LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 196, 18 September 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owinj; to the absence of a quorum, the Land Board meeting; lapsed on Monday. An elderly man was fined 5s and costs at the Police Court on Monday for drunkenness. G. Blake, of the Melbourne Harriers, won the Ten Miles Cross Country Championship in 61min 27^seo. Messrs ISewley & Watt report having sold a four-room house and section in Barrettstreet, also a first-class building site in Buller-street, to local investors. At tho Auckland Supreme Court, Agnes Hendry, a young woman engaged in domestic duties, sued i'rank Edward Brooker, of Otahuhe, for £250 damages, for breach of promise of marriage. Judgment was given for £2OO and costs. The ltegistrar of the Supreme Court, on Thursday last-, on the application of Mr. lioy, granted probate of the will of Denis Doyle, late of Okato, farmer, deceased, to Thomas Doyle, tho executor named in the will. Tomjrrow Mr. Newton King will hold a clearing sale of furniture at Yogeltown, on account of Mr, Donald Wilson, who is leaving tie district. Full particulars will be found on reference to advertisement. We have received from tho secretary of a committee appointed for the purpose of securing Mount Cook reserve as a site for Victoria College a circular and a petition lor the signature of those in favour of the proposal. The petition lies at this ofiico, and we shall refer to the circular later. A report was current in town yesfor'ay that the dam at the Stratford Electric Liohi . Works had been swept away on Sunday, but passengers on the train informed us that (he electric light was allright at the Stratford station last night, so the damage, if any, is evidently not serious. Chicago has now 2,000,000 of population, ; the whole of which has been gained in 63 . years—a remarkable growth. Glass works on a large scale are to be ■istabli.-hed in Auckland (say.-> tho Weilin;"'ou f'tvf). The ~'roatcr pari of the wq-Ua: as bum MuWiU*! by business men in i!,ui iiy. A number ot shares have also b?en ..•laced in '.V'ollir.gtoii Mr. L. A. Mount •/ruioriy oi 'A ellington, and who was at ow i'no p oprieior of large glass works in MelK'!ij"ie, lias iKi.m appointed manager of the n:w cxtnpany, and has left for America to purchase tho plant. The French barque Max bound fromNev. .Jaleilonift to Glasgow, put into Auckland on _ Jjnday. On Wednesday last, while fiUt ailes off New Zealand, she was struck by u white squall, wliieh carried away the main opmast and the stays of the foremast, it • \m:, determine 1 to run to Sydney, but- the or.iina-t oarrvim; ;nv:iy at tlir fon""::r'! noM t:a.y, she ran forArekland . Cwj<«£-iii"TVflW'r 11 was struck by a falling spar and had his leg ) gdvejv'j braised,

A rather serious accident happened ton | oy named George Kibby, one of the sons of he late Mr. John Kibby, of Fitzroy, on tonday morning. While running home from chool he stumbled and fell, and received an wkward gash just below one of Ms knees, T )r. McOleland was summoned and was J iromptly on the spot, when it was found lecessary to put in several stitches. The , ittle fellow is progressing favourably. ® When the Daily News arrived at Patea in Monday the latest intelligence from South Urica proved intensely exciting, so much so b ,hat one individual lost no time in firing oif t wveial cartridges from a revolver, and just g nanaged to divide a telegraph wire with one )f the bullets. We hope the consequences fvill not quell the enthusiasm of such an t irdent patriot. Trains will leave for tho Breakwater to i Jay connecting with steamers mentioned j aelow, as f0110w: —5.45 a.m., Takapuna (from North); 5.45 a.m., Rotoiti (from South); 3.30 a.m,, Takapuna (for South); 9.30 J p.m., Rotoiti (for North). A passenger- 1 jar will be attached to the goods train, ] leaving New Plymouth for the Breakwater, ] about 3 p.m. Miss Annie James, who secured an intermediate pass at the Trinity College musical : examinations, was a pupil of Mr. H. J. Haigh. ' On Monday afternoon the members of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board paid a i thorough visit of inspection to the Hospital. 1 After going through all tho wards, kitchen, j and other rooms, they visited both the Old Men's and Old Women's Homes, and only ' received one complaint, which was directed against the quality of tho tea supplied. On ] testing the beverage, however, it was pro- t nouneed to be very good, The day being very favourable for testing the existence of ' draughts in the Kefugo, the members were ! pleased to find that the rooms were comfort- ] able. The grounds and draiuage were carefully gone over, and the Board were vary . gratified to find everything in snch excellent : order, the improvement which had latterly taken place being most marked. An information has been laid against two of the Marist Brothers in connection with tho Stoke Orphanage. It will be heard at Nelson on.Thursday next. Several Wellington witnesses have been subposnaed. Either Mr. Gully or Mr. Myers will represent the police. A witness in New Plymouth has also been subpuinaed. We are informed that Messrs. Tickers & Stevens held a very successful sale of stock, etc, yesterday at Tariki, on behalf of Mr. Stephenson, dairy cows soiling for as much as £lO each. With reference to the death of Trooper Charlie Enderby, the following letter speaks for itself: —Pretoria, July 31st, 1900. To Mr. and Mrs. Enderby. It is with deep regret that. I have to inform you of the death of your