General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 128, 26 March 1901, Page 2

General News.

Tenders are invi ed for painting and pap- ring Studholme Juncton Hotel

In Waimate Coun’v the number ot sheen in 1900 was 550.763 and in 1899 558 467, a decrease of 7604, The battleship Duncan and the Antarctic ship Discovery has breu launched.

Students an preparing a gigantic pet I tion to the Czar, praying for the romoi'aof their grievances. Lord Salisbury’s resolution fo a j :nt committee of both Houses to consider the revision of the King’s oaths was ag'eed to. At the rifle As'nc ; ation mee’ing at Wanganui on Friday,’ Se.gpaut Waugh, of the 'l'imaru P.-rfe Guards, won ih Kyno’oh Cup and £6.

We heard last evening that Mr A. Bit chener had bought Messrs Xewland Brothers’ farm, Hook, but did not hear any particulars. Men a e elected to important public h dies who p ors ps just enough 'mains to chon wood, a-d n t eimu 'h to run an oyster cart. —Ohri-tchur h Truth.

O'er thi-’een th nisand troops will

ke part in a review at FI mingtoe during the visit of the D ;ke -nd Duches of York.

In m the" c btran the N.M. a.-d A. Cvpanv adverli e present entries for their Wa m ,te stock sale on Friday

Th“ depanre nf tlv> Seventh Continent is defin toly fixed for the 30i h ini. It is nro .ib a th t■ i her Gol oml Robin or Colonel Divies will alee cha-gn of the Contingent on its arrival at the- C >po. The s s Chemnitz, belonging to »he German and Australian li o, coll de I with tiie steamer Tav, at Flushing, mi Friday, The -.Tay and thiitee» people we’e In our advertising columns Mr F. Brinkman announces that twenty-five lambs strayed into his padlock about three weeks ago, and that the owner may recover them by paying expenses. •

Representations j’jiave been made to th ■ Government with the object o‘ allowing the Westport Car' ■ft' and Cardiff coal mine, now in their h i’*ds to be wok.d on the co-operative principle. The matter is under consideration

If the agricultural statistics collected by ■he Government are to be relief on, there is likely to be a scarcity of potatoes in the colony this year, and prices will accordingly advance considerably.

A commission consisting of five ropre-eat lives of Education Board’s, two school inspectors, and representative of teachers have been appointed to dea' wi h the question of teachers’ salaries.

The weal her during the past few days has been extremely variable. In f icb ’t i ■ not necessary to g > away for a change of air, a* the change comei along whether it is want d or not.

Says the Stratford Settler : —“ Last night’s meeting of the B irougli Council was remarkably sultry. The press s timab prepared for fight, anticipating the wnr iy warfare wool < terminate in fisticuffs.” It isn’t quite as bad ai that here yet, but we’re getting on.

The fall of five per cent, in crossbred wool is not vary pleasant reading for New Zealand farmers, but such is the report from London. Merino woo shows a s ight advance, but other classes are firm on'y. Thera is compensation for this in the prices of frozen mutton, which are still good.

The ship Strathg y'e, fr-m Sydney to London whh wool, signalled Cape Saunders on Snndty that there was a fire in the vessel’s hold. The tmr we .t out from P% Chalmers and brought her into port.), T|he ha f cnfes W"re b atoned d >wn, andufeps were taken to put the fire ont. If necoessary the vessel will be docked and sunk.

Nearly every trade has its annual picnic nowadays. Butchers, grocer*, drapers, cabmen, brewers, etc., all have their annual outing. Wnat are the undertakers about? Why not a day’s outing for them ? They c mid get up a unique display. Hearses could be called into requiai ion, and a pleasant site could be round in the vicinity of some cemetery.—Taieri Advocate. Why not go the whole socialistic hog at once, and get the Goveroment to bake our bread, brew our beer, mska iur boots and b her raiment, and generally speaking, get Government to p rform all the varied functions for society that are now attended to by private enterprise ?—Greymouih Argus. Por going down into the , bowels of the earth, and risking hia life and health, a Westport miner gets 2s lOd per ton of coal hewn. For carrying that same ton of coal a few miles in a railway truck the Government claims 2a. Mr says it, and does not seem to see any inoongfuity.-rlnvecoar; gill limes. i

The boys and girls of the local aohoo are trailing every spare minute for the great event of the year, the South Canterbury school sp'irt?, and a number of prizes should come to next Thursday. The idea of holding echo *! spirts is a capital one, and the good which will result to the pupils Is Irameasurable.

There is a large Add for reform In the grievances of bank employees, moat of whom are sorry they are not bricklayers or oirpent‘-rs, whom work ends at the threshold of their “job," and whose pay is so much more sat i-factory than the men wh >se supposedly better social stanning is to bo kept up on tho pittance now given to them. —Auckland Observer.

A Duntroon correspondent writes that the dredge now w >rki"g on the Maerewhenua will, in all likelihoo '.dosed va shortly. It has t o short a ladd r (23ft.) and cannot bottom. Hesidents know the ground are co Admit that it is good, but t hey the a.t'o i of the Oireotors in purchasing a sscond-’-and dredge, as its unsuitableness will discourage other coeipan es. The Hon A, J. Cadnian leaves for England next week with Mr K. M. Smith to endeavour ! o make arrangements fc the ilr.vel-.-pmu'-t of the onsa' d and ore deposits of :he cdonv. Ir Cadtnun r cently examined tho ronsancl and limestone deposits of the M l;au district, and as ured himself of .he q-amity, quality and value of tho d'-po its. Hi- i- te.iion is to lay before the Home capital!-ts all th- facts with a view to inducing them to introduce the necessary, capital in order (hat New Zea'aud may manufacture its own supplies a d also open up an export trade.

A meeting of the Racing Club was he'd in the Waimate Hotel on Saturday afternoon. Present: E. CV -tudholme, (chair), and M-s;rs McGoverin, O’Leary, Binney, G. McLe-m, Twmney. O’Brien and Freeman (sec.). The business was chiefly the passing of accounts and states to the amount of £205, and other account amounting to about £4O were passed for payment. A committee was appointed to inspect the course and have it top dressed and grass sown before winter. The meeting terminated with a “ shilling in.” The agitation against toll gates in the Taranaki County h<s reached an acute stage. Information has been received to the fffect that at Tuniho the gatekeeper w s locked in h* house while several p -rsnna carried off a gate which has not yet-b en found. It is report<d th t ahotli‘i’ gate »t Hei-nana was similarly treated. This extreme st, p has b an taken in view of the impen Ung s le of the rig t to c dlect the t dls lor the year commencing *pril. The police a e investigating the matter. A good deal of cop higher up thrmirh he G'»ge is ju I being cirted in whde some is only now he.ng cut, harvesting operati n> were great y hindered bv the cold, wet wea'htr experienced laoly. A very large nr<*a of crop towards Hak it uarm a in broken to puce- by the r c nt hailstorm and will not bo cut at all. Towauls Duntroon, al o, large pad locks of wheat are in this pitiable condition, while some le-is damag <1 crops in v irious parts which have been cat, threshed seven bushfela to tht acre, a poor return for a year's work.