General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume 29, Issue II, 3 August 1899, Page 2

General News.

Mr G. W. Bussbll has decided t^| contest the Biocarton seat at the Ge'tiarul^l Election. y )4 Thb Cleveland tram strikers cota-'$ pel ruanufaotUfeis and shopkeepers to^ rigidly boycott all riding on 'ttamcawj employing nonunion labour. ' ■ *\

[MotfosohfES.— If there are to be'|i monopolies, said a nierubeiy ' wbil* \ airing a grievance during the passing 'i of the Imprest Supply Bill,, let* -every^ one have a share of them. : $£ cDUtse'i members smiled. — Wei. cor. ' * )K '*" 'J

The itiv.' L. M:isirp,*trlS« l pa f ssbd^ thrptig^i Ashburton pn Mond'ay,i&tated'\ J that although a lew weeks a,gO^ie mh<\6'} up bis mind to refrain' from^ahy-'fian-ij dMatuve fot the Etouse o£ Eeprestinti $ atives, he had since been asked to» t stand for Mastferton, aud Bad left h} f 3ii^i the rMnds of the' 'party to decide C whether he cdftttft serve the interests of tße cause better insiSe oi( outside' the House. . > v " . <■

! ' Civil Service. — In order to clear asway confusion from " the minds of those studying for the senior Civil Ser vice examination for 1900 it 'has 'been. > intimated that tEe period 'of literature i for that exam., is from 1744 to I^oo, and the books to be studied are Stiake- | speare's, Julius Caesar and Thackeray's " Esmond." " For the subse*qu^nt,exarn. in 1901 the period will be from' 1800 tor 1850 and'tbe books', tb^be ! 'studied be Carlyle's Sartor Besar- | tvs and Miltou's Samson Agonistes. — ■ i Wei. cor. '

I 'Gabbling by Chinese. — On Sunday night, nine policy u^der, Chief Detective Grace, raided a Chinese Garablipg den at Auckland.. , liV three/, small rdoms they fotfrid 60 Chinaaaep playing doiriinoes Vi'hd fan tan', i and ' smoking opiuoK they arrested 22 faa^ tan< /players, \jjh'o n sere bandcu'fled iirptos-, ' v and taken/ $6 ( the po'h'ee' station v A lajge ctdwlf J? o'f people" 1 yomih'^'jroni' .church, follbVed. ti The~ prisoners will be charged < wztbyieepiHg,/aa3 'Keing fc/und in a v coinmon'gaunhg' house"/ 1 - A, number- qL.ohin»men "panne dovfjn t& bail ouiwoff thV'StmtfeS, %tft-i&eß<>' refused' to' gi> unless, all vvere bailed!* Two intended leaving, for Sjdnej, eu*

route for China, the, next night, with '» large sum of money. The prisoners (ire chiefly suburban gardeners, who Jcnock down their cheques 'and have to return again in a week qr;two. The police court was crowded with spec tators in the morning, when the prisoners, charged with playing fan tan,, were brought up before Mr T, Hutchin son, S M. Accuser! pleaded guilty, and all were remanded till FrkUv. Bail of jCS each was allowed, and all found bailors The " banker "of the parey escaped by shinning over the paitiiion. It is expected he will be arlesterl

C\PT4iN Allmvn is announced as a candidate for Wellington city at the General Election. Notice has been sent out to about 6000 Wellington electors that (heir names have been strudk off the 101 l for not voting at; the bye election. Am extension of time for a fortnight lms hpen granted to the Marine Commission for the preparation of its report on the recent enquiry. It is expected that the report will be presented to tho House next week.

FiJing a Rector — The Consistory Com 6 ot the Bishopric of Lincoln, .has fined the Rev. Mr Furnfiu, Hector of Ealmg, Lincolnshire, one' third of his income for absenting himself fiom his pan&h to act as musketry instructor to volunteers. , Communication betwoen Wellington snd luckUnd was established by tele phone on Sunday week, and (says the Auckland Star) the Hon. Thomas Thompson held a conversation with one ot his colleagues in the Ministiy. The result of the trial was very satisfactory.

