LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 174, 6 August 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1 he Kahui-road Dairy Company (Rahotu) invite tenders for the errction of factory buildings.

A meeting of Wellington telegraphists on Saturday night appointed a deputation tn wait upon the Secretary of the Department and bring under his notice a gi levarias to the long hours which operators and cadets cow have to work continuously without relief, same'.imes it is said serai hours without an interval for meals.

The Railway Department has purchased the creosote plant belonging to Campbell Bros., at Woodend, near Invercargill, and ; \vill con'inue to use it for treating the j s.eepera far this South lines. ' Last year i Campbell fires, treated 17,000 sleepers for the Department. On Sunday night the police made a raid on a Chinese gambling house in Hainingstreet, Wellington, and arrested four occupants for engaging in - a pak-a-poo plotiery.- At the Magistrate's Cou»t they were each fined £1 and costs, and Joe, Quick, keeper of tho house, -.was fined an additional £1 and costs. The following ,ire tjie unsecured creditors in the estate of Alfred Setford, plumber, of New Plymouth:—D.O.A. in the estite of (V. Walton, LIS 45.9 d ; Dr. Walker, 17s U ' ■ F, w. Hall, 19s Sd; D. A Lealsnd, £iss 3d', Cross (Westown), £2 5s ; Jo res (Fitaroy), £2 8s; Dr. W. W. Christie, £9 ; C. I<\ Atkinson, £l2 15s 4d. Total, £SI 13s Id, 1 The assets are tools of trade, valued at £1 10s.

. A telegram was received from Auckland last night as follows:—"Graud meetings yosterdav', buildings packed and everybody delighted." TicketholdersforMr.Woolley's address at the Theatre Royal to-night will be admitted at the side door from 7 to 7.30 after which the doors will bo open,to the public.

His Worship the Mayor will take the chair at Mr. Woolluy's meeting in the Theatre Royal to-night.

His Worship the Mayor has, by request, stai ted a subscription list in aid of the survivors of the crew of tha Lizzie Bell, and is open t > receive contributions to the fund.

j The following trains leave Now Plymouth j station to-c?ay for the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as f0110w56.45 a.m Takapuna, (from north) • 10 a.m., Rotoiti (from »oath); 11 a m., Taka.puna (for south); 9.50 p.m., Botoiti (for north.) A passenjar car will bo attached to th« goods train leaving for the Breakwater about 8 p.m. The inquiry into the' Newton Park scandal opened at Wellington Yesterday. Mr Wilford appeared as counsel for on» of the parties concerned, but both he and the press representatives were excluded from the inouiry. , Robert Douglas, who ha 3 b-en in gaol nearly three years on a life sentence for assault- on a girl at Opaki, near Mistertoa, j has confessed to the gaoler »t Lyttlelon that he had murdered Mrs. Sozannai Pain in October, 1898, at Miki Hiki, eight miles l'rom there. Mrs. Pain went out with Donelas mustering cattle and the latter came home alone saying she had/ent Mm back. She was afterwards found face downwaids in a shallow stream, and as she was subjpet to (its it. was supposed she was accidentally drowned. After Douglas' conviction sus-1 picion was aroused and the body exhumed, I but nothing was found except a small bruiss, on the head which the medical evidehr.oi went to show occurred after death. The! accused has been formally ciwged with tha ! murder and remanded. . " / The Otago Daily Times of July 31st, justJ to hand, contains a full r; port of the bearine, j of the charge against Mr G. jr. Robinson in I I relation to the sad fata'ity at Inch Valley * The evidence of both experts. Messrs Hay i and Hursthouse, was to the effect that all' reasonable precautions were taken, aad flu;! work dona in the customaiy manner. This' was entirely opposed to the evidsnce of Mr j Beal at tlie inquest, in whoso opinion' sufficient care had net been taken. Without culling on the defendant to answer the case for the prosecution, the Magistrate s d-1 he was quite willing to take the responsibility imposed upon him. He understood the importance of the mutter, and if Ih'ise P»or men's deaths were due to anyone's culpable negligence it was only right that i that person should bo arraigned. There u as ! no doubt that at the inquiry before him as coroner had these gentlemen (Messrs Hay 1 and Hursthouse) given evidence, the jury i who gave an intclligcne Itearinx to the case would never have returned the'vsrdict they i did on that occasion. The Crown had desired to have the mattersif.ed to the bottom : and had readily placed all the evidence be- 1 fire the Court it could. Ex-pert and cultivated gentlemen—the engineers—had come forward without anv bias, and given their ■ opinion, and he thought he was right in ! ins the highest credence (o the* evWoTiiV they had placed before him. The men weiv of unimpeachable veracity, and their wor'i must he taken. He did not think ho would be justified in sending accused for tri.--' ! when there was no prima facio ca.a mailt i out, and he would be di charged, j Who wouldn't bs a brainless fool I With heaps of glist'ning gold, Than some poor scholar fre»t from scliooi I Thrust homeless on the world ? ; Who would'nt rather lose his wsai -i ' Than csughs and colds endure'! ' i Then be content, enjoy good health, f Take Woods' GBBAT PEPPBBMIn'i CfTKffl Ad vi. g

The Premier Hays that if returned troopers leave the vessel at Sydney on which their passage is paid, and conio on by anrther steamer, it is smly right they should pay their own faies.

A leading London p»per in'or its readera that Auckland is situated on cue spac'ous Hauvaki Gui£, in tbe Bay of Is'ands, " ia the extreme north of the North Island." Mr. Kettle, S.M., ha 3 come to the conclusion. that it is no use inflicting small fines for drunkenness. In dealing with a fir. t "ffcnilor in Wanganui, he inti-ia'ed his intention of issuing prohioition orders against all p.-rsons who were broil -lit before mm m:d who were proved to be drinking to , ; xcess It was no use, ho said, lining a man s<; a lino \v;ts no dutoncnt. Mr. Anthony Hordern's establishment in '■iyduoy., just destroyed by lire, employe ilirectly 1500 people, and indirectly 2500, snd serves at least 30,000 customers a day.

