LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 8, 10 January 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Several letters to the editor are crowded | out. j To-day is the GOth anniversaiy of the 3 establishment of penny post in England. ... j The following trains will leave New J'!y- j mouth station lev tbe breakwater to-day J con- j neet'wg with steamers mentioned below, a=i I follows:—6 a.m., Ngapuhi (Ero'sn North);j 9.50 p.m., Ngapnhi (for North). In an article on the Sixth Contingent, the Wellington Etinniiuj Post says : -"Clearly it is men, young bushmen for preference, who ara most urgently wanted now \K South Africa, and since they are wanted at, once any system that will save lime and give the freest possible play to the desire, of suitable volunteers should have consideration. We do not relish tho thought of the loss, even for a time, of so many of our youn,; colonials, but we arc pledged to the Imperial idea, and if our patriotism is to stand the test of trial now is the time to show it."

Tlio United Sunday School Picnic, arranged for Bell Block on tho 2ith inst., should be borne In mind by on; readers. Committees arc vigorously working to ensure it 3 success, and if they are favoured with the advantage of a fine day, look for a largo gathering. All who sympathise with the work of our Sabbath schools, are cordially invited to co-oporate with the officials^

Tho Melbourne Collector of Customs holds that under tbe Feaeral Constitution any Chinaman who is a British.subj-ct m,jybg able to demaud free admission tOKe'v South Wales. . ... ~v ;

Mr. Seddon, interviewed with refenjtco to the Fiji trouble, 'said that in Sydgey was great apathy with regard to the matt,er. The people did not undeistand how clos&Iy. the general question; lay to theiGoßirfraiwealth of Australia. Ho could scarcely believe the Governor #f Fiji conld go to tho "extreme course indicated because.."tfee Act under which he is working is obsolete and was passed at a time when tho edudiuens of Viji were altogether different from now. To apply it now to a man liko Mr. Blade was abs<Mjjtcry improper:' ■. He .intended to .sbpd '*• renion trance. . . < The Government employees'-tiougiout New Zealand have raised a sum eljioncy by shilling snbseriptions for the pu;jA pf making a presentation to ihdcu-i^W 1 , and it is being expended on a silver salrer,- of a design typical of the colony, to cos', DJOO,

The freedom of Dumbarton has tieen conferred on Lieut.-Commander Oolqulimm, tho Victorian, who woo the Distinguished Service Order in S"uth Africa, and SurgeonMajor Babtie, the winner of the "'ictoiu Cross at the battle of Golcnso. '

The income of the Auckland Harliour for the past year shows a nett increase oj l/WH,

At the ar.ifV.al meeting of the N.Z. Insur-j ance Company at Aucklaud on Wednesday the balance-sheet was adopted .71;0. the re;tiring directors re-elected! | Tfco strike at several of the Newcastle collieries has settled, but others are still idle. Jt is greatly interfering with trado. In connection with the withdrawal <yf tip Moana from the Ssr, Jfraucjsco trade iii consequence of Messrs. Bjjrecklcs' n.e\y steamers being placed ou 1 ttia };ne, the. Union. Company have purckiwd interest in the Oanadian-AustraHin Kojtl llail LiDe, and will shortly supersede Mcssk ■Burns, JPhilp & Co. in the managoment \f the line in Australasia. '

In connection with the Keying tragedy J3obart tho evidenceat the incjucst shbw»>Miftt VyhltCj who was a married' main wi.tli i family, WM cpp;noufbd of Rhoda Jacksoc who was engaged £o a young man i?amo<l Potter. It is believed tljat added to derangement of mind iydufied hjiH tg ! Commit the deed. He asked Misd Jackson to break tha jnafwh off, and on her refusing ho shot her deiid.

At a meeting of the govct'lols of! I tho Ohrisicburch Agricultural College 0" nesday, tyo gcjholarships of L2O each, open to first students, fo Pjennikott (Christchurch), 909 marks, aiid'Browii (Juiiofe'-1 land), 901 marks. James Bnrke O'Brien attempted to strangle himself in the lock-up at Lyttelton on Tuesday night with his shirt twisted into a rope. Foiled in this ho tiiad with bis laces, but was seen iji time. He was yesterday suntenced ! to a month's imprisonment for drunkenness. I The that then.; j 9 a Hood at Otira,* 0;o Midland line, an<l passenger's by train have beeij J >l retuin to Jackson's,

It is Mr. R. H. Popo, clerk in chargo of the clerical branch of the Industrial Si liool workin tho Education Department, who has been appointed Inspector of Industrial Schools, not Mr. J. H. Pope, who remains the Chief Inspector of Native Schools.

