Football. (By Scrum.)

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 28, 1 August 1899, Page 3

Football. (By Scrum.)

There was no football in Waimate last week owing to the ground being covered with snow. Several footballers however were very prominent in the snowballing contests on Monday, one especially putting in a good day's training. A return match will be played between North and South Canterbury at either Timaru or Temuka later in the season, i South Canterbury play Ellesmere district at Temuka next Saturday, when a good even game should be seen. | The English team are evidently in good form aa they are now winning all their matches. They defeated New South Wales by 11 to 5. There is now very little chance of them playing in New Zealand. Kaikoura, the champion team of, Dunedin journeyed to Christchurch and played Linwood, the champion team of North Canterbury on Saturday last. Linwood won by a try to nil, but owing to the wet ground there was not a good exhibition of football. The team to represent the 2nd fifteen to play against the school on Thursday : — Carpenter, Land, Manchester, Richards, Williams, Samuels (2), Pope, Jackson, Kilgour, Hobbs, Ellen, Cooper, Wilson, Nelson, Bennett, Joyce, Rattray, Valk, Golds ton 6 and Rogers.

Bather a good story is told regarding 1 the effects of the snow in Wwmate. One gentleman who was driving out of town about 11 on Sunday evening came back m a hurry. He had, it is necessary to siy, been at a friends- house, and had a pipe. The smoke got in his throat, and affected his hsad. somewhat. Meeting an acquaintance in the street, he earnestly begged him to come and help him, as., thefe was a man frozen ,to dearth in the 6now. friend wished to call theconstable, but the finder wouldn't wait. Together they drove to the place. The man who had not been smoking saw the poor wretch when about 100 yards Gff,.and turning tut. the other said i a disgusted tones "Why, you blanky fool, it's a snow laan," -Re* ported that finder of the alleged cadaver has deteimined never to smile again. Bat others will. -It is recorded that the profession*! tramp has clean left the Pahiatna district,' And nothing is seen theis of such gentry. Paliiatua ought to pass tha recipe vdUadL

from the mines throughout the colony! the year ending December 31st, 1898,| 907,033 tons being an increase o{\ prerious year of 66,320 tons. The ou{| comprised 538,477 tons of bitumin coal, 86,432 tons of pitch coal, 298, ,tons of brown coal, and 33,738 toni lignite. Mining operations were card on in 177 mines, in connection with wfi 2003 men were employed, the avei output being 453 tons per man. Kefen to the Waihao Forks Lignite Mine, ] mate, the inspector says :—: — ' A in amount of coal being got here is froa open cast pit about a mile and a half the township. The upper portion o(j seam is said to be a good gas prodnS material. From general appearanci am inclined to think that the depoiitil extensive, and that a, shaft sunk on. terrace, near the railway station, shot reach a seam at a reasonable in Having direct communication, a a here could supply Waimate (seven n distant) and the surrounding district fuel at a reasonable price, and willj doubt, be of valne in years' to co Present output is mainly for owner's 1 vate use." Respecting the Elephant mine, the inspeator says : — " A. lifl mine (for private use) has been woii intermittently on the Elephant Hill giiii for several years, but does not appe^ have previously come under the notiej the Mines Depaitment. It is sitiu about 15 miles from Waimate. Agi thick Beam of lignite (similar in appe*m to that of Ngapara) is found in the htt a hill, and headings have been driven] it for a considerable distance. Thesij maintained in very creditable conditi I understand no lignite is lold frons mine. %