LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 780, 24 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Cup'-' J legislative Council has rejected, be ISi io 11. Mr Logan's proposal for the gi.-iu.-ra] tax on the export of diamonds. A gardener oi Temuka. Canterbury,his a -s(KC.iiiicii of golden lily which is iii'l in height ami has no fewer han 110 blooms on it. The plant is a remarkaibly line one. He :, . in m-w wheat is beginning i.. l.iUe shape (says th- Oaniaru Mpiili, and any really good lines are easily placed at lop rales. A large line of Willi) sael-s was lie-oth-er dav sold !>y a local linn for lis ■ld at siding.

11 is reported that, the- licensed victuallers intend to make a deeermiiu-,1 effort, to secure the restoration of licenses in Ashburton. A* organiser has been appointed to thi-.MUghly canvass the district in the iiitcrestii of the liquor party. "Tinre is no mistaking," says the Shipbuilding World. " vhe prc»>iit feelings existing between Kngland and i-'rance. They are natural, desirable, and friendly ; we are nextdoor neighbours, and hhonld be friends in perpetuity." The Chinese residents of Wellington City and district have- forwarded to the Hospital Trustees the sum of £171) llfi an a donation-to .the funds of the lloKpital. A suhstan'iinl sum is subscribed to the Hospital funds nearly every year by the Chinese of the city.

'• The public regard the parson very much as they do th-oese," writes t\\f llev. W, J. Stobart, vicar of Caris■brooke, Islo of Wright, in Ms Parish magazine. "He is 100 old or too new-, too strong or too mild, he has got a high flavour or no flavour at all ; anil then, according as Viieyiike or dislike the man, so they regulate their aUouduiice at church." a special train will run from Waitara to Xew Plymouth and back on Wednesday. March 29. the date of the appearance of Wirth's Circus. The train leaves Waitara at 6.30 p.m. arriving here at 7.30, and returning at 11 p.m. Phe Gas Company notifies 1 hallo-

Three men, J. Jenkins, W. McConnoil, and Vercoe, were seriously in.'ure«l in the Vt'aiotnhi mine at the Thames on Thursday. Bush fires are raging at Pamie \iike and Matimau. Toiiunan's mill and five residences have been destroyed. The hours of sunshine recorded for Xelson last year totalled 3010, re presenting an average daily shine o: Jiout 8{ hours. The Christchurcli record was 2185 hours.

A poll to decide whether rutin?? o I unimproved values should be adopK in the borough of I'etone was takei on Thursday, fill votes I eiua east for the proposal and 112 against. Those interested in rifle shooting in Nelson arc agitating that exchampion Ching be appointe "coach" for the Bisley team going Home this ye.tr. The Ciovcrnircni will be approached on the The arbitratoiv in ihe d.s.-utc htween the Christchurch Tramwa> Board and the New Brighton Tram way Company have fixed the price of the company's iroperty ai \£7207. The company claimed he ; tn-eon £IO,OOO and £17,000.

I According to the Vienna Tagblatt. j the wife of Herr Hose.ih Stroer, oi Barringen, Bohemia, has just preset, tod her husband with his thirtyeignth child. Herr Strotr is sevensone years of age, and has been thrici married. i A lady player was at work on the Canterbury Howling Green on Friday I last, and attracted considerable atr tention. "She plays a jolly good game," remarked one bowler of the sterner sex. in a tone that indicated . -visions of a time when tea and smalltalk should have replaced whisky and bowling stories on the greens.—l-yt-telton Times.

