THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1902.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 150, 9 January 1902, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1902.

A Gazette extraordinary has been issued proroguing Parliament till March 13.

, The Ophir takes the Prince of Wales to India for the proclamation of the King as Emperor. We are informed that labour is very scarce in Waimate at present and that shearers are not available at all.

The Admirably is making tests of oil fuel on two battleships and a cruiser belonging to the Channel squadron.

The Annual New Zealand Fire Brigade Association conference will be held at Hokitika about the second Monday in March.

Mr H. Mann, executor in the estate of the late Wm. McLeod, notifies that all accounts owing to the estate must be paid on or before the 31st inst. Colonel Davies, who, after all, will probably command the Eighth New Zealand Contingent, has come to Wellington to consult with the Premier. Mr S. Binney has disposed of his interest in the Criterion Hotel to Mr J. Flood. Mr Binney goes Home for a trip, returning in about eight months. The Turkish Government has urgently instructed its officials at Erzeroum to fortify the town, owing to Russia’s threat. to send troops to quell the Kurds. As the anniversary of the colony on the 22nd of January falls on the anniversary of Queen Victoria’s death, it is suggested that it bo kept this year on the 28rd instant.

A serious anti-German riot has occurred at the German Consulate in St. Petersburg. It was chiefly caused by Poles. Cossack troops dispersed the mob, wounding thirty-eight. The south express was delayed two hours yesterday by the breaking of a piston rod of the engine before reaching Maheno. It lay ac the latter station till ah engine arrived from Oamaru. Major Crawshaw, who distinguished himself with the Second Contingent, has failed to pass the medical examination. He will therefore not go to South Africa with the Eighth Contingent. The Bremen Chamber of Commerce in its annual report deprecates anglopbobia, and riminds Germany that her exports owe their brilliant development to the unrestricted opportunities of trade with the British Colonies.

The crops in this district are looking very well, having filled out nicely under, the influence of the late continued rains. As the weather now appears to have cleared up harvest will not long be delayed. Machines are already being overhauled in readiness.

A multitude of Chinese merchant in America have petitioned the Emperor to oppose the re-enactment of the American exclusion law, and complain that the Chinese immigrants and travellers are treated like criminals, and subjected to odious insults. Replying to the toast of his health at Greymouth yesterday, the Premier said he had no desire to go to South Africa. He preferred to remain among friends of thirty years’ duration rather than at his time of life go to anew country and form new associations.

Charles Peake and William A. Low were before Mr Graham, S.M., at Dunedin on Monday, on a charge of attempting to rob. The. case was dismissed,' the Magistrate ruling that there was no evidence to support the charge, but bad it bean; brought as a case of assault be would have inflicted the -severest penalty possible, being deterauaedto put. down larrikinism. 3Je hppad the disgrace ihvo|ved would

Eight thousand addresses of sympathy on the death of Quean, Victoria, and congratulations on His Majesty’s accession were received by the King, and are published in a Gazette of ninety pages. The tele* grams are not included in the publication.

A disease known as “ blackleg ” has made its appearance among sheep at Lovell’s Flat, and farmers are much exercised about it. The leg of the sheep becomes swollen and inflamed, turning black, and death invariably ensues. The Stock Department has been communicated with.

It is stated (remarks the Oamaru Mail) that the famous Awamoa Estate with all its valuable studs, will shortly be offered for sale, but nothing has yet been finally decided. Some sales of parts of the estate have recently been made, Mr P. Corcoran having purchased from the., trustees the paddock adjoining the town boundary and near the railway line at a price which has not been disclosed, but which it is stated was something like 4)33 au acre. Two paddocks at Deborah have also been sold, the price being 4)25 an acre.

The Auckland Star has the following A gentleman who has just returned from Lake Waikaremonna says that the lake and rivers in the vicinity are “so stiff with trout that one can almost walk the water without getting his feet wet.” A party of co operative labourers who had pitched their tents in the vicinity of the lake were so disturbed by the splashing of the fish in the night time that they had to shift their quarters some distance inlaed.

