The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 43, 27 February 1901, Page 2

The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Some BS troopers, tho Auckland contribution to the Seventh Contingent, were passengers on board the Rotoiti on Tuesday, on route for Wellington. The City Band and Mr. Cottier's orchestra have kindly offered their services at Miss Connoll's concert to-night. Our readerj are reminded of tho salo of Mrs. Douglas' property, which takes pl»ce to-morrow. An advertisement appears iu this issue to which particular attention is directed, in which Messrs. Bewley and Griffiths, the auctioneers, give full particulars of the *ale. The property is being sold on account of Mrs Douglas leaving the district. A great strike of collitrs has taken place in the north of France. Five, people were killed and four injured in a burning house at Birmingham, i We understand a msvement is on foot to es'ablish a Maori hostelry in Mew Plymouth. Maoris coming into town by the lata trains or to meet the early trains and steamers find, we are told, an increasing difficulty in securing lodgings. A similar difficulty existed some time back and it was got over in this way. The damage done to the railway reclamation wall has taeen repaired. B«yond the delay of a couple of days no actual damage has been done to the wall. In fact, the test has been » valuable one, arid shows how faithfully the work ha? beer* done, and proves the success of the work. The Kaiser met King Edward at Frankfort and accompanied him to Kronberg A blizzard and great snowfall at Odsssa were responsible for 37 deaths. Tram cars were buried in the saow and trains stopped. Colonel B. W. D. Ward, C.8., of the Army Bervice Corps, has been appointed Permanent Under-Secretary of War, in succession to Hit Kalph Knox. Fresh opposition is being shown to Jesuits in Spain and Portugal owing to the detention of several heiresses in convents of the Order. Mr. Major, the Mayor of Hawera, was anything but complimentary to the Borough Council on Tuesday at the meeting of the National Park Board, He said "the Council Chamber was the rop,st uncomfortable, cheerless room he had ever been in. The light was so bad that he was nearly blinde'i." It certainly is a stiiking contrast to the luxury the Hawera city 'fathers indulge in. There the padded chairs and richly upholstered chamber is the envy of all borough councillors. The Government has decided that May 24th will still continue to be observed as a public holiday. '. Sue Heng was fined £lO at Wellington fqr sly grog-selling. ' Mr. John Rogers, City Engineer at Brisbane, has been selected for the position of Engineer at Dunedin. John Klenan was yesterday charged at Greytyouth with committing porjury in the Lawson salting r c?e, and was committed for trial. A simjlar charge was laid against another of tho Lawson Brothers, who was remandoA till to-day (Wednesday). ' During the short time Mr. Kvebner has filled the position of: stationmaster he has made many friends in New Plymouth, who will regret to learn that he is shortly leaving, for Gore. Even his loaving is evidence of the sterling character of the man. It K Hawera Dtationi leave for Gote, 3 rigorous nature his wife who has a praiseworthy J eed to exchange if.e, succeeds Mr. It is satisfactory s to us with very j a the people of active in overythe town and ent has arrange* frozen poultry to tararoa, leaving 9 ; i abandoned jbhe wenrsion to the tho winter. In > and Duchess of ikare will be ro trade. ian of the Old to acknowledge it and groceries

