LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 88, 9 April 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will be found on page four of this issue. The Liberals of Napier are anxious to »ee Mr S. Darnell called to the Upper House. The Btar Sports Committee have completed arrangements which will enable our country fiiends to attend the sports in the Hecreation Grounds on Easter Monday at a very small cost. Excursion fares will be issued and he afternoon train delayed until after the sport- 1 . Luncheon and afternoon tea can ba obtained at the grounds. To-day, Holy Thursday, and to-morrow Good Friday, there will be Mass at St Jospph's Church at 8 o'clock and Vespers both evenings at 7 p m. The offices of the Borough Council will be clrsed from noon to-day until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 14th instant. The Twenty-eighth Anniversary of the United Tent Independent Older of Rechnbi'o will I e celebrated next week. A very iuteresting proimmme of musical items etc., has been provided, and the Hon. K. H.' Fraser, M.1,.0 , wi 1 bn present and address the meeting. We predict a large attendance of members and the general public on this occasion, as the local Rrchabite Tent his always successfully catered for the public at any ot their pub.'ic functions, DIRECT TRADE WITH SYDNEY. It may in'erest oar readers to know that over £60,000,000 are invested in Building Societies in the United Kingdon, altnoush they are of comparative recpngrowth Ninety per cent, of the members are of the JvorMntf class, a fact which speaks for the popularity of these institutions. *iMtn what we hear, we think the Provident Building Society will not need to complain on that score.—Advt. The Premier arrived at Waimate on Wednesday, and was accorded a hearty reception, being banquetted by the townspeople in the' evening. He Rives a public address to-day The Hons. Hail-Jones and Duncan are also at Waimate. A public meeting at Wanganui on Wednesday formed an influential u;r.imittee, and decided to invite subscript,!.- v a in. connection with the Roileston National Memorial,

Messrs Bewley and Griffiths sell at their rooms this morning at 11.30, 50 cues of Inland oranges. The premises of Insurance Companies doing business in New Plymouth will be c'osed from noon to-day till 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 15th instant During this ptriod all risKs falling due will be covered. livery one wishing for a pleasant day's | outing sliou'd attend the Star Sports in the Hecreati'>n Grounds on B.stec Monday. In I atloitiou to the many other attractions th Town Bind has been engaged toplay dutinjj ! the afteruoun.

Abjut 25 members of the Central Missioi I'and arrived by the mail train from We. i ngton on Wednesday cn route for AuckJaiid.

Tbe Rev. John Nixon will preach on Good| J\id.iy evening at 7.30 in the Primitive Metho iidt Ohurcb, Queen-street. All seats fret-. Two calls were made on the members of Lh-i Ambulance Brigade oa Weonssd*y, one being a case of acute rheumatism, brought in by iriiin, and the other a case of serious illn Sj from the town, since the formation if the Brigade they hive dealt with seveia. cases, sometimes at inconvenience to the memberd, yet none the less were their services willingly piv-n. As the services of tbe Brigade ate giaiuitcuj, not only in cases oi accidents, but for ihe xe uoval of sick persons, we trust tbe Brigade will receive the support of the public to enable them to carry ou their work of benevolence.

