The Daily News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 264, 9 November 1901, Page 2

The Daily News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1901. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day is the 60th anniversary of the natal day of his Majesty King Bdwabd VII. Although New Plymouth is not keeping the holiday it is presumed our local citizens have not forgotten the (act that it is the Sovereign's Birthday. His Honour Mr Justice Conolly was in town yesterday on bis way back to Auckland. Mr 0. E. Mackay, ion of Mr Joieph Mackay, was on Friday admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court, by Mr Justice Conolly, The secretary of the Garrison Band wishes to acknowledge receipt of a donation of £1 Is, from Mrs Copland. Whitelsy Memorial Church.—Rev. S. J. Serpell's subjects on Sunday are as follows: —Morning, at 11, '• The True Soldiership "; evening, at 7, " Wheat and Tares."—Advt. On Thursday next Mr. Newton King will hold his first cattle sale at Whangamomona. A lar«e number of stock has been entered and there is every prospect of a good sale Brakes will leave Mr. King's mart at Stratford oa Wednesday morning at half-past ten. In Taranaki, whfere farmhands are looked upon as priceless jewels, the following par from the Nero Zealand Times will prove interesting:—lf there are stranded New Zealandeas in New South Wales, there are just now some stranded Britishers in New Zealand. Several of these, late arrivals from London and other places, are just now in [ Wellington, strangers in a strange land look- | ing eagerly for work. The outlook is not I very promising, as employers of skilled j labour are discharging-bands. Up country i the cp-operative gangs are understood to have no more work thaji they can do, and congestion more or less, with its inevitable suffering, is threatened. It is peroaps as well that it should be understood in parts beyond New Zealand, that while this oolony offers fairly good prospects for the worker its powers of absorption are limited, and anything approaching an pversupply of the labour market is apt to render the position acnte.

The award of tha Concil'ation Board in the typographical dispute, he-rl in New Plymouth last week, was filed with the Clerk of the Court on Friday. John Ley don'a great unreserve! auc'ion sale to-day, at 1 p.m., of caddies, breastoollar, set oi harness, buggy whips, ladies' costumes, dress material, serge, tweed, boots, shoes, men's clothing, ladies' and gents' [watohes, guards, waterbroof coits, brushware, albums, etc., etc. No reserve Attend ssde &dyt. The last children's pract'.ce for the Fire Brigade ball will be held this afterndon at 3 o'clock at the old Freemasons' Hall. Children can purchase their tickets for the ball at the hall daring the afternoon. Arrrngements for tbe Fire Brigade bill to be held on Monday night are well in hand, and those who attend may expect a most eajoyable evening's entertainment Tbe following ladies' committee is in [charge of tb« ball arrangementsMesdatnes Dockrill, Hursthouse, E. M. Smith, By<»&, P. Webster, H. Yates, Misses Stephenson-Smith, 0. Jacob, Bobin, Prate, and Ella Huratbouse. Mr D. Berry has received a telegram from Hon. T. Kelly that the Bill dealing with the Botokare Lake, conveying it to the public of New Plymouth as a domain, ha* passed all its stages in the Honse. A Bill dealiog with native ltnds has also passed, which will be of considerable interest to a large number of settlers around New Plymouth. The remains of the late Hoo. J. A. Bonar, M.L.0., were sent by the Haupiri oc Friday to Hokjtika, where he is to be buried. The procession from the hospital to the ship's side included the Premier and members of the Ministry as 1 both Houses #f the Legislature.

The electrical tramway expert, who has bean selected jn England for tjie Wellington Oity Council, is Mr W. R. Wright, at present l in charge at Bootle, ptose to Liverpool. His salary has been fixed at £ISOO a year. He will arrive in tbe colony about C^ristmasi Miss Fraser has withdrawn her resignation as principal of the Wangan«} Girls Coljege, conditionally on assistance bping giyeij. The Education Board on Friday appointed Miss Gordon, of the Napier Girls School, to the staff.

i A man was fined 20s and costs at Wanganui on Friday, for boarding a train while in motion. He had a narrow escape of being run over. A porter tried to stop him, and was knocked down. The man grabbed the railing of the carriage, but slipped between tbe carriages, being rescued by other passengers.

The Wairarapa Dally Times learns that the Angora goats which the Agriculture. Department recently imported from t-'outh Australia are doing well on Soames' Island where they are undergoing quarantine' Those which are already in New Zetland are found to be particularly well mited to rough country. There is ponsiderable demand in New Zealand just now for Angola goat's, bijt they are not so easily procured, Turkey havin? prohibited their export, and Cave Colony hair in g placed a heavy export duty on them. The goats give » plentiful Bupply of good milk, and from eaoh animal from 31bs to Slbs of mohair worth about Is 6d per lb is cut every year. | A correspondent states that some six [ months ago, the unbounded enthusiasm of a seven year old son of Mrs Mitchinson for General Baden-Powell, impelled him towriteto the hsro of Mafeking expressing admiration for hiscpurage. The incident was almost fornotten by tfje writer, when to his intense pleasure a reply daiae to hand by last mail couched in vtry kicd and friendly terms. Needless to say, the youth is Very proud oi the epist'e. J

The Rev, John Nixon who has returned [ from his visitation pf the Country Churches I will occupy tie pvlpit of Queen street Church on Sunday, November f&tij, tnprriing All seats free.—Adyt.

J«hn Ley don, auctioneer from A uckland, will hold 3 great clearing auctipn s4e 1 p.m., in shop lately occupied by J. < i|mour and Co., Devon-street, of Ghent of drawers, dacheis pairs, mites of furniture in tapestry and plush, iron bedsteads wirewove and flax mattrasse.«, blankets, quilts,: rugs, [sheeting, etc., etc. >'o reserve I Bargains for everyone Adv:.

