General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 15, 4 July 1899, Page 2

General News.

A Social will be held at Hook on Juh 7th. Over throe thousand S^dneyites have volunteered for service in the Transvaal. Excursion to the South Se^s.— ln nil 162 passengers have booked for the Waikare's excursion to the South Seas. A considerable portion of these are from England and a large number froiu Australia. Nkxt Year will be the jubilee of the Baptist dpnominntion in New Zealand. In 18C0 the Rev R. Dolamoie, now Baptist pastor at Kunee, arrived in the colony, and formed the first Baptist chiuch at Nel&on. Dkkdging" for gold.— The continuance of the dredging boom is keeping the Dunechn found ties very busy, and m some night shirts luuVbeen' commenced. On top of the local demands several orders have been received' from Viotoiia and New South Wales for the construction of dredges. An Imprest Supply Bill for £370,000 passed through all its stages in both Chambers on Friday. In the House of Representatives the debate on the' Address-in Reply and Captain Russell's amendment was resumed, and just before midnight was adjourned till Tuesday. The Mayor of Auckland has communicated with the city members and Mayors and City Councils asking them to take steps to introduce a Bill to Parliament with a view of compelling insurance companies, and also the Government, to contribute towards the cost of maintaining fire brigades. At the Wellington Synod on Friday night the Rev R. Coffev moved that in the opinion of this Synod it is desirable that church women be allowed the franchise for election as churchwardens, vestry and auditors. After a spirited debate, in which the proposal was favourably received, the motion was carvipd on the voices. The Outlook says :— " The vote in St. Andrew's Church, Dunedin regard- j ing the introduction the individual Communion cups resulted in an overwhelming majority in favour of the change. Out of upwards of 300 votes, there were only about eight, we believe, in favour of letting things iemsin as at present."— This is a subject which has 1 been engaging the attention of communicants of all creeds for along time. It will hardly be believed how many do not attend the celebration -on account of the present uncleanly prac- s tiee 1 . . , An old resident of Lawrence, says the Tuapoka Times, was asked by the Minister of Justice to be' allowed to have his name placed on the roll of tPs. P. latoly published but declined the honor^ith thanks. We haye^only heard of one similar instance occurring

in the district. — Just so, they general!) grab the "honor" with both handj the more unsuitable the man the mor Convulsive the giab. But think of th delight of sitting 0,1 the Bench an, being called " Your Worship." The report of the Koyal Commissioi on the Kakaia inquiry will probably bi handed to the Governor on Thuradai or Friday. You will find the Advertiser bnsi and up to-date. Items to improve ii more will be gladly accepted. Ooun try readers landly note this. Mr G. Sutherland, the cyclist, who has raced in New Zealand sue cepsfully for two seasons, left on 8a tnrday for Dunedin, en route tor Am trahn,, where he means to try his fortune oh the tiadL At the meeting of the Canterbury Land Board on Thursday, on the op phcaiion of the chairman of the Wai hao School Comimttee, it was resolved to allow them the use of the School Reserve in Morven township Tiik s s. Elginshire, which has ornamented the rocks south of Tirniru for some vrars, parted in the micldle, oni half falling over, and the other re maimng upright. The first heavy spa will now probably smash thi wrecknge up. Ladies wanting bargains in dress materials are rpquested to roll up te Arthur Jones and Co 's end of season sale, which starts to-morrow, Wednes-, day, July sth. Up to the present the Telegraph Department has declined to allow Press messages to be sent on Sunday* for evening papers, but ne>v regulations are now issued permitting Prest telegrams to be sent up to 800 words at Is per 100, such telegrams to contain news regaiding events arising between the closing of the telegraph offices on Satuiday and the reopening" on Sunday. The regulation in thi meantime will only apply while Par liament is sittiiig. The No-Confidence motion lias, in accordance with Parliamentary usage, prevented the transaction of all other business. The result is that tic Owler Paper of the House has assumed quit* alarming proportions. It consists of 22 pages, containing some 80 questions, between 40 and 50 notices ot motion, and 30 Kills. By the time the debat* is concluded these figures may be ex-> pected to be increased by something' like SO per cent. It is reported, says the Press, that Mr W. Mackenzie, the well-known singer, who gave numeious concerts iti New Zealand, and Miss Glover, a member of his company, have bopa drowned while proceeding to Klondyke. The Hon. G. M'Lean protested in' the Legislative Council on Wednesday, against the anomalous conditions created in the Council by the presence of ten or twelve members who, in thr space of a few months, wonid have to 1 seek reappointment fioin the Government. It was time, he said, that th* Council was made elective, or that iti membership should be brought back, to the life tenure. If the Government would not initiate some reform thr Council should do so itself. Wha!r chance, he asked, had Bills, in present circumstances, of being properly reviewed ? The Wellington correspondent of; the Press says : — I have had a chat' with Mr Fraser regarding the Asset* Realisation Beard. There is A move-1 ment on foot for the sale of of the large properties in the Auckland* province, but nothing definite has bee# done. Mr Fraser points out that* there is very Tittle land left for sale iiii Canterbury. The Waibaorungaestat| near "Waimate, and the Eskbank ?s| tate, near Tiraaru, have still to bt disposed of, out there -would be no nsl dealing with the former so long as thi; Waikakahi Estate was under offer. Ti Otago there is really uo landed estxtjj to be dispose of, but in the Wellington and Auckland provinces there are pro , parties that will be dealt with 'in fl^ course. Ssme very satisfactory sail of town property have been 'mad within the last year or ""two. Jj Christehnreh, a property they coiil not get .£2OOO for some time back wa sold last year for £4000, and similar! a * property in Wellington, unsaleabj three years ago at £4000, was xftcea^ disposed otior i£6QQO* } - *|

