LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 7, 19 April 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Alfred Dobson has been installed AgenVGeneral fpr. Tanwania,

The Queen's statue fund new stands at £ISOO.

The Auckland Oarpentar's dispute aas bean referred to the Conciliation Board. French financiers have subscribed the recent Gorman loan fouraeld.

Pattrick Attorney, wan committed for trial for the murder of Mr Rice, a New York millionaire.

W4 l R- Thomson, ef Punedin, has been appointed president «f United Travellers' Association of Australasia, and invited by the Victorian Government to the Commonwealth Celebrations,

William Johnson, who hag kept watoh and ward ever the city from tke fire tower for twenty-four years, and has now retired owing to the inauguration of the new system of fire alarms, was presented last night with a cheque for £lll, collected by members of the Firs Brigade.— NX Times. A steerage passenger on the Rotomahana, named William Scott, developed insanity on the voyage from Lyttelton. He secured himself in a cabin and threatened to shoot Garrett, one of the under stewards, who went to the dqo', Garrett pluckily f roed the door, seized Scott, and took from him a loaded six-chambered revolver, which he was flourishing. Scott, who it is understood was on his way to Bngland by the Whakatane, has been committed to the asylum. During the hearing ef a conpcnsation case against the Kilburaie Tramway Company the Chief Justice said the Wellington corporation had acted illegally and disgracefully in regard to rights of way. It seemed to be desirous of creating slums in the Oity, and its conduct during the last ten years had assisted to that purprse. Cammenting en this the Time* says the Counp}l has Vo (lagranily negleoted its duty as to warrant the whole of them being turned out of office and if the doctors are alive to their interests they will see that at least two-thirds of those responsible are rejected at the comim? polls." *

Mr Langhlin O'Brien, late Judge of the Native Land Court died at Aackland on Tuesday. He came to th« coleny in 1842 and was appointed a Judge cf the Native Land Conit in 1880, retiring from the position two j ears ago.

The Governor has left for Dunedin and Bluff; thence he proceeds to Wellington via Resolutinn Island. On the journey he will procure more specimens of New Zealand birds for the British Museum.

At the unfurling of a flag at the school at Palmorstoa North, the Premier, who was well received, referred to the bravery of New Zealaaders in the Transvaal. Referring to the Royal visit, he said immediately upon the arrival of the Dnke and Duchess in the colony a signal would be given to all schools to hoist their flags as a token of welcome and devotion to the throne.

I Owing to an accident to the hauling gear at the Gelden-huir Deep Gold Mining Com|pany on the Rani the wi,re of an ascending cage broke and twenty-six Batiraa wera uiua,

Tenders are called by Mr J. A. Maisoy for additions to premises in Kgmont-street.

Attention is drawn to an advertisement asking for offers for supplies of mutton birds.

Mr A. C H. Collins, dentist, lias a professional notice in this issue.

Madame Adelina Patti's life earnings are estimated at considerably over a million pounds sterling, and the jewels now in her possession are said to be worth over a hundred thousand pounds.

The following trains will leave New Plymouth station for the breakwater to-day, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as follows : 5.45 am., Mapourika (frsm north) ; f a.m., Rotoiti (from south); 9.30 a.m., Mapourika (for south) ; 9.30 a.m., Rotoiti (for north). A passenger car will be attached to the train, leaving New I Plymouth for tho breakwater about 3 p.m. I Atmospheric conditions were not altogether favourable to a picnic on Thursday, yet a fair number attended the Primitive Mathodiat gathering at Mr Jas. Be'lringer's grounds at Fitzroy where various gamen were indulged in, and teaserved. The Fi zroy drum and fife band under Bandmaster Tunbtidge turned out and played some selections very creditably.

The Nelson Colauist, commenting on Mr. E. M. Smith's venture in Taranaki ironsand and Mokau coal, compares its chances with those of Parapara, by no means unfavourably to the latter. It also says that the rich hematite ore of Parapara effera no difficulties of treatment, "ships can lie a comparatively short distance from the shore, where they would be sheltered from prevailing winds, and there, too, within a very short distance of what has been described as a mountain of iron ore, limestone is available for flux, and only a few miles distant there are coal seams. The value of iron is about double what it wai some few years back, and already the American combinations appear to bo putting the price np still higher." At a meeting of the Council df Churches held at Dunedin yost«td..y, the following resolutions wera carried :—" That the Council is profoundly impressod with the increasing evils of drinking and drunkennpss in the city and colony, and is satisfied—(l) that the use of alcoholic liquors is in no sense necessary to healtu; (2 that drink is the cause of the greater part of crime and other evils of society; (3) that it is the greatest enemy to the spread of the gospel, and to sprritual and intellectual life and progress; (4) that it is a duty to all Ohrwtians to aid l their weaker brethren by their influence and example and to discourage the drinking of alcoholic liquor as a beverage; that the Council appeals to all members and adherents of churches connected with the Council ts abstain from the use of such liquors as a bsverage, and recommeuds ami urges all churches to give increased attention to the subject of total abstinence, and to encouraga and assist in the work of temperance by all means in their power; thai the Council reaffirms its conviction that by reason of the present veto for no license at the next laoal option poll, and that the Bill introduced into the |House of Kepresentatives last year dealing with this question is a retrograde step of the gravest charActer, and that its passage into law should be resisted to the uttn :st.

