The Waimate Advertiser. (Established 1898). (Published every evening since 1914). WEDNESDAY. NOV. 21, 1923. GENERAL NEWS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 21 November 1923, Page 4

The Waimate Advertiser. (Established 1898). (Published every evening since 1914). WEDNESDAY. NOV. 21, 1923. GENERAL NEWS.

file Rev. J. I). Wilson went north yesterday to attend the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Christchurch. The following will represent the Waimate Tennis Club in a friendly match to be played against a mixed Otimaru team on the local cuorts on Thursday (to-monow):—Messrs Beckett, Tweedy, Canon Cocks. Jarvis, A. Manchester, and McKenzie; Misses Hertslet, Manchester (3). Marsh and Well wood. If you want to go to the Oamant Show on Thursday or to Tirnaru on Friday nr Satu|rday, book with the Auto Picnic Co., A long day and comfort. 'Phone 55... A sharp earthquake shock was experienced at Hokitika at 5.10 this morning, lasting ■ several, seconds, followed a couple of seconds- after by a lighter shock lasting one second. Residents of the Glenavy district should not miss the entertainment by The Strollers on Thursday, November 22nd. Two hours of laughter with choruses, songs and jokes. Come and hear what, the Limericks June to say about you. Wccdiands Dance to-morrcw night. It was a very happy Waimate man who walked home the other evening, his countenance bearing an expression of rare delight. It appears /that the owner of the smile was hurrying home in anticipation of a delightful tea, he having bought some but!er-fish a few hours previously. What might have been was not to be. for on arriving home, great was his disappointment to find 'the fish conspicuous by i.s absence. His wife explained she. had found the bones of the but terfish blue so disposed of what might have been an enjoyable tea. Hubbies a soitnient of language is better left unpublished. The truth of this story lean be vouched for. MR Fruiterer and Confectioner (late of Hunt’s Buildings), has secured more central and commodious premises in High Street, next Arcadia Theatre, where lie hope, to meet old and new customers. He states that it is intention to stock only the primest of fruit and the very best brands of eonfectionerv, and hopes thereby to merit a failshare of public patronage. In connection with the business there will be an ice cream parkur. Note the address: Next Arcadia Theatre.

The examination in connection with the St. John Ambulance Classes will be held to-morrow night. Candidates desirous of refreshing their knowledge prior to sitting for the examination should attend at Inkster’s shop this evening at 7 o'clock. “Take advantage of your rate of exchange on French money,” states a pamphlet from Belgium received in Waimate advertising their watchmaking. “It is to your entire interest and advantage to order from us at once, on account of the super-, ,ior value of your money compared with that of ours. You may be ehang ( ing into French francs a small sum of your own money, buy our most beautiful watches at a quarter of the price at which they are sold in your own country. ’ Furniture Clearing Sale, Thursday, Nov. 22nd, at 1 p.m. The Waimate Auction Coy. has received instructions from Mr R. Brain (who is leaving the district) to sell at his residence, Sherman Street, al above time and date, the whole ‘of his Household Furniture and Effects. Waimate Auction Coy., Auctioneers. Don't miss the Musical and Dramatic Recital that will be held in St. Augustine's Hall on Frit ay. 23rd. at 8 p.m. Admission Is. Reserves 6d extra at Mr Akhurst's. Taking into account the fact that there are a large number of beautiful nose and flower gardens in Waimate at the present time, which are the admiration and envy of all lovers of nature, there should be seen a magnificent display of rose at the forthcoming Waimate Anglican Rose : Show to be held in the Olympia i Hull on December Sih. This show has every possibility of being a distinct sutcc-s. and the entries - houkl ' ba very satisfactory. How two priests set a trap for a I thief in St. Saviour’s Roman Catholic Church, "Lewisham, and how Francis Reginald Bridgeman, of Brightfield ! Road. Lee walked into it was described at Greenwich Police Court recently. Charged with stealing a. purse I containing 6s Id. Bridgeman was ; bound over with a enutiop. Father Herlihy told the magistrates that several things had been missed from the church. Consequently lie hid behind ; a curtain and saw Bridgeman, take a I purse from a. bench. He blew a whisI tie and the man was stopped by Father Ward. Divisional Detective Inspector Tarbard said a set of brass candlesticks 1 missing from the church had been found at Bridgeman’s house, and Bridgeman said he took them home to i clean. I The event of the year in the church history of the Methodists of S'..nth Canterbuiy, is the meeting of the Annual Synod. This year, being Wainiate's: Diamond Jubilee year, the Synod is to be held in Waimate. Some 33 delegates have sent in their names and the district extends from Rakaia on the north to Oamant on the south. The Rev. A. C. Lawiy of Tirnaru is the chairman, and the Rev. Wm. Beckett, .the secretary. Most of the delegates will ai rive on Tuesday, 27th November, rand be welcomed at a social to be given in St. Paul’s church, when Mr J. Bitchener, M.P. will preside. Addresses of welcome will be given by Revs. Canon Cocks and Wm. Beckett land Mr Geo. Dash. The reply on behalf cf the visitors will be made by Rbv. A. C. Lawry (Tirnaru) and Mr J Watson, of Ashburton. A fine programme cf musical items has been arranged by the conductor of St. Paul s choir and Miss Sparrow Isfnd other singers of no e, will assist, Most of the visitors will be accommodated in Waimate, but a fcv. of ee will -.ay with friends at Nt-/■ -oa and Morven Tire ministeiial Committee will meet on Tues-d.-y afteri nat 2.30, and the full Synod'will a -emble on Wednesday morning .- 10 o'clock. It. is to be hoped the public generally wil' at tend cn 't Friday evening and give our visitors a worthy welcome.

