General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 14, 3 July 1900, Page 3

General News.

, X)Mr T, M&ckeuzta will b« * candidate ' for ib« Waiheuao wat in the Hotfse of R«p?Ba?ntativ««. Rewrvayour purchases for Arthur Jones e-U'J bo's. Sal« vrhieh starts next Baftuidfty July 7ih,-rAdrt. Colossi lUbia has cabled tb the Commaudar of the farces that the New ZwUad Hotahkisa b»ttery has baan contorted into Mounted Infantry. * Twenty ■ ona Javenile Foresters toraed up to ih« quarterly meeting of , the Lodgs laat evening. . -Houtlne business was transacted, receipts '■ pit ,'the evSoiag being £5 Ua 6d, aoooanto" ' lot passed. , „ i v 'Me S. "Peroy Smith on Saturday complotyd tiie ter»xr which entitles him to tstira on a p9neiou frum thd positioa ol Surveyor Gonera\.&nd Se«r«tary for <}rc«vni Laads, »ft«r a pariod oln&avioa teteadiug o?er iozty-£v« yeara. It is an i^tweettag f|et e th&t"ih© Aptarieajj* eycie Kie.ke}r3-'t ha? 6 " be«n Btsadiiy inareftttog feha v?eigfee"of ihoii 1 ciXchiaeg for yaara pa»t, 4ad"feaoheacft . nothing* no^ of Jdalihbi'-w.ei^hi which &s?* ab gilsl&eS *l%b6 tisf>»: ' A .weir-inf^&ed joadoat wrltse few |,he War Offtcw ja»tn*Jwfii2a3 ifer.olf in possession^* :,|u^teu«i-h&y oJkll lSfr&^*lMt,liihSß -*'*%y ia South Africa -o?, already, *< boaght to last juniii ti»* >A,dtunaß>%Jßo*'»at i« tKJwo Wd stvtieiea of , foziiga -; there will be no- mora leiaand;'in \ ,au«tralia fo? & i oa q tiaia to eota»< v ' r^*?!S ebowtog theanortaoairiai|'ortktiee :«I .the aiock-breedusg* brwaahea of ' f lsS^ t0 Ns7 ' r Sealsoja,ilri»ie«n^ by, i 5 »tt« offioial statistics th»t 6i l lidi'ywi'» totalling wool' i and frozaa meat auiounta^ t6" v na;lesr £7,000,000, or tobw rthaS^hfttf;; s«id if to thia a,r 9 tfsd«d--taUo'if I %hid:©s7 r,Dtttt?r aad eheaso, theys'wottld^icSpliy-! (Mnttwo'thirds of the.^to^'eippHis^ r ,t.AoM« of traucieJa^Mpir^lif^fe/ r»M a Maori lad named ~leaSd*,Buiit]p #w ? as iw tUonght):;^s*|plM ,momw Ha had cbaW'SlU^ife^? X b «*oc fur hia i^rammmz

