General News

Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 19, 4 August 1894, Page 9

General News

Our market report of the Winton sale, held last Thursday, is very encouraging, and may be taken as an indication of a general improvement in values of [stock. Capital prices were realised, the sale being a thorough success/. A big sale of sheep is advertised by Messrs Tothill Watson and Co., who sell 10,000 sheep and 100 head of cattle on the Merrivale estate on Wednesday next. A country hotel-keeper will shortly appear in the Police Court to answer a charge' of Sunday trading. An entertainment in aid ofj the school prize fund will be held at Clifton on the 17th inst. Mr E. Mill, accountant of the Bank of New Zealand, at Cromwell, goes to Wyndham. Mr E. Scandrett,, from Invercargill, succeeds him. The drawing in connection with the New Zealand Fine Art Co.”s art union takes place on Monday night. Wednesday last was Arbor Day. It did not cause much stir in Invercargill, but the Mayor and a number of citizens planted trees in the post office grounds and the Northern Reserve. The opening chapters of a stirring tale of American life, entitled “Foes in Ambush,” will be given next week. The proprietors of this journal have secured the serial rights for the South Island of this story, which is from the pen of Captain King, the well-known writer. Parliament resumed business on Tuesday, when, after a debate lasting till nearly midnight, the Lands for Settlement Bill was read a third time . and referred to the Waste Lands Committee. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were devoted to the Budget proposals, which bid fair to occupy attention for a considerable time. The annual show of the Southland Poultry Association will be held on Wednesday and Thursday. The various departments —poultry, pets, etc. —are well filled, 440 entries having been received, including some from Dunedin and Lawrence. Children will be admitted at threepence per head on Thursday afternoon. The; train arrangements for the second day are advertised. Mr Graham, M.H.E. for Nelson, says we want no very rich people in the colony, and no poor people at all. Tea is now imported into China. The Chinese tea gardens have been neglected, and the inferior qualities cannot compete with the more scientific cultivation in India and Ceylon.

Mr J. F. Lillicrap, lately of Invercargill, has been admitted at Dunedin as a solicitor of the Supreme Court.

Noticing a recent book on China, showing how hard life is for the mass of the people, the Saturday Review says it can understand that the Chinaman, though he maybe worried under foreign institutions, prefers to send home his body instead of going back himself. Mr Morrison, of Caversham, is surprised that any member can’t place his ideas before the House of. Representatives in four tenminute spells. This comes well from a gentleman who was so doubtful of his ability to “ place his ideas,” etc., that he inflicted a long and beautifully type-written speech on the House. Huddart, Parker and Co.’s fine steamer Miowera, which was some months ago stranded on a reef at Honolulu, and was recently floated off and repaired, has come to grief again-, having struck an unknown rock off the coast of Norway while on a 'pleasure cruise. Her passengers were saved. It is reported that a woman has been getting relief for herself and family from the Dunedin Benevolent Trustees on the ground that her husband had deserted her, whereas it is said he has been living with*her all along, and has moreover, bee* in constant work. The woman refuses to take out a summons against her husband on the ground that she won’t be a party to “ bringing any disgrace ” on her family. Some people have curious ideas of what constitutes disgrace. - Kerosene oil has come into great favour in China of late years. Formerly, says an authority, John lighted his (dwelling with tallow candles or home-made rush - lights ; now, frugal as he is, he almost universally indulges in the cheap luxury of a kerosene lamp. Mr R. W. Jones, mechanist and mechanical engineer, has made a move during the past week, and is now established in Dee street,, directly opposite the Princess Hotel. For some time past he has found his former premises inadequate to his requirements, and as he is laying himself out to do more business, his new shop, besides being better situated, is more commodious and suitable. Mr Jones’ practical experience should be sufficient guarantee as regards the quality of his stock, which includes the well-known Star Cycles, the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine, and the Remington Standard typewriter —all first-class lines, in which good business should be done. August being W. Lewis and Go’s stocktaking month tremendous bargains will be offered. Full particulars next week.—Advt.

Mr John Smith, of North Invercargill, has died from • the effects of injuries .received while felling a tree at the Lillburn (Waiau) co-operative works on Tuesday. He leaves a widow and family. The annual champion ploughing match took place on Mr Herman’s property at Wallacetown Junction on Wednesday, and attracted a very large gathering. Walter Clark carried off first prize in the champion class, and W. Young was awarded the special prize for the champion lot on the field. His win was a very popular one. A rebellion recently broke sut in Corea — not a wonderful matter in a country containing 10,000,000 inhabitants—and China and Japan interfered with the view of settling matters and at the same time furthering their own ends. Now they have gone to war with each other, and already a good deal of blood has been shed. Ten bands have entered for the quickstep competition at the band contest to be held at Invercargill in October, and 51 entries are to hand for the solo events. The committee of management, who are working energetically to make the affair a brilliant success, done well in their canvassing work, and their efforts are being seconded, among others, by the local Dramatic Club, who have in rehearsal the favorite drama, “ The Ticket of Leave Man,” which will be played for the benefit of the contest fund. The stage management is in the capable hands of Mr It. B. Wotton, and the ladies and gentlemen engaged promise to give a good account of themselves. A boy of 11 years, named McCulloch, son of the manager of the bank of New South Wales at Auckland, being in ill-health, was taken to a hydropathic practitioner named Beard, who,'after a diagnosis, prescribed, for worms, an injection consisting of an ounce of tobacco in a quantity of water. The boy soon after died, and two medical men deposed that there was no trace of worms, and condemned the treatment ordered. Beard stated at the inquest that he was not sure whether he ordered an ounce or a drachm of tobacco. The doctors say a drachm would have been equally fatal, Beard has been arrested on a charge of having killed the boy. The orr amenta! iron work, verandah columns andfreize work turned out by Messrs John Walker and Co., at the Victoria Foundry, during the last few months show that there is no need to send away from home for anything that may be required in those lines. The firm have moulds of some very pretty designs of the latest patterns, some of whichhave been jused for verandah ornamentation in the town. At Win ton Mr B. Jamieson’s verandah and balcony may be seen as a creditable sample “of their work. It is now becoming recognised ; that iron posts are cheaper for all verandahs than wooden ones, while the improved appearance they give to a building is in itself a strong recommendation. Messrs Walker and Co., who are making a specialty of this work in connection with the manufacture of ranges and grates, have lately been compelled to add to their premised in order to make more room for casting, dressing, and fitting.