General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 77, 27 November 1900, Page 2

General News.

It i&in order that the Waimate Rifles are to be clothed in khaki and are to be provided with helmets. Ojer a dozen ratepayers attended/, the Borough Council meeting last evening, evidently "scenting the battle from afar," but thej gradually dropgecl, out with a disappointed look on their faces. - ' , ' A Glenasy xesident was arrested* yesterday and brought to Waimate oa a 3harge of being : drunk while, iv charge of & horse and oart. Ke was released on baSL> and will come befpre tb,e Court to-day. : - The opinion of business , people in Wellington laJnaing takenin reference to a suggestion that , a, close holiday sh<?uld ( be observed, by the mercantile community from Christmas Day s tp New Year's Day. The offer pi the New Zealand : Government for.' *he supply, of 6000 tons" of oats to the Wfrr, Office, has ,been accepted, and ip. is v^ry, Kkdy.

Mr R. E, Boyd announaes in another column that he has secured the services of a dressmaker from Dunedin and this braneb of his busiuesa will be carried on as usual* The Customs returns-at Tunam for the week ending Saturday, November 24th, are aa follows ; — Customs, £308 19s lid; New Zealand beer, £24 19s ; other receipts, £5. Us 6d ; total, £836 10s sd. We understand that' a requisition for a poll to be taken on the proposal to adopt rating on unimproved value in Waiuaate Borough is being taken round' for signature. A copy is- also lying at the offioe of the Cooperative store, and those interested, may sign there. In the Trinity- College Examination held, at Tiraaru last week, the follow--ing. Waimate candidates passed : — 'Pianoforte, Intermediate Division, Miss E. Jones ; Preparatory Division, Misses M. Aidagh and C. Park. The above- were all pupils attending, the Convent, Waimate* Mr Haselden, S.M", Mr J. Proud, coal mining expert, of Wanganui, and Mr E. Lomax, Inspector of Factories at Christchurcb, have been appointed a Boyal Commission to inquire into the working of the coal mines of the colony, as recommended by a Parliamentary Committee lagt session. Also whether mining operations throughout New Zealand' are being carried on efficiently and economically, and in the interests of the State. - , The hearing at Dunedin ot th« case in which Miss McKenzie claimed £1000 damages against the Boslyn Tramway Company, waa concluded on Friday. The plaintiff had been injured in the Company's car which had been stopped suddenly, through the grippera catching on a projecting nut which had not been filed down. The jury gave a verdict for plaintift for £800 ; and judgment was entered up for that amount with easts, inoluding two extra days at IQ-.guineaa per day. > A couple of days ago,-tbe Oamartt Mail announced in its W&iuiate notes , that " E-. Q* Baxter " had'been hauled ( • before the " Cooct " and fined for ' -liquoring not wisely but two iwell. Consternation seised on Waimate ; ' people could not believe the genial \ Gilbert guilty of such a misdemeanour. '. But there it was, in cold, unfeeling print; However-, the Mail noticejdihe , mistake, and our faith in human .nature ; was restored. The Waimate cjuy^^ pondent of the Mail .mast have h^^H mind full of Mr Baxter at tlje tii^^H wrote for the real name of toe os^^H was McCue,- - Writing itora London, under^^^f October 18th, Mr Cameron, Pr^^H Commissioner to the New 3e^^^| Government, says the herup mar^^^f particularly sensitive, and this .present most notioeabb, for v*l^^^| at the beginning, of the month holding stocks were anxious tc^^^| .all are now holding for higher'^^^H At the auction sales last wee^^^J offerings of Mew Zealand h«mp^^^| only small. These realised ton more than the price o! the pt^^^fl week, while this week there wt^^^f lots of New Zealand hemp eatal^^^f Transactions, made privately, been,effectod at another £1 od^^^H £19 per ton is 'now the price for good and fair "Wellington gra^^^H The Post and Telegraph 'ment have received from Ameru^^^H plates for the New Zealand 1£ e^^^H to be issued next month. The b^^H which was designed by Mr .^^H Naien, of Wellington, is emblam^^^f the part tak«n by New Zealand iHHffi war. The design is 1^- iD V t auc! deep. Ac the top arft »v " New Zealand," and-belcr J>f. i-vjrds " Postage and revenue," « V cJ-p^'Q'.o-atioa being- in the up,;o' k: li I .^ i corner, In the foreground, \ IfUr-f • side, is a trooper and a a-j- „ "f ti \ middle distance is a ;i.<i-t'aiiy iS maunted infantry advan- :i tf , v their camp, the background h»- ■ raogfi j of snoW'dad inountair. j . '\^> Nc-w ( Zealand flag ia draped o^ . o •*" }ric I in the setting of whiah e< .* -- : - sl y w»i ; and other foliage is {> i i- aei" \ the left-hand lower oturr/ & »vi bears the words. "The Sji'^iro' Call." The colour is riot sob nei,,<<J»~ ' Mr Gilrutb, Gove^ntaaat bft^k i- \ ologist and veterinariar , 'tnvw toy London on Friday, where he has beer. instructed" to select -jߣfce<*'; vofccbic-y . surgeona- to hold of£.Jd uudot* fcba I Slaughtering and Jnap^lion Si'i\<, ] which .comes into forcu in April, Mt Gilruth will also purchase for the Government twelve stallions suitable for breeding remounts, and eight shorthorn and four Ayrshire bulls of the best English strains. Before returning he will visit the chief bacteriological laboratories of London an<L Paris, to bring his knowledge of the subject up to date. The Shorthorn bulls be kept at centres of the dairying industry (at the State farms where prafcicable), and a limited number o! $ow» will be carefully seleoted, after examination as to , fitness, for breeding par-poses. Tb* stallions will be kept at the State farms, and their services regulated by a similar restriction. There is a storm in a teaoap between two writers, for the Dunedin press. Colonel Morris, the Dunedin. Star writer on war topics, has questioned the bpna fides of Major Kennedy, the Tiunas man. The latter claims to have been a field officer in the Indian Army, but the Co\a;iel, wbo himself receives a pension from the] Indian Government, says that be j cannot find bis fellow scribe's name in the Army list. Major Kennedy; replies in effect that had- Colonel Mor- j ris approached him.as an officer and a gentleman he oould have had- theinformation required to establish his (the Major's) right to the title, but tinder .the circumstances declined Jo furnisksowe. In the meantime Major Kennedy has been lecturing on " The Empire ; its Defenders and Defences," and the Star, in reporting him, cruelly prints hi& title of " Major " within inverted commas every time, a la the style followed when the Salvation ■ Army first struck New Zealand with their courtesy titles. lithe Major can make good his claim, it would look as if he had grounds for a fine, large action .agtuns* the paper.—'

