General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 106, 24 September 1901, Page 2

General News.

"Wade's Powi>Kks fo babies are soothing, reduce fever anil prevent blotches. Price, Is. It is said that there fire plenty df of wild geese at the present time at Lake Alexandriaa, in the Mackenzie County. Mr L. Tripp, of Orari George Station, is endeavouring to get tb» Government to introduce 'cbfimoft in the Mackenzie County. Th* 'Chief Health Officer for the colony is collecting evidence as to the most suitable sites for the proposed sanatoria for the treatment ofoorr* sumption.A general meeting of the Waimatd Amateur-Athletic Club will be held ortSaturday evening in St. Augustine** schoolroom. The blub- will be pleases to see new members at the meeting. A Bill is t6be introduced this session declaring that portion of tha Waimate Cctintry south of tb«r Otaio River a seperate Hospital District. A copy of the Bill islyingat the Court* house here.

The Venezuelan and' Columbian' Liberal 'forces have been badljf defeated by the Columbian Government's troops at Riohacha. The Venezuelan general Is aniongst thosfc captured'. The Trmaru' Post says that thd South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society have decided to procure between 80 a«l 40 oposßumu, and these will probably ba liberated in their reserve at Cannington. Advices from Armenia announce that shocking bloodshed and pillage by by fire have been at Musbj the' scene erf the 'massacre in- 1-89& The situation at Sasun, near Mush, is described as critical. An effort is to be made this *easoft to play a tennis match, North Otagd v. South Canterbury. Such a match has eften been talked of, but to far not played. Should matters come to a head,- the teams Will most likely meethere.

At the horse .parade at ChristchuroK much dissatisfaction was expressed at Lupin, Seraphim, and Malachi, tha threfe blood hovles imported fronS England- by the Government. They were considered too small, and quite unsuitable to get remounts.

. An exploring and' surveying a*pecfh tion, with nine months' equipment, which proposes to traverse the Suzechuan and Yunnatf provinces, inA possibly Thibet, has left Pekin under Major C.C. Manifold, Btafr-surg*eon, a body of Indian Ghurkas escorting. Five thousand Grimsby' fisher*,aftef a three months' strike, have demolished the offices of the Fishing" Ownter's Federation, destroyed- the account books, an'd' fired' the building), owing io irritation at the refusal of the owners to Submit to arbitration? The American authorities liave ex--pelled the agents of two British firms from- the island of Samar, one of the Philippines. They were charged with purchasing hemp* and other producey knowing the Filipino insurgents to have received money, for the purchases;

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have arrived at Ottawa. Lord Mintoy ,Shr Wilfrid'Laurier, and the member* of the Ministry, officially weleomeot' them. The French colonists visd with the English in. according «h enthusiastic recepsioa to the Duke and' Duchess.

Representatives of the dterhiarlcolonists in Bessarabia, South Russia interviewed-the Premier of Queensland ~ln reference to immigration of their colony, which was very large, com sisting chiefly of Germans and Saxons, to Queensland* It is understood 'that the (Government are offering them every encouragement to "001116. About three years 1 ago Mr Richard Barker bequeathed to the South Canterbury Hospital and Charitable Aid' l Board £2OOO. In this money Eia .brother, the late Mr S. D. Barker, had a life interest,-and.at his dearth th# principal Was-to be handed over to tbe : Board. The money was left for th» "purpose of erecting a'septieaemia ward" at the Timaru Hospital, and the Board will probably soon have the benefit o£ the legacy.

On tfriaay evening in Ih'e Hook .schoolroom the baehelors of Hook held' their annual social. About 40 coupUf took part in the grand march, which' was led off by MrF. Andrews and Mia* F. Andrews. Messrs HC Saunders and H. Wilson provided' excellent musio during the evening, and Mr F. Andrew* proved, aecsuaU a most capable M.C. The bachelors were assiduous in thshf attention to the comfort arad'enjoyment' .of their guests, who were unanimout in the opinion that it was the beat •ooial evefheld-at Hook. During theVevening Messrs E. O'Neill and D. Martin danoed a step-dance. Danoin| was kept up till 2.80 a.m., when the singing of Auld Lang Syne brought* most enjoyable social to a-elwe,

\% needa Lord Byron's brilliant pen, His clever, brainy head, Ifo tell us how'and why and when Some people are not dead, gut since he's gone we'll tell the way, How good health to assure, ind colds and hacking coughs allay, Take Woods' Great Peppermint *our<s. The opening of the Waimate Bowling green will take place on Thursday afternoon next Soptembor 26. To jelebrate the occassion a match Pteiident v. Vice-President will be flayed, and the committee hope that all members intending, members, and (hose interested in the game will be present, judging by the appearance of the green and the large number of „ 8 w members joining the club this year, the game promises to flourish ind become the most popular pastime in the town during the summer jjonths- Advance bowling. A large meetiug, hold at Orepuki on 'Thursday night, passed a resolution. 'urging the Government to restore the a ty on the Oil and Shale Company's -producti till Buch time as the indu»try is firmly and profitably established. The speakers pointed out that it would |, B a serious blow to the district and colony if the works were compelled so t lo9o down after an expenditure of nearly £IOO,OOO. A committee was ■•appointed io secure signatures throughout the district to a petition to he -resented to Parliament, and it was jjeoidad to communicate with the Chamber of Commerce and Labour - Unions on the subject.

DIULL IN SCHOOLS, The teaching of drill ia State schools' carried on voluntarily up to tho present time, i 3 to become compulsory on the 'first day of next year, aS the State School Children Drill Hill h <.s now passed both Souses of the Legislature, and awaits only the Governor's signature The Aot makes it the diity of Boards of Education to teach physical drill to boys -»dJ girls over eight.years of age who ara ■rten.dirig the public or native acho oV, •«cepi to those children who are unfit to undergo drill. Every hoard shall include in its annual report to the Minis'er a statement as to the manner in which the conditions of the Act have W fulfilled during the year. The cost of teaching physical drill to th e 'jhiMren of native schools is to be met 'oat of the vote for seen schools.

A CARIOUS COMPLICATION. A lawsuit between a lonian in Windsor, Ontario, against her half brothers, 'for her share of her mother's estate, has revealed a curious complicitioh. A man named James Dunn, Jun,, died, and his widow, who had some children, was marred by the father of the husband deceased, Jamea Dunn, sen., and further Children we*e born. The Courts and tommuuity are all tied up in knots 'figuring out the relationship the Y«irioU3 members of the family are to each other. The old gentleman beoitne the b otnerin law of his sons, and grandfather of hia own children-. His children by his Second wii-s are their own uncles, and Whers-in-Uw to their mother. The ■'relationship growing bewildering when it i* found that the second Mrs Dunn is ter children's «unt, mother, and grandmother, and hit own mother in-law.