General News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 April 1902, Page 3

General News.

Now showing New goods in all departments. At Arthur Jones and Co.’s.jjJ'kitoria House. —Advt, revival services will be held m Salvation Army barracks tomorjfew, morning and evening. <• The C.F.C.A. advertise an extensive list of horses to be put up at Siudholme Yards on Thursday. The entry comprises useful sorts and should attract a large number of buyers. ,

King Edward's birthday will be celebrated at foreign stations on Novembei 9tb, and-at Home on May 30th. dust opened—ss pieces flannelette in pink, cream, .white and striped ; price. -BUI to I Olid a yard. Call and inspect at Arthur Jones, and Co. —Advt. To-morrow the Ri v. ,T. Blight will conduct his farewell services at St. Paul’s Methodist Church and at Nukuroa in the afternoon.

The Prince of Wales’ birthday will he kept as a public holiday this year on June 3rd, but there is no holiday on May 2-1 ih. Sir Joseph Ward has decided, upon a comprehensive reduction in railway charges, embracing passenger fares and rates on wool and dairy produce.

The Commonwealth Tariff Committee finally decided to admit undressed New Zealand white and kauri pine of all sizes free, the Government being defeated by one vote. Sir Gordon .'Nprigg, the Cape Premier and the South African Mayors are appealing to the Empire for funds to erect a cairn as-a statue to the late Mr Rhodes in a position commanding a view of the Cape Peninsula.

Instructions have been given to the Agent-General to fix a contract for the New Zealand-South Africa steamer service, with the Blue Star line, upon receiving,a satisfactory assurance that the company can fulfil the conditions. China has ordered 15,000 Irish-made plough shares. Evidently " John doesn’t intend to turn his- sword into ploughs and his pompom into disc harrows ; he’ll keep them in case any fun crops up later on. Sabee. General ■ Chatley cables that the resistance to the American forces has ended in North Philippines since the surrender of Malvar, the rebel leader. Good line to get Be Wet and end our war. Como to think of it, that has been suggested before, but there the matter ends,

Sir Michael Hicks Beach promised to consider the exemption of small cheques. He anticipated that the Transvaal revenue next year would be £4,000.000 to £5,000,000 ; . and that within a few years the now colonies would he able to bear a capital charge of £800,000,000 towards the war.

Negotiations have been carried on lately by the Agent-General with steamship-builders in the Old Country, with a view - to obtaining a suitable vessel for Lake . Wakatipu. The Cabinet have now decided to authorise the Agent-General to close for a steamer at an estimated cost of £23,000. She will run in connection with the railway service.

Inspector render was on Wednesday presented with a purse of sovereigns by the. Wellington branch of the Law Society, on his retirement from the Police force after fifty-six years' military service. The presentation was made by Mr. .Martin, president of the Society, and the recipient was congratulated on the admirable manner in which he had discharged the duties of his-position in this city.

While at Gisborne the other day, Mr Seddou urged that steps should he taked to change the name of Poverty Bay, which is a misnomer for one of the most fertile districts of New'Zealand. He said he could not understand why the district had been allowed to remain under such a depressing name so long, and, for his part, he was prepared to put an act through Parliament to remove it.

The Agents-Goiieral have been informed that the Colonial Office will undertake the opportiomuent of seats in the stands at the coronalion procession amongst the colonies, and that the admirably is providing facilities for a view of the naval review. The Agents-Goncral and their wives are to be allotted seats in the Westminster Abbey, and will wear full dress, the ladies Court dress and feathers, but no trains.

Flour was advanced in Dunedin by the Flour-Millers’ Association by 10s a ton, and the price' is now Til 10s per ton for sacks.-and TT2 per 1001 b bag- 1 . Oatmeal has risen from .£l2 10s to .£l3 10s since Monday, but orders were refused on Wednesday at an advance, and £l4 and £l4 10s is now asked. Some are of opinion that oatmeal will touch a higher figure than has over been known in Ol g>. —Tax a Scotchman’s partitcl) ! Things are getting serious.

Corea is going aiiead. Emperor Yum-Yum cycles, reads the ’Tiser in bed at night by means of electric light and goes upstairs per medium of elevators. Fublic officials more advanced than in New Zealand, managing to got away with a couple of million last year. In the interval of more pressing matters the Emperor has given orders that the limit is £2OOO —after that decapitation. With political influence it would not take long for a numerous family to get rich, with little danger. The Queen of the Netherlands is’ indisposed. She is suffering from feverishness and lassitude. Husband stays out late at night; comes in smelling strongly of schnapps and breaks the furniture. Evidently takes it to heart. .Had this happened a century ago hundreds of knights would have rushed to break a lance in her defence. Now they merely look sorry and advise her to hit back. The age of chivalry died when warriors discarded suits of boiler iron and prancing steeds in favour of khaki drill and Hungarian ponies. The Phillipii.es Atrocites Commission acquitted Major Mailer of the charges brought against him on the ground that Jie was acting in obedience to General Smith’s orders. The evidence disclosed that some American officers extorted confessions from Filipinos by means of water torture. The public are demanding General Smith’s trial. . Mr EJibu, Boot,. Secretary for War, has directed General Chaffee to investigate the charges of gross cruelty to the Filipinos; and court-martial General ’ Smith if the charges are found to be correct.

