LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading matter will be found. on page four of this issue. I To-da.y the officials of the local Justice) aid Police re, artrnents will observe a whole holidar in honour of t -day being th i anniv rsary of the proclamation of Briiili S v over NiW Zealand. Mr Johnston, chief gra-ler for Taranaki, informs us that tha paragraph we q r tel from the Star, ts grading butter at Patea, is misleading' Grading at Patea for some | time past bai been doss on Tuesday and Wednssd y and Friday an I Saturday. The only alicrat oa is that grading willbe done on Monday in3te»d of Tuesday. Mr Brash will still a<siat in the grading at Motu r oi. The statement ia our evening contemporary regarding the menabtrs of the Edacafcion Board meeting at tha Criterion Hotel to make a prestation to the Inspector is quite incorrejt. The Patea Bhipjng Coaipiny's new steamer ICapiti, arrived at Freman tie on the 27ih instwt, and will arrive in New Zealand an February 12tb. The arrangements for tbe garden pirty at the Rev. A. Bennett's, at Bell Block on | Thursday next, are well forward. Among the a tractions to be privtled is a Maori entertainment in tae evening. Arrangements ar-i fiao neioj made for convdyances to run from town, re.u nUj in the evening. Mr Ord Hume, whe has recently acted as I judge of a band contest in Melbsurie, a.d ! who will judge at tha for helming bind contest at Mastsrton, Considers that - noiericaily the M s'erton coatssi will be a record for Australasia. K«f«nin/ to Australian bands, hi sai 1 that he found a lack of finuh which was due to want of professional instructors. It pt ■fessional inslractois were securid by col nial bands, th-y wou d soun ( rise to a hi.hsr st;ndard. and poj.-ibly equ d ; the first class bands at Home.

Very satisfactory returns have baen received for bu'ter shipped to London by the Aotea, some of the first of the new season's mike, 'ccouat sales (o haud the New Plymouth Co-operative Seciety for small lots shipped oa account of clients khow up to lL6s for first grade, and 1145, 112s, lIOj, and 1 OSs for second gride, down to 100s and 88s, ths latter is said to be lot some very fKhy butttr '

The Sydney Labour Conference adopted resolutions ia favoar of a State Bank as one of its fighting planks an iecretse in the land value tax to 2d, a p ogrestive land tax on estates over the value of i.20,000 with th< rigln of compulsory resamptioa for settlement purposes. In * report to th# Minititir of Industries and Oommerce, Mr Daly, Trade Oommi»sioner of New Zeiland in the Argentim, states that enormous crop, are anticipated, and the Republic hopes to da a large Ousi ness with outh Africa in the immediate futuie. Mr D ly says that there are p'onf getting South American people to tour New Zealand if the New Z>aland Shipping Company will ananze a round trip.

Mr Chamberlain has cabled congratalations 10 ~ii John Forest on hU energy and statesmanship in connection with the Ooolfcardia water supply. In reference to the attempt to disrail tho Breskawter train mentioned in last i-sue, we are informed that the Abstraction waj on the rails between the lower cnssing and the blackstnich'shop, not oppos'te the Moturea Hotel.

The extraordinary vac incy ctustd by tha nomination of Mr McLean for tha Ha ■en war! of the Harbour Board, necessita'.rs another election, nominations for which must reach the Returning Officer before noon on Friday, February 6th, Th» Oxford and Cambridge boat race is flx-jcl for April 2nd. The Minister of Vub'ic Works has promised to increase the pay of GoverammS carpenters, if he is satislied they are entitled to it under tha ruling market rates. The .Star editorially that Mc J. B. Tunbrid'ge, the Commissioner of the Police Force, his resigned'o.viog to ill-he»Kh. i'he Italian GaVnet has adopted a Bill for the construction of a Marconi station in con-' nection'with a scheme for the transmission of ethoigramj between Ilaly aad South America.

Mr J. D. Rock'eller, the ,4 o 1 king hat announced! his intention of spending seven million dollars "in • erecting a r-aea'ch hospsta-l at Chicago, with the obje it of discovering a serum to care c»usamption. While excavating the foundations of a new store in Omtoois-street, i i Auckland, on Thursday, the labourers unearthed thirty sovareigns bearing date " the ticties." - Th > Government propose t> taie the F.axbourne os' i'o in Marloorough through which .tho Chi is tch jro'.i-Pic'.on railway will ru\ up ler the Land for Settlemsut Act, with a view ot furthering its polioy, and placing mm employed on co-operatives works on the land.

Two boys named James Henry Sergeant and Arthur Ku idle, who are und :rgoing a sentence at Auckland for 10 charges of arson, hiye signel a written coafession admitting thsy Set fire to Koberts hiscaifc faetoiy sums months ago, when damije to tbe extent of seven! thousand pounds was dona

The .Government has instructed Mr J. E. Al;ircn, wh) has b;en connected wi h the vi settlements under the Land Act, to pooceud to the vari ui railways and roid woiks and assist werkmen employed thnreoc, to apply for land under the bloc's sy.-tom, on in other ways m proviaad by lh» Act. There is in foundation for tin statement that the p<sition of Under-Secret try to the Defence Department was ofEsred toOoloael Porter. We luve it on ieli vble authority that in accordance with the promise given to Colonel Porter before he left for service ia South Africa, he will be offered ths poutioa of officer commanding one of the volunteer district'. We hive further confir.untion thit Ooloael Webb is to be transferred frjm the Canterbury district to take charge of the Wellington district.

