LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7729, 3 February 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The new Sacred Heart Convent at Island Buy, Wellington, will cost about £15,000. A tender has been uccepted for its erection. By the next inward San Francisco mail steamer;. President Rooseveh 's: gift to New Zealand;, of wapiti, deer, arc expected to arrive. Some other .deer are also expected to -arrive by the same vessel, for liberation at 'places to be selected in the colony.

An explosion of anaesthetic gas took place in Ds, Horner's dental surgery in Launceston, Tasmania, recently. The surgery was nil most I wrecked, and Br. Horner ha<l a narjrow escape from serious injury.

The manager of the Old People's Home wishes to return thanks for the following donations,:—Mrs Standish, Mr O'Drisool.l, Mr 1). O'Krien. and it ho Public Library, for books and periodicals; Messrs Palmer and Wright, for parcels of clothing.

Mr Newton iKing advertises a quantity of fruit for Ijsnle at the mart, this afternoon. The consignment comprises some choice nectarines and peaches from the Auckland [district; also a splendid line of tomatoes in first-class order.

At the works committee meeting of the Borough Council on Thursday the Mayor made sonic strong remarks as to the stench arising from the stream crossing the town, and expressed his| fears of an outbreak of fever if present arrangements were not improved on. The Frankley , Road Boa id have notified the Borough Council that ,M.r Kendall lias been appointed honorary inspector to 1 report on and deal j with any. cases of infectious diseases in their district. The Barrett Road Board will probably take a similar course at its next meeting.,

Recent gales have left indications of their force on the Elginshire wreck south of Timaru, which hasbeen considerably broken up by the heavy Seas, Part of each side was Washed away, and the deck now overhangs alejout 40ft. A good deal olf the wreckage has come ashore, and the whole vessel lias a list northwards..

Sewing is a masculine occupation in India, and the derize, or sewing man, is a past master in his art, up to a certain point. He is possessed ofvittle rni'tiative, but he is a wonderful imitator, besides being an exi'iiiisiito needlemau, and from a riding habit to a pretty blouse or frock ho can copy almost everything in reason, rising to the high water mark of triumphant achievement in such garments as require minute st'iitehery and clever embroide.ie. A native woman of high rank, named Taihana, committed suicide by throwing herself over a cliff last week at Kotorua, through her an-

jcesiors, ithe Ngaeterangi.;, being cursed, which, when a native was disres-

pectfully spoken of in the olden times meant death ; in our days a taua

I usually takes place in which large payments are made. The deceased's relatives and friends from Tauranga proceeded to Kotorua on Thursday last to show their respect.

[ Mr F, L. : Ayson, Government inspector of fisheries, arrived by the

San Francisco matt steamer Sierra, in charge of 1,300,000 lish ova. The consignment consisted of 300,000 quinnat salmon ova and one mj'llion white fish. The white fish are for liberation in the cold lakes of the South Island, half of which will be ! placed in Lake Tckapo, and hall' in | Lake Kanicri. The salmon ova will be liberated in the tioveimnent hatcheries at Hakataramea. Mr Ayson was delighted, with the success of his shipment, and informed a representor tive of the New Zealand Herald that ho had not lost, more than one-half per cent, of the eggs on the passage'. A Christchurch genttlemnu, recently returned from Europe, relates a strange incident that befel him in Madrid. In company with three other colonials a cafe was visiied, and ! coffee was ordered for the quartette. On its arrival, unaccompanied by milk, futile endeavours were made to in his knowledge of Knglish as were get the waiter, who was as deficient the tourists in their acquaintance of Spanish, to reinprly the defect, but all to no purpose. At last when .every other method had failed, one <f | the party produced a piece of paper, on, which ho drew the rough figure of a cow. This apparently had the |desired effect, and away flew the I waiter only to return in a few minutes with four tickets for a bull |flehi that was to take place next Iflayi

In a sermon at the Church parade held ju Dunedin on Sunday last, the llev. Curzon Siggors expressed the opinion that more intelligent interest should be shown by citizens in volunteering, instancing* the lact that a gun of the value of £SOOO had been lying at the heads (or a long time unmounted. The gun was one of the test in New Zealand, and yet it could not be used because it had not beor| mounted, representing a waste of £SOOO capital, which, speaking as a civilian, he said would not be tolerated it the people took interest in volunteers. It might be neceissary, at na distant date, in the interests or defence, to close down all businesses, for, say, four days, and have all manhood under drill. To obviate suoh compulsion* let them act loyally to the- King, encourage men to volunteer,, and bo proud of our citizen soldiers.

