General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 189, 15 August 1901, Page 2

General News.

Mr H. Innes-Jones has a notice td trespassers in this issue. Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht, Shamrock II r arrived at New York, after a good passage. • Eighty thousand volunteers- are undergoing training in camps in Eng* '■ land. By a fire in a textile factory at Havre, property worth more that* 2,000,000 francs was destroyed. The Waimate- Rifles hold, their i annual social in the Oddfellows’ Hall this evening. A meeting of the Waimate HighSchool Board of Governors will be - held on Tuesday evening next in the ■: Courthouse. The many friends of Miss Ada Sinclair will be glad to hear that she has left the hospital, having entirely • recovered from her late serious illness. The special meeting Jof the Library Committee, called for last evemngt lapsed for want of a quorum-, on y Messrs Scott, Graham and Wills putting in an appearance. Mr W. P. Reeves has published a strong vindication of New Zealand finances in reply to recent cablegramstm the subject, which appeared in ihanewspapers in London. At a meeting of the Cheviot settler* on Saturday it was resolved to Collect subscriptions towards providing a memorial to the late Sir John Me- * Kenzie. The co-operative works on roads and railways under Government dfcpajt* ments are now givi g employment te 288 artisans and 8337 labourers mat:. Sug a total of 5627 persons who ate earning a livelihood this way. A movement is on foot in Waimate to form an amateur athletic association. A good deal of enthusiasm is being shown, and there seems no doubt that a strong association will bs formed here. Tiin m oikers in the employ of the Illinois Steel Company at Milwaukee, Chicago and Joliet, declined to atrik-i. The Trust threatens to permanently close non paying mills and transfer them to other centres. The Choral Society held a most successful practice on Tuesday evening whan the music of Coweu’s Rosa Maiden was practised for the first timeA hrgo number of new members were enrolled. The Wellington Correspondent of the Press telegraphs that the organic ing secretary of the Partners’ I Aon will be iu Canterbury, during the we*,k. He hopes to be as successful as he has . been in the North Island. A hockey mutch, North v. South Canterbury, is to be played in Timaru on Thursday next, and a meeting of delegates from the four South Canterbury Clubs will be held in Timaru to day to pick the south team. The Norwegian barque Gudrun put i ito Perth, leaking. On the voyn, #, i.om Bunbi.ry to Falmouth when 101) miles out it wa fjund that m attempt i.ai bc-oa made to scuttle the ship by an auger hole bored is the port bow. We bear that the Hon, Major Steward, M.H.R. for Wailaki eleetora'e,.int» h la during the coming rectus to spend the greater portion of his I ie , in the electorate* residing in the different centres, including Wajmat. It’s football that works up the muscle* And gives a man plenty of dash, It's kick, it’s ecrum, and it’s bustle, And a general looking for lash. In the good oid hunt for the leather. If a cold you should have to endure, You will soon pull yourself together, With Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Mr Balfour, in a speech fat j|Bletiheim House, testified to the kumeasureable services which Mr Chamberlain has rendered to lot-, perinl unity, in what was now perhaps the greatest administrative office under the Crown. The representative football match Wellington v South Canterbury Was played in Temaka on Tuesday in tb* presence of some 500 people. The Wellington team showed mneb superior combination to their opponent* and Won by eighteen points to nine. More than £2OOO was received by the Customs Department at Wellington on tea cleared from the local bonds. Five of the principal wholesale firms cleaved every package they held. The movement is supposed to have b«Mi made in view of anticipated alteration# in the duty. The raising of the steel girders for Mr A. S. Jones’ new building created some mild excitement on Tuesday. All sorts and conditions of tnen congregated to watch the operation* and pass time, antfong them being banker# and mllion&ires other businessmen , and the common er garden individuals

Just aft* the M witching hour ” on To-day night, -a chance Wayfarer his presence abroad by transferring a)yard of road metal to the roof <of a house near the Park, Some cf the inmates said language, and hone of '(ham relished the interruption of their pleasant dreams. Messrs -Shackleton and Grant arc. making considerable alterations to their business premises, having -leased the billiard saloon adjoining their -•drapery eftablisnment. In about a month the alterations will have been aonapleted, and this enterprising firm, will be able to carry on their business, with much greater facility. For some years past, a number of have visited Mr Whitney’s Bush, and have stripped the fruit from the gooseberry bushss growing there, jlot content with this, they made an excursion the other day and removed the trees. Mr Whitney is much concerned at the" trouble they had, and says that next time, if’they ijsk hhn. ho will send them assistance, j A little book compiled by the j Hon. T. Y. Duncan, has beer. 1 derived at this office. It is published with a double purpose (U to give some of how the New Zealand com inanity stand after eighteen years of advanced legislation and (2) to give •» bird’s eye view of the colony. The honk includes a large number of ■■illustrations which are, however, not of ft very high order. Mr George Dash, coachboilder, of this town, recognising the advent of ‘ereiuneries and dairy factories in Our midst, has made arrangements for turning out that most necessary adiinict to these industries— an up-to-date creamery-cart, In an advertisenisnt in this issue Mr Dash gives particulars as to price and workmanahip of these carts, and as there will undoubtedly soon be a demand for an 1 articT- of this kind, Mr Dash’s enterprise should be amply rewarded. The annual Fre etra.de dinner at ’Melbourne waa largely attended by i{B<ait>9ra cf both Federal Houses. Mr B-id declared that Mr Barton’s attitude over old'age pensions was cruel 'deception. Tie condemned the m-sthod of appointing the Civil bcrvicc. The ijteetrado wanted the tariff settled. Tbs voice of the people has not yet been heard on that question, which would have to be fought at once. A iinftss referendum of the people of Australia had seat a Freatrado majority into the Senate. The Rum.a a Catholic community dias long felt the want of a. college in Auckland, where tho higher branches •of education would be imparted. Bishop Lenihan recently’offered-V) the Maris’. Order thirteen acres of churcn propsrty in Ponsonby, provided the Order erected thereon » suitable ‘college. This offer was sent to the hand house of the order in France, and the Council accepted the 'Bishop’s proposal, and ordered tho erection of a 'seminary to ccae soma thousands of ■pounds. At a meeting of the Canterbury Land Eo?.id held on Thursday a number of applications for transfers of -leases of licenses were dealt with. After consideration of the ranger’s report, with respect to George Duke’s ■action, sublotting, without permission, portion of lease in perpetuity, No. 1039. .Lot fourteen. Block VI., Waitiikih !>., it Was decided as it was ! d,me unwittingly and without intentto commit a breach of the conditions., to Wa. ;e -any objeotiou to tho arrange- • iiiwu. and take no further action in . the niaitsc. The Board adhered to us previous decision regarding ths lorfei-uro'ui James Breen’s lease in' ■perpetuity, No. 1936, Lot eleven, Block V. Wailaki Survey District. The head 'office approved of the for-’fei-u « of certain ioasesin the Fareora Nc. two, Puuaroa and Eautaairi The ranger was instruc ’•tad ~i take possession, bur- if he finds ths lessees have commenced ‘-to - ‘oo hs can recommend an extension of-time.

