LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 11415, 2 December 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Cadetß are requested to roll up to> night in force, especially those with arms, as it is a muster parade. " The mailß for "Wellington will now oloae twice daily, at 12.30 p.m. and 3 30 p.m. The firßt mail will reach its destination the same day at 10 p.m., and the second the next day at 12.25 p.m. Mails from Wellington will reach Wanganui daily, at 11.35 a.m. and 3.40 p.m. We are indebted to Mr Low, the harbourmaster, for the following particulars of lire stock < shipped from this port during the month of November : - Cattle, 487 ; sheep, 1042 j horaeo,7sß; and pigs, 65. Of the horses 45 were for Punedin, and 26 for Ghreymouth. The annual meeting of the Hospital Board was held yesterday, at noon, Messrs Beckett, Bennie, Wi son, Austin, and Remington being present. Mr Seckett, in the absence of Mi 1 Jaokson, was voted to the chair. Mr Wilson moved, and Mr Bennie seconded, That Mr Jackson be reslected chairman ; carried. The minutes of previous meeting were then read and con* firmed. The Secretary read a letter from the if orth Canterbury Hospital Board, asking the co-operation of the Wanganui board in opposing the rule laid down by the Go* vernment on the subject of delirium tremena patients. After a short discussion, it was resolved, That the board is of opinion that delirium tremens patients should not be charged to the Hoßpital Board, and that steps be taken to work with qther Hospital Boards to have the ordur cancelled. Messrs Peat, Poison, and the chairman were appointed a committee to open tenders. The owners of the steamer Wallabi evidontly mean to do fell that is possible to inaiie their venture a success, as a proof of which they have lately gone to considerable expense in compounding Ihe vessel's engines . To those who do not understand this term, we may say that it means that a new cylinder has been fitted over the old oneß, and the steam is tint used at high pressure in this, and afterwards utilised for the two low-pressure cylinders. By this means they can drive faster, and «o get more speed out of the steamer, and the coal consumption is nearly one»third lees. We understand that the improving has fully answered the expectations of the owners The w>>rk was ex« ecuted by Metsrs Mills and Gable, of Wellington. * ' Mr F. Battiey, of Auckland, the President of the Sunday School Union, is au» I no need to conduct the Baptist service at the fire Brigade Hall on Sunday night. Mr Battloy will deliver a special addreßS to young people. Sankey's hymns will be used. Tenders for the balance of Mrs Mitchell's stock of millinery and drapery will close on Monday next at noon, Mr Peter Bell is engaged in running out his ftofik sheets, with the view of ascertaining tbo extenu of his loss by the late fire, upon which the insurance companies have expressed their readiness to settle the cUixs. The salvage stock will be handed over to Mr Bell upon his showing that his loss is in excess of the amount of his in* ; surance. We hear that some of the direotors of the Op-river Navigation Co. intend making a trip up the river to Pipiriki as soon as possible, with the view of selecting a suit* able site for a wool depot. The intention is to afford facilities for the storage of all wool that may be brought down from the stations, and afterwards conveyed to town by the.Tuhua. We learn that Mr Fitzherbert cannot see his way to give a professional opinion on the Industrial School Estate question from a simple perusal of the granf. He finds that it will be necessary to spend several days in perusing early official doouments only to be found in the Parliamentary Library in Wellington, in order to become familiar with tne whole of the facts as they existed when the grant, was made, before venturing to give a legal opinion upon it, The committee appointed by the Borough Council to consider Mr A. Laird's applioaplicatjpn in respect of his leasehold at Springy ale, met yesterday, and, after hearing Air Laird, decided to recommend a maasure of relief, and also the adoption of the Public Bodies Leasehold Act of last y<"-ar. At a meeting held la>t night t. arrange fos Mr Matthew Burnett's meeting on the Bth, there wan a fair attendance, Mr Carson in the chair. It was decided to apply for the use of St. Paul's Presbyterian' Ohurch for tbe meeting. This course was adopted with the view of saving expense, and of handing to Mr Burnett tho proi-ieds of such contributions aa may be receiyed. Che committee- tor Mr Burnett's meeting ngi-Qjd tiltfo to act for the mission of riir Wi'Ai im Fox and. Mr 11.I 1 . '-V, Q-lover, which coin-* ounces here on tbe 15th instant, and will probabiy ?ast for four days. Captain Hume, the Inspector of Prisons > who is in town, visited the gaols yesterday ■ The nine»acre section on which the new gaol stands is to bo enclosed by an iron fence, and the present fence around the .Rutland Hill gaol will be taken down and removed , with the view of utilising the muterjt^l. The old stockade and the gaol buildings will, we understand, be allowed to remain for the benefit of the Domain Board. We regret to hear that "Granny Dalfcon,' who some two or three year3 ago was induced to BuVjmit to the removal of her belongings from Queen's Parlr, on which she had for a long time squatted, is aVout to be iateifensd with again. It appears Ujat her present doaiiciio l§ Jocated v-ilhja Uje [ ooundary of the land grants^ for $Ue pur- 1 j potea of: tho new i-ao 1 , and as ikb whole ! section ii about to be fenced, "<3riinny" will havs bo shiff-, "» the does not possess the qualifi.al-iori'j wquicito it ensure her residence within Mie gaol walli. M" igb.fi we suggeafc to the Borough authorities that they allow Mrs $al( on to locate herself on one of their unoccupied sections a little further bad."

