General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 165, 20 June 1901, Page 2

General News.

Technical classes are to be formed in Timaru. The Railway Department advertise an excursion train to Timaru for the 25th instant. The banks throughout the whole colony will be closed on Saturday and Monday next. The rate struck by the Council yesterday equals 8 9ilis of a penny on the capital value. Wade’s Worm Figs are most effective and not unpleasant; children thrive after taking thorn. Price Is Messrs Manchester Bros, and Gold smith have an important notice in this issue, with reference to the Royal visit. The advertisement is well worth perusal. The Rev. George Barclay gave an interesting and instructive lecture lasi evening in Knox Church Sunday school hall. There was a large gathering despite the wet. The South Canterbury Charitable Aid Board decided on Tuesday to ask the Government to move in the matter of erecting a separate institution for consumptives. At the Council meeting yesterday it was stated that years ago the Government was offering as much as six acres to one for trees planted. Now they had to cut trees down. There was a good attendance at the Quadrille Assembly’s dance on Thurs day evening. The floor was in good order and excellent music was dis C' ursed by Miss A. Gaitt (piano) and A. Miller (violin). The estimates of the County Council f r the year are:—Makikihi riding, £4oB 15s ; Deep Creek riding .0791 4s (with contingency fund £140) ; Waih o riding. £219 9s 4s ; Hakataramea ' riding £SGS 6a.When Mr Douglas applied for twe mouths leave of absence yesterday Mi Rhodes said he had never sat under n chairman vi ho had fulfilled Ids d- t e so well, Mr Milne endorsed these remarks, Mounted infantry and rifkrnon maj obtain camping requirements at Shackleton and Grant’s, waterproo she ting from Is 9d yd. Heavy rug 1 7s fid. Panicans. plates and slaps fid Hea y wool knit punts 3s lid, e c Ad-t. A daisy cart, buggy, spring tr; p, oi any kind of a vehicle. Every pan guaranteed. Landed at your doo. cheaper than anywhere else. Let ut know yo ir wants. We can give yor satisfaction. Zealandia Supply Com pany, Christchurch.—Advt. Among the veterans invited to be pivsent ai the luncheon to bo given u Christchurch by the Government or Monday, are private Bateman, £fi.r J Foot; private T. McConnell, 58t Foot ; and second class petty office E, J, Ai will, R.N., all of WaimateAt the County Council meeting yesterday Mr Walker strongly urgec the forming of a contingency fund for Deep Creek, on account of the con verging traffic causing extra wear and tear-on roads and bridges, and it wadecided to set aside £l4O for this fund A great deal of business was befoi ( the Council yesterday and the meeting lasted till 5.45, A number of member: are on the Hospital Board and those who were waiting outside for i quorum for the Board were compellec to exercise much patience, that virtue so seldom found in man. The borough surfacemen are making a good job of metalling Queen street There is no need to appoint a clerk ol works, for the “ fierce light that boats upon a throne ” is an incident »om pared with the gaze that is bent on the workers by the passers and slanders by. The population of Christchurch Oitj is now 17,537, as against 16,964. ir 1896, that of the total suburbs 39.50 C compared with 34,366 in 1896, anc the total for town and suburbs 57.031 as againti 51,330. The total rate o of increase for the five years is 11.15 per cent. During the five years which elapsed between the census of 1896 and thai of 1901, the population of the Welling ton Btevincial District has increased from 121,854 to 141,236. In tin Taranaki Provincial District the population has risen from 31,176 tc 37,842. The southerly buster at its height, With wind and rain and sleet, Is bound to give us every night, Wet clothes and cold damp feit. Bad coughs and colds must ther prevail, We’ll try to make them fewer, And take a dose of never fail— Some Woods’ Groat Peppermijui Cure. The Premier is advised that the s.s Tayue left Capetown on June 18 having on board for New Zealand Lieutenant Colonel Davis with eleven officers and 287 men oT the Fourth Contingent, thirteen offiioers and 8*26 men of the Fifth Contingent besides about sixty New Zealanders ol Kitcheners Scouts and forty New Zealand reserves. Second Lieutenant O’Farrell, of the Ist Derbyshire! (formerly of Waimate) is also on board They are expected to arrive on Juh 6th.

We re nin-3 all our readers that a meeting to consider the formation o' technical classes, in connection with the Waimate District High School, will be held to-morrow evening in the school, The subject is of groat interest to all who desire increased opportunities of acquiring an education, and should attract a good attendanceA late African exchange states that at Cradock all able bodied men who have not joined any of the defence forces now being formed, or those already in existence, are confined to their houses after 7pm., and other restrictions will probably be put on them. The prohibition against being out after 7 p.m. applies to women and children also. We would like to draw the Borough Council’s attention to complaints Which have been made of the awkward position of the lamp at the junction of Leonard and Herbert streets, and the continuation of the latter street. The lamp is on the one side of Leonard street and lights part of it, but throws a dark shadow light across the junction of the roads. It only requires shifting to the other side of Herbert street to render the three corners well lighted. Despite the wet, miserable weathe last evening the Oddfellows’ Hall wathe scone of a very enjoyable dance, when the Excelsior dancing class held its weekly gathering. The orchestra, consisting of Miss Gaitt (piano). Mr Miller (violin) and Mr Harwood ( Ornef% provided music excellent in time and tune, and nothing was left undone to make the function a perfect success Mr G. Lewis, M.H.R., in a long letter to the Christchurch papers, explains that the reason for hi? resignation is ill health, brought on by the long hours of the session ; and also lack of interest on the part of his supporters. From the Press we learn that there is no further news with regard to election matters, as it appears that those interested are waiting the result of the meeting of th supporters of Messrs T. E. Taylor and G. J. Smith, which takes place to night. Nothing further has trans pired with reference to the reported candidature of Mr W, H. Cooper, 'and it is stated that it is extremely unlikely that he will contest the seat.

The total value of the native presents given to the Puke and Duchess of York at Rotorua is now estimated at between £IOOO and £2OOO. Victoria Taiteko Kemp, of Wanganui, and her own people alo' e gave eighty-seven fine mats, worth probably, on an average, about £5 each. The greenstone weapons given were worth a very large sum. One of these had been in the haids of the tribes whu gave it for some thirteen generations. Three of the whalebone ( weapons presented were long fiat swords, made from the ribs of the sperm whale and ornamented with tufts of white dog’s hair near the handle. These relics of the past are i fur rarer than other weapons, ami 1 their value iu Maori eyes is very considerable.