LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 22, 20 November 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

India is spendig two and a half millions to provide modern guns. A coloured boy, 1G years of age, was burnort to death at Colorado, for murdering a■ white girl, whose father appliei the torch. The following trains leave New Plymouth station to-day for the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as follow:—8 a.m., Maponrika (from Worth) ; i 0.30 p.m., Mapourka (for North). A pas-jscnger-car will be attached to the goods [train, leaving New "lyinouth for the Breakwater, about o | Mr ijlieuth, eiiiei postmaster at Westport, is to e.-change stations with Mr. Douglas,of tlokitika. t 'fliii .ic.'aad million of universal penny 1 stamps ordered by the Now Zealand Governi ment has been shipped per the Gothic. Mr. George Baird Dannet, of Sydney, has 'been gazetted French Consul-General for i Australia and Tasmania. M. lie .eau has promised to expedite the passage o. a Bill in the French Chamber on I iii-suniatic,.!', regulating the increase of mortuM.i, ■rt-opi.'ityandwinding upofuuauthorised .won: 'tic institutions. I Mi Henniker Heaton, of penny-post fame, has : 'led for Australia. The Men of Kent ;prenc..ied him with a solid silver envelope •.'nclo.-iug :m address recognising his service-: ' « a postal raforiMr. So;:oTs Russian fyt'.am of wireless tcle<n :.ioiiy is being install)} i on lighthouses and v/arsh':r)s in the Black Sea, at Vladivostok, and at Fore Arthur. The L'r.mier has received a cable from Sir W. J. Lyuo confirming the Press c.ible that vhi! New youth Wales Government will lind horses for tin.' New Zealand Contingent at th'.' Commonwealth celebrations. The residents of the Woodville district are anxiously awaiting the decision of the Government respecting the acquisition of Oro.-so's e>tato under the Lands lor Settle-, meut J .ct, which is of great importance to the district. Count Caucera, the Italian Envoy who was senc to Madric to announce the accession of the new King, was killed in too Das railway,

Entries for the Taranaki Show close this evening at 9 o'clook. The secretary of the City Band announces that the Waihi Band, on their way to the Christohurch Jubilee Oontest, will give a concert at New Plymouth at the Theatre Royal on December 18th. As this band has ian excellent reputation, their visit will be looked forward to with much pleasure. The programme selected will he published in due coarse.

Tha trial of Brothers Wybertus and Kilian | commenced at the Supreme Oourt at Wellington on Monday, but Mr. Skerrett, for the defence, having made a preliminary application that aU the cases be taken together, an adjournment was ordered till Wednesday to enable the judge to consult his brother judges on the matter, as his decision would not be open to review.

A man named Davis, who was released from prison on Saturday, again made his appearance at the Police Court on Monday morning, having been arrested on a charge of breaking and entering at Auckland, to which city he was remanded. i His Worship the Mayor (Mr. B. Deckrill) has received a telegram from the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, Minister of Public Works, stating that he expects to reach New Plymouth by the afternoon train to-day. . The Minister goes North this evening. The busy scene at the breakwater on Friday is not likely to be relegated to oblivion, as, thanks to the enterprise of Mr. J. H. White, an excellent series of photographs was taken by that artist. Each of the views has some distinct point of interest, but that which best illustrates the large amount of' shipping in the port is the photograph showing the Ngapuhi ajd the Mapourika on either side of the wharf, the Botoiti appearing in the background to the westward, just passing the breakwater on her way to the wharf, while the Glenelg and Janet Nicol are to be seen to the eastward of the harbour. Mr. White is to be congratulated on the result el his work.

What Monhi Can Do.—Money can do a great deal, but it cannot do everything, it cannot stop the passing of time, it cannot make us young again, it cxnnot renew with health the enfeebled frame, In the face of | the demon ill-health, rich and poor are on an equality. Bioh and poor have to seek the same remedies, and wise indeed are they if, in their sorrow and suffering, they turn to Holloway's Pills and Ointment, These are within the reach of the poor as well as of the rich, and it is no idle testimony, but the natural result of long experience, which has declared Holloway to be the poor man's friend.—Advt. THE ANABCHIbT ANALYSED.

The lively Anarchist is just now hurrying ap the young man in a hurry "—otherwise known as the Emperor of Germany. He wants to obliterate China and the Boxers. Let him see to the Anarchists at horn 1 What is Anarchy i Plainly put, it is just indigestion or a torpid liver. If all men had sound stomachs and perfectly working livers there would not be an Anarchist in existence. Think, then, what a boon to the nation is Impki'S " May Apflb." which is a sure and speedy cure for dyspepsia or indigestion and all liver troubles. Only 25., at all chemists. —Advt. Mr. Walter Bewley, Sharebroker, Devon street, New Plymouth, pays special? Mention to Otago and West Coast dredging stocks, and, having reliable correspondents both localities, is in a position to advise clients. Investors can obtain all information in connection with dredging, and inspect, at his office, the latest quotations, prospectuses oi most companies floated, and maps of all dredging claims. Inquiries invited—Advt. A VEBY BEMARKABLE REMEDY. "It is with a good deal of pleasure and satisfaction that I recommend Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy," says Druggist A. W. Sawtelle, of Hartford, Conn. "Alady customer, seeing the remedy exposed for sale on my show case, said to me: ' I really believe that remedy saved my life, the past summer while at the shore,' aud she became so enthueiastic over its merits that 1 at once made up my mind to recommend it in the future. Recently a gentleman came into my store so overcome with colic paiua that he sank at once to the floor. I gave him a dose of this remedy which helped him. I repeated the dose, and in fifteen minuteshe left my store smilingly informing me thil he felt as well as ever." Sold by New Ply-1 mouth Go-operative Society.—Advt.