LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7733, 8 February 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The potato disease is prevalent all £ over the ilutt Valley. I In January New Zealand exported gold to the value ol £231,812, and , silver to the value of £4427. 1 Two fresh cases of plague are reported from Brisbane, one of which has proved fatal. It isi reported by cable from Xlobart that Loch, a midshipman of H.M.S. Euryalis, is not ! having been seen since Friday. I A strike has occurred among Belgian miners, who demand a reduction ' in working hours and a twenty-live | per cent, increase in wagt's. The Melbourne-Suez despatch of mails of January 4th anivixl in London on the afternoon of the sth ; in st. A't the Police Court on Tuesday a first offender was convicted on a charge of drunkenness and dischurgid. Dr. Torrey and Mr Alexander, who recently toural New Zealand on a revival mission, have opened a campaign in the Albert, Hall, London. The output of Australian coal for the xear 1904 was 6,019,000 tons, showing a decrease, compared with 1903, of 335,000 tons. On Sunday last, according to the Eltham Argus, over seventy persons from that town visited the Mountain House. Mr G. W. Taylor, Mayor of Eltham, has given 100 feet of 12in. by lin. boards for the making of additional furniture for the Dawson's Falls Mountain House. Among the risks recorded as having matured theough the lire at Hunrterville yesterday occurs the first loss of the State Fire Insurance Department—a sum of £l5O on the Victoria Buffet. A fire on the s.s. Maritai, oil K«ipara, caused the death of fifteen cattle and a horse and foal, which were smothered before they could be saved. A fire at Hunterville yesterday morning destroyed the Victoria Buffet, the old Hank of New Zealand, Mr Middlemas' office, and Mr Morris' butcher's shop and residence.

It is expected that the Ivaipara ; will load 1000 bales of Taranaki ' wooi, when in the Wat tara roadstead this month. There are already 850 bales to hand, says the Mail. , The railway bridge over the Waitotara is being raised lour feet higher to escape driftwood brought down , by floods. The work is carried on on Sundays because the bridge is then free from traffic. Vast floods (says' the Patea Press 1 ) have considerably altered the course of the l'atva river in the upper reaches!. Where previously there used to be deep water mud deposits have formed islands. Slaughtering operations are nowbeing carried on at the Waitara Freezing Works. Sheep and lambs | to the number of <l3O are being put i through easily, besides'cattle It was reported last year that extensive gold deposits tod been discovered iu Japan. We now learn by cable tihat the House ol Represent atives of that country 'has passed an Act prohibiting the working or control of any .Japanese mines by persons from other countries. Mr Lockhart, an American magnate, who lately died leaving thirty million pounds, cut his daughter oil with only £60,000 on account of her marrying without his consent. Rather than share the remainder with the legal fraternity, his other heirs increased this dole to £0,000,000. Dr. Valintine, Assistant Health Officer, made a strong appeal jesterday to the Wellington Hospital Trustees to provide a hospital for consumptives, of whom, he said, there were 150 in Wellington at present. It was decided lo appeal to the public for help. By cable from Adelaide we leant that Shrubb abd Duffey, lithe English and American champion runners, landed there yesterday, and met with a hearty welcome from athletic men. It is reported to be unlikely that DulTey will do any short distance work in Victoria. The Grand Jury, by u majority I vote, threw out the bill in the charge of manslaughter against Dr. J. C. Collins, senior medical officer i.it 'the Auckland Hospital, arising out of the operation on Wallace ; W'hitq. referred to in the report of ; the recent Hoyal Commission on the . hospital. The Waimate Witness states that i the local constable is trying to serve ■ notices to local Maoris to attend the ( 'District Court at Ilawera on the ' ! Kith inst., in order that a native | jury may be einpannellcd for the | trial of three Maoris for perjury. The - constable is finding great difficulty in iitting men to their names, and the Witness thinks that If he obtains a jury there need not be much doubt as to the verdict they will return. When ally importand foreign lady ; is staying at Sandringham, the King always takes her into dinner, and should she be a good bridge player, j she is invifed to join His Majesty's j 'table. The Kiing, however, wili have , ,iio " duffers," no matter how exalted i their rank, and the three best play- I icrs among the party usually play j I night after night with their Hoyal , host. In illustration of his opinion that i even a clergyman has a right to mo- , demise his views, when science justi- i lies his doing so, the liev. H. J. I Ixjwis told an apt personal experience at I'ocroa recently. Visiting j Manchester, ho said, he hoard a prayer read in church for the stay of the cattle plague, although that disease had disappeared months before. What had happened was that the •bishop had forgotten to cancel the instructions he had issued when the plague , -svas prevalent, and the clergyman just went on obeying or- , ders. Dr. Gore, who has been nominated for f,hf< position of lii.st bishop of Birmingham (a newly-created diocese), reports that he was walking through Urimlnghain, when he became conscious of undergoing a most rigorous inspection at the hands of two | small hoes, who seemed to find inex- t haustible interest in the nature and | purpose of the Episcopal gaiters —• I wherein. Dr. (lore slyly added', they wore far from standing a;':one. In tjie ep'l. after prolonged scrutiny, Ont of j.h,em summed up the matter with tiip sqgacjgu^ 1 observation;. " Well, he must, be a Scpitsmai)." A rather peculiar buriri.uy was committed a few nights ago, when a cycle shop was broken into. The means of entrance was rather ingenious. Auger holes were bored In a circle in The bac.k door, which was fastened by a slip of wood, and the I circled piece was then knocked in, j and the 'burglar's hand put through, and the wood withdrawn. Two gratI phophones, a recorder, and 14 re- | | cords weighing about lOOlbs, and a ' j bicycle hub, were taken away, l'o'ice 1 , suspicions attached: to a young man .named UijUaney, a returned trooper. 7, ,<xl K} n gs were visited, and one of the graphophones, the recorder, and | a number of records were found in his room a „d bag. The value of one hophone was £lO 10s, a st . cond tieS , total volue of the stolen fii tales beififf £2O . i, is room was ft. bjcycje, stolen some time ago from Invtrcargjll jvliit-l. was identified by the poliro ofTisL.n ßiC, T dSo "' Bn Ho, th Vfri," Wrvcd "«■' lie , " • w " 1- ' antl ,la « »»ice >ui lesKlent in that countrv, relo his ?f°™ U Ulluly on "'visit !•<> his relatives. He states that ' ..w '» n very bad way in con tent U ' l4is ,Ill,C ' l tli.sSoilHi \J'i T » th - V oouth Alr/ca to that of New kealand, aud sa ys that wjth the same s)a,up 0.1 people j* wo.uld be a splen- ; is its Tin " ,iwl lW'«tion is its bane, Tlu-re j s a „.. >u nnnii-nt of coloured rates, and as black Jul)oni> j H clwapep there j.s Httlo m'u" C " Th'' UlL> , white woul'rl I S " P ! ,ly 0f l"l»'"r would hnve l>een sufficient for the mines, but for reasons of their own hive 0 '! 1 /,'. Pi' S - l ' S USWI iMl ' to have the Chinese imported. At nrehundreds of white mem 1 f °'' ks 111 ;is Per dav and when that stops it will go hard' with these men. In politics the feeling B<W|n« Lotf Milner was increasing he-H-fv"" 1 ' |,r " v ' D »sJy fc'uve him else liliu ° " O,V "I* i

