LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 304, 20 December 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have to acknowledge the receipt of a very neat card, with Christmas greeting), from the staff of the Wavpama Mait. We I cordially reciprocate oilr contemporary's good wishes. The Hon. Mr. Ward was entertained at an impromptu banquet at Stratferd on Tuesday evening- He received no deputations, and left en route for Wellington at 6.30 on Wodnosday morning by a special train. The London Standard criticise Donald' MacDenald's new book and declares it incomparably the best book on th« seige of Ladytmith. ' The commander ef the frigate Gneunau refused to save his life. He had previously disregarded advioe to return to the harbour. An analysist at Manchester has discovered iwreral malts containing arsenic, and he vyuns brewers of the necessity of analysing all malts.

Replying to a deputation at Wellington, j the Hob. Mr. Duncan piomised to favourably represent to the Cabinet a proposal to oonrert State subsidised benevolent hornet and kindred institution into State market gardens, where the inmates would be more comfortably housed and given employment. Thomas Pringle, a Fulham coal merchant, was recently sued tor breach of promise. A j verdict for £IOOO damages was returned. Ihirty-aeven theasand aores of wheat, grata, and other crops have been burnt in the. aibury dietrict. There is an exteat of twenty miles of blazing timber, and grass i fire wi'ik a front o£ s >* miles still menacing of acres of standing crops. Friends' aQ d parents are reminded of the presentation of prizes at the New Plymouth High School at 2.30 p.m. to-day. His Worship tho Maj TOr will preside and present the prizes, and Yhe programme will bo of the usually intere. iting .character. The cordial invitation of tb'eachosl authorities should bo heartily responded' 9.

After consnitivtioa between Mr: John Dnthie and Mr. V T - P- Reeves, the commis-; sien for the bust of the late Sir Harry Atkinson, to be erected itr Parliamentary Buildings, Wellington, has .been place* with Mr. Pegram, a rising yontag sculptor, already hieMy .thought profession. '; : f and breaking-ap enfejtkjwaelit .at Bs. Jot<eph'B. ; School will "taKs place this afternoon at 2.30; Agood programme has bepn,arranged aiid.a oerdial invitation is extended to all interested in this excellent school.

The following are the revenue returns for the WoUington-Napier-Sew Plymouth i section of railway for the four weekly period ending 10th Novembor (shillings and penoe omitted):-, Passengers, £11,371 ; parcels, luggage, and mails, £1,621; .goods, £14,805; miscellaneous, £286; routs and commission, ,£BIO. Total, £28,395.

Dr. John Smyth, M.A. (N.Z.), Dr. Phil. (Rdin), bom Lanarkshire, Scotland, who has been appointed Inspector of Schools for Wanganui, was odncatod and trainod for teacher in the North of Ireland. He passed oxanuutiiaM vmder the Science and Art Department in mathematics, electricity, and magnetism, geology, and agriculture. In 1872 he began teaching in Southland (N.Z.) being scocessively relieving ttaeber, town assistant, headmaster country school, and headmaster suburban school; Attended classes at Otago University, and was prizeman in l mathematics and mental soionoe. In 1891 he gainod hit B.A, degree: next year his M.A. degree, with honours in mental science, and was placed in "A" class of teachers. In 1893 was. appointed reotor of WataatetDistriot High Bohoo), South. Oan- ■ jfeftlh, Hiph position ha 'resigned Ja 1898 W-pVsuS-hU itadies in Oermtny. At the request ef Professer Balmond and the Otago '.University Oounoil he returned to ISfew Zea[«Mid to conduct Professor Salmond's classes wliile the latter took a trip. Dr. Smyth studied the next two years at the University of RdinbjiTgh, and,g»ined the distinction of SoewrM PHilosdphy (only Mothers, we understand, have gained this degree). He spent the Home summer at the Univernity of Jena, Germany, renowned fer its chair of Education, and! landed in New Zealand last month, : since which, with the exception of a visit to bis brother-in-law (Mr. Straek, headmaster of Hawera school), he has been the euest of Mr. Keill, secretary of the Southland Education Board.— Skwimi Star.

The IQO-gainea Lipp and Soba upright grand piano which" was for some time on view at the Dresden Oempany's depot has been purchased by a settler at Inglewood. This is a good sign of tne times and should serve as an encouragement to the Company .to import high-class instruments. It will be ween by reference to our advertising columns Abat the Company are offering special in'dncements to purchasers, and Mr. Henderson, i •tbc local manager, will be pleased to show I intending purchasers any of the instruments comprised in his large and well-assorted ifito ok. I

! S3 urlng the Xmas holidays the usual retailed d rates tor photos at Oollis' Studio, direo tly opposite the Criterion Hotel, Devoni strew;.—Advt. 25

Hot, low ay's Oihtmeht and Pills, Eheumi itism, Neuralgia. It is sometimes difficult, to determine which of these diseases lis afflicting the sufferer, but this ignorance will not matter if Holloway's remedies bo used. Th\ ay alleviate and cure all muscular and neryoi s pains. In hereditary rheumatism, after . bathing the affeotod parts with warm salt water, Holloway's Ointment should be well rubb\ 3d upon the spot, that it may penetrate and exert its soothing and regulating properties 011 the deeper vessels and nerves which art' unduly excitod, and cause both the pain .and swelling. Holloway's treatment has th 8 merit of removine the disease without debilitating tho constitution, which was the inem'-table result of the bleeding, mercury and practice formerly adopted in the* 'e complaints.—Advt.

Willis Street, Wellington. Mb. M. Impbj. 31st July, 1900. Dear Sir,—Please send me three more bottles e£ your "MAX I cannot speak too highly of it. Is has entirely relieved me from tho headache* which used to distress me on busy days; and » member of my family who used to suffsr from chronic palpitation and indigestion has ba\°» restored to perfect health through taking' ImpbyJs " May Apple."—l am, yours gratefully, B. W. WttlON, Butcher,—Advt,

Mr. Walter Bewley, Sharebroker, Devon street, New Plymouth, pays special attention 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 con nection with dredging, and inspect, at his office, the latest quotations, prospectuses of most companies floated, and maps of all dredging claims. Inauiries invited—Advt.

AT THE BAR, The greatest compliment ever paid to a medicine was that paid to iMrßT's " May. Afplb," when, during the recent Tariff Debate, M's.H.H. testified openly, in the House !to the efficacy of this great remedy-a guaranteed cure for all livor diosrders. A bottle wao subsequently presented to every member of the House, and Members now speak in high terms of its good effects, All chomists and stores stock it: 2s per bottle.— Advt.

UNNECESSARY LOSS OF TIME - Mr. W. S. Whedon, Cashier of the First National Bank of Winterset, lowa, in a re cent letter, gives some experience with a carpenter in hlo employ that will be ef value to other mechanics. He saye: " 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 been similarly troubled and that Chamberlain's Dolic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy had cured me. He bought a bottle of it from the druggist here and informed me that one dose cured him, and ho is again at his work." For sale by New Plymouth Co-operative Society.—Advt.