LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 212, 13 September 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading matter will be found on the fourth page of this issue. The following trains leave New Plymouth station for the Breakwater, connect-1 ing with steamers mentioned below, as' f0110w55.45 a.m., Rotoiti (from north.) 8 a.m., Mapourika (from sonth); 11 a.m., Rotoiti (for south); 9.30 p.m., Mapourika (for north/) A passenger car will be attached to the goods train leaving for the Breakwater about 3 p m,. Douglas Jerrold was once asked by his friend Obarles Knight, the publisher, to write an epitaph for him. Jerirold replied not till they were parting, ani then told his friend that his epitaph should be " Oood Knight 1" At a small church in the Strand a plainly dressed person on passing out dropped a few coins into the plate, and seeing that they were sovereigns the plateholder, after a look at the donor, was convinced there was a mistake, so promptly hailed the gentleman to explain matters. The latter, with a courteous smile, replied, " We'll let the mistake pass this time." Great was the astonishment of the official, but mora so when he discovered that the quiet unassuming gentleman was one of the rlohest peers in the realm.

The Salvation Army, in supplying its afficers with statistics as to the spiritual condition of the world at the present time, says that only a third of the human race are professedly Ohristian. Of these 215 millions are Boman Oatholios, 120 millions Oriental , Christian, and 185 million Protestants. It is calculated that if 7000 persons were converted every day it would, after allowing for births and deaths, take 900 years to christianise the world, but that if every Christian man, woman and child were to effect one conversiou each a year, the process would | only take 32 years, it is very easy to work this out on paper; the practical part of the business is where the difficulty comes in. After the Telegraph Office closed: on "Wednesday night the discussion on the Dunedin Star breach of privilege case was continued, i Finally Mr. G. J. Bmith's amendment—That the fine of £ls be paid by Mr. J, G. Mooiy, : publisher of the Dunedin Star, witliiu seven I days from date—was negatived by 31 to 18: and the Premier's motion as amended was agreed to by 35 to 16. Lieutenant-Colonel Davies is to take up his duties as officer commanding the Auckland volunteer district on October Ist.

Kawhia, Raglan, Te Awamutu, and Rangitikei have been constituted districts under the Marriage Act, 1880, and also for the registration of births and deaths.

Mr. John Heslop states that in the event of Patea election being upset hetfill contest the seat.—Manawatu Standard.

In first-class English cricket Tyldesley has completed 3090 rent this summer.

Under the new arrangement on the West Coast railway service, the southward express train will, from Ist November, arrive at Wellington at 8.15 p.m. daily, thus saving an hour and five minutes, and will only stop between Palmerstbn and * Wellington at principal stations. The slower train will leave Palmerston at 4.50 p.m., and arrives at the city at 10.30 p.m. The northward express will run as at present. The Hawera Star reports the death of Mr. John Hurley, an old settler, at Okaiawa. Deceased, who took part in the Maori wars as a member of the Wanganui Cavalry, was much respected all along the coast, and his death will be sincerely regretted by a large circle of friends. His eldest sister, Mrs. H. A. Arthur, predeceased him by a few weeks. Mr. Hurley leaves a widow and two ionsMessrs G. A. Hurley (formerly well-known an the Plains) and A. Ejton Hurley, manager of the Bank of New Bouth Wales at Hastings. The deceased will he interred in Wanganui this (Friday) afternoon. . At a meeting of the Colchester Town Council, a bill tor £IOO, part of the expenses incurred by sending officers to New Zealand to bring Home Charles Lillywhite, the man wh» was thought to be Arthur Blatch, was presented to the Council for approval. The Mayor said this was for the maintainance of officers in New Zealand, and for their return tickets. The P. and O, Companr, whioh had declined to bring tnem back with the "capture," the innocent, man Lillywhite, had paid the corporation in settlement of a claim. It transpired that the bill for this chase amounts to ,£4OO. .

Referring to the' recent death of Sir John McKenzie, a London paper says:," Now that tne fight is ovdr, it may beadmitted that Sir John McKenzie on occasions lacked tact,'; and thai the fire of his fervency in »he cause of popirfgt', lanilholding .might have been moderated in its method's of expression. When this is said, ,we. tjhink thatthe iaSjority of his most" embittered opponents in tiihes* gone by_wou!d jelnin the eulogy pronounced by Sir Westby Perceval on b'.s land administration."

His Excellency the Governor, at the Veteran social, said in the course of bis address: " I congratulate you on having been recognised in several respecta, and on having been (riven your just dues by H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and York. He expressed the pleasure at having seen you veterans at all the centres of the colony, and his last words to me before ,leaving were: 'Do not forget -7 ——mentioning the name of a ve'eran who happened to have lost his medais, on | whose behalf he wished me to make application to the authorities. Further, he noticed when reviewing the veterans how shabby and torn somtf of their ribbons were [from old old age, and how some had -madeup ribbons that were not quite'as they should be, and he suggested to me that I might well write Home to the War Office to' I ask for a fresh stock of ribbons to serve out to those men who produced medals. Gentlemen, I did hot delay a day. I accepted kthe suggestion at once. The despatch has jgone; and must be before) the authorities at the War Office at the present time. J have not yet heard the result, but I think you will hear as soon as I do." The applause which greeted this speech was almost deafening. A competent general servant is advertised for. The attention of our readers is called to the lecture announced for Monday evening intheWhiteley Ohurcb, Tho Hev, Trestrail, who hails from the Australian gold-fields, has a graphic story to tell, and tolls it well.

There is a school of drowsy thinkers, who hold that the haste, complexity, and competition of modem life are hurrying us all headlong to imbecility. The returns lor 1900, a year of exceptional stress to all civilised nations, do not support this view.

The remarkable demand for the popular Werthiem Sewing Machines is such that considerable difficulty seems to be experienced in keeping up the supply. We leam from Miss Retford, the local agent, thai no sooner does a shipment arrive than the machines are disposed of. The last consignment, a large on«, jußtto hand, has already been, to a considerable extent, sold out, bo that if intending purchasers are not prompt in securing a machine, they may be put to the inconvenience of having to wait for the next shipment.

The Paris Figaro is calling attention to the sole survivor of the Old Guard of Napoleon I. This veteaan is said to be a Pole named Markiewicz, 107 years old, and is living at Warsaw, in a state of destitution. According to all acconnts, although he has livfed in three centuries, he is still alert in spite of poverty and age. A telegram from Blenheim states that the scow Oban, 40 tois, was strack bf a squall and capsized on Wednesday morning at one o'clock off Ketu Bay, Pelorus Sound, Capt. Bonner and his son clune to the vessel, and were rescued about .8 o'cleck. The other member of the Crew, a Swede named Andrew Anderson, was drowned. The Oban was in ballast from Wanganui to Pelorus for timber. > y ..Sergeant Henry Green has keen appointed a Sub-Inspector of Police at Wellington.

The attention of residents of New Plymouth it drawn to the pablio meeting to be held this (Friday) evening, in the Oounoil chambers, relative to the railway deviation.

Speaking at the Veterans' "social" on Monday evening, His Excellency the Governor said: —" I have just come here from hearing a lecture and seeing views of the war in Samoa in which the American and British cations and the Germans fought side by side. I feel tbat on an occasion like this I can well express the deep regret that we New Zealandera all feel at the dastardly outrage that has happened in America." (The company signified its assent with I vigour.) "We know that the American nation is sprung from 6ur own flesh and i blood, (Hear, hear.) Though we may have 'jealousies, though we may have trade opposition, though we may have separate interests, still we hafre those blood ties, andj we look op the. American nation always as our friend. (Loud applausp.) We feel a sorrow all over the Bnglish-speaking world atfthis outrageithat has occurred. (Hear, hear.) We feel the deepest sympathy with the President's wife, and we trust that President McKinley may shortly be in his usual health again." (Applau-e.) A Wellington wire says that news has been received by cable from Washington announcing the death of the Rev Dr Pestre formerly Provincial cf theMarist Order in New Zealand.

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snow, ■ > Extend everlasting above and below. Such a climate would kill us so used to the heat. New Zealand's bright sunshine is so hard to beat. It is here we escape coughs and colds to be

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