LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 229, 22 November 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our first page will be found a very interesting article headed "The Exact Houi'j When You Are to Die," from the pen of Oharles W. Pilgrim, M.D. A speech in the I English Parliament on " Demoralising Plays," appears on our fourth page. The following trains will leave New Plymonth station to-day for the breakwater, connecting withsteamer mentioned belo^r: — 6 a.m., Ngapuhi (from North); 9.30 p.m., Ngapuhi (for North), The many friends of Mr. W. Gaukrodger will be pleased to hear of his feturrrtoHew Plymouth after his trip to England.

There is a very strong entry of "Jerseys " for the forthcoming Metropolitan Show. Our readers are reminded of the sports at the New Plymouth High Sohool to-day. The sports were interrupted by the rain last Thursday, much to the disappointment of both young and old, and it is to be hoped they will be favoured with fine weather today. The sports will be held in the grounds at the High School, and commence at one o'clock, and a cordial invitation is given to all the friends of the school to attend. We understand a capital programme has been arranged, and all those attending may be sure of an enjoyable afternoon. The scheme of establishing an industrial home for boys at Levin, on the Mauawatu [Railway line, ha 3 been approved by the [ Cabinet, and £ISOO is to be expended on the erection of buildings and its equipment, The site has not yet been seleoted, but probably it will be on the present State farm, The home is to accommodate about 100 boys, who will be taught trades.

The Tutanekai with Ministers and a Mounted Gontingent leave for Sydney about the 20th December. The idea of sonding a separate contingent of Maoris.) has„ been abandoned. The Premier and Mrs. Seddon left for Greymouth by the Tutanekai on Wednesday evening, and will remain on the West Coast for some time, Mr. Seddon, however, crossing to Christchurch for the Canterbury Jubilee celebrations. The Minister for Lands returned from the South on Wednesday morning, and went on by the afternoon train to Wanganui to attend the Show there. A record sale for the Pahiatua district was held on Tuesday, when Messrs, Abraham & Williams sold bullocks up to £7 10s and hoggets lis. There was a large attendance of outside bnyers. The bidding was spirited; 1500 cattle were yarded and sold, The Government has decided to make another appointment of a magistral" to relieve the present pressure on the Bench. Details of the wreck of the, cutter Ooralfe at Mahia show that the vessel was driven ashore in a heavy gale Her eicw of three men had previously left in a dingy, having a perilous experience in landing through the surf. As the vessel came on the beach she rolled over and over ami quickly broke up. Mr. Haselden, S.M., Mr. J. Proud, coal mining expert, of Wanganui, and Mr. E. Lomax, Inspector of Factories at Christchurch, have boo : appointed a Royal Commission to enquire into the working of the coal mines of llie colony as recommended by a Parliamentary Committee last session,also aw to whether mining operations throughout New Zealand arc being carried on efficiently and economically in the interest of the State. The Salvation Army are still actively engaged in collecting for the Indian Famine Relief Fund. Amongst the latest lists sent in are two from the district between Opunake and I'ahotti, where Misses It. and N. Phillips collected'£ls Is fid and Miss Taylor £lO 0s '.ld. It is anticipated in the City of London that the December war loan will not exceed i en millions. Mr. Wyndham, .Secretary for Ireland, is toming the congested districts in the west. Mr. W, P. Hooves, Agent-General for New Zealand, has been appointed to the Pacific Cable Board. Whole ale destruction of rats at Capetown has been resolved upon as a precaution against plague. The. Duke of Manchester was quietly married in London to Miss Helena Zimmerman, daughter cf the Cincinnati millionaire, ivitl'out: her father's consent. Tho ("i,ty Band has been engaged to onliven •is proceedings at the forthcoming Agricultural Show. j The balance-sheet of thjj United Tire & j Mninie lii-iiranoo Co., Ltd., fir the past year show > a very satisfactory result, and indicates |t.h care a-ntl bnsT.css ability which the \,:'V.'!M ai'.'i agents of the company bestow on its transactions. The New Plymouth agent is Mr. D. McAllum. In another column will ibe louad the total leauttg of the, year's

' Amongst the passengers for New Plymouth by the Gairloch on Wednesday was a son of Mr. Brasch. He arrived in Auckland by the I Alameda, and, we understand, it is 17 years lince he last saw his father.

