The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1905 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 778, 22 March 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1905 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The monthly meeting of the Education Ilfjard will be held this morning. It is said that ministers live longer than any other professional men, ' and yet " the good die younir." The Town Hand will g'ive their sixth municipal concert on the Esplanade on Friday night, commencing at 8 pan. The hospital matron acknowledges receipt of fruit from Mrs Klcnner, of Ijepperton ;i and' the Whrteley iChurch, ~ Committee. We have to acknowledge the receipt of a printed copy of the statement of accounts of the Xew Plymouth Harvour Hoard and rer port for the year ending Dec. 31, 1904. A large potato of the North Pole variety has been grown in the kitchen garden of a resident of Hawera It weighs 3{lT>, and is shaped as though '(three of ordinary size had grown ♦ from the base of one. Jlie annual picnic in connection with the Inglcwood School wasihcld t the breikwnter on Tuesday. The weather was delightful, and the ex- ! cursionists, to the numta- of be- ■ tv.een 300 and -100, had a most enjoyable day. r Aliss H. Maude Smith, elocutionist and dramatic artist, any! advance agent for Captain Scott Harden, the ; war correspondent:, who lectures- on Friday, arrived hero by the mail train on Tuesday. Miss Smith s I staying at the White Hart Hotel. The harvest festival celebrations of the local corps of the Salvation 1 Army wi.l be held next month. The presence of friends will be wci'coinccl at these special services, and gifts of produce, useful articles, or donations in money will l.e gratefully received by any Salvationist. The Collector of Customs. Mr .1. • H. llempton, has- been asked to communicate (to resident. .Imperial pensioners the fact that owing to increased accommodation at the iYeterans' Home there are vacancies for inmates. The names and addrcs- . ses of those who desire to enter the Home will be forwarded to the authorities. The water polo team to represent East End for the junior shieild, given _. by S. Clark" and Co., will be selected from the following :—W. Whitukcr, W. Crawford, A. Peaitv, H'. Gibbons, W. Skipper, O. Wist,. P. Hubler, E. Drake, P. Uoulton, M. McCoy. A practice match will be played at the baths on Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clrck sharp. The election for a member to (ill the vacancy on the Education Hoard caused by the resignation of Mr E. • G. Allsworth, has resulted in the re- • turn of Mr George Henry Maunder, who secured 128 voles in his favour as compared with 94 cast for Mr Arthur Herbert Hulcombc. The total number of votes polled was 247, in- _ eluding 2£> informal. Mr P. S. Whitcombe, secretary to the Hoard, actod as Returning Oflicer. Before Mr Hutchison, S.M., on Tuesday the application made by Pi- • ripi Koneki, mi old Maori settler, for an old age pension was investigated, and postponed in order that further information might be obtained from Wellington as to the appli- • eaut's property. The persion previously granted lo .luson Husby was cancelled on the iground that he was in receipt of an inuomo oves <CS2 per . annum, the limit stipulated bv the Act. A circular from the Agricultural Department states that the Government has decided to guarantee Id net return per pound on shipments , of apples from Xew Zealand to London this season. For the purposes of this guarantee eai-h shipment will ' IM! regarded as one lot, and the quantity must be llirge, enough to fill the chamber of the ship. The grading and packing must be done under the supervision of the department, hut shippers will have to make all arrangements for collection, shipment, receiving in London, sales, etc. At the International Congress of . the Salvation. Army, held in Loul don. General Iloolh gave some astounding figures as to the progress of the movement during the last ton, years, showing that it is now operating in forty-nine different lands. , thai U. has 7210 corps and outpost.--, i ; ,2yi ollieers and cadets, 17,0<;.| bandsmeu, and «51-l social , mgencies for the rescue nnd reclamation of fallen or unfortunate men ;|and wojmcn. Every, week ."iOO.ijOii -I open-airs and OVii.OIKi indoor meetings are held, and ! I ,(MU.I publichouses visited. A MOST HOXoI'RAIiLE DISTINCTION. The Western Medical Review n medical publication of the highest standing, says, in a recent issue : . "Thousands of physicians in this and other countries ha\c attested that Sander and Sons' Eucalvpti Extract is not only ivliabli-, but iliat it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority ov.-r nil „t:,er prep:,,'nlions of Eucalyptus." v,,,ir health I is too pr.-c.ious t.i 1..- tamper.-d with ; therefore reject all products tolsted jupon you by uiiscnimiloiis i,i..-rt.>nar-;ies. and insist upon u-ttinu' San- ■ dir and Sons' l-aicalyptl Extract. |y mir physician and the in.lical jIH-es.-,. In roii-hs. colvls. fevers, diar!rho.M. ki-d-nev diseases, the relief is | instant.iiieo.ie. Wounds, iileei'S'/burns. j sprains, etc. it heals without inllammution. As mouiinvasli <."> dropsIto a ghiss of water) it prevents t!cicay of teeth, and destroys all disMOriE PIIAISE FOR HHEF.MO. .Mr John Stevens, Hulls,', writes : "Some months since I had a severe attack of rheumatism, and was advise;! to try the ellieacy of Rheiiliio-. I did so. with most satisfactory results. After takins two bottles it I has praftically cured me. .! lane no j hesitation in sa\ ing tlmr your reiujed.\ is the best Ihave used." Sold by .'ill chemists and .siorekeepfi-N, 2s fid and 1s (id. Wholesale Agents, Kemp- ' thornu, Piotsir and Co.* 1

