The Taranaki Herald MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1901.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11670, 4 February 1901, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1901.

The <* s. Oreti is doe to-day from West port with a load of coal.

On a charge of drunkenness, a firs! offender was fined 5s and costs at the Police Court this (Monday) morning.

At Hawera on Saturday man named Albert Johns was arrested on a charge of stealing a horse, the property of Mr J. Crockett, of New Plymouth.

At the conclusion of the service at St. Mary's Church on Sunday evening " Got l Save the King " whs sung by the choir and congregation.

At Mangaweka on Friday, John Woolston. of >ITtiku, was fined £25 and I^s, with costs, on two charges of hly grog selling.

Local bodies cannot borrow from the Government for the purpose of re-metal-ling roads, but if they call it re-construe tii'ii the money can bo obtained.

In a recent match for the billiard championship of England SWen&on dt foated Dawson by 2594 points. The ga-ne was 8000 up.

The total post and telegraph revenui of the New Plymouth p >stal district fos the quarter ended 31st December, 1900. was i' 3833. Iv the corresponding quarler of 1899 it was £3276.

From Christehurcb comes news of tho death of ex-Judge Gresson, aged 98 years, and of an old shep'ierd na'ntvl Angus Mao Donald. who had reached the patriaichal age of 104.

The goods shed and the larger part of the outer tee of the Marsden Point wharf (near Whangarei) was destroyed by fire on Friday morning. The origin of the fire is a mystery.

On Mr Govett's application, at a sitting of tho Supreme Court (in Chambers) on Friday morning, letters of administration of the estate of the late James Lobb, of Westown, settler, were gram ed to Betsy Lobb, the widow of the deceased.

'' We must not forget that we are :i progressive Council" remarked a Counts Councillor emphatically at the Council ■nee ting to-day. Another Councillor caustically characterised the remark as the best joke he had heard for some tune.

In the quarter ended 31st December, 1900, the deposits in the Post Office Savings Banks in the New Plymouth district totalled £30,328 and the withdrawals £27,778. In the corresponding quarter of 1899 the figures Were £22,353 and 120,944.

Among the unclaimed moneys held by the Bank of New Zealand is a sum of tivt_-p'_nce in the iiiimo of Manfred Rose. theatrical agent, Molbourne. This is the gentL'iuan who ''managed ' Mr Walter Bentley's tour of the colony .a, ft years ago.

On Frid iy afternoon a robbery occurred .it Jagger and Parkers tannery, Grey L\nn, Au< kland, the whole of the men's wagis, amounting to over £100, being taken. The money had just been brought out from town, and during a few minutes' absence of the manager from the office, disappeared.

The Thames Star records a very curious incident in connection with the death of Queen Victoria. When the Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan heard that Her Majesty was dead he immediately proceeded to toll the bell of St. George's Church every quarter of a minute. When the 82nd toll was to peal the rope broke, and the bell ceased its mournful sound.

At the Anglican General Synod at Xapier on Friday ■ evening a discussion took placo on a motion to give women vote» at parish meetings. Bishop Julius, and Dean Hovell supported tbe motionDean Fitcheet, Row Beatty, Canon Calder, Archdeacon Fancourt, and Rev. ?JcMurray, were among the opponents. The motion was lost by a narrow majority, the voting being, — Ayes : Bishops 3. Clergy 7, Laity 11 ; Noes : Bibhops 3. Clergy lg, Laity, 7.

The following from the London Globe will interest many people in Taranaki: — •' As president-elect of the Devonshire Association for 1901, Sir Roper Loth bridge is anxious in the coming year to deal with the history and distribution of the descendants of Devonshire families permanently or temporarily settle I in the British Colonies or in the United States To this end Sir Roper invites any persons of Devonshire descent or ennnoctio.js now in the countries indicated t furuishiiiin with aay particulars they may be disposed to give of the emigration of their family and its subsequent history, together with the names and addresses of living members. His ad'lress is the Manor House, Exbournc R. 5.0., Devonshire "

Messrs Wyld and Freedman, proprietors of the British Biograph, have a good word to say of the people of Napier. L ist week they wero showing at the coastal town, and on the day the news arrived of the death of the Queen they were waited on and asked to shut down for that night. The show was closed accordingly. On their leaving the town they were met with three refusals. The fir.it came from the newspaper offices, which refused to take anything for the ads.' on the night the show was closed; the second, from the owners of the hall 'o take any rent: and the Ihird, fyom lume host of the hotel to charge for their board. They all said the showmen had hi ide. a s.iciificß in deference to the wish of the citizens, and it was only fair th it they should not be charged for anything on that day. That's practical loyalty. — Observer.

