General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 260, 25 September 1902, Page 3

General News.

The first-class 23-knot cruiser Berwick has been launched at Glasgow, r A man named Robert Burtio was admitted to the Hospital late on Monday night. He had fallen from his bicycle and broken his thigh. At yesterday's meeting of the Waimate Hospital Trustees Mr E. J. Atwill mentioned that he had visited St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and had seen Dr E. Hayes, of Waimate, who was studying there. Dr Hayes was highly spoken of in the institution. Great Britain, in a note to the Bowers, endorses and emphasises the circular of Mr John Hay, American Secretary of State, regarding the amelioration of the condition of the Jews in Roumania, and recommends concerted action in the matter. The Morning Post” reports Hat trials cf tire typewriter telegraphic system invented by Hr Donald Murray, formerly of Auckland and Sydney, have been conducted between London and Edinbugh, with very satisfactory results. The system will be used commercially later. The following will represent the Waimate Football Club in their match to-dav against the Titnaru Star Thomas, Rogers, Rattray, Hayes, Park, Flynn, Rout, McLeish, Flaherty, Stewart, Hunt. Chamberlain, Henry, Sinclair, and Crawford. The game will begin at four o’clock, Mr C. J- Goldstone acting as referee. The following handicaps have been declared for the Star Cycling Hub's road race, starting at 2nO tins afteinoon .—A. White, scr ; T. Barks. lOsec; G. Sauer. 20see; T. Smith. iiOsec; J. O'Connor, 11,I 1 , min; T. Jacobs, 1 Unin ; J. Corrie, Ijmin ; T. Wilce, Elm' 11 ; A. Butcher, Ijmin ; F. Sauer, Ijmin; J. Mall, Ijmin; N, McDonald. 2min ; J. Reynolds, 2.train ; A. Bird, 3min. ’At a sitting of the Arbitration Court in Christchurch on Monday Mr Boroham urged that the dispute with the threshing mill owners should be heard at once. The Judge said that the case would be taken in due course. Mr J. McHardy, fur the Shearers’ Union, urged the urgency of the shearing dispute. He declared that if riot settled soon there was danger of a lockout. The Judge stated that the case could not come on for at least three weeks. Sir E. Barton and party were banquetted at Vancouver and Victoria. Allusions in the speeches to the Alien Restriction Act and a " White Australia ” evoked intense enthusiasm on both occasions. Sir F. Barton, in referring to a preferential tariff, remarked that Australia would favour the Motherland not by the concession} in the existing tariff, hut by imposing duties on goods principally from Germany and America. Sir Join Forrest said that Australia wouli stand no interference with her lam forces, hu! her naval subsidy must h( considerably augmented. The part; sailed by the Aorungi, 700 peopf giving them hearty cheers at the send off.

Id ■ - H. W. linn lin’ :’u., tailor - ami cv i Mrs, d'.-mi •• to : •nuik their mi in too . patrons ior the support guvii them since commencing business. They have just opcin <1 a splendid range of ii'-'v season's goods, which they will sell at prices that unisi suit the times Also, a nice assortment of gentlemen's huts, shirts, ties, and nodenvear at prices that are sure to command a ready sale. Advt. Football is- a in inly game I'h it hardens mn-cie, Units the frame, uid mak-s New Zealand's hardy youth ■Jur pride aad siiength, mid that’s the :rui b Bad coughs and cold< attack ;he strong As much the weak, that’s sure ; Bet both —they never cm go wrong — Take Woods’ Groat Peppermint Cure S VLARIES OF JUDGES. A deputation from the Wellington District Law Society waited on the Acting-Premier, and represented that in the opinion of all the Law Societies of the colony the present salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court were insufficient. The minimum salaries in the opinion of the depuration should be £"21100 for puisne Judges and £2500 ior tlm Chief Justice. Sir J. G. Ward promised to lay the matter before the Cabinet. Personally, he thought tho salary of the Chief Justice too low. AGITATION AGAINST FEDERATION. Tho Premier of Queensland, in an interview, implied that he is only waiting for New South Wales to lead the way against Federation, and Queensland would follow, lie added : “ We must remember that tho people can do anything. Lot ns go back to the old order of things, and have a Customs £ nion. That is all we want.” Me would allow each State to send the other States products which they could not make or grow, free of duly. GOVERNMENT FARM S. Many people are under thoimpression that the Government gets very little return in the shape of cash from its experimental farms, but it appears (says tho Wellington “ Evening Post’') that so far as the one at Momalmki is concerned, the receipts for some time past have been 1 airly satisfactory. Last year tho sales of fat stock, poultry, eggs, etc., realised £I4OO, and the return for the current year promises to be even bettor. At the Johnsville fat stock sale last week 15 bead of light cat tie from the Momohaki farm were offered, and all were sold at good prices. The best of them realised £’J 7s (3d a head. The sheep on tho farm have been doing well, aud '209 are now ready fur the market. Tiro estate contains 500 acres, and every part of it is now used for agricultural aud pastoral purposes. Synopsis of New Advertisements. National Mortgage and Agency Company—Entries Dr Stu Uiolino Junction sale. J. W. Hayes—Wants lenders ior fencing. Waimate County G iinicil —Special order dividing Waihao Riding. G. J. SliHcklcton-Splendid oppor: tunity for securing good goods cheap. Canterbury Farmers’ Go op.-—Monthly horse fair on October 2nd. Canterbury Farmers’ Co op.—Entries for Studhohne Junctiod sale. Defence OHice —District order re new book on infantry training.