LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7765, 17 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Women's Anti-War Committee-has been lornivd at Moscow. Messrs llewley and Griffith's report having sold a house and half an acre in' Gilbert Street, on account of Mr A. Atkinson, to Mr Wheatley, of Lepperton, at £SOO. A man, summoned by his wi:e at Bradford, described her as IK-ing similar to the Town lla.l clock—s.-he had our faces. She was an angel when out, but a lion a? home. | Mr Andrew Xollis, ngv.il ninety- . two, married Mrs Elizabeth Cassel, . eighty-three, at Howard City, 1 Michigan, on January 8. Forty-three . great-grandchildren attended the ceremony. • I The North-Western Hallway's London to Manchester express, performed that journey recently in a record - time of three hours and twenty mia- ' utes, or nearly 20fl miles in UOO minutes. The lirst stop was at Stock- • port, 1855 miles from tho -moli-opo- ' lis. | The. following are the results of the local examination in musical knowj ledge, in- connection with 'lrinity College. I.ondon, hold ai the Monasj lory of the Present;)!ion on I've. IS, ; I'JOt: Senior Honours', Amelia Henrietta Smith, 90 ; Senior Pass, Alice Helena Fischer. 72 ; Intermc'diatr Honours, Margaret Corkill, B-fi ; Junior Honours, Milly Drake, 85 ; I'reparatory, Nora ] "c:111,1" Curtis, 0J ■ Elsie Ralph Curtis, 7.7. I The Tramway Company of Colombo, Ceylon, lias decided that seven lucky tickets out of the number issued' monthly lo passengers are to carry prizes varying from lis.» to Ksso in a drawing. This is to induce passLiigeis to retifin their ti-k----.ets, and so defeat a dishonest system of tile same ticket being usi-.l by two people. i in the case o|' Greenaway v. linker, , an action for damages v. l.ieh i>.'a;nlili had discontinued. Mr Hutchison. S.M., on Thursday allowed defendant £1 Is costs, incurred in prepailag to defend tho action, which was only discontinued at a late slag' 1 . Mr T. S. Weston nppe.uv-d i'oi" ihe d—fendant, llaker. 1 l T p to the present neither of the constables under arrest, for ul'eyed roljljery from the H.I.C. in Duncdin have secured hail. 'the iiroperty identified as belonging to vlie 1>.1.( . does not cover the total in possession of the detectives, but up to tin' present the owner has not been found, but it is understood two other constables have been called on to account for art-ides in their possession. | At llalclntha on Wednesday I . S. Knipe and Annie Knipe were (barged with illegally keeping liquor for sale in a prohibition district. .Knipe was fined t1 and costs X-l. I and his wire was convicted and dis-

r charged. John Me(Jorle\, of the ~ Haiiwoy Hotel, was similarly eharg- " ed. C>iil\ a smallt quantity of )i----x' quor was found. The Muiristrale 1 said Ivo could) nolv {convict 1 cjoji and the case was dismissed. w | proposal to send n shipment of apples to Knghnicl by the Haknia 5 this season is likely to bo abafldonJ od. It seems that the I>e(>u-rtineri't of I Agriculture linds thai the wouthcrrt crops' arc so light that growers an thu south.will not Ik 4 able to furnish . even part of a shipment. Sufficient I fruit of a suitable kind to li-'l a chamber could not be obtained from I ths north, and under the circuuii lances there is little prospect of the experiment being carried out. f| A hend of cattle were being drh'en - across a stream ut. Tjkjtapu recently when one cow Jumped into a bog- • gy part of the creek, and only by a supreme efl'ort managed to spring, out. Those in charge of the mob (Were then surprised lo see m\ vet wedged in thq clown h>oi of the i hind foot of the cu\v. The eul got t loosq. am! was eventually ( 4 apluiv.l • by one of th 0 drovers. The Muuriec- > f viJlo district is now proudly poinii ing to the fact that this is the first instance on record of cow going a- ' fishing. 