General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 114, 12 October 1901, Page 3

General News.

A general meeting of the Caledonian (ociety will be held in the Royal Hotel his evening. Tenders are invited by the Rev. father Regnault for the erection of a jew church. A combined practice of the Choral ,td Orchestral Society will be held on Tuesday night American mathematicians find that he Columbia’s superiority over her ival. Shamrock 11., is a half per !ollt. You can depend on ridding your ■hildten of worms with wade,a worm [ig 3 , the wonderful worm worriers, price Is. Yesterday Mr T. W. Crone companted shingling High street footpaths, for which work he was the mccessful tenderer. The Rev. J. Sharp, of Geraldine, preaches at the Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow morning and evening, and on Tuesday. Mr J. Moore’s new shop near the railway gate is finished, and he has moved into it. All the other buildings going up in town are making satisfactory progress. All those interested are invited to meet at the County Council Chambers at 3 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon, when a presentation will be made to lira Douglas. A general meeting of the Wairnate Amateur Athlecic Club will be held in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Thursday svening next. All members and intending members are requested to attend.

At tho second day’* sittings of the Farmers’ Conference at Ashburton, Mr W. F. Ward (Waimate) was elected president of the South Canterbury Executive, and Messrs Cbcewan and Corrigan put on the committee. At the Magistrate's Court on Thursday morning Major Keddell, S.M., complimented Constable Christie, Clerk of the Court, on the very satisfactory way in which he kept the books and records. The Times-states that the Russians are proceeding to rapidly connect the trans-Caspian railway with Meshed, Naascabad and Kettechinar. A Russian bank opens a branch at Meshed to assist in financing the work. Judgment was given <oa Thorsday in the Patea election case. The election was declared void on the ground that John Williamson, through a printer’s error, was on the roll as John Williams. Each party has to pay its own costs. In another column will be found the performances of the trotting stallion Experience. Experience started in only three races, and won one against gome of the fastest trotters in the colony. From this it will bo seen that the horse is aa acquisition to the district.

A stupid witness in Court tho other day was being cross-examined and “ Now,” said the lawyer “ were you speaking in the third person?” The witness looked puzzled for a moment and then broke out excitedly, “ No, there was only him and me there, and do ihird person at all.” Miss Stone an American Missionary in Macedonia, threaten to murder her unless she is ransomed within a month. Three thousand Bulgarian troops are trying to rescue Miss Stone. The earn of j 612,000 towards the ransom of Miss Stone ha* been subscribed in America. Speaking at the Labour Day sports at Wellington on Wednesday afternoon, the Premier, after extolling the legislative system of New Zealand, said he was one of those who regretted that Parliament had not seen its way to provide in a straight out way that no man should work more than eight hours per day. It should give eight hours per day to workers by statute. .

At St Patrick’s Church to-morrow the first mass will be at 8 o’clock. After the 11 o’clock mass the second Jubilee Procession will take p’ace. The very Row Dean Burk of Inver cargill will preach in the evening. At the mass at Waihao at 11 o’clock Dean Burke will preajh and unveil the statues.

On Wednesday night the Premier laid on the table a paper showing the revenue for the six months ended September 30th. He was pleased to say that, compared with the corresponding six months of last year, the revenue showed an increase of £60,Q00. He had no doubt now that his estimate for this year would be more than realised. The newspapers in Westland are urging that when the San Francisco mail service comes up for discussion, some attention should be directed to the intolerable delays which take place in the mails for that province reaching their destination. The papers ate agreed that the only system likely to give satisfaction is one under which Wellington would be the distributing centre. There is now on exhibition in the window of Mr J. Sinclair, jeweller, Waimate, a cup presented to the btudholme Mounted Eiflles by Mr T. Twemey. The cup is of solid silver, nicely embossed, and the two arms bearing crossed rifles. On one side is the inscription, “ Presented by T. Twomey, Esq., to the Studholme Mounted- Rifles, September, 1901,” and on the other side a plate for the names of winners. It has to be won three times, or twice in succession. In the last Hansard Mr E. H. Rhodes, M.H.R. for Ellesmere, said that it was only fair to the member who had charge of the Levels and Waimate Counties Boundaries Alteration Bill to state that when the Bill was in Committee he (Mr Rhodes) would move an amendment to retain the Upper Pareora riding in the Waimate Comity. His reason for this was that a majority of the ratepayers in that riding were opposed to inclusion in the Levels County. On Thursday evening in Morven goods shed the Morven Football Club held a social to wind np their season. Mr J. Morris and Miss Sullivan led off the Grand March, followed by eighty couples to excellent musio supplied by Messrs Saunders and Wilson (2). Mr gytnon catered In bis usual excellent ytvie. About twenty went down from Waitnate, and spent a most.enjoyable evening. Mr P. Hanley danced a step-dance and Mr P. Barfce gave a recitation. The dance was rather crowded, bat was so much %pjoy^d ibid id did DQt end till 3.2 Q a.ta.

