The Daily News. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 193, 4 September 1900, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL

We desire to express our obligations to our local contemporary, the Herald, for kindJy placing their machine at ourdi.-posal iu case of need. Thanks to the energy mi'l skill of our machinist (Mr. W, iiiekers) and his assistants, our own machine was taken down on Saturday morning and in going order before night, Our contemporary's kindness is none the less appreciated however. It is said by people " in the know " that war correspondent Donald Macdonald will probably clear between £BOOO and £IO,OOO out of bis lecturing toar. Up to now, it is stated, he has made between £IOOO and £SOOO, and has yet to traverse Maoriland, which is verra Scottish, and will gladly listen to Macdonald. Sydney Bulletin. Donald Macdonald lectures in New Plymouth oa Friday and Saturday, 14th and 15th inst.

Owing to pressure of business Mr. Samuel has had to postpone his departure till tonight. Mr. Paul will accompany Mr. Samuel, and it is their intention to make the tour of the " Islands." We trust they will have an enjoyable trip and return completely restored to health.

Mr. WalterSymes, the member for Egmont, was in New Plymouth yesterday on private business. He returned to Stratford by the evening train and intended leaving there for Wellington this morning by the mail train. In the A'l'io Zealand Tablet of Thursday August 3uth, we notice the following:— " Lieutenant Robert Collins (writes an exstudent), who was severely wounded' at Ottoihoop, is an old St. Patrick's College boy, and proud as New Zealand is of her sons at the front, it cannot be prouder than the collegians of St. Patrick's are of him, and other old boys who are ' doing their country's work' in South Africa. Bob was a favourite alike with masters and boys, and a loader in all the fnn and daring of the sel'ool. That he may speedily recover and continue to maintain tlie honour of Ins country, and do eredit to his alma maturis the earnest desire of the boys of the ' Blue and white.' As the otlicei referred to is a Taranaki b r .y, the above 1 vi ill doubtless be of interest to his friends in New Plymouth.

From a private communication received from Mil le. Tret.elli, who by the way is now called Millie Dolores, it is likely she will pay us another visit early in this year. She is now in British Columbia, where her concerts have be- n most successful.—Exchange.

A sad accident, winch resulted in the death of an infant, the daughter of Mr, H. Landsdown, occurred at Papakura on Wedu' sday, While the famiiy were at breakfast the child, who was eleven months old, and had been placed in a perambulator alongsi !c the dining table, grasped the teapot full of hot tea, and pulling it do'vn into i lie perambulator w?.s scalded by the hot liquid so severely that she died on Thur.-day Much sympathy i* felt for the parents in their sa, t here vement.— U.B, Herald.

Mr. Pirani, M.H.R., was on Monday presented by a number of his admirers with a framed portrait of hi:j self. The presenta lion was made by the Mayor of Palmerston. The overdraft of the Taranaki County Conned, including accounts passed at the meeting on Monday afternoon, is £1461 14s lOd. 'lh9 riding balances are as follows : IMoa, credit, £140; Waitara, credit, £350 16s »d; Oina'.a, credit, £2lO 10s; Parihaka, debit, £215 17s

A runaway liorso and trap caused a slight [commotion in town on Monday af'.ernooD. The only damage was a broken shaft. On Monday aftern-on the neighbourhood of Kitzroy and 'i'e Henui was roused out ol its normal quiet state by the drunken frolic of an inebriated individual who, seated in a two-wheeled trap, belaboured his unfortunate horse unmercifully, with the resuli that the infuriated animal tore madly dowi,| the Henui hill and up the town side unti nearing llobson-strcet, when a violent collision occurred with a four-wheeler, resulting in the inebriate being thrown out and thi cart fairly well smashed. Needless to say. that although he was taken to Dr T[n!»p's lie had suffered no injury, but it was i-: ;i l; vji.ivj ( .m' n :viv;.'M that some innocent

A Press Association wire received last J night states that the Otago football team left Auckland for New Plymouth yesterday afternoon.

Messrs. Bewley & Watt report the sale of sections in Leach, PowderUam, Molesworth, Hine, and Dawson streets, on account of sundry vendors, to local investors.

James McLeod, who was remanded on Friday on a charge of stealing 24 empty bottles, was brought up at the Police Court on Monday. The accused went to the house of Mr. G. Bell when he was absent, and stated he had called from Mr. Bell, at the brewery, for some bottles, which he was allowed to take away, Accused pleaded that he was hard up and waDted to raise a little money on the bottles, but only realised sixpence. He was sentence to 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour. A Press telegram is appearing in some of our exchanges announcing negotiations between the National Dairy Association and the Taranaki Freezing Works for the acquisition of the Moturoa works by the Association. This will not be hews to our readers, as the matter was' mentioned in our issue of August 26th. Since the passing of the Aliens Act 288 peisons have been admitted to New South Wales under its provisions. For the half-year just ended the valuo of imports to Queensland was £3,551,329, and of exports £4,249,668. One hundred and fifty Dutch boys of Grey's College Bloemfontein, were commandeered, armed, and sent to the front.

The United Dairymen's Union has been registered under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1b94.

There are now 90 men at worki a the Ohura Road formation, and the vJk lias been extended to within 17 miles»/u£ tho Auckland province. All the men have been taken off the bye-roads and put to work on the main road.

Trains will leave for the Breakwater today connecting with Btcamers mentioned .below, as follow:—5 45 a.m., Takapuna (from North); 10.30 a.m.,Takapuna (for South);! 1 p.m., Hotoiti (from South); 9.30 p.m., Rotoiti (for North). A passenger-oar will be attached to the goods train, leaving New' Plymouth for the Breakwater, about 3 p.m. A Pretty Child, accompanied by her mother, entered a third-class compartment at Westminster-bridge Station the other day. All eyes were turned upon her. She was poorly dressed, but wondrously pretty. Although, as afterwards transpired, a townbred child, the glow of health was in her cheeks. And, after all, the basis of beauty is health, borne passenger complimented the mother on the appearance of the child. The woman's reply wai instructive. " Well, you see, ma'am, I believe in looking after the health of my children, and then I find their looks can take caro of themselves. I keep Holloway's Pills and Ointment always in the houso, and neither I nor my children have ever wanted any other medicine."—Advt.