At the Edinburgh Court of Sessions, Lord .lusliee Clerk told a story of an acquaintance of his', who told his tablemaid that she must keep the pantry like a paradise. To his expostulations when he discovered her sweetheart in the pantry one night she retorted that a paradise without Adam was incomplete. According to Mr Origg, of Longbeach, the humble bee which has been introduced into New .Zearand is j not the proper species for fertilising red clover, which ought to seed as well in this colony as in any part of the world. The bee here now was sent out from England, because It was big and easy to catch, but what was wanted was the smaller bronze and red-tailed bee. The bronze bee worked from sunrise to sunset, while our humble bee did not start until 10 a.m., and stopped work at 1 p.m. A member of the Canterbury A. and P. Association expressed the opinion —when Mr Grigg gave his information—that the large bee must belong to a trades union. The number of calves inoculated in

the district between the F.lthnm road and the Manuwupou riser is about 28.000. which with the few yet to be

done will be increased to over tf(>,000. Mr Deem reports that most of fie owners seem pleased with the re<"lts. Only 27 or 28 deaths have been reported, which averages about L in 1000, and these are deaths that have occured within two weeks after inoculation from any cause whatever. When it is taken into consideration that some may have died from blackleg, the effects of over-

driving, and so on, it will be seei that the percentage of deaths Iron the after effects of inoculation is ver; low.—Star.

We arc notified by the committee that Mr and Mrs Morris, of the Mountain House, are now prepared to cuter for boardeis at ISs per rt-e-jk. For board and lodging (kanok bed and blankets) 2J5s will be charged, and adding the committee's charge of .">» visitors can have good lodging and good food for 28s per week, which is very reasonable, or ,'ood food alone for 2Hs. The tariff will be Is Od for dinners, Is for bioakfast or tea. M for a single cup of tea, Is a night for beds, or f.'s per wnek: ii\ visitors take their own provisions. Hay visitors who have meals provided by Mr and Mrs Morris will be charged (>d each, which goes to the committee, for the use of thii house. Anyone desiring to secure, beds should make arrange nients, as the s:ipply is limit.ri. L'.'tt<rs will receive due attention.

At, tin- WerUs Committee Dueling ,u .Thursday night Air 'l', i-. Sole ■tuliiiiXlUd plans for a septic, lank and drain, proposed to lie put down. on his propirty. This led to some discussion, and attention was drawn by one or 'two councillor.-! lo the lax manner in which private septic tanks, etc., were put down; very little, official supervision apparently being exercised, it appeared from the remarks made that there was some difference of opinion as to whether these matters came under the jurisdiction of the health inspector or the borough engineer. The committee expressed the opinion that all plans of construction work of whatever description came within the province, of the engineer, the health inspector only having to report on any nuisances that might exist. The hope was expressed that more strict supervision would he exercised in the future. The. plans submitted by Mr Sdle were; referred to the engineer for report.

The Wellington Tost publishes publishes the following :—"'Stratford," says a Wellington commercial traveller who has been to the Taranaki town, isi in a tmd way. Just at present, in the hope of doing some good (or itself, it is holding a carnival. It won't pay," says the gentleman in question, "U'tcause it is a mediocre affair, and the unfortunate townspeople who have given guarantees will probably lose their money. " Most of the shops, he says, have "sale" notices in their windows, and there is very little money about. Nowadays ,lie went on. a familiar gre.'tiii'g between brother "commercials " is : "Going to Stratford ? Take inv advice and throw your money out of the window mid pass right on." To this the Stratford paper replies :—We assure our contemporary and this reliable " traveller" that Stratford is feeling.much• bvUvr. Ttecetttly another traveller, who had been right through New Zealand, informed us that with the exception of Masterton, Dannevirke and Taihape, he had never seen trade worse in the 'North Island than it had been just lately. "As to Wellington," he remarked, "the season has been a shocking one. Every drapery house in the town has its summer stock on ■ts shelves, or else giving it nwnj 'practically. Nothing at all is doing, and evervbodv in the Empire City is pulling a very long face indeed Stratford is doing all right, and my present trip is the best r have had here for the pafd eight months." This evidence is at least as reliable es our Wellington contemporary's. The Town Band will give its sixth municipal concert on the lOsplanade this evening. To-morrow Mi' Ne«ton King will offer by auction IM.UOU feet of timber, used in the exhibition buildings. HOLLO-WAY'S PILLS. Weak Stomachs. The wisest cannot enumerate one quarter of the distressing symptoms arising from enfeebled digestion, all of which ma} be readily dispelled by these admirable J'ills. They rouse the stomach, liver, ami every oilier organ, helping digestion to that healthy tone which fully enables it to convert all we eat anil drink to the nourishment of our bodies. Hence these pills are the surest .strengiheners and the safest restoratives in nervousness, wasting and chronic debility. Holloway's Tills remove all unpleasant taste from the mouth and are infallible remedies for impaired appetite, eructations, flatulency, constipation, and a multitude of other disagree abb: symptoms which render miser able the lives of thousands. These Pills arc approved by all classes.* '

