The Waimate Advertiser. PUBLISHED MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY EVENINGS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1914. GENERAL NEWS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 149, 22 April 1914, Page 2

The Waimate Advertiser. PUBLISHED MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY EVENINGS.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1914. GENERAL NEWS.

“Multum in Parvo,'

The total proceeds lot St. Paul’s Methodist Harvest Festival will be atKjut £25. We arQ specialists in Wedding Cakes.—W-. Barford, Queen 5t.... The Boy Scouts will meet at St. Augustine’s Hall to-night at ,7.30 o’clock.

The Pipe Band, which is getting full musters again at practice, will play out on Sunday morning next, on the occasion ,bf the Church parade of the Druid s Lodge. Mr W. It. McGrath’s enterprise deserves support. W’aimate people are to have the privilege, next Tuesday ana Wednesday evenings, of witnessing "Los Miserables” (the dramatisation of (Victor Hugo’s masterpiece). The whole book will be screened each night*—B2oo feet of lilm. The six acts will occupy nearly the whole evening. The revised priceSf—6d ana Is—will hold good for this extra attraction.

For the following Fruits—Bananas 1U a Is, Oranges 10 for Is, Lemons, Apples, Pears, Peaches, Tomatoes 3a per lb. Gall at T. Atwilß Fruiterer. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. of Now Zealand will hold an important sale (of live and dead stock at Urutunc, on the farm, of Mr Norman Gray. The whole of Mi’ Gray’s stock and plant as advertised in another column will be put up for bona Jide sale. The sale w ill commence at 12 o’clock sharp. Lu,ucheou will bo provided. At the South Canterbury Hospital Board meeting yesterday the letter of the Waimate Hospital Committee requesting the Board to have a morgue erected on the grounds of the Hospital was considered. The building at present used for that purpose was quite inadequate. Attention was also directed to the means of egress from the male ward to the verandah. It was decided to instruct the Board’s architect to visit Waimate and look into the matter. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure„ Is 6d, 2s 6d. Mr O. H. Poole of Auckland has been lor two years on a lecturing tour in England and America for the Chataq.ua Societies. He is lull to the brim with reminiscences of travel and with the facts'as toitho progress of temperance reform. Como and hear him at the corner on .Saturday night and in the temperance Hall on Sunday night, at 8.15 and yo;u will enjoy it, and profit by it. Collection only.

A star (animal comedy will feature the Olympia Pictures to-morrow and Friday evenings. The Vitigraph people have succeeded in getting a lihn depicting the "let-loosedness” o,f a whole menagerie in a little wayback town, and the carryings on of the lions, tigers, bears hyenas, monkeys and kangaroos, not to speak of the entics pf the scared and fugitive villagers, are irresistibly funny. After fifteen minutes of “jungle life minus the trees,’’ the keepers arrive and resume control of the. escaped aniv inals, and the bolder spirits among the village inhabitants repair to the ‘‘pub,’’ to compare notes —much as firemen do after a big conflagration I Naturalness is the safety-valve of comedy, and in this picture the mirror is held up to nature withvj-emark-able id fleet. BANiISH GREY HAIR._ To preiserve as well as restore the natural colour of the hair, thousands are depending entirely upon the inteiligeht'(use of Dr .‘Walsoiit’s Regenerator, ;and testify to its virtues in both capacities. At this season of the Ijmr many ape (troubled with excessive falling of the hair, but a -feiw applications of this: preparation will quickly renew . the vitality and promote a new and abundant growth. It is prepared by the world’s, leading specialist in hair and skin diseases, and .may bo used with the ut-" most - coafidfincp. A.; M. Heady,' Stefa Specialist, Dunedin, is the Australasian agent. Procurable iu Waimate from Q.F.O.A. ancl leading hairflpßugycg, i Prion, |b |d jmit lntti£< ■

Mr John Black has been declared elected Mayor of Wiaimate,. his being the only: n#mination. [Further adjournments were granted by Mr -V. G. Day, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Coprt yesterday to Martin Oroucher and Douglas Sutherland, charged in each case with a breach of the Public .Works Act, 1908, in failing to cut down and remove obstructions to traffic (goreo) an Lansdown.”

