General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 140, 3 May 1900, Page 2

General News.

Messrs W. Brice and iSon, of Christchnrcli, notify that they have all materials for winter games oa sale. Hockey players take note. Three grain graders have been appointed by the Government for Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and Blnff The cost will be borne by shippers. An excited individual rushed into & local hairdresser's shop a few days ago and breathlessly announced that the " caibolie" plague had broken out in Auckland. The Kaikoura Star says that some wreckage was found on the southeastern coast (painted slate), a cabin door (grained), bucket, poop steps, rimu planking (cargo), and a 20ft kauri spar (half finished), with barnacles attached. Although the time for the receipt of applications for Imperial Commissions expired last Friday, they are still coining to hand, but many are informal, the applicants being under or over age. Nothing will be done with them till the Premier returns to Wellington. A country rabbiter writes to the Otago Daily Times, suggesting that tjis hi«h price offered for rats will lead fo th^ir b»iug farmed for the luunicipii market As a means of reducing tlie frtfcs. he sug'jestbd the appointment of in««Y>p<'tois, -no'i officers as are appoiiiuci for r.ibbit^, and the prosecution and (ii'ing of persons who have rats on 'hwr premises. T Tl") F J remu j r 1-f-g a cable from Sii Alh- d Milnar, reporting that Pri\».e G Andersojf of the New Zeal.i.id Mounted Infajftry, died of .enteric te\u fl*. Bljemfonfifein, on April 26th. lid \vrf S ason of Mr William Anderson, Otatara, Southland, and a cousin of Mi Andeison at present iuJWafinate in the employ of Manchester Bros. A rubbish destructor has been erected in Auckland, which seems to be of a very primitive character. According to the Auckland Star, it consists of a flat stone erected about a foot high, measuring some 24ft by 18ft. Rough stones are placed loosely together, aud several flues run from end to end." As the oven is only roughly built, strong currents of air enter by the flues and escape through the roof, a fine draught being maintained. Sawdust and shavings are piled on the roof, and lighted, and the rubbish heaped on the top.

The Waimate Rifles fire the last! match of the season to-day. <vj| " The Absent-Minded Beggar " harlj been traDFlatfd into Maori, and wasjlS at a Maori concert at Greytowa^t in aid of the Patnotic Fund. -M On Thursday evening next, the Bev,*|| A. Fowler will give a lecture on Can-J terbury Cathedral, illustrated bv lime. | light views, and it is bUie to be very | interesting. "^ To-day the Star Cyclirg Club's:* road race, which was postponed last,^ week on account ol the rain, takes * place. From present appeacances '\ the roads will be a little bettor to day > than they were last Thursday The Timaru Borough Council on '• Monday night resolved to discuss, at \ its next meeting, a recommendation "'- that a meeting of ratepayers, to con- ■ sider the ad\ isibility of purchasing the . gasworks, should be called. Bubonic plague has broken out To leave a trail of death no doubt, > A vile, detestable complaint, y O'er which tew medicines have restraint. Now if it were a cough, or cold. Though e'er so deeply taken hold, 3fc ccuJJ be cured with remedy sure, Win. E. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Following the example of New Zea- . land, Queensland has m.idd representations to the authorities at the Cape in - log.ird to the delay in forwarding comumicatious to soldiers. Mr Philip has asked the General Officer commanding at the Cape, to effect au improvement. The Premier has received the following cable from the Agent General : — " The War Office agent at Capetown informs vie the many packages of comforts shipped from home have \ been received by the New Zealand Contingents and highly appreciated." The Premier statts that he will shortly announce a record surplus for the colony notwithstanding the increased amount required for old age penhions, and monej required for spneung away the various New Zealand Contingents. ! Telegrams to a mernbor of any rpgi- ' ment opeiatmg in South Africa niay / i now be sent at the rate of 2s lid per x word. The message to be sent at the J reduced rate must be in plain l.i.igu«»»3 and relate purely to domestic motteis. The address should consist of firstly, name or number or both, of person for whom the telegram is intended; I secondly, regimental name (regiment counted as one word). The Queensland Government hns eibled, asking if New /enUtnd •will join in a contribution for the relief of Ottawa, of say .