LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7756, 7 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two hundred and sixty nomina,tions have been received •for the Stratford Carnival sports. The Premier dwelt lovingly in the Town Hull on a recent evening- on "the slock from which we spring in the Old Country." "Three per cents !" suggested a listener.—Post. We acknowledge receipt of invitations to attend the Inglewood Horticultural Society's annual show ami Cape Egniont Horticultural So ciety's exhibition.. A record load of 384 sacks ' of grain, weighing 61 tons, was taken into AsMburton one morning last week from Pairflald, a distance 'of about four mile's, by traction engine haulage. An act of wanton destruction was i committed in Ashburton recently. 2"> stfiuruo of gla.w an.l »u,,:i' la., frames being broken in the Presbyterian Church. A week previously 'i'2 'squares of glass were broken in the same buildjng. The Manawntu Times stales that the Irish potato blight has been discovered by Mr O. «. Sims, Government Orchard Inspector, to exist to a considerable extent in this district, and it is feared that losses amongst farmers who have speculated in crops will bo heavy. The full extent of the ravages of the disease, however, have not yet been ascertained. It is feared that the Nelson hop crop, owing to the lateness of the rains, will this year, taken all round, bo a short one. While it is thought in bulk the crop wifl be 20 per cent, below the average, this decrease in quantity will in some measure IVe compensaseel for by superior, condition. The biggest cannon ball ever made weighted 2GUOlt>, and was manufactured at the Krupp works, Essen, for the Government oft'hcTsar. The gun from which this projectile was fired is also the largest in the world, and is placed in the fortifications of Kronstadt. This gun has a range of 12 miles, and it has been estimated that each shot costs £3OO. The s.s'. Cooeyanna, which arrived at Melbourne recently from Calcutta and Singapore, brought eight elephants, consigned to Messrs Fitzgerald Bros., and intended as an addition to the performing staff of Fitzgerald's Circus. Ten elephants were originally shipped, but the rigours of the voyage' proved 100 much for two of them, and after short illnesses they died. A traveller in Australia found a large mushroom weighing five pounds. He took it to the house where he was stopping, nnd hung it up to dry in tlu; sitting-room. Entering after dark he -was amazed to see a beautiful soft light emanating from the fungus. It continued to give out light for many nights, decreasing gradually until it was wholly dry. Many kinds of :J'ungi have this peculiarity. At the Police Court on Monday, Frank Boulton, Edward Black, alias Maynon, Elizabeth Gills, and Florence Greeks, appeared before- Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., on a|l charge of housttfreaking, at Hawera, on March 3, when they stole articles to the value of £7 10s, the property of Frederick Basham. The accused, who were arrested on Saturdayjnight by Detcctivo Benjamin and Constable de Lorce, wore remanded to appear in Hawera on Wednesday.

A patent has been granted to an American, Mr T. 0. Wilson, of Little Hock, Arkansas, of an electric apparatus for follim- trees and sawing logs. In place of a saw blade this apparatus - uses a platinum wire which is heated to a high temperature by an electric cunvn'i, and this burns its way through the wood. The electric saw, it is explaine:!, permits- of cutting off' the trees very close to tho ground, and at a much tmaller expenditure of labour than with the hand-operated saw.

I At Melbourne recently Miss Kellerman swam from Hawthorn bridge to Princes 'bridge in the Yarra, a distance of live miles, in under two hours. Her object was to accomplish j the feat at the rate of a mile in less than 28 minutes, which is the standard time for the distaurc. She left tho first mile lie'vlml in 23 minutes, and passed the. Church Street Hridge ,two and three-quarter miles l from the [starling point, in .11 minutes 80 seconds. A large crowd had assembled at Princes' bridge to see her finish, and she was loudly cheered as- she passed under the arch, having completed the journey in 1 hour 48 minutes iMsth seconds.

I Pilot Henry Cross, in his evidence before the Australian Shipping Commission at Melbourne, said : " I would not send my dog- to sea. I would not allow my boys to go lo sea. The ship's forecasele is a filthy place. There (is no proper sleeping accommodation ; there is risk of collision, and the sanitary arrangements are dreadful. The environment is bad, and you cannot make a man Self-respecting in these quarters. Then, what is there before seaman? If he gets a plum Hi is taken from him."

