General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 128, 14 November 1901, Page 3

General News.

The Waimate portion of the San Francisco mail will arrive this after- I noon. A French loan of two hundred and teii million franca (about JEtf.312,500) ie being issued. Colonel Waller, after two days' flghting, captured the Filipinos' »tr>nghold at 3<>jaton. Two marines jtnd twenty-six Filipinos were killed. The *••. Mokoia which left for Sydney last Thursday, took only SO. sons of cargo from New Zealand ports. This it oue of the results of aon federation. The Ohriftinae comforts collected vt -the colony for New Zealander« at the front, have been forwarded to Sooth Africa, Tb» Wellington gifts com prised thirteen cases. Oa TaeicUty evening last the Wai» «3*te (Hioral Society held a practice, when there was a good attendance. Jit the concert takes place very ahor Jy » full attendabee «f members is wqueeted for Wednesday and Thure<d»s evening! next, the last two •rjetiw er eoiofe tiu» maw.

The Premier will leave for London ibout tlie end of April or beginning of May, and will be accompanied by Mm and the Misses Sedcton. The journey will probably be made via Adelaide.

The "Haily Express states that the Oceanic Steam Ship Company are urging Great Britain to abandon the Supz Canal route for Australian mails, in favour of the five days' quicker San Francisco route.

The threatened stoppage of Tattersail's sweeps under the postal Bill has had the effect of largely increasing the •sweep business done, over 12,000 more letters being received than were -received last year. When the steamer Saghalien was. unloading at Marseilles, 480 rats which had died from plague were discovered in the holds. The authorities at French ports are discussing the question of wholesale rat destruction.

The Commercial Pacific Cable Company, which was recently form id in America to construct a line from San Francisco to Honolulu and the Philippines has fixed its oapital at three million dollars (£625,000).

The number of the 00-operative workers in Government employ in October wai 5398, a decrease of 191 on the previous month. The department if trying to reduce the number ou works in the South Island.

A big gun burst on tin British battleship Royal Sovereign, at Askatos, near Athens. An officer and six artillerymen were killed, and the commander and 13 sailors seriously injured. The artilleryman forgot to ■ close the braech. An American namad Canisus Long, employed by the Congo Free State, has'published ft narrative describing the systematic maisacre of natives by officials for declining to bring ia rubaer. The natives are paid Id per lb for rubber which is sold at 8d per lb. His Excellency the Governor ha» ■received the following telegram from Sir Hector Macdonald:—-"The arrangara-mts made by you have worked without a hitch. Good bve. Many thanks for your exceptional kindness. My visit bus been an entirely happy one.—Hector Macdonald, Auckland." A cablegram from Melbourne savs that the Siberian dogs intended for the Discovery expedition haysboenshippid by the Talune for Lyttetton. They will probably arrive there about Friday next. The Esquimaux dogs belonging to the Borchgroviuk exr?'di ticn, which were left at the Bluff, will be picked up by the Disoovery on arrival.

The Earl of Selborne. F rst Lord of the Admiralty, in responding for the Navy at the Guildhall banquet, said that a hundred teoently constructed torpedo-boat destroyers had proved a triumphant success. In only two instances had structural weakness been discovered, and special measures had been adopted in the way of future precautions. The steamer Cereda, from Mauritius, reports th>it an insurrection of natives has broken out at Sandalwood Island. When the Cered-.i was at Manganesi, a Dort in the Sandalwood Itdes, Du:oh warships were guarding the town against a threatenjd invasion from Sumbawa Island. A food famine prevailed, prices were high, and trade was paralysed. The headmaster of a large school in Hiwke'a Bay has got into hot water because ha permitted a photograph of the children to be taken without consulting ihe parents. The comuaitte« bus informed him that in fntuie no photograph of any child must be taken unless he has obtained the consent of i;s parents or guardians. Senator Lodge, at Washing ton, said the Senate would certainty ratify the Anglo American Cana! treaty. America must prevent the entrance of any European Power into the American hemisphere, either by the acquisition of territory or the establishment of forts or naval stations. It is believed the reference was iiimed at Germany. It is understood the speech is a forecast of President Hoosevelt'B policy. The monthly meeting of the Ladies Benevolent Society was held yesterday, there being present. Mesdames Studholme, Franklin, Wilson, and 'G bson. A letter was received from the Rev McKanzie Gibson. Chaplain to the Studholme Mounted Rifles, enclosing a cheque for £2 17s 4d. the amount of the offrtrtory taken at the church parade on Oct. 27th. Twocasns were rulieved. Mrs Franklin and Mrs Wilson were appointed visitors for the month. Accounts were passed for payment and the meeting closed.

