LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7762, 14 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I The third municipal concert, by the 1 Garrison Band, will be given ni tluGovernment buildings on Kriday cv- , filing next, commencing at S p.m.* ; intending competitors ul Iho Swimming Sports on Thursday next are reminded that the entrk.i clu.se to-night at (» p.m., with Air Poland, ;caretaker of tlie baths. 1 Th\j co-opeiutive worKs in V-w Zealand are at. prer-enl empii»\ in .'HI l mvii—-O-l being umK-r Irublie Works llepu tiihMii ai.tl n maimler under t'hv IK-panp\*n« o/ Koads. ' lutimalion is made at l.oti.e li» the effect thai during tl.'-ii »our u.-xi winb'i' tbe New !/<.•.; 1. li.i i»-aie w'. l find lin.e lo \\-'\ fiii iw. M. Mathieu, of the State Kimiicu'l.t. i.'lub stales that his club will /elect a i-'ivneh tVMui from the j-1 .• " • over there to oji{»ose the " fornsi labio Maori." 'lhc SiratfonJ Carnivai begin.< today with the athktic for which very large entries ha.ve been obtained. In the evening e.n « n;« rtainineiu \\ i:1 be gl\'cn in iheTo". i» ilall. To-morrow's al* ract'ons include the Gun Club meeting and Unhand contost. Kxc:usion ticko<s are available on the railways. ! At Hallai'at North lecently l-he son of a well-known resid'eirt di'.'aui.<l that his house was on lire, and, jumping out of bed, lie rushed o!T in the darkness while asleep to the intersection of Neil and Seymour streets, where he broke the hre alarm attached to tlu- telephone post. When he had performed what in his dream he considered his duty, ho quietly walked homewards and went to 'bed again:. j Six of t'hv ten locomotives w.'tkh j the Messrs ['rice Hros., of 'ho Thames, -have contracted to .supply the Ka-Hway Department liave boon delivered, and the remainder arc so well under way that there is every likelihood that they Willi be before contract t'ime expires 'July next). The engines which the Messrs Price have already supplied are doing excellent work on live Wangamii section^ It, is estimated that next season's cane crop from the Mulgrave mill in Queensland will be 6U,(K)O tons. An important experiment will be tried at the Mosman mill -at the conclusion of the crushing season. The chemis'tand tlie second engineer have patented a new process for refining sugar without any further plant or machinery than that used in turning out raw sugar. The directors have granted them the use of the mill and 20 lons of sugar to make a practical test. The London Times slates that .Lord Meath has received a letter from Mr Seddon, thanking hi.in for jthe Empire Day phamphlet which' he sent. Mr Seddon says that he sees |no reason why the " Flag of Bri■'tain" song should not be introduced into the schools of the colony {although they had local produ rtions 0 i a similar character), and adds that, if some copies were sent lo him, he j would be only too happy to give : instructions for them to 'be distribjuted. j The Hailway Department has arranged to hike over the dining <\<>h oir the Wellington and; .Manawatu jltftilway from the end oil Uie present | month. They will be placed in charge oi Mr Souper, late chief steward of ( the Tutanekai, who will retain the management of the dining ears on the Auckland-Jiotorua iine. The Hailway Department is about 'ocall .for tenders for th» leases of itswniou» refreshment rooms, ','n l»r .ho ! new contracts the sale of ale.ohnii.- : lupior at the ra'ilway rooJiis will be prohib;t(„-,|. j \\ lien the. Australian criekelcrs i W, ;' V through Timaru a local |ei icketing enthusisjst, who went to ; the station \o have a personal chat 'With,, the distinguished visitors, chanced to meet Trum|K'j<. though he , did not know to whom Ire" was sjvak- : ing, ami after an animated discussion th»' local man asked his name, j" I'm Trumper," came ih- reply! And who in the world is Tnimp-inra.-cendy ,<|ueri...i the local ; man. This, to us • a colonial i phr>i*e, '• broke the visitor up," but, fortunately the station bell lvip|.ened lo ring just at this juncture, . Exchange. j Tho Swimming Club is holding a I i spurts jik'ol ing next Thursday after,noon. Included in the programme are two handicap events, also a

i.schoolboys' race. During the afternoon the ladies' championship of New I Plymouth will bo swam for the valuable challenge cup presented by Mr j'J'isch. A novel feature of the j sports will be the plate diving competition, which should create considerable amusement. A spring board dive and a high dive are also included in the programme. A polo match between the boy* coached by .Mr Poland will be played, and considering the time they have been learning they show a good knowledge of the game. A senior '{match, East v. West, will conclude a good afternoon s sport. A charge of sixpence lwill.be made for admission.

