The Daily News SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7748, 25 February 1905, Page 2

The Daily News SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

From the Ist to the 18th of the I oming month the Theatre Koyal has been booked for all except four nights. I Messrs Dalgcty and Co., under date yes'rerday*, report : —Since our last telegram prices for Danish butter are unchanged, and the market guiet. I At a meeting of the Liberal party jat Carterton yesterday, at which the Premier was present, MrHoiiVby was selected us candidate for the ,-Wairarapa district. I The efforts of two natives to catch ' eels in the Huatoki yesterday caused 'quite a diversion for those having spare time on their hands. ISoih sides at the town tvridge were well patronised. I Whiteiey Church, Sunday, February '26 th. Preacher. Rev. J. N. Uuttle. | Subjects: Morning, "A Rejected lniyitation!, and Why ?" Holy ComImunion. Evening, TProgrcss through Change."*

The attention of the ladies of Mew Plymouth is called to the odvertiseuiont in to-day's issue of the kcture to be given at Whiteley Hall on Tuesday first. On a subject of such vital importance the hall should bo filled. This afternoon will sec the finish of the salvaged groceries sales at Mr Newton King's mart, when the balance left over from the two sales held last month in the Drill Hall will be disposed of to the highest bidders. All the goods are in Al order, and will be sold in lots to suit all classes of buyers. That there are some good fish in the Tapuae stream may be understood from the fact 'that one evtn- | ing last week a local angler secured 'one weighing BJlb and another of sJtb. On Tuesday last Mr McCuljlum. the energetic secretary of the Acclimatisation Society liberated ,1250 fish in the Okahu Uiver, about i two miles ibeyond Rahotu. I Mr H. Tregaski, the advance manager for the Steele-Payne family of | musicians, vocalists, and bellringers, passed -through New Plymouth yesterday. Ho reports a record business for his company, but owing to [the theatre being occupied is unable Ito fix daitcs here at present, and ex<pects to visit hero again in about three months' time.. While ploughing a paddock, says the Now Zealand Herald, Mr 0. Lawcock, a Walton settler, had an exciting experience. He and his team of five horses were attacked by a .swarm of >l»ees, having evidently turned over a thistle which the swarm had taken possession of. The thistle became entangled witli the plough, and only with great difficulty could Mr Lawcock extract his horses from their perilous position.. All were badly stung. A pigeon potjt is alwut to lie established 'between Mokau Heads and Maryville, where th« coal mimes are situated, a distance o/ about 20 miles up the river. Mr W. E. Silencer, the Chief Inspector of Schools, is taking great interest in the matter ; in Ifact, the establishment of the service is due to his energy. Uy the Tainui yesterday he forwarded twelve homing pigeons, six of which will be kept at the Heads, the others' being located at the mines. In a momth or so the pigeon post between the two places will be in Working order, and should prove of great convenience to the dwelters in that 'beautiful but isolated country. A New Zteiland reader has: sent to M.A.P. the following explanation ot the term " shouting " as applied to the practice of standing drinks:: —" The term first came into vogue, |if I am rightly informed,': he says, i" in one of the mining towns of the Golden West, way back when times were good. One night, when the local hotel was exceptionally ful/1 of miners, each trying to yell the otlwr down in calling for drinks, some thirsty soul stopped the row for a moment and addressed the crowd : ' Look here, boys-, what's the use of all yelling like this ! Can't one shout for the lot !' This idea being a fresh excitement, caught on at once, and so a sijly practice was started which fast overran the colonies ; but now-u-days, thank eoodness, is slowly dying out."

