LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 194, 29 August 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The funeral of the Hon. Jas. Kerr took place at Greymooth yesterday, and was the largest ever seen there. McLean, the Eyreton murderer, will bs executed at Lyttelton on Saturday morning. At the annual meeting of the Kaiapoil Woollen Manufacturing Company yesterday, the balance to credit profit and loss was shown as £7349. A dividend at the rate of

7 per cent was declared, and £849 carried forward.

An examination of volnnteer officers will be conducted at New Plymouth on ,4th September. On Monday night next the members of the Taranaki Rifles are requested to meet at the Drill Hall, when Sergeant Armitaga will explain in detail the precautions necessary, to be taken in the handling and care of the new Lee-Enfield rifles. A full muster is requested. The Sydney Morning Herald, commenting on M. Etienne's suggestion re New Hebrides, says that self-rienial is to be shown by Great | Britain, not France, is evident fr sin furtherremarks about New Caledonia. Fortuuately Australia can now speak with the fo ce of a federated nation, and there can be no doubt as to the answer a suggestion •i the surrender of the New Hebrides wou d cull forth. The English pres3 at Malta are denouncing Mr Chambetlain's policy in regard to th« island. The authorities hate enrolled 10G marine artillerymen for special duty in viow of the agitation. The following are the assets and liabilities in the estate of Thomas Narthcott, of Waihi, farmer, & binkrupt:—Furniture, L 5; eight horses, Ll6; total, L2l. Liabilities (unsecured credito's): W. P. Suell, Waitara, L 8 17s 6d ; H. Joll Uruti, LlO 17s 4d; N. King, L 43 lis 6-.1; total, L 63 6s 4d. Estimated deficiency, L 42 6s 4d. V' C. K"bson (Hampshire) anl Braund (Somerset.) will accompany Mr Maclarcn's cricket team to the colonies. Tte team will sail for Australia .in th'o Orarab. j : , At a meeting o f the execulivo of the Queen's Statue Fund in Wellington a letter wa* from an eminent Bog.ish sculptor statirg that he could furnish a good bronze statue with granite psdestal foi L2OOO. Is was resolved to obtain a sketch of the proposed statue.and in the meantime ecdeavour to obtain further subscriptions to the fund which now amounts to L 1628.

The Wellington Education Board met yesterday to inquire in the statements marto by Inspector Lees before the Teachers' Salaries Commission. As, however, the evi--1 dence giren before the Oommisson is not yet available, the inquiry has been postponed till the nfxt meeting of thy Board.

The ceremony of laying tlie foundation stoce of the new Admiralty Hous» at Auckland took place on Tuesday afternoon at Smily Hac-R, the work being perform -d by Mr Alfred Kidd, ch-iirnuu of the Aucklan-1 Harbour Board and' the Mayor of the city. Invitations were sent to members of both those bodies to witness the ceremony and al-o to the,tv>rei2U consuls.

At the Boys' Institute on Wednesday evening Captain Taunton attended and pat a squad of boys through a lot of useful work. The room is som?.what cramped, howevor, and we understand an effort will be made to obiain permission to hold drills occasionally in the Drill Hall, when the lads will lie able to do more extended work. They are shaping well at present-, and with the facilities which the hall would afford for further exercises ' aptain Tauntoi hopes to bring the boys to a very fair state of efficiency. It may not be generally fcnown (remarks a that Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the Americauised tcotch multi-millionaire, has pensioned off for life some of his old schoolmates. One of these recipients of his bounty is said to be a Southland farmer, who is in receipt of an allowance of £250 a year, and less than two years ago made a i trip Home to thank his benefactor in person. Through the courtesy of Mr, Walker of tha Union S,B. Company and Mr, Day j Stationrnaster.'thc steamer and train will be delayed on Friday for'a. short while to suit Madame Belle Oole, who is leaving for Aiick- j land that night and is very desirous that the programme of her concert shall bo fully carried ;out. By commencing at 7.45 sb*)p there will be no necessity for any curtailment whatever, as ample time will be allowed not only for the advertised songs but for encores. As an'icipated, the fo- allowing holders of 2s tickets >o avoid a j crush by gaining admission before the box I office opens has caught on immense'y, the purchase of ticke's yesterday being beyond; all expectations.

