The Daily News. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 283, 30 November 1901, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day is St. Andrew's Day. There will be service in St. Mary's Church at|ll o'clock.

Captain Seddon, son of the Premier, who lately returned from the war, was entertained at a social at Wellington on Thursday evening, and presented with a dress'ng case by the Clyde Quay branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation.

Eighteen settlers sent out for the Taranaki district by Mr William Courtney, arrived by the Kimutaka, mostly young men with a fair amount of capital. The Wellington City Conncil has decided to abandon the option which it held for the purchase of the Miramar estate.

At the Dunedin Supreme Court the Judge, in dealing with Mary Pearce, convicted of shooting, said he did not think the truth had been given br either side. He complimented the jury, and thought the ends of j istioe would be met by fining accused £5 for unlawfully wounding and £5 for assault, His Honor's decision appeared to give general satisfaction.

We understand Mr W. Byrnes, M.H.R. for Egmont. will ba present at the show on Thursday next. The Stratford County Council has elected Mr Mackay (County Chairman) and Mr Moir as representatives on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. The Hawera Comnty Council has elected Messrs Scott, fctewart F. Wilkie and Mauader.

Mr Joseph Mackay has been re-elected chairman of the Stratford rounty Conncil, As the result of inquiries we learn that Miss P. Clegg is rapidly recovering from the effects of the late trap accident, and beyond some severe contusions and the shock, has suffered no permanent iojury. The meeting of the Teachers' Institute will be held this afternoon in the Central school at 3 o'clock, and not in the Board room as advertised.—Advt.

A visiting Evangelist, Mr W. Corrie Jehnston, who is well known in the colonies in connection with evangelistic meetings, and lectures on some of the deeper themes of the Bible, has arrived in New Plymouth. He is announced to give an address in the Recreation Gronnds on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and also in the Whiteley Hall at 8.20, after church hours. It is expected that many will gladly take the opportunity of hearing this Bible teacher. A Caledonian society has been formed in Stratford.

Mr. A. B. R. Fookes has been gazetted Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for New Plymouth. Mr. Kenny, 8.M., has been gazettid chairman of the North Island Railway Appeal Board, and Mr. District Judge Ward chairman of the Middle Island Board, The resignation of Colonel Pols-Penton as Commandant of the Forces in New Zealand is gazetted. The charge against Symons, mate of the Senorita, for shooting Buries, the boatswain, was heard at Auckland on Friday. The Bench wag satisfied that the shooting was purely accidental and discharged the accused without a stain on his character.

From Mr. Furkert, the engineer in charge, we learn that a considerable number of the men who struck last week have returned to work. Jlen are flocking to the works from all directions ?nd no delay will be caused by tbe late strike., He expects to have an engine running to Toko within a fortnight. Mr. Fnrkert further stated that a survey of the line has been made for a distance of | some 23 miles from Stratford and the route is much less costly, besides having only one tnnnel in place of three, than the former route proposed.

Section 3 of the Shops and Shops Asiistants Act, 1894, and section 7of the Act of 1896 have been repealed by the new Act which came into force on the 23rd. Now all shops, except where certain businesses are carried on exclusively, mast close at 1 o'clock en the afternoon of one working day in the week. If a public holiday occurs in the week and the shop is closed, this is sufficient. The shops exempted are fishmongers, fruiterers, confectioners, coffee houses, eating houses, and railway bookstalls. Hairdressers' shops are not exempt by tbe new Act, and therefore must be taken to come under the section cited above. Ohemists must close, but may open in tbe evenings for a couple of hours, or during the afternoon in an emergency. The Garrison Band will, weather permitting! play a selection of music in the town this evening. The points prize in connection with the Horticultural Show were adjudged on Fri- ; [day as follows: Pot-plants, W. Nicholl, 69;' cut-blooms, H. Goldwater 31, Mrs Bleakley 5; vegetables, Mrs Vickery 23, Dr Leatham 12; fruit, Mrs Bleakley 21; cooking, Mrs 0. T. Mills I, Mrs F. Jackson 2.

The Health Department has issued a ; pamphlet by Dr Mason, chief Me"d ical Officer, cn the spread and prevention of spreading of scarlet tever. It is a clear and concise document, and one that should be studied by every parent.

The Postmaster-General, bir Joseph Ward, has consented to open the new Post Office at Inglewood. The date will be fixed by him as soon as possible. Mr. H.N. Liardet, of Stratford, has been elected to represent the joint boroughs of Stratford and Eltham on the Hospital »nd Charitable Aid Board.

