LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 103, 27 April 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* i Interesting raadinc; matter will be found on page four of this issue. The Borough Council meets this evening. A meeting of the Star janiors is called for Wednesday evening at 7.30, at the Town Hall, when all members are requested to attend, as the business ia important. At Masterton on„ Saturday. Cbnstable Mellsop was charged, on the information of Constable Woodley, with sb?ali - g a £1 note from a prisoner. The case was dismiss-d. It is understood that the Commission, which investigated the against W. King, Aucklan 1 Registrar of Electors, exonerate Mr Kiug. At a well attended public nieettng at Bltham oa Friday, it was resolved that the proposal to borrow £7OOO for electric wis inopportune, and should be referred back to the Oouacll for further consideration. At Fielding on Ba'urday, two boys aged nine and eleven respectively, were sentence-! to six hours imprisonment and a bit chin-; for stealing £l6 ia cash, also goods valued at £2. The members of Mr Cock's O immittee are requested to meet on Monday night, as well as Tuesday.—Advt. The following tenders have been accepted for the Pungarehu Catholic Obnrch: Joinery, Sash and Door Factory, £lO4 2a ; building, Cummins and Christie, £80; painting, Wallace and Mandy, £25; plumbing, A. D. Fielder £35. Patei Harbour Board's pnnt commenced Magging tbePatea river oa Wefne dty last. Mr Liardat, Mayor of St'atford, has presented the Municipality with a handsomely framed copy of a photograph of the Mayor | and Councillors In connection with the School Committee elections, we shall esteem it a favour if chairman or secretaries of rommittees will send in results to the NisWS office as s .'on as possible. The Dunedin Star has been shown a letter posted in Dunedin to Stntiord, a well known town in Taranaki—and which travelled round the globe—before it reached its destination. The envelope be-irs the stamp of 12 post offices, and its journey , may be traced by these. Carrying a, cleat : address, " Stratford, New Zealand," 5" was posted in Dunedin on Novamb r 17th, 1902; . a large circular blue stamp is dated, "21st Vovember, N.Z." th n cornea ' Honolulu, December 2nd, 1902"; ' Oa'iee"; " War- ' wic J, 'December 30th"; " Leamington, i December 30th"; ' Btratford-on-Avon, Uecembar 30th, 1902." H- j re eight postal , officials affixed 61- eir initials to the stater ment H No snob plac* as 'otatford." Then a gei.ius, writing ia red ink <_n the envelop: iys! -"Try first a-Jdress--Stratford, New i Zealand." So it came back and reached Stratford, New Zealand, safely on February Stb, 1903. i The steamer Perthshire arrived in the stream at Wellington on Siturday from Sydney. She sigr ailed tor the police to i c jme aboard and take charge of seven stow- . aways. , Residents of New Plymouth will bear in . ni'd the alteration in scbool districts Bince , 'ast year. All th it portion of the old New ! New Plymouth School District West 1 of Dawspn-street, is now in the West i -tnd School District, ani the meeting of householders takss placi in the West Knd School. The New Plymouth School district now includes all o£ the old district - east of Dawson-street, and part of the Uari iu.'ton-road district as far south as the , junction of the old and new Uarringtonroads. . The meeting of householders takes place in St. Mary's Hall. A man named John Oarr Johnston, who had a contract from Government recently > on the Junction-road, created some mild excitement at Strathmore by making strong . manifestations of loss of reason, ihe poor fellow suppesed himself to ha a multimillionare, and he entertained great schemes 1 for the distribution of his wealth, in such a > way that everyone would be relieved from , want. He wrote out cheques for thousands, and even millions of pounds, and gave them ' away with the utmost generosity. One of ' tbe local storekeepers was surprised to find r a small juvenile customer hand him a £2OOO , cheque and ask for a penny-worth of lollies. . Constable Hyde took charge of the mau and conveyed him to Mew Plymouth. Carr 1 Johnston's mate had joticed him failing in ) bis reasoa for some time past, and it had | been surmised that money troubles are at I the bottom of his mental aberration.