LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7760, 11 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are 34,000 deaths from plague in India a week. During February 7r>s(> bales of hemp, weighing 1519 tons, were graded in Wellington for export. A Dunedin telegram says the weather was dose and warm last night and promises l to be line for the Athletic Sports to-day, when Dufly and visiting Australian athletes' will make their first appenrano. AI. the Police Court on I'Yiduy, u rsl offender was charged before Mr Hutchison, S.M., with drunkenness. A cunviaion was recorded', and he was discharged.

Owing to the Supreme Court sessions being held this week there was no sitting of the S.M. Court on Friday for tho hearing of debt cases. The Court will be hold on Thursday next.

s _ We understand that one or two ._ Xew Plymouth citizens huive been coimuun'icated with by -tin.- Justice tJ Department and asked if they are williug to accept commissions as 0 Justices of the Peace. A correspondent of the London l- Times points out that the late Lord s lloaconsfield's choice of the Utile - " Falconet " for his unfinished novc! ,s is suggestive ; for ' Gladstone *' was originally .V Uledstane," and c B le;l " is Sclots for hawk or falcon. s Sir \V, T. Jennings, M.11.U. for Egr inont, has beeeit adVised by the l'ostr iiiasl.er-GV'iieral that instructiogs h a Ve , beeil given to establish telephone communications in the I'uiungi dis- ~ trlct, and also in the Mangtuoa between Olitire and Ongarue. It is r understood thai. the work in both = districts is to |,e put in hau.l as soon as possible.; » Mr Dray, secretary to the Dairy , Commissioner, has resigned liis n pL pimttmeui ill the (iovernment ser- . Aice, and is about to pav a visit lo > Kn R ,a I ,ld . 1o investigate matters con- . lectod wil'll Uil" trade in Xew Zwi- . land produce. Mr l{. \y, WilUiu- , | soil; oi tile Lands Department, Napier lias been appointed to succeed Mr Bray ju ihc oflice of iho Dairv , Compiit&ioiKT. 1 J lie I£d,\ i)l coat of arms niav touerall.v |„. taken as the impress" of merit, because special appointments are not bestowed mvliscriiuina-elv. . SO thii't by reason of their special ' appointment to both JJis Sin f.-slv King Edward and II.TMi: the I'l iiui ot Wales, the Kudgo-"\Vhitworth liim are placed in the front rank of bicycle ji)aiiiii'nc[iirer.s. This special iribui,. was recently accordjd this well-known English /irtn. and J he I lirst shipment of superior wlve)s bearing the emblem and authority of 1 the Koval coat of arms is now' in New Plymouth. A mounted constable the other ( day, while riding round outside tlie ! ! L'aiill'eld racecourse, ordered nil those '.« who were standing on lorries' and 11 ot iier vehicles to stop betting, or lie t hould arrest them. The practice has ; i .gradually grown up to a number of bookmakers regularlv taking I li stand outside the course, where they il< ■do business With those Who cannot c afford to pay or refuse to pav a-N t mission money to the course." Even-1 tually the constable took ono man's S name, and as he rode awav the I .crowd jeered. He came hack and Ii; 'l'li'nL--"" ' young man, |ti 1 thinking there would be a general li I scatter; jumped from the lorry and a ;ran. 1 he constable chased him, drew p , ills revolvet and fired two shots. The g i fugitive came to a wands-till and ti | was arrested. Wild indignation was ii .expressed by those who witnessed the ! U occurrence, but tile constable got U1 I Ws prisoner nwny without being l sl molfstftl, 55 b

A Nejs ttwmLgQ says the ibway sinilflo has failed. ! Tlio exports from (Jrent Ilntain >r 1901 uxcoudbd those. 01 thy prelims yotir by £10,017,78**. The annual production of l.ancaliiro cotton goods amounts from ! 90.000,000 to £100.000,000 {KM i nnmn. AJOJiK PJ{AiSI'J Von HMKI'MO. -Mr .John tflemis, Hulls. wriics iSoniu months since 1 hatl u severe Uuek of rheumatism, and was ud- i isfr.l to iry the ctlicucy oi Khou•o. J did so, with mo.st .satisfactory .•Milis. Alter takin# t\W) ho tiles it ;<s |u-itctien I|y cured iik% 1 huvu no esitation in sa,\iny that your romily is the bi'.-il 1 have used." Sold |>y li ehemi.sts and storekeepers, *i.s Oil 1 nd -In (id. \\ huli'sah* Agents, Kcinpliorne. Proper and Co.* J The ri'inark.Tble fjaiul uniijno spccaole of a herd of elephants in n >!• lijoui 1.1- .♦<r>.et jj tli acled a fcoo.i leal of attention after the J*ri 1 islt mlia steamer Coolyanna readied lie wharf from Singapore. Klephants tiv expensive luxuries, ami the value >f ton of Ihem is estimated a't I 1000. This miinher was consigned o Mr Tom Kitzgerald, of circus 'umo. but two worth £IOO each died >n the voyage. The elephants were )i"ed in captivity, and are very tame. I'eople on tin* wharf led theni with mnanas and other Jtfrnit, and the mimols showed iminis-lakable signs ,)f They lost condition oil Live voyage, suffering at times from •sen-sickness. This so upset two of them that they broke loose one night \nd explored the ship, mating anything 'that appealed to them. Finally they consumed some boxes of Cannes, and became so ill that they were glad to accept the ministraLions of their attendants, and surrendered unconditionally.