-Mr. Jtistice Cospcr will nnive in Welling'-1 toe no March sth. I 'l'he Wellington Hospital trustee;' bav.-jE taken increased cost,of living into consridoration in passing estimates for the eusninj.r year. Mr V. Wavmonth b:is been elected Chairman ci Hi,.! jiytltlton Harbour Board. We hove to ackuowledgo receipt from tho Government printer of tho completn volume of .statistics for 1S9!I. The Stratford school children am to visit the breakwater on Wednesday, Oth March. Dr. Mason, of the Health Department, was in New Plymouth on Monday. He had interviews' with the Mayor and nith Dr. Home, expiring his cordial approval of i.ho action of tho Borough Council in tho recent typhoid ca.'-ea. Dr. Mason left for Wellington by tho mail fain on Tuesday morning. Mr. ConrfiKSy reports having sold a fourroo:nod cottage and section in Lemon-street for cash, at ;., satisfactory advance on what it was sold for four months ago. The Government has appointed Mes-rs. Graham, M.H.R., K. McKenzie, M.H.R., and M. Webster as members of the Kelson Harbour Board. A cable from Perth st-ites that J. Darrach, of Denbam Station, was shot dead by blacks, and his sob severely injure'!. The pjlice are pursuing the blacks. A sum of £591,000 was tendered at Melbourne for the Board of Works £300,000 3| per cent iloan. The average obtained was £99 3s lOg-rJ. The total number drowned in the wreck of tbe Rie de Janiero is 35 white and 37 Asiatic passengers, 18 white officers and men, and 14 Asiatics belonging to the crew. Of IS women aboard 3 were saved. On Saturday morning there passed away as Kaipakopako an old native chieftainess named Mirimata, who wgs amongst those besieged .luring the attack on R-mgipukeora. Her age was about 95 or 100. Deceased was the grandmother of Te Morere and Tamati Whanganui. The burial took placo on Monday at the Puketapu native burying ground, the service being conducted by the Kov. F. A. Bennett. We have received from the New Zealand Express Oompiny, Limited, a copy of their " Commercial and Tourists' Guide," a handsome little volume of about 230 pafces. It is being issued for the use of coraoiercial travellers, tourists, and the goneral trading public, and contains a surprisingly large amount of valuable information in a co»ci»e form relative to the Company's cxteniive business in all the principal cities and townships in the colony. Besides giving in each instance distances by rail, coach, orstea'ner, I arrivals and departures of mails, population, statutory half-holidays, details are given as to the manufactures earned on, and the drives and pleasure resorts available. Railway, postal, and telegraph rates andregula ' tions are supplied, and there is also a digest of the U.S.S. and Hud dart-Parker steamer services. In addition to a short history of the Company's rise and progress, pholoengravings are given oE their head and branch offices and plant throughout the colony, and a special feattfee, which must prove of great convenience to the commercial traveller, is the largo number of diagrams drawn to scale showing the positions and measurements oE the sample rooms attached to each branch. The book, which is being issued gratis by the Company, is of size suitable for (ia-rying in the side pocket, reflects great credit on all concerned in its production. Messrs. Fresth Brothers aretlie local agents. HOLLOW AY'S OINTMSNT AND PILLS are the best, cheapest, and most popnl.nr remedies at all seasons, and under all circumstances they may be used with safety, a.id with the certainty of doing good. Eruptions, rashes, and all descriptions of skin diseases, sores, ulcerations, and burns are quickly benefited, and. ultimately cure.} by thesi .healing, soothing, and purifying meilicftmehts. ') he Ointment rubbed upon the abdomen checks all tendency to irritation in the bowels, and averts diarrhoea and other disorders of the intestines frequently prevailing through the summer and fruit seasons. JB<"at bumps, blotches, pimples, inflammations of the skin, muscular pains, n»uralgic affections, and enlarged glands can be effectrfely overcome by using Holloway's remedies according to the instructions accompanying every packet. Advt. TESTIMONIAL. Napier, September 9th, |9OO. Pro'es-or No k 'maun. ; Deaf Sir,—l am pleased to be abl« to tell you I am feeling well, arid am improvingevary day. I have lost altogether that miserabe feeling lused tohavejandamquitefreshwhen I get up in the morning, as I can rest and sleep well now. I have /ainad considerably in weight, and look well; the haggard'lo* has left me, and my friends coujr&tulate me on my improved appearance, and I am sure you do not kuow how grateful I am to you for your kindness and attention, bb my life was a burden before I wrote to you.—r Gratefully yours, Alhxandf.b Patt besom. UNNECESSARY LOSS OF TIME Mr. W. 8. Whedon, Cashier of the First National Bank of Winterset, lowa, in a re cent letter, gives some experience with a carpenter in his 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 been similarly troubled and that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy had cured me. He bought a bottle of it from the druggist here and informed jie 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. Impbt. 31st July, 1900.

Dear Sir,—Please send me three more bottles of your "Mat Apple.' 1 I oannot speak too highly of it. itlias entirely relieved me from the headaches which used to distress me on busy days; and a member of my family who used to suffer from chronic palpitation and indigestion has beon restored to perfect health through taking Impels May Apple."—l am, yours gratefully, E. W. Wilton, Butoher.-rAdvt. AT THE MR, • The greatest compliment 'ever paid to a medicine was that paid to Impjey's " May Appm, ' when, during the recent Tariff De bate, M's.H.R. testified openly in the House to the efficacy of this great remedy- a guaranteed euro for all liver diosrders. A ! bottle wan subsequently prpsented to every member of the House, and Members now speak in hifrh terms of its good effects, AU chptni3ts and stores stock it per bottle.— Advt. ' ''