LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 100, 31 May 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The short story, "Adventures of Three Sailors," is continued on our fourth page.

Trains will leave for the Breakwater today, connecting with steamer mentioned below, aa follow: —6 a.m., Gairloch (from North); 9.30 p.m., Gairloch (for North). This afternoon Mr. Newton King will sell (by auction, in the Theatre Royal, the whole 1 of Messrs. Fischer & Jones' valuable stock of furniture. Amongst the numerous articles are several very handsome drawing-room suites, easy chairs, pictures, etc., which are well worth the attention of anyone about to set up housekeeping. , The Waikare, from Hobart, with the English mail, arrived at the Bluff at 5 p.m. on j Wednesday. i The annual Conference of the New Zealand Dairy Factory managers commences at Stratford to-day, when the proceedings will be open to members only. The Conference will continue to-morrow, and will be open to all interested in the dairying industry. Papers will be read by several prominent experts, and addresses are also to be given. On receipt of the news of the capture of Johannesburg yesterday afternoon, the firebells, Sash & Door Factory horn, Ward & Co.'s steam whistle, an ardent patriot's bugle, and the Jubilee Villa dinner bell joined in an impromptu overture, during which frantic efforts were made to gather the several members of the City Band togetl er. Some of these eventually assembled outside the Colonial Organ & Piano Co.'s shop and played the National Anthem.

There is a rumour afloat in railway circles that a majority of the Ministers, including the Hon. J. G. Ward, Minister of Railways, are in favour of making a reasonable offer for the purchase of the Wellington-Manawatu Company's line. Our grave and potent Borough Councillors had rather a gay quarter of an hour at the special meeting on Wednesday. If a prize of, say, £IOO were offered for a correct guess as to the nature of the subject which occupied their attention, one might have risked "all Lombard-street to a China orange" that no one would have thought of " Tripe"; but it was that flabby substance which, though notactually present, caused considerable discussion and many attempts at wit. It appears that the process of cleansing the raw mate ial is seriously affecting the water supply of the town, not by contamination, but by the ojuaDtity used in the operation, and as this drain on the reservoir is one that has been all in favour of the consumers, the Council have awakene 1 to the necessity of a drastic remedy being applied. Meanwhile it must bo very comforting to the gourmets who have a penchant for tripe and onion sauce to feel that their favourite relish is prepared with such lavish care, at the ratepayers' expense.

Mr. Benjamin Pilkington, for sixteen years stationmaster at Christchnrch, has retired from the service owing to ill health. Seme months ago, during the departure of one of the contingents, Mr. Pilkington was thrown by a drunken man down the station steps, and fell on his head on the concrete below. Since then he has not recovered his health, and has been forced to resign. Mr. Pilkington has been almost 25 years in the New Zealand Railway service, but lie joined the Knglish service in 1819, and was booking clerk at Burnley during the Exhibition of 1851.

Mr. D. Caddie, manager of the Waverlcy Dairy Factory has accepted the position of grader of dairy produce under the Department of .Agriculture. The native meeting at Waihi, near Huntley (Waikato), is over. The Waikatos are (says the local correspondent of the Auckland JJimihl) determined to support the Maori Council Bill, and cannot see their way to discuss the proposals of Mr. Hone Heke and others untii Parliament has pronounced its opinion upon the do. mands for Maori home rule, under certain ' restrictions. I Wa-Vs Worm Figs, tho wonderful V/or^.. [ Worriers, never fa,jl for adults or shildren" ism Is^-AdyJ l "' I

