LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 781, 25 March 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The AuckUUnU-San Francisco ■despatch of Feb. 17 arrived in London on the 22nd inst. Splendid rams toll in the New South Wales coastal and sou thorn ■districts on Friday. Nominations for the »Wellington vacancy in Parliamentary representation close on Thursday next, and I a poll will be taken on the followin<g Thursday, April C t I The lirst football of the sen son eventuated ait the ltvereation Uroitiul on Thursday afternoon, when the Tukapa Club put in sonic good practice. A really good line of about 20,00U fieo of building timber will be . sold by Mr Newton King nt the site of tiic late exhibition at - o'clock this afternoon. The timber is thoroughly well s.usoned, and shou.ld not fail to lind plenty of buyers. The Wellington City Council discussed a request from the Council of the Churches that the trams should cease running during church hours on Sundays, and resolved that cars must slow down to three miler an tour, and no bells or whistles be sounded in the vicinity of tlve ! churcaes. ! A boy named William Kiimnonds, - ' aged is' years, met with a nasty ac- . I cident at his home in town on r 1 Thursday evening. The juvenile was ) experimenting with a stuall model I engine, when it "blew up" and in- , llicted injuries to his face and eyes. . He was removed to the hospital, - where, we were informed, on inquiry l last night, he is progressing »atis- - torily. 5 Messrs C. K. liellringer and T- W 6 Fisher, J s.l'., presided at the Ma e gistrttte's Court yesterday, ant I and dealt with a short list of deb' cases. Four confessions were filed two adjournments granted, and twi cases struck out through there be ing no appearance on either sid'

nig uu " Judgment by default was enteral 111 the case A.li.C. Boot and Shoe Co. v. Hiohard TYtToll, claiui £1 5s 9d, with 5s costs, Among the views exhibited by Captain Scott-Harden is one showing how lavisihly honours are distributed at the front 'by 'the Czar's orders. A fact mentioned by the lecturer is not generally known, viz., thai nmoiig the Russian troops promotions have been made from the ranks, and men who had been noncommissioned officers are now fully fledged lieutenants, captains, and ! majors. It is with much regret that we have to record the death of Mrs Alfred Drake, whioli took place at Fit'/roy on Friday evening. For some time the deceased lady has l)i_en a great sufferer, and has had to contend as woU with other severe trials. Those who knew her intiniiilelv a few years back can well remember her intense kindness ol heart, and her indomitable spirit lias greatly helped her to bear up against severe trials. We join-with many others in tendering our sympathy to the bereaved husband and family. The lip of the weir of the Timaru water-works dam participated some months ago in reparis jnade to the dam. It was found that the odge, which is fairly sharp, had been a good deal knocked about, except where, at one end, a piece of wood, forming part of the mould for the concrete, had stuck and been left. Profiling by the discovery, the overseer had the whole ,ip faced with a hardwood batten, and this does not so far, show the slightest sign of wear. The Dundee Advertiser lvas leer, organising; a census of attendance at the Free Churches throughout i-ml-land, including the remote distiicU of the Highlands nn:l the western islands. In Dundee itself a nmgivgution of only 108 is found among !• population of 100,000. The Mtviigth of the Free Church lies in tile glens of the north and the islands nf llawest, and the total conus out at about 171,001). It is rem u'KJble lii.it, even so, llighiamle.s should gather from their lonjly sheiillnsjs villi no surety of a pivachrr. ami often In be disappointed.

