GENERAL NEWS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 148, 20 April 1914, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS.

The Waiinate Egg Circle consigned 22S doa. eggs to Dunedin lor last fckittirday,'s sale, and the price for I lie whole was Is Ud doz.

Several people hajve expressed disappointment that Maud Allen (the dancer) and the Cherniavskys (I he Russian boy trioi) are not co,ming 'to Waiinate. There is a possibility that arrangements may still he made far their visiting tliis town. For the following Fruits—Bananas l(j. a Is, Orange*) 10 for Is, Lemons, Apples, Pears, Peaches, Tomatoes 3u pen* lb. Call at T. Atwill, Fruiterer.

An ax-Waimate lad, "Bob" Emerson, figured prominently in a theatrical incident in Tiniaru the other night. The Mysterious Dante was performing, and called for a voluitteer to lire off the gun in 'the celebrated Human Target Act.. Emerson volunteered. The "Herald" describes the incident as follow;*: —There was great expectation when Dante announced that he was about to Offer himself as a target to a man selected from the audience who was to use a muz&le loader cluirged with powder and bullet. The 'gun was nve.r-chia.rged and exploded, l>Uit« Dantol produced the bullet from somewhere near his heart. Dante stated a little 1 later that the man who 'had dischurged the gun had been slightly injured, both his liands and his- face suffering. On account of the accident itihe entertainment was brought lot an fetarly close." The Company was billed to appear in Waimate, but broke, up before getting hem

The OommitteiO of the Waimate Egg Circle has had occasion to fine certain .members 6d per egg for "ringing ing iri" preserved eggs as fresh. It i«5 .surprising that the strict rules of the Circle have so little effect with some signatories'. The Circle recently received an inquiry from Hamilton, Waikato, for a consignment.

"Life! is not all sunshine 1 " we know, the cold and the storms have to bo endured: So the wise man makes preparations to get through thei bad season as pleasantly and 1 comfortably as possible!. Men who are inclined to shiver at the first sign of winter should maie, a bedline; for Taaffefs. Here are overcoats that are, the greatest as - 6istencei in keeping out cold, they are indeed snugly 1 warm and above all they are stylish. You don't get style, everywhere,'at least not style like that embodied in these garments. ,8a if you really want a-smart, stylish ovetrcoat it's here at Taaffe's, so that you can get it. Splendid Scotch Tweeds in light and dark shades and different weights. At Taailf's too, are Raincoats and Stormcoats quite lowly priced—call and see them and you'll reooguise their .real good value. >Q. D. TaaiTe, (Outfitter, Queen Street, Waimato. 1

atr Charlce P. SkerreM* K»C one pf the Lest known barristers in New is spoken of as the probable Lieral candidate to contest the Wellington North seat against the Hon.. A. L. Herdman.

If you want a, good luncheon or Afternoon Tea, go to Barford's.... Or. E. Tregear, a Wellington councillor, who ds ideaititied with 'tinSocial Democrats, has notified the Town Clerk as follows:—"At the next meeting of the Council t will move, tliat the services of the City organist and the use of the city organ should not be -made available for political par try purposes." Readers arc asked i:> inspect the. Gaslight Display of livening Dresses and Materials, at. the O.F.C.A. "Coj;ner" to-morrow evening, A Waimale lady who lie.::"! Tin; Kennedys in Jnvercargill (Uvlaavi that they give a most enjoyable entertainment. l,n that musical town they were insulhciently introduced, aJid their first appearance was before a rather small audience. On th« second night the Theatre was crowded. They appear in Waimatc tonight,.

On Thursday next the National Mortgage and Agency Co., are holding an important clearing .wale on account of Mr Norman Cray, on his property at U.rutuiio. Same really good draught marcs with foals are included, besides five- light horses, which .arc, young stock and are good trotters.

"1 don't think I am violating any co<nii deuce in saying that Sir Joseph AV«,rd discussed the question of polity with the Progressive members," said Mr L. M. Lsitt at hus Uhrist,church meeting last week. "Ho pointed out to us that at the present time he had opportunities to criticise, all the faults, mistakes, and shortcomings of the Massey Government--a very broad field for effective criticism. Directly he communicated a new instalment of the Liberal programme lie would forfeit his chance la criticise, and be compelled to spend all his time defending his own policy. The attacking party has always an advantage over the defending party in politics. There is sound reason in the attitude Sir Joseph took up. If I had been busy expounding th,? Liberal policy ,to-night I should not iiave been able to expose so many of the sins of the Massey Government." Mr 11. M. Spiers will be the Social Democratic candidate for the Mayoralty of Christchurch. Mr Spiers is a fyOinmission agent, and has been an ojflicer in the Army. He is -'&■/ Prohibitionist, and declares himself a straight-out Socialist —has a. .notor car and wants to see all the jtlier workers owning cars . "There are still a number of people," says the Ashburton Guardian, 'who vienv Avith a certain amount of concern the /act that there are threeCornell, to every man in ths world, and if the epidemic of baby girls which it was said was raging in AsHbiirton recently had kept on much longer these fears would probably havo become greater, and, as far as the Ashburton County is concerned, the comparative figures would liave shown a greater disparity between males and females. It is reported 'that atone local nursing homo a few days ago there had been a .succession of twenty.tiwo l>aby girls) horn. Quite recently, however, two boys broke the spell."

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