LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 192, 27 August 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Waihi mine monthly retorn of gold ia £38,419 from 12,415 tous, which is the largest on record.

At Welling! on yesterday Percy E. Whittal was committed for trial on a charge of robbery at Hatch's shop. The Prttea election petition will be heird by the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Williams at Wang*nui on the 24th September. Edward Wilson, who escaped from the Point Halswell prison gang recently, and was re-captured after ho had Attacked Uonstable Glass with a tomihawk, was before the Magistrate's Court at Wellington yesterday, charged with gaol-breaking, theft of clothes, and assault. The prisoner was committed for trial.

The Bink of New South Wales has opened a branch at Suva, F.ji. The annual meeting of the "Scenery Preservation Society ta»iea place this evening at 7.30, at the Town Hall, when all interested in the work of the Society aw invited to be present. Mr. John Mynotthas a business announcement in this issue which should be of interest to persons seeking property or bibour.

Th 9 Fecretary of the Lizz : e 811 Fund (Mr. H. Wagatait) states that the subscriptions collected by His Worship the Mayor and Mr. Mynott amounted to £27 13s 6d. not £34 18s 6i as previously reported. The amount does not include the sum collected by the Rev. V. G. Evans.

The mail for South was delayed half an hour on Monday morning, through the bur-ting of a boiler tube in theengine. The mishap occurred on the h.ll between the Oairingfon-road vuduct and Eliot-street. The train returned to the town station, when another engine was coupled on and the train got away, »s staged, halt an hour late.

A fir t offender w,is floel 5s and costs 2s for drunkenness on Moudav. There are twenty-five locomotives for the New Zetland Gove.nmnrit.on board the steamer Knight of Bt George, whioh left New York on the 13th lost.

It is understood, says the Stratford Post, that the destination of Mr 'fatten, who announced his approachinz departure from Stratford the other night, will be South Africa.

At the Wanganui Police Oourt yesterday a young nun was charged with having at Chritchurch on 20th August unlawfully known a gbl under the age of sixteen Accused was ramanied to Ohristchurch, bail being si,owed.

The following trains leave New Plymouth station to-(?ay for the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as follow*: - 545 a.m., Takapana (from no-thl ; 5.45 a.m., Rotolti (from south); 11 a.m., Takapuna (for south); 9.30 p.m., Rotoitl (for north.l A passenger car will be attached to the g oils train leaving for the Breakwater about 3 pm. In a letter received last week from the Hon. A. J. Cadman hy Mr A. B Glover, MrOadman says:—"On the whole. I tbiok I am somewhat better bettor than when I loft New Zealand. Ihe sea voyage did not do al! the doctors anticipated, but, from what the specialist here his fold me, if I had been in a position to take his advice and do no work of any sort, esp3cially sedentary work at a desk, I think 1 should have been much better than I am. Bat. unfortunately, the bu-iness which I have in hand has demanded mycomtant attention from the time I landed in Loudon up till ;now, so that I have not been outside of London t> see anything of a real holiday. Later on I hope to be able to have a look at both England and Scotland before I return to New Zealand. I hope to be successful I in the matter I have in hand." |

"I am rot prepared to swear that it is true, says the London correspondent ot the Lyttelton Times, "bu'i the story goes that during one of the matches played at Glasgow by the New Zedani bowlers, the worthy president, of the opposing club, who was 'skipping,' was directed to plant his bowl on a certain spot. He out the caper as neatly as could be desired. ' Grand, mon, grand I'shouted the director from the play enrl;' ye've jist dine exactly as ye was tellV ' Ay,' spoke up the president's little daughter from the crowd on the bank,'and that's j!st what he lias to rio lit homo, too,' and ihtre was dead sileace for at least twenty seconcs."

At Wellington on Monday th» Chief Justice granted a decroe nisi in the divorce suit John Smith v. Sirah Smith ami John Kodda. The Premier, the Minister for Kdnoation; and a number of members of bath House? of Parliament left Wellington last night for Grey mouth to attend the funeral of the late Hon. James Kerr,

[ At St. Mary's f'hu -ch on Thursday will be held a special choral ve> vice in which several of the church chiirs in the dis„rict will take parr. Full particulars will be found in our advertising oolumns. The Town Band plajed an excellent amotion of music in front of the Government Buildings on Monday evening. There was rot a very large attendance, which w is probably due o other attractions.

The case of the New Plymouth Harbour Board v. W. J. Kussell, in which the Utter was sued for unauthorised removal of gravel from the b-ach, was settled out of (Jourt, deftndant paying 5s for the. gravel taken and Bs as noiniml damages foe trespass Mr. Quilliam. who appeared for the Board, intimated that there were special circumstances whioh induced ihe settlement above stated, but that this ooursi must not be taken by the public as a precede: t, Th<s Theatre Koyal was again well filled ou Monday evening when thi Maiden Melodists Company gate their concluding entertainment which was highly appreciated by the audiences. A very droll effect was produced by one ot the Comptny, agisted by a musician, plauTig a tune on living representations of gl iss battles. Tha tableaux presented »e-e very iffectivo and the vocal items weH rendered. Tha Snlvation Army must find *uch a tale t d 0 mpmy of great assistance in ihe furlherauce of its good wcrk.

That > enny dreadful, " Deadwqod Dick," Perhaps may charm the vulgar mind. Thong i rather apt to turn one sick Whose tas.es is cultured and rofin?d. But though the m nd he high or low, Th•» bodv must its ills endure; The thing for c >ughs and colds wo kiow. Is W. K. Woods' Gueat Peppjsbmint CUjlE,—Auvt. 8

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