A meeting of shareholders ill (he Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth was held at the Town Hall on Friday night lor the purpose of making two appropriationsof 11150 each by ballot. As the Chairman (Mr D. Berry) was suffering from a sore throat, Mr Stanley Shaw, by request, took the chnir. Messrs Ainsworth and Johns were elected scrutineers for the ballot. The meeting decided that the seventh, marble drawn should be the winning number, and the marbles were drawn by Mrs Sheffield. The winning number was 250, and Mr D. Berry, holding the share corresponding with that number. and holding more 'than one share, secured the two appropriations, totalling £!i00. Mr Shaw remarked that th s was the first occasion this had fallen to the lot of a director. The secretary (Mr If. Stocker) announced .that the second group was meeting with good support. Already 500 of the 600 shares had been taken up, and the group would soon be completed, and nn appropriation drawn for. Tenders for the appropriation of £3OO ivero opened, the privilege being sold for £sl.

it is no longer good form to swear. On the word of Lord Charles iieresford it is a thing of the past among the oflicers of the nuv.v. little less was to be expected ul'ter the i King's iStrong public, pronouncement oil the subject. The change marks .something of a revolution in our ' manners. When Lord Shaftesbury, i the philanthropist, succeeded to his I title he was advised by a great lady j that he must learn to swear. "Your father always did, and gained great respect by it in the country," she added. The employment of exple- | lives was quite a polite art. and nobody was shocked when Wellington i said, in choosing an officer for ser- | vice : ''lie is a fool, and a fool, but he can take Rangoon." Lord Melbourne's impolite expressions were taken as read ; they were milder, perhaps, than those of ilLonl Salisbury's ancestor, who, according to the late marquis, swore so horribly that they culled him "lilastus, the , King's fjChamherlaln." There arc I degrees of ofTensiveness ill the use of impolite language. Sir Algernon .West tells that no one was in. the ; least shocked when the late Lord | Halifax used lo say to one of his colleagues in the India Oflicc : " your eyes, my dear So-and-so, can't you understand 1" The Bishop ot i Winchester is declared by Oe ( .vy lo I have refused the sacrament to ■ George IV. because the latter cursed jso violently ever the bishop's un- ' punctuality. There may have been & little malice in the creation of the I story. One in which there was less ! I truth but not less surprise was. that J related by Dr. Nedley, a contemporary of the \vitty Father IJ■ a ly. The t jiriesl. declared that he had gone, down-on his knees to a cerlain asicotic and pjous cardinal to induce him to revoke his edict, "but," he [added, "he said he'd see me first."

it is worth remembering that fo excellence of style and quality con billed with large range of vaiiet nnd cheapness of engagement ring and all kinds ot jewellery you mus goto J. H. Parker's, Jeweller, nex railway crossing, Devon Street Cen tral. New Plymouth.* Do you dread washing day ? 'lTiei buy a tin of Washine and cheer up See a list of storekeepers who Gtocl it. A Cd tin sufficient for a week'i cashing.* The following is taken from th Auckland Weekly News of the 18tl Februa'ry, 1904 : Settlor, near Ingle wood, Taranaki, writes : " In an is sue of the News a little while bad I noticed inquiries about sick pigs and thought I would take the libert: f giving you my experience, whlci you can pass on to your readers i you choo.se. In the early spring ! hud live young pigs, seven months olt suffering from what appeared to b( severe colds. Their heads weri swollen, their mouths open and theii breathing thick and whistling. I hac by me a packet of Sykes's Drench which I regularly use for cows 111 alving time. I made a pailful ol •arm oatmeal gruel, put into it three large cupfuls of sugar, aud half a packet of the Drench, and a gooc spoonful of dripping to make it rather greasy. Tliis I fed them at sis in the evening, and afterwards shut them in with a warm straw bed. In he morning they were considerably et,ter, and the following day all ; right; in fact, they have done well ■ ever since. I generally get Sykes'a li'ench at the store, but it is luanu- • factured at Now Plymouth." - Thanks.* ' A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINCTION. The Western Medical Review, a medical publication of the highest standing, says, la a recent issue 'Thousands of physicians in this and tther countries have attested that Sander and Song' Eucalypti lix tract la not only reliable, but that it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over all other prepwa tions of Eucalyptus." Youi- health Is too preciouß to be tampered with therefore reject all products foisted upon you by unscrupulous Mercenaries, «nd insist upon getting Sanlir and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation rec o mmeaded t)j| your physician and the medical press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diaw rlioen, kidney diseases, the relief if instantaneous. Woundrs, burns, sprains, etc., it heals without inflammation. As mouthwash (3 drops to a glass of water) it prot vents decay ot teeth, and destroy* ell disease germs.*