'I he .Jewish then (re proprietors "f .New ork, who represent nin<-tenths lof the total play houses in thoritv, have boycotted Mr .James MK|t'uli\ the editor and dramatic critic of the illustrated weekly, Life. Mr Mot calf has played a prominent and fitter part in the ant cnibade, Owing to the manner in which he has lampooned the Jews b\* the .drawings irji his paper and -his" theacrit icisins, the Theatrical Man,age;'s Association has tleejded to bar bjm irom practically everv house in .Suw \oyl< : \ I- iUher Uerfiiirtl \ aughuit. adi.lresi .''iig his London congregation recently said that jt was said Hi" |» 0 ,„. .mantes! to come to terms with the I Quirjhal. whatever that might mean. Jioinafi t'aihojjcs jnfg-ht be sure tjial the Holy Father would tome to no .terms which ni/ght in any way compromise his position, ile would al,lv»y.H assert his absolute iiulepenjdence, so that no terms whatever .could be even considered that did not undertake lo restore t 0 him at h-asi territory enough uj i-lw him an in. dependence and a> sovereignty ently clearly defined to eaux" hru to be regarded and reiognih-d i>y th«> Poweis of Kurope as a Sowr /'»gn I *Oilt ill. riu* I'ope's Inrssax to fiiiu U-'ath/'i 1 N'aughanj Was: 'Ala!- - • fh/< riuid an,} His Mother l.ti ,• k'xnn* J broj/gfiou/ y/, ~r ul | In,in-. •' ' 1 ' ! Tl"' 1 outing „f Vhr .-(.holurs UUciidiivg Si. .loM.'jit)\s School ilii.i jlliu (.'ouvom High School was cele- | bra led on Thursday, Ihe Pecrm|j.fOii (>' rounds making a delightful ( , ri'idc/Vuiii; The .voting- |,(_u|»lc L 1 n irry t|grrf:ubl|.- tin panics and Shorts, iniuiimTa'blc rauei, for all a"e s and si/.™ heing eulorvd |„ t o' jvU!, , Ri'ea. spirit. Toys ami i itiphins were lavishly awarded lls p,| Z e S . lioatili" on tile, lake was a great attraction 1 * The arrangements were carried out , |ii' a cdmmiluv consistinir of Messrs Hoope,.. Ifajrhelor. .1. Dennett, ~\relier, Ai Jnne.K. l\ f; iin^dy. 11.I 1 . .fones, , .Manni.v. and ,1, 11._ I'ai koi: tiu/n. , ivtary). "('he fcfivsliim-nti; l were ' ed in a larifc inartpieo. where dauies Olliver. Onr-rih, \V. lt<Minolt, Wliitlle. Itatchelor. Christ io. Clarke, and Curd saw (o the vetjltirenienti, of (he juveniles. The parents and friends «( tjit? cliildrcti visited the 1 gardens In lai'UO lUiniJiors durin-j- the 1 afternoon, and among those present Wi-re (he Hev. Dean JicKciiua and McMainiw, J id* jfi . «.

f I To-day being St.- Pal rick's Day, j ihe banks .will Wo closed. ' : Tlic attraction in comurtum wi«h i Iho Stratford Carnival yesterday was | tin? races. In the evening Jireworks weie hold. I At a public social in Wanganui on , Thursday night a resolution was 1 unanimously carried, asking* the (Jo- j vitihik'hL to prohibit the sale *>»* in-| to\icatint* liipior al canteens in conmotion with volunieer canijjs in any.' part of the colony. I The match Xew Plymouth v. Wat-; 1 tara \vu«. played ul Wajtaru on J hwrsday afternoon, and rosu'.li'd in • a win lor Xew Plymouth by 1 wicket : and 11 runs. l<or the winners- Jla. 4 -- ell (51), Whittle (22), and Braund • (10) butted well, while for \V..Lt a r.i were top scorers. llasell's batting was the feature of thuday. i At a meeting of ladies held al Fitzroy Hall on Thursday afternoon, 1 a committee (with power to add to their number) was formed for arranging 'the details of a special entertainment, which is to be given on . completion of the alteration* ! and additions at Fit/roy School. It' ( | is expected that the school will not i be ready by the end of April, so that | the. committee will have nice time to | arrange a programme that will i prove an irresistible attraction. A purchaser of Iruit on Saturday gave a Chinese ■seller a surprise. The Kuropean walked into the shop of the man from the Fast, and asked for six-penn'orth of bananas. The seller wrapped them up in an old newspaper and passed them over the counter. " That won't do." said j the Kuropean ; " put them in a 9 bag." " -No fear," said the China- - man. " All right," replied the purl chaser, " give me back the sixs pence.'' The Chinaman also refus- - ed to do that, whereupon the white f man ran round the counter, shoved e the Chinaman into a stand of plums e opened the till, and lifted his six--1 pence. When John removed himself 1 from the plums, he ran to the door, r aod frantically called after the now g far-away European, " Whaffor ?" ri Exchange. A firm of butter importers has just received a curious claim in connection with a box of Victorian butter, writes the London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus on January 37. The buyer, a provision -dealer in the provinces, was working the butter up into rolls when he found a number of pieces of glass in the butter, j and further investigation revealed ithe presence of a thermometer, which' liniH been broken in the workimr Ul).