A “bread riot” is said to have occurred recently in Waimate dining the otherwise <j<aiet evening hour. The raising of the price was the bone of contention, and twp master doughpunchers are reported to have conic to words, and even an assault is alleged. More may bo heard of the matter.

In the Magistrate’s Court at Waimate yesterday, Austin Culling proceeded against Garnet Campbell on a judgment summons for the recovery of a debt of £22 9s 9d. Defendant, whoi did not appear, was ordered |tu be imprisoned for 30 days unless the amount, with costs £1 4,5, bo paid fortwith.

At tire military camp .at Mount Torlesse, North Canterbury, about 2000 men were under canvas on Monday night. The weather was fine but cold. The camp proper will not start until Friday, all the men coming in earlier being required to do four ojxtra days’ training. The West Coast men arrived at dark last night, cola and wet. They had to wait one hud a-half hours for their baggage after getting to camp. There- was a good deal of growling, as the day had been cold and wet, and rain was still falling-. Yesterday morning about 1000 mounted men wont out north of the camp for manoeuvres. General Gtodley was present. Recently Benjamin Herman Meyer (Mr Middleton) got judgment against George Shefford, the case, being over potato land leased by plaintiff to defendant. In execution of judgment, property belonging to Shclford was seizow. In the Court yesterday, be fore Mr iV. O. Day, S.M., G. S. Meredith (Mr [Pitch)' claimed by interpleader foil' a mare, and a Ifoal that had been seized, as being liis property. Not evidence was tendered, and by consent an order was made that the mare and foal bo returned jto Meredith. The matter of expenses (£? Is 6d) was adjourned until sth May. . Mr W. Smith, known as the Armless Artist, is in Waimate, and an exhibition of his paintings is on view in a small shop two doors from the Advertiser Office:. Not yet thirty years of age. Mr Smith, an Adelaide boy, broke his arms so badly when 9 years old that they had to be taken off. Ho went to the A delaide Destitute Asylum, while there began to practise holding a brush with Ills mouth. (Influential people took up his ease, and got him educated-tech-nically in art painting. Mr Smith mixes his colours and paints his pictures with the ease of an experienced artist. The pictures are sold as fast as he can paint them. Watching him begin painting Diamond Lake from a, coloured print, an Advertiser reporter remarked that the brush appeared to be hold steadier than if in the hand. The manager agreed, and directed attention to the massive uecfc of the artist, the muscles having- been developed by fifteen years’ use: in holding and directing the brush The.artists teeth are excellent, and as he lays down one brush lie picks up another with his teeth as if therj'. had never been any other way. The Exhibition is open certain hours, aud a, .small coin is collected at the door. {Severn! Defence Act cases were adjourned owing to the parties being absent a,t the camp, Kpwai. At the next sittings of the Magistrate’s Court (two territorials who arc unable to leave business will apply direct to the Magistrate for exemption from service, to cover camp period.

The thinning of the mocrocarpa trees between St. Angustinels Church ground and the new vicarage site opposite the war memo-rial discloses a large hollow in the ground. The fact that foundations for the new vicarage would cost a largo sum—tin, section sold by the Borough to ’the Church being a refuse-filled gravelpit—has given the Vestry pause. It is suggested that St. Augustine's Hall Jbe moved in order tjo get a less costly site (for the residence of the Vicar.

At Mias (Willetts tea-room last evening -a large number of young ladies mot for the purpose of fonuing another hockey club in the town. 'AD Marsh was in the Chair, and explained the object of the meeting. It was decided to form a club, to be, called the Star Ladies' Hookey Club. The meeting proceeded to elect officers; with the following result:—President, Mrs Geo. Adams; Vice-Presidents, Dr Cnuckshauk, Mrs Coventry, Mis Craighead, Messrs .E- B. Eraser and q. D. TaaJTc; Secretary and treasurer, Miss E. Captain, Miss M. Hodges; deputy-captain, Alias Scott; Committee: Missejs Hogan, Cromie, J l . Menzies, Mips Patterson, Miss Butcher. Delegates to South Canterbury Association, Messrs Marsh (Waimate) apd Broad (Timaru). It was decided to hold the opening on April SOthi.

