LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 35, 13 February 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Till Railway Department advertise train arra.iii;<»r»ji;!)t,s in connection with the Taranaki, Kc_-ati;t. Mr. •!. .Kolh/in-er internls lohying at the l'rs;i' iiini'.' i.i' next mouth ou a visit t4 the Old (Jo'intrv. 01' the i;3;,ooU',oled for the First Contingent last session, it turns out I bat £13,000 was paid o>the owners of the Waiwera for alterations to the vessel, fares, ete. The Secretary of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Jioard desire* us to acknowledge i-eeeii.t, of books and i..uni:ils from Mr. W. Stanley, L\ruiunt (toad, and liberated papers fv.jni Mrs. F. L. Wel.sl.er. 'l'h-? anneal meeting of the Tarar.aki Djstriot, A.0.K., will bo held in iiawera to-day. 'l'he electoral rolls are to be printed in view of the licensing committee elections in March. At a meeting of the Kxeoutivo of the Nonnanby Horticultural Society, a letter was roeeiw.d from the secretary of the New I'lvoiouth Town Hand, ollerim' the so: vices of'ilie Jiaml fur Ihe .Show on ll'.th March. It wastes.,) ed llv! the libera! oifcr be accepted with ll)ai;fe. Trains will leave ior the Breakwater to : "lay, connect!.!"; with steamers mentioned I Moiow, as follow:--.'..lo a.m., Uotoiti (free; I North): 7 a.m., Mapourika (from South j; I'.tiiu a.m., liutoiti (for South): fJ.iio p.m., sAliponiika (,or North). There will he a ; passe:;;---r-rar aittehed to ;!;<• -viols 1.-;-,.. h-;!v; : ;.; New Plymouth for Jlrcakv.aict about .1 p.ii.. A! till.: l'o)h,<; '.U ii 01.-' .[..1.11 .Skclton was sentenced (o one mooch's !.'..- , prisonmenL in the Wellington Gaol for the i non-payment of money due to St. Mary's I Industrial School, Nelson, for the support of ids child. Judgment summonses had been I served on hitu, but to no el&ct,

Mr. Uadsby had some o£ his most valuable sheep killed by tho train on Saturday last. One animal valued at £2O was cut to pieces. — l'atea l J ross. On Thursday afternoon Mr. Newton King will hold an unreserved sale of furniture on account of Mr. H. Gilinour, who is giving up housekeeping. The furniture is all of firstclass manufacture, and a great portion of it nearly new. A first-class piano is amongst the items to be sold, Persons about to furnish will find it to their advantage to attend the sale. John Frere, alias John Mormau, appeared at tho Police Court on Monday ou a charge of obtaining money by false pretences from W. K. Woodward, of Auckland, to the amount of £260, on the 7th March, 1889. Accused was remanded to Auckland. It appears that he had been in hiding for some time, and had walked through the Waikato district to Mokau, and thenca to Ureuui, where he was arrested. According to an exchange the ex-junior member for Christchureh, Mr. T. E. Taylor, has commenced auctioneering in Christchurch and is doing very well. He was selling sheep at Addington the other day when a burly farmer interjected, " There's no beer j here, Tom." Quick as a Hash came the retort, " Wo, I can guarantee everything I am selling to be teetotal." The New Zealand Herald says:—lnspector McGovern, of Napier, who is at present on a visit to Auckland, has purchased some live acres in the Kemuera district, with a view of building a residence there, and settling in Auckland, on hisretiremont from the police force, which he contemplates carrying into effect in June next. He is in his (jlfca year, and retires with a splendid record as a police officer, after 36 years' service. He will retire on a pension, the new pension scheme for the police force which passed into law last session of the General Assembly.

We are informed on good authority that the seed-buying firms are offering threepence per pound for cocksfoot grass seed as it comes from the riddle, providing the sample is approved. A very large quantity of seed has been saved in and around this district, and at the prico named is a really good tiling, for we know of one man, assisted by a small boy, saving no less than one hundred pounds per da.y.—Manja?i>e/ta Mail. i At a meeting of the Council of the New Zealand League of Wheelmen, an explanation was received from Mr. B. Norden, of Auckland, with regard to his action' as referee at the New Plymouth cycling carnival, in regard to which there had been complaints by the Wanganui centre. 'Che New Zealand Times is responsible for this statement:—" Tho new Parliamentary Library will not be used lor the purpose it was intended for alter all. Although | erected specially for the purpose it is not large enough, and will probably have to be used by members and the present library surrounded witli brick to make it more : secure against lire." A wire ou Monday evening says:—The Public Works Department denies any intention of putting the Parliamentary Library building to other uses than those for which it was designed. It U estimated to be large enough to hold twice tho number of books now in hand, and the reason for the delay in shifting tho quarters is that the steel shelving has not arrivod from America. It is expected, however, to be shifted this month.

A copy of the current issue of The New Zealand Wheelman, which, as its name implies, is conducted in the interests of cyclists, has reached us from the publisher ■Tho paper during its eight years of existence has done much to further cycling in the colony, and is thoroughly deserving of the support of all who take an interest in this class of sport. It is full of items of interest to cyclists, and a handsome coloured supplement is issued with the number entitled I "Kit for the Front." The journal is | admirably printed. Man's Ingratitude. -We have it on bnakespeai-es authority that the '"liter wind ! is not more unkind tutui,man's ingratitude, in many cases tins i s unfortunately only too true, there are times, however, when the i benefit received is s0 great that ingratitude | becomes impossible. When life is rendered I a burde « t( > us by sickness, and someone comes and rea tores us to health, wo should Ibe base indeed to feel ungrateful. Tims, millions are to-day grateful to Hollowny's Pills aud Ointment, which have cured them of all stomach and liver troubles, banished headache, itatulency, indigestion and low spirits, and cleared their systems of gout, rheumatism, sciatica, and all similar ailments.—Advt. Since Briton and the Boer throw down the gaimlet to meet in deadly combat there has been a marvellous and uiiDreeedented run on all our modem songs, " Sons of the Sea," and " Soldiers of the Queen," are the favourites, and in every city, town, village, and hamlet where the Anglo-Saxon tongue is spoken the soul-stirring refrains can be heard. We have also to chronicle another unprecedented run, and that is on Sykes' Cura Cough, which has rehabilitated thousands of enfeebled and rundown constitutions. —All Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt