Local News

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 29, 10 December 1898, Page 3

Local News

The breaking up ceremony of the Waimate District High School takes place on Friday next at 10 a.m., lq the school. While Mr W. Buckingham was riding across the Waitaki riverbed the other day hn horse tiipped over a large stone and threw its rider. Mr Buckingham's hands were cut and he was badly bruised. Otm Timaru confiemporary, the South Canterbury Farmers' Gazette is now published as a penny weekly under the title of the Weekly Gazette. A serial story commences in last week's number, and farm notes, etc., make up a good pennyworth. This week's Advertiser contains the conclusion of ths Rev Father Eegnault's " Trip to Ratorua." Tne first part was read last read last week with great interest. Father Regnault, besides being very observant, has a keen sense of humour, so that the account of ihis trip is exceedingly interesting. ! By advertisement jt will be seen that a I class for wood-carving is to started in Waimate by Miss Watkins, who has just returned ,from England, where she learned the art j from the best teachers. The terms are very J moderate, the tools required are very few and I three months is sufficient to learn, so that i there is no doubt a large number will take 1 advantage of this opportunity. Cricket.— A match between Waimate 2nd and Studholme res»lted in a win for the latter by 07 to 64. The Junction ladies provided afternoon tea, and " all went merry as a marriage bell." The chief scores were :—: — Junction: F. Roberts 17, extras, 10, Brad r phaw 7, W. Hayman 7, H. Roberts §. Waimate : P. Grant 22, Cooper 12. Bowling — Cooper 6 for 25 ; R. Goldstone % for 7, W. Roberts 4 for 19, Brtuhihaw 5 for 32, Mrs Sutherland begins a course of instruction iq the art of di ess. ing and enamelling shirts to-day. She is a specialist at this port work, and classes formed by hei m that diiection at Gore and Mataura have met with much success, ladies not only attending them themselves, but also sending their servants, Her exhibit at Gore Show attracted a lot of attention from the wqajen folk, and was favourably noticed by the press. The class? fi,t Waimate will open to-day, sq that those who wish to benefit by the instruction »hould be careful to " be in time." The: champion diving pig of Waimate is jn the possesion of Mr D. A. Buckingham. The other day while drawing a bqcket of water from a well cm " the pig farm " one of the porkers, rushed to lave his fevered brow in the opoling fluid, and mistaking his distance, fell into the 40ft. well. Getting all the. coolness he wanted in three parts of a second, he commenced in his loudest voice to imolore, a,ss.is.fcaace. M/ W t T. Buckingham, unable to resist the appeals of the creature 'm' its. distress, made his way down by the rope, and after strenuous, exertions succeeded in rescuing alive tlje, imitator qf the late lamented Peart. We have, received fron^ Major Steward a long correspondence, in connection with his leffqrts to obtain special arrangements for the. Carriage of strawberries from Waimate to phristchqrch and .Qunedin. The whole, s,ome ten letters^ would take ug nearly a page of this papqr, and as much of it is in the usual style of th,e " circurQlocution office," \ye condense the story fqr the benefit of thoge interested. On receipt of a memorial' frqm the Waimate stravjib,e,rry.growers, Major Steward during lagt sessjoq, 'from his' place in the House, aske,d the Minister of Railways if he would arrange, for cool vans for the conveyance of fruit frqm Waimate to Ghristohurch and Dqnedin. Mr Cadman replied that, on account of expense, igceial v^ns oould not be cqnstruqt^d, but ooql v^,n^ woul4 b^e," provide 4 as lar as available. C{ur men^.be,r then interviewed' Mr "Ronayne, General Manager of Bailwaysy.who agreed to have eight covered yane altered to suit the strawberry trade, and to put the work in hand at once at Addingtbn. Qfl No.ve.mber 16th., Major Steward wrote tq.