A\ Antidote. — Dr Moncton writes as follows to the Fielding Star: — " It has been discovered that alcohol is an antidote to the injurious effects of carbolic acid. Pour some coriosive liquid carbolic acid into your hand* and if it is afterwards dipped in alcohol the cystic effects are neutralised. If a person drinks some by mistake, a dose of alcohol to follow will -prevent fatal, results, or even serious "irjfury. Thiscannot be too widely made known. All jpologies to the prohibitionists."

'A. vmsting of ministers o>,f religion, Salvation Army officers, and members of temperance organisations was held on Jlouday night at the invitation of the Bishop of Nelson, who presided. ' A rosolution was unanimously agreed to that the meeting affirms the necesdity of abolishing the present licensing ftvstem. It was also resolved to issue circulars asking* the people to vote No Licence or reduction, B and that the Government be asked to appoint scrutmeeis at the next Ideal ootion noil.

To stas'jp collector. — It is not generally fchown that there are stamps used by the Great Barrier Pigeongram Agency, which now carries on a regular pigeon service between the island hnd the mainland. The are triangular in shape, the sixpenny Due being blue, and J;he sfyilliflg^one red. The main feature of 'the' .design is j the^ lepresentation of a ccarrier-pigeo n > the ceutiap of the stamp, the value t>oing placed at one corner, 'and the letters N Z at the others. Round the *dgob are the words " Great ' Barrier i Pigeongram."

i ( Football. — In the match played ftt Sjd.ipy on Monday. England v. Metropolitan Branch 'of the Union, the latter w on by 8 points to 5. The Englishmen protested against one try. The local team played a very rough 'pma and several Englishmen were J'uit. One local player was ordered ■"off the field —The following willi'epreseut the second fifteen against the school and staff at threeo'clock. to-day,: J and, Manchester,. Carpenter, Wilt,'|? 1s Po P c - Samuels, Jackson, JEtobbs, Wen, Goldstone. Wilson, Richards, h-ilgo-ar, Vaik. Bennett. Emergencies -Cooper, Rattray, Kicol, Rogers..

Balcluth v's Mayor.— Mr Thomson, the " censured mayor " of is evidently having a gay tini V.' Hq 1 ' Wdressed a very lively 'meeting /on oatmday ev'eniug to* reply to referencesrohimeclf made by the Rev. Elliott,, v\ eweyau Minister at BatcWtha. After 1 ' na\nia spoken for $,bom 20-jnmutes. We chairman, intimated that he ; wjoul& answer qivsbions. A very small m^u named Heardsmore asked if there were *»*' wore like Mr Thomson in Bal-

chitha. This provoked some discussion and one of the audience asked that Mr Thomson be called to order. This the chairman said he could not do as it was Mr Thomson's meeting and he was paying for the hall. The small man asjain wanted to speak and was a^ked •' Are you chairman, sir. or am I ? This meeting is on some subject, and has nothing to do with prohibition or any sxich d d subject." Finally a trtotion :—": — " That this meeting considers Mr Thomson has not in any way substantiated the charge of " blackballing" made aqamst Mr Elliott," was put and earned, only about a dozen voting for, and none against.

Accident Insuk Bill. — On the motion to go into committee on the Government Accident Insurance Bill, the Premier said that the Workmen's Compensation Bill, which had passed in another place, and the Accident In surance Bill were m sympathy. The Bill was designed to undeitake accident insurance business as a branch of the Government Life Insurance Department. Provision was made for raising a capital of £25,000 by means of debentures. That sum was considered to be amply sufficient for the pmpose. Looking at the policies is sued by some of the companies doing business in the colony they were not worth the paper they were printed on as security to a person insured.' Under the Bill the piemiums would be reduced and all business kept within the colony. — After a stood deal of discussion, favourable and adverse, the House went into committee on the Bill.

Thk only TajTiOr again. — In the course of a bitter attack on the press at Palmerston North, for having published the letter of Mr Thomson, Mayor of Balolutha, Mr T. E. Taylor, M.H.R. charged the newspapers with having lied early, and lied often. He said there was not a sly sneaking thing about Clutha they had not put in their columns. He knew these newspapers. If there was a hot corner in the hereafter, it would be for the newspaper men, who would manage to get into it them&elves. These newspapers, he said, called themselves the organs of public opinion, but they were as mean as any three-card man on a racecourse, The day was coming when these men who sat in their chairs, and perhaps dipped their pens in whisky, and wrote articles that guided decent respectable people, would not have the power they possessed. The day was coming when the people would think for themselves, and not be led by men who had as much cheek as if they Were divided into a thousand persons.