D spite former prejudices against prohibition, which even the oratory of its ablest exponents had failed to dispel, a four years' residence in the Clutba as VVesleyan minister bas mvJe the Rov. W. J. Elliott a stalwart advocate of the system. Mr. Elliott told an interviewer from Christohtreh Truth that he had nob been six months in the Clutha before observation an' experience made him a prohibitionist. 'J here was no doubt, in his opinion, that the success of that systom had been very marked in the electorate. Drunkenness had decreased 9Q per cent. Io 18!>§ tlje, Clu(,ha had been' alrnost' crimeless, as the law regards crime, Wax from any deterioration in the value of property having taken plaoe, during the last sis yean, the i value of new ereotions.additisns, and minor improvements amouuted to £12,00) in Balcluth*, and to £75,000 in the whole of the Clutha. Yet Balclutha, had formerly been the stronghold of the liquor party, and formerly it had five publichouses. A charge often made, but quite false, was that private drinking at home had gieatly increased. Mr. Elliott had not found a house where this was the case, or where private drinking was indulged in only after the incoming of prohibition. It was wrong to say that as much drink was consumed in the Clutha as formerly, for many in the district who had be»n moderate drinkers for thirty years strongly decied the fact, and had gjvon Itfr. Elliott permission to rnake Rnbljo use of. their names iq denying it. l|^t'<%e-tweu-tieth of ttje dpnk'vvas consumed"in. tho Clutba now that h&d been,

'We are glad to see that an, effort is being made to revive tho Gymnasium Oluh this winter. A practice will be held in the Drill rfall this evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock, when all intending members should attend.

I Owing to the heavy rain on Wednesday night the members of the Coal Commission were unable to cross the Tongaparutu on Thursday. The sitting of the Commission at New Plymouth is therefore adjourned till Saturday. A number of Auckland members of the IPedeyal Contingent pas§«d through New Plymouth yesterday et\ route for' Willington.. '

Scratch matches of football were plavcd on the Recreation Grounds and the High School Grounds on Tharsday afternoon. Mr B. Cock, at his meeting on Monday, referred to the growth of populati n throughout Taranaki, and in the Wanganui district. Towns along the line, and notably Stratfprd, bad been making raj>jd jjrqgre.ss, while' New Plympej.h Vja4 remained'at a standstill until very recently, tt was expected that the new csn»us returns, would show that had doubled in population during the past ten years. New life was wanted in municipal matters here, and ere leng he hoped to I see New Plymouth quite the equal of Wangauui. A glance at the census return will show the increase.

The Dunedin Education Board has passed a resolution that a strong appeal be made to the Minister fs graut free railway passes to all children attending the secondary department at district high schools.

HOLLOWAT'S OINTMBNT AND PILLS. Sure relief. The weak and enervated suffer severe|y from nervous afrValions whan storms Dr elootrio dinturbances agitato the atmosphere. Neuralgia, gouty pangs and Hying pains, very distressing to a delicate system, may be readily removed by rubbing this Ointment on the affected part after it had been fomented with warm water. The pills, taken occasionally ia the doses prescribed by the instructions, keep the digestion in order, excite a free flow of healthy bile, and regenerate the impoverished blood with richer materials, resulting from thoroughly asiiurlatedfood, whioh, the strong est must inevitably soon sink into feebleness, and the delicate find it difficult to maintain •.■xisten.ee. Holfoway's Ointment and Pillo re infa'lible remedies,—Advt, IT HAPPENED IN A DRUG STORE. " One day last winter a lady came to my drug store and asked for a brand of cough medicine that I did not have In stock," says Mr C. K. Graadin, the poprlar druggist of Ontario, N. Y. 'She was disappointed and wanted to know what cough preparation I could recommend. I said to her that £ c uld fraely. recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and that she could take a bottle of the remedy and after giving it a fair trial if she did not find it worth the money to bring back the bottle and I would refund the price p«d, In the course »i a day or two the lady came back in company with a friend in need of a cough medicine and advised her to huy a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough | Remedy. I consider that a very good recommendationfor the remedy." The remedy owes its great popularity and extensive sale in a large measure to the personal recommendations of poople who have been cured by its use. Kor sale by New Plymouth Ooaperative Society.—Advt,

