General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 130, 30 March 1901, Page 2

General News.

Tenders for painting the Waitaki villiage School are called for by the South Canterbury Education Board.

MfW J; Black a diets the votes of the ra'epayers of iMUkik'bi District for the season theTiuiiru rlirhour B»ard. At the Waimate Magistrate's Court on Thursday,*' before Mftjur- Keddel', S.M., the adjourned casi, Knighc v. Knight, was again adjourned to allow of private settlement An old-age pension was granted,.

The" Butchers' of Wafmate have aw advertisement in thi9 issue by which they notify their intention to lower theprioe of mutton.

Ja»e Smith ha? been found guilty of administering strychnine, in theOonway O'se.nndhaa b-en committed for trial at the Criminal sessions on April Ist The Canterbury Farmers'Co operative Association have an extensive advertisement in this issue to which we would draw t'tte attention of our readers.

At the Theory Examination of the London College of held in December last. Mi*s Annie Millar, Wairnate, pupil of Mrs Owen, obtained a first class ce tificate in the junior pass. In the Coningham divorce suit tha case for the corespondent has closed, and the petitioner called evidence in rrply. The case has been adjourned till Monday.

The premises of Messrs Ti.wnsrnrf and Paul, auctioneers ot We ling'on, w-ra -Titerel on Wednesday night and the pafe broken open. The contents, gold, notes and silver, was removed. On Tunsday last a bake< in Wellington was fined 20s and coats for selling lii.djt-weight bread Of several loaves w ighed by the inspeo or none were unrt'-r 6 ounces short. Tho New South Wahs Government h"S prohibited the import, Hon of nwine fririNew Zealand for twelve mnnth«, o•. ing to the alleged existence oi swine f vf-r.

The Now Zfiiland excursion fare-" for the E-ste' - holidays. Hpeeid train arrangements haven.ide and every convenience will ba hfiordcd those tr;>veiling during 'ho holidays. Mr T. Richa-d - *, of Rakai - *, his jist threshed out 2£ • a 'res rf oats, wiiiuh \ielded 120 busheK to tb*» a<re. Tiii* is a portion of a p*dd-.iek of 60 acres, which is estimated so average, 80 biuh<-ly to the acre

At the Wellington fruit market the oilier day oris salesman asked the Chinese dealers to <jub'crib-» t> the Q:i>-miis statue fund. There wis air immediate response, the amounts given totalling £?3 8 . Dn ing tho reoent riots in Russh, seventeen persons were killed and thirty wnindwl at M- scow, whde eleven were; kil'ed and twenty-»-wo wounded at St. P. ten-burs'. Po 1y students drew lota as to who should kill Bogoliep ft". A notification appears in artothei' columi to the eff'-i.-t that Mr George Lyall has bean duly elected membc for r.'ie Puvora <fis*ri>:t on Timirurfaibur Board, there b-jing no o her nomination,

Captain H. S. E. H-b'av, who for many years held appointment ot Adjutant to the North Canterbury Infantry Batlnlion, has b;en app-uot'd to the unattached list and is now on the Distfict StnfF.

An applicant fir an < 13 age pension afc liyitelton on W dnes lay, on beinga>-k"(V if he had aoy money in the bjrik, admitted that he had thosumof cwopenea und surprised the Court by adding tltafc lie had left it unclaimed tor twenty years.

The Federal' Commission has fwi'ed f»r ifobart. It' t *ok ivi-Teno at V:q principal Agr'ci'ture C dlege in reference? to agricil nrc in N>-:w -Soun't Wales vind the prob'tbilines of Ihe market in futurefor New Zetland product in New Sonili-

Wa'es. Mr J-ihn Manohestar and William -7. Black have been nominated f >r the oiii.jo of member of the Timnru Harbour Board to represent t;>a M'>ki(dlu Dis-rict. A poll will ht 'akon on Ap <l 10'h, the fol'ing booth b:ing at. Makikihi, Stuiholme Junction, and Weim*te.

The Volunteer Offio, Tniianr notify thut men retu'-ned fr-im South Africa" seeking employment rn-y register I heir names at the District Orib; -. Em-ploy-is and Volunteer Officers are a- kc<l to suggest suitable etti{.l >ym"nt for such men.

Dr Barolav, Surgeon Ciptain of the Wannite Rifles been appointed mpdical officer to the Federal Contiryent which is to rep e enfc NnwZsaland-attho opening ff the Commonwealth Piriinment. Tne Confc'h!sj»nt leav u ß for Aus. tralia batwe n the 20 h and 30tb April.

Thes.a. Rangatiri left Wellington f.ip o;i<Tia»u on Wednesday night. She take 3 from this port between 8000 and 9000 circ Bps of frozen mutton, 250-' qua-'ers beef, 150 ca ks tallow, H*;eks of whea f , and 800 of wool. The beef will ba rai!eo|pp from Baraaido.

At the inquest on thof;infanf. Robinson hnld %n \Vedn sday, thevcrdict ",was accidental The ev'dence Jiren€ to show that the child was ill, and the n"i'se, by misfc-iJo*, gaveit a dose pf be'l-vdonna lin-men-, the child dying an hour and a half afterwards.

On the oath to uphold the Pcesbytmian Church of Scotland bring admini tered to the Kng at his firsts Council, h". did not kiss the New Testament, ae is custom>.ry in England and the colonies, but elected to tak* the o*th Scotoh fashion t holding up tha right hun-l. Tlvj Railway Appeal Biard met at ftu-edin to hear the appeaE of John iMcDnvell (driver) and C. McD nald (firHniai.) agaio9t dismissal in conduction %ith the collision at Pojt Chalmers s m February, It is conte ded by appellants that th-i singal wis not at danger when the train enured the tunnel The decision will be torwarded to Wellington

A telejrvm from Ddnoiih states that a wa-erppuit at Strath Tueri ..n Sunday night washed away the Switshbank Rxnd and the centre of the road bowe>n Springs and the Roct-and Pi!l.ar. All the culverts in the neighbourhood were badly damag'd, and fences destroyed. The residents in the invnediate locality likened the fbodto a stream three time 3 the with of the: Taieri River.

At the Oaraaru Court orr Wedne-day, a m*n named John Davidson, was charged with having, at Glenavy, boarded a train which w-j&-in motion. Defendant pletded and said- that he would not "haveboarded the train w?re it not that be wa<- in charge of some stock on the train. The bench pointed 1 * out that there was a severe penality for the/ offence bat in view of the etrbumstances fined defendant 203, with coat) .9a.

In the Wanginni match, 503, 500*, 700 yards, seven shots, which' was fired on Wednesday last. King, of. Oamaro,, made some very good shooting, putttnjjon the excel'ent score of 100. He alsogets a plaoe as «me of the hundred who will fire in the Aggregate nureh, having tied with Wilson, of WoodsviHe, for top. scorn of 444. Pearson of Titnaru, wins ihe Union Oompioy'B Oup, and King, of O ma-u, takes the Natives' Association Oup, and wm» the Williams Revolver' and the Tharoei Rifle. Id Auokland match, Sing? score w 8$ and WftU* 7fr