£10,009 on the basis of population of each colony. The Cabinet id in favour of making a contiibution either direct or jointly as suggested by Queensland. As so many calls have been made on the people individnat'y lately the move/ will probably be taken from the Treasury. To-day, the Waimate Hockey Club hold their opening, and given a fine day a good time should be spent. All arrangements have been made, and 30 players have signified their intention of being present. There will be a large number of sticks on the ground, but the secretary wishes it to be understood that all those "using sticks are expected to become owners of same. Afternoon tea will be provided, and dispensed by several ladies, and all lady friends of members of the club are invited to attend. Play will commence at 3 o'clock shaip. An exhibition of acrobatic tumbling was given involuntarily by a eycli&t m Christchurch on Monday afternoon. A boy, who pushing a handcart ( n which rested a large spring wire mattress, came round the corner of a snle street, and the mattress, becoming displaced, shot out into the roadway. The cyclist, who was tra\elling at' a fairly rapid rate, collided with the mattress, and took a header into it. The spnngb weie sufficiently stro"g to make him bound up into the air, but he again alighted on the mattre6a, the performance causing much amusement amongst those who saw it. At a recent meeting of Land Board, Mr Stevens, M.H.R., and Mr Hogg, M.H.R., made reference to the Government Advances to Seitleis Offico. and exoressed the opinion that it waa not fulfilling its functions. The Superintendent has replied. He defends the office against the charge that it is not lending on g'xd security. He refeis to the instance* mentioned by members of the Land Board, and shows that the actual amounts issued for investment on mortgage during the last ftsw inontbs and the coirospoiiiling months of labt year were : — January, 1900, £58,193 ; 1899, £19,281 ; Fubiuary, 1900. £41,274. IS9O, .£27.345; March, 1900, £83.316. 1899, £26,263 ; April, 1900, £40,470, 18»9, £32,923. Mr Gilruth and the Melbourne doctors who were studying the plague in Sydney, had sume rather amu&ing experiences. When travelling, it was occasionally convenient to make some reference to their connection with the dreaded bacillus. Fur instance, in a crowded train at the Sydney station, the wife one of the experts remarked casually to the passengers that hf-r husband and the husbands of the other ti"o ladies in the cariittge had been for some time past studying the piague. Immediately there was a general exodus, and' the experts had the carriage to themselves. Again at Albury, where the curt customs officials are wont to pry into one's portmanteau, " the plague" acted like a charm, and the experts were allowrd to take their baggage away unexamined. Until the son of a well-to-do merchant fell ill and died of the plague, the scare in Sydney did not become general. Hitherto the disease had been confined to working men and women. The young man referred to worked in his father's office, and as shipping clerk he had to pass through the infected area. He was one of those who refused to be inoculated with the

Tsrophyl actie - "H* 6 case was a particuXjL severe one. There was only time to telephone to his parents statins that it was a supposed case of Blague, and in a short time he was dead The young man had the day befoi'e been the guest at a fashionable wedding, and when his sudden ueath, was announced there was a rush on the part of scores of, : the other guests {for inoculation. Visitors to town to-day will save money by buying their boots, shoes and suppew from Berry's All goods priced at lowest possible prices; Sopers from Is upwards; ladies shoes from 4s lid: men's men's Sunday boots from 8s 6d. Repairs a specialty at Berry'*..— Advt,. On and after to-day, a word rate will be adopted for telegrams to Austria and Tasmania. The rates, I rf -eable to each of the colonies ill "be as follows :— New South Wales sd, Victoria 6d, Queensland M South Australia 6d, Tasmania fid' and Western -Australia 7d per WY& tn each ense mone y or<3er t ple«n.-nms will be charged word rates the°Bame as the foregoing. Urgent t,»le"iaius will be charged treble rates. Prc&s ntcs are unaltered. Telegrams should ha\e a further address than the surname only, unless such name is stated to be registered as a code address. 