LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 81, 4 April 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth page will be found the first part of an interesting short story of a telegraph engineer's experience in the Tropics.

On Saturday next Mr. Newton King will hold an unreserved sale, at his mart, of drapery and clothing on account of a Manchester linn.

Mr. N. K. MacDiarmid has kindly donated the sum of 10s to the funds of the St. John Ambulance Association, which the treasurer (Mr. H. T. Ainsworlh) begs to acknowledge with thanks.

The Superintendent of the Government Ad vane s to Settlers Oilieo lias notified the Land Hoard of the appointment of District Valuers, iu whom all reports of hangers are to be sent on application for loans, viz., Mr. Samuel Hill, Ko. 7 district, and Mr. H. J. 0. 'Joints, JS'o. 7a district.

The S'.ar Sports Committee have added to Jieir programme for Easier Monday a couple of raws tor small boys and girls. A quantity of lows and fancy goods are to be given away as prizes.

A Wellington I'ress wire says:—ln deference to the wishes of Volunteers, it lias been decided iu hold the Kaster Encampment for the Middle district at Wauganui.

j The Cwzil'.f notifies (liu appointment of I'.V.r. ,ii,',.ii '\v'ick:-lv.-U(l, nt Upunake, as a registrar oL' births, deaths, and marriages. On account of tin; delay thai Has taken place ('about two }c;ys) .since the question of resuming possession of see. 77, Tikorangi, for scenic purposes was referred to the Department, the Land liuard have decided to | abandon tin- proposal. It is to bo hoped thai tins land, which is almost useless for pastoral, :. urpo.ies, but is a pariicularly pretty specimen of bush scenery, ivill he acquired by the Scenery Preservation Society. i The new oryan oLiuined for (he Wesleyan Church at Tat-jraimaka was formally opened tin oalurday cvenin;.;, when a ra-'ilai was ehen by Mr. Harold Temple White, of Kabul u. About ii 11 has been subscribed lotrards ;ju; cost of i!n. instrument. Tin; instrument is-.peeiuil,- denned Jor church use, and j\lr. , ivi'.h i.. Atcnecf Hr. White's own eom-'po.-iiw, "C.iutiia,'-' was siuii,' i 0 Newlon's ■ iiviiiii, ''lioiv svvecii tljj name of ,lesus so-sids." It was announced that (ho liov. ti. J. tier;oil would :,'ive a lecture on behalf of the furthcoming: bazaar on Good Friday o?i.'i!ii:i;, die subject bciuy " Bush Life i'n As will he !;7iihe:-ed from our report of (he n ei-tiit- of the Hospital and Urmlnhle Aid i'< ■:.!■<l 'iuckry, the Hoard completely v.n...-a;ed i he f,-f-ii] of drainage, at, the 1,0 pilal as by Dr. Y.ilintino. tv.-i! i:i-.-,ily, th,-v ■,'.->;ileiiiaii, who is an expert ot- .i--m;at... felt hurtby of the L-.-ard at lis jjif-i. nit, iini/, and it should he If. ■:/ to liie public to know t; a.' ' h i j.-0:..' . ; re -f "eed >,■<, -he cfiicacy of the sv:>l/;u:, i

It is a very good sign of the desire to improve the efficiency and popularity of the brass bands in the colony when music specially adapted for limited bands, and hitherto only played by full military bands, is being much sought after. Messrs. Kohlcr & Chase, of San Francisco, have lately expressed to Mr. McKinnon Bain, manager ol the Colonial Piano and Organ Company, agents for the firm above named, the great pleasure it has given them to watch the wonderful strides their band music lias taken in Wow Zealand. The supply seems far short of the deinaud, and this is attributable to the popularity of the music now being issued, which is so arranged that it is brought within the powers of full brass bauds. Hut for this, as there is not a single full military band in the colony, the public would be deprived of the treat of listening to some of the finest music of tho day. Our Warea correspondent writes that on Sunday last the Kev. J. H. White conducted evening service in that town for the first time, and that it is the rev. gentleman's intention to arrange at least an occasional evening service at Warea for the future. A very enjoyable open-air concert was given on Tuesday evening, on the Government Buildings lawn, by the City Band, under Mr. Haigh. An excellent programme was gone through in a manner which pleaded the large number of people present. It will be seen by advertisement in this morning's issue that Mr. N. Miller, L.D.S., K.C.S., London, of Leicester Square Dental and Charing Cross Medical Hospitals, has commenced practice in Devon-street, in rooms over Mr. A. K. Sykes', chemist. Mr. Miller had been for some time associated

