General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 122, 12 March 1901, Page 2

General News.

The Easier camp will probably b 9 abii doned this ye s.r. Sles.-rs Sli ck’eton and Gi ant Announce the n-riiv.il of then - new goods for autumn and wi-- lor wear. The Waimatc County Council shyer* lisei for tenders for v,.r ou > contract!, closing ou March 25tli. The shooting season this year will in .at likely open on the fir-n. of M.ty. The season his been favourable for bidding and grey ducks are very The S.-uth Canterbury Jockey Club's Autumn Race Meeting will be hold on Wed do day anil Tlims lay, April 17 a'd 18. Xmn nations close on Moa lay, March 25, at 9 p m. The fir-Rt 8 'ipm'iit of “ Fleecy Dacca ” and Vt.ivtt File '’ Flamndle-te. for Shaekh t. n and Gr.nt is to hand, in WTite, Cream, Fink and Strip's, and values extreme y sat sfao'ory. The Tramways C m mil. tee of the Dun-"in Cnv Council resolved to r. quest the Tr •in way Company io hand over the complete rainway system to Corpora.i.m on or before Monday, March 18

The ph c et vry of the Juhil e P'cnic i '■ mn I eei'.f .rms us t hat by ;h-- kindness l>i M■ s Hay s and -Mr J F. Dou? : ai ih« subscriptions of two u!d idemife es which wore collected by mistake have beeniepani

You must must not be very surpri ed (says a Wdlmgton corre-p rudent of tbe Fro-s) if you hear it shor ly announced tli-t G I'.ind Ftudon has resigned the position of Comman taut of ti.e Forces on the ground of urg-mt private affiirs, and that Maj »r Ala Jocks lias been apooin td tempo’a dy i . his st’&d. The Imp-ri il soldi rs hid a high old time <il Hotorua at their v-sit, and the ■sight was unique, the Irs-h- b lug filled to ore (low vn h a laughing crowd of Tommies, intensely enj tying*.a warm dtp. Tncy ire absolutely ielight-d with Rotorua, and w-mdered M m in squads admiring toe sign is. The Maoris were mad with excitement.- The Wairoa gi.qs-r cat made to play for the visitors.

A paragraph from Lloyd’s Weekly L >ndon Nws slates that it w*a reportei that L td Ki would >h iriy l avs Sun Africa to t-tks commaiiii in >n Ha. The Tm.a of India, to hsnd by last man, stat'S that the appointment if Lord Kitchener as C mmander-in C-i d in In lia was deeded -ome time before Lord Rofaer 9 left bout’ Afric*. It was expected •hot Lm d Kitchener would be -ble to leave Af - ica in April, ami pay a brief visit to England, and then proceed to India. Recent il. Vi lopnr nls at the Cope tn.-y modify this airangementbut not to any imp .-riant extent.

At Clinton on Friday Mr Stratford, S.M., gave his drcssion in the cate in which the po'ica proce ded against John Hay f. r receiving orders in the Clutba Licensing District, wbee p ohibiti n prevail . The Magid-a'.e drc. de i that had the proprLto e of the h ewe y receivrd an order whhio the dia.net they would have been liable and so likewise was their agent, the defendant-., who received •hr ordfr for th' b»-«r on their behdf. A v-v v car • * line was drawn bcUy.'-rn th>; legs ■ illegal ordering ot ‘h-; , He the IV' >? ty- ■ -li . ;[..v , £5 1-, a- S : .0.-h , gudti to t .re- oihrr ov: •.>/%•. »ac v: 0 cler-d to gome uj> f r S’-. 's .c;-' . called upon, the ■ pun rh/nt-nt {-• r second conviction being impdaonm,-.. without ihe op ioa of a ■

A meeting of the G -unty G-'ancil. oconsider the water race bye-laws, will bo held on Monday next. A N"V Kid Glove, Thn “ W.innate,” -domo fasteners,wonderfully good wearing, -only at Shackleton and Grant's. The Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association advertise entries for tho Sh Andrews sale on Friday next.

