LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 7, 9 January 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading matter Trill be found on page four of this issua. Msssis Callaghan and Company raport the tale of a fire roomed dwelling and part seciion, Buller s'reet, to llr Simms. Asa good deal has been said of the dealh of Mr Kobertsoo, of the Rowan-road school, the fallowing facts will be of interest. The school was opened in 1892 by Mr Everes, the firbt teacher, on the 25th May. On May Itt, 1893, he resignid to take over the Cardiff Scho 'l. Mi' 3 uizon succeeded, and resigned twelve months after to get married; she was succeeded by Mr on the 11th July, 1894, who resigned twelve months later in consequence of a difference with the committee, and left the district;. Mr H. E. Dowling was appointed oa July 10th, 1895, and resoa : ned teacher of the school till March 1898, when he was appointed lo Bird- j road, where he remained 'or three yiura. He then resigned and accepted a positici I under the Auckland Board at the G- eat Barrier, where he was at the time of his death, which took place 12 months ago. On | the 18th iarch, 1898, Mr Dowling was succeeded at ltorun-road by Miss Murray, who resigned t3 get married a year later, an ) | was succeeded by Miss Burke on thi Ist July, 1899, This lady also resigned to get married in December, 1901, beinij succeeded by Mr Kobertisn, who was appointed oa 19th January, 1932. Xhis completely disposes of tbe statement which is going the rounds ®f that three consecutive teachers committed suicide. Collectors of subscriptions to tbe Parker fund are de»ire I to send in their lists to the h on. Secretary, Mr N I. McDiarmid. Mr J. T. White, of the Q»od Yalue Store, not fies that lie is prepared to meet the demands for sugar for preserving fruit. He has also a good line of glass jtrs for bottling fruit and jam. The Taraaaki regatta will b} held on the Waitara river on Thursday, March sth. It in understood that llr Stabling, general manager of the Btnk of New Zealand, is about to retire, and that Mr Michie, of Dunedia, who has been appointed to act temporarily, will be his probable successor. Mr Andrew Carnerie has offered Philadelphia £3OO 000 sterling to establish thirty libraries, The Oemm Foreign Office denies that German finamcie:s er the Government are obstructing- Americans from building a ctnal across the isthmus of Panama. A meeting of the Ambulance Brigide is to be held a'* the Town HjII this aveainj at S o'clock, when officers are to be elected, and rules adopted. The effect of these proceedings will be to censtitu'e the members a corps, and they will hive charge of the new ambulance apparatus. The Amalgamated Seciety of Ratlwiy S rvants has resolved not to appeal against the decision in the TaS Vale oase, but to support any ether union which wishes to appeal. The case has cost the Society £50,000. Mr J»hn Scott, formerly of the Hawera Star staff, has been appointed travelling representative for the New Zealand Farmer. The relative potential prosperity of the North and South Islands i« shown by the fact that, during the last eleven years, the unimproved value of land in the Sonth Islanl has increased by £6 192,214, while the increase in the North Island amounts to £25,998,859. At its meeting on Tuesday the Patea Harkour Board passed the following resolution : —" Thit this Board heartily cungratulates Mr Major on his recent success as an MH.R." The Stipendiary Magistrate at Hawara does not believe in palmistry. " You might a-i well," he remarked in Court the other d >y, " attempt to tell a man's character by ' the creases in his trousers as the lines on his ' hands" Tliey take their local option polls ia Yici t»ria very differently from us, There the i voters, and not the licensing committee*, i determine the number of licenses that shall be takan away. There was a poll recently 1 as to reducing the number of licensed houses in the Flemington-read division of North Melbourne from 57 to the statutory number of 26, and the voting was : —For 20 hoteli, 666 votes; for 22hote's 1 vote; for 30hotels, ' 6 votes; for 31 hotels, 1 vote; for 35 hotels, ' 1 vote ; for 37 hotels, 1 vote; for 49 hotels i 337 votes; for 45 hote's. 3 votes; for 47 hotels, 1 vote; for 50 hofcel». 4 votei; for 51 hotels, 1 vote; for 67 hotels, 246 votes. The number of hotels was reduced to the statutory number of 20 by a majority of 32. 1 Great satisfaction was expressed by the i local option party at the result. Oompensatisn is-awarded under the Victorian Act. Mr John Duncan has resignel his position of president of the Wellington Racing Club and Mr J. B. Batceurthas been sleeted to tbe vacancy. Tha portion of the Powdeiham-street bridge, immediately over the railway was i redected on Thursday by the department's employees. The fine s'abs of totara. used in this work look like lasting. The Government bioUgist, will rrnki a general report to the department on the fruit industry in th( Group. It is probable that tbe rtsu't of his investigations will lead to an officer Ipeing appointed to reside in the Group and advise growers as to the be»t methods sf production, and also as to the introduction of new varieties of fruit. The Premier visited Ross on Thursday, and met with a very enthusiastic reception, being enteita'ned at a banquet in the evening. The best medicine Known is Sandbb & Sons' Eucalypti Extract. And its end nent powerful effects in coughs, colds, tnflnenza, the relief is instantaneous. *or . serious cases, and acoidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, acaldings, bruises sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling -no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in cronp, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling etc., diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. SANDBB & SONS' Euca- , lypti Extract is in use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by bis Majesythe King of Italy; crowned with medals and diploma*! at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. T utt in this ap- : prove and reiect all ethers.—Advt-. Writing from Stratford, the Rev. J, A. Lochore writes as follo-w—Mes-ra. Clapliam B.os—Dear Sirs,—l have pleasure and confideice in recommending yonr Patent Hor-e Holder. On an avi*ra?e I am driving on four or five days a week, and for the la6t two 1 months have used it every day when out. The horse I drive is joung, and has only been broken to harness four months since. 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