LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 126, 29 May 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tnterestin» reading matter will be found on the fourth page of this issue. Notice is given that the Devon road, near the Te Honui tannery, is dangerous for all trailic pending repairs. Owing to the stormy weather, the concert arranged by the Garrison Band for. the benefit of Bandsman Uoultharfcj has been postponed till Monday next, when it is hoped that the public will muster in full force to aid such a particularly good cause. The question of removing hotel licenses from o.e part of a district to another entered into a discussion during argument in the Petrel libel action recently, and his Honour, Wr Justice iidwards,. said he didi not think there was anything immoral in the practice. It all depended in the conduct of the Licensing Committee, and on their exercising a wise discretion. No doubt, he said, in the case of Newtown, a license was forced on that end against the wishes of the inhabitants, and he had always thought that was done unwisely. If done with due discretion, it was not immoral or improper. Mr Atkinson said the fact that it was not dealt with adequately by statute was due to an oversight on the part of the Legislature. His Honour did not think so. The matter rested chiefly in the administration by the Committe.—Wellington Post. The Minister of Lands, speaking at a banquet tendered by the Palmerston branch to the Farmers' Union delegates expressed a desire to assist the union, and sympathised with their aims. He promised a Land Bill to deal with the varied conditions of tenure, and said the land settlement was rapidly absorbing the Grown lands. Probably all of any value would ba settled within three years. He commended the delegates for their moderation of tone and reasonable de mands, and said he believed it was the right thing for farmers to speak plainly aud do gooi thereby It was not a sin or crime for farmers to touch politics. He complimented the union on the absence of party feeling. Anyone in want of a first-class investment should not fail to inspect j:: r Hugh Wilson's property at Fitzroy, which is to be sold by Mr Newton King at the mart to-morrow afternoon. The property which is most pleasantly situated at Fitzroy, consists of one acre of laud (a corner section), together with new, well built, I pretty residence and outbuildings—\ir Wilson havint? left the district, the pro- J perty is for absolute sale, and will be cleared at a price which will undoubtedly prove a rare bargain to the luoky purchaser. This is a chance which should not be missed.

An Irish Industrial League has been incorporated in New York to assist farmers in Ireland. It is hoped to raise a Imillion dollars during the current year. Sir Clement Markham indignantly pro tests that the Royal Geographical Society originally and repeatedly afterwards indicated the necessity of sending a relief ship to the Discovery's assistance. It, is anticidated that there will be one hundred thousand boxes of butter in oold storage in tha colony at the end of the present mouth. This represents about a quarter of a million sterling ; and it is probable that a portion of this stock will have to be shipped to England next spring.

Owing to the various Athletic Oluba not being able to fall in with the proposal to invite Hnglish or American amateurs to viait the colony, the council of the New Zealand Amateui Aihletic Association has derided to bring the project to an issue next year.

HOLLOW AY 3 OINTMEST AND PILL 5 Bheumatis.n, Ncunlgh, It is s rnsth.cdiffiouiUo dut-.'i'mioe which of ihesa diseases is affl cting tha sufferer, but this ignorance will not matter if H jlloway's remedies be used. They ailevhte aad cure all muscular and nervous pains. lah.redita-yrhautoatism, after bathiuu the effected partß with warm s ilb water, Holloway's Ointment should be well rubb.d upon the spot, that it man pjreIrate and exert its soothing and regulating properties on ;he deep-r vessels and nerves, whi.;h aie unduly excited, and oau»e both the pain ana twelliog. Holloway's treatment has the merit of removing thedissasa without debilitating the constitution, whiah was the inevitable result of the bleeding, mercury and oolohioum praoMoa formerly adopted in these oomplaictts.^-Advt,