LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 49, 25 February 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will be found oa the fourth pige ot this issue. The Education Board meets to-day. Head, of Sydney, swam 1000 yards in 14min 31sec, which is a new Australian record. The d.jath is announced of the wel'known actress, Kate Vaughau. Tho picture of the Saviour has besn stolen frt-in tlie Isank Cathedral, bt. Petersburg. It was woi th £IO,OOO. The monthly meeting of the Teachers' Institute will be held on Saturday next At Palmer&tin on Tuesday J. D, l'opuletiu, remunded from Auckland on a charge of bigamy, was reman ted for a week, bail tot:iliiriur £3OO being granted. A sue al in aid of St Joseph's Church Choir fund is to be held at the 'theatre lioyal od Tuesday, Ma'ch 17th. Fuller particulars will be given latjr. Mr W. L. Fi'zher'oeH, so icitor, has rnonay to lend ou freehol i or chattel security. A general meeting of the Veterans Association is c tiled for Saturday, 7th March, at tho iiorough Chambers, at 2 p.m. All me abets are requested to attend, as the busiues3 is of import ince. The .Pdtea Co-operative Poultry Company notify they are buyers of poultry and eggs. Young birds are bought by weight, and old birds by the pair. Tha compauy provide cr :.t' ; s on application. Mails despatched from Melbourne on January 23th, arrive! in London on the 22nd inst. At the Kent-road spirts held last Thur.-i----diy, El. N. Morey won the half-mile handicap. Owing to heavy floods in the far north of Queensland, two men were drowned. A committee of Sydney ladies will shortly commence making a Saturday collection in aid of the sufferers by the drought. A cable from Sydney sUtes that an animal, supposed to be a ti'<er, attacked a teicher who was riding in the bush at Mar tian, injuring him and his harse. In the Arbitration Court, the Auck'anl Parcel Deliver/ Company was found guilty of employing a man on heavy carter's work at light carter's wag s. The employee was unable to stst3 how long he ha 1 been in the employ, and the Court fined the Company £lO and cosis. In view of the forthcoming licensing election, and the almost certainty of a con tt st, those who are not on the electoral roll should lose no time in getting on, as the roll clossg in a few days. Mr J. T. Potter, who has hitherto beec as J. T. Portsr, has an au-en:seorient >n this issue. A complimentary > anquet, is b?ir.g ten' derel to Mr Symes, M.H.K., at Whanga momona, on Friday, 21th March. Mr It. Cock, J.P., fined a first offender 2: and costs 3s for diuakenneps, at the Police Court on Tuesday. Fourteen of the Now ZsaUnd Go ; verninent Gazette arc occupied with new regulations under the Old Age Pensions Act At the sale of pastoral runs at Dunedin or Tuesday bidding was not spirited, ant except In the cse of three runs grouped ir Waitiiii, which brought £l2 above the uptet, the six runs disposed of were let t( present occupants at the upset. Through the representations of the Agent General, the Otago Patriotic Fund Ins rc served a ehr que for £4OO fr >m (hut porticr of the Mansion House Patriotic Fund no' yet allocated. J. E Boardman, the English- jockey wo; 55 out of the 30 races which he rode it Africa during a two months' visit including six consecutiv ■ wins at the Kenit worth meeting near Caputuwa. Hi sails fo Kcginnd to fulfil engsgemeuta in Mr W stables. Mr E. M. is expected t' visit Pat>a shortly. Tho Fatea Chamber o Commrce reso'.v.d 'that on iiis arriva here, Mr Smith be interviewed by a depu tat.ion from tliii Chamber consisting o Messrs Eosaiter, Ivenwoithy, Hameiton, am Cowern. Tho Star sports on Kaster Morida; promises to turn out the best meeting h i; in New Plymouth for many yeais. Th prize money is the highest ever given b? thi cluo, and inquiries for programmes are cjm inr? in from all parts of New Zealand. Ai efTo t is being mude to arrange a match ba tween the long distance champions, Smitl and Hoxstep, to be ran on the day of th sports. At the instance of the Opunake Towi Board, Mr Major, M.H.8., represented to th Mim's'er in charge of the Tourist am Health iJeparimeats the claims of Opunak and P.u'abaka to be included in the Nev Zealand routes, with the result that Opunak' iind Perihak.i will be included tn touiis resort lists, and brought under the notice o tourist 3 as interesting places of call. Every steamer from (Sydney to Aucklani brings a number of stowaways, and how to deal with them is becoming a serious qaea tioa. Five young men were charged witl thi* ofEence in the Auckland Police Court oi Tuesday, one had 34s and anether 2s, th third had only 2d, and two were absolute! destitate. The Magistrate imposed fines o £5 each or a month's hard labour, remarking that parhaps the best course would be ti send such men back to Au-tralia. The subsidised steamer Kent, which sailer from Wellington on Monday for Soutl African ports, took the following eargo 10,805 carcases mutton, 8349 quarters o beef, 17,000 carcases of lamb, 600 sides o pork, 19K3 fioxes of butter, 421 crates o poultry, 78 cheeses, 460 boxes of potatoes 109 boxes of fish, 50 cas-=s of milk, 983 sick of oats, 222 of bran, 25 of oatmeal, 16$ case lof meats, 55 boxes of tongues. 13 boxes o onions, 4 bale jot woollen go:>ds, 437 case: of sundries. At the last meeting of the Napier Harbou: Boa d it was decided that a letter be writter to (he 1 epartment of Agriculture asiing what would ba the cost of maintaining i permanent butter grader at Napier; further tint the committee consider it should b< pointed out to ihi department that it i< unfair to the many dairy factory companies in this district to have to ship their product nt any port othor than Napitr, the nitur.v one, as under the existing grading arrange meats the factories of this large district are at a great disadvantage compared witl others. Writing from Now Plymouth, Messrs Sole Bros, butchers, horse-breakers and dealers write as follows to Messrs Clapham Bros.:— i Dear Birs, —Wo can with pleasure testify t( .the efficacy of your Patent Horse Holder | Besides being perfectly effective it has thh merit; it 'foes not take two seconds to apply Some time ago we were recommended to use this paten?, and we fully intecded to do po We delni/eil n dni/, however, and in consequence had a sm ish-up that cost us more than the prid'3 of 50 holders. 'Three da-s sftoo the a c'dont we put trie same horse iu usiw,* the hotfer, which g,«vo every satisfac'ion."" We have had no trouble since. Wc no getting your patent holders Ax-id to all •jul; carta, 'tm;w, etc., and we strongly i-t-.ommend their use to every butcher and 'KLk in the distiict. —Advt. WARD'S WORvi FlGS—llio Wonderful Worm Worriers—are always effective, in boxes evoivwhora. —idvfc