An Assyrian, named Kenuh Heirog, was charged at the Court Wellington, on Wednesday, with having wilfully set lire yesterday to the premises o£ Maasod Goor, a compatriot. The accused was mnanded till next Monday.

A lunatic named Harry Whiskcrwas being escorted from Dannevirke to Napier when he jamped through the open window ot the railway carriage, and got away apparently without injury. He has not yot been recaptured.

Holloway's Pills At»'n ■ Ointmunt. effect wonderful cures or bad legs and old wounds. If those medicines be used accord ing to tho directions which are wrapped round each pot and box thero is''(io wound, bad leg, or ulcerous sore, however obstinate; but will yield to their curative ■pKjpo.rtjes. Nombers of persons who had in the largo hospitals without deriving benefit, have been cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills, when other remedies had signally failed. For glandular swellings tumours, scurvy and diseases of tho skin were is no medicine that can be usad with : so good an effect, and though the cure is rauid, it is also complete and permanent.—Advfc.

Willis Street, Wellington. | Mb. M. Impey. 31st July, 1900. J Dear Sir,—Please send me 1.1.re-i morel bottles of your-;' 1 May Acannoti speak too'highly i of ■ it. ItJiajaßjbißsly relieved mo fnjiK the ; used to I distress me on. a member of J my family to suft'er from chronic 1 palpitafioii'Jnd indigestion lias been restored to perfect health through taking Ijii'EVJj " May ArPLE." —I am, yours gratefully, K. W. WiiiTO^, Butcher.—At'vt. UNMECESSARY LCS3 OF TIME

Mr. W. S. Whodon, Cashier of the Fire-t| jfiational Bank o£ Winterset, lowa, in a ro J mint' letter, gives some experience with a j SMiefttfir itf hio employ that will bo of value j Jtcyother mechanics. He say*: "I had a car penter working' for mo who was obliged to stop work Ear several days on account of being troubled with diarrl'.tea. I mentioned j to himithat' I had been timilariy troubled 1 and that Chamberlain's liolic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy had cured mo. lie bought a bottlo of it from tho druggist here and informed me that 0110 dose cured Mm, and he ia again at his work." For salo l>y New Ply mouth Co-operative Society.—Advt. AT THE BAH, The greatest compliment over paid to a medicine was that paid to Imtky's " May AppM, ' when, during the recent Tariff Debate, M's.H.R. testified openly in the House to the efficacy of this great remedy—a guaranteed euro for all liver diosrders. A bottle was subsequently prfsented to ovory member of tho Houso, and Members now I speak in high terms of its good effects, All chemists and stores stock it; 2s jer bottle.— -Advt,

AN 111 V. J:\TUO;i uobfc) \ of Vv 0 l . cy«l!(l 5.11 J Dn.wson-stil j*iov!\ii>'» I about 8 '; rf ; a,at Kb. Lobt) was dW j )awso£i .stvo(;t whan just l» >u . ivini teli'* trap, <:ouun»- uosito direction, the tno>'«h ooth driven* iv side of the road*; >irte , eoiiided The impact *■,; stil . ted t iK hurse idekinjßj/j, result that b« f '^ r tA?bb' cart www hroIK un f o rtuua<owner jireciS tlie rotv ifcifclw nil'alinm nWe ,,,, oUli tie mutifr-bavo lg, ,j v^0 the b-sek of bisWL tlw ba> of the skull vlSl * AWIOUI , Dr. JLeatbam, £oi% vV promptly on ihtfc O ff orer \ v ceased to breatkiiu" wag p[ nounced extinct) jit Bco veyed to the 4ofcvW a y> mortem examinatia'*W^ uc j. e( j Dr. Leatham. A

