LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7713, 16 January 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A ''Gazette Extraordinary" further prorogues Parliament' until Thursday, March 9th.

Sir Thomas Lipton's store at Glasgow has been burnt. The damage is estimated at £30,000.

The meeting of farmers called for the purpose of forming y a co-opera-tive society lapsed for the lack of attendance.

Horticultural Society prize money is now being paid out at Mr 11. F, Russell's office. The committee lias been unavoidably, delayed by the carnival and Christmas ■holidays'. The afternoon train outward today will Ire delayed till 5.15 p.m. To-morrow a special passenger train will leave l'or Elthani and Waitara at 10.'30 p.m. The:shipment from New Plymouth last week consisted of 14,400 boxes of butter and 457| cases of cheese. These were sent to Wellington for shipment 4>y the s.s. Ruapehu to London.

The Otago Farmers' I'nion has decided to ask the Governmi-nt to reconsider the decision to slop sterilizing worlfs, or consider the question of prohibiting the importation of bones.

A man who was at Taihape during the New Year celebrations says that cockies, bushwhackers, and cooperatives stood five 'deep round the hotel bars ar.d howled (or Iveer and then lor more beer. Some of the subsequent street scenes (says a n exchange) were quite up to Taihape's best previous performances. A case of supposed ptomaine poisoning is reported from Katikati, Thames. On Saturday last Mr and Mrs Wigley, of the Talisman Hotel, o, visitor named Miss Hicks, and two servants at the hotel were suddenly seized with violent illness and internal pains. Dr. Claridge, of Waihi, gave the opinion that the illness was caused by ptomaine poisoning. Mr Wigley sufi'ered most, but under medical care all are recovering. The cause of the poisoning is unknown.

A lJawke's Hay llerajd correspondent, telegraphing from Taiha|>e, s-ays !—"The unseasonable weather has been very of stock in the centre of the Nortl) Island. In some iparts the cold has been unpreeedentled for this lime of the year. The ranges are snow-covered. On ISirfh's station 450 sheep died in a singla night after being shorn. Thirty-live of a niol) of horses which was being driven -through- from, the Waikalo also -died in one night after being timed into a paddock. The drovers employed Maoris to bury them. '.Pile weather is still wet, and the roads are terribly rough. Tin; coach I'roni here It) Waihora has got tlirougii only three times this season, aivd the journey, which is made in slr o ng wag'gonettes, is a tedious one on account of the mud.' •

With respect to -the report that Professor Ernest Itutherford, tile a'ble New Zealander who is now in the front rank amongst modern phys/cists, has postponed his visit to iNew Zealand owing l to Ivis having accepted an invitation to deliver the Milliman lectures at the Yale I'niversity, Christcnurch Truth publishes the following account of the origin pf the lectures In 3 88H SO,OOO dollars were left in trust by the sons of Mrs Epfs'ii EJy Silliman, in honour of their mother, for the purpose of memorial lectures designed to illustrate the presid'ence, and providence, ami wisdom of t!od as manifested in the natural -and moral world. It was the belief of the testators that any orderly presentation of the facts of nature or of history would contribute to thi£ end more faithfully than any attempt lo emphasise the elements of doctrine or creed. A course of the same lectureb was given at Yale by Profesror J. Thomson, of the)' Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, and it is a high tribute to Professor Rutherford's ability being invited to give the lectures. The lectures, ten in numlber, will be delivered in April, and as soon as Professor Rutherford has accomplished his task he \ ill IM ioi Vu At il iul

Japanese exports for 1904 increased 10 per cent., and tlio imijorts 17 per cent.

Bacteriological has proved that, the recent outbreak of disease among cattle near liurnie, Tasmania, is anthrax. The British South African pany's resident engineer describes the alluvial deposits at Victoria in Mashonalatid as patchy, chiefly shed gold, avid says that probably the ancients secured the bulk. In Wellington political circles (says a Wollington correspondent) there is a feeling that the last session of the prescpt Parliament will be a short I on..', and that the general election will lie lixed for the last week in November. Annie Sumniersley, who pleaded guilty to allowing! her child, 12j years old, to be drilled at Foxton, with her knowledge, was sentenced to months' imprisonmnent. The case, the first of its kind in New Zealand, was of a specially revolting character. By way of an object lesson to New Zealar.d dairy men there will be an exhibition of 'butter of unusual interest at the next winter show at I'almerston North. The National Dairy Association is arranging to have boxes of the finest Danish, Siberian, Argentine, and English butter sent to New Zealand, to be exhibited with New Zealand butter, for the sake of comparison. Every care will be taken to ensure that tho various' samples will be shown under equal conditions. The Exhibition is botind to be n and a big one at that. So is J. 11. Parker's display of silvei I mounted toilet requisites, purses, and cheap watches for boys and girls rom !7s Gd each. Also greenstono goods in groat variety.'" GOUT GOES GLADLY, ltheumo and gout can't be in the Systsm together. When Rhoumo goes 'in the gout goes out. Mi- F. D. Polling, of Eketahuna, has proved this. Writing on Ist July he says: ■ —"Kindly send me another bottle of your Rheumo mixture, as I have had no trouble with gout since I have kept it in the house. It gives me immediate relief by taking one dose. I can with confidence recommend Rheumo for either gout or rheumatics." Just one more proof of that Rheumo conquers chronic, rheumatism. Chemists an'd stores, 2s 6d and 4s (id per bottle.* 5 HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. Good Spirits. Everyone has fre- ! queutly experienced sudtfm personal changes troin gaiety to g/oom. The wind and weather oftentimes receive the blame when a faulty digestion is alone the cause of the depression. Ilolloway's Pills can be honestly recommended for regulating a disordered stomach and improving digestion. They entirely remove the sense of fulness and oppression after eating. They clear the furred tongue, and act as a wholesome stimulant to tho liver, and a gentle nperient to the bowels. They .healthfully rouse both body and mind. Holloway s Pills are tfie best antidotes for ■ of appetite, nausea, flatulency, - Heartburn, langour, depression, and that apathy so characteristic of •jhronic derangement of the digestion.* WHY IT SELLS. If SYKES' DRENCH were not i backed by real merit it would have . been dead long ago. Do you want i to know why it sells ? WORD OF ! MOUTH ADVERTISING. A farmer buys it, perhaps through chance, . maybe a friend recommends it to him. I-lowover, he gives it a trial. A valuable cow's life is saved ; next time several of his pigs are sick ; ho tries it again ; and so it goes on until after two or three more trials he finds it can be depended upon. When his neighbours cows aro sick he says : " Why don't you use ■ SY'KES' Drench? Best thing lever [ struck. Get a packet old chap, and just use it accordikg to tho directions and it will do the rest." This friend tries it with similar results and recommends it to another, , and so it grows constantly because . it faithfully does its work. Each . Packet of SYKES' DRENCH contains two drenches. Price Is 6d.— idvt. A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINCTION. The Western Medical' Review, a medical publication of the highest standing, says, in a recent issue : 'Thousands of physicians in this and, other countries have attested that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract I* not only reliable, but that it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over all other preparations of Eucalyptus." Your health Is too precious to be tampered with, therefore reject all products foisted upon you by unscrupulous mercenaries, and insist upon getting Santer and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended by your physician and tho medical press. In coughs, colds, fevers. dia« rhoea, kidney diseases, the relief is instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers, burns, sprains, etc., it heals without inflammation. As mouthwash (3 drops to a glass of water) it pro< vents decay of teeth, and destroys all disease germs •