— Settle v. Sell's Directory ot registered telegraphic addresses for United Kingdom is now avail- ) able for reference at the local Post und , Telegraph Office. j The town presented an unusually buisy , aspect on Saturday, and this was heightened oy the arrival of a large consignment of ■ Barrett and Bobinso 's pianos, imported by - the Colonial Piano Company. .Naturally ' they attracted considerable attention, and gave our country settiers an indication of I thi musical progress of the district. The Ambulance Brigade met the mail tiain on Saturday night to take charge of a > case coming from tbe country. his being ' their second call for the wsek. Fortunately j t ie patient was able to get into a cab and I be driven to the hospital. It is suggested, however, that a baiter system ot finding out 1 the extent of the patient's inju ies should be ) arranged, by those responsible before ringi ing up tbe brigade, so that the time of the , members will not be taken up except in ' necessary oases. ■ Referring to contagions diseases among cit tie, ilr Gil ruth says that so far as he is aware it exists only in Taranaki. The Government veterinarian in this province his reported that during the last three years tho disease has spread more than in any other part of the world, owing chtisfly to the habit of allowing the carcase to lie about to be carried by dogs and hawks. This year the department has already received from Taraoaki applicati >ns for 1260 calves to bj vaccinated as a preventative. Six hund. Ed have been done, and an officer was doing the remainder. HOLLOWAYB PILLS AND OINTMENT. The most effectual Cu:e for Gout ard Rheumatism. A frequent cause of these is the inflammatory state of the blood, attended with a bad digestion, lassitude ana great debility, showiLg the warn of a proper circulation of the fluid, and that impurity «i the blood greatly aggravates these disorder Hollo way's ('ills areoi so purifying a nature that a few doses tskeu in time i>re an uffoolual preventive against gout aud rueumatisui, but anyone that has an ati-c; or either suould nse Holloways Ointment aiso, which rannt be thoroughly rubbed in o t!io parts affected at ieaattwiceaday, after tuey have been sufficiently fomented with warm water to open the pores. Engagement Rings, Wedding Rings and Keepers, Spectacles to suit all sights, and a ureat variety of goo' is suitaole for presentations at J. B Parker's, next the Rauwa; Grossing, Devon-street, New Plymouth, j N.B.—A valuable present with each wedding ring.—Advt.

THE LATE MR- W COLLI3!At the Wbiteley Memorial Oburch on I Sunday evening the Rev. J, N. Buttle [referred to the late Mr William Collie. ;In the course of his remarks he paid that Mr Oollis was born in 'Jumbsrian' 1 . Oity in 1824, and, if he hed livid, would have been 79 yeirs of aga in July next. He Ift England und~r orgagement with the Wesleyan Foreign Missionary Society for work as >t school 1 eaoher in Fiji, the voy.ige b' ing m .d> in the Missionary ship '"John Ha arrived iu Auckland in 1852, en route to F.ji. Hu laboured in tbat group for nine years, aftsr which he removed to Australia on account of Mrs Oollis' health. He rem lined tber: for 18 months when another change was made. At this time ha was appoioted teach3r in charge of the Native Institution at Three King*, Auckland. He arrived in Auckland for tho second lime in 1863, and continued bis work ut the Institu ion for soms years, Subs' quently he was emp'oyud in teaching work in connection with private educational establishments in and around Auckland. Having been appointed teacher iu the day school associated with the Wesleyan Church at Now Plymouth, ha came to resile in this town about 1870, more thnn 30 ye ago. The national sys-.em of education hiving been instituted, the denominational school was closed, and Mr Oollia was engaged for som-) ye<rs iu different parts of the district under the Board of Education. During the long period in which ho was engaged in thu work of teaching, his Sundays ware given up to preaching. In this service he travelled long distances to fulfil his engagements, ard maintained his ap- , pointments with f-u'hful regularity j and punctuality. During recent yeirs, . when ha might have claimed exemption from duty on account of ini creating yeara, he has been known E to walk a dh'a&ce of eight miles out 3 and the same distanc) back again, and preach twice during the course of the ' journey. He filled numerous offices in ! connection with the church, and had been a trustea of the New Plymouth L Ohurch, and alao c>f the Grey Institute, i and on on a occasion occupied the honorj able position of conference repwsensv . tive; He a'so took grsat interest in Sunday School work; He maintained a blame'rts christim clarac'er, mirked 1 by a quwt strength, which won resp ct < and este-m from those with whom he 1 was associated. His fHeadships, when formed, wore strODg and enduring, and now that he has passed away there are many who will feel that whiUt hit j 'ranslatiou to the better service of Heaven above baa been his eternal , gain, they have sustained a loss not • eaaily supplied, His long residence in ' this community ciU*ed birn to j strongly attached to the p'ac l , and his removal to W-tikato at his advni-'c d _ age whs a great wreuch, r.nd it is dou'nt- / ful whether be ev.r recovered th < r strain it entailed, His work in done. He has been gathe;ed home like a e shock of corn fully ripe. May we who remain, so labour during our day and s generation, that when our summons comes, we may be as ready to respond i as was our late relative and fri.ind, 1 Yc-ry eirnestly do wo commend th.< j? bereived widow and family to the prayerful sympathy of all with whom y the deceased was acquainted. s