LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 90, 13 April 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Daring the fore-iooa to-day, Mr Hwka wM have the Daily Nbws on sale at the Railway Book Stall.

Interesting reading matter will be found on pige four of this issue. Sporting news will be found oa page four.

The piano used by the Westminster Glaa Prtrtv at the Theatre Royal was a Oolla d and 0 ;llard, and so pleased were they that they complimented Mr Reuntree, tha lo al manager of the Colonial Piano company, on tho excellence of the instrument.

The Committee of the Star Sports wish to thjnk the following gentlemen for donations for the Publicans' Handicip: -0. Clarke £5 Ss, F W. Watts £3 3?, K Backthonght £ J ■i>, J. O'Drisooll *2 23, D. 0 Brien, W. Hadfield, K, Whittle, T. KnowUs £1 Is eich. The atten'ion of those of our readers who suffer from biliness or falling hair is directed to an advsrtisement in another column relating to Oapilla Hair Tonic, the proprietors of wbicb offer to pay to the V\ ellington Hospital the sum of £25 If thy fail to produce hair on a bald heal in 16 weeks from commencement of using. A debating tournament between representatives of various University Colleges to.-ik pl->ce at Auckland on Saturday, the subject being " The establishment of compul<ory military service lor Homo end defence of the Empire." Tho Canterbury represtntative won, Otago being second. The delegates attending the Ntw Z'su'and Presbyterian Bible Glass Union Conference haxe decided to promote petitions requesting Parliament to: (1) Introduce B ble waning in Slate schools, (2) Suppress street betting. (3) Prohibit newspapers from publishing betting oMa and result* of sweepstakes.

U is to be hoped th-it the New Plymouth foUa will be present at the Star Srorts to>!ay in U.rge numb'Tr. Ti e c.mnvttee have shown grest enterpisj in runiiiog these sports for many yeais pist, and have in this way done agreit deal in popularising the town." therefore the townspeople should attend the gathering to-day ia such numbers as will ensure a flrnncai success.

This week's Gazette contains amended schedules of fees under the Divorce Act, and the Supr me Court Act. Mr Major, M.H.8., has written to the Education Department, nixing, that agricultural science causes plr.uM le esUblishaJ at Hawera.

The arrival? in New Zsaland during February included 1816 per-ons from New South Wales, 825 from Victoria, 196 from Tasmania, 188 from the United Kingdom' 41 from Fiji, 23 from the Uniied btates, 19 trom Cape Colony, 17 from Tahiti, 12 from India, 11 from Tonga, fix from Samoa, and ihree from Straite Settlement.

The time for receiving tenders for building the Urenui Post/ Offica has baen extended till Thursday, 23r 1 iaitant, so as to enable tenderers to quote lor either a brick or wood builoiog.

The Wanganui police atatch no importance to the sensational statement published by the Waimate Weitnss as to the confession by a settler about the Kaiwarra tragedy, The police believe the statement to be similar to one mude by the same individual with regard to a love aff-iir, which was in--1 quired into about twelve months ago. The settler is believed to be suffering from hallucinations.

It may interest our readers to know tbat over £60,000,000 are invested in Building Societies in the United Kingdon, altnoueh they are of comparative recengrowth Ninety per cent, of the members are of the worting class, a f »ct which speaks for the popularity of theso institution*. From what we hear, we think the Provident Building Society will not need to complain 1 on that score.—Advt.

HOLLO WAT'S OINTMENT AND PILLS. Disease and casualties incidental to youth may besa'ely treated by the use of the.-te excellent Medicaments, according to the printed directions folded round each pot and box Nor is this Ointment a'one applicable to external ailments; conjointly with the Pills, itexercises the most salutary influence in checking infUmmations, situated in the interior of the body; when rubbed upon the back and chest, it gives tho most sensible relitf in asthma, bronchitis, pleurisy, and 1 threatening consumption. Holloway's remedies are especially serviceable in liver and stomioh complaints. For the cure oE bid legs, all sorts of wounds, sores, and likewise i-orofula and scorbu ic affections, this Ointment produces a cooling and soothing feeling most acceptable to the suff'rer.

The best medicine known is SA!»r«BB A Sons' Eucalypti Extbaot. And Its en.i nent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, the relief is instantaneous. w <w serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaidings, bruises sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis inflammation of lungs swelling etc., dir.rrhcea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys aud urinary organs. Sandbb k Sonb' Eucalypti EXTRACT is in use at hospitals aud medical clinics all over tba globe j patronised by bis Majesy the King of Italy; crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this spproved and reiect all others.—Advt.

! AFTKR THE BOYAL VISIX. Aftsb exciting times the health of child-en 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' coo often insisted up.m, and the thoughtful parent will be careful above all to see that her child has the proper nourishment to establish its constitution. A eood constitution is a rock on which alone success and strength can be built. Among the various foods that science commends in these davs for this purpose, none holds a higher place than Ndavb's Food fob 1 ::- pasts and Invalids, \ccording to trie res'; medical testimony, and, what is perhaps better still, tho grateful testimony of thousands of hap y mothers, this food contains all the caturral elements of streneth, and while it is pleasant to the taste and eagerly taken by children, it may also bs used by persons of all ages with decided benefit. It is a bone-bnilding, health-sag taining product that cannot be too warml? 'eoommended, and we gladly add our words of praise to that of the numerous medical journals and experts that have recommended it. Nbavb'S Food should have a prominent place in tbe dietary of every house where there are children or invalids,—Advt,