LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 12, 15 January 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The London Metropolitan Asylumft Board j reports 1r63l r 63 cases of anvillpox since August, j There are 1440 beds in the hospitals and I 800 of the*, are occupied. j The British sloop of war Condor, bound j from Esquimault to Honolulu, is J overdue, j The German Imperial yacht Hohenzdllerh I lakes IMnee Henvv of Prussia to attend the cliristflliug of the Kaisei's new.ytfchfc which | is b iug built in America; This id inter-1 prited hs a clever diplomatic move. Tho I Kaiser and President Roosevelt have ex-) 'changed frie'dly messges. Colonel Montariaro's expedition against | the Aro trite in Southern Nigeria is making ' steady progress. Th 3 natives have surI rendered 800 iifles, and many sniders ware captured. j William B Payton, a middle-aged man . pleaded guilty at Christchuroh to making a false entry when registering the birth and death of an illegitimate child bdrn at bia house. He represented himself and wife as the father and mother on the ground that he intended to adopt the infant. He was reniande.d for sentence. With a view to stimulating traffic between New Zealand and Australia the freight rates on bran ani oat* to Melbourne and Sydney I have been reduced to 10s and 12s per ton. John hhort charged with firing a revolver j in Park Tsrrace, Ohristchurch; was fined £3 I or one month.

Mr Sed'ioa's rumoured appointment to the post of First Governor of Orange River Colony still appears to engage attention in Londoo. 000 paper there notes that there are only three precedents for such a cour»e as the appointment of "residential colonists "to Governorships. That of Sir Frederick Weld is said to be " particularly to the point as he, like Mr Seddon, was Premier of Sew Zealand." The late Sir John Thurston is also instwcecl in tho same connection- It is state! that the rumour ia " du9 to the fact tha' the right hon. gentleman rendered very valuible service to Mr Arnold-Fester's commisi.ion in South Africa. When tho question of settling tho conquered territories was first disc.isvcd, MrSeddoo sent Lord Robeits a lon j m morandum explai" ing how the Trans- ( vaal a'id Oraage River Colony mi?ht be brought under a system of land settlement simiUr to that which exists in New Zsaland. This memorandum forms the basis of the recommendations of the commission." " Whether Mr Soddou will be asked to carry O'lttlic scheme is another matter,'' ad's the writer.

iii W.P lieeves has been elected s m'rn-] ber rf the Bedf rd College f.r Women. He is also a member of the Senate of tb.9 University of London. Sir John Hall is about to terminate his lengthened stay in the Mother Country. Hs is sailing in the s.s. Tamba Mam, for Hongkong and Sydney, taking that route by way of a change, and proceeding from Sydney to New Zealand by one of the Union boats. Bir John hopes to bi in Christchurch about the end of February next. In an ai tide in our iesue of Tuesday, dealing ivith the handling of butter at Patea, a typographical errir occurred whereby it was made to read that butter was handled at the southern port at the rate of 2420 boxes aa hour. It should have read 1420. I We are pleased to learn that Mr Cadman has wonderfully improved in health, andj that probably the return voyage will show a still further improvement, With the information tnat Mr E. M. Smith has obtained, he is strongly convinced of the necessity of the Ironsand Company acquiring the local gasworks, and joining with it electricity both for lighting and motive power. This, he points out, would allow the borough to expend any loan raised in providing drainage, water supply, and street improvements Spare gas from the blast furnace would furnish the requisite motive power for electrical purposes very cheaply and efficiently. Ho proposes to explain his schems fully on bis return. | Thd Borough Council held a special meet- ' ing on Tuesday evening, when the borough bye-laws were considered. The Fire Brigade is suffering a severe loss by the resignation of Fireman G. Cock, who, after nineteen years' se; vice as a m3mber and officer of that institution, finds that health considerations necessitate his retirement.

The appointment of Mr James Mackenzie i as Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chief ' Surveyor for Taranaki is gazetted. On the front page of this issue will be found an announcement of the Cash Trading Company of considerable interest to householders and others. It is worth tha while of our readers to study the prices of the goods as set forth in the advertisement. A prominent feature of the establishment is that there is no old stocs to be quitted, all the good being new, and therefore the pjcicas quoted should be greatly in the favour of purchasers. It will be seen that the company have several departments, all of which are well stocked with a variaty of articles, equally tempting as regards vacietj, quality, and price. The JPatea Press records the death of Mr. ,B. M. Honeyiield, brother of Mr. Jas. 0 Honeyfield, of Moturoa, which took place on Friday night. The dece«sed gentleman had been id failing health for some time and lately took an extended trip to the Hot Lakes district. It was hoped bf his friends that he would come back improved in hsalth, but such was not the case, and since then he has gradually failed, passing away painlessly as above stated. The late Mr. Honej field was a colonist of long standing, having landed in Taranaki in the early days, and in common with many other early settlers fought in the historic battl» of Waire'ta. Ha afterwards started busine'3 in New Plymouth, but subsequently rjmovod to Wanganui. In 1872 he went to Patea and took up a portion of the Whenuakura Block when it wus sold, where he remained ever since. He took an active part in local politics and anything promoted for the good of the district. He leaves a widow and four sons and six daughters to mou'n their loss, all of whom wil l have the sympathy of the whole district in their sad bereavement. The funeral took plaes on Monday. A meeting of the committee of the New Plymouth Amateur Operatic Society was held on Tuesday evening when it was decided to call a general meeting of members at an oarly date (probably next weak) with a view to putting matters in trim for an operatic performance?. Bue notice will be given of the meeting, and considering the talent available the .society should have no difficulty in getting together a very creditable company. iiOiXO VAY'S PjLM AND OINTMENT.

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