Local News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 49, 29 April 1899, Page 3

Local News.

See display of Ru^s at SlnckletoM «"fl Grant's to cltv. Lii c;e si/us 4/11, 6/0, 8/<i. 10/6, 13/6, 17/fi, up to H)/-. Fooh;u,l — Oi Tlmndiv ne\f, the Wait iki lli«h Hdionl and staff will play Wmmxte Dishi-t Hi«-h School and statf 111 Victoria Pruk Tlvn-e will bs -in oppovtunilv of seeing sonn ically °,ood footb t. I ', vvl i ] so of subset lbmg to the collection in fii'l of Hi" sdioo 1 foo'bill funds. HosTuru, Bovrd — The Trustees m->t on Wednesday; piosonf, — Messr-, Smcl vv (chiir). aid Douglas, P.'tit. Stndhohn-\ Atwdl and Nicol. Aft.M iMadrv* tin mm-nf-pq mid OrT^sinqr accounts amovnuug to £19 1 0 s7d ihe Bo 11 d ad)O'v nod f oi - w >ek as n mmk of svmmthv with Mr Wilkor in the lois lie had sustained by the death of his second son. The t°mv> a nnoe meeting at Glenavy on Thm-Mliv ev^Mi'io; w is not l,i,i'j>lv attond >d, ownnr to a fvlur" in the anno'incfm -nt. I>-t\vopn 20 and 30 yonn^ p^oplo hsfconed ntt^ntivelv to tho sin^uiEf of Mis J)o,\le, i\[i^sos N. Willi'im-., and 11. Don-10, and Messrs Maruott a.id (I. Tinsel, the vo"iiinq of Mr O-. Dash and the romaiks of the llov. 131 jth and Mr T. Bi nnn, For School Wear wo are eleaihg out vi ions od.hn Mits in Hailois, B )iU'is, and Hit shaps in sinus, l^lts, Yeheiis, etc , suitable for fi-nls' school wj.iv. u-,ual pice np to l/'ifM^h Our cl'aimg pucs Gd oa»'i. -VitrntTß Jove-. &Co FuverUj — Notv ithstandmc; the very stoimv aftoruoon tlv 1 fu ier,il ot C H. "W.ilkor, tho MPtim of Sunday's acmdent, wis very lavcflv attend J d. The \lev. M'K. Gibson conducted tho ss n r\ice at the Ria\e. Ko less than f>l bouitilul widths we c sent to the house of deceased's parents, and raan,> moie weic brought to the ce'nettu'v. Til]-, annual meeting of the Quadi die Assembly was hold on Mond iy oM-nuiq. Tlipvo wns a f^ood nttendanceof niembeis, M.r C A. Wilson bcinq voted to the chair. Mi W. Mdlpr was elected president, Mr T Goldstone becretarv, Mr G E\nns tioasurer, with a committee of Pis;lit. The season pi-omises to be a very successful one. The first dance was fi\ed for May 18*;h, member's subscription to be 2b Gd , and one shilling per dance. j\t the sale of sections in Timaiu on Wpfliipsriav one section near the 1 ail way was sold to Mai v A. Kennedy at the upset of £1 3 0s and two otheis weie passed. The north-wost co'ner sec/ion near Victoiia P.nk was sold to Sophia, Stpvonson at X-17 10s, the to S. Tollett at 0C27 15s. and the two intoi veiling sect ons in I). MPlieisQii at £12 and fAZ 10s. T\venty-fi\e sect'ons in Glenavy wei-e ofipied; the Bo\ McK. Gibson took the fiist two put up at the upset of £10, and the 1,-st were passed. Cascades of blanket^ in Shackleton and Giant's windows this clay and e^mm;*, pi-ice marked on each pair from 8/11 to 32/P), host, colonial mikes — Advt. The No icon form is) s of Gieat Untain are widplv C'lpbratino; the centenary of the biith of Oliver Cromwell. A statue was inaugurated at Huntingdon, his b ; rthplaco. The Rev Joseph Parker, in the course of a sermon at the Temple in connection with \h^ celebration, created 1 sensation bv declaring tint, though the Sultan of Turkoy was the Knisei's friend, his (Di Parker's) piaycr\\as " God. damn the Sultan !" On Tuesday, tho adjourned meeting of the JiT\emle Foiesteis Lod<;e was held, P>i'o. H. Wilson presidni" over a mooting of 16 An apolofjv was received from the secretaiv, Bro P. Grant, and Bro. W. A. Osbovne took the office, pro. torn Bro. H. Wilson was elected C"U . 13ro A. Jickson. S.C B, , and Bro. S. Brokenshire, J.W. Receipts 4s Gd, expenditure ss. This tak^s the Cake. — l-hiv™-? aro wanted for Knianoi White T'vill J 1 <. ikets, full double bpfl s;/p, our special pii"3 20/p%ir Ca,U and inspect this day. Arthur Jonrs & Co. The bachelors' ball at Wa;hao on Friday, 21st, was a decided success. The schoolroom was well filled. With further settlement a new room will soon be neeessarv. Between the dances, son?s were rendered bv Mrs Hendeisoii and Mr Caro, a,ndasten dance bv Mr Solomon. Messrs Me\ers (2) and Wilson supplied excellent music, and Messrs F. Drayton and Cleave acted as M.C.'s. The fir^t meeting of the newly elected School Committee was held at the close of tho householders' meeting. Mr Hamilton was elected chauman for the year. Other niembeis, including the chairman of the previous year, Mr D. A. Tayloi, wei'P proposed, but declined to stand. Mr W. L. Scott was appointed secretary, and with the clwrinan. Mi Hamilton, to si<j;n cheques. It wis decided to hold the regular meetings of committee on the last Tuesday of each month. The chairman was authorised to call for tenders for firing. Eev. McK. Gibson and Mr Cameron were

appointed visitors (or the month, and tho in3Hmg closed w ith a vote oi. tUa-aks to the chair. Thr tender of Me J. Small, of Dnnaclin, has baon accepted for tho erection of a now chinch to leplaca St M iry's Citholic C,ithocli<il (\VoHui»boM), recently de stroyed bv fiic. Tiu pwee is £/170. The infcdinil decjr.ifcioiis fiiv expected to cost balwdn =91500 and ,£2oo^.