LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 170, 27 June 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Education Board meets to-day. The Commandant has submitted to the Government a scheme for the organisation of Rifle Clubs. The New Zealand' Times says it is stood that a member of the Sprecklss' fra intends to Tisit New Zealand on a trial trip on the new steamer Sierra for the purpose of ascertaining whether Wellington should be made an alternate port of call for the 'Frisco steamers,

On the application of Mr, Quiljiam, in the Supreme Court en Mom ay, letters of g,d r ministration in the estate of the late Mrs. Alice Sykes were granted to Alfred Ernest Ivyk,as, .dpring the minority of Ernest Sidney Sykes, the executor appointed by the will. The Petone Borough, which has just installed gas lighting, has been served with an injunction to cease using incandescent burners and mantles imported from England, in view of litigation nuw going on between jrival companies. The Council has decided to cease us'u.g the burners and substitute the ordinary sort. It was siatpd that the agpnts had refused to supply the Council except at a price nearly three times as much as incandescent pould be procured for eisewheie.

The total imports for the United Kingdom in the three months ended March are valued at £120,912,000, an increase of £8,812,000 over last year. Of this increase £5,109,0001 is due to imposts l,vQm foreign countries J and £3,703,000 from .British possessions. I llie total value of Briiish exports in th.o | same period were £7l',l'j ( ,),UUo, or more than last year by £10,145,000. 01' this increase £8,981,000 went to foreign countries and £1,1G4,000 to British possessions. One of the last acts of the Minister of War (General Gallifet) was to issue an order prohibiting the sale of spirits inside barracks. Wine, beer, and cider may be sold in canteens, besides tea, coft'ce, and cocoa, but no liquor containing any added alcohol. This covers absinthe and the long list of "aperitifs," or so. called tonics and appetisers, which are the favorite poi.sons of the Fremch nation. The prohibition to sell spirits extends not only to barracks, but'to camps, and manteuvriug grounds, Of course, soldiers will be free to spud their poe'retmoney in cafes and public-houses ss bp) ire, but at any rate prohibition inside barracks will remind young soldiers of the dangers of alcohol. General De Gallifet has now removed the reproach against the army that it was a school of drunkenness. So it was, only writers like M. (jollier, who said »o, were called enemies ot the a 17113', The enemies once more have proved to be the army's truest friends. Jn a country like liunce, where military service is compulsory, the eli'ect of the Minister's order cannot be over-estimated. I

Who heat the Englishmen at cricket ! Who taught them how to play 1 Who played the deuce with every wicket? yustralia leads the way. What plays the deuce with cough or col l ? What makes consumptives fewer'! Oh ! What is that worth more than lold ? Wpods' Great tepperinint Cure. 1

Frederick Hodgson, who is besieged in Kumassi, has wonjiis way up the ladder of official promotion by diligence and enlightened anticipation. When Sir Frederick had a small post in St. Martin's-le-Grand he had the energy and foresight to go beyond the ordinary routine of bis work, and learn all he could of the working of the other branches of the department. The result was that when the Colonial Office authorities wanted an expert man to go out to British Guiana as Postmaster-General the selection fell upon Hodgson. In Georgetown he still kept his eyes open, learned all he could of official administration outride of his own special sphere, and eventually became Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast. At Accra his talents and resourcefulness soon mads themselves manifest, and by degrees he was promoted to the Goveroornhip of the colony. Sir Frederick, who is fortynine, has been eighteen years in the Colonial Service. The Chinese Maritime Customs revenue for the first quarter of the year 1900 shows a remarkable increase, the receipts being higher by £150,000 tban those for the same period last year, though last year's amount was itself larger than the receipts for that period in any previous year. London firemen are often called upon to cope with extraordinary emergencies, but it is doubtful whether they have ever been more embarrassed than at a fire at some cold storage premises in Tooley street very recently. About 100 firemen and 40 salvage corps men responded to an alarming call. Volumes of thick suffocating smoke were issuing from the building, and to facilitate the work of the men some of the steam fire engimes had to be employed in pumping air to them while they threaded their way attong the windings ef the warehouse. For a long time it was found impossible to discover the seat of the fire, but eventually this was done by the second officer of the brigade, Mr. S. G. Gamble, who donned a sort of diving suit, and by its aid penetrated into the first floor. Here he foand a pile of carcases of sheep on fire, and when these were removed all danger was over. The appliance so successfully employed by the second officer is a leather smoke-hood with glass eye-holes. The hood is so closed round the neck as to make it air-tight. Light tubes are screwed on and' connected with the nearest steam-engine, air being pumped as in the case of a drivel's helmet. The public are invited to attend the qnarterly meeting ot the Women's Christian T'entperaace Unien in St. Mary's schoolroom on Wedaesday, at 3 p.m. The quarter's work will be reported.—Advt. 26,27

Mr. W. J. Freeth, district representative of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, is prepared to quote exceptionally low rates for Accident Insurance. Contractors for bush felling for the next few months should ask for quotations at the office New Zealand Express Co., Brougham-street.—Ad. i Wage's Worm Figs, the wonderful Worm Worriers, never fail for adults or shildren Price Is.—Advt When a notorious robber was run to earth some years ago, he told the two detectives that he would point out where he had hidden most of the money in boxes in a river. One detective went in the boat with him, while the other sat on the bank. When the fishers thought they had hooked a box the robber obligingly butted the detective in the wind, jumped over, swam to the opposite bank, and made his escape. The detective, who was once a smart runaer, had his organs in bad condition for sprinting, and he lost his man. Had he used Sykes' Oura Cough he would have retained his wind and his reputation. All Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt.

The Opinion op bvbry Englishman is that liberty of speech and action is the birthright of every free man. "Britons never shall be slaves" is one of the most popular of our national songs, and, as a matter of fact, it is impossible for slavery to exist under the protecting shadow of the British flag. In the same manner, men cannot remain bound by the tyrannic shackles of disease, if they will place themselves under the healing influence of Holloway's Pills and Ointment. Their success in all parts of the world is now a familiar story, and it is only necessary to say here, there is no known disorder that cannot be- speedily cared or relieved by them.—Advt

You can depend on ridding your children of worms with Wade's Worm Figs, the wonderful Worm Worriers. Price Is.—Advt