LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2122, 30 June 1898, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

We regret to say that the condition of Mrs Gotz last night was such as to oaa>e the gravest anxiety.

Th > ballot for sections in the Rangiatea block took place on Tuesday. R- Sephton’s body was found on Tuesday in the Crown Company’s water-race.

Ordinary meeting ; of Ohinemuri County Council takes place on Thursday, 7th July.

~V For Goughs and Colds take Woods’ -Al Great Peppermint Cure. 1/6 and 2,6

The following tenders were opened at the special meeting of the Town Board last night, in connection with the formation of Rewi-street, viz.: W Hefcherington, £219 ; R. Parr, £175 ; Jas. Or, £161; Shine and Maguire, £l6O (accepted).

We received a letter "from Mr S. Whitburn, of the Te Aroha West creamery, detailing the damage done to the Association’s business premises and ?to the manager’s dwelling-house during the recent storm. We regret Mr Whitburn’s graphic description was overlooked at the time, for in the rapid ■ age we live in the story of the great storm of 1897 has already become ancihnt history. V We have to direct the attention of bush Jailers to Mr Jno. McCaw's advertisement in anodier column of th s i-sue, in which he calls for fresh tenders for felling 400 to 500 acres of Okania bush. It was stated some time ago that a deal* in" Colonial politician had, in a fit of temper tnrown a pickle bottle at a political opponeut. The real facts were, that the said political opponent was so hoarse that he could hardly speak, and the L.C.P. kindly tossed him a bottle of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, ;a sure remedy for all colds, coughs, etc. Try it! Thousands swear by it 1 All chemists sell it! Is 6d and 2a 6d.

The testimonial to Miss Ethel M. TBaker, promoted by admirers and sympathisers, after the trial of the skin-grafting case, was presented in the Y.M.CJ.A. Rooms, on Tuesday afternoon last.

Steps are being taken to develop the asbestos deposits recently found in the vicinity of Nelson, and which have been acquired by a Southern syndicate. They are situated 27 miles from the port of Waitapu, and there are indications that they are of very considerable extent. The asbestos is of the quality known as chrysotile, which is used for weaving asbestos cloth and for a variety of other purposes. A couple of hundred weight sent to London, 'where it was manufactured into cloth, has been valued at £27 a ton. The strands are exceptionally long, and the quality excellent. Next spring the syndicate hopes to be in a position to make regular shipments to London. One order lias already been received to supply 500 tons.

Tn a recent ‘ Breach of Promise ’ case the defendant obtained a verdict because he proved that the girl had always a cold in her ‘ dose,’ as she expressed it. Thus were lWg sou’s with but a single pocketbandcercl.ief, two hearts that beat as one, parted for ever, j.nst for the want of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, which is ascertain remedy for all colds, coughs,- or catarrhs. ~ Tie a mot about this, somewhere I

A public display of acetylene gas was given on Saturday evening at Mr Rhodes’ bootshop, next Milne and Choyce’s, Q een-street, Auckland. The acetylenegas was burnt simultaneously in the shop window and at the counter with the ordinary gas. A large number of persons inspected the lights. The flame is smaller than the ordinary gas fish tail burner, but the light is white and very briiliant, and its illuminating power was alt that could be desired. XFor Coughs and Colds take Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2s A holocaust has taken place amongst country newspaper offices during the past week. On Sunday the offices of the ‘ Wairoa Bell ’ were totally destroyed by fire; on Monday the ‘YVairoa Guardian ’ fell a victim to the flames, and on Tuesday the ' Mataura Eusigu ’ buildings were burnt to the ground. In the case of the ‘ Wairoa Guardian ’ we regret to see that the propeietor, Mr Timperley, was only insured to a small extent. We trust that each and all of our unfortunate contemporaries will soon arise with renewed vigor from their ashes.