The Dresden Piano Company opened \ up another shipment of pianos yesterday to take the place of those sold. A very lino piano by that distinguished manufacturer Kahse was much a'imierd iiy musicians. The sale is going on very satisfactorily Mr. S. Weetman. Chief Surveyor. Lands and Survey Department, for the Canterbury district, who is retiring on pension as from March 18th next of £3OB 6s 8d per annum, began his connection with the public service in 1863, in Southland. He was there until j 1865, when the financial collapse of thatJ province took place. Then he went to Auck-) land, and joined the Inspector of Sarveys Department in June of 1866. In that way I he came under the Civil Service Act of 1858, 1 as the Act of 1866 was not passed till October of the latter year. He remained in the Auckland district until he was appointed to Gisborne. Subsequently he was Ohief Surveyor for Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Marlborough and Canterbury. The appoint ment of Mr E. G. Allsworth as a School Commissioner for the district of Taranaki (vide Mr 0. K. Stock, deceased), is gazetted. A fire was discovered in a bedroom at the Langholm Hotel, Mangaweka, occupied by billiardmarker, and before it could be controlled, it had burned a hole through the ceiling. Luckily it was discovered in time, or the whole town would have been in grave danger. The hotel was insured. "It was plain to thosi who bad the privilege of being present at his review of cadet corps on SaturdaythatSirHectorMacDonald was truly charmed with the soldie-ly bearing of vouthful Wellinetouians, and ' our boys' will now be more deeply concerned in the British army and in the doings of one of its most honoured generals than they would have been had General Mac Donald never Visited these shores," says the Times, 'i'o which may be added that it is to be regretted cur distinguished visitor was not afforded the opportunity of inspecting the New Plymouth cadets, who compare favourably with any in the colony. The event too would have never been forgotten by the cadets themselves. To-morrow (Sunday) is the anniversary of the Poverty Bay massacre, which occurred on Monday, 10th November, 1868. Niaety-oae thousand horses have been shipped to South Africa during the war. English-bred horses cost £75 delivered in South Africa, Argentine only £25. The Borough Council meeting, which was fixed for Monday night next, has been postponed till Tuesday, on account of the holiday.

On Tues lay, the Wairarapa Times remarked : —lt is twenty years to-day since the "capture" ofPaiibaka by the Hon. John Bryce(then Native Minister), mounted on his white horse. In the intervening period the Native difficulty has passed awar like the morning cloud, and to-day Tartnakiia studded with dairy factories, bringing prosperity to thousands of settlers. What a marvellous transformation to take place within the period of two decades t A correspondent who is lodging over a tinsmith's shop complains bitterly of being kept awake by the noise caused by the men working until as late as 10.30. As he and some of his fellow-lodgers have to rise early to go to work they are prevented from getting sufficient sleep and the writer arks for advice as to remedying the nuisance. An easy solution seems to be a change of quarters, but this is not always convenient. Possibly if the matter is put before the tinsmith in a proper way he may do his best to prevent injury to his neighbours.

John Leydon will sell in shop opposite Bank ot New South Wales to.day, at Ip.m. carpet squares, hearth rugs, door mats, fire brasses, cruets cutlery, 8-day and alarm clocks, mirrors, Japenese card tables, work boxeß steel trunki, oil printings, umbrella staids, etc , etc No reserve Be sure and attend sale for bargains.—advt j The Otago Art Society's annual exhibition was opened on Friday. There was a large number of Australian exhibits, 39 coming from Sydney. Prizes were net awarded for architectural drawing and poster. W. H. Harlock won the medal for wood carving.

One of the chief holiday fixtures in this district to-day is the first meeting under the auspices of the New Zealand Axemen's Association which will be held at Eltham. The programme is a liberal one, tli3 handicaps have given satisfaction, and the starters will be numerous. The Eltham Band will be prfsent, and the gathering is expected to attract visitors from north, south, east, and west.

In the Wash-up Bill just passed, the Turu-turu-mokai reserve is vested in the Hawera Borough Council, and the Rotakare lake has been reserved for scenery preservation, The reserve at has been changed to a town hall site. With regard to reserves vested in the New Plymouth High School Board, the Board is to grant Messrs Newing and Hughes, the present lessees, first offer of a new lease, with or without the right of renewal, of the lands held by th°m. In asse«sing rental, the improvements shill be deemed to ba the property of the lessees, and compensation is to be to the amount of £4 per acre.—i Star special. HOLLOWATT3 OINTMENT AND PILLS. Diskasks and casualties incidental to youth may be safely treated by the use of these excellent Medicaments according to the printed diricciona folded rounfl each pot and box. Nor is this Ointment alone applicable to external aim-nti; conjointly vifch the Fills it exercises the moat salu'aj-y influence in checkng iofhmmitiona situated in the interior of the jody; when rubbed upon the back phegt it gives the mo<t sensible relief ju asthma, bronchitis, pleurisy, and threatening consumption. Holloway's remedies are especially serviceable in liver and stomaoh complaints, for the oare of bad legs, all ports of wounds, sores, and likewise scrofula and scorbutic affections, this Ointment producs a cooling and toothing feeling most acceptable to the sufferer.— Advt. The best medicine known is SANMia & Sons' Eucalypti Extbagt. And its en.iflent powerful effects in coughs, colds, insuenza, the relief is instantaneous. v n t nerious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects [produced in croup, diphtheria, bronohitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling, etc., diar- [ rhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and (urinary organs. Sander k Bons' Eitoa- [ lypti Extract is in use at hospitals and : medical clinics all over the globe; patronI ised by his Majesythe King of Italy; crowned I with medals and diplomas at International exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this ap. proved Article and reiect all other.—Advt.