A diver ex\mined the stranded barque Antioco Accame on Monday. de was able to get under the fore part of th« vessel aud made -i thorough examination, but abaft the main hatch sand is piled up, and he could only examine the side plates. He found the port side uninjured, but on the starboard several pUtes have bsen started. Temporary repairs will be effected, and an attempt will be in-t.de to pump out the vessel Captain Monti attributes the disaster to the defective charts supplied by the Admiralty. According to a chat which he obtained the day b fore he sailed, the baique was three qa.rtcr, of mile outside any danger indicated.

RE-STOCKING SOUTH AFRICA. The Cap«town correspondent of the Christchurck Press writes: —The iiu portation of live stock for re stocking purposes is now receiving attention [n fact a shipment of about 1.000 head >f cattle arrived at Beira f>-oiu New castle, New South Wales. These were to the order of Mr Khodes, who was very unfortunate in the venture, as, owirg to forage not being provided at Beira, the c°ttle were turned out on green pasture, and all except three are d«ad. This will not -deter Mr Rhodes from making another (rial, and. if successful, h« will import in big numbers. This refers chiefly to Rhodesia, but th« sam- demand exists tor the Orange River Colony, Transvaal and the Oapa Colony.

THE SALMON HATCHERY. A ieJ-grain has b->eu received by the Hon. W. Hull $ mea stating that i-jiX large oases of American salmon ova had arrived an Auckland per the Sonoma; that the ovi\ were bidly packed, and were not in good cond ti in. They willfce sent down as rapidly a.-i possible to the Hakatawrtnea hatchery. Mr Haft* - Jones vrill visit this hatchery Wore -be returns to Wei lington. The hatchery ia in splendid order just now and the young salmon are thriving well. Considerable im provementi hate been taade in anticipation •of the mrrival el the

FEDERAL EXPANSION.Mr Barton referring to the control of New Guinea, aaid that one thing more than any other that captivated Australia and Britain, was the prospect of the Couaiuonwealth acquiring dominion over tie «out+iern seas. Whilst their policy would never become aggressive it was not the intention, he hoped, of any one guiding the destinies of the Commonwealth, to shrink from its position in the southern seas.

GROWING DOWN. Everybody has noticed that in extreme old age people grow rapidly shorter, so that a person formerly of average height grows down into quit: a diminutive man or woman. A German oonteraporary now-points ou; that this decrease of'height begins as early as thirty five years. At thirty, we are told, the human body has reached its full height, which is retained for a few years, after which: the " growing down " process begins. At first, and for many years, the process is so slow as to be almost imperceptible* but at the age of abour J sixty it begins to bo noticeable, anc! after seventy, even though the veteran ■Joes not stoop at all, the fact thai Iris growing down becomes apparent io ' everyone who se<?s turn. THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

The following are sums of the items which appear in the Supplementary Estimates: Chs,irraan of Committers as Acting-Speaker. £'2oo; Maj'K 3teward as Acting Chairman of Committees, -6100; compassionate allow atioo to fcho widow of the late S«:«rg.. ant-at-Arms £4o'); gratuities to messengers etc., employed during the session, -Gl6O ; expanses of the Representation Commission, .£700; subsidv for ,\ steam service to Smith Africa -(on account, £3000), -£5000; now accommodation house at Sana torium, £1500; bonus for mineral oil. £SOOO ; further sums required to m*t ;h- expends oonneo:od with the Royal visit, J:50.000~; grant to Lady MeK <o zie, £2000; grant to the Prami n(expenses while attending the King's coronation), £1500; railway charges in connection with the visit of th-> Imperial an I Indian troops (ad li tional), £1000; railway passes foi members of fire brigades attending the 1902 conference, £250 ; cost of Commission on the Colonial scale of Salaries, £2831; State Coal Mines Commission expensus, £3OOO , tion Commission (additional allowances), £442.

AN INTERESTING CASE

At the Gore Police Courr on Thtirs d)y lastr. John :;col « iad Jam>;* Begg for £3 17s 3d for shearing 510 sheep. The evidence of the plaintiff wis that he, with five other mm, had left the shed owing to dvfenduit raddling shee,p that ha alleged were badly fhorn and threatening to deduct the same from their tallies. Evidence was given for both parties, and tlv Magistrate in giving judgment, said although there was no written agreement, the m-n had contracted, by the custom of the country, to shear th--shed out, iind could not recover, as they Ivtd nor, completed their toutrnc; Plaintiff was non-suited, with 21s professional costs Other five cases hinged on this ducision, and leave to appeal was given.