The Daily News. MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1908. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 58, 9 March 1903, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1908. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will be found oa the fourth ot this issue.

Attention is directed to an advertisement regarding the " Aoel" l arp zither, The instrument has become very popular in America and Europe, wher« over 100,000 lmve bfeD sold. It was exhibited at the Uhristcburch Exhibition, where it was demon trated t v iat people could learn to play i' in a surprisingly short time. It is delightfully tuneful, and deci.iedly cheap Mi Zelbner, the agent, is f-taying at the 0 EEnt, I'hlace, and thn is [ o.sitively his last visit. There will I e ™ inspection parade of the TaraaaKi Rifles to morrow (Tuesday) evening, at 7.30. The Austral : an squadron hni left Auckland for Wellington. In the 110. se of Commons, Mr Brodrick explained that the attention of Lord Koboit? had been privately calUd to the '• Ha?ging" of eubilteins in the Grenadier Guards ny the ordurs of unofficial Courts Martial Lord Roberts directed an inquiry to be li-ld Li'jutenant-Co l onel Kinloch, commandant of tho first battalion of the Regime&t at tend<?and was compulsory retired because he was not aware of the irrdgularities in the regiment. I Shireholders in the Equitable Building : Society (Star-Bowkett) are reminded (hat forinigiitly subscriptiocs are payable today, up lo 9 p.m.—AdvS !At an open p.ir meeting of workers at Auckland on Saturday night, a reiolution was passed expressing an opinion that the furniture trade lock out was an organised I attempt to bring the Arbitration Court into 1 c.-.ntempt, and urging Parliament t > pass an Act providing for preference to Unionist* A meeting of th-i Furniture Trade Union at Dunedi.) pledged itself to support tin Auckland workers. The Governor and party retu ned to Timaru on Saturday from Mount Ctoek, where tbey enjoyed the visit in fine weather! The young men of the party climbed the Hoehfleter dome to near the top, when they were driven back by a cold gale. I Lawyers are generally blamed for promoting litigation. It gives us pleasure", therefore,' in connection with the Stratford libel case, to mention the efforts by Mr 0. 'Stß'irU to bring about a settlement, at a stage of the proceedings when it appeared hopeless to attempt to stay proceedings, when honors were easy, as it were Mr ; Samuel, who had been conducting his case j with great skill, suggested in the interests of both parties and tbe chttrcb they belonged | to, that efforts should be made to effect a 1 settlement. The report cf the proceedings, which appears in this issue, shows that Mr I Hamunl was successful in bringing about a 'settlement, which should go a long way to ; secure t!ie coicple'e reconciliation of the parties. The case was a painful and unusual one, and its settlem°nt in this way has given J great satisfaction to the friends of both parties, There is fome talk of holding an indus- i trial exhibition in Stratford. A Bill introduced in the House of Comi mons by Mr Moan, msmber for Belfast, for | dosing public houses in Ireland at 9 o'o'loek on Saturday nights was read a second time by 101 to 76. A deputation from the Stationary find Traction :■ ngine Drivers' Union waited on the iMinistr-r for Public Works on Friday i an-i complained of tho decision of the Arbitration Court in differentiating between) \ examination certificates Bnd service certilicatef, the former being awarded Is per day j more in each gra;?e. The Minister promised that the matter would be looked into. j New Plymouth, who has been on the staff of iha local I'ost tind Telegraph office, went ' north by the Rotoiti on Saturday oucnin r 1 en runic, for Rotorua, where he takei the i j place of Vii J, Jordan, who tr-,nsfej-) to S-ratford. Mr Ross is sucoeedel in New I PI) mouth by Mr Cummings, of Wakapuaka. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT. 1 During piercing winds and excessive varia- ' lions of temperature every one is more or 1 U'Ss liable to internal and external disease I lit oat, client, liver, bowels, kidqays snd skin all suffer in some degree, and may be relieved by rubbing in this Ointment, aided by proper doses of tho Pills, for administeritg which full directions accompany each box; in truth, snyone who thoroughly 1 masters Holloway's "instructions" will, in remedying disrase, exchange the labour of an hour for the profit of a lifetime. All bronchial, pulmonary and throat disorders require that the Ointment shoi:M be thoroughly well rubbed upon the skin twice a a day with great regularity, considerable ( biisiiiies3, aad much persistence l —Advt, .]