Sir Oharles Welby, private secretary to the I i Marquis of Lansdowne, has been appointed ] temporary Assistant-Under-Secretary of State without salary, to assist in the reorganisation of the Imperial War Office. Mr.Copeland,Agent-GeneralforNewSouth Wales, in a rigorous letter to the London ■ limes, denounces Mr. Aickin's hysterical ' condemnation of colonial borrowing. f An illuminated address, signed by 343 I district officers of the Lands Department' throughout the colony, aa well as a revolving book case, another book case, a large chiming clock, an easy chair, and an office chair, were on Wednesday presented to Mr. Percy Smith, the retiring Surveyor-General. The Minister for Londs made the presentation. Amongst those whom the Government recommended tor commissions in the British army are Lieut. Hovell, son of Dean Hovell; of Napier, and Lieut. Bolieston, son of the Hon. Win. Rolleston, both of whom are now in South Africa, and a son of Gapt. Kussell, now in England. Laid Roberts has recommended that Lieut. Seddon, for the time being on his staff, should also receive a commission. Mr. Gilrnth, Gevernment bacteriologist and veterinarian, leaves for London on Friday. He baa been instracted to select fifteen veterinary surgeons to act under the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, which comes into foree on Ist April next. Mr. Gilruth will also purchase for the Government twelve stallions, suitable for breeding remounts, and . eight Shorthorn and four Ayrshire bulls of , the best English strains. Before returning be will also visit the chief bacteriological 1 laboratories of London and Paris, to bring i his knowledge of the subject up-to-date. ' Ministers have decided to invite appli- ) cations for the construction of a schooner of r 200 tons, suitable for the Island trade, and ■ fitted with 60 horse-power oil engines. The Salvation Army were disappointed in j the arrival of the Indian Contingent. They : are expected to arrive by the Mapourika on > Friday. c A very large 'Frisco mail for New Ply--1 mouth, Wanganui, and intermediate stations r was landed from the Gairloch last evening. That for all stations south of New Plymouth ' will be sent on by the mail train this morn- * tag.

Oar local contemporary has got into another tangle over Stratford road finance. Queting from a very much condensed report of some remarks of the Stratford County Chairman, he has again fallen in the mire. His struggles to understand Stratford Oounty road finance are really pitiable. If it is any consolation to him to Know it, he is notalooe

in that re'spect. The gratifying increase of telegraph work in this district has induoid too Department to put up an extra wire between New Plymouth and Inglewood. This will be run by way of the Junction Road so as to enable Egmont Village to receive telephone connection.

Replying to a deputation at Stratford, in reference to votes for roads, Mr. Hall-Jones said the amount voted by the House for all roads, etc, was £580,000, but of 'this only £360.000 was available to March 31, but he could assure them that every promise made by the Department was going to be implicitly kept, and, what could, would be given to them before March 31, and the balance after that date. If they mads exception in one case—unless of course one of great and special urgency, they weuld be at once inundated with applications for special treatment. As to the Waitara Bridge question, he was ifrald that could not be considered now, as rotes for bridges were taken separately from roads, and votes for one could not be expended on the other. As regards roads, he was here three and a-half years ago, and again twelve months ago, and now he could not help being surprised at the marvellous advancement made all round. Their progress was a compliment to the whole district. Speaking on the question ot road-making at Stratford, Mr. Hall-Jones said he quite understood the position, and practically agreed with all that bad been said. They must, however, understand that the Department had to consider the whole colony, and he would remind them that the Egmont Blectorate had been the second largest in expenditure in the colony. The reason of | this was perhaps obvious. They had a good country being rapidly taken up, and rapid settlement necessitated vigorous road making, and hence the expenditure. Mr. Fookes hai urged the expenditure of the votes in summer. Hitherto the rule had been to make the expenditure in winter, but he quite saw that, save in very exceptional cases, it was much better to have the works prosecuted in summer, and he could assure them that such would be done in future. Tenders had been called for throe miles of metalling, and as soon as those were in hand further tenders for the balance of the works would be called. He might tell them also that the East Koad was going through to Kawakawa, and he hoped to be through by September next. What Monby Oan Do.—Money can do a great deal, but it oannot do everything. It cannot stop the passing of time, it cannot make us young again, it cannot renew with health the enfeebled frame. In the face of the demon ill-health, rich and poor are on an equality. Rich 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 reaoh 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 ANARCHIbT ANALYSED.

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