LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7738, 14 February 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tenders for raising and improving \ le I'itzroy school close at 4 p.m. , j-tfay at Mr J.. Sanderson's oUiec. I Messrs ltewley and Orilliths re- '] »rt the sale of Mr Isaac llolloway's < 10 aero farm on the Frankley -j oad to Mr Uruco Wallace. At the .Police Court on Monday a i ative was convicted on a charge of i runkenness in Jlcvon Street, and be- i ng a first offender was l discharged. A meeting of the directors of the reeling Works was hold yesterday )r the transaction of ordinary busies*. At the invitation of Hishop Neli- j an the lay readers of the Anglican , hurch in this 'district will meet His , .ordslvip in conference to-day. I Tlve Nurses' Home now being orDted by Messrs Wallath llrothe.s ear the hospital 'is progressing 1 lost satisfactorily. Tenders for the nnex for consumptive patients close ,t then end of this week. j It was hoped that the new organ i ,t St. Mary's Church would have j een ready for the opening befort Sishop Neligan left here, but, this t las been found impossible. Mr Croft, j iiho is in charge of the work, is j iparing no pains over the tuning and •oicing of the pipes. Judging from lie effects that can already be proluced, the instrument is one that the larishioners may well feel proud of. For the four weeks emled 7th Jaiv wry the railway revenue for the :olon,v amounted to £201.188, as igainst £ 1 .'',<1,(127 for the correspondng period last year. The North Isand revenue was £88,832, and the ■South Island £l-12,856. Of the to:al the Wellington-Naiver-New Plyuouth section yielded £59,085, as igainst £54,490 in last year's perod. The revenue for the year as far is it has gone (282 days) amounts :o £1,(548,438.. and the expenditure 61, 124,520. On the Wellington-Xa-iiier-New-l'lymouth section during the 'our weeks under notice 838,015 passenger tickets were issued. A correspondent of the Dunodrn Evening Star of thje 9th ins't. writes: —Sonne weeks ago, when in conveivsation with an agent of a fire insurance company doing business 1 in Dunedin, he assured me that- ?hc various companies would not reduce their rates. I now find that they have reduced rates by 33 l-3rd per cent thereby lighting against the State Fire Insurance Department. Now, sir, I think the people of this colony should be very thankful to the powers who have this about, and forced the combined companies to climb down " from exorbitant rates to a fair premium. 1 have insured for len years for £SOO, paying premium 17 (id per centum ; I iiave therefore been overcharged the whole of that period. Will the insurance company refund me £ll lis 8d ? If So, I will fct them off with the interest. Hut I am very doubtful whether they will ,sq uu re their consciences 'by remitting to their various clients the amount, of overcharge. I>n reference to the question of the cool-cuiVng of cheese, Mr Kinsella Said at Carterton that he had gained a great deal of his knowledge from Mr lluddick;, who had drawn the plans for the first four cold-cur-ing rooms in Canada, where at liivt it was* difficult to 'get farmers to believe in the merits of the svstem, but now nearly every factory had adopted the met hud after (he Government* through .Mr Kuddick'si efforts', had demonstrated its success. Some thought the kiystem was not necessary in New Zieaiand, but if asked his opinion he should s-av it was, especially in the North Island, lie was sure it would pay Wairarapa factories to go in for cool curing, which would ..secure i'd to id ger lb better prices'; in sonic cases perhaps id to ?d per lb better, where the factories were at present inferior. Many said it was not necessary to go in. for cold curing where they had not very hot weather, and so pinny cool nights, but he had a letter from one of his instructors in the South who had visited three factories, and had lound th'e temperature as hjg-h as 80, and the oil or fat in the butter running out on tile floor, which would almost ruin the article. 11l building a factory a most important thing to have was a conctete floor, lie was going to try and induce all factories to put the level of the cui'ingroom about 3ft below the level of the mafo'iigrooin, with properly insulated walls. The Auckland Observer slates that the ill-fated liuckeiidge, who is now confidently believed to have met his death on board the yacht Kin Ora when somewhere near the Cha'thams, made a will before sailing in which ho left a portion of his properly to the young lady io whom hi' was engaged to b,e married. It has since tramspirod that he was- entitled to a considerable sum of money, and his fiaacte communicated with his relatives at Home disclosing the nature of the will. The realtives having i.xv trayod some indications of distrust, a colonial lawyer is said to have made oi sporting offer to the young lady to have the will proved on commission. liut she is not doing business ill a manner that she naturally thinks would not b,o in accoitl with her dead lover's wishes, and so she has placed the matter in tile hands of a well-known Auckland business man now in England, giving him full particulars and entrusting him with full discretion in the matter of arranging with the relatives. The story to the .affect that Buckeridge is still alive, which has been pretty generally circulated, is wholly discredited by those who knew him best. They declaro that he was too brave and honourable, to play a game of deceit. Young Sfiowden, who was with the late Captain Huekeridge on the fatal voyage of the ICia Ora has, it seems, developed strong religions tendencies. When he left New Zealand he stated his intention of taking up missionary work with the Seventh Day Adventi'sts. lie is now at llatoum, which is the place in luissia where the oil eoines torn. Waverley, December 18, 1901. Jhe lollowing is taken from the Auckland Weekly News of the 18th lebruary, 1901 : Settler, near inglewood I aranaki, write., : 1„ an issue ol the News a little while back 1 noticed inquiries about sick pigs and thought 1 would take the liberty Of giving you my experience, -which J°u pass on to your readers if Jou choose. In the early spring I had five young pigs, seven months old sulTcring irom what, appeared to be severe colds. Their heads were swollen, their mouths open and their breathing thick and whistling. 