THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 101, 26 January 1901, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901.

Now that the shadow which the Queeu'a death cast over everything has, in a measure, passed away, it is pleasing to recall the spontaneous expression of deep feeling shown throughout the colony. And in no town was that feeling more properly shown than in Waimate. The sad event was no sooner known than the bells were set tolling, business places closed, and a memoriam service inaugurated for the same evening. Residents displayed their iiags half-mast, and on every hand was Been the outward expression of tho deep sadness which was over the people on the death of their much loved Queen. Tho meeting on Wednesday night was » great sucoess, and was marked ftlika by the very large attendance <*4ifc ««& Ihort n#ttw»

Unl the unanimity and earnest-

uess of the ministers of the j various denominations taking uarfc. The pray era of the Revs. Burnett -:»n(T Blight were simple and appropriately expressed, and tbrt" Bev. Morrison, with the .shadow of death over his own household, was roost active in t; .Hnginar the many important ;Jei.aii.fi of the service. The Rev. (j. 15a relay, with hia breadth of 'rruuvluige, made a fine speech in i-'iie of bk> evident emotion, while the choir, consisting of all '.'.•nujKinationf and including the Ai'-Adoo Company, rendered very

v.-iluabie assistance. It; is indeed gratifying to find such eager •A-jiiingneas on an occasion of &<• mnch moment, for it is by Uu of sympathy from al eongregationa of the Empire, fron che greatest to the smallest, tha the d..mth of the nation's feeling is gung«d. It is aloe pieaaing to note that onr revered

Queen's death was the occasion tor deep grief in the United States, that great offshoot of the British nation,and that the benat<>' adjourned aa a mark of respect, as also did ihe Senate of France, marks of aymmtby which most l)e very pleasing to the nation aa a whole.

Several times lately people have complained to us that Waimaie wag being badly served in the

direction of having its local news reported per Press Association

throughout the colony. We felt some diffidence about mentioning it, as the proprietor of oor local contemporary is the Press Association's agent. But several important events have lately gone unchronicled, and soma notice

should be taken. When the Patriotic Fund Committee raised over £SOO in Waiinate there was no mention of the fact except in several papers with local correspondents. And when, the other day, Waimate acted creditably on the news of the Queen'h death, there was only telegraphic notice in one paper, and that by a local correspondent, th« papers generally being entirely uninformed. If one reads the daily papers it will be seen that nearly every small town in the colony has its doings chronicled, and our town is never even mentioned. 1 If readers at a distance mark the name a number of iinaes their interest is awakened, and perchance they might come here tc reside; but to thousands the name has not yet appeared in r.ny print. The only instance we can call to mind during a number of years in which any news wasnord away promptly was T/hen the old members -ot the Borough. O'Jiiuoil were re-elected. The agon is could be very active then >-when it i-uifed his own ends. It is time ho was a little less conservative and a little more active fin the promotion of the general •welfare.