General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 22, 18 July 1899, Page 2

General News.

TnK. Government intend to place ii sum on the Estimates as a subsidy to country libraries. ;THi^Hon W. J% Steward would like a Government 'poultry 'farm' in the South Island, in the neighbourhood of Studholme Junction. ' Duriwj the steeplechase at the Victorian Winter Meeting.'nine horses fell and four of the jockeys received rather severe injuries. r " - > An amendment of the Old Age Pension Act will be introduced this'sessioni but so far the Government have not revealed ifo nature.,— "WeL cocv

Duly Liberal paper is being ed of 1 1 Duneclm, and it is said £10,000 has already been subbed i" capital. \ 02 Empress of China is approvol the ideas p t -ouiulgated by angYuiveo. the Chinese reformer, > wa^ obliged to seek safety in it. The Em press allous his writ- , to b8 solcliu China.

IheI 'he Far East. — An English and encaii syndicate computing the •hscbilcK Moigans, VantleibiUs, and [tons, with a capital of 65.000,000 ws, has been formed to construct. , Cantoa-Hankow anJ other Chinese

[h Pfrcy S:.nfH has gone closely ! d the question as to whether theie I sivny departure from the &puit, of j i act or the regulations issued there tk in connection with the ballot foi i disposal of land on the Wa»kjlnbi , ate, and has decided that there was lie.

OjcurT. — The Austral) in team boat oiicctei bv (3 wickets. For Austialia uniper scored 104. The fourth test itch began yesterday, and shooVl the jnie uvin be beaten Australia, wins Diubbor. If the wiclcet be dry we poet to see a good gania, and oui men mild about v/id

Mr G. Hutchison will move for a turn setting out the correspondence ldni" up to the cons deration of the irchase of the Waikakahi estate idee the Land for Settlerne.its Act. c piocpechngs of the Purchase Boatrl ito the purchase of such estate, and copy of the tiansfer" of the wine to m Qppon. He also wants details of ;penditure on the Pomahaka estate. We lv\e received from the Dunedm ;ents, Messrs Cook and Gr.v>, the rst number of the ' Mercantile Pro ■chon Gazette,' with which is incororated the ' New Zsaland Trade Proictma Association's Gazette. The lOpuetors undertake the collection of ?ks thiou^liout the countiy, and a o\el feature in the public \tion is a i«o filled with the names of persons liose addresses are wanted, presumaly that they may be brought to ook.

Mr Rkid, on behalf of the Premiers if the other colonies, has wired to Sir ohn Fonest. at Perth, warning him .fjci'ist any broach of the agreement uined at at the Melboarne Confer■neemiegard to the Commonwealth Jill, uiijiiig him to fulfil his promise uid to submit the measure to the peo >fe; al«o pjintiug out the impossibility )f 'niLin» any further amendments, 'nd the sp?cial treatment provided in tne case of Western Australia, which nuclei the system of book keeping has flinple safeguards of its interests. Mr Keid also points out the advantages of pining the Federation as an original Htato.

Mrt Fl itm \n enquired if the Government would offer a special annual prize foi the b°st kept farm or homestead m e\uh settlement under the Lands for settlement Act. He thought if the ■puze was onh £10 for each settlement lUould rlo ffood. Mr >.Carrol replied tjiat aw.uds for such should be made tin on ? h agneultural and pastoral asJJcutious. air Platman - but will we Go\ ern'iieufc give the prizes." Mr t'iiiiol: "the Government have this matter under consideration." — Wei. cot 1 .

A mfktin'g af the Land Purchase tommilipe recently appointed at a pubbc mectino-, was' hold last evening liontjli flnft of a circular to be sent to wUiiUln qettlers and others was subinittpd to t}ip meeting and appro \o'l. J^ltois bcnrmg on th e ma tter were i/censd fiom the Land Purchase j'OMd md M"ior Steyrird. A voto of thanks wns pissed to Yli K. B. Bain |o r the tronb'e lie had taken in assistthe connnutee.

•>v\i\ir lR Forestry —There were lf > ni.'inbcis at the meeting last evenjn^vo. H. Wilson, C.K., presiding lucre were also a number of the adult Joint pro-eat. Routine business was indicted, the receipts being £1 3s. Alter Hip meeting a football club \i as oimed by the juveniles and the folJO'ving officer? were elected :— Pre&iJint, Mr A. Berry; captain, A. McTag«a«;« a «; vice-captain, A. Jaclcson ; sec»twv and treasurer. H. Wilson, ancf a «ou-im,ttoo to consist, of officers and w- CZsar, S. Kennard, and W. Julian.

