LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 17, 22 January 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The serial story "I'roedom's Sake" is continued cu our fourth page. Advance notices ofValilarc's Variety Company and Cycling Circus are to hand. This compauy, which is at present playing to large houses in Tasmania, will tour the colony shortly. The Paparoa, leaving this week, will ship 17,000 boxes of butter, which was received at the local freezing works in thirteen (lays. Mr. T. Wolner, a warder in the New Plymouth Gaol, has received notice of transfer to Auckland. Mr. Wolner has been eleven years in New Plymouth, and during that time has made many friends, who will sineerely regret his departure.

Mr. F. Heldt, of the Red Post Furniture Warehouse, announces his annual stocktaking sale is now on. Particulars will bo found in our advertising columns. In reply to au invitation to be present at Saturday's send-off to New Zealand's Second Contingent, the Mayor of Dunedin wired: — " Regret unable to be present. Hopj soon to hear that Second Contingent has assisum to cage Kruger." Trains willleavefor the breakwater to-day, connecting with steamer mentioned below, as follow: —6 a.m, Gairloch (from north); 9.30 p.m., Gairloch (for north). The Rev. C. H. Garland occupied the pulpit at the Whiteley Memorial Church on Sunday night, when he preached to an exceptionally large and attentive congregation. Mr. Garland spoke with all his old-time charm and persuasiveness, and made the service a happy introduction to his mission on behalf of the Century i'und. A mee'ing.of the committee and members of the Liberal Federation will be held this evening, in the Council Chamber, for the transaction of important business. Startling rumours wore rife on Saturday and Sunday anent the war. It was given out that Ladysmith had been relieved, and that the Boers had suffered a loss of 3000. To equalise matters somewhat, the British had to sull'er, and, therefore, the originator of the story picked on General Buller, who was said to have been mortally wounded. As a consequence of the 'canard, our office was besieged on Sunday evening with anxious enquirers. j r'v('OiT'VjiotM'lcnf of the iitinymht .U/nK;Uf t'jlH.J i - #ll uuut'linl CO.se u-'-niTH.u 1-.U.U local Court, JfMwsAleUwwM i.'H till. lilloriijlitiOK of the v-rij ii.T'iiti: gi/yn beer to a la-i Albert i.illcy, whereby his life was tmiaiige.-'iKl. The evidence was to the e/feet t'iw w« i; -\Y was seut ou «n uud diii l»a>., awl went to Mi. McDonald's, ml on '' "-•king through the window saw his boy and another named Luckoy lying on the floor, lie wont for Constable Black, and not being able to etfect au entrance by the door they took out half the window, When they got inside they found accused and the two lads hopelessly drunk. The boy Lilley, being the worst of the two, was givon an emetic, he being in a very dangerous stale, and was imcoiisciow.mi'l frothing ai tin: month, Drs, ' : n:it!i ".lid Ji'in k'» w<;iy. sent lor, and thoir fiii-Vnce wen!.'.o show that the boy Lilley

; v.'iw in a very iiaugi;rous condition, McDonald was ec.mmiUed i.ur trial at Wauganui, Mr, Lewis, cartvaktr of tho North Egmont Mountain House, iuforiua us that the house. | ha;? been almost full ever since New Year's ' lMy» and at present visitors are there from almost all parts of the colony, On Monday last Mrs Leatham, wife of Dr. i Leatham, of Now Plymomh, and her sister, Miss Kawson, of Invoreargill, ascended the nunmtain, and reached tho summit of the western peak about 11 a.m. At a height of 50001't a raagnilicont view of Mounts llnapehu and Ngatuahos was obtained, above the line of clouds. The enow ou the summit of tho western peak, tho highest point of Mount Egmont, has entirely disappeared. There are now at the house three parties, namely, Mrs. Leatham's party, and parties organised respectively by Mesdames Meade and Douglas, of New Plymouth.— bujlowood llecrnl,

Mr, Douley, who has turned his attention to tho Transvaal war, thus discourses to his friend Henuessy: " Kruoger, that's th'main gay iv th' Dutch, a fine man, Hinuissy, that looks like Casey's goat, an' lias manny iv th' same peculiarities. He says: ' All r-right,' he says, 'l'll give thim th' franchise,' lie says. ' Whin J'says Joe Chamberlain. 'ln mo will,' says Kraeger. 'Whin I die,' he says, an'l hope to live to be a Uumlherd if I keep on smokin' befure breakfast,' he says. ' I'll bequeath to my friends, th' English, or such iv tliim as was here bofure I come, th' inalienable au' sacred right to demand f'm me successor th' privilege iv ilictin' an- aldherman,' he says. ' But,' lie says,' in th' mauetim.;,' liu says, ' we'll lave things .the way they are,' lie says. ' I'm old,' he says, ' an' not goud-lookin',' he says, 'an' me clothes don't fit, an' tliey may be marks iv food on me vest,' lie says,but I'm not more thin half crazy, an' anytime ye I find me givin' aunywan a chanst to vote ilie into a job dhrivm' a mule an' put in an English President iv this liaypublic,' he says, 'ye may cou-clude that ye-er Uncle I'aul f needs a g'uai jeen,' he says " Kcarly every.oilier person is saSorias froj! some lorifi oi cold ; col ls aredangeiou>, and when neglected lead to eoaMiuip. tion. Ncl'l- 1 ; 1 ivr? ivnre v/ori^io ih:-. : ct'.r ■■ {. IV , .^liy ■ ji. 'v.i:.-' Com:;!; :v;yiy i;» « y; . ; " r '•• 'it. t )•»« .'t'l; to Kir.;; cold. ( il t,V ;•!)&< «l!):i ss !i;■ '' r," :. i' ' V; : 1 _I. .^ ; I. of in p. few ;.o. r.;. • ; '-v-'.-; -,f u-li- i l] r " :! ■ j : y l /- i.-f ] !S?':> oy clitniis-.i = !;>}y.kc._;'vvs la Is Cd a;;,i t-vliiev - A. Ji. ,*s yCia",:;.-;,, fipjvsi'.e '.>■ i'iymoutli.— J : IK Geo") !'fl" - V'idike moj-t M}; ;dar : I ], : , v>.:ry ]i:iiti U ntM in it. Kxjwipiicu ever / .lay jwvwj t!mt some at' e-:St al if..j If -p;i t'.jd :o make tile '.vo ! l L:it! l v t.id i) n«r, and a morn ■ '-''.t liie in. In l;vt. N V : '' "■ i" :i". - ■/'-■■■■ - ■ ! !''•>! : *■ .! ; i ; : i.ave | ..■ilvfid ■ i ; ~'hL.u ty ii.r I r- ■■■-•> 111 ; r--. 1; v:.LJre tii.'V ( iji.'it h'en ? i t.-.'i -.ii', i... ,:i ii-. .*< --Ad-.-i. j