The much-mooted order of precedence (says the Lyttellon Time*) was again in evidence at the Magistrate's Court one day last week, when a trio of justices of the peace were assembled to hear a number of cases. The senior justice announced that he would take the chair, but a ■ local member of Parliament, who was also about to sit, promptly announced that in his capacity as a legislator he would take the chair. The wordy dispute that followed was settled '|>y the elder justice taking the chair and defying his colleague to turn -,-.„ out. The legislator then •etui;.! to consult the clerk of the tourt upon the point,, and that individual, by the exercise of a little judicious diplomacy, ultimately induced, the iijfjurad individual tp sit in his minor capacity. The question of precedence has Ijeen raised similarly swverwl tunes by the same member at meetings of public bodies. The latest Cadet Orders conlain the following warning to Public School Cadets and officers in charge • 7-" Kefurrmg to .the regrettable fatal accident which occurred on the rifle range at Pannevirke on the 21st December, 190-1, by which Private Ji. McPlrerson', of No.l Company, Pannevirke North. ' Public School Cadets, was accidentallv shot dead, the officer commanding i'ubliSchool Cadets has to rapicst || m t the utmost care shall in future be exercised by the officer in charge of the firing to prevent any ammunition being obtained surreptitiously as in the case which led to the above fatality. \ 0 loose niiimiinitiomi should be permitted to lie about and only one round should be issued at a time and to the cadet who liiis actually taken up his position at she hring-ppjnt,". MORE ABOt.'H IWP;lJirn. ilr W. Welland, 42, Tory street writes: -I have suffered; severely irom iheutnaltism, until I tried vour Khciimo. J have since recommended H to many with very pw ,[ re ' suits." What cured Mr iVoll.md will I cure you. Try it. Sola bv ail rhom- I 6d. Wholesale Agents, Kempthorne , Pressor and Co.* 2 Do you dread washing day ? Then buy a tin of Washine and cheer up. See a list of storekeepers who stock it. A 6d tin sufficient for a week's .washing.*- \