For some months past Lieutenant Cameron, on behalf of the Highland Society of Southland, has been corresponding with General Sir Hector MacDonald, with a view of inducing him to visit New Zealand when relieved of his duties in South Africa. General MacDonald, was promoted recently to the command of an important British military station on the Afghan frontier, and before taking up his new command, has been granted a well earned holiday to visit Australasia. Lieutenant Cameron received a cableon Thursday from the General, stating that he will arrive at Invercargill about the 21st October, for a short tour of New Zealand. Dming his stay in Invercargill he will be the guest of the Highland Society, who are making great preparations for ms reception and entertainment. Some two years ago the Justices of the Peace in Wairnate made representations to the Department regarding the shabby condition of the Justices room in the Courthouse and asked that it be renovated. This petition was forwarded through Major Keddell, but nothing was heard on the subject. The other day, the Justices, still alive to the deficiencies of the apartment in which they are supposed to prepare themselves for the fray, asked the Rev, G. Barclay to again state their case. Ha did so, remarking humorously that the little patch of felt doing duty for a carpet was so ragged as to be a danger legs of both Justices-and chairs. This roused the Department to action; the Justices might go hang—but the furniture. Gracious goodness, let the room be put in order at once. The “ Rev. Charges, ” humour was also evinced at the lecture of the British and Foreign Bible society (at which he presided) this week. In showing a picture of Satan (not taken from life) the Rev. Spencer stated that there was no theological authority for representing that gentleman with a tail. When the lecture was nearly over the rev. chairman mentioned that no light had been thrown on the subject, and then offered a prize to the boy or girl who could tell him where Satan could get a new tail should he lose the old one. No answer from the audience, and Mr Barclay gave the answer: “At a public house, forbad spirits aro_retailed there.”

THE KANAKA BILL. The Courier confirms the conviction that the sugar industry is doomed. Great excitement prevails in the north. Many growers assert that they will b 0 utterly ruined by the combination of the tariff and the Kanaka Bill. The situation is serious. Forbearing men around Cairns are angrily talking of forcible resistance, and there is a most pronounced defiant attitude. AUSTRALASIAN COMMERCE. Colonel Bell, ex-American Consul at Sydney, addressing the Chamber of Commerce, said that thj trade per capita showed Australians to be among the wealthiest and moat commercial'people in the world. Australia, considering her population, had the best market of all and practically no losses of business. Sir A. Copeland recommended that manufacuurers should study the feelings, even the prejudices, of Australian importers. The Agent-General for South Australia complained of the exclusive contrasts of American beef by the navy, and said t.iat »uperior South Adelaide flour was declined for tho army in South Africa in favour of American.

A RECORD JM SICK PAT. AMc Hou-iy Spencer dledat'Tarosgulla (Victoria) tho other day at the age of seventy years. For the greater portion of his life he wa»aa invalid, having besn stricken with paralysis, but was able to get about. He arrived in Tarnagulla nearly -fifty years ago, and for a time was a successful baker, but, owing to illhealth, bad to relinquish badness. He was a of the Loyal Garibaldi Lodge, the l«cal branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, and since the commencement of his illness (nearly thirty seven and a halt years ago) has been in constant receipt of sick pay, receiving £987 Us Bd. To this must be added a funeral donation of £BO, making a total of £IOO7 lla 8d paid on his behalf. This possibly constitutes a record in tho Southern Hemisphere for an amount paid to a sick member of a benefit society.