LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 182, 13 August 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'i'he following trains leave New Plymouth station to-(?ay for tha Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned bel«w, as f0110w55.45 a.m, Takapuna (from north); 7 a.m , Rotoiti (for south); 11 a.m., TakaP'ina (for south); 9.30 p.m., Rofcoiti (for north.) A passenger car will be attached to the goods train leaving for the Breakwater about 8 pm. Thera wsre only two cases at the S.M. Court on Monday in which judgment was given for plaintiff, namely, N. King v. Thos. Northcott, claim L 45 17s 41, cost L2 13s Mr Weston for plaintiff; and Veal and Son v. Edward Oook, cUim L2 3s 4d, costs LI fis 6d, Mr Weston for plaintiff. We have to acknowledge a parcel of books an 3 papers for bushmen, kindly handed to us I by Mrs. O'Driscoll. In the District Couri at Wotport on Monday, the Grown entered a nolle prosequi in the criminal libel charge against M'. Kitsoo, I ot the Charleston Herald, as a result of the' Appeal Court in the Mabin case,

At the Pol'ce Court on Monday Cha3. Courtney Kyngdon was summoned by the Harbour Board for removing gravel froai the foreshore. This is practically a test case. Mr. J. B. Wilson, who represented the defendant, intimated the defence was that the Harbour Board had no jurisdiction over tho place from which the gravel was removed, by reason of the site hav :ng been taken over by the Railway Department for the reclamation works. The case was adjourned till Wednesday, the Magistrate intimating that it would be necessary for the Board to matie good its title. Mr. Quilliam (Govetfc and Quilliam), instructed by Mr. Samuel, appeared for the Board. Two earthquakes were felt in Wellington on Monday morning, a slight one at 1.40 H.m., snd a mora i iolent one at 1.57. The shock seemed to come from the north-east. A. severe shock was experienced at Napier at about 2 o'clock. A snarp shock was also felt at G■ shorne at 1.58 a.m.

Duiing July the number of cattle killed at the New Plymouth slaughterhouses was 31 large and 155 small. The road-making maihine; y ordered some time since by the Borough Council is exp cted to arrive about the end of October. Spo iking on the town poundkeeqer on Monday night, a borough councillor urged that the present keeper should be discharged, as he was unable to car.y out his work as well as he might. " The only horse he has got lately, I think," said the councillor, ruefully. " was one of mine." The gold exported from New Zealand dtiriDg Che six months ended June 30th, totalled 217,4780z, valued a, £844,888, which is a record for the past ten years. The Railway Department has arranged to apply the electric tablet system, such as is now in use in Wellington to the Hutt, to the running of trains on the Dunedin-Mosgiel section, so as to render it impossible for collisions to occer. The system will afterwards be extended to the Dunedin-Waitatl line, and then to all the main lines in the colony. At a meeting of Cheviot settlers on Saturday, it was resolved to collect subscriptions towards providing a memorial to tbe lite Sir John McKaozie.

■ The Canterbury A. and P. Association has unanimously approved tha Ltni an 1 I ive Stock Auction Bill, now under consideration by Parliament. A number of members of Paliament, accompanied by the City Councillor', on Monday paid a visit to Miramar (Wellington) in cji neo'ion with which the Council is seeking legislative permission to purcba e. 'J he party made a thorough inspection of the placo. , At tlv. Boys' Institute on Mondav evening about 56 member* were present. Mr. John Mynott continued his inter-skin* lecture on "A trip round the world," wnioh lasted about half an hour, and was listened to with treat interest. CaptainTaunton then pat 40 of th« members throagh some f-rmaMon movements, which they did exceedingly well. The boys were praised by Captain Tail a ton before being dismissed. The Western Packing and Canning Co., Ltd., Patoa, which has shut down its tinning department in th.; meantime, has putthiough during the season 1100 bead of cattle and 30 )0 sh op. It will thus bo seen that tbe operations must have been a boon to farmers, as the cto -k slaughtered was what was re-jecte-l by the Freezing Company's buyers.— Patea Press-

Tha standard-bred trotting staliirs Ti' xington and Bazaine (both by Berlin) — w re landed heri by the Upolu from tha South on Monday mornin?, both horses having been purchased by Mr J. W. Burke, of Eltham, who intends to p'aci them at the servics of breeders this ceming season. Buth stallions possess plenty of bone and substance, and should prove of great va'ue in this distrct in breeding a good useful class of horse. Mr Burke, who has had considerable experience in horses, is confident that he has secured a cla s of stallion to suit the needs of the district, Further regulations under the Government Valuation of Land Act prohibit district valuers aod other officers employed at » yearly salary from making valuations and assessments for payment outside of their ordinary work.