I It is accepted in New Zealand that C'amjjbrlltown (Mluflf) . is> the most southern 'municipality in the world. There is, however, in the Straits of Magellan a town of considerable size | and population known as i'unta Arenas (Sandy Point.) It was descrii bed by Captain Slocuiu, in his entertaining story of his voyage round .the world single-handed, as a naval [station of live Chilian Government, a port of call for Pacific steamers, as possessing hotels, billiard saloons, |etc., and being the rendezvous of ranchmen from the back country. It is therefore probable that the town has some form of local government, and it is in lat. •">?* S., while C'ampbelllowii is in -115.550 S. There is a township known its Port. William in the British colony of Falkland Islands, also about ."V5 deg. S., but it is improbable that, it rates a borough council.

Tho following is taken Troiu tho Auckland Weekly News of the IHth February, 15)0-1 : Settler, near lnglewood, Taranaki, writes: "In an is- ! uc of the News a little while back ! noticed inquiries about sick pigs, and thought I would lake the liberty f giving you my experience, which you can pass on to jour readers if 'you choose. In the early I had five young pigs, seven months old Buffering 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 alving time. 1 made a pailful of •arm oatmeal gruel, put into it three urge cupfuls of sugar, and half a packet of the Drench, aud a good spoonful of dripping to make it rather greasy. Thjs 1 fed them at six in the evening, and afterwards shut them in with a warm straw bed. Jn he morning they were considerably | teller, ami the following day all .light ; in fact, they have done well jever sine.?, J generally got Sykes's j >rench at the store, but it is manufactured at New Plymouth." Thanks.* A CLOTIUKK'S CONVICTION. Mr F. Cohi ii, of Wi'ilis-Htroet;. Wellington, is a busy buslnesH man, Villi no time co waste os JeiterViiting for fun. He tried liheumo, and was convinced. Mr Cohen :

! —"l.as! Ku':lay I. experienced a very bail attack of rheumatic. gout, in | ut so bail that I bad lo leave business mid being unable to walk 1 !was' assisted to a rain. On in rival , :i( hom,e 1 immediately t u ok a dose j"f yyi"' Hhuumo, repeating same livery ion/- hum's. T|)e jjijin soon jitfl. itnfi ill t||e illuming 1 il';lllit' to business u.s usual. 1 cannot say too much fur the pionpl and effectual manner in which your Hheumo acts on pain." Jth.' o | urcs every time. Chemists „ m | s i o rsalt' Kempthorne, I'rosser and Co." ' j; Storage In dry brick stflrp, ).qsv in- ' Buraft.ce rate, ni ii;i m unj fjro risk, low 1 rates for storage.—'The Sk-r Zealand Express Lt4- 9 HOLI.OWAV'S OtNTJIfSNT A N () PILLS. ,Uor« precious t(ia» gold. liiarr- I dysentery and clioiern. .ire, I through the summer's beat, carrying I Off the young as llio wlntof's crjil destroys the aged. In the most .acute cases, where the interna' medicines cannot be retained, the grc:ilrelief will immediately lesult from i'ub.ljjf)£ llolloway's soothing Ointment Qvej' tfifl aijdo/iien. The friction shoylfl b,e ' fr.efljj.ejiJ; and tyH'sk, ip ensure the jj^epejirat i«;i r>i n large pocUsn Of the unguent. This ointment ouims the expited ;>erista|r tic. action Knd soothes Hie pain, llolh vomiting and grilling yield to it : where frail or vegetables have | originated the maladv, it is proper to remove all undigested mailer from llio bowels bv a moderate dote of flolloway's T'ills before using the

