LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 113, 11 May 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

0 Interesting reading matter will be found j on the fourth page of this issue. Urwansja, King of Uganda is dead. 10 The Grown 1 rince of Saxony tela is graphsd iu the teuderest terms congratu it lating Princess L'juise on the birth uf hei ;g daughter. Ihe Princess burst into tears ie Germany is experiencing difficulty ii jf securing financial support for the Bagdai jj railway. The kiwis l , French, and Auisiri i( j cauS are threatening to withdraw. w The Japanese politic.il parties have ar , ranged to expend £115,000,000 a year fo; H ton years on a naval programme. Mr Artjiur Balfour's mi tor driver ha u been thrice fined for scorching, what driving the Premier. The Liberal pros, s. comment on Mr Balfour's repeatei 3- breaches of a law of his own making, a, Mr (Jopeland represents the Common 'e wealth at the International Telegrapl 1 Conference. • jo M. Ilouvier, French Minister of Fin u ance, is introducing an lucoine Tax Bill 31 , with a new method of collection. It doe nut require a declaration or enquiry as t< the taxpayers financial position, but th amount of Liu tax will vary according ti 1 the payer's apparent circumatanoes. Tlie annual meeting of the Npw Ply mouth investment and L'jan Society wil i be held at Mr (J. Rennell's oftic3 on Fri 3S day, 19ch inst., at 7.30 pm. :i- JSotico is given that the Bjrough Engi af neer will attend at his office on Monday le Wednesday, and Saturday, for dealin t<l with applications for building permits, h Tenders are invited by Mr Jamas , e S inderson for the erection of a two story ' block iu Devon-street. 3 . Mr L. Spencer invites tenders for the j_ erection of a cottage. (J Mr Midaren strongly advocates that ltj six days be allotted to test Dutches iu. !{j Enghnd. 1( j The Sylney-Vancouver despatch of n mails on 240 h Ala.ch, arrived iu London on 7 lli insc. jj Mr MeKenzle, Commissioner of Grown y. Lmds, and *tha members of the Laud ' j Board, excepting Mr Oonnett, leave today oil a trip c!n*jugh the Ohura country, " s and will probably return by Way of i'e r i Kuite and Awaknio. lfi Mr Leo, wh> is a candidate for election '6 of in niber of ilia Council of Victoria I! College, Ins issued a ciroal ir in whic.i he l. makes out a cLiun for election. L', The Hon. Hill-Jones, Minister for i? Public Works, i.s expected to pass through y t New ily mouth tins we k. lie visits the .. Upper Waikato and lv. Country with Mr VV, T. Jennings, Ai.u.il. II'JU.UWAYd tILLi AND OINTMENT. 13 liifLvniu. Oouglis, and Colds. In d seaaes I' of the bmoat an i dies', so prsv.dent in ou. :d changeable cl mate, noth ng so speedily re ieves, cr so CJitaiijl/cures, as these ines'.im ab.a rrmsdies. TUase disorders aie tju .'ftea ut'gvoted at bu«sir coinm ncemuut, oi I ' l Jie :i»j idiei mflf treat d, requiting in either jo se iu di astro 8 oousequa ,oea l> ibe ;( i pab:ent. iiolio sa/s w.il restjru, it reoove-y be po.sibe; tbe,. allay th alar.uing syuipt rns aLd puriy the Olocd ; x Watu e ccimu unites the cure, gradually re■'i =to ing b.re..gth hnd v;ta power. By perj- scverirg m ihi use of ll.'lioways preparat ioiib. to-io is i,oiii'cri'«d Oi t<e oioaiach a..cl frame generiliy. Jiioasin.U of persjos 0 have tjsaiied in»t by the use of thtse reraeJ, oies a'o.ie they have been restored to health, 1 after every other means lad failed.

The Railway Depart moutiuvites tenders ; for the supply of deeperß Particulars will be found in our udvertiting columns Mr Robi'it Ellis ha-< been appointed J Town Clerk for tho Inglewuod borough. | Copper ore has been disC'ivered in : sevi'i-ai places in tho Ruahine Ranges boI hind Rangiwahia. One lode is reported to be from 20 to 30 feet thick, and of rich quality. Specimons are being assayed, A. meeting of the Borough Council takes phce this ovoning, which will be tho last presided over by his Worship the Mayor, the installation of the iViayor ekct taking place on Wednesday. It is I to be hotjed tho Council will not adopt I the foolish suggestion of our evening contemporary to work without commutes If tho editor of our contemporary had had any practical experionco of the working of local bodies, lie would never have made such a suggestion. As in many other things, it is no the use, but the abuse of the practice of having ommhtees that is the evil. Messrs N. K. MacDiarmid (Manager Bank of Now South Wales), and Mr Fred Bellriuger, Captain of the Fire Brigade, have been appointed trustees of the Parker Fund. A Hungarian aristocrat won at a baccarat sitting at a club in Buda Pesth t £IOO,OOO. Sir Hector McDonalds widow receives a pension of £l2O a year. Lord Roberts has ordered an enquiry to bo held into a case cf " ragging " of I I officers at a dance at tho Mount Nelson ij Hotel in Cape Town, on Christmas Eve, ■ 1 1901; AV. E. Stanford, C.8., a Cape , Town colonial who served in South Africa, ' , is comphi"&nt. . j . The German RekhstAg lias voted funds i for the purchase cf a whaler, to relieve the German Autarkic expedition. Scholl's and Anochutz's German Artie expedition will utilise a submarine boat |' and wireless telegraphy. A station is ' bein* erected at Sjitzbergen. The expedition is also carrying apparatus with : it. ! An elderly woman at Auckland went to ' J a neighbours, aud said she had dissolved ' the heads of a box of iuitch»s, and swal--3 lowed the draught. An emetic was ad- .' ministered, and the woman sent to the 9 hospital, where she is progressing favour ■ 1 [ ably> -