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...The local, organ which poses as an amateur iingler will need moreo en couraging bait than' cheap abuse be fore, it-.is able .to snare the electors ,itob 'th '-belief that its anti!bocialis tic,,.rry; is, anything more than; a veil, ?iich' is 'being used to aim a blow in the. dark at that adequate measure of ,rotection which is needed to deve Jlop. the manufacturing industries in Australia... But fishing, after all, is a poor game for the man who' has no knowledge as to what bait to use. :3The -annual spring show and carnival f6 the Colac lUorticultural Society will be opened at the Botanical Gardens to morrow (Thursday) afternoon. Very large entries have been received and it is expected that the display of flowers will be an excdlent one, surpassing those of previous years. A large tent has been erected, which will enable the exhibits to be staged to the best ad vantage. The Department of Agricul ture's horticultural exhibit will be on view, and a la'dy expert will give two lectures and practical demonstrations, one in the aiternoon and the other in the evening, on "How to Preserve Fruit." This should prove ai great attraction to the ladies. There will be numerous attractions for young and old, and a grand bioscope entertain ment will be given in the evening. A meeting of the committee of the Colac Yacht Club was held last night, when arrangements were made for the opening of the season to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon. There will be a parade of boats; starting at three o'clock. The boats will sail off in single file, then form into double file and return. A race, over a distance of five or six miles, will be held, after which afternoon tea will be provided. 'Ihe race will start about four o'clock, and will be sailed off in front of the gardens. It is expected that there will 'be seven or eight boats compet ing. SIf the remarks made by Cr Fulton .at- Ae council meeting on Monday take practical shape, there is a chance of the market square, which is at'present ann eyesore to the town, becoming more attractive and up-to-date. lie men tioned that the question of efiecting improvements -was under the notie6 of Cthe town riding mumbers, 'and it was quite possible that a loan would be raised to carry out the work. IMr Bent. Watkins has been returned unopposed for Queenstown in the Tas mnnian State Assembly. He is "the youngest politician in the Common wealth, being under 22 years. The visiting -Labor- MP., Mr h iRul say Macdonald, and Mrs 1aocdon'ald -'cre the guests of the central execu live of the P.L.C. at a dinner given in Melbourne on tMonday evening. In -eplyibng to tile toast of his health, M1r Macdonald said that the British Labor party owed much to Australia, mid when the news came through that there was a Labor Government in power in the Commonwealth they felt their strength renewed. lie had hoped; for years tlhat the different parts of the Empire would know each other better. Those who assisted the lm perialistic movement had forced: oi the war in South Afrion by tales that had not a particle of truth in them for the purpose of getting clthep labor for a few Germana Jews who,posed as patriotic Englishmen. On the recommendation of the prin cipal of the Dookie College, the Coun cil of Agricultural Education has .le Ijided to discontinue after the end of S.tJe present season, the egg laying com lpatition held at the college for some I tm, past. It is considered-thlt thle object for which this competition was started has been achieved, and has il lustrated to breeders the best kinds of poultry to rear for egg producing pur iposes. It was proposed to give more attention to poultry rearin--a branch which to some extent has been neglect eie, owing to the time occupied in oa erying out the details of the cgg lay Inag .eompetition. MissBe Davey and Johaunsesn still hold an ex'hibition 'of painting and art mneedlework at tlie A..N.A. all, Colac, -on Wednesday, 28th inst., from 3 p.m. to :10 p.m, An advertisement appears I in annother column'. I
