LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS
TfIERE is a grave outbreak of serioua crimes at Capetown. Quite a number of murdera and burglaries have been committed. The Youths' Smoking Prohibition Bill has been altered by tbe Legislative Council to apply to tobacco in any form, and tbe title now stands " Smoking, By Youths Prohibition Bill." The anniversary services in connection with tbe Presbyterian Church will be preached on Sunday next (morning and evening) by the ]£er. Z>r Watt, of Green Island. Works by Scott, Diokens, Thackeray, E. P. Roe, livtton, Dumas. A. J. E. Wilson, Rhoda Brougbton, Mrs Henry Wood, Bret Harfce, Ethel Tamer, Guy Boothby, Eider Haggard, George Elliot, and every other modern writer, are given away with the famous Book Gift Tea. The Germans, claiming some railway property at Tongku, placed guard? on tbo boundary. The British objected to this, and also placed guards, and then referred tbe dispute to General Creagb. , Five thousand persons have applied to become students in Scotland nnder tbe scheme proposed by tbe trustees appointed to administer Mr Carnegie's gift to tbe Scottish universities. Wade's Woem Figs are most effective I and not unpleasant ; children thrive after ! taking them. Price, Is. One of tbe facts that tbe cqdbob returns show is that the town population in New Zealand ia very little behind tbe county. Tbe total population of boroughs is 350,202, as •gainst the counties with 417,596 people. The " Clufcha Leader "is tbe first country paper in Otago to import a type-setting machine. Tbe Monoline ia said to do tbe work of fivo men, and is an Ameriosn patent. The Roman Empire, nigh forgotten, Oace exercised a mighty sway, Bir like some buildings old and rotten, Was left to crumble and decay. Tbe human body needs attention, In order to long life assure, For coughs and colds we've bat to mention W. E. Wood's Great Peppermint Care,
At » meeting of directors of tbe Tnapeba Tmes Npwspaper Co. held on Thursday evening Mr J. C. Browne was elected chairman of directors for tbe ensuing term.
There were ten patients in tbe Tuapeka Hospital last evening — aeren males and three females. Four patients were admitted into tbe institution during the week.
The wife of Mr George Stevenson, of Wendon, Southland (who has the contract for the removal of the Evans Flat dredge), on Monday presented her husband with triplets (boys).
While giving evidence before tbe Tiedhouse Commission, held in Sydney recently, tbe senior traveller for Tooth and Company's brewery stated that his travelling expenses were £800 a month. * THE Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York have started for Winnipeg. Their joarney by train, eSSSpI tQT 9 t9W BtPPPBgPB wm last for Dearly a raoutn. Sir Wilfred Liurier and Lady Minto accompany the I party. Our Dunedin correspondent wired last night that the first test match for the America Cup, sailed at New York between tbe English yacht Shamrock II and the American yacht Columbia, resulted in no race. The Columbia led by a mile. Ik connection with the trial of Czolgosa for tbe murder of President M'Kinley, Mr Lewis informed the press that be refrained from calling witnesses as to the prisoner's insanity because alienists were prepared to testify that Czolgosz was sane. How to get a beautiful library for nothing —use tbe famous Book Gift Tea and select your books from catalogue of 500 books that are given away free. George Twiddle, 47, the son of George Twiddle, of Pukekuhe, Auckland, was bitten by a katipo spider on September 16. His arm swelled, and he suffered great pain up till Saturday last, when he died, though tbe doctor had done everything possible to save him. He has left a widow and several children. ' ,«4| The New Plymouth police have received information that Miss Rowe, aged 25, was' burnt to death in bed on Wednesday night at Huirangi. The discovery w»& made on Thursday morning. Apparently the bedclothes bad become ignited, and the fumea bad smothered tbe victim, while the absence of any draught had prevented the fire from spreading. For some time past the ladies connected with tbe Presbyterian Church have been busily engaged preparing for a sale of work. The result will be placed before tbe public on the 16th of next month. We understand -that a splendid collection of useful articles has been prepared, as well as a large amount of artistic work consisting of f»ncy work, wood carving, painting, ka. A constable who was conveying a lunatic from Hastings to Wellington bad a startling experience. When tbe traia reached the tunnel near Eketahuna the lunatic violently assaulted the constable, burst tbe handcuffs, and leaped off the train. The lunatic was subsequently recapturod by tbe police from Maaterton. The constable in charge got considerably knocked about, but is not thought to be seriously iojcircd, WHILE threshing operations were being carried on at Mr Wm. Hare's farm at Milburn, on Tuesday, (says the " Bruce Herald ") a stack of oaten sheaves, estimated to contain about 130 bags, was burned. It appears the mill hands were all at luncheon, and when returning to their work observed smoke issuing from the rear of the stack. An attempt made fio beat out the ilfim.es proved futile, and precautions were then , taken to protect the mill and the other stack from being destroyed. The former escaped with slight damage, being just drawn out in the nick of time. Mr Hare's loss is estimated at about £60 or £70. Geo. Elliot's fine story, " Adam Bede,' : is given away with 6lbs Book Gift Tea. Ask you grocer for catalogue of 500 good books Ghat are given free with famous Book Gift Tea. THE Honse of Representatives made fair progress with the Estimates during the week. Other business transacted was of an uninu portant nature. For the remainder of tbe > session Government business will take prece- , dence on Wednesdays. Mr Seddon has inI timated that the Government intended to deal in some way witb the profits of trusts, , aUo that there was a necessity for a Libel 1 Bill. He has also stated that neither publU - ctus, brewers, nor prohibitionists had in* i fluenced the Government in the matter of the i Licensing Bill, which had been introduced t solely to remedy present defective legislation.
