Mostly About People.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 134, 28 November 1901, Page 3

Mostly About People.

0 A large gathering bade farewell to Sir \ Elector Maudonaid in Melbourne on Monday. Thi London Times reoo-ts that MiJt--•Genornl Ha'.ton has accspwi ik?. ■Australian Federal Gamrn.mderahip. Mr Arthur Balfour i 9 suH-ring from a sharp attack of influenza, and his •engagements have be-jn c mcelled. Th« friends of Mr Lynch, the member for Gilway, have informed him that if he «3om-i8 to Englmd he will bj arr-str.d for treason. Dr Dow ; e, founder of Zion City, has beeu assessed in o;>ieago as owning £IOO,OOO. Mrs Eddy, another promi >aent. iaith healer, is woith 7,000,000 ■dollars. News has been received in Dunedin ihat Captain H. T. Fulton, wio was in -command of the Oiago company in the Fourth Contingent, ha-i h-id the D.S.O •conferred on him in recognition of his services. At the Trinity Co'lege examinat<"ons in music, held in Timaru on Monday, M..SB O.Cameron, a pupil of Mr* o*ea. I passed the Intermediate examination. Miss M. Gibson, taught by M s McKenzie passed tbe preparatory examination. Lord Eanfurlj' on Su day received a, •cabla message from his son stating that his staff appointment had been cancelled, *nd that he wa J going to the Cape at ■Cot gtmas to serve with the Mounted infantry. j Tuesday's Preiis :—Last night we received the followiog commuiiiuution from the Bishop of Cbrigtchur^h: —"The pusition of Dean of the OtUhed al had : been offered to l*ev. Canon Harp-*-, imi I regret to say that Canon Harper has refused it." A representative >.l th-; Press subsequently saw Can n Havp r, wita a vL'W of use- rtaining <he reason < ' for his refusal. Canun id .rper, however, ■declined to make any st tenient.