LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 116, 1 June 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

j Businensat the County Council meeting, to be held ohllonday next, includes the following notices of motion by Or. Tate That [the Counc : l take into consideration the pur-. c.hase'Qf. a new crusher ; t)iat the resolution passed on (ill May, 1901, deciding no' to purchase any more property required for widening the County rqad »fc the Henui until prices are obtained for the whole, b" rescinded. The allocations fir the year 1901-02 will also be considered, Mr. Newton King will sill by auction at his Hay market yards to-day, two trap horses and a set of harness on account of tho assigned estate of H. Adams. Mr. J. O. Smith, Registrar of Births Mairiag s and Deaths, supplies the fallowing vital statistics for New Plymouth for the month riages 7, deaths 5. j The Loodon Church Defence As-ociation | has receivpd several hundred resolu ions j carried at meetings protesting against any j alteration in the Coronation oath.

An important sale of nilway leases will be held, at tittatford on Saturday,'Jufe Bth, bj Mr. F. W Webster on behalf of Mr. ? ewton King. At the Wellin2ton S.M. Court yestardav George Eden, alias Dr. Rted, who wjs arrestel in New Plymouth last week on a charge of forging the name of Mr. S. Percy Smith, ex-Surveyor-General, to a number of cheques, which'he nesotiated a f , Petone and Hastings, pleaded guilty. He was remanded to the Supreme Court for sentence. Mr. Drake (Christckurch), representing the De Laval t-epirator and dairy p'ant, can he see-i o > dairy business to-day at the Cooperative v tore. It.neeis Lord Ryron'sbrilliant pen, His clever, brainy head, T > tell us how and why and when fc-ome people are not dead. But since lie's gone we'll toll the way, I How good health to assure, ! And colds and hacking coughs allav, ! Take Woods' Great Peppebmint Cuhb. I ~-Ad»t, 24

Tbe Turku severely criticise the action oi G.nnany in insisliug on further valuable concessions for the Anatolian railway in return for her declining to support the Kurope<m concert in connection with the recent postal difficulty. Geimany some lime ago obtained important concessions in ccnsidera-ii-'ii for the coostruction of a railway k.rough Anatolian provinces in Asiat'c Turkey. T he American Supreme Court lias decided that Customs duties levie i on Porto Rican products before Congress passedthe Acts imposing such dues a>e illegal. Thosjlevied af;or*avds are pronounced to be legal,. I At the Gill-street Baptist Church tomor ow the R j v. James lngs will preach at 11 a.m. aui 7 p.m. Thi subject for the morning service will be " Forewarned and Forearmed." The evening's subject is announced as "A Rainbow Round About tli3 Tlr one." To each of these services strangers will be mos; cordially welcomed, • Messrs. A. W. Hogg, M H.R., chairman rf the Teachers' Salaries Commission, and G. Hogben, secretary of the Education Department, passei through New Plymouth last night, goirg north by the Roioiti. The Commission meets in Auckland early next week.

In connection with the Royal visit to Auckland the Railway Department notifies that the evening train fro.n Wanganui to 1-lavvera on Saturday, Bth June, will run through to New Plymouth, arriving at 10.45, and connecting with the Rotoiti for Auckland.

For th' fire extraordinary vacar cies on' lie Oakura Road Board thue are eight candidates. The poll will be taken at the Oakura Hall on Thursday next.

A half-caste named Locke was convicted at Sydney on Thursday of criminal assiu't on a girl named Wood on March 25th. The death sentence was passed. . A lighter discharging New Zealand produce from the steamer Wanaka at Newcastle capsized, and over COO sacks of oats, maize, bran, and potatoes, valued at £250, were submerged. Fur men v,hj were aboard ! escaped. In our report of the fencing case in yesterday's issue Mr. Hutchen was inadvertently referred to as a m'ember of the firm of Richmond and Hutchsn, instead of Wright and Hutchen. .

Tietrucci, an Itilun b'acksmith, who recently arrived from Switzerland, attfllhpted to commit suicide nt Schio, Italy. He affirmed that he had teen selected to kill the Kaiser, and he divulged the names of others who he al'eged were chosen to kill Helena, Quo r n of Italy, the Czar, and President Loubet. The Teachers' Falarie-i Commission announce sittings at the Education office on Thursday and Friday next, when all persons desning to give evidence are inviteS - to atteud.

The following testimonial shows the of Nec.lh'.m's Salve Mr. Needliam —Your Salve is first-class for''rawing and healing. Its sp:edy effects on wounds is surprising. Every mother of a family ought to keep a snpply at hand, most especially in.country places, where safe and sure remedies such as your Salve, applied quickly, saves much pain and doctors accounts. I cnsider no home complete without it,—James Florence, Pulmerston North. Agents for Needham's Salve, Co-operative Society, New Plymouth. •—Advt.

