LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7751, 1 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Dewley and Cirifliths have asked us to state that the auction • sale of Mrs ISridge's furniture will be eld to-day. To-day Mrs Bridge's furniture will be sold by auction at her house. The sale starts a.t 2 p.m. A neat catu- • logue of the various lots goes as an insert with this issue of the News' and should be preserved for use at 1 the sale. There is a great scarcity of water in I'eilding (says the Wangunui Chronicle), and a brisk business is being done by carriers in filling 3.VJgallon tanks from the river, a mile distant. Water is' selling at 5s a tank. " My experience of men who leave this colony to escape the payment of - maintenance orders," said a solicitoi • at the Christchurch Magistrate's Court the other morning, "is that tliej very soon return to look for work," The. following team will repre- ■ sent the: West End Polo Club in the lirst match for the Harlow Challenge Shield, at the baths on Thursday, 1 March 2, at 5 p.m. sharp :—A. Dyne, A. Stohr, A. b'tandish, A. Hodge. ' C. SeabVight, R. Leon, S. V. Hent nett (captain)j' Emergencies : A. Elms, R. Stead. . Several liremen arrived in New Plymouth on Tuesday, leaving by (he mail train on their way to take part. in the lire brigade demonstration at 'Dunedin next week. Members of the I'aeroa brigade, however, intend to stay here till Thursday, when they I will accompany the local representatives. A meeting of creditors in the estate of Frederick John Gryljs, hoi elkeeper, of Inglewood, wan he|d ij| the office of Ihe Deputy Ollicial Assignee (Mr .1. S. Medley) on Tuesday morning. There were present : I'll'Ws Humphries. .). I'aul. Ah. 1 i(;oi.'!:vi!i.er, and Kerr. Air Thom- : soti appeared oj> behalf of the bnnk■rupt, and Mr Ijjjilliyin for Mr Paul. After the statements of assets awl liabilities were read, bankrupt wa» asked a few questlomt lis to Ihe condition of the furniture. The meeting was then adjourned sine die, i The editor of the F.gerton (Kan- «««) Enterprise has thrown up his I job, and Ibis is his valedictory : " The undersjgird retires from the : paper business in Kgerton with the conviction thai all is vanity, Prom the hour the paper was slaiUid Jo the present time he has been solicited to lie upon every subject, and tan't remember having ever told a whole- ' some truth without diminishing his < subscription list .or making an enemy. In these circumstances of trial I apt} having a thorough contempt (or himself he retires from this field to a wider field in order to recruit his ] moral constitution. We bid you all j adieu, with all P)W cyi? thoughts j cust aside. \

Mr Newton King will sell at his mart this afternoon a large consignment of various kinds of seasonable fruit. The attention of ladies competent to fill the position of sewing mistress at the High School is directed to ail advertisement of the hoard in this issue. The economic your (says the Argentine correspondent of The Times).has jnded in a manner satisfactory to the finances of the State and to commerce. Argentina has enjoyed tranquility at home and abroad, ind, with a Government which possesses the respect of all, she has continued to make progress, as denoted by tlio general well-being mid the increase of public and private wealth. Twenty-five yeans ago .Mr Horace i'letcher, an American, taught Mar[uis Oyaniu how to .shoot, KleUher had published a pamphlet 011 how to -;hool with a rifle, and copies of it reached Japan. The author uas in lliat country shortly afterward, and ivas sent for by Munjuis Oyanm, then Minister of War. Fletcher jave him lessons, and .says thaL when Oyania first hit a moving object (a teacup thrown into the air) he " capered and screamed in lvis delight like an excited schoolboy." The Tsar has sanctioned the expenliture of *£1.60,000,000 for rebuilding the Russian navy, the program of construction of which is to c.c.upy ten years. The ships which it is already decided to build, and the delivery of which is provided for in three and five years, are eight ba'etle drips of the Slava type,, eight battle ships of the Andrei Pervosanni type, six cruisers of the llayan type, six cruisers of an improved Novik type, and six of the Bogatyr type ; 50 destroyers of 500 tons, 100 destroyers and torpedo boats of 150 , 240, and 350 tons, ten mine-layers of the Yenisei type, and four floating workshops of the Kamchatka type. An ingenious dodge in the timber trade cainei to light in the Magistrate's Court at Greymouth recently. Plaintiff, an importer, sought to recover from a contractor 2s per 100 ft duty, which lie had had to pay 3ii timber imported from Australia. Defendant had