perpetual right to the use of a letter box, which makes the convenience much cheaper to tliem than the town resident's letter box. which costs £1 a year. 'The account in the Fanners' Weekly docs not sav' whether the subscribers or the Uoveriiiivw.il. pay the mailman, a youth who gels £4O a year, but probably he is a postal otiicial. lie makes up the mail in the morning, ami takes it to town, and in the afternoon sorts into the. boxes the mail he brings out. For localities where the settlers are numerous enough, and a store or school post otliee is not available, this should he found a good idea.

Accurate eUUiitUfc have been drawn, up by the Henry lMiipps InKtitiite on tlie rela\ionii the use of the incidence of pulnionarv tuberculasit>. .\ltouetlier, there were 440 male palienLsduring tlie year, and of these 322 use<| tobacco in one form or another; 119 did i)"l use tobacco at all, and in the remaining two no record was made upon the question. Tho_ disease was improved or arrested iu 08 per cent, of tlio.se who used tobacco, and in 47 per cent, of those who did not ufcii it, while 62 per cent, of the tobacco-users <iid unfavorably, ngninst 55 per ceut. of the others. The preponderance eeems sutlieient to disprove the claim which has been made that tobacco is a preventive of tuberculosis implantation. The katipo is only one of several hundred species of spiders found in NV\v Zealand (says Profeseoi* Drummond). It is the most famous or notorious of them

all, but there arc very few which have not some habits ami characteristics which are -worth studying, l'robably the most intelligent and ingenious New Zealand member of the class Arachnida is tho trapdoor spider. Three species of it have been identified. The first- trap-door spiders were found near Oamaru by -Mr It. Gillie 6in 1874. He was riding through a grassy paddock one day when ho saw a large spider on a bare space of ground. Attracted l>y its size, he looked steadily at it for some lime, and then it suddenly disappeared, as if by. magic. He dismounted from his horse and took but his knife to dislodge the spider from the dirt - heap in which lie supposed it had hidden. He hud. no sooner applied the point of the blade than, to his surprise and delight, up sprang ;i beautiful trap-door. It revealed a large hole, going right down into the earth, lined with beautiful white silk which slione in the sun. The silk also lined the inside of the little door, and formed a clever and remarkably good liinge. Dr .Herbert Chcsson, J).l'li. (London), Fellow of the Society of .Medical (Mirers of Health, and member of the ttoyal Sanitary Institute, has been appointed medical superintendent at ll.anme} sanatorium. For some time IJr Chcsson held the position of house surgeon in a hospital in tlu 1 ' north of England, lie then came out to Australia, and entered the service of the Queensland Government, holding several professional appointments in the Lunacy and Health Departments. lie was also for a time health otlicer at Thursday Island. After five years' service for the Queensland Government, he resigned in 1902 and came over tho New Zealand, lie practised at iiakaia for a couple of year.s, and then went. Home to study for his public health diploma, which he obtained without difficulty, lteturning to the. Antipodes, he spent another year in Queensland as Chief Departmental Health Officer aiul special l'lague Officer. He then went for a tour among the South Sea Islands, and studied tropical diseases in the service of the Tongan Government. JJr Chesson has been in practice in Auckland for the last few months.

The operation of carrying £15,000,000 in coin and £100,000,000 in notes ,'iml bonds across Wall Street from the old to the new home of tlx; .National City Bank (says the Xew York correspondent of the Daily Mail on .December 20) attracted to that district yesterday a strange crowd, including scores o£ ragged individuals from the Bowery.' I watched them curiously as they stood shivering with the light of ex-' pectancy in their eyes, hoping apparently to see tho piles of gold carted "Jiaked v through the street. But all that rewarded their eyes was a double line of policemen armed to the teeth forming a lane through which over a hundred working men and clerks carried an unending procession of boxes filled with the precious metal 4nd documents. In front and behind each box marched armed men. Kacli box was met 'at. its destination by clerks who, under a guard of armed detectives, checked the contents and deposited them in armor' plated safes, which, by an ingenious contrivance, can be enveloped instantly in impenetrable volumes of 6team, designed to terrify or kill any invaders. The foundation of lifelong ill healthmay be laid for young girls by failure to keep their strength and health up to normal. Steam's Wine is best for them because it is a true tonic. 5

Oil December 21 (says The Times) Alderman Winkley, on behalf of tho Southwark Borough Council, formally took possession of "Little Dorrit's Playground," which has been handed over to tho council by tho

London County Council, who «>,■„ f sented by Lieut .-Colonel Sexbv, ( cer of the l'arlu» Department] Tin. ?®- ground is situated on (lie «u.| the Borough High street. Tin- 1,,.,.,,; ®"J Dickens' novel, Little Donii, Wllß . in the old Marshal.xea prison. «ln||, close by. and was christened ami at SI. George's Church, uitlii,, N throw of the playground. Sine,. || l( , j" 1 don County Council purchased jt ,S; tor £5600, the ground lias been miiit. i tered. Within a few yards .>! H h are twelve blocks of working i1.i,,.. ,| IV 'J ings, eoiiliiiiiing DUO tenement-, uli|, approximate |Mipidalion ol ■LiOtt. I' ~, : "1 the playground has been ciu 11 formed into a gymnasium fur vuiiiil. dren. Alderman U'inkiey said | M . . that when the NVwiuglon Sc.-.:,!!,| was no longer reciuired the 1.0u.1.m Council would acid the o(icn span- | (l . •. already existing, and, if p.>n,sil the Sessions-house into a iiiiimii'iii i" 1 Southward '

The llcuiciii Disc I'loiiigh will iiul,,. „ u , work in heavy downs soil. \mtli (Jj Foundry. , "l-'ho Sunnner Sale at lVnruse's i K :i full swing; every article in this Bt * lias been reduced. Bargains i n department. Good Washing lYim,, jj 7 and dark grounds, only ,V Al |ior',|,l. ynrds; Kmdry-edging going al Is 5,| .' dozen yards. our pick of our Triii,,,J Hats for 6s 11<1. Nice Kmhroidcrv w lilouses going at 2s od, 3s (id. and have a look at the bargains,— l'l.-v UOSK&'S Drapery Fstiiblisluneul,

What a pleasure it is to he .-.havi-d .| tl i my hair trimmed. This i.-. i| H . v ,,,.'|. when done by (.Veil Jackson, Saloon, next l.'osl Ollicc,

We direct our readers' altentiuii |„ advertisement, in our columns i> n|ll ,j Dominion Canning Co., Ltd., m|,„ " now preparing a most delicious |n nil ' mullet under their well-known Slur lnan| The Company has Mores in Au. I;lan,l' a u various factories on I he lishing IM-muul* „t the North Island. This delicaYv i" nounced by connossieurs to lie '|,u- uL of any other prepared fish, and il,, f M of it being a New Zealand |>i.>.lu,| diiccd under stringent supenisjun tainly recommends it, espccialy as t |' price is wilhin reach of all.

Mr S. J. Davys, Dentist, will v j,j. lvurow on Thursday, I.lth inst.-uil, J may be eonsullod al Mr Spiers' ||„|,,|

Mr GKOUGIO UOIIIiNSON, Dcmal s al , geon, uiay be consulted at. his l-fsidotiw JiDliN S't'lil']l-]T (opposite Wesley t/liuri'til' Ladies will find a very nice nm™ c j Tweed Costuincs, from o2s 6d (o 4 KU f lH , a at the North Otago Farmers' Co-op., ni,J site the Monument, in Thames stn'ot,