THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1902.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 186, 5 April 1902, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1902.

There have been heavy floods a Nelson.

The price of Auckland flour was advanced on Wednesday from JGB 15s to £9 10s per ton.

The American Treasury anticipates a surplus of 20,000,000 dollars on the year.

A service in memory of the late Mr Rhodes will be held in St. Paul’s Cathedral on April 10th. The Levels County Council roughly estimated the expenditure made necessary by the late flood at from d6BOO to TIOOO. At the Christchurch races on Wednesday. Mr J. B. Fox's Satinwoodwon the Advance Handicap of two miles (65 sovs) in smiu 12 sec.

Large numbers of letters addressed to “ Tattersall,” and a fictitious name, care of the Stoke Exchange, Hobart, have been stopped.

Mr Rhodes' burial takes place on April 10th. His resting place is on the hi'l overlooking the scene of his historial interview with the Matabele chiefs.

The Novosti says that Britain and Japan’s refusal to allow Russia a base on the Pacific will compel her to advance to the Indian Ocean even if the independence of Afghanistan and Belnchistan is destroyed. The New York Herald’s article exposing the tyranny of the Beef Trust has boon ordered to be detered upon the minutes of the American Senate. A prosecution of the Trust is content* plated.

Mr James Wilson, American Secretary of Agriculture, is forwarding to European Cabinets a formidable list of goods America will be able to exclude under the Dingley Act in retaliation for any discrimination against America. - For the coronation contingent 28 applications are in, but it is understood that the majority, if not all of the applicants, are ineligible owing to the somewhat stringent conditions as to height and chest measurement. Mr Hay American Secretary of State and Lord Pauncefote, British Ambassador, have signed a treaty, guaranteeing to the . British colonies treaty protection of industrial property, which 'has been concluded between Britain and America. '

The Hon Major Steward has received tne following wire from the Minister of Lands: —“lie floods at Kapaa settlement, I regret that great press of hnsinesa prevents me coming down. Have advised the settlers to at once lay their case before the Land Board.”

The second dance o! the Zealandia | Quadrille Assembly on Wednesday 1 night was very successful. Miss Gaitt i provided excellent music, two Scotch ! dances being played for by Piper i Cooper, Mr W. Drayton made an efficient M.C. The next dance will be j held on Thursday night, ; Misses Bonn and Finlay, of the | Timaru Main School, and Miss Alex- I ander, mistress of the Opihi school ; (late infant mistriss at Kingsdown) have been accepted for the contingent of teachers to be sent to the refugee and concentration camps in Sooth | Africa. j

The Premier has outlined the •* Government’s policy. He said that he expected that at the end of the year there would be a deficit of ■ £120,000. Further taxation would ha ■ necessary, and it was proposed to j reduce the income tax exempts to £IOO j impose a stamp tax, and probably iDorea.se the land tax by a farthing, a It was also the. Government’s inten- |j tion to economise as far as possible. ; Moot and Chandon, champagne makers, of Epernay, are suing a \ German rival firm for 1,000,000 marks 1 for advertising that Rheingold wine 1 was used at the christening of the Kaiser's new yacht Meteor, recently launched in America, whereas Mpet’s champagne was used. Miss Robse- j vejt, who performed the christening, retained the shattered bottle. » The London Times’ Pretoria corres- | pendent reports that Russia undertakes to withdraw from Nuich Wang within -I eight months of the signing of the i Manchurian Convention, irrespective 'i

, !)<• anvmgiDK-n! for cumin nance of TFuTon provisional govtumiom. The .lapanrm; iicv,•■•papers assure that hi! ■ ;ia> is» Manchuria is due I.> the Anglo npanesc treaty. Ten thousand troops have reinforced the garrison at Tort Arthur, find many are arriving at Nnich Wang.

Dr Mason, tbo Chun Health Oilicur, dates that during the last year the Department bar, boon unable to lino plagno infooted rat in tiro colony. JL; emphatically declares that if is only through the agency of infected rats or :Ic,as that the plague is likely to bo brought here, and therefore that rats ; hiiiild be destroyed in every possible way.

