General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 104, 5 February 1901, Page 2

General News.

The Waimate County Council meets to morrow. The Borough Council advertises the fixing of the statutory half-holiday. The N.M. and A. Co. advertise special entries for the Studholme J unction sale on Friday. Fierce fighting has taken place in Venezuela. The insurgents killed hundreds of Government supporters.

The hotels in Waimate were closed between three and four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the time of the United Memorial Service. We desire to. draw the attention of our readers to a notice appearing in' our advertising cotuftins re a piano for sale, which may ..be sees by applying to the Bev.'Barnett. The Post Office, County Council' Chambers and Borough Chambers were draped with black on Saturday, and nearly every resident had -fibmo apparent sign of mourning. The Abattoirs Committee of the Wellington City Council, have recommended that the necessary steps should be taken to establish abattoirs as soon as possible. The bowling green isnow in capital order. Members ar* requested to roll up for practice in view of a npatch of four rinks to "be with the Phoenix (Oamaru) CJub (on ■ week, February 141 h," ' A meeting of citizens-warmly' supported the Governor's proposal for the erection of a statue of- the late Queen in Wellington. Over £250 wasraised in the room, including his Excellency's 25 guineas, '6O guineas from the Ministry* and :.ofchdr subscriptions of 25 guineas.

' The Imperial troops will leave Dunedin on Thmgday morning, arriving in Timaru about noon. There will be excursion fares to Timaru from Waimate on-that date. The s.s. Dalhousie, with the Indian troops, was expected to saillor New Zealand yesterday,and will remain there for ten or twelve days. In conferring the -(Matter onvthe Crown Prince of Gonnanyfcijie- King said. further"oemjnt and feeling between so that -they. go hand in hand $o and peac*

Tha Railway Department spacial trains on the 7th inst. for th» visit of the Imperial troops; Mr B. B. Boyd has ata import* notice of a ten days' sale now on. He ia offering many seasonable bargains.

Dr. Jaz, of Vienna, has discovered a serum against enteric Fifty patient* in London swallowed it with successful •Jesuits.

Judge Backhouse, of Ne* /South Wales, has been appointed to proceed to New Zealand to enquire into the working of the Compulsory -Arbitration Act.'

The total amount of gold exported from (he colony from April 1857 to date, is 14,608.901 ozs, and the value £57,406,100. This total was distributed among districts as follows Auckland value £9,817,314,- Wellington, £706 ; Marlborough, £B3B, • 562 * Nelson, £6,650,221 ; West Coast. £18,074,276,- Canterbury, • Otago, £22,517,899; unknown, £824."

The r-akeoi' York has been anftV. ing from m nfctack.. of Gorman mansks. Sir Jamc-s Reid nnd Sir Francis Henry Laking' are nttou'ding the patient, who is progressing favourably,. The Daily Telegraph states th.it the cruisers St. George *M •Juno will be absent rroia kho Queen's funeral, as are progressing to fit theaj en! as an escort to".the Du&o of lork.

The Cfuiteroury Jubilee Exhibition m Chrcstchuroh was formally cJoselJ by the -Mayor on Thursday evenfcg. The Piosideut an uouiroed that everything bad worked smoothly, that the Exhibition had been one of the most successful held iu the colony, that the total number of visitors was nearly 250,000, and that there was a surplus of £3OOO. The House Industries and * Working Exhibits sections have heea specially successful.

We have been shown a novelty received by Mrs Butcher from her sou, with the second contingent. It consists of an Army biscuit inscribed "From Will to Mother. A merry Christmas and a happy New Year." The tin in which it'is enclosed u exactly the size of the biscuit, and was made by Trooper A. Loach, eon of Mr Loach, of Waimate, and also of tba second contingent. It is of very acafc workmanship, and evidently once formed the covering for the succulent "buljy." The uniqpe Xmas card will be on view in Mr Franklin's window to-day. Synopsis of New Adiertisflmente. Waimate Borough Council: Thursday legal half hoi day. * - ' B. E. Boyd: First shipment autumn goods. For Sale Piano. New Zealand Railways: Train arrangements for visit of Imperial troops. N.M. and A. C 0..; Entries for Stud, holme sale. District Order; Eeception of Imperial troops. Jubilee Concert Company; Appear oa Thuisday.