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Established August 1842. (hq orfiaid 'uacdian, With which is Inoorporate Published at Portland Every Monday Wed nesday, and Friday Evening. MIoNDAY, OcTOBn. 2S, 1901., DIRTY \VEATHER.--ThOSe who k!eep an eve on the " glass," as the barometer is familiarly called, were uneasy at the fall indicated yesterday morning, but the day kept fairly fine, and hopes were felt that we here would miss the bad wea:her indicated. Not so, however, for during last night a fierce westerly gale was ex perienced, and which gave a big shaking to many an old tenement. During the night frequent showers of rain and hail fell, while the wind caged with great fury. In the town some signboards suf fered, some windows were blown in, gates were wrenched off their hinges, while fencing in various parts suffered, We are glad, however, to be able to re. port that so far we have not heard of any serious losses, RIFLE MATCH.-A triangular home and home rifle match with a combined team of the H Company, V.M.R., the Byaduk, Merino, and Portland rifle clubs, will be shot off at the respective ranges on Wednesday afternoon. The condi tions of the match are as follows:-00oo yards with 7in. bulls-eye, prone position; 40o and 500 yards with loin. bulls-eye, 7 shots at each range, I sighter at each range not to count, so men aside, The team to represent the club is-W. T. Bennett (capt,), S. Couch, J. A, Row, J. Wilson, A. E. Jones, C. Evans, T. Huxley, S. Jones, A. T. Campbell and R, T, Silvester, Emergencies-F-, Mar. shall and T. Bush. The secretary of the local club wishes to remind members that the entries for the V,R.A. matches close on the 31st, and he will receive them up till noon on Thursday. VOTER'S CERTIFICATES.-Those who desire to secure an illuminated certificate showing they voted at the Federal Re ferendum poll should read a notice else. where, A BIG BULLOCK, - On Saturday there was on view at the shop of Messrs. Osbourne Bros,, of this town, a very large and fine bullock, which when dressed, turned the scale at iono lbs, We understand the beast was one of the prize ones at the recent Hamilton show, and those who had a look at it in the shop describe the beet as first-class. THE MoNowAI.-The disabled Mono. wai reached Dunedin on Friday. The breakdown of the steamer was caused by her propeller striking some floating ob ject and losing two blades, and fracturing the boss. It occurred on Thursday, the 17th inst., and the vessel was helpless for five days, until she was picked up on Tuesday last. As AccIDET.-VWe regret to learn that a painful accident occurred to Mr. H. J. Thompson, of this town, on Satur. day. Mr Thompson had accepted an engagement for a few months with a sur vey party, and was travelling in the vicin ity of Wickliffe Road. A steep hill was met, and some of the occupants of the buggy got out of the vehicle to give the horses an easier load, This difficulty over, Mr Thompson took his stand on the back step, but through the wheel going into a deep rut, he was thrown against the wheel, sustaining severe injuries to his leg, and in addition had the knee dis located, The sufferer was taken to Wick. liffe Road station, and came home by the evening train. DATE ALTERED,-Those interested in the forthcoming Spring Exhibition of the Social Amusement Club, should note that the date for holding same has been altered to that of Friday, the 15th Novem ber, This has, of course, caused the Iate for receiving entries to be altered also; and it should now be noted that has been ante.dated seven days. W\e are not aware of the cause of this alteration, but no doubt the management have good grounds for ihe step they b-ve pken,

OnITUARY ---The death is reported ot Mrs J. Wilson, of Cape I3rilgewater, a a very old and respected resident. De- a ceased, who was Si years oi age, was one of the very early ,e:tlers of the v colony, s THE TARIFF. -Amongst the opinions r exoressed by country members in the t State Assembly, as to the feeling against the tariff, Mr Ewen Cameron, the parlia mentary representative for Portland, expressed himself as follows :-" Timberr duties will affect an important industry in my constituency. The Portland Freezing works of necessity use an im ported timber for thy: packing of their 1 tinned produce, The local hardwood is unsuitable. The proposed duties will be a severe tax on the industry, and wili practically kill the rabbit exporting i trade, The profit on that branch is now very small, and will not bear any tax. The result will be that the rabbit-trappers will be thrown out of work, and the in dustry generally will receive a very severe blow." A SU DDEN DEATH occurred on Thursday at Casterton, Mrs John Hur. rell, wife of Mr. Hurrell, bootmaker, arose in the morning as well and hearty as usual, excepting for a slight pain be tween the shoulders. This she attri buted to indigestion, and began making preparation for washing some clothes, when she was suddenly attacked by acute pain. She proposed sending to the chemist's for a bottle of medicine, but her neighbors urged her to call in a doctor. Dr D'Ombrain was summoned, but Mrs. Hurrell died almost immedi ately after his arrival, Though never heard to complain of heart disease, it is believed that that was the cause of death. The deceased leaves a grown up family. SHIOOTING A Cow.