General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 105, 6 February 1900, Page 2

General News.

Among those accepted for lhe third contingent is T. W. Kelcher, Hunter. Thb February sitting of the Supreme Court at Timaru commecces today. The Right Eev. Dr Julius and Mrs Julius returned from Sydney by the Monowai on Friday. The Tinaaru ladies Floral Fete in aid of the Patriotic Fund resulted jn the receipt of JGISO. - * The Hon. W. Eolleston and Mrs Eoileston left ,Lyttelton by the Mokoia on Friday for Sydney, en route for England. The cost to, the colony of sending contingents is i>l4oo weekly, representing the difference between the rates of Imperial and Colonial pay. Thb Afeent- General informs the Government that the English , Press Association estimates the amount detailed of the British loss _at 9600. There is nothing new in the war operations, - ' , S , ,At , the Christchurch Chamber of Lomme3?C6 J oaThursday» 4761 old age ! -pensions 1 were paid., The "'total £677 88 4d, tho^ largest, Bum "yet paid on the first day of the month/ | At Court on Monday afterh^bp,^wo Womeavßjddg^t'^iggSjaiidM^bah^ir (br'l^ucra^y^4re^harg^d.Vit^6grai3cy bef orfe.Messrs ,* iSlicol dn&JPefetr/^ijhefqrm'er, -against I " "ihex&l wal l& nutrib>r of :,* previous; convjeMqfili/,waB: 1 WntQ^cedtto three taohtbß;|4;jß^4iton ; -gpal/atfd to'seveld^^elia 1 ' Tiraauu^baU^';; "<X'\% -C^^V-^r- 1 "

