LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 129, 26 June 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A sharp earthquake shock was felt at, three minutes past twelve this fen i.g, passing apparently from west to cas^. The Borough Council is calling fbrapplicatio s fir the position of Inspector of Buildings. Nominations of candidates for the vacney >n .id i mce of Councillor for the East Ward must be lodged with the Returning Officer, Mr O. K r.ellrinrer, before nooi on Saturday, July G hj, accompanied by a deposit of £3. In tha event of a contest the election will be hell on July 10th. The E Uication Board meets to-day. Mr. J. Mackay has given notice to move the fol--1 .wing: - "That the lesolutionof-the 27th November, 190"), removing the Toko School, '•e rescind-d, to enabl.. the Board to discuss a letter from the chairman of the Toko School Committee, re-opening the question of the removal of the school"

According to the New Zealand Uimes on'y lwent» individuals were up b- frre tho "beak" in Wellington during tho five days' junketing in connection with the Royal visi\ This speaks well for the general sob-iety of the people, when it is remembered that, probably 60,000 or 70,000 were present m the Empire City during that time. A gale caused an extensive sub-i lence of Freroant'e, iW.A.) mo'-. Three men were washed to sea and rescued. The New Plymouth Chamber of Commerc has postponed its an-ual meeting till Monday, July 1. Mi- C. Rer.nell. ff P., presided in the Police [Court on.Tuesdiy morning. Gustav l.in-1-blo'n, n young man, w»s charge) with the 'eserlio'i of lo's wife Harriet in Auckland, from June Ist. l!)0l Pergeant Stegpoolefaid the aocusrd had been arrested on the previous rhv, a-rl t'o would ask for a remand till Saturday at Anc'tland, The remand was gra ted.

A conference of Lay Readers and preachers in c nnrct'nn with the Ohur h of England, will b<> hj" (1 this eve- i' g in St. Mary's-chool-room at- 8 o'clock. The conference will he preceded hya'ho't service in St.. Wary'., beginning at 7.15. The s' rvice will be conducted by the Lay Reader?.—Advt.

A fir- wnrre'l in the Sultan's ln>em at He was sleeping in an adjoining room.

Mr. Greenaway. of Mnaw-itau, paid €lf>-I,SOt for the Felt on c ta'bn Brisbane, (onr of Tyso 's p> opert i^s.)

Thes'o mor P-i-ihnnia aulvM at Sy-'ncv on the 12th. Soundings taken on her way across f-om Brisbane disclose' go:cally a very suable bottom for laying a cabV Deep soundings t<ken gave the depth at 2i miles. A large range of mountains was dh covered 1600 feet high, 60 miles Wg a)1 cl 30 miles in breadth. Th«> cable would' have to go round the mountains. It is proposed to la'd the cableat Anson's Buy, where the Company has secured a hundred acres of land. Itis underst-od that Norfolk t s l an d will be a repealing station, and a.large staff will be kept there. After a stay of a few days the Britannia resumes s undings to !h Bay of Islands New Zealand.

The steamer Meniere, wh ch arrived on th'i 6th June at Sydney, r poits -hat. 80 miles wes 1 ; of Norfolk IsUnd she pawd a quantity of Oregon pine, apparently decV ca-go. It hid not been long in the water. Thenuptp-esentei by the Government to the Duke ot Cornwsll f or Kin>r Kdward U a solid waterworn lump of go'd from the Baton River, Nelsitn. and weighing nearly 40 ounc-s, and worth £4 an ounce. It is ' eautifully polnhed, and enclose.l in a casket

A junior hockey match has been arraneed between the Bell Block and raTinoton Roa-i Olu'-s to take place on the Carrington Poad grounds on Thursday, 27th, play to start a» 2 p.m.

At a meeting of employees si, the Petone railway workshops, a resolution was oarri.-d expressi-g gratificat'on at tho conferment of % knighthood on Sir Joseph Ward. Arrant merits were also put in train for mating him a presentat'on to mark thi occasion

Mr. Sutherland, the tobaco expert engaged by the Government ftom Fiji to rep ot as to (he suitability of the Worth' Island for t bicco culture, nods the leaf could he pro fitably grown in certain d strict of the Island.

From some umxplained cause Miss Ingle*-.' by, who was expected to give an address in" I the Gill-street Church on Tuesday evening' ii cbnreotion with missiona y worV, rli 1 not' arrive from Ne'son. A number of persons ! who had attended wen thus disappointed I and after waiting a shtrt timo dispersed to their homes.

