LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7750, 28 February 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Measles are prevalent ~t llannevirke, ami the South School closed on Thursday lust for a fortnight in consequence of nearly half thv pupils being absent. The Wang-anui Education Hoard have granted a National .Scholarship to l-Vank llulchens, of ilawera, .conditionally on the Kducalion Itppai-Miu-nt allowing i( to he held for the purpose of pursuing hjs musical studies at Homo. Mv W. K. lluryea, an AmiMkaß liijllionaire sporting man, who broke his neck while driving in J.SO'J, has been discharged from the care of his ftbysjcjuns, completely cured. jMost of the Uiuu up lo the present, since the accident occurred, jjr Ihiryea has hud his neck encased in piaster of ljU \'eli.la, the new society dance, resembles n lif tie the picturesque old-world minuet. The male dancer holds the left hand of his partner] with bin right on a level with his chin while marching round the ' room, and the march is now and then , interrupted by a few turns of the waltz. Sometimes in their disengaged hands the dancers hold casta-I nets, with which they accwjipairy I the dauci-.

Mr Newton King holds his sale at Stony Hlvcr to-morrow. i Mr Bentley announces that his great sale wi,U closo on Saturday, i March 4. ' , Messrs Bewlcy and, Griffiths have I several notifications of interest in today's i)aper. n According to the Argus, the Pre- i miir- proceeds from Stratford to El- .' thain to day, and wil,l go on to 11 it- i wern by the afternoon train. Ladies should hear in mind that i Mrs A. L. Folger will lecture in the ! Whitoley i fail I alt :t o'clock this af- |. tcrnoon;. The subject is of vital in- !: tei'cst, and no doubt there w,.i be a | lurjee audience to hear what the tat-' enled lecturer has to say. ' On tire application of Air A. Furrar, manager of the Old People's : Home, a prohibition order was granced liy the S.M. on Holiday against an inmate of the Home named Samuel Grimes. The question of cancelling his old age pension was adjourned. Following on the tramcar accident to the Minister fcr Lands the following telegraphed pleasantries passed between the Hon. T. V. Duncan and Mr Hogg, M.H.Ii. :-" Accept my hearty congratulations. Shall I enter you for our St. Patrick's Day athletic sports. .Your position in the vaulting match is ' a moral.' A. W. Hogg." "I am sorry to inform you I have an engagement in the St. Patrick's Day Cup at Onmaru which prevents me from accepting in the Masterton Handicap. Kind regards.—T. Y. Duncan." Some amusement was created during the hearing of a civil case at the Waihi Mggistratu's l Court the other morning. The plaintiff was endeavouring to. convince Mr Bush how much his time and labour were worth, when he was interrupted by the Magistrate, who, addressing him, said " Without putting a millionaire's value on it, what dave you lost?" "Well," replied plaintiff, "I reckon I've lost four quid." " And what is four quid ?" asked Mr Bush. Whereupon a broad smile went the round of the Court. At the Police Court on Monday, before Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., Daniel Sweeney was charged that on February 18th he did unlawfully procure whisky for one M. Maher, knowing him to be a prohibited pcrjson. Defendant pleaded guilty, and said he was under the influence of drink at the lime. Sergeant llad'drell said the liquor had been supplied for a week, defendant, however, denying this. A tine of £1 was inflicted. Michael Maher was I charged with being in possession of ! liquor on the same date, and, furI thvr, with procuring Sweeney to' i commit an offence under the LieensI ing Act, namely, obtaining lfltruor for a prohibited person. For the first [i offence he was lined £l, and on the 'second convicted and discharged. | It is now about a hundred years since the tragedy of the Uoyd in Whangaroa Harbour (says the Auckland Star). At very low tides and calm weather a portion of the wreck i can! still be seen. A few feet of water : cover it even at the lowest tides, but one side of the vessel can be sxn. : the other being apparently embedded I in the mud. Several interesting relics i are got out of the wreck from time i to time. Mr. Golhard, of the Whan- ; garoa Hott'l, has a solid copper dudi geon, one off the three into which the - rudder had been fitted. A rumour ! was current lately that the Maoiis i had discovered the whereabouts of a f quantity of gold bars Hint are supi posed to have been taken from the ship and taken away at the time t-lv. 1 i crew were massacred. However, the : natives are very retUtwit about it, , and nothing definite cun be asceri tained at p'rcslent. ■ gaged in by members of the New " ! Zealand Parliament to pass the time

