General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 2, 5 June 1900, Page 2

General News.

— o There a coal famine in Wellington. The hulks in the harbour are nearly empty, and merchants' supplies are so low that orders cannot be filled. The Government have made enquiries as to tha c»st of a cable between New Zeahnd and Australia, and have received full information from the Agent General. The matter will be considered by the Cabinet in a few days. For (hiHren's hacking cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is (id.

At Lak" Till smure o 1 Sunday e»< ing, a v ell kuoir 1 Christcburch i tioneer, i\l? A. E. Gooke, was a< dentally shot by a brother sportsuj named Skilton 1* We remind onr readers of the lecfjj to be delivered by Mr A. W. Baker Wednesday evening in the Oddfelloj Hall, the proo eds of which go to i Indian Famine Relief Fund. A Capetown correspondent t4 "raphiug on April 17th, says: « gentleman just arrived from tl Transvaal assures ma there is not' single gun ram lining at Pi'etoi Fort." — North Otago Times. As an outcome of the Governnie trawler Doto's successful experiment crawling in Blind Bay, a syndicate X been formed in ]tf olsou, and arranj inents are being made to trawl for si market at an early date. On Saturday afternoon the twelj year-old son of Mr R. L. "Wily while riding a horse to water, », j thrown off violently and fracturedl | arm in two places. Tha injured Ha ! was sat by Dr Barclay, and the sufijj i* doing as well as can be expected. On Thursday evening next i the goods left over from the Combiu Bazaar will be sold in the Libu Hall. Everything must be disposal so some bargains may be expects The sale commences at 7 o'clock, « no charge will be made for adtnism Ths Studholme Mounted Rifles hi an enthusiastic parade last evenuij about GO men being on parade Cap Garland and Lieutenants Siudholn and McGowan were in commit Sergeant Majcr Jones being |£ preseir. The dril > Bhowed improi inent from last time, and the eorw evidently going Sq be a success. The effect of the cheap worknm tiokats so far hf.s been to cam complaints that they are not avails at any time. Under the 2-, regm the tickets exp?re every Saturdi; but the old 2a 6d ticket entitled ll holdar to 12 ndas in a fortnight, m it is BU^§e3ted that an inpeovenuj would be 1,0 nuk* the new facial good for six d<iy from issue. The Government are issuing datu) lists of each contingent, with |j namo*, addresses, occupation"^ n-nnes and addresses of next of'h From these returns, it appears li t'to actual number of men who hii sailed fnr Africa is as follows :— Ei Contingent '213, Sejond (including] fcim detachment) 258, Third 25 Fomth 461, Fifth (including reserves and two who sailed in Trojx 584 ; total, 1787. | We have to apologise to the Kef; S. Morrison, who in his capacity secretary to the Ministers' Assooiai wrote us a letter appealing to £ public to attend the lecture on i Transvaal on "Wednesday night, tinj b^nefi* tha Indian Famine Fdj His letter was unavoidably orowi o 't. Among other things, he mentia that one shilling 'will keep life in family of four for a week, and I) boing the oa6e, it surely would noli too much to ask for each of us to do least as much as that. The New Zealand Amateur Athti! Association recognising that it its look to the public eohools for its into athiptae, last evening appoinUdi sub-committee to take st6ps towi i tjuiiiuga Publis Sclioolb Associate to encourage and control athlsla among the boys of the publio school (I i New South Wales the Pot! Sohools Association is a very sucoaH ful institution, and its annual gatlw ings are among the most atlr** lixturei held in Sydney. An Assqsi ti.m -iiinlar lines to that in NewSoai Wales htis aheady been formal I .^ucklpnd, while in the Ashbnrtt t district tbp sfbools have already b*M very successful combined ath!«& : mect'ng. ' Tlie following open letter (sayi B Friend) from Salisbury and Co, I ', Me; siM Kruger and Steya, iv refer® I to the message recently received ft! j the latter firm has attracted too mt f rest in Liverpool mercantilft circle " D( ar sirs, — Your esteemed favor t hand. Our traveller^ Mr Robaftei' in your immediate neighborhood. B w 11 have great pleasure in waiting „« y >v, and if you can make it <* T«nient to meet him our Mr BoM uill give you moie than you Mr Roberts has a Urge and en* Beleesion of ironmongwiy with hi and a very special line in buntiej which has gone very well in Bio* fonteini and whioh he purposes short to show you in Pretoria. We I* ! large orders for the bunting from I parts of the world, and believe it * 1 pive the same satisfaction in 7" neighbourhood that it has given toJ our customers. — Yo irs obedisfli Salisbury and Co." Tte value of many pateut medici" and medical prepaiatious sold olios' te usual run of physicians' prti<3( tion ., has been proved by usag« be too often in inverse ratio to » longtli of the advestismeuti wl» play such a prominent pan in tf* bale. Heavy advertising means ttat,' purchaser pay for paper as well ph? Much more effective than the laog" interview of undibcoverable fo 19 * who have been brought back ft* the grave by inysteiious d«coc»iw is the simple and voluntary ftcknff ledgement of help receiv. d vrbiw grateful patient v?ill pen i i comb l1 * tion of some remedy whio.h htM W Uied with efficacy. The following j instance, is one amoi q many J* letters reoeived by Mr E, G. L» D^ Oamaru, with reference to bi* ***! soted Emulsion i— " Ure I&* Oamaru. December 16tb, 1896 V , Lane, — Dear Sir,— Please giva b«* nay acoount, also another bottle Creasoted Emulsion. It is #* wonderful the differtnee it hasD^ to my sister. She is getting <P, strong and rosy chseked., and3ay*l would take rather take your Emaffi taan those honid iron pills -—^ faithfully, D. M. Johnjstone." 'j For Bramhial Coughs tak« WW Great Peyjjermiat GuiQ. h> Si- |

There is an erroneous impresaion abroad that President Kruger can he seized in Portuguese territory and handed over to the British, or that if he endeavors to eseapejin a foreign vessel, by a British man-of-war. "There is no international law to compel the Portuguese Government to hand President Kroger over to the British, and a British war vessel has no right to tako President Kruger from any Tassel he may ba travelling in. President Kvuger has done nothing that he can be placed on trial for. He has done much he should be placed on trial for, and 3onvicted too, but action would have te be taken by his own -countrymen. The British Governiueut will take bo stpp to prevent his escaping; and if he elects to remain and take the oath of allegiance, we do not suppose that the British Government would think of deporting him If President Kruger into Portuguese temfeoiy with arms in his ■hand he can be disarmed ami interned there till peace is proclaimed. Ths Boer peace emissaries were not interfered with when they journeyed to Delagoa I!av, and Presidont Kruger ie <on tht same footing, so far as international law is concerned.