" John Bull" is the name of a " tank " who bowed to the Wellington magistrate on Monday. The following most pathetic, advertisement appears in the Coleshurg Advertiser : Important notice. Whereas, on the 6th January, 1900, Colonel Watßon, Suffolk Regiment, was killed while leading an attack on a Boer position, and whereas, before his burial, a plain, rather heavy gold ring, with the name " Ifairlie Watson " and a date inscribed on the inside, was removed off his finger, the widow of the late' Colonel Watson will esteem it a kindness if the Boers fighting on that occasion will help her to recover the same. Any person sending or delivering the ring to the rector of Colesberg will receive payment in excess of its intrinsic value.—Captain H, F. Clifford, Suffolk Regiment, Colesberg. There has lately been a copious correspondence in the columns of the Christchurch Press on the subject of altering the name of New Zealand with the inauguration of the twentieth century. The editor sums up the discussion thus:—" Good as some of the names were suggested by our correspondents, we do not think that any one of them would command general acceptance. Putting aside the humorous suggestions in which Mr. Seddon's name was proposed as a basis for re-christening these islands, we have before us, among others,' Britonia,' 'New Britain,' 'Britannia,' 'Fernland,' 'Maoriland,' 'Moaland,' 'New Idea Land,' ' New Erin,',' Wikitoria,'' Tuiland,'' Britland,' 'Pacifica.'and'Sealand.' We do not think that any one is sufficiently good to entitle it to supplant 'New Zealand.' With this the colony is evidently on the whole very well content, and it now only remains to make it honoured and distinguished to the best of our ability, so that our descendants may forget its uncounthness in the association which cluster round its history." Advices from India show an improvement in the plague statistics on the fortnight ended ended 21st April, the deaths reported numbering 996, being an average of seventyone per diem against 100 for the previous fortnight. The famine figures, on tbe other hand, show an increase, the number of persons now in receipt of relief being 4,975,648. The latest arrival in the York family appears likely to have a heavy burden to carry through life in the shape of a job lot of assorted names (remarks a London correspondent). As his earthly debut coincided with the Queen's visit to Ireland and the Imperialistic epoch, he is to be named Patrick for certain, and it is rumored that he is also to be christened with a series of names representative of the various colonial groups. The Daily Chronicle gives the following example of the way in which the idea could be worked out; —"Australia might be represented by Yarrumbungel or Kroajingalong; while New Zealand could ' no doubt be satisfied with Tioniwhaiorongoaiai or Wiremu-he-kaurangi. Canada could send over a name in the most authoritative Indian for the ' Great White Biter of the Clouds '; while South Africa might be represented by Umslopogaas. Singapore and Hong Kong could be settled by the adoption of Ah Sin, Ho Kai, or Chai Ak. So far, then, we should have for the new comer's name Albert Victor Chi-whokkee-Cheiokee-ha-ha (Great White Cloud Eiver) Yarrumbungel Tioniwhaoiorongomai Umslopogaas Ho Kai, with the West and East Indies to come in at convenient points." New Zealand scenery all admit

Is unsurpassed in any land; One gazes till he's loth to quit Views so splendid and so grand. But winter brings its squalls and storms When everybody should inure His system with the stuff that warms, W. E. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 22 Wade's Worm Figs are most effective and not unpleasant; children 4 thrive after taking them. Price Is —Advt, s

All is not Gold that Glitters may be' said about many brilliant prospectuses that are frequently issued to financiers; they often herald the formation of companies which go up like the proverbial rocket and come down like a stick. Holloway's Pills and Ointment, unlike such shaky ventures, are the soundest investments in which people suffering from disease can entrust their money. They have the reputation of over half a century, and every day they return substantial dividends in the form of good health. No disease has yet disputed their influence when a fair trial has been given. They cure dysentery, diarrhoea, weakness, and liver and kidney diseases, whilst for skin diseases they have no equal. Sold by all chemists, &c. —Advt, When delivering his farewell address to the Fifth Contingent in Wellington, the Premier said with their departure New Zerland would have 2000 men in the field, and he was sure that one and all of them would do their duty well and prove themselves a credit to their country. His words were received with warm applause, as well they should. We also know of another matter that deserves the warmest praise from the community, and that ia Sykes' Cura Cough. A certain remedy. All Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt. You can depend on ridding your children of -worms with Wade's Worm Figs, the wonderful Worm Worriers. Price Is.—Advt.