General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 233, 24 July 1902, Page 3

General News.

The damage by the Martinique, disaster is officially estimated at £8,000,000.

The Queensland Government have established a wireless telegraph between Brisbane and Capo Moreton.

The mail Bteamer Sonoma arrived at Auckland on Monday. Her cargo included 2972 sacks, 1715 half-sacks, and 458 quarter-sacks of flour.

Buyers wanting bargains in general drapery are reminded that Arthur Jonks and Ce's Great Removable Sale gtarts next Saturday.—Advt.

The King reviews the Indian troops parly after the Coronatiod. The Coronation naval review is to bo held on August 16th.

This afternoon what should prove an interesting football match takes place in the park, when the Waimate Club try conclusions with the Morven Club.

Th-) \Vaugiisni Education Board accepted with regret the resignation of l.)r S nyt'n, ('lie! Inspect');', and decided to offer the posh ion to Mr W. Gray, of l'iilinerston North.

On Thursday evening Lieutenant Kirkland, of the S >uth Canterbury Mounted Kill :s, was presented by that corps with a handsome silver entree d;sh on the eve of his marriage.

At the inst vice, of Mr K:ves, Agent General for N..-w /'aland a bincher was fined -Co and costs at Sheffield for selling Kiver Plate for New Zealand mutton.

The original X'loo,ooo proving insuflicient for the expenses of the Coronation the Supplementary Estimates will provide an additional X-25,000.

The fact that Mr James Lowther has asked to be relieved of the Chairmanship of Committees in the House of Commons strengthens the rumours that lie is succeeding Sir Michael Hicks- Beach.

Warm Felt Slippers.—Large stock to be cleared at Arthur Jones and Go'.s Great Removable Sale. Note the prices—Children's, 6d per pair: ladies' and gems', 9d per pair, all sizes.— Advt.

We remind readers of the gift auction and sale of work to be held in the Oddfellows' Hall this afternoon and evening. To both purchasers and those who desire amusement ample provision is mado, and a large crowd is confidently expected. Six Stoke Industrial School hoys escaped from the institution on Monday, and are still at large. The management refuse to give any details, but the police have been communicated with and a search begun. Cardinal Moran, who is visiting Ireland, in responding to the Bray Pistrict Council's address of welcome, declared that the people of Australia were in sympathy with Ireland, and were proud to learn that Ireland was holding her own and hopeful in regard to the fnture. The Government scheme of a reduction of salaries was tabled in the Federal Assembly. It proposes to reduce Ministers' salaries from £IOOO to £BSO ; members' salaries from £'->OO to .£'2so ; those of Civil servants, not exceeding .£IOO by 5 per cent., not exceeding £450 by 10 per cent., and over that 15 per cent.

A large and representative meeting, embracing all the Protestant denominations, was held at Palrnerston to promote the question of Bible-reading in schools. Addresses were delivered by both clergy and laity, and resolutions were carried forming a society to carry out the promoters' scheme. The Rev, C. C. Harper, Anglican, was appointed president.

At a meeting of the Timaru Presbytery on Tuesday evening it was resolved that the Presbytery call the attention of ministers and congregations to the very important matter of Bible reading in schools, and in view of the approaching General Election to express tho hope that they will give earnest heed to tho opinion of the candidates on this question.

The Mayor of Christchurch has telegraphed to the Acting Premier and tho Mayors of other large centres, suggesting that the Coronation celebrations throughout the colony be held on Monday, August 11th, instead of on Saturday, the 9th, as the latter is an inconvenient day. He points out that in any case New Zealand will not hold the celebrations when the ceremony is taking place.

Admiral Beaumont, interviewed in Brisbane, said that Australians cannot afford to wait till Australia is rich enough to create a naval defence force, and has men enough and opportunities of training them. They must obtain protection in some other way, and the only way ho knew of was to increase the contribution to the navy, so as to have larger and more modern ships. The present local naval force was out of date,

There is to be a meeting at Studhole Junction in Mr E. H. Mann's Hotel on Friday next and one at Makikihi at a later date. The meetings are convened for the purpose of urging the Minister of Lands to take oyer Mr Johnson's estate, and other large estates in the Waimate district, for close settlement. It is to be hoped tho meetings will be well attended, &s it is held essential to the welfare of the district that all large estates should be cut up into profitably manageable farrrjß.