with Mr. 0. H. Forte, and has made a high reputation for his skill as a dental surgeon. Mr. Miller has had a brilliant career. He . studied under his father, a famous Unglish dentist, for some three years, subsequently going to America, where he had two years' ' experionco, principally in New York, where i he studied under the most prominent of ' American practitioners. While in London, L Mr. Miller gained high distinction, securing • several prizes in practical examinations. He secured first prize in operating dentistry, ' and similar honours in mechanical dentistry; f while in dental anatomy and dental surgery 3 he scored seconds, as also in the Saunders'

, Scholarship. It is noteworthy that in the , three last-mentioned examinations Mr. MU- ' ler's brother took first honours. After Mr. 1 , Miller's experience in London and New ; York he established a practice in the North , of England, which he was obliged to relin- , quish owing to ill-health, and decided to come to New Zealand. Mr. Miller has o secured commodious and convenientlyp situated rooms in New Plymouth, which lie y has fitted up in a manner which would do , credit to any town in tho colony. The 3 surgery is a line room, and contains the " latest appliances of the profession. The .- instruments are all of American manufacture, n selected by Mr. Miller personally, who has been careful to obtain those of the most up- "" to-dale character. Adjoining the surgery is 0 the waiting-room—a cheery apartment-, g beautifully furnished in semi-Oriental style, p and commanding a view of both town and „ sea. The adorning of the room is very tasteful, and persons who havo to await Mr. '' Miller's services will lied much to interest d them. At tho rear of the surgery is the .t operating room, where a special department •. of dental surgery will be carried out by Mr. Miller. The work-room is lilted up with the very latest machinery, all of American ri manufacture. Mr. Miller informs us that he

has vacancies for two pupils. With sue! lirst-class credentials as those enumerate! above, Mr. Miller is certain to command ai extended practice, and we wish him th> utmost success. Colonel Siapp lias received the following letter from Wanganui, dated March 31st :- My dear Colonel Slapp—At? a meeting of tin Veterans' Association held last night a para graph from, the Wanganui vhnmule wa, referred to, giving an account of a monstc picnic held on tho battle Held to couimeuio iate the 40th anniversary of the Battle o Waireka. 'i'he members present desired tha I should write you expressing their appro oiation of the fact that the gallant deeds o your sturdy pioneers were kept green, am we trust this may ever be so. I am, ilea Colonel Stapp, Yours Sincerely, T. 1). Cuji HUNS, Hop, Sec. N.Z. Veterans' Association Wanganui branch, As illustrating tho expansion of the froze! meat trade, it is pointed out that, starting, in ISSO witli an importation of -100 carcases the trade has grown uniil last year we im ported a total of O',HG9,-iHI carcases of sheu[ and lambs from New Zealand, Australia, am the Argentine Kepublio. This increase ha: been fairly steady, and may be euiilinued b very large figures indeed. The suggeslioi proffered is that grocers should consider tlu advisability of participating in the distribution of this commodity. " The trade," \vi are assured, "is easily conducted, and tin profits are good. The expert trade knowledge required is so trilling that any intelligent business man can acquire all that h necessary in a few days, and any able-bodiei-youth of 18 years or over can master tlu technicalities of cutting up tho carcases there is no dirt and little or no waste. flu. large London providers have already provef their perspicacity by embarking in this trade with marked success. In tho provinces the instances of retail grocers taking up i'rozei: meat are very few, and many a grocer will (he space to spare might do worse than tc give the matter thought and consideration.— Tho Grocer. In the course of a speech delivered at a social function at Palmerston North last week, Mr. David J. Nathan, of AVellingtou said that since he left New Zealand eleven months ago he had visited the fruit-growing districts of California, he had seen the cattle districts of Kansas, and he had also been through other parts of America, after which lie had travelled over the greater part ol England and the Continent. And he could safely say that ho saw no district with the capabilities and possibilities of that which the people present called their home—Manawatu. Iteferring to New Zealand products, Mr. Nathan said (to quote from the JJaily Time!,' report) that there wero many reasons for falling prices in wool, but there was no doubt that its chief cause was attributable Lo-fruance. As regarded butter, they were not sending regular supplies. They must induce the Government to arrange for a regular fortnightly service, because if they wished to hold up prices they must keep up regular supplies, and carry on whiter dairy- ! iiig. Tile result would be that, instead of obtaining abuormul prices for a certain period, there would be a lesser price all the year round, but it would be more uniform, and would eventually place more money in Uie pockets of the New Zealanders. The Friend nf India states that the plague is increasing in Calcutta. On Tuesday, tith February, 23 deaths occurred, and for the week ended 10th February lOti fatal cases were reported. During the same week 782 fatal cases wore recorded in the Bengal district, whilst in the l'atna district there were 714 seizures and (175 deaths.- In the same period the mortality in the city of Bombay rose to 569 from 304 in the preceding week. In that oity on February 13 there were 113 new cases of plague, and 74 d.-aths, whilst there were Go seizures from small-pox and 41 deaths. On February 12 two new villages became infectod with plague in the I owns of Nawashahr and Mangowa, near Lahore. The inhabitants of Nawashahr turned out into the ©pen and lived in tents. The religious scruples which have operated in certain communities against inoculation with vaccine prepared from meat have been uno of tho chief obstacles in the progress of inoculation for plague. These have now been ' superseded by the preparation ol' '• KaltkiniiH!" from wheat peptone, JSvperi. incuts in this direction have been curried out with marked success by Major iiannerlu'jn at the Plague Kesearch Laboratory in Bombay. Three rabbits were inoculated with vaccine prepared by growing the plague organism in wheat peptone broth on November 7th. On November 21st they were again inoculated with half an agar tube off planus. None showed any symptoms, bmj :i. cmilrol rabbit inoculated at the same time with the same quantity of plague died! within 'i'i hours, exhibiting marked plages' symptoms, This seems to bo conclusivej evidence that the wheal- peptone prophy-1 lactic is fully as cllieucious as that pre-1 pa; eel from goaf's ilesh, and the Govern-! meat of India hir'e circulated particulars of ; Major Banncrman's experiment to the Pl'o-j' Tiuwial Governments, j