DC UlSiippoiaieo. I Whea the application was made i Unit, Uu' Coin 1. I.e cleared U-for; the hearing cl'l ho divorce proceedings at, tlliiiheim a low iia\ s alio, bis Honor 5 IMr .Insitice IVnnisiotii said that the , ladie • In. the gallery might not be , aware 01' tic natuiu of the case: JjuL , lot tli" lime Ijiiiiijf it rus'.el Willi 3 themselves whether liiey remained oi' nc-nt awu.v. Perhaps Ms Honor's jv _ >iiiij-Ivs were nut audible i'l tlii? gal- . lery, bin lilt' occupants did not budge. Two babies Hero ordered to [ be taken oiit of llie Court. It was quite unnecessary, said his Honor. I to bring bnbies with feeding bottle to such a pane. J thing to iind worms embedded ii tlie flesh of kangaroos and wallalbies. The barrucouta and some of the ■deep-sea Jisli of New Zealand have long been said to sillier from Similar troubles. The Ly Helton Times, however, has discovered a new horror 1 tor the tlesh-eater, for it rctiovds I' that a number of rabbits recently sh:>t on the I'ort Hills have been L found to have worms in their flesh. J Specimens have been submitted lot : scientific examination, and a report " upon the disease is awaited. Meantime the question lias been raised whether ra-bbits should not 1 m " brought under the Acts relating to meat-inspection. - According to the Wellington coires f poll dent of the Aucklunrl Herald r Shrubb, the champion long-distance :• runner of the world, is not particul- ; arly pleased with the way in which • he is handicapped in the mile at Sal-| • ill-day's meeting in which he has to L give I'ollock and Wheatley (50yds. " That means," he said, "that I shall have to put up a world's record for the grass track if .1 win, because I with thei.r starts Pollock ami Wheat- | ley should equal that record, which t is Ini. 215." He will train every [ day until the meeting, and on Monday lie leaves with liulTey, en route to Auckland. Incidentally he mentioned that he will leave the running track in August, after' seven years' do votion lo distance running. An interesting point regarding the 1 wondrous Kuakuri caves, discovered some six months ago near Waitomo, in the King Country, is that Ihi caives are on land held under least

. from the Crown, 'flu l law that pre vents a .settler laying claim to any minerals t'ouml on leasehold proper- ' tv. is said lo reserve the right o( ownership of these caves to tile Crown. Meanwhile J,he leaseholder isi collecting 3s from each person who wishes to inspect the cavesi, and that sum was demanded from and paid by the Hon. C. 11. Mills ami his party a few days ago. The Waito- ■ nio eaves, two miles away, are on i native ll'and, and a charge of 2s a head is niad.o lor inspection. .Mr Mills is decidedly of opinion thai these eaves should y>.e umler control of the Tourist Department. 'J lie TarmuU.i Kducation Hoard inv.tu applications from teachers to liil various vacancies. Knt.i jes lor Mr Wu ton l\i ne' s Stony lii ver sale on WedncjMluyi March 2ii, are published in ilvis issue, Ml- King Will also oiler for .sal* at U.iUJ >«--li«>|t IS!. Okato. li. should lie hpL'cially noted thai every detail oi the lin |„-y ;-i covered by guarantee,- including chain, rims, saddle, tyres"; in fact, the the complete machine. With' other makes, many such details ate not guaranteed, and in case of defeat the vnfortunatfi uuper lias to a ppl v for redj'e.ss' to saddle-milkers. tj remakers, ehain-imukers, and all Boris of tradespeople unknown to prlvati; um.ms. With I tudge-W hi t worth cvel.-s iI. is recognised Ihat the compile jjiaelnn.- i„ g/inranteed, and the lira, accept the resoonsihiM.'\ r.n-

a.<Mvja vi'v »vs|*ons|hj(j f ' v I'or c-v.-i \- I h(.' Kcv. Juhn Xixoii w ill preach 111 'Jiii'C»-stiwt Church to-jiioiTiiH-. morning aim owning. The eiciiing SGI \ ice 11 ill last icoill 7 1(1 8 o'liid'V An after-meeting will |,.e held, when the Castor will read ~ s |, or( . ad( |,. L . ss . '■>.} hvan Huiji'i'ts.*' WHAT JtHEUSIO DOES. Mr \Y. Wearing, minor, Mutaurn, states as follows "I am 71) years old, ami have II red inMutuuri lu years. For seven months T was a reat sutTerer from rhcuniuiism, :ut ad that at Li mo; I could not leave my bed. t was told of Kheumo, and took four bottles. The result was that 1 was completely cired of rheumatism. Mr Macdibbon, who is a J.IV, and a well knowit merchant here. Can vurif.v my st a tenant. 1 Khali always be glad to told sufferers what your wonderfhl medicine liheumo did for inc." Sold everywhere, 2s 0(1 and Is (id. Kcjnpt.horne, Proper and Co., Wholesale ajenta. 4