i THE ii>M An inquest was hV\*%r n „ n it ß i at 3 o'clock by MOT°Ld, S.M., coroner, Mr. W«aL foreman of the jury. Y 11 After viewing fed J>L. c , ean Stagpoole called \ c^T° Edward Marfoll, V a ?''.yft 0 sa j, he was in Dawson-.sa.veet , '\ na (. € aftGr 8 that morningl : -SjL a n trap coming, from Itho { Elliot Road towards* thMAyr, about a ehiin qji y Yivian-streot that street in I;he. .Thfr horse appeared 'Deceased was unijer control. theitoad as take place, -fjeceased ipet, making '"'tlto* "''impact. jHnflß 1 plunged, and for the ' witness locked after ! When he looked i front of Lobb'a cart > down. It was then goiugHHj '' at ■ see Lo"bb, but would ' Lobb been on the seat. Lobb fa'l out, but when ; round and. went after . he found him lying on With Mr. Brascli-'g ■ was tat nad ow, Thej tj. wiSH ' ithon. He bulled ' heat for Dr. Leatham. , ' To the coroner: iioth velifl| jjjoing at a quiet pace when

I \ To the Foreman : Witness jHHH .loft when he saw Lobb f p was plenty of room for B ' 've p«t on the metal. ■ lie -Jamas Duflin, a lad, laid h. i K r wu smaß^6S as ,* ie was Vivian-Street." Both shar'U d 3 '^' s tra P wei '° broken, and de 1 . c]Hp< Sitched forward. Cou'ld not aay. uH> ised the shafts .to break. Tb •'., IhAßontinued down. the stretc J rDocoasea » - #»»'"• tfeHj* seven yards from that of ManH | About a doz.cn yards further on deceased in the roid under the / the trap. Jiißt then the horse sweiH on to the bank aud us it cams dt^~ I tlie cart seemed to touGfj. its legs whi. '{ it lashed out and 'appeared to kii i deceased on tho head. a, q gifted to secure the horse. \ II Constable Ljnd dspoep4 tq ' horse and earfc coming down Dawsph street and finding deceased on .1 1° footpath. Mr. Marfell was atteudi. j to him, Jhe shafts wnre broken- 1\ ! 5 {wtham arrived few HiiautgS. >■ Mrs. £sbk widow of decetucaJ, sa'"i her lateTiusbiijad hyjao at ?v quarte. ® to tight, driving a lidise'anqr trap r The horte had always been a quiet one and hid been frequently driven by £ d boy of 12, s - Dr. Leatham said he was calloc 4 to at'otid deceased that morning. Hi 4 fonud him lying on the footpath quite dead. Tho result of his post mode/). examination showed a largo wound ai the back of the head extouding down •n wards to tho bwo of the skull and ox s. posing that part. Thoro was great dio ''f placement of tho three upper bones ie che spinal column, as if pushed forward 118 vioiontly. The upper part of the brail ",1 which adjoins the spinalrOrd was mup 1 " a laceratod ; there had consid ill abl« hemorrhage. Tliosoinjurios w(*r suflicient to cause death and were prt'C ig ably caused by tho kij]{ of a horse, 3U The Coroner told the jury that thik Jy should have no difficulty in airiving 3 e . a verdict in accordance with tho ence. JT Tho jury, after a short deliberation. Id returned a verdict pi accidental death ■d through falling from a trap, no blame being attachable to anyone. 10^' us. The deceased leaves a large family ify 4#(MMrilwajf(Hid the bereaved widow, the greatest sympathy is felt. Uy ~ ,

An aeciel and respftj of Westow

'ivABS (felrai Strat,forcl) : ; HiMft Butler ((Jen;val), 396; Macfc'ty (S'rutforrl), 581; Lewis (Central). 3158 : Isabella (K<wiv.)'ord), 347 , Vic tor Rundle ((HHHmir'il), 1117 ; A.Thomp ho:i (B'iratlotHHH), 291. Six candidate i'ai!e<l ia subjects aud .veie disqualified. 1 juniors: marks obtainable,j (TOO.—lilsie (fluirangi), 537 jTbos. Ivee (Stratford), 498 ;; llTorab - j !I sell (Centr 496; Sydney OilJitbs J (Central), i'lliv.a Mace (Quanta),! 11471; Perry (''Antral), 40-1;j Olive (Stratford), 403; Isabol j l I Mace i j (Omata), Sybil Thomson ( InUroy), n }365: White (Ucntrnl), 34.-; . c .j Klisabath H|Hj)imie (ttfcnvtifcrd), 3r.-:; Gerard H;le(Str;itl.'<iid), 314, Sovjti in two subjects and , 0 1 were in 1 Tbo s suggestions relative 08 j to tbo to bo awarded as a u,. result of above examination are to be at the next meeting of the Board .Hp