LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 290, 9 December 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Borough Council meets this evening. The strike of tailoresses in Sydney has been declared off.

The Monowai took from Now Zealand to Sydney on Saturday only 85 tons of cargo, viz., 55 frozen South Island, 16 from Wellington, anl 16 from the West Coast.

The following trains leave New Plymouth station to-(?ay for the Breakwater, connect-, ing with steamers mentioned b«,ow, as follows: —6 a.m., Upolo (from south); H a.m. Ngapuhi (from north); 3 p.m., Upolu (for south); 8.20 p.m., Ngapuhi (for north). Amongst the visitors at the High School feports on Saturday afternoon wer.i the Revs. Drew, Evans, Osborne and Serpell.

Ths Wellington Garrison Band has, we understand, secured quarters at the Com! monwealth Hotel and the Waihi Band at the Taranaki Hotel.

The old shop so long occupied by Messrs. Armitage and irons, has been pulled down and is being replaced by a new handsome two-storied building.

A meeting was held at Toko during last week and a committee elected to arrange for the entertainment of visitors at the opening of the railway to Toko. Mr. John Taylor was elected chairman of the committee. The High School Board of 'Governors, have, we understand, invited Professor Maclanrin of Victoria College to preside at the annual distribution o l ' prizes. Forty-one candidates presented themselves for the scholarship examination this year—--21 at New Plymouth and 20 at Stratford. The Rev. Bradbury was supervisor at New Plymouth and the Rev. Huts»n at Stratford.

The Public Works Department invites tenders for the erection of station buildings. We understand these comprise the erection of the necessary buildings at Toko, and a platform station at the point where the railway crosses the Skinner-road. The fecretavy of the Friendly Soeieties' picnic committee has received the railway passes and tickets for admission to the picnic grounds. A meeting of delegates is to be held to-morrow (Tuesday) evening at tile Foresters' Hall, when important business will be dealt with. A full attendance is requested.

At the Auckland Supreme Court on Frid iy, Kate Emily Hall was granted a decree n dissolving her marriage with Thomas Hall, on the grounds set forth in section 4 of the I Divorce Act, 1898, which allows of an application for divorce where a respondent has been imprisoned for upwards of seven years for attempting the life of a petitioner, 'l his is a sequel to the celebrated Timaru poison- : ing case of 1886, when Hall, after a protracted trial, was sentenced to penal sevritude for life.

In the Manawatu district very hot weather is being experienced, and rain is badly wanted.

The New Plymouth Garrison Band did some good marching practice on Satuvdav evening, at the same time enlivening the

town with some choice selections of music which were admirably played. It is expected the Government will a tan early date bring into operatiop that pa t, of the Timber Export Duty Act of last session which enables it to levy a duty on all exported timber, except sawn flitches. The fire on tlie Waimatn, at Napier, was completely sabdued on Friday. The magisterial inquiry into the matter will commence to-day. The expense of extinguishing ihe fire has been very heavy, the Spit Fire Brigade receiving £4OO and the owners of the Aburiri £6OO. It is fortunate that the fire broke out while the vessel was in port, as had it occurred at sea the steamer would probably have been a total loss. We regret very much to hear of the serous indisposition of Mr. B. A Hignett. His medical adviser has ordered complete rest and quiet and freedom from worry, and forbids him to write or engage in mental work for a time. We feel sure everyone will hope to hear of bis complete restoration to health at an early date and able to resume his seat at the table of the several local bodies at which he has discharged his duties in a capable, fearless, and outspoken manner. Both the bicycle and automobile are meeting with favour from the army authorities of Europe, the former being deemed without rival for scouting and conveying despatches. A folding military bicycle has been tested and found most serviceable, as it can easily be carried on the soldier's back in case of necessity. Several of the American railroads have in use an oil sprinkling train, whioh effectually lays the dust on the track, an average of 2000 gallons c>f erode oil per mile being used. The oil is practically odourless and noninflammable, and the expense of maintaining the track is greatly reduced, while grass, weeds, and vegetation is destroyid. A cheap and rapid method for concontrating tljejlarge quantities of blood collected in abattoirs has been invested, whereby after evaporation the powder obtiined is carried to a receiving chamber. It is tasteless and contains 74'8 per cent of digestible albumen.

A noTel match between a balloon and an automobile took place recently near Pari*. The former was carried about by air currents in so many directions that tbe pursuit became difficult. After covering 120 miles the automobile party found the balloon had arrived first, and the aeronauts had returned by train quite satisfied at winning the match.