when the proceedings in the House !do not interest them was dlsvlosed

recently in an encounter between | two Canterbury men.iicrs. In this respect it has departed from the tradition of " Mother of Parliaments'.'In chronicling the fact that Air li r Law, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, iff the champion chess-player of the Mouse of Commons, and last session won the ohaljlenge cup, Mr 11. W. Lucy writes:— I"' Chess is. by the way, the only recreation of the kind permitted at Westminster. Cards are taibooed even for so highly respectable a game as , whist. As for bridge, the clock tow-

er would be the immediate clestinn- ' turn to any party of members found ( engaged in the game. Chess has a> i ways been a favourite recreation with members forced to remain in attendance on their parliamentary duties, .and not sufficiently interested to follow the current debate. The, late Lord Russell of Killowen was a : regular and skilful player. He would, 1 1 fancy, rather have played cards, ,but under the regulations allnrteJ to ho put up with chess.'' | Plans have been drawn, savs the I New Zealand Times, by the Public .Work's Department, at the Instigacion of the Department of Industries 1 and Commerce, for an obelisk that is •to be gilded and exhibited at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, in London, to represent the coHonv's total output of gold (16,030,141 ounces) from January Ist, 1857 to December 31st, 190-1. The obelisk will be 33ft high and Tft square at the ibase. This exhibit will be near lh"o huge ton cheese that has been manufactured at the Wyndham Dairy 'Factory for the same exhibition. ' Threo I large vats were needed to make the cheese, and 20,0001b of milk was .used to furnish the curd. Some difficulty was anticipated in obtaining jiequired uniformity, but. the experiment wax an entire success, absolute uniformity of flavour, body texture, and colour being* obtained, so that tho cheese will compare favourabJv I wnh th( , lwst ,„ mlc jn lius colon y ilnc cheese is 3ft in height and lift j"l " r c«n'/w-cnce. A stack „f about 11 20 butter boxes, each from a different factory, will further dem,strate the thriving state of tho dairy industry i„ \ t ., v Zealand. A naval correspondent on the Australian station, writing lo Router's, has some interesting comments on he newly-recruited colonial bluejackets. Contrary to expectations, the men are very amenable to discipline, and several of them have al- ] ■ rady been made able seamen. Hiking the recruits on the aver-■-IKC he continues, '• thev display I'M' greater aptitude than the Imperial service ordinary seamen. The great drawback to the scheme is the increase of pay for colonial sciUnon which not unnaturally causes friction between the Imperials and colonials One case occurred in the Challenger recently, | n which a West Australian recruit an< | an T, nlK .,. iul Kellmnn louglit lor lour hours on the subject and eventually had to Iw separated' A way out of the diflicultv would be to deposit the extra ]iav with a bank as, indeed, is done at present and let it accumulate till the- man's' time expires, when it would serve in a measure atf a pension. Under the existing system the men con at anytime obtain a blank cheque from the paymaster's office, and draw out the whole of their extra pav, If it were generally understood that the extra pay was pension money, all friction would probably cease,"

According to the "London correspondiml of tho Star, a remarkable scene, in which a fair young Australian girl (()ok t |„, i ra(ljllK . lrl ()(i _ currcd at Smillinuld Meat Market re'■'"Hl.v. v\ . daintily-dressed gin wearing a picture hai, which covVivd a mass of gold-ml hair, drew up in a brougham soon after eight o'clock at tin- entrance lo the market. The girl's name is Miss Ella Kcllewav ol the Royal Australian Opera Company, who has recently arrived in London. Miss F.lla Ivellewav's object in visiting the Smiihfield Markot. was to obtain gifts for the starving ol Tottenham, who are the London Daily Express's special care for the tjme- being. Accompanied |>v Mr H T, I'npknam, a weil-knqwn salesman and Mr Archer, tjhp visited many whops in thti uiarkel, and asked for contributions either m money or meat for Tottenham's hungry populace. Smithfiel'd responded magnili- J cenlly, with the result that many ' tons of meat were given to the poor. It was not, bow-ever, only the master bufchers who helped. Many men in hunmler positions gave their'little towards the fund. As Miss Kellcway left the market a numlyer of , butchers and their assistants enthusiastically entered her, one man crying out : " Come agujn, and we'll give you more food for' Toiii.-nham." , WHAT HIIKUMO lIOEB.-

Mr W. Wearing, miner, Mataura, states as follows:—"! am TJ. years old, and have lived in Mataura 40 years. For seven months J was a greajt sufferer from rheumatism, vso bad that at timc»< 1 could not leave my bed. I was tflld of Itheumo, and took four bottle*. The result was ] that I was com|)letely cued of rheu'hralism. Mr Ma.ctifhliort. who is a '.I. P., find $ well known merchant here, can verify my statement. I shall always be glad to toll sufferers what your wonderfhl medicine jliheumo did for me." Sold everywhere, 2s (id and Is (id. Keinpthorne, Proeser and Cc, Wholesala agents, 4

