SATURDY, JAN. 7, 1898.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 33, 7 January 1899, Page 3

SATURDY, JAN. 7, 1898.

Thk letter of " County Katepayer " is held over till next issu«, The organ recital at St. Augustine's Church will be held on Tuesday next, and »ot Monday, as previously announced. An inquest was held on Tuesday, on the six-year-old daughter of Mr S. Boreham- After hearing the medical evidence, a verdict was given that death resulted from inflammation caused by eating unripe fruit. This is to remind you of Arthur Jones) and Co.'s end of ieason sale at Victoria House next Wednesday, January 11th, and buyers of general drapery are respectfully requested to call early, and see the manj bargains pffered. All new goods thi» season, but all must go to make loom for other goods to arrive from Home early in February. — Advt. Mr W. J. Williams, who died on the 2nd January at Waitaki North, is a gentleman who will be greatly missed in that district. Previous to residing at Waitaki North, 24 years ago, he lived at the Cape. He interested himself greatly in looal affairs, and it was he who had a cemetery laid out at Waitaki North, and consecrated by Bishop Julius. Now he is the first to occupy tha oew cemetery. Mr Williams, who held a commission as Justice of iih© Peace, was a brother of Mrs Chute and Mrs Tee, of Waimatt, There was a meeting of tha Saleyarch Company lastevemngin the library Hajl 15 shareholders being present, Mr Hicol wa3 voted to the chair. The sec. (Mr Baxter) read the provisional directors' report, which showed that the project was being heai'tily suppoitcd. Tho Company had been registered a3 th« " Wahnate County Kaleyards Company." Part_of tho Borough reseiyo near Victoria £ark * had been seaurod as s, site, Mr 0, Boyce agreeing to give -up his interest for .£lO. The Borough Council had granted a transfer of the lease at a rental of 2s 6d per annum for the remainder of Mr Boyce's term, and afterwards at 30s. The report was adopted as read. It was decided that the directorate consist of eight, any shareholder to be eligible, and that the fqUowing be elected for the ensuing term : — Messrs Dquthwaft*, Orbell, P. Jones, Harriett, Baxter, A, Allan, J, F. Douglas and N. Francis. Mr Baxter was elected sec. and treas. and he agieed to act till tha company shquld be fairly started. The usual votes closed the proceedings. At last meeting of the District Council of th* Waitaki and Waimate Acclimatisation Sooiety, it was decided to, send a sample of Waihao trout to the Fisheries $xhib,itiqn to be held in L,ondqn shortly, For the purpose of obtaining good specimens, a fishing bee was organised for last Thursday. Th« party of over twenty gentlemen, representing Qarqaru and Waimate anglers, camped on th« ground the. preyiqua evening, and commenced qperatjpns shortly after daybreak. In consequence of the growth of weeds in the river, it was difficult to get a good landing place for the nets. The weeds; also interfered with the work of trawling, and made it laborious, and the results at first wer.e, rather discouraging. Later on, a fine sample of fish was obtained. Aftec lunch, the party went down in the boats io the break-out, and inspected the large, drajn recently constructed for carrying off the flood wafer from the lqw tying land. ; $f r Cox photographed the party and the record haul of fish. Votes of thanks were passed to Messrs Hopkins, McG-qwan, and Fletcher, who lent boats, ans m other ws.ys did all they could to assist the fishing par,ty, £he pqrtiqn pf the Waikak.ahi estate on the Waihao Flat is so suitable for subdivision into small farms of about 60 aores, that everyone took it for granted th.at this, as the most natural thing in the eiroumstanc«s, would be done when the Government bought the estate. Much disappointment therefore, was felt by a considerable number of intending settlers, men of moderate means, when it btcame known that the estate was being cut up into areas of 100 acres and upwards. A.

meeting has been held at Glenavy, to consider what steps should be taken to bring before the proper authorities the desirability of having this part of the estate laid off in Bmall sections. Major Steward has communicated with the Minister of Land*? on the subject, and petitions for signatures by bona fide intending applicants are ia circulation. His Worship fbhe Mayor of Waimate announces a public meeting in connection with the matter, to be held iv the Borough Council on Tuesday at 8 o'clock, and we hope to see this well attended by intending applicants.