LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 230, 23 November 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Some interesting particulars in the Colchester murder case will be found on our fust and fourth pages. " " . ; The following trains leave New Plymouth, slation to-t'ay for tho Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as follow:—s.4ja.m., Mapourifea (from North); 8 am„ RotoiOi (from South); 9.30 a.m., 'llapourika (tor South); 9.30 p.m., Rotoiti ! (for North). A passenger-car will be attached to tho goods train, leaving New Plymouth for tho Breakwater, about 3 p.m. 31'r. Hugh Adams had the ajisfqrtnne to f have both shafts of his bread catt smashed i on Thursday. The swivel-tree bolt g&re way, and tho horse slated kicking breaking one shaft and. falling over on the other, winch snapped off. Reports received by the 'Labour Department i'roiu its various agencies Indicate that there have been very few applioatipifis for employment in the past month, and that ?# who desire to work oan easily obtain it. The (irstconsignment of Lyddite shells and cordite for the big guns of, the colony'* forts arrived by the Rakoia. 1

The Shorthorn bulls which Mr. Gilrutla is to purchase in England will he kept at the centres of the dairy industry, at State farms where piact icable, and placed at the services o[ a limited number of cows, wliich are to he carefully selected, after examination as to (i nes-j for breeding purposes. The stallions will bo kept at State farms, and their services regulated by a similar restriction. Mr. Hudson, Assistant General Manager of Hallways. and Mr. H Davidson, member of ihe North Island Appeal Board, leave Wellington for Auckland to-day to attend a silting ol: (he Boa _ d to deal with the appeal Oi i-iu'i'-alman Leek, of Newmarket, against iiis reduction in rank.

I Ail expedition has started to explore ai d establish military posts in the l!.i'u-el'Gha?al country.

the Minister of Justice lvas ordered tho i Miction of six portable houses in -Uickru.'l for i.ci.'onimodation of prisoners who : _l ' to I)'* sent to Kotorua for tree-planting The buildings will bo on wheels, so that tlie.v can be drawn along the railway. t'wcoty.fQut prfaooets and four warders wii tie sent, \ I

' Replying to telegrams from the local memberg and others, the Minister for Justice does not think anything has been disclosed warranting his interference with the carrying out of of fourteen days passed upon Mrs, Long for cruelty to her stepchildren. »

At a meeting of the Victoria College on Wednesday, it was reported that 129 students attended the College classes during the year, as against 103 in 1899. The number of students who kept terms was as follows: — First year 49, second year 17, third year, 8; | total, 74, The Chairman, Sir Kobcit Stout, said the figures were ?ery satisfactory. He did not think any college could show such progress in so short a time. The secretary stated that thera were 105 applicants for the as follows Wellington 62, Masterton 12,. Wanganui 6, New Plymouth 2, Nelson 6, Westport 6, Hokitika 6, Ureymouth 8, Napier 4. News has been received ■ from Foona, India, of _ the death from typhoid fever of Miss Jessie Blair, engaged in mission work. She left with Mr. Howe and Others in August last year. The Dunedin Education Board have taken exception to the Education Department. inYiting inspectors to a conference in, January next without first consulting the Board, aud a resolution was passed expressing the Board's disapproval of the action of the Department.

Among the passengers by the Alameda were Superintendents Smith and Gilbcrd, who represented New Zealand at the Fire Brigades Congress at .Paris. They visited the principal fire stations in England and America, They found the appliances in the latter much more complete than in towns of the same standing in New Zealand. They will present a joint report to the Government on their investigations.