had been broken in the working up. Apparently it had been left in the butter by one of the Government inspectors in. Melbourne. The buyer is unable to sell the butter, owing to the presence of broken glass in it,.| land he is returning it to the impor- | tor, with a claim for the refunding of Ihe price ho paid for it. The importer is referring the matter to tho, ' i Victorian Government authorities, j An important innovation in the, railway service was announced by Sir Joseph Ward, Minister of Rail- 1 ways, at the conclusion of his address on the occasion of the opening of'the new railway workshops in Itlvercargill on Wednesday. lie said : "We are going'to adopt a system 1 of numbering every seat in the passengers-' carriages on t he railways-, . by which you will be able, if you desire, to travel from Jnvercargili to Now Plymouth without any dillicnlty or trouble as to your seat in a train. You will he able to obtain tickets Iwo or three days before you travel : on the ticket will be the number of the car you will travel in an J the seat you will occupy, nnd If anvbo-dy tries jump your claim whilst you have retired to have a glass of well, soda and milk i (laughter) —you will be in a position ■to request him to move out. it is a small reform, but one, I venture to think, that will add considerably to the comfort of travellers and ■ will be greatly appreciated." (Applause.) A strange case of a woman's iv* turn from the dead occurred at the village of Haptori, near Accrington. The woman was laid out by her husband in a darkened room of their cottage in the early morning. The doctor's certificate of death was obtained, and the undertaker was sent . for. Tie was measuring the body for ' the collin when-he noticed the twitching of an eyelid, lie laid lvis hand upon the woman's heart. It pulsated. Snatching up the woman ho carried h->r down to the kitchen (ire and placed her beside -it, while he drove hurriedly to the nem'est pul/ic-house for brandy. When the spirit wan udluini.vtered the woman revived. Next day she was so far recovered as to talk. She had been in a weak state for a long- time, and the husband, who works at a- foundry, believing 4km - to be dead, drew the insurance money on the doctor's certificate and arranged for the funeral. Notwithstanding the decision of the i'l ivy Council, reversing the verdict of Mr Justice I'rlng and tlu; Full Court,.that the men who formed the South African contingents were entitled to Imperial in addition to the colonial pay (.says the Sydney Morning Herald)',' the New South ' Wales Cabinet has decided to issue a commission to Judge Murray to inquire into the merits of the case, apart from legal teclinicatliiies. The Premier stated that he olTerod to i withdraw the appeal to the Privv j 1 Council some time ago if .Air llovvartli and others interostul, in the • I matter would agree to the dispute I heinc referred to a hWW. i.-.™,*.- 'i

pemg leienea to a j.mtge,| irres]>ec tjve of legal tochnic-alities'. The offer howover, was not acceptod. All tlvtJoxernment dpsjred to arrive at wa: moral ami comHtjonj of the dispute. The sum involved li u'lttwt £IO,OOO, 'l'he following i s taken from th Auckland Meekly News of the 18tJ February, 1904 : Settler, near Ingle jwood, Taranaki, writes: 44 In an is tie of the News a, Ijttle while bacl noticed inquiries about sick pigs , and thought I would take the liberty f giving you my experience, whlct | on can pass on to your readers i you choose. In the early spring I hud live j-pung pigs, spvpn months ole SulTering lyopi whjit appeared to b( severe colds. Their heads w'Ci'i swollen, their months open and thoii breathing thick and whistling. J hac l>,V tati a packet of Sykes's Drench which I I'egniarly use for cows ai alving limo. I made a pailful ol 'linn oatmeal gruel, put into it three arge cupfuls of sugar, and half it packet of the Drench, and a goot spoonful of dripping to make it rather greasy. This I fed tlieni at sis in -lii' evening, ami nflcrwnrdß sluil tm>iii in with a warm straw bed. Ji he morning iliey wi,'e considerably elter, and Ihe following day all i»S"t ; m fact, they have done well rver sine.;. I generally get Sykes's 'reach at Hie store, Ijnt it in manufactured at New I'lyniouth." - Thanks." A MOST HONOUHABLE DXSTINC XION. Ihe Western Medical Review, medical publication of the highest says, in a recent issue thousands of physicians in this and jther countries have at teste that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti t'Jx tract in not only reliable, but Ilia it has a pronounced and indisputabl sfiperiprity over all other preptra tiffijs pi Eucalyptus." Your health Is top precipes tp be tampered with rpjepp (jjl pfflduc|ts (plated 4ppn yflu by unscrupulous Jt)ercer(ar'es ' 'fl.sjst uppij getting SanY' »n<J Spns' -■ P w cfi|ypti Extract, the only preparation iec () miiief)ded lij your physician and tl»e medical press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diart rhoen, kidney diseases, the relief it instantaneous. Wountis, burns, sprains, etc., it lieals withoul inflammation. As mouthwash (5 drops to glasis of water) it pre. vejits decay pf tenth, and destroys ft.ll disease germs.* HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS. More precious than gold. Diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera are, through the summer's heat, carrying off the young as ihe winter's cold te.S.troys the aged. In the most u.'ilte cases, tiie interna' incdi2ineg ojtniiut ht rptpfned. the ,-ve-it-jst relief will inmiMlintely result from rubbing ilollowny's "spiithi'ig Ointment over the abdomen. 'L'ho Friction should be frequent and Url.sk, to ensure the penetration of a large portion of the unguent. This Jintjuejit paling the excited peristal-! iiis iu'lipn flhid 'sppljirs the pain, i llplh vomiting find grijiing y(,clfj tp t: wliiit'o frtiil or jifive iriginated the malady, it is proper I to remove all undigested matter , 'rout the bowels by a moderate dose if Tlollowuy's Pills before using the Jintmeut.* 2