General News

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 95, 13 January 1900, Page 2

General News

TttE steamer Claverdon loads 20,( sacks of oats at Oanaaru for Sol , Afiica. " ' The appointments of Colonel 1 and the Hon. Mr Cadman to ] Legislative Council are gazetted. ■ The 'Waimatp County Council tend to start work vtith the new rj grader on Tuesday, 16th inst., a ( Mr Brad&haw's, "Willow bridge, ai p.m. ; Owing to pressure on our space havo been compelled to hold over t \ further lists handed to us for publd tion by the secretary of the Patrio , Fund. The lists, wh'ch bring the to up to £374 2s 2d, will appear in I n^st issue. An accident ( occurred at the si .yesterday. A man named Cursley w tying up a horse when it pulltd ba and the rope caught in the man's li thumb, pulling it almost off. He w taken to the Hospital and amputatii pei formed, < The Dunedin Tragedy.— Tn© he« ing of the charge of wife rourd against Thomas Galloway was pi ceeded with at the Police Court yesti day, but not completed. The eviden was much the same as at the Corona inquest. ', Th 3 ballot for 8000 acres on t Pareora Estate, lately purchased | tho Government for settlement pi poses, will take place at St Andrews March. ||£jj|yßtj Licensing Poix.— Maj 1 gave Pigment on # 'F^^^^^m^,jhe licensing polh OHina*ruV^^Hfe|ate. One grout of the' Ifctilion^Rßfofrthe Be tomb GfjSc& fead not perip^tUy counted t! Totesjivthe lieensrog^Sy, andi&at j polsvas therefore^osctf- The Mag tv&te -upheld this, and declared the ji void. If this inteipjefation is com it will pjobably nuan tL at every \\d sing poll in the colony Tvil] bo upset' petitioned against. No appeal can ] made against the decision. \ Those who want boots which vi last thfough the whole of the Ni Year should go to Berry's. The] prices are fixed to suit the times. 3 pairs a specialty at Berry's, the slij at the comer of High and Sheaimi Streets.— Advt. " i Now that the preserving and jan making season is in full swing call i the Advertises office^ and get ( gummed covers and 50 assoucd Inbe printed and gr.mrnf d, for ojcio nhilln Nothing looks nicer than neatly put I preserves, and it cannot be doa cheaper. In reference to the wishes of Oiat who desired to present horses to tj| Imperial Government, the Premii recently cabled Home to ascertain tb feeling of the authoities, and bl received the following reply : «« Th Secretary of State for War express^ his high appreciation of the offer c horses, the following being the mo Acceptable: broken to ride, tiaim to saddle ; age 6jrs to lOyrs ; heiglij 14-2 to 15 3 ; colour, any other tha white or grey ; passed by a Teterinat surgeon aa practically sound ; unbrok* of no use." * Buyers of prints, canjbiics, or an cotton goods are requested to atten the great after season sale whic starts this day &t Arthur Jones add Co Advt. J In our repori of Tuesday's patriotii demonstration we omitted to state tha there took part in the procession Mi T. M'Ccnnell, who fought through th Maori war, and Mr Batemau, wh fought in the Crimean war. 1 We have to acknowledge a subscrid tion of 10s 6d from Miss Butt for th Patiiotio Fund. ■■] Messrs Guinness and LeCren acl vertise present entries for Friday' Studholme sale, and announce thai there will be no sale to-day. i It is understood that Mr M'Gowari has been offered the vacant portfolio of Minister of Mines, and that he hap accepted it. All ladies', girls', and children*! millinery will be sold at startlinj prices this day at Arthur Jonesan Co. Vwid of season sale, / ~'-\

We were asked by one who had -made inquiries yesterday, to contradict the rumou?: published last issue, that a Boer flag bad been flown at Broad Gully, Waikakahi. The flag was simply one made of odd coloured fragments and fiown as a we'ome to arriving friends. It is also said to have teen simply red, white, and blue. The wot weather is something to be thankful for It will give cyclists an opportunity of having their machines enamelltd and overhauled at tbe Fiitz Cycle TVoikd.— -Advt.