LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 194, 7 September 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The recipients of clothing at the Old Men's Refuge desire to thank the giver, Mrs. B. ] Weale. Gifts of cast-off clolhing may be] left at the Registrj*gffice, Currie-stjreet, fori distribution. ■ Messrs. Callaghan, Medley & Co. report the sale'of Mr. Overden's (house and one acre of land, situated on thai Belt Koad, to Mr. 0. Nelson, at a satisfaci \ry fi^furs. Trains will leav "f or tiie Breakwater today connecting with steamers mentioned below, as follow :-5 45 a.m., Kotoiti (from North); 8 a.m„ Takapuna (from South); 10.30 a.m., Kotoiti (for South); 9.30 p.m., Takapuna (for North). A passenger-car will be attached'to the goods'train, leaving New Plymouth for the Breakwater, about 3 p.m. At the New Plymouth railway station a purse containing a small sum of money has been found, and will be returned tpits rightfui owner on application at the ticket-office. Notwithstanding the excitement in the town on Wednesday,there was only one case of drunkenness and disorderly behaviour, the culprit being fined 10s and costs.

The Premier received a telegram from tho Hon, J. McKenzie on Wednesday, stating that he was "still improving, though slowly." The Public Works Department has accepted the tender of Messrs. W. B. Bond and Co., of Inglewood, for alterations and additions to the Inglewood Police Station. " A lecture is hardly the term to describe the medium by which Mr. Macdonald conveyed his impressions of the modern battlefield, because in the word ' lecture' there are associations which suggest something cold and unemotional, It's not a lecture—but a fascinating entertainment. In Sydney the instant Dooald Macdonald stepped upon the platform, the cordiality of the reception was beyond doubt—indeed, it seemed tho desire of the enormous audienca to make him welcome, bob only as a depicter of scenes of battle, but as a true Australian, who, by his own sufferings and experiences, had won the right of their personal esteem."--Ari/its. Mr. Hugh Dixon, of Summerhill, has presented tho Baptist Uuion with £10,600 for the Aged and Infirm Ministers' Kund. The balance of the estate will be distributed among the various funds.

! There was a very good attendance at the (guards' Club on Thursday evening, when an exceptionally good entertainment was provided, as the following programme will show:—Violin and piano duet, Misses Bobin; songs by Misses Haywood, Stagpoole, Moon, Ninkie, and Murphy, Mr. Hawkins, and Private Bauchope, recitation by Private Bennett, gramaphone by Sergt. Harrison, and a clever exhibition of Legerdemain by Mr. Moulton, which was encored, as were several of the other items. A very pleasant evening was spent by all present. The Evening Post says there is every indication that the. expenditure necessary to make good the damage done to the Mapourika by her grounding at Mabel Island will be much greater than was generally expected when she was refloated. A deputation of Hawera public men waited on the Minister oE Lands on Thursday'with reference to the Xpngaboe Valley Koad. The Government, it'was un'derstood, intended to put £I2OO on thej'ubiic Works Estimates as £ for £ subsidy for the road, and ihe County Council objected to this. The deputation pointed out that the Council had already spent several hundreds of pounds in making the road, which would open up a main arterial road leading to Crown lands, and they urged, therefore, that any vote given should ba a straight out vote, and not given as a subsidy on the £ for £ basis. They considered further that £I2OO was not sufficient, and urged that the vote be increased to £2OOO. The matter was discussed at considerable length, and the Minister promised to give it his serious consideration. 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 barraekers. It behoves all players to be careful of colds, winch they are liable to eatch through getting over-heated in and then cooling off rapidly after their exertions. Whenever the player is attacked by a cone or chill he should seek some remedy, old that has proved its efficacy. We cannot do better than recommend to him Sykes' Cura Cough. All Chemists and Storekeepers.— Advt. *

Wage's Woim Figs, the wonderful Worm Worriers, never fail for adults or ahildren *rioe la.—Arlvt.