General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 160, 1 February 1902, Page 2

General News.

The Hospital Matron wishes to thank Mrs Garland for an assorted parcel of Windsor and other magazines. While pursuing fishing boats near Vigo, the boiler of the Spanish gunboat Condor burst, and the vessel foundered. Nineteen lives were lost. Sir Charles Dilke and Me John Burns have introduced a Bill in the House of Commons to establish a minimum wage in sweated industries. Mr D. H, Jennings, of Oamarn, has decided to discontinue his visits to Waimete for the practice of dentistry. Mr Jennings may be consnlted at his •* rooms, Tyne street, Oamam. It is not expected that there will ha any difficulty in getting horses for the Ninth Contingent. The Department of Agriculture is in possession of reports , which go to show that there is a surplus of suitable mounts in the oolony.

Disappointment is expressed on the West Coast at the report that the Government has decided not to open a State coal-mine for the present. It ia considered that the opinions of the majority of the ministry have prevailed in the matter.

It has been suggested to ns that for the convenience of the east end of the town a postal pillarbox should be placed somewhere there. This seams a reasonable suggestion, and it is to be hoped the Post Office, authorities will see their way to have one erected. Mr , J. 8. Butcher baa been licensed to sell stamps and .this should peer*' ■7T

The Daily Chronicle’s New York corri spomleiU stat.es that Great Britain a vowuJ her intention U) it.o oilier

ineans than diplomacy. to nrevant a li'j.m during the United StatesSvauijii wu-. Russia immediately deso'rtod France, and declared her sympathy for America. In the House of Lords, an amendment moved by Lord Wclby, to Earl Weniyss' motion, which justified the Government’s conduct during the war was negatived hy sixty votes to sixteen votes. Lord Roaebery did not vow. Pr, DaLantour, the Principal radical Officer of the Otago Di-nnct, who conducts the medical tostn in connection with tho Otago section of the Contingents, nr-gos that Now Ze i|a,Ki should despatch a Contingent of light men to South Africa. a -i explosion of a dynamite cartridge tho underground railway at Nov/ yd,.a oupbdod a reserve stock of half \ ton o( dynamite, doing 1,000,000 HlLm’ worth of damage. Eight pm-sous wore killed and 100 persons injured. Tho ladF>s’ match arranged for i’hm-F.d.r.v by th) Waituato Bowling P:ih '-vis a great success, end the curb will repeat it on future occasions Quite a number of ladies took port, and L ,hey ail seemed to enjoy thcm-wlv.-s mAtly. At a committee meeting of

club on Thursday evening it w:w. •esolved to send a team to Tunaru on ,ho diy of tha school excursion there, play tho local club. An Edinburgh telegram tea London paper report/; “An iuilaonUal IVansvaal lady, who has just returned worn vi-iling cx-President hunger States that Fas found him in a condl don cf senile decay, and emptying a vveh pari of the Umo of his secretary i.u writing out texts of sciipt.'uo.

Tho Govern mont hatcheries at are in first-class condition. and r.ho work of hatching out tho imported salmon ova is being carried out successfully. Ooar.igmnsut-* jf O-iikdim and Tucific ova h-.ivo bvon ■eooiv 'd. and tho young fish have boon successfully reared and turned into the Waiuki [liver. Dy tho Gothic, which j iKiKct-d m arrive in three weeks, rnoihei- consignmont of 200,000 salmon 3 va will coma in hand. Tho work has iricrcoKn that lour ponds s.ro using ] in addition to tho sh already ha Mr Ayscn considers that tho success of the depot is now assured, Mamb-rr. of tho WMmale bive nut completed their volley firing ojuat bo pre-wnt on tho ran go on Monday next to do so. As this will arolwbiy bo tho last opportunity of doing so this aoasou, and as it is .jsecssary that every member must go through’ his volley firing to wum sapi'-aiion, ovary man is espoctcu to