The swearing of a witness at the Christchurch Supreme Court developed into an incident. "Can't I be sworn somo other way than by kissing that lilthy Bible?" asked Dr. Thackcr, when he entered the box. His Honour replied that there wa another means provided, and counsel and the Court made a search, but could find no record of machinery. Eventually flthe trouble was solved by his Honour sending to his own room for a Bible, which, ho assured Dr. Thacker, had been kissed only by Justices of the Peace and legal gcntloinen being admitted to practice. Before he loft the box the doctor suggested that the Court Bible might be fumigated with sulphur. Shags appear to be playing sad havoc among trout in the Waiknto River, and their fish-hunting propensities seem to promise to become a very serious matter to the angler in the near future, unless something energetic is tlone to bring about their early reduction. Already they are in such numbers that the siqiply of small fish is unequal to the demand of these voracious cormorants, 'i'wo large shags were recently seen to bo struggling with a large trout, which, on examination, was found to have its tall broken i and Jargo numbers of fish, big and little, have also been seen lying about in a dead or moribund condition, but in most eases were still alive, with their tails wholly or partly paralysed, showing thaj. the birds have a systematic way of attacking ihe;n.

A marriage took plaue rucenjlly at Bcndigo, in most unusual circumstances. The bride was Mary Elizabeth Curtis', a woman who was convicted under the name of Wilcox at the Supreme Court sitting the same day on a charge- of perjury, 'and was sentenced to a month's imprisonment, in addition to a sen twice of six months she was serving for the larceny of a cheque. The perjury oon L sisted of a statement made on oath during the hearing of a larceny case at the Kcrttpfr Court, to the effect that she had been married to Wilcox by the Rev. 11. Williams, at Mildura.,- .Before the perjury trial. Wilcox desired lo marry Die woman, JAit the authorities objected. After the trial, howevor, the objection was waived, and the ceremony was performed in gaol by the) Rev, .7. Crookston, two of the warders acting as witnesses'.

The following is taken from tlie Auckland Weekly News of the 18th February, 1904 : Settler, near Ingle«wood, Taranaki, writes : " In an issue P< ti\<? News a little while back J noticed juqujvfrjs about sick pigs, and thought l woujd lake the liberty f giving you my experience, which you can pass on to your readeri* ii 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 ihick and whistling. I had by me a packet of Sykcg'c Drench, which I regularly use for c.o'ws at calving itix\s. I made a pai)fu) of | -arm oatmeal gruel, put into >t threo large cupfuls of sugar, and half a packet of the Drench, 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 bed. In he morning they were considerably fei.f,cl', and the following day all righ£ ; in fact, they have done well ever since. ' I generally get Sykes's Vench at the store, bu,t it is manufactured at New Plymouth." Thanks.*

MORE ABOUT RHEUMO. Mr W. Wuilnnd, 42, Tory Street, wrjtes: "I have suffered severely from rheumatism, until T Irledyour Rheumo. I have since recommended it to many with very p>< .1 results." What cured Mr tYolUnd will Icwfi you. T''y it- Sold by nil chemists and storekeepers, 2s I'd npd 4s (id. Wholesale Agents, KfimrVthornc, Prober {vn(J Co,» g

Says the Manawatu Times :—Foxlon enjoys the reputation of being : che moat healthy locality in New Zealand. People absolutely refuse to i die there even with tile help of the doctors, and several nied'k'os have conic away from, that salubrious broken and dispirited Irom an unequal contest. Doctors are the only people to whom Foxton is impossible. Commenting on Hue alut'vment of a correspondent, the Eltlinin. Argus remarks : "Mr Wilkinson says that "Hroak up those monopolies" is one of the "Cravty Liberal Parly veils." IWe are not sure that he is right, but, assuming that he is, he must admit that a "yell" Hint rudiiced fire insurance premiums by one-third was a pretty elYcctive one, ami the public j are prepared to put up with a lot of '.veiling that has such practical results." At n place not » hundred miles) fiom Ki\crlon', says the Western Star a pastor who was newly settled was continually losing his horse. Homehow or other it would not stay in the paddock. To find it he used to a-nd out detachments of small boys, who invariably returned with tha animal, whereupon the generous pastor rewarded them with silver. This tiling went on for some time, until it. dawned upon him that he w-as being imposed upon by the young urchins, who, it' was ascertained, deliberately opened the gate and let the animajl out. Now all the gates bear padlocks. I Mrs Stanford, whose supposed murder at Honolulu was reported two days ago, was the widow of Senator Stanford, railway constructor and president ol the Central Pacific railway. When he died, about 1888, he left 50,000,000 dollars, of which .he bequeathed 20,000,000 Hollars to the .State of California to round a university at Palo Alto, im memory of his son, at which, in addition to tho usual ucademic studies., telugror pby, typesetting, farming, journalism etc., should be taught. The university was opened in 1891, and Mrs ■ Stanford took an activo part in its management. Indeed, at one time. .there was controversy in America regarding her interference with the , work of the professors, her influence I tending to narrow rather than/lyroaden the work of studenjts. She also was very active in philanthropic work.