Mr Gilruth, Chief Veterinarian, will arrive hpre by to-night's express. There should be a crowded attendance at St,. Mary's this evening, when t're new organ will be dedicated by the Bishop of Auckland. Edward Jeffries, of Pungaiehu, j labourer, has placed his affairs in the hands of the Deputy (Mliciul Assignee,. Creditors meet on Monday, Maich (i, at. '■', p.m. I It will be seen from mi ndve.'lisenient elsewhere that, n responsible •firm at (ircymoiith is disirous of s:ruring an agency for n goo.l butter ,aml diw.e factory. I At the llorough Council meeting on Monday night Cr. Drown;' ask, .1 ">r a further dtmatioii of £2O for the beautifying of the.Western Park, lie said good work was being done by the prisoners engaged in forming paths and laying down lawns. The request was granted. In our issue to-morrow will |,e enclosed a catalogue of the furniture, etc., to be sold by unci ion at l\lrs Bridge's house at Neniii. The articles will be on view for inspection this afternoon between 2 p.m. and and 5 p.m., and anyone requiring a

catalogue may obtain one by application to thft auctioneers, Messrs llewloy and Griffiths. We understand -tbt l furniture is unusually good and in capital order,

In prompt response to -the few lines that appeaivd in yesterday's Daily News, tile guarantors of the exhibition have received notice to pay up 50 per cent, of their guaranteeWe arc informed that it is l possible that the actual amount required may be something less than that asked for. Of course, this remains to be seen. Anyhow it is safe to predict that before the guarantors "part" with anything there is considerable talking to be dime, and the general public's" anticipations of "whips of fun" may be realised before the linal clearing up. Under the heading " A Cause for Alarm," the Waimate Witness writes as follows :—The tremendous decrease in the milk supply at the factories throughout the district is being viewed with considerable alarm by both suppliers and factory owners. Last year the supply at this period was almost as good ns in the flush of the season, whereas at present supplies are fulling off with a rapidity which will make the season the worst ever experienced in the province. At one factory the supply of milk has decreased from over 25,000 to 15,0001bs per diem, and is still falling away at the rate of 500 lbs daily. "Ifwe do not get rain within (he next fortnight," remarked a factory manager to us, " the season will be practically over, as the cows cannot possibly lie expected to yield milk from the parched herbage which constitutes their pastures. Unless a heavy -deluge of 124 hours' rain saves the situation, thure will not be sufficient supply to keep any of the creameries open."

It is worth remembering that for . excellence of style and quality combined 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 I railway crossing, Dovon Street Ceil- ] tral. New Plymouth.* HOLLOWAY'S' PILLS AND OINTMENT. Dyspepsia, Jaundice. These complaints are the result of a disorganised liver, which secretes bile in quality or quantity incapable of digesting food. Digestion requires a free flow of healthy bile, to ensure which Holloway's Pills and Ointment have long been famous, far eclipsing every other medicine. Food, irregularity of eating, climate and other causes are constantly throwing the liver into ! disorder, but that important organ ] can soon be regulated and healthily adjusted by Holloivoy's Pills and | Ointment, which act directly upon ; its vital secretion. The Ointment ' rubbed on the skin penetrates inime- i diately to the liver, whose blood and nerves it rectifies. One trial is ull ' that is needed, a cure will soon fol- , low.* j A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINC* TION. The Western Medical Review, • medical 'publication of the highest' standing,-, days, in a recent issue : - 'Thousands of physicians in this] and other countries have attested that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Kxi tract (a not only reliable, but that it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over all other prepi.ro-> tions of Eucalyptus." Your health Is too precious to be tampered with therefore reject all products foisted upon you by unscrupulous mercenar-' lea, and insist upon getting San- . Ijr and Son?' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended bj| your physician and the medical press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diaw rhoen, kidney diseases, the relief is

instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers, burns, sprains, etc., it without inflammation. As mouthwash (9 drops to a glass of water) it proi vents decay of teeth, and destroy! all disease germs.*

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A West Coast lirm requires a dairy agency. District Laikl Registrar—lnserts a notice under the Act. Deputy Official Asslgnoo—lnserts a bankruptcy notice. DeWley and Griffiths—Want to sell 35 acre farm. llew!ey and Uninths— Sell fruit today at 3 o'clock. Dewley and Griffiths—Will sell property in Whitcley Township on Friday next. Various birds advertised for sale. J. 11. Hentley—ls offering bigger bargains than ever this week.