One line at Arthur Jones and , 's end of season sales are flannelette ankcts at 2s 6d. Wlu'i buying anything you have , e n a<l\citised in this paper let the iu'itisei know. It will encourage mi and hop us. Thkr-C were 15 members present at ie meeting of the Juvenile Foresters ist evpniiisj, Bro. H. Wilson presid 1( r. Routine business was transacted ,'eceipts for the evening were fc 3d

Crii'Kl'.t — The third test match was bi'Hioneil, owing to rain. After two !<-ys iJiin, the game stood Australia 72 and 224, En«liiicl 220 and 19 for jo wickets It would have been a ieiv nit'M'Psting finish, probably in [.uonvof the home team. \ q>n--,fion has been placed on the O'ipi Pipoi bv the Hon. member for \vallarp— •' Whether the Acting Munsli'i ot will favouiably consular the cVwibleness of abohbhm^ \hi Ribhit DopcU'tinent, with the viou lo d°\otin» the money thus saved, ninth in gning encouragomPHt to the ii.ipping of labbits duiing the svimmei month bv wav of a bonus on skins, ;,n(l nirtlv to «i\in£f assistance to far inns and local bodies to exterminate mmi 1 birrlp." Some figures quoted bv Mr Mi-Nab give some indication otthe cnoimous erouth of the i<ibbit trade ('uiinq; recent veais. Last voar •i 551 ."505 rnbbits were exported. \»hi.'d at £98.838, and 6,607,93-1 skins wlneil at .£51,934. This "fives a total of ]0,R00,530 rabbits and sl'ms valued at During the present year if it. expected thst seven million rabluts will be exported.

Speaking' at Grey town on Friday nijtht Mr Carroll said that hehonp&tly tahe\od there was more affinity between the Liberal party and the misses than between the masses and the Conservatives. Refeiring to the nnvine scandal, he said that Ministers would be only too pleased to give ovidjnee before the Commission. The i<^ult would be such that if the Oppo-s-.'ion had any shame they would hide ii)"ir diminished heads and neter look up again. Although there had been defections from the Liberal party it was now as solid as ever. If the Op position should by any means be returned to power the Ministry would p obibly be : Premier Captain Russell, Minister of Lands, Mr Buchanan ; A trom u y General, Mr G. Hatche>on; Colonial Secretary, Mr Piram ; Mnnst«r of Defence, Mr T. E. Taylor; Mim a ter of Mai me. Mr J. Hutcheson ; Minister of Public Wotks, M) Crowther. A\o f e, of thanks to Mr Cairoll was crned unanimously. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Oddfellows was held last e^emni, NG. Bro. R. Smith in the chair. Twenty-two members were present. After correspondence was read and Ho iH with, the sick \isitois' report was lend. This showed that two biofchers w. Ip on the lodge, and sick pay to the ."iiount of-.£3 was passed. The matter (•' (l"t'tive secretary, which was held o1o 1 °r fiomlast meeting, was considpred, ?snd Bio. Melton consented to act for tli- 1 present term. One candidate jiopospcl for membership, and one initiated into the Order by Bro. Evans. The toasts of the evening were proposed bv Bros. C. Jackson, Shackleton, aid Watts. Accounts amounting to PA 2s 8d were passed, and the meeting cid-d.

Thk New Zevland Alliance. — The It'v W. Gillies has been unanimously dieted president of the Alliance. A letter was read from Mr J. \V. Jago, ex }v«sident, regretting his inability to bo nrosent at the meeting, and that he limil not been able to take a more active jvi.t ] i the work of the Alliance during lvs t»vm. He wished the Alliance e\ ' -juccess. The meeting appointed Mi Jii;o vice-provident for a year as a re^ ignition of services rendered in the yjisf The following resolutions were ])'.- pA :—": — " That whereas 80 per cent, ■oi i'h cinie ot the colony and 90 por Ci. '• of its paupeiHm have been attri-bo-ed by «"cpeit? m both departments to -.tioiig drink, this Convention regrot.s that the^TUshop of Wellington in his addles to the Wellington Diocesan S\ nod should have minimised the evils of drunkenness in comparison with other vices, especially as it is the only We which 'admits ef a direct complete

remedy at the hands of chri&tian voters at the polh; and further suggest 0 that it is his oompaiativoly &horl experience of our social conditions which has led thu Bishop to express an opinion in contradiction to experts who in the admimstiatiou of our pnsons and chanties have acquired a long and intniiatp acquaintance with the subject.'" " That the tabng of a secret vote upon the sale of liquor in Bellamy's in Par hfiniont is most lepi Jiensible because it is lUe^al, and permits its members to vote in a matter they are ashamed to make public ; and that the Conven tion request the Government to treat temper ince mcasmes as legal 1 v and imp.ii tirillv as other matters, and take an open d.ivlufht on the contmu ance of Bellainv's.