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Eesablished August ISi2. -c 1 artiannd nuardian, With which is incorpora:e iiht ,ortlintd ?] irror. Publishea ar rvrtland Every Motulry, lrced nes'iay, and Friday Ecening. FPIDAY, SEPTEM?BER 6, 1901. MUSICAL.-We are pleaseed to state that additional honors have been gained by we!l-known rcsidents of this town, as information has reached us that Miss G. Allnutt has passed her fcurth exatiina tion in musical knowledge in connection with "trinmty College, London. this last success being in the honours section of the intermediate divisicn, and that Miss Lily Jarrett has passed the junior exam ination of the same. Miss Walcer pre. pared both candidates. THE MT. GAMBIER LINE,-The dis trict Council of Narracoorte have issued the following circular-letter to the various leagues, the press, and other public bodies interested in the trade of the South-East portion of Sou:h Australia :-Members of the Ministry and of the Legislature of South Australia have arranged to meet delegates from the various districts of the South-East and' Border country at Narracoorte, on Friday. 2cth Septem. ber, to confer on the question of improve. ment of a port, and the cocnection of the railway systems of Victoria and South Australia. As the question is one of great importance, you are invited to send representative. \Ve hope to obtain some indication'of the direction in which the S.A. Government propose to move in the matter." The Portiand Railway League on receipt of the letter at onec took steps to ascertrmi whether the mrm bers of the Victorian Ministry could be present, or whether it would be possible for our representtative, Mr. E. Cameron, M,L.A., to attend the meeting, but up to !he present a reply has not been re ceived. I hat the Portland league will be represented can be taken for granted, and no doubt members of the cther leagues in the district will also be present. OutlTu.rv,--It is once again our task to record the removal by death of still another of the early pioneers of this State, in the person of Mr Thos. Buckley, who sank to rest at his. residence, lBentinck street, yesterday morning. Although de ceased took no actual part in public mat ters, there were few men in the town or district more widely known than Thomas 1Buckley. As a teamster on the roads in the very early days he had many an eventful journey, and many a hard ex perience, but his jovial temperament and bucyant nature was always sufficient to cause him to look at the bright side of things. In later years Mr Buckley was a large contractor under the old Road Board, and later as the Shire Council, and although he had the handling of large sums of money, he never appeared to be able to save, as he might well have done. Of late years deceased has been living quietly in the town, but his well known figure has been missed greatly for some time, hehaving been confined to his house, and lately to bed. The funeral is timed for two o'clock to-mor row afternoon. We have also to record the death of another well known in Portland in Mrs Fox of Macarthur, eldest daughter of Mr R. B. Frost, of this town. OLD AGE PENSIONS.--Tte Premier has received several letters from old age pensioners, asking that the pensions be withdrawn, as they object to the risk of publicity,

