THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1902.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 190, 15 April 1902, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1902.

The opening of Parliament is definitely fixed for July Ist. The Westport Coal Company has arranged with the Admiralty to eupply 44,000 ton of coal for the China station this year.

The Studholme Mounted Rifles paraded on Saturday, under Captain Garland, at the Parsonage Paddock, and put in some good work dismounted. Italy's diplomatic relations with Switzerland are ruptured, owing to her refusal to prosecute Anarchist newspapers.

The simultaneous presence at Tangier! of the Russian and French fleets is considered to imply that Russia supports France's African ambitions. Hugh Sweeney, charged with stabbing Annie Sinnot with a carving fork, was committed for trial at Dunedin Supreme Court, During the last month the Lands and Survey Department put upon the market for selection eight properties which had been acquired by the Government for settlement.

The master bakers oE Dunedin have aunounced that on and after Monday next, the price of the 41b loaf wilt be 7d. It is very many years since bread has been at that price. A parcel of wheat was sold in Timam on Saturday at a shade over 4s per bushel. Some potatoes changed hands at £4 per ton. In the afternoon £4 10i per ton was declined.—Herald. The Duke of Gonnaught commands the whole of the troops in the street during the Coronation ceremony, with Major-General Sir Henry Trotter as Staff Officer. They will be responsible for billeting the colonials. Mr Yerkes, an American capitalist, has secured capital amounting to £15,000,000 to convert the present underground railway in London to a» t electrio railway. He will also construe four other electric lines in London. The Commonwealth sends 150 troops to the Coronation, much opposition to the vote being made. Mr Watson, Labour leader, opposed sending troops altogether. They were not bound to follow New Zealand's extravagant example.

The New Zealand Times stated that the Bank of New Zealand profits for the year ending March 81st are said to •be greater than the profits for the preceding twelve months. The bank will not only be able to discharge all statutory disbursements, including £50,000 to the Assets Board, but will pay a further sum of £IOO,OOO to the Board towards inflating any deficiency in realisation, as well as a G per cent j dividend to shareholders,

The Americans evidently had thei little trouble with officers. Majo Mailler testified before the Philippine Atrocities Commission in New York that General Jacob Smith ordered Samar to be converted into a bowling wilderness, and no quarter to be given to anyone over ten years of age. officers confirmed this statement. Jacob admitted the soft impeachment, bnt, like the boy who, when his mother catches him at the apples, say* ho " only took one," he said he only ordered the troops to fire on 300 Filipinos carrying a white flag.

Mr Maxim, the famous inventor, ofters a prize of .£50.000 for a successful machine, if of satisfactory speed an suitable for military purposes. One of the conditions is thai the machine must not be in the form of a balloon. —Now then, Wains ate.

The London Standard publishes a rumour that Sir Michael Hicks Beach will place an import duty of 5d per cwt on flour, and 3d on grain without a drawback on exports. An itnpresshn exists in the city that it is possible there will be an issue of permanent debt stock amounting to .£40,000,000. King Edward, who has been visiting Falmouth, will return to Cowes later. It is now stated that the King is harnedly returning to London, which is attributed to a prospect of peace. As a further sign of peace, it is noted that consols have advanced fiveeighths.

The London Times' Odessa corres. pondent says that the simultaneous mobilisation by Russia of the Black Sea and Baltic fleets at the end of 3 nly has been arranged for, while there will be an unprecedented concentration of troops north of Odessa. The movement is not without significance. Mr Balfour announced in the House

of Commons that it was not intended

to publish the court-martial proceedings in connection with the trial of Lieutenants Morant and Handcock. Mr Brodrick added that it was not customary to publish statements in regard to courts-martial. The Victorian Employers Federation have decided to abandon their attitude ;jtf defence In favour of" a policy of l&ctive opposition, and have issued ft | manifesto opposing undue Government interference in fixing wages and hours. They will also oppose Arbitration Acts similar to those in force in New Zealand and New South Wales. The Canadian Minister of Defence proposed in the Dominion House of Commons to increase the militia to 100,000, largely by the establishment of Bifle clubs.—This is far the beit way to provide an efficient force. When t an enemy arrives we wani men who B*an shoot straight, not men who can do everything else.

j At the nomination for the Mayoralty of South Dunedin a good deal of personal feeling was shown by the rival candidates, and the remarks of one of them so exasperated the other that he proceeded to divest himself of his coat, and invited his opponent " to come on." The invitation was not accepted, and after a further interchange of words, the parties cooled down and the proceedings terminated. King Richard I. of New Zealand is going from the Cape to Pretoria, should time permit. Says the whole army system wants remodelling. Like as not he will make things lively " when he goes marching through Pretoria." Perhaps Kitchener is quite as autocratic, and there may be a flareup, so that the best plan is to remove all dynamite from within five miles of ihe city. For pure, consolidated, castiron—but there, all that has been said before, and has lost the charm of originality. At Saturday's meeting of the Timaru A. aiid P. Association a member drew attention to a letter written to the Otago Daily Times on the cruelty of bringing sheep through from Otago by ordinary trains, owing to the special Sunday stock trains having been stopped at the instance of the Presbyterian Synod of Dunedin, supported by Sir J. G. Ward. The carriage of sheep by ordinary trains involves delays and knocking about by shunting that amounted to cruelty.

Why is it that when a country goes to war its own citizens rob it in every possible way ? We have heard a little about the fortunes made by British contractors during the Boer war, and now New York newspapers declare that £20,000,000 was squandered on antiquated transports and fradulent commissions for supplies to the Philip, pines. Nothing new, probably, but it provides a wholesome argument for J the extension of Government manu- ' factories and workshops, In a private letter to a friend in Auckland Mr A. W. Baker, managing director of the South African Compounds Mission, writes :—" I hear that there have been religious revival among the Boers at St. Helena. Over thirty converts have promised to become missionaries to the heathen on their return to South Africa. If thiscontinuea it will be a grand solution of the race problem, and they will return a freer, stronger, and better people than tley ware before the war."—lsn't there a familiar quotation which will probably fit here:—

The monk was sick, the monk a saint would be ; The monk got well—but devil a saint was he.

With the introduction of up-to-date labour-saving machinery and increased facility for a large output, Messrs Marriott and Marriott, of London, have pieced a piano on the market which Begg and Co., next theatre, are able to sell at £B7 10s. This is the result of using the new American automatic piano machinery, and m undoubtedly the biggest and best value ever offered for the money —Advt. .s** J

Messrs E. W. Hutt andjflo., tailors and clothiers, desire to|ibank their numerous JP«ttsg» for pie support given biltnell* They have slendid ranfi of new theyjjttll sell at priwrthat Also, a nice assocJiKnt of gentlemen's hats, atyrtifajm; and underwear at prices thafare sure to command a ready sale.—Advt.

Synopsis of Hew Advertisements. Wanted-Two or three good milk cows tt 8 A B ° r , eh *"n-Notioe of address by Mr H. G. Ell on Monday next. Wairaale Public Library—Openina ceremony on Thursday. Lost—Macintosh. Morven—Public meeting on Thursday. Guinness and LeCr ß n. L ; mited-Are buyers of damaged grain, <fcc. Zcalandia Quadrille As<cmbly—Kxterded night on Thursday nest D.- A, Taylor—Property for private