Local News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 10, 30 July 1898, Page 2

Local News.

A Summoned Meeting of the .Oddfellows' Lodge will be held on Monday evening to Bubmit the half-yearly balance-sheet. The Quadrille Assembly held its usual fortnightly danea on Thursday evening, a large number of members being peesent. An enjoyable time was spent. Mr 0. Colling provided the music and Mr Trunk Drmyton acted as M.C. The next dance is on-'Tuetday, August 9th.

Eaklt Lambing. — We hear that the first lambs of the season have made their appearance on the farms of Messrs Garland and Puce. Tenders are invited by the Borough Council for the cutting and the purchasing of 50 coids of wood. Tenders olose on August 4th. At a crib and euchre match, Volunteers y Draught and Chess Club, played on Thursday, the lesults were : — Ciibbage — volunteers 10 games to 4 ; Euchre — volunteers 6 games to 2. Affcsr the evening's play the club decided that Mr Jas. Boreham, champion draught player of New Zealand, be invited to ■come to Waimate on Wednesday evening next and play all comers simultaneously, play starting at 8.30. Football. — Canterbury beat South Can*t Christchurch on Thursday by 18 to 3. — In the match civilians v volunteers in Victoria Paik on Thursday, the former won by, 3to nil. The Waimate schoolboys play a match against Oamaru Catholic School to-day, commencing at 10 a.m. — A telegram was received last night from North Otago Stating that a match will be played in Waimate on a date to be fixed. The committse appointed to carry out the arrangements for the social to be held in honour of the memory of the Irish Patriot! of '98 have been very successful in their efforts. They have obtained the services of Miss Hayw&rd and Messrs Peterson, of Christchuroh, Mr Gus Jones, of Timaru and Miss Mprrison of Dunedin, in addition to local talent. Mr P. Barclay of Dunedin and the Rev. Father Goggan, of Chiistchurch, will deliver addresses, so that a very fine programme should be put before the public. An enthusiastic committee of ladies is to attend to 1 the refreshments. When it " becomes known that the proceeds ar« to be devoted to the relief of the starving peasantry in the South and West of Ireland, a bumper house should be ensured. The Eev. G, Barclay has kindly consented to take the chair.

It is hardly safe to leave your horse and cart unattended, as one of our Waimate delivery-cart drivers found on Tuesday. He was standing at the back door engaged in a confidential chat with the servant — a man of course — &ud the horse got tired of waiting and " scooted " home. He walked back, about half-a-mile, with the basket on his arm, and didn't he enjoy it. The question' of the day is " Are you going to the Football Club's social on Wednesday night 9" and the answer, in nine and a half ca»es out of ten is "" You bet."

Uproabious Fun characterised the mock parliamentary election at the Debating Club meeting on Tuesday evening. The speeches of the candidates showed a wide acquaintance with the politics of the colony and an extraordinary unanimity of opinion. As with average elections, there was a number of liberal radical left-wing candidates and only one who called himself an oppositionist ; and at that made the announcement on the "This is a cow" principle. The "oppositionist" secured 14 out of 89 votes, and was six ahead of the next man, which is also in keeping with real elections and an argument for preferential voting. Question-box and impromptu speaking, constitute the business for next meeting. The Waimate Volunteers paraded on Wednesday evening in the Oddfellows' Hall. There was a large muster, Captain Coltman in command. After a few minutes drill in the Hall the company was marched outside and down High Street past the cemetery, meanwhile being put through a number of evolutions. Eeturning to the Hall the manual and firing exercises were gone through. Captain Coltman in addressing the men said that Colonel Bailey and Major Moore were very pleased with the drill of the company at last parade. He had two matters he wished brought up which he could not bring forward last time. The first was the question of a donation to tha Fire Brigade for their exertions in preventing the fire at the drillshed from spreading, and the second the question of whether the company should receive the 2/6 per man granted by the Government for daylight parades. This was balloted for and it was desided, by 20 t? 19, that the company should keep the money. The first parade was fixed for August 4th. It was decided to give 30.3 to the Fire Brigade. Notice was given that a competition for L&nce-CDrporal, rendered necessary by the resignation of I^nee-Corporal Btnnington, would be held next parade. '