The Glenelg arrived at the breakwa'er last night on the return trip from Raglan, t'he purty enjoyed tho expedition to ihat premising district, although the wea'her was not everything that could have been desired, l'he run down from Raglan was made in tine weather.

A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at Manaia on Sunday morning at aoout 10.15 o'clock. Buildings swayed and creaked violently. Tho tremor was felt at Hawera. and also in New Plymouth, though !e s pronounced in strength.

From a letter received yesterday from the Rev. James Ings, we learn with regret that owing to continued indisposition, and on medical advice, be has reluctantly fel compelled to relinquish his co-n"ction with Maw Plymouth. iJiiring Mis short time Mr. Ings was in charge of the Baptist Church hen) he gained mauy friends, and his unfailing courier was only equalled by his extreme enthusiasm in everything h>3 underY.ioV. By. this time he is on his Wr-y t? Australia, and it i-s to be liopSd that his trip will thoroughly restore him to health and strength.

The Town Band played several se'ections outside the Royal last o'ior to the opening of Mr. Wiiitehouse's Bio-chroao-icope exhibition, and -the items were vc*v muolvenjoyed by a largo assemblage of townspeople A feature of the Bio-chrono-scips exhibitioi last nijhs was the s!rjwi:ig on the screen of s veral pic:ures of the we'eome to returned troopers in New Plymouth last week. to Air. Coad's unavoidable abse e his pro i.ised at the Boys'lnstitute for this ev- r.irg h"s been' postpo od. At tho H.M\ Court on Moii'tay. Mr. Roy mentioned the cjse of B. Morris ■v. j. McOullurn, whorein £l4 1.7s 9d ha 1 b.-en paid into Court, ponding an appeal on the Omit.a toll cass. Judgment was given for the amount sud costs £3 9s.

At the Police Hourt, yesterday, James Holme*, alias Hobbs, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour for <fagr*ncy and drunkenness, his Worship declining' to accede to accused's application •[.•r another chance owing to tho long list of oif -nces on record.

The votirg papers in connectfon with the '3sinealK>n Board elpctio i will be opened today. The s veral candidates have appointed seruithiesrs to watch the voting.

At a special meeting of the County Council yesterday a resolution was passed to strike a Jd in the £ rate over the Taranaki Count?, to be confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the Council. THEIR CLAIMS SET AT BEST.

The claims of other cough medicines to be as good as Chamberlain's are effectually set ak rest in tho following testimonial of Mr. C. D. Glass, an employee of Birtlett and Dennis Co., Gardiner, .Me. He savs: "Iliad kept adding to a cold and cough in the winter of J 897, trying every cough medicine 1 heard o p without permanent help, until one day X w.is in the drag afore of Mr. Honlehan and he advised mss to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and offerad to pay hack ray money if I "was not cured. My V.gs and bronchial tubes were very sore at this time, but I was c/.impletely cured by tbi < remedy, and have since always turned to it when I got a cold, and soon find relief. I also recommend it to my friends and-am ?!ad to say it is the best of all congh medicines. Price, Is 61; bis; sisse, 3s. For sale ny New Plymouth Co-operative Society.— Advt. A CONVINCING ANSWER. '" I hobbled into Mr. Blackuion's drug store one evening," says Welsley Nelson, ot Hamilton, (Ja., "and he as' ed me to try Ohamberlain's Pain Balm £o i Rheumatism A'ith which I had suffered tor a long time. I told him I liad no faitb in any raedic'-ne as they al! failed. "He said: Well i£ Chamberlain's Pain Balm does not help you, you need not pay for it.' I toi>k a bottle of it home and u»ed it according to the directions and iu one week I w<s cured and havp not, since been troubled v/ilh rbcuiuatUii..'' P'ice, i 6d; big size, 3s. Fur sale by New Plymouth Co-operative Society.—AdvS. AFTER THE ROYAL VISIT.

Aftkk exciting times the health of children requires very special looking after. That the child is father to the man.' physically as well a-* mentally,, is one o£ those truths that can ue7er be too often insisted upon, and the thoughtful parent will be careful above all to that- her child has the proper nourishment to estabii-h its constitution. A. (food constitution i> a rocSc on which aline -uccess and strength can b« built. Amoia> ths various foods that science commends in these days for this purpose, none holds a higher place than Nhaves Food foh Infante And Invalids, iccording to trie best radical testimony, and, what is perhaps better still, the grateful testimony of thousands of happy mothers, this food cont&inf all the essential elements oi strength, and while it ia pleasant to the taste and eagerly taken by children, it may also bused by persons of all aees with decided benefit. It is a bone-buiiding, hea'th-su*-taining product that oamot bat o venrml-. recommended, and we gladly add oor woris ,of praise to that of the numerous medical journals and experts thit, have recommended it. Nbave's Food sh uld have a prominent place in the dietary of every house where there are children or invalids.—Advt. The following testimonial shows the vdne of Neerlhim's Salve Mr. Needbaai —Yonr Salve is first-class for drawing and healing, j Its speedy effects on wounds is surprising. Every mother of a family ought to * keep a I supply at hand, ®ost especially in country! places, where saEo and sure rem«<iies sa.'h us your Salve, applied quickly, saves much pain and doctors accounts, t enactor no home compl withmt it,—James Florence. • Agents for tfeed'mm's.' Salve, 00-operativc Society, New Plymouth. —Advt.