Rev. Bates’ Weather ForJ Southerly moderate to -u-crj] Weat her cloudy to overcast t | when misty rain is to bi- t J The barometer has a rising uj Mr. Percy Beards ten-rooj idence at Marton, which 1y erected, was destroyed L;| 3 o’clock this moring. The nJ unknown. Nothing was (inmates escaping in then | clothes. The insurance on tjl was £9OO, and furnit urc £JQ{ I From to-morrow ices iIK | fruit sundaes and fruit, yj Newall and Jones; SavJ r00m5.... 'I t Comet -hunters have hem J this year, says Jxmdon Daily (J On an average five are founil year, but in the past six m J skies have been searched in va 1 in time, however, to prevent I half of the year lieing quiul Mr Abbott, the 16-year-old EnJ res (lent H. Athens, who last «iJ nessed an extraordinary hrigln- I of a second magnitudi star I lias reported to the Central BeJ tile d stribution of astroiaimail hgence his discovery of a co-it] Abbot has a high reputation a»J tul astronomer, and although a astronomers have Ih-i n i J ly his discovery, it i> mdik-lvil a mistake. The short and J cloudy nights recently have pJ systematic search. It o m -I high up in the northern h an; I where in the comparatively < fJ enclosed by the boundaries o: J Borealis, Bootes. Hen ill' s, and! Sale of Furniture and Surd The W ainiate Am ion G I (received instructions from .V vey (who is leaving the del sell in their yards- on Saturta whole of his Household F and effects.—Waimatc Awi.: Auctioneers.... At Levin. Lc-lie Thoma- 1 aged 19. was drowned in th! wutu River while bathing t unable to swim. A -eventeeJ old companion. Albert Ei .made strenuous but unanifl forts at rescue. The body hil recovered. WOOL! WOOL! MALGOI. V &ETII, Cash Buyer of all dej Wool, hides, sheepskins, etc-.] town at O Brien's Old Shop 62 (or Mr W. Dowthwuite, W dress, 23 Edward Street. Strange phenomena hive in Lake Bracciano, in Italy men laying out nets al '■ village ol Aiiguillafn ■ -mid '■ 4 of the lake cove red uith drifting shoreward-. At first ■’ thought to be the work «i 1* whose process is to esplod'’ charges in the deeps <i over' where the fishes swarm. Tk sion kills or stuns the fidiet float, while upward- and lie swept off the surln-• 1,1 Being in doubt, th.- o-. ner ' ery sent specimens to Hon" " examination, and the decithe fishes were killed b’ shock. Vulcanologists <v| laike Bracciano oi-cup- than extinct volcano. Xo ex|put forward other than th vtdsion under the lain vanic shock which ’tin aed the fish. Savoy Tea Rooms, the Caterers. Newall and Jone*» pared to cater for Wedding r any Social Functions , country at the shortest nc-* Phone 206. When in town tea rooms for morning or -■ teas. Saturday luncheons n '• .s’ewall and Jones. Don’t low your linen •- ■ —get a rubber stamp of' and a pad., ink, etc., rc81 ,4 Aovertiasr. hamun’ *’