LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 97, 22 April 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

: m Interesting reading matter will be found on p'lge four of this issue. | The Education Board meets to-day. i A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at Qisborne at 4.15 on Tuesday morning, I The lata Dr' Grace, M.L.0., served under General Pratt in Taranabi, and under General Cameron in W aikato, Wnngantii and Taranakl, and for his service received tin war medal and the Cross of St. Michael and Si George. From the timß he was ordered 10 the front at Auckland, and cccompanied the troops to New Plymouth up to the close of hostilities he was in th-i thick of the struggle, which he hasgaphically described in hia " Sketch of the Maori War." In the latter stage* of the conflict he had charge of the field hospital at Waitara. He wns a member of t e Roman Catholic Church, being in 1890 created a Ccuni ot the Holy Roman Empire.

I Mr 1. M. Smith is at pesent engaged • in conducting a series of experiments with ehellrock and papa. While in New Piyraoulh Mr Donne, of | the Tourist Department visited Mr B, M. : Smith's ironsand exhibits, and w .s eo pleased jthat he sta'ed his intention of including : thi m in his list of exhibits of interest to tourists. | Tha Hon Jamas Carroll, Native Minister, arrived iu New Plymouth by the mail train | last night. He w»s met at the station by ! Messrs Smith and Jennings, M's.H.H., his : Worship the Mayor and others. Mr Or oil proceeded jiorth by the Rotoitf, and expects to return in tbe second week of May, when be attends a big meeting at Waihi. i Messrs Donne and Pringle, of th n T ourist Department, arrived in Hawen on Xuetday afterncon "from Opanake, and later proceeded to Patea,

We regret to hear of the sudden death of Mrs Hawkins, wife of Mr James Hawkins, of the Coronation Ho'el, Eltbam. The deceased lady lately underwent a serious operation, but did not recover from the stook, and died on Tuesday morning. Jhe body is to be conveyed to Auckland via New Plymouth, In a lecture by Mr J. A. Gilruth, Chief Veterinarian, at Hastings, on diseases o) cattle, he said that Agricultural Nocietif* should arrange for periodical lectures or that subject, as being of benefit to young farmers. 'Jha Hawkes' Bay bociety wi prob.ibiy adopt the suggestion. At tha Farmers' Union picnic at Palmers ton North on Tuesday, a resolution was carried expressing great reg et that thj colony is losing the services of Mr J. A. Kiniella, and asking the Premier to take st- pi t-> retain his valuable services to New Zealand.

Tha annual Fire Brigade Dinner on Tuesday night was a great success. Our report is unavoidably held over. It may interest our readers to know tliat ove- £60,000,000 are invested in Building Societies in the United Kingdon, al tnou 'h they are of comparative recengrowth Ninety per cent, of the members are of the morlting class, a fact which speaks for the popular ly of these institution s . From what we hear, we think the Provident I Building Society will not need to complain I on that Bcore. —Advt.

Betthb Than a PlAstwb.—A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Hak. Balm and bonnd to the affected parts is saperior to any plaster. When troubled with lame back, or pains in the side or chest, give it a trial and you are certain to ba more than pleased with the prompt relief which it affords, It always cures and cures quickly. Try it. New Plymouth 00-opera-tive Society sells it Vrioe, Is 6d; big size, is—Advt.