Tlio meeting; of Uic Ho.pital Hoard on was remarkable for tins improvencnt shown in the discussion of mailers and ho stricter adherence to recognised villus of lebate. The iirm action of the Chairman Mr. Gorkill) deserves recognition, and will loubtless tend to make tlie Hoard conspicuous for its businesslike methods of contacting business. It is always a pleasure to ecord a step in this direction, and it is to be loped that other public bodies will be un:oiiragcd to make an ell'urt to transact .msiness and avoid pelty, infoimal and nebular discussions. Sir Kedvers Duller, through a friend, has lenied the statement credited to him, viz.: I'liat he would cat his Christmas dinner in Pretoria. He is not the tpye of man to use such bombastic and high l'alutin talk. He knows his contract and he is going to carry Lt out thoroughly. It can be safely said thai Sykes' Cura Cough needs no such credits, Use it, and it will act for itself.—At all Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt. Walter Morey fr Son respectfully intimate the arrival of an early shipment of five cases ex " Waimato," consisting of 1 case Ladies Capes, 1 case Ladies' Jackets, 1 case Ladies

Hats, 1 caso Furs, 1 case Tickings and tiundries. The bulk of our winter shipment (invoices to bund) nrc on board the " Whakatane," when due notice will be given of theii arrival.—Ad t. " Ckuel only to be Kikd."—Much unnecessary suffering is inllictcd under tin above excuse, 11! one is not very well, feel.' out'of sorts, has a touch of the bile, and ex perienccs an unpleasant; giddiness, one i: immediately tcld to take some disagreeabli medicine. It is kindness in the guise o cruelty we are told. As a matter of lac disagreeable medicines arc no fonder neces sary. Hollow-ay's Tills and Ointment.—tin world-famed remedies—will soon put om right, and, moreover, they are pleasant aix agreeable restoratives to health. 'I housand can attest this, thousands have attested it For disorders of the stomach and liver, tak the Pills; and use the ointment for gout umbac;o, rheumatism, &c. —Advt.