New Zealand Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11648, 3 April 1901, Page 3

New Zealand Telegrams.

fro PBBB9 ASSOCIATION | WAIHI LABOUR TROUBLE. Auckland, April 3. Thirty men were dismissed from the Waihi Mine on Saturday. It is reported 30 more are to be dismissed shortly, as the Company is shortening hands. HURRICANE AT TONGA. Tonga was visited by the fringe of the* hurricane which devastated Levuka. TJpe Government schooner Maka Maile drifted against a reef and sank. No other damage was done. - .1 . CEABGES AGAINST PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER. At a meeting of the Presbytery, the Commission appointed to visit Hamilton to enquire into the charges against the Rev J. M. Mitchell, of having preached old sermons and neglecting ministerial visitations, presented their report, which states that Mr Mitehell preached perhaps a dozen old sermons during his ministry at Hamilton. With regard to neglect of jnnisterial visitations, there was no proof •f the charges. The Prjsbytery passed a resolution that it was gratified to find that the complaints were frivolous, and, not substantiated. Mr Mitchell then, tendered bis resignation of the Hamilton charge, which was accepted. THE CUSTOMS REVENUE. Wellington, April 3. The Customs revenne for the financial year will exceed the estimates by i 150.000. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT. It has been arranged that the Continfent for the opening of the Federal 'arliament will embark at Lyttelton. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. The Hon. Mr Dnncan left for Giibornti this morning. The Hon. Mr Hall-Jones returned last night, and will' leave for Nelson in a day or two. , MANAWATU RAILWAY COMPANY. Tho annual meeting of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company was held at noon to-day. The Chairman stated that the earnings for the year were £96,270, and the general state of raveuue justified the proposal to pay a dividend of six per cent. The Premier's reply to the offer to sell the line, practically insisting on a lower offer, has been for* warded to the English shareholders. The report wa3 adopted, and a six per cent, dividend agreed to. Messrs Kirkcaldie and Plimmer were ra-e'ected directors. A comprehensive resolution by Mr Kennedy Mac Donald, protesting against the late negotiations, and laying down lha principle that the Company should work out its own destiny, irrespective of the Government, was withdrawn as tying the hands of the directors. THE ST7CHE CASE. The Appeal Court refusal tho motion for a new trial in the Styche case. MINERAL WEALTH. Woodvillb, April 3. It is rumoured that the prospectors who hava been prospecting for nearly two years in the Mabarahara copper mine have struck a lode of silver, and that arsenic was also discovered. H Hollo way's Ointment and Pills. — More precious than Gold. D ; nrrhoea, dysentery and cholera are, through the ■umtner s heat, carryiug off the young, os the winter's cold destroys tho aged. In the most acute cases, where the internal medicine* cannot be retained, tho greatest rfcln-f w'U immediately result from rabb'.rig Uolloway's soothing Ointment over the abdomen. The friction should be frequent and brisk, to insure the penetration of a large portion of tho unguent. This Ointment calms the excited peristaltic action and soothes the pain. Both vo.niting and griping yield; where fruit or vegetable* have originated the malady, it is proper lo remove nil indigested matter from the bowels by a moderate dose of HoHoway's Pilli before using the Ointment. 9