A reward in offered for the return of n ten-pound note lout, bate-e.n M - ’Pree-nin’a stabha anl Mr H. Inkster's shop.

A. team from tVio Wa'ma'e Cdckr.t Ohib visited Kttrow last Wednesdiy. def-eting the tonal club after a very int.eres'ina game. Messrs O’GulKghan and ban o , Gove’-n----jnpn' Land Valuer", are in town and will commence valuing the Borough un J er the new rating to-day.

In the cricket m -.to 1 ' between IV dmat' a»’d Tiinaru High Schools at Victoria Park on Safcir ’av, th i latter won by twenty nme rims, (bo scores b'»ing Ti naru 79 and 78, Waimate. 19 and 103. Y>‘St.et‘hv a voung man named .To'm Cnmmins n Trendy escaned a serous accident.. H« woe driving a team of borers w’th a load of wood wh°n the leader became frac* iou«. Tn M- efforts to control the snim-1 ha wa« thrown down, and wm!e out of the mad of the deav the wheel caught his hair 1 , crushing it ro'-er-dv. He wa • h-ought to town and r:ceiv-;d medicd r&ttenbon.

At Can't yflsOwdav m-ming in j sont"nn o <-n a nvin wh ■> Kit commit'od a grossly Indecent act in Saturday n'gH, f 'e presiding Jus* ices pvd that •stringent mm«U'es wiu'd be taken to deil wPb such cases which ware becoming -very frequent la'e’v. As the accused, a very old nun. had b‘Bo locked up a ! nce ■niOt-Uv night, he would hr convicted, to come up for sentence when ciUeb hit he n-xt c-«n of such kind would he dealt with very severely.

A rr.e?ting of tbs l adies' benevolent Socie y w«s bell m We ln'-dav. Present—Mrs Danes Romklin. Oib j on, Wilson, A-lams anti Sinclair ( , S"c>-r>t irv). ’ln tho absence of the Pr si.im't M>•« Frinkbn wis voted to 'he ohdr. Two one- f w re’ief wmv, di-cus*? I and h Ip gvr-t-d in one case, n,;M in the nt !, pr Ce.se flje visito-fl were i-pker? to rep >rt. The 1 vio’ro s \vn-e directci info ill" wants of an ag-rl n->«.:>!•» and r.'»v>-t at j.pvt meeting. Mrs Gihvvi und Sinclair were appointed visitors for tie month. "After pissing accounts the meeting cl >ied.

A Lcul in cah'o says :—Th»» Standard s<mn a Man'huri m Convention het«von Rush v n \ Ohm i has he-n (bully sign-.

Mebl'n i thus pi vf >d outs'. 1" Uv : xi .e.rsv'oc V the Ministers of 1 ’.•» P overs at P dcin. Thi 21 irui-'u ‘hist sr./ 's th t.Pis-.ii his an’iex"-| Ki-oh u, 13d n:iies s;mth-«"?3t of Vuichwaig ; lias C aims.l all indust'di! cincesmms in Mongolia as f ir as Kashgar in Tinkislan jv-I iusi t« on building b »«• Mancha ianP‘kin railway. The fact that .1 pan having mentioned thai she reouired concess’ons eb iv dent, to t.hmo t'" to Ru’ ii. c eipi’d wi h th“ w t : drawil of her f.mops from Chinn, is pret-d to men ‘list she is ree hiug i:i province of Fokien. Brl-aiu h-s h ! Ohi'«a to defer M;v r-dhi v -.ion of the Manchurian agree neat, an I consult the P .wars.

Synopsis of Ksw AdvariiseiacDts. '•VMimte Cou ni.y Uo-u cil—Tcndtv.s. S no m a ; d Grant-—Arrival of new .good-* f or Auf-ii-on and Winer. C.F.C \.—Entries for Su Andrews sal>! on Ft Lost—l'eo Putrid Hots. Found—Cm of t,rap o had. Waimae Hockey (dun—Opening cn gTiuirs By next, Vito, aha Park. Wanted—Q-md -.urr-ag hoy. L 'Sb Wangle. 'V#V 'U P w;. Off tVj,-n,D i er. 'Business notice.