LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 205, 4 October 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlae manager of the Daily Xinvs Company isas rer«iifcu ii.foiuiatioii thaiiuii two-feeder Wliarfuak machine orde:?d by the Company •.vil! shortly arrive .Is this «:ii><hine has a eor.ic.ity of 4000 an hour and all the latest linpiuvumunLs. its arrival will enable us to overtake our increasing circulation and tarn out a belter printer, than the present ..•aw;t..<i:B is ••stable of Wo rcip-ot the delay that has taken place, caused bv the war throwing- so many orderd behinci time. A public meeting, called t™ Mr li' J Steuart, mayor of Stratford, and Mr. Joseph ilackay, chairman of the Stratford Oountv Council, takes place at Stratford this evemng. The programme for the Taiamdri Metropolitan Jockey Club's summer meeting an. pears w our advertising columns, and. phoijkl iu.ter<)jit; ovw iipcirtiug rousts,

The Greymouth Gas Works were formally taken over by the Grey Borough Council on Tuesday, a total of £16,850 being paid over for the plant, goodwill, stock, etc. The following trains will leave New Ply. mouth station to-day for the breakwater, connecting with steamer mentioned below : 6 a.m., Gairloch (from North); 9.30 p.m., Gairloch (for North),

Mr. Jas. Kibby'g express will leave Mr. Newton King's auction mart at 2.15 o'clock j this afternoon for the convenience of persons wishing to attend the sale of sections at Te Henni. In the absence of the Hev. J. Nixon at Inglewood this evening, Mr, Ritchie, the Evangelist, will preach at the Queen-street Ohurch at 7.30. The City Band will head the Rifles and Goards in their march to the Whiteley Memorial Church this evening. The Town jßand will play some pieces outside the : building, and, at the 1 conclusion of the permanceof the oantata, will play the "Dead March " inside the ohurch.

The Auckland Presbytery has entered a protest against the exclusion of the Presbyterian oity missionary from conducting services in the gaol. The new Gaol Governor has refused to recognise any chaplain but the Ohurch of England. '< The barquentine Lord of the Isles, from j [Sydney, went ashore north of the North Sandspit end, Auckland, at 11 o'clock on! Monday night, and became a total wreck. The crew were saved. The vessel had a cargo of bonedust.

The Premier stated in the House on Wed-1 nesday evening that it had been decided that Peace Day should be celebrated on the sams day as the Prince- of Wales' Birthday, November 9th.

Hellings, the New South Wales swimmer, won the 100 Yards Championship of the Southern Counties of England in lmin i 1-5 sees, beating Eubell, the Austrian champion, by a yard. Hellings and Lindburg are returning by the Ormuz. i A paper laid on the table of the House gives the estimated revenne of the Qook Islands for the year ending 30th June, 1901, as £3486 18s. • This is made up as follows: Surplus from the year ending June, 1900, £976 18; Customs duties, £1500; post office, £300; shipping fees, £2o;' trade licenses, £200; liquor dues, £200; High Court fees' and fines, £7O; Arikis Courts,-£180; and rents, £4O. The expenditure is put down at £2724. ...... - r

The third quarterly committee meeting of the Napier, Taranaki, and Manawatu Kailway Sick Benefit Society was held at the Eastown Railway Library oa September 28th, Mr. Allan, vice-President in the' chair. The Secretary's progress report was read as follows:—Balance brought forward, £l2B 4s sd; contributions, £134 Is; sick, accident, and funeral allowance, £B3 7s 3d; balance carried forward, £173 18s 2d. Assistance had been given in two cases, where members! have been suffering from lengthy illneßS, from the benevolent fund. After disposing of the ordinary business, 30 members were admitted into the society, and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chair, The following appointments to the new secular staff at the Stoke Industrial School have been made by Dean Mahoney, viziMaster and matron, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald (chief attendants Hokitika Asylum); assistants masters, W. L. Beech (of OharioHome, Wellington) and F. J. Mulhill (of the Thames); farm manager, D. High (manager for Mr. McMillan, Southbridge). Tbe new staff take up their duties on the 15th instant, when the Marist Brothers take their leave, A Stratford exchange says the court there was occupied all day on Tuesday with a case of alleged cattle-stealing, Paul Schmidt, of York Road, having been charged with stealing three heifers from H. Blair.

Tho contract has, we are informed by Mr. Sanderson, architect, been signed for the erection of the Infant School at Stratford. Mr. Steel is tbe contractor, the price beine £798 10a. *

At Stratford, on Tues3ay, the man Luceno Libeau, arrested on a charge of setting fire to his shop, was, on the application of the police, remanded for a week. Mr. Fookes who appeared for the accused, asked that the bail be reduced from £SOO to £3OO, viz., accused in £IOO and two sureties in £IOO each, which was granted. Mr. Stanford, S.M., said accused would be brought up at New! Plymouth on Tuesday next, and then re-j manded for another week. I

Westown Band of Hope Entertainment this evening. Admission 6d. Good programme.—Advt.

[ An Impudbnt Fraud has been perpeI trated upon a well-known Member of Parliament. This gentleman recently entered *a I small chemist's establishment in Northampton and asked for a box of Holloway's Pills. A packet was given to him, for which he paid and then left the shop. Having to leave for London that evening, it was not | until he was in the train, many miles away i from Northampton, that he discovered hej had been swindle J. Instead of Holloway's I Pills he found that a pernicious and worthless imitation had been foisted upon him. I Of course the rubbish was thrown away, and the M.P. had to wait until he arrived in London before he could get the genuine article.—Advt.

A salve that never fails to heal a sore, gives instant relief, and draws out all poison, is a boon to all. Ask for Needham's Salve at the Co-operative Stores. Price Is.—Advt