General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 32, 10 August 1899, Page 2

General News.

' /' A Proclamation -has been issued protepting-seagulls of any species. A TifoMAN was arrested and brought beforfl Brisbane Court w«aring a pai? of j33Qieskin pants, ,& blue shirt, a dark tweeq vest; a v blu& serge eoafc, aud a felt hat.

ft emission of r,bnt.— This year's Consolidated Estimates contain, an item,) viz., £% being remission of rent to John Hunt for lot 5, reserve 1126, Waitipno.— Wei. cor. It ;is expected thatr the debate on the Financial Statement will occupy three weekk, and Captain Bussell estimates that po lesd than 70 speeches will be made.. Another case of ' much cry, fittle'woel.' • The ' Fire Brigade held their usual monthly practice on Tuesday evening, Captain Sinclair in command. There was a good 'muster wha went through a ladder and hose* practice. TAjß' Makikihi Band of Hope held its monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, Prudie SimnVoyts occupying the chair. There wa&a good; attendance of members; and a fair, programme, one item of which— a duet by Bob Harris and' B. Brief),- with violin accompanimentsby B. Childs — calls for special men- 1 tion. In closing the lesson, Mr G. Dash announced that on ' Wednesday the 16th ' thex*e would be a no-license meeting for adults, th* Bei. B. Maekfe to be the principal speaker.

Australian 1 Federation. — According to the Puneclin Star, Mr B. Barton, Q.C., one of the leaders of the Federal 1 movement in New South Wales, .writing to a gentleman in Dunedin who ,had congratulated him on the result of the Federal referendum in the Mother Colony, 'says : — " I have your lrind note of congratulation safely to hand, and am glad to know that our New Zealand friends are awakening to the fact that 'their interests, commercial and social, are the intercut* of the rest of Australasia. The resolutions' which' you enclosfed indubitably show that there exists' in Borne quartern a strong Federal spirit. ' My wish is tb&t $hat spirit may so lay hold of New Zesand l th£fc we shall, have her representatives sitting, with 'us »t the

first Federal Parliment. — Edmund Barton."

Football.— The Oatnaru first fifteen plays the Wainiate first in Wainmie on Saturday next at 3p m. The Wstimate team -will be picked from the following :— Aitken,- Berry, Butcher, Carpenter, Cunningham, Ellen, Finn, Flaherty, Glendinning, Goldstone (3V Hobbs, Hayes, Hart, Hurst, Land, Lawlor, Presland, Rattray, Smart, Thoiras and Williams. — The 2nd team to play alt comers to-day are : — Land, Pope. Carpenter, J. Ratfray, Park, L. Thomas, J. and E. Goldstone, Ellen, Hdbbs, Bennett, Butcher, Valk, Hurst' and Kil«o\ir.

Morven. — From our own correspondent we /earn that the bachelors held their social in the school on Friday evening, Owing to the stormy night the previous Friday night, the committe decided to postpone it, and were lucky enough to get an Al night and a largp attendance. Mr Pelvin rendered capital music on his violin. Mr J. Samuels fulfilled the position of M.C. , well, and under his direction the ball was kept rolling till after 4 a.m. Eefresbments in abundance were handed round by the committee. Songs and step-dances were given at intervals, and helped to make a very enjovabla evening. The bachelors seemed to be in the majority. However, as one who was there, I can say that the social was a graat success.

