LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIIII, Issue 12247, 25 March 1897, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wellington Star Boating Clab'rt orews arrived by yesterjay afternoon's train. A Maori kit, containing an athletis outfit-, is advertised for, nnd the finder Will be rewarded on returning same to Mr J. Derunge, at Mr J. H. Kcos'ing's auction mart. . The hon secretary of tbe Kaierau Poetball Club desires to acknowledge through our columns a donation of £2 2s from Mr Duncan Blair, the club's president. The canvassers in connection with thp approaching West Coaßt Fire Brigades' Demonstration, to be held in Wanganui, are meeting with liberal Bnpport. The "Neleon Kowing Club will be represented at the Championship Begetta at Easter in tbe Junior Fours by Messrs W.Fike, E. Shea, F.Wishhourne and F. Shallcrass (a'ruke). The following craw will represent the Collage in their annual contest with the W.BiC. at to-day's ragatta :— C. B Sixby (stoke), J. Monfc^omerie (3\ U, W. Nairn (2), N. J. H, Gavin (bow), H. Cbriet-e (cox). Mr J. R. Sommerville, chairman of the New ZaaUnd Rifle AseooiatioD, notifies that the first competition to 'select the Wanganui representative for the proposed rifle team for England will be held on the Wanganui Range on Saturday next. .The shooting will conimei.ee at 1 o'clock Bharp. Of the nine candidates whose names -will appear on the voting papera at today's licensing nleotion, the . electors can only vote for five. They must cros3 out at least four names, but tboy may crosi out as many mora as they please. If tboy wish to voto for the ten o'clock candidates only, tbey mnst cross out the other six nimes.

Mr and Mrs John Bennie left by yesterday's mid-day tram fjr Wellington, whare they join the Gothio for England on Tuesday next. The Misses Robj, who are also homeward bound by the same steamer, left by the Stormbird last night, while Messrs oames Tawse 'and Jameß Laird leave by train to-day,

Messrs J. Sewell, T. Mitohelll, W. T. Benefield, C Lomax, E. E. Gilbert, W. Haywood, W H. Gibson, C-. Bridges, M. Keegan, W. A. Veitch, G. J. Walih and M. A. Neill have been elected trustees in connection, with, the erection of a boat tailed and hall at Aramoho. The opening of the bu'ldmg, which is now in course of erection, will probably be celebrated by ah aquatic carnival and an entertainment and dance in the evening.

The Hon Me Seddon'a sneer at party purity,' in nhioh he indulged when spea\ : ing at the Hutt the other ereniog, was severely dea't wi h by Mr Dnthie on Monday night in a few significant words. V Thie," Baid Mr Dnthie, " does not reveal a very e'.evatei Bpirir. Ferbap?, from Mr Seldcn's point of view, it wao right and prope*, but there. 'were other;) who looted upon it ai anything but ortditabV' ' .

''"Tbe proposal in the Undesirable Emigrants BiH wbich aims at the exclusion of consumptive i from our shore i liknns iUelf to my mind to the piotore of a strong man in n boat at ses, casting hack bis we.ak and drowning brother to fus'-me," said:' Mr Duthie on Tuesday §venibg. " Surely;' he tid Jed, "if tha climate ef onr colony is adaptsd to tbe cura c"r relief of consumption the danger is not so great as to warrant a law to prevent sufferers frsm seeking tbat tellef ?''

A correspondent writes ub fram Waverley regretting thit the sweet melodj of the anoieit pibroch Was^nfflfefipprejiated as, well as it might have been been at the recent Waverley sports, and pointing but that although a well-known Napier p ; par put in an appearance ho was not even recognised, and speedily and quietly left tbe grounds and proceeded to the Clarendon Hotel, whera he discoursed a series cf splendid tunaß to many appreciative 1 steners.

Tha news of tho death of Mrj ' F. Gilligan, of Sp-ingval-, which ocourrad at the Hospital yesterday morning, will, wo are snre, be learned with deep regret. The deceased was the first pitient admitted to the Hospital as ths result of the outbreak of typhoid at Mot stiwn soma two months ago. She suffered a relapsa some fonr or five weeks' ago, and, owing to'ex:e"sive weakness, was ' uaabla to again rally, eventually succumbing to the fell disease at the early age of 26 years. - A husband and a famdy of young children are left to mourn their loss, and for them, as well as for -the other sorrowing relatives, the sincerest sympathy will be .felt-, lhe funeril is to leave fie Hospital for Si. Mary's Churoh at 8 o'olock tjus afternoon.

