General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 19, 11 July 1899, Page 2

General News.

Correspondence by " Waimato " is crowded out. . Nominations are invited up' to the 12th inst. for the position of Junior Lieutenant of the Wiimate Rifles. Bishop Grimes. — His Lordship - Bishop Grimes will arrive in Waimate'on,Saturday next, and will confirm candidates in St. Patrick's Church on Sunday. The tickets in the art union of pictures painted by Mr 0. JV Goldstonf, are going off well. The drawing will probnblv take place next week. TftE Waimate- Caledonian Society will hdld its final ingleside on Wednesday, August 23rd. Another enjoyable time may be- expecbed.li^quiries are being made' by Mr Hogg, the member for Masterton'. as to whether or not if is the intention of the ■ the Government to place the Kifle Association on a sound and permanent basis. — Our Wellington.' correspondent. TfaE Commissioner of Police bas j issued an order to the police throughout the colony to report on all cases '■ wher ( e pensioners squander their pensions on drink," and they are not to ' wait till the pensioners are convicted of drunkenness before reporting. The - intention is to appoint receivers of . pensions in all such cases. TkE committee of the T.E.'U. have been disappointed of the speaker for the 18th inst., and in pface of Miss Maunder will have addresses by the Eevs. Blight and Morrison. The newly-formed temperance choir will ; give selections. Yesterday Mr Nicholas, of Hook, , met with an accident, which luckily resulted only in injury to the vehicle. In coming at a brisk pace down a hill his conveyance collided with another proceeding in the same direction an<s-! was overturned. •Waimate Eacing Club. — The annual meeting was held on Saturday last. After some- trouble a quorum was go*, -together. ' The minutes 1 of last annual and committee meeting were read. It was decided to adjo'um for a fortnight in respect to the death of a member, Mr P. Dooley, and "that the secretary forward- a letter t>f condolence with Miss Dooley. , As advertised in our last issue the Eev. J. Blight preached- in St. Paul's Wesleyan Church on Sunday eveningon "What shall we do with. the drink traffic ?" The first portion of the discourse was an earnest appeal to the . young men present to become total abstainers. After this the r«verend gentleman dealt w,ith the abolition of the traffic from ;a Christian < standpoint. It was an evil, and a Christian's duty was to oppose) evil. Their opportunity would come| a * * ne ballot box and as Christian^ ,thej ■ must ' VoW No License or, harden their conscience* with alt tfie evil "resulting from J&itr open Bale of intoxifVthtsv . ' ■■•''. * , ■- 1 '> ' , . -

The question of purchasing" Eljrthy's and the Levels E&tates near luar'u for close settlement has been [S ed bv Mr Taylor, such according to v) beni? desirable in the industrial (1 commercial interest of Canteibuvy. Our Wellington correspondent. r E<lia\\ attention to the ad\ cruise e nt of Messrs Scott and Wilson, nefi&n blind manufacturers. Mr awshaw is the local agent of the in. Considering the number of n houses going up all round the strict, a good business should be hip in this line. It is interesting to note that while eno confidence motion this session is defeated by a majority of seven, eadvme motion of last session was felted by >a majority of only six, though on that occasion Mr 'J. Hutieson was with* tht majority. At the le bye election caused by the resig ttioii of fcjir Robert btout, there weie 1,595 a otes polled, 7283 for Putlne •(16254 for Kirk. It is anticipated at most of the 17,000 on the roll ilhecord tlieir votes. — Our Welling h conespondent. Titfi Wammte Mutual Improvement Dciety held a social evening last night, tel'cn. A. S. Moirison m the chair, tter receiving a deputation from the ncial and Debating Club about the oposed inter Society debate and (pointing a committee to arrange stalls, a lengthy programme of music, leeches, recitations etc. was given, lie vdiious items were pleasingly reneied and well received, a very en]oy>]e evening being spent. The lc-gular quarterly meeting of ie Coutt Foresters Pride was held ut evening, Bro P. Giant C.R. preding. There was an unusually large ttendance. Correspondence was read n_d leceived from the district secretary dvising of the distuct meeting at St. ndrews on the 14th inst. Delegates aemstiucted'as to tb'e manner ef asting the Court's vote. Two now lembers were initiated and one proosetl for membership. The C.R. lought up the matter of a challange om the Oddfellows Lodge to a euchre nd cabbage match and it was de : itTed to meet the Oddfellows after nc^t -odge meeting. A strong committee fas appointed to work up the annual ocial for about the 17th August, Accunts and sick pay 39, receipts £50. The House of Commons acquiesced nthe Loids' rejection from the Lonlon Government Bill of a provision ilFowing women to become alderiiin and councillors. Mr Balfour, epl.ying to a question by Sir Henry jfimpbell Bannerman respecting 1 the w piepaiations, said that no contin:enc> had vet arisen necessitating a natenal increase of the forces in South Mica, but the Government must eniuve efficiency and mobility. It was obviously the duty of the War Office to be prepared for -any emei'gencyi In the House of Locda, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary of War, introduced the amended Militia Conscription Bill, providing for the selection of men bv ballot between the ages of 18 and 35. The Marquis explained that owing to the activity of the labour maiket there was increased difficulty m recruiting the militia which feeds the aunv. Personally he disliked the use of compulsion, and would onlj adopt such a caurse when there was no other way of providing for the counti \'s safety.