The recent utterances of Lord Landsdowne in emphasising the maintenartce of the statu quo in the Mediterranean has excited disquietude among the Italian Government organs, whose comments sho;v a desire to hasten the occupation of Tripoli The Wiener Allegemaine Zeitung, Vienna, suspects that France and Italy have, provided for eventualities by delimitating their respective sphereß. The steamer Mambare, which took the pioneer party of Australian settlers to the New Hebrides, called at Norfolk Island on the return journey to Sydney. Three out of fourteen settlers are returning. The others, after an exhaustive inspection, were landed on the island of Santo, where each selected 500 acres of coastal lands. The soil is described as very rich, and especially suitod to maiue, sugar, and copra cultivation. Two of the settlers were so satisfied that they ha/e sent for their families. The Presbyterian missionaries on tho island are cordially co-operating with the settlers.

Mr Balfour, speaking at Fulhatn. said that Mr Chamberlain's personality had breathed a now inspiration into colonial affairs. Mo one henceforth could regard the colonies as insignin cant. They were the glory of Great Britain. If the Imperial Conference resulted in increasing prosperity in time of peace and greater strength in time of wai, it would, even if there was no formal agreement or discussion, bind different portions of the Empire moro closely. Wax and parchment would be valueless unless backed by the sentiments of the great populations concerned, which alone would make them effective.

It is rumoured in Waimate, writes a correspondent, that the Prohibitionists will be sold at the forth-coming election. The rumour, I am informed, has some foundation in fact. Only last evening a leading prohibitionist and i publican well-known, and of late in business in Waimate were seen in earnest conclave near the portals of one of our hotels. Eye witnesses to the meeting declare that after settling their differences they both dropped in to have a " I>)C and Doris." For the truth of this t cannot vouch, suilieo it is to say a few minutes later the publican was seen doming out at tli-■ front door, while the prohibitionist wis seen in the vicinity of the backdoor.

I The Standard, the New York Times, and the Sun report that Mr (Vilnius. an hifhieiiful Irish-American, recently visited Ireland to enquire into the ciaims of th-; Irish Nationalist Party t") tin syniptihy of the people of America. lie declares that Ireland is i contented and prosperous, and that i this condition is largely duo to the ! operation of the Hoard of Agriculture i and the Urban and Uural Councils Employment is open to every healthy man who widies to work on the land. Kent appraisals by the Land Commissions are fair and liberal, but the compulsory purchase system will alone settle the land question. A meeting of workers was held in the Temuka Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday, 17th, at which Mr S. Boreham, secretary of the Waimate Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, delivered an address touching upon matters of interest to farm and station labourers. There was a fairly largo audience, the hall being well filled, and on the motion of Mr Boreham, Mr M. Preedy was voted to the chair. The address occupied nearly two hours j in delivery, and the different; subjects j touched upon were handled in an able j manner. At times the speaker reached i a high stage of eloquence, and de- i monstratod the fact that he had studied with care the art of oratory. — Leader. I

An inquest was held at Kurow on the body of a young man found hanging from a tree at the racecourse ferry, above Kurow, Mr George Orr, J.P.. acting as coroner. The body was identified as that of Kobert Adam Tiudall, of Waimate, and after hearing tho evidence a verdict was returned of suicide while temporarily insane. A sad feature of the case is that the day before the news was received by the family the mother died, and there is thus a house of double mourning. A b other of the deceased young man quite recently returned from the South African war. Nothing was elicited at tno inquest to throw light on the cause of the Act.—Mail.

At his premises next post office Mr Crawshaw is making a good display of violins, accordeons, concertinas, and other musical instruments, which he is selling at very much reduced rates, as the prices in his window effectually prove —those reductions to June 11th only. He also claims that his American organs are better value than any others ofioring. and as he has no expense with special shops, paid canvassers, ivc, he does not need a large profit en original cost. Terms for organs can be arranged to suit buyers...

Messrs K. W. Ilutt and Co., tailors and clothiers, de."iro 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, 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 Bkggv and Co., next theatre, are able to sell at 10s. This is the result of' using the new American automatic piano machinery, and is undoubtedly tho biggest and best value ever offered for the money. —Advt. Is marmgc a Failure, or not ! To ans.ver is nobody's place, Only time and experience will show In each individual case. What's worse than a very bad cold ? Nothing, we feel pretty .sine — The best thing to take we are told Is Wood-.' Great Peppermint Cure. Synopsis of New Advertisements. Wanted—Teams for ploughing, etc. Lost —Lady's fur boa. Waituaa Social—Price's drag will run to-morrow night New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company —Entriesfor Siudho'me sale. Guinness and. LaCren, Limited—Sale of live and dead stoe'e at Willowbank on Tuesday, H. S. Searle —Has been appointed agent in Waimate for Messrs Scoullar and Chishclm.

Madame Elvino--Lasb few days in Waimate.