LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2106, 24 May 1898, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Quoit match, this afternoon.. Sbe advt.

Hon. A. J. Cadman and party arrived in-Te Aroha laat night. The guest of Te Aroha to-day will address his constituents at the CriterionTheatre at Paeroa on Friday next.. The Campbell- Ehrenfried brewery in Queen-street is now independent of the city water supply. ; The brewery is supplied with 20,000 gallons of water per day drawn from an artesian: well on its premises.. Our readers will learn with, regret that the popular Clerk of the Court, Mr J. M. Hickson, has been’ seriously Indisposed, having, been confined' to i his room for several days. Dr Smith has been- unremitting in his attention, and Mrs Smardou has spared no pains in making the invalid comfortable at the Palace Hotel.

Our Manawaru correspondent? ap- . pears to have fallen into error when he speaks of Mr Morrison as the author-of the- ManawarU petition to ■the Board- of Education anent the removal of the Te Aroha West Sfchool to Manawaru. There, were-two in-fluentially-signed petitions- sent up to* ‘the Board:. Ono from the residents of Te Aroha West and pne from those of ■ Manawaru,. Mr Morrison drew up that : from Te Aroha West and Mr Thomas Stanley was the first? to append his signature. The petition our corres ; pondent evidently refers to is that from 'Manawaru which was drawn up by Mr Andrew Farmer. The object of both petitions was identical, and we - thoughtthe matter had been satisfactorily settled, although xf Q have had no 1 official intimation to that effect..

A miner named Henry Murland, 56 years of age, died suddenly at Karangahake on Thursday morning. The , deceased) who was well known at the Thames, had been living with his brother for several years past in a house situated at Scotchman’s Gully. 'At;-the,, inquest it was shown that death Was caused by inflammation, of the lungs and pericardium, and a verdict was returned accordingly.

* John: M’Hven, manager of the Hagey Institute at Napier for the cure of drunkenness, was charged at the Magistrate’s Court there, last week with being helplessly drunk, and was remanded for medical treatment.

■A deputation ofbrewers asked the Premier’ to modify certain penal clauses in the licensing, legislation, which it felt press unfairly? on the trade, and. cause considerable' hardship; The Premier said 1 he was in sympathy with the deputation* whose views were moderate and reasonable, and he promised to do all in his power to- bring about an equitable adjustment.. v

: £ The American harquentine Evie Reid sailed from Auckland for New j York with a full cargo of kauri gum. She sails under the American flag, and will taka her chance of capture. Two boys named' Gustave Solomon and Edward John Clarke, were “taken down from Te Aroha by Constable Forbes, who arrested them on a charge q{ theft last week. They were to W charged with stealing at Auckland on April 19th, £ls TOs in gold; £5- in silver, two £1 notes, and a bank cheque for L,lB 18s, the property of Margaret Sarah. p \ The mail brings word that Mr j. Tonson Garlick has purchased in Paris some beautiful gopds and was busy selectihg novelties fa the London and provincial markets ?of Great Britain; He had placed some important orders before recent rise in prices # came into l operation, and expects to'reach Auckland, after visiting the States and Canada, sometime in July. In another column the Tonson Garlick Company’s new advertisement appears. We visited the company’s temporary premises last week, and wa were astonished at the extent and volume of the business transacted there.}

XF«r Coughs and Colds take Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2s,

Young Harris who was severely bitten by a dog on Saturday morning while delivering a newspaper at Mr Marsdon’s residence is we understand,. progressing favourably towards recovery.

