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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 360, 28 September 1878, Page 2

A Napier telegram, referring to the appointment of Mr Robert Stuart (Mayor of Napier), as Resident Magistrate, states that “ the appointment is certainly about the most surprising of any of the surprisingtilings that Government have done. Mr Stuart, though a good sort of man enough, is wholly incompetent for the office. He has no knowledge of the law, and his education is certainly not of the nature which the position he has been elevated to demands.” The Taranaki Herald referring to the financial difficulties of the Hokitiki Board of Education, through the bank account having been largely overdrawn, &c., says —We think the Government should take educational matters into its own hands, and not allow School Boards, composed as many arc, of theorists, to play at ducks and drakes with the money of the colony.” Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —Throat Affections.—All the varieties of these distressing complaints may be readily and effectively treated by rubbing this Ointment twice a day upon the neck and chest, and supporting the strength by suitable nourishment. By this simple means, diptheria, ulcerated and relaxed throats, irritation of the windpipe, quinsey, and all glandular enlargements will have their progress arrested and the destruction they have caused, repaired. Holloway’s Ointment is the most trustworthy remedy for all internal and external throat ailments, and may be safely and effectively employed in every case without regard to season, sex, age, or constitution. It is highly extolled for its ready cures of spasmodic coughs, chronic hoarseness, and disagreeable discharges from the throat and nose. Strangers and country settlers coming to Carlyle, arc very often at a loss to know which is the best and cheapest General Drapery and Clothing Establishment in the district. R. A. Adams’ Cardigan House, offers special advantages that can be met with nowhere else in the district. He keeps the largest and best assorted

stock of every description of drapery goods, imported direct—and from the best colonial houses ; which, being bought on the most advantageous terms, and having thorough knowledge of the business, enables him to offer goods of sterling quality at puces that cannot he improved on by any other bouse in New Zealand. Every article is marked in plain figures, from which there is no deviation ; so that inexperienced people arc as well _ served as the best judges, the terms bring net cash, without rebate or abatement of any kind. Note the address —11. A. Adams ; Cardigan House, nearly opposite Town Hall,'Carlyle.— advt.