LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 89, 17 April 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tenders are invit-d by the Borough Conn«'il for g'aziug a portion of the Eaceoourse Kes rve

The t.uilding lately occupied by J. De j Silva, adjoining the National Bank, in' Brougham-street, will be cold by auction on ! Saturday by Mr Newton King. ( i The balance of Messrs McMaater and! : Shalders' stock of drapery ia to be sold by I '■ auction without reserve on Saturday next by j Mr Newton King. j The Commissioner of Crown Lands is making a visit of inspect-on to the Tokxora \ settlement, near Hawera, to-d-iy. We nn-! derstsnd that ths sections in their present areas will tie only open for selection for a short time longer, as, at an early date, it is piopoecd to reduce the areas to about 40 acres and upwards. Intending selectors desirous of securing larger farms, say from 70 to 140 acres, should make application! within the next week or so. The ordinary meeting of the Harbour Board will beheld to-morrow (Friday.) The Paparoa is due at Waitara to-moirow to load wool, frozen meat, etc. The Waitara Harbour Board has decided to obtain a grab drsdge. and have a punt built to work in connection therewith. Our evening contemporary gives cu>rency to a rumour that Mr J. B. t.onnett is to be called to the Upper Honsa, As our contemporary is in the confidence of the Government it Bhould know, and we have ooly to add that an additional member from naki is certainly only what the district has a right to expect, and that|no more fitting and suitable man could b« found than Mr Oonnett. He ia orebably the most representative man in Taranaki. He has a wide experience »nd would make an admirable member of the Legislative Council. Members of Parliament hive received a circHlar from the Chief Engineer of Roads asking them to forwar J not later than April 30th a schedule of all works, roads, bridges, etc, in each electorate district for which they desire provision to be made in next Estimates. The new departure is to secure information of a uniformly comprehensive nature. [ Mr Thomas Mitchell, late proprietor of the Aramaho Freezing Works, has leased the Patea Freezing Works, which have been closed down for the past two years, for a term of three years. [ The Napier Harbour Board has resolved to reduce the haulage charges on goods 1 ndedatthe breakwater t» nine-pence per ton. - H M.S. Royal Arthur and Ringaroonn left Auckland for the Bay of Islands »n Wednesday. From there they will go on tc . Sydney. The Mildura proceeds to bydnev dir- ct, returning to New Zealand by way ol Fiji.

A con'emporary says:—"Tho National Dairy association of New Z»aland has issued a circular setting out that arrangements are now completed .with the New Zealand Steamship Company and the Aberdeen White Star Line for the carriage of dairy prsduce from New Zealand to Durban and (Jape Town. 'lhe through rate of freight from Wellington to Durban and Cape Town is to be a penny per lb. on the net weight of butter, and 72s per ton of 20001b. or 40 cubic feet (at eliip's option) on cheese,

ireight to be prepaid. The butter is to be carried as ordinary cargo to Sydney, and ' frozen thare for transhipment to the a ber- ; deen Line steamers, and carried frbm ' Sydney to South Africa in refrigerated 1 chambers. The freezing charges at Sydney are to be irjluded in the rate of treiaht , quoted above. The cheese is to be carried as ordinary cargo all the way. AH dairy produce mast leave Wellington a fortnight b'fore the departure Hydney of the Aberdeen Line steamers Space must be applied for at l»ast a fortnight befoie the advertised departute of the Aberdeen Line steamers from Sydney, and cpaca applications should bs maie either to the National Dairy Association, the Union Steamship Company, or to the Hudd&rt-Farker Company at thc-ir Wellington offices. Chxrgas on butter seut to chilliKg rooms awaiting shipment are to be boroe by shippers. Uharges on butter anl cheese sent for ordinary storage awaiting [shipment (up to onu veo.i) are I'orre by the Department of Vgriculture." Crom the local office of the Jnion Steamship Company we learn that he abo9e is substantially correct.

The Australian Chamber ot Commerce in I London is organising a movement for a preference tariff on colonial flour and wheat. Canada is also moving in th<: matter. 'J he Federal Government ha? abandoned the intention ot! erecting a Federal Arch in London in connoctisn with the coronation celebrations, illustrative of the Commonwealth industries. The reason given is that the time is too short. It is expected that the new British loan foreshadowed by Sir Michaol Hicka-Beach will be i sued in the form *t consols.