At a meetiog of the Inglewood Presbyterian Church Committee, presided over by the Rev 8. S. OBbome, it was notified that services had been inaugurated at Tarata, and it was decided to have plans prepared for a church at Inglewood. A gcodly sum has already been promised, and every effort is to he made to open the building free from debt.—Record

As from December 2nd, there will be a daily service of steamers between New Plymouth and Onehunga, Sundays excepted.

Customs entry forms, of the latest and most convenient description, may be obtained at the Dailt Nbws Office.

The Fiji Timss saysA private letter from New Zealand informs us that, at the instigation of Mr ceddon, every Fijian family is to be at once supplied with a cow and a dairymiid. But this may be only a ' canard.' " —Very probably. We beg to remind our readers of the sale of Mr. G. C. Bateman's household furniture and effects to be held by Messrs. Vickers and Stevens on Tuesday n r xt. As Mr. Bateman is leaving the district the goods must be sold. j

The best medicine known is Sander & Sons' Eucalypti Extbaot. And its en-i----flent powerful effects in conghs, colds, iosuenza, the relief is instantaneous, nerioua cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs swelling, etc., diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and ! urinary organs. San DBS k Sons' Eucaltpti Extbaot is in use at hospitals and medics! clinics all over the globe; patronised by his Majesythe King of Italy; crowned wjth medals and diplomas at International i exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and reject all otljßr.—Adyt. I

Special anthems will be rendered by the ' Wesleyan Church choir at each of the services to-morrow. The singing of this choir is held in high repute in the town; and doubtless this, together with the veil-known reputation of the preachers will tend to attract large congregations. Mr. Newton King advertises an ucreserved sale of crockery to be held at his mart on Saturday next, 7th inst. On Monday Mr. Newton King will hold a clearing sale of dairy cattle and farm stock at Omata on account of Messrs. Huthnence Bros, who have sold their farm.

Mr Newton King notifies that Irs usual cattle sale at Rahotu will be held on Wednesday next instead of Thursday, owing to the Taranaki Agricultural Show being held on the latter date.

At the Police on Friday Mnry Jeffries was fined 5s and costs for a breach of the Infants Life Protection Act.

The Tourist Department intends to est.blish an aviary in the Government Park at Rotorua. A collection o; New Zealand bir Is will be formed, which it is believed will be of special interest to tourists. The Commissioner of Crown Lands b.-is issued plans and particulars of two sections of the Railway Ressrve at Opunake of >9 and 30 acres respectively, to be tendered for on December 23rd. Also several sections in the Clifton County (Mimi and Waro), varying from 310 to 1262 acres, which are to lie open for sale or selection on and aft r December 30th.

Challenging a police constable " to fighk for a fiver " is an expensive luxury, as Mr J. M. Hignett found at Waitaara on Thursday, when he was charged with that offence. Mr Weston, who appeared for him, urged that the affair was only a joke, but the B.M. thought otherwise, and imposed a by no means light penalty and coits. Mr K. Piggott has been re-eleoted ohairman of the Clifton Conoty Council, and Mr r. Oliver representative of the Council on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Ohurch.—B<>. I. E. Bertram, M.A., of Hawera, will conduct the services in this church to-morrow at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The Rev. John Nixon will preach in Queen-street Church to-morrow, Sunday, December Ist, morning and evening. Tlie evening service will be of a memorial character, bearing on the death of Miss Busby. All seats free.—Advt.

Whiteley Memorial Church, Sunday, December Ist, Rev. ST. K. Dawsbury il a.m, and 7pm Subject; Morning, '• BeactlonofSin" Evening: "A Grjat Oitenima—Drift or Quest?" afternoon, 3 p.m : sToung people's service, Rev. A. Ashcroft.— Advt.

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HOLLO VAY'S PiLLS are idorirably adapted for curing diseases iucidental to iemales. At differe- t periocs of life women are subject to complain' u which require a peculiar medicine ; and it is now an indisputable faot that there is nothing so suitable for complaints of thii nature as Hoi'oway'a Pills For all the debilitating disorders incidental to the sex, and in con ingencies pe -ilous to the life ■•nd health of <vomen youthful or aged, married c r singie -.Aey are a s»fo ana reliable remedy. Their purifying qualities render them ir - valuable to females of all agei. Th'yaie searehing and cleansing, yec invigoratiag : a few dosei will speedily remove irregularities ia the system, and thereby establish health on a sound and firm bms,—Advt.