General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 267, 9 October 1902, Page 3

General News.

Six tenders have been received by the Government for the South African direct steam service. A meeting will be held on Friday evening next in the Morven school, to arrange for the annual sports. Mr J. Munro, Stock Inspector in Waimate, has received promotion, and proceeds to Waikari, seven miles from Culverden, in about three weeks time. The opening of the Tennis and Bowling Clubs' season takes place this afternoon at two o'clock. Given fine weather there should be a very enjoyable gathering. An American syndicate with a capital of i!4,000,000 is opening mills in Ireland and importing maifce and wheat for milling and distributing the products. Wanted, 500 boys, youths and men to remove new season's straw hats, at 3d, 4d and 5d off ordinary prices, at G. J. Shackleton's great removal sale. —Advt. A man who attempted to sell thirty tins of uncustomed opium to a Chinaman was, at the Wellington Magistrate's Court, fined £IOO for having prohibited goods in his possession. A party of Boers under the leadership of Peter Jooste have arrived in Canada, and are investigating Canadian methods of fanning and fruitgrowing. The police have discovered that Italian anarchists are conspiring against the life of the Dowager Empress of Russia. A number of Russian detectives have baen engaged to assist in guarding her. A cable message from Lord Hawke states that his team of cricketers _ will arrive in Auckland, via San Frausisco, on December 17th, and will leave .Sydney on the return voyage via Vancouver on March 23rd. In the Philippines General Pershing completely routed the'Moros, killing tl'ue Sultan of Cabugatan. Forty forts were captured. The resistance was desperate. There were severe sorties and fighting in the long grass.

Mounted men going into caiip may obtain waterproof sheeting, c imping army shirts, army box and sleeping suits and underclothing, iU 4s iii the .£ discount, at G. J. Shackleton's great removal sale. —Advi. Mr S. Binney returned to Wiiiuato on Tuesday afternoon from his Homo trip. ' Both he and Mrs Binney are in the best health. Th? genial Sam intends spending the next day or two catching the early trout. Bowlers wanting bowling shoes are reminded that Arthur Jonks and Co., of Coronation House, have just landed a full stock of all sizes in white canvas with rubber soles at Coronation prices, which cannot be beat; 2s 6d pair Advt. It is understood that the Australian station will henceforth be. a ViceAdmiral's station ; that Admiral Beaumont will shortly leave for England, and that Vice-Admiral Fanshawe will be appointed his successor. In response to recent representations the Cabinet has decided to set apart a block of 8000 acres for returned troopers. The land is 67 miles from To Kuiti on the main trunk line on the road leading to Awakino and Makau. The land will be allocated under special settlement conditions in 200acre blocks. The Waimate Rifles, 40 strong, paraded last evening under Captain Barclay and Lieutenants Hurst and Jackson. Sergeant-Major Jones was present, and put the corps through the new infantry drill. Two new members were elected, and it was announced that class firing would be gone on with on the range this afternoon. TheTimaru Herald states that the l?imaru Main School Committee have authorised the Chairman and secretary to send a circular to the chief school committees in the Colony suggesting f that candidates at the coming General Election be asked to support, if elected, larger grants to Education Boards for maintenance of buildings and for i b-icidental allowances to committees. There was a smart fall in glass y ■esterday, when the three windows of ti he shop next Messrs Priest and Holdgitte's were smashed out, as a bystandee said, " in one act." Our re presentative went to interview the la>a who did it and see how it happened, buJ be was represented by n cloud of o?« 8i near A^ams ' t im ber, yards, and beading strongly for ih b Gorge. The Lytteltcn Times Co. have sent ta this office a copy of the 1902 Christmas number of the Canterbury Times. The numbev, as is usual with that journal, is an excellent one. Its illustrations are entirely views of the pleasure and health resforts of Ne* Zealand, and as 'an advertisement for the colony's beauty spots, is very valuable. The paper is published m ample time to allow of its being sent Home,-and interesting it should prove to people across the sea. We have received an advance copy of " Te Pono," a Waimate-. publication issued by the Temperauce Beforra Union to further the cause of prohibition. The paper is a small que ; ;in fact, quite a reminder of. the I Advertiser's early 4ays, It w nicely

