LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 192, 28 August 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The clearing sale of dairy and farm stock, furniture, etc., on account of Mr. T. Mc Keown, will be held on the farm, Westown, on Friday, 7th September, not on the Frankley Road as advertised in Saturday's papers. The Borough Council hold a special adjourned meeting to-day at 11 am., for rei vising and closing the burgess roll, An inquest is to be held to-day on Mi. ; Old's child, aged three months, who died suddenly at Inglewood on Monday.

It has been arranged to run special trains from town to Fitzroy on Wednesday, September sth, for the convenience of those wishing to attend the Otago and Taranaki football match. The return fares will be Is 16d first-class and 8d second.

Acting on the advice of his solicitor, Mr, Courtney has accepted £35 in settlement of his claim against Messrs. Callaghan & Medley, in respect of which he recently obtained a verdict for £IOO and costs, and against which the defendants proposed to appeal.

Mr. Newton King advertises an unreserved sale of dairy and farm stock to be held at 'Bell Block on Wednesday, on account of Mr. G. Richardson, who is leaving the district. The cows are well bred, some in milk and others to calve early, and must be sold. Anjongst the various articles to be sold is a light spring dray, nearly new, very suitable I for factory work.

Messrs. Callaghan, Medley & Co. report the sale of three sections on the Belt Road to Mr. 0. Nelson, late of Fahiatua.

In the paragraph in yesterday's issue, referring to Mr. Taunton's hew enterprise, we said " in conjunction with Mr. Waugh," we should have said Mr. Waldie.

At the show of the Wellington Kennel Club, we notice that Mr, Canning, of Normanby, formerly manager of tho Nbws Company, New Plymouth, secured first and championship in the greyhound class, with a beautiful greyhound called Lady Ranfurly.

Trains will leave for the Breakwater today, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as follow:—10 a.m., Rotoiti (from South); 9.30 p.m., Rotoiti (for North). A passenger-car will be attached to the goods train leaving for the breakwater about 3 p,m. Messrs. T. Veale & Son have an important announcement in our advertising columns relative to the price of kerosene. •: The Chairman of the Education Board has received a telegram stating that the Premier will, on Saturday, receive the deputation appointed at the recent conference on the Opaku Reserve scholarship scheme. The Philharmonic Society held a final rehearsal on Monday evening, and, judging from what took place, there is every prospect of a musical treat being afforded to those who attend the concert at the Theatre Royal this evening.

For the four weeks ended August 18th, 54,340 more passengers were carried on the j railways, representing an increase of £1402 in revenue compared with last year. Season tickets show an increase of £484,

The advent of the Corrick Family is being looked forward to with considerable interest, owing to the extremely favourable reports which their performance has evoked in Ellham and elsewhere. Their musical abilities seem to be a high order of merit, and their vivacious sparkling entertainment is one that should attract a very large audience on both nights—Wednesday and Thursday next. The Central School senior girls havo almost completed the arrangements for their "Miniature Bazaar and Tree," which is to be held in the school gymnasium on Thursday afternoon next, from 2.30 till B o'clock., Numerous articles, generally of a simple nature, have been contributed by the children, while soveral of their older friends have come forward generously to add to the store. I Afternoon tea on an extensive scale willfoim a prominent feature of the proceedings, and as an unlimited supply of good things has been promised, it is to be hoped that a large number of parents and other friends will patronise this department. A school library will be established from the proceeds, and as the Education Board will probably subsidise the amount taken, the undertaking deserves the encouragement of all friends of the school.

The copy of The Sportsman, for August 23rd, to band, is a capital number, superbly illustrated. Every class of sport is represented. Several of the winners at the Grand National Meeting are given, and some good views of hockey matches; also a number of portraits of leading athletes and other pictures of interest.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands, His Worship the Mayor, the Chairman of the County Council, Messrs. C. Govett, F, L. Webster, N. K. MacDiarmid, and 0. K. Stock have been gazetted members of the North Egmont Forest Reserve Board. The following have also been gazetted members of the East Bgmont Board, viz., the Commissioner of Crown Lands, the Mayor of Stratford, the Chairman of the Stratford County Council, and Messrs. E. G. Allsworth, 0. S. Curtis, T. H. Penn, W. Monkhouse, and G. D. Morison. The Stratford Chamber of Commerce has decided to call a public meeting to send two delegates to Wellington to urge upon the Government the necessity of putting in a light railway to open up the Whangamomona coalfields. Mr. MonkhouEe said the coalfield was probably the largest in the Colony.

Some time ago Mr. Heaten Rhodes moved for a return showing the number of commissions offered to the colony by the Imperial Government, the conditions under which they were offered, the number of applications for these commissions, and the number of applicants recommended by the I Government. The return was presented to Parliament to-day, and showed that the number of applications received are sixtyone. There are ten commissions offered in the Royal Artillery and 20 in the Infantry. They are offered to gsntlemen selected by the Government after consultation with the Imperial officer commanding the local forces. Candidates must be British subjects of good character, between the ages of 20 and 30, unmarried, and passed by a Medical Board l The Government have not recommended any applicants, but have asked Lord I'oberts to distribute 20 of the commissions amongst the officers, non-commissioned officers and men now in South Africa.

tar. J. Hutcheson has given notice to a«k the Premier it at the time he answered Mr Atkinson's question, asking for an extension of the period over which enquiries into the management of the Sloke Industrial School should he made, he was aware that it had been alleged (1) that the commonest form of punishment was (logging on the naked body with supplejacks, (2) that the boys were loaded with heavy chains and confined in cells ; (3) that a boy named Rogers, aged fourteen, in mortal fear of threatened punfsh-1 ment and in a state of perfect nudity, ran off into the bush, where he died ; (4) that his 'skeleton was discovered six months later, and interred in the school grounds ? It' alii iavits can be produced swearing to the truth of thsse statements, will the Premier cause further inquiries to be made, notwithstanding that these occurrences took place more than live years ago 1

£5,000 Bonus would not bo thought too large an amount to pay for the blessing of health by many wretched sufferers who by clay and night are tortured with the racking pains peculiar to gout and rheumatism! KolicF, however, can bo procured at a much less cost, by the aid of Ilolloway's Pills and < Hutment. The former are of so purifying a nature, that a few doses taken in time are an effectual preventive against an attack of either, i'he Ointmnit should lie thoroughly rubbed into the parts affected at K-wt twice a day after they have been sufficiently '■'■-■ ■- [ v ~_«' "'.re. wat«sr, which ope-as the .; :::'■'.'.-::. i?.;'..::..',tes the introduction oi the v w wj i,Jaa«s.-~Advli, <