During the past few days speculation ha« been rife as to bow tbe funny name found ia the possession of tbe man. who sbob President I M'Kialey ought to be pronounced, andooO • few citizens, not by any me&na noted for in* temperance in language, have with their at* tempts to say " Czolgoaz," and their comments on that patronymic, come dangerously 'near dislocating their faces. So it is a matter of urgent public, importance that the true pronunciation is given. A Sydney " Evening News " reporter got it the other day from a foreign Anarchist whom he was interviewing. This gentleman saya that it is not a Polish name, but Hungarian, and that it should bo prononnoed " Suolgosh," the final "sh " being given the sound of the "s " ia pleasure. president Roosevelt, who is 43 years of age, ia cue youagesc tnaa o£ ill the 25 who have occupied tbe chief Magistracy of the States, the next youngest being General Grant, wbo was in bis 47th year when elected. The Constitution stipulates that " no person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at tbe time of tbe adoption of this Constitution shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to tbe age of 35 years, and being 14 I years a resident within the United States." The new President comes of an old Dutch family of New York, and inherited much wealth. He has contributed largely to literature, chiefly on subjects relating to ranoh life in America, but also on tbe war of 1812, and tbe biographies of notable Americans. His hobbies are deaoribed as rauohing and big game hunting on the great plains and the Rooky Mountains, zoology and field n*tnr»l history in general. You can depend on ridding your children of Worms with Wade's Worm Fias, the wonderful worm worriers. Price, la* The London " Daily Express " has commissioned Mr Rider Haggard to tour the country districts of England, and to write a series of articles upon the Agricultural affairs of to-day. In his first article on the " State and Outlook of the English Countryside,' he deals with the Salisbury Plain district. He mentions a farm of 700 acres, which in 1812 sold for £27,000. It was again sold in 1892 for £7,ooo— an enormous drop. When tbe present tenant hired it 27 years ago, he paid £600 a year rent, £196 a year tithe, whereas at tbe present time he pays £150 a year rent, and the landlord pays the tithe. This is tbe case, says the **Rural World " where the tenant, we imagine, receives a greater income from the property than tbe owner of it, tbe former Of WbODO, W9 should add, baa alao bailC for him by tbO owner a new house. Tbe farmer nevertheless willingly stated that be himself made more money out of tbe farm when be paid about [ £800 a year than when he pays only £250.
A PRETTY serious accident happened on the Cromwell-Queenstown road last week,jast about where tbe Upper Magnetio dredge ia now lying (says tbe " Cromwell Argus), Mr Henderson, of Tare is, was driving to Queenstown Mr and Mrs M'Don* aid late of Ardgour, who are leaving for » pkee at Burwood StatioD, and was driving three horses in an express. Some of tbe luggage which was piled pretty high fell off and struck the wheels. This started tbe horses who went off at a great rate. Unfortunately Mr Henderson lose one of tbe reins fastened to tbe leaders, and tbe vehicle went over the river bank, horses, express, passengers, and luggage. Luckily no one was badly Wt. Mrs M'Donald was severely shaken and bruised, and tbe two men received some contusions. About £16 worth of luggage rolled down the bank into the river and was lost, Tbe express suffered considerable damage, and the horses were knocked about a little. Considering that at this place the road is directly over the river, it is very fortunate that no person was severely injured. Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountains, N.S.W., wbo suffered for 4 years with aeuia gravel, writes to tbe "Illiwara Mercury" tbafc [ he was completely cured of bis complsiat by [ tbe internal use of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. He also states he has found the Extract (Stnder and Sons') • cure for rheumatism, and remarks that ia publishing these foots he has no other object in view than a pure desire to benefit suffering humanity. Dr W. Osborne, Cottagevifle, Ky., writes :— " I use SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT as a spr»y for nasal catarrh, low fever, asthma, &Q t> groat success. I fiod this preparation supe*' nor to all others." Dr A. Brnegman, Hartwell. Nebr., eavs :— •• I have osed SANDER- & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT in pneumonia and incipient phthisis, and have - met with moat bappy results. I have prac-. tiaed over 34 years and I cindidly say this— SANDERS' EXTRACT is one of the grand' eat preparations X ever chanced to meet." Dr Sfcahl, Guthrie, Ok., writes :— *• I have used varkua preparations of Eucalptus,.bub I get hetter results from SANDER &, SONS' EU» CALYPTI EXTRACT than from any of tbe others. 1 ' These and similar testimonials i.r>v« indisputably tbe superiority of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT over any other, and we sugoest to tbe publiQ to take care to got it— SANDER & SUNS',
A bbpobt of this week's Land Board mleting will be found on oar fourth page.
Thbkk wis » very fair audienoe at tbe Town Hall on Thursday evening, the great attraction being Ferry .the '* Human Frog." Tbe curUin having risen tn euormoua green frog gravely bops around tho ttagr, eturea solemnly round at the audience, and jumps •boot in a most extraordinary manner. A more realistic scene oan hardly be conceived, •ltd the naturalness of everything is little abort of marvellous. Ferry, after hoppiDg •boat for a minute or two, proceeds to execute some of the most extraordinary oontoriioniat feats imaginable. A description of these would be deemed almost incredible, •nd Ferry's performance mnat, as tbe hand* bill announces, "be seen to be believed." Tbis remarkable man continues to force his anatomy into positions and attitudes snob as baffle descriptioo, and the audience .sits in •ailent amizement, wondering what be will do next. The remainder of the programme oonststed of a few comic songs and a representation of the famous Passion Play by Ober Ammergan.
" The JSnqnirer's Oraole," tbe beat refer6000 book on every-day »nbjeok» it giron •way with 101 b Book Gift Te«.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4895, 28 September 1901, Page 2
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