Owing to the demands upon Mr. J, D. Spreckles' time in connection with the building of the new mail steamers, it is impossible for his proposed visit to the colony to take place before the beginning of next year. The steamer Sierra, the first of three vessels being built ai Philadelphia to the order of the Ooeanio B.S. Oo„ underwent her trial trip early last month, maintaining an average speed of about 18 knots. The vessel left Philadelphia on Oetober 11 fcr San Francisco. Mr. J. D. Spreokles wrote to inform Mr. J. H. Witheford, M.H.8., that he had gone to Philadelphia in order to use his utmost efforts to advance the sailing of other steamers. He stated the delay had been most aggravating, and had upset all the Company's business arrangements, necessitating the postponement of the departure of the departure of the Sierra, and her replacement by the Mariposa. Miss Eileen Ward, daughter of 'he Hon. J. G. Ward, performed the ceremony of christening tbe tuj Therosa Ward at the Bluff on Wednesday. Subsequently, Mr. Ward opened the new Gevernment buildings at the port, aud a new parade, to be known as the Ward Parade.

Mr. B. Smart, of the Bank of New Zoaland, Levin, is about to be transferred to Wanganui. In response to the request of Mr. Oopeland the War Office has instructed Colonel Hunt to purchase some Australian horses. King Leopold has rectified the Kivu (Central African) boundary in favour of Germany, in return for Germany's support in obtaining a strip of territory on the left bank of the Peiho, bslow Tientsin,

It was with regret that we (Chronicle) learned yesterday that Mr. W. H. VerekerBindoa had beon forced, through continuod ill-health, to send in his resignation as chief inspector to the Wanganui Edueation Board During the seventeen years he has occupied the position, Mr. Bindon has done most valuable work, and has considerably raised the standard of the schools under his supervision. The Education Board accepted the resignation with regret—and with reason With his many friends we trust that cliangc and rest may soon restore Mr. Biudon to health.

There was a very large attendance at the Theatre Royal last evening to see the natives from the famine-stricken districts of India from the Salvation Army Home. A very interesting entertainment was given, the natives giving examples of their manner of life, their social customs and physical exercises. Jn adlition to the payment at the doors, a collection was taken up, amountiu g to somewhere about £5.

TEe Earl of Hopetoun has sailed from Bombiy to Colombo, He was so wuik that he had to be carried on board the steamer in a dhooly. Major Philson. of the Army Medical Department, accompanies him.

Mr. Zimmerman, father of the Duchess of Manchester, has. relented, and welcomes the newly-married couple. Wednesday evening's train from Palmer - ston to Wanganui was derailed at For jell by a slip, and the locomotive badly damaged The line was cleared early on Thursday morning.

There are more human beings going about the world pale, listless, and miserable becauso what they eat does them no good, than ever poverty, sorrow,andmisfoitunewere accountable for; in fact, the failures of this life have their origin more often in stomachic derangements than in mental and physical disabilities, as generally understool Why is this 1 Well, from many causes, but chiefl ■ from the fact that disregarding symptoms, people will not take care of themselves. Diet, you say? No; cure first, diet afterwards, and always. Take IMpey's "May Apple " for Indigestion and Liver Trouble; then, diet as much as you like. It is a certain cure, and costs only 2s.—Advfc. Whit Money Oan Do.—Money can do a great deal, but it cannot do everything. It cannot stop the. passing of time, it cannot make us young again, it cannot renew with health the enfeebled frame. In the face of the demon ill-health, rich and poor are on an equality. Rich and poor have to seek the same remedies, and wise indeed are they if, in their sorrow and suffering, they turn to Holloway's Pills and Ointment. These are within the reach of the poor as well as of the rich, and it is no idle testimony, but the natural result of long experience, which has declared Holloway to be the poor man's friend.—Advt. A VERY REMARKABLE REMEDY.

, "It is with a good deal of pleasure and satisfaction that I recommend Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy," says Druggist A. W. Sawtello, of Hartford, Conn, "Alady customer, seeing the remedy exposed for sale on my show case, said to me: ' I really bcliove that remody saved my life the past summer while at the shore,' and she became so'enthueiastic over its merits that I at once made up my mind to recommend it in the future. Recently a gentleman came I into my store so overcome with colic paius that he sank at once to the floor. I gave him a dose of this remedy which helped him. I repeated the dose, and in fifteen minutes he Jeft my store smilingly informing me th»t he feii|s well as ever." Sold by New Plymouth Co-optative Society.—Advt.