General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 146, 7 May 1901, Page 3

General News.

, Excitement pFfitfails in the British 'ihining districts over the-prospective itrike against the coal doty. President McKinley, in reply to a Communication from Kruger, informed the ex-president that he will welcome him unofficially in America in August. Wade’s Worm Figs are most Effective and not unpleasant; children thrive after taking them. Price Is. tfhe census of tbd Maori population shows an increase of about 2000. Evidently the tales of the “ dying M&ori ” tire £t little bit off. The Weetralian Government is purchasing 9000 acres at York, and intends to divide the land for the purpose of closer settlement. Mr H. E. Mann, of the Studholme Junction Hotel, is having the.piace thoroughly done up. Mr F. Smith and staff are at present engaged painting, etc., and the house looks spick and span. The Yietoriari census encloses that there are D 487 more males and 51,962’ more females than at the last census. The discrepancy is partially due to the absence’ in South Africa and China of departures for the West '■lUstfaliah goldfields.Mr Ti Kennedy (Oaraaru) advertises that,having purchased the stock-in-trade of Mr F. Smith, painter, it will be carried on by Mr R. Y. Smith. We hear-that, at Mr Smith’s request, the contract for painting Knox Church has been transferred to Mr Kennedy. “ Gui Bono-’ 1 writes forwarding tfio meaning of the word “Ariadne.” He says it was the name of the beautiful daughter of King Minos 'of Crete,, who explained to Theseus the windings of ; 111© labyrinth, but being deserted, by (him was subsequently married to 'Rixcchus and made his priestess. The comet, now a familiar figure in the heavens, presented a beautiful sight last evening. The sky was cloudless, and while there was no appearance of the glorious full moon,.every detail of the visitor was perfectly cl,ear, even to its nebulous tail, but its glory Waned on the appearance of the “ Queen of the night.” Some sim.fi ago hares Were placed bn the game list in the Waitaki and Wai'uato Acclimatisation district. Mr <T. Sinclair, on behalf of the Society, I v : gorously protested against this, and the result is that last evening he received a wire from Mr Hugh Pollan, i Colonial Secretary, staling that, as from the 2nd May, hares are nalonger ■*' game.” The Rev. George Barclay gfive an interesting chat on " Astronomy ” to a' large audience in Knox Church Sunday School hall last evening.' It Was originally intended for the younger portion of the community, but the lecturer’s well-known ability attracted ST large number of adults. The lecture Was couched in simple language and Was greatly enjoyed. Don’t ever play with dynamite* In case it should explode, Beware of robbers late at night And take the safest road. Don’t laugh at any'little ill, . But health at once secure, B id coughs, and colds arise from chill, Take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

An advert-isenfen't' appeared in a Waimate paper so me time ago for a Souk fur the Hospital. It appeared so long that ah outside paper mentioned the apparent scarcity of cooks in Wai-xhat-3, probably'picturing to itself the ■inmates of the institution on the borderland of starvation. The funny part of the story is that a cook has been comfortably settled at the Hospital for nearly a month.

Folding Turkish Bath Cabinet, — ’The great invention of the ago for preserving-health, and curing disease. A's uritoniun and bathroom combined. Vapour, Hot Air, Medicated or Perfumed Baths. Rotorua in your own home. Every family who values .good health should have one. No other tfiHi necessary, Call and get circular er.see Bath at Ma F. Akhorst’s, (’bjinist, Waimate.

A Ministerial crisis has arisen in Prussia owing to a deadlock- over the Canal Bill, which-provides the linking together by a canal, capable of carry ing vessels, of the basins of the Rhine and Elbe and Port Stettin, at a'cost of nineteen and a half million pounds.-

The census shows the population of Christchurch city to *be 17.824, as ftgninst 18,964 in 1898. With its Suburban boron ghs-a total of 46.083 is reached; as against 42.158. Ashburton fellows 2322, against 2082- The population of Novy South Wales is now 1v362i282, an increase of 229,995. The population of the county of London has increased 307,717.

The Cprean Government has again dismissed Mr McLoavy Brown, against, Whose recent dismissal Britain successfully remonstrated. Go up one, Corea.- Just fancy the great and only Brown being sacked ” ; against ■ PSriiSr'Bull's--will.’ Perhaps McLeavy name) was pleased to reave. The Goreans have the Eastern knack of expressing sharp discontent, khd whatever his job was worth, life Was worth- more, even if his death wore “ avenged;”

Mr P. Meehan, who died at the private hospital in Timaru on Saturday morning, was an old colonist, arriving in Victoria' on- the first . outbreak of the diggings in 1855‘2 inihe ship Rod Jacket. : He followed mining pursuits on the Australian, Otago and tVest Coast diggings. A few years ago he took up farming in the Makikibi -district/ Mr Meehan leaves two sons— -■ Mr John Meehan, of Willowbridge, Sjhd Mr James Meehan, of Makikibi.— Morning Post.

