LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 89, 26 March 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We understand that the Easter encamj merit at Hawera has been abandoned, owin to the lack of interest shown by volunteers. Members of the Taranaki Rifles are r« minded of the annual meeting at the Dril Hall at 7.30 this evening. The adjourned meeting of tbe Boroug! Council takes place this evening. Mr James Sanderson invites tenders fo the erection of a cottage. _ Sportsmen are warned that they are pro hi M ted from shooting native or importec game until May Ist. At tbe Easter Fete the public will have ai opportunity of seeing the smart appearand and efficient drill of the Central Schoo cadets, Mr Dempsey having kindly givei permission to a number of them to give ai exhibition of physical drill on Monday. Easter Servioejn the Whiteley Memorial Ohurch on Good Friday at 11 a.m. Nc preaching service to-night.—Advt. The Suez Canal has been re-opened foi traffic. A Venezuelan warship followed the steamer Ban Righ (now tbe Liberador) tc Port of Spain, in Trinidad. The condition of Sir Andrew Olarke, the Victorian Agent-Geßeral in London, oc- . casions some anxiety. He is in a very weak state. France is arranging t# utilise the Marconi system in connection with her Mediterranean ' possessions and colonies in West and Central Africa. Mr William Redmond, speaking at Chicago, said that if the Nationalists wero unable to obtain Home Rale, they would destroy Parliament and stop all Government. Admiral AliexiefE, Oommander-in-Onief in Siberia, has been granted several months leave. This is interpreted to mean that Russia does not anticipate any complications. Count Bulow is spending a holiday in Ifaly. He meets S'gnor Prinetti, Itaiian Minister for Foreign Affairs. The renewal of the Triple Alliance is regarded in Berlin as an assured fact. Mr Butterworth has kindly giv?n the use of his little merry-go-round to the Fete on Monday. Many of the youngsters will enjoy this addition to the pleasure of the long 'lookedfor day. 1 ' ■ V,, j

The Education Board meets to-day. ' Canada sends a contingent to the corona-1 tion. Nearly 2003 aprilicntions have already i been received for accommo lation for visitors from New South Wales and Victoria. The Colonial Office is asked to provide more accommodation Gabriel, a Frenchman, shot a policeman at Hayti with a revolver. The policeman was trying to arrest Gabriel on a charge of | treason, wound'''! him. Tin man was 'arrested subsequently >;r.d execu'ed. 'jhe I French Minister chims the body and asks 1 that a warship be sent to Hayti, The Go|vemment of Hayti claims Gabriel as a j Haytiaa subject/ A reminder is given of the Harvest Festival and Easter services which open at the Salvation Army barracks to-morrcw evening. Captain Stirling, whose ability as a singer is well knewn, will conduct the services, and should attract large audiences each nigbt. The Otago Education Board has refused leave to teachers who may be selected for ' the concentration camps in South Africa. ! Captain Jonis, of tha. new coal stealer Mokau, informs us that on the initial run of the vessel to the Mokau coal mines, she t-eok iu SO tons at the mines and 70 from the barges at the lime kilns. The Mokau then . drew Bft 6in., and crossed the bar without difficulty, tha depth of water there being ; lift. ) At a meeting of Wellington citizens itjwas decided to make a presentation to Police ! Inspector Pender, who is about to retire ' from the service. i Mr Harold Beauchamp has been re-ap- ' pointed a director of the Bank of New Zealand for a term of two years , The lady who was removed from the • Monowai on Saturday at Wellington on : suspicion of suffering from smallpox, was on ( , Tuesday liberated from the plague hospital, j Mr J. G. Gow, New Zsaland Trade Gomi missioner, who has been for some time in Great Britain, is about to proceed to China and Japan. j The following nominations have been reIceived by Mr. Wbitcombe, the returning I officer, fcr the vicuncv on the Education j Board caused by the resignation of Mr, B. A, j Hit nett:—Messrs. J. J. Blwin, Warea; A. .Morton, Inglewood; D Maxwell, Toko; Sawle, jnn., Kaimata; H. F. Halcombe, Urenui. A proposal to erect a municipal public hall at Palmerston, at a ccst of £6OOO, was carried on Tuesday, at a poll of ratepayers. The votipg for was olf, against 213. Mr A. 15 G Rhodes has declined to stand for re-elcction as Mayor of Christchurch city, Simpson and Smith, who leave for England by the Whakataae to-day to represent New Zealand at the English »thletio Champion- : ship meeting, were entertained at a secial at Ohristchurch last nigbt, A new Government brand for butter graded for export has just been introduced. e It consists of the letters " 8.K." and acrown, instead of the broad arrow. The figure indicating the grade follows. This brand is marked on the outside of the boxes and on the inside of the lids, as well an on two sheets of parchment paper inside each box opened. AFTER THE BOYAL VISIT. Aftsr exciting times the health of children , requires very special looking after. That | the child is father to the man,' physically | as well as mentally, is one of those truths that can never be too often insisted upon, and the thoughtful parent will be careful above all to see that her child has the proper nourishment to establish its constitution. A good eonstituiion 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 Neavhs Food fob Infants and Invalids, \ccording to the best medical testimony, and, what is perhaps better still, the grateful testimony of thousands of Inppy mothers, this food Contains all 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 Benefit. It is a bone-building, hralth-sus tafning product that cannot be to warmly recommended and we gludly add oar words of praise to that of the numerous medical journals and experts that have recommended it, Neave's Food should have a prominen place in the dietary of every house where there are ohfldren or invalids.—Advt. Notice to Bandsmen.—Orders for Photos of Massed Bands, etc.. can now be booked at the studio. Note the address: W. A. Oollis, Devon Etreet (directly opposite the Criterion Hotel;.—Advt. GOOD MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN. If you havs a baby in the house you will wish t'i know the Best way to cheik any unus ial 100-eness of the bowels, or diarrhoea so common to small children 0. P. M. Hollidiy, of kerning, Ind , vho has an eleven monhts' old child, says" Through the months of June and Julv our baby was teething and took a running off of the bowels and sickness of tho stomach. His bowels would move frouc. eight to ten titles a day. f had 4 bottle of Chamberlain s Colic, Oholera, and Hiarrhoea Remedy in the house and hive him four drops in a teaspoonful of water, and he sot better at once." Price, Is 6d big size, 3s. For Bale by New Plymouth Co-operative Society,— Advt-.