LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 77, 30 March 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will be found on p ige four of this issue. Mesera Bewley and Griffiths announce a s»le by auction of tables, chairs, table linen, etc., to-morrow (Tuesday) at tbeir j rooms at 2 p.m. ! Attention ia drawn to Messrs Ambury's advertisement on the fourth >f this issue, announcing a splendid djap.ay ot autwan goads.

Messrs T. Dick«on and Company bavej just opened np their first shipment of autumn' and winter goods, particulars of which will j be found in another column. Particular a'tentiou is drawn to their dressmaking and tailoring department. Mr R H. Govett, formerly of the Doloiiial Secretary's office, will leave Wellington on the 4th April on a visit to Burope. From a private letter we learn that it is state! on good authority in legal circles ii> Wellington, that his Honor Judge Oonolly retires very shortly, and that his successor, on the judicial f.ench, will be Mr 0. Samuel, of New Plymouth. We need scarcely and tha*-. Mr Samuel's well earned elavutio .vould give great satisfaction in New Plymouth although his retirement from the Bir, of wlich he has long been reeognised a~ utjO leading member in laran'tki, will be sev rely felt. At the same time it has tang be- n r.icoguise'l that r.o one has a better alai.ii to the next vacancy on the judicial litii.!) than Mr Samuel.

!!!:• Seat'ey Young, touring representative oi t lis Hawtrey Ooinedy Company, arrived from Auckland on Saturday morning and ieavi-s again to-day. The compauj's seaaim «f tliree u>ght> commences at the Theatre • Royai on Saturday evening neit. Aa interesting return, on the mo'ion of Councillor tlsrt-.r, shows that the 80.-ough Council has h il i.itr.ng the year »ndiie 3Ut March, 19 3, 41 meetings, 27 ordinary and 14 special, the Loan Committee 9 meetings, Works 37, Reserves 21, finance 14 Estimates 3, Cemetery 5, Town Hall 4, Health 3, Kire Prevention 1, Band Rotunda 2. Cabstand 1, Bye-lav,s 49, making a t-jWI of 195 meetings. Tha return also shows tl>e individual attendances of mem' erg.

Saturday was the forty-third anniversary of the Battle of Waireka.

There are upwards of 150 raspberry plantations in the ilotueka district, the largest being 25 acres. Mr H. L. Peake, who died at Wanganui last week, at the age of 70, served as a captain of militia during the war on this coast.

A pony has been taken to the top of Mount Pauitaki, known as Fantham's Peak. The pony belonged to Mr A. J. Hastie, and considerable difficulty was experienced ic getting it up so far. The climb wai a big trial for the pony, which was exhausted wheu it reached the Peak. Returning the i task was easier, the animal sliding down the steeper parts. Saturday's New Zealand Tunis says: "Xo-day is the forty-thud anniversary of the batt e of Wai:eka, the fiat action fought by colonial tn-op?, many of whom were under twenty yeais of age. They were | under the command of the late Sir Harry Atkinsoa (then Captain Atkinson). Tteir behaviour elicited the admiration of the whole colony, as well as of the Imperial troops, thiy being the first under fire and the last to leave the field.

Mc Da Silva, a passenger by the Waikare from Najier to LytteUon, reports that he was robbed on board of £IUOJ worth of jewellery. The examination cf Syd Gregory in the Sydnsy Bankruptcy Court shed some light oa the earnings of cricketers on English tours. In 186 j he made £400; he made nothing out of the 1893 team, which was a bad one and encountered bad weather. He ma'le between £4OO and £SOO out of the

1896 visit; about £7OJ in the 1899 team; while tbe tour last year earned him £BOO.

HOLLOWAY'B PILLS AND OINI'MENT need only a single trial to make known the'r capilji itien. No outside sore or inward inflaunaalion can long withstand the cooling, purifjing and healing influences exerted by these twio Meudicaments. Be the mischief recant or chronic, great or slight, painful or simply annoying, it will succumb before the curative virtues of these remedies, w ich can be rightly applied by any person who will atte itivdly read their acoimpanying directions, whioh are propounded in the p'ainc-st language void of all technica' te - ms, and printed in the most legiole To the man of business, confine i to Mi counting house, an 1 harnsied by engagements, alsi to the man of pleasure a idioted t-j free living these Pills are iavalujble. —Advt.

The proprietors ot Bock's Herbal Remedies ars daily receiving m a 1; IHttiring testimonials. Mrs H. S'gaal, of Gladstone House, Martin, N.Z., wrises:—"l have used Bock's Balsam in my household and fojnd it to do ail that U <:\ im vi f>r it. It cured my husband of an old standing cough, and other members of severe colds. I can conscientiously recomm-nd ittoeverybodv " Bock's Balsim is also used externally for healing cracked hands, cuts, and sor*s, price Is S4. B<ck'' Ba'.eara. Bock's RheuBmtic /Wier, Buci's Po'.v !er for the Liver, Stomach and Biuod, Bocks Herb Extract (an infallible Cure tor Toothache) and Neuralgia Drops may be obtained of all the leading stores and chemists. -Advt; Writing from btrattord, the Kev. J. A. Lo3h >re writes as follows:—Messrs. Olapham Bros—Dear Sirs, —I have pleasure and con fidei.ee ia recommending your Patent Howe Holder. On an average I am driving on four or five days a week, and for the last two mouths have used it every day when oat. The horse I drive is join?, an! has only been broken to harness four months since. In pastoral visitation and a', country services

tind the Holder invaluable. I would peciall? recommend it to men of my own profusion, as it ia cleanU a time-saver, and gives a«sa:ance of safety Without it I would not trust my horse for two minutes out of mv sight; with it, the animal frequently is left alono for over an hour yours faithfully, J. •». Loohobb, Wesleyan Parsonage, Stratford.—Advt.