Mr Burnett, Railway Engineers department' Christchurch, askiag if the vans were ready> and received reply that the latter had been handed tQ Mr B.eattie, Locomotive Engineer, On tht 19th, the Major wrote to Mr Beattie, who on the 21st replied that the letttr addressed to Mr Burnett had been sent *o headquarters. Major Steward then telegraphed to Mr Eonayne, who wired back that vans would not be built, but every facility for j;he use of cqol van? would be given. In letters to both Minister and Manager aated November 22nd, Major Steward went fully into the matter, arid showed that th« promises made to him had not been 1 kept and reminded them that he (Majqr Steward had not asked that special van* should be built but that vans already in use and which Mr Bonayne had said cquld be njade suitable within a fortnight, might be provided. The Minister's answer was a repetition of that given tq the question aiked in the House, and the Manager's answer that, in his, interview with Major Steward, he merely went into the question of cosjt, and did not intend the latter, to understand that the Department would fit up vans, as the expense could only he incurred with the agprovar of tht, Minister, And there fhe matter stauds. ' v ~ r^Tra frtoadfl qf Mr John MA formerly headmaster of Waimaie DH S ' / will be glad to hear of his wejfare at Home' The Outlook learns from a private' letter that I he was duly admitted a research student in | ponnection with Edinburgh University. He has qhosen for his, thesis for his D Ph degree " The %ohology 6f the Baligiqus G' on '. scwusness^ and is now, busy working up"his subject. He is allowed twq ' years, 'ft he pleases, to prepare it -Anion^ other' points," Mr Smyth will deal with, tye. dj^qult bu

profoundly important one, " The Criterion of Certainty in Eeligious Knowledge." Odofellowbhip.— The usual fortnightly meeting was hejd on Monday evening, D.P.G.M. Bro. Asquith in the chair. There was a fair attendance, and several visitors were present. Correspondence was read from Auckland, Timaru, Oamaru, Nelson, and the District Lodge. The sick visitors' report was read, and sick pay amounting to £3 passed for payment, The secretary reported that the fixed deposits were due, and it was decided to place £30 in the Bank. The secretary was instructed to call & summoned meeting for Friday. One member was initiated. Sines the circus visited the town, there seems to have been a mania for turning somersaults, trying balancing tricks, and other dangerous feats, Of these we would instance a few. The first'was that of a young lady who was riding * bicycle past the postoffice. She essayed a double somersault, and with the assistance of a, large stone she rode against, succeeded in performing the feat to the entire satisfaction of several ladies and gentlemen who were dose by at the time, Right here the amusement in the performance terminated, and grim reality took its place, for the lady reached the hard road with a thud which started the town 'clock striking. Another young lady the next day on another bicycle in another street attempted another acrobatic feat. This latter consists in riding at such an angle that the pedal just touches the ground. There must have been something wrong with her calculations, for the pedal started to dig holss in the road, the lady doing likewise with her hands. — A small boy was driving down High street in a cart, which had the tail-board down. He was trying to stand on the extremest .edge of tne back, and was succeeding well, when he slipped. He fell on his feet, Our reporter ■ was present, and can vouch for the fact that the only part of the boy which struck the cart was the end of his nose. But from the uproar wbioh ensued one would have thought he was seriously hurt. On Tuesday evening, the Ifukuroa Band of Hope held the concluding meeting of its session. Miss Dohrmann presided oyer a crowded meeting, which received with appreciative applause the various items of a lengthy programme. Miss D. Low and Mr T. Hayman pleased with two solos and a duet. Mr Middlemis.s recited and joined with Messrs J. McGimpsey and R. Wills in a laughable dialogue. Mr Wills recited an original piece appropriate to the occasion, and other recitations were given by Willie Hinch, J. Mills, T. W Is, and Amy Pmnell. Miss Howard, M A., contributed an interesting reading. On b ihalf of the society, Miss I}. Low, the secretary, read and presented toKr George Dash* tastefully worded address expressing appreoia, tion of his efforts in temperance work, and thanking him for his help in connection with the Nukuroa Band of Rope, of which he had been made president. In a neat speech, the recipient feelingly thanked the members and urged them to continue temperance work. AJ; the close of the meeting, which was an enthusiastic one throughout, an abundance of tea and cake, provided by the society's, friends, was dealt with in * manner to gladden tfye heart of Nukuroa hospitality.

SYNOPSIS. OP If EW ADVERTISEMENTS. Caledonian Society— Entries clpse on 17th? Albert Baker— Notio*. Mrs Sutherland— Goqrs* of instruction in shirt dressing *nd polishing. 'M-I|onq,ld & M'Qianjjid— Wa,nte.4. District School— Breaking up on Friday. ' ° '* F. Smith— New stock arrived. if. E. Jones— Clearing sale.