Dr. Calmette, the director of the Paris Pasteur Institute, was recently bitten by a cobra from which he was extracting "the venom, but the serum he discovered saved his life, although aft t! r three weeks one of his fingers had to be amputated. An American lady recently went over the Horseshoe Falls of Niagara in a barrel find survived the ordeal. She was in the water 25 minutes, and received a severe scalp wound.

Using tbe X Kays to smuggling by means of registered letters through the post, lias proved most successful and profitable to the Buenos Ayres Post Office authorities, who have operated on registered totters to ascertain to what extent smuggling existed through that channel. No le.«s than £4OOO worth of property was confiicated in one week as the result of the test.

An apology for the use of scent by m*n is made by the Lancet on the ground that its liberal distribution on a handkerchief is calculated to make it antiseptic and to destroy the germs in it, owing partly to the spirit and in other part to the essential oila rissolvod in the spirit. The Pennsylvania railroad authoritiss are experimenting with the Delaney teleg aph system, bj which it is possible to transmit 8000 a minute, while a commercial rate of 2000 words a minute off a single copper wire is said to be p^ssib'e.

Owing to wet weather on (Saturday afternoon, the Amateur Athletic Sports at Danedin had to be postponed.

A laundryman of Paris has discovered a method of cleansing fine linen and other fragile textures withoat using soap or other chemicals. Instead of these he uses boiled potatoes, which he rubs into the goods, and then rinses out. It is said that this method will make soiled linen, silk, or cotton much whiter and purer than washing in the ordinary way.

. In response to a request by the Defence Dapartment, Captain Ottey haa consented to act as a member of the shooting council in connection with the New Zealand Bifle Association meeting to he held in February next. ' •

As will be seen by an advertisement elsewhere, a grand concert is to be given on Thursday next by the pupils of the Convent High School, the proceeds of which will be devoted to a fund for the provision of fireescapes at the Onnvent buildings. Mr T. Avery, whose stock of Christmas and New Year novelties is always of an extensive and superior character, announces that those goods are now to hand. It is worth anyone's while to inspect the splendid assortment which is to ba found in Mr Avery'* shop.

The Premier has received, through the Governor, a cable stating that after Ist January next, persons desiring to land in South Africa most provide themselves with a permit. Persons from colonial ports must supply themselves with permits from some officer appointed by the colonial Governments, and the permits, which will only permit the holder to land, are no guarantee that he will be allowed to proceed inland.

AT THE BAH, The greatest compliment ever paid to a medicine was that paid to Impey's " May Apple," when, during the recent Tariff DeM's.H.R. testified openly in the House the efficacy of this great remedy as guaranteed cure foralllver diosrdeis. At Dottle was subsequently presented to every member of the House, and Members nop speak in high terms of its goo effects, All chemists apd stores stock it per bottle Advt,

HOLLO A'AY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT. Influenza, Coughs and Colds In diseases of the throat and •hest, so pre/nlant in in our changeable climate, nothing so sj-aodily relieves, or so certainly cures ai these Inestimable remedies. These disorders aro too oft°n Dcglected at their commencement, o .' are in judiciomly trea' ed, resulting in either case in disastrous consequences to the patient. Hollowny's | remedies will r« store, if rocovery bs feasible; they allay the alarmiug symptoms and 'purify the blood ; Nature i onsummntes the euro, gradually restoring strength and vitivl power By peraevei ing in th» use tjf Holioway's preparations tone is conferred on the [Stomach and frame generally. Thousand* of persons have testified tint by the use of these remedies alone they have been rcitoied to health afyer every other means had failed.—Advt. HIS LIFE SAVED

By Chamberjun's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem dy.

"I am sure that Chambe'lain!s Colic Cholera and I 'iarrhoei Remedy at one time saved my life," says A. JE Lafalelte, of Gregory Landing ( lark county, M ssouri. " 1 was in pueh bad shaye that the doctors said 1 could not live. When I wis at the' owe t ebb, one of my neighbours brought' in a bottle of Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera, and I'iaThoei Remedy and I took it and got instant relief. I soon got up and around j That wai nine vears ago an t I am still in good jiealth. Si -ce then that medicine his always be,en in tffy house and alwav* will be It is the best o i earth." Price/Is 6ij big tize, 3s. For sale by New Plymouth GoSociety.—Advt.