LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 194, 30 August 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An Brlicle headed •' Betting on a cer-t-iinty " will be found on the fourth page of this issue. The Rev. FA. Bennett stated at the Nelson Cathedral that over £IOO had been subscribed in Nelson toward the Queen Victoria Memorial School for Maori girls at Auckland.

It is stated that the Union Steamship Company, during the visit of Royalty to Dimedin, spent in illuminations and its share of the marine arch, close on £I2OO.

At a meeting of registered daiiymen, held at the Albion Hotel, Lyttelton, last night, it was decided to keep the milk at a standard price of 4d p»r quart all the year round. A further meeting «>ill be held to form a union.

The Railway Department has decidsd to pla'-ie a s:ationma*ter in charge of Kai Iwi station on and after Monday next.

Holders of reseived seat tickets in orchestral stalls downstairs, are requested to enter by side entrance in Kgmont-s.reet to-night for Madame Belle Cole's concert at the Theatre Royal. At the meeting of the Education Board on Wednesday, a brisk discussion took place on a motion brought down by Mr H/gnett objecting to Inspectors being under the control of the Education Department, instead of under Education Boards, as now. The arguments for the motion were that the prestige and authority of Education Boards would be weakened. Against this it was argued that the causa of education would benefit, as Inspectors would have more influence, and be-j come more independent. The motion was carried by seven to two, the noes being Messrs Mackay and Allsworth. The New Plymouth Equitable Building Society will commence business on Monday, 9th September. It is highly satisfactory to know that New Plymouth will in future enjoy equally with other towns of its size, such as Wanganui'and Palmerston North the benefits which a co-operative building society bea community. , The following trains leave New Plymouth station to-«!ay for the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as follow*:—s 45 a.m., Rotoiti (from noith); 8 a.m., Takapuna (from south); 11 a.m., Rotoiti (for south); 9.35 p.m., Takapuna (for north") A passenger oar will be attached to the gcods train leaving for the Breakwater about 3 pm.

Fowteen colliers w«re entombed »t Donibrutle, in Fifeshire, owing to the subsidence of a moorland beneath which they were working. The War Office has ordered an air ship on the Barton system. It will be 200 feet long, with 72 horse power, and will have driving fans like a bat's wing*. Princess Beatiice has piven a number of convalescent soldiers trips in the yacht Scheila.

The Hon, Jas, Kerr was buried with Masonic rites. The weathe- was boisterous and rainy, still the funeral was the ever seen in Oreymouth, The Hons. R, J. Seddon and W, C. Walker represented the Ministry, and the Hons. Jennings, Rigg. and Feldwick. besides friends from Wellington took part. All the local bedies were numerously represented, the Bdncation and Harbour Boards,-ani Borough Council, .also mtny from Hokitika, Reef ton, and evury part of the. Grey Valley. At • invercargill Captain McGilvray was committed fer trial on the charge of unlawi'illy firing a signal rocket and killing Mrs l'Sneyd. , One ef the grounds ot the petition against the return of Mr, Haseldeu for the Patea seat is that after the poll the Returning Officer took out (lie voting pat<er of Arthur Nesbit, of Huaterville, who voted for Mr. Heslop. and disallowed it. The Hunterville Express says that it has ten asked, by Mr. Ne»bit to state that h<s in no way instigated the petition, and has no sympathy with it, and that he did not vote for Mr, Heslop.

Mr. Buddo thinks the M'nister for Lands should consider the question of issuing a small stock book or pamphlets, containing descriptions of stock diseases, giving familiar names and simple courses of treatment of the same suitable to up-countrj farmers' requirements, especially at the present ti ire, owing to the rep rted outbreak of a dangerous cattle disease. * Some days ago Mr, T, McEenzie male a complaint as to the treatment an old friend of las, suffering from a painful complaint had been subjected to in the Dunedin Hospital, Mr. McKenzie again referred to the matter ip the House on Friday, and combatted the statements made by the Trustees and officials of that institution which had been made as a result of his bringing the matter before Parliament. In further illustration of the methods in yogus at the Dunedin Hospital, he stated the case of a man who went into that institution suffering from a sore finger—and when his friends called there a little while afterwards, and asked how he was getting on, they were told he was dead and buried One doctor said he had died from blood poisoning, and another that he died from throat disease ;■ bat when an investigation took place, it was found that he died from neither of those causes. Then they wished to know where tne body was buried, and it w-is finally discovered that it was not buried at all, bat had been sent down to the anatomy room of the University. When the man, who was in the habit of taking bodies down to that room, was asked how many hejhad taken without the usual certificate, he said two or three dozen.

It h-.s been arranged to have a progressive euchre evening at the Boys' Institute on September sth. The usual prizes will be awarde 1.

In the list of mwnbjrs of the Executive Oommittee in connection with the forthcoming band contest, the name of Mr. G Tisch was omitted.

The members of Parliament who attended Mr. Kerr's funeral were unable to leave for Wellington, owipg to a heavy sea on the Greymonth bar,. Tbgre j? every prospect of two or three days' detection. Several steamers outside cannot get in.