The Wharchoe correspondent of the Thames Star sayy :— ■' A most extraordinary thing occurred at Whnrchou the other day. Shortly after Mr Charles Quinn was married he and Mrs Quinn were stacking some oaten sheaves in a paddock. Mrs Quinn was wearing at the time a valuable wedding ring, the ring being a little : too large for her finger, and by some nivalis it Hipped off unknown to her. Mrs Quinn was greatly annoyed at the loss as she prized the ling very much. A reward was offered, and o«l ;and young all round searched dili- , gently, but without avail. The paddock was ploughed up and laid down in grass, and was broken up this year, and ploughed four times. It is in pumpkins now, and while hoeing the other day Mr Quinn broke a small lump with the hoe, when, to his astonishment, the ring rolled out as bright and clear as the day it was tost just twelve years a go. I The motor car will form the ceni tre-piece of many a modern romance. Every mail brings batches oil' fresh umtor-stories, one ol which is well I worth re-producing;. It is told by r Gabriel, the noted French racing motorist, who visited America for the ■,V<vnck!i-bilt Cup. ahd is related in The Car : " Whosoever," he sind, has once driven a racing car is devoted to racing thereafter. He finds ,that nothing in the world equals the | mad, fierce delight of Speeding along .firm roads at the rate of seventy miles an hour. In Paris last year i I met a young American millionaire who had just bought a 05-h.p. car. ,He and 1 went out in the country .together to try this new car's paces Wo had a superb lime. The machine l was a lino one. We flew so fast we lert tho birds behind. At the day's end we congratulated one another I on the sport we h„d had. It Was agreed between us that there was .nothing on earth |tf, UB i to lllotorill g I Lan you come out again to-mor-,row? I said , uagerl , Con v |t.oni« out to-morrow and try TO y ear . Well,' saM the. young man, ■slowly, I was to , )C maM d morrow, but—t can put it oIT. ' " Messrs Morey and Son announce he arrival of their first shipment of autumn drapery. Mr V. Messenger, architect, invites Umlvrs for plumbing and drainage work at the hospital, Specifications for a contract for rfO chains concrete channelling mav be seen at the borough oflices. Messrs Clark and Co., house furnishers, have a replace advertisement in to-day s issue, inviting inspection <>f their shipment of new season's goods. Ladies interested in bicycling are invited by Messrs Reynolds and Co to inspect tt specimen bicycle similar so that ridden by Queen Alexandra. The anoiversary services in connection with St. Andrew's Sabbathschool are announced to be held on Sunday, March 12. Prizes and medals will be presented at the afternoon service. A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINC. TION. The Western Medieal Review, « medical publication of the highest! standing, says, in a recent Issue: - 'Thousands of physicians in this and »ther countries have attested I that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Kxt tract it not only reliable, but that it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over all other preparations of Eucalyptus."- Youf health is too precious to be tampered with therefore reject all products foisted upon you by unscrupulous mercenaries, «nd insist upon getting Santo and Sow' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended bj| your physician and the medical press. In coughs, colds, feverß. diaw < rhoea, kidney diseases, the relief is f instantaneous. Wounaa, ulcers, I burns, sprains, etc., it heals withoui ' inflammation. As mouthwash (S drops to a glass of water) it prei veuts decay of teeth, and destroys all disease germs.* t HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND t PILLS. a

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