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Established August 1842. -o h4 ortland uacdian, With which is tloorporated liht N~,rtland W1irror.- -0 Publishea as Fortland Every .fIondny, Wed Snesday, and Friday Erening. FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1901. -..s.-The "Guard:. be is: .-eL. fev. hours earlier than us ial on Monday next, June 3, and notices for insertion in that issue should be in our hands not later than Ic a.m. PRESENTATIOX.-Ona We d n e s d a y night the members of the Portland Public Band held a very enjoyable social at the Band Rotunda, when the full number attended, the gathering being made the occasion of a presentation to Mr E. W. Harvey, the Conductor, of a silver mounted baton, inscribed to " E, W. Harvey, Esq., from the members of the Portland Public Band as a mark of their appreciation of his services as Con ductor, and a memento of the Band Contest on March 2o, 190o." The rotunda was very prettily decorated for the occnsion, and it was a matter of sur prise to many how it had been made to hold the large company assembled. After the partaking of the refreshments pro vided, Mr P. H, Thessinger (the oldest member of the band) read a letter con veying the sentiments of the bandsmen towards Mr Harvey, and their desire to mark: their appreciation of his long ser vices as conductor and manager by some tangible means. He then presented the baton, which is of ebony and silver mounted to Mr Harvey and proposed that gentleman's health. After the toast had been enthusitstically and musically honored, Mr Harvey, who had been kept in complete darkness up to the moment he had the preysetation made to him, feelingly acknowledged the gift, As conductor he had felt that he had all their loyal support, and the receipt of a mark of their appreciation in the form taken only put in concrete form what he always thought he held in their hearts. So far as the contest at k amilton was concerned, he thought the band had ncth ing to be ashamed of, and for his part he was just as prcod of it upon his return as he had been when going ;p Hamilton. Reviewing the career of the Band since Its inception isn 1883, Mr Harvey went on to say the band had enjoyed an existence far above his own expectations, and he believed as a body had been free iron internal dissensionis whi h so often'break up suc'h institutions, its positicsn was unique, Of the original members, only Messrs P. H. Thessinger and J, Wright with himself remained, most of the others having drifted, in the course of time, from the town, thus causing their sever ance. In conclusion, he joined heartily with them in the hope that he would long remain if not their conductor, tLen a member of the band. After the for mal business had been thus disposed, the prcceedings partook of a free and. easy character, and a number of toasts were successfully honor'd, During the evening a tumber of~ocal items were rendered. The botd.- aiJ I,- m.'e heartily congratulated ,pen the-auccess of the gathering, S '',:PLEAS.-SAT.Mr \,. ,?. more nad rather an exciticz adventure on Tuesday last, He was engaged cart ing goods from the Freezing Works, and when endeavoring to cross the railway line near the works, the horses were unable to drag the load over the rails, stopping just wh-n the animals were fairly on the line. The train from Port land was just approaching, and realising the extreme dangar his horses were in, Mr Wadmore at once set about freeing them, which was accomplished in record time. While this was being done infor mation of thes situation was conveyed to the freezing works, ard precautions at once taken to stop the train,.which was accomplished Just in time to save at least the pole of the lorry being smashed. The situation is described as a most ex citing one throughout. THE PROPOSED BORDER RAILWAY. The party surveying the projected rail way route between the South Australian border and Heywood, to connect Mount Gambier district with Portland, are rapidly nearing the completion of the work. A slight deviationt has been sug. gested in the Ardno district, so as to get a little closer to Strathdownie, and Mr. Campbell, the overseer of the party, has enpreC? himidlfin favor of gj