rr<* np o-d well on :' 1 paper. [i i« 'to be '• plae-d free buo evp*v home in that portion of tlv Wau-iki j electorate lying south of the Makikihi j river and will be issued fortnightly up to the polling da.vv' A photo print of Mr T. W. Glover appears on the front page. Mr John S. Rutherford has accepted the offer of the Government for the purchase of his Opawa estate near Albury, 10,400 acres, under the Land for Settlement Acts. The price has not transpired. The estate lies on the eastern side of Albury settlement, and comprises a large proportion of good agricultural land lying to the sun. The Albury coal seam is also within the estate. Six tenders have been received for the South African steamer service, that.of the New Zealand and South African Steam Shin Company being accep' d. Th.i conditions laid down are th it the company shall run steam-•!■•? for twelve months, and if at the eiid of that time trade does not warrant- the continuance of the service it may discon'tiime running, but in that event it receives no payment from the Government. If it continues, then the contract will be for three years at £30.000 a year. The steam era are to' be of 5000 tons, with a speed of eleven knots, and will carry passengers. They must start running without any tin-neces-u'v delay. The Rev. Fee, of Ashburton, lectured on prohibition in Clutha on Tuesday in Oamaru. After trie meeting Mr S. Boreham, of Waimate, briefly examined the lecturer on the theological condemnation of the drink traffic, and was considerably " taken down." He said he was not representing the publicans ; he had " his own private opinion about those gentlemen." Mr Boreham seconded a vote of thanks to Mr Fee for hiaadmirable lecture and his convincing figures. A hearty vote of thanks was then passed to Mr Boreham for conihig to help the No License cause. The peonle of Oamaru evidently took " Steve " seriously.

UNEMPLOYED IN DUNEDIN. Saturday's Dunedin Star states that the city seems to be threatened with a serious difficulty in regard to the employment of unskilled labour. _ At present there is a plenitude of untrained workers and almost a dearth of casual employment. Much of the unemployed labour is represented by returned troopers, whose former avocations hav? unfitted them for manual labour, while there exist no vacancies in their proper business. A considerable number, however, are said to belong to Australia, driven hither by the drought in that sun-scorched country. COAL STRIKE IN AMERICA. The International Mercantile Marin 0 Company announces the purchase in England of 50,000 tons of domestic coal to be used in relieving the suffering pool 1 in America and in supplying public institutions. President Roosevelt continues his efforts to mediate in the strike on the basis that the miners shall return to work on the understanding that Congress considers their grievances. The Governor of Pennsylvania is determined to maintain order, evon if he has to call the entire militia out. The mine-owners declare that they have workers enough if protected, SOUTH AFRICAN IMPORTS. A letter received from Mr Valder, the commercial agent for New South Wales in South Africa, states that before the war, in Cape Colony there were about 170,000 acres under wheat for grain, and about 30,000 acres in the Orange River. Colony. The yield in Cape Colony was about 1,550,202 bushels, and in the Oraoge River Colony 863,818 bushels. As to the centre importing the largest quantity of bread btuffs, Cape Colony imports more bread stuffs than the other four South African colonies put together. For the year 1901, the total imports of wheat and flour wore:—Wheat, 5,109,890 bushels; flour, 20,456 tons. A large quantity of this was used for the army, but as there is still a large number of soldiers staying in South Africa, and there is an influx of settlers, Mr Valder does not think that the consumption is likely to be any less for the coming year. In regard to the tariff, wheat is suspended, flour 4s 2d per 1001 b, bran 7+ per cent., pollard 4s 2d per 1001 b. In making calculations as to the consumption of bread stuffs Mr Valder says it must bo borne in mind that the food of the black population is to a very great extent maize meal.

AN INTERESTING DfSCOVERY. A very singular discovery has been made by a hospital surgeon, who asserts, as a result of long investigation, that all tho operations of the mind are carried oi by the left side of the brain. According to Cassall's Saturday Journal, his conclusion is based on the examination of some hundreds of cases of injury to the brain. He found that when the injury was on the right side of the biain the victim's mind was unimpared, but that an injury on the left side invariably affected the reasoning powers. One of the most notable cases that, came under his attention was that of a clergyman, the right hemisphere of whose brain was completely decayed, but who showed no signs of mental deterioration. In another case a man had the whole right side of his brain destroyed by an accident, yet when the wound was healed his mind was absolutely uninjured. In the light of this discovery, it is easy to understand the numerous recorded cases in which people have survived and remained rational with bullets, nails and other alien objects embedded in their skulls. The injuries in such cases must have been confined to the right side of the brain. Synopsis of New Advertisements. Oddfellows' Hall—First appearance of the Black Eamily on Tuesday next. J. H. Mitchell—Publishes pedigree of " D&lmuir Prince " Found—A colliie pup. Guinness and LeCren, Limited—Have new season's stock of turnip seed on hand. Found—Homing pigeon. Waimate County Council—Notifise Ofcaio traffic bridge closed.

"Wellington has in its present Parliamentary representatives at least three men who are not afraid to voice their opinions, whether they please the the powers that be or not," said Mr John Hutcheson, M.H.R., speaking the other night. "And they haven't to sadge for votes for public works. It is one of thr most humiliating spectacles I know of to see a man going cap in hand to a Minister of the Crown begging a vote for a twopennyhalfpenny road. Thank God, we have been spared that." He hoped it would always be so, and his audience endorsed the sentiment. Mr Hutcheson also expressed the hope that in future more men would be sew. to Parliament with a sense of independence and determination to recprd their views, even though they might not exactly square with the desires of their party leader. Whether he ever returned t» political life or not, he was grateful for the lessons he had learned, and would always have a lively sense of the honour Wellington had done him in trusting him so long.