LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 9, 2 April 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'i !■■ •New Seuth Wales State revenue for nine months to 81st March has decreased by £330,000 as compared with the last corresponding period, Mails of 22nd February »t« San Francisco arrived in London on 27th March. j Three armed men, impersonating the police, after stealing sis horses atMerandale station (Queensland), stuclc up and robbed a Chinaman and aiotlur man. j

The Tasmanian Postal aad Tel* graph offi-1 oi»'s have been instructed to de'ain all conopondenoe addressed to Tattersall or any of his staff. ' The death is announced of Count Munster, late German Ambassador to France. The French Senate has excised from the Electoral hill the Sexennial Parliaments clause recently adopted by tha Chamber. King Meneli'.i of Abyssinia visits Europe in August. The permissive clauses in the Education [ Bill will probably be abandoned. ! Sii Charles Cameron, father-ic-law of I Sclilater, the commander of the wreaked i Condor, deolnres she was undermanned, under-officered, ami was unstable, and was lost early in December. The Parisian shopkeepers lament King Ed ward's abandonment o£ his visit t» the Continent in favour of a yachting tour, and attribute it to tho objectionable comments of a portion of the FreHch press. There were US deaths from small pox in London last wtek. Germany proposes a conference with Britain, Fraoc9, and America to discuss the question of preventing anyone securing a monopoly of wireless telegraphy on the high seas.

On March lGtb, Messrs Nelson Moate and Company's head office and packing warehouse at Wellington were destroyed. In a little over a week from that dats the firm had fettled down to work again in very commodious new premises on Jervois Quay. As a matter of fact ther-i has bean practically no susptnsion of business, as, notwithstanding the great loss sustained, the firm having immense stocks of tea in their Wellington bond, ami at thtir Christchurcb, Dunedin, Auckland, and Honart branch warehouses, h9.ve been able to fill all imoiediate trade orders a< usual. The firm wove very fortunate in h-,vin,>- duplicates of the most important machinery stored in bond, which enabled them to have the necessary plant again speedily'at work. The Department of Agriculture has engaged two f-xpert pluckers from Melbourne for theCbriitchurch Poultry Export Depot. The industry is growing so rapidly in the Cathedral City that sew premises have had to be taken in Bath-street, off Colombostreet.

Tbe regulations under the State Forssts Act liavo been amendud so as to provide a penalty of £SO for trespassing in any forest. The new regulations further provide that "any person, whether a licensee or not, who may be found trespassing in any forest during the months of November, J'ecember, Ja uary, February, and March in the North Isknd, or who shall do any act whereby there is a danger of the forest being destroyed by fire, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding £6O; but nothing herein shall restrict the holder of any sawmill license in felling and removing timber within the area granted to him, daring any such period, if not prohibited therefrom by the terms of his license.".

I There were eome lively scenes at a lecture [delivered in Wanganuithe other evening by Mr. Tom Maon. After Mr. Mann had castigated trusts and capitalists for an hour or more, a burly Scotsman (he is an exchampion caber tosser) inquired whether the lecturer had ever earned a decent <lay'»=pay in his life? Mr. Mann declined to answer, and a general uproar took place. The questioner persevered with his query, and tha chairman left the platform, with the intention of removing the inquisitive fclcot. This made matter* worse, and a free fight was only prevented by the lights being tnrned out. The meeting ended by tho disturbing element withdrawing, and the chairman askiag for further donations to Mr. Mann's expanses, as only £3 8s had been collected at the doors. Mr W. H. O. Johnston, formerly 3onnected with the Auckland Rope Worl">, ha\s been appointed Government Hemp Grader at Auckland. Mr. I ee.late Inspsotorof Schools in Wellington, has been elected to tha Wellington 1 Education Board by a substantial majority. I Messrs. Kenwick and McAuslan, of t\\* ' Viotoiian State railways, are making inquiries in New Zealand on behalf of their departmant respecting the faoilitiis at our chief ports foe shipment of grain. Between 200 and 300 applications have been received at Wellington for 20 teacherships in the Boer concentration camps. During the year ended March 31at relief was granted Viy the Wellington Benevolent Trustees to 432 pirsons, the total number of rations granted being 51.951. During the year ended March 31st the Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington amounted to £509,713, as against! the previous year. Tbe Premier considers that it is a great thing for a man to be natural. At Napier he paid "fpaaking personally, lean only say this: —The success that has attended nw through life is o'vinp to a great extent to tha fact that I am what I am."

The Trades Council Conference at Auckland has passed resolutions urging tha Government to make several alterations in the Conciliation Act of last session. The annual meeting of lha Star Toosball Olnb takes place this evening. According to instructions we yesterday inserted an advertisement calling the meeting for 'i nesday evening, but either an attention of date was made, or there was an unfortunate «rror in the copy handed to us. The Shah of Persia spends a week in London in July, and then twenty days ia Russia. The funeral of the late Mrs Thomas Hodder took place yesterday in the presence of a large circle of friends. The pall bearers were the office bearers of the Wesleyan Church, of which deceased wa» a member, Messrs W. Ambury, W. A. Ollis, Neal, Wbitaker.and A. Pikett. The Revs. Serpell, Cannell and Lawry officiated. Mr Cannell referred to an acquaintance of 40 years with deceased, whose life and conversation had always, he ss>id, been that of a true motaor of the church. A couple of hymns were song at the grave side, and the ead ceremony closed with the Benediction. A large number of wreaths were sent and laid on the grave. As the shop for Engagement Rings, Wed ding Rings, High Class Watches at moderate prices, Wedding presents, and in fact a thorough up-to-date stock of Jewellry, Elec troptated and Silver Goods, we recommend J. H. ParkerV, nextßailway crossing, Devontreet, New Plymouth. N.B.—Please note a few of the leading lines and prices in adertiseinent in pas;e 2.—Ad"*