OBITUARY.--It is our unwelcome task to again record the death of still another of our very earliest colonists, for on Wed nesday afternoon there passed away at her residence, Julia street, Mrs McLeod, relict of the late John Norman McLeod. The deceased lady had reached the ripe old age of 75 years, by far the greater part of which had been spent in this dis trict, chiefly at the old family residence at Castle-naddie, but the last few years in this town. Far and wide the deceased lady was known, aud as universally re spected. In the early days of the colony she shared with her late respected hus band the ups and downs, including many adventures of mixed descriptions, inci dental to the life of pioneers, but through oat her long life her genial nature and kindly disposition to all earned for her respect cnd protectido, even from the blacks, of whom her late husband was the earliest protector appointed by the Government. The deceased was the mother of Messrs. D. N, McLeod, for years member for Portland, A. McLeod, of Merino Downs, and W. L. McLeod, of this town, The funeral took place this afternoon and was largely attended. "NEW HOLIDAY. - Monday next, the birthday of the Duke of Cornwa'!, has been gazetted a public holiday in the State of Victoria. The following are the arrangements made by the Postal de partment for its observance. Alt po't offices will be closed at io a.m. Only the first delivery by letter carriers will be effected. No money order business will be transacted. Mails (except Mel bourne and suburban) will be received and despatched as usual. Telegraph offices, including those which close daily at 6 p.m., will be open from S.30 to ro a.m,. and from 6 to 7 pm. We under stand that at least the majority of the business places, which will include the principal ones, will be closed all day, and will remain open on Wednesday after noon. WESLEYAN CHURCH.-- We remind our readers that the anniversary services of this church will be preached on bun day by the Rev F, C. Vian, of Hamilton. A MIDNcIGHT ISIT TO A BANK. The Bank of Victoria, Coleraine, was on Tuesday night at midnight visited by a rough-looking man named Michael Joseph Power, who demanded admittance as a member of the police force. The man ager, Mr Gardiner. who had retired to rest, did not recognise the voice as that of a local constable, and returned to re clothe himself. In the meantime Mrs .Gardiner, from an upper window, noti 'fed a geitlelnan who fas fortunately passing by that the police were wanted, and very soon Senior-constable Loftus was near at hand. He heard the man knockiig at- the private door, and con sidering it wise to secure him, did so. .Mr Gardiner :hen opened the door. The man was in possession of a garment taken `rom the clo:hes-line in the yard of the bank premises. He was brought. up on Wednesday morning at the pohce court, ctarged with being unlawfully on the premises of the bank, and was sen tenced to siY months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in the Ballarat Gaol. REMovAL.-Recently we stated that Mr Wheelan, who has been the popular station master he-e for some years, has received notice of removal to another station. We now learn that he leaves Portland on Thursday, the 6th, for his new quarters at \Varracknabeal. STATE SCHOOLS. - As usual, MIr. Cameron, our Parliamentary representa tive, has been interesting himself in mat:r:t of interest in the district, and has brought under the notice of the Minister of Education several require ments regarding schools, and has re cciyed the following letter from the sec retary which sppaks for itself:-Reter ring to your personal interview in regard to certain schools in your constituency, Mr Gurr desires me to furnish you with the following information :-In connec tion itith the application for a school at Spring Creek, a site is being obtained with a view to the erecton of a new schcol, The Aiipister has authorised the erection of a new building at Buck ley's Swamp, and the Public Works de partment have been informed that this is an urgent matter and should be attended to ?i;hout delay. In reference to the Gorae school, the department has been informed by the iesidentsthat a suitable building will be erected, and the depart. ren, has agreed to pay two years' rent in advance sg soon as the building is completed, A tea her will then be ap pointed. The question of removing the Homerton school to Ettrick has been re ferred to the inspector for a report." T..a TAHAR-. EST?aE.-It is announ ced iat the famous Tahara Estate, be tween Coleraine and Merino, consisting of 0o,ooo acres, will be:cut up and sold by the executors in the estate of the late Mrs Ann jtiholas, about August next. THE SKVLNGS BAS wilil be closed on Monday, 3rd June, and on Saturday evening, ,st June, but will be open on Saturday afternoon until 2 o'clock, viz,, for deposits and payments from so till 12, and for deposits only from 12 till 2. AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE.