The Daily News. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 100, 9 June 1900, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An account of the iniquities and elusiveness of " The Camp Liar " as told by a war correspondent will be found on our fourth page.

The Government has received by the 'Frisco mail several letters from the United States asking what inducement New Zealand offers to farmers with small capital. This result is attributed to the part New Zealand has taken in the South African war.

The City Band, under' Bandmaster Haigh' gave an open-air concert in the west end of the town on Friday evening, when a programme was gone through in a manner which evoked hearty plaudits from the large assemblage present. At a meeting of the newly-formed Amuri Mounted Bines, Mr. Lance offered a 20guinea cup; Mr. A. Kutherford £SO yearly for five years, also a quick-firing battery valued at £IOOO, or £ISOO for equipment; Messrs. D. Eutherford, T. Chapman, and W. and D. MacFarlane, £SO each. The Bangitikei Licensing Committee on Thursday granted all applications for renewals, but refused new wholesale and hotel licenses.

A couple of accidents occurred during the progress of the Star-Inglewood football match on Thursday. 0. Young (Inglewood) sustained a slight concussion of the brain, and was taken 10 the hospital. E. L. Hum.phries (Star) dislocated his shoulder. .Both sufferers are doing well. < Messrs. Gilberd (Napier) and Smith (Chiistchurch) will attend the Paris Exhibition as representatives of the New Zealand Fire Brigades Association, provided the Government promises to place £250 on the Estimates to defray expenses. | In the current issue of The Weekly Press appears a tine full-length portrait of the Hon. J. G. Ward, Acting-Premier, issued as a supplement. The illustrations in this popular weekly are excellent, and include many interesting scenes connected with the war. We are indebted to Miss Ketford for a copy of the paper. Dr. Hutehinson's Advanced Class of fourteen members met on Friday afternoon, and Dr. Home's Nursing Class assembled in the evening, thirteen being present. This latter number will probably be increased when it is better known that the possession of a .First Aid Certificate is not necessary for membership, but only the payment of the fee of ss. Several intend joining merely for instruction in nursing. ' Patea people propose to celebrate the declaration of peace by erecting a lamp in the centre of the borough, and having a procession and distribution of cakes, school children from Whenuakura, Hurleyville, Alton, Kakaramea, and Manutahi, to be invited to take part. Tha time for sending in tenders for erectling new premises for the Bank of New Zealand at Stratford has been extended to June 20th.

Attention is called to an advertisement relative to the Pneumatic Heel and Sole Company. The many favourable notices which the invention has met with in the Press would seem to indicate that there is a big future before the Company, especially as it appears that even those whose interests are antagonistic to the invention are enthusiastic over it, and predict that it will cause a revolution in the boot trade.

On Wednesday next, Mr. Newton KiDg will hold a clearing sale of dairy and farm stock at Lepperton, on account of Mr. G. H. H. Taylor, who is leaving for England. The dairy stock are a nice lot of well-bred Jerseys, and should lind ready buyers. At the I'olice Court on Friday, before Messis. D. Beny and W. Bewley, J.'sP, H. Shadraeh was charged with intent to defraud, by travelling on the s.s. Wainui from Oneliunga, to New Plymouth without paying the fare, and fined amount of fare (£1 Is) and costs, or in default seven days'imprisonment. As (he prisoner had no money he was conveyed to the lock-up.

Mr. Newton King will hold a clearing sale of daiiy and farm stock on Carrington Koad, on Thurts ay next, on accountof Mr. J. Kollo, who has s Id his farm, The farm implements and machinery are nearly new and in firstclass order, and must be sold.