Death removed *another -of the sturdy st pioneers on Sunday, when .MSr Samel tr Lord, . sen., of Pomborneit,. passed S away. lie 'as a resident of the dis- cc trict for 41 years, and .was.well klnown, st in this district. -lie was born at Mar-I t tihhoe, in Devonshire, England, and ti came to Australia in 18-15. le land-! p edi at Adelaide, and remained there for it( some time, and, after residing in Syd- pI ney, returned to South Australia. In si 1'819 he visited England, mad, oni re turning, was attracted to the gold- o fields, whlere he spent some years. To selected land at Pomborneit in 1,1S, I and has resided there ever since. Hle was .one of the first councillors in the Hitvtesbury Shire Council, swhere his long experience and business ability i made himi useful in helping the musni- , cipality through its initial di'-llcultics. s Ill-health compelled himi to resign dur- c: ing his second term. Tie had reached g the advanced age of Sc3 years and 5' months, but though his health ihad Sbeen indifferent for the past two years, r the end came very unexpectedly. His j family comprise six sons and three daughters, all of whom are grown up. i: SA meeting of tlhe Game Protection i Association as held in the A.N.A. hall I on Monday evening, there being pre sentr'-Messrs R. G. Fincham, W. Ban- I nister, A. M'Callum, lH. V. Vaughan, i W. M. Campbell, .J. A. C. Firth, Wmi. e Sherren and H. I). :Thomas. Mr lan- niister .was elected president, Mr TI. V. Vauglihan vice-pre.sident, and Mr IT. It.1 Thomas lion. secretarv and treasurer. 'A sub-coimmittee, consisting of tihe office-bearers and Mr J. A. C. Firth, i were 'appointed to draw up rules, and ' submlit to the next mneeting of tie ' Sassociation, on -Monday, 3rd Dececnmber. 'I'was agreed to write to the Camper- c down Gun Club, asking them to send' representatives to the next meeting, -also several local sportsmen. A dis cussion took place as to the 'best means of stopping illegal shooting 'in close season. Mr Bannister consider ed a few detectives ought to bie cm ployed a month before the season ol:en ed, with a view to catching offenders. Mr Vaughan said lie would like to see punt boats done away with, nut this did not meet with the apiproval of )Mr 3'Callum, who thought that a limit should be placed on thle number of birds that were killed for sport. Mr 3-'Callum referred to the fact that (qunil were now 'breeding; -and only last week they were being'shot at Weering. He intended to keep his eye open in future for offenders. i The world-renoswned Fisk Jubilee Singers, who are finishing their Aus tralian tour after 25 years' continued success, make their final appearance in Colac on Saturday, 1st December. On Friday, 30th _November, they will ap pear at Birregurra. Mr Walter Price (representative) arrived in town last evening to make the necessary arrange ments. Particulars will be :ubblshed later on. M r Birrell, President of the Board of Education, in the course of a speech at Hanley, in Staffordshire, on Satur day evening, referred in the strongest terms to the state of affairs revealed in the confidential report by Mr Jus tice Bucknill on the moral condition of thei Chinese complounds on the Rand. "Ohinese labor in the Transvaul," Mr Birrell declaced, "'is killed. We must Sclear our good name of this horrible, disgraceful infamy." ,The impost inspector of the Depart ment of Agriculture on Monday seized arnd destroyed 106 eases of tomatoes S.which were landed at Melbourne from Quecnsland ports. It was found that the plants were badly infected by the -fruit fly, and many of them contained the Sydney grub. SMilking Machines-M- r J. J. Quinlan, of .Noorat, an ex-butter factory man ager, states --"I am milking 100 cows Swith three "Lawrence.Kennedy-Gillies" SMachines, worked by two men and one woman, and we finish upi with every thing washed in a little over two hours. The machines have exceeded 1 my most sanguine'anticipntions. They 1 do not damage the teats in any way, - nor do they lessen the milk yield. y My cows went up gradually after in t stalling the mAachines." District agent s -T. G. Trewin, Colac.-(Advt.) - Parcels are lying at the local rail way station awaiting delivery to the Sfolloin-g '-Winter, Finlayson, Anson, ' Barr, 31'Le-nnan, Gibson, Slheedy, Tay lor, Lewis, Morrison, Collins, Gray, SBird, Kennedy, Maddel Connor, Mur 0 ray, Lorimer, Duggan, Pearson, Bone, Gaylard, Clarke, Nelan, Roberts, Sel wood, Firth, Nunn, Gannon, Edkins, SDawkins, Stretch, l'Innes, Bonncy, t Jacob, HIandley, Dunford. Williams, 1 Hart, M'Adam, Stone, O'Malley, Cos tello, Anthony, Burns, Dalton, Itosen-. ' bloom, Grecnhill, Anderson, Middle ton, leywood, Campbell, S'trong, Butt e and Carr, Creer and Roberts, Bowley, t, Bishop, Hope, fird George. e _ c_