LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 124, 20 June 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Education Board is cal ing for uppli-j cations for a male to tcher at I'urangi 1 and Mafau, and an assis'a'it mistress at Okato, 1 lxs tliirty first half-yearly mee'itig f tbe Co-Operative Society will be held un Saturday, 29ih iust., at 1 o'clock. Mr Jones, playi> g for IJlotts, a >d Cap'jin Crai", for Hampshire, each scorid '24 against Sussex and Lancashue icsjn'ctnuh. The quarterly meeting of the Egmon* Lodge, 1 0.0.1''., was held on Moir'ay evening in th" Foresters' Hal', G,ll sL out, u.h n the following office's were elected and installed by the P.G.M,: —Past Grand, John Bennett; G.M., Bro. T. H Ford ; N G., Bro. J. 0. Cock ; V.G., Pro. G. Temparo ; .-'cc etary, Bro. W. Bennett; E'ectivj Seer. ta r y, P.G. W. Hooker (re-elected for his ji-'nc] I term) ; Warden, P.G. J. Hook r; Gu'i:li n Bro. N. Dennis ; K and L U.S. to the Y.G., Bros. Wainwright aud Mtli inc. I'.G.'t H H. Ford and John Be-ntt,, weie elected the two past otli ;Drs to a sist tho N.G. u ing his term of office. The foil wing mot io; ifn carried unanimously : 'Ti at tl.if Lodge desires Fo place on record the val.. able services rendered to tho order by the Provincial Corresponding Secretary, Bro Bsllringer, and-the secretary be inb3 instructed to convey to 'hewid wand family the condolence of this l.odg •>n tie i sal b?reavernent-." Messrs Adlam ar.d Watson, oi Okiaw.i, who weie unable io have for WiiJ'iiglo!) with the other veterans, were fortunate enough to proceed thither by the .special trjiiK nSutday night. For this privil ge they were in iebkd to the good offices of Mr. IX Berry, who kindly obtained a special permit from bit' J. Gj Ward, who, with Ihe Premier and other Ministers, travelled by the train. The Dii'edin City member* have wired Sir J. G. Ward they deeply regretted that ho, as lea ler of the Democratic p;rty, shojld have a;cepte"l a till-*.

A severe novllvc ;st j.ale, aocomp uioU by heavy rain blswoii Tuesday nightatNelsoo. All the rivers in the di-trictare in high jlood. At Taka';a tna tovvuWiip was ir.der water during the night. The water was also if several lions s at Brightvvater. Two breachesare made in the Books Hoad wall. The submarine boat Noiwa! remaiierl under wate twe'.vc hours, I'or abou'. six bouts the crew were ccmfoita'le, then it hacime serous, the men suffering from exhaustion and nausea. fcir H. H. Johnson. British Commissioner in the Uganda PiO eo orate, confirms the discovery by the explorer Grogan of ape-line men, distinet from the dwarfs on the verge of the Congo forests. The Tsaritzahas been delivered of another daughter. Mr J, Somerville, architect to the Dunedin Education Board has resigned alter holding the position for a quarterof a ceutury. Mr. 0 Ahier piesided in the Police Oouit on Wednesday morning Otto Schultz was charge! wi h theft of a ho r se, the prop- rty of Mr Gilbert, at Waitara, and of a saadle, and bridie, the property of Mr. Mottiam. The accuse 1 was remanded till WeJDesd iy next. The new railway wall has well stood the test of its stability. The sea of the last few days affected no damage to the structure. Ia our obituary notice of the late II • James Balliinger, it was sta'od ho was a Past District Grand Master. The word" Master" should have read " Warden." A Government official just r turned fr<m a visit to the norih of Au kla-rd states that tha way the Danthonia grass io sprjading over thj poor gum land in tin Wain aud Wainui districts is wondeifu'. U novv in such great request that no less than £2OO worth of seed hai, it said, been gathered and sold this season from one dis-1 tricfc aloae. Once the bairen land in the north is coverel with grass a very Urge aroa will be utilised for grazing purposes, M»oy of tha early pionees sta'eit as their conviction that the climate is changiii? throughout New Zealand, the seasons U'in.r much later than iu former years, ;-nd tlie weather this year (says the Lyttelton Times, certainly gives grou ,d for the supposition. Kesidents in the vvakutipu districts ate that the huvest now takes place there iu Alaicli and Ap il whtreas in the "seventies " harvesting was general in January ai:d eariy February. I

