The Daily News. MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 54, 19 March 1900, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ngaire school children will arrive by train to-day on their annual excursion. The following public bodies meet to-day: —Land Board, Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, and Borough Council. Trains will leave for the Breakwater today, connecting with steamer mentioned below, as follow:—6 a.m., Gairloch (from North); 9.30 p.m., Gairloch (for North). I A large number of New Plymouth people visited i'arihaka on Saturday and Sunday to attend the big native meeting which is being held there. Mr. William Courtney is expected in Wellington about the 31st inst., with a party of 23 intending settlers in 1 aranaki. A social gathering is being arranged for the new arrivals. 'ihe many friends of Dr. McCleland will be pleased to learn that he is recoveringfrom bis recent severe accident, and has hopes of ■being restored to perfect health in about a week's time. At St. Mary's Church on Sunday morning the Rev. Y. W. Young was admittel intOi Priest's orders by the I'rimate, Bishop CowieA large congregation was present at both morning and evening services. There was no service at the iienui Church in the morning, but in the evening Air. Young took his first service as a fully ordained clergyman. The annual social and picnic in connection with the Catholic schools will be held on Thursday next. An energetic committee is at work, and the aifair promises to be highly successful. Particulars are given in our advertising columns. Harvesrthanksgiving services were held in the Whiteley Memorial Church yesterday. The Rev. Wm. Lee occupied the pulpit, and preached eloquent and instructive discourses. The decorations in the church were very pretty, and reflected great credit upon the committee. This evening a concert and entertainment will be held in the Whiteley Hall, and reports of recent Conference pro- J ceedings will be given. j Mr. Haselden, the Wellington S.M., has decided that the fact o£ receiving an old age pension did not remove the recipient from the definition of a dest.lule person. The pension was avowedly not enough to support] a person, and if there was any indication of what was considered necessary for the support of a pensioner it must be taken that £52 was the standard. The liev. J, Nixon, who some years ago was in charge of the New Plymouth Primitive Methodist Circuit, and has again been appointed to this station, arrived from the south by the Rctoiti on jSunday morning. Mr. Nixon preached at Queen-street Church on Sunday evening, and afterwards met the members of the congregation. During his previous residence in this district the rev. gentleman enjoyed wide popularity, and his return has aiforded much pleasure to the members of the Queen-street congregation and numerous other friends and acquaintances. During a fight in a menagerie in Spain, between a bull, a lioness, a panther, and a bear, the proprietor of the entertainment, who carried a gun loaded with small shot, let the weapon go off accidentally, and some twenty of the spectators were struck by the charge. A German received a number of shot in the eyes, aud will lose his sight. "Why do the South African Dutch bear the British so much animosity V has beer an oft reiterated question. It is because their rancor has been inbred and nurtured for generations. They won't reason and argue, aud be sensible, and live with us peaceably in a land where thi-re will be plenty of elbow room for the next thousand years. The only solution of the question is to conquer them by force of arms. This is what Sykes' Cura Cough is doing to all competitors, as it is beating them out the market.—At all Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt. As usually treated a sprain will disable the injured person for three or foui weeks, but if Chamberlain's Pain Balm is freely applied a complete cure may be effected in a very few days. Pain Balm also cures rheu-1 matism, cuts, brui>es and burns. For sale by the New Plymouth Co-operative Society. —Advt. "He Ought to be Prosecuted."— The indignant words fell from the lips of a young girl who stood helplessly watching a drunken cabman brutally lashing his horses. It is, indeed, appalling to think how much cruelty goes unpunished in this world. Why are there so many weakly children in all grades of society 1 The explanation is simple. The blame lies with the thoughtlessness and selfishness of parents. While men and women neglect their health they cannot expect to have strong and robust children, lathers and mothers, be warned in time. Clear your systems of biliousness, indigestion, nervousness, and the like; restore your' vigourandyourstrength by taking Holloway's Pills, the best and safest of family medicines, —Advt