General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 161, 4 February 1902, Page 2

General News.

A wle is to be held at tbe focal jtsU on Friday—the .first for months. I The Mokofa takes awe j 4000 bed of poultry consigned by a exporter for South Africa. j Tbe Bait way -Department adrerlfail cheap fares to Christchurch lor tbfi departure of the Eighth Contingent] commencing from the stb inst. 1 The Canterbury Farmers' Co-open] tive Association advertise that they sffi prepared to find a market for client* drafts of fat sheep and lamb*., 1 There is a venr ahsrp torn st tb* creamery road, Stadbolme, and tevettj bioyde accidents have taken, pkrf

A writer in a Home paper saya the •coat of the war work# out at £5 per trrun pet week-for all in South Africa, and he asks: Where does it all go? ' The Federal Labour membars see,. in the appoointraent of Sir Harry; Bawson and Sir G. Sydenham Clarke., • a deliberate scheme on the part of the. Imperial Government to encourage a i .militarist feeling in Australia, Senator John 0. Spooner, dfWiscon- j sin, introduces in the senate a Bill to l •construct the Panama Canal at a cost 1 - of 180.000.000 dollars, or proceed with the Nicaragua Canal if the Panama, pitied# unsatisfactory. The Standard’s Tientsin oorrespon•dent says an edict has been issued which'order# Admiral Yeh to organise ; a college at Chifu and engage 'Lord 'Charles 'Berosford as naval instructor. Hr barton admit# fhafhe cabled ssfl )per lb as ‘the price Australia could •snpiily the ‘troop# with mutton. Ho ■state# that he . understood that the ■ difference between quoting in Australia, and ex store in South Africa was about | '2d per IbTho Federal Government havei Tissued a proclamation stating that ( *“ Tatteranll.” Hobart, is a person to: whom letters from any part of the- • Commonwealth cannot be delivered; •after March 31st. Letters from New. -'Zealand, tyUl; continue to be sent. . At Court yesterday, before Mr E. J.f .Atwill, J.P., John Campbell and 'William ’ iPalmerboth arrested for ■ drunkenness on Saturday, .pleaded •guilty and" were each fined 5s or in •default •24 ' hours’ imprisonment.; jPalmerpaid the fine. Mr Barton, the Australian Premier,; ihas received a despatch summoning l ! hira to attend the coronation. The. Despatch favours every possible honour Ibcing shown to the Premiers of the States, but points out that New Zea- 1 Hand has a certain advantage over the; ■C«m nonwealth States,just as she has the provinces of Canada. . Two French ‘factoriesin Newfound- > fiand have been burned. Lord Salis- , Ibury i» refusing to compensate the, ■ owners, and denies that incendiarism ■we# the cause of the fires. Ho informed H. Delcaase, French Minister, •of Foreign Affairs, that the colony was. and able to dedl with the •limiter. A London paper of Dunedin 16th -says :—The Board of Education and •the Scottish Education Department Ihave selected at the request of Lord '.Milner transmitted through the Coloniial Office 100 women teachers for work iin the South African Refugee Camps, 'The first party of teachers sailed from •Southampton on Saturday, and a further party of twenty-eight teachers ■will sail on December 81st. ©there, followin January. The National Mortgage and Agency ■ '-Company of New Zealand are uu .receipt of a cable message from their office advising that a dividend ■had bsen declared at the rate of 7$ per, •cent for the year, that £7600 had been added to the reserve fund, which will mow stand at £32,500, and £6260 •carried forward. Last year the -dividend was the same, but only .£llß9 was added to the -reserve fund •and £4334 carried forward. It will, •therefore, be seen that the company 'has improved its position by more than .£BOOO. . ■ On Saturday evening a local builder sand his better half were speeding •towards the White Stone City on a. itandem, and raised so much dust that •they were unable to see a gentleman, •who lives in Lower High street before ’they wre right upon him. He had ■’just time to exclaim, “Be gob,’’ when tithe weighty pair and the machine; ■ striic't him in the middle of the back,; and all four were spread across ths road. Mr John Boyce was driving talong on his way home, and they all looked so comfortable that hs could mot find itun his heart to disturb them. However, the man who was struck did, mot get out of bed on Sunday, although •-the cyclists arrived safely at their ijourney’s end. RAINFALL FOR JANUARY. \ At'Croaby,’ which is 765f*. above sea llevel, the rainfall for January was ■a.6l inches. Of this total 1*52 inches fell between 7 p.m. on Monday, the, :27th, and 4 p.m. on the 28th.

THE FROZEN MEAT CONTRACTS.

’A special meeting of tha committee of lihe Chamber of Commerce was held dn Christchurch to consider the question iof army frozen meat contracts. After (considerable discussion it was resolved: —“That as the conditions for tendering -and supplying frozen meat for the. Army in South Africa ware unsuited to l?ew Zealand shippers, this Chamber Ss not prepared to comment upon the •action of the War Office in placing the '.recent contracts for frozen meat in Australia; with Argentine options. 'The Chamber requests the Government, ■to endeavour to arrange that special; (provision should be made in any f uture. contracts for the inclusion of suitable New Zealand moat, and that ample) •notice should be 'given in'the'Colony' before the tenders close.” ’

MR : SEDDON NOT WANTED, ..’Referring to the rumour that Mr tSeddon would be appoimed to the (Governorship of the Orange River •Colony, the. Bloemfontein Post says-;—: We suppose ; tha,t the rumour emanates | flrom an irresponsible source, as wa: Slave every (reason for stating it un/■founded. Major Gould-Adams, as! T)eputy Administrator, enjoys a pepu-1 Clarity which could not well be exceeded i by any one who might succeed him, •and the people of this colony already ; ’recognise, even restricted as bis efforts anust be under martial law regime, (that hie whole energies are devoted to; mheir interests. As far as we know, ’the authorities have no definite idea of 'appointing a Governor, and should the 'appointment be in contemplation, we • >are but echoing the feelings of the (residents when we state that no more •popular selection than that of the ■ present Deputy Administrator could 1 ipossibly be made.”