The Daily News. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7754, 4 March 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I Some limners in the Patca district are feeding their cows on raupo. We have to acknowledge the receipt ol a complimentary ticket lor I the Bell Mock Sports on March 9. Monday is the day for school committees to record their votes in the election of a member of the Tarajnakt Board of Education. | The Education Department has decided to cstalblish n Training College and Normal School at the Wellesley street school, Auckland. | Mr J. M. Calloway of Cormnande', | who served in'the First and Seventh | Contingents in South Africa, and 'Was wounded, han been granted a life pension by the Imperial Government. j According to expert evidence given in a case at the Bangiora Police Court the other day, the cow'. of I keeping a sheep dog on a farm is from Id to 2d a week, and his value to the farmer from £2 to £|H. " Your daughter's music iis improving," said the professor: "but when she runs the scales I have to watch her pretty closely." " Just like her father," said Mrs Nuritch. " He made his money in the grocery business." " I think," wrote a Maine man to a New York firm lately, " you would sell more of your fountain,pens if :you made them to hold about a pint. The one I bought does not hold one decent-sized drink." Maine, of course, is a Prohibition State. In future the Union Company's 1 Wellington to Lyttelton steamers will sail from AVe'llington at 8 p.m., instead of 7.45 p.m. as heretofore, and will connect with the second southern express leaving Ohristchurch at 11.55 a.m. The Taihape News states that a large gathering of Mormons will be held at the Maori pa at Moawhango next month. Natives will be prcserol from aJJ parts of the North Island, a nd elders of the Mormon Church will attend. Miss Maud Bealty, the well-known operatic and vaudeville arjtjst, arrived at Wellington from Sydney by the Moeraki on Wednesday on business connected with her petition for divorce from her husband, Mr J. Milbourne. According to a French physician kiisses carry beneficent, not evil microbes. He adds that kissing, is an instructive theraputic process, especially good for digestion, and that good m/icrobes are not only a user ful, but an essential element of health. The moral is obvious. At a meeting of the Single Tax League at Wellington on ednewday, Mr George Fowlds, M.H.It., pointed to the progress of rating on unimpioved value in the Auckland and Taranaki provinces. He stated that the main effect of the Land Comm,ss,on must be to draw attention to the undertaxation of lamli. The Girls' High School at Christchurch is overcrowded, and the teacheTclnV* t a t6d ' haVe to teach largtLr^f, eS tha " U, ' e bemise there are no spare rooms for the accomodation of more classes. The establishment of a physical cfass ,s impossible fo/lhe S a,Je reaNothing that wc eat, drink, wear Z, i.u eSCapes the bla '»e of the health expert. When one man says beer ,s baneful, another replies that tea ,» poison. A man condemns orS° im am a ~nT s?lk h*Y l s° asserUon that the silk hat produces baldness. And now from the headmaster of Kings-ton-on-Thames Grammar School T ( . learn that our physical salvation is to be found by leaving off waist-

Over on m Hampshire, boosts a Won' •L' n . ,he " Prson of W" J«M Wort. She has served the local post ll^ 01 ; "f rly . thin * yen™, twiity sears of the time as letter carrier ~f V! 5 W iC I>eriod she has Possiblv created a record for her sex. The diss tnct is somewhat remote, and Janes round has been fifteen miles a day winter and summer alike. When the post office verified this fact thevfcave her arise. So at the present' time Mrs Wort, who is in her 75th year is the recipient of the princely wage el fis fid a week. ' g

At the Magistrate's Court on Friday the case of Greenaway v. J W Baker, a claim for damages in connection with u driving collision was announced to have been discontinued. The facts, it will be remembered, were detailed in the case of Baldock v. Uaker decided lust month. In view of the discontinuance of the claim at the last moment, Mr Weston, solicitor for the defendant, upplied for certain costs A|lcr argument by counsel the S M said the scale of charges did not jsperrfy costs on a discontinuance of action, but he would reserve decision in order to look into the matter.

