LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 238, 4 November 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tnteicating reading msrtter.wiJl befound on page four of this issua, ' The'arrangements for the Fire Brigade's annual plain and fancy dress ball on Monday next are B uoh as to ensure the fixture being a thosough success. It is one of those functions that should ba sup ported heartily by all townspeople, considering that the members of the brigade make such groat sacrifices for the pro tection of the citizens Among the most attractive items will be the fancy dancine of the children, who, under Miss Bedford's able instruction, have attained a high degree-of efficiency. will he eiven for the best fancy costumes, and ali that is wanting is a la,rge attendance of the publio, and of this there should be no doubt,

Mr A. 0. Fife, Chief Accountant of the Railway Department, retires ai the end of the year under superannuation, on i account of ill health. I Bishop Weldon, of Calcutta, has arrived at Adelaide on a visit to Australia and Sew Zealand for his health. A deputation waited upon the Ohrisfcchurch City Council on Monday to protost in the name of the churches against the playing of bands on Sundays on trains :;oing to the sea-side. The Council i Milled to frame a bye law to prohibit the playing within the city boundaries.

Mr George Aldridge, the eloquent] evangelist, gave a very iuteresting address, at the Brougham-street Hall on Tuesday! evening, his subject being "No More] Death." At the close of the address ] several questions that were asked and answered testified to the intelligent interest taken by the audience. In this toa drinking age it is a surpris-: ing fact that there are so few wholesale importers in the forefront of the providers of this universal beverage. Cartain it is, however, that Messrs Nelson vioate and Company are deservedly among the most celebrated of the coterie, j Their name ia to be found on packages i the contents of which find their way I .alike into the silver teapots of thej wealthy, tne less pretentious earthenware! pot of the masses, and the hum,ble but j useful billie of the swagger. But what matters the receptacle so long as the tea is good, and in this respect the firm inj question have obtained, and continue to retain an enviable reputation tor the uniform excellence of their well known teas, which they claim have stood the test of Dearly 25 years. A copy of the cmalgamated "Egmont Settler " and " Post" published at Strat-' ford has readied us. The paper started in its new form on Monday, but a copy of Monday's issue did not reach us. A copy of Tuesday's issue is, however, to hand, andis a curious mixture of the " Settler " and " Post," and it is difficult to say which predominates " The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau."

We are pleased to call attention to an advertisement regarding the Taunton Depot. All friends of the business will bo fflad to loam that the business will be carried on under the management of Mr George White. Mr White has been with Mr Taunton for some time, and has a thorough knowledge of the business, and is very popular with clients. We feel sure that in his hands the business will bo carried on successfully, and with satisfaction to all parties. The «lever Black Family gave a final performance at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday evening to a very appreciative audience. The various items in the programme were executed with the Bame success as on the previous evening, and elicited hearty applause. The Borough Council invites applications by married couple for the position of custodian of the Baths. As Mr Olement Govott was riding int« town on Tuesday corning on his bicycle, while opposite the Bank of New South Wales, the wheels of the machine suddenly stopped revolving, with the re-' suit that Mr Guvett was shot off heavily on to the ground, which he reached in a sitting posture He was severely shake.i, but we are glad to say escaped serious irj'ary. 'the bicycle was damaged to a considerable extent, It k reported that Mrs Wooller, wife of the cook at the Criterion Hctel, drew the winner of the Melbourne Oup in Tattersail's sweep-stake,;the prize amounting to i-6000.