LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 54, 13 March 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Plymouth bowlers left by train on Monday morning on a week's tour as far as PalinersLou North. At the i'olicc Court ou Monday, a prohibition orlcrwas issued against an elderly uiiiu. A " drunk" was lined 5s and costs. Summing up the local option poll in Now Zealand, the Sydney Mullutui says "If tlio no-license vote keeps growing at this rate it will boss the situation by 1905, and the last gleain of beer should vanish over the horizon about ."JOG." Auckland eifizens arc making .somewhat belated efforts to have their to.vn made the port 01. departure lor the Fifth Contingent. J hey are anxious also that an Auckland "lli'-er should he in command, and rather resent the I act ilian to far not one of the oliic.cis appointed to the .several contingents hai been an Auckland man. Ifn Friday and Saturday nine "drunks' l)o>ved to the Bench at Wunganui. ■ Trains will leave for the breakwater to-day, CO ;neclir.j; with steamer mentioned below,' as ! illo.v : —G a.m., Mapourika (from South) J !>.;>U p.m., Mapounka (for .North) There will he a pas>eneer-c;ir attached to the £""T New Plymouth for atur MiJOtll JJ.UI. A meeting 11L la' Una willing to assist in providing comforts lor wounded soldiers in St,mil ALnc.av.ill lie held at the Farmers' Club Itooni at 3 o'clock this afternoon. ihe accident to .Mr. A, .Vorton was more serious llian was at (ivst anticipated, his lull iioing a wry severe one. lUr. Morion was: mx.onsi-inus lor n eonMrturnble time, bnt we 1 a; L- to k\u n that lie is now recovering. I

Importers per s.s. Kanieri lo Wailani will uol« that her next trip from 'a will be Monday, l!)th instant, TheiNonieTrn Co were force I to forego this week's trip from One,:.intra owing to tl:o Kanicri bom* ashore at Wailara last Thursday, and ha vjng boci) (luUuncd Uhto. The harvest thanksgiving service nt the bakation Army Barracks on .Sunday last attracted a crowded hall. The effective and appropriate decorations were tnvatlv ad--1 s IT I'L-f l . Airs, Major Bennett, con.incted the services, and will continue to do so evcrv evening ep to ami including to-morrow (Wednesday).

Among the victims of the war is a brother i !h\ Connolly, of Wanganui. 'lhe usual inspection parade of the Taralaki jßiilea was held on Monday night, under jieuts. Cock and Hooker, There was a fair nuster. Lieut. Cock announced that all nembers who had not earned capitation : ffould be struck off the roll, and fines nllicted on all absentees. A number of new nembers were proposed, and recruit drill will be held for their instruction on Wednesday evening. The Town Band (Mr. G. Garry's) will give a concert in the west end, at the corner oi Devon and Morley-streets, on Thursday evening. The many friends of the Rev. Wm. Lee, who several years ago was minister of the Wesleyan Church in New Plymouth, will be tclad to know that he will occupy the pulpit of the Whiteley Memorial Churcu next Sunday on the occasion of the harvest thanksgiving services. We understand that, following the custom of former years, the church will be very nicely decorated. With reference to the extracts from the leaflet issued by the Agricultural Department, and published in our issue on Monday, the Chairman of the Moturoa Freezing Works has pointed out to us that the comparative figures showing a falling-oif in outter for 1900 in no way apply to this district. We have ascertained that the expoit of butter from the breakwater in February, 1899, was £15,629, as against £22,353 in 1900. Considering the exceptionally dry season, the output for last month seems most satisfactory, and shows a steady expansion of the industry iu this district. We understand that although Mr. B. L. Stanford's letter to the County Council to providing water-troughs on the Opunake Hoad was practically shelved, the matter is not to be allowed to drop. The inconvenience to travellers of having to water their horses at the hotels is such that several have expressed their willingness to subscribe (together with the ratepayers) to the cost of providing water-troughs at various parts of the road if the Council will do their share.

