The Daily News. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 7, 20 April 1901, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In the Simms divorce case the order for costs on the highest seale has been altered to the lowest scale.

The remainder. of our Harbour Board report, including discussion on the sand pump is crowded out ef this issue.

At a meeting of Waimate Plains ratepayers yesterday it was decided to promote a petition te the Government against the new land valuations as being excessive and unequal. The fjrst-class battleship Hood fealed a French mail steamer at Malta, losing two boats, 'J he ironclad's smait evolution averted a worse disaster-

The Frisco mail agent reports that there was no piague at San Francisco, and the steamer left there, also Honolulu, with a clean bill of health. All mails were disinfected with sulphur and carbolic daring the voyage, and the Ban Francisco mails were kept separate from those from the United Kingdom. The brigantine Linda Weber which leftfor Ngangaru.'a month ago is understood net to have yet reached its destination. A private cable announces the death of Alfred Bathbone, the London correspondent of a number of Australian and Mew Zealand newspapers.

During the time the Seventh Contingent encamped in the neighbourhood of the Upper Hutt some of its members lowered the Danish flag floating over the residence of Mr. Jensen, on account of their mistaking it for the goer flag. Subsequently the officer apologised and now the Danish consul informs Jensen that the Governor has apologised to them for the affront to the flag. The Bazaar in aid of the Convent funds realised the handsome total of £162 lis gd, At the Statutory meoting of the Harbour' Board held on Friday the accounts as audited were passed.

The Town Band will, weather permitting give a concert in the Recreation Grounds on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The programme will include the following items : March, " Richmond Bee," (Hall); Selection, "Amorita," (Czilska); Cornet Solo, "Lost Chord" (Sullivan); Selection, "Matitana" (Wallace); Fantasia, "In the Cathedral"; Overture, " Golden Wand " (I*urendeau). The latest additions to the Telephone Exchange are No. 30, Mr D. Thomson, Criterion Hotel; No. 96, Messrs Monteath and Clark ; No. 77, Mr A. B. Sykes private residence; No. 204, Mn Goodacre, Gover-stroet. Further regulations under the "Public Health Act" are gazetted. Under the bead of "Disposal of those who have died of dangerous infections diseases," it is set forth that whore possible the body shall be crei mated, and where no special precautiens are I prescribed, for instance, the body shall not be carried t,o the place for burial purposes in a beajrse or o%r conveyance ordinarily used for burial. Kvery care shall be taken in the cate of Chinese and others who lay stress on the non-mutilation of their dead. To satisfy relatives and friends of a del ceased, no portion of a body shall be removed, ! and in no case shall the grave of any such person be opened for a period of five years | after burial. As tuberculosis has been declared an infectious disease, measures for the isolation and treatment of patients will I affect a large section of the community. Some happiness and triumphs are short lived. A case in point occurred at the Harbour Board on Friday. Mr. Hignett revived the motion lost at the p r evious meeting relative to the Government nominees and was quite sure of his majority—so much so that he declined to postpone it till Mr. Connett's return. The Government nominees were, however, equal to the occasion and before the motion was put marched out of the room, taking care, however, to point out that there was no quorum. A chilly waye passed over the members, and the smile of triumph was transferred to those who bad euchred the mover,

To-morrow's services at th« Gill-street i Baptist Church will be conducted as follows: | Morning. 11 am, R»t. James Ings. Evening 7 p.m., Rev. H. S. Osborne. The morning's subject is announced as "The Secret of Successful Seeking." To both of these services strangers will be cordially welcotaed. — AdTt. We'll sing Go-1 bless the Prince of Wales, Protect him from the storms and gales; And may his health for ever hold Free from either cough or cold, But Princes too, despite restraints, Are subject to all chest complaints. For which the remedy, tried and sure, Is W. K. Woods' Gbeat Peppermint Dure. —Advt. 22 Hollow ay's. Ointment and Pius. Sore relief. The weak and enervated suffer severely from nervous affections when storms or electric disturbances agitate the atmosphere. Neuralgia, gouty pangs and flying pains, very distressing to a delicate system, may be readily removed by rubbing this Ointment on the affected part after it had been fomented with warm water. The pills, taken occasionally ia the doses prescribed by the instructions, keep the digestion in order, excite a free flow of healthy bile, and regeneratp the impoverished blood with richer materials, resulting from thoroughly assimilated food, wanting which, the sjrong est must inevitably soon sink ioto feebleness. and the delicate find it difficult to maintain existence. Holloway's Ointment and Pills re infallible remedies.—Advt.

IT HAPPENED IN A DRUG STORE. " One day last winter a lady came to my drag store and asked for a brand of cough medicine that I did not have In stock," says Mr C. R. Grandin, the popular druggist of Ontario, N. Y. "Bhe was disappointed and wanted to know what cough p-eparation I could recommend. I said to her that I could freely recommend Ohamberlain's Cough Remedy and that she could take a bottle of the remedy and after giving it a fair trial if she did not find it worth the money to bring back the bottle and I would refund the price paid. In the course sf a day or two the lady came bact in company with a friend ia need of a cough medicine and advised her to buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I consider that a very good recommendation for the remedy." The remedy owes its great popularity and extensivo sale in a large measure to the personal recommendations of people who have been cured by its use. For sale by New Plymouth Ccaperative Society.—Advt.

The best medicine known is Sandeb & Sons' Eucalypti Exthact. And its eminent powerful effect* in coughs, colds, influenza, tuo relief is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be hey wounds, burns, soaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs swelling, etc., diar, rhooa, dysentery, diseases the kidneys and urinary organs. Bandeb & Sons' Eucalypti Extract is in use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and reieot all Qthepi.—Advt.