LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 19, 23 January 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Police Oonrfc on Wednesday morning, Henrv Frederick Gregorson pleaded guilty to being; illegally on the premises of Mr 0, 0. Hawke, bookseller and stationer, Egmont-street. The S.M. was on the Bench, and sentenced him to three months imprisonment, with hard labour. We have to acknowledge the receipt of the quarterly number of the Post and Telegraph Guide from Mr Holdsworth, Chief Postmaster. The inside of the cover contains the principal alterations fince the October issue in a very convenient form. The Agricultural Department is now issuing a monthly report cn the conditions and prospects of the fruit crop. For December the report states '• conditions and quantity averaee in New Plymouth," but adds: " with the exception of a few localities, New Plymonth is nnt a fruit growing district."—Taranaki is probably meant. The Star Football Club's Bazaar is to be held on February 12th and 13th. From the energetic way in whiohthe ladies committee has been working forsome time past, the oisp ay promises to be a record one, and the attendance promises to be the sam*. i

Prince Chigi has been tried for selling a painting by Botiicelli to a foreign buyer, | and was ordered to restore the picture to Italy, or pay its value The quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce is fixed for Friday evening at 7.30. To-Jay the United Sunday School picnic is to be held at Bell Block, in the beautiful gronods attached to the Rev F. A. Bennett's house. Children belonging to the various ' Sunday Schools are requested to be at the New Plymouth station at 11 a.m., to receive their tickets Train airangement and fares will be found in our advertising columns. I An excellent programme of sports &c., has! been arranged, and there will be numerous prizes. All that is wanted is the hearty support of parents and friends, whom it is hoped will be present in large numbers. At t>be Hastings Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, Archibald Fairburn pleaded guilty and was committed -for trial for the ! the't of a horse, saddle, and bridle from B. 0. McCoimick. A case of a technical character was heard at Napier against a farmer for allowing 60 calves to be without food or water. The calves came from Pahiatui, but as it was dary, and the station, yards were full of rolling stook, it was' considered inadvisable to unload the calves, and they were left in the trucks until 7.30 next morning. The Magistrate held that there had been technical but involuntary cruelty on defendant's part, and he dismissed the case. Trains leave New Plymouth station for the : breakwater to-day, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as follows 6 a m., Kotoiti (from north), 11.10 a.m. Takapuna (from south); 11.10 a.m., Rotoiti (for south). 8.5:0 p.m., Takapuna (for north). A passenger car will be attached to the goods train leaving for the Breakwater about 3 p.m. Goudie and others, who were arrested in connection with the Bank of Liverpool frauds, have been committed for trial.

General Babington arrived at Wellington in the Monowai on Wednesday, He was received by the Premier, and attended by a guard of honour, while a salute was fired from the shore battery. Owing to their hard work ia preparing for the forthcoming contest the Garrison Band have teen obliged to decline the offer of engagements at the Pungarehn Horticultural Show and the Okati Athletic Meeting, The Auckland Herald says the 2000 men sent from New Zealand is equal to a full 200,000 from the United Kingdom. We regret to learn that Mr. Elwin's loss through the lata fire over ar.d above insurance is es im.'ited at £BOO. In addition to this many of the articles were of a nature that no money will replace them, suoh as presentations, books, curios, eto. A plan, showing five sections of land for sale or selection, is to hand from the Idrad Office. Three of the sections are in the Tongaporntu district, one inland of Stratford, and one containing 850 acres inland of Stratford, Four of the sections are more or less improved. Applications are received up to the 3rd day of February. A lost bangle is advertiied for and a reward offered.

" Pat" Webster left for Wanganni by the afternoon train yesterday to compete at tbe Caledonian Spor s. The Auckland Tailors' Union resolved that members urge all master tailors not to bay goods of German manufacture, as the members of the Union object to make garments from material of German manufacture as a protest against the hostility of the German Press to Great Britain. Proposals for a loan for a Water and drainage scheme at Gisborne, as devised by Mr. Mestayer, 0.K., were carried yesterday by a majority of two to one. There was heavy polling, and the result was received with' great jubilation. CURB FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM—NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL. DtraiNG last May an in'anb child of our neighbour was suffering from cholora in* fin turn 'I be doctors had given up all hope of recnv6ry. I took a Dottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to the housi, telling them < feit sure it would do good if used according to directions In two days itme the child had fu'ly recovered. The chi'd is n-w vigorous and healthy. I have recommended this remedy frequently, and have never known it to fail—Mrs Oukti*' Bakeb, Bookwalcer, Ohio. Price, Is (id; big size, 3s. For sale by New Plymouth 00-operative Sooiety.— Advt. THE BEST RSMEDY FOR STOMACH AND' BOWEL 'IROUBLEB. " 1 have been in the drug business foi twenty years and have sold most all of the proprietary medicin-s ot any note. Among the entire li*t I have never found anything ti equal Oliamb rlain's Uolic, Oh ilera, and Diarrhoea Remedy for all ntomaih and bowel troubles," says Mr O. W. Wakefield, of Columbus, Ga. "This remedy cured two severe oises of cholera morbui in my family, and I have recommended and sold hundreds of bottles of it to my customers to their entire satisfaction. It affords a quick and sure cure in a pleas »nt form. No family should be without i« I keep it in my house at all times." Price, Is 6ft; big; size, Ss. It is for sale by the New Plymouth 00-operative Sooiety.—Advt. AFTER THE ROYAL VISi;. Ajtsr exciting timps the health of children ! requires very special rooking after. Thati the child is father to the man,' physically as well ai mentally, is one of those truths j that can never be too often insisted upon, i and the thoughtful parent will be careful above all to see that her child has the proper nourishment to establish its constitution, A 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 Nbavbs Food fob Inimktb and Invalids. Vccording 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 tq 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, health-sus taining product that cannot be too warmly recommended and we gladly add oar words of praise to that of the numerous medical journals and experts that have recommended it. N wave's Food should have a prominent place in the dietary of every house where there are children or invalids.—Advt. HOLLO VAY'S P/LLS AND (OINTMENT effect wonderful cures of bad legs and old wounds. If these medicines be used according to the directions which are wrapped round each pot and box there is no wound, bad leg, or ulcerous sore, however obstintte, but will yield to their curaiiva properties Numbers of persons who have been pati-nts in the large hospitals without deriving benefit, have been cured by Holloway's Ointment and Fills, when other remedies have sisnally failed. The glandular swellings, tumors, scurvy and diseases of the skin there is no medicine that can be used with so good an effect, and though the cure is rapid, it is also complete and permanent.— Advt.