THURSDAY, FEB. 1, 1900.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 103, 1 February 1900, Page 2

THURSDAY, FEB. 1, 1900.

We me sony to hear that Mr G. ' Moiton, Waihao, is Feiionsiy ill. Wnrx all monies promised to the 1 at liolie Fun'l. me paid, the total will be upwards of £530. Ou'j u,n l.m h is hrpn aprrinted acting artirtta *• r f ho anrPanrl wlvntpei district. H> left for M-uk'ind vr=leiclfly. ( ne bundled and two Anrk'and mm men ha\e lo'unfreicd loi Iho livid con1 indent. J'lchteen of these will picnit'e tliuj ( wu noises. Twf 'nsnectoi rt' Factories has repislei ed 18 factones in W.umate up to vestei f'tu .i noon. Theit aie 20 i.u.U iier> in Waitrate a'togethei. A Homi: for dpst.fufe incurables, fciiiuVd Iv Mothoi TVTaiV A il.i'ir w"■ ope' ed in Uu<Ue Fticef. Wei mglon on t- umlav b\ Aichbishop I led woo I. At the Kno\ Climoh °nrrn<il mppfinp it wa? intimated that an unknown don<n , had-gm n the Pun Jny School the amonn' , stolen Horn the mission box some tune kick. I At n meeting of the Canterhniy College Bnaid ofGoveinois on Monday the qupstion of the establishment of a chan of Cental Science was nfened to the College and Finance Committees, with powei to act. "TLicrinc Ik.himo — At a mprt'nt' of the Chiiotchmch Cit% Council on Monil.iv befoie gum» the Gas com pa m a se\en \tais 1 leneual, -ischsmoms took place a<ro the adu^ibihty of lighting the tiiy b\ epi tin it\ , but a lvoiinn to postpone the iiuU.tei was lost and the lenewa! gi anted A i! n o> ah wasiocened in Wannateot. iiesd.ij nu'l t th it all the YVannale men, vho went t<i Cliusuhuich "on ti\a" foy tho thud Contingent liad been accpfed I'l'o-e who went fiom lieie aie : I3u^ ci Jackson, Me'-sis O'l'ai'ell, ( ainpl'ell, Waid, AI tiijio, Coopei, nnd G'entlinning Yesteulav wes an p\tieiiiely hot day. peihi'ps iho hotti bfc this summer 'J'he whole town was m a ~tale of pci^puation Ho\\e\er. it iiiiins-hed a topic of coinei'-a tion loi tho^p who could summon t^e enoi^'v. 'J he ciops all lonnd ,ue npening with f^ieat lripidify K\pi>tlnng point- to a bountiful h<n vest, although a somewh.u ale one r Jnr, Pipmici' and the Minister o^ ducation left, luifjon tin Jiucr ca'aill on Tues.il.vs aheinonn to .lttend the banquet lo tlie lion J G Waid on ■*Vi diH"-da\ ,3 1 <- 1 , ail fhu Mi n 'is o\fe]n il'f Uon J \l'(m' in, wi'l be D (sent a^ ss till as membcis ol i.i u iinent fi.jiu \anous p.uls (if the co'o'ia. The yaiueuiip w nl be the l,n^c>t oi tne kaul e\ei held in InveiCcUyill* I Cuni cv Mom y. —As show ing popu'ant\ of the thieepennv piece a-.chuuh monej. the Ilev W. A l iiiclmii nieiitioned m the Ganison Hall, Dunenm, on Suixl.u e\enniK, <-a>s the " 'itago Daily r J iinet.," tlntt •m analj«is of the collection rf theSundav e\^nniß hcfoie showed 1 hot theie \\e>p i''s'2 thieenenny pieces. l!) 0 sixpences. 10s coppeis, 30 shil iihjs, 1 haliciown, and 2 j fiuiins oi a total of 1003 coins. | A Pi«a>gh Fmi.— Mi J M. lUpiedith has sent to the Masteiton Wu«oum the head of a ve>y laic ft-^h (sa\s the Wanajapa "'limes"). 'J he most noticeable chaiao f en tic is the veiy fjieaf; length ot the teeth Mi Mfifdith sa\s the fish was about five ket k ntr, Its bodj bein?,' lonnd, something like nn eel, only that it was translucent, sho\ incj its infernal oij.'aiiisin inipeifcef'y. On its back it had ii im about a foot hieli ol a clcai blue coloui, and as fine as |>.ipeiAm Oamaiu <ithpi man had a pecuHai e\pei'ercciu the \\ -iiKiKi nver last week white hblnnß. He leached foiwaid to udit a fish/ he had hooked, when the bank <ja\p wav, and he was piecimtafed into a swilling poo! about 12lt deep Be w.is wiis duiwn to the bottom of tne pool, and \>hen he ie-a|)) eaied on the mi i face he was being swnled lound, but, he ;'g'iin galled his fish and the ne\t infant was thiown up against the ba t, and nianagod by a uuiacle lo'get out of tie watei. He cannot unJeisland his escape fiom diowmng. — Noith Otago Tunes. Thurr would "-eem (sivs the New Zealand Times) to he a pletboia of un. employ eel in the leaching piofeswons, oi a laige number ol teacheis aie ambitious jto impio\e their piesent; status. 'I he Wellington Fducjition lioaid has lecened I the fo 'owing iipplnaficns for each of the vacancies in the undei-meiitioued sc hoola. Fol the head masteiship of the Island Bay (School, salaiy £200, there aie 5! applicants; head leather at ftiagaonp salary £^00, 16; assistant at Johnson ville, =a!ary, £80. 20; a^-sisiant at Mount Cook 150-\s', salai v JCIOO 9 ; teachei at i^'angamatre, salary ±00, 8; pupil teacher at Criiferton, £20, 11; do at 1 ongaroa, £20, 2. The peop'e of Lvt'elton appear full^ alive to the nccesfitv foi liming an im" posing faiewell ttemonstiaiion at the' depaUme ot the thud contingent, of I which the ('a..tpibniy 'Jioop will ttjim so j iaigea pait, nnd iin«ngemcnts aie alien dy in hand concerning the mattei. It is telt iliHt if a poition of the demonstiation takes place in Chii-tchuich and another lh Lyttelton on the occasion of the actual depaituie both Junctions aie likely to sutfei, wheicas if the whole of the'pioceedings Hieconfined to the actual " send off," the city joining in canning out the details, a demonstiation wonhy of the occasion might easily be airanged. Thk Pumif-r has expressed the opinion, that it is a mistake to send money to England that is being subscribed to the J/ntriotic Fund. He thinks the colony should keep the contiol of it in its own 1 ands, and co have a lot of trouble in the future. Bes-ities, he points out that the allowance thought urn pie at lirme is in adequate in New Zealand. He lavouis ,p acingthe whole of the --übi-eijp'jons in a crmmon trust, und then settling how much should be sent to .England and bow much retained iieie. He also desires

