Daily Circulation, 1750. The Oamaru Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1898.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7365, 12 November 1898, Page 2

Daily Circulation, 1750. The Oamaru Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1898.

A Kurow correspondent writes: —At a meeting of the Kurow School Committee, held on the 7th inst., a vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Kelly, the head-master, and Miss Ford, his assistant, for the highly satisfactory results of the recent examination. The teacherß are all the more to be commended when we consider what they had to contend with during the winter. For weeks the school was closed on account of the sickness prevalent in the district, and for weeks besides the attendance was very poor. There can be no doubt that Mr Kelly and Miss Ford have been in earnest in their work, and the wish of the School Committee will be echoed by many others that they may both be long spared to so faithfully fulfil their arduous duties. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from their London office, under date 9r.h November: — " Cocksfoot—Market slightly better. Fine quality New Zealand is worth 44s per cwt (last quotation was 455). Tallow—Market slightly weaker.-" Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London office, under date 9ch inst : " Ihe tallow market is steady, without change in prices. For shipments to arrive the market is weak, and lower by 2s 6d to 5s per ton." The Tokomairiro Farmers' Club have passed the following resolution :—" That this society co-operate with the neighboring agricultural societies in trying to get the fat sheep attending the Burnside market on the same footing as the stock attending the shows ; that this, if unsold, and taken back to station from whence thay came, that half the freight be refunded." In a recent issue of Truth " Moses Mobs " warns the British public against " certain attempts about to be made to float a number of wild cab schemes in connection with borins; for petroleum at New Plymouth." Mrs D. M. Fea, late of Maheno, has opened the Club House, Morray Place west, Dunedin, as a private boarding house, and will be pleased to see Camaru friends there. A concert and dance will take place in the Glenavy Schoolhouse, on Friday, 25th inst., in aid of the cemetery funds. The entrieß for the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society's show will close on Thursday next, 17th inßt. Entries mailed by trains arriving in Dunedin on that date will be in time, although it will facilitate the work of the secretary if they are sent in earlier. The Sydney Bulletin remarks: The bright particular stars of Hori Grey's Maoriland Ministry—James Macandrew, founder of the direct steamer lines betweeu the island province and Europe ; John B&llance, who will probably be awarded by history the highest rank as a constructive statesman ; and rollicking " Johnny" Sheehan, the first native-born Maorilander to attain Cabinet rank—all preceded their chief to the grave. The sitting of the District Court at Oamaru has been adjourned from Friday, the 18th inst., until Friday, 25bh inst, Juror 3 and witnesses summoned to attend on the former date are notified of this in to-daj's Issue.

Particulars respecting Mrs Miller's cooking classes, which will be continued next week, appear elsewhere. Mails for Australia, Tasmania, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, and Strait Settlements, Noumea, Continent of Europe, and United Kingdom will close at Auckland per Westralia on Monday, at 4 p.m. Correspondence must be specially addressed " by Suez." Mails for Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji per Taviuni will close at Auckland on Wednesday next, at 4 p.m. Mails for Australia, Tasmania, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, Europe, and United Kingdom, per Tarawera, will close at Wellington on Wednesday next, at 2 p.m. Mails for Norfolk Island, per Envoy, will close at Auckland on Tuesday next, at 11 a.m.

A meeting was held in the Royal Hotel on Thursday evening, for the purpose of forming a cricket club. There was a large attendance, and Mr 8. Dixon waa voted to the chair. It was decided to form a club to be called the Tureka Club, and the following officers were elected : President, Mr F. W. Clayton ; vice presidents. Messrs Cartright, C. Cgilvie, W. Burns, F. Buist, and M. Hanning; captain, Mr S. Mills; deputy captain, Mr H. Glass; secretary, T. ?cott; treasurer, Mr F. Booth ; general committee : Captain, deputy captain, secretary, treasurer, and Messrs Meldrum, Dorward, and M'Kenzie. It was decided to elect a match committee at some future date. The opening match will be played on Thursday, November the 24th, on Xakaro Park. Says the Sydney Bulletin: —It is scarcely to the credit of Maoriland that no adequate memoir of the gallant) Maori-fighter, Major Von Tempsky, has ever been published. His contemporaries are fast passing away, and soop his name will be forgotten. Some time ago it was reported that his eldest son waß working as a butcher at Honolulu. Much has bsen said at times in reference to the value or otherwise of corporal punishment in schools. But the point has never been satisfactorily settled, and probably never will be so long as there are refractory pupils* and teachers who believe that to spare the rod entails spoiling - the child. That corporal punishment can be done with-

out, witness the following :—At the annual distribution and inspection of the Foltham Industrial School recently, tho chairman Dr W. J. Collins, chairman of the London County Council, in presenting the prizes won by the boys in the trades and scholastic classes, said, in the course of a short address, that lie went to a school where corporal punishment was not used, and although he did not wish to hold himself up as an example of what might be done without corporal punishment, yet the same school produced such men &b Lord Horschel, Mr Joseph Chamberlain, and the present Lord Mayor, and such instances might be mentioned in justification of the system. Ho could not help thinking that the less rcsoit to corporal punishment there was the better it would be.

A meeting of the directors of the Caledonian Society will be held at eight o'clock on Monday night, at the County Couucil Chambers.