--At the Hamilton Supreme Court on Thursday, before His Honor, Mr Justice Holroyd, Jobanna Prouse was presented on a charge of un lawfully and maliciously shooting a cow, the property of William Gough of Eranx holme, to which she pleaded not guilty. Mr Horwitz appeared for the defence. Dugald M'Pherson, residing at Branx bolme, stated that on September 17 he saw the accused drive the cow into her yard, get a gun and shoot it. The evi dence was corroborated by several other witnesses, and testimony was also given a; to the animal having received a gun. shot wound. The jury found the pri soner guilty, with a strong recommenda. tion to mercy, and His Honour ordered her to find sureties to come up for sen. teoce when required. 3URxT To DE.TH.- A shocking burn ing fatality, involving the loss of two lives, occurred at Granya, nine miles frcm Tallongatta on Thursday morning. The victins were Mrs Ellen Rollings, whose husband, Thomas Roliings, was absent in New South Wales, and their baby, 13 months old. The family occu pied a bark hut of two rooms, and re tired early on Wednesday night, Mrs Rollints having in her bed the baby and an elder daughter, Ivy. aged two and a halt years, Another bed in the same room was occupied by two sons, Harry and Fred, aged cight and four years respectively, and a nephew, Richard Hudson, aged son, About half pasr .v u'kluc Ilnd-on was aroused by Harry jumping up in his bed, and found the curtains ct his aunt's bed and the calico ceiling ablaze. Young Hudson promptly got out his two bed mates, and bravely returned for his cousin Ivy, who had also been aroused, and carried her out of the house. The brave lad again returned to the burning room to arouse his sleeping aunt, but just as he entered the bedroom the burning ceiling fell, en veloping the bed in which his aunt and the baby lay, and the boy had to retreat. The hut was reduced to ashes in less than half an hour. A messenger was sent to the police at Tallangatta, arriving there at 3 a.m. Senior-constable Lamb. den and Constable Pemberton proceeded to Granya, where they found the charred remains of the two bodies on the frame of the bed. It is believed that the un fortunate woman, after retiring; got up and had some beer, and went to sleep leaving a candle burning in proximity to the bed curtains, SALE 0F THE TAHS.ARA ESTATE.--The sale of the Tahara Estate was conduc ted at Coleraine on Thursday by Fisken, Read, and Co. and A, E. Smith and Co. All the lots, eo2 in number were sold, except four or five, at an estimated average of £1z per acre. The smaller lots were first put up, being the richest portion of the Merino and south-western sides of the estate, and the prices reach. ing up to £2a per acre. The homestead blocks and I4 others adjoining were all purchased by Mr M'Queen, of \'ar rayure, at [r4 6/ per acre, On the eastern side the blocks were larger, reaching over 200 acre, apiece, and about Lo was the figure at which they were knocked down. For the al!otments bounded by the river Wannon fronm 7 to over L0ro was paid. Lots ranging from 30 to 90 acres, situated west of the homestead, realised from Leo to L2o, white the local drstrictl people secured many blocks adjoining their own proper ties. Several farmers from the Warr. nambool district were amongst the buy. ers. At the close of the sale Mr Fisken intimated that the live stock would be sold next month. A MINER's MIISADVENTURE.-TWV brothers, Charles and James Campbell, who arriYved in Melbourne from Western Australia on Tuesday last, have had a lively experience during their short stay. They were both bruught before the City Court for drunkenness on Thursday and discharged, and it was subseauently dis covered that Charles had been robbed of I-: sovereigns, a silver watch, and a number of trinkets, worth about fi , lie had only a feeble recollection of leav ing his brother on Tuesday night, and sleeping in a house somewhere in the city, where he supposed he was robbed, Hi: brother, when searched at the City \Vatchhouse on Wednesday night, had a bank draft fr ,, .p in one of his pockets. ME, W?RACG;?E'S RAIN GUSx. - Mr. Clement Wragge was giving a demon. stratton at Rockhamnpton on Thursday with his Stagevortex gun, which was im ported for the purpose of producing rain, when, at the eighth shot, the gun broke near the base, The sheets of iron forming the gun were forced apart, and the rivets scattered in all directions. 'Two persons were struck by tl~e rivets, but

A SIGcULAPa MISTAKE.-Some time ago the War Office bad printed copies of an order calling out every volunteer io the country. These were sent to the various local authorities, not to Issue, but to have them in case it should be neces. sary to call out the xolunteers. y -som mistake the local authorities placarded teo towns with copies of the order, A PITIABLE CASE-A SICK `l \ iCTI:IISED.-\Vhat appears to bearer cruel case came before the City Ceur on Friday, when a man named Laurence Burkett was charged with forgery. He was engaged to be married to a single woman named Lucy Boughen, gle when stricken with paralysis, allo-we him to draw money for her from the Savings Bank to pay her hospital and medical expenses. He altered tte amounts and ultimately left her alis,; penniless, without paying any of her debts. He is also alleged to have pawned her jewellery arid wearing ap parel. The prosecutrix is still ill, and her evidence had to be taken at a private house. The accused was committed for trial. FIGHTS BETWEEN SHEARERS.