General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 195, 29 August 1901, Page 2

General News.

The box plan for the forthcoming; brief season of the Jubilee Singers u now open at MrFranklin’s. Wadb’s Worm Figs are most effective and not unpleasant; children thrive after taking them. Trice Is The Patea election petition will be beard bv tbe Chief Justice and Ut Justice Williams, at Wanganui, on the 24th September. A sitting of the Magistrate's Gout will be held this morning, when, amongst other cases, an important sheep case will be heard. Among the patents applied for this mdnth is one by Messrs J. M. Tregonin| and D; A. Taylor for “ Means of attaoning a horse-cover.” Tbe crib and euchre match between tbe Oddfellows and the Hibernian Lodges will take place this evenih/ lit 8t; Patrick’# siihoOlroOm. During the Duke of Cornwall's visit to Capetown the Boer prisoneri presented him with curios made from Kruger coind. The Duke shook hands with the prisoner* who wtt# delighted. A shipment of 500 cattle is being, made from Brisbane to South Africa \ also 100 heifers, Which were purchase! by the Governmens lor the Government of Natal. Ths Belgian Socialists desired » universal labour strike as a protest against the war in South Africa, The British Socialists sent a discouraging answer to tbe proposal, and lb* movement collapsed. At a meeting of tbe Library Committee on Tuesday evening it w«» decided to Hold a formal ceremony of laying the foundation stone of tbe netf building and the Mayoriie to be asked' to officiate.

At the Library Committee rooethif, on Tuesday evening, the question of providing two lavatories was discussed, Mr Milsuin said it was a disgrace- So Waimate that there were no public lavatories in the town. The committee of the Wttiraats Workers’ Union Will meet in the Foresters’ Hall on Saturday evening; at 7.80. A . general meeting of aft workers will be held at Bi3o to discuss important business. ' The committee Of the forthcoming banquet to Mr J. F. Douglas met yesterday and appointed sub-oommitteei to arrange details. The matter is being taken up enthusiastically, and promises to be a great success.

The Waimate Rifles paraded uodw Captain Barclay last evening. SergeantMajor Jones was also in attendance. The corps was put through company drill by the officers and- uou-ooms. On* new member was proposed. Good general rains are failing in Queensland, especially heavy in tbs southern districts. Recent rains Save caused great improvement in the crop prospects. Even in districts which have suffered from drought for several months the crops are promising;

A contemporary has cot the following from a Sydney paper 0— “ Two cargoes of Wheat from Auckland Were •old by Mr George A. Lloyd at auction* andUmliseckSs 9d to 9s 2d per bushel." Unfortunately, the Sydney paper is

fifty years old; , A man, name unknown, burnt down a bat on the outskirts of MyrtUford, near Melbourne, and chased the ownef with a knife. A constable went tosecure the man, who rushed at bio* with the knife. The constable shot him dead.

Federal Ministers hope to have the tariff' ready for eubmissbm' by tbs middle of September. It is also* announced that the Government are prepared to make the amendments in the much-condemned'* Inter-StsW Commission Bill, necessary to secure ftspaesage.' f

Bishop Gallagher, of Sydney,, Ip'{ conducting a confirmation service, said«| the fact of being a good Oakholio might in the conditions olunbaliefprevaiHngi-i be 4 bar to obtaining .employment* No matter bow gifted and intelligent Catholics might be, there was a disposition to prevent tbem . sueoeedmg to promotion to lugb office. . At the, present time the tfork of protecting the ‘Waimato Bace Course : from ,the encroachments of -the Wsi- ; mate Greek is-beihg carried oat. * Wire netting is being nscd-imd agood ana permanent fob is being made of tbr | workv whiebis belngearriedoutttnieP | the superintendence of Hr 0* ll* BMuri f ountyEoginee*. ' * k fri' , * . I

Qotf -«loes a, man get in a funk 1 take himself right off to bank, 'Just when ft pain with symptoms vague, ’’Will mfcke him think Ws caught the plague. How often does » cough or cold Make cowards of the brave and bold, tJo til they find the remedy sure— W. E. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. There are persistent reports that the jitn cf the Czar’s visit to France is to raise a loan; and also to reopen the ihfl Manchurian question. A letter, | wliieh, is published in the Times ana which the Times endorses, quotes official documents allowing that Groat. Britain will be unable to rely on Germany for help in any circumstances in tha •vent of a conflict over AngloRussian interests in the far Fast. The official report on the boiler, tests which were recently made on the cruisers Minerva and Hyacinth says that the leaky joints in the Hyacinth s boilers caused a very serious loss of vraiar, aruTthat the boiler tubas in the Minerva clicked. The extreme coal endurance of either vessel at 7000 ■hone-power was proved as about , •‘2OOO miles. The vessels can thus •steam 1500 miles and return to their , ■Mae.', - , ! • A-sumtnoned meeting of the Wat- 1 mate Oddfellows’ Lodge was held on 1 Monday evening, Bro. F. Wilce; N.G. ] •pr«sid : ng over a fair attendance of j -bretin rn, A letter was read from the £ ?Distr.ct Secretary, stating the business ] for the nett district meeting, and ask- * ing the support of the Waimate dele- j ■gate*. The half-yearly balance sheet I was read and adopted. The sick 1: 'visitors’ report was considered and c £y. 14s sick pay passed. Two candi- c lalbs were proposed for m«tnbership, - ■{Kid two initiated into the order by b -PG.JI. Bro. Taylor. Bio. T. Stokes ® was elected trusted ", Bios. Mines and 'Ratten delegates, and Bro. G. Jackson, 0 tvlsr, and the meeting closed in the h «csutl manner. I

Synopsis of New Advertisements.

Lost—Purfß containing notes. Strayed—Kod'*r.:V whiieVote. Harold Stuiuolme—Notice to tres*pam*rs Waimate Bakers—Notice of rise i t price <ot bread.

Jubilee Singers—Farewell visit to ’W-imalo.

Workers’ Uuife—'Meeting of 6om'.jni'tee on Saturday night* Gu. mess and LeCren —Clearing sale : to-d..y. Mr Woolley’s Meeting—Mhsio by Temperance Choir, Giiuuess and LeCren—Clearing sale ■-oo Saturday.

THE RABBIT INDUSTRY

The dimensions of the rabbit industry are shown by a return which has been presented to the House. From this it ’appea a that the number of rabbit,skins ♦spirted durinj 1300 was 5,090,893, of a value of £41,869. The frozen rabbits exported numbered 6 501 597. and were allied at £151,075. wi-ile _ there were also aar.t out of the colony 5188 cwt of 'preserved rabbits, the vajue of which wsb £6'93. Of these q entities Dunedin ' ' £55,503 ; also 3,399.212 frozen rabbits, worth 85,653 ; and 1240 wt of preserved ’’valued at 217. The quantities exported, ■fr im Invercargill Were —411,080 rabbit’skins, value 3094; 2,958.091 frozen rabbita, value £04,805; and 30590 wt (preserved rabbits, £6376. The tdtali exported during 1892 were—Ruboitskina 7,831,648, value £Bl,llß ; frozen rabbits •'4,830,394, value 113,432; preserved rebuts 5894cwk, value £7503;