REGRADING \\oRgs.-The work of regarding the railway line between the pier and north stations is proceeding satisfactcrily. In all some 30 hands are nows engaged on thenvork,r;hile equally as many more laborers are anxious!y awa.t ing a further extension of the work con remplated. As a good deal of earth work has to be done, we trust that every advantage will be taken of weather suit able to prosecute the work and have at least as many obstacles removed to allow of the business of the busy season near at hand being conducted with the minimum of inconvenience. REFORM.ATORY SCHOOLS.-The report of the Secretary and Inspector for the department of Neglected Children and Reformatory Schools is to hand, and from which we extract the following re part concerning St. Ann's Reformatory, Tyrendarra, ana of which ,Miss Mary S. Faris is the Matron :-' The girls at ser vice have all been visited in their homes by one of the staff, and were found to be doing well. One girl had to be removed from her sitLation during the year, owteu to misconduct. I heard of neariy all ,ny former wards last Christmas, and they are getting on wel. There is a constant demand for refermutory wards in this district, but the supply 1n not adequate to the requirements. The ladies of the Visiting Committee visited the institu tion several times, and seemed pleased with what they saw. With the exception of an epileptic subject, and a girl who bad to be treated at the hospital for an abectss, the health of the inmates has been very good, there baving been no iliness of any other kind during the year. Dr Docker, of Port land, is the medical officer. The clergy man has hell some services here, and we drive to church as often as possible. I still have Mrs Flaxman's assistance, and the married couple on the place also take an interest in the girls. Mrs Rowe's death Las been a great grief to all the inmates. \VELCOMEt TEA -\\'e would draw at tention to the tea and public meeting to be held at the Baptist Church on Tues day evening next, to give the Rev A. R. Thompson, the new pastor of the church, a public welcome to the town. \Ve hope the meetings will be well attended, and prove successful in every way. PIEaAL.D HOLIDAV. - Yesterday was another of these absurd and generally annoying holidays which should be swept away, partizularly as regards the country. The day was proclaimed a public and bank holiday throughout the colr.y, but only the public offices and the banks obeyed, and the closing of these places, while other business was transacted as usual, only tended to give annoyance all rcund. DEATH OF AN OLD IDENTITY.-We (" Spectator ") regret to record the death. of Mr Samuel Cross, another of the Wes- tern District pioneers. Who passed away at his residence in Hamilton on Wednes- day evening, at the age of 79 years. The deceased was a native of Sussex, Eng- land, and came to Australia in 1849, with the late Mr Anthony Hordern, of Sydney, the grandfather of the present Mr Hor- dern, of that city. He remained associ- ated with that firm for about two years, after which he visited Portland, and en- tered into business there with the late Mr Thos. Finn. Ite came to Hamilton in 1859, and purchased the business of the late Mr Cuthbertson, called the Bee- hive Store. For several years recently he acted as librarian of the mechanics' institute, which position he was com- pelted to abandon on account of increas- ing years. Hie leaves six children living, one of whom is Mr H. Cross, of Messrs J. Thomson and Co., and another Mr S. Cross, the foreman of the Hamilton Waterworks Trust. The funeral will take place on Sunday. RIFLE CoxTEsT,-On Wednesday afternoon a number of members of the local battery tried their skill with the rifle in a contest for a gold medal for competition by the members of the bat tery. Owing to the number of members who are to shoot, it xill naturally be some time before the competitioo closes. and such being the case it is not considered wis. to pubhlish the progrestive scores. The contest is, of course, a handicap one, and a good deal of interest is being taken in the contest to note how the members of the rifle club, who are also members of the battery, and the misitia men scores will compare. ATTElirTED I-TRAIS WeECING.rc-An attempt to derail the Port Fairy train, known as the express, which is due at Geelong at e2.2a pm., was made on \Wednesday by so:mne person, who went to some trouble to securely bind a num ber of fisbplates together, and place t'bnemn upon eithier rail, the spot selected by the train-wrecker being ,ithin a quarter of a mile of the Connewarre Jucc.ion.where trins usually travel at a high rate of speed. Only a few hours previous to the discovery of the act an inspector travelled over the line upon his bicycle, when everything was all right. The driver of the engine noticed the obstruction upon the line, but was unable to pull up in time, and had not the engine's cowcatcher caught the fishplates and thrown themt clear, there is not tlhe slightest doubt but that something serious would have te sulted, the train being filed with people journeying to Melbourne, to visi: the show, The police were sent out to in. vestigate. IIRECEIvED.--\We have received a copy of the show number of " l.e IFarmer and Grazier." The issue is a specially interesting one to thoio in farming, dairying or grazing pursuits, and as the cost is only Is. the demand for copies should be large. " The Leader ' this weak has a special show supp!lement which should also prove interesting, THIE CUp Dsv HoID-Av.-Tite Coun try Traders Association recently waited on the Premier and protested against Cup day being proclaimed a public holi. day. Thei Cabinet accordingly decided that in future, the holiday should be re stricted to a radius of 20 miles around Melbourne. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Wrods Great Peppermint Cure, 7he W\immera river at:Dimboola has not run for over twelve months. Some further additions are to-day made to Messrs Learmonth and Co's. list for Beywood stock sale. For Children's Hacking Ccugh at night \Ygda' Grc??t epppermist Curce a{6,

Messrs Thomson and Co. will have their first spring show tc-.norrow. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. is.6d. SMr P. A. Looker has been gazetted a managýr of the Narrawung Common. A head teacher is required for the Dranxbho.ne South State-school. The application of H. D. and Samuel Rundell for a lease for g9a =r tSp, Con dah Swamp, has been apprcved. The time for receiving tenders for pro visions for the Condah Mission :tation have been extended to tie e5th inst. An o'd ladv named Sullivan died at Kingower oa Sunday. She was 1C9 years of age. Ow:ng to the high price of .meat, over 0o employes in the butchering trade at lBendigo have been dism:issed. Those doing business with the local steamers should note that several altera tions have been made in the sailing dates for this month. Mr J. Barker, representing Mr Shan asy, will visit as under:-- Heywood, Saturday, Sept. c-, Portland, Sunday and Monday, September cc and 23. A proclamation appeared in the last " Government Gazette " confirming the previous notice prohibiting netting in Portland Bay within the area already described. The application of John Pevitt for a license for coo acres, Myamyn, has been approved, as has also that of W, J. Pranslin for 57 acres, Myamyn, and George Barr tor:217 acres, Gleraulin. We note that Miss Lily L-urie, ot Portland, has passed the order of merit in the Allan Baquest scheme in connection with the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, and that Miss Christian Smith, daughter of Mr George Smith, of Narracoorte, has secured honors in the senior list. " The Australian Journal" for Sep tember has been received. As usual the. contents will prove a means of passing a. few hours pleasantly, and in addition the journal contains a song " Allin One," ttie words of which are by Robert Dennis: and the music by Joseph Giliot. Land near Dartmoor has been show-. iag a substantial rise in values. The other day Mr J. Philip sold 37 acres to, Mr P. Spencer for cotnetoing over £8 per acre, and as a proof that it is:not con sidered over its value' Mr Spencer has since been offered £50o on his bargain, but he has refused it. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for: Coughs and Colds never fails. 1/6.

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