SUDDEN DEATH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1563, 2 April 1887, Page 3

SUDDEN DEATH.

We regret to have to record a very sudden death which occurred at Geraldine ou Thursday last. Mr W. O. Andre ws, who hast been for many years a resident in the township, retired to rest on Wednesday evening apparently in the best of health. On Thursday morning Mrs Andrews got up before her husband and on sending to the room to call him some little time afterwards he was found to be unconscious, Dr Fish was immediately sent for and arrived soon after, but the deceased was beyond earthly aid. He never regained consciousness and died about half-past two tbe same day. Mr Andrews was a native of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, and was 73 years of age. His occupation was that of an architect and stone carver, and while in England he was engaged ou several laige undertakings, notably, tbe British Museum and the Homes of Parliament. He came out to Victoria about 27 years tgo, and was employed by Messrs Merry and Little, the large railway contractors, to auperiniend the construction of several large viaducts and bridges. In 1862 ho came to New Zealand, when he was made the foreman of works for the Christ•hurcb City Council, in 1865 he removed to South Canterbury as engineer for the Geraldine Road Board, This position bo held till 1871, In 1873 he took charge of the public pound at Geraldine and acted rs emigration agent from 1874 to 1880. In 1870 he was appointed registrar of births, deaths, and marriages at Geraldine, which position he held at tbe time of his death. The immediate cause of death was an apoplectic fit. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs Andrews in her sudden bereavement. Tbe funeral takes olace to-dav at 3 o’clock.

TEMUKA LINSEED COMPANY. Toe anntr.il general meeting of the shireholders in the Temuka Linseed, Oil, Cake and Fihro Compnny took place in the Wallingford Hotel last Thursday evening. There wan a fair attendance, and the Chairman of Directors, Mr John Taibot, presided. MINUTES. The minutes of the last annual meeting having been read and confirmed, the Chairman read the following ANNUAL REPORT. Annual report of the Tsmuka Linseed Company for the year ending 28th February, 1887. To the Shareholder*. QiNTLBMfN, —Your Director* regret haring to present you with a report for the past year of an unsatisfactory and disappointing character. A further heavy financial loss is disclosed by the balance-

sheet, and generally the anticipation and hopes of better success expressed at our last annual meeting have not been realised. You were informed at the last meeting that the machinery was unsuited to the manufacture of binding twine, it being especially ml.ipted for making small rope or heavy twins. We produced a considerably quantity of this cits* of goods, but liars been unsuccessful in disposing of it except at prices entailing a lo i * on the manufacture, and in

consequence hare at present a considei able quantify of the goods in stock

Finding that we could not. effect pro

litable sales of emill rope and heavy cords, we ware induced to fall back on the making of binding twine, hoping that by lilting up a temporary spinning frame, as suggested by the manager, we should be enabl'd to make this twine fairly well. The result, I owever, has proved the reverse of this, and wo have been called upon to deal with the unpleasant fact, that we could nob produce an article good enough, either in appearance or uniformity of quality, to command sales. After carefully considering the position thus brought about, your Direo’ors decided to accept the advice of the manager, vie., to im, port from England a spinning frame of the

description which you were informed in the lift annual report would bo necessary in order to successfully take up this branch of the business, and to make seaming and shop 1 wines. The order for this machine was

forwarded to Messrs Lawson and Sons, of Leeds, in the beginning of January last, and it will come to hand in about a fortnight