Kitchener’s Soudan forces will enter Khartoum iu October next according to Cecil 'Rhodes. Z . ; -

Mr Richard Downey was knocked down in Queen-st oh Saturday night at 6.30 and died from the injuries he received while being removed to the Hospital. ‘y. This being the 24th of May the day. will be observed as a close holiday in honour of the Queen’s Birthday;

, We: have seen the magnificent medal to ibe presented by Mr W. H Knock to Sergt Salmon who has won the Knock Belt twice in succession and three times at? intervals As our readers wilfrememberthis handsome trophy known as H; Knock .Present-, ation Belt is; not allowed .under the con--.; dition of its-donation to leave the Te Aroha Rifle- Company and become the private property of any individual member however often he may win it. In his gene rosity Mr Knock has- provided for 1 such a con.tingeucy as the belt being won more than once by any-member by presenting a gold medal to the fortunate winner whenever that event occurs.

The race for the Epsom- Derby takes place at the far famed Downs to-morrow. Cablegrams to hand shew, that the Two Thousand Guineas winner Disraeli is favourite; This year the events is looked uponjas very open, and-if all accounts are true there is* the material for a surprise in the race. "

The Daily Telegraph’s Tientsin' corres* pondent states that Japan is eager for ant alliance with, Britain, and ready to land 300,000 troops on. the mainland to check the absorption of China by Russia.

As;will be* seen from our commercial intelligence,. the price of bonedust has been raised from 16s to .£7 per ton..'

Ta the course of. a discussion at the Hutt County Council ( reports the ‘ Post ’ ) it was stated that in some parts,* of the Wellington- provincial district it was almost impossible owing to the ravages, of small birds, to grow any oats. One councillor mentioned that he once supplied a neighbour with some poisoned wheat, with the result that all the small birds were de« stroyed. The next year there were no feathered visitors, but all his- neighbours oats were eaten by the caterpillars,and the neighbour said, he was being, justly pun* ishedfor having killed the birds. The case against Gregory Morissy charged: with assaulting A. W.. Sergeant on. the 6th dismissed on, Friday, last at Paeroa, the evidence going.to show that the - informant was the aggressor. Mr A, H. Johnson* has been appointed signal engineer to-the Hew Zealand Railways He has had considerable experience in England-'and in. the- United States, and it will be his duty to design and develop a uniform scheme of interlocking points and signals, improvement in the-present system, having, been found absolutely- necessary. The signal cabins in use will be fitted up with more modern appliances, and the number increased. . An. extensive set of plans are being prepared,, and the first, step-towards-new’installation, will' be- taken, in the Wellington yards, Messrs Hoffman and Son. whose advertisement appears in another column beg to notify the public that they are holding a great clearing sale, and: ask intending buyers-to call at once as they are largely overstocked; and secure, a good piano at their reduced prices-

The Russian: Government has purchased the racehorse Galtee More for ,225,000.

By onr advertising columns, it will bo seen that a very great musical'treat is in store for Te Aroha; This-is nothing less than a musical entertainment to be given | in the-Wesleyan Church Te Aroha on Fri- ■ day evening next, by the celebrated and popular baritone of Auckland, the Rfev. Arthur Mitchell accompanied by his genial and gifted superintendant "Rev H. B. Dewsbury, Bev A. Mitchell is the fortunate possessor of a magnificent voice, which by it’s richness power and flexibility has gained for him a reputation as one of the greatest baritones of Australasia. In 1'889 : this ; gentleman secured the Victorian Gold Medal in "the great * Foundation Day ’ celebration ■of that year; and wherever he goes he isin great demand as a singer. Bev HI B; Dewsbury is- also endowed with musical ; and elocutionary gifts of a very high, order; Being about to visit Te Aroha to obtain benefit from the baths, these gentlemen have kindly consented to provide a musical and literary entertainment on Friday evening nest. Bev A. Mitchell' will give his 1 unique, and popular Evening with the ‘Fisk Jubihe Singers’ which in Otago, Canterbury, and ■ Auckland has been so enthusiastically received, in which he reproduces with marvellous fidelity, the wierd soul-stirring, melodies-of the famous Fisk Singers. Bev- H. B; Dewsbury will l also recite and sing, and the whole will provide an entertainment that no one should miss- Admission is by silver coin and the entertainment will commence at 7,30 p.m.