It has now been absolutely decided that the Canterbury contingent consist ing of a full company of 106 officers and men shall leave Lyttelton by the Knight Templar on Saturday, Februarary 17th, ' '< Tho following will represent Waimate against Timaru first eleven on -Thursday :— C. Studholme, E. C. Studholme, H Francis, Bradshaw, M. Jones, Thomas, Clapcott, Henderson, Mwin, Hamilton and Fisher. Bmergenoy, Stewart. Thos» who want boots which will ( last through the whole of the New \ Year should go to Ben-y'6. There, prices are fixed to suit the times. Repairs a specialty at Berry's, the shop at the corner of High and Shearman Streets. — Advt. On Thursday night a trooper who, but for a friend, would have been late j for the first post, was getting the worst ' of an efiorfc to beat time as far as the sentry, when a lady cyclist observing hip difficulty, promptly dismounted and lent the toooper her bicycle, with the aid of which he just got home in time. The following men will represent the Waimate Rifle's No. 2 team in a match against Geraldine on Thursday next at Geraldine : — Col. - Sergt. Sanders, Sergt. Mines, Corporal Collett, Privates Hubbard, Dean, O. Nieol, Joyce, Richards, Blake, and Cox, Emergencies — Privates Nelson and Williams. The team leave by Wednesday's express. At the camp of the 3rd contingent, just before breakfast on Friday morning, three of the rejected men took horses from the lines, and gave an* exhibition of barebacked riding 'over< hurdles. They were promptly ordered^ I back to the lines by Captain Lindsay. ( I At Stratford, a well attended I meeting of subscribers to the Patriotic Fund, resolved to devote the money to the More Men Fund. Over 20 men offered their services ; many own horses. It was decided to urge the Government to send 5000 men aß' an j indication of the colonists' wish to bring I the war to a successful and early conclusion. Mr Nisbet, representative of the Westinghouse Brake Company, has been in conoultation with the General I Manager of the New Zealand Bailways j and is now engaged, preparing legal documents for a working agreement j with the Government. It is expected that two years will elapse before the \ whole of the North Island Eailways are fitted with the new- brake. "It is an ill wind, etc." On Tuesday, | amid some amusement, the treasurer of the Knox Church Sunday School remaiked that the banking account had been shifted from the Bank ot New Zealand to the Post Office Savings Ba\'k, as the foimer had intimated that M future the account would be charged for. The result of the change was thai he was able to fahow a new item in the balance sheet, viz., interest received. In connection with the Canterbury War Fund, His Worship the Mayor yesterday "received a letter from the Mayor of Timaru asking him to assist in initiating a movement to pay for the equipment and transport of South Canterbury men selected for the Third j Contingent. It is pointed out that most ot the money collected for that purpose has been raised in North Canterbury. The Mayor has called the Patriotic Fund Committee together for Wednesday evening, when all members are earnestly requested to attend. It is possible that the question of devoting some of the funds, already raised in this district, towards the up keep of some of our men in the I conthtgeut, will be considered. A story was recently told of hotv a miuister tested the efiect of hard times upon his congregation. At the conclusion of one of his sermons, he said : " Will all those who pay then: debts kindly stand up." Instantly, every man, woman and child, with one exception, rose to their feet. The mm- ] ister seated the crowd, and said : "Now will those ' who are not paying their debts staud up." The exception noted, j a careworn, hungry individual, clothed ] in his last summer's ,suit, slowly j assumed a perpendicular 'position, and leaned upon the seat in front of him. j " How is'it, my friend," inquired the minister, " that you alone out of all this congregation, are unable to pay j your debts?"' "I publish a news- ! paper," ho meekly replied,," and my> brethren here, who have just stood up, are my subscribers, and—" " Let us pray 1 " exclaimed the minister. The Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times telegraphs : -Tbera i is some indignation among the Civil i Servants, at a deduction which has been made in their January salaries to meet the sum chargeable to them under the Civil Service Officers' Guarantee^ Act, 1893, on account o£ the declaration of-a Government employee who is now under' conviction for the embezzlement of £1159. The proportion recoverable from the Civil' Servants is j£Boo. The deduction has been made on a computation at -tha rate of fourpence op every .£lOO of the amount for which each officer is guaranteed. It, is some years since any deduction on account of defalcations has been* made, and there are many j officers "who have entered the' service j since then, who were unaware of , the ! existence of the Act, while' others 'had forgotten all about it. Spine of the officials ' complain tKat as they*do not handle any money from year's en<L to year's end, it is mmostt t unfair to tax them with ihe paymenfr'of a proportion^ of.mbney emjjezzled by a fellow- officer.' It is understood that^ several ' protests against the /Reduction, . have? .been : l6dged._; -; '-'.__ * -v*;'; >' V rJ *'- A dbput^atio^;. waited on the Premier •,a£J^n edition his arrival l from^ln,veW t , caygitt to offer .a^ HSljiinediitKe -d?xrem}er >§ lldta "Cabinet , ui^lng had been, held in Southland,

'when the following conclusion had 3 been come .to — That the offer maddl to the Imperial Government was 1»f »^ rough riders contingent of > 2Gty.TtO] 250 men and horses fully equipped; and handed over to the~ Imperial -3 authorities free of cost. That had b'e§n 1 accepted in the warmest and most;,, appreciative cable,' in Nfrhich "'New/ Zealand was thanked for its generosity, j Since then the steamer which was 'to ; take the Australian Contingent , broke i down and the Imperial authorities* had agreed to send a troopship. -H»v- "5" 5 ing done so for Australia, they genet* £ ously offered to transport the Koughj. lUders, but as the offer had been made ; and credit received for giving them free of coßt, it was decided to carry this "out and the Knight Templar with 250 vouerx and 1 250 horses would be sent. 'If \ Otago furnished 50 horses they could ' x •go, and that would b& Otago'e contribution to the third contingent Then J Otago and Southland ' guaranteed -100 j mounted scouts. The men and horses \ would be delivered ou shipboard, after j which the committeo's responsibility ceased. *f he naa+ter of transport; | would be between the Government and | < the Imperial authorities. The Premier J 1 was thanked. |