LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7734, 9 February 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlio plague seems to have got a serious hold in Bri,sban«, an ;mo,thcr fital case was reported yostcrdu.v, also another fresh case or disease. •n..- Mule hoy .John Ward, who was so terribly injured in a Irani ace cidont at Wellington on Tuesday, died in the hospital vesterdav inoj'iid ing. '\ A man named .foseph Hohrrty, a horsebroaker, aged i.'y, was found j dead on the Taradale I tout], ne -ir | Napier, yesterday. deceased sull'orod from bleeding ol' the lungs. >| Mrs Masters, iilm was shot, by her husband at Hastings yesterday, has been operated on for the extraction 5 of Ihe bullet, but is still in a critical condition, We. are requested to end attention to Hie advertisement in connection with the tea nieeling and concert at the South Koad Sunday School. The building has been enlarged, and re-opening services Wore, held last '.Sunday. It is anticipated thorn will be a large attendance this evening, 3 1 The 'great progress, which lias j marked the care:'r of the Ancient Order of DruiVls may he seen from ;the fact that wlureas in 1895 there were only 38!) members: and 1 I lodges 1 , there were in November, 1.1901'. no lens- than M 578 members ',a!Kl 37 lodges, while the funds had ' grown from zero to £20,51 fi. I The annual conreronce of delegates ! t») the District (Irawl Lodge of i DruWeoor ( r the North Island opened J ;yesterday u.t thfl Masonic Hall, Kobe j Street, and w,:l:! be doittinuc<l to-day. | iThere werp 117 delegates ami live i(!fniKl Lodge ollicials present'. Last | • evening the Mo'lnroa I J odgc enterI tained the delegates njwJ oflicers' .to a I [smoke concert at the Foresters,' Hall, | I when there was a large gathering, I Arch-DiuM Hro'ther E. Lee occupying | i the chair. Our report or this very I successful gathering is unfortunate-| li crowded out of this jssue. /

"In all the great self-governing colonics Mr Chamberlain is hailed us the incarnation of the free Imperial spirit " said Sir J. A. Cockborn (ex-Premier of South Australia) to the Oxford tnion. The train from Ilawcra to Now Plymouth this morning was delayed by a breakdown of the engine neat the Waiwakaiho bridge, and arrived an hour and a half Into. Many ot ' the passengers -walked into inwn. Nurse Edgar, who attended .tile Duke of Connnught after his recent motor car accident, has received Ore Victorian Medal from the Kin;:', and from the Duke and Duchess of (ionnaught a beautiful enamel and pearl brooch (says the Graphic.) At a meeting of the Hawkc's Hay A. and P. Society on February "rd a letter was read from tin 1 ' IVpartnient of Agriculture staling tlvil the | society's representations in fnvoi'r jof establishing bone sterilising works jin the colony would receive consideration. I The destruction of our ships can have no appreciable effect en the iwork of the fortress of Port Arthur. :lt is, on the other hand, of great ]. 'advantage, for the excellent nava'i guns are of great value in the do- \ fence. —Novoe Vreiayn, St. Peters- ; burg. rj e Pathetic interest is al Inched to 1 [ 11-if; list of candidates who passed the i recent law examinations published c lately by the fact that amongst rhe ] successful candidates occur the names | of the laic Mr 11. W. Hobday arid Mr i P. N. Wilson, who were drowned in i the yachting fatality oil Wellington j Heads'on January 2. 1 Mr Wyliourae, of Waverly, topped | the I'.st for Lincoln raws at the re- j cent Napier ram fair, having of ..tain- I ,od 31 guineas for his best sheep. Last year his highest figure was 1(1 ' Iguineas, and 8 guineas was the < •offer for the animal that brought the I albove handsome pr.ice. Mr Wybourne * is, no sloubt, glad he brought him , • home. A fea'ture of the Napier lair 1 Ljvus Hie fact that prices were higher ' ■.al the end than at the beginning of ' ,tile fair, and indication that the tie- ' muml was greater than the supply. ' |This should be a healthy augury for ' forthcoming ram fairs in this ili's- ' jtrict.