LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 38, 12 February 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading matter will be found o.i the fourth pige ot this issue. The special arrangements for meals at the White Hart Hotel to-day will be found in our advertising columns. This morning Mr Newton King will sell at the Haymarket at 10 o'clock several thoroughbred horses, amongst them being a splendid yearling colt by Sylvia Park— Sbelah. This colt should command competition, as both sire and dam proved themselves first class performers. The faierra arrived at 'Frisco on 9th instant at 4 p.m. Onr readers will not forget the Methodist garden party at Ratanui to-day. Conveyances (return faro Is) will ply from Boot Factory from 1 o'clock. There is to be a sale of work on behall of the Liar.'et-street Sunday School and of the new church on the Oarrington-road, Refreshment st =ll and afternoon tea will bold a prominent place on the grounds, and sports for young and old are to be organised on the spot. There is a fxor collection of cactus dililiaa on show in Mr H. R. Catt'e/a window, grown by Mr 0. Goodson, Hawera. They are one of the finest collections ever shown in Taranaki. The New Plymouth Public Library will be open for the following hoars onH On Tuesday and Wednesday, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday, from 9.30 atr. till 11a.m. —Advt. Mr F. A. Tyrer, the head master of the Stratford Hit;h School, was in New Plymouth on W dnesday even ng, an 1 informed us that there are no.v over SO pupiia attending the High Sohool c'aa es. A very pleasant outing is available to day for all who wish it, as the Primitive Methodist Sunday School picnic will be held at the Waterwo ks, one of the m-st attractive places for this pu near town. Conveyances leave town at 2 p.m., and return in the evening. After a protracted trial at the Montpellier Assizes, twenty Aribs howled, prayed, and grimaced when sentenced to penal servitude for various terms for murd9r, pillage, and and rebellion at Mangueiitte in Algeria. New compound engines, drawiog 350 tons, and built for the Midland railway, England, attained a speed of 82 miles an hour. The Wanganui Bjrough Council Chambers were broken into on Tuesday niglt. The drawers were forced opan, but only a few shillings worth of stamps were extracted. It is supposed the tnrgiars are tbe same as broke into the mutual oa Saturday night As the result of the negotiations which have been preceding for some time, an understanding has been arrived at out of Court, by which 14000 acres of the Waipja block in the Wuikaremoana district had been partitioned off. This area includes Lake Waikareiti, one of the loveliest spits iu New Zealand. Owing to the interest taken by Major Mair, who is acting as one of tin judges in the Native Appellate Court, in the resting places of his comrades of olden days, tbe Government has decided to locate the graves of the late Captains Canning, Carr, and Hessey, who ware killed in fights in tbe Wairoa district in the sixties. The remains when found will be interred in the Wairoa cemetery. Speaking at Levin with reference to the rumours of a reconstruction of the Ministry, the Premier said that some people would reconstruct the Ministry out of existence, but he would not be a party to placing his Ministry in the hands of these undertakers. At the present time ths Miaistry were working in accord, and as long as they had the confidence of the people it was tor the people to jadgij. Some peiple, he said, wanted to know who would be Speaker. He would himself like to know. i The secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department states thai a sixpenny express delivery stamp has been issued. The new st-.mp secures immediate delivery at a special delivery office. Three Boer farmers accompanied by Captain Kirkpatriek, of the Imperial Army, arrived at Wellington on Wednesday by the i Mokoia. Their mission is to observe and i report on agriculture in this co'ony. They were introduced to Ministers on arrival. It is reported that the Hon. M. S. Dr. Grace is sinking. The proprietors of Bock's Herbal Remedies are ■ daily receiving most flittering testimonials. Mrs H. Signal, of Gladstone House, Marton, N.Z., writes: —"I have used Bock's Balsam in my household and found it to do all that is olsimed for it. It cured my husband of an old standing cough, and other members of severe colds. I can conscientiously recommend it to everybody " Bock's Balsam is also used externally for healing cracked hands, cuts, and sores, price Is 6d. Beck's Balsam, Bock's Rheumatic fowder, Bock's Powder for the Liver, Stomach and Blood, Bock's Herb Extract (an infallible Cure lor Teothache) and Neuralgia Drops may be obtained of all the leading stores and chemists. -Advt. Influenza is always more or less prevalent at this season of the year. This disease is very similar to a severe cold and if allowed to take its course is liable to cause serious results. The best treatment for influenza is to avoid exposure and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This medicin-' gives immediate relief, and if used as , directed, will ward oft all dangerous consequences. It leaves the system in a natural and healthy condition. It always cure? and cures quickly. New Plymouth Co-operative Society sells it. Price Is 6d big size, 3s. -Advt. A CONVINCING ANSWBR. The following testimonal shows the value of Needham's Salve: —Mr. Needham—Your Salvo is first-class for drawing and healing. Its speedy efleots on wounds is surprising, Every mother of a family ought to keep a supply at hand, most especially in country places, where safe and snre remedies such as your Salve, applied quickly, saves muoh pain and doctors accounts. I consider no home complete without it, —James Florance, Agents for Needham's Salve, Co-operative ' Society, New Plymouth,—Advt, 1