The meeting called for h9t night at the Borough Council Chambers, to consider the advinabilifey of amalgamating the Up-river Steam Navigation Company with the new company about to bo formed, lapied through paucity of attendance. The special Christmas announcement of Messrs Keith and Lennard will be found iD ou? advertising columns. These well-known provision merchants have taken time by the forelock, and are early in the field with their Christmas requires, as well as with extensive additions to their previously large stock of general goods. The customers of the firm will be pleased ti learn that their loyalty t3 the old shop will not be forgotten, as Messrs B.eith and Lenrwrd are determined to keep up the old-fashioned practice of giving each and all a Christmas present. The annual tea meeting of the Brunswick Church will be held on this day week, the 9th instant, A meeting of residents in the Aramoho school district has been called for to morrow (Friday) night, at 8 o'clock, at the schoolhouse, to consider the slaughterhouse question. Mr Wilkinson, Bofcurning Officer for the Western Maori .Electoral District;, who arrived from Auckland yesterday, will receive nominations for the vacancy at noon to«day, at fifae Coarthouse. Mr Sydney Taiwhanga, who is dn« of the candidates, his arrived, and will bo present at the nomination. We hear that Mr Hone Xaipua, of Otaki, is likely to be the popular candidate <m this coast. Mr Hatch, the member of the House of Representatives for Invercargill, was in town on Monday, engaged in pushing the : gale of a special sheep dip, for which he has appointed Mr Dudley Byre hia local agent, Jhe mail train from Wellington yesterday afternoon was not a success in the matter of through passengers, the half doaen people who got out at the town station being mostly from the country district*. Owing to the apparent unreadiness at the Welling* ton end, neither the newly Sited up mail carriage nor a mail agent came through. The 1.20 trjin for Wellington was more successful. 10 through passengers starting from town, and two more joining at Aramoho. A very successful trial was made yesterday at Taylorville, after Messrs Barns and Higgie's sale, of Mr Gh H. Bowern's electric eheap brand, for which the inventor has applied for a patent- An automatic ca<m> ter, which can be filled wholly or partly with paint, tar, or any fluid suhab e for branding purposes, represents the invention. By its use 1000, or any less number of sheep, can be bransUcl right off, without its being necessary to stop to refill the oaniator. Yesterday the brand was handled by Mr Brownlie, who operated upon a number of sheep, to his own satisfaction and that of all present, with the result that an order was given on the ground for one of the machines. An advertisement referring to the brand will be found elsewhere. Many years ago, says an English writer, Dr Hammond, of Bournemouth, presented me with a fine specimen of kauri, gum, which one of hiß Bone had brought from Auckland, in Mew Zealand. In experimenting with the gum thus supplied, I have found that it may be made to perform many useful services in medicine. When the gam is burned~and it burns briskly — it gives out a very pleasant odour which deatroyß the odour of putrefying organic substances most effectively. Dissolved in spirit, it makes a fluid which burns in the lamp with good effect. Reduced to a fine powder and shaken with water, it communicates to the water new properties, so that, i sprayed in a room, it renders the air ozonic. It mixes well with ointments, forms a good combination with Boap, and, combined with -iodine, is a useful deodoriser and disinfectant. The gum is from a pine, the kauri tree.. I find (writesja Victorian School Inspector) that only a few of the children knew that the British Isles, bo often shown them on the map, werp the places from which, speaking generally, their fathers and mothers came. Of Queen Victoria the knowledge was very indefinite. Of the prince ot Wales, in whose