General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 150, 16 May 1901, Page 3

General News.

The. Christchurch fitting qf the (Teachers' Commission is now concluded. Ten thousand troops occupy Barcelona. The tramways have returned running and the factories have started work. The German Reichstag has adjourned till November. It passed a Bill prolonging the " favoured nation " treatment of Britain and her colonies. Good Heavy Serge Dresses in navy blue, black, maroon and myrtle green, at Is 8d per yard, may be obtained at Sbackleton and Grant's... Mr Field, M.H.R. for Otaki, has memorialised the Minister for Agriculture to appoint a wool expert to assist in obtaining a better market for .growers. ' A special purchase of White Blankets by Shackieton and Grant are being offered at—size 94, 7s 6d; size 10 4,10 s 6d; size 11-4, 133 6d. All-wool Colonial Blankets at bed rock prices... The Ohristcburch City Council on Monday evening adopted the report of £tte Finance Committee, recommending a loan of ' £17,000, of which JU4.000 will be devoted to the erection of n destructor and destroying rubbish .generally. James Watt, the civilian who on Juno 19 1(lsf > wnen was strictly .invested, escaped through Chinese lines and carried despatches to Talcu, has boon made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in recognition of his services. Six pedigree bulls and cows selected bv Mr Gilmth for the Government "arrived by the Matatua in charge of Mr McKie, one of the newly engaged, .votorinar.v surgeon*, and ha\e been qivirantined at Soraos' Island. Another ■i)t.ill died on the voyage. Tha secretary of the Horticultural Society (Mr W. L. Scott) will bo -phased to receive fruit for the collec 'tion to be sent to Dunedin show. It is a curious coincidence that each a'i the three sudden deaths in W annate it'ive occurred on a Tuesday and in three consecutive weeks —the 30th of April, the 7ch and 14th of May.

Water i q extremely scares in town, .iUmsrs Nicol and Scott are no longer :rbl» to supply the water trough on the road, and' tho loss is o'vinra of stock. Vehicles drivo up all •1 iv long, and tho look of disgust on tmur disappointed drivers' faces augur). wo)\ for a poll tpbring iu a water■iupply.

The system of the " shilling in-the-s;ot" for tho supply of gas, which is n-i'.v so popular at Homo, is to bo further extended to the city by the Wellington Gas Company, so that it will only remain for the tenant to drop his shilling into the slot and receive in return 100 feet of gas. -.Tuore ii no urnirpum of consumption specified. Mr J. P. Smith, for a number of years in charge of tlu. W;i'nnr» branch of Messrs M.-D.mald and M'D;arm'd's -i>■■mne-ss, Ins commenced on his owi. recount in tha premises next door to , the Emnire Hotel. He will undertake .impairing, and will keep a large and s ;!<>ct stock of all kinds of foofware "Mr Smith's long acquaiiUane-t with the public will no doubt ensure him a good yharo of public support. Folding Turkish Bath Cabinet.— Tho great invention of the ago for preserving health and curing disease. A sanitorium 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 bath necossary. Call and git circular .or see Bat-h at Mr F. AKHURit's, . ('heinisfc, Waunite Lay on Mac Duff; who has'nfc read How bold Macbeth was slain, -But now he's been so long since dead, Why rake him up again ? Then let him rest, he's out of date, We'll turn to something newer, ■lf you've a cold, be not too late, ' Take Woods'' Great Peppermint: Cure. The population of England and ■ Watas is 32/y25,716; of the County of London, 4.536,034; of the other administrative counties, .15,850,492 ; of country boroughs, .9,139,19;). The counties, including the other portion of greater I ondon, show a very large increase, while tho agricultural .'comiii.es.are stationary or declining.

On Monday applications for on the Kohiki settlement, Otaio, closed, and Mr Williams, Crown L>i!ids Ranger, had a heavy time at the Land Office in Tirmru. There were no fewer than fifty-nine applicants from this district alone. Applicants will be examined both in Timaru and Christchurch to morrow, and the ballot takes place at Tiinaru on Saturday.— Morning Post.

