General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 154, 26 May 1900, Page 2

General News.

We hear that Mr J. Hunt's traction engine was capsized at Shearer's Hill yesterday. ' Thirteen hundred Indians have been employed in the ambulance corps at the front ; of these four have been killed and seven wounded. A public hall at Glenavy is a great necessity and it has been decided to try and get one. With this object in view a strong, committee has been appointed to arrange a fancy dress ball shortly. We have received from Mr Nicol' a sample of the grain called mealies, on which Mafeking garrison subsisted for some time. The grain is something like wheat, onlj without the groove. Mr Nicol intends planting some to see whether it will grow in this climate. His excellency the Governor has received the following communicatioa from the Oclonial Secretary :—": — " Her Majesty commands me to convey to you her thanks to the people of NewZealand for their congratulations on the relief of Mafeking. Her Majesty's Government, rejoices that the feeling at Hm- is bo fully shared by the colony." The Otago Daily Times says that during the last six months about 2509 • head of cattle have been slaughtered and frozen at Burnside, and shipped Home, and the reports from London, are as gratifying as could possibly be wished All the leading London meat firms unite in stating that ft us southern beef is the finest frozen beef that has ever been placed on the London market. It is stated in political circles, says th« Wellington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times, that the Hon. Mr Ward will shortly make an impoitaufc announcement in connection with railway management. Important concessions and improvements are said to be pending, while in certain quarters it is thought that a loan will be mooted. The Minister is also understood to be favoorable to the purchase by the Government of the Manawatu railway. A telegram from Wellington stated that in the course of the Mafeking celebrations there, the Hon. J. G." Ward showed a Boer flag which had been feaken from the enemy by Major Craddock. A private latter from South. Africa shows that Major Craddook took the flag, not from the enemy, but from a friend, Captain Hayh'urst, who captured it in a deserted house. It was a shock to quiet pedestrians on Queen Street last evening to notice a horrible fight between two men who should really have known better. The way in- which they maigled each other is beyond description, and but for timely assistance on the part of some passers-by the smaller man of the two would have come off badly. As it was, his Sunday boot* which he bought at Berry's for 8s 6d, saved him from a fearful death. Berry's is the place for repairs, or for boots of any kind. — Advt. The London Daily Chronicle, asked for certain information as to the pronunciation of certain name» which are just nosy frequently printed, replied : Well, usage is the only criteriou ; and B.P. is usually sailed Bayden Pole by his relatives. Similarly Mafeking is iv South Africa always called Maflfkiog, though the pedant is tempted to ragard it as one of those native words that begin with M, and to pronounce it "'fohking," with a so»-t of hum in front. Zeaiandia's sons have shown such pluck And steadiness when under fire, That more are off to try their luck Against the Boers in war attire. Its my advice that ere they start, Sound health and strength they wilt secure, All coughs and coldg will soon depart On taking Woods' Great Peppermint Cure ) The Nelson corporation official* sought to demonstrat • their joy at the relief of Mafeking by firing some shells from a home made mortar, consisting chiefly of a portion of a gas-lamp pillar. All went well with the first shell, but thereafter an explosion occurred, which sent the makeshift liiortar into " smithereens'" Tha iron was twisted, the wooden framework was shattered into fragments;' »ne m£n, it is said, received a splinter \ in his hand, and another felt a piece < of flying iron pasi unpleasantly olose' to his ear. The Dunedin Evening Star says : For ' th« strange spectacle of Chamberlain and Kruger joining hands and capering round each other in ecstasy over thft news of the relief of Mafeking it would have been necessary to go to Waipori ' The happy tidings reached the O.P Q reef about 1 o'alock on Friday. Nt Jnder, the manager, called the banu* together, told them ,the news, and announced a spell for rejoicings, ' whereupon flags were hoisted, whistlw " blown, guns were fired r and the little gathered under the Union - JtMio sjng " God save the Queen," ] th* ceremony concluding with the ' tableau before mentioned, Chamber- " lain and Kruger being the proper I names of two of the miners, both of ; whom are ardent loyalists. _ For Bronchial Coughs take Woodif " Great Peppermint Cure. Is fid.

