LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 189, 1 August 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth page will be found a poem entitled " Missing," by Barry Pain, and some useful information regarding China. The s.B. Douglas, while coming out of the Mokau Kiver, coal-laden, on Monday, took ground, but was expected to be got off on the following day. For the four weeks ended 21st July, 120 tons butter and 4 J tons cheese were exported from the breakwater. The Star Football Olub's annual "Booial" will be held in the Theatre Koyal on Wednesday, sth September. Art Union ticke,is-in connection with the Poultry Show are meeting with a ready sale, only a few books now being left for disposal. As to-morrow (Thursday) is the last day for sale, persons requiring tickets should secure them at once. Inspector McGovern, who retired from the police force on Tuesday after 36 years' service, was on Monday night entertained by the members of the force in Hawke's Bay and presented with a number of articles of plate as a token of the respect and esteem in which he is held. A brake will leave Mr. Newton King's mart at 8.30 a.m. on Friday for the convenience of persons wishing to attend Mr. J. O. Montefiore's clearing sale at Puniho. The list of exports from the breakwater for the four weeks ended 21st July is as follows:—3sß3 boxes butter, 17 bales flax, (i bales leather, 15 bales calf skins, 8 bales hair, 415 cases of cheese, 102 cases of bacon, 6 cases hams, 52 cases lard, 55 cases milk, 20 bags potatoes, 134 bags fungus, 121 bags hides, 31 bags seed, 13 bags pigs' feet, 32 single hides, 11 casks tallow, 14 casks pellets, 33 cattle, 10 horses, 8 pigs, and sundries. Total, 347 tons. There was a capital muster of the Guards on Tuesday evening, when an inspection drill | was held at the Drill Hall, Captain Taunton i being in command. The bugle band were present, and joined.in the opening parade round the Hall, and made the building ring again with their stirring music, the effect of which was heightened by the roll of the side drums. After dismissal of the band the

iO corps settled down to company drill, and put | r iu 6ome very good work. This was followed , by manual drill under the command of Lieut. I* Holmes, whose painstaking efforts bid fail **■ to bo rewarded with well-deserved sucoeas. i- After going through some further movements, d SergeantMessengerputthe Oompanythrough e the physical drill, which concluded a very , satisfactory evening's drilli | The Hev. T. H. Spencer will lecture on behalf of the British and Foreign Bible •" Society on Thursday, 16th August, at 7.30 t p.m., in St. Mary's Hall. a The railway " social" this evening pro- >• mises to be a huge success. This is as it a should be, as it rarely happens that the i general public have so favourable an oppor- ' tunity of showing their appreciation of the courtesy and attentiveness shown to them by the majority of the railway officials. From ~ the outset the entertainment has " caught 5 on," and deservedly so. No efforts are being spared to make every detail worthy of the painstaking staff. There will be general novelties besides the popular scenic effects r i produced by tbe various railway appliances, i : which are to bo utilised to advantage in a B ! way that must be seen to be fully realised, u There will be no programmes, and the various I dances will he announced in a novel and 3 j unmistakable way. In order to promote 1 the enjoyment of the guests, six M's.O. have f beenappointed, viz., Masai s. Moloney, Dwyer. f Black, Mander, Gerbes, and Donohue, whose uuited efforts should ensure plenty of ekesisg ' . for all present. ~ . The following is a notification by the Ficton Maoris:-"We,-the Elect of Te J Aroha Nui, JM£ wa , hereby give notice t that under- the Seventh Kule of Jehovah and children have strictlj ■ agreed not to take spirits of any kind; also that any person or persons intoxicated, oi ' having bottles of spirits on them, shall noi ) be allowed to enter within our gates, oj j round about." i) The Fcilding Jockey Club appears thir I teenth on the list of jockey clubs in tb< colony as regards the amount given awaj in stakes, the amount last year being £IB2O 1 There are 83 registered clubs in the colony. ;! " They have spoiled my cricket," was thi only remark Lieutenant Egerton, of th< Powerful, made when he was hit at Gras pan. The shell which struck him in the legs did not burst. If it had, the proba bility is (the London correspondent of the Scotsman, asserts) Captain Lambton anc the other oilicers would also have been cul down, for they were all standing togethei in groups. When he was being carried te tbe hospital Lieutenant Egerton asked foi a cigarette, so little did ho allow his com' posurc to be upset by his terriolo wound. I Says a London correspondent of an ex change:—Mr. J. A. M'Kenna, of Patea, whe left New Zealand last March on a business' cum-pleasure trip to the Old Country, anc joined the Victoria at Sydney for the homeward trip, left that ship at Marseilles, ant . travelled overland to London by way oi I Paris. After transacting business in the metropolis, Mr. M'Kenna, who was borr. " rjuite contagious to the town of Killaloe,' went over to Ireland to see his parents and brothers and sisters, whom he has not sel eyes on for more than a score of years. From Killaloe he paid visits to Kerry, Claro : Killarney, and then made his way via Belfast to Glasgow, and is now working 'slowly south, \isitiug the big manufacturing centres en route. A visit to Paris is on his itinerary, and after a second visit to Ireland Mr, M'Kenna will probably make for New York, it being his desire to try the United fitates route to New Zealand. Mpresent.however, his plans are somawhat iii'lolitiite, and the date of his departure for the colony uncertain. Tun Straight Til- for the winner is anxiously sought for prior to any of our great races, and the joy or sorrow cf the recipients is largely measured by the amount of money they afterwards win or lose. There is to uncertainty, however, or anguished suspense, as to the result of using Hollow.iy's Pills and Ointment. After a [air trial the gain is sure and great, 'the Pills, taken occasionally in prescribed doses, keep the digestion in order, excite a free flow of healthy bile, ant*, regenerate the impoverished blood with richer materials. The Ointment is a grand remedy for the removal of rhenmatic pints, wounds, sores, ulcers, outs, or bruises. —Advt, VVVe'H WoiinFipjs, the wonderful WormWorriers, never fail for adults or jshildrw, Price ).s,—Adyt