from thi* time. I( should he stated that the manager at, or immediately after, hie appoint* ment informed the Directors that a spinning frame of the description now coming to band would be found indispensable, and he ex* the utmost confidence ihat it will be •he means of retrieving the present gloomy position of the Company. In addition to our manufacturing misfortunes and disappointments we have to chronicle others, the results of a fire and a heavy wind. We lost a valuable shed, together with the property it contained, by the former, and by the latter a wreck was made of the long shed covering the rope walk. To explain in part the large increase for the year as appears from the balahce*sheet to have been added to our total losses, it should be stated that the result of our late operations has proved that last year we place I much too high a value on the stock of- material, etc., we then bad on hand ; while this year the valuation has beer, considerably reduced to accord with actual experience. Active operations at the factory have been suspended for some time, pending the arrival of the additional machinery. Mr E. H. Posi.lethwaito having recently decided to pay a visit to England, resigned bis position on the directory, and Mr W. Postlethwaite was elected in his stead. It will bo necessary for the shareholders to elect three Directors—Messrs R. A. Barker, W. Lyon, and E. Pilbrow retire by rotation, but are eligible tor re-election—and an auditor for (he ensuing year wi l also hava to bo elected. Seventeen Directors’ meetings have been held during the past year, with an average attendance of seven Directors. John Talbot. Chairman. The balance-sheet was also read. The principal items of the receipts were : Calls paid, £IOO3 13s 91 ; rope, twine, and seed, £940 5s 31 ; interest on calls, £2B 13i> 4i. Of the expenditure, interest absorbed £254 15s ; salaries, £l4O ; labor, £9ll 15s; machinery, £475 9s; buildings, £315; growing ami purchase of flax, £224 3s Id; fuel, £42 3e Id ; refund 00-operative Association, £76 12s 8d; retiring promissory note, £2l 6s; and other charges (such as blacksmiths’ work, freight and shipping charges, stores, oils, stock, insurance, property tax, etc.), £164 13s. The total expenditure amounted to £5897 2s Id, and the overdraft at the Bank of N.S.W, is £3917 6s Bd. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, said he would be glad to hear any remarks that any shareholder might wish to make. The report fully detailed the state of affairs. He regretted the results were disappointing, but the Directors had put the state of affairs in as clear a light as possible. Mr W. Postlethwaite seconded the motion, which was carried. DIRECTORS. Messrs Barker, Lyon, and Pilbrow were elected Directors. MISCELLANEOUS. The Chairman said he considered the present financial state of the Company unavoidable, Every care had been taken by the Directors, who were good business meo, and had worked harmoniously together. With the new machinery they would be able to do all kiuds of work. The manager could tell them that the finer and lighter yarns could be twisted. He hoped if any shareholder thought that blame could be attached to the Directors be would say so. He considered that the season’s operations proved that the price given for flax made it a payable crop, Mr Postlethwaite believed it paid better than wheat at the present rate, viz,, £3 per ton for? the straw with or without the seed, the straw alone being preferable, In a discussion which followed as to new appliances and to the relative values of shop arid binding twine, it was considered that the manufacture of shop twine would pay best. The Secretary stated that the new machinery was ou board the Arawa, On the motion of Mr Mason, seconded by Mr Motson, Mr Hy. A. Roqt was reflected auditor.

Yoies of to the Directors, Manager, and Secretary were passed and duly acknowledged, and the meeting terminated.

WB SHOT! BT.OT GUI DISEASE IN ITS i'.»iiLY STAGES.

Tie disease c.-. oieaces with a slig’ derangement of.the etomaoh, but, if neglected, it in time i volves the whole frame, embracing the kidnej b, liver, pancreas, and in fact the entire glandular system ; and the afflicted drags out a miserable existence until death gives relief from suffering. The disease is often mistaken for other complaints; but if the reader will ask himself the following questions he will be able to determine

whether he himself is one of the affioted Have I distress, pain, or difficulty in breathing after eating P Is there a dull, heavy feeling, attended by drowsiness P Have the eyes a yellow tinge P Does a thick, sticky mucous gather about this gums and teeth in the mornings, accompanied by a disagreeable taste P Is the tongue coated P Is there pain in the sides and back ? Is there a fullness about the right side, as if the liver were enlarging P Is there oostiveness P Is there vertigo or dizziness when rising suddenly from a horizontal position P Are the secretions from the kidneys highly coloured, with a deposit after standing ? Does food ferment soon after eating, accompanied by flatulence or brlcbing of gas from the stomach ? Is there frequent palpitation of the heart ? These various symptoms may not be present at one time, but they torment the sufferer in turn as the dreadful disease progresses. If the case be one of long standing, there will be a dry, hacking cough, attended after a time by expectoration. In very advanced tages he akin assumes a dirty brownish apperanoe, and the bauds and feet covered by a cold sticky perspiration, As the liver and kidneys become more and more diseased, rheumatic pains appear, and the usual treatment proves entirely unaviling against the latter agonising disorder. The origin of this malady is indigestion or dyspepsia, and a small quantity of the proper medicine will remove the disease if taken in its inoipienoy. It is most important that the disease should be promptly and properly treated in its first stages, when a little medicine will effect a cure, and eTen when it has obtained a strong hold the correct renuedy should be persemeed in until every vest ge of the disease is eradicated, until the appetite has returned, and the digestive organs restored to a healthy condition. The surest and most effectual remedy for this distressing complaint is " Seigel’s Curative Syrup,” a vegetable preparation sold by all chemists and medicine vendors throughout the world, and by the proprietors, A. J, White, Limited, London, E.O. This syrup strikes at the very foundation of the disease, and drives it, root and branch, out of the system. Ask your chemists for SeigeTs Curative Syrup. 11 East-street Mills, Oambridge-heath, “London, E, 0., July 24tu, 1882,

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