THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1901.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 113, 10 October 1901, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1901.

Yesterday 481 new 'books arrived for the “public library. There will'be a sifting of the Magi#*, irate’s Court this msrning. The strike 'of Grimsby -fishermen has finally «nded. "Yesterday was Labour Day, bat WR* not observed as a holiday in town. WiDl'l TMTB(JN« Powdm&s lot babies are soothing, reduce lever and' prevent -blotches. Price, Is,. The Swedish Antarctic expedition sailed on Tuesday aad will winter at the South Falkland*. A Hindu has been sentenced to death .at Ballary, Madras, lot sacrificing bis son to an idol. Tbs Sultan of Morocco has decided on a thorough system oimprison reform. Great Britaim has lent Morocco 'tbreo drill-servants. During the week 'ended Monday returns were reported from 57 dredges, the total yield being 17760 z 4dwt 'sgSf or an average of-Sloz per dredge. . r The hearing of the Patea- election petition was conducted on .Tuesday. Judgment was reserved. It is expected that judgment will be given to day. Yesterday the committee appointed by the County Council ; to repot t upon the sanitation of the suburfas of Waimato went round %he 'town on a-toUr cX inspection.

There were three 'bankruptcies in the colony last week—a surveyor at Opotiki. a firm of sawmillers at Stratford, arid a -railway employe* near Invercargill. TheWaibao Biver is just now ia splendid order for fishing, the river in places simply teeming wi th flab. Big baskets are the order of the day though the fish are not very large. The Waimate Cricket club open their season to-day with a scratch match in Victoria Park, -The -club seems to have taken a new lease of life, and the game promises to be popular in Waimate this year.

Sir Thomas Liptoo will now retire from yachting and try horse racing. Yachting is evidently more expensive than horse racing. Sir Thomas, it is said, has spent ever £IOO,OOO m trying to win the America Cup. The Firs- Mile Cycling Championship of Australasia resulted' as follows 3 Megson, New Sooth Wales, Ist; Sutherland, New McDonald, South Australia, 3rd.. Won by m wheel. Time, 12 min 14 2-fith sec. At Redd ft on Friday night, immediately after the dose of the meeting convened by the Chairman of the County Council, another will ha held under ihe auspices of the Waimate Farmers 4 Aspocia'ioß, Messrs Douglas and Ward will address those present. •

The ascent of Mount Vesuvius has been accomplished by a motor-car. Couni Carl Schomborn, secretary of the Austrian Automobile Club, mads the ascent, with bis wife, during their honeymoon. He reached tbs summit of the cone,. 3700 ft high, in hours, in spite of stones and lava streams. This evening the Morven Football Club hold a grand ball in the JMorvesgoods shed. The floor is said to be io good order, excellent music will be provided. «i«f Mr Symon has bees entrusted with thi catering. A large number are going- out from Waimate and a drag wiU-* leave lowa lor Marven.

A patty of three totrriMs wont oufc from Botorua and had somt big game shooting at K&ingaroa Plains recently. In six hours they killed SO wild horses. They did not remove either bides or tails, nor any of the meat. The sport (says the Botorua Chronicle) Is -quit* as exciting as lion hunting without any of the risks.

; This year the annual volley an£ independent firing for volunteer corps will be carried out on a new eyst'em. Disappearing canvas targets will br used, and volley firing conditions will be seven shots at 400 yards, 46 second* being allowed for pooh shot, d?or the independent firing the" range will b» 600 yards,- five seconds being allowed for each ebot, the target disappearing for ten seconds between the shota*It is stated {says the OamarQ Mall); that the whole of the estates of’ thv .late Hon. M. Holmes will shortly, consequent upon bis deatb, be put .upon the market , for sale, together with the whoje of tbe -probable that the A wamoa Estate Will beoffsred In - email 'farms* plans -for that pnrpose having. we ars told, been prepared some-time ago. It is, of oouree, possible that the eetato ifiay be acquired'by tb# Dovernment for closer settlement* but to attain that end ft modification - of the owner’s demand would be necessary/? Ac to the other estates left -by (ho lots Mb HoUp«e. jl U Wy.tta) (hegt tria bt

Dp to the Brd of this month the Hartley and RHey Dredging Company 3ns paid L 8 17s 6i, in dividends for #V ery LI share, . The - Golden Gate ■Company has paid L 5 9s, the Golden Treasure L 5 0s 6d, the Clyde Com«my L 4 0s 6d, the Enterprise Company L 3 16s 03, and a number of ■others less amounts. During the four ended September 28th a total d 81570 z 183 w a lOgrs wis won by (he various drudges, the Electric 3red<*e contributing 6660 z Idwt, the Cromwell 3970 z, and the Clyde 2600 z jo this total. *

The Kanaka Bill has raised a storm of indignation in Queensland. The premier has addressed a strong letter to Mr Barton, aod says that notwith•lauding the " indications of the probable policy of the Commonwealth. Government on the subject, Queens4tnd is not prepared for legislation so gum nary and drastic as that contemplated. Ho considers it most extraordinary that legislation superseding # II the Queensland Acts passed after jar-fnl consideration by successive (Governments should bo drafted vvitho vaulting the Government of the glat; most concerned.