1 had by me a packet of Sykes's Drench, whi!-!) J regularly use for cows at cah lug Unia, J mivdp ft pailful of warm oatmeal gruel, put imiQ it three large cupfuls of sugar, and half a packet of the Drench, and a good spoonful of dripping to make it rather greasy. This 1 fed them at six in the evening, and afterwards shut them jn with a warm straw bed. In the morning they worq considerably ej-ter, and tljiu following day all rig-hj. ; in lact, they have donp. well ever sine J fipneraJly gef, Sykps's Drench at the store, but it is nianu'lactiireil at New, Plymouth," ----- ImuiKs.* A MOST HONOURABLE DIS'ITNC. TION. The Western Medical Bevlew, a medical publication of the highest standing, in a recent issue : - 'Thousands i)l physicians in this and other countries have attested that Sander ami Sons' Eucalypti tract ill not only reliable, but th&t it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over all other preparations of Eucalyptus." Youi- healtt Is too precious to be tampered with therefore reject all products toisted upon you by unscrupulous mercenaries, «nd insist upon getting San-I-r and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the ityfy preparation recommended bj your physiefan the medical press. In coughs,' colds,' fevers, (jjai* rhoea, kidney diseases, the relief 'ij instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers; burns, sprains, etc., it heals without inflammation. As mouthwash (! drops to a glass cf water) it pre vents decay of teeth, aind destroys till disease germs.* " ' HOLLO WAY' S TILLS AND OINTMENT. Dyspepsia, Jaundjce. These complaints are the result of a disorgajk Ised liver, whjcli secretes bile in quality or quantity incapable of digesting food. Digestion requires a free flow of healthy bile, to ensure which llolloway's l'ills and Ointment have long been famous, far eclipsing every other medicine. Food, irregularity of eatfng, climate and other causes arc constancy throwing the liver into disorder, but that organ can soon bo regulated and healthily adjusted by Hollowny's Pills and Ointment, which act directly upon its vital secretion. The Ointment rubbed on the ahfn penetrates immediately to the liver, whos/j blood and nerves it rectifies. One trial is that is needed, a cure will soon follow,-*

A .pase of plague is 'reported at Uallina in New South Wales, j it is anticipated Unit the borough will, next year, have to (ind about; £IOO wherewith to pay interest. I A committee consisting of Crs. ; 'Brooking, Ahicr, and ClilY has been set up to frame a bye-law regulat- ; ( ing ihe height of smoke slacks. | A lire at Grey Lynn, Auckland, oil j Sunday! night destroyed a house! Owned by T. Lees ami Sons and or,- I ciipii'd by Arthur lOimonds. The in- ' .surnnces were, house £40(1, furniture ; £BOO. I The Borough Council last night passed a formal resolution withdrawing further proceedings to abolish jwards in the borough, in accordance with the resolution passed at the re-j | cent public meeting hold to discuss I the subject. I According to a discussion at the 'Horough Council meeting lust nigivl ! the question of the extension of (>i'l and Molesworth Streets with lirougham Street appears 'to be still a . j matter of doubt. An urgent wire is |to be sent to Sir Joseph Ward on I >1 he subject. The question of encroachments iCame in for a share of the time of ; the llorough Council last night, it (appears there is a committee in existence which has the matter in hand, but owing to the numerous engagements of the engineer the committee has not yet been able to report on the subject. The photograph of the councillors presented to the Mayor last night is an excellent ,work of art for which Or. ('oilis i«. responsible. Unforounatelyit is not complete, as (Jr. Fraser's photograph is missing. The reason , for this omission was explained to Mi's Worship, Cr. Fraser expressing a hope that the Mayor, when looking at the picture, would think of him in the tender light of an absent friend. To-day trains will leave the railway station for the'breakwater as follows :—To connect with s.s. Hot oiiti from Onehunga aiwl Takapun.i from South at S.iiO a.m. ; to coinect with Hoto'iti from the South at 7 a.m. and to connect with TaFiifim*. for the North at 9.30 p.m. MO HE PRAISE FOR HHEI'MO. Mr John Stevens, lltillsi. writes.:— "Some months since 1 had a severe attack of rheumatism, and was ad- . vised to try the eilicacy of Kheu- , mo'. I did so, with most satisfactory : results. After taking two bottles it has practically cured me. I have no hesitation in saying that your rem- . edy is tile best I have used." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers, 2s Od ;and 4s (id. Wholesale Agents, Kemp- . thorne,, I'rosser and Co.* 1 It is worth remembering that foi , xcellcnce ot style and quality comi ined with largo range of variety , and cheapness of engagement rings, . and all kinds of jewellery you must ; go to J. 11. Parker's, Jeweller, next . railway crossing, Devon Street Cen- . tral, New Plymouth.* Storage In dry orlck store, low in- - suronce rate, minim um fire risk, low rates for storage.—The New Zealand , Express Company, Ltd. 3 x Do you dread washing day ? Then _ buy a tin of Washine and cheer up. , See a list of storekeepers who stock i it. A6d tin sufficient for a week's . washing.• : Parcels and packages fi om all centres in New Zealand to New Ply. . mouth or vice, versa at fixed through I rates.—The New Zealand Express - Company, Ltd. 1