An experiment of d-itrai.uing and entraining the returning New South "Wales and Queensland troops at Alhury was highly satisfactory Within a short time eiu;ht trains con-: . veying 1600 men 400 horses, guns, waggons, and baggage ware.detrained," fed! and entrained, without the slight- ,: est mishap or bifch. The military authorities are highly pleased, and consider that in case of emergency th? . work could b 9 done much quicker. The Times Tientsin correspondent reports that the Russians are pushing roads through the lands 'claimed by . the Railway Company. The latter are unable to touch Siding, about which'the recent_ trouble arose. - Tho Russians are aware that ths ..documents proving the company's ownership of the siding ware abstracted from a Chubb's safe during the Russian , occupation of the railway premises in " June and prior to the.fire that occurred j in the buildings. There 13 on view in Mr Franklin's . window a fine col lection' of war curio 3 "brought home by Corporal W. Butcher. It comprises 15 pounder shells .with fragments of shell, bands, , time fuses, anl cordite of different i sized strands.' There is a Kaffir snuff spoon, a field dressing and abandolier. All varieties of small. arm ammunition (Mauser, Mannlicher Lee-Metford) Maxiin and pom-pom, are represented in a very comprehensive and ' interesting collection. Pittsburg glass workers are being • brought to New Zealand to work in a plant now being'erected by the New ' Zealand -Flint 01asa Company. The ' NowZealaud Company has deposited , money for the expenses of tbte journey with President John Knuzzler, of the Flint Glass Woakers*.Union, Bays, the ..* Detroit Free J?ress. Each workman will ba.givenj&lO dollars* for fare and . expenses, ana will be allowed pay at ". the rate of ten dollars a week while' on J tho trip outwards. About fifty flint 'glass workers .have already signified jjbeir willingness to come. •

§? Canada is erecting a national museum at Ottawa, costing a million dol'ars, as a memorial to the late Queen. It is possible that Colonel Robin will come up from Dunedin to attend the troopers reception ball to-morrow evening, iu Timaru. The illness of the Empress Frederick of Germany has taken a less "favourable turn, and she is now suffering great pain. The Marylebone Cricket Club decided that it was unable to accept Australia's invitation to send a team, owing to the difficulty of securing a ! representative one. Owing to the presence of an abnormal number of Russian troops on the eastern German frontier, Germany is largely increasing her forces in that direction. ' We much regret to hear that Trooper Loach, of the Second Contingent, and a son of Mr T. E. Loach of Waimate, is laying ill in Wellington Hospital. He has been visiting Rotorua, having sustained a strain in the baok while on active service. Madame Denise, palmist and clairvoyant, leaves Waimate on Monday next, and only gives readings for three more days. Madame Denis's has given very successful readings in this town, and intending clients will need to lose no time. -■■■■■■■■ The Daily Telegraph's St. Petersburg correspondent states that iu response .to Admiral Alexielf's appeal for reinf to r.lie fleet in China waters, Russia'has despatched two first-class battleships, three first class cruisers, and another second class cruiser. A project is on fooc in St. Andrews for the erection of a Catholic Chi' - ch there, aud with the object of augmenting the funds already in hand for this purpose, a grand concert is to bj given in tin Library Hall, St. Andrews, on Timrsday, May 30th. Some of the besi talent from Timaru and VVaimit< has been secured, and a very good eutertainmet is sure to be the result. A comm-ttoe meeting of the Waimate Horticultural Society was held list evening in the tire brigide" roo ns, present. Messrs Norton Fra icis (chair) and Akhurat, Nicol, Smith, Luudon, Howard, and the Rev. McKenuie Gibson. The sub-committee already appointed was asked to gather a collection of fruit and arrange for some rneaus of keeping it in good ord'jr to send to the Dunedin Show. A member was deputed to gather information from strawberry growers in order to read a paper at the Horticultural Conference in Dunedin in June. Four delegates were appointed to attend the show. The annual meeting w is fixed for Juuo 12.

Synopsis of Nw Advertisements. J. T. Smith—Ojj'suiiio' Boot shop in a few days. N.Z.R.—Excursion fares for reception of returned troopss. Funeral notice. Wanted -Men for bn-di work. M-dame Do. .ise— Last three days. C F.U. A. - Property sale on 18th i-i<rt.