LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 22, 27 January 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sir Joseph Ward proceeds to Hoki) ika today, and will be banquetted there. I The Philharmonic Society resum .eg practice to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, -when all members are requested to attend. Sir Joseph Ward in his Greymottth speech referred to the Premier as the giei.test man in Australasia. The State Schools resumes wort: to-day. Messrs Dempsey and Johnson, of the staff of the Oentral School, returned tc> New Plymouth on Saturday evening. We have been favoured by Mrs L. D. Nathan and Company with a very handsome pictorial almanac advertising standard brands of tea, dealt in by that old established firm. Mrs V. T. Baker resumes teaching 'to-day, Monday. la addition to music, French and Gorman are also taught. Full particulars will be found in our advertising columns. Commander Combe, of H.M. Penguin, lias reported to the Marine Department that in I the survey of Poverty Bay, a 12 foot pinnacle I rrclc was found situated south 73 deg west li,uagnetic 130 yards from'the Haibora Bock |b, toy. Vessels approaching the anchorage sn , keep the beacons exactly in line. T, he Independence Beige says that Dr Sjlves tr i< born an American, but naturalised as a Tfi ei 'chman. nas invented a spectrograph, which' ooao'cs a person using a telephone to see his ■* terlocutor and the lattera surroundlogs A enon Minister, according to the caper ha» witnessed conclusive tests of the Sten-'fcra a nd Kin ? Leopold has arranged a . special! wti *> CB wiu ? Sylvestro for the ' pu.ptWiisof Jtt 'Pft'ifit. Unsaid that the kit twaem ea > be adapted for use to an ordinary telephone wlre - Xbeiv' was a *»« attindance in the Bee- , reatioß Grounds °, n i ßnnd »y afternoon to listen to the excel 'ent programme of music played by the Tow. * Band - Theandienoe ' greatly appreciate fc ie performance. At the Wanganui JX 'ledoman meeting on Saturday (amateur «m ™™)" «t Webster from scratch won the i 20 yards, and wa* second in the 100 yards » nd WO yards. In the professional events, "»»' marvellous: runner McLauchlon won b oth ths quarter and half mile off scratoh. No news having arrived b, T *eMonaat Vancouver, it is feared the slooi "> Oond»r has been lost. , The Prussian loan was covered forty-four fold. Semi-official Continental newspapers are trying to discredit Lord Cranboroe'a statement regarding Great Britain's attitude in the bpanish-American war. American newspapers acknowledge that England is America's best friend in a National emergency. I The Kaiser is greatly distressed on account of the unemployed in Berlin. He has lordered the prosecution of pablic works, and [requested the municipal authorities to devote I the money proposed to be spent in illuminations on his birthday to charity. Mr Chamberlain states that the recommendation of the Co-operative Trades (Union Conference in favour of universal pensions, independent of character and thrift, was hurtful to the movement. Several meetings have been held in India te protest against additional taxation of tea. The Westralian million and a half loan at 3J percent is underwritten, and is issuing at the minimum, 102 J. .Equitable Building Society shareholders (Star Bowkett) are reminded that fortnightly subscriptions are payable to-night (Monday) i up to 9 o'clock p.m.—Advt. ' The Marquis of Dufferin is in a critical state of health. The Danish Minister at Washington has been instructed to sign the sale of the Danish' West Indies to America. The T'.alune sailed for Sydney on Saturday with 160 tons of cargo, including a quantity of produce. Br. McAr.thur, now at Hangior*, is to occupy the be.*>ch at Blenheim till a successor to Mr. AUek' (retired) is appointed. The following resulis of the recent matriculation examination are reported :—G. H. Taylor, S. F. Burges, s i Ethel Rowntree, L. A. Elliott, K. M King, Elsie M. Bollinger, O. W. 8. Luxtou, Hectare Dempsey, R. A. Mcira, L. A. Tacker. On Friday night Anth,oay Ooker, a youth of 17 and son of Mr. W. Co ker. experimented with a lighted match and ..some gunpowder with tbi usual result. Thtf .gunpowder was in a tin outside bis window a. id he dropped the catch on to it and before Ik 1 could withdraw his head the explosion to °k place he being severely burnt about th e face and hands. The sufferer nas attended to by Dr. Leatham, who is in hopes of sa\' m K the eyesight. The Government ,'is calling for tenders for a steam service with South Africa. The available subsidy is £30,000. The contract is for three years, steamers to be not let' 9 than 2000 nor more than 4000 tons; to be fitted with refrigerators. Accommodation for passengers, mails, and live stock is neoessary, and the vessel must have a speed of not less than ten knots, preference will be given to those having more. Kates of freight are fixed by the Government as follows: Wheat and flour, 30s per ton; barley, 32s 6d; oats, 355; bran, 40s; hay, etc, 37s 61 per ton of 50 cubic feet; potatoes, 40s in sacks, 37s 6d in boxes per ton of 50 cubic feet; frozen meat and dairy produce at current summer rates ruling between New Zealand and Londou, ithergoo''s not more than current rates between New ZeaWnd and London. , aO-LO aTaY'S PiLLS AND OINTMENT sffeet wonderful cures of bad legs and old vounds If these medicines be used according to the directions which are wrapped :ound each pot and box there is to wound, Did leg, or ulcerous soie, however obstinite, jut will yield to their curative ptoporties lumbers of persons who have been pati >nts u the large hospitals without deriving beneit, have been cured by Holloway's Ointneut and I ills, when other remedies have lunally failed. The glandular swellings, iumors, scurvy and diseases of the skin ihere is no medicine that can be used with io good »n effeitj and though the oure is •apid, it is also complete and permanent.—Wvt.

AFTER THE ROYAL VISIT. Aftbb exoiting times the health of children requires very sperial looking after. That the child is father to the man,' physically as well aj mentally, is one of those truths tbat can never be too often insieted upon, and the thoughtful parent will be careful above all to see that her child has the proper nourishment to establinh 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 Neaves Food fob Infiktb and Invaliids. According to toe besi medical testimony, and, what is perhaps better still, the grateful testimony of thousands of hippy mothers, this food contains nil 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 oenefit. It is a bone-building, health-sun taining product that cannot be too warmly recommended and we gladly add oar wordn of praise to that of the numerous medical journals and experts that have recommended it. Neave's Food should have a prominent place in the dietary of every house where I there are children or invalids.—Advt.

CURK KOR CHOLKftA INFANTUM—NEVfiR KNOWN TO FAIL. Ddjung last May a» in'ant child of our neighbour waß suffering from cholora infantum Ihe doctors had given up all hope of recovery. I took a Dottle of Chamberlains Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to the aoußi, telling them feifc sure it would do good if used according to directions. In two days itme the child had fu'ly recovered. The child is now vigorous aud healthy. I have recommended this remedy frequently, aad have never known it to fail.—Mrs Curtis Bakbr, Bookwalter, Ohio. Price, Is 6d; big size, 3s. For sale by New Plymouth Co-yperativo Society.— Advt,