General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 22, 21 July 1900, Page 2

General News.

I The new Defence proposals were read in the House last evening. The South Ganteroury Hound* ■meat on Monday next at Mr Whitney'^, Waituna. ! With to-day's Advertiser is giren away a pictorial supplement entitled. " Heroes of the War." ~"*~A Ladies' Hockey Club is to bef* formed here, and a meeting will be, .held on Thursday next. v Stirling bargains this day at Shftoklaton and GrantB 1 Drapery Sale, • of dresses from 6£d yard, allwool serges Is yard, flannelette from 3s 6d dozen, 2 yards wide sheeting B}d yard, and hundreds of others. On cur fourth page may be found the results of a aunibev of experiments with different lands of grains, conducted by that excellent institution I Canterbury Agricultural College. A meeting of the Walmate Ter- ' minuting Building Society was held on Thursday evening, 23 members, pre- , sided over by Mr Coltman, being present. A balance sheet showing the receipts and expenditure of the society was presented. It was decided to leave ov-et the matter of winding-up for a month, in the meantime ways and means of carrying on the society to be considered. After discussion, it was resolved to engage a man from Tinaaru to leoture in Waimate on the benefits of building societies. An enthusiastic and largely attended meeting of the Hockey Club wa» held on Thursday evening, th« Ray. Fowler presiding. It was decided to hold a, social, confined to members and friends on August lr»l r » Messrs Rowe, Steve xison, Marriott, lilake, Reeve and George were appointed a Social Committee to act with the Genoral Committee. A programme of eight events was drawn up for a small sports mooting on the first available Thursday. Messrs Fowler, Asquith and Goldetone were elected*' a Selection Couimitte*. Referring to the telephone bureau whioh is likely to b» established h»re, it may be interesting to our readers to know that already we have a telephone system existing in this district. Some time ago the Government renewed the appliances for sending and receiving messages, and sold the discarded ones. Mr J. Michell of Studbolme Junction, bought two of tltese and set up a system between his own house and the men's hut. It has worked very well so far, and anyone journeying ihat way may call and examine it. The branch manager of the Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association at (jeralditre a short time ago applisd for a fortnight's leave of absence, as his weak Btate of health necessitated a respite from business. The leave was granted ; but, on account of its being exceeded by some weeks, the books wer* taken in hand, and it was found that they bad not been properly attended to. On la&t Tuesday the branch manager returned to Gwaldine and and gave himself up to the police. He was brought before a J.P. at Geraldine yesterday, and remandod to Timaru on a charge embezzlement. In connection with the Jubilee Exhibition a band contcsi has boju arranged, to take place during the Christmas week. The piograrnme will include selection contesLs (one selection, band's own choice, and one test selection provided ky the committee), first prize J6lOO and 25 medals; quiokstop competition test march, to be supplied by the committee ; solo competition, duot for two trombones ; quartette com petition, two cornets, horn, and euphotiium, soloists providing ih»n own solos. The entries close on September 25th, and there is every probability of keen competition. Major Sir Claude Maxwell, Macdouald occupied &n uuique position in the British diplomatic service. His whole training had been in military work. In 1887 he became Consul General at Zanzibar, and in 1891 Commissioner and Consul - General in th* Niger Coast Protectorate. No little surprise was occasioned when he was promoted from such an essentially military post to that of JSnvoy and Minister Plenipotentiaiy at Pekin. Perhaps this has something to do with the title " |he British MichatrelH at Pekiu " assigned, to him by people who are not altogether bis friends.. Sir Clande MacdonaJd' had some opportunity during recent months of proving himself, and the bestowal of the title K.C.B, upon the Minister indicated that hit serrices : had been of value.

and Bakaia, where small WBbUi wire held. - ** :; Death- dealing and tdegtruetlv* liyidite Shell Forms part of modern soldiers' art. Not as of old when noble warriors J fell, ; Laid rudely low by spear or dart. Yet war's degrading to the human race, Aud will not make our lives secure, Though one c*n now *U dirty vr»ath«r face Bjr taking Woodt' <lreat P«pp«itnint Cure. Mr D. Mahoney, tha well known" land and estate agent, Tfcnaru, reports having sold recently a farm at the Levels to Mr Simon Coughlau ; Mr CRmpball's farm, Woodbury, toMessra Woodinga Brothers i farm at Opihi to !Mr Sheeh&n. He cold houses in I Timaru to Meesre Batchelor, Field man, Brovrn, and Moors. He has alto dis- | posed of building site* to Messrs Monvo*, Hardy, anil Brown, and Mr MoCormaek's interest in ths Timaru Hotel to Mr William Ingram, who held a previous interest in it.