The usual monthly meeting of the North School Committee was held last evening, when there were present—Messrs Mollison (chair), Clayton, Williamson, Oliver, Jones, Meldrum, Hilliker, and Menzies (hon. see.) The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The headmaster reported that the attendance still remained low, and that he did not anticipate a recovery until after the Christmas recess. The Visiting Committee reported having oarried out certain works. Messrs Clayton and Hilliker were appointed a Visiting Committee for the month, and some accounts were passed for payment, and the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair.

It is announced elsewhere that the Amateur Opera Company will re-produce "La Mascotte" at the {Theatre Royal on Wednesday and Thursday next. Tho Company have not been content to rest upon the success already achieved in the representation of the opera, but have in the interval kept it in regular reheareal, and an even better presentation of it may be anticipated. What that means those who witnessed tho previous highly successful performances will readily understand. A great many people have an extraordinary penchant for carving their initials 011 all manner of places, often to the detriment of the objects of their attention. Last night, for example, two ambitious youths of about 18 years sought to leave their initials, which are nothing out of the common and may he borne by thousands of others of the human family, traced upon the gutter in Wharf street. They had evidently a burning deaire to leave a last ns memento of their existence behind them for a wondering world to gaze upon. At anyrato when they arrived opposite the newly-laii concrete channol 1 they could not repress the temptation to trace their respective initials, D.L. and A.M;, in the plastic cement. Thoy wore observed, however, and to nothing but the forgiving disposition of the Borough Engineer will they owe escape fr<nn having their names inscribed upon the police records.

One step won't take you very far ; you've got to keep on walking ; one word won't tell folk what you are, you've got to keep on talking ; one inch won't make you very tall, you've got to keep on growing ; one little " ad." won't do it all, you've got to keep them going. So please excuse our drawing your attention once more to our dressmaking. Till November 15th we will make up all dresses over 2s yard Free of Charge. Penrose's Drapery Establishment, Thames street.

We have just opened out some special plums for our Show Trade. Men's Colonial Tweed Suits 21s lid up; Men's Mosgicl Tweed Suits, usually 555, we will Bell at 355; Men's Colonial Tweed Trousers 6s lid, 8s 9d up; Men's Colored Moles 5s lid; Men's Flannelette Shirts Is 9d, 1b lid; Men's Leather Shirts Is lid, 2s 6d, 2a lid, 3s Gd; Men's Merino Drawers 2a 6d, 3s 6d, 4s Cd; Rrown Cotton Pants Is lid, 2s 6d; Men's Colonial Knitted Pants 2s lid; Scarves, Bows, Braces, Belts, large choice, lowest) ready-money prices. Go to the Polytechnic, the favorite Ready-Money Drapers, Thames street.

If ou will want to know a few things before purchasing your next pair of boots. First, you will go to the shop where you can secure a great variety of styles, and where you can depend upon seing something that will suit your purse as well as your taste. Then, naturally, you will desire to buy a neatfitting and comfortable boot and at the samo time one that will be neither too broad at the toe nor too narrow at the joints. You may not have made up your mind whether you will wear Tan or Black, or possibly you are hesitating as to whether you will wear Boots or Shoes. If you are a laboring man you will be on the look-out for something strong but not heavy ; if you are engaged in business or in the office you will want something flexible but not flimsy ; or if you are a lady about to purchase your summer costume you will certainly not pass without examination of the largest, fineßt, and moat select stock of Boots and Shoes in the city. The New Zealand Boot Supply Company's Warehouse, opposite the Post Office, is the shop where you can secure a great varioty of styles to suit your taste and your purse, where the toeß are not too broad and tho joints are not too narrow, where they have an immense stock both of Tan and of Black Bootß and Shoes, whore the strong Boots aro not heavy nor the the light Boots flimsy, where the variety is large enough to satisfy ihe most fastidious taste, and where overyone from infancy to manhood oan be fitted to perfection. The latest and newest of summer goods now on hand. New Zealanc 1 Boob Supply Co., next door to Mr J. Moss Watchmaker, Thames street.—Colin Sir* Wright, Manager. Tbmpus Fdgit, and how rapid its jLlght Scarcely have the last echoes of the past season died away, and the new season dawnf

upon us with its new hopes, its now da mands, its new responsibilities. Tkmpus Fugit, and again Time proves the result of a year's conscientious labor 1 Again it is our privilege to bring our announcement o a vast selection of novelties before you. Tempus Fugit, and yet again we are able to make the time-honored claim, as well* ounded as of yore, that the new collection n all its divisions and sub-divisions is once more in advance of all its predecessors that it has kept pace with flying time, that Immense Variety, Wide Range, and Absoute Novelty, coupled with rare beauty and high finish, are more than ever the distinguishing characteristics of our Spring Show. We will make good the olaim. Immonse Variety and Wide Range are certainly embodied in our collection. New washing materials, new Btuff materials, new millinery, new ribbons and laces, now straw hats, new everything John Bulleid and Co. Universal Providers.

Spking Furnishings.—We have opeedn ex Duke of Devonshire, Gothic and Elingamite, a fine supply of House Furnishings, Sheetings, Door Mats, Counterpanes, Toilet Covers, Towels, Cretonnes, Tablo Covers Sateen Cretonnes, Lancaster Blindings, Car tains, etc., etc. See our Millinery. See our Dress Materials. S e our Hosiery and Gloves. See our Men's Mercery.—ClauoN Gabdiner, and Co,, Standard House.— Advfi,