[ Wo are requested! to notify that the jale-of fche y«ac will b« that which jammenoss.ftt Ararat' Jones *od Go's, aexfc Saturday jjfojy Tih^Aivt. w j* The tournament ajtthtfftew Zealand -Bowling Association mil be this ye« a«M fouhriatchVrtb. - An is ,i 3 jubilea ywir, It is probable that the totmwimettt will be heldgarUerthan February, the month OTdinarily chosen. - t Death-de»ling.andf deitrttotire L^ddit© Forms p«fc of modern soldier*' art. Not.as of •& when n«ble warriors fell, Lwd-r«dely loxrby spew or dart. 'Set wa*!» degrading to the human raeo,-And"*ill-3aot make our, lives seejure, " Though, one tian now aU,diHy weather By taking Woods' Great Peppermint *? - <3a?«. . .-- -~ 4 ' The following atatsmsni shows tha smoani Customs ddties at th« port; of Lyttsltoa daring the week that on' Friday : — SgicUs £1568 15s fid ; olg'&r's, etc., £16$ 6-; 4d tobttcooj £869 4s6i;' wfne-jSl2$ Os 10d ; beer, JgB;i;ea, JJ123, 165 i ooffeb, eto , 2« ; sugar, etc.» *glB9 5sT; Woij/hs, :^397 Os 8d ; ad yalos&fn,' SB3lBB 9« OU ; other. duties, J8233, Hi 4d ; total,' for feb© week, £5804 10*8 cL ' J * ( ' ' Ataoufe 11.15 p.ni, W Sgndtey sstght, Miss "MdOorm^ok diaf over«d t #. fire in aui local oont?mpos»ry'a,i?bfi^^i^ flii4,j awakened Mr D. A:,l!uck|iigjh»jn »rho ' •■each«d fch« - firo^ Mfore lt"h*d done touch daruago, a'ad' - tkan*g«a jo wxSingsiiah it. \ A fo* nifnu*^* tnoro -,nd fclie firs would" hsve beftn b*youd i v^ntrol, as-it had almost Eas-c-had oaormoijff pHo af loose papef. " A h«»a**v ; aont&-WoBt mod was blowings and had '< th© office burned, nothing could havo saved Jth9 adjoiuing phops. i " The womea teaohers of Southland met ou Baturday and «igncd a patitl'tn i to th« Kinisfeer pt JEd«catioa, praying fir equal pay for squfti york, as conrpared with m*i« teacliesa, c.ad elegibloneas for all positions In the aduoation service. Among th© artoaoaliba c«iforred to was the fact that wcnsea toAeher3 of couatry-echoola got 10 par cant less : than , a man, although she tea«h«3 sewing, while tha baards pay sewing n3istr«M whore a m»n >• in charge ; also tha* mistresses of large schools, while raakftig next to the headmaster, got the pay of "a fifth asaiatant, A slight outbreak .©I anthrax has occurred at' Wattaro, Three costs died -snctdealy under circutaatimeeg which warrratsd thd paatter ' being reporio4->%. iho atook tnspeetor« &thn mad* EniAvegfigAiion, aad unheoitafctagly, diagnosed iho symptoms j as tho^o of anihrai. One of th«-c*roasftB had pre^iomly bsen carried away by Nativ#s, liring tar^e -TleiaitV. Tbs flesh Has givvm to' the pigs and dogs, •^vdrai of which at onoa BU>k<jncd and d»ed- -Mr I>9B* took prompt' and eflfeedva measures 'io prevent Hio'«p?«it'l Qt the diaease, the origla vf which is attributed 'to "the us© »t eertaia m<iaur« lv a Sold lOlg tsrnips, ' A fish of unusual sietfand.shap? whb discovered stranded on the Fpxton beach near the mouth of the Manawatu Mx«* on Baturday nigh*. Ijtoessuroia 16ft in length, X4itfin breadth in the' widest part, .and is 84in ia citcutuferena.. The body, which tspara oft' to a point at the tail, lias. 6 fiilvsrj appearaue«. add is perfectly free fi'am scales. .Bread b«»4-like iines trat^rse th* who!« l«ngtK of «be body, and gir^ it a- very peculiar " ftppesraace. The mouth of the"'fish ia very_ email, and contains no taeth, while twc» *' fsedors." ' about % yard in length, project from imoa»idiafc»ly bobind ta«_gi3lK' Ajaother peeulianßy-ftbotit tha fish is that ths. body appears to cootaia absolutely- no boues, a gristly substance doing duty for ft backbone: •. r -. The Otago Baily Times says that at Tuesday's sitting ■of ib« Arbitmtiou Couri the s qiiaiity' of Auekland-TnariG faotured o'.othing ,»e coraparffd with similar goads tuauafactured in Duuedia and. in oth»r parts of the ctilony "ws.3 oftea referred to. One vritaeßs eansed no little joierrimenis by declaring that she found Mt fcha custom ia .one Auckland factory to use soap to .join pieces of clothing instead' oi tacking:, and, apparently, oven that* ussful household commodity- was sparingly used. She also stated that whan she went to -ihe^f»»tca'jC $fae- foreman, in initiating her into' th« changes she would .expsrlauoa after eotaing from a southern faetoVy,' tpld hsr th&i, Auckland people would be cotitaot, with bvoirn paps*";' ssuifcs. li ia only fair to' ?tai»' fani tho«« ',a»sort»ona were not allowedjto go unchaliengau. If a prophet i»e not withsut honour save In . his own country, the rule tausfe be on^ wbicfi \s* proved in the "*dc6pi«d mapnerr-by/ the. exception, ■Thes: e^eeplion.w^ pefe.* toj* Mr B.- "G. -Lane, Qf r Oafaar^ t °Wb.cr has placed tipoa the mari^f a *p^mdfQr.Xang%roabJ^6j called llrapeVi^reaspfc^" "E^aiSfyn.^ -The- honou^ri.BK^ 1 rd&ffie&'M „ his ovrn couatr>Xi|,*opntait^d daily reeurriagilettera^knqi^lf^fng^bene. fits\r«ceiVed^fß^th|t^u|a 'of tHa prepseatioa^' l^*j&VBfe»&s * o£se in point Juhr 7, £899* -^aU I/aneir^^w Sir,— I aotidejyou a^jMM!^^6!?4^^*llByodr -hava '-recwVfld .^abonii; your* ! Bmuiision'. - , E^wßh " ] **> d t&tui „to the* nomberV^My .who jwas iv -I'¥aw^er^ttfpnMsipi|fand.i*L'^a?i'' w>tt^^al%b^4uifeay3iih« t reeQTered.

j We leans that Mr B. H. Cameron feas disposed of hfa property to Mr G. Hunter , formerly of Pleasant Point. p^Thttcadajjaeit'ft hookey match, Nortfc v. Sooth Canterbury, Is to tfe, played In Chjrißtohareh, »ad the !oe*l clnb trill bo reprenenied, in the latter *6(ittt/by Mr 0. Mancheiter. 1/ Plfttts-Betti ts fe«« regaining his lost form, as shown by his recent mile wood's record, , standing ttKb; of Imia 89 2-s«ea rfdtfeis'an the Oryital Palace traifck (Eng.Hast '- ; , Bftr Maokssy't 3e?Hlte»^jot«reB com* -mofteed last opening* w^»s#f packed halh greets, fein^l^uro imperial Destiny.*** fc H{* ; Mftyoiftoccapiad the ohftir, End tha audience Heteaed 'a«»ntfv«ly to an iafeer^ting- addwes.' - ,