The Daily News. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 25, 26 January 1901, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Baptist Church to-morrow, special reference will be made at each service, to the death of Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria. In the morning, the Rev. James Ings will preach upon " Christ's Sympathy With Sarth's Sharpest Sorrow," and in the evenidg from the text" God Shall Wipe Away All tears From their Eyes." Owing to a chest complaint, the Rev. A. Gordon, who came out from England a fow weeks ago to take chargo of the Baptist Church, at Hanover-street, Dunedin, has been compelled to resign his pastorate.

The question of the occupant of the Civic Chair, at the expiration of the present Mayor's term of office is already exeroising the minds of the citizens. We understand that several urgent requests have been made to Mr. James Bollringer to consent to be nominated for the office. We do not know whether he will comply, or whether there will be a contest, but there is no doubt his ripe experience and business ability particularly fit him for the position.

Woodville is going in for a water supply. Goid has been dlscovored in the west of Ireland. ,

Archbishop Kodwood has sent a telegram ito all the priests in the archdiocese, instructing thom to drape their respective churches in mourning on Sunday next and make reference to the death of the Queen at 1 Mass on that day, The result of the N.Z. University Scholarship Examinations shows that of the winnors 5 ctme from Christchurch district, 4 from Auckland, 2 each from Wanganui and Wellington and one each from Nelson and Dunedin.

The new khaki l£d stamp* are now being sold in the G.P.0., Welliagton. It will carry six ounces of newspaper through tho post. English commercial papers forecast a drop in the price of ooke and coal. To what extent, and when, will depend oa the part played by the United States. At a masting of the Masterton Hospital Trustees last week, an aecount four years old whs .rendered. Comment was evoked and it transpired that the persoa rendering the account had been a trustee until recently, an i that had he been paid before he would have been compelled to resign his seat. ' It is said that " a coach-and-four can ba driven through any law," and it seems so! — Masterton Times, In New Zealand last year there were 19 bank holidays as against 9 in Victoria and 10 in N.B.W.

Olives are grown most successfully at Aniseed Valley, Nelson.

j Lady Eanfurly and her two daughters thave arrived in England. They are intendil ing to proceed almost immediately to their home in Ireland.

Khaki has had its day. In future Tommy is to be dressed in invisible tweeds, greyish fawn in colour.

J ord Roberts, addressing the school cadets at Maritzburg, said he hoped the Mother ! Country would follow the colonial example >in chc establishment o£ school corps. Tho Old Country, he abided, should insist on all boys forming cadet corps. A lady has offered the New York Public Library a remarkable gift. It consists of one thousand menus, each from a different hotel or restaurant, t'ome are from Hungary, China, Japan, and Kussia. The donor stipulates that the menus are to be kept sealed until 1950, as it is her desire that the coming generations may see what their ancestors ate.

All railway workshop men throughout the colony are to receive pay during the three days, the sliop3 are closed. All other railway n cq now at work will receive three days' holiday when they can be spared. The Premier is expected to reach Bluff at tho end of noxt w u ek.

We havo been very much gratified and encouraged at the success which has attended our efforts to give our readers a full account of the sad event of the week. It is admitted that the Daily News has published the fullest Hud most complete account of the Queen's illness and duath, tho chief events of her life and of the new King. Wc regret, notwithstanding our making preparation for a largely increased demand, that numbers were unable to get a copy of the Daily Niswh on several days this week. The Weekly Nkws published to-day will be found to contain a full summary of the weeks news and very suitable for sending to friends ut a distance.

Jlr. E. J. Carthew, No. 178, land agent, Devon-street, an 1 Messrs. Arch. Clark and Sons, Limited, 213, warehousemen. Currieslreet, are the latest additions to tho telephono exchange.

Mr Newton King advertises large entries of cattle and sheep for hiu .-ale at A'.vakiiio 011 Thursday next. Intending purchasers will note that free brake will run from New Plymouth through to Awakino, leaving New Plymouth at 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning,

0£ the 30 non-coms appointed to the 6th Contingent the Wellington district provided 18, Nelson 3, Nipier, New Plymouth and Uisborne 2 each, Patea, Westlands and Blenheim 1 each.