The writ for tiro Wellington, bye■lection Wjos 00 Friday, and .lie election jfill probably bo held >n Thursday, April 13th. The New Cluim mine tit llencligo, ■ Victoria, struck gold-healing quart/ it a depth ol 41G2 feet—the deepest n the world. The Dawsons Falls Committee, through Mr C. E, Major, M.11.11., uis applied to the Hon. 11. Mills, who recently visited the Mountain House, l'or the following grants to carry cult necessary works : —JI 'J< H' fur completing the I'ppei' Manaia Uoad, £BOO for metalling the wossl parts of lhe track in tie 'National I'ark, and £1(KI for providing further house uccoinmodutiou and conveniences for supplying meals to visitors. Remarking on the constantly increasing number of visitors to the Mountain .House, the letter stated that hist month the number was about 800. The Minister promised to do his best to have the requests granted. 'I lie .Vow Zealand Time's states that the Minister of Customs, who has i euinieJ from a trip, to the . King Country and Tarunuki, wus strongly impressed with the necessity of providing the out-back settlers of Taranaki with roads. Settlers to the. north of Hie Taiigurukuu (Jorge are ill the most urgent need, niKl the Minister intends to urge that a road .—there is at present a very rough native truck—be' constructed through the gorge. He states that if four ■ men were put on at each end of the I a road could be completed before the winter sets in. This should be done, a* the mail has to get through twice a week, and it is the only avenue by which settlers can drive any cattle purchased in lower Tarannki, where prices are more reasonable than farther north. The I.y tU'l! on Times makes an estimate* of the results of the approaching harvest from information supplied by correspondents, and tak

ing whs ngures ol tne ,-vgncuiiiurai Department as to the areas under crop. Wheat is expected to average 32 to o.'l bushels pi* acre, giving a total yield ol 6,283,440 lnustocls—nearly 250,000 bushels more than last season's production. Our contemporary estimates that at the end of February the old stock will lie i upwards of 1,000,000 bushels. A 1 lowing the estimate for home consumption, an outside market will have to be found for between ■ 2,000,000 and 3,000,00'j bushels. For oats the outjpok is considered more encouraging. Tile new season will be approached with almost exhausted stocks, a nd good prices for i both chad' and grain are anticipated. The yield of 1-ar\:-y Is estimated at about. 1,000,000 bushels, as against ; 2.000,000 bushels last year. Good prices appear to be assured for ■ malting purposes, Potatoes have a ■ reduced area of 55SKS acres comparI eii with the previous year, and as the crop has sufl'ered from unfavourable weather the outlook Tor the I owners of sound crops is very bright, i Much, however, depends on favourable weather for the harvest. ' Captain Scott-Harden, in his lec lure on Friday night, touched on oni i or two 'ghastly features of the war b Inferring to the Japanese dead in e the big engagements, he said it was , their custom to put the bodies in i heaps of twelve and burn them with I logs. Very ofion, however, the dead , ind dying lay so thick that it was j impossible to pick out all the wounded who were lying motionless un- . der the dead bo-dies which had fallen i on top of thorn. Sometimes when the fire was at its height the 'agon* I ised moans of some poor woundeU soldier overlooked among the heup were heard, or an arm <r leg was -wen waving as if in mute entreaty. With the piles of slain a:l, I,iaoyang L and other places it was impossible ■ to avert these occurrences. Wolves '' md also come out in numbers de 1 vouring the dead bodies, and the !' Japanese had had to beat the rav--1 -uious bea.vts oiT with bayonets in S .rjer to bury the dead. The une buried corpses were also fed 'upon by 1 'n.vriui'y of small red-coloured flies. \t Fort Arthur a larcv number of i" -ersons i bitten by these flies were a -seized with blood poisoning, and n uany succumbed. The Hnssians Mused (he death of-a number" of Ja-

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