RED TAPE. A pre''4y Story of red tape comes from Vienna. A b y and girl met an old woman toiling along with a remarkably heavy bund'.e on her back. Out of the kindness of their hearts they offered to -esrry it for her, and were promptly summoned fey the police for carrying a jjsroel without a license. This is a parallel case to the man who tripped over a 'small indiarubber ball which a •child was playing with, and was pr unptly halvd before the magistrate by an over aetlous constable for playing foothill in the rtre-ts. THE OATS FOR THE ARMY. A rrtnrn laid on the table of the House, on Mr Meredith’s motion, shows that 12,000 tons of oats were despatched from Nsw Zealand to South Africa to the order of the Imperial Government on June 20, 1900, and 16,000 at subsequent d .tes, making in »ll 27,000 tons, at a price of 24s per quarter of 3201 b. The .first orders were executed by Otago and fcoo bland firms, and the second by Misers Friedlauder Bros, an 1 Messrs -G G. Stead and Coi, of Canterbury. Mr Aleredifh is moving for further infoi mstion regarding these -shipments ; one of his questions being the price per bushel jsii for the different orders. AUSTRIAN 8 E FILERS. Some'so settlers at Awanui, north of Auckland, are pelitiorfing the Govern■jnent, through Mr Houston, to open up eoms land in that district to be settled by Austrians. The petitioners state that a sugar beet factory is (.bout to be erected in their district, anil it requires thst'3ooo acres of land shall ba cultivated in iujar beet. There are in the district •bout 200 Austrians, many of whom are -desirous Of becoming British subjects, •and settling in the country. The petitioners slate that it is well known lh*l the' Austrians are a most capable »nd industrious body of men wi agricultural matters,..and would make mo-t •desirable settlers. They suggest that "certain blocks of Crown land in the 'di-tr ci might bo ' thrown open for selection by the Austrian* alone, subject to * vendition that one fifth of tha area •elected be cultivated in sugar beet for AO years.

NEW ZEALAND'S COMMANDANT. The Premier ia advised that the W*r 'Office approval of the position of Uaramandano of the Forces in New Zealand b ang offered to Major General Bsbington, who has been assistant Adjutant General of the ImporUj Yeomanry ri ice 1900, and who wai commander of the First Cavalry Brigade at 4be commencement of the pri-ceut war, Toe Premier believes there ia ever like* lihood of 6faaer»l Babington accept.ng the appointment. M*jor Oooeral Bibiu,;tcai was born in lßsd, an 1 entered the army in 1873, attaining the rank id Colonel in the 15th Lancers in 1895* fla servsd in the Bsohaanaland Expe dlion of 188A85, and was mentioned in despatches during the campaign. From 1886 to 1889 ha held the position ■of Assistant Adjutant-General in the Punjaub.

THE PRODUCE TRADE* Mr Camero ». inspector of New Zealand produce in Loudon, in a report d-.teU August 30Lh, says ihat there is every likelihood that the baiter and cheese from the colony will h*ve a go -d market faring the coming season, especialiy baiter, with a large demand at fair prices for b ith products. The season at Home

hia been tather unfavourable f >r prodneing dairy produce, and’ there has been a deficiency in the make of both butter and cheese. Though Russia has been sending greatly increased supplies, he does not

think that this * ill h*v« & Berl ins eff et in lowering the demand for New Zealand Enter, as it will be a considerable time before the Russian article can compete with that from Now Z island for quality

and reliability. It is, however, satisfso- , tory to note that New Zealand producers

hay* taken serious notice of the Russian dairy development, and if the improvement this season in levelling up the quality of New Zealand butter is as nssrVed as it was last year the result should thoroughly establish its good reputation. Cheese is capable of much improvement in packing, and the factories should make half their output white and half coloured.

THE SUPPLY OF AIR. It seems that we, or, • rather, our descendants, in a few hundred years may hare to live without air—or try to do ao. in eminent British scientist has asserted that the oxygen supply of the world will be exhausted within the next 500 years; sod oxygen is the vital force of the air a 8 far as man is concerned. Moreover, scientists generally admit that theoretically the oxygen in- the. atmosphere is diminishing. Every bucketful ot coal burned in a furnace and every match (truck uses ap a portion of the world's Supply of breathing air* Scientists have made seme Very interesting .speculations • as to *ihat woidd happen in the event of tbs world** oxygen becoming gcadually used up,. Per hufrauee, they say

-with the decrease of oxygen in the air the heat of oumraer would hecomintense. This would not be the priless, parchin-i bean or the des rt. Moisture would hang heavy in the air. Steam would t is* from the ground, «nfd the sun would bi veil id in cloud* of vapour. Plants would epri-ur up and flowe. s m a day, and trees would grow almost in a night. With time for adjustment the very luxuriance of vegetation would dear the air attain and furnish breath to famished animal life.

UNIONS DIFFERING. Judging by present appearances (says the Otago Daily Times), the Conciliation Board is bkely to have its hands full, for in addition to disputes between employers and union, the question of union versus anion is coming to the 'front. The tailors and ihe tail iresaes are evidently not on such good terms as they ought to bo, and at Thursday’s meeting of the Conciliation Boord there was considerable difference of opinion between Miss Hale, seer taiy of the Tailoresses’ Union, and Mr Wilson, representing tha Tailors’ Union. It would appear that the tailoit a e anxous that the r>op hands fit pres -nt b longing to the Tailoresses’ Union should join the Tailors Union, and they made overtures to that effect to the Dun din tailoresses, which, however, prove! fruitless. Their next step was to induce the tailores-es in Invercargill, Chmaro and Gore to join the Tailor’s Onion, and in this they were successful. Ann now cornea the trouble. The master tailors of Oamaru and Southland, at the instance of the Dun-din Master Tailors’ Union, were cited as parties to the tailoresses’ dispute, and immediately the Tailors’ Union is up in arms, alleging that an award including Oamaru and Invercargill will interfere with them, inasmuch as hs country tailoresses »re members of their union. Futnredevf lopments should be well w:>rth watching.