The Daily News. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 141, 9 July 1901, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A smoke conoert will be tendered to Corporal Barley, cf the TaraDaki Guard?, on Thursday evening at the Guards' Club rooms. Members of the Taranaki Rifles' and TaraDaki Gua'ds with their male friends are cordially invited. Trains will leave New Plymouth statioD connecting with steamers as under : —1 p.sa., Mapourika from South; 9.25 p m., Hapoarika for North; Takapuna, as per notice board at railway station. The Maogaweka correspondent of the Wairarapa Daily Times states:—"The two new hotels were opened at Taibape on Monday, and as a result the drunken brawls and street fights were something disgraceful. As early as 10 o'clock in the morning fighting took place in the public thoroughfare. Unless the Police Department nip this sort of thing in the bud, matters will be very serious when pay day comei round." The annual meeting of the Taranaki Horticultural Society is fixed for Friday next, the 12th inst., at 7.30 pm, in the Council Ohambers.

A reminder is given of the meeting at the. Theatre Moyal to-night, when Mi Frank W. Isitt will deal with the Stipendiary Magistrate's addresses on licensing questions. His Worship the Mayor will preside.

Messrs J. W Foote and Co. announce an exceptionnlly large clearing sale of drapery, clothing, etc. Amongst the many lines in which tpecial reductions have been made are genta.' tweed trousers, sac suits, and macin'osh coa»s, men's shirtn, blankets, and flannelette. In these, as in other lines, purchasers will secure exceptional value The sale commences ti-morrow (Wednesday).

The Maoris at Pibama are unfortunate in having poor potato yields this year. When the crops were well above the ground, and giving every promise of being as good as usual, the tops withered away, and the result is that the potatses are small and scarce.

All milk suppliers complying with the regulations as to inspection, etc., of dairies under the Dairy Industry Act., 1898, are now furnished with a certificate, and every conveyance used in the sale of milk is required to be thoroughly cleaD, and shall have the name of the owner clearly printed thereon. By noting the above, purchasers can satisfy themselves that their milk comes from a dairy wh»re both the cattle and the premises undergo inspection. Mr 0. Madsen, Mangamahou, is the winner of the extra Id pr lb given by Messrs W. Dimock and 00., Wellington, for the best quality pigs delivered a* their factory for the week ending 4tb»July, having secured 38 points.

The proposil for rating on unimproved value was cmied in the Stratford County by 399 to 23.

The cable steamer Britannia has arrived at Auckland. She found a giod cable route from Nerfolk Island. It lws been decided to land the new cable at Doubtless Bay. The Biitannia proceeds on Wednesday to Norfolk Island to survey to Fiji and via Fanning Island to Honolulu. The Anglia, which lays the cable, is expected farly next year.

The Pope, in a letter to the Sup?riorsGenera- of religlouß orders and institutions, strongly condemns the Religious Associations Bill recently passed by the French Parliament, declaring that ths Church's righ's were greatly injured and its power of action greatly impaired. A cab'e from London states it is the general opinion that the words " Sovereign of Greater Briiaio " would be suitable to include in the King's title. The New South Wales Agent-General, intemewdd, sai 1 he was confident Australians would deeply appreciate the i> elusion. He himself had unofficially made the suggestion to Ihe King through Mr. Chamberlain.

The British Board of Agriculture has appointed a Departmental Committee to ascertain what deficiency of normal constituents or what additional extraneous matter will render batter sot genuine-