A peculiar meeting of two brothers !i opened at Sentry Hill the other evening Mr A. Wood, the guard of the Waitara train, had come up with the '•veiling train to connect with the up train it Sentry Hill. As soon as he rirrived th'iio a passenger on the up train informed Mr Wood that his brother was '>ii the train being on his way to join the Sixth Contingent at Auckland as a Lieu te'iant. Tho news came aa a great surprise to Mr Wood, who believed his brother to be still in South Africa whore it; wont as a trooper with the Fir t Contingent. It seemed however, that Lieut'iii.mt Wood had returned to New ZeaImd recently, and on the enrolmont of (lie Sixth Contingent he offered his services, and was given a commission for his previous experience in South Africa. The two brothers were not only surprised but delighted to meet each other. Th y, however, hud only tho opportunity of hiving a few minutes' conversation, as (he timetable of tho railway service would not permit of more.

Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — In disputable remedies. In the use of these tii"dic:> merits thero need be no hesitation or doubt of their cooling, healing, and purifying properties. Tho Ointment v.inds unrivalled in relieving, healing, and thoroughly curing the moat inveterate sons and ulcers, and in <\ises of bad le^s and bad hrtxiHti* they uct, as a ch.irui. The Pills are the ruost effectual remedy for the cure of liver complaints, which derange all tho proper functions of the organs affected, inducing restlessness, nr-laneholy, weariness, inability to sleep, pain in the bide, &c. These wonderful Pill , if"' taken according to the printer l iliivrtiom. accompinyini' each box. siriive at ti:'- m')', of rh: n '.":• ■ •! ' ( n.' ,•„., the Moumch aud hver into v health} action.

Mr E. M. Smith, M.H.R., received a

telegram this morning from the Hon. T. V. Duncan, Minister of Lands, stating hat he would be in New Plymouth on Tuesday morning. The City Band played an attractive orogramme of sacred rausic in the Recreition <i round* on Sunday afternoon Despite the threatening weather there was a fairly large attendance of the Tublic. The civil business dealt with at the

Magistrate's Court this (Monday) mornMi",' wab very light. Judgment for plain-; ntl with c )sls was entered up in the '■ is.\ R. Cock and fton v. Eva, claim £4 I 19s sd.

A man named Wallace was arrested at Tnglewood on Friday on a charge of attempted rape. The accused was taken to Auckland, the scene of the alleged offence, the same night.

The Taranaki County Council to-day (Monday) passed the following resolution, on the motion of the Chairman: — " That this Council desires to place on record its sincere regret at the death of Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India." The resolution will be forwarded to tho ( tjrovernor.

Mr F. W F. Fagan received word on Friday night of the death of his brother Christopher George Fagan, who was killed in action at Wakkerstroom, South Africa, on sth September. Thedeoeased lived in this district for some years and was well known. He went to South Africa to look for work, but subsequently joined Bcthune's Mounted Infantry, in which Company ho w.is serving at the time he met his death.

At the mourning s r rvice in the Recreation Grounds on Saturday, ballot boxes .voro places in various parts of the grounds bearing i card '' Yoluutarj' c<">n tril-ut ons to Queen Victoria's memorial " Owing to the wet woathur this did no receive the attention that would no doubt otherwise have been given to it. Tho total contributions amounted to £9 4s 6d, which will form the nucleus of a fund which it ia hoped will be raised to erect a litting memorial to our late Sovereign.

FOR JAN.— FEB., 1901.