News Items.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 177, 18 July 1901, Page 1

News Items.

Lord Kitchhner reports that sincfe July Sth, thirty-two Boers have been lulled, four wounded, 307 taken prisoners 150 have surrendered and 218 rifles, 15,070 rounds of ammunition, 445 waggons, 4825 horses and many cattle Iv.ve been captured.

Some in-ero-ting figures are givejfe showing how greatly, the imports of foot! supplies in Great Hrita'n have increased during the p c-,t thirty years. "In ISTO,’* says an English paper, “We imported fourteen eggs jer head of population'; n >w we import forty-four, although the home supply has gone up considerably. Thirty years ago we only imported 42 k of dead meat per head ; now it is 43.9U \ an increase of 940 prr cent. Cheese has .exactly doubled, bid'er gone up from 4.3'h p'-r hnad to 11.7;b, and wheat and flour from 13211) to 21315. Evidently hi.ye a much better-led working pnpula' 1 t:on than that of a generation ago.’ 1

Ten Transvaal mining companies sued the Allied Marine and General Insurance 0 nip any for £’.2:5,750 worth of gold commandeered by Kruger. Mr Justie& Phil imorn held > bat- forcible seizure waft not covered by ihe policy. Sir Henry Thompson's new edition of “ Modern Cremation ” carries us well up to date in connection with the subject. Slowly but surely common sense is gaining the day. In 18S5 one corp-6 was cremated. Ee.ch subsequent yer.r the number has increased, and in 19CSl there were 301. The Bill for regulating cremation has prantica'ly passed the two Houses of Parliament. The new crema= toriain with cloisters is now being builfy end the plans show what it will be. “•'Chase cloisters look such a reposeful spot (writes Mr Labouchere in that I feel a most impatient for the titnd when my body, reduced to a little dueVi will occupy one of the niches. This century will not have completed many year! before cremation will, I trust, be the habit, and bunal in the existing faahiod the exception.

The Standard's Pretoria correspondent describes -ho recent misiiap to the Victorian troops as avertable if the camp h d been better protected against stir-p-ire. The Scottish Sahara have been flourishBoard. “ Never,” it is therein stated\ “ in the previous history of the industry! have Scottish fishermen obtained such high returns from the herring fishery as in 1899 and 1900. It was no uncommoh occurrence during last simmer for & crew to realise from £2OO to £3OO for one night’s catch.” Most of the large boats, moreover, proceeded to the English and Irish waters when the Scotch season was over. Some boats made as much ks £I7OO last fitmmor in the Scotch fishery alone.

Of eight scouts engaged at Smalldeol in frustrating a Boer cattle raid, thred were killed and five wounded. The latter lay on the ground firing until the Royal Scouts came up and cleared thd enemy.

Speaking at a social gathering at Petono on Saturday night, Sir Joseph Ward said that the railways of New Zealand were destined to play a more important part in the history of the colony than a navy, bot h for commercial and strategic purposes. In the latter particular they would prove of immense advantage to the colony sli mid occ«sioit arise. The syst-m was yet in its infancy, ami had now but 7800 employees, but he might safely predict that in fifteen of twenty years there would be 50,000 men employed. He f It it was his duty td secure for the employees lair and fair wages. Proposals would shortly be submitted for a Superannuation Fund for the whole of the employees of lhp colony. Proposals were to fee submitted to Parliament, which Would, ;if agreed to. enable them to enlarge the shops so that the utmost amount of work in the way bt hu'Hing locnmotive*, carriages, aim waggons Conld be undertaken.