—Wanganui Herald. ' The Paimerston North branch of ' | Hie Farmers' I'nion has sot up a ' ,coniniilfco to collect ovklence to su limit to the Land Commission, when i it visfts this district : also l taking ' steps to promote farmers' mutual fire insurance in the Manuwaiu and Mil-rounding districts'. The sMpnlnition is ma-de thai £lo,(H>n worth of insurance must be guaranteed be- • fore a start is made. A committee ,has been set up to establish a general produce exchange in Palmers-' ton North, under the auspices of the . Union. Land in a good position, within jcoo-ee of Devon street, anvl in the' ; borough, is always a good specula-I 11 ion, but it is not often that buyers. I get the chance to secure a piece of, land such as Mrs ISrmviilow Horrocks ,is offering to the public next Tues- I .day, when her beautiful house 10-i gether with 1 j acres of hind With frontages to Woolcombe Terrace and I . Duller street, will ],p submitted" to auction in lots to suit all classes of buyers, and as the reserves 'fixed are very low and the deposit required down is only ]() per cent, of the total purchase money, the auctioneers should have no difficulty in disposing of the whole. ; j At an A O.F, social at Paimerston s | J North on Monday evening Mi- .1 Wilson, secretary of the Court Mana- . .wntn, spoke at length „,, the laws . nnectlng friendly societies. The per- . sou at the head of u u . department I . which attended to these matters wis ' antiquated, and caused discontent. , and ■dissatisfaction by h|s altitude. I : towards the secretaries of those bo- ' i dies. The law also needed amend- . ment, being full „f (laws. The divi- , sion of funds under the various al'o- , cations acconling to the law was not j sufficiently elastic. The managc- . ment fund was not suflicicnl to carry on the administration. J„ coiu-h'i- . sion-lhe speaker disagreed with the . Itegistrar-Reneral's statement Hint ! . certain lodges aiv unliiuincial. 1 The cominjtb-c appointed to .„.. I ; range f,„, lni! approacliing Harvest ' - 'thanksgiving Festival at Whitelev • ■ Church nut yesterday eflrrnoon in ■ the schoolroom, the Hev. .1. X Hut- ' »te presiding, T , K , re , vas „ ' , ■ attendance, and a largo amount of . business was transacted, consider-I i able interest being taken in the p,„r feedings. It was decided to issue -. - circular to (he members of the coiii.grcgation calling attention to. (he ■ estiva! and inviting ||„. co-opera- '- Hon ol all in securing „ successful - result. Districts were allotted to - canvassers, who will wait upon Ihe - congregation and report to a future > meeting. Contributions 0 f produce - fruit, vegetables, flowers, and even' - reatl .V" cash wi|l be thankfully reeeiv- ; Son/ 110 f atL ' "r 1 "* s " mu, - v - A, »«h I O'Jth, and on the following- evening ) a social gathering !lnc l saie of proI duce will |>e held. - I A meeting of the New Plymouth * Garrison Band, at which there was s a lull attendance, was held at the - band room last night to consider the - .desirability of tl ._ vinf , U) i the annual contest of the North P> - land Association should next yen- lie - .held in this town. Considerable dial a mission ensued, in which all were unanimous that a systematic effort 1 Bfloujd be. made. In the event of e the association agreeing to hold its t contest at New Plymouth, certain 3 hinds will 1 W required to pay ex- - penses. ami as there is a possibilitv —th-oUK-Iv no serious probabilityi that the receipts might not equal -the expenditure, guarantors win, W >? I n : i .f nKOO '»»'«nsency'n 8 8„ Ille , responsibility for any deficiency are , required. The band's delegates 1 0 2 the Auckland Conference, Messrs T i ,McConnell, bandmaster, and X AlI' }en sec|--elnry, were appointed to I make.a canvass of the town on Fri i (lay iiexfj for the purpose of secur- - jng these, '_ It is worth remembering that foi , xl ''-' l lenco of style and qual.ty com- . '"''" with largo range of variety e and cheapness of engagement rin.4 i and all kinds of jewellery vou must _ go to ,1, 11. Parker's, Jeweller, next , rai way crossing, Devon Street Cen- I ( ual, New riymoiith. ll Do you dread washing day ? Then ' , buy a tin of Washine and cheer up. 1 See a list 0 f storekeepers who stock l . it. A (id tin sufficient for o. week's ; washing.* , A MOST lIOXOUKAULE DISTINr. TION. I The Western Medical Review, a .< medical publication of the highest! 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