Tb.3 waxwork show aid co-.cet at .St. Mary'a Hall on Wednesday evening was a decided success. The hall was densely packed and the large audience were kept in a state of uproarious merriment throughout tjie entertainment. The advertised programme wag in the main adhered to, and nothing could hive been better carried out As showman, Dr. Fookes' was a decided

success, and one could almost fancy Artomus Wrrd confiding; to his Betsy Jane that " he'd

have to look to his laurels." The machinery in some of the figures wa<i ludicrously erratic at times, but the object was to make fun, and this was accomplished thoroughly. All the performers are to b) heartily congratulated on the result of their representations, the Highlander (Mr. Woodard). the laughing boy (W. Crawford), and a realistic Boer (whose name for obvious reasons does not appear) being amongst ihe m >st striking. All the ladies distinguished themselves in their parts. 4. first ofifending defycr of local bodies' authority was up b fora iho Education (!eak* on Wednesday, and after a lengthy hearing the case was disposed of in the usual manner—a cau'ion and a direction " don't do it again," being administered.

A Theatce on Fire.—This happened recently, and a panic was only averted by the preser.ee of mind of one of the acton He was taking the part of a comic sailor. When the fire broke out, and the people were rising from their seats in terrc, he leaped into the centre of the stage and commenced the sailors' hornpipe. The panic was averted, the (ire was got, under, and the curtain came down amidst a storm of cheer.- 1 ill that is required at a crisis is presence of mind, When we are suddenly token ill and know not which way to turn, if we only ha' 0 the presence of mind to think of Hollowsy's Pills and Ointment all will be well and danger need not bo feared. —Advt. A CONVINCING ANSWER.

■' I hobbled into Mr. Blackmon's drug store one evening," sav.< Welsiey Nelson o' Hamilton, Ga., "and he as'<ed me to't.rv Chamberlain's Pain Halm Rheumatism with which I had suife'ol tor a long time, I told him I had no faith in any medicine as they all failed. u He said : Well if Chamberlain's Pain Balm does not help you,"you need not pay for it.'. I took a bottle of it home and used it according to the direcj tions and in one week I was cured and have not since been troubled with rheumatism" I Price, 1 6d; big size, 3a. For sale by New Plymouth Do-operative Sooietyr-Alvt,

JLiSSfi m-;ncs sitting or iuu nouau \y.im . svoted to the continuation of the debate on ' le Financial Statement. A very artistic and interesting souvenir of le good feeling which existed between the ■; lembers of the Hawera Mounted Rifles oE J .iu First flontiogenl and Colonel levies a»'d :.ipt!un Bartlett has been prepared i.y Mr. ' V'.A. Collis for presentation to the oflicers < .Mined. It consists of a very haudnonic i photographic shield having hand-painted , vomers. At the top onoither side is areprccntation of camp life, while at the base on ' ,ho lf.l't side of the shU'ld to be presented to ,' Colonel Davies isaviewol" Ir.glewuod.and on , i Japtain Baroletfc's shield a, view of Hawera.' . Vhc opposite sida is a very Rood vi?w of, Shurch-street, Pretoria, with the woris ; ' fro-n Inglewood " in one shield and "from Hawera" in the other, "to Pretoria." The centre is occupied by portraits of the two >lficors with a saitabla inscription, and mound these are photos of Sergeant Palmer, Troopers Nops, Goble, Valintine, Hanson and Payne. The work has been tastefully finished off and is a great credit to Mr. Oollis, whois lesponsible for its design and execution. « Ned Kelly in his suit of mail, Was proof against all lead, \nd how he laughed when all did fail, To lodge it in his head. Then let, us all be on onr guard, While long life we assure, For coughs and colds have s»me regarl, Take Woods' Gbeat Peppebmint Cure. —Advt. 2 AFTER THE ROYAL VISIT. Aftbk exciting times the health of children requires very spesial looking after. That the child is father to the man,' physically as well ai mentally, is one of those truths that can never be too often insisted upon, and the thoughtful parent will be careful ,above all to see that her child has the proper nourishment to establinh its constitution. I A pood constitniion is a rock on which alone j 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 Nuavbs Food for InFiNTR and Invai/ids. iccordiog to tne best meiical testimony, and, what is perhaps better still, the grateful testimony of thousands of happy mothe s, this food contr.inf all the essential elements of strength, and while it is pleasant to tha taste and eagerly taken by children, it may als > be used by persons of all ages with decided benetit. It is a bone-buiding, hea'.th-sua-taining product that cancot be to trgrmly recommended and we gladly add oai words of praise to that of the numerous medical journals and experts that have recommended it. Nkave's Food should have a prominent place in the dietary of every house where thew are children or iuvalids.—Advt.