LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 42, 21 February 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading matter will be found" on our fourth page. A sister of the great Maori warrior Titokowaru died near Okaiawa on Thursday, At the Magistrate's Court on' Monday, in the case of H. W. Davy v. C. N. Smith, .plaintiff was nonsuited on the production of a receipted contra account. The Harbour Board meeting on Tuesday was a record one. In spite of all efforts to spin out time, all the business was concluded shortly after 12.30. In the afternoon most of tho members visited the harbour and inspected the works in progress. Mr. Dempsey's monthly report on the Central School, read at a meeting of the Town School Committee on Monday last, showed the average attendance for the last three weeks to have been 4151.7, 461.7, 470.2, average 4G-1.5. The number on the rolls is §26. This gives about 88 per cent, of the roll.

Mr. N, K. MacDiarmid, hon. secretary of the North Egmont Reserve Board, requests us to acknowledge the receipt from Mrs. Mead and Mr. Geo. Tabor of paroels of magazines for use of visitors to the Mountain House.

We are desired to state that the dance at Fitzroy- to-night is of a private nature, and not open to the public. The s.s. Karamea will be the next boat carrying dairy produce to the Home market. This steamer leaves Wellington on March Bth. The closing day at the Moturoa Freezing Works will be Thursday, the Ist March, at 3 p.m.

Mr. N. K. MacDiarmid, local secretary of Trinity College, London, states that he haa received 44 entries for tho examinations to be held in June next,

The Central School Swimming Club has been resumed with a present membership of 75 (increasing). It is very popular with the boys, who say that they feel fresher and more lit for the afternoon's work. Tho headmaster (Mr. Deuipsey), Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Gray take supervision in turns, and, we believe, take all possible precautions to prevent accidents.

The supply of water received in town (luring the past few days has been short, the cause being that the reservoir has been emptied and thoroughly cleaned. It lias been stated that the shortage was occasioned by the effecting of repairs at the reservoir, but this is not correct, as no repairs have been necessary. It is expected that the usual ?ur,pfj will be available to-day. Travellers to &n<] from Nc>v Plymouth to Waitara are requested tg use the f)i,4 Waitara Road for about one month, during repairs r,,q LMg Jim's Hill. The Waitara Hoad branches At the main road towards the sea, about one iiiile on New I'lyrnouth side of the Waitara i'ownship. The sum of £7 Bs the pupils of the Central School towards the W)jr Fund. This means' that if all the schools i.t the colony contributed in the s ame proportion,;; sum of £IBUO would be '•oalised. The Cadets have further offered to \),\ Zl per month while Hie war- Who will say 'that the rising generation in New L'iymoutli have : 'j,-.il the honour of the Empire it heart! The Taranaki Hegatla will he held at iVaiauu to-morrow, and should the weather ;e';p as at. present there will be a record .ileiidauee. The outvies (which were pub-:i-Uc ;i: yesterday's issue) are large, and he events '-Uouh! he iuler-sting, while tlie uu-.ies' Knees will be v.'"i'Ui seeing. The ;..ipular outing large p^U,;j)^.ge. Police Inspector Uroliam, of CliristchurchJ >-ii!!.;. o;. February 28th, under the Police ''l-i.o.wii ,-Ve.'-. jas'p.CiJter js:oiiaiu has teen '■'•'■ yv;.i-i in the service, amf .-f-eiyes a reiriu:..- alloyvi'.n.jc u f p,;v aliifUij}. Ii; : ■po.elor Eili-on, of lji-uviiii.iKi.il. Lirojiam, and Sub-Inspector JtocV ioiell, of Weliiiij.-lon, i-. transferred to jiiiyim.TiL.h, ami will take c ai'ge of the .;.. '.u'.•.-ir-a.cd i,y Inspector Ellison. Ser- ''•■'-'-;-';!:-'' el!, of' apicr, has been promoted o a and succeeds Subtwpeotyj' jllacDoi.i.eU at '.Veliington.

I We understand that there is no truth in i I the statement that Mr. P. F. Ralfe has resigned his seat on the New Plymouth ' Harbour Board. The Waitara River every evening presents ! a busy appearance, the crews of tbe several I clubs training assiduously. At Waitara on Tuesday evening, asmoke I concert was tendered to Mr. B. De L. Beane, who has been acting as postmaster there for the past thirteen months, and who is returning to his position in the New Plymouth Ohief Post Office. The affair was a great success. The New Plymouth Co-operative Society has an important advertisement on the fourth • page of this issue. Messrs. Veale & Son, grocers, Devon-street, , notify that they can supply every want in the grocery line, and, while giving value for 1 money, and credit and civility, will also » insure customers against accident for ' nothing. » A seasonable advertisement from Mr. 0. ■ Garter, of The People's Grocery, appears in . this issue. The proprietor of this well-known , establishment announces that he can supply American iars, etc., and goods of first quality > at good valuo for the money. | Whiteley Memorial Church.—This evening I the Rev. D. O'Donnell will give a lecture on ) " Things to Come, or from Calvary to tho [ End." Chair taken at 7.30. Admission free. , Collection taken up at close of meeting.— I Advt. J Since Briton and the Boer throw down 5 the gaunlet to meet in deadly combat there ■ has been a marvellous and unprecedented run , on all our modern songs, " Sons of the Sea," 3 and "Soldiers' of the Queen," are tho c 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 unpre- . cedented run, and that is on Sykes' Oura . Cough, which has rehabilitated thousands of enfeebled and run down constitutions.—All " Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt Fobhign Competition is often declared ■ to be the cause of much of the suffering in 1 this country, and we are told that the num- . ber of fareigners in England make it very difficult for the Englishman to get a living. However this may be, it is certainly true 1 that the presence of foreign matter in the J blood endangers the health of the whole i f system. To purify the blood and to correct 0 disorders of the liver and stomach, the only certain, safe and agreeable medicine is Hol- ° loway's Pills. If you suffer from geut, J rheumatism, or lumbago, scalds, burns, or e similar evils, you must use with the least 3 possible delay Holloway's Ointment. For over half-a-eentury these famous remedies | have been the faithful friend of man.—Advt, el