Daily Circulation, 1750. The Oamaru Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1898.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7371, 19 November 1898, Page 2

Daily Circulation, 1750. The Oamaru Mail. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1898.

Although they scored the largest number of points, it is possible that the cup giveD at the show lor the largest prize-taker in hacks, hunters, and ponies will nob fro to the Sew Zealand and Australian Land Company. It appears that the exhibits of the Company from the several stations were entered by the different managers, acting independently of each other, and if these are treated as separate exhibitors, as is not unlikely to be done, Mr James Hedley will rank as the largest prize-taker, and so secure the cup. Similarity of names, especially when accompanied by identity of address, often, like strong resemblance, leads to embarrassing results, and not infrequently to more serious consequences. Indeed, has it not been put upon record that some years ago when the Government of the day desired to honor a certain gentleman by calling him to the JLesislative Council the insertion of the wrong Christian name in the Governor's warrant resulted in the wrong man being created a life legislator, whi e the person designated for distinction was left unhonored ? If this can happen in such an important State affair, with a difference of Christian name to help in the avoidance of error, how much more likely are mistakes to occur in matters of smaller moment with no such distinction to help in their avoidance ? In the latter case a tangible excuse for error is at hand ready made. None the less it must have been embarrassing for the Committee of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association to discover that their letter of invitation to a certain authority on a particular breed of stock to act as a judge had been delivered to the wrong person, and that instead of the farmer whose services they had hoped to secure, the invitation had been accepted by a mechanic, who duly presented himself and entered upon the work of determining the meritß of stock before the error was discovered. Those who made the discovery, however, seemed to maintain silence upon the matter, trusting to the knowledge of the other judge to bring the decisions out all right. This result appears to have been achieved, but yesterday the stewards of the class, who do not seem to have been let into the secret, had to suffer a good deal of chaff upon the subject from those " in the know." The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from their London office, under date 16 th : Tallow—There is a fair demand, medium and inferior mutton tallow has advanced 3d per cwt. since last report (23s 3d).

The musical and dramatic entertainment by the Convent extern pupils will take place on Wednesday, 23rd instant, at 8 p.m., and not on Thursday, 24th, as stated in our local columns yesterday. Holders of tickets are requested to take notice of the change of date.

At the Magistrate's Court thiß morning, before Major Keddell, S.M., a first offender was convicted of drunkenness and discharged. Mails for Australia, Tasmania, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, South Africa, Continent of Europe, and United Kingdom, per Waihora, close at Auckland on Tuesday, 22nd inst., at 1 pm. Mails for Barotonga and Tahiti, per Ovalau, close at Auckland on Tuesday, 22nd inst., at 4 p.m. The Opera Company had a splendid house last night on the occasion of the final production of "La Mascotte," the piece going with exceptional life and vigor throughout. After the fall of the curtain, Mr Blue took occasion to thank the members of the Company for the manner in which they had assisted in conscientious rehearsal. The efforts of the principals, the orchestra, the secretary, Mr Jaggers, and the Press were also appreciatively referred to, and after a few individual congratulations and a dance or two upon the stage, the proceedings terminated. Messrs Nimmo and Blair announce that a trial of that handy farm implement the Planet Jr. cultivator, grubber and furrower will be held on the Awamoa estate at 11 a. m. on Tuesday next. Farmers and all others interested are invited to attend.

Mails for Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji, per Hauroto, close at Auckland, on Wednesday, 4th December, at 4 p.m. The Shag Point Coal Company are making strenuous efiorta to supply the orders for their famous coal. During the winter the demand was too great for the supply, but extra shafts are being sunk and other, means employed to increase the output. The quality of the coal has also greatly improved, and consequently gives greater Batisfaotion to consumera, the result being a very great increase in bhe demand.

A visitor who recently travelled by rail between Napier and Wellington and Lyttelton and Oamarn speaks in glowing terms of the appearance of the country generally. Ihe Hutt Valley is a perfeot picture, and the grass is very luxuriant, in most places growing .high and strong and with a fino healthy color. No wonder the cattle are in Buch splendid condition. The creameries and all concerned should thrive well here. But for quiet pastoral beauty Hawke's Bay must take the eye. The firsb impression one would get on looking at this beautiful country would be that the pastures were all carpeted with green velvet of the purest hue and extending as far as the view permitted. The disastrous effects of the great flood are wearing away, and one could hardly oredit the rapid recovery the district has made in so short a time. The writer paid a short, visit to Clive and its neighborhood—part of the flooded country—and to see the fine healthy appearance of everything now would hardly betoken the desolation of eighteen months ago. The silt, from which so much was feared, has not, in cases that came under notice, proved ruinouß, for on being ploughed np and mixed with the soil the latter seems to have benefited and good results are being obtained from various sowings. In one such spot several acres o£ potatoes gave great promise and a largo vegetable garden contained some magnificent specimens and prolific growth. The houses in many places have been raised on piles as a protection against another such flood, which is hardly likely to occur on account of the big wash-out near Farndon, which will carry storm water right out to sea and thus relieve the low-lying country. The bazaar held during the laßt two days in aid of Dr Barnardo's Home was fairly successful, and will result in a contribution of money and clothing together to the value of LSO, IT he promoters ask us to thank all who assisted in any way for their efforts to make the bazaar a success.

