General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 134, 19 April 1900, Page 2

General News.

Those in want of situations are invited to look at the notices from the Advektiseii Labour Buieau in another column. We have received a copy of the annual report of the Canterbury Agricultural College which we will condense and publish next issue. The college has had a most successful year. Owing to increased business Messrs Kirkland and Co. announce that they will stay in Waimate on Thuisdays till 5. 15 instead of 3 p.m. as formerly. Spumous koverigns are in circulation in Dunedin. A gilded fartiuug ot j George IV., which has been passed as a sovereign, has been shown to the Otago Daily Times. A TKkKGHAM from Auckland states that the Governor has practically concluded negotiations for a residence in D .nedin during November, December and the first two months of next yeai. Mibb Nokih Gilkisoh litis commenced business in Dunedin u,s a sbuiebiuker, and is the -first lady to undeitnke that line of business there. She intends to confine her business to lady clients, and as a considerable number of the softer sex have been dabbling in shares," she will probably be well supported. According to the Southern Standard, the frozen rabbit industry is assuming immense proportions in that district. The rabbits carried by the Waimea train from Balfour and Eiversdale number 2000 to 3000 respectively. Other country stations are kept proportionately busy, and when the season is in full swing it is expected that the output * will far eclipse last year's. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d.

A dividend in a country bankrupt's estate at Goie amounted to five-eights of a farthing in the £. This means that a creditor ijr^he estate for £100 would receive a iifffe under Is 4d as his dividend. At the Temuka sports "on Easter Monday, the Fntz Cycle again proved itself to bean excellent wheel, winning a first and a second prize. This shows that these machines are equal to any ever placed on the market, as the times were very fast. At the meeting of the High School Board on Tuesday evening, the chairman stated that the board's income J"st year was £279 andHhe expenses f212 This is veiy gratifying considering the penerous way in which the board has subsidised anything that was for the good of the school. A -iouxo fellow, charged befoie a Melbourne police ma^istiate for having stolen pigeons, indignantly repudiated the woid " bteaV and informed the court that be only " commanded ed the blooming things." He v.as cautioned against the application of maitial law. Txraidea of laying a cabJe to the East Cape lighthouse has been abindoncd as the bottom is too iocky and the tide veiy stiong. The Depaitment thinks Marconi's appaiatus may be useiul for communicating with such places as lighthouses, but so far have been unabl c to get any. The first question asked by the passeng era by the s.s. Waikaie on anival at Otago Heads was " Has Mafeking been relieved ?" The second question, " Are we to be quaiantined^?" This is lecoided by the Otogo Daily Times as a tiiumph of patiiotisui over selfinterest. A melting of the Works Committee of the Boiough Council is convened foz Fiiday at 3 p.m., to repoit on woiks leqmred oi the ensuing year. This will be a good opportunity for anyone having suggestions to make or woiks they think lequire doing in their localities. The Hampden correspondent of the Palraerbton Times wiiteg : — Visitors to Moeiaki will be smpiised to see the quantities of fish brought in daily— of I i ourse, if the weather ppimit — there being foity boats employed in the industry. Theiefoie, laige quantities aie railed to various rnaikefcs, including Australia. Sydney last month took two hundred cases of blue cod, which appears to be the best marketable fish. Each case weighs 801bs. News has been received to the effect that H. Hill, a son of Mr H. P. Hill, of Chnstehurch, was wounded nad taken prisoner by the Boers during Febiuaiy. On ai living at Capetown Hill enlisted in Kitchener's Hoise, and oit the day after leaching the front he was captuied. Mi Hill wiote that he was being well cared for and that his wound was healing rapidly. i" Thk Otago Acclimatisation Society received on Thuisday evening eight plovers or peewits, c* Gothic, fiom London They will be hbeiated after the holidays, says the " Otago Daily Times." To show the difficulty of importing these birds, it may be stated that fifty weie secured for the Society and taken to London, but of these eight aie all that have come to hand. The Government have been informed by the New Zealand Produce Commissioner in London that strong exception has been taken to the condition of some sheep which were placed in the Smithfield market branded evidently with an ink stamp. Mr Cameron says he was told that in many instances the branding was completely botched, with the lesult that when the carcases thawed the ink ran and disfigured the meat. Mr Cameron is still of opinion that it is unlikely that a better brand than the one invented by Mr Brown, inspector of the Gear Meat Company's shops, will be discoveied. He adds that stamping on the brand with ink has often been tried before, and has never been successful. The many friends of Mr and Mrs J. Bird, of Painstown, will be sorry to hear the sad news which came to hand last mail. We lefer to the death of their eldest son, Charles, which occurred in | America seven weeks ago. About thiee years ago, the young man made up his mind to see the world, and took to seafaring life. During thit time, he visited almost every coustry in Euiope, and had maJe several trips to Ameuca. It was while on one of the last of these that he was taken 111, and was taken to St. | Joseph's Hospital, Savannah, Georgia. At the end of five days he died. He never | revisited New Zealand after leaving it, but sent many interesting letters. Having known deceased at school and after, we can quite understand how deeply his loss is felt by his family, for whom much sympathy is felt. Yesterday, the annual picnic of the Sunday School scholars of St. Augustine's Church was held. The wet state of Knottingly Park prevented its being held there, so the drill shed was called into requisition. About 150 children and a large number of paronts assembled, and as the weather kept fine an enjoyable day was spent. In the evening a dance was held in the schoolroom, when about 60 couples were present. Mesdaixies Wiugfield, I Gibson and Mathias supplied excellent music, and a pleasant gathering broke up at midnight. 1 Visitors to town to-day will save money by buying their boots, shoes and slippers fiom Berry's. All goods marked at lowest possible prices ; slippers from Is upwards ; ladies' shoes from 4s lid ; men's men's Sunday boots from 8s 6d. Repairs a specialty at Berry's. — Advi Zealandia's tons have Bhown such pluck And steadiness whpn under fire, That nioi-e ar^ off to try their luck Against tho Boers in war attire. } It's my advice that ere they start, Sound health and strength they will secure, All coughs and colds will soon depart On caking Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.