Refund. — Of the Waikakihi purchase money £142 14s 6d was refunded to the Crown on account of shortage in acreage. The repeated performance of the comedy Dandy Dick was fairly well attended last evening. J. Roddick, the South Canterbury wing forward who was injured during the match against Canterbury last Thursday, and who has since been under treatment in a private hospital, is improving rapidly, and will probably be able to return home to-day. The " Church News " states that the total promises to the Christchurch Cathedral completion fund to date are JE5204 7s. The Bishop has been advised that the Rev. J F. Teakle is prppared to canvass at Home, and full information is being sent him:.

Training Ship. — The Hon. Jennings is moving in the Legislative Council for a committee to be appointed for the purpose of considering the advisability of establishing a training ship, in New Zealand waters so that the youths of this colony may have an opportunity of gaining 1 a knowledge of nautical matters. — Wei. cor.

Thb Rev. L. M. Isitt, who U conducting a no-license campaign' 'a't Dunedin, said that in coming down jjn the a train with the Kaikdrai and Wellington footballers he had witnessed a scene pi drunkenness amd blackguardism that was disgi aceful". * Four or five of them were unmistakably under the influence of drink at Studhofine Junction, _, All doubt about the identity of the hatches found near Akaroa Heads has now been set at rest. It was generally

believed at the time the wreckage was found that it had come from the Elginshire, and not fiom the overdue steamer Waikato. Some of the Elginshire's have been recovered, and brought from Timaru to Lyttelton, and a comparison with those found near Akaroa proves that both are from the one steamer. The Waikato ia now o\er a month overdue. , Thb annual meeting' of the Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday e-\ ening, Captain Sinclair in the chair.. There was a good muster of members The election oi oificers resulted as follows :- Captain, J. Sinclair ; lieutenant, A. Cohille; foremen, J. Ansell and C. Wilson ; branchmen, J. Mines and F. Wilce. The annual social was fixed for the end of September. „ •

The Financial 'Statement. — The fhvtncial statement submitted by the Hou. R. J. Seddou, Colonial Treasurer, shows a credit balance for the past year of Railway revenues, showed an increase over the estimate or £95,000; territorial revenue, 800; customs, ; land and ( mcoine tax, £23.500, oidinarv revenue, i-46,800 aud other heads nearly ,£22,000. It is decided to transfer .£450,000 to the Public Works fund. The estimated balance on March 31st 1900, is £28(3,132. The statement, which is \«rv explicit, congratulates the people of the colony on the possession of one of the finest countnos in the world, but urges them not to be led by continued prosperity into public or private extravagance, remembering to lay by something foi a rainy d\y.

Bfnevolbnt Society. — The annual meeting of the Ladies' Benevolent Society was held yesterday ; present, Mesdames Manchester, Adams, Smith, Morrison, Franklin, Gibson, Goldsmith and Sinclair (sec.) Mrs Manchester was voted to the chair. The balance sheet and report \Vere read and adopted. These showed that when the day's accounts were paid a credit of £'0 Os 6d remained in Tiniaru. There was in Waimate Bank a credit of £2$ 13s 2d, but the Society would have to husband its resource's. They thought the item of rent should be paid by the Charitable Aid Board, as alt who were receiving it' were recipients of charitable aid, reducing the Board's expanse. Six applications for relief were received and discussed, but owing to the low state of the funds of the Society it was only able to relieve three of the most urgent cases. The question of asking the South Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to pay the rents ot those requiring charitable ,aid, as it was a great strain on the funds of the society during the year was discussed. It was decided that the Visiting Committtee interview the rnemher of the Board, Mr Nicol, and see what could bo done , in the, matter. Mesdames Manchester and Adams were appointed tisitore for the month. During the year the society has spent the sum of , JEfM 15s 6d on paying rents, firing, and clothing.