The Daily News. MONDAY, MAY 26, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 123, 26 May 1902, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, MAY 26, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Th# Union S.B. Company's local manager hat received instruction! that the Bo nth Sea Islaid excursion to Suva bj the " Moan " it nearly full, and to limit booking. Intending passengers had therefore tatter make early application before all the berths are taken up.

The u enfcura toft Ban Francisco on 22nd inet. at 11 a.m.

A new parasite or disease bearer has been discovered in South Africa as a source of malarial fever which hitherto has been atr- , tributed to the bita of malarial mosqjito* - The new horror is said to resemble tha ln- ' sect which causes " fly disease " among horses in South Africa. A sixteen horfe power armoured automobile has been invented, aod is attracting considerable attention. It can drag guns into position, and haul stores and men, having a capacity of 12 tons. Fuel for 20i> miles is carried in a tank. A rope ladder and search light are attached. The armament cf this curious fort on wheels consists of two quick tiring maxiums, and several thousand rounds of ammunition. The following trains will leave New PlyPlymouth station for the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned below: — 6 a.m., Upolu (from south), lt.tO a.<a„ Upola (for south'). Mr J. J. Russell, well known in sporting circles, died ou Sunday at bis residence, Tukapa. Hon. J. Carroll has informed the Auckland Institute that in response to inquiries which he had ordered the natives are agreeable to the Maori relics recently discovered at Waimamaka being deposited in the Auckland Museum. : In cross-examination by one of the ac-j cused at the Police Court last week a witness! was asked " Did you hear the town clock strike the hours and half hours?" A smile went round the Court, ani although the questioner was ignorant of the point of the joke it was understood by everyone else. Mr Maxwell has given notice to move at the next meeting of the Harbour Board, " That the Board forthwith take tha necessary steps to establish » seryica for the efficient' tendering of ocean-going steamers lying off the port, and thrft arrangements be made for the calling of such steamers at the port at such regular intervals as will suit the requiremts of the dairying iadustry, and other trade " A special meeting of the New Plymouth Operatic Society is to be held at St. Mart's Hall this evening at 7.50 to consider the advisablcnesg cf reg;st«iins; the society; 'i he advertised sale of Mr tsheeran's furniture has been cancelled. Mr K. H. Stevenson ia arranging to give an entertainment on Thumday evening, the principal feature of which is the exhibition of n )arg« series of animated pictures, and pho'ographic slides by means of the bioscope. At the Drill Hall to-nis;ht the Non-O»m----missioned Officers Club will receive instructions in guard mounting, Adjutanfc-Optain Taunton having kindly consented to act a3 instructor. Thu recent stormy weather has shown the necessity for a good rain proof outer garment, and warm underclothing. With bis u*ur.l enterprise Mr K. W. Neal, the cash clothier, offers just the class of goods that suits the sta-on. In another column will lie found full particulars, but no idei of the J quality and prices can be obtained unless I I the goods are inspected, }

The reduction" in the international cabla rates come into force on the Ist June. Au Auckland wire states that the Koning Oscar, which sailed L'om Kaipata for Glasgow on May 7th with a cargo of timber, i» believed to be the only vessel that has recently left with timber flitches mark't similar! r to those found on the West Coast. Mie loft Kaipara at night in a big gale, jand is feared sho may have bean wrecked; The vessel bad half a million feet of timber iiitched on board;

The steamer Susses, of the Federal Line* ■ will leavti for South Africa about tbe end of , June with SO.OOd carcases of mutton from i South Island ports. It is nob certain yet whether she can take aiiy other bargo. From present appearances the entertainment at tit Mary's Hall on Thursday next bids fair to eq»al in merit all those previously held. The programme contains the names of many performer* never heard in New Plymouth, an well as of those representing moat of the belt talent the place affords. Theleaux also will be very artistic and quite now to the audience. Forty stablemen from the transport AngloCanadian, which has arrived to ship remount? for the Cape, were on Sunday arrested for refusing to obey the commands of tbe officer of tho suip. Before coming to New Zealand the vessel had made a voyage from Kiume in the Adriatic to Port Elizabeth with horses, and the deck hands were composed entirely of foreign men. The men under arrest complain of having been badly fed. Alternative rates on cablegrams for Norfolk Island and Fiji via Extension Company's cables have been fixed as fellows: To Norfolk Islands, 7d per word j to Fi]i Is per word. The rates will be applicable when Pacific routa is interrupted, or when necessary to riivert traffic owing to land line interruptions.

To-morrow (Tuesday) evening, what promises to be a mest enjoyable concert takes placa at Bell Block. A really first class programme has been arranged. St. Mary's choir and a number of New Plymou'h vocalists are going out The 'buses will go out, so that every facility is provided for those who wish to go. For tuose who get there early tea will bs provided for the small charge of 6'. Refreshments will also be banacd round during tbe evening free to ticket holders. The Kev F. A. Bennett has taken immense pains to give visitors a treat, and we hope to see a large gathering. William Barrows, who escaped from the Magistrate's Oonrt, Wellington, on April 4 f h, while awaiting trial on charges of theft and sorgery, was arrested on Sunday morning at I hsatoun,

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