LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7709, 11 January 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notices from the District Lands Registrar appear in thiis issue. The postage on newspapers to Oiibrallar has now <ucen reduced to ]<l ])er paper, irrespective of weight. The Melbourne-Naples despatch of mails of December ;<7th arrived in London on the fjaftcrnoon of the Bth inst. A young man named A. Hoss was on Tuesday fined £1 for furiously driving- a cab and horses down Devon Street on December 27th. A deputation from the Borough Council will wait on Sir Joseph Ward at 10.30 this morning in reference to the suggested deviation of the railway line. Earthquake shocks were reported from Wellington, Feilding, ElUuun, and Hawera early on Tuesday morning. The tremor was also felt in New Plymouth. At the Police Court on Tuesday three residents were each lined 5s for breaches of the borough bye-law lorbiddmg the riding of bicycles on the footpaths. The question of whether the military are liable to prosecution for being, on licensed premises during pi . o _ tainted hours is likely to be brought before the magistrate at Ekctahuna. The tfreytown correspondent of the Waii-ur a pa Leader says the. humble bees have completely ruined the -bean crop in that district. The bees attack the flowers, piercing holes in the bloom, and killing the bean. One of the. leading features at Antonio's circus performance at the exhibition to-morrow evening will )>« feats of strength by Mr Lex McLean, and a. trial between several competitors in a weight-lifting competition, under the direction of Mr Lex McLean, who will act as judge and who has donated a handsome gold medal for the winner. Tn leaning over the, Onehunga wharf to shake hands with a friend who was leaving by the Kotoiti the other afternoon, a bystander fell between the steamer and the wharf. By a wonderful piece of good luck, states the Auckland Star, lie lauded on tile steamer's bilge, and before he could slip off into the water he was caught by the heels and hauled on to the wharf. At Atikio a shearer named A. Carmichael clipped 235 sheep in one day.- For several days flhis tally ranged from 220 to 230, and he seldom sheared below 210 per day. Four other shearers at the same place averaged over 200 a day. At Flat Point (East Coast) good tallies were also put up by some of the shearers, Mr Tom Lemington was the "ringer'i \vitli_23l for one

Late trains wi'll leave New Tlymoultihi for Wnitara awl Stratford tomorrow (Thursday,) and Saturday nights, after the exhibition closes, starting at aO.JIO. ] There have been persistent rumours I in circulation i n Christcliurch recently that a compromise had been nr- | rived at in the Sitldon v. Taylor , case. Mr T. E. Taylor, M.H.U., >. grave a represeffiative 0 f Truth to ' understand on Saturday that there is no truth in flic rumour, At the Colonial l'n.ducts Exhibition, which was to open in Liverpool on Tuesday, the Industries and Commerce Department lias a display of butter from some thirty-five factories, cheese from ten or twelve, and a variety of other produce, including frozen meat, grain, hemp, wool, otp. The Auditor-General will ask the Whang a rei Borough Council to show cause why councillors who sanctioned the expenditure of £B7O on concrete bridge and lire brigade furnishings from the water works loan shoujd not be jointly liable for repayment. The matter has been referred to the local borough solicitor. Here is a description of a melodrama which has just been brought out in New York : "The new play is full of incident and excitement of the more conventional kind for three | acts ; it is in the last tict that mad- ' ness roigns supreme. The stage is set in the presence- of the audience, I

and then the audience are in effect asked to imagine themselves an im- ' aginary audience, to kindly become | a part of the cast, while the players ' on the stage play a play within a play. And while this play is going on the story rushes to its iinal dim- ' ax. Men leap from boxes to the ■ stage ; women faint in the orchestra with long-drawn, well-simulated, ear- ' piercing shrieks ; the female villain rises in all the glory of her yellow gown in a stage box and declaims ; a boy in the upper gallery slides i down a rope to the pit and mounts I on the stage with the proofs that ' free the heroine, and well ordered i chaos reigns supreme,. It may not ' be drama, but it is exciting, and is highly diverting to adults as well as to children." George Duncan, for whom Mr C. H. Weston appeared, was on Tuesday charged before Mr T. Hutchison, ' S.M., with cruelly ill-treating a' horse in Uurrie-street on December 14th. The of tho police was to the effect that the reins of the bridle had been tkd to one of the forelegs of the animal in such a way that its foou could not be placed to the ground. Evidence for the prosecution was given by Detective Benjamin, Constable Woods, F. 1\ Corkill, and N T . K. MacDiarmid, who 'deposed that the method of

knee-hobbling, as practised by the defendant, was unnecessarily cruel. For the defence evidence was given by Duncan, who swore that he had used the method in question whilst in the South African il'olice. He itemed that the animal was ill-treat-ed ; the South African tiovernment sanctioned knee-hobbling. Arthur Sadler, an cx-contjngenter, gave evidence l«>aring () n his South African experiences with the knee halter. William Jury deposed that he sold Mr Duncan the horse, which "would not tie up to a post. Maxwell Wallenstein, who was with defendant when he tied up the horse, also gave evidence. The S.M. said he was satisfied that Mr Duncan did not intend to inflict pain on the horse ; it was clear, however, that the horse was tied up in an unusual manner, and one which appeared ut first sight to be cruel. Ho said that in weighing the evidence he could not forget that the witnesses for the defence were used to the practice, whereas the gentlemen called by the police simply, sta'ted what appeared from the point of view of the average humane person. Defendant would be fined 10s. On Thursday next the stall-holders at the exhibition and the waiters for the dining-room are asked to appear in carnival costume, on the occasion of the Premier's visit.* The Exhibition is bound to bo a success] and a big one at that. So is J. H. Parker's display of silvei mounted toilet requisites, purses, and cheap watches for boys and girlsfrom 17s (id each. Also greenstone goods in great variety,* Builders may now order the highest quality Auckland hydraulic lime and cement from the Now Zealand Express Company, Ltd., agents for ITohn Wilson and Co.. Ltd. 5 WHY IT SELLS. If SYICES' DRENCH were not

backed by renl merit it would have been dead long ago. Do you want to know why it sells ? WORD OF MOUTH ADVERTISING. A farmer buys it, perhaps through chance, maybe a friend recommends it to him. However, he gives it a trial. A valuable cow's life is saved ; next time several of his pigs are sick ; he tries it again ; and so it goes on until after two or three more trials he finds it can bo depended upon. When his neighbours cows are sick he says : " Why don't you use SYKES' Drench ? Best thing I ever struck. Get a packet old chap, and just use it accordikg to the directions and it will do the rest." This friend tries it with similar results and recommends it to another, and so it grows constantly because it faithfully does its work. Eu«H Packet of SYKES' DRENCH "contains two drenches. Price Is 6d.— Advt. GOUT GOES GLADLY. Kheumo and gout can't be in the iystflm together. When Rheumo goes hi the gout goes out. Mr F. D. Polling, of Eketahuna, has proved this. Writing on Ist July he says: —"Kindly send me another bottle of your Rheumo mixture, as I have had no trouble with gout since I have kept it in the house. It gives me immediate relief by taking one dose. I can with confidence recommend Rheumo for either gout or rheumatics." Just one more proof of that Rheumo comquers chronic rheumatism. Chemists and stores, 2s Cd and 4s Gd per bottle.* 5