--The voyage of the troopship Morayshire, with a num- her of the Victorian troops and troops belonging to other states from South Africa on board, appears not to have been without incident, There was a good deal of sickness on board, no fewer than 73 cases having been under medi- cal surveillance. The majority of the cases were not serious. Several troopers suffered from German measles. A mutiny on a small scale occurred. Forty two men refused to obey orders, and were court-martialled and sentenced. They were forcibly rescued by their comrades, but they subsequently surren- dered. When the West Australians were leaving the ship at Fremantle a disgraceful exhibition of larrikinism took place, Sergeant-Major Pilmer, a Western Australian officer, being subjected to great indignity at the hands of a number of troopers, among whom he seems to have been extremely unpopular. As he left the MIorayshire he was pelted with dough, while one trooper emptied the contents of an ink.bottle over his uni, form, DEsxrssra,.-Those requiring the ser vices of Mr A. H. Miller, dentist, should note that his next visit to Portland will be on Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8. Mr. Miller visits Heywood on the first Thursday in every month, his date next month being the 6th, Woods' Great. Peppermint Cure for Co?u?hs and LQ~ never fails, 1q6,
As INTERESTING CASE.-ConSr.b G, Harrington, in the capacity a: t, inspector of Hamilton, v. \Vm. alli{1 driving a s'age carriage without hilri license, heard before Mr 31 Corn P.M,, at the Hamilton Ccurt of P Sessions on Tuesday, was a case of interest to drivers of stage carria The case as stated was to the effect the defendant on the 17th April, one the days of the Hamilton races, plying for hire taking passengers to l racecourse without hiving a license lr the borough entitling bins to do so. fendant pleaded not guilty on t grounds that he had a license, handinu1 document to the bench, which prowf to be a license taken out under thep visions of the Carriage Act a89, It was issued at .Warroambool and eniart defendant to ply for hire between 1v1i nsmbool and the Hamilton raceceo-s Mr Palmer, who represented the borou council, stated that according to by. , 17, par. 12, of the Hamilton Borou no person was allowed to ply for it within its limits without taking outl license, When defendant was asked produce his license, it was found that e had ,one issued by the borough, he, the proceedings. The bench held that municipal by-law could not over-ride Act of Parliament. A lengthy argl ment ensued as to the relative force ai amended Act as against a municipalby law, Mr Palmer urging that if one bp repealed another Act, that did not i, terfere with a bye-law made urder th, latter, Defendant admitted all the fai stated against him, relying on the licen, as an answer. The court dismissed ti; case with 20/ costs against the couna proceedings tc be stayed for four te days, Mr McCormick saying that it wont be a good thing.if the council wouldbril the matter before a higher court to hat it tested. THE BOROUGH COUNCIL invite t ders for the coastruction of a road e Hurd street north, the supply of gRtad and rolling roads, COLONEL KELLY, C.B.; TO BE IN- VESTED BY THE KING.-Among the officers who on April 19 were gazettd as having received -honours for service in the Boer war was Colonel N. W, Kelly, who commanded the Victoria contingent of the Imperial Australia Regiment. Colonel Kelly was severely wounded at Hartebeestfontein in Feb- ruary last, and was invalided to England in April. It is announced that on Mon- day next. June 3, the birthday of the Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York, His Majesty the King will invest Colonel Kelly with the Com- panionship of the Bath (C.B.), the honour conferred upon him. Colonel W. D. C. Williams, of the New South Wales Army .Medical Corps, will on the same day be similarly honoured, MR. L. HORWITZ addresses the elec- tors of Heywood on Monday at 5 o'clock and Drik Drik and Dartmoor on Tues- day. GRANT TO POORER SHIRES,-At th! recent meeting of Warragul Shire Coa. cii a communication was received from tMr .Nichols, IM.L.A., enclosing a lette r from the Public Wotks department rg, lative to the council's request for a por. c tion of the unexpended , o,ooo-balance of 1.5o,ooo allotted to fourth, filh and sixth class shires-to repair damt. ged