LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 776, 20 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The value of fruit imported into New Zealand lust year was £210,000, A sharp earth shock was felt in town on Saturday afternoon (between a quarter and ten minutes to three,. . The death-rate at Santiago de Cuba under Spanish rule was 137 per 1001). Under American sanitation it has fallen to 22. A meeting of the Exhibition Committee will be held at the Town UaVl this! evening. As the business is important, all members are asked to moke a point of attending. I In connection with the Harvest Festival, the committee of the Whiteley Memorial Church have thoughtfully donated a quantity of grapes, pears, and other fruits to the Hospital for tho patients. | Part of the Lammsor Estate, in 'Ashburton, comprising 2245 acres, sirhdivided into ten lots, sold at, auction on' Saturday at from £2 10s to £l2 15s per acre, mostly to, adjoining owners. The sale reailised £13,290 odd.

| Steven new cars fo' - the Auckland tramways were landed from the Ha- j Raia, and are now being fitted up, | When they are in use, says> the Her,ald, there will be fifty-live cars running on the various lines. Some of jthe new cars will be used on the Auckland-Unehunga service).. Messrs S. Qlarkte and C 0.., the well known furniture manufacturers,, DeTon street, have donated a shield for competition between the junior teams of the East and West End Water Polo Clubs. The first contest will take place a t an early date, and will be held under the control of the Now Plymouth Amu'ceur Swimming Club. | A rather grim game is bcingi play.ed by the youngsters attending the Masterton School. Two " men " go

out scrub-cutting, another creeps up apparently unseen, slays one of them and bolts. Detectives are immediately sent in pursuit, the runaway is captured and eventually hanged, the school roller serving as a gallows. .This new gante is called " Ellis." ! On Saturday night a man named [Robert Leonard made himself particularly obnoxious to pedestrians in Devon Street by reason of his disorderly conduct and obscene expressions whilst in a sla'ie of intoxication. Constable de Loree arrested the man, who was on Sunday released on bail, and will appear at the Police Court this* morning. I The Premier of Victoria found tiino wkm in Tasmania to watch the development of motor omnibus traffic. There arc 12 motor omnibuses in that State, and Mr Bent got photographs of them. The cost of a steam omnibus is £1,350, and it is capable of carrying 19 passengers. The cost of running is BJd a mile, including wages, interest, and repairs. Tyres are, however, an important item, as they cost about £75 a set.

I Captain Host's leprolin, a new serum which it is hoped will prove a cure for leprosy, is being tried' in several of the Indian asylums of the Mission to Lepers. Three cases at Pierulia, in Bengal, where tho mission supports 600 lepers, are declared by the Deputy Sanitary Commissionfer of the distsict to be " to all intents and purposes completely cured." The hopeful cases will be isolated, and observed for six months before the final decision can be pronounced.

! The robberies perpetrated by the men Black and Bonltpn, who were recently arrested 'at New Plymouth on their way to Auckland, were evidently more extensive than was at first realised. The two will r u e brought up at the Police Court this morning and charged with breaking into the premises of Mr Bagley, at Fitzroy, and- stealing therefrom". The case will be proceeded with,, as on the following day tho prisoners will be sent on to answer two other charges of burglary at Hawera and i Wanganui.

During the week the police received word that a man who recently took up occupation of a camp some distance out of town had been missing for two or three days. Fears wcro entertained for his' safety, and search was made in an -adjacent well, as t I was tTSugh-l by the informants that ho might have fallen in and been .drowned. 'Hie well was dragged by the police, but to the reliei of the party there was no 'irace of any corpse. The police then pursued their investigations in other directions, and eventually found the man, who jwas entirely ignorant concerning the J alarm as to his welfare, had been adimitted as a patient to the hosm'tal [on the day that his absence was first noted. Nevertheless- the action |of those who thoughtfully informed | the polico of his absence is to be commended.

I A meeting of the Eliot Road Dourd was held at the office of the secretary (Mr H.Stocker) on Saturday afternoon. There were present : | Messrs H. Clegg (chairman), J. ,Sole, adVI Knight. A' letter was re,reived; from titu, Borough Council asking whether the flnui'tl could see its way to appoint the borough inspector, Mr Kendall, us ' honorary ins|>ector to report upon jajul deal with at', cases of iirfectious diseases' arising in the poi<tlons of the board's district adjacent to the borough. TWtfiwas agreed' to. Accounts amounting to £0 12s were passed for payment. Tho secretary reported that the bunk account was £l2 in debit, and the junount of rates outata)id.ing approximately £SO. The chairman thought it rairdly fair .to |U|uve these arrears for the incoming j Board to cojlecl, and as the last meeting of the Hoard as at' present constituted was fixed for April 15, ft wa« depjided to take legal; pro|ceedimgs further notice against all ratepayers who did not |st>ttle up by April 14. The scere.turywas instructed to advertise! th(a notice. The chairman and Mr | Knight wen* authorised; to have culvert af Wallace Road widened ; to have a certain quantity oil jdarlti Jilling • carried out to " im- | prove jportjjoii! of EJiot Road; and ito obtain mplal; from Marfell's! pit |f(>r the rondl repairs, tho costj of ithe whole of the above work not' to exceed *lo, It was reported ( «lat Jhe County Council's subsjdy .would be paid over on March 31 Mr Sole handed In his resignation as a member.