A girl years of age stated in the New Plymouth Police Court that she could not write her own name. She added, itf reply to a further question by the Magistrate, that she had never been to school, although she was ‘'learning to spell at home.” The father explained that he had never lived close enough to a school to send his children.

Let the croaker croak, and the hard time howler howl; We know hard times as bad as those in a sick household. The start — a slight cough, gets worse, keeps everybody in the house awake, father swears, mother ditto. Avoid these troubles. Keep a bottle of Woods’ Great Pepperment Cure in the house; it never fails,

From our advertising columns it will be seen that the local Band announce a grand entertainment in Smardon’a Hall on Thursday night. A monster programme has been prepared, and as the proceeds are in aid of the Uniform Fund, we hope to see a large attendance of .the public.

It is with profound regret we have to record this morn mg the death of Mr Walter Deverell. Some fourteen days ago he met with an accident at the Montezuma battery, where he was employed. In consequence of the accident he was confined to his room at Mrs Reeves’, all exertion being forbidden, and he appeared to be progressing favourably. Ha repeatedly expressed his ;anxiety to be about again, and spoke hopefully of being able to resume work iu a few days at the latest. Yesterday morning early a friend looked into his bedroom and asked him what sort of a night he had: to which he replied cheerfully, ‘kapai.’ After a short interval hid elapsed an ; unusual sound in his room attracted i attention and on entering he was found lying across the pillow gasping for breath. He was able to speak to >ir George Frith; The accident he seemed anxious to explain was entirely due to his owu carelessess. He gradually weakened -and died peacefully some few „ minutes after the attention of the inmates had been aroused. Deceased was the eldest son of Mr G. D. Deverell of Taranaki. He was a native of England, having been born in the neighbourhood of London.; in 1871. The cause of death was failure of the heart’s action consequent on internal bleeding Dr Smith had attended the patient The funeral will leave Mrs Reeves’ residence (next door to Mr Moses Hotchin’s house), at 2.30 to-morrow (Friday) for the Te Aroha West cemetery. During the homeward passage of the P and O. steamer India, which arrived last week, a shameful tripk was played on April Fool’s day by some imbecile cads among the saloon pasaengers, who unfortunately remain undiscovered. During the night they collected and threw overboard sixty deck chairs belonging to their fellow passengers Lord Br&ssey was among the sufferers by this disgraceful misconduct* Perhaps the worst feature of this ruffianism was taat a chair, which had been specially made at a cost of £7 for an invalid, a great sufferer, who could find ease in no other resting place was sacrificed with the rest. The brutal scoundrels deserve lynching.

We learn that Mr Coutts. Inspector of Mines, (say 3 the Bay of' Plenty Times ) has been to Omokoroa in connection with the proposed boring for true coal there, and that he is of opinion that a more likely spot would be hard to find. The bore is expected at Omokoroa to-day, and the man who is to conduct the operations is already on the ground, -

This is the definition of drunkenness given by Mr Stanford, S. M.: —‘ Disregarding the finer destinations, e. g., that a man was drunk when he could not ride, or when he could not walk, he regarded a man as the worse for drink, or drunk, taking the two phases as meaning the same thing, when he had taken enough alcohol to make him other than the person he usually was. When he had lost his customary self-re-straint in any way, when usually peaceable men became fightable or combative, when a usually silent man became very loquacious, or when a usually talkative man became silent in consequence of taking alcohol then he the S. M. should hold that he was the worse for drink, i. e. f drunk,’

To the Deaf and those troubled with Noises in the Head or other Aural Troubles Dr Nicholson of London, the world famed Aural Specialist and Inventor of Artificial Ear Drums, has just issued the 100th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deafness and Aural Troubles This book may be had from Mr Colin Camp, bell, 160, Adelaide Road, Wellington, N.Z--Mr Campbell was cured of his deafness by Dr Nicholson’s system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in Zealand. A little book on the cure of Rheumatism, Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the same author, may be had from Mr Campbell also—Advt