It is rumoured that a lot of changes are to be made in the train service (sajs the Weodville Examiner). First of all, there is a likelihood of passengers leaving Auckland every morning, who will be conveyed right on to Dunedin without a stoppage, connections by fast steamers to be made between Onehunaia and New Plymouth, and Wellington and Lyttelton. Lay on MacDnff! who hasn't read How bold Macbeth was slain,

But how he's been sq long since dead, Why rake him up again ? ' Then l'et him rest, he's out of date, Well turn to something n 'wer, If you've a cold, be not too late, 'fake Woods' Great Pepphbmim Cawr. —Advt. 3 AFTER THE ROYAL VISIT. Astkk exciting times the health of children requires very special looking after. That the child is father to the man,' physically as well ai mentally, is one of those truths that can never 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 constitution is a rock on which alone success and strength can be built. Among the various foods that science commends in these days for this purpose, none holds a higher place than Neaviss Food fob InWntb And Invalids. According to tne besi meiical testimony, and, wliat is perhaps better still, the grateful testimony of thonsanrts of happy mothe s, this food cont&infall the essential eienents of strength. and while it is pleasant to tha taste and eagerly taken by rhil Iren, it may also be 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 gHdly add oor words of praise to that of the numerous medical journals and experts that have recommended It Nbavb'B Food should have a prominent j place in the dietary of every house where

The Stratford school Ins been closed for another week. Tho Timaru Harbour Board has received about thirty applications for the post of resident engineer at £4Ol a year. The Wellington Harbour Board has declined to accept tho recommendations of the Conciliation Board as to the claims of the I'ainters' and Decorators' Union, and has referred the dispute to the Arbitration Court. In Warwickshire the other day a number oE young workmen employed by an engineering firm struck because thd management refused to sanction a supply of beer whil ■ work wus in hand. Oatmeal water wai provided gratis to slake thirst, but the strikers declined to accept it in >ieu of the national beverage. The Minister for Justice is to be asked by Mr. Morrison if the Department, in makiog future appointments to the stipendiary magistrates' bench, intends to confine these appointments to solicitors only. I In spite of the statement made that the' Worth Island was almost as completely de-1 pleted of fat cattle as Canterbury, a shipment ot 48 head came down by the Tarawera on Tuesday (says the Lyttdton Times) to the order of local butchers and dealers, and it is understood that contracts have already been made for the delivery of from 300 to 400 head of stsers iind hefers. In ten years the pipulation of Tar.maki has increa-ed by over 60 per cent, as compared with 42 per cent, in Wellington province. Looking at the trade of the province it shows that the exports of butter have grown from 1678 tons in 1891 to 6055 tons in 1900; cheese from nothing to Mi7B tons; frozen meat from 2,455,27 71u in 1891 to 5,527,3201b in 1900: wool from 658 bales to 3074 bales; while other lines also show large increases, Bacon, which did not appear in the list of exports ten years ago, last year amounted to £24,370, Altogether, including the ports of New Plymouth, Waitara and Patea, the exports were valued at £760,567, equal to more tban £2O per head of pnpulation, while the average for the whole colony in 1899 was less than £l6 per head. In 1891 there were 10,900 horses, 103 356 cattle, 270,557 sheep, and 22,759 pigs in the pro'ince; in 1900 the numbers were 17,841, 214/07, £08,665, an! 37,337. A Theatbb on Fibr.—This happi led recently, and a panic was only averted by the prtsi nee of mind of one of tiie actors He was taking (he part of a comic sailor. When the fire broke out, and the people were rising from their seats in terror, he leaped into the centre of the stage and commenced the sailori' hornpipe. The panic was averted, the fre was got under, and th.i curtain came down amidst a sto.m of cheer*. All th it is required at a c isis is of mind, v. hen we are suddenly taken ill and know not which way to turn, if we only ha>o the presence of mind to think of Hollowsy's Pills and Ointment all will be well and danger need not be feared. —Advt. A CONVINCING ANSWER.

*' I hobblei into Mr. Blackmon'g drug store one eve ing," says Welsley Nelson, of Hamilton, Ga., "and ha asked me to try Chambe r lai'i's Pain Balm Rheumatism with which I had suffete 1 tor a long time. I told him I had no faitb in any medicine as they al failed. "He said: Well if Orntnberlnin's Pain 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 was cured and have net since been troubled with rheumatism." Pace, 1 6d; big size, 3s. For sale by New Plymouth 00-operative Soiety.—Advt. The following testimonial shows the ne»lv of Needham's Salve:—Mr. Needbam —Your Salve is first-class for drawing and healing. Its speedy effects on wounds is surprising. Every mother of a family ought to beep a supply at hand, most especially in country places, where safe and sure remedies such as your Salve, applied quickly, saves -much pain and doctors accounts. I consider no home compl without it,—James Florence, ' Agents for Needham's. Salve, Co-operative Society, New Plymouth. —Advt,

_,,•- i'HBIR CLAIMS BET AT REST. The cWms of other cough medicines toset as good as Chamberlain's are effectually be at rest in tho following testimonial of Mr 0. D. Glass, an employee of Bwtlett and Dennis Oo.,Gardiner, Me. He says: "I had kept adding to a cold and cough in the winter of 1897, trying every cough medicine I heard of without permanent help, until one day I was in the drug store of Mr. Houlehan and he advised me to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and offered to pay back my money if I was not cured. My lungs and bronchial tubes were very sore at this time, but I was completely cured by this remedy, and have since always turned to it when I got a cold, and soon find relief. I also recommend it to my friends and am glad to say it is the best of all cough medicines. Price, Is 61; big size, 3s. For sale oy New Plymonth 00-operative Society.— Advt.