The following is taken from the : Auckland Weekly News of the 18th | February, 1904 : Settler, near Inglewood, Taranakj, writes : " In an isue of thp News a little while back noticed inquiries about sick pigs, and thought J woujd take the liberty I giving yon my pxpei-ience. which

on nan pus* o)j to your readers if you choose, Jji the early spring I hud five young pigs, soven mouths bid suffering from what appeared to bo severe colds. Their heads were swollen, their mouths open and their breathing thick and whistling. I had by mp a packet of Sykcs's Drench, which I rypiarjy use for cows at alving tinis. 1 m«dp a pailful of •arm oatmeal gruel, put into it thuio ar«e 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 sin Hi the evenjng, and afterwards shut them in svjjh a warm straw bed. in he morning they wt-ra cpnsidjirubiv elter, and (he following day ail right; in fact, (hey have done well ever since I generally get Sykes's nench at the store, but it is manufactured at New Plymouth." - rh^iifec,*

Mr W. Wearing, minor, Mataura, states au follows* :—"1 am 79' years old, and havo lived in Mataura -10 years. For seven months I was a reat sufferer from rheumatism, so bad that at tiinen 1 could not icnvo my bed. I was told of Rhcumo, and took four bottles. The result was that I was eompletely cired of ilicumutism. Mr MacGi'hbon, who is a J.P.„and a well known mcrch.int here, can verify my statement. I sfcall always be glad to fell sufferers what you* wonderfhl medicine Itheumo did for me." Sold evorvJWhere, 2s 6d and 4s 6d. Kempthorne,

The Suez QasaU was opened on March 18, 1869,; A meeting' of the No-llcensc League will bo held at the Whiteley Hall on Thursday evening'. On Sunday morning a large shark was seen in the sea at the foot of Liardet Street.

In .pursuance of the requirements of the Harbour Hoards Act, the bal- 1 ance-shect of the New Plymouth ( Harbour Hoard is published in this i issue. The intcrprovincial lennis match 1 between Wellington and Canterbury, ' played at Christchurch on Saturday, ' resulted in u win for Canterbury by .'< 14 points to 5. As Dr. Knight, Parliamentary- representative, the Bishop of Wellington, graduates' representative; the Rev. W. A. Evans, teachers' representative, and Mr McCullum, Education Boards' representative, retire from the Victoria College Council, an election will be held on April 10. Nominations close on April 3. A Christchurch telegram says that Sir Joseph Ward states that there is i no'foundation whatever for the rumour which has been revived that in, l;viewof the general election this }Uir Parliament will bo called together earlier than usual. It is not the intention of the Government to usBemble the Legislature, before the usual time. . The Mountain House Committee's endeavours to popularise this resort are meeting with gratifying success, j a large number of persons making the trip each week. An additional room is to lie built to meet the demand for accommodation, and to the convenience of visitors the committee has recently provided a lurge supply of chairs and stretchers. The scale of charges has been revised. Visitors taking their own provisions and crockery will be charged 6d per head (adults') for hot water, whilst ' | those using everything belonging to I the house, whether inside or outside the building, must pay a shilling JI per head. Meals can be got ut 2s

,each, which charge includes 6d for .the house. Mr and Mrs F. A. Morris aro now permanently in charge of the resort. | The Alexandra Herald reports that ithe members of a local family had an unenviable experience when a portion of a coalmine immediately un- ' derneath their house gave way. The building was broken across the cenj tre. The mistress of the house and jher daughters were in bod at the jtinie, and, says the Herald, with the house in darkness and furniture falling in all directions, their feelings | may be better imagined than described. The imprisoned Inmates first attempted to gain an exit by the front door, but, luckily for them the door was blocked With furniture, I otherwise they would havo stepped

[out into a chasm eight feet in depth. Finally an exit was made I through a window at the end of the building, underneath, which they were fortunate enough to find solid earth. A brick partition wall running through the building fell across the bed usually occupied by the elder son, who, fortunately for himself, had not returned home.

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, Suralura Ten.—A distinguished tea .J. R. Chatterton. Easter boot ware. Newton King.—Stratford sale. Rowley and Griffiths—A nibble in house property. Victoria College.—Election. Harbour Board.—Balance-sheet. Good Tenant —House wanted.