I At the civil sittings of the Magistrate's Court on Friday, Mr Hutchisob, S.M. presiding, judgment bv deiault was entered in Iho- following cases :—Southam Bros. v. }'. McLoughlin, claim £2 17s ihl, costs 7s; same v. J. Hooker, claim £l, costs 5s ; same v. W. Stanley, claim £1 10s, costs ss; Alice Sampson (Mr llutchcn, solicitor) v. Ned Itaiucku, claim £l2 Is lid, costs £1 17s (id ; sume v. Jieniana Uumeku. claim £5 18,s, costs £1 12s <>d ; same v. Kaihau, claim £8 2s -Id, costs £1 IJis (id ; same v. Willi, claim £2 l!)s (id, costs 17s; W, S. Hurt v. AjLyell. claim £(» Is, costs l.'Js ; John Avery v. Harry Klein, claim Ji(io iHa, cost's £:V 15k. In the majority of cases listed judgments wi-ya conferred, adjournments obtained, or the cases struck out.

An amusing incident happened the other (lay at a place not u thousand miles from Otaki, says the local paper. Three young maidens', while searching for a secluded spot, where they could talk of the future, entered a (Mfklock which was occupied by a stately hull. It happened that a gentleman living near by was accustomed to cut down willow branches uml give to the animal, ajid his lordship I .swing the three young ladies near I the willow trees, rushed up to have a I'eed. The girls, thinking that the |l)ull was after them, climbed up the nearest tree like monkeys. Seeing no j way of escape, ?h<>y signalled the , danger they were in by hideous noisu%, while their tears fell fast. A pns,ser by, w,e/ng their sqrrowful plight, 'drove the animal away, and enabled the occupants of tJte trep to get ■ down to mother earth. The girls ucic tuucli upbet by ttu.ii adventum

[ An exchange states that a Heslerton (Canterbury) farmer who sold his barley in Christchurch last week realised for it the full cost of the land on which it was grown-. Special harvest festival services ' will he celebrated at St. Mary's ' Church to-morrow. Donations of I flowers, fruit, etc., will be received ' to-day. i There has developed a new danger, ' which is that in "England W( . ~,.„ ~), educated now but the. educated class- '. es. Little has changed at the public schools ; almost everything lias else- ' where—Truth. ' Mr (!. Tisch has donated a silver cup to be presented to the best lady swimmer in the handicap evuil to be decided nt the Swimming Chili's sports this month. The handsome trophy is on view at the eslabli.vhImcnt of Messrs Amour.- Bros. Aliens are declared to be trying lo Iget voles by adopting HtHis-i r: ■me - • Air I'etroilski suddenly becomes Mr Smit-h, Mr Milanovitch transforn s himself into Mr Hrawn, while Mr Lowenstein develops into Air Robinson. The lion. C. H. Mills has wired to Mr Mujor, M.H.U., accepting the invitation to visit the mountain extended -to him when last at liawera by the Mayor and the Chamber of Commerce. The ,jMinisler for Customs, accompanied by Mrs Mills ana three daughters, is expec'iul to arrive at Hawera on Tuesday next, the Star states. Captain Greenslreet, of the Rimu- > taka, interviewed by a Timaru Herald reporter, said he had had great difficulty in picking up, the Jack's Point light-, south of Timaru. He thought the Marine Department had made a mistake in not erecting a flashing light there. Timaru was a . difficult port to make at night, and should have a light that could bt distinguished from an ordinary town light. Valuable gold specimens aro said to have been found some time ago by a Maori in the ranges thirty miles'jfrom Taihape. The News says that the Maori conducted a / white man to the locality, and the ground was worked for twelve months, some good specimens being obtained. These are now in the possession of an old Taihape resident. The white man was drowned, and prospecting was discontinued. The Maori, the sole possessor of the knowledge of the locality/ has been conferring with an old West Coast miner, at - present cmployeh on the railway works at Turangnrere. They have agreed to meet in Taihape on Sunday, and arrange plans for working the ground.