In connection with the charges against various persons at tho Dunedin City l'oH'qu Court of trespassing oa the Wingatui racecourse, ;l fierce (searchlight was thrown on the methods of some •• tipsters " who follow race meetings and profess to be able to pick the winners for persons who are gullible enough to take | "tips" (says the Otago Daily jTimes). It was slated that is was J the practice of numbem of jouthslo | profess to be '• in the know/' and to l"tip" the different horses in a race | —of course to different individuals—on the certain principle that one :horse must win. Alter the race the '■' pigeon" who had been "tipped" | the winner is approached for the ,professional fee of, perhaps, half a (spvera'en. The wonder is tint there is still enpugh innocence in lii,' public to aver givp "these gucssers employment, and yet (.he game stems to be lucrative enough .'> keep a Igood many of them haunting the J'aCeCourses. .

. The medical profession of Svdnev . lost one of its leading members on . January 18 , )y the d( ,. uh of Ur _ tlalph Hodgson, at Neutral H uv . >Vhile on a pleasure t»:p in hj s n,o- . tor boat'. The cause of death was , heart disease. Dr. Hodgson was, per- . baps, one of the best-known medical ■ men in the city, and was- also much admired for his fine physique. He .was born in London in 1855, and .Was the fourth son of Captain Chaiv ■ fcs George Hodgson, late of the Guards., and Assistant ■ ..Commissioner of the City of London jPohce. Deceased graduated al St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London find won every quulilieation possible Coming to Sydney in 3887 he started practice, and rapidly advanced to the top of his profession!. He took a deep interest in alii public affairs nod was interested in the Uefornl movement, being a member of the Reform Association Council. Only once did be offer himself ior election to Parliament, when lip was defeated by the late Mr Copeland' in"a byelection in Phillip .Division, lie had a big practice amongst the shipping ol the port, and was one of the loimders of the King Edward Hospital lor Seamen, in his- leisure moments when not engaged in politics, Diy. Hodgson devoted himself to chess being a player of no mean ability. In this pastime he represented New South Wales in several inter-State mutches. Lately, however, ho turned Ins attention to electric engineering, WHI in the pursuit of this hobby turned out some excellent working models. He look a deep interest in motor -boats, and at the last Halmain regatta steered u boat d.iven by an engine of his' own make to .victory. He j s sukl t „ , mvc )jwn lf) tot man to advocate the use of head measurements and finger prints for tli<ridcnUlieayion of criminals in Ans t>'Ujla, : 'i'he Town lluiml wiil give a ner ' lormancein U ,e Recreation Oro.nd ß " ! ou Sunday ulUtiiooh, weather netmittjng.* ' Bo you dread washing day ? Then buy a tin of Washine and cheer up ff 00 a 1 ,'.'? t ,V r storekeepers who stock it. A bd t, n sufficient for a week's washing.* . The safe carriage ol presents and ' Christmas gifts to friends in the Old ' Country is undertaken by the New > Zealand Express Company, Ltd. Regular fortnightly shipments. Delivery J to addresß. 7 i ON THE FOURTH PAGE. * Literature. ] Turbine Endues. i

Mcsai'a Bow'ley and Griffiths hold th» final clearing sale at the Cooperative Store at 2.30 p.m. to-day. | Considerable interest is taken n sporting oirclcs is the stile of Full Cry and Rotoairo, which will be by Mr Newton Kin.;; at 2 o'clock to-day at Smart Road. I Within a few months 150 bushmen have departed from Southland for Dannevirke, being attracted by the higher wages offered there, and more constant employment.

"Ilhviscd lie the chairman who ! makes a short speech, for he shall ( be invited again," was a proverb (fnoted by 'the Mayor of Christchurch at a public, meeting.

The I'nion liners Wnrrimoo and I Aloeraki, leaving Bluff for Melbourne on Fell. 27th and March oth, will .call at Milford Sound to enable pasIsengers to see one of the wonders of New Zealand.

| The Stratford Post stall* that the next svetion of the Toko railway extension railway has been commenced, aibont forty men are now engaged on the summit cutting on the roa Road. A gang of thirty men is at work on the Mount Egmont line.

I A man who has died at I'eterhead, n fc >sd 101, was employed for seventy years at some Raw-mills. He did pdd jobs after completing" his 100 th I year. A widow who has died in ■ County Antrim, aged 109, was .bright and intelligent to the last. A Hamilton wire stales that at I the annual sheep fair at Wuikino re.cord prices were obtained for sheep of all classes, which went up fully 3s per head. Breeding ewes sold up to 19s, und fat ewes to 225. The I rise is chiefly due to the demand for stocking. In a letter, which appears in the Pastoralists' Review, written by Mr W. H. Beelhuni, the writer states' that for fifteen years £SOOO per annum was expended, on the average, on Brancepeth in rabbit suppression Only £BOO, however, is now expended annually, the natural enemies of the pest having really got to work.

