LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 49, 26 February 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading tracer will be fouid on the fourth ot this issue. A very e<trar>rli! a*y decision wie given la'ely a', tho Magistrate's Co'irt, Woodvill?. John Murray sued C r own Daiiy Company for certain moneys due to him as a supplier. The defence set up was t 1 at un ler the company's rcjulaH-ms, lid' the previous month's money wss held back on each pay day, ss a guarantee that the suppliers will not go elsewhere. Murray left the company without informing the company, which vvas wjliing to p\y o>er the hiiltnce, after deducting half. The plaint'lf swore hs had never been given a copy of the regulations, nor had he seen a no'.ice posted in the factory notifying th«t mi k was only received under the company's regulations. The Magistrate held that unless th 3 company could prove that Murray, or his agent had personal knowledge of the legutations, they could not succeed Judgment was given for plaintiff. To-day is the last day of entry for the June exams., held locally by Trinity College, . Londoi—Ad'vt

In connection with the forthcoming Taranaki Regatta, competitors a'e reminded that entries for all wha'eboat racos close with the secretary at the Foresters' Ha'l, Waitara this (Thursday) evening at 8 o'c'ock. Entries for the swimming handicap nee also close at the same time nnl plac. An Anniversary Social will be he'd in the Gi'l-s'reet Baptist Church this (Thursday) evening it 7 30. Good musical tnrm -i ranged ; refreshments during interval; colectioi in a ! d of church fund All cordially invited. News has been received in Wellington of the aeath in Sydnej on Saturday last, from cancer, of Mr Joseph Evison, fo'm'wly of ■b» Catholic Times, Ohris'c .ur.:h Jrvlh, Hie Oritic (Wellington), and oilier pipers

Doctor: You wint exercise. Invalid: But, doctor, I'm a p.-stman. Doctor: Then you need rest; join t'ia po ice £ .ree. A West Coast paper on the price of bread: —" vVe apologise to oar readers for any shortcomings they may not'cc in this issue Our foremin fell off His psroh in a fit this raortii g lep.rr.iii ' 111 it McMee had risen the p-icc of the 3jlb loaf to lOd. May t*ie Lord have mercy on the pair of them, Bishop Neligan sails from England for Auckland on March 2(jcb.

The Court of Kind's Bench imposed lines amounting to £9300 on Karl Frederick Kramer, a drug merchant in Bermondsey, for importing saccharine uader the fats) description of a drug mixed with aniline, which he then afterwards separated.

The University S'-n-\te l.aw Oommittoe has made reco simenda.io s that the tollowationg other passes bo allowed: Kirst section of third exemiiiitirii o? LL.B., in contracts and real and personal property, VV. G. Bsc sett; a sccti m of the solicitor's law examination, in <; ntracts, real and [vr.ional property and tq t ty, ,J. Power; in roil a>d r:ers;-nal property and eqni'-y, I'. W', nn-Williams ; the final so ieitors' law examination, A. I!. Staadish and J. K. L. -tunford

A. 0. Hollo was clitrged before Mr 11. L. Stafford on Wednesday with the theft of a b'oycle helo-i..:ir;g to !< B. We v ste'\ Accused pleaded g'ilty. and wes remanded to llie

Afler inspaotwj; tho link.. Falls, near Tp-npo, M. Alio, the Swiss electrical expurt lias reported to the Premier t hat this is tin most easily utilised power he Ins ever riealt with. Mr fjeddon iatortned MrWithoford, that he could congratulate the Auckland people on the impoitance of this dei'.isi in, the falls having derived power suflieient to s;ipply Auckhmd, Napier, Gisborne and Thames.

The Hon. T. Y, Duncan and his private s"eretary arrived b i the Hotoiti from Auckland yesterday morning, and went on to Wellington by the mail truin.

Madame Melba arrived in Wanzanni on Tuesday by train. She was met by ihe Mayor and Aldermen, and a large crowd of spectators wait'd outside the station, hoping to catch a glimpse of thsdiva.

Mr Eeeves, Ageat-Seneral for New Z;aland, interviewed in Lindon, said that Hnglish critics overlooked tint colonial (iiiance differed from that of older countries.

The proprietors of Bock's Herbal Remef'ies are daily receiving most flitterics; testimonials. Mrs H. Signal, of Gladstone House, Marton, . N.Z., writes: —"I have used Bock's Balsam in my household and femd it to do all that is chimed far it. It cured my husband of an old standing congh, and other members of severe colds. I can conscientiously recommend ittoeveryhudy " Bock's Balsam is also used externally for healing cracked hands, citts, and sores, price Is 6d. Beck's Balsam, Bock's Kheumatic Powder, Bock's Powder for the Liver, Stomach and Blood, Bock's Herb Kxtract (an infallible Cure tor Toothache) and Neuralgia drops may be obtained of all the; le-sditig stores and chemists. -Advt.

Writing from Stratford, the Kiv. J, A. Lochore writes as folio 1 -'.'.: —Messrs. Ciapham Ili-os —De-:r Sirs,—l have pleasure and con tiderce in reeom-.nendu.g your Patent Hor>e Holder. On an average I am driving ou four or five days a weelt, and for the last, two months have used it everyday when o'it. Tho horse I drive is \oung, an"! has only boon broken to harness four months since. In pa;toi"il visitation and a' country services I I tii'.d the Holder invaluable. I woul i! speniailf reeoirurieod it to men of my ownj prof-i-sion, as it ia cleanly, a tim«-saver, and ] j.'ives assurance of safety. Without it I would not trust my horse for two minutes out of mv sight; with it, the animal frequently is left alone for over an hour Youts f 'i'l.fn'.ly, J. l.OdnoU':, Wesleyan Str.itiord. —-Advt. i

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