Iu the second draft of the Wesleyan Station sheet, the following alterations appear:— Upper Thames, D. Weathrall (2nd); Hamilton, J, A. Loohore; Paparoa, F. T. Bead; Whangarei, J. W. Griffin; New Plymouth, W. Oannell (supernumerary); Waitara, —; Hewitt (.2nd); Bangitikei, J. J. fend ray ; Palmerston North, S. Lawry and T. W. New bold; Kiwitea, J. Wrigley; Wellington, G. W. J. Spence (2nd); ilketahuna, W. ilawson; Waipawa, W. S. Bowie; Woodville, H. BellhoUse; Pahiatua, W. G. Thomas; Westport, W. Wills; Springston, J. J. Mather and A. N. Scotter; Leeston, W. H. Begg; Temuka, A. Ashcroft (2nd); Ashburton, i'. Fee; Willoughby, J. D. Jory; Mornington, A. 11. Chappell (2nd); Milton, G. Hounsell; Balelutha, W. J. Elliot; Gore, J. Thomas ; Roxburgh, T. A. Joughin. Messrs. E. P. Blamires, C. Eaton, 1). D. Patchett, W. J. Oxbrow, A. Beader, J. Belton, W. K. Tuck, and R. Wilson have been accepted as candidates for the ministry. According to the Nem Zealand limes there is every indication that this season's shipments of butter and cheese will be very much in excess of those of last season. Up to the 24th February the total shipments amounted to 125,753cwt, while the total shipments for the whole of last season only reached 102,74'Jcivt, an increase of about 2j per cent. As the season does not close till the end of this month the returns may be expected to be considerably increased by that time. For the same period the export of cheese has been 48,51 lcwt, as compared with a total export last season of 50,01'Jcwt. Saturday's Auckland Herald says" The Rev. T. G. Hammond, of Patea, arrived here a few days ago to attend the Wesleyan Conference. On the last occasion he travelled overland via Mangawekaand Taupo. This time he came by New Plymouth and the King Country. It will be seen by his itiuerary I that any of our readers about to take a holi-1 day, and wishing to explore new country, could not do better than follow Mr. Hammond's route. He loft Patea in a buggy with a pair of ponies on Friday, February 21, for New Plymouth, via Stratford; thence to Waitara by way of Uruti Valley, fording the I'ongaporutu, and then crossing the Mohakatino Bridge, and the Mokau in a punt. He then drove up the Awakino Valley, over the saddle to Mahoenui Valley, and caught the 1 train at Te Kuiti on Thursday, March I, in i the afternoon. He travelled by very easy stages, and found the roads fairly good, the grades being excellent. The scenery in some places he describes as magnilicent, and not to be surpassed by anything of its kind in i this colony. The journey is one which can be done during the summer months only." The Bev. S. J. • Serpell accompanied Mr. Hammond from New Plymouth. As usually treated a sprain will disable the injured person for three or four weeks, but if Chamberlain's Pain Balm is free y applied a complete cure may be elfected in a very few days. Pain Balm also cures rheumatism, cuts, bruises and burns. For sale 1 by the New Plymouth Co-operative Society. —Advt.

"He Ought to be Prosecuted."— The indignant words fell from'the lips of a young girl who stood helplessly watching a drunken cabman brutally lashing his horses. It is, indeed, appalling to think how much cruelty goes unpunished in this world. Why are there so many weakly children in all grades of society ? The explanation is simple. The blame lies with the thoughtlessness and selfishness of parents. While men and women neglect their health they cannot expect to have strong and robust children. Fathers and mothers, be warned in time. Clear your systems of biliousness, indigestion, nervousness, and the like; restore your vigour and yourstrength by taking Holloway's PUls, the best and safest of family medicines. —Advt.

" Why do the South African Dutch bear the British so much animosity?" has been an oft reiterated question. It is because their rancor has been inbred and nurtured for generations. They won't reason and argue, and be sensible, and livs with us peaceably in a land where there will be plenty of elbow room for the next thousand years. The only solution of the question is to conquer them by force of arms. This is what Sykes' Cura Cough is doing to all competitors, as it is beating them out the market.—At all Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt.