LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 229, 9 October 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Labonr Day to-day. The Education Board meets to-day. The Railway Department will bring the electric tablet system into operation between Turakina and Waitotara on Ist November and between Waitotara and Hawera on Ist December. : One hundred and five new estates have l been placed under charge oE the Public Trustee's office during September. The average number is ab >ut forty per month. Mr. J. B. Oonnett returned from Welling- j ton yesterday by the Rotoiti. While in Wellington he succeeded in making satisfact. ry arrangements regarding the shipment of I h s season's dairy produce, which in future will leave New Plymouth by the Upolu. Ha also succeeded in inducing the Minister for Agriculture to forego his intention of.cuttiiu down the subsidy for freezing butter by one penny, and the matter will remain as befo e. Many other details in connection with the shipment of dairy produce were also attended | to by Mr. Oonnett. The Premier has been advised thai, the War Office approves of the position of Commander of the Forces in New Zealand beinit offered to Major-General Babington, who haa been Assistant Adjutant-General of the Imperial Yeomanry siuce 1900, and commanded the First Cavalry Brigade at the commencement of the present war. The Premier believes there is every likelihood of General Babington accepting the appointment. The Kotuku Consolidated Oil Company (Greymouth) has received an offer from the Intercolonial Deep Well Boring and Manufacturing Company, Brisbane, to bore 2000 feet. a t the rate of 25s 3d per foot, and it will be willing to take up SOO shares as part payment of the same. The company wants a guarantee for that amount, as it would not pay to move its plant for less. The company will supply all machinery, casing, tools, and labour, and sink the bores to the specified depth at its own risk and expense. The company had a large experience on Canadian oil'fields before coming to Australia. Already more than half the amount of the guarantee has been privately subscribed, and the prospectus will be issued in a day or two. Messrs. Carthew and Brittain report having sold Mr. V. Bchwan's nice dairy farm of 160 acres, situated on the Plymouth-road, to Mr. Martin, of Okato, at a satisfactory figure. Yesterday (Tuesday) was the hundred and thirty-third anniversary of Captain Cook's first landing in New Zealand. To-morrow (Thursday) is the second anniversary of the declaration of war by the Boers (10th October,>lß99). On the following day they invaded Natal, An influential and representative deputation will wait on the Railway Traffic Manager, Mr. Piper, this morning relative to the railway time-table, The Inglewood Bacon Factory made a profit;of £ll2 9s7d on its SBCond year's working. The amount was utilised in ye ducing the debit balance of the previous year. The " Commonwealth Hotel" case is down for hearing to-day. Messrs. Skerrett aad Atkinson will argue the case lor their respective clients. A new ai»hip has been devised which it is claimed will be superior to that of M. Santos-Dumont. During the first sis months of this year the Central London Electric Railway carried 20,385,739 passengers. The House of Lords has decided that a ship in dry dock U a factory so far as a workman engaged on rep urs is concerned, and that the family of a man who died throu :h injuries sustained by a fall were entitled to recover compensation. An invention which promises to have world-wide usage is the automobile mowt r propelled by a gasoline engine. It can easily be adapted as a portable engine for drawing loads, grinding feed, puinpinn water, sawing wood, etc. The largest photographic plate ever manufactured is being made at St. Louis. It is eight feet long, four feet eight inches wide, and three-eighths of an inch thick. A match factory at Ohio tarns out a hundred million finished matches every 24 hours. This industry gives employment in the United States to some 15,000 people. Dr. Dandy, Professor of Biology at Canterbury College, has been studying New Zealand lampreys caught in the Mataura river, Southland. 1 He has discovered a single eafe on the back of the head, and has a so come to the conclusion that instead of there i being two distinct genera of lampreys there i are three forms through which they pass in i the process o£ development. Mr. E. W. Seil, who is touring the world and inquiring into tf e conditions of aboriginal races, is in Ohristchurch, and sta'es that missionary work is being carried on succe'Rfully at Samoa and Fiji. He has seen much drunkenness acong Maoris in the North Island. MrHayward, the newly appointed goods foreman at New Plymouth, was, on the eve of his departure from Nelson, accorded a most cordial send off, being presented by j the employees of the railway there with a handsome easy chair. Mr Wilson, stationmaster, in making the presentation, wara ly congratulated Mr Hayward on his weil earned promotion, and eulogised his gooi j qualities as a faithful public servant. 1 The Government has signified its intention of acqniring 1800 acres of the Mount Herbert eitatej Waipukarau, fcrclose settlement, j A copy of the amending Egmont National Park Bill is to hind from Mr Svmes. The I provisions of the Act are as followsfl.) Notwithstanding anything in the principal Act, it shall be lawful for the Board to issue licenses for all or any of the purposes following, that is [to say,—(a) To cut and remove dead timber only; (b) To win and remove stone or gravel for metalling roads; (c) To construct and use tramways for the removal of any such timber or road materials. (2) The Board may from time to time make by-laws under the principal Act prescribing—(a) The form of such licenses; (e) The condition under which licenses shall be issued ; and (f) The fees payable on any such license. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. Weary of life. Derangement of the liver is one ot the most efficient oauses of dangerous diseases, and the most prolific of those melanoholy forebodings which are worse than death itself. A few dosefi of these noted Pills act magically in dispelling low spirits and repelling attacks made on the nerves by excessive heat, impure atmospheres, over-ind nlgence, or exhausting excitement. The most shattered constitution may cerive benefit from Holloway'a Pills, -which will regulate disordered aotion, brace the nerves, increase the energy of the intellectual faculties, and revive the failing memory. By attentively following the instructions for taking these Pills, and obediently putting them in practice, the most despondent will soon feel con. fident of a perfect recovery —Advt. THE BEST REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM. QUICK EBIiIKF FBoM PAIN, All who use Ohamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism are delighted with the quick relief from pain which it affords. When speaking of this Mr. D, N. Sinks, of Troy, Ohio, says: " t>ome time ago [ had a severe attack of rheumatism in my arm and shoulder. I tried numerous remedies but got no relief until I was recommended by Messrs. Geo. F. Parsons and Co., druggists of this place, to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. They recommended it so highly (hat I bought a bottle. I 7i>as soon relieved of all pain. I have since recommended this liniment to many of my f rich is, who agree with me that it is the best remedy for muscular rheumatism in the m»rket." Price, Is 6<l; big >i/.e 3s. For saje by New Plymouth Co-operative Society.—Advt. A CONVINCING ANSWER.* The following testimonial shows the nc lv of Needham's Salve Mr. Needbam —Your Salve is first-class for drawing and healing, Its speedy effects on wounds is surprising. Every mother of a family ought to keep a supply at hand, most especially in country places, where safe and sure remedies such as your Salve, applied quickly, saves much pain and doctors accounts. L consider no home com pi without it,—James Florence Agents for Needham's. Salve, Co-operative Society, New Plymouth. —Advt. AT THE BAH, The greatest compliment ever paid to a medicine was that paid to Impby'S " May Apple," when, during the recent Tariff PeJJ's.H.R. testified openly in the House the eJJjcaqy of tjiis great remedy as guaranteed enje for all liyer diosrders. A oottle wan subsequently presented to every member of the House, and Members now speak in high terms of its goo effects, All 1 chemists and gtorea stock it per bottle.— I Advt. 11