The kauri timber growing in the north is estimated at 256,000,000 ft., and as the conversion is about 70,000,000 ft., per annum the supply will be exhausted in about 18 years. The kahikatea (white pine) forests in the three island - are extensive enough to sustain a much greater rate of conversion for future generations. In Westland alone it is estimated there are forests which will produce 12,090,000 ft. per annum for 500 years. —Westport Star. Since the Royal visit, says the Rotorua Chronicle, there has been an unprecedented demand for the kiwi mu, dealers are buying up all that are offering, and at the present time there are larger stocks of kiwi mats and kits in Rotorua than there were ever known before to the oldest inhabitant. Owing to the demand the Taupo natives are slaughtering the kiwi in the ranges, and before another decade, what between the natives, the wild dogs, and the stoat, the North Island kiwi will have become as extinct as the dodo.

Fruit-growers in the Philippines and in several States of America (says the Wellington Post) successfully scare birds by hanging small mirrors in the trees. The method is simple, inexpensive, and eminently practical. The string or wire suspending the mirrors should be at least six inches long, so that the wind can blow it about and reflect the sun’s rays; the flash scares the birds, and does not become familiar to them like a stuffed scarecrow. A couple of mirrors are enough on a tree, but three or four are better ; they can be obtained cheaply, and according to various reports can he used very effectively. George Mumford, late captain of the Ariadne, was charged at the Christchurch Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday with attempting to bribe a Crown witness, Annie Downing, to induce her not to give evidence against him. Mrs Downing was barmaid at a Sydney hotel, where she heard a conversation between Kerry and Mumford, in the course of which Kerry offered iHCO if Mumford would wreck the yacht, and Mumford agreed. On January 4th Mumford mot Mrs Downing by appointment at the Criterion Hotel, and there offered her a sum of money if she would disclaim her previous evidence and go over to their side. Detectives Maraack and Goulder were secreted in a room at the time and overheard the conversation. Mumford discovered them, and was then arrested upon a charge of tampering with a witness’ evidence- The case is still proceeding. A very quiet wedding was solemnised on Monday at the home of the bride’s parents, the contracting parties being Mr J. Dophoff, of Timarii, and Miss Sylvia Lily Morgan, fourth daughter of Mr A. Morgan, Waimate. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. Morrison. The bride, who was given away by her father, wcb neatly dressed in a travelling costume of Wedgewood blue, Eton coat and skirt, with cream silk blouse and large cream hat to match, and carried a large shower bouquet. Sbe also wore the gift of the bridegroom, a long gold muff chain and watch. Miss G. Morgan acted as bridesmaid and Mr P. Seyl as best man. When the nuptial knot had been tied and the bride and bridegroom’s health drunk, afternoon tea was partaken of, after which the happy couple left for their future home in Invercargill- amidst showers of rice and congratulations. The presents were numerous and useful, including handsome clock, album, cheques, silver spoons, biscuit barrels, irons, mats, Japanese flower stand, photo frames, vases, and many others.

The Hon. C. L. Pilcher, M.LC. of New South Wales, in the course of an interview at Christchurch, said that if Federation were to be submitted tc£ the people again on the lines of the': exiating Act it would be rejected by. a large majority. All the Australian colonies are opposed to Federation under the scheme of the existing Act. He predicts that if the Commonwealth Government does not realise the absurdity of the course they are adopting the much-vaunted Federation will be short lived. The people’s confidence in the existing Federation had been misplaced. He suggested that' in the event of New Zealand entertaining the idea of joining th& Federation she should make it a condition that the most objectionable features existing in the Federal scheme should be modified or altered. The people of Australia do not object object to Federation, and will accept it if the provisions of the Act and ita administration are repealed or qualified.

Mr J. Dobson has offered to supply the Rangiora Borough Council with fifteen cubic feet of water per second,, two cubic feet to supply the borough equal to 1,080,000 gallons per day, or 540 gallons per bead of population, the remaining thirteen cubic .feet, .to supply power for generating electricity, the cost of the scheme not to exceed J 87500. He would guarantee & power of 500 horse-power, and would ' allow to be deducted from the, contract the sum of £5 tot every hone- , power less than 500,' the .Council to’' allowhiin 5s per horse’ ffir .'every.- -

"works, lie said, would be a little below the conflux of the Ashley and the Okuhu, with an open race to a datn 120 feet above the turbine, the dam to liave settling pool* for silt, and also to •give a steady head to the water; the capacity of the dam to be 500,000 gallons. The exhaust water from the turbines would flow along a concrete ■channel forty chains long, and could ibe used to flush the street side•channels. The letter was referred to the Water Supply Committee, to be reported on at the next meeting,