Mail Notice. NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 32, 31 December 1898, Page 3

Mail Notice. NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

The Post and Telegraph offtca will observe a close holiday on Monday the 2nd January, 1999. All mails for despatch on that day will be closed at 8 p.m. on Saturday, the 3Jst December. H. Gouri^by, Postmaster

items elicited, $he nudisnca was thoronghlJ satisfied. A^er the usual rotes " God sat* tho Queen " biought tho concert to a close, It is Tery gratifjjng to fin 4 the efforts of the. society art appreciated. Thki is a dearth of deep sea sailors at Lyttelton just now, The barque Liv is in the stream, a»4 is. waiting to secure a few hands ; while the Hermione is also shorthanded, ifon demand £10 a month for th« run Home. On Wednesday, before Messrs Manchester »nd CoHmau, J.P.s, Michael M&han w*a charged with drunkenness and damaging a window at Makikihi. For drunkenness, he was fined 10s. in d«i*ult 48 hours' nnpiiaonruent, and for da naming th)« window lie was f)nd 10s, and oi'sleted to par amount of damage, 15s, uehtuit 14 uays' iuiuri^qnUiPllt. A I'iKi broke pi}t at 2.30 on Thursday morning ip a fuioitme faotory in Wellington, and destroyed two farnituie factonts, and gutted a Jargq stoic and two diapery establishmtnts. 1 The latter buiidiligs held large and valuable stocks, whioh weie ruinsd by water and 8i»ok», Th» insurano«9 total £17,000, and' the loss is estimated at about $9000 dytr that amount, JLcwdints.— On Wednefday last, J£r Jf. T. Quinn, Wajmat*' j-gent "for the Farmers' Co-op., went to the racecourse to catch, 1 his hor,** )o go for <\nre, H« rode, hj» bicycle as far 'as the erossihg, and securing tb^e Horse led to jt where hjp bicyejt standing. H« wtartcxi to lead tb» horse, while wheeling th« bikg. The borae pulled back and Mr Quinn and'' Mr Quinn let the bicycle fall. This further startled tht horse, anil it pulled Mr Quinn o^r a bank. He fell on his arm, and, as ha thought, spraimed it. He did not think much about it till Thursday, when the pain wasao' great that he consulted' Dr Barclay, who found that the arm was broken m two places, X|rs Barclay and Cruickahank set th* Jimrj, '.»rid ' the injury^ is now progressing fatourfttjly. -0» Boxing Day, Mr J. P. Douglas , heard one of l»is homa-wap in '« ponl. ' 'Throwing a rope' 'over his shoulder, he mounted his bioyoU to so the asjtittanoe of

ihe animal, but the rope caught in th* who*l, and Mr Douglas was thrown on his left Arm, which was brokea. Dr Barclay attended to the injury, A mbeting of the Waimate branch of tht Waimate and Waitaki Acclimatisation Society wa9 held on Thursday evening; presentMessrs W. J. Black, president, P. Dooley and Smith, vice-presidents. T. Smith (Hook), and Sinclair, secretary. The minutes of last meeting wer« rtad and confirmed. The inward and outward correspondence was read and received, Tht president explained what had been done at the United Council meeting. It was resolvid that all arrangements be made to carry out the fishing bee to be held on the sth and that it be left in the hands of the president, vice-president and secretary. After passing the accounts the meeting terminated with a hearty rote of thanks to the president. , Thjc practice of smoking in the Public \ Reading Room at the Library has become a ■ positive nuisance. Some of the smokers have , ■ot even the dsaeacy to desist when women j Are in the room. It should noi he necessary ' to put up a notice that smoking is not allowed. Ho aelf-respeeting man requires such a notice, and the fact that spittoons Are not pro, Tided ought to be a sufficient hint to the dullest, Ciedit is due to the librarian for the general cleanliness of the room, and it is much to bo regretted that her efforts to keep the plaoe tidy are defeated by the dirty habits of a few of the frequenters. Not only the floor but the papers are sometimes stained with smokers' expectorations, Thi« annual picnic given by the committee of the Makikihi school was held on Monday last in Mr Meehan's paddock at the Sherwood estate. The day was fine and bright, and parents, ohildren and friends turned out in force. The forenoon was agreeably spent in playing games. After lunch had been discussed games and dancing on the green were resumed, tud carried on with as muoh energy as the heat of the day would permit. A trial of strength in the form of a tug of war, married v, single men, resulted in a decided victory for the former, even though one of the single man "tied the knot ".for the time being between himself and a bunch of cocksfoot. After the picnic was over cheers were given for the ladies who had provided the provisions and to the committee for the very satisfactory arrangements made. Mr Meehan in a few words thanked the pionicers for their good wishes. In the evening a dance was held in the schoolroom to suitably wind up the day's enjoyment, and was well patronised. The floor was in good order and excellent music was supplied by Miss Jackson (piano) and Messrs Jackson, Skinner and Harper (violins). Miss Martin and Miss Ghilds alto assisted at the piano. Mr W- Lindsay made a capital MC. During the evening a song was rendered by Mr P. Q. Coates, and a hornpipe was danced in capital style by Mr J. M"llwriok, A Tory enjoyable evening's *mu»emont was brought to a close shortly after 12 o'clock.