I You can depend en ridding yitir children of Worms with [WORM fIQ% the wonde-fiil worm worriers, Price, Is,—Advt,

The Wellington Harbour Board has decked to observe May 24th as a public holiday on the wharves. Up to the present £1391 has been subscribed towards the Canterbury Jubilee Memorial. £6OO is still required. At the Dnnedin Police Court, on Thursday, Henry Halton was charged with an attempt to commit tuicide, and was sentenced to 24 hours imprisonment. Owing to the difficulty of procuring suitable stone the Wellington Harbour Board has decided to advertise for tenders for the supply of metal in Nelson and Dunedin. A great deal of the stone in the district is of a very friable nature. The fire that broke out in the Blackball mine, being in a small coniinod bord, was blocked, and the engine and hose sent up yesterday. Word was received on Thursday evening that the [ire had been put out, and getting coal will be resumed this morning. We'll ting Go! bless the Prince of Wales, Protect him from the storms and gales ; And may his health for ever hold Free from either cough or cold, But Princes too, despite restraints, Are subject to all chest complaints. For which the remedy, tried and sure, Is W. B. Woods' Gbbat Pbi-peiwint Curb. —A dvt. »<>

CAME NEAR EYING.

"lor three days and nights I suffered agony untold from an attack of cholera morbus brought on by eating cucumbers,' says M. E. Lowther, clerk of the district court, Ceiterville, lowa. "I thought I should surely die, and tried a dozen different medicines but all to no purpose. I sent for a battle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and DiarihceaßenieJyand three doses relieved me entire y. 1 went to sleep and did not awake for eight hours. On awakening a few hours ago I felt so gratified that the first work I do on going to the office is to write to the manufacturers of this remedy and offer them my grateful thanks and i»y, God bless you and the sple.idid medicine you make.'" This remedy is for sale by New Plymouth Co-operative Society.—Advt TESTIMONIAL.

Napier, September 9th, 1900. Professor Notmaun,

Dear Sir,—l am pleased to be able to tell you lam feelingwell.andamimprovingevery day. I hive lost that miserable feeling I used to have, and am quite fresh when I get up in the morning, as I can rest and sleep well now. I have < ained considerably in weight, and look well; tht haggard look has left me, and my friends oonjratolatetae on my improved appearance, and I am sure yoo do not know how grateful I am to you for yonr kindnees'and attention, as my life was a burden before I wrote to you.— Gratefully yours,

Albxandeb Pattbbson,

The best medicine known is Sandeb k Sons' Eucalypti Extract. And its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, the reHef ia instantaneous. In serious oases, and accidents of all kinds, be |hey wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling, etc., diar, rhcea, dysentery, diseases the kidneys and urinary organs. Sandeb & Sons' Eucalypti Extract is in use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ;crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and reiect all others.—Advt

1 AT THE BAR, The greatest compliment ever paid to a. medicine was that paid to iMPKX'a f May Apple," when, during the Recent Tariff Debate, M's.HR. testified openly in the House to the of this great remedy- a guaranteed cure for all liver diosrders. A bottle was subsequently presented to every manner of the House, and Members now speak in, high terms of its goo effects, All chemists and storea stook it per bottle.— Advt

A vtr.r fine and extensive Btock of Engage menls Rings, Wedding K cgs, Keepers and Dress Rings, new century Watches, in gold silver, genuine rolled gold and nickel oases, Clocks, Spectacles and Bleotro plate at J. H. Parker's, Watchmaker, Jeweller and Opt cian, next Railway Crossing, Devon-street Centra New Plymouth.—Ad Willis Street, Wellington. MB. M. IMPEY. 3 l s t uly, 0 Dear Sir,—Please send me three more bottles of your "May Apple," \ cannot speak too highly of it, Jt hag entirely re lieved me from, tb,e, headaches which usod distress me on busy days; and a member of my family who jsed to suffer from chronic palpitatiou and indigestionhas been res,tor#d o perfect health through taking Impex's May ApfLß."— l aw, yours gratefully. E. W. Wilton, Butoher.—Advt.