At the last meeting of the High School Board of Governors, accounts armunting to £B4 15s 4d ware passed for pvjment. The chairman informal the meeting that Miss Drew had take i ber B.A. degree. It was decided to write Miss Drew congratulating her [on having taken the degree, and adding | that the Board had increased her salary by £lO a year. The chairman and secretary were appointed a committee to deal with regrassing the tennis lawn. , President Roosevelt has ordered the indictment of the Beef Trust directors. The Matawatu A. and P. Association's balanee sheet shows last year's income at £3626 .15s 21, and expenditure £2473 14s, leaving a surp us of £1153 Is 2d, of which £9OO was paid off the loan account. The net profit on the November Show was £782 Oap'ain Walker, a very old Nelson settler, who was engaged in the ths local coastal tiade from the e»rly days, died on Monday, aged 72.

At the hearing of an applicatioe in the Auckland Police OSurt to vary an affiliation order, it transpired that defendant was willing to marry his client, who was under age; but her mother objected because defendant was not a Seventh Day Adventist, As the tounu man's father had offered to provide the girl with a home, his Worship advised j him to keep her till she was of age, when the parties could be united. I

We understand that Mrß M. Smith, when in Wellington last week, asked the Premier 'if a visit by one of the warjhips to New Plymontb. could be arranged, and it was in consequence of his representations that Mr Seddon made ihe request to the Governor, which his resulted in the promise that a cruiser would be sent here at an early date. Seventy-theee applications were received for the position of D rector of the Auckland Technical School. wer,) from New Zealand, 35 from Great Britain, and 30 from the Australian Commonwealth. It was decided to refe r the Dames to a committee of the whole Board, to reduce to about 20.

At the WestlamJ Land Bo ml meeting an important point was raise i as to whether the Board had power to grant flax catting licenses on areas held as special dredging claims, or prospecting licenses. The Board refened the matter te the Crown Land officers for decision. The area applied for exceeded 10,000 acres.

Inspector I'ender was on Woinesday presented with a purse of sovereigns by Wellington branch nf the Law Society, on his retirement frqm the force after fifty-six years of military and police setvice.

The Validation (Native 1 ands) Court. wßich has been sitting here since the 3rd insi;., adjourned on Tuesday evening until the 15th of July. Judge Batham loft on Wednesday morning; fur Hastings. Wi JSeera Te Kanae, assessor, and Mr Welch, clerk of too Court, also left foe Wellington. Of the 20 applications before the Court for validation, orders were made for validations in 18 cases, in one application a partial order was given, and one was dismissed. In five of the cises validated the Court also fixed by partition the area and position of the portion acqaired.

The Mayor, Mr Dockril], on Wednesday forw.rded a telegram to CapUin Alexander ashing hitr. >o thank his Exo-11-noy th» Governor for his kind offices in connection with the propis-d visit of a warship to New Plymouth, and assuring him tbe visit would be hearLiljr appreciated. In view of this, the people of New I'lymouth should af once take into consideration the moat suitable torin of entertaintn-nt to be t ndereri to the officers and me-.. Undoubtedly the most popular form would be a public -all, in which the military element would probably render assistance*.

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The Wairarapa Star, which has been pnb-1 lishad as an evening paper at Masterton for j many years, has now changed to a morning | paper, under the name of She Age. ! The Dresden Piano Company, at the instance of the Mayor of Wellington, who was j acting for the More Men Fund Committee, [has placed two fine pianos on board the transport Devon, one for the officers and the i other for the men of the contingent. • Miss Jackson, of Southland, has been appointed a concentration camp teacher. ' The decision of the Federal Tariff Committee to place New Zealand timber on the free list will probably lead to the Government reconsidering the export duty on kauri I timber from New Zealand. The Government is advised that CapUin Reson, R.N., who was appointed Deputy Resident Commissioner of New Hebrides leaves London today. Mr B A. Hignott is in town, and his friends will be pleased to krow thit he is greatly improved in health. Under medical advice he is uhout to take a Ion,; trip, but has not yet decided oa the route. The best medicine Known is Sant>ei>. & Bons' Eucalypti '.Extract. And its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, the relief is instantaneous. Vr *i serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, hruues spriins, it is the safest remedy—no swelling -no inflansmation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs swelling etc, diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. Sandbb & Sons' Eucalypti Extract is in use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by his Majesythe King of Italy; crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this aproved article and reiecfc all other.—Advt. A CONVINCING ANSWER. The following testimonal hows the values f Needham's Salve:—Mr Needham—Your Salve is first-class for drawing and healing. r Its speedy effects on wounds s surprising , Every mother of a family ought to kef p a upply at hand, most especially in country places, where safe and sore remedies such as your i-alve, applied quickly, saves much pain and doctors accounts. I consider no ■ home oompl without it,—James Florence 1 Agents for Needham's Salve, 00-operativ3 ' Socieity, New Plymouth.—Advt. Worms undermine Children's Consti'u- ' tions. Use WADH'S WORM FIGS, le ' boxes A ivt