4n amusing scene was witnessed in Justice Ktktjwich's court the other day. Soon after the judge come m the'ushei was seen miking frantic suMiftls to tho gallery, and it .appeared tlmt be w<is signalling to the unconscious v. carer of an alpine hat to tike it oil, owing to presence of the 77 u ,l«e. At lar.gth the usher managed to .it tract the attention of the wearer of the hat, who got up, and to tho dis»ust of the u^her, -turned out be a lady. N of( pven tne 6ternest crieb of silence could stop the burst of iiriiuuent from benck bar, and «all< j ry. Such intakes are not veiy Uncommon. A well known judge Ins been known to order a negio viUie-s to take off his glove, and a \ery dim inutile barrister was on one ■ occasion sternly ordered to stand up when ho was addressing the court. Two -Japanese training ships — the Hi \ei and lion qo — are on a cruise around the world, and may ha in New Zealand waters erp long. By Litest ad\ices the vessels were at Thursday Inland en route to Sydney. The trip is part of training for high portions of the Japanese naval cadetb on boa.id. The Ron go and Hi yoi ,?ie sister ships of 2220 tons, built i,t Hull vi 1877 and Milfoid in 1878 ie o pectively. Their armament conMstb of three G Cm Krupp guns, six 5 9in guns, and four machine guns. They have no armour against end on tu<?. and armoured deck Both vessels aioniini to a speed of 13 knots, and hd,\ea, complement ot 303 men. The Kon go h.is previously visited Austulia. It may not be generally known, that wlnKt m Wp'.iuigton lecuflv and pi loi to the departure of the J?itth Contingent, the mother of out; of the mctijlK-is of the contingent luung Ir.cd and reared her family ma lemote pare of Westland wheie the pei vice of a clergyman are not ii\\.us maiUble, desired that bur son thoud have the sacred rites of baptism conferred upon him. Mis Seiidon, the wife of the Premier, bung acquainted with the wish of the mother, at once pioceedod to -the camp at Newton, bought out (lie soldier of the Queen, a young ni,.n of 22 years of age, ai.d had the necr-ioary ceremony performed, Mis Soddoii acting as God-mother. At a meeting of the Ghristchurch -Couijcil ot the League'Of Wheelmen on Monday night, the Wellington centie foiw.uded a, letter written by (4. Sutlunlaml to the Wellington Druids' Sports Committee asking for money for apppaitince. and requesting that 4he Council should take action. .It wab Raited -that Sutherland had untten similar letters to other New ZsiUnd sports bodies since his return fiom Aiibtiaha. If this was the case it was, in direct violation of a league lule which states thab sports promoters 'ffliibt not oiler, -or riders demand or 1 accept an j lcing in excess of. the prizes. stattd on the programmes. Reference ■ wns also made to tbe report of the, chief coo'sul of the North Canterbury I ■centre m which strong comments >had; been nude upon Sutherland's riding at,' Leeston on Easter Monday, and as a ■result; of which he .had been called upon co appear before the ' centre and 'show eau-id why he should not be suspended on the charge of violation ■of the appearance mousy rule. It was 'unoninjoubly decided to suspend Sutheilaud until December 3-lst. The fc'iect of this will be -to prevent his representing the colony at Paris, and from racing either in Australia or any other country under the jurisdiction uf the International Cyclists' Association until his teim of suspension expires. Thk proof of the pudding, it is : said, is the eating, but although this is ceitamly the most satisfactory t test I 'to make of the merits of eveti a j 'medicinal, preparation, there must be [ some inducement in such a case to attempt proof positive. What better could there be than the unsolicited testimony of someone who has Weighed the article in the balance, a nd found it not wantiug. Such testimony is being -continually borne J n connection with Mr B. G. Lane's '"•eaboted emulsion. The following an initiation to the pomt :— " 224 Manchester street, Christchurch, Jebruaiy Ist, 1899, To Mr E. G. chemist, Oamaru. Dear sir, — " 1 » >ou kindly forward me by post °ne bottle of your creasoted emulsion, Bf> I find it the best I ever had for c? e children's colds, and it strengthens "Oem so. I have recommended it to m ? toany of my friends. I am yours ' v ery sincerely, M. Porter." — Advt. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' ««e*t are. laid.