The general manager of the Pacific {'able Company returns to Melbourne on April Th. to confer with the Federal LVmun/wiL'r-GsnorEil on tho question of rates on the New Zealand section of cable. At tho present tho Federal Government has no intention of cutting rates against the Eastern Extension Company, and the senders will be allowed to choose the route of their messages.

It is officially announced that for thi) Coronation Contingent, four men will bo selected from tho First Coutinrr(>nt. seven each from the Second and Third, and fourteen each from I,ho Fourth and Fifth. Tho (rovermteni, will tmd uniforms and quarters during mobilisation, ami aim pay passages and a lump sum of C*2o each. Tin* imperial Governirioiu will provide free quarters in England.

At a meeting of tho Napier Painters and Decorators’ Union, a resolution was unanimously passed protesting u"unst the millprs’ combine, or any other combine or trust having for its object the inlhuing of the prices of one of the principal necessaries of life, and the Union pledged itself to do all in its power to discourage such trusts or combines, as likely to result in an undue tax on spending power of tho working population.

Mr Brown, native interpreter, and Mr C ameron loft Auckland for Wellington on Tuesday afternoon as delegates from the Old Ago Tensioners of the Auckland Province, both Native and European. They took with them several addresses find a purse for presentation to the Premier, and a diamond ring for presentation to Mrs Seddon. The addresses from the pensioners and old colonists are handsomely illuminated and bound in morocco. Thai monogram of the Premier and Mrs Seddon is inscribed, 'the diamond ring consist? of one large stone, surrounded by a cluster of smaller stones. It has been arranged that the presentation from the pensioners will take p'ace at the Premier’s residence on ' Thursday at 8 p.m., instead of in the afternoon as previously decided. The approaching Coronation Holds first place in conversation, The world will stop till Edward's crowned, Then recommence its daily round ; While those who gave c Aval cheer May be dead vu’aia the year, Unless for o->!< ; - then d ) pirevnv W, E. Wt.-v-.is'Civai jv-pnermim Guv. i”' • ’mi.'- A l .’ kiikatki) Worm Pow. m o . - --'Aiv'.'i your child shows sympfom--. of wmots, don’t fail to procure a b.i\ above powders. Tiiky v;i:.t r- • ; >xity.. ! vice, is per ’ ■ ; .-.'s r.m) Co., solo v .■, );xi (.o-openuive 'gore, Vvuim.i.,'.

It's the ---t!e everywhere. Time tells tlu' ami ‘J'.t times out of every 100 1 1 1 >• demand is for the Brinsmea.i piano, because they are built to hs t . no. for sor ton years, but lor a lifetime. '.l heir tone appeals to the ear, tli-dr durability ami unco to your pock'd, their direct appeal is to \ ou. Why reject it '? Interview them at lira,ids, next Theatre, Timaru.— Ad vt.

Messrs 11. W. Unit ami Co., tailors ami clothiers, desire to thank their numerous patrons for thoA support giv,.r. them ,-ineo coramcncipg business.

They have jnsfopcuod a splendid range of ii,;w .mason’s goods. wHlch they will rmll ;u prices that must suit the times, Also, a nice assortment of gentlemen's bats, shirts, ties, and underwear at prices that are sure to command a ready sale. —Advt.

Synopsis of New, Advertisements, Lof-t— Overcoat. Defence OUice —District order 3 by Colonel Webb m Tenth Contingent, Waimate Pities— Church parade to morrow. J. Hon vi -Maeroearp.i am! Finns InsignL iie":. roc a, A. Oninne:3 and J.cCren, Limited —Sale on Friday, G. Dash —Biice of cart?. Wesleyan Church Se 5 vice at Morven. Technical Classes —Opening of classes. Defence OJlme—Di drict order by Colonel Webb re Coronation Contingent. Primitive Methodist Church —Harvest thanksgiving to morrow. New Zealand Railways—Excursion fares for Timaru races.

Canterbury Farmers’ Co op.—Date of next horse sale.