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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2293, 5 January 1900, Page 4

A report of the meeting of the Borough Council is unavoidably held over till next issue. Church of England services for Sunday next 11 a.m., H.C., Arrowtown ; 7 p.m., Queenstown— Rev. /.P. Mitchell. Also, 11 a.m., Queenstowa. Presbyterian services for Sunday next: Rev. R. H. Blair—Arrow, 11 a.m. ; Queenstown, 7 p.m; Paradise, Monday. Mr M'lvor—Queenstown, 11 a.m.; Frankton, 3 p.m.; Arrow, 7 p.m.; Crown Terrace, Wedneaday. Owing to the general cessation of work among the dredges last week, there is no dredging news of importance this week. On Saturday evening last the streets were well filled with people intent on their New Year shopping and many were also doubtless enticed out of doors by the fine evening. On Sunday night (New Year's Eve) the band assembled at 12 p.m., at the corner of Beach and Rees streets,and when the " witching hour " arrived, the strains of " Anld Lang Syne " floated on the air, and the old year passed into the limbo of oblivion. The band then marched round the block followed by a throng of people, and crackers cracked, and rockets fizzed and soared up into apaoe. While the band played a number of excellent selections in the streets, the crowd amused itself in various waya. Some were intent on a display of fireworks, others, avoiding the " eagle eye " of the police, turned their attention to ringing the firebell, and others, not to be outdone rang the school bell. Monday, sports were held, and on Tuesday the s.s. Mountaineer, with the Queenstown Band and a large crowd of excursionists on board, went to Elfin Bay and Qlenorchy. The Governor kaa received the following cable from Mr Chamberlain, in reply to the Premier,a Christmas message " Her Magjsty commands me to convey her thanka to the people of Blew Zealand for their loyal and sympathetic message of Christmas and New Years greeting." A murder was committed in South Dunedin on New Ytar morning. A Mrs Galloway had been shockingly mutilated and hacked to death with a tomahawk, and her husband stated that aome unknown man had forced hie way into the house and committed though he fought with the was nnabletjfaL**#.

Sporting people are reminded that the Lake County Jockey Club races will be held oo Thursday and Friday next. Plsaaaraseekera are offered an outing by the Presbyterian Sunday School to their annual picnic, to be held at Beach Bay on - Thnraday next. The body of a girl named Le Blowitx was found horribly mutilated near Brisbane and a black-tracker who waa engaged tracing for cluea baa been anrqrted for the outrage, the way in which be bungled the tracking ha?ing aroused suspicion. I Several deaths from heat apoplexy are re I ported from Melbourne where the heat ia still intense. In Hobart the weather is ex- ■ eeptionally hot and buah fires hare broken ■ oat in many districts. The subecriptioos received in Alexandra the Patriotic Fnnd now exceed £2OO, there area number of lists yet to come idU-' Alexandra Herald.' is snnounced that Britain, Germany, frrasct, Russia and Japan have agreed to adflhereto the proposal of Colonel John Hay, States Ambaeaador to the Court of St H Juiea'a, to maintain an open-door policy in regard to trade with China. j Lost—roll of songs. Reward. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile F** -Agency Co., of lavercargill and Dunedin, | insert an advertisement interesting to farmers I and runholders. Particulars of an suction sale of Crown lands, comprising many large rnns, are advertised. An extension of railway and steamer excursion tickets from Jsn. 30th to Feb. 6th is notified. Mills, Dick snd Co.'a slmanac and directory for 1900 is advertised. It will be notieed in our next issue. Notice is given warning any person againat laying totalisator odds on Frank ton racecoarse.

AN EPIDEMIC OP DIARRH(EA. Mr A. Sanders, writing from Cocoanut Grove, Pla., says there has been quite an epidemic of diarrhoea there. He bsd a severe attack and waa cured by four doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he also recommended it to othera and they say it ia the beat medicine they ever used. For sale by L. Hotop Chemist. SPENT A GOOD FARM DOCTORING. Mr A. N. Noel 'of Ashetville, Kansss, aaya ha spent a good farm doctoring himself for chronic diarrhoea but got no relief and was afraid that he must die. He chanced to get hold of a bottle of Chamberlain's colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and waa permanently cured by it For sale by L. Hotop, Cbemiat.

IT IS PERFECTLY RELIABLE. " We have told many different coagb remedies, bot none bat given better ut iff act ion than Chamberlain's," says Mr Charles Holzhaoer, Druggist, Newmark, N. J. It is perfectly safe and can be relied upon in all oases of coughs, colds or hoarseness. Sold by L. Botop, Chemist.