THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1905.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 10, 26 January 1905, Page 3

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1905.

The Transvaal is growing unanimous in faVour of equal power and privileges to each voter.

The Easter manoeuvres are to be held at Homebush. It is expected that special trains will carry the South Canterbury battalion.

Dunedin Farmers’ Union is informed by . the Secretary for Agricnlture that a more effective system of ear-marking is now under consideration.

As there were about fifty applicants for the position of gardener to the hospital yesterday, the Board appointed a. committee to go through them and .Accept one.

Mr Robert Brough, the well-known artist, who was terribly burned in the railway collision between the GlasgowLondon express and the Leeds-London express on Friday, died on Sunday. The Canterbury Land Board have decided to recommend that sections in Block VI., Morven township, be offprec| for selection qn lease in perpetuity at the capital values and rentals recommended by the ranger. We are advised by the auctioneers that, owing to the large number of entries, it will be impossible to complete the sale at Waihao Downs at 4.80 p.m., so the special train will not leave the Downs now until 7.15.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Ivy Lodge, U.A.0.D., was held last evening, Bro. 8. Clarke, A.D., presiding, There was a good attendance considering the wet night. The usual business was gone through, and the Lodge adjourned for harmony, when Bro. Clarke gave some very good phonograph selections, and other members told some capital stories. The meeting closed in the usual way at 10 o’clock.

The Education Board has arranged to carry on the Christchurch technical classes for the first term hoping to receive an offer from the City Council or other bodies to undertake the management.

Messrs Dalgety and Co. advertise a clearing sale of live ond dead stock on account of the executors of the late Mr Robert Cooper. The sale will be held at Studholme Junction to-morrow immediately after the sheep sale. During the reading of the Audit Department's objections to the County Council’s balance-sheet as presented, Mr Walker summed up his idea of the difference as, “ We call it a tumbler, and they want us to call it a glass." After the Hospital Board meeting oesterday a member remarked that he thought they had been very hasty in regard to the consumptive annexe. The Borough paid £4O a year and the County about £l4OO. Yet the Mayor was practically deciding the question. The Wajmate Riffes fired on Monday morning for prizes presented by Messrs R. Hutt and E. J. Atwill. The conditions were ten shots at 500 yards. The following are some of the highest scores : —Private Hendry (handicap 8), 38, 46 ; Colour-Sergeant Mines (4), 41, 45; Lieut. Thomas (5), 40, 45; Private Hawke (8), 3s, 45; Lance-Corpoi al Healey (scr), 44; Private Jamieson (set), 44 ; Private Hoare (5), 38, 43 ; Corporal Dash (scr), 42; Sergeant Stevenson (1), 41; Corporal Sauer (5), 3ft, 41; Private McLeish (11), 30, 41, The company will fire”this afternoon for Lieut. Jackson’s and Messrs W. Hamilton and R. Nicol’s prizes; conditions, seven shots at 700, 800, and 900 yards. Parcels and letters posted without e name on them are a source of trouble to- the officials, and- when you see a piano without a name it will cause somebody trouble too. But you'scan be sure its not a Brinsmead, because “ Brinsmead” and «•“ Begg's” are on every piano, and these two names never give you trouble. See them next “ Times" Office, Waimate.... Synopsis of Hoi Advertisements. Guinness and LeCren, Limited— Clearing sale at Waihao Downs to-day. N.Z.L. and M: A. Company—Entries for Studholme sale. Waimate A. and P. Association— General meeting on Saturday. J. Ravenhall—lmpounded notice. T. Lawlor— Notice of application for transfer of license, G. J. Shackleton—Further bargains at summer clearance sale.