The annuallistof dairy factories pub i-hed by the Agricultural Department shows that the'e are 275 duiry factories, an-I 315 skimming stations in the colony. There are 209 dairy factories and 231 skimming stationj in the North Island, and 67 factorits and 84 skimming stations in the South Islan I. Toe nn tuber of "private dairies" (i.e., dairies of less than 75 cows) is 458 making bu'ter and 106 making cheese, as compared with 372 making butter, and 78 making cheese in 1901. There was an increase of 27 dairy factories, and 73 skimming s tit ions ia tin North Island as complied with 1901. There wjs a net decrease of two dairy facto les in the b'outh Island, but an increase of 23 skimming stations.

The rate of freight oa produce from New Zealand ports by the South Afiic tn subsidised steam service liave been fiied as follow s uni.il lurther notice:—Oafs and barley, 58s 31 p>r ton of 22401b; potatoes, in bagsj 28s 33 ; wheit. and ilour, v!2s 6d per ton ol 2000.b; brao, 28j Sd ; general ca'go, 28s p >.r ton, weight or measurement at ship's option. Tl-ese rates are without prim ge, and p epud or piyable forward nfc shipper's option, 'l'h j freight on timber to doutb Afric.-. has be-n fixe! at 6s per hundred feet superficial, plus 10 percent, primage and subject to rebate of per cent.

In another part of this issue Messrs \V J Treeby and Cempuiy, the " Kask " ouiattersj draw special attention to some leadi- g li.-.esj which we ara sura will piy you to read' 1 bein* very floe quotitio-s ef well known i brands o! New Zaaland clothing and inerc^ry. THE COLONIAL Pi \NO IMPORHVU COMPANY. 1 A WOBD TO THE MUSICAL PUBLIC. Mr D. McKinnon Bain, manager of the above firm, begs to notify tha; during his absence in England, the manage ill duties of t'je firm will be undertaken by Mr B<-rt Kountree, whese musical abil ti sare so well' known to the musical public of the Taranaki district While Mr Bain is at Home, hi intc ds i isiting the principle phnoforts and j mimic-.1 houses, and arranging for tlio Utest [noveltiej in the musical line to be forwjrded /regularly, and in tshtiet inus'c only the very I latest to be sent. Owing to the increase o'l lour tuning and repairing branches of the business, the 'company have engaged the J services of Mr W. P. Doeg, f,am the cele- ' braied firm of Msasrs J. and J. Hopkinsen, piatioEoi te makers, London. The tuning and , repairing branch will be under the super- | visioa of one of oar principals, Mr W Ooker.—Advt. 5

An infuriated bull stormed the Awahuri Hotel the other day, and entered a room where f.va Feildingites had congregated. One sprang through the wmdsw, another through the bar slide, and the remainder rendered themselves invisible to the intruder in quicker time than would have teen po-sibie under a le a s energetic stimu". as. The 'nnident closed without hirra to anyone.—A dvoeate.

According to the Canterbury Tims, the! InvercargiU Dairy Supply Company turns over no less than 6000 pigs a teir. Thfsel are fel at tho 12 creameries counected with | the company's butter factory at lnvercjrgill.! T» e idea is (remarks a contempo ary) no j doub" a sonvce of considerable profit, but is' 0 e which is accompanied wikh a cossi 'erab'e degree of dinger to the buttermaking process, that is unless th"'? piggeries are tlnroughly isolated and kep' in the best possible order. There is no doubt about it that J. H Parker' * is " The Leading Watchmaking and ewellery Business" oil the west coast of New Zealand, and is notably pre-eminent for quality, novelty, variety and cheapness o£ goods. All the consignments of 'Xmas anj New Year novelties, selected personally by Mr Parker in England, are now opened up. Kindly call and inspect the stock at his shop, next the-railway crossing, Devon-3j treet New Plymouth.—Advt. j3l HOLLOW AY'S FILLS AND OINTMENT. Influenza, Ooughs and Colds. In diseases 0 1 the throat and chest, so prevalent in our changeable climite, nothing so speedily relieves, or so certainly cures, as these inestimable remedies. These disordere are too often neglected at their commencement or are injudiciously treated, resulting in either case in disastrous consciences 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 l restoring strength and vital power. Bv persevering in the use of Holloway's preparations tone is confer re 1 oii the stomach and frame generally. Thousands of persons have testified that by the use of these r.imediei a!ono they have been restored to health after every other means hid failed.—Advt. Important to those about to niarry There is a variety of presents to ohoose from for every purchaser o a wedding rin' at J. H. Parker's, next railway crossing, Devonstreet, New Plymouth.—Advt