Tlawera, in answer to a requisition by a majority of its shopkeeptrs, lias been gazetted as under the Shops and Offices Act. A Maori woman, cros'.-,-i.'xamino;l in the Masterton Court last Friday as to her means of living, replied : "[ am the luckiest woman that ever went round the ruces." At its meeting- last evening we learn |i>.v wire that the l)un«lin Drainage Hoard resolved to strike I rates as follows: Within sewered jarea, .(id. in the pound on sewered 'properties, and -Id in the pound on uiisewered ; without sewered area, ' 2d in the pound. I We 'have received 'from the TouriM Department some beautifully executed coloured maps of portions oi the Southevn Alps), the North Island Lake District, and other scenic resorts qf this colony. These maps have been turned out by the dove, nment printing office, and so artistically executed that (heir production would be a credit to any such establishment in the woiUd. l'nrcels and packages fiom all cen ties in New Zealand to New Ply. moulhor vice versa at fixed through rates.—The New Zealand Expresj Company, Ltd. it Do you dread washing day ? Then buy a tin of Washine and cheor up. See a list of storekeepers who stock it. A (id tin sufficient for a week's washing.* It is worth remembering that foi xcellence of style and quality comined with large range of variety and cheapness of engagement rings and all kinds of jewellery you must go to J. H. Parker's, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth.* WHY IT SELLS. If SYKES' DRENCH were not backed by real merit it would have been dead long ago. Do you want to know why it sells ? WORD OF MOUTH ADVERTISING. A farmer buys it 1 , perhaps through chance, maybe a friend recommends it to him. However, he gives it a trial. A valuable cow's life is saved ; next time several of his pigs are sick; he 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 are sick he says : "Why don't you use SYKES' Drench ? Best thing I ev e r struck. Gut a packet, old chap, and ist use it according tothe 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 ,\t faithfully does its v.ork. Kach 1 racket of SYKES' DRENCH con- ' tains two drenches. Price Is 6d.— Advt.

AFTER TWENTY YEARS. I ( Mr H. Hullen, Cheviot, writes :! ( "The Rheumo has done my wife a j great amount of good. She got no f good from the Hanmer Springs, j having sufTered from chronic rheum- I ( atism for twenty years. I was suffering from the kidneys, and took 1 some Rheumo. It relieved me very | quickly. I have recommended it. to 'several people, all with good re- i ( suits. Sold by alll chemists and ( storekeepers, 2s Gtl and' 4s 6d. Wholesale Agents, Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co.* ' lIOLLOWAY'S OINTMENI AND PILLS. Are the best, cheapest, and most popular remedies at all seasons, and , under all circumstances they may be ; used with safety, and with the cer- j tainty of doing good. Eruptions, rashes, and all descriptions of skin diseases, sores, ulcerations and burns , are quickly benefited, and ultimately , cured by there healing, soothing and ] purifying medicaments. The oint- i ment rubbed upon the abdomen , checks all tendency to irritation in ] the bowels, and averts diarrhoea and other disorders of the intestines frequently prevailing through tho ; summer and fruit seasonß. Heat bumps, blotches, pimples, inflamma- , tions of the skin, muscular pains, neuralgic affections, and enlarged glands can bo effectively overcome by ; using Holloway's remedies according to tho instructions accompanying every jacket.