General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 40, 1 September 1900, Page 3

General News.

M'ss Annie Buckley has been probationer nurse -at the "Waimate Hospital. A.n adv'ertise'uaafc -containing a prf -ia. of- the proposed new building b^-lotW appears in this issue. <T n Wai in ate Cricket Club held its jiniiui! meeting "hi St. Aagustine's >cho >lrooin last evening A full report will appeal" in our next ibsue. We hear that Mr Buxfcon has dia Cpo^ed of his farm on the Tunaru road, 'So Messrs White, of shis town, tind .-L°Cretv, di Timartt. Attention is drawn to iho fact that 'nominations foi seats on the Borough 'Comcil must be handed m to day, September Ist. Tlio Rev. J- Blight's sermou on 'Sunday evening -frill be entitled " The *liornespun logic of Christianitiy," and will be the fourth of hie ChristianEvidence Series. The Waituna School Committee Mnten'd holding a social on Friday -evening next, in the schoolroom, to •provide the cost of a shelter shed fev r the school. It is to 'be 'hoped there ■-will be a large attendance. Noxt week we will commence the' of Lance -Corpoi'al C. A.' Wi'son's experiences while a member of the thiifl New Zealand contingent. -ii South Africa. A Special art'rcle will be devoted to the military hospitals and treatment of the sick. On Monday evening the Key. G. Barclay will -lecture in ICnOK Church ftchoi lroom on the Boven bibles of the "world. The lecturer is well known., t nd in his capable hand? the lecture' should be very -interesting. Miss Turnbull will give a -violin solo, which is -tire to be gooS. Stamp collectors may be interested ih i the fact, related by the Duned:n Star that j half a sovereign was paid the other day j for the envelope h*d enclosed a i letter from an officer in South Africa, the .1 -said envelope bear the writing "No •tamps available — on active service," and beini? impressed with the British Army -stamp. X northern merohairf Bays that mer<Sh nta will not lose by the reduction of -•- Ijsv oii currants, becausa those who jr.ia on presenS stocks will more than lr-joap theu>s<ahr«i by th« "increased price, CA.n^fcotha failure of the currant crop' in (>vp«ca. Price? have gone up in Greece fie m iba "par owt to anything up to Us<:d "N y Zealand's brave aud hardy mea ™'M 'j'ivQ the Roers from hill to glen, (i\([ iCv3^l>i>id'a pons have not forgot IV uubu. Hill-*-tbat dreadful blot. I'i^y'i! 6gh& all weathers, fine or wet, 'j},.r care foy cold that t~hey may get, V hioh kaowing w«U they can endure liy biking Woodd' Great Peppermint euro. When doc-to.'a disagree, says the ■\>\ i^o, 7»bo shall decide ? It ia difficult • of ion 1 even without the difference j> opinion amomg the faculty, to tlocide as '-so the iufcrit of the -various medicinal preparations which are upon the tnarket. A safe, general rule is to believe that a preparation ■ ~whioh -professes to "cure oyerytbing Tvill <oure nothing. Having thus •weeded out nine-tenths of the claimants, it is comparatively easy to find Reliable evidence of personal nse 'concerning the remainder. Mr E. G. Lane, of Oamaru, is in the fortunate position not only of having no medical •difference regarding the value of his Creaseted Emulsion, 'but also in having airect professional approval of it. He has in bis possession a letter written by « member of the faculty stating that he treated a case of consumption with Lane's Creasotert Emulsion, and was glad to cay that after a course of treatment the patient had improved. .greatly. The -sputum had diminished, the cough was less, the night sweating had almost stopped, and the weight of the patient had increased seven ox eight pounds. Evans Mountain King Asthtna Powder. Wonderful enM for asthma, bronchitis,, hay fever, laryngitis, irritation of air passages. Kempthorne <fe Prosser agents. Bronchitis *nd- stubborn coughs yield ■quickly to the curative efleots of Tussicura, « wonderful tonic. Tussicnra cures coughs, colds, incipient ' consumption ; {,ive this wonderful remedy

An advertisemoat app'Ai'a in this issue thaji poison for dog-i h laid on Mr Francis' farm. Mr Fraud" informs us that ho hia for several months seen Bporfcsmea (who have frequently bsen recognised) with every variety ol dog, fi-oua fox terrier to 'hucher, hunting through his" padHock^ and dtiying tiie sheep all over the place, while at othyr ; times the dogs return wiohotit the owners and enjoy a " course " on their own account, during which the round • ing-up of a flock of sheep apparently adds to the enjoyment. As lambing is now coming on, and aa Mr Francis hcas previously suffered heavy loss from sheep worrying, he is determined to try and prevent father di.raxg^ by ln.yiug poison for*tlu,?o sa-ay-do;^, und by summoniug auyo'ia fouad trespassing on his piop*ty with dog or gun.