The Daily News. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 173, 3 August 1901, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr E. J. Carthew reports having sold Mr S. B. White's Egmont Btore, cottage, and a half acre land to a local investor, lately from London. The Oommigsion'of Enquiry into the (fewtown Park camp scandal has been altered. It will now consist of Colonels Pitt and ■ D«vies and Major Hawkins. Colonel Pitt will be chairman, and the commission will 1 meet at Wellington at 11 a.m. on Mond-ty next. The death is announced at London of Mrs. St, Joha Brodrick, wife of the Secretary of State for War, of blood poisoning. The deceased lady was a daughter of Lord Wemyss. The risible wheat supply is ea timated at 38,851,000 bushels. In the Divorce Court, yesterday, a deeree nisi was granted in the Wairarapa case, Arthur Daadman v. Bessie Deadman and : Fred Deadman (co-respondent, and brother to the petitioner); and in the case of Sirah VickerslfE v. George Vickerstoff. On Tuesday nsxt Messrs V.ckers and Stevens will sell by public auc'ion on account of Mr J. Williams on the Egmont-road, the whole of his valuable herd of dairy cattle, furaitare &c. As Mr Williams ha" sold bis farm, the rest will be sold without reserve. To-day Messrs. Vickers aud Stevens will offer a very valuable farm 8f GO acres on account of Mr. T. lbbotsen. The p'Operty is situated near Lepperton and should be v ell competed for The reception which Mr. Woolley met with in Auckland was moat enthusiastic, the large audience rising and greeting tin lecturer with prolonged applause, which was renewed agaia and agaiu during the address, Mr. Whitehouea extends to all returned troopers a cordial invitation to his entertainments during the present Taranaki tour. The first exhibition is to be given at the Theatre Royal on Monday next.—Advt. An important clearing sale of dairy and farm stock will b«i held by Mr. Newton King at Tataraimaka on Wednesday next, on account of Messrs. Honeyfield Bros, who are giving up dairying. The cows, numbsring over have been carefully selected for several years past and are in good condition and will be sold without reserve. The farm implements and machinery, butter factory plant, horses, etc., will also be sold. A brake will leave Mr. King's auction mart at 9 a.m. on the mornicg of the sale. We are informed that Mr. Joseph Gibbs, advance agent for M. Jean Gerard, the famous 'cello soloist, is on his way to New Plymouth. It is hoped that sufficient inducement will be offered to enable a concert to be arranged for Monday, 12 h in»t. All lovers of music are requested to communicate with Mr F. W. Richmond to-day. If satisfactory support is forthcoming parI ticularj of the concert will be published on Monday morning next. A lecture upon the subject of the " Romance and Humour of Continental Travel," including a trip to Monte Cario. will be delivered in Bp. Mary's Hall on Thursday next by Mr. B. A. Hignett Handled with the well-knovyn ability of Mr. Hignett, l(ie lecture should be highly 'Jiteresting, and doubtless will attract a large audience. Musical items will be contributed by several »f our leading vocalist*. The lecture is in aid of the concrete wall fun'l. A branch of the Independent Order of Oddfellows has been established at Toko, where several members of the Midhurst Lodge have lately settled. The gathering at the inauguration was not only a tribute of the members' loyalty to the Order, but also to the progress of Toko. The visiting officers were Bros. J. Bennett, of Ntw Plymouth, P.G.M., who initiated twenty members , 0. Bellringer, New Plymouth, 0.5.; Fitton, D.G.M.. Manaia. Hawera, btratfor), and Midhirsk wf re also 1 -rgolv represented. The following were elected the officers:— N.G.S. V.G, J. Clark; P.S., O. Thoms; Elective Secretary, J. Leydon, Dr. Saunders was elected Lodge Doctor, and honorary member. Over sixty m-'inb-rs and friends sat down to (•upper in the hall, and a very plessent evening was spent, the wishes expressed tVr the succ-ss of Loyal Toko Lodge being most cordial. "WADE'S TEETHING PO WD EES i for babies are soothing, reduce re<-er : and prevent blotfiea, Price, Is.—Adyt, i

The Government has set apart for settlement an area, of '25,195 acres in the Marakapa Survey District, near Kawhia. One of the chief features in Mr, Whitebouses Bioscope exhibition is that the animated pictures are in sets, thus preventing a break in the continuity, and adding marvellously to the scenic effect. The Premier has announced tlntTThe" Government has decided to nominate Mr. Ivan T. Standish for a commbsien in the British Army. Sir Joseph Ward has replied to the resolution passed by the local branch of the Liberal Federation, congratulating him upon his knighthood, by expressing bis warmest thanks for the congratulations which, ha assures the president (Mr. D. | Berry) are very highly valued. Mrs. Ta'sor, who during her business con- | nection with New Plymouth has gained a large number of friends, was the recipient a few diys back of an illuminated address accompanied fey a dressing case, presented to t her bv a f«w of her friends, by all of whom her departure is much regrettad. Mr. Dell nude tlie presentation and in doing so alluded to the »oi y kind way in which guests at the White Hart had always been treated duiing her management of that hotel. Mr. George Tabor was presented with a walking stick and Miss ALaous with a brooch. Mrs. Tabor is leaving shortly foe England. A number of returned troopers waited on His Worship the Mayor (Mr. K. Docfrrill) on Friday afternoon, and expressed their warmest thanks to him personally, and through him to the citizens, for the opportunity afforded then of meeting their Taranaki comrades in the South African war. They were loud in praise of the good treatment received here.