We need hardly remind elpctors that the- day for the election of a Licensing Committeeior the Wanganni distriot has arrived. The election is conducted on exactly the dame lines as theelecticn of members of the House of Representatives, and every man and woman wbose"name is on the general electoral roll fcr the distriot is entitled ti vot}. In all nine candidates are nominated, of whom -only five can be elected. Electors may therefore vote for any number of candidates np to five. Mr Morton Jones, the Rsturaing Officer, has appointed the following deputies at the different booths i-^Wan-ganni (Drill Hall), Messrs J. Purnell, Hylton and Thomson ; Mosstown, Mr W. H. McLean ; Castleoliff, Mr F. G. Newcombs; Kai Iwi, Mr E. Barns; Aramoho, Messrs Pinnhes and Lett; Fordell, MrE. Morse i Ofcoia, Mr Trimble; Upokongaro, MrN/Joieß.''. ■ •

Tha Juvenile Depravity Bill,, vhich «s?' numbered vith (he rejected lagt' session but whioh, according to the Hon Minister for Education, is to be born again and submitted to the House again next eesrion, was roughly handled by Mr Dathie ia his speech at Oddf allows' Hall. By this Bill, he slid, it was pre Burned that onr childre'n were more immoral than thoss of ?ny ojtfcor .^uglc-laxon community. It was a' foul JibeJ" ojji' daughters. It provided tbat if a spent t&9 evening at a fpiend'a bsuga and in going home after 10 o'clock loitsped OP the roed.ehe waa liable to be apprehended by a police, man and had to go to gaol unless the representative of the law could tumble some married person of good repute out of bed to testify to her moral character ! Whoever heajtd of any administration giving each damnable po^er try $ noiioeman?

The Wanganui Eifleg hold their annual general" meeting onlueadtty eyening in the Drill Hall. There was a good attendance, with Captain Watt in the ohair. The retiring couooil submitted a vory exhaustive report of tho yftii'd worpng of the oompany, the chief item of which was the importing of the new regulation uniform* at a cost of 4!255, iqc)i)diog dnty £66. The finances were ooosiderod very satisfactory. • the overdraft of Al 10 is more than covered by the sanitation grant £lpß los, and first prizs volley firing £20, leiping a sufficient credit balance for all the ordinary expenses of the year. The assets and liabilities account showed a creqlijb of .J8368, election of officers reßujlted as follows ; — Hoijt secretary,. Corpera* Mcgpaiej hpn t'reaei»rer, Lieut, nnghetf counoil, Colour Sergeant indereon, Privates Hooker, Puyssr, MoGonagU), Ransom andSta'te; haudicappers. Captain Watt, Privates Hooker and Ifars£ Afttr dealing with the usual routine bnsSnGsa nf the corp3 hearty) votes' of thsnlf3 tplte feJijr|p|.o§cerp, tl» meeting toimioirtefl.

In alludingto thfflegis'ativffblundering, the " slopwork " of t' e present Minis'ry, the ex-member for Wellington City in his address on Tueaday. evening pointed to the innumerable Acts with, their illimitable amendments, and ea'.d that it was almost impossible for any, man to understand tbe law of our country as it now now existed. He instanced the fact that in 1392 seven amendments had bean made in different Acts, in 1803, eight ; in 1894, 19; and In 1895, 16... We have already got sn army of lawyers, but must find room for mora.

Ladies snd " ohildren will -find much bsnefit by a course of spring and summer medicine. nVoods' Fig Laxative will be found Euitable to both sbxes, alao to children. Liver tioubles, biliousness, and indigestion ara relieved permanently by it '1 he preparation is praparad entirely from fitait*. consequently ' it is palstabla. and Sold every where, ls 6d and 2s 6d.

TWAS ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY. " Fat," asked a colonial Irishman of an old country one, " what do°s that faugh-a-baliagh mean ?" " Sara and it means clesr the way, ye omadhauu " eaid his mate. ". Faith," siid the other, "Iwuh I bad something to clear tbe way down my neok." " They a whiskey," ' said Pat, " I have," " then they another," " I have," eaid his chum, " two whiekeys." Be gob, then ye must be bad. They Sykes' Cura Cough and that'll clear the way, and it did and always does.

To the Deaf and those troubled with Noises in the Head or other Aa-al troubles. Dr Nicholson, of London, the norld . famed Aural Specialist and Inventor of Artificial Eir Drum?, hai just issued the ICOth. edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deafness 'and Aural Troubles. Toi9 book may be had from Mr Colin Campbell, ICO, Adelaide Road, Wellington, N.Z. Mr Campbell was cured of his deafness byDr Nicholson's ey diem; aud takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great sp3oialist in New Zea'and. A little book on tbe care of Rheumatism. Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by .tho fame author may bv had from Mr Campbell, also tree.