THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1902.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 151, 11 January 1902, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1902.

The population of the United States and dependencies totals 85,233,069. British &ms are organising an exhiLition at Cape" Town, to be held next year. ,•.■■■ -,..., .

The sale of drapery; boots, shoes, and house furnishings at " The Corner" starts on Friday, 17th Jatiuaxy.—Manchaster Bros, and Goldsmith.—Advts

Mr Vernier, a Canadian, is in England with-the object of raising £IO,OOO to complete .£30,000 for the North Pole expedition. He intends to utilise wireless telegraphy. A sham fight took place atCberburg to test the coast defence of battleships. In an action between a torpedo boat destroyer and five submarines, all the submarines were struck.by torpedoes. A Children's Empire League is being formed in London, and is influentially backed, to enable colonial children in London' to witness the coronation. The Agents-General are supporting the movement.

The Mayor of New York, in a message to the Board of Aldermen, appeals for the co-operation of the people in crushing blackmailing, which is unnecessary for securing justice and averting harm.

Our readers are reminded that the practical exhibitions are still being continued at the glass work?, Christchurch. During the past holidays large numbers of people have visited these exhibitions, and they all pronounce them to be a wonderful sight

The Board of Health refused to endorse a motion asking Ladies Hopetoun and Janet Clarke, and the heads of various ladies' societies to use their' influence in doing away with trailing skirt in the interests of health. Only two members supported the motion. A Natal 3 par cent loan of £1,945,000 with the minimum fised 93, has been underwritten. It was largely oversubscribed. Great reclamation works are projected at Table Bay and Simons Bay with a view of improving the harbour and railway works.

The Premier has approved of the suggestion by the Mayor of Wellington that Anniversary Day oughtto be observed throughout the province on January'23rd, instead of January 22nd, so as' to avoid, holding the festivity on,the date of Queen. Victoria's death.

Mr- Chamberlain, in replying to Mr Barton's protest respecting the suggested concessions in the New Hebrides in exchange for Newfoundland concessions, says that the position is unchanged since his latest reply in March, which was to the effect that no such concessions were contemplated. W y e have received from Mr S. Jho. Adams, local agent of the Kaitangata Goal Co., a handsome wall calendar for 1902. The Kaitangata coal mines and the Orepuki shale works are owned by the New Zea'and Coal and Oil Coj and the chief w6rk of the calendar is to advertise Orepuki paraffin. So far aa the. Minister oi Public 'Works can learn the men who were recently discharged irom the North Island Main Trunk railway works, have been absorbed -in •othe ) r employments. The silence of the qjen themselves is one- of, the things which is taken to Indicate tnat euoh has been the case. Practically no complaints about the action of the Government have been' revived by the. Minister from discharged men,, T/be Minister of Public "Works stated that he had no knowledge,of any on the, part of the oovernaient, "such' 'as twj *ecje»tly stated *q be 4he intention, to impoVtrtesl bridges from the United ftanvf^a. tf*&Ctf ' !r, •?' * - ' .'*.

A largely attended convention of the United Irish League".was''held at Dublin. Mr John Redmond appealed for the establishment of a permanent Parliamentary fnnd of £II,OOO a year. On Mr Dillon's motion, it was resolved .that it is imperative for the Housed of Commons to pass immediately a wide scheme of compulsory sale-of land* lords' interests in Ireland to occupiers, and provide for the reinstatement' of evicted tenants. The Cromwell Argus states thai " the Shepherds Creek Dredge, whieh was once looked upon as a " wild cat," and was fore-closed upon by the mortgagees, has since turned out a success. She was averging 15oz a' week for some time, and flozrun hery- , leaving 6oz a week for profit. This gives, say, 300 oz per year;■ valtfe I *"' JG1162 103. The capital is ' small—; about £3OOO, we think; consequently, the dredge is now paying over 30 per cent on capital cost, and from whae we bear is likely to do so for soma years to come," Dr. Symes, as District Health Officer, visited Kurow during his trip South, for the purpose of investigating .a serious outbreak of tuberculosis in the school there, due to overcrowding and bad ventilation. There have b*en. eleven cases and two deaths since last April among the 113 children who attend the school. Decided measures are being adopted to remedy this stateof things. Duntroon school was a'so visited, and found, to be_in about ; ,us ; bad a condition as regards 'Ventilation, although happily there has been no ouibreak of tuberculosis

We have received from the travelling representative of the New Zealand illustrated Magazine (Mrs Parkes) ' a copy of the Xtnas number. It is excellently got up and full of interest-, ing articles, not the least of which is a description of Ro'orua by Mrs Parkes ; herself. The magazine is one that should commend itself to New Zealauders, for it opens up a field in which our young writers may exorcise their talents, and it forms an easily. accessible medium for people who desire to know more about the country of their adoption or birth than casual reading will supply, Bishop Stone Wigg, head of the. Anglican mission in New Guinea, ia. en route to Edgland with the object of securing funds to establish the bishopric, which was not sufficient for its maintenance after the present year. He says that there is no possibility of the development of the possession unless a more liberal policy in allowing people to take up land is , adopted. It is amazing that Australian people should ba willing to pay £20,000 yearly for the maintenance of New"" Guinea when a more liberal policy would attract settlers and obviate this payment. Germany had adopted much more practical methods in th» development of trade. Sir W. J. Lyne, ia referring to Mr E. C. Pitcher's statement that the Commonwealth was going' to pieces, and advising New Zealand not to join,' said that such a statement waa chi|dish. Tho union was not a toy union, but a union in stern reality, and was going to last and grow in importance. The Daily Telegraph says tha£ Mr Pilcber has unexpectedly turned up in the character, of a Commonwealth prophet. He has been vaticinating about federal affairs with all the airs of an accredited authority. His assertion to the effect that federation is % yoke which galls public opinion ip < Australia, by which it was never willingly accepted, is a slur upon the character of the Commonwealth citizen.

At the ordinary monthly meeting of the Waikakahi Settlers' Association, held on Tuesday night, the, president, Mr Beer, being in the chair, referred to his position as an official both of the Farmers' Union and of the Association. In consequence of remarks having reached him that some regarded his position as an anonva'ous one, ha expressed his wi'lingness to resign' tho presidency of the Association. Afi;er a friendly discussion, Mr O'Oallaghan, seconded by Mr Tresize, . moved that Mr Beer possessed the entire confidence of the Association, and their wish is that he should-reroain-in office. This was carried unanimously, and, at the urgent request of those present, Mr Beet ; agreed to retain time at least his ponition, and to do, as he bad done in the past, his utmost for the Association. At the close of the meeting the mem* bers, who alsb belong to the Farmers* Union, proceeded to the consideration of matters connected therewith. Tha Workers' Compensation Act received their special attention; Mr -Beer i' explained the provisions of the Act,, and went fully into an offer made 4 ,by tho Commercial Union .Insurance Company, to take over all farmers* liabilities under the Act at the rats' of 5s a £IOO. After fall diseussion, the following resolutions were carried : " That the members of this branch of the Farmers' Union agree to insure . with the Commercial Union Company; that the Farmers' Union be requested to urge on Parliament the equity .of allowing employers to deduct from workers' wages the amount required * for insurance; that/ when workers are entitled to receive compensation for injuries, the time for such tion Bhould be calculated not from the end Of the first fortnight after, but from the day on which the injury i» suß.tained."