General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 10, 20 June 1899, Page 2

General News.

Cricket.— The Australian Eleven won the second Test match by ten wickets. The Home papers acknowledge that the English team were beaten in every department of the gsvuie.. i

There will hs a meeting of shareholders in the Biiihlin" I\n, r -'o>,/ tbiiii !h in the Ijildmw Il.ill. Tuo first --p)) cription is p.i;«ible. The 11 c^ L iVi 1-tttis oxp^cfcs-'d to 1 jpi Live at \Vellill7fon ! >y tb ■ \3t >thi3 oa j -ItMif 20. A pnbb», vvPi'-oiu.' will hs' i iFud'M'ed to him it Glivistchuich on July 3 All poisons who wee disappointed in not a pan of Barry's 6/3 Bluuher-., m a pur ot gl ico shoos at 5/(3 will He ji bio to get a p<iir as they have got Miothei- p.ircel w. Call early to avoid i lie crush. Evening shoes a special U. — AdV*. Land Board — At tin racetf ig of the Ofuitei bur\ Land Boaid held in 1 Chustchuivh oa Thursday ib was rosolvetl on*the application of the Ma\or of Waiin ifce to approve of a' list of uusuccpssti 1 applicants for sections itt the Waikakahi settlement being furnibhcd to him. £ hk vr that a golf clob- is to be formed in AVaimate. Tf foimed the club will supply a long felt want in pn>wdm<{ a winter game for tho c >e whose football days arc past. There tuny be some difficulty in getting long enough links nc/ir town. There is a very good gt-ound at the Waumte Instate and we are told that all whowisfo are welcome to play tbeve. The following from last week's Can-^ terbury Times, criticising the pliy of' a well known half-back, should ho' carefully noted bv our local playerrv and acted upon in the future :—Hastill runs too far before parting wita the ball. He should whip' out the ball faster and impress upon those behind him that they must be iti full stride when taking the pass, not either stands ing still or going at a slow trot. To 1 be effective, passing rushes must be' done when the men arp going at top* speed, or somewhere thereabouts. Ifc is the p ice that paralyses an opponent.' Knox Ciiuri'H Sunday School-—' The Anniversary services in connection with Kuox. Olruroh Sunday School held on Sunday last were very success fnl in every respect. The church wis tastefully decorated <vtth evergreens and floweis and the children were &$> usual seated on galloiips erected ou each side of the pulpit. Eev. A. S. Mornson, M.A., pleached appropriato seimons. There were good cougregations at all thi'ee services, and in the evening the church wa3 quite full. Special hymns were sung, the scholars being assisted by the church choir. The excellent singing of the children' was a teature of the services and reflecCed groat credit on their trainer, Mr W. Thomas. The collections were in aid of the Sunday School funds and : amounted to about £1 10s. A Mkkting of the Horticultural Society was held List evening. The catklogne T\as revised and suTangement* njade for <i meeting in a month's time.There h.is been a' great deal said asto wint amount'of salvage "would have to bo paid by the owners of the Perthsuiie to the which was successful in towing her into port, the sum' being put at anywhere between £10,000 and iJ'io,ooo. v The right figureaccwrdm" lo the Auckland Serald, is about .fioOOO. Mr F. W. Isitt, tho Prohibitianad\ vacate, had a lively meeting at : Buvn ford on Friday night. He challenged Mr S\mes, member for the diati lot, bv ad\ ertisement appearing th» s.unc excmiig, aijd a letter the pre\ious d;ty, to meet him on the platform and ! substantiate the statements he had m tdo at Waitaia, in reply- to an attack b> Mr T. E. Taj-lor at the same place. J3dcdnse Mr Symes did not respjnd, at 1,1 lo close of his speech. Mr I&itt made I n -\iolent attack upon Mr b\mcs, branding him a3 a coward, and defending Mr Taylor, a friend ot many }cc j an. At this stage Mr E, Galsworlh wwiu on the p]iitiorm and Baid Mr tSynieSy a friend ol twenty-live yelirs, was incapable of a dishonourablft notion. Mr Symes, he said, had been fiist -attacked in an unwarrantablemanner by Mr Ta>lor. He claime&J that both members of Parliament should be allowed to settle their clifterer:ev3 in the House. He protested^ agamst Mr Isitt's interference. Mr Isitt defended bis action." There waaconsiderable mtorruptionjat times, dn3i the proceedings Ijualiy closed witii tliai»ks'to'the-<Mn2or'for v s|tesidi«gH

Oddfellowship. — The half yeailv meeting of the Loyal Heart of Fiipnd tvhip Lodge was held last evening N G }3io G. Evans in the chair. About 40 nmnbors weiti present. A. consul cmble ftni'miit of correspondence was lead and dealt with. Ok> bi other was teported to be on the funds of the lod^e and £2 sick pay w,is pas-, L 'd. Two candidates wdre initiated into the order bv Bro. Watts and two were pioposedfov mombeislnp. The election of officeis resulted A 5 follows :—: — N.G., Bro. R. Smith; V.N G , Bro. f). Jackson ; supporters, Bros. Betteu, J-ickson. Tveslrind and Waid ; warden. Bro. Mines ; guardian. Bro. Loper. The neulv elected officfr-> returned thanks for then 1 elt-ctiou, mid a heaity vota of thanks was passed to ths retivinjj officers. Bro^. Evans, Presland, nnd Sullnan replied. The toxsts of the evenincr were piopo^d b\ Bros Jackson, Butten, and Sullivan, and i^ponded to by the Piquet Officer The ivceipts of the evening amounted to JBR3 Is 4d.