LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The executive committee in ehsrge o' the coronation celebrati ns invito the shopkeepers t > tik > part in the procession on coronation day, aid to nuke ouch trade displays as they think de-irab'.c.

The membevs of '.lie late Taranaki Mounted Rifles are iuvit d to attend a parade at the Drill Hall un corunation day, and take pan in tin ceremony of depositing the colours in Sc. Mary's Church. Ti.e Dresden Comprny's special annual sale of pianos and organs is now b.iin» held, and an inspection of their large supply of iiutruments is invited.

Messrs Callaghan and Company have an announcement in another column with reference to sections in the Fitzroy West estate. On Friday evening Conot ible litackpoole 1 dged in gaol a Maori named Hsrapa Tiki, who had b.ea arrestbd by C. mrable Lind at Urenui on a charge of breakirigand entering M.tsrs Jacob and O'Brien's store at Malioehui. The nntive was duly charged at- Waitara with the offence and remandei lor a week.

Thanksgivina; services were held at most of til") olmiche.s in the colony on Sunday, the I'e Deuai beitii; sung in Roman CaMiahc Chuiv.hes liy direction of the Archbishop At Wellington ihe Gariison corps, 701 strong, att-nded service ao ft, t'eters, the Governor being present. The Monowai was allowed to cime alongfido the whart at Wellington onßatur!ay night and Sydney at 2 a.m "Many parents in these days are having the r sponsibility of teaching their children the things of God solely on the Sunday School teachers. This is a state of things they fhould at once endeavour to alter."— Rev. Lyall. The following trains will leave New PlyPlymouth station f r the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned below: — fi a.m., ijpalu (f om south); noon, Upolu (lor fou'.h.) Mr fe, Hill tha district valuer, who has been engage.! < n speciil departmental duty for pone weets paifc in the Wellington district, will retu n to New Plj mouth by this j evening's train. I " The great search of the human ' ace ii for povyer. . . . But never in the history

of the Church were men so deficient in the Divine powor as now."— liev. Lyall. A party of '■ Ho tligons" attacked Mr Murray Mpicer. of the firm of Spicer Brathefs, papor makers, in Aeton-road, at mi - night after the peace rejoicings, killing him with a buckle belt.

What the Church needs to-day is dynamite —i.e., a manifeitati nof the Divine power—to break up th'J rocks, formulas, and indifferences of the world by which it is surrounded.— R v. Lyall.

On the motion of Mr Samuel, probata of following wills has bean granted ;—That of the late U. K. 8k ck to Mary Jane fetook, executrix and sole .'e»isee; that of the late John Joseph Plews to Isabella Plews. executrix and sole devisee; and that of the late J. J. Russell to Ellea Catherine Kussell, executrix and sole devisee.

It is reported that Mr R Gryl's has sold out his interests in the Uailway Hotel, Ixglewood, to Mr H. Shot Under, of New Plymouth. The revenue of the Wellinglon-Napier-New Plymouth sectiou <f railways for the •26 days ended 26th April last was 1/39,322 against 1,39,063 for the corresponding period (27 days) ft 1901, '1 he pnssenger revenue was only 1.18 GOG against L 15.706, but goods, rents and commiss ; ons made up the deiisiency Tke railways as a whole jielrt«d Jj154,166, as compared with L 101.380 the South Island being entirely responsible for the decrease.

Judging from the large number of Mao.is in town on S&tuiday, there should b, a big gathering at Parahaka, whilher the Natives were wending their way '

A French Deputy, in the committee room of the Llumbar, called the President a thief, whereupon a free fight ensued, and a number of duels are being arranged. The ping-pong tournament in aid of tbe nurses' home at the Hospital Ins caught on splendidly, and ulreaoy numerous entries have bet n received. There seems to be every prospect of the project having the great success it merit?.

Applieitions for the posit : on of cadet in the town clerk's office were sent in by J 'J', I.aing, itf. Harley, J. O'Hagan, K. T. White, E. Clarke, A, C. McEwen, F. J, Joseph, H, N. Cannell and K Woodhouse. 'J he last named is recommended by the Finance Committpe for appointment.

A meeting to ihe erection of a memqrul to fallen troopers in the South Afiicau war whs held at the Town Hall on F/iday. It was decided to adopt Archdeacon Walsh's design for a memorial t» be erected in St. Mary's Churchyard, and to circ-')ate subscription lists for this object. Mr E. M. Smith expressed an opinion tint it was possible the Government might grant a £ for £ sub<i ly.

Asother exhibition of the Boyd patent fire escape was given at Ihe White Hart Hotel on Saturday evening:, when it attracted a g«od deal of attention. A number of decents were made, all of which fully demonstrated the usefulness of the mven ion.

The ordinary meet'ng of the Borough Council will bs hel t to-n'ght,

Thy usual roe jting of the Non-o immis. sioned Officers' (Jlub (voluntee-s) is unavoid. ably postponed from to night, owing to the Drill Hall b.-ing engaged. The Garrison Band played out in Devon and Egnrnt-streets on Saturday evening, to the enjoyment of a largenumberof people promenading those thoroughfares.

The Rev Lyall was severe on some phases of our social life, as related to t'he true christian life, on Suaday evening. "You go to church on Sunday," he Baid •' to a danca on Monday, payer meeting on Tue<day, theatre on Wednesday, an Iso on. Is that Christianity 1 I call it paganism " HOLLO >' AY'S Pi'LLS AND OINTMKNT are the best, cheai est and most popular ieme !ie9,.t ail teasonsl and un u? all oi r . staoces they may be used with s ifety, ar.d w.th the eertaihty of doit g gcod. Eruptions, rashes, and all J 0 "ipt io uts of direasep eores, ulcerations and burns a-e quickly benefited, and ultimately cured by the e healing, soothing, an I purifying medicaments. Th'< Ointment rubbed upoi the abdomen checks all te»d ncy to irritation in the bnvelrf, and averts diifrliwi and other disorders of the iutestines frequently prevailing t'rough the summov and fruit season", li-a'. bumps, blotchc, pimple 1, i flammnt oi'S of the skiu, u.uscular pains, neu algie affectioos, and enlarged glands can be etf-c'ively o ercome by tfolloway's remedies a::c nding to the instructions accompanying e try pauke .—Advt.

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