38 pr >sont. The Cricket Hoard of Control, ImnJon, has resolved that half tho gloss money ia tost matches ho allotted to die Auh'a' a is; till the moneys taken it the stands and enclosures, with ini ■jalaaco of tho goto mousy. pepeases, to he distributed rm follows : iJ pfi* cent, to Mi •• ground 110 c snt. to *lllO second class counties; '-he iuilanc-! to b . fuina.il v divided between the M-mlebono Club and tho fifteen rirst’da-ss counties. Lord liuv/10, A: [dcGragor and Mr Haimnudge wore appoi.itnl tho eelection comm.'.too. Tho Car ter to a br-vioh of the Mow 2oalimd Faria■ors’ U/’iun has arci.h'i to iu ike a canvass of the district in ardor to obtdu a r-stnrn of the tot.r! xnj.-iTT; of in-mrfti'.C'.-s li.t-Oiy to be effected bv {r.rinor.v, with a view to :>dating tho total amount to tho okuy fin- will off.tr specially reduced rates. If Batirifaet-cry terms cannot jn obtained of in-iunmc < co.ii.iaui-'s within me colony. Giio bvihuem v/iF Im off. r.-J to companion outside Mow Zribmd. Too Lunds Department have for Fug? in AVaimatn llnrnugh two s-ctirnw ;nserves 951 and yst2, block XIV of :m are?, of two roods five perelic-s, tmd two roods o 7 perches respectivedy. The former is situated at tno corner of Mjm.’.e and Innes stvoids, ami its upset auntial r intal is 15s. while tiic latter is it tiio corner of Manse und Dobson streets, with un annual upset rente,l of £l, Tim leases will he offered for sale it the We.im.ua Courthouse fit 12 noon 3ii February ‘27, and will bo for ft term of even years. E MCG IT RAG f. M G RIFLE SHOOTING. The Defence Department has made a grant of .£2OO to each Volunteer District in the colony, such money to be expended ia tho encouragement of rifle .-mooting. It is stipulated ov tha Department that all comp-nitons must ba open to members of the Permanent Artillery, Militia, Volunteers, Riffo Ciubs, and civilians.

DRAB TO lIBPLU'E KHAKI.

Ae the i esidr of two audiences recently g;-*„ e I hv th" King to Loni fcolwrts, Mr Hr 'liti,;!c. 'L'.eiU-iavu.t .-(ftmcivd-Knliy-Kenny, and M.g >r t.'c acral V-tch, it has been (lehnit-iv decided, it is undersl end, to ni p ■ ,se wi;h kii'.ki weering appa.ei in th • Avar. . on the .ei miaul; m of the cirojaign in South Afnc», Instcol of ki'ikitu.i intention is to adopt a (Tab mix u -i< £..r the working ostume. The new olour, ir. is argue I, is of a more mutral vhanutrr than the khaki serge rr-w in ■: •he ids i being mor-o suitable in other respects.

ANEW INDUS bill 7

I Enquiries 'nave been nv.de bv Sir 11. 1. Cameron, Inspector of New Zealand, iroluoe at Horne, relative to the nisuiuacture of a uew ancle of food from skim nilk. In a report which he iws fur rishe 1 to tire Ageiu-Gcnsial ho states Hat .he skimmed or separat'd milk is ly special machinery to great pressure ml heat until it loses all moisture, and m'y a dry substance remains. _ This iiibst'nio is next specially treated, tuc i very fine white powder is the result. The powder, which is known ua plastiom, is soluble in water, and can be used is an article of food in many forma. It is claimed for the food that it does not put on fat, but flesh, and that in its concentrated form it is of special advantage to travellers, soldiers in theifeld and invalids. The chairman of the company which has secured the patent rights is Sir Montague Nelson, of Nelson_ Bros, and Co. The company does not intend to sell the pite.nt rights for Now Zealand, but may establish a manufacturing plant in the colony. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, A South Australian pastora.ist who has recently pa.d a visit to the Argentine, writes of that" country On some of the country I sw it seemed as' though it were impossible at times to stock too heavily. The ahaep that I saw were as fat as it is possible to make sheep, so good was the seed. These camps (in the ■vicinity of Pergamino and Arrecephas) carry five sheep to the acre, besides cattle and horses (probably a beast and horse to every acre, It not more). In this . statement lam well within the mark. There, are no ver that cannot

Buenos Ayres corr'spoiuient of the Corn Trade) Nows, ihe prospects of t.ho Argentine wheat crop arc poor on the wool -. Drought lias prevailed throughout too

v v part of the growing season, an 1 aithou.'h rain cocasioiiaily has given hope, tho crop in a largo portion of the country has not recovered from the nnt'ivoui'ftble conditions winch injured it at an early stage. 'The outlook is very bad in the northern districts of .Santa Fo Cordubi, and Entre Ihos, provinces in which two-thirds of tho wheat are grown, whib it is favourable in the south of Ihosa province s, and in Buenos Ayres as a whole. Apparently nearly halt ihe wheat area of the country is seriously ailee'.ed by the drought. Experience proves that Argentine is a very uncertain source of wheat supply, if the present crop is to be a partial

Hi lure, it v/ili be the fourth deficient in seven oeasons, and one of the remaining three crops was only a moderate one while two were excellent.