General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 178, 20 July 1901, Page 2

General News.

Count Tolstoi is suffering from fever, B and is in a critical condition. B Strong appeals have been made to H Lord Rosebery to promote a national Liberal party. Arbor Day On Thursday was scarcely B; noted in Waimate. Another of B^ “ When a person decides to go to.B law hr cannot sit down and reckon tl cost.” Major Keddell, S.M., oaßl You can depend on ridding youc;B; children of worms with wad >,s worn! V figs, the wonderful worm worriers. Price Is. '^B^ A Government Bill to make amend- >:B] ments.to the ritato constitution, necessary on the establishment of the Com- fIL naonwealth, has been circulated. 'S'; A billiard match in Melbourne, jH Roberts v. Memiuott, 7000 up, thd latter receiving 2500, was won easily B( by Memmott. Roberts’scored 5246. Bp Tbe route of .the procession on ibelH 26th, the day iftter the coronation the King, will be iO miles long.' colonies will be represented in theiH] Our readers are reminded by an-Bi advertisement in another column that Bi, the Foresters’ annual social takes B| place in the Oddfellows’ Hall Thursday, July 24th» ‘ B] Death has been busy in our midst of Bt late. During the last week no lessißf than five funerals have taken place— l - : .|B| those of the late Mr Geoffrey Stud- : B* holme. Mrs D. Heron, Mr D. Watts, Mrs Wall, and Mr Worthy Packer. 9jf\ Rain set in yesterday morning, and|B* is still continuing. Anyone > whdjßl notices the odour arising fiom thAlB refuse lying around need have nfjft doubts as to the need of a 'watelrlß We hear that flour has risen'lda'pferßl ton on account of. the two ThnaruJß mills joining the Millers’. Association. B* Bran and pollard have 'also risirnßij Housewives are watching the b:edß* market. Bp King Edward lias, through the B< Secretary of State for the Colonies,B3 expressed to the Presbyterian General B'i Assembly of New Zealand bis grateful iKj thanks for jts address of sympathy iniHi connection with sueen Victoria’s death, B| and of loyalty to the throne. -JE The proposal to borrow JM00,006 fof B] city improvements in Auckland h»sß| been agreed to by the City Council, and Bl will be submitted to a poll of ratepayers. Additional rating was notßl Considered necessary to pay for tließl I°an to increase the 'Council'sißl The New York correspondent of theßl Times states that 19,000 skilled work»Bi men, and 40,000 unskilled, have stru lr SI The public press does i ot syinpatbi I-fBI with the strikers, Consideiiug that iht-vBI kre bent on Controlling the entheßl labourers employed by the steel cbm<^H The vex- dnjuestion of precedence isfl again engaging the attention of theßl Premier. It is said that his Exigency Bl the Governor and Mr Seddondo notßl agree on the subject. The point is-® Whether the Chief Justice and Ladvßl Stout are to take,preeedenoe of Mr aadfli M?* Seddon in oonuedtiou with a function held when the Imperial troops M L?<l,S.„„y Wme d pfeo P ..* denoe oyer the Premier’s wifc.* M »BI Seddon, however, is aaid.to J> ft eOwdizßl determined hot -td give way > JB|fljl Wife oflheObief Justice. time beenlefen^**

\ the British Empire League’s 1 \ .oßon in London ISO were present. Justice Hodges, of Victoria, responding to the toast of the guests, said that it was a slander to say that the Australian States federated in order to stand alone. If the Motherland needed more help she would not appeal in vain. The Waimate Quadrille Assembly’s weekly dance on Thursday 'evening was as successful and enjoyab.e as its predecessors, despite the rather inclement state of the weather. With, good music, an excellent floor, and a capable and attentive M.C., lovers of the “ poetry of motion ’’ spent a very pleasant time. In our next issue will appear a suacially attractive announcement byMessrs Sbackleton and Grant, who purpose holding a great sale of goods undamaged by fire or water during the recent conflagration in Queen street. They will also include AdOO worth of now goods to arrive this ;1! „ith, which will be sold at very low fi 'lives. The sale will startou iriday, July 25ih. . ' In connection with the senes of u 'blic temperance meetings lately commenced it has boon decided to •vpvivo the temperance choir ; to winch ond a meeting of some former mom i rs was held on Thursday evening ? riiose present enthusinsticilly agieecl t.itha proposal, a popular conductor, and a strong interim committee were, annotated and some twenty five or 'i firry names submitted for member vylile Alfred the Great, for centuries past, Has slept in his tomb of rest, '0 .1 England bus grown to be ever so Till now she is greatest and best. Mtv her scms uever have t 0 8ll “ e1 ’, d -feat, ]’„t hold their dear Island secure, Their healths they can keep and coughs nlwavs boat, . \Vi-h Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. 'ft'o following is the gist of- the -rvHition which has been got up m Timaru to protest against the proposed new banking legislation L Taat hVloani) int of overtime woik implied -L. ti,., Bill is much exaggerated. T t ltj t h« passage of tho Bill would ■ n> C3 ss irily altei the relations at present fxisti'm between the employer and employee, which would im■doubl’d!v be the detriment of tho latter. 3. That the time clauses are ■■’juddered unworkable if the demands •of the business community are to be m-n -i That if the banks are comn, bv law to pay overtime it is onlv reasonable to expect that the benefits now enjoyed by omcials won id b» discontinued, and tint tn° pay while on holiday, or while absent from duty on sick leave would be discontinued. o, That if the office hours are regulated, it is proposed official? wou.d be pre''hid cl from the benefits now some £uvs enjoyed by special arrangement of absenting themselves from dm> •during office hours, mid saving the privilege of completing the.rwoik u She evening. The undermentioned beg most humbly to protest against tm. •iiuerforenca by legislation unnecessary and mica led .or. • ih-‘ ’petition has been signed by every bank 'official in Timaru.— Post.