specified hewn timber, which is free of duly, but 'as the iizo required was obtainable only in the sawn form he agreed to accept sawn if it were "spotted." with an axe, so as to have the appearance A hewn material, and thus escape iuty. The Australian sawmillers had refused to do this " spotting," consequently the importers had to aay duty and wished to recover same trom the defendant. The jUagistrate decided that, us the defendant had agreed to take sawn timber hi nnst pay the duty and found for plaintiff accordingly. The Panama Canal does not " gee." " We are going to make the dirt fly on the isthmus." That (says the New York Nation) was tile triuniiihant word which Mr Itoosevell sent to the protesting Yale protestors, after his coup in Panama. Nearly a year has passed, ami not ■veil the plans for the canal are yet ixed, so obstinately do the Culebra idge and the tlliagres lfiver refuse '.o get out of the way at the bidding if impetuosity ! The chief engineer jf the commission (Air Wallace) has made a report to Congress, in which le discusses the difficulties in a very way. lie favours a cut it sea level. Admiral Walker stands >y the old plans, largely on the ;core of economy and saving of time Mr Wallace speaks of lifteen or twenty years' work to be done. The watcher on the peak in Hari-en wil have to wait long before seeing the stately ships go by. Sharks of an abnormal si/e anel a voracious type are giving the- loca sea fishermen a good deal of trouble (says the North (Hugo Times.) Wher one of the tisliing boats was out the other day the occupants were considerably astonished to find a shark about as long as their boat lyin; alongside. The fishermen's lines are stripped of hooks by sharks,, which cither seize the fish that are hookeel or tako- the baits. One fish-ermai drew in his line, and found part of -101b groper on it, a shark Ivnvinj appropriated the larger part. Ano ther, while hauling in his line, found that .something had occurred thai threatened to haul him out of his boat. The line gave way, and th< fisherman felt a trifle safer. Thost sharks follow the boats to the fishing ground, and widen!l.v lie ii wait for the- tish tfffil are hooked and snatch them off the lines. During the past summer severa shipments of English and Irish ham: we>re Mopped by the Customs official on entry into Finance on the groune that the goods were falsely .declare'! as of liritish origin, and that the; we're in reality American or Canadian hams. The difficulty (accord ing to the .lournal of the Hoard o Agriculture) arose owing to the lac that hams and bacon of liritish origin may be imported into France un del' the minimum 'terilT at the rate o 12s 2d per cwt, whereas Canadiai and Anie>rican hams are required t< pay 20s 4d uneler the maximum ta rilT : in the case of hams coniinj through England there is an ndrliti onal charge of Is (id, so that the ex cess charge on , Canadian hams im ported in this way, as comparee with English linms, is 9s .'ld per cwt The Customs authorities in Franci assert that, in order to avoid paying the highe'r rate of duty, largt quantities of Canadian and American hams are imported under th< name of liritish. In several cases however, hams of undoubtedly F.ng lisli origin were declared by th< French experts- to be Canadian, ant representations on the subject wen made to the Foreign Office. The Board have since been informed-that, in consoquencu of the communications which have recently passed be tweell Mis Majesty's Embassy ane the competent French authorities, ii is hoped that in future there will b< no difficulty with regard to the importation of liritish hams wheise origin is properly certified by document le'galise'd in the usual manner. MOKE PKATSE FOII lIHKVMO. Mr John Stevens, Hulks, writes:— "Somo months since I had a severe attack of rheumatism, and was advised to try the efficacy of Kheumo 1 . I did so, with most satisfactory results. After taking two bottles it has practically cured me. I have no hesitation in saying that your remedy is the best I have used." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers-, 2s Od and 4s 6d. Wholesale Agents, Keni|>thornij, Prosser and Co.* 1 It is worth remembering that foi excellence of style and quality combiueel with large range of variety and cheapness of engagement rings and all kinds of jewellery you must goto J. If. Parker's, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devon Street Central. New Plymouth.