To-night and all day to-morrow at the Salvation A'my, Colonel Kstill, Major Tennett, and Ensign Garner present. Monday night an address by Ensign Garner on Salvation Army shelters.—Advt,

Whiteley Memorial Church. ,-Jtov. S. J, Serpell's subjects for Sunday are as follows: Morning, at U, " We all do fade as a leaf " Evening, at 7, " Give attention to Heading'' —an address to young people.—Advt. Gospel Boom, Gilbert-street.—The Gospel of the Grace of God will be preached every Lord's Day evening, at 7. Hearty welcome. —Advt. Who beat the Englishmen at cricket ? Who taught them how to play ? WJw played the deuce with every wicket? Australia levels t;i" way. What plays the deuce with cough or cold ? What makes consumptives fewer! Oh ! What is that worth more than gold'/ Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 10

The Wargmmi A. u.. , l\ S.o ety has todi the salary of its secretary ;■.. tIOO a year. I The question of a two days' si.o\v is under consideration.

jgfcThe Town Band purposes giving a be:: Tit entertainment to Mr. H. Tunbridge, one of its members, who some time ago met with u severe accident. The date of the entertainment will be announced later.

A bankrupt who was under examination in the Palmeraton District Court the other day mentioned (says the DaUy Times) that a whare he had formerly occupied had been destroyed by fire, and attributed the cause to rats. Judge Kettle said he did not] believe in the theory that rats were responsible for fires, but at this stage Mr. Sandilands rose and stated that a mouse had been the means .of setting fire to a house in Feilding. His Honour refused to believe that either rats or mice caused fires, and said the latter were often due to carelessness.

The Wellington Post's special correspondent with the First New Zealand Contingent writes: —Major Davies was the most surprised man in camp the other day when he received intimation from the Standard Bank at Capetown that that institution bad been instructed by the Agent-General for New Zealand to honour at sight drafts signed by either Major Davies or Major Sommerville up to £3OOO. The Major did not have time to prosecute enquiries, as the Contingent was ordered to advance eastwards.

For many years the' trade in American clocks and watches has been increasing, until at the present time it is of very large proportions. Machinery has quite revolutionised the industry, but it may surprise some people to learn for how little watches and clocks can be made. Mahogany veneered clock cases, 28in by 16in, are, we learn from an article in Engineering, made for 4d each, so far as labor is concerned, and brass clock movements for 9d, about onetenth the cost of fifty years ago (7s 4d)—a result of improved processes. In 1850 the labor cost in the production of 100 gold hunting-watch cases, engine-turned, was | £IOB, and in 1897 it was £l6. The cases made in 1850 were all for key-winding watches, and those in 1897 for stem-wind-ing, in which the work is somewhat more complicated. The time required for labor on the 100.watches is now against 1.749J hours fifty years ago, when hand labor was more largely resorted to. A comparison instituted between 1000 stemwind, brass, hunting-watch movements, 18 size, full plate.. 15 jewels, and 1000 stemwind, brass, hunting-watch movements, 18 size, full plate, patent regulator, 17 jewels, adjusted, shows that the time for labor now is 8,443, against 241,866 hours in 1862, and the cost of labor is £360, against £16,164, or 7s against £l6 per watch. Wade's Worm Figs are most effective and not unpleasant; children thrive after taking them. Price Is —Advt,

A Day at " 'Appy 'Ampstead " is thoroughly enjoyed by the Bast End poor, as is amply proved by the immense crowds who flock there every Bank Holiday. The pure ail and bracing atmosphere to be found on the breezy heights of Highgate and it? neighbourhood cannot fail to benefit those who can only spend a few hours in their midst. Holidays, however, cannot be folly enjoyed by tlose persons who are suffering from disease. Hollo way's Fills and Ointment can speedily remove this drawback to pleasure if a fair trial is only afforded them As a cure for rheumatism, gout, fevers, diarrhoea, diseases of the skin, scrofula, ulcers, sores, burns, or old wounds, they ate beyond competition.—Advt. You can depend on ridding your children of worms with Wade's Worm Kigs, the wonderful Worm Worriers. Price Is.—Advt Perhaps the most novel lawsuit ever argued was heard in Chicago some time baok. One partner in a big business applied to the Courts for an injunction to restrain his partner from selling the goods at ruinous prices, as the latter had developed a mania in that direction. The newspapers reported the case at considerable length, and the public read, wondered, and then rushed off to the shop to get bargains, and the alleged demented partner did a roaring trade. But after all it was only a snrsrt business trick. Sykes' Cura Cough needs no such subterfuge to sell; it has merit, All Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt.

Wade's Worm FigH, the wonderful Worm Worriers, never fail for adults or ohildren Price Is.—Advt