;„. t " .? betr. aeotytou &<* . 1-r.alx-. nut. and 'has been p ,,p,iotal with Htiffkino's plague m h « i=s on \iew Pt the Fritz Cycle r * *a iu< "ink Fritz, suitable for a „ '-f'l-u-r to liile. On' Thursday, jDOj D0 \ U -e! 'in eighteen -stone man was S-y k^ 11 * xh ° track ou it# %oi op? ff3fk only, croehat ootten jAVe Pud colored; all shades and ZL r - • special price Is 9d per doz. attrfhn'r -Tonea and Co., Tictoria House.— Ad vt. Sis Worship the Mayor sent the | • 'JnvAn* telegram to Colonel Baden?S on 'Tuesday -.-"People of -Wairoaie. New Zealand, wish to con,vev heartier congratulations to you on noble defence. Mayor." j TTarlv this week the youngest child f Mr Eyan, of Waihao. sustained wh-t might have proved a, very serious 'riant She somehow managed to S h(-v hair caught in the wheels of a Kaffcutlrf, and was whirled round. a nwt of her hair was torn out, her 'lv was slit, and her collarbone broken. c" wasatU-ndedbyDr Barclay, «nd . ;', uW progressing satisfactorily.!, j " "-ilrtC <9 10 dOllbt ' tliaT ' F) ' itZi bic - Vcl^ 3 are Uie best you "can be mounted on. At the sports hel'd-on Queen's Birthday ,&y wire flirf, second third and fanrth in every ra&e eicept first place Ketwo^ile: Why buy imported /machines when you can -get such a SJh "vade machine built , to your own mierm your own district, and.thus support local industry ?-^vt. Ono o^ the 'first letters to reach London from Ladyemith after the JUo bsgan was a aimmutive letter .which was written in the town by a -trooper in the Natal Carbineers and .cudedout by a native runner The Messenger was captured by the Boers "and whilst they were m the^ act of interrogating him he concealed the tmy missive in one of his ™ff*< hu\ us released, was enabled to deliver -it" to the addressee, '• Captain AN. Monteoinery, Magistrate, Natal. Ibe letter is about an iuch and a quarter in length, foldeH, several times over, in ,'order that it •< might be contained within the smallest possible compass. The le"er written by Trooper W. TButoher and published by us has given .many people the impression that "Bob" Goldatone is one of the -members of the Second New Zealand -Contingent who 1 has been ill, but w«. >are pleased to learn that his friends Shave received word that he was 'quite well when he last wrote. He was un.able to accompany the patrol that marched to Kenhardt on account of his •horse being bad. The latest 'letters •from the Second Contingent show that. Hhey >are 'having a very rough time, rbad water "and insufficient food having knocked up a large number of the men, and the horses havevahnost-aU been.m. ,a very bad way. They have been sent lto tire Froe State and Bhould be in •decidedly better quarters. , On Wednesday week (June 6th) "Waimate <will be visited by Mr A. W. -Baker, who has been addressing ■-•some meetings in various centres ,in the colony. Mr Baker is now (or •lately) engaged in a mission to the ;Kaffirs living in the " compounds " of ithe South African diamond mines.: He was formerly a lawyer in Johannesburg. 'Half of his-lectnre will be upon' 'the Transvaal, the war, its causes, etc., : and the other half will' be devoted to tthe" compounds mission.' 1 His leetture has aroused-tnueh 'interest where t •uelivered. On this occasion, His "Worship the Mayor occupy tho iehau", and a collection > will be asked ;for, to be entirely < (with the . exception ,of ' local. expense's -for ha.ll anS adver-, itising) 'to the 'Indian ' Famine Fund. TFurther -information -will be given iiater. 'It is hoped that vwith so good s4Mi object in visw, there will be a' large' ; attendance. The value 6i many patent medicines (and medical preparations sold outsidg the usual run of -physicians' prescriptions, has been proved by usage to 'be too often in inverse ratio to the i length of the adveßtisraenta^ which •play such >a --prominent part in their ■ sale. Heavy advertising raeana tbattthe purchaser pay for paper as well physio. Much more effective than the lengthy -interview of undiscoverable persons who have been brought back from ■■the grave by mysterious decoctions, ■is the simple and voluntary acknowledgement of help received which a•grateful patient veill pen in coramenda-, I tion of some remedy which has been used with efficacy. The f6llowing,.for instance, is one among many such 'letters received by Mr E. Gr. Lane, of 'Oaraaru, with reference to his Crea--soted 'Emulsion :— " Ure street, Oamaru, December 16th, "1396. Me' Xane,— Dear Sir,— Please give bearer ■my account, also another bottle of ■<'reaBoted Emulsion. K> r ia 'really wonderful the difference it has made. >to my -sister .,. -She is getting quite •■strong «and rosy' Cheeked, and says she j •would taker,ather take your Emulsion j 'than those 'horrid iron pills. — Youcs, faithfully, D. If . "Johnston*." '" \\