LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 235, 16 October 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. Napier Bell has arrived and is staying in town.

The Hon. J. M. Twomey was in town yesterday and left by the 4 o'clock train for South. At the lait meeting of the School Commissioners feeling reference was made to the loss to the Board by the death of Mr. 0. K. Stock. A vote of sympathy and condolence with the widow and family was passed and I a record made of the zeal displayed by the I > late member during a long term of office. I ]

King Edward has im.ted GjnerrJßidenPowell to Balmoral and presented biin with a war medal.

On tha appiicr.-livn o! Mr. Hughes the Kegistrar o£ the Supreme Oourt has grsnted letters of administration of the estate of the late James Brown Lawson to Mrs. Ann LawBon, his widow. The fuueral of the late W. P. Stuart took | place yesterday at Wanganui, and was very largely attended, all the loorl volunteers being present, including the Fife Band. Deceased was buried with full military honours.

At the Wangnui Police Co nt yesterday a man named William McKay plea«edguil( and was committed for trial on a ct irge (f theft of a bicycle.

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall are visiting Niagara Falls. The best October rains for ye»rs have fallen in Victoria and prospects for all cereal crops are good.

A well-kuown continental balloonist Court Vauex, started to cross theMedit.rranr ,i to Algiers. He expected to mate Toulon in four days. The balloon his been sighl id 50 miles from Marseilles.

John Leydon will s°H, to-diy, at I p.m. : Ladies and gents' boots, shoes, and sox, ladies and gents' w p. coats; costumes dr ,8s material cutlery, jeweller., oil paintings, accordiins, albums, brushware, steel trunks, table covers, etc., etc. No re serve. —Advt.

In connection with the 'Frisco mail service, Mr. Dunnett, Messrs. Spreckels' sgent in New Zeahnd, his received a cable f om Mr. Spreckels stating that they would not accept the proposals made by the New Zealaad Government.

The Napier Hospital Board is of opinion that the time has arrived when a hospital for special treatment of cancer cases should be erected in one of the largj eentres, and has decided to request the hospital trustees of the colony to co-operate in approaching the Government to take steps to this end. The Garrison Band open-air concert, which was arranged for Thursday night in front of the Government Buildings, has been postponed until Friday evening. The ratepayers of the Lower Hutt have agreed at a poll to adopt the rating on unimproved value system.

It was a pitiful tale that an applicant for a lease from the School Commissioners laid before that Board at its last meeting. He had leased the section for the pa9t 21 years and spent £42 on improvement*, but could not te recouped as he was unab.e to retain the land owing to the excessive rent asked. The climax of his woe was the fact that being within the Btratford Borough the rates ■were nearly 2s 6d per acre, with the prospect of an increase to 7s 6d, and, he addi pathetically, '-it may be more " wl>en the remaining two-thirds of the £30,000 loan it railed.

The " B." she! at the Napier breakwater has been gaze Usd a Customs examination shed.

Mr. G. P. Swrn, ex-Mayor of Napier, was yesterday presented with an illuminated address and a purse of sovereigns, on the occasion of his leaving to take up his residence in Hawera.

Attention is drawn to the announcement in another column of the forthcoming show to bB held at Hawera by the Bgmont A. and P. Association.

The directors of the Taranaki Producers Freezing Works Company paid a visit of inspection to the works at Moturoa on Monday, and were well pleased at what they saw there.

Mr K. Dingle has resigned his position on the hoard of directors of the Taranaki Producer/ Freezing Works Company, in consequence of his having been appointed manager of the Stratford Bacon Factory. Our report of the Philharmonic Society's concert has unavoidably to be held over till to-morrow. After the concert the members foregathered at the " Kia Ora" and partook of light refreshments, which were fittingly followed by some very happy congratulatory remarks by the President, Mr F. L. Webster, who cordially thanked Miss Murphy and Mr Trebilco for their valuable assistance.

John Leydon will sell, to-day, at 2 p u., in the shop lately occupied by J. Gilmour, Devon-street: Baggy harness, saldre i, whips, iron bedsteads, suite of furniture (seven pieces, covered with Arner can leather cloth), hearth rugs, blankets, quilts, etc.. etc. No reserve Advt. THE BEST REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM. QUICK BffLIBF PBOM PAIN. I All who use Chamberlain's Pain Balm for t rheumatism are delighted with the quick ; relief from pain which it affords. When speaking of this Mr. D. N. Sinks, of Troy, Ohio, says: " Some time ago I had a severe attack of rheumatism in my arm and shoulder. I tried numerous remedies but got no reliaf until I was n commended by Messrs. i Geo. F. Parsons and Co., druggists of this place, to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. They recommended it so highly 1 hat I bought a bottle. I mas soon relieved of allpain. I have since recommended this liniment to many of my frienis, who agree with me that it is the best remedy for muscular rheumatism in the mirket." Price, Is 6d; big size, 3s. For sale by New Plymouth Co-operative Society.—Advt. AFTER THE ROYAL VISIT. Aftsb exciting times the health of children requires very speoial looking after. That the child is father to the man,' physically as well aa 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 j nourishment to establish its constitution. IA good constituiion is 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-l-ANTB AND INVALIDS, \ccording to tne best medical testimony, and, what is perhaps better still, the grateful testimony of thousands of happy mothers, this food contains all the essential elements of strength, and while it is pleasant to the taste and eagerly taken by children, it may also be used by persons of all ages with decided benefit. It is a bone-building, heaith-sus taining product that cannor, be too warmly j recommended and we gladly add oar words of praise to that of the numerous medical journals and experts that have recommended I it. Nhavh's Food should have a prominent ! place in the dietary of every house where there are children or invalids.—Advt.