A combined meeting of the Waimato High School Board and the Waimato Public School Committee was held on Wednesday evening to see what steps could be taken for the formation of a cadet corps at the District High School. There were present: Board members—Meßsrs Coltman (chair), G. Manchester, Dr Barclay, and H ev. M'K. Gibson ; Committee members Messrs Cameron, Mann, Bitohener, Nicol, and Graham (secretary). A letter was read from Mr Johnston, of the Timaru Main School, dealing with the subject, and after considerable discussion the following resolution was passed, on the motion of Dr Barclay:—"That this oombined meeting respectfully suggest to tho High School Board of Governors that they vote the sum of L3O towards the formation of a cadet corps, and also assist the School Committee in raising the balanoe of L3O should the formation be ultimately decided upon." At the Show yesterday Messrs Fleming and Hedley, on behalf of a northern buyer, offered Mr J. S. Holmes 150 guineas or his mare Princess, the winner of the first prizo in the section for brood mares. The oftor, tempting as it may appear, did not lead to business, though it is possible that it might have been entertained had not Mr Holmes given an assurance to Melbourne, Sydney, and other buyers that he would not dispose of any of the Awamoa cracks until his sale in March next. It is, by the way, highly probable that that sale will be attended by buyerß from several of thj other colonics, as well as those from various parts of this colony, the Awamoa stud of draught horses being recognised as the foremost in Australasia. In the course of a conversation with a gentleman who knows every acre of Waikakahi and its capabilities, we were put in possession of some interesting and reassuring facts concerning the great estate. It had seemed to us that the price paid—L6 15a per acre—was its very fullest valuo, and we expressed an opinion to this effect. Our friend, however, who has no interest in unduly estimating the value of the property, said that it is not only worth every penny that was paid for it, but L 30,000 more ; but he added that it must be cat up wisely. Asked whether he thought that the Government's idea to apportion it into 140 farms was satisfactory, he replied that he thought it was; but that, so far as he could see, it would be difficult to have the property ready for disposal at the time mentioned by tho Government. We daresay, however, that the Department has made all its calculations carefully and that there will be no disappointment on this Bcore. All acoounts against the N.O.A. and P. Association are to be sent in on or before t-'aturday next. Prize takers are requested to notify whether they will take cash or plate. A notification appears elsewhere concerning the Mount Cook Hermitage, and setting forth the routes to Mount Cook, together with a statement of the accommodation to be found at the Hermitage.

Harmston's circus showed at Temuka on Thursday and at Timaru last night, on both occasions to large and appreciative audiences.

Palmerston's contribution to the Salvation Army's self-denial fund was L 65, an advance of L 25 on the amount last year.

Messrs James Doreen and John M. Lefovre have been nominated for the Mayoral chair at Hampden, and a poll will be taken to fill the office on December Ist, at the Borough Chambers, Hampden, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Drs de Lautour and Douglas performed an important operation on Mr Henry Aitkeh this morning. That gentleman's numerous friends will be glad to learn that it was successful, and that the patient is doing quito as well as one could expect. There are at present (says the Otago Daily Times) to be seen in Mr M'Oarthy'n gun shop in Princes street Beven heads of red deer which were shot in the Waitaki district by the Messrs Hodgkinson brothers, of Longslip station, Omarama. Tho heads are nearly all 12 pointers, and the animals were shot last season and the season bofore. Tho Messrs Hodgkinson report that the deer are pretty plentiful in that district just now, having thriven remarkably, so that ahootists who are in the habit of going to Hawea for game might find it worth their while to pay a visit to the Waitaki district. The Waimate Times says :—Bandmaster Harwood of the Waimate Brass Band waß on Thursday, at St. Paul's Weslcyan Church, united in wedlock to Miss Williams, of W aimate. In the evening the members of the Band met at the residence of the bride's parents, and presented Mr and Mrs Harwood with a handsome and useful piece of furniture. The Band members subsequently joined in the festivities of the evening and discoursed ' • sweet music," far into the Bmall hours of the night. A large marquee had been erected for the gathering, the interior being effectively decorated with greenery and flowers, and here dancing was kept up to an early hour.

The weather forecasts are now more favorable, indeed, fine bright summer weather may be expected. An opportunity will be given to the ladies to make their appearance in summer apparel. To those who have not yet bought their summer hat, we would say it would be to their advantage to call on Miss Kelleher, the milliner, ub Penrose's Drapery Establishment, Thames street.

You 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 seeing something that will suit your purse as well as your baste. Then, naturally, you will desire to buy a neatfitting and comfortable boot and at the same 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 hesibating 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 yon 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 cerbainly nob paBS without examination of the largest, finest, and most select stock of Boots and Shoes in the oity. The New Zealand Boot Supply Company's Warehouse, opposite the Po9t Office, is the shop where you can secure a great variety of styles to suit your taste and your purse, where the toeß are not too broad and the joints are not too narrow, where they have an immense stock both of Tan and of Black Boots and Shoes, where the strong Boots are not heavy nor the the light Boots flimßy, where the variety is large enough bo satisfy the most fastidious taste, and where everyone from infanoy to manhood oan be fitted

to perfection. The latest and newest of summer goodß now on band. New Zealand 1 Boot Supply Co , next door to Mr J. Moss Watchmaker, Thames street.—Colin Suy wbight, Manager. Tmmjs Fcsit, and how rapid its Light Scarcely have the last echoes of the past season died away, and the new season dawn? upon ns with its new hopes, its new de man da, its new responsibilities. TraPUS Fcgit, and again Time proves the resnlt of a year's conscientious labor ! Again it is onr privilege to bring onr annotmcement o a vast selection of novelties before yon. Tempos Fcgit, and yet again we are able to make the time-honored claim, as wellotmded 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 Absonte Novelty, coupled with rare beaaty and high finish, are more than ever the distin- j gnishing characteristics of onr Spring Show. We will make good the claim. Immense Variety and Wide Range are certainly embodied in oar collection. New washing materials, new stuff materials, new millinery, new ribbons and laces, new straw hats, new everything.—John Bpt.tyhid and Co. Universal Providers.