Local News

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 30, 17 December 1898, Page 3

Local News

djk'i^m MayT^ "~ ~—!~ — ! -T^k in th,\s di^trjct ue able \o Bend their wool by waggon to, either Oa,nv aru or Timaru at 7d per baje, o^pe/ than, by The oropa all round the district are. looking yery well an.<j there is every promis* oi & bountiful yield. Nearer the, Waitaki some of the oa,ts are rather shorty but 'a, 'shower.* o^ ;»in Would the heads niofly. • ',' On MJonda^f receired fron\ th,e Govern* Tfisnt Printer the New Zealand Statutes for 1898, There are^4l9 pages in the, boi*, which' contains v 42 public, 26 local and personal and2 priVafe Acts. ' The Mining Act 'occupies iafpa^M. '* , ', >' , 'hi ti,e\T, of Christmaa the VSfaim^te, B^mj Bai\d haVe beph 'practising cai;ol^ during the laVt'fcw'wepii. ' They intend 'io^pjlay the. town, all. Christmas Eve, and start in ,tht" to play the, tountrj.^ Ai r *hitßartd k 4«P,eßSqhieflyon the carols, to pay off, ,the instrument fund" (which' tjuir amounts ' to over £.70) the public will have, »' chance 1 tb^-" ihow tHiur genwosity. •••->» „ „

A correspondent tends the following pro* blem :— Supposing a farmer lowed a jbushel of wheat to the acre, and seven stalls' cam* op from each grain, and 30 grain* on each head, how many bushels would h» havt to the acre ? Tha Makikihi Choral Society intend to close the year's work with a concert and dance on the 22nd, The society has s> mem-, bsrship of 30, and is under the leadership of Mr Goodall, Although it is only four months since it started, it' ought to give a good performance. It is to be hoped thepeop?* of Makikihi will roll out and show their appreciation of the society's efforts. The concert proceeds go to the school funds. Miss E. &ow, 8.A., at present assisting in the Waimate High School, has been appointed assistant mistress at Napier Girl's High School. Miss Low will be requirsd to takv an interest in the girls games, and as sh« is an enthusiastic tennis player and cycliste, She will be eminently suited for the position. I The fortnightly parade of the VoluntterT"* was held on Wednesday evening, Captain Co'tman in command. Sergt.-liajor Jones, was present, Before commencing drill, the captain presented Mr T. M'Connell with the Imperial med»l for services in the Bay of Islands, also with £ 8, which had bee» subscribed by the qompany. The old soldier gave a sketch of his adventures. Th* company was then marched outside and down High street, a useful evening's daill being pn* in, There is no better place for picnioing near town than Knottingly Park. Tiiere is abundance of water, seats are placed everywhere and the trees provide a grateful shade. Th» caretaker advertises that he will supply boilnß water to private picnic parties for a pennr each, By advertisement in another column it will be seen that the Nukuroa singing clan will give an entertainment in the schoolroom ob Thursday evening next. From what is known of the leader, Mr T. G. Hayman, lovtrs of music are sure of a treat. Mr Hayman was sometime pupil of Professor F. B. Woodhouse, the famous tenor. Time and trouble have not been spared in preparation, and the enteitainment, which is in aid of the organ fund, should draw a full house. On Tuesday, before Messrs Manchester and Ooltman, J.P.s, P, B«id was charged with cruelty to a horse by working it with a sort under the harness. Mr Hamilton appeared, for the defence. A second obarga of omitting to give the horse proper and sufficient food Was also made, After hearing tha evidence given for the prosecution by Chas. Cornelius, Onas, Oarbis, and Constable Parker, defendant was fined for the first charge 10s with costs of court Us, witness' expenses ss, The latter oharge was dismissed. Tub nimble strawberry thief has been nnusuaUy active of late and growers of the luscious fruit are, to use a eolloqualism, "buqking," One big lad was hardy enough to enter a nun's field and help himself, but while his broad back was bent he caught & clap og th« ear, hard enough to have been given by the hand of a smith. After being hunted from the paddock he deoided to reform, He no longer wanders at will througk p*he.r peoples' preserves, as far as be is concerned all the strawberry gardens in the plact might be to let. « Volunteer camps are ofte.n a trifle noisy at night, but the Adjutant to the Auckland itifle Bajtajion hit upon a, good plan in the encampment iq the Domain the other week for subumng the boisterous spirits of the youthf v.l volunteers after • lights out ' had sounded for the night. The energetic adjutant made careful rounds of the camp to see that light* were out, ajid tha.t the quietness which should oharaoteris© a military camp prevailed, yvhenever h? found a t§nt yrhow occupants were row,dwr than th«y should have been, considering the time of night, hit plan wa« «mp,e but efficacious. E[e ordered all the ■voiunteeis in, the to, come out a.t'once, aqd when they emerged wondering and shivering in, th^r flight-gear in th.« midnight air, Captain. Major blandly explained th)U ac they were in such gqod spirit" he though,* a, little exercise wou,ld. do them, $& hwm. - go , he gave them a. quarter o| an hour's squad" diill, and marched them a.rqu,n(J th> Do.m.ai» a bit in th,eir barafeet^ throoglf* ajl the mud he could find. Th*n, h.e. would, giv,«Jhem' some of the physical djjn mo , y ements as.tc wind-up, f to seMdthembacl&.toJjeditta.- / good.hu3?j,our. The. remedy masked, yerj well indeea, and after, the first nig&t ox two "th* quietness, in thujlk aa^np after the, bugle? knA sounded «• lights out ' , wag * remajfk.abia. Th* youths a,nd raw Hnftu, who are g«n,eraily \ht> noisiesj in a, canip.-didn't mqc^ r.efish' tb^ idea of marbhjug 6xercise«,.an ; d l exjensjon, movements at midnjighlt in iJieir shir.ts anji nothinjg*els«,- *- ' ' ""