General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 221, 26 June 1902, Page 3

General News.

Th« Football Club hold a practice jo the Park this afternoon. The County Council has been gplendidly decorated and will bo lit up on Saturday night. There was a good mustor of members at Band practice last evening. Another practsce will be held next Wednesday evening.

The Post and Telegraph Offices will be open as usual to-day (Thursaay). Mails will be despatched at usual hours.

The Hou. W. Hall-Tones has, says the Timaru Post, received a cable stating that the Tenth Contingent will probably embark for New Zealand next month. A charge of twopence has kept the crowd off the large railway stations and the same scheme io going to be tried with the smaller ones where there is likely to be a crowd. A good deal of dissatisfaction was felt at the non-appearance of the Mayor at last evening’s msating. One member said they might as well have no Mayor at all if he never turned up. It was asked whether the Mayor received any official telegrams, and on a reply being given in the affirmative, it was said these should certainly have been sent to the meeting. The Wai&iate County Council decided yeslelday that all and - Harbair ifiard rates remaking unpaid! on 6|h July wvujd fcp .then sued f% witjoui; any durti|er^ notice, toeethe%itl| K ipef ceht additional /penalty Ittafef Wto be given effect to irre»eo Ive of persons. If any of our ieadlts should be on the defaulters lisiit might be well if they carefully perised this local.

On receipt of the sad news of the illness of the King and tl e postponm*nt consequent of the Coronation, the Rev. McKenzie Gibson asked the other ministers of the town to meet him in conference in order to arrange for a united service and intercessory prayer for the King to take the place of the Coronation services which are necessarily postponed. We are pleased to be able to report that such a service has been arranged, and it wm unanimously decided to hold it in St. Augustine’s Church at II o clock this morning. . Particulars of the service will be found in the advertisement columns.

With the introduction of up-to-date abour-saving machinery and increased facility for a large output, Messrs Marriott and Marriott, of London, have placed a piano on the market which Beog and Co., next theatre, are able to sell at £37 10s. This is the result of using the new American automatic piano machinery, and is undoubtedly the biggest and best value ever offered for the money. —Advt.

Messrs R. W. Hutfc and Co., tailors ard clothiers, desire to thank their numerous patrons for the support given them since commencing business. They have just opened a splendid range of new season’s goods, which they will sell at prices that must suit the times. Also, a nice assortment of gentlemen’s hats, shirts, ties, and underwear at prices that are sure to command a ready sale. Advt.