General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 228, 12 July 1902, Page 3

General News.

Football notes are held over, but will appear next issue. The London Times says that it is believed that the Coronation will take place on August 9th. A party of 180 Australians and New Zealand troops visited Windsor at the King’s invitation, and lunched at the Castle. Mr J, F. Douglas, Canterbury delegate to the Farmers’ Conference in Wellington, returned to Waimate on Thursday, The concert of the Choral and Orchestral Society comes off on the 22nd, and the practices are being well attended. The Canterbury Times this week contains a photoprint of the Waimate County’s exhibition in the counties competition at the Dunedin Winter Show, —the winner of the third prize. The Standard Oil Trust is building twelve large steamers for the shipment of oil to Australia i.with a view to ousting the Shell Oil Company now doing a large trade in Russian oil. London “ Truth ” proposes that the Coronation service shall be curtailed to the utmost possible extent, leaving only the essential portions, so that the time shall not exceed an hour and a half. A general meeting of the Waimate A. and P. Associatioß will be held on Saturday next to receive the report of the Winter Show Committee and make amendments to the show schedule. Mr S. Boreham, secretary of tha Waimate Workers’ Union, and who is at present canvassing in the north,. addresses a meeting at Temuka on the 15th. Mr Maslin is invited to be present. Mr Boreham expects to enroll 100 members in Temuka. It is stated that several hundreds of unemployed are in Auckland. A public meeting will be held on Saturday night with a view to urge on the Government the immediate necessity for providing work for those who require it. The proprietors of the Christchurch Glass Works are determined to make their works the most popular place °* entertainment in Christchurch. They have now introduced the popular prices. These demonstrations are highly interesting and entertaining and tl-ose visiting Christchurch should not fail to see them.

The Ladies’ Guild in connection with St. Augustine’s Church met yesterday to get things ready for the sale of work to be held on July 24th in the Oddfellows’ Hall. A great number of useful articles' are now got together and many more are expected in shortly. The function promises to be a success In every way.

Ensign n> I '>f ■ ti'.; have been in ;!i wg • hlh•• 1 h <•■>' ■>' nf the Salvation A’vnv for six m im-lis. received notice yesterday to transfer in Palmerston North. They leave on Wednesday. Both have been very popular officers and their farewell, which takes place on Sunday, is sure to be largely attended. A well attended meeting of the Nukuroa Band of Hope was held on Tuesday evening, Miss Wright presiding. An extensive programme of quartettes, recitations, duets and readings was gone through to the satisfaction of everyone present. Mr Kircaldy gave a reading, and Mr Geo. Dash a temperance lesson.

Mr Boraham, secretary of the Wairaate Workers’ Union has been advised by the Clerk of Awards that the threshing mill owners dispute will be dealt with in August. There are 14 cases on the list to be dealt with before the mill dispute, Four cases will he dealt with at the next sitting of the Court on the 23rd iost., after which the Court proceeds to Dunedin, returning to Christchurch early in August. The Sydney Daily Telegragh. in commenting on the New Zealand Budget, says that it discloses a very enviable position. Not only is it satisfactory in respect to the Government finance, but the colony undoubtedly continues to enjoy the prosperity that sst in ten years ago and still gives signs of progressive improvement. It refers to the shrewdness of the colony’s commercial representation abroad in obtaining such a large share of the South African trade, and commends the Government scheme of small settlement, the achievements under which are notable, and, like the surplus, enviable.

At the Primrose League’s dinner at the Hotel Cecil, Sir E. Barton, in responding to the toasts of the guests, said they must not expect too much or too little from the Imperial Conference, but the outcome would strengthen mutual relations, both as regards reason and sentiment. There was not a man in the self-governing colonies who could, if he would, stem the tide of Imperial feeling. Sir Gordon Sprigg thanked the Colonial Premiers for helping him in the fight wherein he was engaged. There was no reason to doubt that there was great prosperity in store for Cape Colony, and the two races would live together in amity. 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 Begg 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.