THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1902.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 280, 8 November 1902, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1902.

The Waimate County Council put up a record on Tuesday, finishing'its business by one o’clock. We are again compelled to hold over the report of the Prohibition meeting on Wednesday night. A phonetic alphabet has been introduced into the seminaries in Corea with a view of displaying the hieroglyphics now used. Mr Pierpont Morgan is endeavouring* to purchase the control of the Staffordshire coalfields at a cost of J(jo,000,000; Many Companies are willing to deal with Mr Morgan.

Mr G, Pash has accepted a challenge by Mr Milsom to meet him and debate publicly the question of Prohibition. Details of the conflict have not yet been settled.

The Rev. F. W. Isitt is apparently in derpand' af the' present tifqe candidate for the House, He is tq stand for Waikouaiti and Grey, and possibly may oppose the Premier and Sir J. G. Ward. These contests are to secure an interest in the local option poll.

The following will represent Waimate in their matches on Monday next: A—Team at ©amaru—Fulton, Fisher, Rout, Mann, Were, Hamilton! Hutchinson, Stewart, O’Shea, Cooper, Murdoch. B—Team at Waimate— Goldstone (2), Evans, Hayes, Wilson, Griffen, Healey, Paik, Taylor, Feweraker and McPherson.

Four rinks to represent the Waimate Bowling Club against Oamaru next Monday \yill picked frotq the following, who are requested to get as much practice as possible Messrs Scott, Ooltman, C. Akhurst, F. Akhurst, J. P. Smith, Wilson, Evans, Williams, R. Inkster, A. Inkster, J. Cwmeron, W. Cameron, Clarke, Hertslett, W. Menzies, Atwill, Mann, Christie, Murdoch, Morgan, and Grant;

Last evening the Waimate Bible-in-Schools Committee met and received the result of the plebiscite taken in Waimate and its immediate neighbourhood. Tne result was that 626 voted for the proposal, and 18 against it. There were 2 informal votes, and a few declined to vote. The committee expressed its deep sense of gratitude to the members of tho Mothers’ Union, and especially |o the secretary (Mrs Gibson) for distributing ahd collecting the voting papers, The financial position of the various ridings of Waimate County on November 4 was:—Upper Pareora, Or. ■£1727 13s lOd; Lower Pareora, Dr £1585 3s 7d; Otaio, Cr. .£922 2s 6d; Makikibi, Dr. £1056 15s 3d; Deep Creek, Dr. £6120 3s Id ; Waibao, Cr. £670 7s lOd ; Hakatarsmea, Cr. £430 18s 3d, Tb® receipts from September 24,1903, were £3579 2s. The bank ‘accounts stand as follows :—Pareora water maintenance account, Dr. £37 Is

'fid; interest account, Cr. £39 19s 9d. * Waihao water maintenance account, ftp £165 14s 3d; interest account, sjjr £212 13s Id. Loan account, Cr, \m% f The Caledonian Concert GomcpHtee > have engaged the following singers for their annual concert on Monday night:—Miss Alice Gray, of Christchurch, contralto; Mrs Johnston, Ashburton, soprano; and Miss Amy Murphy, of Dunedin, soprano; Messrs Densem and Young, of Dunedin bass ; kfr P, Hockley, of Christchurch, baritone ; and‘Mr A. K- Thompson,'of Invercargill, tenor. Of these, Murphy and Messrs Densem and Young are old favourites, and the others are all new to Waimate audl. euces, They all enjoy very great and should be well up to the high standard that the singers engaged by the of late years have reached. The concert is expected to be one of the best ever ffivep here, and considering that the Society has provided some of the finest entertainments giveq iq any part of New Zealand, we trust their enterprise will be rewarded by a record attendee of musio-loving public.

I Messrs R. W. Hutt and Co., tailors and clothiers, desire 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 tim«s. Also, a nice assortment of gentlemen’s bats, shirts, ties, and underwear at prices that are sure to command a ■ ready sale, Advt.

The musical and dramatic entertainment given last evening in aid of the Uniform Fund of the Waimate District High School was attended by a very large audience. The programme opened with a pianoforte duet which was well rendered by Mrs Hamilton and Miss Smart. Songs were sung by Mis-ea Cameron and Boyd, and by Messrs G. Evans, Coltman and C. Goldstone, the latter taking the place ef Mr Gus Jones, who was unavoidably absent. Mr Pitcaithly gave a recitation and Miss Sinclair a violin solo. All the items were well received by the audience. The second part of the programme consisted of the farcical comedy “ Chiselling.” the characters being sustained by Misses Brans and M. Franklin and Messrs G. Pitcaithly C. Dash and A. Cox, all of whom acquitted themselves to the entire satisfaction of the audience.

Synopsis of Kew Advertisements.

Waimate High School Board—Notice re scholarshipsOddfellows’ Hall—Leiture by Mr W. W. Collina on Monday. Guinness and LeCren, Limited— Weekly auction to-day. Lost—Gold brooch Canterbury Farm-rs’ Coop—Publish date of next horse sale