Speaking on the education question, Mr Geo. Fisher contended that the 7th standard is unknown to the law, and the expense of it should no longer be continued but the money devoted to purposes 'more likely to benefit a greater number of children than the comparative few who can aftord to stay a,t school after passing the 6th standard. — Wei. cor. It is understood that the conference of naval officers at Melbourne recommends, that instead of the Australian Gevernments subscribing money for the maintenance of the Auxiliary squadron, they should supply men drawn from the rankii of seamen and fishermen. 1 , Also that warships not in comtnission should be made available for training the men. From a report of the [Railway Committee, presented to the House on Friday? it appears that under the j Crown Suits Act, 1881, those who have claims against the Bailway Department for damages , caused bv sparks from railway engines are barred from taking legal proceedings, unless they first obtain permission of the Crown Law officers. This is considered to be a Very one-sided arrangement. A debate on this matter was postponed, on the suggestion of the Premier, until the return of the Minister of Bailways to Wellington. — Wei. cor. Tk« captain of the Moravian, just arrived at Melbourne from London, states that he kept a sharp look-out for* ' tha missing Waiisato, and kept a, powerful light burning at night. He intended calling at the Croaets, and' waa within thirty miles of them but fogs prevented his. calling. He saw no sight of wreckage. He considers, it not improbable that she was wrecked on the Crozets, and that some of the crew may be awaiting assistance, fife is surprised that the naval authorities at the Cape have not long since explored these islands. ■A novelty was intioduced at * bazaar in Cincinnati on a recent Sattn> day. Several ladies to the number -of some doaens volunteered to submit to be hugged and kissed by any maowho chose to pay fof th» privilege. A tarrif was drawn up : 10 cents for unmarr&d lady, 15 cents for married lady, Afid 25 cents for'wfdow. The men had to be blindfolded. One of the blindfolded men, John Eenolds, paid hie lo cents, and approaching the married woman caught hold of the one right before him and led her out and kissed and hugged her most boisterously, and -evidently enjoyed himself immensely. When the bandage 'was removed from his ey^s. he found that the lady locked in. his. arms wag his wife. Furiously, ,, He demanded his money back, and "this being refused, be sraashed'^bnie of the' ' furniture", kicked dv"er several tables' ofi which goods were displayed for iafc, and behaved like a maniac. Jhenthe police were called in, and it took two of , them to subdua ium. ' ' J ' " \- \ " *-

Mr G. W. Hitts, of Christohurch,found a curiosity in his fowl run on Saturday in the form of a gigantic egg laid by a cross-bred Brahma pullet/ It msasures" 9^in in girth lengthwise, and 7|m around the middle, and weighs 6£oz. Inside was another egg of the ordinary size, and between the' shells of the two were seTen smalt yolks, each about the size of d. sparrow's egg. "Is it wicked to playgolf on Sunday?" This question •is being widely digcussed throughout the .United States. All the public links are now crowded r on Sundays, while the guests at country houses and summer resorts spend the greater part of the Sabbath swigging themashieandbrassie. Church attendance has been decreased to such an extent that clergymen are discussing' the question in the pulpits. The general sentiment appears to be stiougly* againsB Sunday playing, although man/ ministers assert that whose outdoor ie-creatio-ns are limited to Sunday should not be debarred from the game on that; day. The Eev. J. Sator, the rector' of Epiphany Church, Boston, and an. enthusiastic golfer, declares that Sunday'" golf is no more sinful than a Sunday" walk, and equally beneficial. Several other episcopal clergymen tako the same view, but suggest that golfers should' attend church in the morning and play in the afternoon. Here is tha latest' in its particular" line : — At the annual meeting of tho Cromwell Jockey Club, held last week T - Mr Perriaua proposed, and' Mr Holden seconded: 'That the secretary write' to the hotel proprietors requesting thtem to tender for the privilege of having the meetings held at their' - houses, the tuoney paid to go to petty" cash account.' In reference to the si2e of totara ', trees a correspondent of a contemporary writes : — ' A toward tree, supposed^ ° to be the thickest on the Akaroa Peninsula, stood on Dobsons Akar6*' Track, on the saddle between Kairunaand Port Levy. It took 18 steps of an? ' honest yard each to walk around it. The clear stem was about 10ft through^ and about the same in height. It is 40 years since I first saw it, but 12* months ago I failed to find any trace-* of the monster. 1 ' A Qoot> yarn is told ol a Waimate 1 barman. A stranger came to tide' town, and was doing all the pubs. His drink was •' Scotch," arid wheiv, the bottle -was put down he helpad' himself not vrisely, but too well — for the barman's liking. All N went men'y' as a marriage bell till he came to — but* never mind. The barkeeper at thispub watched him help himself, and? then taking a copper from the till h« passed it to the stranger. " "What'sf this,' I only gav6 you sixpence'?" '• Yes, I know," said the barman, " for" an ordinary drink we charge sixpence, but it's only fivepence when you take' it wholesale." Somj& statisticians nave recently taken the trouble to- calculate tb« ■wealth of John D. Reekfeller, the oi} king of America, and the richest,. up an in the world. From his stock ifi the' Standard Oil Trust alone he receivesat the r*t?Q 6i about £S2Q for^ every' hour of the day in the yearv'Tho' value of the stock is 100.000.00GK doli: His other investments? outside 6f ' oil.' bring bim- in an equal sum. Tha t prophecy made some -years 'ago by a' student of American life,- that soon the millionaire inll*be swallowed up* by the billionaire, is* already coining* true. - '*» -