The tiangerous lunatic who escapJd from Hie Avondale Asylum on March 12 is reported to have been ■aptured in tho vicinity of Waiina:iku (Auckland). Ad> ices from Thursday Island state that whooping cough is prevalent in Now Guinea. Seventy-seven deaths have occurred in the I>aru district in Uie last fl\e weeks. The British Admiralty has decided that the China, Hast Indies and Australian squadrons shall annually rendezvous at Singapore for connibined fleet exercises. 11 'J'he Garrison Hand -gave, another M of their enjoyable outdoor concerts ' on Tueslday night in front of the < Government Buildings, the selections being much appreciated by a considerable audience. Queen AJexamlra had a rough pa«sage from Fiuistei re southwards, on the voyage to Lisbon. The Hoyal yuchi was delayed e.t Viijo, o\\ii,._' to J'rincess Victoria's state of health. I Mr R. I'earson, of Tasrytown, New York, has paid £IOOO at Uockland, j 'Massachusetts, for one specimen of a new variety of carnation grown from graftings of tile celebrated L,awson pink. The new variety is known as tho "Frenzied Flower." In the kitchen of a house recently unearthed at Pompeii was found a fireplace with a kettle on its grate just as it was left by some I'ompeiian housewife over eighteen hundred years ago. There has been discovered at Greenock an old-fashioned umbrella with whalebone ribs, which, when opened, affords shelter for a whole family. It is said to be I'M years old, and worth £-< O. The Judge : It is an interesting (question, but 1 think the registrar is right in deciding costs on the lower tcule. No schoolmaster must think ho is insulted in any way—that he is not a gentleman in fact, onlj he is not a gentleman inlaw. —(Laughter.) One old farmer in the Taieri district, where the potato blight is very bad, told an Otago Daily Times reporter that he remembered the old days in Ireland when he received a thrashing from his father for wast-

nig uic um.) l»u yuuu puutiucs ne found in a day's digging. The tenth bar of Chopin's "Funcr- _. al March" had been reached at a conceit in Strafdburg when the pianist foung himself playing 1 alone. The other members of the orchestra, ovK ercome by emotion, had ceased playing. The pianist rose, in tears-, and left the room ; and the programme, abruptly closed. It is stated that Captain Worsley, ■* formerly chief officer of the Hinemoa and recently master ol" the Government auxiliary schooner Lady Ran- - furly, is lo have command of the gun boat Sparrow, which the Admiralty has presented to the New Zealand Government for training purposes. Captain Worsley is acting as chief officer of the vessel on her present trip from Sydney to Wellington. A league has been formed under the auspices of the Indian and Ceylon Tea Planting Association in Ix>mlon, to bring public pressure on the Government and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to induce them to make such changes in the present system of taxation as will admit of the heavy duty on tea being reduced, and eventually entirely übolished. Mr Watkin Mills has organised his concert party for the colonies. Tt includes, in addition to Mr Mills. Miss Edith Kirk wool (soprano), Miss Gertrude Lonsdale (contralto), Mr Marold Wilde (tenor), ami M. Parlovit/, tho pianist who accompanied Mr Mills on his lour through Australia and New Zealand last year. The company will leave England on April 7, and the first concert will be given in Perth on May 5. pnd.ir the heading of "Charges for Hospital Paeients" a typographical error in Tueslay's issue made it appear that the charge for patients from outside the district is to he 7s ier day. The cornet amount is <is per day. and the charge for patients in our own district will be tho same as at present, -Is per day,; in all cases an extra lee being charged when n third onsiltant or assistant is, in the opinion of the medical superin

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anu a muiiiiuue oi oilier disagreeable symptoms which render miserable the lives of 'thousands'. These Pi 11a are unproved by all classes.* 4