bridges, &c., through recent heavy floods. The letter of the Public Wont department stated that the £1o,ooo "i - retained for possible divistcn amongst I shires not yet entitled to participate, but which may be in such position when tht shires shall have been reclassified. The shire of Warragul, therefore, does as come into the matter." Councillor P, J. Smith said the reply of the departmenc to the council's request was very unsatis factory. Parliament granted the ,£o0,o0t to be distributed between the fourth, fifth, and sixth class shires, the allotment to close on the 3oth of next month, Now Sthe council found that £io,ooo of that amount was to be held back, and diidd between shires which were never inten. ded to participate in the grant when it wan voted. It was decided to ttervi.? the Minister 'oi Public Works on tb I matter. Accocurs.-The following account Sawaited payment at the local sub. :treasury this morning for J. S. Levis, W. D=cker, Portland Borough Council, SF: Spencer,. ........ R.AB?siT EXPORT, -An exporter of ab. bits waited on .Mr Morrassey. Ministe of Agriculture, on Tuesday and comt plained that the charges idi connectio wich the business were excessive. 'This gentleman showed the Minister accounts which wen: to prove that the expensesto shippers ot rabbits ran into 5o per cent of the amount realised from the sales, The freight absorbS i5 ier cent,,and the cool storage in England 03 per cent Mlr Morrissey considers that such hig charges are hlikely to retard the eYpoa?t trade in rabbits, and has prcmised o have an irOuiry made. He pointsod that the charges on frozei meat onlJ amount to ,? per cent. of the realise4 value, For Children's Hacking Ccugh at nigh. VWovods' Great Peppermint Cure, i, PREsENT or SrT.azPs,--.Nt the leut interesting, and amongst the most vale able, of the mementoes of their visit to Australia which the Duke and Duches. of Cornwall and lork will talfe Ibae with them will be complete sets of evel state issue of stamps. The Pcstmaster, General has personally suparintende their compilation, and as the Duke cf York is an ardent philatelist, the pres.nt will, no d ubt, he appreciated. It ii customrary to cancel such stamps when the- are is:ued to the general public, but it is understoodj that, in the precenf instance, they ,villbe left uncancelled, Consequently their face value will not be far short of ~jioo. It is believed that a third set will be placed at the dis posal of King Edward \'II.. 1 His Majesty signifies that he will aLcepg 4i CHARGINGc FOR QUARTERS. -The 'ull Court, by the casting vote of the Chief Justice, decided in the Cas5 of Fisher, late Postmaster at Geelong, tha. the Crown could not deduct rent for quar ter;s where they insisted that these 5hould be occupied. The Crown appeal wIas therefore dismissed. Innumerable altiot are expected in similar cases. ColCand Bull was dealt with in the same fashi0on For Chronic Chest Complaints, W'rod. Great Peppermint Cure, l§ ~4I
A LoNG WAIT.-After waiting about 20 years the King has come into posses sion of a photograph for which he has sought ever since his marriage to Queen Alexandra. It is a photograph of the Queen herself as she was just before the King first met her. It is said that for some reason only one copy remained un de:troyed, and this could not be traced until 20 years ago, when it was acciden. tally seen by a high personage at court in the album of a well-known society lady. The latter on being approached was not disposed to part with the prize even to the King, who, when turning over the album which contained it from time to time, used jokingly refer to it as " my portrait." Since he ascended the throne it is understood that the owner of the photograph has sent it to Windsor, A MONSTER LORRY has just been built in WVarrnambool. This lorry will not be drawn by a horse team but by a traction engine. It is z8 feet long by 8 feet wide, and will carry 1o tons, The timber used was bluegum for the body, and ironbark box and Sydney red gum for the wheels. The tyres of the latter are four inches wide, and the tyres were shrunk on the West tyre setter. The :axles are 3} inches. The lorry will be attached to the engine by a short pole, and it will be used principally for carry ing chaff. THE SUN's HEAT has been utilised in California to generate steam. A huge reflector, measuring 36 feet 6 inches across at its top part and 5is feet below, has been erected, and the sun's rays are brought to focus on a boiler measuring I i; feet 6 inches long, and containine too gallons of