The Waimate Advertiser. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917. GENERAL NEWS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 673, 27 August 1917, Page 2

The Waimate Advertiser. PUBLISHED DAILY.

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917. GENERAL NEWS.

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Wajhao Downs Pierrettes Oddfellows’ Half Thursday next. Guessing Competition at G. .1. Shackieton’s. The nearest guess to the number of pairs of hose in the window will be rewarded with six pairs of ‘adies’ hose, best quality—

Tim Acting-Matron of the Waimate Hospital desires to acknowledge with 'thanks the following gilts:—Oil linen, Mrs R. Smith', Morven; Mrs Bird Oaklea; and Mrs o“Briea, C r ouch. Child’s hook, Mrs Dailey ,

Latest novels by following authors, H. G. Wells, Joseph Hocking, Sewell Dol’d, Gertrude Page, Patrick’ McGill, Ethel Del), Robert Hitchens, etc-, at Walker’s; Stationer and Tobacconist....

Waihao Downs Pierrettes Oddfellow s ’ Hall Thursday next,

Save money on cough and cold medicines. Get a bottle of “Nazol" —the most economical specific. 60 lull doses lor Is 6d. Every drop soothes andr elieves.

The snowcap on the. W-aimate Hills —the whitest this year—began to melt yesterday, and the Waimate Creek began running again. The rainfall in Waimate on Saturday was 21 points. This morning the frost-gauge showed 6 degrees.

Waihao Downs Pierrettes Oddfellows’ HAH Thursday next.

Enjoy music by your own fireside by buying, a. Columbia, graphaphone. Actual test will prove that the Columbia, which stood as Ore pioneer cf the talking machine industry still stands for the most perfect disc needle instrument Call and hear for yourself at the C.F.C.A. Phono Parlour (Furniture Department) whore you can choose from a large selection of the latest Columbia! and Regal 2s 6cl records; Columbia, Hornless Machines from £5 10s to £57 10?, elm Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs (Edison’s masterpiece) from £2B to £l5O. Write to the Farmers ’ Co-op. local dealers, for catalogues of machines and records....

Waihao Downs Pierrettes Oddfellows’ Half, next.

The Director of Education ha.s kept faith with the teachers of New Zealand by establishing an Appeal Board to adjudicate on appeals from teachers dissatisfied with their positions on the Dominion grading list. He has asked for nominations of men and women teachers for a position on the board.

The new frozen fish army contracts are evidently to bo widely shared a.s the announcement is made of a contract recently closed by purchasers representing the British Government with Boston, Mass, U.S.A., fish dealers, tor 'the purchase of 14,000,0001 b of frozen fish; mostly haddock and flounder, to be delivered duringi the l following six months, The; contract, it is ,staited<, involves an expenditure of approximately £IOO,OOOI and is referred to in Boston as the largest single transaction of the kind ever under^ taken, The fish is declared 1 jto bo intended largely to supplant the meat food supply of the army in France, ■ 1 ; Walhao Downs Pierrettes.,,,,..., Oddfellows’ Hal Thursday next, -For children’s hacking—cough at night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d , 2s 6d. Reference to the retm-a to New Zealand on furlough of the Main Body men and the calling up of the Second Division was nrado in the House this week by Mr Okey when speaking in the - Budget debate; None ’of the 1 members, he felt sure, had received a, request from any Main Body men to be allowed to come. back,, and if these men knew .that their cppiing back

would b« the cftuse of married men being dragged from their wivcs jand childrten, they, would not Junwsi Allen stated that hei had tar ken no. action in tlie matter .until he had rcceivied a: general request from Genera! Chay tor and General Godley to let some of the; Main Body men go' home], 11

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A valuable and interesting dona,tion to the Auckland Museum ha,s ju,st been made by Mr Louis J. Steele, the well-known artist and connoisseur, the balance of whose, collection of art treasures was sold by auction last week. The donation consists of a, 'number of rare curios, one of the most interesting of which is. an Indian or Afghan sword the handle curiously inlaid with jade. An Indian dagger -with gold inlaid handle of unusual design; and an ivory.handled sword’ with scimitar-shaped blade and brass scabbard ,are also included in the collection. Some finely-carved limespoons and a set of inlaid combs from the Solomon Islands are among the curios, while a carved figure of Buddha, in ivory, is probably one of the rarest articles in the collection Thera are also two quaint little leather hoods used for covering the heads of hawks used in the mediaeval pastime of falconry, these, so far as is known by the Curator, Mr T. F. Cheeseman, being the only articles of the kind in the Dominion’s museums.

In a. letter received recently by Mr E,. H. C. Sanders, of Auckland, from his son ,the late Lieut.-Com--mander W. E, R.N*Ry, V.C„ dated June 8th 1 , 1917 a slight idea, may ho gathered of the strain that luiis to- be undergone by those who- watch the sens in the interests of the Empire;. The letter is as follows: “We have been three weeks and over at sea, waiting and watching]. We never have our clothes off till we return io Base. We never know the pleasures of a sleep-only snatches of it 1 can assure you it is Enough to kill an iron man, let alone a human being. Of course!, 1 feel very highly honored with my position, a,ml have passed ahead of hundreds, just through good lucky I was promoted to lieutenant-commander after only nine months as acting-lieulenanlj, That which put me ahead of all my comrades was the 8.N.H." To this letter is a postscript dated June 12th; “Had another action this morning. Received two slight wounds on arm. No need to stop work. Kia Ora.”

Just as the ministers of religion were beginning their perorations last night the lirebelt rang .The persistency of the alarm—for the bell rang three times—induced some scores of people to leave the churches. The outbreak was in the kitchen of the. dwelling at the rear of Mr W. Griffiths’s shop, in Queen Street east. Soon hundreds of people were in the street outside the shop, and the Brigade wore promptly at work having easy access to the kitchen per a; large windaw off the right-of-way. The kitchen was badly burnt, but the fire was extinguished before. It spread further .Damage f; am the smoke and water, however, i • evident in the other rooms of the dwelling. .None ot the shop stock wa.s injured, The fire started in a cupboard, and it was the crash of crockery when the shelves' burnt through which alarmed Mrs Griffiths, who was lying down resting. The kitchen range (alongside of which was the cupboard) had'not been (flight (since noon. The building, which is part of a; block owned by Mr John Cameron, wa;s insured in the State office for £3O0 v and the insurance on Mr Griffith s’ stock (and furniture, is £2QO in the North British. Smooth surface, strong envelopes at Daily Advertiser Office? SO for Is cash.