General News.
A special meeting of tbo Borough Council will bo held on the 27tb to sign the burgess roll. Russia has decided to grant 1 £7OOO annually to ' develop the Siberian butter trade, and also to make an immediate grant of £20,000. i In Oli'ristcliurcH on Saturday night' two buildings now used asp gymnasium 1 aud; a girls’ college,: both built by t iWorthington, in connection with his , Temple of Truth were burnt to the i ground. ji iThe Canterbury Farmers?.,Coopera-, tire Association hold a special sale of hprses Studholme to-day. The ~ ■•.lbokingj’ for ‘ draught horses - will be ■ present,, the competition should bd _7.;, ; - ;; Jt’s. .the ..same. eyervwhere.. Time ■ 9«t ,qf every 100 the* demand is for. the Brinsmead piano, because they 1 af4 :hiifltto lasiti hot foor-S or ten ypaye, jbut ■4 l forahfptime.t «i^?;itpn® o we^B ; t to K to 0. e t i.Ußpeahis to ; then? Bush's, mest: ; Theatre, ■ 1 Advt. , -yui if ' J,: out “ 1 practical manner* iti hasheen 4 ? decided by the Defence -Department '' ‘ that this year ’ the- : usual camp shall, take the form ofhattalibn camps. i: This Usual 'alldwnfao'e will he»granted ! Shdtdd'ahy hattafiokor-coips ihg incamp, they will be encouraged to do So 1 , .saw an allowance mads for an extra two ie-tohe given to these camps to : training officers and ™ ’ ’ r v H 1 . •• 2. i'. ’MaU .< J wtofc&i sMJSzAvIa
Tha Daily Telegraph commenting on the naval subsidy, -my-; that Aust-ru’i-i must see tha^.Ne w ilors not in -linWimttors. The Rightplan’s pledging an in'crASt-d - ' CuVth'b'utioi; may-force the hand of the Common ‘ wcalihi unless ipeafaves enforce" t'H'e Australian which unquestionably is ITialV aTtiiougb it is necessary to -■armrrg.T - for an iitTpori a! squadron, , terms .should be : madp nwhicji will permit asjwip ition'of the people to tjvpcphi.pa -of their ‘rnvTi. ' ■ " J ‘'
' Yesterday ■' mprnipg. the tfaip to 'Waimate ’appeared-to 1 be in 'cl'iFficultiss when a mile or so df?; : judgin^ i 'b'y' ! the panting of the engine. AsTDkfvas half ab hour late a crowd soon collected l >at' the station to wait events. It whs then, seen that there .was an extr?.- : h‘eavy load on, what with carriages of passengers coming from Timaru and Oamarn for the races' and numbers of horse-boxes. 1 The -rain had mtdb the rails so slippery that notwithstanding the liberal use of sand : the wheels refused to grip, and they commenced to skid. Despite the stiff pull up frqm the Junction, Engineer Kennedy hand, ling his engine in a masterly manner brought the train as far as the curve n, hundred vards from the station, but all further effort* were foiled by the wot rails. Ho had therefore to make two loads and thus bring, his change in. A largo crowd many of them practical men. recognised the determined attempt by a hearty cheer as the first half drew abreast of the platform.
IRISH LOYALTY. Mr Dillon, in a speech at Greenock, commenting on Lord Rosebery’s statement that the irish are disloyal and therefore not entitled to self-govern-ment, asked why : in the name'of God should they be loyal; They would never be loyal except to a Government responsible to the Irish. The existing Government had no claim to their allegiance. If the Irish to-morrow were able to overthrow it by physical force they would do so.
TEACHERS FOR SOUTH AFRICA
The Secretary of State for the Colonies is asking for twenty women teachers from New Zealand for work in the refugee camps in South Africa. Applicants must be physically sound, must be able to teach singing, and preference will be given to those who have had experience with''infant work. Train‘,'f are and second class steamer fare will be allowed selected applicants* who must apply in the first case to the nearest Education Board* ;
. RABBIT TRAPPERS. The rabbit-trapping industry of the Lumsden, Fairiight, and Riversdale districts : duriug the ,coming season promises, says tho-Otago Daily Times, to assume -even greater proportions than in previous years, and ‘‘ claims” have been taken up' from Gere to Kingstown, the country to bo trapped even including country ■■'above the ordinary winter snow. line. , There will .also bo - a greater destruction of rabbits, as the boiling.dowu works will take carcases which would not Jbe of suffie ent size for freezing.
THE INCREASE OF DEER.
Eleven deer, including three, young calves, were seen at Paraparaumu a few days ago. They are the herd which has sprung from those liberated on,the game reserve in the district a year or two back. Fourteen deer calves, the result of this year’s catch, are being liberated in various parts' of tho North Island. Three go to Palmerston North, three to Erehwou (in the Erctora country), and four to Waikaremoana. Four arc also being sent to Stewart Island. The Tourist Department has sent several live kiwis, paradise ducks, and pukekos for' liberation in the grounds attached to the Rotorua Sanatorium.
“ITIS THE NAVY.” Lord Charles Beresford, in a speech at the London Chamber of Commerce advocated the appointment of a Navy War Lord to the Admiralty to organise and submit a statement to Parliament setting forth in full the requirements to ensure efficiency, he to be assisted by the ablest specialist heads of Departments. He also urged the purchase of collieries at Home and in the colonies to ensure supplies. When he went to tne Mediterranean he found the coal at Gibraltar and Malta sufficient for a week only in war time, and he threatened to resign and publish his reasons unless the matter was ; remedied. There would be an abominable waste of three weeks in conveying coal after war was declared, when the fleet ought to be hammering the enemy. The real reserve of sailors was only 19,000 instead of 70,000, -or better still, 140.000. He advocated shorter service,: experiments in mobilisation, and more extendefl. manoeuvres, : The shooting with the heavy guns was shocking. St. James’ Gazette, commenting' On the Speech, Guggest3> ; tho hanging of somebody.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 179, 18 March 1902, Page 3
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