General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 269, 14 October 1902, Page 3

General News.

Morgan’s combine has established a Boston° Manchester steamship service for the carriage of meat, live stock, and produce. The Hon. W. J! Steward opens his election campaign on October 21, when he will address the electors in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Waimate. Charles Bannerraan, the professional cricket coach, secured by the sports authorities at Christ’s College, has arrived at Christchurch. A deputation from the Bible in Schools Committee waits on the Mothers’ Union on Wednesday to secure their co-operaticn in taking a plebiscite. Ten thousand of all trades in Geneva have struck in sympathy with the tramway strikers. The infantry_landwehr are in readiness to maintain order. Crops in the Willowbridge district are looking exceedingly well. One farmer has turned the sheep on his wheat, which is fully eighteen inches bigb. Messrs Dillon and Davitt have sailed to collect Parliamentary funds in \merica. Mr John Redmond accompanied them for the purpose of attending a convention in Boston. An important discovery of gold is reported from Kawhia, where Crown lands some months ago were withdrawn from sale by the Government, on the ground that the laud contained minerals. The Australian Federal Parliament’s first session lasted seventeen months and one day. There were 220 sittings of the House and 178 of the Senate. The official record of the proceedings comprises 17,000 pages. The Professor of Anatomy at the Medical School at Indianapolis and his two assistants have been arrested on a charge of wholesale grave robbery. Thirty corpses were found in a cold storage house. A good deal of excitement has been caused by the discovery of a rich goldbearing reef at Garden Gully, about 20 miles from Greymouth. The re has been cut for a distance of 8 feet, the further wall not yet showing. At the annual ploughing match at Papakaio, North Otago, Mr C. Faulkner, Willowbridge, secured first prize for the best team on the ground, first for the best-groomed team, and two specialpriz.es. Twelve teams competed. The London Standard’s correspondent, under reserve, stales that a report is current that Russia is about to issue a note announcing that by an arrangement with Turkey the Dardanelles will be opened to the ingress and egress of Russian warships but closed to the squadrons of other Powers.

The Governor of New Caledonia is disposed to make provision for landing time'expired Queensland Kanakas at New Caledonia, if the men for personal reasons deem it unsafe to return to their own island; Negotiations are proceeding between the State Government and the French Consul, A Bill fixing Cape Colony’s contribution to the naval subsidy at £;50,000 was read a first time. The Assembly agree to the report of the committee that only direct war losses be compensated, and allowed £5 for each horse taken by the military. The Kaiser, while believing the English system of voluntary enlistment in the Army unworkable in Germany, has directed experts to prepare a report on its applicability to Germany. He considered the British Volunteers a most efficient body of men, and that it would be a good investment to spend more on them. It is with much regret we record the death at Waituna of Miss Dora Mohrtens, stepdaughter of Mr -W. Meyers and daughter of Mrs Meyers. Miss Mohrtens has not bean ailing long, and it was not expected till very lately that her illness wonld take such a serious turn. However, on Saturday it was seen that there was no hope, and death intervened some hours after. Residents of Waimate and of Waituna will feel deeply for the bereaved family. THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. Vice-Admiral Fanshawe’s flagship for the Australian station will he the first-class cruiser Spartiate (16 guns. 11.000 tons, launched in 1898). TheTimes says that it was considered heretofore that it was desirable that the Naval Commander-in-chief should rank next the Governor of the colony, and that the higher status of the Governor-General of the Commonwealth is sufficient to explain the choice of a Vice-Admiral to command the Australian squadron. THE BRITISH ARMY. Speaking at Whitehaven, in defence of the War Department, Mr Brodrick declared that the army corps system was now the bedrock of the army system of government, giving the Array such a proper organisation for war that when a change of Ministry came it would bo possible to change it. The system also cheapened the life of the officers, especially in the cavalry, and meant opening the door to those who were eligible and not possessed of large means. Synopsis of New Advertisements. Lost—Bunch of keys. Lost—A sum of money. Found —Fur necklet. T. S. Hardy— Has pinus insignia and macrncarpa trees far sale. G. W. (’nllett— Funeral notice. Lost—lß hoggets and collie dog. Waimate Cricket Club—Opens season on Thursday. Guinness and LeCren, Limited—Hold their next sale on the 28th instant.