* A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINCTION. The Western Medical Review, a medical publication of the highest standing, says, in a recent issue : - 'Thousands of physicians in tbia and »ther countries have attested that Sander and Sont' Eucalypti Kx tract ta not only reliable, Hut that it has a pronounced and indisputable Buperiprity over all other preparations of Eucalyptus." Your health -Is too preciojs to be tampered with therefore reject all products foisted upon you by unscrupulous mercenaries, «nd insist upon getting SanJar find Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended lij your physician and the medical press. In coughs, colds, fevers, dial* rhoea, kidney diseases, the relief is instantaneous. Wounds, ulcerq, burns, sprains, etc., it heals withous inflammation. As mouthwash (3 drops to a glass of water) it pre) vents decay of teeth t and all disease germs,* The following is taken from the Auckland Weekly News of the 18tii Februu'ry, 190-1 : Settler, near liiglewood, Taranaki, writes : ~ In an issue of the News a little while back } noticed inquiries about sick pigs, ane) f Ji.ouglit I would take the liberty f giving yo,i fJjy experience, whicil you can pass on to y.jnr readers if you choose. In the early spring I had live young pigs, seven months old siilTering from . what, appeared to be severe colds. Their heads were swollen, their mouths open and their ''P-;'!/ 1 iI)S Ihick and whistling. I had by nip ii p;, of K.vkes's Drench, which J regiilaj-jy fisp for cows at cubing time, I made a pailful of •arm oatmeal gruel, put into it three large cupful-s of Hiigar, and half a packet oi the Drench," and a good spoonful of dripping to muko it rather greasy. This 1 f L ,(j them at-six in the evening, and afterwards shut them in with a warm straw bed. In !)0 morning they were considerably otter, and tfij following day all right ; in tact, they have elone well ever since. I gonerally got Sykes's Irench at the store, but It in manufactured at New Plymouth." - Thanks.* Do you dread washing day ? Then buy a tin of Wdshine and cheer up. See a list of storekeepers who stock I it. A (3d tin sufficient for a week's I pathing.* Missis

"I !';II. 1 •1i; |I I I.' 1 IV 11 : A CJisborne .wire of last niglit states tffat Mr John Townley has been reelected Chairman of the Harbour Board. As a result of the missionary meet- ' ing in St. Mary's Hall on Mondiy night, an appeal is being made lor funds (owa.iU(i? procuring a trap and harness for the Maori niissioner, who lias to cover such u vast extent <.[ ground) in his district, Contributions can be sent either to Jlr W. Cray, .» Okato, or to Archdeacon Cole. !I In tile course of his address a>t St. t Mary's Church last night Kitifnop Neligan, strongly condemned the sy.s- , bom adopted by the Vestry of "is- ' 6 suing debentures to meeL debts, ile |. urged the payment of all liabilities, 't and that the church should not be ' c turned into a limited liability com- , Pany. ( A gentleman, having urgent -busi.- i' ness in the Knst Knd of London i J completrly lio.vl, his in l-lA- ' '?« . hegnew the locality ) e 'y So, not knowing where to turn, am [ .hearing someone approaching, he accosted the ( , a .s by, and asked if hv> could tell K:e "a. v 10 the requiwd a\Mrcs.s. Ait/r having g„L to lvu destination, the ' gentleman turned to Ms guide to thank hun. The following reply was gnon ; Uh,,„ t] u . f„g l ms ,},* aVC "° m °''° US ° for a guwie, think of the services j renblind " " n ' Bht iUWi pit - v thp t(,tal| y If there is one tiling in our civilisation more odious than butcliery (saj s' the Hmnmne Review) it is our iootwear. It is an additional crime of flesh-eating that it condemns us to thp use of its by-products to cripple, deform, befoul, and enl>ble our feet. What would our hands be like if we carried them about in leather boxes ? The f 0 ot .should be as presentable as the hand, as healthy, sunburned, and almost as pliable, it! needs the purifying access of the air and tiie stimulating effects of the outdoor cold and heat. Instead of allowing it this freedom, we shut it up in a stiff, foul, imventilated prisoi wh ero its clammy pallor suggests vegetables that sprout in a dark cellar. We bind the' toes together and doom, them lo atrophy, until a loot is a Ihing to weep over. Happy the day when there will be no more leather for boots ! HOLLO WAY'S FILLS 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 Ilolloway's l'ills and Ointment have long been famous, far eclipsing every other medicine. Food, irregularity of eating, climate and other causes aw. constantly throwing the liver into disorder, but that important organ can soon be. regulated and healthily adjusted by ITolloivay's l'ills and Ointment, which act directly upon, its vital secretion. The Ointment rubbed on the skin penetrates immediately to the liver, whose blood and nerves it rectifies. One trial is all that is needed, a cure will soon follow.*