The Hon. Jas. Carroll leaves Gisborne for Auckland this morning. His health has improved. Yesterday afternoen, accompanied by the Mayor,, he went on a run along the new section of railway line from Giibome to Karaka.

The Cook (Poverty Bay)'[Coucty Council resolved to support the Southland County Council's suggested amendments in the Local Authorities Bill.

The Hon. J. Carroll thicks the Royal party might'be induced to mike a detour on the voyage from Amkland to Wellington, so as to take ip the Poverty Bay district—By tho same token, why not make another detour, and take in Taranalti 1

Mr. C. J. Cliff ird, of Taratv well-known in sporting circ'es, is at present laid up in NewiPlymouth.

Mr. T. E. Donne, manager of the" Government Tourist Depirtme..t, was a passenger •by the mail train from Wellington lastnight. and werit north bv the Rotoiti on business competed with tlie re-ar.angemmt of a residence for the Royal visitors at Auckland.

In our report of the District Court proceedings in connection with the Scott bat.kruptcy ca«o, od'l hursda", an omissioi inadvertently occurred. When Mr Koy applied for the examination to be closed, he spoke of the chlay of fifteen month* which had taken place since the bankrup'cy, and said it was occasioned by the bankruptcy officials and the creditors. His Honour thought the delay had heen unduly long, but Mr Kerr, who appeared for the Official Assignee, pointed out that that officer w-is new to his work, and fuither, that ab jut four months had also gouo by without anything bein,' done through unavoidable adjournments of the Court. The case was also very much involved, and presented many difficulties which did not occur in the ordinary course of bankrup'cy business, an explanation with which the Bench concurred.

Hollow ay's Pills are admirably adapted for curing diseases incidental to : 'females. At different periods of life women are subject to compl lints which require a peculiar medicine; and itis now an indisputable fact that theie is nothing so suitable for complaints of this n-iture as Holloway's Pills. Uor all the debilitating disorders incidental to the sex, and in every contingency perilous to the life aod health of woman—youthful or aged, married or single—'hey are a safe and .rolhble remedy. Their purifyiDg qualities render th un invaluable to females of all ages. They are searching and cleansing, yet invigorating; a few doses. wi.l speedily remove iregularities in the system, and thereby establish health on a sound and firm ba is.—Advt.

A VILLAGE BLACKSMITH SAVED HIS LIT l LE SON'S LIFE. Mr. H. H. Black, the well-known village blacksmith at Grahamsville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., says: " Our littla son, five ycar.i old, has alwiys been subject to -Crorip, and so bad hatffe the attacks. been that we have feared many times that he would die. rt'e have had the doct-r and use 1. many medicines, but Chambeil in's Cough Remedy is now our sole reliance. It seems 'o dissolve the tough mucus s-nd by giving freqnent dos?s when the croupy symptoms appear we have found that the dreaded croup is cured before it gets settled." There is no danger in giving this remedy for it contains no upium or other i' jurious drug and may be given aa con , fidently to a baba as to an adult. Price. Is G ' size, 3'. For sale by New Plymouth 0 >operative Society.—Advt. HOW TO IUK AT A TROUBLESOME CORN. To remove a troublesome corn or bunion : First soak the corn or bunion in warm water to soften it, pare it down as closely as possible without dnwing blood and apply Chamberlain's Pain B'lm twice daily; rubbing vigorously for five minutes at, each ap plication. A plastershould be worn for a few days, to protect it from the shoe. As a general liniment for sprains, bruises, lameness and rheumatism,. Pain Balm is nn equa led. Price, Is 6d; big sizey 3. For sa'e by New Plymouth 00-opeiative Society. Advt.—

TESTIMONIAL. Thames Auckland, October 15tb, 1900. -■ro'essor No'mann. Dour fir,—Since writing ycu lai 1 , month hive improved leyond expectation; in ,106 my relations are wont'eriog wha*. has 'me over mi I ufol to be so irriiable and I-bin. I am ee'ting quite etnufc, a') my -eiishfc ''as increa-'-il Isl'>, I rjs-t un j lcp wt-11, an i awiWen refreshed unit fit fow.irk-, anrl I feel so well nothing se«ms to t, oudie me now. I will recommend >oar rca' ment to those afljicted as I w.'.a with u'eawa. Wishing you e.vrr? success—l ema ; n, yo"r g'-afceful patient, Fhed. R. Gbksson. | WADE'S TEETHING POWDFRS r'or bibirs are soothing, reduce fever and prevent blothe3. Price, Is. Ad\t,