The Daily News. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 236, 30 November 1900, Page 2

The Daily News. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our first page will be found some very interesting figures pertaining to the equipment of our five contingents for South Africa, also an item of interest headed " The Race for the youth* African Market." Sporting news appears on our fourth page. To enable us to do justice to the exceptionally fine exhibits of dairy produce, machinery, etc., we have beau compelled, owing to want of space, to hold over till tomorrow this portion of our report of the. Agricultural Show. St. Mary's Church festival services will be held on Sunday next. The Rev. A, M. Bradbury, who has lately taken charge of Okato, will preach in the morning, and the Kev. F. A. Bennett, the Maori Missioner, in the evening. In the afternoon a service for children and parents will bo conducted by the Kev. F. G. Evans. The offertory collections for the day will be devoted to the liquidation of the parochial debts.

The Stratford Farmers' Co-operative Association carried oil! the first pri/,e and Messrs. Lovell and Christmas' 75 guinea trophy for best keg o£ factory batter at the Show on Thursday. The Makutawa Company secured the Society's trophy. The first of the sports meetings of the Canterbury Primary Schools Association came off at Lancaster Park on Thursday, and proved very successful.

A claim for damages for slander is occupying the attention of the Supreme Court at Ohristchurch. Plaintiff is atailoress.

Captain Kichard Kelley, who had been for 25 years in the service of the Shaw, Savill Company, died on the voyage out lrom Liverpool, while in command of the Westland.

To-day is St. Andrew's Day. There will be a celebration of Holy Communion in St. Mary's Church at 11 o'clock. A collection will be made in aid of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The following trains leave New Plymouth station to-day for the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned belojr, as f0110w:—5.45 a.m., Mapourika(from isorth); 8 a.m., Kotoiti (from Souf.h); 2.30 p.m., Mapourika (for South); 9.30 pni., Kotoiti (for North). A passenger-car will be attached to the goods train, leaving New Plymouth for the Breakwater, about 3 p.m.

Miss Burnett has withdrawn her offer to present a peal of chiming bells to Wanganui, owing to the Council refusing both of the sites selected by her. The trial of Mrs. S'ogo, for the murder of h«r husband, will be continued to-day at Dunedin. Some new points in relation to the knife were brought out yesterday. The following athletes have been chosen to represent the Auckland Athletic Oiub at at the Christchurch meeting :—J. Campbell, sprints and hurdles; Sutherland, ilat races and distances; C. 0. Lawrie, jumps and poJei vaulting; C. MoAlfer, walking. The Auckland Cycle League have appointed Messrs. A. Davies, E. .lleynolds, and A. Vailej as delegates to a proposed conference at) Ohristchurch during the Christmas holidays' relative to the Cycle Board's Bill. ' Two Wairarapadivorce cases were before! the Chief .lu.4ice at Wellington on .Thurs-i day. Sarah E. Stanley sued Win. E. Stanley on the ground of desertion, and James Mo-| Kenzie proceeded against Elizabeth McKeny.ie on the ground of misconduct, with A. ''"rater, who was joined as co-respondent. 7 -icrees nisi were granted in both cases. The employers of the wharf labourers in Wellington have tiled a counter demand to the caee of the Union before the Conciliation Bsard, and they ask that the ordinary homs be 8 a m. to 5 p.m., and £ay range from Is to ls6d per hour, the latter rate to be for men carrying coals, trimming bunkers, and carrying and storing meat; overtime for these to be 2s 3d an hour. Adam Oliver was charged before the Court at Ohristchurch on Thursday with the theft of £801) from t'ae National Bank, where he was teller, and was remanded till Tuesday. The Wesleyan District Synod, at present' silling at Napier, adopted a petition protecting ag'iiust the introduction of licenses in the King Country; urging Parliament to rejuet curtain proposals in the Licensing Acts ' Amendment Bill, 11)00; and further urging! hat such drastic cliangds as are referred to should not be made till the people hive considered them and pronounced upon them at the next general ele tion. Mr. Waller Bewley, Sharebroker, Devon street, New Plymouth, pays i-pccialp'iention i,o Otago and West Coast dredging stocks, and, having reliable uorrespon ents both localities, is in a posit-on to advise clients. Investors can obtain all information in connection with dredging, and inspect, at his office, the latest quotations, prospectuses, of most companies Heated, and ninva of all iitsdgiug liUiuus. Inquiries invited,-Advt, :

A cabl from London states that Lord Volseley retires to-day (Friday). Sir Hvelyn Vbod will act as Commander-in-Chief till ;ord Roberts' arrival. Sir Arthur Sullivan has left new music for he To Deum intended to be used after' leace is declared in South Africa. The Russian Naval Budget for .1901 has ncreased from sixty to ninety-men millions >f roubles. It is intended to build live ironlads and ens cruiser. Lady Hopeioun hopes to leave Colombo or Australia in the steamer Rome about )ecember 10th. She has a slight attack of ever, but is progressing favourably. The beer poisoning epidemic is spreading o Chester, Birmingham, Strood, Stourbridge, Sirkenhead, and Liverpool. There are 700 :ases in the Manchester and Liverpool hos>stals. The disease is described as peripheral leuritis, and the symptoms are like berri)erri fever. A chemist is unable to discover he cause. The sugar substitute is suspected. London beers are being examined. Wanted, a Wife—A farmer in Manitoba recently wrote to Englaud, asking for a wife to be sent out to him. We believe he meant well, and we hope he met with success; but »ood wives are not usually to be obtained in this way. In such a matter a man cannot safely trust to the judgment of another, but ( must use his own. In choosing a wife, every man's judgment varies. In other thiogß it it not so. For instance, the judgment of every sensible man is in favour of Holloway's Pills and Ointment for the cure of liver complaint, disordered stomach, shattered nerves, rheumatism, gout, lumbago, scalds, burns, and all skin diseases.—Advt. BEWARE OF A COUGH. A cough is not a disease but a. symptom Consumption and bronchitis, which are the most dangerous and fatal diseases, have for their first indication a persistent cough, and if properly treated as soon as this cough appears are easily cured. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has proven wonderfully successful, and gained its wide reputation and extensive sale by its success in caring the diseases which cause coughing. If it is not beneficial it will not cost you a cent. For sale by New Plymouth Co-operative Society, -Advt. Parliamentary Buildings. Mr. M. Impby. August 11,1900 Dear Sir,—l recently contracted a severe cold, accompanied by distressing symptoms. I, fortunately, met a fellow Member, who advised me to take Impjjy's " May Applb.' 1 accepted his advice, and the result was marvellous. I cannot too strongly recommend your medicine, judging by its effect on myself. You are at liberty to use this testimonial as you think fit. —Yours truly, P. Lawby, M.H.R.—Advt. A VERY REMARKABLE 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, " A lady 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,' and she became so enthueiasticover its merits that I at once made up my mind to recommend it _• in the future, Recently a gentleman came . into my store so oversome with colic paius 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 minutes he left my store smilingly informing me that he felt as well as ever." , Sold by New Hy- — mouth Co-operative ..