General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 43, 8 September 1900, Page 2

General News.

The Waimate School "Cricket; '<Jlub opens 'its season next SPuesday* after■aoon. The Rey. A. & Monlfeon lectures in the Book sehoolhooj3© on Tuesday evening oa " A Minister of the Old School." Trooper T. Freeman lias received a ■ returned lotter from South Africa, marked "deceft .jd." But "fortunately, Tom is worth many dead men yet. To-morrow night, in the Wesleyan Church, the Eev. J. Blight will deliver a special address to young women. Miss Petit will contribute a -solo and the choir an anthem. Visitors are -cordially invited.

Mr John Green, an old resiciout ifi the Hunter district, died on Thursday last. He had beau ailing for some time. Nurse Bird, of Waimrfte, has been offered, and has accepted the position 0$ nurse at the Biverton Hospital at a - Salary of 4-50 a year. Mr J. F. Douglas, Waihao Downs, • yesterday sold a farm of 128 ucres d£ >, the Serpentine Valley to Mr J. Wright, Waihao -Downs. The Premier has 'received a cable from the High Commissioner, Capetown, to the effect that Trooper Heasley, Third Contingent, waa - dangerously wounded at Crocodile Biver on the 19th August. TroapetHeasley ia from Ashburton. Miss Petit will sing another sacreci song on Sunday evening at St. Paul's , Wesleyan Church, entitled, U 'O, Divine Re3eeiiier, h stang by Madam Amy Sherwin and Madam Albani. All are invited. Comein-Maie to secure a seat, - fts the'last time this young lady sang, the church was crowded. The funeral oMhe'lfcte'Wm. McL<se& was Yttfy' well attended yestefd^f. Many of the old identities followed Itib remains to the Waiuiate cemetary* representatives 'of every class in *li& community being '-present. The pall , bearors were Messrs Donald Rosfc, Frank Drayton, J. O'Briett.-jmd W. Goldstone. Mr J.McLeod, haft brothe? of deceased 'was present. The Rev. A. S. Morrison conducted the ser-vics at the grave. The monthly "meeting of -the Ladies' Benevolent Society was held on Wednesday, present : — Meadatnes Studholme (chair), tJibsocl Manchester, Franklin, Adams and Sinclair (s^c') The minutes of last meeting were road and -confirmed. -Annual donations "were received from His Worship ta& Mayor, Father Regnault, and Msbsrs Clement. J. Manchester, Nieol and Hamilton. Three oases were Siscusseft and helped. Kfesdafcnea franklin and Adams were appointed visitors for Ihe month, ftnd after the parsing o£ accounts, the meeting terminated. On Sunday ne*xt, at the Methodist Church, the Eev. S. Barnett will speak on the An^lo Saxon M isaionftry Genius, and atthe evening service Miss Rose Willifcms. rff Aahburton, an exceedingly sweet soloist, will sing, "The ßetter Land On Tuesday, the Bey. John Clover will visit Waimate and lecture upon the " Progress anil Expansion of. the British Empire of the 19th century-/' Mr Clover is an ex pastor of the town, at present enjoying the prosperous pastorate' ofGreendale. The lecture will be accompanied by musical items, and admission is by sixpenn^ ticket. A small nudience attended th& Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening to hear the lecture by Archdeacon Harper on his travels in Egypt as far as the -First Cataract. Those -who di& go, however, enjoyed a treat, the magic lantern pictures, from photographs taken by the Archdeacon himself, being only equalled by the .graphic descnptions of the lecturer. The whole was calculated to give an excellent idea of Egyptian poople and its world famed ancient-aichitecture. -At the conclusion a very hearty vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer by acclamation on the of the Rev. MoKenzie Gibson. A meeting of the Waimate Wesleyan Church Trustees was he-d yesterday. An application «vas received from the Salvation Array to ren\ the Sunday School Hall for two nights 'per week. Much Bympathy was expressed for the Army in their recent loss by fire. An obstacle, however, to the granting of their request was found in the fact that in the articles of the Oonnexioual Fire Insmance Society, in which the buildings are insured, provision is made to cover loss, by fire, of such premises as are used for Wesleyan Church purposes only. ,The secretary waa instructed to acquaint the Salvation Army that the Board regretted that 'for -this 'rtjaaon A was unable i to help them. " We r«nina the "members of tbe Agricultural snd Pastoral Association that a general meeting takes pJaco this "afternoon, -when Important business, connected witii the forthcoming Show, will be submitted. Tiro schedule has been.caiefully revised bv the sub committee who were appointed for that .purpose, and Several aeif classes have been introduced, while the prizeB-in many of Che classes 'have been increased. The Show this year promises to be the most successful helfl for many years, and we would strongly urge all those settlers who -are not already members to -become enrolled as snch without delay* Thenewhorsa stalls are nearly completed, and Mf Presland raa'kes a start on the dairy produce shed next week, and, as tbe cost of these will have, to be*met very shortly, members should pay tbeifr subscriptions, now due. "so as to nvoiel the necessity of *'bank overdraft. When doctors disagree, cays the adage, who shall decide ? It ia difficult very often, even without the difference of opinion „ amotng tjhe faculty, to decide as to the rmrit of tbe various medicinal preparations -which ar© upon the market. A safe, general rule ia to believe that a preparation which professes to cure everything will cure nothing. Having thus weeded out nine- tenths of the claimants, it is comparatively easy to iin& reliable evidence of personal use concerning the remainder. Mr E. (jk £ane, of Oamaro, is in the fotfcunate position not only of ■baviqg t*o ruedicaU diftffiiit®e> fce^awffliqg •&}$ 'value -tff bis Creasoted Emulator), %ttt also In bAvtew^ireofc professional ftpprtftal of it. H6'b.Bs*ui liis possession alette* written by a "B^etafbor of Hihe 'faculty Btating that Tie treated a daseofoon--aufoption with Lane'd Ortkaoted Emulsion, and was glad to say that dfter a course of treatment the patient had improved greatly. The sputum .ha& dimiuished, the cough was less, the night sweating had almost stopped, and the weight of the patient had | increased *seven or eight pounds*