At the Police Court on Wednesday, a boy of 15 or 16, named Albert Orr, was charge on the information of another lad named Thomas Leslie Brown, with stealing the sum of 14s, from the latters whare, and pleaded guilty. Mr Weston sen., of V\ eat an and Weston, appeared for the accused, and explained that the lad bai met with an' accideat when only seven years old, whioh appeared to have affected h s brain, and he \va< i ot always responsible for hia actions In support be., called Mrs Urr, and Mrs ticarin.ill, the Ja'ds mother and aunt, an 1 his grandfather, Five shillings of the money, it appears, was accused's, and there seemed some doubt as to any criminal intent on the part of accused, who admi.ted his offence freely. Sergeant Htddrell did not crossex mine any of the witnesses, or press for a heavy penalty. Alter hearing the evidencn t'ie S.M. said the po'ice acted quite right iu not withdrawing the charge, there was a growing pr ctio of laying information to recover money. He considered that once the information was laid, ic must come intu Court. He agr. Ed that it was not a case for a severe penalty, or a heavy fine, and a fine of Is would be imposed, the balance of the money to be returned to the boy Brown. Oa Lse keeper < f the Chinese cjok house at Dunedin, which was raided on Sunday n ght, was and thirty-two others twenty shillings each. The Settler gays" The Chairman of the Stratford School Committee on Monday evening stid ttiero w-re a lot of old fossils on the .(Education board." Members -of the titratford Committee should be the last to s,ue»k so of the members of t e Board, as it has made that school one of the best in iln colony, and the Board has p-actically been unanimous in maintaining the standard of the schooi. Furthermore, including work now in hand, the Board has spent well over £l2uo oa tbe sohool buildings during tbe pist three years. Dr. Oaibury, of Stratford, was on Tuesday convicted and discharged under the Public HealtJ Act for not reporting an infectious disease, to wit scarlet fever. We are informed that the man Banddon, who figured in the late alleged murder trial and for whom a warrant for perjury was issued, has been arrested. .The Inglewood branch of the Farmers' Union has, we learn from the Record, increased the subscrip',ion to ss. I'h) branch also decided to invite Mr McOnrdy to give an address. Several neighbouring branches were reported as very much alive, but the Stratford branch was said to be as dead as Julius Caeear, and the Waitara branoh to bare fallen into tbe river and gone out to sea.

The first contribution of £35, raised by shining subscriptions in WesMand (Jounty ii being remitted to Mrs Se Irion this week on accouat of the h'oldiers' Graves Uuild

A mass meeting under the auspices of the Newtown Patriotic League has decieed to petition trie ercrvermr ru' a frcru-3w»l option poll in the Newt wn district, where the previous poll was quashed owing to irregularis es. The Auckland Oity Council is informed by the Treasury tbat it has stopped £IOO subsidy from £lB7 due as the Council's oontribuli n to tbe imectioiu ciiseasos hospital, leaving the Couucil £37. J'he Chairman said the Treasury had evidently combined to adopt the " mailed fist" policy of Dr Masoo. The Oonncil unanimously resolved to protest, asking the Treasury for :he full subsidy, and to tike a leg il remedy lor the sum now Jeducte'l.

Wilfre 1 Voa Sturmer will ba brought up on remand at the Court this morning charged with misappropriating the fund* of he New Plymouth Sash and Door Factory at ifiltham.

The many friends of Mr J, Strduchon, formerly Commissioner of Cro.vn jj-inds in New Plymouth, will be glad to hear that hia daughter, Mrs Herbert Smart, rec ived word yesterday |th>it her father is fast recovering from his latejillneaa, and is abont resuming duty. JilUbam business people must b9 pretty prosperous. They have petitioned the 4l*yor to declare Saturday a holiday. He has done so, and the shops closi on Thursday night till Tuesday morning. New Plymouth Batiks go one better than this, as they close all day Tueslay as well.

( A very enjoyable and successful fentertaiomant was held last night at the We=t ffiud School in aid of the organ fund. Our repoit ia held over. There is yet another addition to the ranks of Ihe legal fraternity in New Plymouth, Mr von Haaste, son of the late Sir Julius yon Haaste, K.0.M.G., Ph.D., F.R.S., the eminent dircC'or and curator of the Canterbury Museum. Mr von Hmste has both English and ' olonial training, and has a fir.it ola&B reputation a* an advocate, Mr and Mrs Harley, of Nelson, are at present on a visit to Mr Joe Eamsoa, at Fitzroy. Mr Harley was at one time Mayor of Nelson, where he iB highly esteemed. The balvatlon Army Barracks were packed on Wednesday sftornoon, the attractions being a wedding and the opening of the Harvest Festival. The contracting parties to the marritge were Miss Olive Pellew (daughter of Mr and Mrs John Pellew) and Mr David Threadwell. The c-reinony was performed by Staff Captain Ward, Juuior Secretary for the North Island. Miases Pellew, Bailey, andMelba were bridesmaids. The building was very prettily decorated and the proceedings inclu ied seme capita! singing and stirring addresses. Better Than a Plastrr.—a piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound to the affected parts is superior to any plaster. When troubled with lame back, or pains in the side > r chest, give it a trial and you are certain ' o be more than pleased with the prompt relit f which it affords, It always cures and cures quickly. Try it. New Plymouth 00-opera-tive Society sells it Price, Is 6d; big mo, Is —Advt.