The Daily News. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

The Daily News. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The last trip of the Takapuna from the breakwater to Onehunga occupied less than ten hours. • Amongst many other interesting items in this week's number of the Auckland Weekly Nem is an account of the Mafeking relief celebrations in New Plymouth, with a capital photo (taken by Mr. W. A. Cojlis) of BadenPowell's armoured train as re-produced by the New Plymouth Eire Brigade. In this picture Captain F. Bellringer comes out exceptionally well. On Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. W. Bayly returned to New Plymouth from a visit to the Hanmer Plains, the trip having been taken owing to Mr. Bayly's ill-health. The latter's many friends will be glad to learn that, though not thoroughly restored to health, the trip has had a very beneficial effect. The District Begistrar (Mr. F. D. Holdsworth) informs us that the vital statistics for the Borough of New Plymouth for the month of May are:—Births, 22; deaths, 8; marriages, 5.

The Dresden Piano Company have a change of advertisement in this issue, in which they mention pianos and organs of very notable manufacturers as being stocked by them at their local depot in Devon-street. The depot, under the management of Mr. G. W. Henderson, is a great success, and the number of pianos and organs sold from month to month is very considerable. The Company are well stocked with sheet music, also musical sundries, viz: Violins, flutes, guitars, mandolins, etc., so that almost any musical requisite may be purchased at the " Dresden." An exciting runaway took place on Friday, the horses attached to one of Mr. W. H. Jury's cabs being startled. The frightened animals traversed Devon and Queen-streets, and were brought to a standstill on the South Koad. Extensive damage was done to the vehicle.

There is a coal famine in Wellington. The hulks in the harbour are neaily empty, and merchants' supplies are so low that orders cannot be filled.

As will be seen by advertisement in this issue, the New Plymouth City Band will hold a " social" in the Theatre Koyal on Thursday, 21st inst. An influential Ladies' Committee has been appointed, with Mesdames E'ockrill and E. M. Smith at the head, and no doubt the affair will be as successful, if i not more so, than the last one held. The music will be supplied by Mr. D. McKinnon Bain's orchestra.

The Canterbury Times for the current week has the usual number of illustrations—chiefly I war pictures—which are quite up to the mark of previous issues. There is also an excellent tinted-photo engraving of Diamond Lake, near Wakatipu, from a painting by Mr. J. M. Madden; and an exact facsimile of the Ladysmitk Lyre, the humourous illustrated sheet printed during the siege of Ladysmith. Late on Thursday night some young men who took part in the jubilations over the capture of Pretoria became so noisy that the police were compelled to make arrests. One offender appeared before Mr. Stanford, S.M., on Kriday, on a charge of drunkenness, and a further one of resisting the police. The first charge was dismissed, but on the second defendant was fined 20s and costs. The evidence on the latter charge showed that some twenty or thirty young men were having a demonstration of their own, and celebrating | the occasion with songs and jests in Devonstreet. Constable Buttimore passed the | gathering on several occasions and warned the young men that they were rowdy and disorderly, and advised them to go home. No notice was taken of these warnings, and on the constable stopping to warn them again, when they were singing " God Save the Queen," his hat was knocked off. Some scuffling thereupon ensued, and the constable, tinding remonstrances in vain, attempted 10 arrest ihe chief offender. This the others resented, and Constable liuttimore was obliged to summon Constable Stackpoole and the night-watchman to his assistance. The j crowd handled these fairly roughly I in their efforts to handcuff the prisoner, who was liually conveved to the lock-up. Further arrests occasioned by the outburst oi patriotism affecting the heads and tongues of other citizens were made, and the charges are to be heard before the Magistrate on Monday. j

I Gospel Room, Gilbert-street.—The Gospel of the Grace of God will be preacheti every Lord's Day evening, at 7. Hearty welcome. —Advt.

Whiteley Memorial Church.—Rev. S. J. Serpell's subjects for Sunday arc as follow : —Morning, at 11, "By Whom shall Jacob .irise ?"; evening, at 7, " Rise and l'rogres.- of Methodism," an address to young people. (Century Fund Sunday,)—Advt,