son " Charlie." He was relieving stationmaster in Pretoria, and had a brilliant future before him. On Saturday, the 14th of July, he was admitted to the best hospital in town, where he received eve-y care from both doctors and nurses; also from comrades, who visited him regularly, and took every comfort that the doctors would allow him to have. I saw him for a few moments only on the 18th, as we were passing through on our way east. He was then weak, but 1 thought he would pull through, but two days later a change came for the worse, and he gradually sank. It may be some comfort for you to know that he passed away without pain on the 25th of July. He was buried in the Pretoria Cemetery, and will not be forgotten by his comrades. Sergeant Glynea has all his effects, and I shall take or send them to you later when opportunity offers. Allow mo, on behalf of self, brother officers, and men, to offer you and his mother our sincere sympathy in your sad bereavement.—Yours respectfully, E. Bartlett, lieutenant, New Zealand Mounted Rifles.— Wangawi Herald. As a sample of an application for chari table aid, the following is rather unique: " Complaining of my circumstances to the local police, I was a-lvised to put my case before your Board. You, sir, will no doubt remember I did so in the humble way my ability allowed me. I do not recognise or make any application for charitable aid. I am not intelligent enough to see bow any constituent—and I attend as close to political matters as I know how to—can receive that the sum of the Couiity give them, but, sir, the Board may consist of gentlemen with hearts not gizzards as many have, and may help me in one way or other. Ifii'st, I would like to possess the 40 acres of land I was promised I should have on arrival, but was never shown it. Secondly, I have a son I think should help me a little. Ho has lately been spending some time at the man that got ine to leave , and who now tolls me that he is very proud of his nephew. He earns lots of money, and has sent for and brought .from . England a quantity of jewellery, and that ho and his newly-married wife has a splendid gold watch and heavy gold chains, rings, and pendents. Well, sir, the constable tolls mo to apply, and in my nervous state I have done the best I know how, feeling sure I am entitled under Her Majesty's poor laws to j some visible means of living." Lord Ourzon has just sanctioned a considerable outlay ,on an experimental indiarubber plantation near the Tcnasserire coast of India. No fewer than 10,000 acres are to be thus cultivated, and carefully-framed estimates show that when the trees reach maturity the plantation should yield very handsome profits, A Ifeildingite tells of a practical joke that took place there the other night with very' amusing results. Somebody got into the Sash and Door Factory, where the lires were banked up, with a sufficent head of steam, and, starting the whistle, tied the catch down to keep it going. Of cour.-e, the general impression was that peace was proclaimed, or Kruger in a lit, and although it was a cold dark, wet night, a lot of the principal business men hastened to the spot in all sorts of dishabille. An Anglican clergyman, preaching at Wellington in aid of the General Church Fund, quoted the stipend and expenditure of a Wellington country clergyman, and added: " These gentlemen may not be humble, but they certainly are kept poor." General Sir Alfred Gaselee, the commander of the Indian forces in China, comes of a well-known legal family. Sir Stephen Gaselee, who was Judge of the Common Tleas from 1824 to 1837, was the original of Dickens' Mr. Justice Starleigh, who presided at the trial of Bardell v. Pickwick. The Norwegians are exporting asphalted cardboard, which can bo used for walls and ceilings and many other purposes, It is composed of several,layers of compressed paper coated with asphalt. It is cheaper t-ban wood, but just as strong, and will not rot or crack. If a vote wore taken on the question of I the best all-round football player in the district there would he a great diversity of opinion. There are so many good men to schctlrom, and there would, consequently, bo a big run for lirst place. Kow, if-avote were taken as tp the bust remedy for coughs, colds, chill--, &c., we are certain that there ■v.iulri be 01.0 choice with the public, and I hat would be Sykos' Cura Cough, All Chemists and Storekeepers,—Advt. A Pathetic Incident occurred in the London streets the other night. It was late, and a poor little girl was trying in vain to sell herviolets. Suddenly a boy, atypical I Loudon arab, who had just sold his last 'Juvenilis paper, and was rattling his ha'pence ! 'in his pocket, stopped before her. Taking ho situation in at a glance, ho said kindly, ■lll buy yer vilets. Come on, we'll sell The boy evidently was a :;ood s-desman, for we passed barely an hour and the children were running about i '.pother, with only two or three bunches loft. We can all help one another if we like, hosick and suil'uring we can save if we only point out to them tho healing virtues of ilolloivay's Pills and Ointment.—Advt, ;luw fondly rests a mother's gaze Upon her children dear; •lie loves tliem for their pretty ways, An I always likes them near. ' ihe tends them in their troubles' too -fer care soon mikes them fewer, ' Vnd for a cold knows what to do; ihe gets Woods' Groat Peppe rniint Cure, j Gospel Room, Gilbert-street.-Th« Gosspe I o. Uw feraco v>£ God will be preached every' L •I'd a Day evening, 47, Hearty welfiome. j