honour they hud lately kept holiday, the knowledge was still lees. Wishing to ascertain whether tht:y understood what his future rank would be, I asked what he would be when Queen Victoria died. The only reply I got was from a little girl — " Please, sir, an orphan." Most co aid tell me that the coming holidays were given on account of Christmas Day"; bat to the questions — " Why do we keep Christinas Day P what do we celebrate on that day ? " the only answer was—" The races ! ! " This, I need sg ircely say, came from a boy. That trade is improving seems now to be an admitted fact, oven by those who have a predisposition to Uke a gloomy view of things commercial. On all hands there are indications that trade is brisker, and that there is a better demand upon the roßources of the distributing houses, though there are otill complaints that money is. difficult to obtain upon easy terms Tbat mouw is difficult to secure for ordinary commercial purposes is not to be taken bb evidence that there is a soarcity of ic in the place, for balances are rapidly accumulating, and so soon as confidence ig f ujily re-established money will be found plentiful for all legitimate purposes. That the yr net of the Jong trada depression is hot over m&j be accepted as a fact and every wesk will help to advance the improvement; of our commercial position.— N. Z. Herald. Senator Palmer suid in his speech to tbo United States benato, on the Oleomargarine Bill, that there were various ways of making artificial butter, and that among the specification on file in the patent office may be found : .Nitric a-id, sugar of lead, sulphate of lime, beDzoicaoid , butyric aoid, glycerine, capsio acid, commercial snlphunc acid, tallow, butyric ether, castor oil, caul, gastric juice, circumiue, chlorate of potash, peroxide of magnesia, nitrate of soda, dry«b!ood albumen, saltpeter, borax, orris root, bjoarbqnite of soda, cuparic aoid, suh phite of soda, pepsin, laud, duustic potash, chalk, oil of sesame (or benne), turnip seed oil, oil of sweet almonds, stomach of pigs, sheep, or calves, mustird seed oil, bicttrbonat of potash, boracic acid, salicylic acid, cottm-seed oil, alum, cows' udders, Btd soda, farinaceous flour, carbolic acid, slippery elm b?rk, olive oil, broma qhloralum, oil of peanuts, sugir, caustic so^a. If this list, plainly printed, and headed with ''This may contaiu," auould be attached to every buileriue pit qn the breakfast table, said the Senator, the 'price of board might be safely reduced. " Prevention is better than. cure. There* fore use Wom?b's celebrated Schnapi'B which is a preVentative of disease. •Good Resolutions.— A.t the commencement "of every new year hundreds and thousands of our young men— -anU old as we. l— form resolutions for their guidance for the coming yaar. Afany keep them while others break them. To such we wish to give a word of ndvioe. la ordur to sustain your determination of Jeadiug a belter lif« iu the future you should use iiop Bitters. The judicious use of Hop Bitters Blrengthenß,eleanß,and purifies the stomach, bowels, blood, liver, nerves, and kidneys, and just what you want to build up and ißvigorate yourself.— Greenbush, TJ.S A Dem, Head. '' j If'ou Caw Bb Happy if you wilj stop a li your doctoring yourself ant} fancies v/ith doctors or cure-alls that do only barm, and use Nature's simple remedies or all your ailments, you will be wbII and nappy and save great expense. The greatest remedy for this, the great, wise, and good will,. tell you, is Am. Go's Hop Bitters. Thh lids: HoosEWiP£.—The careful tidy housewife, when giving hor house in spring cleaning, should bear in raind that the dear inmates are'moyo. precious than houses, thoir systems need cleaning, iid pufc'if^ing the blood, regulating then stomach »nd bowels, and she ehoujd know there is uolhiug that will do it bo aurelyan American. Go's iiop Bitters, the purest aud best of all medicines. Wolfe's Schnapi-s is a powerful curative for disease and is very agreeable to the palate*