t->f ee r^oic mus-cs sei.f, a<3 tho six who r-suepoieme q'ljfe inadequate to look after New Zealand's GCO or 700 men, CoNSTABtrs Ttan and Caf3<=idy. of fch-at-ford, Constable Kidd, of Wangantri, raided tho 'premises of P. J White, \\ hnngnmoroona fit 5 a. m on Fnnday, and seized fonv dczm bottles of beer, fo'nr drzpn bottles of porter, eight bottles of whu-k^ nnd a two pallon demijohn of wbjefcv. Seven informations of sly-grog Fellinp have been laid against Yvhite, who is proprietor of one of the lines of coaches mnning from Stratford to Whtvnga nwrnonu. 'ihe cases will be heard on Feb C. The police accomplished a emait oeifoimance, leaving Stiatford 8 30pm | on Paluidav, and letmning at 5 p.m or Sunday. White's place is fifty miles ■ icm Shatford by the east loute. Titr ol I workings at the Cardifl Coal Mine, Seddonville Westpoit, aie on h'le. f-tiong effoits aie being made t> 1 -nbdiie the outbieak, which it is piesunie< ! cine to spontaneous combustioi r iti!e fui ther information concerning th« ! fiie in the Ciudiff mine is nvai'able. Mi i Dixon, mannrrer for the West port Coa I Company at G-ianity, is fupennlendinp 'he aiianperrents and hopes to pet <1 < I hie under in ai£?wda\s. At piesent six \ 'ten men me encoded but they rue ])ie \erted Hppinap)iin« the eppne ot the fii' •Inn. ph impuip nil, nnd fnnb wnl ha\e t ! c used to enable them to make head way Whiting to the Piemiev, Major Pobu coniimis Iho stalduent as to the stnprinp of tmifmms of In Ht-s imMons and oiliCfih ca'nmp caibmtp. T veivihiup; hiipht ih pninffd Lbnikhi, and hn\ei=Hcli«3 me d\(r! Incwn Alihouah thprt* i« p«n»e sk lvne^ InniotiK the hnisec, the Kpw Zealnndeis had 230 a^fllJ<^h l e, and other ccips had lo^t nioi e lienvil\. They hati some tunl>]e with ihe saodles and ihe loot's wne not good and =onie \ve\e worn out ,i I) ends. Mhjoi L'ohin mentions the blvflihood of tlie New Ze»lnndeis ha%in« to got helmets, owing to the comma's hemp; mistaken foi (he enemy. He speaks highly ot the woik done hy .Sei^eant Blnjoi l^opei"? and the si'-pennts, also by (he slioi inp smiths. Ihe latter aie now shooing mule teams. Tnn new TMni tini J' n field cai bines which weie heived out to the thud contingent on Tuesday moinmp, aie (cays( c ays tl'e Lyttelton Tiitps; pietty and beautifully balanced weapons, each weighing between 81b and ■ 7ib. 'J Key are sighted up to 2000vds nnd as they aie used with a fixed sight up to f)Oo>ds, it follows that they have lavm flat tiojectoi j. 'J he boie is .-303, and the loie sjolit js so flanked asto foim a natuial sight pi oteotoi ; coidite caitndges will be u^-ed, iiud this means caieinl cleaning nftei filing The pouches liold foity lounds ol ammunition and aie madron the com'citm.i u ittoin, that, is, the pouch bwelis a 3 \t is tilled and contiac ts as it is emptied. 'I he weight ol the ponchos is bone ulioily on ihe shouhleiF, thuijlen\ins the chest entni'ly fieis A ]\g)'t but stion<> iwoid bayonet, about 1 Bin in length, compiftes tins p.ut. of the nntfit. 'I heie aie now 115 nu-n in camp. Mitjoi Jowspv mined fioni 'iimaiu b the oxyiess on Tuestiay.