| Amougsfc tjie -passengers )>.y the 1 mail train on Monday night were several marksmen returning from Trentham, and a number of lit emeu , from Dunedin. , ' Tlie large number of bush tiros between Stratford and New I'hn.o'.uit caused considerable interest 1 the passengers on the mai 1 train on % Alonday. J iiie weath-r en Mot.Jay v.as any- 1 thing but agreeable, the diy one of iho hottest and mosl oppressive experienced for some lime. Towards mid-day the heat v. as somewhat. tempered by h breeze wliich 1 sj)rung up, but this was nut an in mixed blessing, us in the 'dry state I of the roads- it raised c.ouds of > tins?, Which made thing-*' deri'.lrdi, i uncomfortable for lhose out of A volmns of smoke wlieh on«o.npu.sed ih* town Jui ing the afternoon, and the h-aze along the coa-t lim\ i • dii.aJv!.! iii.'t U»e «'l -.0ini,.., . wan at w orx in \he bush, or eJ - pla>. ing lmvoc v\ ith the dr,\ .nd in the grazing arens. 'lb 1 ..' exceptiouali- 1 cool evening whiih feiHowod ucte\l Hke a tonic in reviving tiro willed mhubiiuiit'*. A iipooiat lue'ii.ng of th: Tarauaki County Couniil was held on ..\ion-* day to consider the resignation of the secretary, the arrears of oui/tanding rales, and other bus'ines. Thvru were present : Mr 11. Okev (Chairman) and Crs. D. H. McLiouald, J. Drown. M. Hopson, \V. J. (Jray, J. 1!. Hill and J.- Andn.'ws, The rate lists voi'e carefully gone into and revised. Jn the case oj a large number of- absentees and other del'auUers H was decided to take fegal measures to ■get in the all too large* amount outstanding. This business occupied the Council for fully four hours and as the time left for considering: tho other matters was too limited, it was agred that ..they should be placed on the agenda paper for the next ordinary meeting of the Council. At a meeting of the (JovetlUrown memorial fund committee on j Friday night, aH ..members being pre;ent, it was-resolved : That Mr Mount ford be requested to state on what terms he will be prepared to come to New Plymouth and give his advice as to the best means of enlarging and completing St. Mary's Church, ' New Plymouth, and supplying a sketch plan with rough estimate of cost ; and also .if he will report how the same can be carried out by degrtesas funds permi't. The intention oi' the committee is to proceed as soon as possl-ble with a portion of tho enlargement as a memorial to the late Archdeacon Govett. The present furxds ifor this object are approximately, cash £SOO, with about £2OO of additional promises. The funds of the mission scheme for th.» back-blocks are slightly in excess oi £950, of wliich about £SI)U is already in "libnil. 11 I The committee for the Victorian Maori Girls' School ask for the special attention of the public to their advertisement, which appears in this issue, and io bear in mind the object of this l effort, viz., the education and moral upraising of t the Maori girl. Where there is such excellent material to work upon, in the way ,of intelligence and unusual ability, surely good jjesults- may be hoped for. This feeling has actuated the ladies whose names appear on the committee in undertaking to raise the money lor this scholarship, i.e., £2O annually for three years. The second cif.l is now due, hence this effort. In the programme now offered every taste is catered for. and we feel safe in. guaranteeing a large attendance of the public on Thursday evening to swell the funds for this most deserving object. Tho Drill Hall will be prettily decotated for the occasion with bunting and evergreens. i A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINCT--1 TION. ( The Western Medical Review, j medical publication of the highest I standing, says, !n a recent issue: i 'Thousands of physicians »o this | and other countries have at teste | that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti l -x | tract U not only reliable, but Uia jit has a pronounced and indisputable j superiority over all other prcpura I tions of Eucalyptus." Your hcaltli j is too pre<;io-js to be tampered »vith therefore rbjctft all products foisted | upon you by unscrupulous mercenar- ! ies, and insist upon getting San- | Ijr and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, j the only preparation recommended i your physician and (he medical , I press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diaw j rhoea, kidney diseases, the relief ia instantaneous. Wounds, burns, sprains, etc., it heals without inflammation. As mouthwash (9 drops to a Sftosß of water) it proi vents decay of teeth, and destroys all disease cerms.*