The Daily News. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 196, 22 September 1900, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Pollards have every reawn to be satisfied with the reception they received in New Plymouth last night, the Theatre Royal " being simply packed, People came from every part of the district, Waitara, Inglewood, Alidhirst, and even Stratford and b awera sending their quota. The tendering of the beautiful opera Maritana was quite a treat and proved that the Company can handle legitimate opera with equal success to that which has attended their efforts in comic opera. The extraordinary pressure on our space prevents our giving, as the Company well deserve, a full report, but when we say that tbe Company quite played up to their reputation our readers will value the great merit of the performance. The meeting of lidies convened by Mr. Oockrill was held on Friday afternoon, and was well attended. It was decided that tea, milk, and lemonade be provided at the Drill Hall in unlimited quantities for the children from the country ,and those accompanying them, from 11 a.m. to 12.30, cups and mugs to be provided. The following were appointed an Executive CommitteeMesdames Dockrill (President), MacDiarmid, Copelind, W. A. Collis, and Miss King. The General Committee consists of the Executive Committee and Mesdames Courtney, W. Dingle, C. E. Bellringer, btohr, Hutchinson, Evans, G. H. White, C. White, 8. W. Jackson, and Misses Veale and King. Mr. G. G. Stead .has resigned his seat on the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College. Mis v Mary Henderson was committed for trial at Weliingtou on Friday on a charge of mal-practice «nd murder. The dressing and staging of the beautiful opera "Maritina" by the l'ollarda last night .vas the subject of much fa.ourable con:uent, The coloured light efEects were also very varied and excellent. Much regret was expressed that the op;ra could not be repeated. News co nes from Adelaide that the Princess Uo\ at station, near Burra, comprising li',ooo acres of freehold land and stock, has been pinch- sud '>y Mr. Tennant, of Invereargill, for £38,500. A new four-storied building is to be erected on Lainbton yuay, Wellington, for the Public I'rust t IFice. It will also afford accommodition for s.veral other Government Departments. The Tutanekai left Wellington for Picton oa Friday night on a Parliamentary excursion. 'lhe party will numbc- about fifty, including the Minister for .Education, who will lay the foundation stone of the Marlborough High School at Bleuheim to-day. i X.ie Tutanekai returns to Wellington on Monday morning. A Jkbby-huilt House, in quite an aristo- ; cratic part of London, thfi other day literally ell d,jv.-,i about its occupier'* ears. Outwardly there was nothing wrong almost to .ho very last, arid when the catastrophe occurred is spread consternation throughout P ohe ncighourhood. Mavy people suffering .'rom ill-health keep up a brave appearance, ind no one knows tho truth until it is Ico iate They go about deceiving themselves is well as others. Why, oh why are they so foolish '£ Their blood is impure, their rerves tre shattered, disease is eating away their life. Well-advised indeed are they if, even , at the eleventh hour, they turn to Hoiloway'.l- - and Ointment—remedies which give rew life and vigour to all who avail themselves of them.—Advt. Gospel Room, Gilbert-street.—The Gospel of the Grace of God will be preached ev ry Lord's Day evening, M 7. Realty welcome,] i r-^'i

Mr. D. McKinnon Bain's orchestra Has been secured for the Tukapa social on Thursday next. We understand great pressure was brought to bear on Mr. Tom Pollard to iaduce him to extend his New Plymouth season, but the extent of ground he has to cover in the limited time at his disposal prevented his complying. Still they come. As will bo seen from the advertisement elsewhere, the Auckland Tailoring Company has started business in Brougham-street. Their manager is one of the best-known tailors of Auckland, and has bad experience in all the branches of gent's tailoring. Look them up. Whiteley Memorial Church, Sunday, September 23rd.—Rev. J. Ashcroft will preach: Morning, 11 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m. Collection in aid of Trust Fund.—Advt. Maori Mission.—Kev. F. Bennett will speak on his work at the public meeting to be held in St. Mary's Hall at 3 p.m. on Wednesday next. Collection in aid of the Mission.— Advt. 22,25 The Kev. John Nixon willpreaah to-morrow in Queen-street Church at the usual hours. Reference will be made at the evening service to the death of Frank Petty, and Mrs. Nixon will sing a solo appropriate to the occasion.—Advt. How fondly rests a mother's gaze Upon her children dear; She loves them for their pretty ways, And always likes them near. She tends them in their troubles' too, 1 Her care soon makes them fewer, And for a cold knows what to do; She gets Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure.