The Daily News. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 103, 17 May 1901, Page 2

The Daily News. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Harbour Boaid meets to-chy. A sitting of the Assessment Court will be held at 10.30 o'clock this morning.

Commandant Herbert H. Booth, who has had charge of the Sanation Arasy in Australasia, is retiming to Kngland owing to ill-health ; but prior to doing this he will pay a visit to New Zealand, arriving at Auckland on May 19th. The Commandant will afterward! visit Wanganni, Wellington, Ohristchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill.

The Executive Committee of the Wellington Employers' A«sochtion has convened a special meeting of members to discuss what action shall be taken to co-ope rate with Hie Canterbury Association in resisting the dtmind, as defined by Mr. Jusice Copper, for production at the Arbitration Court of all an employer's books.

The following trains will leave New Ply. I mouth station for the breakwater to-day, connecting with steamers metioned below, as f0110w5:—6.45 a.m., Mapourika (from north); 7 am., Rotoiti (frem south) ; 9.30 a.m., Mapourika (for south) ; 9.30 p.m., Rotoiti (for north). • Readers are reminded of the lecture to be given this evening at St. Mary's 8ohoo!room on tk« subjeet of Federation. This question is at the present moment one mueh-can-vassed in New Zealand. Mr. F. McQoire, M.H.E. for Hawera, the speaker to-night, was a visitor to the Commonwealth at the inauguration ceremonies, and had many opportunities of studying the question very carefully, and all who taki an interest in | such an important subject should find much I to interest them in his remarks.

The new County Council buildings a 1; Stratford were opened on Wednesday night, when a banquet was given by Mr. Joseph Mackay, County Ohairman, to the p%st and preent Borough and County Councillors.

The Inspectors of Police in each of the four centres of the colony have been instructed to e-rol BO temporary constables, 200 in all, for service during the Hoyal vis V I'he men will not wear uniform, but have badges.

At a meeting of women of Wellington it was resolved to make a presentation to the Duchess cf Cornwall. An i'flaential Committee was appointed and subscriptions w. re limbed to 5s each. The form of the gift has yet to be decided.

The Minister for Lands proposes to amend the Lan-1 Act next session by taking the control of education reserves out of the hands of the various School Commissioners and vesting it in the Land Boards, so as to secure a uniform system of administration.

At an inquest on the body of a Chinaman found in some bush near Perth (WA.) a , few days ago, evidence was given that at'the month it was reported to the police that a Ohinaman was suffering from 'plague, but other Mongolians denied the report. In the meantime they had a countryman removed to a lonely spot, where he died of plague. The cart which took him to the bush brought back a loal of vegetables and pork ts the city.

The best medicine known is Bandbi & j ons' Eucalypti Extract. And its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, the rel'ef is instantaneous. In serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be hey wounds, bures, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling -no inflammation. Like surprising effectsproduced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis inflammation of lungs swelling, etc., dhr rhcea, dysentery, diseases the kidneys and urinary organs. Sandeb & Sons' Eucalypti Extract is in use at hospitals and | medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy jcrowned with aied-ls and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and reiect all others,—Advt

The on nor of a fishing smack reports Hint while sailing off Gippsland (Vic.) a monster resembling a serpent i ushed at the boat and bit into the planking, leaving two teeth embedded. It lashed the wafer into foam for a distanca of sixty yards as it disappered. Tho report adds that owing to the darkness is the only indication cf the serpent's size. The final psifornranoi of Montgomery's Bioscope Company was given on Thursday night, when another large audience was present. The entertainment was in all r e spects up to the level of those previous given, and was equally well apprecht'd The company leave behind them a reputation which will ensa'c them a hearty welcome on a future tour. They have every reason to.be gratified with tho way in which their efforts to please the public have bsen appr dated. The census shows the population of Greater London to be 6,578,784, Trince Ucbtomsky, writing to the newspaper Viedomsti, sajs relations between Kussia and Japan are daily becoming more, strained. A special meeting of the Education, Board vra.o hold yesterday to confer with the Kev. V. C. I-aac on the question of manual and technical education. A general conversational di-cussion ensued, resulting in a generil agreement being arrived at as to the lines upon which the Education Board will proceed. If a suitable site could be secured a school for technical and manual instiuc! ion will ba built at New Plymouth. At Stratford where there is no difficulty rega r ding site, kindergarten, manual and technical, particularly dairying, classes will be e tablished, the Department finding the fund* for building and apparatus. A very cordial vole of thanks was accorded to Mr. Isaac by the Board. When stormy wind and wintry blast, Affect mankind with aching cough, They think consumption's come at last, 'Twill not be long before they're off. Some people go to mountain height?, And others where the skies ars bluer; - But what will soon put them to rights. Is W. 8.. Wiods' Obbat Pjm>pkb.mint Cube..—Advt, 19 A VILLAGE BLAOEMMITH SAVED HIS LITTLE SON'S LIFE.

Mr. H. H. Black, the well-known village blacksmith at Grabamsville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., says: " Our little son, five years old, has always been subjectto croup, and so bad have the attacks been that we have feared many times that he would die. <Ve have had the d»ctor and use-1 many medicines, but Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy is row our sole reliance. It seems to dissolve the tough mucus and by giving frequent doses whe-> the croupy symptoms appear we have found that the dreaded croup is cured before it gets settled." There is no danger in giving this remedy for it contains no upium or other i.-jurious drug and may be given as con fidently to a babe as to an adult. Price Is 6); big size, 3s. For sale by New Plymouth 00-operative Society.—Advt. Hollowat's Pills. The Hour of Danger. Disease commonly comes on with slight symptoms, which, when tegl jcted, increase in extent and gradually grow dangerous—a condition which betrays the grossest remissness—when these Pi'ls, taken in accord-nice with their accompanying directions, would not only have checked, but conquered the incipient disorder. Patients daily forward details of the most remarkable and instructive cases in which timely attention to Holiday's advice has uidoubtedly saved them from severe illness. These PilUact primarily on the digestive organs, which they stimulate whet slow and imperfect; and, secondly, upon the blo-'d, which is thoroughly purified by them, whence is derived the general tone they impart, and their power of subjugating hypochondriacistn, dyspepsia, and nervous complaints.—Advt. HOW TO TREAT A TROUBLESOME CORN. To removd a troublesome corn or bunion: First soak the corn orbuuion in warm water to soften it," then pare it down as closely as possible without drawing bl-od and apply Chamberlain's Pain Bf lm twice eiaily; rubbing vigorously for five miout»s at each ap plication. A corn plaster should be worn for a few days, to protect it from the shoe. As a general liniment for sprains, bruises, lameness and rheumatism, Pain Balm is unequaled. Price, Is 6d; big size, 3. For sale by New Plymouth 00-operative Society. —Advt.