. At the Schools Athletic" Association-Gbmmittee on SaturdayjnTimaru, it "was decided . to-' hold- 5 -® |ahools’ ‘football competition. The i>ales of the Wurth' Canterbury Public' Schools Athletic Association ISTo VoTwilTbc allowed to play whose tfta-aeeretary, JMrl'so „■ possibility matches ab.out'tber The names?b!(; team musPa^p^b^

St. Augustine's- Gburoh wants- ft verger. Miss DuflSl'eld advertises for: three general servants and a cook.’ The Japanese Government has resigned owing ter interned dissensions . in the two Chambers. The sites in Queen Street belonging to the public library will be sold on May 18th. The Railway Department advertises alteration of date of the excursion 1 tickets to Dunedin. The Takitu homestead run will be opened for public application on May 29th. An auctioneer and four stock dealers turned op at Makikihi sale yesterday, but neither a hoof nor a buyer. The winter months are now upon us but the weather is not very cold, and white frost is as yet a rarity. The "Japanese bank failures are not serious, the capital of those which have collapsed being small. - Five great American shipbuilding yards are amalgamating, with the object of competing with English shipbuilders. A shark ten feet long was caught on ' the Makikihi beach on Sunday night. The shark deserved what it got for breaking the Sabbath. You can depend on ridding your children of Worms with Wade’s worm figs, the wonderful worm worriers. Price is The cable steamer Britannia has returned to Melbourne, after laying IDO miles of the Cape cable. She leaves to engage in work in conn’eotiou with the Pacific cable. The New South Wales AgentGeneral has inspected the marine biological laboratory at Plymouth, with a view to introducing English marine fish into Australian waters. Wade’s Teething Powders for ( babies are soothing, reduce fever and prevent blotches. Price, Is. 1 Yesterday morning before the Rev. ' Geo-Barclay and Mr W. Petit,!.P.’s, < Wm. Hayes, a dealer, was fined J6l and t 2s costs, in default fourteen days, for being drunk and disorderly in Queen * Street on Saturday night. 1 A wire received in W aturate yesterday states that the house of Mr I Meredith, Rangtora, was < burnt down on Sunday night. Mrs j J. Black is a daughter of Mr Meredith. The Canadian-Pacific and Atlantic Coast Northern Railway Companies, in conjunction with Leylaud’s steamship line, are opening a new grain route via the lake ports to England. It will be 800 miles shorter than the present route.

We hear that the shilling subscrip ti'on lists to purchase mementos for the returning troopers are filling rapidly. Tim Rev. A. T. Small, Chairman p|. the Wesleyan-Mission District of Fiji,.who is visiting Sydney, in an interview said that there had always bte ■- a section, headed by the brother of the Chief Justice agitating-for federation, bat a large section stand aloof, as they are not in favour of federation with New Zealand, ftlr Small fears that the census will disclose a serious decrease in the native population, as there has been a steay decline for some years'.

Gunner Sidney Harford, formerly of (.he Nelson navals, joined the British Navy and his time expiring just as the war in Africa commenced he joined the Natal Navals and went through the fighting in Natal. Subsequently he died of enteric. The Natal Government has now sent his mother, Mrs Harford, of Nelson, a gratuity of £75, as well as her late son’s full pay from October 17; to March 31, and also intimated that she has been granted a life annuity of £35, Deceased’s effects, including the late Queen’s gift of chocolate are being forwarded to Mrs Harford.

The Waimate County Council, having complained to the Canterbury Land Board of the spreacTof gorse on the roads at the Koluk-a settlement, the Board on Thursday passed a resolution that in its opinion it is to be regretted that the Waimate County Council did not insist upon the road's being Cleared of gorse prior to the acquisition of the land by the Government and that to require the new settlers to immediately clear the gorse would be an act of injustice, and an admission of remissness on tbe part of the Council in not requiring the previous owner to effect the clearance. Mr Brenmer. County Engineer, brought up this matter at last meeting. A Chinese, named Pong Lee, was arrested! n Wellington sqme days ago on a charge of indecently assaulting a girl under fourteen and remanded. Oh the case being called on at the Magistrate’s Court on Friday it transpired that the child had in the meantime been married to - the defendant while ha was on bail. An officer of the police applied foe ,a further remanded allow him tn take legal advice as to the position. Counsel • for the accused, while not opposing the remand if the police proposed to support the charge with independent evidence, contended that before’ the femand was made the prosecution should admit that, the girl now married to the accused - was not competent as a witness agkinst him?. The police said they doubted the marriage was legal. Council said that the consent of the parents had been-given, and in that case any girl over twelve years, or any boy over 14, could legally marry. A: week’s remand was. granted. *

The business premises of Mr pf. H. Logan, of Geraldine,-had a very narrow escape from being destroyed by fire oh Friday afternoon. The circumstances connected yvitb the origin of the fire aYe rather peculiar, bo| nevertheless true. Mr Lagan_had hunga tin dish wfthTronnded sides, on the ed'g’q i o! his shop,, which had 1 thp qffoousstpg the rays of the, son,,thereby causing" such heafcas ,%o fife the’build jbg. ; r-;Mhi n "tiOgan, , shop qdoasimx .*» ■ u» to smoke W under W Bowl No.

, » 1 Th* Duke and Duchess of Fife opunoft anexcellent exhibition at Glasgow, including an art gallery, cost a a million.

members 'pf.- t|i6 South' Wales China ’Contingent, who were vaccinated before,they sailed. for ’ the Bast, have"' been jtelefcrsetf fromquarantine, and- marched thev Streets of Sydney, They were accorded- an enthusiastic reception, being welcomedbf {He Premier, who road" an order from General Stewart highly praising their discipline and the• manner, in. which they performed their duties in China. Eighty remain in quarantine.

All the Maori census returns, Wvith the exceptiohof that for the Thames District, have now . reached the Regiatrar-'General. They show that the Maori population, of the colony, apart from the Thames Distrust, * is. about 05,000, an increase of 2,000 a) compared with 1896. .It is expected that the full returns- will show thatthere are fully 40,000- Maoris Jn the colony, or at least 1,500 more than in 1890;

Synopsis of How Mvertaeiits.

D. Herron—Lost 33 Merino wethers. ' St.- Augustiue^Ohuroh —Verger wanted. T. Kennedy—Business oh-mge. GUinriess. and lie Urea—Town sites for sale. ... • N»w Zealand Railways—Alteration of excursion tickets. Miss; Dtiffield—Wants cook and three general servants."