General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 99, 23 January 1900, Page 2

General News.

It stated that should his health permit, the Hon. A. J. Cadtnan intends visiting Europe next year. The Premier has decided to retain the portfolio of Defence. The remaining -vacancy ' in the Cabinet will be definitely filled up by to-day. The opening sale of tha Waimrte Saleyarda* Company promises to be a verj good one. So far 6500 sheep have entered and before the sale many more will be down. Everything points to a large gathering of interested persons. The output from the Westport Coal Company's for last year was ;327 t 932 tons, an increase of 47,812 tonß on the output of 1898. Th^ Customs revenue colleected at the port of Auckland for the year J. 899 is just -over half-a-million, the average increase having been about .£lOOO a month ,on the previous year. This is independent . of , the beer duty. The excise beer duty for the year was nearly j£2oo short of * the. previous year's return. A boy in America swallowed a steel nail. By means of the X-ray It _waa located behind the breastbone. As it could not be removed by an 'operation, the nail was drawn up by a magnet inserted in the throat.

■Thb second contingent departed by ■TWaiwera on Saturday amidst great Khusiaem. . The proceedings were Rilar to those adopted at the Erst Ktiugont's departure, ft -•CONBIGNMBNT of about seven Kared Virginian quail was received W the Maripoea, -which arrived at Kdkland from San Francisco on Bmrsday. m, good idba In the way of asphaltWk is being put into practice on the Broads biLyttelton To asphalt X whole road would make things too Kperyfor the horses, and the surEr has devised the happy expedient Ksphalting both Bides of the road, Heaving the middle with a roughX surface for the horses.-Lyttelton Res M*je«;ty'B ship Ganges, which X, built at Bombay 80 years ago, and ■one of the few lemaining feprese"Hives of the •• wooclen walls of LingEd has arrived at Harwich to enter Ha new term of service as a training ■Thb Taranaki Herald says that the Bw Moturoa bore is no* 1220 ft deep, it no oil or gas has been met with, ough it is only 200 yds from tne bore which both were found in quantity 916 ft The manager hopes to ccnlue boring until the end of the papa • oil level, struck in ihe other bore at )O ut 2000 ft. Representations having been made the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, helms jceded to the request to send an cttert to examine the Claremont disict, South Canteibury, in respect to ie repoited discovery there of the [essian fly. (Those who want boots which will ißt through the whole of the New ear should go to Berry s. There, ■rices are fixed to suit the times. Be,airs a specialty at Berry's, the shop t the corner of High and Shearman Streets.— Advt. On Thursday a party of ten guns io<i a very succebsful shag-shooting ixpedition in the steam launch Canter)U ry. Th«y lay in Double Bay, on the feast "side of Port Levy, and in about two hours and a half killed over six hundred of the fish- destroying buds.— Lyttelton Times. On Thursday evening the Rev. G. Barclay will deliver a lecture m the Oddfellow's Hall on •• The War in the Transvaal. Who is Right, ana who is Wrong." Judging by the knowledge of his subject displayed by the reverend gentleman at the patriotic meeting held here, the lecture will be of extreme interest. There will be no collection taken up. ' The "unboat Ringdove visited the Timaru roadstead on Friday. In the morning she lay off the coast a few miles within sight of the shore, and had a couple of hours target practice. She then steamed into tbs loatlsteacl and anchored for the afternoon about a mile from shore, sending ashore with mails. She left again in the evening. The boat passed Makikihi late m the evening, and was apparently practising ■with the search light, which was thrown tali along the shore. Captain Clark, the Lyttelton harbour master lett by the Monowai for Australia in order to meet and take charge of the Harbour Board's dredge Manchester, which iyill sail from Singapore this week. Captain GlarK will meet the dredge at either Brisbane or Thursday Island, according to the time at his disposal. A few days ago, railway men aj "A'.hbnrfcon suggested that a contingent of railway employees should be sent to South Africa. The Hon. J. G-. Ward communicated with the Cape authorities respecting the psoposal, and a reply v-a« received 1 that it was probable that men would be required. The New Zi-ob-id Railway department then issued a ( nculai asking for the names oi those willing to go. A large numpei of applications for service have been received, but nothing further can be done until later information has been received from the Cape. Fob prints, cambric, and all cotton come to Arthur Jones arid Go's great end of season sale. — Advt. Me G. Hogbbn has received a letter from Profesor Geiland, of Straaburg, asking him to become a member of the International Seismological Commission, the object of which is to secure uniform observations of earthquake phenomena all over the world The fund raised from Dunedin in connection with the case of Alexi Arinit, the footballer, who died from injuries received on the field, totalled £587 12s lOd. The amount available for the object was -£585 0s 4d, which has been handed over in bulk to the mother of the de'eeased. The journal of the Department o* Xabour of January 15 has the following in regard to Waimate. — Building iraJes, good; several new buildings going up. Boot and clothing trades, fairly good ; all hands fully employed. Retail trade (general), good. Miscellaneous: The season has been very wet for shearing, which is late this season. Unskilled labour': No application for employment during the month. About a hundred and seventy lads and girls employed strawberry picking, and a good many tons have been sent to Ohnstchurch, Dunediu, and other centres. This has beoorne a most thriv•ing industry. The river weed which has proved such a pest in the Avon was introduced into Victoria Lake, near Christchurch, some time ago by mischievous'persons, has now spread in the bed of the Jake to such an extent that it threatens to completely choke up the whole area. In some place's where there was formerly a' depth of sft, model yachts, with a draught of- 6ih, are constantly being stranded. The Berlin " Kreuz Zeitung " says th«t in the spring of last year two German sailing vessels from Elsfleth, Oldenburg, of about 1300 tons register, landed, one at East London and the other at Durban, what purported to b e

a consignment of hardware. This hardware wae forwarded to Bloenifon- ■ fontein and Pretoria, and about the' same time the German, steamer Bundestag landed a similar cargo. The hardware in all three cases was car tridges. They were not made in • Germany, but came from England. At first the Transvaal Government had negotiated with a large German firm, but cancelled the bargain because it had been oftered better terms from England. The " Kruez Zeitnng " goes on to assert that the English firm was Kynoeh and Co., its head being Mr Chamberlain's brother. Montgomery's Kinematogkaph and Concert Company. —Mr Edmund Montgomery Has evidently hit the popular taste, judging from the reports in our exchanges from several places which state it to be "the best entertainment given here. Comic songs and sketches, Kinematograph scenes of thrilling interest, songs illustrated, living pictures follow each other in rapid succession." Mr Hall is spoken of as being able to hold his own on any stage in the colony. His make-up could not be excelled, and the most exacting could not cavill at a single item. Mr Montgomery and Company give public satisfaction, which is m^re than can be said-of a large per centage of theatrical companies. Another paper quotes : " It was one of the most complete and enjoyable entertainments the public has had, and the audience was not slow to recognisa the genuineness of the whole performance, and crowded lound at the close, requesting a return visit." Bona-fide testimonials.