LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 191, 17 August 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I Interesting reading matter will bo found on our fourth page. The ordinary meeting of the Harbour Board will be held to-day. Messrs. Callaghan, Medley & Co. report the sale of Mr. C. Buckthought's 240 acre beach farm to Mr. J. J. Ingley, of Eltham. | Trains will leave for the Breakwater today, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as f0110w:— 5.45 a.m„ Kotoiti (from I North); 8 a.m., Takapuna (from South); [9.30 a.m, Rotoiti (for South); 9.30 p.m., [Takapuna (for North). A passenger-car will be attached to the goods train leaving for breakwater about 3 p.m. At a labour noclal at Wellington, the Hon. J, 6. Ward secured an enthusiastic encore for a song, " You can't keep the working man down!"

The date of the meeting of the General Anglican Synod at Napier has been fixed for Tuesday, Jan. 2D, 1901. The Waihilo 'J'hiwn says that the recent | prosecutions i'or sly grog-selling in the KingCountry demonstrates very clearly—(l) That grog is procurable in almost every locality over the whole wide area of the prohibited country, and (2) that the law lias no power to impose a real check upon the continuance of the trallic.

According to the I/umh's Bay IhraU, a circular is to be issued from the Railway Department to the effect that railway passes are to be issued to the wives of members of Parliament, which will enable them to travel free over the railways of the colony during the session.

Mr. Stanford, S.M., held a Court at Waitara on Thursday. In the Police Court, Mr. R. Chambers, of New Plymouth, was fined 6s and costs for a breach of bye-laws, indrivinoover the Wailara bridge at other than a walking pace, After disposing of several i-.ivil cases of minor importance, ilv. Klauford proceeded to Urcnui.

Tile Kuril school enquiry was held yesterday. Some fourteen or lifleen witnesses were ■jxati.iiied, Mr. C. K. Meredith condueti, :/ the case for the petitioners, and Mr. 1\ K. Wihon (Mr. Weston) watclii.jj the case for Mrs, Moore. The committee will submit a report, to the Board ncU Wednesday. Mr. Charles l'oun, who has been in Mr. W G. Malone's office for several years, has l.cen appointed clerk to the fctratfurd County Council in succession to Mr. llaloue, who has resigned. Mr. I'enn is a brother of ilr IV U. Penn, Town Clerk at Stratford. | Applications have been made for Government grants for roads and bridges totalling £1,000,001). 6 Bubonic plague has broken out To leave a trail of death no doubt, A vile, detestable complaint, O'er which few medicines have restraint, Xow if it were a cough, or cold, Though e'er so deeply taken hold, It could be cured with remedy sure, Wm. E, Woods' Gnat Peppermiutj c'tire, g

The s.s. Douglas, which was stranded on fcho spit at Mokan, was submitted to auction by Mr. Newton King on Thursday, and was eventually secured by Messra. Bayly, Ogle & Co. for £lB 10s. From latest information it would seem that even that price is somewhat risky, as it is stated that the boiler is only held in its place by the bunkers on either side, and may at any moment force its way through the ship's side. If, however, the boat has been able to withstand the recent I rough weather, some hopes may be enterI tained of patching her up. A case of extreme longevity is reported from Abbotsham, on the north-west coast of Tasmania. Mr. John Smith, who died there in the second week of July, was born at Spitaliields, London, on September 11, 1790, and consequently had reached his 110 th year. He arrived in the colony in the year 1812.

It seems singular (says the Post) that New Zealand with an average yield of 30 to 35 bnshels of wheat per acre cannot compete successfully with South Australia, where the yield seldom exceeds 5 bushels to the acre, and with Victoria, whcie 10 bushels is a good average. Excessive land values are probably the cause of this anomaly. Mr. Alexander Knight, -well known in business circles in Now Zealand, has just returned to Auckland after an extensive business tour through the United States and Old Country, and, speaking to a Press reprasentative, slated that when he was in America he was particularly impressed by the brisk state of trade there. "To give one instance," he said, " I went to a firm at Milwaukee, the largeslTirm of electrical engineers, I- suppose, in -the world, in connection with orders for gold dredging machinery for New Zealandfand I was informed that they could not do the work. They were busy with orders for five years ahead from all part 3of the world." In connection with business in America, Mr. Knight ventured the opinion that before log there will be another big commercial crash there, similar to the Teal estate boom of some years back. Ai&gricans, he says, are plunging heavily intofspecr.lation in all sorts of bonds, and the result is not hard to foresee.

Wade's Worm Figs are most effeotive and not unpleasant; children thrive after taking them. Price Is —Advt |

Tho celebrated remedy "for coughs and colds and kindred ailments, Sykes' Cura Cough, is obtainable at all. Chemists and Stores. The wonderfulamount of good which this medicine has done is ample testimony of its excellence as a cough cure. As there seems to be an epidemic of colds visiting the place now, sufferers will reap the advantage of trying a bottle. Sole proprietor, A. E. Sykes, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Ohemist, opposite Theatre Royal, New Plymouth.—Advt, Ten Thousand Pounds per Annum mat be Earned at too great a sacrifice, if we ruin our health and happiness during its accumulation. Although money is a necessary article to possess in order to obtain the means of existence, it cannot purchase love, friendship, or immunity from the dangers and pangs of disease. The millionaire has often envied the toiling labourer his hearty appetite and sturdy health, and would gladly have sacrificed a large amount of his wealth in exchange for these blessings. Holloway's Pills, however, can give health to the most delicate. They are the precious key which can open tho door leading to the smiling valley of health. They purify the system and give the essentials of strength for the blood. —Advt.

Wage's Worm Figs, the wgnderfnl Worm Worriers, never fail for adults or shildrer, 'rice Is.—Advfc

We'are now in the football season, and during the short winter afternoons the welkin will ring with the loud and vociferous shouts of the barrackers. It behoves all players to be careful of colds, which they arc liable to catch through getting over-heated in and then cooling oil- rapidly nftprVhciFeSertiwHu. Whenever the player is altiiik I jdh s<e rtpld that, l.jui pi-ovo.i it* ciilaicy. «fp#«HSWTOT(To better than recommend to htin Sykes' Cura Cough. All Chemists and Storekeepers.— Advt.