It is interesting to road of woo 'selling at 2s OJd per tt>. This prici I was realised for u bale of wool froii Inland Falca, sold in London ii j November, 1871. The facts are se out in a .letter to the Stratfor; Evening l'ost from Mr W. Tludsoi I Davis, Xikau Grange, Ash-hurst. II states that the wool was shipped b; Mr It. T. Barley, of Moawhango I Inland Pntwi, whose certificate is a [follows :—"Memo re one bale wooi |sold in Lorrdon, 28th Nov., 1871— I Potter, Wilson, and Co., ono bale halfbred scoured lambs' wool from merino ewes by Leicester rams, .weighing 4171b, at 2s OJd, brought '£42 lis 4xl. The above bale was j the property of Ilatley and Keepa, and was the iirst crossbred .wool sent out from Inland Paten, and the first also of . parUy native-owned .wool." I Dr. Bell, Government Geologist, and Mr .1. Hayes, Chief Inspector of the Mines Department, were on a visit of inspection on Friday, and during the day examined the petroleum boring site, and also the extensive ironsand deposits. When invited by a- Daily News representative to indicate their impressions, the gentlemen were as reticent as becomes responsible Government officers. Mr Hayes admit tod that he was here on official business, the nature of which he would not disclose. Dr. Hell, it seems, accompanied him .on his visit in order to make himself acquainted with 'the district and its potentialities, and not with the intention of making ao oflic'iul report at present, his stay being too brief to go into such im|>ortant que*tions. Dr. Hell returns to the capit) al as some pressing business requires his attention, but he will at no distant tiate puy a more extended official visit to the district, when, presumably, he will enter exhaustively into the matters referred to. Mr Hayes will ivnmin in New Plymouth for two or three days longer. It is worth remembering that foi excellence of style and quality combined with large range of variety and cheapness of engagement ringt and all kinds of jewellery you must go to J. H. Parker's, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devon Street Central. New Plymouth.* WHAT MIKUMO DOES.

Mr W. Wearing, miner, Mataura, states as follows : —"1 am 7U years old, and have lived in Mataura 40 J'cars. For seven months I was a great sufferer from rheumatism, so bad that at tiniei; I could not leave my bed. I was told of Rheumo, and took four bottles. The result was that I was completely circd of rheumatism. Mr MacGibbom, who is a J.P.j oiid a well known merchant , here, can verify my statement. 1 shall always be glad to teW suffer- ' crs what your wonderfhl medicine Kheumo did for me." Sold every- , Where, 2s 6d and 4s 6d. Kempthorne, ' Prosser and Co., Wholesale agents, 4 A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINcI TION. J The Western Medical Review, * medical publication of the highest | standing, says, in a recent issue :-j '-'Thousands of physicians In this and >ther countries have attested] that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Kxi tract it not only reliable, but that it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over all other prepura-* tions of Eucalyptus." Yout health is too precious to be tampered with therefore reject all products foisted upon you by unscrupulous mercenaries, ind insist upon getting Santa- and Son*' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation rec o mmended bjj your physiciaa and the medical preES. In coughs, colds, fevers, diaw rhoen, kidney diseoses, the relief is instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers, burns, sprains, etc., it heals without inflammation. As mouthwash (9: drops to a glass of water) it proi vents decay of teeth, and destroy! all disease germs.* The following is taken from the Auckland Weekly News of the 18th ' February, 1904 : Settler, near Inglewood, Taranaki, writes : " In an is- ' sue of the News a little while back ' I noticed inquiries about sick pigs, ' and thought I would take the liberty f giving you my experience, which you can pass on to your readers if I you choose. In the early spring I had five young pigs, seven months old J 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. 1 made a pailful of ' •arm oatmeal gruel, put into it three large cupfuls of sugar, and halt a packet of tlio Drench, and a good , spoonful of dripping to make it ra- ' ther greasy. This I fed them at six in the evening, and afterwards them in with a warm straw bed. In " he morning they were considerably t otter, and the following day all right ; in fact, they have done well £ ever since. 1 generally get Sykes's i, Irench at the store, but it is manufactured at New Plymouth." Thanks* HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.

Dyspepsia, Jaundice. These complaints are tlie result of a disorganised liver, which sccitjles bile in quality or quantity incapable of digesting food. Digestion requires a fret* 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 are constantly throwing the liver into disorder, but that important organ can soon be regulated and healthily adjusted by Ilolloway's Pills and Ojiitment, wliiph act directly upon its vital secretion, The Ointment rubbpd pn the skin penetrates immediately to the livor, whose blood and nerves it rectifies. One trial is all that is needed, a cure will soon follow.*