LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 170, 1 August 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

[ The death is announced in London of Dr. Westcott, Bishop of Durham, at the age of 76 years.

| H.M.S. Mildura had a Tery stormy trip from Sydney. On Tuesday morning, when a foe; lifted off Cape Maria Tan Dienien, the land was only 200 or 300 yards away. The children of St. Andrew'sfresbyterian Sunday School, Stratford, have presented Mr. T, R. H odder, late of that town but, bow resident in New Plymouth, with an eaiy oining-room chair, in recogniti n of his services to the school.

Among the list of patent specifications [published in the Gazette is one from Oesterroichi«che Gasgliihlicht und IClectricit iitsgesellschaft, of ■), Hchleifmfi'gasse, Vienna.! for improvements in supports of osmium filaments. Maoriland can raise soinepre'tv fair specimens of e'onpated nomenclature but the Austrian scores this tim".

The Government has decided that unless I millers and merchant* take full advantage of services of the official grader appointed last May the gradin'e of flax at the port of Wellington will b» discontinued.

John Prior, who was supposed to be the san drowned at Olive a fortnight ago, has urned up and reported himself to the police. Work at plaHlaying on the StratfordiVhaogamomona. railway was commenced at Stratford yest«rday. The Gevernment Dairy Commissioner and his stall hare arrived at Stratford, and are making preparations for the conduct of the dairy school classes. '1 he Obristchurch Chamber of Commerce yesterday passed resolutions adverse to the Stops and Offices Bill aad the State Fire Insurance Bill, now before Parliament. A large line 0? potatoes was sold at Balolutha last week at £6 par ton. A meeting of those engaged in the print-. ing trade was held at the Council Chambers

ist night, when there were about 15 pre3nt,_Mr A. Black presiding. It was decided ; 5 form sii association to be called the i Taranaki Typographical fid Indnstiial In ion of Workers." It is intended to include i the union those in the trade in H&wera, tratford, and other centres in Taranaki. Mficers were elected, Mr 0. J. Moon (New ■lymouth) being secretary, and the meeting j ,djoumed. j At Whiteley Hall on Wednesday eveninS i here was a bright and enjoyable entertain" ! nent that was listened to with much plea' ■ inre by an audience which, considering the j espestuous weather, was good numeri:ally. The advertised programme was carried out, with the exception that Mr. H. White, acting as substitute for the Misses ')key and Shomev, gave a pianoforte solo. There was a very pretty tableau as a concluding item, during the exhibition of which the chorus sang appropriately " Good Night." Tha Rev. W. Gannell, who presided, announced that another of these entertainments would be given later on. Yesterday afternoon the room of the headmaster of the Cen'ral School was the scene of an interesting little ceremony. After the good things provided in the way sf afternoon tea hid been done justice to, Mr. Dempsey, on behalf of the teachers, asked Miss Nellie Strauchon, whose term of apprenticeship has expired, to accept a case of afternoon tea spoons aud a bread fork as a token of the esteem in which she was held by them. Mr. Dempsey referred to the happy relations that had always existed between Miss Strauchon and the rust of tha staff, and concluded by wishing her a happy and prosperous future. After Mr. Johns®n, on behalf of the recipient, had thanked the teachers, hands were joined, and the fingipg of " Auld Lang Syne " brought the ceremony to a close. At the annual meeting of the Stratford Farmers Co-operative Association Mr. Hope Johnson addressed the shareholders on the subject of the Fatea Freezing Works, anti Mr. J. G. Harkness did the same as to the Moturna Works. A mo don by Mr. Kelly, that the Association have nothing to do with either Freezing Oompany for the present season was met with an amendment by Mr Dingle that the Association up shares in the Moturoa Works, and the amendmen' was carried by a large majority. The recipients of the medals presented by' the citizens of Stratford to returned troopers' were Corporal K. A. Maxwell, l'rooperi, W. R. Honner, E. Price, J. W. Porter. W Browae, H. Valentine, ?nd G. Calverl 1 Absent men were not forgotten as medal have been provided for Q.B. Captain H. 1 Coutts and Troopers Walters, Burn-Mnrdoc | Montgomerie, and Speck. In striking , medal in memory of the late Trooper i>mi (•nd presenting it to his parents, an net I kindly thought^illness was performed tli will commend itself to everyone in the d: triot, and affords a touching proof of tJ thorough way in which such matters a j managed at Stratford. ' An early spring is anticipated (says t Hamilton correspondent of the Audita, Star), and already the willows are showi; new leaves, a'.though the old one's are still the trees. ' Such an occurrence at so earl) date July 12th, bas not taken place Waikato since 1884. It is reported that the Kaponga Dai Company has disposed of its output for ne month at Is per lb in bulk, f.o.b. New fl mouth. - -y. m. m T -propTnitor of tffe Kltht Opuoake mail coach, arrived in Eltbam horseback on Wednesday morning. 1 stated that on arrival at the Mingawhe' he found that the heavy rains hi floated a lot of driftwood down the streai which had been blocked at the ford. Whi going to Opunake oh Tuesday the ford w tisily passable, but in the morning it w impossible to get the coach across. MrKif lo* r ' time, And the mail arrived here ■ to time. —Argus. A peculiar will case was argued before 1 Justice Denniscoii in . banco yesterday Christchurch. Arthur Campbell had *1 property to his grandchildren on a prom: that they should be brought up in the Bom Catholic faith. The children's father li i married a Protestant. '1 he children wt baptised In the Roman Ca'holic Ohurch, b npon tha testator's death their mother turm them to the Church of England. The elde son had been trained in St. Patrick's Collef until he was 16. The question was whi constituted bringing up in the Catholic fait] and tho judge reserved his decision. Messrs. Dingle and Dive, two of the delfj 1 gates at the National Dairy Association £ P-ilmerstoD, had an interview with Mi Ritchie, head of the Agricultural Dep<ui! ment, and ascertained from him that thl subsidy for freezing would be the same a.<t last season, namely 4Jd per box. The big Waimangu geyser at Rotomahana was active on Saturday week last, and the country for a great distance around was in a state of vibration. There has been a very severe eruption on the site of the Pink Terrace, and the hot water thrown up has denuded the rocks of their covering of mnd.