?• i •;SKIitUT INSTRUCTION. Crursss of instruction in the .393 -Lv. Sal Cid title, now being issued Co V , a.'-ifr corps, will be conducted at VAliiiigton, the object being to Crain s,wi;d!y selected Aon-coLCiuiasicned or;i;,;;is irom cacti -corps in musketry ■ami jura of anus ; and those non-com-missioned officers will be expected to iini:u,n their corps, so that proper car- md attention may bo paid to tne now ridae, and the men trained in the me i-' them. Classes will be open to carps of Welliogcon District first, and lor other districts as can be arranged. Tia .ARU harbour.- ; following extract from the Tim-tra root -,v;i! b« of-great interest to the ratepajt.H of Vv'aiurvfca Boro< ah :—On Saturday -.Le sea was very calm, and at l«w lice it could be seen that the recent W/y ctjas -have done a great deal of dnj.’.rje to the breakwater. Just beyond ‘ts L’-it has all been bmk*n away, with tae exception of a strip the width of one of rails on which the crane runs. v,id again within about a chain of the end it ;e in the same comlil on, with Srcaki; of a more or less serious na ure aii along fiom the land northwards, A s-m.; of mnu were busy all day Saturday nuking good the set of-rdls, which wore oniy broken away-in parts and on >fond.y s gahVof 20 ni-n started the work ai inokinjj a loop line irom the root of t!ie new works on to tfu breakwater, so that an engine and trucks can bu run fight uu: to the end of the breakwater to aw-jy stone from the quarry, which wili 2s tip ed over to pjoteot the breakwater si! a!.mg. -It is considered in this way it 2<*ii put in a perfectly safe condition it t very short time ortte the lo p is down ftud the engine sets to work.”

WAIMATE HOSPITAL. ; Tbf; report ofthe Inspector of Hospitals show* that “this hospital ia a model of ooru!i..it and kindly treatment of the Jv.i'jtiu by dootoc, matron ’ 'SJ, the year, 77 males and 56 females Were under treatment, of which up to Wi March 31st, 1901, nine had died and 118 tsaij (ii-jaharyed. The total collective if; , j K . ut in the hO'pital was 3141, an Sii lv of 28.6, at a daily cost of 7s 2J*l, I of which patients paid 6« 4Jd. The Patients, without exception, hailed from British possessions, thus: —England 13, S'ioUaad 13, Ireland 21, NowZealan 1 73, W;.lc,j Nova Beotia 1. Besides the above there were 6 outdoor patients, who attended 189 times. NEW ZEALAND SfIBEP. An interim report of sheep shows the approx mate number in the colony on April 30tk, 1990 «ad 190 L, to be ‘hi

f i!lows, the figures for the year 1900 being given firs* AuckUnd district, 830,189 and 837,938 ; Napier district, 4 610,745 and 4,533,218; Wellington West Coast district, 4,497,239 and 4.790,368', Marlboronijh-Nelaon district, . 394,010 and 925,331; Oanterbnry-Kai- ; koura district, 4,716,262 and 5,107,073; Otago district, 3,746,750 and 5,942,806 ; totals, 19,355,195 and 20.186.784. The increase in the North Island is 213,351, and in the South Island 613,238, a total increase of -831,589. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The Wellington correspondent of the Press telegraphs ; “ Mr Seddon, Colonial Treasurer, is now busy with the undersecretaries preparing the Financial Stalement, which he hopes to bring down on Friday. He declines to make any announcement wtih regard to the speculations that have been the outcome of his remarks on the financial position when vect .- lag a W-ot Coast deputation the oi’r.-.rr day. He says the people mn«t draw tft» ir own conclusion--, and his answer will be contained in ths Financial Statement.” Synopsis of New Adysrtisemwts. For Sale—L vdy’-i Kiev ,; e. H. Ifines-Jonos— No ice to trespassers. Geo Dash—Up to date o-'camery carts. F >r Sale—Strawberry plants.