-Dis graceful and determined fights between union and non-union shearers took place at Germanton (New South \Wales), n Tuesday last, About Ioo non.unicn shearers arrived from Brookong staticn during the day, and these were metin the town by a mob of union men, when a free fight followed. road metal, glass bottles, and all kinds of missiles being used in the fray. The police arrived a the scene, and some of the ringleaders were arrested, At night, another very serious fight occurred at Lee's Riveina i Hotel. It appears that some of the non-union men had taken beds at this hotel, when the place was raided by union men, who tried to drag their foes i from their bedrooms. Those inside wrenched legs from tables and chairs, I and struck out right and left. Mlany0o the men were badly wounded, and had to be conveyed to the lockup. Con. stable Young was the only palicemanin the town, and he was very roughly used, being pelted with road metal and every. thing the men could lay hands on, and received some very nasty blows. The r other resident pohceman, Senior-Con. stable Healy, had to proceed to Kinres, r station to keep order among the shearers a there. The mob had the town almost to themselves. Great trouble is expected -with the shearers. Camps are being formed at Kinross and Yarra Yarra, Neither shed. recognises the Shearer's Union, TWELVE LIVES LOST.-The trawler Saint Bernard, of Hull, has been 0 wrecked oft the Faroe Islands, between s the Shetlands and Iceland. Her crewal i a were all drowned, A BIRD FANCIER KILLED. - A bi:d fr ancier named Watts met with a fearful - accident at Barcaldine, Queensland, on Thursday, He climbed a large ironbark s tree in search of:a stray bird. le got v on the topmost limb, which broke, and o he fell a distance of 6oft. Watts sus. e tained fearful injuries. His head was s, badly smashed, his eye gouged out, his ir feet reduced to pulp, and his legs frac. T, tured. Death tock place shortly after. f. wv:ards. AccousTs.-The following accounts awaited payment at the local sub. e treasury this morning for J, Malseed and d Sons, F. Wright, WV. Moore, J. Han. D Ion, F. Spencer, ;r OLD AGE PENSIONS BILL.-A fur. n ther attempt will be made in the Assem e bly to raise the maximum for old age d pensions from 7s to los, This proposal r- was defeated by one vote on Thursday d night. If this fails efforts will be made t. to fix the maximum at Ss or 9s, is g The late Bishop Crane, of Bendigo, " left no will and no estate. d Wednesday, November 27, has been ie proclaimed a public holiday within the a- Borough of Portland. T he application of Susan L. McCombr ' fcr a license for or, o9p, Heywood, has Sbeen approved. e The following transfer of a leasehold has been registered :--\V. J, Heaver to , Geo. Bush, ga 2r sop, Greenhills, S The proportion of cycles to motor cars in Frsance is 1~84 cycles to every motor, rIn ,899 the ratio was 5oo to a, st It is rumoured that Mr Outtrim will n move a want ot confidence vote in the a. Peacock Ministry. .d An estimate of the result of the Reid l11 want of confidence motion in the Barton r- Government gives 42 votes for the se Government, and 32 for the Opposition. Of 24 white men engaged at Towns. ville to cut cane on the Herbert Iivsr by contract at 3s per ton, all but eight have given uT. the work after two days' laboIr, The New Zealand Minister of Public e 1orks declares that the railway connect. o, ing Auckland with Wellington will be d finished in three years. The vote this r- y'ear is .(6,ooo, r. Cycle raciug seems on the upward treod y- in America now, and public interest t 0 much ketnerthanit was. Theraceiman. se agers introduce motor pacing and motor cycle races as novelties, and these per* 0 haps help to add a new excitement. II, The "Medical Brief," a monthly periadia : commanding the largest circulation, 5ays- SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI ES TRACT c:ce!?s as a remedyin TYP'HOID a"l Y ALL CONTAGIOUS FEVERS. O:FLU SENZA, \c. This preparation dis:ances all the j .drugs formerly employed in the named ailment IwC':are of counterfeits.--Aivt. . \. RaTston, the New Zesind repre a sentative in the great Warrnambol to M, elbourne Road Race, left Melbourne Sfor Dunedin last Wednesday. The d )unlop Tyre Company presented him Swith a spec:al gold medal in recogniticn , of his plucky ride on the ,2th inst, To Da.- Po.sovs. -Some three years aO d a lady, cured of herDeafnes and Soies int Ia Hed by Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, have oI.oo to his Institute, so that poor per sons, unable to purchase the Ear Drcm, . should have them tree. This fund was add , t by; other noble peopleuntil over 5loo0wrth of the Dr rums w-ere given away to the worthl poor. Now another lady has placed at the diso.oalof the Instifute. 5,oeo worth ofsth ' Ear Drums to be givenireetothe peeor, e 0 Dr. Nichoison Aural Institute,the most sau'e Sful of its kind in the world, is oct conducttdfe ad pro:, but to dothe greatest good to thegrestest number. 'very penny earned or do"asd 0 spent to benefiting the deaf. The addr?sa i Ji The m, F. NicllotLo.'i L.NaTITU7Z, tGGSv. svau, &9.599-1 'tY

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