General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 119, 24 October 1901, Page 3

General News.

The projected Manchurian agreement between Russia and China is incensing Japan. The Russian battle-ship Betsozan, which was built in America, averaged eighteen knots on her trial run. The plague is still raging in Fuchow end other districts of northern China causing a thousand deaths daily.

Wade’s Tkkthiku Powders for babies are soothing, reduce fever and prevent blotches. Price, Is. The Studholme Mounted Bides go into camp at Waihao Downs to day, the encampment lasting over a week. The Dunedin Export Department has on hand 30 cases containing 72,000 eggs ready for shipment to the London market.

Germany is, offering Turkey a, three million loan, and asking for the com pletion of the Bagdad railway and other monopolies. A meeting of the committee of the Waitnate Horticultural Society will be held to-morrow evening to arrange for holding the annual show. A cricket match will be played at the Park this afternoon, play to commence at 8 o'clock sharp. Sides will be chosen on the ground. During the the week ended Monday returns were reported from 51 dredges, the total yield being 12250 z 13dwt 12gr, or anaverage of_24 oz per dredge. Nine thousand residents of Berlin, including former officers of the army, have appealed to the public of Germany to assise in an anti-duelling campaign.

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York took farewell of Canada at Halifax, thanking the Canadians for their sympathetic and affectionate welcome. A general meeting of the Waimate Amateur Athletic Club will be held in Oddfellows’ Hall on Monday evening. Non-members are invited to attend. A collision occurred at Malta between the destroyer Dragon and the torpedo gunboat Harrier, and caused damage to the bow and stem of the former. The Commissioners appointed to inquire into the most suitable site for a State coal mine on the West Coast, have completed their labours, and sent their report to the Government.

Manchester Brothers and Goldsmith have just opened a beautiful selection of Christmas and New Year cards in new and artistic designs. Just arrived in time to post by outward English mail. —Advt. A meeting of Dannevirke sawraillers decided to advise the Premier to place an export duty on baulk timber, which the Commonweahh proposes to admit free, otherwise the white pine industry will be injured. The s.s. Sierra arrived at Auckland at 4 a.tn. on Tuesday, with the San Francisco mail. Waimate’s portion should come to band to-day. An English mail, via Hobart, arrived at Bluff at 6 a.m. on Tuesday. At the instance of France, Russia and the Powers arediscussingcollective action to enforce the Treaty of Berlin in regard to Macedonia and Armenia, and the re - opening of the Crete settlement and other questions.

A cable from Adelaide states that two robbers gagged and bound Mr Dudley, the librarian of the Norwood Institute, and tortured him, applying hot irons to various parts of his body, till he revealed the whereabouts of u hundred guineas.

There is a great demand for poultry justmow for South Africa and Waimate is sending away its share. It is thought that it was to fill an order for that country, that all the fowls belonging to the Rev, A. S. Morrison were stolen on Tuesday' night.

Mr Garden, of Clinton, has sent into Dunedin a fish taken from the Waiwera, believed by those who have seen it to be a genuine salmon. It is Bft. long, of great depth, and weighs 291 b. It is silvery as if just run from tbe sea, and there is an acsence of spotting. At a meeting of the Dunedin Council of the Churches, it was resolved to protest against proposals in the Licensing Bill now before the House of representatives to empower the Colonel Secretary to grant licences in respect to special places for the convenience of the tourist traffic.

Mr Lamport, tbe hero of the attempted bank robbery at Henty, near Sydney, has been presented by the Bank of New South Wales with £SOO, a gold watch, and 12 months' leave of absence on full pay, Two other banks presented him with £25 each. Hazleton, the assistant, was presented with £IOO and three months' leave.

It is understood that tbe Labour Bills Committee of the Legislative Council has retained the clause in the Industrial G onciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment Bill, which was inserted in the Lower House, on tbe motion of Mr Willis, allowing parties to carry disputes straight to the Arbitration Court without reference to tbe Conciliation Board.

On the Mill Road on Tuesday about midday an accident happened to a gig, in which Dr. Cruickshank was. being driven by a boy. Tbe spokes of one of the wheels suddenly parted with tbe box, and the driver was thrown out. Dr. Cruickshank was shaken severely, but seized tbe reins and managed to pull up the horse at the next corner. No damage was done except to the gig-

TAB ANGLICAN CHURCH; The session pf the Anglican Christchurch Diocesan Synod was opened on Tuesday by Bishop Julias. In an address he said there were three causes of Weakness in the Church in theeolonies. One was the want of men ; two, tbe wan* of teaching; three, hindrances to worship. He did not ' hesitate to say the Church was not teaching her people, and if ft was to do good it mast teach-as well ns preach, as many of their people were ignorant.- Apart from the changes in the. Book of Common . Prayer, there were many details'of public worship wfcloh called for amendment. ’

CONSULTING THE COLONIES Lord Beauchamp, speaking at Brixton. favoured the Cabinet consulting with representatives of the colonies on foreign policy and Imperial defence. He said the Australians *up country afforded material for the finest scouts in the world and that England ought to send an organising staff there.

TEACHERS’ SALARIES. In reply to a deputation from the Southland Teachers’ Institute, Sir Joseph Ward said that the Government desired to pass the Te&chars’ Salaries Bill this session, but there was a cross-fire of criticism from outside Parliament from various quarters, including the Teachers’ Institute, that jeopardised the measure* The needed reform would not come in a shape to please everyone at first, but it ■ the principle of a colonial scale were established amendments could come afterwards.

OUR INDIAN SOLDIERS. Speaking at a Federal Ministerial luncheon, Sir Robert Low, Commandant of the Bombay Army, at present on a visit to the colonies, advised Australasians not to take the alarmist cable messages too seriously, and said the contiugency of the Ameer’s death wax not altogether unforeseen'by the Indian Government; and the military authorities, if trouble arose, were prepared for it* The army comprised 75,000 British and 200,000 natives, and was never in fitter condition than at present.

OCEAN. The Guardia Naoional, a Government transport, has recently arrived at Buenos Ayres with a man and 'a boy named Newman, who were picked up after having been sixty-two days in an open boat, writes the London Daily Express Buenos Ayres correspondent. The story Newman tells is as follows:—On May 5 h last ha was moving bis family from Evelyn to Stanley, in the Falkland Islands, by boat, was suddenly caugh* in a hurricane and blown out to sea. He drifted for sixty-two days, until picked up by the transport, and during thu last six days he and his little son had been drinking salt water. Great interest was evinced in these two persons, a public subscription being got up, beaded by President Boca, and quite a respectable sum was collected.

THE MISSING MONOWAI. Much concern is felt regarding the Monowai. 'J he Tutanekai, now at' Dunedin, is to be sent at over to search in the neighbourhood of the Southern Islands for the Monowai. Captain Spinks, of the Mokoia, which left the Bluff on Tuesday afternoon for Hobart and Melbourne, has orders to take double time (three days) on his passage, and to leave no stone unturned in the hope of coming across the Monowai, Captain Spinks is well known “as the captain who op the Perthshire wh*nahewas adrift a few years ago. Captain Chatfield of the Monowai is looked on as the most skilful navigator in these parts and it was chosen to pilot H.M.S. Ophir during her recent visit to Australasia.