* A Russian has devised a means for [ preserving dead bodies by emlra.'ii.ing ' i.theiii in gluiss. The body is f'.r.-t 1 covered with a thin coating of li;|Itiid glass. It is then pla.'ed in a ii mould and melted glass puiire-i r-.und g At, : The body thus becomes enclosed ~ in an airtight; solid and transpar- >- ent mass of glass, and would be n !preserved 'indefinitely, n I A Masterton resident had occasion '- ito pull down his kitchen chimney k | eccn%, and he found between the n brick-work and lht> wall lining a r ; rat'finest, wherein was a curious n collection of odds and ends. Among e other things there were scores of tmslruisk majtches, and the resident - is now congraiulutr'ng himself that v the rodent's penchant for these litt jtle thialgs did not 'lead to the serii_ ous result it might have. Another . [article for which the buiUfers' of the ;_ | nest showed a particular fondness s jwas the needle, quite a large col x ;lection being found in ithe retreat - e fS*' s The other day a bull paid a huri rled visit to a jeweller's shop in C l< eliding and incidentally broke a show case, The owner of the ani- . mal js a bit of a bush lawyer and e when ho got a letter claiming damages he went round to see the j tradesmen. " Look 'ere," he said , " I got'your letter, but what about .contributory negligence ?" " Well r you left yer door open ?" •" Yes " e " And the bull walks in !" "Yes!" , " Well yer should hev left .yer door closed and he couldn't-er got in. j lint's. contributory nogiMgoncc! See ?" and ho went away ami t hasn't come back since. < The standard survey of Masterton - which has been engaging attention : at intervals for just a (garter of a f century, has at last been completed, , and the plans are being issued by the . Survey Department. The Mayor of Masterton proposes, if possible, to ( [have plans of the Borough according to its new dimensions, together with the streets and building allotments, lithographed, at an early ; date, and placed in the hands of the I ratepayers. It may be mentioned that Masterton, which, formerly con- ' sisted of 1000 acres, has, under the ' ; provisions of recent legislation, been ' reduced in size to about 2000 acres, i HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OXNT-' MENT. j Effect wonderful cures of bad legs and old wounds. If these medicines ' l*e used)a)ccarding to the directions ' which are wrapped round each pot I tuid hfox there is no wound, bad leg!, or ulcerous sore, however obstinate' I but will yield to their curative propertiws. Numlfeers of persons who had ' been patients in the large hospitals without! -.deriving hencfit, have been cured by Hollowuy's Ointment and Fills, when other remedies had signally failed.. For gtouidular swellings, tumours, scurvy and diseases of the skin there is no medicine that can be used with sa good an effect, : and though the cure is rapid, it is I also complete and permanent.* !, It you do your own washing then ' here is good news for you. Try « i tin of "Washinc " ; it will help you | and please you. See list of store- ' keepers who stock it.* jA. MOST HONOURABLE DISTINC< TION. ,< The Western Medical Review, »,' 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 Exi* tract Is not only reliable, but that, j it has a pronounced and indisputable , superiority over all other preparations of Eucalyptus." Youi- health Is too precious to be tampered with, therefore reject all products foisted « upon you by unscrupulous mercenar- i ics, *nd insist upon getting San- * ljr and Sons' Eucalypti Extract,;' the only preparation recommended bji i your physician and the medical!' press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diaw, 11 rhoen, kidney diseases, the relief is c instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers*,' 1 burns, sprains, etc., it heals without c inflammation. As mouthwash (1 drops to a glass of water) it pro* s vents decay of teeth, and destroy*'' all disease germs.* K THE EFFECT WAS MAGICAL. 0 The magic effect ol Rheumo is tes- a tilled to by Mr Geo. Colledge, of:j Wellington. His own words arc j, most convincing. He writes : " If, few weeks ago I was attacked with t rheumatic gout; my feet were muchj swollen, and so very painful that L had to keep in bed. Hearing of you !jj. cure for gout, I sent fpr a bottle pfi Rheumo, and after taking a few do's j', es the effect was magical, the severe'v pain left, and the swelling disap-|o( penned. I was soon on my feet and able to go to work."-i, Rheumo conquers chronic rheuma-'fi tism. Chemists and stores, 2s 6d and] s <ls 6d per bottle. 3 L' - 3<

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Newton King—Will sell fruit at 2.30 p.m. u , E. W. Uarner—Notifies that the Eg- S | mont Mountain house and cottage n are now open.; «.