LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 81, 11 April 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Trains leave New Plymouth stati ©n to-oay, 1 3onnectmg with steamers wentio) ted below £ is follows:—6 a.m., Kotoiti (fro m north); ( 8.15 a.m . Talrapiiua (from sou th); '11.20 a.m., Kotoiti (for s-uth); 8.20 p.m,Takapuna (for north.) A passenper oar will be m attached to the goods t:ain lea ving for the ; nreakwater about 3 p.m. ] The various candidates for el- wtion to the ] vacancy on the Education Boart iare actively , canvassing for votes. In a oi iroular issued ■ by Mr Arthur Morton, of Eg'iiont Village, ' he states that, in view of the present strained ' finances of the Board and i ;ommittees, he I will endeavour, if elected, to as far as pos- ] sible economise the BoardV offico expenditure so as to secure moie funds for com-)' mittees. He also undertake >s to look after the interests of the country schools iu par- i ticuli\r,.and to facilitate th'j extension o£ the , presenvt educational system. Those wi o j know .Mr Morton are keenly alive to'the fact that hi s promises are thoroughly leliable. 1 On the application of Mr Hughes the Registrar cf the Supreme Court granted - probate of the will of iiichard Welham, ' 3bfl., late «f Inglewcod, to Messrs Thomas ; Jones and I James'foick, the younger, the executors i turned in lilie will The Kei assentation. Commissioners will meet at We ilington oefore the end of this month. The Irnnt «3in City Council has accepted • the tender c t a Belgian firm for i!\t supply of 1818 tons of tram rails at considerably below both Mi lglish and American prices. Inspector l ! t aider has three months' leave of absence am i a pension of £240 a year. Inspector Pardj •"« pension is £213 6s Bd, a , year. Mr C. E. Maj or, who has occupied the pOßition of Mayor Hawera for many years, hat.' announced his' intention not to seefc reelection. The or. n.ieil unanimously voted a bonu-» of £OO. coui icil'lors speaking eulogistically of the good work done for the town by Mr Major. Mr' 'Major announced he' would distribute the' vote among local in- i stitutions. Heavy r-iins caused A considerable freshet, in the Waiganui river,, and the Upokongaro ferry, nine miles up the river, was washed out to sea. During the past fortni; ?ht 350 horses have been purchased between Palmerston and New Plymouth by the s took inspectors for the Tentb Contingent, ai id several hundred by the Imperial remount officers. A special train to-night takes 150 b orses for the Tenth to Wellington. Two lads named Charles Harbott and Charles Smith have been a rrested at Carterton on suspicion of beriing implicated in incendiary fires. At a meeting of the Police Provident Board the application of Sergeant Marray (Auckland) to retire on May 31st was granted. Sergeant Kelly (Ohristchurch) and Constables Jojce (Kaiapoi), Walker Jnyercargill), and Salmen (Hawera) retire on tt>e 12tb instant on account of ill-health and will receiva the usual allowance. A New Zealand girl in London, who bad never witnessed skating, was telling an English girl t'riend how much she was interested to see it for the first time. " But," said the English gl'l. " surely you must have seen it in New Zealand?" Oh, no," replied the New Zealan-d girl. '■ wo neve/ have any ice there worth cipeaking o£." " Dear me !" exclaimed the other in amazement, "how funny! Why, X thought tuat New Zealand was the place where all the frozen meat comes from "!! 1 Owing to th-: crowded state of the Palmerston Hospital, th-.! Board on Thursday decided to add another ward to the present building, to accommodate six beds. The work will be proose'ded with as soon as the plans are approved /by the Inspector-General, and will cost £2OO. About 20 Maoris 'from the Auckland district bava left for Wellington, where the final selection for the- .native contingent for the coronation will be made. We understand thei e is likely to be trouble over the Band Ca ntest surplus. Two members o'' the commit-tee, who were not present, state they were not aware of the meeting being held at 5 o'clock. Other people consider, as there 'was a difference of opinion, that a vote oi the .subscribers should be taken or their money re turned. 'lhe representative of Wirths' circus has arranged for the u«e of tfhe Mount Eliot Reserve for the performances for the two nights next week, 16th and l'7th. The troup, is expected by special steamer next Tuesday. A special train left 'New Plymouth for Wanganui yesterday -with between 40 and E0 j hor=es for the Tenth Contingent. j Mr Lister, superintendent of the Old People's Home, acknowledges witli thaiiks the gift of fruit and vegetables from the Anglican Church at Oakura. Giving evidence before the Vi otorian Com - mission at Wellington yesterday', R. M. Ta'ihurst, City Councillor, said he looksd upon Boards of Conciliation as a farce, tha members being more concerned with the-fees d ue to them than anything else. Itwaisin 'his opinion, pernicious for one man to- be the secretary of a number of different naic >ns, for he then became an agitator, pui'ffi ;and simple. The annual social of the Druids' Ijd< Ige was held on Wednesday evening ill :the Foresters' Hall, when a most enjoyable li me was spent. The hall was comfortably ffilt ed, and the floor and music (the latter prow *ed by Mr McKinnon Bain) was all that csoinld be desired. The supper arrangements ■» ere carried out by the committee in their usual thorough manner. Brothers Lister and Beales were M's.O. Songs were contriirat ed during the evening by Mesara Ohithan» and Smith. The best medicine known is Sandbk & Bons' Bdoalypti Extbaot. And its en ,i----nent powerful effects in coughs, coldn, influenza, the relief is instantaneous. vA r serioaa cases, and accidents of all kinds, '.be they wounds i bnrns, scaldings, bruise s sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swellmg —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation, of longs swelling etc., dif.trrhcea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys ar»3 urinary organs. Sander k Sons' Eucalypti Extract is in use at hospitals anoi medicii clinics all over the globe ; patronised by his Majesythe King of Italy; crowned! with medals and diplomas at International. Exhibition, Amsterdam. -"Trust iu this ap- i roved artiole and reiect all other.—Advt. . HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT effect wonderful cures of bud legs aßd old j wounds. If these medicines be used accord- j ingto directions which are wrapped round - each pot and box there is »o wound, bad { leg. or ulcerous eoi-s, however obstinate, bu*- j will yield to their curative properties, j Numbers of persom who had lieen patients in the lurgfi hospitals without deriving bone-1 fits, have been cured by Hollo way's tjintmeat and ('ills, when other remedies had' signally failed, l'or glandular swellings, i tumours, scurvy and diseases of the nkin I there ia no medicin« that can ha used with j so good an effect, and though the cure is | rapid it is also complete and permanent.— > Advt. ] AFTER THE BOYAL VISIT. j Aftsr exciting times the health of children, i requires very special looking after. That! ' the child is father to the man,' physically) as well as mentally, is one of those truths I that can never be too often insisted upon, | and the thoughtful parent will be careful < above all to see that her child bas the proper 1 nourishment to establish its constitution.! A good constitution is a rock on which alone success and strength can ba built. Among ' the various foods that science commends j in these days for this purpose, none holds h. j higher place than Neave's Food fou In- ' li'anir and Invalids?. Vccording to tne'j test medical testimony, and, what is per- ! haps better still, the grateful testimony of 1 thousands of happy mothevs, this food con- ; tains all the essential elements of strength, i 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, heaHh-sus tainiug product that cannon be too wn-niiy J recommended, and wo gladly add anr words : of praise to that of the numerous medical' journals and experts that have recommended it. Neavb'S Kood ahould have a prominent place in the diatary of every house where there are children or invalids.—Advt. You can depend on ridding your children of Worms with WADE'S WORM FIGS, the wonderful wormworriers Price Is.—Advt.