At the Magistrate's Court on Friday only .two civil cases were disponed of, judgment going by default: —J\ S. Fox v. M. Barrett, chum lis costs 10s ; Teed v. Franks, rli.ini £3 4s costs ss. Messrs C. Ahier, J.l'-, artel C. E. llcllringer, ,1.1'., iresided . A wire from Melbourne states that the Postmaster-General is experiencing; great difficulty in forwarding the mails under the poundage system, some of the steamers whereon he has been depending for fast transit insisting that it is impossible under existing conditions. One of the effects of the Orient steamers not callling «t Adelaide will be to make the South Australian mails thirty-six | hours lute. J Max Hart, a New York postal clerk, with a small salary, who has been for years buing unclaimed goods', hoping some clay to secure a hidden fortune, purchased recently an old trunk for His, and found :n it bonds to the value of £(j<Mo. Mi ! owner of the securities is dead, ui.d Hart's ownership of the uebu ilvil lvalue of the bonds has I.mcu legally sustained 1 . iAt a preliminary inquiry at l'ertli into the wreck of the Orizaba. Captain Archer gave evidence that the weather was hazy and thickened as I the vessel approached the land, |which was sighted at '.) o'clock. Ho could not recognise it, and went ahead slowly, the lead being kept constantly going. Tho vessel!struck at 11.45. Before she struck he sighted a reef, and turned the shir round to take to sea again. The haze deceived him, and he did not know that he was north oil Hott|nest, and oil his course, until thi ' pronounced Ureak'cis convinced him that such was the case. Similar evidence was given by officers and seamen. Subsequently the harbourmaster laid charges of reckless and imprudent" navigation against Caplaii Archer, in not taking sounding.' ,earlier, and attempting to extricate himself from his position, wilhoul having suflicient knowledge of the lo cality ; also with disregarding tin ; sailing directions of the port. The recent action oi' the Custom? authorities in Melbourne, in confiscating some phonographic records, paying the importer 10 per cent, ovei their invoice value, and realising 100 per cent, on them, recalls t ■ famous English Customs case (say; the Sydney Daily Telegraph). When iolocks were first made by machinery in America a consignment invoiced at £IOOO was sent to England, the price per clock being so low that the Customhouse refused to pass the en-. tries, tout conli'scatcd them, after I paying the consignors, the SethThomas Company, 10 per cent, on their declared value. Another £IOOO consignment arrived, which the Customs confiscated on the same terms. Instead of a consignment;, the next lot of mnohinery-made time-pieces that arrived in England consistod of a whole cargo, a barque being especially chartered to bring tihem-. They were invoiced nl the same low rate as the two previous consignment)i. The Customs still refused to pass them at. the invoiced figures, and confiscated the whole lot, again paying the company its own value plus 10 per cent, iiut the Customs Department had now so many clocks on hand that they couCd not sell them, and the rcsuljt, was that they lost on tho deal, especially as 1 the Seth-Thomas Company son't in more of the same articles similarly Invoiced', the later invoices being accepted. As a result of the three transactions the Customs wei'e sadder but wiser'. I Musical circlos in Dunedin hav e been greatly saddened by the sudden death of Mr A. J, Ilarth. organist, of Knox Church. Mr liarthi was u>orn in London in 1850. He studied music under 'J. F. Harnett, and harmony under Dr. IT. Wylde. He was elected in 18(38 an associate of the London Academy of Aliisic. and commenced teaching when but 17 years of age. He whs appointed a professor and examiner at. tJie London Academy of Music, and was teacher ut several other huge srhooi'«. lie was also organist at Christ Church, Victoria Kernel; Kensington. He played in the Albert Hall and Crystal Palace, and assisted in giving ronccrts ait St. Ueorge's Hall and at theHoyal Albert Hall, at the international Exhibition in 1873. In 1881 he came out to New »nlaml in the ship Taranaki, and at once commemced teaching musiic. malum; a speciality of pianoforte instruction. Besides being a first-class teacher, Mr Barth was a brilliant player, though he seldom appeared on 'the concert platform, excepting in the capacity of musical director. He was in addition, a capable organist. For a time he hold the. post of organist at St. Matthew's, later on he was appointed to All Saints' Church, and in 1884 he accepted the position of organist at Knox Church, holding that office to the day of his ideath. Other appointments' .bat lie held in his day were con 1 »<.•,.• ,)f the Choral Society and conductor of ■ the Leidertafel. Mi' Ilarth's recreation hobbies were bowling and pho-' .tography, u nd he roacheel a high position in Freemasonry.

» The .ollowing is taken from the > Auckland Weekly News of the 18th February, 15)04 : Settler, near Inglewood, Tnrnnaki, writes : " In an issue of the News a little while back : I noticed inquiries about sick pigs i and thought I would take the liberty • f giving you my experience, which you can pass on to your readers if . you choose. In the early spring I had five young pigs, seven months old suffering from what appeared to be severe colds. Their heads were swollen, their mouths open and their breathing thick and whistling. I had by me a packet of Sykes's Drench which I regularly use for cows at calving time. I made a pailful of •arm oatmeal gruel, put into it three large cupfuls of sugar, and half 'a packet of the 1 trench, and a good spoonful of dripping to make it rather greasy. This I fed them at six in the evening, and afterwards shut them in with a warm straw lied. In he morning they wive considerably etter, and the following day ail nght ; in fact, Ihey have done well ever sine,;. .J generally get Sykes's Tench at the store, but it is manufactured at New Plymouth." - Thanks.* A MOST lIONOFRAULE DISTINCTION. The Western Medical Review, s 1 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 liixi tract It 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, «nd insist upon getting SanIjr and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation rec otninendcd 0 tninendcd bjj your physician and the medical press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diaw rhoen, kidney diseases, the relief is instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers, burns, spruins, etc., it heals without inflammation. As mouthwash (5 drops to a glass of water) it pro) vents decay of teeth, and destroys all disease germs.* It is worth remembering that for excellence of style and quality combined with largp range of variety and cheapness of engngenipnt rings pnd all kinds of jewellery you must go tp J. If. Parker's, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devpn Street Central, Now Plymouth,*