The Waimate Advertiser. PUBLISHED DAILY “Multum in Parvo.' FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1920. GENERAL NEWS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 27 November 1920, Page 2

The Waimate Advertiser. PUBLISHED DAILY “Multum in Parvo.' FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1920. GENERAL NEWS.

Early peas are Heing sent off to tne Dunedin market from Waimate. White sugar is reported to te scarcer in Waimate jusil now than for a long' time past;.

The guarantors of the Oamaru Chautauqua have met. When are the Waimate guwantore to get together? Will it bte necessary to erect a tent' again), or can one of the theatres be got? Turning to liei;, he said : "Do you enjoy it all?" ‘‘No;, flor toi-morrow sadness follows.” Choking sotb drown the laughter, and surely the price to tie paid is too high bly far.— “Market of Souls,” Arcadia.

In the Police Court this morning! IMore Mr Geo. Das'hj, J.Pi* a first oflflendei- was charged with drunkenness. Sergeant O’Connell explained that the man seldom came to town i.Ut got drunk whenever ho did. He was convicted and discharged.

To-morrow will be the second anniversary of tlie death of Margaret Barnett Cruicksliank, “the Good Doctor." The members of the Ciuickshank Memorial Committee went down to the Cemetaiy .his afternoon and placed a wreath upon the grave. ( I

On the bowling green last night C. E. Manchester scr. beat Logan 4 in the second round of the Handicap Singles, arrd Waddell defeated Laing Ur the Championship Singles the night before. Travers bear, Holmes in the Handicap Singles first round, | ;

"Something light arrd airy, you may be sure,” was the reply to a reporter’s query as to She nature of the entertainment in St Augustine’s Hall next Wednesday night, in aid of St. Saviour's Orphanage. "Bright choruses,, physical culture, dances, jazz land! etc.” There is to Le a Limerick of 20 Verses, each one original, on a local topic. The annual meeting of illie Wai-

mate Sheep Dog' Trial CluL was called for to-day, bbt was so poorly attended that it was adjou-raed bill the third week in January. K there is no lef'.er response hten, it is feared the Clulfcl will fall through. It Lehoves the newcomers to the district to join themselves f o the old hands and support this fine inp stituT-ion. ' At the. Land Board trans fens were apptroved, including' the following :— Section 3, Waikakahi, William McKenzie to David ColLourne; Sections 3 and 7i, Block XIII., Waitaki. Mary Breen to John Dasler; Section 4. Mills Settlement A. S. Watson to. P. F. Kelly; Section '9, Waikakahi, D. B. Wilson to J. C, O'Hara; Section 21, Reserve 1126, Block X., Waimate, John Patterson to W. J. Welch. 1 l

A most enjoyab'le concert and dance in aid of the Arno School prize funds was held in the Amo Soldiers’ Memorial Hall last evening. Ihe night was fine, and the Hall was packed to the dboais. A very successful concert was given Ly a number of local and other performr rrs. Songs were sung by Miies Clatter and l Nicol; Mrs P. Meyere; Messrs P. Hunter, J. Borthwick and R. J. Pattfeuson; a duet fcly Miss Pashby and R; Patterson was much appreciated. The trail was cleared for dancing! for which the music was played try Messrs A. Shepherd and J. ThvendUle. Mr Patterson was M.C.j, and a pleasant function ended in tne “wee. sma’ oora’ with Auld Lang Syne. To have a bolt of lightning whizz across the black of one’s motor-car, within two feelt of one’s head, with no injury except to the car’s paintwork is a rather unusual and enlightening experience. Mr Sam TUrlner, of Pyne, Gould Guinness's stock department, renaming down the road past Point Bush on Thursday night at about 9 p.m., was treated to this experience. He was driving slowly at the dime, and had (just come opposite some tall freer: when the lightning sfruck the car, Whjch is a tlwo-Beafer, jug! behind the seat, star-tfaig' aft one mudguard and travelling across to the other. The paintwork was bladly marked, hut with this exception no damage was sustained! The lightning had no effect, on the electrio lights. It was reported aft last night’s meeting of the Acclimatisation Sot ciety that good fishing was the rule at the Waiaki at. present. The question of poaching was brought up, and if it was hot so serious some, amusement might be extracted from experiences related biy mem-j-ims. jDne member stated (that, he was fishing in the Waihao one Sunday, and tn a pool in the river he found a local resident's panama hat), with the -name inside. It had been a blowy night on the ’Saturday, and the man’s hat bad proltobiy blown oft. There were ovidenoes that ftha place hau teen netjed. The member added that he still had thie bat It was staled tha. the poachers were openly toasting about their pinow:ees.’ I *