Consumption's often caused by cold, Neglected in its early stage, And once it gets a goo J firm hold, It hasn't much respect for age. Now when a man's so near the grava, When hope is dead and death seems sure, On! what can ease him, what can save? W, E. Woods' Gbbat Peppermint Cube. —Apvt. i

A I<ot o e ilonev is wasted every year by people who can ill afford to lose it. They buy what they do not want, or what afterwards turns out to be useless for the purpose for which they bought U; and s . thby are compelled to go without mahy things of which they stand in need Amm suffering from headache, logs of appetite, indigestion ! or low spirits, will dose hi nself with noxious j drag?, and was'e his money on all sorts of use'ess medicines, when, by taking a doseo! Holloway's Pill-, he could immediately put himself right. Of course if he has gout, rheumatism, lumbago, bronchitis, sore throat, or weak chest, he must use Holloway a Ointment, a world-famed remedy for all such complaints.—Advt.

■•The best medicine known is SANnau & Sons Eucalypti Extbaot. And its en.inent powerful effects in coughs, colds influenza, the relief is instantaneous. For serious cases, and accidents of all kinds be they 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 rhqea, dysentery, diseases the kidneys and urinary organs. Sandeb k Sons' Euoalypti Extract is in use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patron ised by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this anrroved article and reiect all other.—Advt. THEIR CLAIMS SET AT REST. The claims of other cough medicines to be as good as Chamberlain's are effectually set at rest in tho following testimonial of Mr C. D. Glass, an employee of B irtlett and Dennis Co., Gardiner, Me. He says: " I had kept adding to a cold and cough in the winter of 1897. trying every cough medicine I heard of without p;rmanent h«lp, until one day I was in the drug store of Mr Houlehsn and he advised me to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and offered to pay hack my money if I was not cured. My lungs and bronchial tubes were very sore at, this tine. but I was ompletely cured by thi i remedv, and have since always turned to it when I got a cold, and soon find relief I also recommend it ta my friends and am glad to say it is the best of all cough mertieines. Price. Is 6i; hie; size, 3s. For sale ny New Plymouth Co-operative Society,—

The following testimonial shows the value of Needhom's Salve Mr. Needham —Your Salve is first-class for drawing and healing. Its speedy effects on wounds is surprising Every mother of a family ought to keep n supply at hand, most especially in country places, where safe and sure remedies sueh n's your Salve, applied quickly, saves much pain and doctors accounts. [ cinsider no home compl without it,- James Florence „ * ' Agents for Need ham's.': Salve, Co-operative Society, New Plymouth i —Advt, I