The Daily News. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 89, 10 April 1900, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The City Band will play at the Star Sports on Easter Monday. Fitzgerald's Circus -will perform in New Plymouth for one night only on Thursday, 19th. Mr. Morris, the advance agent, Is at present billing the town. A youth, William Boyle, was charged on Monday with breaking and entering the premises of William Ellerara on tho previous day, and stealing a watch, a gold ring, a riding whip, and £3 in money. The case was remanded until Wednesday. Trains will leave for the Breakwater today, connecting with steamer mentioned below, as follow: (from South); 9.80 [pm., Mapourika (for North). A passenger-car will be attached to the goods train, leaving New Plymouth for the Breakwater, about 3 p.m. An elderly man from Jnglewood was, on Monday, fined 5s for drunkenness, anil a prohibition order granted against him. When arrested he was .suffering from the D.T.'s, and required medical treatment. Tho series of photographs taken by Mr. IW. A. Collis at Omata, on the occasion of the Waireka anniversary, arc excellent in every way. 'the groups of Veterans are particularly clear, and each face is a capital likeness. The views of tho interesting spots around are equally good, especially those on tlie beach. From an historic, as well as an artistic point of view, Mr. Coil's is to be congratulated on the collection. It would seem fitting to have an enlargement made of the photo of the Veter-ins, and to hang it in the Drill Hall as a memento of the engagement. In connection with the Star Sports on Easter Monday, Mr. Geo. Watson has rehandicapped A. Sturmey as followsl2o Yards, 7yds start; 220 Yards, 12yds; 440 Yards, 16yds. The ordinary fortnightly inspection parade of the Taranaki Rifles was held on Monday night under Captain Okey, V.D., and Lieutenants Cock and Hooker. The practical examination for sergeant was held, two corporals competing; the result is in abeyance, pending the examination in theory of drills. Privates Armitage and Whitcombe were appointed Lance Corporals. The members of the corps going to camp will fall in at 3.30 p m. on Thursday, in heavy marching order; members wishing to return on Monday afternoon may dojso. A number of intending members were nominated, and Captain J. S. McKellar was elected an annual honorary member. We regret to hear that the committee in charge of the late Waireka celebration will find themselves responsible for the discharge of a deficit caused by the showery weather affecting the attendance from town. It docs not soein right that so worthy an undertaking should involve a few of the Veterans in a heavy outlay, and we think lint, considering the object was to commemorate an important event in the history of the d'strict it would be a gracious a.t if some of those who were prevented from attending were to subscribe their mite towards the expenses. At the 38me time, we feel sure, that the committee, colleetheiy and individually, would sooner cheerfully defray the deficit than piss round the hat. If anyone desires to contribute we shall bo pleased to receive and hand over all donations. The New York World saysSteinitz, tho great chess-player, has gone the way of Paul Morphy, anfl ttie question of the connection between intellect and 'nsaiiity again arises. Chess calls [or pure intellect. It is a game of absolute science, with chance eliminated and success dependent upon the power of abstract Intellect. But it must not be forgotten that tho brains if such great chessplayers as Steinitz w,s are developed in a dangerously one-sided way All the brain I energy is eouceui rating upon menial opera-! [ions of a certain diMbie! kind. This tinbt produce on the one hand a weakening o!' the oilier mental powers through the withdrawal from them of 1 hat exercise and nourishment . which are necessary to their existence, and on the other hand a straining of the faculties directly employed ie {he attack and defence of chess—requiring the highest pitch of . concentrated thought aided liy memory, imagination, and mathematical precision. One-tided development of the mind, if carried to excess by the impelling force of a powerful current or nerve force, often leads '.o insairty. If, how. ver, the impelling force is that which supplies th - mediocre mind, Ihe Jesuit is a bore, or a. mildly amusing eccentric. " I have never given my husband a black eye,'' said a v. iti:-e-.-.- ai the Chr stclmrcli Supreme Court re'.v: :y. "I have neve; teen *b'.o to do to, though I often wished ll icuto have dime so." „ ... . j

A charge of Sunday trading will shortly be enquired into by the local Court. Colonel Porter, of Gisborne, takes charge of the Wellington Volunteer District during 1 Colonel Newall's absence. t The secretary of the Star Football Glut ' desires to acknowledge receipt of a donation j of £1 Is from Mr. B. H. Campbell. It was Willium Morgan Jones, not William John Morgan, as previously stated, who was arrested on Thursday last on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. I The Borough overdraft stands at £179810s 2d. Mrs. Dockrill has received a telegram announcing that the boxes of comforts for the sick and wounded, which were lately despatched by the Ladies Committee, of which she was president, as well as those articles sent by friends for the use of local members of the New Zealand Contingents, have been duly shipped, and are on their way to their destination. Nurse Furlong, who leaves to-day to take up the position of acting Matron at Hawera 6 Hospital, was yesterday afternoon accorded a hearty send-off. Addresses were delivered by the Chairman of the Board (Mr. F. P. Corkill) and Dr. Leatham, the House Com- . mittee and staff being present. Miss Furlong has received her training at New Plymouth [ Hospital, and has acquired the esteem of the whole staff during the time of her connection m with the Hospital. She leaves with the best wishes of all for her future welfare. ' Tho offices o£ the solicitors practising in the town will be closed from 1 p.m. on Thursday, 12th, until Tuesday, the 17th inst,