All th° pupil teachers and candidates fiom Waimate, who attended the recent pupil teacheis' examination, succeeded in passing. , Mr R. Kicol letuvned yesterday nfteinoon from a tup to Auckland He has visited the Hot Springs and other places of interest, and has had an enjoyable holiday. , At the conclusion of the service at Lower Ol.<no on Sunday morning, the Rev. Robert Mackie was inducted by j Messrs Bowie. Campbell, and D. Mai tin as elders. They form the first j session of St. Andrews Presbyterian Chinch. I As time passes without news of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Waikato, tiom London to Povt Chiliuois, anxnty foi the steam er's welfare becomes keener. She is now twehe or tlmtoen da\s overdue I and it seems almost certain that some mishap has befallen hei. i "When discussing Mr M'Nab's Ab- | solute Majouty Bill Mr Fisher gave an eNpl.viation of the cunous manner in v/hich votes weie counted at the last General Election. Ho stated that ac I cording to the leturning officer, he was returned with a mn]oiil\ ot 2S votes. ' The opposition candid." te challenged j his return and after £200 was deposited in the Supreme Court a le count) of votes took place and his opponent abandoned the case befoie half the votes VvOie re-counted b°oausp the Supreme Court officirls, after careful scrutiny i fined his majority from 2H to 40. The chances vere, said Mi Fisher, that if all the A'otes were re-counted it would be found thnt " I was returned at the bend of tho poll." — Wei. cor. " Da\dy Dick " to be given by our local amateurs, was the third of tho farces written lor the old Court Theatre, London, by Mr Pmeio. It was first produced on January 27, 1887 and met with snch succd&. that it ran 216 nights. Jfc Avas then withdiaun and p'.ived in the p..o\inoos, where it met with great success. It was then produced in Amciica and also in Austiaha by the Biough company and has never failfid to draw ciowded houses. The Government does not intioduce an amendment to the Land Act, by which those v, ho hold land bv lease with the light of purchase may bo en nbled to make pvogiess payments at their convenience. The Government does not consider it advisable to make any amendment this session in the Rabbit PioofWirc Netting Act- Steps ore to be taken this session for the clas3incit'on and separation of lite sexes at tho oi plumages and indus'uial schools of the colons. — Wei. cor. Tun usual ioi tmghtly meeting of the Oddfellows was, held on Monday evening, N.G. B>o. R. Smith in the chair. There was A good attendance of members. Quarterly correspondence Mas received and dealt with. The sick yisitors presented their report which showed that two brothers were on the funds. Sick pay to the jvmo-unt of £6 was passed. The NG. intimated that members of the lodge would meet the Foresters in a eribbagc and euchre match on Moudav evem.ig next. After passing £31 q'iaiteilv accounts, the lodge closed in the usual mairior.

Mr E. G. Allen has asked the question '' When the new small aims will bo issued to the "Volunteers m Otago '" The Hon. Minister fot Railways, speaking for the Defence Department, seated that only a limited amount had been obtained and had been distributed amon°st the Volunteers in the North Island. Another lot had been ordered for the Soi t'a Island and he expected them to bo here for distribution some time in November. — Wei. cor.

A Correspondent writes :—: — The fortnightly sale at. Rt Andrews on Fndav last was a very successful one. the number of sheep entered for sale being considerably larger than usual. Over 40 guests sat down to lunch at host Weder<?ll's where a pleasant surprise awaited them, in the shape of a 12-lb. trout, which hod been caught at the close of last fishing season and stood since then in tho freezing works. — On Friday evening at the monthly meeting of the St, Andrews Baud of Hope the Rev. W. Woodward gave hia wellknown Jime-light entertainment entitled " Almost Wrecked." There was a good attendance au&tlie applause was

frequent and hearty. On Saturday evening in response to adveitiseraent the ratepayers of the St. Andiews district assembled in the hall to discuss the water lace question, On the motion of Mr Lyall, it was decided to dispense with the services of the 1 anger and that each ratepayer look after his own poi tion of the race to the satisfaction of the new committee consisting of Messrs Stowell (chair), Lyall, Gallatly, Gobbett and Kennedy. His LoßDsniP Bishop Grimes is at present in Waimate, accompanied by the Rev. Father Foley. He is here for a two fold purpose — to give a short mission and administer confitmation, and to collect funds> for a new Cathedral. On Sunday morning thoio was a eiowded congregation, and before miss he was piesented by an address from the cleig) and people of the 'Wainiate paush, welcoming him back after Ins long absence Irom his diocese, and hoping that lub o 'forts to build a cathedial in Chtistclmrch worthy of the Catholic Cnurch might be crowned with success. In Ins sermon His Lordship said that it \\ as always a gieat pleasure to visit his " model " paii^h, and he trusted that during his shbit «ta y hero he would see the church filled both moimng and evenrag. He also asked the people to biing their notiCatholic friends, pointing out that he would la Ins instruction introduce nothing of a controversial nature. We may add that the adtlt'ess, which is a ■\eiy ai tistic piere of woik, was done b> ona of the Sifters in the Comenfc here.