Te Tua Dairy Factory, Orepoki district, has been a great success this year, says a paper. The payment per pound for butter fat was lljd, or about 4|d p;r gallon of milk. The number of gallons received during the season was 220,285, from which 246,1361b of cheese were manufactured. Some of the suppliers made as

A Hawke's Bay settler recently sent Home particulars of tbe mile tests at the Kia Ora factory, showing an average of butterfat from all milk sent tj the factory of 4.3 p-ir cent. The Irish Farmers' Gazette, commenting on the tests, states that in Ireland fie average would be nearer 3-3 per cant than 4'3 per cent.

Mr J. A. Kinsella, Chief Government Dairy Expert, arrived by the mail train la<t night to confer with Mr Spencer on the subject of the establishment at Stratford of dairying classes in connection with the proposed technical school.

The approximate number of sheep in the colony on the 30tb April, 1901, was '20,186,784, an increase of 8?1,559 on the previous year. The numbers for North and youth Islands were respectively 10,211,524 and 9,975,260, the increase for each being 213,351 and 619,238. A reminder is given tbat tenders for the snpply of material and erection of a dairy factory for the Kahui-road (Rahotu) Dairy Oompanv, close on Monday next. The Postal Department has made new regulations in connection with country telephonists. The custom of giving threepence lor forwarded and received telegiams has been abolished,.and in lieu thereof afix d salary has been substituted, to commence as from Ist Jaly, 1901. Thirty-five years ago there was not a trout in New Zealand, from one end to the other. To-day, says Mr. Loughoan, the majority of the rivers in the North and Middle Islands are regularly fished by an aggregate of anglers numbering aome 2500.

This late Sir John McKenzie was the fouith oliild, and sacond son, of a family of fifteen. His father was twice marii-d, his wives baing cousins. Professor McKenzie. of Victoria College, is the eldest of the second family. Seven members of the second family have found their way to New Zealand, including Sir John's eldest: and youngest brothers (aged respectively 69 and 32 years). There ire now over 100 descendants of Sir John's father in New Zealand. "Teib Wobld Went Veut Well Tiibn" is the title adopted by Mr. Walter Besant for one of his novels. Many people besides the famous Knglish writer imagine that our vaunted progress is a mistake, and that the world went better before fc' e davs of railw iys and the electric telegraph. Young people nowadays are apt to despise the things which were formerly thought to be good; but, happily, iu a few essential things we continue to profit by the experience and advice of our fathers! In sickness we turn g a efully, as they did, to Holloway'a Pills and Ointment, kno wing that no new-fangled methods can over take the place of remedies which have stood the tost of half a century. —Advt. AFTER THE ROYAL VISIT. After exciting times the health of children requires very special looking after. That the child is father to the man,' physically as well as mentally, is one of those truths that can nevor be too often insisted upon, and the thoughtful parent will be careful above all. to see that her child has the proper nourishment to establish its constitution. A good constituiion is a rock on which alone success and strength can be built. Among i the various foods that science commends in these days for this purpose, none holds a higher place than Nbaves Food for Inicintb and Invalids, lccording to tne I bes'. medical testimony, and, what is perhaps better still, the grateful testimony of thonsands of happy mothers, this food cont&infall the essential elements of strength, and while it is pleasant to thi taste and eagerly taken by children, it may also be I used by persons of all ages with decided benefit. It is a bone-building, health-sus-taining product that cannot be too warmly recommended and we gladly add oat words of praise to that of the numerous medical journals and experts that have recommended it. Neavs's Food should have a prominent place in the dietary of every house where there are children or invalids.—Advt. A OONVINOING ANSWER.

•' I hobble! into Mr. Blackmon's drug ' store one evening," says Welsley Nelson, of Hamilton. Ga., " and he asked me to try Ohamberlain's Pain Balm' tc Rheumatism with which I had sufEerei tor a long time. I told him I had no faith in any medicine as they all failed. "Heßaid: Well if Ohamberlain's Fain Balm does not help you, you need not pay for it.' I took a bottle of it home and used it according to the directions and in one week I wis cared and have not since been troubled with rheumatism." Price, 1 6d;big size, 3s. Far sale by New Plymouth Co-operative Sooiety,—Advc.