Mostly About People.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 136, 3 December 1901, Page 3

Mostly About People.

The resignation of Colonel Pole-Penton as Comm mdaat of ihe Forces is gsz ;tted. His Eminence Cardinal Moran has creited Dr. o'Hanj.n Dean of St. Mary’s. Sir Hector Macdonald has sailed from Adelaide for India in the Omrah. , A large gathering farewelied him. It is announced that Canon Harper has accepted the position of Dean of Christchurch. The Premier'will be entertained at a banquet at Eketahtwu on the 12th pros., oh the occasion of tbe opening of_ the Stirling bridge

Megsr-i T. Milne and J. McGregor, arrive! in Waimate by yesterday’s express to attend -a meeting of the Licensing Bench to-day. Severs! newspapers announce that notwithstanding denials, the health of. His Holiness the Pope is causing and that he is slowly failing. Mr William O’Brien a' d Mr Henniker Heaton, members of the House of Ornmons, arrived in Adelade-by the Orizaba. The fo;mer is aecomprnied by his wile, and is visiting Australia for the benefit of hie health.

Mr H. R. Asquith, formerly of Waimate, has taken over the manageni-nt of Gabites’ drapery establishment Tunarut When leaving Manterton the Dramatic Society, of which he wan an enthusiastic member, made him a presentation,

It is reported that the Bari of Dnnnven, Sir Edward Sasson, Sir Thomas Lipton, Mr Harry McCalmont, and others are asking the Piince of Wales to ace pt a new y*cht and challenge the America Gup yacht.

Captain Seddon, son of the Premier, who has lately returned from the war, waaentert lined at a soda! at Wellington . n Thursday and pros-nt d wifcn a drying case by the Clyde Quay branch u£ the Libera and Labour Federation. While the Duke, of Tuck was hunting wl-.h the Cheshire hounds his hors 1 stiuck .ho wire in a fence and threw_ the Duk<*, wli i receive ! alight concussion of the brain and a -onturi-n on the hip. Th I).ike’s c edition causes no alarm. He i i r ow out of danger.

Mr Chares B-41, or;? of the pm-eons w! o - .vi.a injured in tho Oriental Hot'l fire, ia .-.[ail i-< a «erroUri condition at th--ho .pit,d, a.-.d has not yet, fully recover-. 1 c I'.iscioiisness. Mr D’Amy, anoth-r ol those hurt, has developed lung t onblos through shock and his life is thought to be in jeop rdy. Ton -.rocio.io ' of Mr March-ant from tho pnsuiou of Couimisuoiier of Lauds for \", r - ilui u.un to that of burvoy.n(ienaf.i !.-■ olli dally anm'UiUied. Mr Ji^. row-is retiring I'roui lb? po ition of ,;:j. i'i";;i V) of the Laid Fii.v.h.ve Boar 1 , ■ni l wiii Ira sa tee ;d.;-i by Mr on, at pr«s-,:.t U d < !r- v ‘.;cre , ary for Lands ami .cUu,' Purveyor General.

On Sunn iv aft rnoou after the we kly in-,c: ilia ~f the Yat g Men's Libia Class in t '? Foresters’ Hall, n. presentation v.- .s in i.ie to slid leader of the eli-s, Mr B amt;- in hi. I’ll- presentation, w deli oirvi; t e. form of two ii tmDomoly I. mod vein u s of Pnn'.vni'i As poetical r. nrss, was made uy Mr IT Wilson wh \ . i-il the el i s’.- r.ppie -iatioa of Mr Baii’ieran m'r; wo l , k aaio ig ihina On Fi niav evtirffog in ’the Tiatiparauee J |off] a •me.: tl was ii-id fr- too purpose of rrwe-Ting Mr -md M<-a -I. Karwcoil and M. s Wini !"’■■ with a t ik.-u of the e-t-ein i.i win • i iheir s o.vices i i c-..-in«ction witti I d W’r',l yei eluir.-h wTO lie-ff. A proor st 1101“ I*f g.l-ncs, S ’Ug-i niff ree.i’.aion - was on-* rlir ugii Sind light refresh meiiC-s were hando - mun i. At an in .ji\al -.1 G. il Gr-h in, c>u b hall of t;ie ie.up rm-- (tc)*,>;iij -ooioo, pn; -entcu M'S ILi-'o, n wi ll a framed pho-og'iiph, thv;i)o a jiaao. ,-m c view ol \V' n:o t? Hi-Si.' ice of tile gf. at us-isl-a ice ; h had g-ve« the Temp- r,!Uico emse, and \vi li> j d her ami rer husband every '•uccess in tln i new homo. Mr G. loe-di, on b- hdf of t.lie ■l-emperance 11. lil Uoio'i, preSOnted vLss \\ iil'.ains with a cop} 1 of 'V hi-tier’s po-ms, as m aopre iem n of the ear-.e-t work s e ' ad devoted to ti-.e i rotn->ti >n ot the Lmoira ol.j'-’ts. The ilisv. J. Bught, ou 1) -i alf of ine Vv'-!sl y.m Cnurch. p-esante i Mr and Mrs 1-iiivweod wish a Kaiap .i travelhug rug, and Miss Willi uns wifii a liandsomsly iiound Bdilo a» I We.-le an hymn hook. Mr Blight spoke of the Ess which tho church choir and ‘Sunday s. -Iliad would sii-;ta n by their departu e. Mr Har.'Ood feeli gly n-plii d Mr and Mi s 14 ./wo-. 1 and M ss Whliiauis left by Situvdgy’s »f i-ninoii train, u large c owd of friends seeing ll.e-ti off Toe Waimate 8.-ass Band, of which Mr Harwood was the ponular and capable b-ndmarter, play-d to the station and played their comrade oil.