General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 175, 13 July 1901, Page 3

General News.

A social will be held in the Waituna schoolroom Tifext Friday. Miss Christie advertises that she is prepared to receive pupils for the pianoforte and theory. Tenders are called this morning for the erection of a building in brick or stone for the Waimate Public Library, Wade’s Teething Powders for babies are soothing, reduce fever and prevent blotches. -Price, Is. The Waimate Quadrille Assembly held their regular woekly dance on Thursday night, which passed off in its usual successful manner.

The Canterbury Farmer’s Cooperative Association advertise a large entry of horses for their sale on Thursday next. The keen frosty weather hitherto prevailing in Waimate broke up on Thursday afternoon, and light showers fell at intervals. Rain is very badly needed. It is rutaoured that a measure for taking SO seats from Ireland, which is now over-represented, and conferring them upon the colonies, is contemplated.

The Excelsior Banking Glass hal its regular evening’s enjoyment on Wed nesday night, when, as usual, everyone present speiu a most pleasant time.

The Waimate County Goanoi! advertises that it intends to levy a general rate of |d in the £ on the unimproved value of all the rateable property in the county. An inspired article in the Paris newspaper Le Temps, seriously warns Morocco not to dabble in intrigues, nor to modify the situation' in Morocco to the detriment of France. A rate of § TOths of a penny in the £ is advertised to be levied by the County Council on the unimproved value of all rateable property in the Waitnate portion of the Timsru Harbour Board district. South Canterbury teachers will be pleased to learn that the South Canterbury Board of Education have received .£430 Hs 6d from the Education Department, as the increase for teachers’ salaries for the quarter ending June SOth. Messrs Price and Miller, members of the South Australian Assembly, have returned from a trip to New Zealand, where they made enquiries iii reference to industrial and agricultural matters. They speak highly of the treatment they received. The contract for supplying chiming and striking clocks for the post offices at Masterton, Oamaru, and the Bluff, has been let by the Government to Messrs Littlejohn and Son, of Wellington. The cost is to be between £2OOO and £3OOO.

Major Steward, M.H.R. for Waitaki, has again brought before the Government the desirability of shortening the route to the Hermitage by means of a mono-rail across the Tasman river, with the result that he has obtained a promise that the engineer will be sent to report on the suggestion. Mr J. G. Gow. chief Inspector, told the Board of Education p,t their meeting on Wednesday that they had not a sufficient supply of teachers in the district now, and they had used up all their worst material. _ They were completely worked out of teachers.

The members of the Federal Parliament expressed alarm at the rapidly increasing expenditure in connection with so many appointments of high salaried officials. Already they were expending within JG2OOO a year of the estimate,of the Adelaida Convention, and the Commonwealth was not even in working order. Dr Elmslie, speaking at the Christchurch Presbytery, said he was satisfied that the absence of Biblical instruction from the public schools was one reason for the prevalence 6f juvenile immorality. The Church of Rome was not only in the way of the re-introduotlon of the Bible in the schools, but also of other vital matters, and he suggested the formation of a Protestant League, embracing all the Protestant Churches, to cope with the influence of Roixle.

A great anti-Boer city meeting was held at Guild Hall, London. Tho stockbrokers formed a procession and marched so the building cheering and singing. The mesting unanimously supported the Government’s South African policy. The Lord Mayor and city members of the House of Commons were the speakers, and there ftas tremendous enthusiasm. An overflow from the meeting filled the square facing tho Guild Hall. A meeting of the Waimate Library Committee was held 6n Wednesday .evening, there being present Messrs Hamilton (Chairman), Grant, Nicol, Scott, Milsofti and Smith. Plana and specifications of the proposed new library were submitted to the committee and it was decided to call alternate tenders for building in brick of atone. It waa decided to apply to the Borough Council for the usual subsidy,. the committee to wait on the Council in support of the application. Messrs Menziea, Scott, Hamilton, Milaom and Grant were appointed a committee to select bObka. After passing accounts fee £8 16s od, the bopmilttee rose*

A meeting of the Waimate b ’anch ,of the British and Foreign Bible Society was held on Wednesday even ing, Mr Allan presiding. The presi dent and secretary were Instructed to arrange with the Rev. G. Barclay to deliver a lecture shortly. The annual meeting of the branch was fixed for October 7th. It was decided to for ward £9 of the £9 15s collected to the parent branch. The Timaru branch wrote stating that Mr Wagstaff had been appointed their secretary and Mr W. J. Tennerit, treasurer. Samples of the medals to be presented to school children as a souvenir in honour of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, have been received by the Education Board, and the medals are to be distributed shortly. The medals are very unpretentious ones, with little or no claims as regard

appearance, and, indeed, have very little to recommend them. They are made of copper, and in size are about equal to a penny , One one side they bear the imprint of the heads of their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess, together with the word-', “ Children’s souvenir, visit, Duke and Duchess of Cornwall to New Zealand.” On the other side H.M.S. Ophir occupies a prominent position, with the words, “ H.M.S. Ophir, in which their Highnesses came to New Zealand, June, 1901.” Each medal has attached to it, a small piece of red. white and blue ribbon, this being fastened through a small hole, punched at the top of the medal. A meeting of the Waimate School Committee was hold on Wednesday evening, Messrs Hamilton (chairman), Miller, Mathias, Scott, Nicol, Cameron, Colville and Smith being present. A letter was read from the Timaru Main School Committee asking the committee to support Mr J. Jackson for tlie Education Board, and in return they would support the Rev. G. Barclay. It was decided to accede to this request. The headmaster’s report showed that the roll number was 465, with an average attendance of 425. The architect had visited the school and the janitor’s cottage, and had declared that the infant room and the porches required attention. It wm decided to establish school technical classes and to apply for grants in aid of thorn, the classes to be for wood work and cooking. 'I ho chairman was instructed to write asking the Board to pay tho cost of carting water during the late dry season. Mr Colville reported having visited tho school and having found everything satisfactory inside. However, the fences wore old and dilapidated, the tank stands and tho lid of the well were rotten, and there was a bad drain from the master’s house. These matters are all to be referred to the Education ■ Board. Messrs Hamilton and Nicol were appointed visitors for the mouth, and the meeting rose.

Synopsis-of Now Adyertissmsats. F. Newton—Social at Wditunn, next Friday. P. Grant —Tenders for building for Whimate Library. Waiinate County Council —Notice re general rate F. J. Maindonald- New goods on hand and to arrive. Temperance items. Wainiiit.e Ooun y Council—Notice re harbour irate. Miss Christie—Pupils for pianoforte and theory. John Mocre:—Funeral notice. Canterbury Farmers’ Co op.—Horse sale at Studhohne on Thursday next.