A final reminder is given of the clearing sale being conducted to-mior-row by Dalgety and 00., and Guinness and LeCren in conjunction, on account of Wl J. Black and Sons lat Kingsdown. ” Two pedigree Jersey bulls, Jersey cows and half-bred Jerseys (are included in the cattle, while there (are. tjhirty horses and a big list pf implements, furniture and Sundries, full particulars of which will be found in this issue.

If you want a good luncheon or Afternoon -jPea, go to Barford's.... In the Magistrate's : Ooairt yesterday Charles Olorenshaw and Bryan fly an were 'fined 10s, and Thomas Hobbs was convicted without fine, and ail ordered to ;pay 7j3 costs .for breaches of the Borough By-laws, in that they drove vehicles at night without while' Oluuies Thomas) pleaded guilty to sliding bicycles on footpaths and riding bicycles .without lights (two charges each), ah(l were eachfincd 10s rand ,7s coets on one of the charges.

The following extract, from the Dunedin Star of April 4th,. 1870, is reproduced by that newspaper under its heading of “Forty-fp.ur Years Ago”:—Mr Dry, of Picton, has completed a marine, and seacoast view, executed in unstained woods of the colony. It contains 19 differs nt, kinds of woods, Is formed of 4000 pieces, and has occupied nearly four years in construction.” The Salvation Army Buiiday School pupils, laissisted by seniors, gave an entertainment on Monday night in cne Barracks, .songs, recitations, and drills making up an attractive programme. Miss Lopcr played the accompaniments. In oonneetijii with itie Waimate. Corps a Band of Dove has been formed, and several of the sisters are doing duty as guards. The young people’s department appears to be flourishing. W e are as iced to mention that whilst Capt. Whitesu-i is absent on furlough, supply will bo had from Tima.ru. Next. Sunday Adjutant Dawkins will lead. At a meeting of the country members of Knox Church on Saturday last it was unanimously decided to hold a harvest festival on 7th, Bth and 9th May, and that proceeds be handed to the Church. The. prompters arc going in for a big affair, and all farm and garden produce will be there, so it is hoped the townspeople will delay buying fowl wheat, potatoes, chaff, straw, turnips, vegetables, etc., etc., till then. The promoters intend making the evenings’ amusements a- special draw, and there will be a children’s afternoon on Friday, the Bth, a- picture show one evening, and a travel lecture by Dr Oruickshank on another. The main part of the hall will be arranged for the sale of produce as follows Stall No. 1, Waihaorunga and Douglas; No. 2, Waihao .Downs and Kapua; No. 3, Waituna and Hook; No. 4, Willowbridge. These stalls will be prettily decorated, and will be well worth coming a long way to sec. Thet various districts are taking up the matter very (enthusiastically, and doubtless it will be a great success.

RING 149 FOR NOSTER’S TAXI. “Life is not all sunshine” wc know, the cold and the storms have to bo endured: So the wise man makes preparations to get through the bad season as pleasantly and comfortably as possible. Men who are inclined to shiver at the first sign of winter should make a beeiline for Taaffe’s. Here are overcoats that are the greatest assistenoe in keeping out cold, they are indeed snugly warm and above sll ■ they are stylish. You don’t fet style, everywhere, at least not like that embodied in these garments, / So if you really want a smart, stylish overcoat it’s hero at Taaffe’s, so thatyou can get it. Splendid Scotcn Tweods in light and dark shades and . different weights. At TaatleTs too, ■ire Raincoats and Stormcoats quite: lowly priced—call and see them and you'll recognise their real good value. ■ 0. D. Taaffe, Outfitter, Queen Street, Waimate.