General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 177, 18 July 1901, Page 2

General News.

Messrs Arthur Jones and Co. arb holding a great salvage and end of season sale. The Waimate County Council advertise for tenders for three road Contracts. " Wade’S Teething Powders fot bathes are soothing, reduce fever and prevent blotches. Price, Is. It Was th'rt'y four years cn Saturday since ihe New Zealand Hansard wAe fir st publithrc 5 -. The Usual weekly dance-of the Waimate Quadrille Assembly takes place in the OdTe lows’ Hall to night. Mr and Mrs T. Twomay publish an acknowledgment of the assistance and sympathy extended to them on the occasion of the recent fire. Messrs Guinness and LeCren announce that a Dunedin buyer will be at their saleyards all day on Saturday ior the purpose of purchasing horses. Lord feoberts has abolished sword-, lance and bayonet exercises, and lias ordered that rifle nraAtioo io to -supersede ceremonial drills.

It was announced at Wellington by the Premier that an ample supply of rifles for rifle clubs was expected to be available in the course of a few weeks. The intense heat continues in the West and south of the United States. Prayers for rain are general in Missouri and Kansas. An Orange demonstration at Boulder led to a riot. The police had great trouble in dispersing the combatants, several of whom were injured by sticks. Flannelettes, tbird consignment, bought at clearing prices, and offered at sale prices ; pink, white, and striped 4j-d, s|d, 6d. 7d, and 9d, very heavy at Shackleton and Grant’s. A meeting of the Waimato County Farmers’ Club, fixed for Saturday, will not be held on account of arrangements for the place of meeting not being complete.

France is forming a reserve squadron of four battleships, one cruiser* and one torpedo boat destroyer at Toulon, and adding four battleships to the Northern Squadron. Sir Gordon Sprigg States that he intends to convene a customs confer, ence at the end of the present year of representatives from the whole c£ South Africa, to discuss the establish:ment of a united tariff.

Five hundred British troops have left Aden to occupy a Turkish fort seventy mites inland, which, had been erected on British protected territory; The Porte disowns having given authority for its erection. The report of the Federation Commission, together with the minutes of evidence, is now to hand. It forms a very bulky volume of 820 pages, and tho cost of printing of 1625 copies aloud comes to over JE64O.

The Education Office for South Canterbury notifies that a meeting of Waikakahi householders will be held at Mr W. Dixon’s house on July 29th for the purpose of electing five persons to act as a school committee for the ensuing year.

The Eioelsiof Dancing Class ho ! d its regular weekly dance last night. The music was provided by Miss Gaitt (piano) and Mr Millar (violin), and Mr F. Drayton proved an efficient M.O. A good attendance took place and a capital evening's enjoyment resulted. In an article, dealing with the Federal Defence Bill, the Paris Le Temps describes what it terms the conscription proposal of Australia, as a revolution. It adds that the Times commends to the Motherland the initiative of the democratic eo %. 'V Which have the honour militarisation in the world. 0 x

. In the *#yase of Lords, Lord Sel- * bourne YuA iced that 1500 had beer enroll''" \ reserve in a few wi Admiralty were developing H K-.aool of naval strategy for creating ci-rpa of naval volunteers who would b,.i liable to serve anywhere in time oi ; war. M. Santos Dummont’s navigablt balloon, starting from Saint Cloud outside Paris, made a tour of the Buis cle Boulogne, six times round the r.ongchamps racecourse, and circled l round the Eiffel Tower at a height of 270 meters. The vessel answered her rudder perfectly. She was driven by electricity. The Rev. Mr Paton, the veteran ]sew Hebrides missionary, has returned from London. He states that the proposal of France to annex the jjew Hebrides and send 100,000 convicts there was checked by the pro!io;ss of Australia and Great Britain. Tn : -e low-class criminals have been deported to a destination unknown. The Anglican Diocesan Synod in IV I'i ig'on rejected a motion in favour of holding a choral festival in connection with the yearly meeting: of Si r cl. A long t'nno was spent • { ip.-.i*-dng a motion bv the Rev. H. Au-ini. in favour of the elimination of p iva‘o profit famn the sole of 'intoxicants. The debate was not con-■-crim'd when the Synod rose, but will bn resumed to-morrow night. M-.'.v Zealand was not going to let

Old England cal! in vain, o her they the foemen met, And side by side were slain. ’Tis sail “disease kills more than war,” Aul nothing can be truer. AVI1■ •;i coughs and colds knock at the door. Take Woods’ Great Peppermint Eure. In connection with the Orange ius-itmion anniversary in Auckland, "the Opera. Hous-* was filled by a.bu-ge -.-vigis gation. The Rev. H. Felly, MA. (Presbyterian), conducted service. At the conclusion ho asked the c-iiHMvg.itinn if they were in favour of the coivuiaiion oa f h in its present form, and a unanimous vote agiiu-t, aav aborarion was recorded. There was a sviru di'-urbance during the meeting, dr;- it ws -> soon quedhd. A r-,;;-ug of fruitgrowers at Nelson, on Turn-day night resolved to form an a-is.ci r.ion, embracing the who e T-iiL-:. for the purpose of placing the JLlson fruit on a satisfactory footing. It is proposed to open a wholesale d.-pot. end that agents be appointed in AV-dli igton, and possibly in jot.her centres, to receive and specialise Nelson fruit for private sale. Mr BHckmore, Government Pomologist, attended the jQ.-iptiiig, A committee was appointed to drr.fr rules, and submit them to a •future meeting. Anovently. savs the Post, recent c s-s of poisoning have drawn the anenhun of the am,borides to the cupaniiive ease with which arsenic 0 --il r.r .-hniue were obtainable. Tire latest Gazette contains amended regulilitn- r -quiring every purchaser of strvehnine or arsenic to give tne vendor a wr.-rwi 1a re un-m, setting foitn Iris 'or her full name, occupation, and aikvss; the exact quantity and name of :h ; poison required ; and iho express perp '-e for which such poison is alone Isnrmi-.-d to bo used, and the places or localities whore the sam-. is to be used 'or dypu-Sied respectively- Tins statement ih; vendor is to forward nmno-

diatcly to the regktrar of the- dianct. The W innate Braes Ban I held a Bn3o l -.'.->f'.ii practice on Tuesday evening ls<t. wSv-n a aim; her of pieces of m-w pice; of music were played. Th-‘ ba al has a good number a pupils, and it gives promise of a successful career in tlie bi'iire. During iho interval, the bandmaster (Mr -I. Harwood) on ■'bi'lrdf of the members presented Mr C. Dash (~ecrocary) with a handsome bailchain. with' ihe recipient's name inscrib'd on one aide, and “ Presented by the Waimate Brass Baud, 1901,” on the other, in recognition of his services. In making the presentation, the bandmaster said it was owing chiefly to the efforts put forih by their secretary that U\s band had been kept together. Mr Dash thanked the band for their present, and exhorted all to work hard to make the band a success.

Synopsis of Rew Advertisements. Wanted—Dwelling horse. For Uale—Clover hay. Arthur Jones and Co.—Salvage and end nf oep.son sale. Elucaiaon Office—Meeting of houseboldcrs at Waikak. Id. Guinness and LeCien—Dunedin buyer athor-e sale on Saturday, Waimate County Council—Tenders for ‘three r, ad contracts. G. W. Collett—Funeral notice. Mr and Mrs T. Twomey Tb-mbs. Wcnnate Qnadril'e Assembly—Dance to-niy i. G.W. Collett —Funeral notme.