Auviue uau ueen received in new Plymouth of the death of Mr. Eobert Anderson, the well-known commercial traveller. The s.s. Takapuna, which brought down the San FrancißCo mail on Tuesday, made a very smart voyage. Leaving the Onehnnga wharf at 10.30 a.m., the " greyhound " berthed alongside the wharf at 9.16 p.m. She discharged 132 bags of mail for New Plymouth and towns south as far as Wanganui, and also a considerable quantity of sundry cargo, and took in a large quantity of butter and general cargo. The Takapuna left for south within an hour after being berthed. Considering the dearth of wharf accommodation, the expedition with which the vessel was : tended is a credit to all concerned, and is a flat contradiction of statements lately made as to boats being delayed at the breakwater. Works on the South African War, so long as the contents are from reliable sources, are sure to find favour with English-speaking people. We have been shown sample pages of a work which is to be brought out in America in two or three months' time, entitled "The History of the War in South Africa." The authors are Mr. James H. Birch, jr., who has recently returned from South Africa, in collaboration with Mr. Henry Davenport Korthrop, a well-known author. The sample pages show that the work will be of a high order, the book being profusely illustrated, some of the plates being beautifully coloured, while the letterpress contains a concise account of all the events leading up to and succeeding the beginning of the war. Portraits of the New Zealand and other Colonial Contingents will be contained in the work, and the book will be very voluminous. The work will be bound in calf, and gilt-lettered, and is one that mußt commend itself to all intelligent leaders. Mr. Mclnnis, of Wanganui, is agent for New Zealand; and for the Taranaki District Mr. J. J. Harker, of New Plymouth, will be pleased to receive orders. We trust that Mr. Harker will secure mauy subscribers for the work, which we can confidently recommend, The Fifth New Zealand Contingent have been supplied with Lee-Speed magazine rifles. The Lee-Speed is a Lee-Metford with one or two slight improvements. The magazine carries ten cartridges, and an eleventh may be carried in the chamber. After firing this cartridge, in going through the motions of unloading, the rifle is again loaded. This will always be the caieas long as there is one cartridge left in the magazine. Of eouise the magazine need not be used, but the rifle may be loaded in the ordinary way with a single cartridge. The rifle, which is much heavier, and, of course, much longer than the Lee-Metford carbine, is not at all a convenient firearm for mounted men. The carbine supplied to the Fourth Contingent in New Zealand has been taken from them and the Lee-Speed supplied in its place. The change has caused much dissatisfaction amongst the men. You can depend on ridding your children of worms with Wade's Worm Figs, the wonderful Worm Worriers. Price Is.—Advt " Who was Tom Pepper ?" asked one man of another the other day. The latter replied, "He was supposed to be a Knight of the Long Bow.'' But why? "Because," rejoined the other,'' I heard a man call another person that, and the latter did not seem to appreciate it." When a person is compared to somebody not odious, or purchases a good article, he always appreciates the position. So it is with Sykes' Cura Cough. When once taken people always return to it, and also recommend it to friends. All Chemists and Storekeepers.—Advt. The doctor may scoff, and likewise may sneer, When to his advice you lend him no ear, But tell him bis fee is a little too dear For the good that he does when you feel a bit queer. He from you the secret may try to allure The cure for all coughs so cheap and so sure, Suspense you'll aoc let him, fctien, too long endure, But explain that it's Wood's Great Peppermint Cure. 1

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