water. The reflector is I moved by clockwork so as to receive the sun's rays. In the boiler steam is main tained at a pressure of 150 lb., and through its agency a motor of 15-horse power is kept working. By an ingenious arrangement the condensed steam is re- t turned to the boiler. The engine pumps water from a well. An idea of the amiount of heat produced by the reflec tor is afforded by the statement that it will melt copper, and sets wood on fire at once, This invention may be the forerunner of others which have for their aim the utilisation of the energy so lavishly diflused around us by nature. INCLUDED in the list of soidiers re turning from Africa by the steamer Morayshire, we notice that of Trooper F. J, Meldrum, of Merino. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is. 6d, A Scotchman has constructed a bicycle which he can take apart and carry in a train, after having folded it within the space occupied by th:ee umbrellas The railway revenue for the past week amounted to [50.617, as against [36,546 for the corresponding week of last year; increase, .£ 1,o07 . On Sunday evening at Christ Church, Casterton, a special thanksgiving ser vice was held for the safe return of Bugler Frank Hortle and Sergeant McDonald, of Strathdownie, from South Africa. The Rev. J. A. Ball preached. An- elderly man named Michael White, a bootmaker, of Koroir, was found dead in a cattle pit on the Hamil ton railway ,line, a mile and a half from that place. The body was very much cut about the head, Several fruitgrowers in the neighbor hood of Castlemaine have during the present season sent trial shipments of fruit to Sydney. and in nearly every in stance have realised higl.er prices than could be obtained in Melbourne. Next season a much larger trade will be done with the Sydney market. In connection with the water supply to the Mallet centres by the railway de partmen, the ,jinister for Water Supply (Mr Burton) states that all the available tanks are being fitted to ordinary trucks, with a view of increasing the supply. His department, ie says, has given the Railway department an open order prac tically to do the very best it can to alle viate the sufferings of the unfortunate Mallee settlers. The sudden drowning of a good swimmer is not due to cramp, as gener. rally supposed. There is no reason, says a high medical authority, why cramp in the leg should prevent an ordinary swim mer from supporting himself in the water by the hands or by the back, or cause him tothror up his handi and sink once for all like a stone. The explanation is that the" drum of the ear is perforated and the pressure of water causes vertigo gnd unconsciousness. Mir S. May, having interested himself in a movemerit to recognise the services of Lieutenant Mar;ell, the head master of the Horsham State school in preparing the cadets, who made such a creditable appearance at the recent Commonwealth celebrations in Melbourne, has with others decided upoh the presentation of a goud medal to that gentleman. The medal is a handsome one, bearing the inscr!ptlon -'presented to Mr C. H. Martell by the people of Horsham for his services rendered to the cadets during the Royal Visit." The Hamilton Borough Council have dealt wi:b tenders for the erection of corporation sale yards. A loan is being floated for [3500, but as the lowest ten der was nearly that amount the council deemed it advisable to cut out some of the work, so as to leave a margin for con tingencies, It has now been decided to excise the ring and some of the pitching in the sheep yards, tihus reducing the gmcunt of the tender to £2900. Edward M. Marshall; who was re cently arrested in Melbourne on a charge of foreing a cheque for .,oo in Cape Colony, and who is said to have been a captainin the Western Province Mounted Rifles, South Africa, was successful in his opposition to the extradition proceed ings. Mr Justice Hood held that M'r. Paoton, P.Ml., had no authority to sign the warrant holding him to custody, in that it was not shown that he had the same powers as a Bow street (Lndon) magistrate. Marshibll was set at liberty, That Great illusion, '" Pepper's bhost," Belongs to days of yore, The smartest conjurer cannot boact Fle's puzzled people more, Mfany ailments now-a-days Are just as tricky sure, Jfor coughs and colds we'll sing the praise Of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Whenever the vital powers flag for any reason, D.C.L WHISKy will prove the Sbest restorative. None genuine unleqq "ruide 0.D.1 osq bott. arid wrkt