LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 100, 1 June 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to presßui e on our space, several letters to the editor have been crowded out of tliis issue. The Licensing Committee will hold its annual meeting at noon to-day, " The Secretary of the Star Football Club desires t-> acknowledge a donation of £1 from a friend. To-morrow Mr. Newton King will sell by auction, in the Theatre ltoyal, (lie balance of Messrs. tischer ic Co,'* stock of furniture. The stock must be cleared icgardle/ss of cost, and we recommend anyone in want of fijrnu tmre to attend the sale. The Minister of Education contemplates introducing a District High Schools Bill, providing capitation allowfttioes for those schools which are now dependent on endowments and fees. In a discussion at the Wellington Education Board on the proposed reform of the system by introducing a colonial scale of teachers' salaries, all the members who spoke were aga nst the scheme on the ground that such an alteration would mean centralisation with all its attendant disadvantages, removal of control from Education Boards to teachers, and would really act to the disadvantage of many teachers in outlying districts. There was, however, an expression of opinion Ilia' it would be a long time, if ever, before the scheme came to anything. A change of vagrancy against a woman was called on in the .Police Court on Thursday, and an adjournment for a week was granted, the defendant promising in the meantime to leave the town. During the playing of the City Band last night Mr. Buttenvoitli collected tli- sum o! j Ui 15s llAdmaidof the band's fund, anil r. Webber donated £ I to the same object This shows commendable appreciation of tin band's prompt and willing services. Tbf* ftftprnoon Jfr. Newton King will hold a sale of trees ;,ik! (low*ring shrubs, etc., at his mart, at 2o'clock Tlfeconsignment com prises a choice aud varied assortment oi bulbs »ud flowering plants, a really tirst-class lot.

#Mr. Mac Donald, drill instructor to the ellington Board of Education, reports thai owing to the increase of work he is not likely to continue in his position much longer unless some alteration is made. He finds 140 schools are too much to attend to, and extra assistance must be given or the duties curtailed, but knowing the Board's financial position he cannot see his way to ask for any assistance. Mr. Mac Donald complains that suburban and country teachers attend instruction in large numbers, but city teachers do not take the interest they ought to, It is a peculiar coincidence that while the bells of St. John's and the Tokomairiro Presbyterian Ohurch o£ Milton were pealing out the joyful news of the official confirmation of the relief of Mafekinec the bell ropes snapped under the exuberance of the patriotic strains. When the bell rope snapped at the latter church it is said the bellman ejaculated in awesome tones: " Weel, weel, it was a gude thing it was no the steeple that snappit." What the bellman at at. John's remarked is not recorded. —Sntce Herald. Lieutenant Edwards, who had charge of the New South Wales Ambulance Corps—the corps complimented by the Brigadier as the first to cross the Modder Eiver—writes to his mother at Hereford, N.S.W.: —"I am very worried about our reverse. The army is a mass of red tape and theory, and I venture to say that were our colonial affairs left to them, and not to colonial men, they would soon tell a tale. I went out with an officer thirty odd miles scouting. He did not know enough practical soldiering to save his horse, and his poor beast came back to camp nearly dead, and useless, and I, who went yard for yard with him, could not hold my mare for the last five miles. How can such men fight the Boers, who live in the saddle 1 The waste and red tape are killing us." The lieutenant adds that the scouts accomplished their dangerous work well, but that their reports were ignored. Wade's Worm Figs, the wonderful Worm Worriers, never fail for adults or children Price Is.—Advt Little children full of health Do love to laugh and play, And many a man would give his wealt To be as bright as they. Though illness may attend us all, As we become mature, Yet coughs and colds will surely fall 'Fore Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 9 Wade's Worm Figs are most effective and not unpleasant; childrenjthrive after taking them. Price Is —Advt.

All is not Gold that Glitters may be said about many brilliant prospectuses that are frequently issued to financiers; they often herald the formation of companies which go up like the proverbial rocket and come down like a stick. Holloway's Pills and Ointment, unlike such shaky ventures, are the soundest investments in which people suffering from disease can entrust their money. They have the reputation of over half a century, and every day they returp substantial dividends in the form of good health. No disease has yet disputed their influence when a fair trial has been given. They cure dysentery, diarrhoea, weakness, and liver and kidney diseases, whilst for skin diseases they have no equal. Sold by all chemists, &c.—Advt. When delivering his farewell address to the Fifth Contingent in Wellington, the Premier said with their departure New Zerland would have 2000 men in the field, and he was sure that one and all of them would do their duty well and prove themselves a credit to their country. His words were received with warm applause, as well they should. We also know of another matter that deserves the warmest praise from the community, and that is Sykes' Cura Cough. A certain remedy. All Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt. You can depend on ridding your children of worms with Wade's Worm Figs, the wonderful Worm Worriers. Price Is.—Advt.