LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 3, 5 January 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading matter will ba found on page 4 of this issue. Tbe fololwsng additions have been made to the Telephone Kxch*nge: Cemetery caretake, N<\ 284; G. Tisch, 285, P. Dol&n, 286; G. H Morgan, manager U.B.S. Company, priyata residence, itt; and Union Bank of Australia !88. No 33, formerly T. 8. Weskn, is now Weston and Weston. A report,was current in town on Saturday erening of a terious trap accident near Fibam-", by which several persons were injared, one woman seriously, when returning from the Optmake races No confirmation, ba?, however, come to band. We have to acknowledge the receipt of tbe seasms greetings from the new firm of Kelse? and Lsnnon, which we heartily recipncat», and in return wish the new fi'in «Tery success and prosperity in their business : undertakings From Mr W. Perm, who is temporially ojnduc ir'g the business of the New Plymouth agmcy of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company, rendered vacant by the death of the late Mr Kirkby, we have to acknowledge with thanks a handy blotting ba't, wall, had table calendar foi 1903. The proprietors of the Wellington Evening Post sends is the compliments of the season on a very handsome card, showing pboto3 of their linotype and sterotype department*, and machine room. We wish them all the prosperity their enterprise de*er»es, I ' During hut year 1715 persons were arrest ted at Wellington for drunkenness, against ; 1165 in the preceding year. 1.. The Gcvnty Council meets to-day, Ciblcirams have been exchanged be- | tweea Stn Fraaoiice and Honolulu. The Federal Government has declined a : proposal made by Marconi's Company to > os'ablish a system between Australia and ' New Zialand, Mr H*y, the American Secretary of State, it em harassed as hj« saspacts the existence of a secret understanding between Oolumbia a-d Nicaragua to prevent the United States from u ing either coantry to ceerce the other in connection with the canal. The Taylor-Carriugton Company had a capital attendance at their final performance on Saturday eveniag, when the , Shaughraun was staged. Mr Taylo* and Miss Harrington both sco ei another success and the audience were delighted with the j piece. A Mtarn visit from the company will be welcomed. ' The Gemmonwea'th net Customs sad Ezc!se revenue for the year is approximately £9,344.000 ever the previous year. The takirgs at the Caledonian spirts and i concert this year aTe considerably short of • those of last. The gute takings ameanted to - £6l, grandstand £9 10s. and concert £sl. " Odb would have thought it as impossible to extract a joke from ' God Save the King 1 I as to get snribeams oat of'a cucumb lr," says tbe Kobe Herald, but the wit of an American journalist has b en equal to the evasion. He said that when' His Majesty on a recent occasion sat down to play bridge , with Mr Pierpont Morgan the keen wilted bandmaster at once begin to play " God ' S ve the King." Tho Eketahuaa Express states that it is ' understood that Mr W. W. McOardle, a former member of the Wellington Land Board and the Wellington Education Board, is to be called to th i Upper House, j* An interesting r lie wna displayed in the ' stewards' room at the Palmerston races on > Boxing Day, in the tanned bide of the l famous horse Musket, which Is now the . property of Mr R. 8. Abranam. the President r of tbe Manawatu Bacing Cub, j A settler at Raglan, Mr Willlem Ward, » Seed 94 years, after bis Christmas dinner, i went to sleep on a sofa, and when called i later on was found to be dead. ' A Motueka grower is informed that the . .hop crop all over the world is short, and as . high a? 3s a ponnd may be obtained in New , Zealand. l A Napier paper suggests that the Government should stSD in and prohibit Registrars >' of Births, deaths, and Marriages from acI cepting " tips " from parsons who are being • married at Registry Offices, in addition to [ the fees asked for bv tbe State. [ Instructions have been given that the number of Government surveyors employed in the North Island is to be considsrably I I increased this month, in order to expedite ) the opening up of Crown lands. I On Monday last more than twenty mar- , riage licenses were issued by the Dunedin ! Registrar—a record for the office for any i one day. The best medicine known is Bandbb & Sons' Eucalypti Extbaot. And its ertij 1 nent powerful effects in coughs, oolds, tnl flnenza, the rollef is instantaneous. ®or • serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling -no inflammation. Like surprising effects i produced in croup, diphtheria, bronohitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling etc., diar- . rhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and | urinary organs. SANDHB «& SONS' EUOAI LYPTI Extract Is in use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patroni' ised by his Majesy the King of Italy; crowned , with medals and diplomas at International Exhihitien, Amsterdam. T nit in this approve and reiect all -others,—Advt. ' The proprietors «f Bock's Herbal Remedies are daily receiving most fluttering testimonials. Mrs H. Signal, of Gladstone House, Marton, N.Z., writes:—"l have used Bock's Balsam in my household and foand it to do all that is claimed for it. It cured my husband of an old standing oeugh, and other members of severe colds. I can conscientiously recommend it to everybody " i Bock's Balsam is also nsed externally for healing cracked hands, cuts, And sores, price Is fid. Beck's Balsam, Bock's Rheumatic Powder, Bock's Powder for the Liver, Stomach and Blood, Bock's Herb Extract (an infallible Cure for Toothache) and Neuralgia Drops may be obtained of all the le iding stores and chemists. -Advt. HOLLOWAY'B PILLS AND OINTMENT. Influenza, Ooughs and .Colds. In diseases o( the throat and ohest, so prevalent in our changeable climate, notbiog so speedily relieves, or so certainly cn-es, as these inestimable remedies. These disordere are too often neglected at their commencement, or are injadiciously treated, resulting in either case in disastrous consequences to the patient. Holloway's remedies wi'l restore, if recovery be possible; they allay the alarming symptoms and purify the blood. Nature consummates the cure, gradually roßtoring strength and vital power. By persevering in the use of Holloway's preparations tone is conferral ot the stomach and frame generally. Thousands of persons have testified that by the use of those remedial a'one they have been restored to health after every other means hid failed.—Advt. AFTER THE ROYAL VISIT. Aftsr exciting times the health of children requires very Bpeoial looking after. That 'the child is father to the man,'physically as well as mentally, is one of those truths that can never be uoo often insisted upon, and the thoughtful parent will be careful above all to see that her child has the proper nourishmeut to establish its constitution. A Rood constitution 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 Nbave'B Food von In- ( r "ntb and Invalids, According to the lest medical testimony, and, what is per- . bops better still, the grateful testimony of thousands of hap y mothers, this food con- j tains all the caturral elements of strength, and while it is pleasant to the taste and eagerly taken by children, it may also ba used by persons of all ages with deoided ' benefit. It is a bone-building, health-sus taining product that cannot be too warmly ' 'ecommcnded. and we gladly add «uf words 1 lof praise to that of the numerous medical ! journals and experts that have recommended ' it. Nwave's Food should have a prominent 1 place in the dietary of every house where I there are children or invalids,—Advt. <