In the America Cap tiial raca oE 15 miles to windward and back to Newport the Constitution proved the winaer, the Columbia second, aad tha Independence a bad third. Messrs. Hennell and Cock presided at the Magistrate's Court on M-jnday. Judgment for plaintiff was given in the case of Southam | Bros. v. W. Woods, claim £4 ss, costs Isj. A placing ciremony took place at the Commercial Hot •!, Non-.ao.by, on Wednesday evening, when Mr. John Adamson, Hawera, who for several years past has actod as honorary handicipper to the Ni-rminby , Athletic Club, was presented by th i club j with a lnnd"ome illuminated address• and . set of carveis. The text of the address is a< i follows:—"To John Adimson, Esq.—The ! Normanby Athletic Cub, desirous of expressing their marktd appreciati n of the minner in which you discharged the onerous duties of honorary hsndicapper to th« club for so many years, request your acceptance of this address and of ihn accompanying toVen of their eat'em. Signed on behalf of the club." . (Here follow the names of the committee.) Mr. K. S, Canning occupied the chair, and mide the presentation in a few well-chosen sent3nces, the recipient suitably acknowledging the gifts. Th. re was a good "attendance, and musical and vo'ial items were given during the evening, a very pie trait time being pased by all present. The carriages built in America to the order of the New Zea'and Government and now running on different sections of the colony's railway system are gaining commendation from travellers, especially for the steadiness with which they run. One of the was attached to the Royal train in the South. The train on one occasion travelled at ilie rate of fifty-two miles an hour. So easily did ths* American carriage tun that not a drop was spilt from a brimming glasa of water fcet on one of its tables.— N.Z. Times. The < overnment has received a cab'egra'n from King Edward thanking the Parliament and ]i ople of New Zealand for their attcn- j tions and expressions of loyalty to the Duke. and Duchess of Cornwall and York, and statin j he will write officially in due course. The following is the statement of assets and liabilities in the estate of F. M. Bifflett, labourer, of New Plymouth:—Assets: Furniture, £lO. Liabilities (unsecured creditors) : G. Boulton, £4; Sole Bros., £2Grayson and Cock, 9s ; S. B. White, 12s ; Dr. Walker, £1 ss; Dr. Home 10s; Dr. VTcOleland £7 15s; A. H. Parkinson (Hawera) £l4 4s; J. H. Foy (Hawera), £2 10s; W. Freeth, £1 Gs ; W. Dr Westenra (Hawera) £2; J. Butterworth, £1 15s; Hardley and Co., (Hawera) 14s Gd; S. Gillespie, £ll7s 3d; W. Quiun (Hawera) £4; 0. Tarrant (Normanby) £2 15s; H. Lenehan (Hawera) £2. Total, £55 3s. Es-imated defici- ncy, £45 3s. The Borough Council Chambers presanted quite a changed appearance last evening. | The old and tryiog grey-blue tinted walls had been changed, by the magic of the painters' brush, to a more pleasiog co nbination of ligl't an! dark brown, i Just her-, however, the thoughts of the beholder cannot help feeling that even into this abodn of wisdom the prevailing wave of khafci enthusiasm seems to have penetrate 1.) '1 he ceiling is pau.ted in a lighter shade, picked out in a salmon tint, The report rs now rejoice in t he possession of a comfortable table, furnished with pads, etc., for which they are sincerely thankful. Altogether the Council Chamber cert ;inly presents a much improved appearance.

Among the passengers by the j from Auckland jesterday moreim; were Hon'. Majer Harris, M.LO. and VV HallJones, Minister for Public Works; an* Me sri. J. Bolla'd andF. Lawry, M's.H.K. The six'h annual meeting of Griflea and dons, Ltd., biscuit, confectionery, ard chocolate makers, was h»ld last night at iNelson. A dividend of six per cent, was declared, £350 carried to the rese ve, and £l4oca'riet forward. The report sh'Av.d the bosiness to be progressive. Oh 1 what wonld Tommy Atkins do " . If we had not pulled him through; The colonies have done their best, ( And showed great conrage i i Ihe test. We all require a little aid, And danger makes us oft afrail; A cough won't male your health secure, So buy some Woods' Great Pjspphbmint Corh.—advt. 1i Mohiv PAnic in tjje Cur.—Nothbg disorganises all sorts of business so effectual y as a money panic in the City of London. It signifies that something is wrong with the very foundation upon which the whole fabric of commerce is ere-ted, The commercial world turns gid iy as it were, and loses its head. In such a case even the wisest man does not know what to do. In pur perron-i] trouble', happily we are not so helpless. If we suffer fro-n headache, inliges ion, 1033 of appetite, disorder of the s omach or liver, we simply take our Holloway's l'ills and we find relief. If it is gout rheum^turn, broni.hitis, sore throat, or weak chest which ail 3 us, we turn to Holloway s j Ointment, which is an infallible remedy fori all snch troubles —Advt. j

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