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A Ss'dncy Cftblu states that the itau O'Hara b%B bean sentenced to I (iL-iiUi for tJw murder of his wife at Surrey Hills on Nov. l'J last. The- only female hlaeksnith in the United States, peihups in the-world, s .Miss Clara Ifedlin, who has hw orge at Wingo, Kentucky. Not onl\ an she shoe a horsq; she is also an xpe. t carriage painter. The eii-giiicMlnver uf a goi«l* irai •n the l-iUsJnrrg, L'inii.■ 11 ui, ami >i .ouis line suddenly becan e insaiu .ad sent his train forward at lift.dies an hour. 'Jhirly miles hui been Co\cred, u\c y minute in\ol.'i.i„ risk of disaster, before the lirenuvn overcame the madman and stopped the train.

The heivy sea runriimr on Wwlncs- I day morning lust, says li.e .Napiei j iVlcrrnph, tenptej a \enturesomi amateur photogruphir to take s snapshot of the heaving billows. lacii.- i,i..i: c li in what h. tlu»n o h. i safe position, the photographer '.■o\ered his head with the hood, but in unusually large breaker engulfed »ini. an .1 he had to beat a retreat. I Tor a tin e the sea played with the Camera,- but a kindly wave tossed it shore, and the photographer seized H. For the New Plymouth Tennis Club's championship singles the following have been drawn to contest the first and second rounds :—Ladies' Singles.—Miss Uovett plays Miss Read, Miss M. Hovctt plays Miss MacDiarmid, Miss Kerry., plays Miss Hawkcn,. JUrs-HTiranering plays _lfr9_John"s."'Miss Thompson a bye. Men's Singles.—J. C. Nicholson a bye. Hume plays Smith. FitjSherbert plays Waddy, Turton pIa.NS Dalharry, Addenbrooke plays Johns, Fookes plays Griffiths, Tuke plays Manner-

ing, J. W. Wilson a bye. There is a scarcity of eggs In Wellington iust now. Practically none have come to the Wellington receiving depot this year. Mr U. I'in.a, manager of the Fresh Food and Ice Company, states that high prices will be realised this season. He attributes the scarcity to two facts. The lirst is that many more egg* liave been stored m Canterbury in the present season than in previous years, and the second is that the consumption of eggs is increasing in this district. At the hospital on Wednesday evening a musical entertainment was kindly given by a number of ladies and gentlemen, vocal and instrumental items being contributed by Misses Chong <2), Kelly, Murphy, Kohn. Nurse Nixon, Messrs Wilkes, James. Tutschka, and Binninjgton.

At the conclusion of the programme the nurs'. s served refreshments to tho visitors, who were thanked by I>r. Lent ham, on behalf of the patients and staff, for the pleasant evening's entertainment they had provided.

Taumaranui, on the Main Trunk line, ranks as a native kainga, and besides being anienslile to the laws that govern an ordinary township, tbe place is fenced in with certain laws that appertain to kalngas. The European dwellers do not like this state of things, and told the Hon. C. 11. Mills so when he visUed the place a few days ago. The Minister is of opinion that the Government should adipiire all township sites, to jrei.ent any clashing of authority;, or Europeans being restricted by the laws of khingas. Mr Mills states that the railway is constructed to a point sixteen miles south of Taumaranui.—New Zealand Times.

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