Miss Forbes, of Auckland, will give a . demonstration of the " Excelsior " system oi dress cutting at the Farmers' Club Koom 1 to-day, from 2.20 till 4 p.m.. and 7 p.m. till 8.30. All interested are invited to attend. Through the courtesy of the PostmasterGeneral (the Hon, J. G. Ward) we (Otago Daily Times) have received from Mr. Gray, Secretary to the Post-office, an explanation as to the manner in which correspondence for our contingents in South Africa is forwarded. This clearly shows that there is no danger of letters being tampered with or lost —a point on which some doubt might have been caused by a statement in a letter from Mr. J. Klder Moultray to the effect that some letters which had been forwarded to him while he was in South Africa had not been = delivered, the inference which Mr. Moultray drew being that the correspondence had been tampered with after it bad left New Zealand. Mr. Gray says that nothing of the kind can happen to correspondence for members of the contingents, as sealed mails are made up for each contingent and addressed to the officer commanding. That the mails have been delivered to the contingents in due course is borne out by the fact that letters, newspapers, &c., from the chief postoffice to members of the staff serving in the first contingent have been received and duly acknowledged. Mr. Gray undertakos to make inquiries to make sure that ordinary mails, by which, no doubt, Mr. Moultray's letters would go, are secure from interference in any way. Meanwhile, it will be satisfactory to those who have friends and relatives with our contingents to know that letters can be sent with the fullest reliance that they will reach their destination intact. Now that the municipal authorities have been roused from their long apathy by the oohnal nrosonfP nf nnrl admit, t.hfi

actual presence 01 plague, ana aamu ine necessity of taking more energetic measures 1 on belialf of public cleanliness, they may be : inclined to listen to what have been for years back matters of common but unheeded complaint (says the Sydney Telegraph of March 15). 1 irst, as regards the sweeping of the streets. 'I his is done usually alter midnight by a huge rotary brush worked by horse, power, '.vhich raises a cloud of dust to half blind or choke any luckless person who happens to be passing, and also to find its way into the adjacent houses, shops, and offices. This dust contains just now an assortment of germs, ranging "from the bacilli of tuberculosis to those of bubonic plague," and every dry night that the streets are swept it is sent whirling in a death-ladeu simoon through the main streets of the city. The small extra expense of watering the streets ahead of the sweeper would obviate the nuisance, and if, during the present time, a dash of carbolic or other disinfectant were added, it would cost very little more, and the danger would be further reduced, Even if there was no question of germ dissemination at all, the present method of sweeping up the dry dust is uncleanly, and annoying to people whose premises the Council lias no right to pollute with the desiccated lilth of the street. Katoomba is well-known as a popular pleasure resort in N.S. Wales. Its Glens, Falls, Bowers, reverberated sounds, ets., draw crowds of tourists. These, and a great many other things will be referred to at the Salvation Army tonight by Ensign Kamage, who commenced Army work there, —Advt, Sir lledvers Buller, through a friend, has denied the statement credited to him, viz.: That he would eat his Christmas dinner in Pretoria, lie is not the tpye of man to use such bombastic and high ialutin talk. He knows his contract and he is going to carry it out thoroughly. It can be safely said that Sykes' Cura Cough needs no such credits. Use it, and it will act for itself.—At all Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt. Walter Morey Sr Son respectfully intimate the arrival of an early shipment of five cases' ex " Waimate," consisting of 1 case Ladies' Capes, 1 case Ladies' Jackets, 1 case L idies Hats, 1 case Furs, 1 case Tickings and Sundries. The bulk of our winter shipment (invoices to hand) are on board the " Whakatane," when due notice will be given of their arrival. —A The Good Die Young.—Unliko most popular sayings, this has very little truth in it. Experience every day proves that some at least of the good are spared to make the world brighter and better, and a more pleasant place to live in. In fact, our experience is that good people, and good things generally, live the longest. For example, consider the thousands of articles which have been widely advertised and are now forgotten. Whyj Because they were bad, On'the other hand, we have HoJio»ay's Pi}U and Ointment, which have proved the faithful friend of poor humanity for fifty years or more. Why 1 Because they are good, Of a truth, that which is good does not die, but lives for all time. —Advt. WHY EXPERIMENT ON YOURSELF With remedies of doubtful utility when you can get Chamberlain's Coimh Jiemedy, ; which has stood the test of time 1 Twenty t live vears' sale and use have proven thill remedy to be a prompt and certain cure for , colds. It will cure a cold in a day if taken as soon as the cold has been contracted and i before it has settled in the system. Sold by New Plymouth Co-operative Society. —Advt.