THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1901. The Waimate County Council meets to-morrow.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 113, 26 February 1901, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1901. The Waimate County Council meets to-morrow.

The Wesleyan Conference will open at Wellington on Thura c day. It is expected that over 160 members will be present. Messrs Priest and Holdgate advertise two second-hand bicycles for sale. Both are almost new and* in the best possible condition.

Eleven volunteers for the Seventh Contingent left Waimate for Timarh by the train yesterday morning to go through the several testa. The - Wellington Trades Council selected three members to give evidence before the , Federation Conmissiun, with instructions to strongly oppose the entrance of New Zealand into the Commonwealth.

The meeting called for Friday afternoon to discuss what steps sbould. be taken.for the erection of a memorial to perpetuate the memory of -the late Queen in Timaru had to be adjourned, as only the Mayor and a few other gentlemen attended. The great difficulty in getting malepupil teachers was brought under the notice of the Education Board at Christchurch by Mr T.: ri. Weston, who said that out of five applications for such positions four were from girls. The question, be thought, was. serious enough to refer to a committee to report on, and this course was adopted.

Mr A. Hazleton, who has been telegraphist at the Waimate Office for some time, has been transferred to the Christchuroh Post?-Office,* and leaves on Wednesday. . During the time Mr Hazleton* who is. a Wammte boy, has been in the Public Service, he has shown himself to he one of the smartest operators on * the line. His tinfailing courtesy ahd ; attention to business made him very popular' tfith everyonewithwhom he came in con-: tact, and he carries with him the best wishes of . all the residents of Waimate. His place will be taken by Mr Brown, of Palmerston South.

Colonel Bailey has received sixty applications up to the present from young men willing to join the Seventh Contingent. The Waimate Industrial Co-operative Association draw attention to their large and complete stock of fencing wire> cornsacks, etc. Among the Indian Contingent visiting the colonies are two members who accompanied Lord .Roberts on his famous march to Kandahar. The annual meeting of the Waimate Hockey Club takes place at St. Augustine’s schoolroom on Thursday evening at 8 o’clock, A large amount is to be considered, and all Members and intending members are requested to attends - The Minister of Public Works has given instructions to survey the country between Inangahua Junction and Reefton, with a view to the extension of the Midland railway to the latter town, so as to join the projected line between Westport and Inangahua Junction. Seven members of the Imperial Contingent have arrived at Adelaide from Melbourne where they surrendered to the military authorities after absenting themselves without leave, and were remanded by the Police Court till the arrival of the Briaunih. The Good Hope, which is now the' most formidable cruiser afloat, the Bacchante, a second class cruiser, and the Bussell, a battleship, have been launched. South Australian wines were used in the christening, excepting for the Good Hope, for which Cape wine was used. A fire broke out at midnight in the centre of the business portion of Hawera, but after an hour’s work it was got under. Fortunately the new water supply stood the fiest demand upon it, and a splendid pressure secured was greatly responsible for the fire being got under.

News was received in Waimate on Saturday afternoon that Trooper J. Goldstone, had been severely wounded at Wolvenhuilen on February 14th. Trooper Goldstone had just returned to the front after being wounded at Reitfontein. Much sympathy is felt for the injured trooper's relatives in their trouble. The new Municipal Corporations Act prohibits posting of placards anywhere except on licensed hoardings, unless by permission of the council. The Act allows posting in any building, but on the outside it is tabooed. This prohibits a person posting a notice “ Back next week,” on his door; it must be inside, presumably on the window. At the University Senate Sir Robert Stout’s motion, preventing a student from obtaining eithtr a senior scholarship or honours unless on an examination held within three years from matriculation, in the case of a senior scholarship, and four years from matriculation in the ease of honours, was deferred till the next session. The Queensland Inspector, reporting on the Maranoa district, says that the state of the country is beyond words. There is no sign of feed on the large stations; only two or three horses are left, and the little stock left is kept alive by felling scrub. The whole country is a dust heap, and the outlook is most dismal. Ticks are again becoming plentiful in the Brisbane district.

The following candidates, who are resident in South Canterbury, passed the Junior Civil Service examination, the numbers denoting the position on the list:—James Menzies, Hakataramea, 11; Wm. J. Buckley, Hook, 74; Mabel A. Ray, Pleasant Point, 94; Donald G. Maepherson, Waimate, 106; John Hardy, Waimate. Ill; Daisy A. M. Evans, 117; Evelyn R. Beckett, Waimate, 192; Agnes W. Lyle, Pleasant Point, 211; John P. O'Connor, 221.

At a meeting of the Hibernian Australian Catholic Benefit Society on Friday forenoon it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Bro. Dennehy (Timaru), that the meeting plpce on record their gratification at the complete vindication of the Marist Brothers from the gross charges levelled against them in connection with the Stoke enquiry, and express their severe condemnation of those who had, in Parliament and in Press, used every means to arouse an adverse public opion, thereby prejudicing the cause of innoceqt men,, and calculated to defeat tne ends of justice.

A correspondent signing “ P. 5.,” supposed to be Philip Schreiner, a brother of the late Premier of Cape Colony, has addressed a letter to the Times, in which he states that it is his painfnl doty to advise the Boers to surrender. The sympathy of the Continental nations is hollow. He condemns the tardiness of the Liberal members of the House of Commons in declaring that they are opposed to the idea of Boer independance, and this loyalty to the Empire disagreeably surprised the Boers. If the intention of the Liberals had been made clear months ago, peace would long since have been honourably concluded. Had the Dutch won they would have taken every penny of the stake. Owing, to the unsatisfactory nature of the water-race service in the St. Andrews district, several residents are making themselves independent of this source of supply by the erection of windmills, which are riowbecoming quite numerous. Messrs Booth, and Macdonald’s workmen have, during the past fStv days, been engaged in erecting windmills for Messrs Tooley, Besley, as well as for several others in the. Pareora district. One of the most complete installations, and the first put in, is that at the vicarage of St. Andrews. The Rsy, L, Brady, has now a well close uppn 40£t deep, with a windmill- which pumps the water into two large tanks of about 600 gallotis capacity placed upon stands about 18ft high,' These supply water through a system of galvanised piping, to the house, the stables, the garden and the dam for the waterfowls, as well as for the watering troughs io the paddooks.—Mornina jPott, ■ T

Berlin newspapers are uneasy at the Russian threat to make several reprisals if Germany, hoping to satisfy German agrarians, raises the duties on grain. The London County Council is maturing a scheme for housing 40,000 people at a cost of i 51,600,000. The weekly rentals of the tenants will, range from 6s to 9s fid. By an advertisement it is notified that the. Bev. Geo. Barclay and Inspector Gow will meet householders ’at Pentland Hills Station on March sth to consider the matter of a new school. Synopsis of New Advertisements. Strayed—Collie pup. Reward ottered.'. Waimate Co-ope ative Association— Fencing wire, oornsacks, etc. Waimate Hockey Club Annual meeting in St. Augustine’s schoolroom on Thursday. Priest and Holdgate Second-hand bicycles for sale. School at Pentland Hills—Meeting of householders. Borough Council—Applications for town clerk.