A cable dated Lotidon, January 23, says the Hospital Commission's report exonerates tho Army Medical Corps and suggests that the Corps be increase'!. It recommends that experts f. rin a committee with a view to •suggesting impr vements, including the undertaking; of sanilaL'y duties. The report adds that while there were serious laches no scandal was associated with the treatment oi the sick and weunded. and that there was no general or wide-spread neglect of patients -or indifference to their sufferings. Tho ffamtra Star almanack, a copy of whiah we hav» to acknowledge, is now in its fourteenth yoar of publication. Each year this adm'rablo production becomes more an' i more indispc.nsible to the country settlei ! and as an office companion for the bu iness man. Tho number before us exceeds all previous efforts and is full of useful reliable information. As a directory it is up-to-date and embraces the whole west coast from Awakino to Ealmerston North. It reflects great credit on its editor, Mr. Parkinson, of Hawera, while the pointing and general getup of the book is most creditable to the Star Office where it was printed and published. On 'Monday, Mr. Newton Klnaj will hold a clearing sale at Omata, onaocoont of Messrs, Huthuanco Bros., who are giving up dairying. The cattle ate well bred and mostly in full profit, anyone wanting good dairy stock should not fail to attend the sale, A very fine and extensive stock of Engagements Rings, Wedding Rings, Keepers and Dress Rings, new century Watches, in gold silver, genuine rolled gold and nickel cases, Clocks. Spectacles and Klectro-plate at J. H. Parkeu'S, Watchmakor, Jeweller and Optician, next Railway Crossing, Devon-street Central, New Plymouth,—Advt Unnecessary lcss 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 hio employ that will be of value to other mechanics. He says : " I had a carpenter working for mo who was obliged to stop work for several days oh acdoiint of being troubled with diarrhoea. I mentioned to him that I had been similariy troubled and that Chamberlain's Colic, Sholera 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 he is again at his work." For sale by New Ply mouth Co-operative Society.—Advt.

Willis Street, Wellington. Mb. M. Impey. 31st July, 1900. Dear Sir,—Please send mo three more bottles t)£ ytiiir " Mat? Apple" I cannot speak too highly of It. It has entirely relieved me from the headaches wh ; ch uaed to distress me on busy days; and a member of my family who used to suffer from, chronic palpitation and indigestion has been restored to perfect health through taking Impey 8 " Mat Apple.''—l am, yours gratefully, E. W. Wilton, Butcher.—Advt.

!3|Hollo way's Pills, and Ointmbnt More precious than Gold. Diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera are, through the summer's heat, carrying off the young, as the winter's cold destroys the aged. Iu the most acute cases, where the internal mediciiii-s canno f be retained, the greatest relief will immediately result from nibbing Holloway's soothing Ointment over the abdomen The friction should ba frequent and brisk, to ensure ■the penetration of a large portion of the unguent. This Ointment calms the excited persistablj action and sootbes tho pain. Both vomitiug and griping yield to it; where fruit or vegetables have originated the malady it is proper to remove all indigested matter from the bowels by a moderate dose of Hoi loway's Pills before using the Ointment.— Advt.

A GOOD OOUGH MEDICINE, It speaks well for Chamberlains Cough Remedy when druggists use it in their own families in preference to any other. " I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for the past five years with complete satisfaction te myself and customers," ws Druggist J Goldsmith, Van Etten, N.Y. "I have al ways used it in my own family both for the cough following la grippe, and find it r . efficacious." For sale by New Plymouth Co-operative So jiety.—Advt.

| The best medicine known is Sander & 89ns' Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, the rel'ef is instantaneous. In serious case?, and accidents of all kinds, be 'they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inliammation of lungs swelling, etc., diar, rhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. Sandeb k Sons' Euoaitpti Extract is in use at' hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with aiedala and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and reject all others. —Advt.,