Members of tho Waimate Wesleyai Church have promised JGB3B to thi Century- Commemoration Fqpd. • Messrs Manchester Bros, fend Gold smith have an important announetmen regarding the Zaiioid £ and S corset in this issue* The funeral ofthe late daughter o M* James Pike of Waihao took. pla& on Sunday, anil was largely attendei by Maoris from Wa&«vW*Uaki an< ether places. Mr EL Ferguasen, painter and paper hanger, announces in this issue hi .removal to the new buildings ne* .door to -the 00-opeiative store. H has an extensive stock, andJntends t do flrst-elasi worfcat moderate rates. At the Police Court on. Saturday 4 Price was charged with- being drun .while in change of a- horse on the 20t inst. Two witoesseß were called t prove the offence and the accused wa fined Ml with coats, 19s, in defoul fourteen-day si. imprisonment.. ; There is on rfovr in tfeo window o Messrs Priest and Holdgate, Waimatt a handsome silver * challenge ouj presented to the Studholme Mounte Rifles by Mrs gtiadh«lu*e, of W&imat The cup. rests- on. an ebony pedesta v and-haB suitable scrolls upon which t ,engrave the names of the variou winners. Competition, will probabl be keen for the first place oi honour o the cup* At a meeting of the Gounoli' of tl Auckland Cycle Bonds League it w decided to appoint a special night I fully consider the Cycle Boards Bil aad-endeavoar to obtain the attendant of as many Auckland members of th House of Representatives as wi possible. It was stated that vnrioi members of the Legislature had bee interviewed with regard tQ. the Oyc Boards Bill, and^ that there was general concensus of opinion in boi Houses that the Bill was an up-toda measure, and was almost certain become law next session, Th,e securing of the Imperial ord for 500 tons of oats by a Christohun firm has caused an exoited, feelii in the market, audiarge quantities 1 oats have been on offer. The otd however, h«s now been filled, ai doubtless the market will ease >< again. The bulk, of .the, OAts w« : secured at nriaea t&neing from, IB 7; to Is B£d for mixed Tinea,, f ,o.b* Tt .wheat market is dull, and very, little i changing hands. Ik ia. reported" th 111 !|H|H|HBmHbyiHBI | fTwHsSlolutna^on Mr Mattjfll j Vuir, of Kihnarnock, Scotland,: «■ ' iV(ies Emily Scott, youngest, daugliß lo' Mrs Jas. Saotiu of. u ClemptoS ; C iversham. The ceremony took pbl ;'■ the Caversham Preabyteriß j Church, and the officiating ministM ■ ere the Rev. D. Dutten, of Cavß ' aam, and the Rev. B. Hall, of EB j Taieri. The church, which had btl ! <rtistically decorated with wl ] Howers and ferns by a few gki IrieA d the bride, waa^uite full when tl I i>ride entered, leaning on the arm I. ] liar brother, Mr W. L. Scott I Waimate. She was followed I < three bridesmaids, Miss I£.itie Ms ( Miss Jeaonie Carswell, and H Baehel Seholefield. Mr Muir w: attended by Mr Henry Scots as m man. — Free Press. ' B