General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 103, 17 September 1901, Page 3

General News.

Tha Ophir Ims reached the Gulf of jjfc. Lawrence. Tli« Government offices throughout t h„ colonv will bo closed on Wednesday, October 9tli, Labour Day. The Palace Chalmers at Kalgoorlie valued at £20,000, has been destroys : by fire. The Brisbane Executive Bill ha.extended the prohibition of importation ■ o f New Zealand swine for six months. Wads's Tbethino Powders for ■■batons are soothing, reduce fever and prevent blotches. Price, Is. Section 7, Block Vfl., Waikakahi E,tato, formerly held by Mrß. Brooks on n lervie in perpetuity, has been i jrfeit. The Sydney Bulletin now publishes special Queensland and New Zealand edi;iona which do not contain TatterBill's advt. page.

At Court yesterday, before Messrs J. and 11. Nicol, J's.P., a Jfirit o('finder was fined £1 for drunk-■en,K-ss and disorderly behaviour on Saturday 'eight. The Waimate Hockey Club will bold a rrnnd social in the Oddfellows' Hall, ioVirrow evening. The Sydenham taain. who are to play the local club 0! , Thursday, will ba present at the social,

Peirkes, Gunston and Tee, grocers, have beau fin<sd £ls "ss, including cosU, at Wandsworth, London, for adding an undue par cantage of moisture alter churning colonial butter with ;pure milk.

At Japan's instance Great Britain hft 3 persuaded Canada to disallow the British Columbian Hills imposing on educational test to exclude Chinese a „a Japanese, and forbidding their employment on certain works. Tho South Canterbury Times, which wis cstab'lishe I in 1870, ceased pub lie ition on Friday. The Morning Post under the name of the Timaru Po.st issiu-d as an evening paper for the -first time on Saturday.

Owing to the Taff Vale decision of the House of Lords by which trades ■unions can sue or be sued, the unions now threaten to invest their funds abroad, afcd are inquiring on the Con--tiii.-nt for the safest investment.

The Methodist Conference in London replying to the welcome accorded to tho " Conference, by Bishop Ingram, indicated that, there were great and pen:nneni difficulties in the way of the union of the Methodist and Anglican Churches.

The Nelson municipal abattoirs have now boon working one year. During V.iat time 19.301 animals have been Jt!,i..-(1, and 42 condemned, exclusive of th-< 'timber of partly condemned. The account shows a credit of 'about .£l3O.

To a New Zeaiand business man w'ikhu ha mat iti London, Sir Thomas Lip'-on said :—"Advertise in the journal which you know to be progrovke, which is alive to the wints of vour people and district." Advertisers iji'i' ;se note.

Tin Mayor of Montreal has been wanu'd that twelve anarchists from Patterson are coming to Canada to Canada to plot against the Duke of Cornwall's life. The police are not Ri.xi la?, but with a vieW'to redoubling prasrtutiuna liave arrested hundreds of auspicious characters in Montreal and wanv other cities, all of whom will be d-Hnined till after the visit.

Yesterday, at midday, the long Vuhed-for "came to pass, and a heavy shower of ram fell. However, it did not hold long, and the weather cleared by evening, though it still continued cold and blustering. The hills to the north received a fairly heavy coating of snow. The rain is acceptable, bus the cold is inopportune for lambing. How doei a man got in a fuuk, And take himself right off to bunk, Ja.it when a pain with symptoms

vaguo, "Will make him think he's caughi the plague. How often does a cough or cold Muke cowards of the brave and bold, Until they find the remedy sure—\V. E. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. The Wainono Drainage Board held ■its periodical meeting in the Waimate County Council Chambers yesterday, Mr J.'H. Mifthell occupying the chair, and there being also present Messrs T. Suikb, McGoverin and John Fox. The chairman said the planks at the end of the outlet were worn very thin, -and it was decided to replace them. Mr A. Copland wrote enquiring about the bridging of the drains. The secretary had replied, and his action was confirmed. Mr Byrnes wrote, asking that hie rating account bo looked up as he considered it too high. The secretary was instructed to write and say ''iba Board had no power to alter it to anothsr diss, and he would have to complain of the valuation to the Department. It was decided to reduce tlic interest rate'on the various classes nf and by £d per acre. The yearly balance Bheet showed a credit balance of £3l 4s 3d. A vote of thanks to the chair closed the meeting. tRE PEARY EXPEDITION. The steamship Eric, which was chartered by tho Peary Club to go in Beared of the Arctic expedition of Peary, to ind P<ary at Etah iu excellent health: The explorer has sounded the northern limit of Greenland archipekgo, reaching S 3 leg. 50min. Ho makes a further advance in spring.