The committee -of the Auckland Peace Association have passed a resolution expressing regret at the language reputed to have been used by 7 the Prer’ \ f m his‘ decent address to the Maoris at Papawai. They feel that Mr Seddon’s conduct in advocating a reversion to savage methods of warfare is unworthy of any Englishman and especially unbecoming in a Minister of the Crown, and unless emphatically repudiated by the people of New Zealand, the use of such language by the Premier will inflict serious injury on the reputation of the colony. —When Mr Seddon spoke of employing Maoris he meant them to fight in a modern fashion, as all our coloured troops do. A particle of commonsense would have saved the Peace Association from making an ass of itself.

Last issue we had" a’ skit ” an, a- trifling . incident that occurred near Jones’ new buildings. It was, as is usual in such items, exaggerated and ambiguously worded, with the intention' of causing a laugh. The bricklayers, however, take out of it an imputation that bad language was used. Such was net the case— but the possibilities were there, and it formed “ copy.” Perhaps it would be better if we adopted the plan of an American humorist and made the addition; —“ n.b. —This is sarcasm.” We have seen oat sheaves from Ngapara and Awamoa, where it was reported that much.damage bad been done By the rain. These sheaves had stood out in all the rain, and while we do not say that they, have suffered no ! inquiry. we maintain that it is trifling j compared with the reports that have been in circulation. The oats will be discoloured, it is true, and those on the i outside of the sheaves have sprouted to some extent, but the inside grain has suffered uo material noticeable damage, if wa except the discoloration. If all the grain that has been subject to the weather is properly handled the. opinion of competent men is that the loss will be nothing like what was expected.—N. O. Times. Mr Ik Reid, M.L. C M Melbourne, one of the Victorian Labour Commissioners now in New Zealand, does not tlvnk there is any chance of reciprocal trade between Australia and Now Zealand. He says that no State dares to open its ports to the produce of New Zealand. The ruling faith of the Commonwealth is protection. However he does not think there will be any great falling off in New Zealand trade, for Australia must be supplied, for there is a sure market in some articles at all times from New Zealand.

“ There is a boy who whistles, In J. B. F-x-’s yard.” Such was the commencement of a.poem brought by the printers’ “ devil ” (who is going to be an editor himself some day and get outrof lighting fires). There was mors of it, but none so true and so touching. That •• devil” has mastered t*he art of speaking the truth occasionally, which is the goal of every newspaper man’s ambition. There is a boy who whistles ! More quotations. —“ From morn to night his whistle sounds, It nearly drives me mad.” That hoy is a genius—he is as quick at picking up things as a backyard fowl. , We have noticed the whistle, sometiffies with keen enjoyment (when he, stopped) and other times with wadding in our ears. Unlike the musical cat, he seeks the shelter of a wall, where chunks of coal cannot reach him. His repitoiro is many and varied, from snatches of the “Belle of New York” and “Geisha” to “ What cher,” with the “Dead March” as a refreshing change. Ho is a great musician. Meanwhile there are two crumbs, of thankfulness —he has to stop at nights and he is not in the Brass Band. When die is there will be aso't of offices to let.

Pneumonia, with its swift attack, Shows mercy to b t few, And those that strength and good health lack Can’t hope to pull safe through. When winter brings its cold and wet, Such things we can endure If we but have the sersc to pet

Some Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,

Clarke's Celebrated Worm Powders. —When your child shows symp-toms-of' worms, don’t fail to procure a box of the above powders. They will eeeect a CURE. Price, Is per box. Sold by Gunn and Co., sole proprietors, next Co-opehuive Store, Waimatc.

Messrs IL W. Ilntf and Co., tailors and clothiers, desire to thank tlieir numerous patrons for the,’support given them since cnmuioncii 1 # business. They have just opened asplbndid range of i!> v ..sijn’s goods, wh-eh they will sell at prices that must suit the times. Also, a nice assortment of gentlemen’s hats, shirts, ties, and underwear at prices that are sure to command a ready sale. Advt:, "With the introduction of up-to-date labour saving machinery and increased facility for a large output, Messrs Marriott and Marriott, of London, have pieced a piano on the market which Lego and Co,, next theatre, are able to sell at .£37 10s. This is the result of using the new American automatic piano machinery, ami is undoubtedly the biggest and best value ever offered for the money —Advt.

Synopsis of New Advertisements. Waimate County Council-—Tenders for several works. Shackleton and Grant—Seasonable goods for the cold weather. St. Paul’s Methodist Church—Farewell services to-morrow. Waimate Hockey Club—Annual social next Thursday. Salvation Army—Special revival services to-morrow. Guinness and LeCren, Limited—Sale at Sludholme Junction next Friday. Canterbury Farmers’ Co-op.—Entries for horse sale on Thursday. Waimate County Farmers’ Association Annual meeting next Saturday. Lost—Macintosh.