With reference to the paragraph in our report yesterday of the welcome to trooper* v»e have been requested by the Mayor to make it clear that he was in no way responsible for the omission to invite the Mayor of Stratford to take part in the morning's proceedings, which were entirely arranged by tbe military authorities. Both the Mayor of Stratford and Mrs. Tatton were, however, invited to the Citizens Ball in the evening as guests of the Mayor of New Plymouth. Yesterday there were, says the Settler, about 30 stuients at the dairy school at Stratford, and the number will be increased next week. At present operations are somewhat hampered by the difficulty of obtaining raw material, but negotiations are being entered into with the surrounding factories and it ii to be hoped sufficient will be procurable. Owing to these drawbacks the work has been a little delayed, but everything should be in full swing by Monday. The following appointments appear in this week's " Gazette "Alfred D. Cole. of Porirua, to be an officer under the Fisheries Conservation Act, and a ranger under the Animal Protection Act;' Constable 0. Davey, to be Clerk of the Court at Inglewood.

Mr, Hooper who for some lo»g white has acted as wharfinger for the Hailway Depart inent at the breakwater w»s, on hia retirement, pnsjnted by the wharf hands with a handsome clock in recognition of the esteem in whioh he was held by them. Mr Hooper is taking to farming pursuits al Manaia.

Mr. L, Earp, one of tha youngest sad most enterprising of New Plymouth photographers, tool: several excellent views of tht welcome to returned troopers on Thursday. Finished and mounted copies of th«se photos were shown to us early the sam evening, showing that the artist is quite up-ts-date ia the business ha has adopted. Hii Majesty the King has forwarded a message of thanks tj the New Zealand University Senate for the expression of sympathy sent by that body on the death of the late Queen Victoria. Lay en Mac Duff I who hasn't read How bo'i Macbeth was slain, But bow he's been so long since dead,

Why rake him up again ? Then let him rest, he's out of date, We'll ti'rn to something n>wer, If you'vj a old, be not too late, Take Woods' Gbbat PbppßßMliJt Ourf. —Advt. 3

A Lot of Money is wasted every yesr by people who aan 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 it; and s: thtj are compelled to go without many thing* of whioh they stand in need A man suffering from headache, loss of appetite, indigestion or |ow spirits, will dose himself with noxioae aiid waste his money on all sorts r,f use'ess medicines, when, by taking a doseo Ilolloway's Pill?, he could immediately put himself right. Of course if he has gout rheumatism, lumbago, bronchitis, sore throit, or weak chest, he must use Holloway's Ointment, a world-famed remedy for all such complaints.—Advt. AFTER THE ROYAL VISIT. APT UK exciting times the health of childrei requires very special looking after. That the child is father to the man.' physically as well a« mental!y, is one of those truths tbat can never be too often insisted upon, and th# thoughtful parent will be careful above all to see that her child has the proper nourishment to establish its constitution. \ good constituiion ia a rock on which alone success and strength can be built. Among the various foods that science commends in these days for this purpose, none holds a higher place than Nbaves Food fob In imntr and Invalids, lccording to ttie best me tical testimony, and, what la perhaps better still, the grateful testimony of thousands of happy mothers, this food conteinfall the essential ele Dents of strength and while it is pleasant to th 1 ) taste and eagerly taken by children, it may also bp used by persons of all ages with decided benefit. It is a bone-building, hea' th-sus-taining product that cannot be tno wirml' recommended and we gladly a<M oar wordof piaise to tbat of the medical journals and experts that, have recommended it. Ntsavk's Food should have a prominent place in the dietary of every house wher. there are children or invalids.—Advt. The best medicine known is Sander & floss' Eucalypti Extract. And its eminent 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, rhoea, dysentery, diseases the kidneys and urinary organs. Bandbb «c Sons' KuoaliYptx Extract is in use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy jcrowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and relect all other.—Advt. AT THE BAB, m _ greatest compliment ever paid to a I Aedicine waa that paid to Impby's " Mat pplb," when, during the recent Tariff Oe- | M's.H.R. testified openly in the H-iuse the efficacy of this great remedy-- a guaranteed cure for all liver diosrders. A , oottle was subsequently presented to every member of the House, and Members now speak in high terms of its goo effectß, All chemists and stores stock it per bottle Advt