The Daily News. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 243, 8 December 1900, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1900. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Correspondence will be found on our front ,page. On the back page is an article en the value of the Free State and Transvaal as an ■ asset.

On Friday morning, the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. Stanford) granted an application of Mr. and Mrs. .Frederick Joiner for the adoption by them of a child named Keevin Joseph Jonas. Mr. Govett appeared for the applicants. Oaptain A. H. Thorp, master of the Wes'tralia, has been appointed assistant-pilot at I Lyttelton, out of 25 applicants.

Ohas. Lilly white, charged with committing a murder at Colchester, has been again remanded.

Dr. McGregor refuses to reconsider his decision as to private patients at the Napier hospital The result is empty wards and an increase in the rates and Government subsidy. The Executive heads of the various Government departments in Wellington have received a circular from the Under-Secretary of the Oolonial Secretary's Office stating that he has been instructed by the Cabinet to request strict compliance with the Civil Service regulations prohibiting any Government officer from giving information upon departmental matters to the press without the sanction of the Ministers.

One thousand five hundred applications have been received at Kaikoura lor land in the Speg Block, an area of 12,246 acres. The Plymouth steamer Rossgnll, in a thick night, was wrecked near Corbiere, Jersey. The passengers are safe, bat the captain and eight of the crew are missing. It is estimated 250 deaths have occurred from drinking poisonous beer in the past two years. One Liverpool and two London firms supplied brewers with the poisoned sugar. The introduction of a Pure .Beer Bill is announced with the object of preventing substitutes for malt aud hops being used. At the Auckland Wesleyan Synod, Mr. Caughey moved important amendments of the regulations of the Church Building and Loan Fund. The chief alteration proposed was that the fund be administered by a committee in e-ich of the six districts of the colony, instead of as at present by one central committee, and that the capital of the fund be divided equally among the committees. After discussion, gthe motion was carried by a large majority, with a preamble that the Conference be requested to set up a committee to consider the question and report to the Conference.

ihe Heretaunga Dairy Co. (Hastings) appears to be in financial difficulties. While ;their capital stands at £l3lO, the property valuation is 41340, but the plagfc i s not up to date, and £7OO was required to make it so A meeting was recently held, when Oaptain Russell advocated raising the money. One of the shareholder?, who evidently possessed a grip of the question, pointed out that three courses were open: To raise the money • to amalgamate; or to sell; but he pointed'out that if by getting the new plant a return of 3|d per gallon could be obtained, it would be better to get the additional capital Another shareholder expressed an opinion that there was not enough co-operation in the factory, and, as only 14 suppliers were present out ol 41, the meeting was adjourned Possibly in the meantime the suppliers may wake up to the advantage of following in the footsteps of their Taranaki brethren.

It is expected that 1800 children and teachers belo-iging to the Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union will take part in jthe Jubilee Sunday School Demonstration at the Christchurch Exhibition on tho lGth. AH the arrangements in connection with universal pennj postage are made. About a million stamps will be in readiness at the various post offices and further supplies will arrive.

A new series of postal notes will be issued at the new year, each denomination being a diiterent colour. Notes of 2s and 3s will be added, and those of 7s Gd, 12s 6d and 17s (id abolished. The new 20s note will bo carmine ou white and payable to bearer

At the Police Court on Friday F. Hendry was charged with several offences connected with drunkenness including- resisting the police. Accused pleaded guilty, but said lie did not remember anything about the matter. His Worship ir;ilictecWincs amounting altogether to £B 10a and costs, and eavu *

When the case of Mrs. Henderson, whol was found guilty o£ manslaughter, waa called on at the Wellington Supremo Court on 1 Jriday, the Chief Justice intimated that he could not see his way to reserve the point raised for the deleace as to the admission of the deceased girl's deposition. Sentence was deferred till to-day. The visitors to Mokau, who were to have returned yesterday evening, met a by no means unusual fate in being detained there owing to the steamer being bar-bound, the Bea being rough. They consoled themselves, however, by acquiring possession of the hall and holding an extemporised concert. The Manuka* is expected to get away about 8 o'clock this morning. In the list of prizes at the Horticultural bnow the name of Mrs. Ambury appears instead of that of Miss May Ambory, both in the floral designs and children's classes. Mr. Newton King and several of those who wont to the Awakino sale returned to town by road last evening, reaching here about

The Hon. J. G. Ward has stated that the proposed line of steamers for South Africa should connect with Western Australia and should leave New Zealand once every six weeks. The project is being warmly supported by Chambers of Commerce and other commercial bodies.

At Bt. Mary's Church on Sunday evening the Vicar wiU give a special address to young men.—Advt.

Whiteley Memorial Church, Sunday, 9th Decsmber.—Morning, 11 a.m., Mr. Geo. H. White, subject "An Important Question Answored." Evening, 7 p.m., Mr. John H. White. Subject, Scepticism i Deplorable to individual; dangerous to neighbour; deliverance therefrom.—Advt.

Be Kind to the Little Ones.—There is no tyranny so hard to bear as the tyranny of parents who, without meaning to be oruel, do not understand their children. How continually do we find a child punished simply because it is fretful. It does not seem to occur to some parents that in nine cases *ut of ten a child's fretfulness arises from illhealth or from some temporary ailment. But this is assuredly true, aud, instead of punishing their children, parents will do well to take steps to keep them Usalthy aud strong. They will not lind this difficult if they take care to keep Holloway's Pills and Ointment always by them. These are remedies which never fail.—-Advt.

UNNECESSARY LOSS OF TIME Mr. W. S. Whedon, Cashier of the First National Hank of Winterset, lowa, in a re cent letter, gives some experience with a carpenter in hia employ that will be of value to other mechanics. He says: "I had a carpenter working for me who was obliged to stop work for several days on account of being troubled with diarrhoea. I mentioned to him that I had«%een similarly troubled and that Chamberlain's Oolic, Cholera and Diarrhcca Kemedy had cured me. He bought a bottle of it from the druggist here and informed me that one dose cured him, and he is again at his work." For sale by New Plymouth Co-operative Society.—Advt. " The liver is tlie lazaret of bile, But very rarely ezeoutes his function." —Don Juan.

Bilious fever is a disease; its attack is generally sudden. There is a sense of languor and debility for a few days days previous; headache, lack of appetite, furred tongue, pain in the joints, and a feeling of uneasiness. Chills ensue, followed by f everishness. Food is distasteful; the bowels are out of order. A dose of Impey's "May Apple" soon corrects these troubles, all nature smiles again, and once more you are your bright and happy self.—Advt.