Oh ! what would Tommy Atkins do If we ha'l not pulled him through; I lie cnl'mius Uav;i done ilicir best, AiuUhowed greet courage ij the test. We all require a littlo aid, And danger makes us oft afraid ; A cough won't make your he ilth secure, So buy some Woods' G«eat Fbpin-bmint Curb.—Advt. ' (l SECKi.T Societils, both of a harn.le s and of a harmful kind, arc more numerous in this country than most p-oo'e belicv.j Some are merely foolish, and may be f e !v left alone, but. others are a real dan-er In the community The members of 'Wse latter societies ar<) mostly foreigners, ou'laws from te.-°r i.wn la:.d, the riff-rall of th Conticens. Nowifwea'-e to enjoy a healthy national life these foreign impurities mu.-ii be cleared out . f our social system U stands to reason that this is so, and what is tni'S of the ration is trua of the imlividml' Half the illness to which man is subject ; s due to the foeigli impurit'ei in the bloc; ■ by the use of Holloway,s Pills thes : can lie cleared away and health ristoredwirb certainty; safety and rapidity.-Adv'. I'M UU'MONIA PUEVE.VTKI) Among the tens of thousands who liaviused (Chamberlain's Cough Itemedy for colrls and la grippe durirg the past few years, lo our knowledge, not a single ca-e h.s resulted in pneumonia. Thos. Whillie'd and Co 210 Wabash avanue, Chicago, 01 e of thai most prominent retail druggists in that city I in speaking of this, says : " We recommend j Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe' in many cases, as it not only gives prompt) ; and complete recovery, but also counteracts ' any tendency of la grippe to iesu!t in pnenm< ma." Price. Is 6 i; uig size, 3s. For sale by New Plymouth Co-operative Sooiety

The last day tor entering lor the Trinity College music :l rxaininaMon is Saturday '! next, 22nd iust. , for many years (fays the I!; Chronicle) tlie opinion was held that, the'i pumice land in th-- T'aupo ristrict was abso-' lately worlli'css I'r.'m a producer's p inl of view. The experience, howevyr, of as- 111 )• ■ shows conclusively that there has been a; g'eat misapprehension as to the capabilities j of llic soil. Tiio settler in ipiestion is now growing var'ous kin's of fi jic on a piece of ! ia >d which was long' regarded i;s wouU'ess. j Some of his appl-'s this season are fully )2in i iu circumference, and they avd other fi aits ire said to 1 e of very line llavuur. i Business Wf < su-pende-l iu town cm W'ed- ' ' ncsduy from one till thre-.-<*n »ccunnt> ofths fu io al of the late Mr James Dcllmger, who at the time of his death was not o:,ly deputy mayor, hub also o.hairma'i of the Works, Finance and Reserves Committees of the Borough Council. HOW TO CURE GROUP. Mr. It. Gray, who lives nea' America Duchess cofluty, N.Y., says : ■' Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best medicine I have ever used. It is a fine children's remedy for croup and never fails to cure." Who i given si i soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even M'ter the cronpy cough has deve'opeel, it will prevent the ntlaek. This should be Inline in mind and a bottle cf the Condi Kcmedy kept at, hand ready for instant use as soon as the e symptoms appear. Price, Is (id; big size, 3s. Kor sale by New Plymouth Co-operative So iety,—Advt. AT THE ISAK, greatest compliment ever paid to a medicine vva i that paid to iMPi.Y'S " May Appi.B," when, during the recent Tariff Pe- • M's.H.R. testified openly in the House the efficacy of this great remedy- - a guaranteed cure for all liver ciiosrders. A oottle was subsequently presented to every member of the House, and Members now : speak in high terms of its goo effects, All chemists and stores stock it per bottle,— Advt