The annual meeting f .f the De Bureh Adams Lodge will be held this (Welnesdavl evening, at 7 30 o'cl-ck. Brethten are requested to note that the meeting will ba held in the Lodge room, Robe-street, instead notw a Theatre Hoyßl ' as was P reviousl y

A conference of delegates of Horticultural S-cieties was opened iit Dunedin on Wednesday by an address by Mr A. Moritzoo, Prescient.of the Dunedin Sooiety. As that gentleman could not act, Mr H. Beetham was appointed chairman- At the evening sitting papers were read by Mr Grubb on the codlin moth; Mr Fitch, Government eKpert, on spraying; and Mr Grapes of Otaki, on fruit pests from a national aspect. It was reso've.i to ask the Government to pass an Orchard and Garden Pests Bill on lines to be suggesed by a committee appointed to draw up a ; Bill; such measure to Le approved by the ' whole of the delegates. The half-yearly meeting of tho Female ourb, Pride of New Plymouth, Ancieni I' 'rder of Foresters, was held in the 1\ reslers' I Hall, Gill-street on Monday evening. District Sub-Ohief Ranger, Bro. H. N. Go! iwater 'inttallec" the following officers in their respactive positions for the ensuing six months:-C.U., Sister B. Cock; S.C.H., SisterG. Knignt; S,W, Sister M.Marshall; 1.T.'.V., Sistec J5 Pearse; 5.8., Sister K. A. K.ight; J.B, Siiter H. A Peaise; lion, treasurer, Sister K. Russell; secretary, sister Furlong. The roll shows a big increase of members, the e being now 77 in tbe Court. I)r Home was appointed to actwi'h Dr, 1 HcCle and and Walker as lodge surgeons. ■ 1'.0.U. Sister Jessie Trigg, r was appointed ■ e'egate to represent the Court at the Tar.maki District Meeting of Foresters to be held at Wairara on Tuesday, August 13th. During the month of May 2157 persons arrived in New Zealand, an against 814 in the sime month last year. The departures were ■ 575, as against 107 S.

'ihe Hon. Hal!-Jonos, Minister for Public Works, arrived at AucUaod from the Soutb on Tuesday morning, accompanied by his wife and daughter, on a holiday trip. They leave for Rotorua this m.rning, and will make a short stay in the Hot hakes district.

Mrs. F.. M. Smith returned home from Wellington by the mail train on Monday evening. As the wife of the membirfoi Vew Plj mouth the was amongst the ladies presented to the Royal visitors iu Wellington. Mr. Aitken, who was formerly stationrnasier at New Plymouth, arrived by the mail ifrain from Wellington and proceeded norlh by the .-.o;oi i to get a short rest afier t e trying t/nio of he Koyal visit. Mr Aitken was li-Mil.ily welcomed by old l'rieuds at the station and intends !o spend a day in New Plymouth on his return journey. The Inglewoo 1 Record says:—"We understand tha ■ Mr. Joseph Brown will be s oandi late for the 'ar n-iki Educatio Eo rd at tho appro'ching election. I', is time h change wa-i m do i-i Ire personnel of tl.e B.,atd. as «edo not tliink the inter sts of Inglewoo 1 at d district are >.s fairly represente '■ as t.ltey might, could, and should be. The Stratford end of the Board's district is in a far better position, as it his threa douahty supporters in Messrs Kennedy, Maekiy ami Allswarth, who seem to get all tU-y ask for, and still, like Oliver Twist, cry out for " m re "

A Kelson Tress wire says :—Messrs Kirkpatri; k and Co. l.iidted, of that city.matiufatnios of tho celebrated K jams, liar* recoii-ed word f'om their Dunediu agentthat their exhibit at he I)un-:din Horticultural Show w-isaw ,ided the gold medal for jams an ) pr-.'seives, made so elv from N.Z. fruits the oxhi'it als) reuei ed the judge's highesl praise. In a-idition to jams and preserves, i.lefir n als exhibited blackberry an 1 cherry wines.

" All that glitters is not gold.'' A proverb old and true, Ntitheis a or cold, Wiiat it appears to you. Do not treat it lightly, for 'Tis better to be sure, That you stffer never more, G.et Woods' Gbeat Peppermint Cure Advt. Ie

Shall we ever ba able to fly t It is now sffirtr.ed that a Ru-sian scientist has at length discovered the secret of asriil navigation - a secret which whole generations of inquireis have sought for in vain. If the prob'em has ready been solved, science hss, .ndced, won a mighty triumph. Such a discovery would tend to change the wholechar -icter of man. And yet, if wo are to judge a discouery by iU p bbneficent influence upon maukind, this cannot be compared to tin discovery of the now world famed remedies —Ho.lowav's Pills and Ointnent—Which h*ve relieved the suffering of millions of human beings, and hive brought back joy and happiness t:> thousand* of Btricken homes.—Adit.

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