LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 793, 8 April 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

3 g Fifty more disciples of Pow.ie are leaving Melbourne for Zion DJty. The mail which left Melbourne on Feb. 28 for London, arrived there on: ttic 4Ui iniii in view of the forthcoming munijlipal elections}, the New iMyinoulh J electors' list wil' lie closed on Wednesday nex'tf The Taranaki Hospital Hoard is i Callin'g for tenders for the supply of drugs and dispensing lor the ensuing • year. Holiday excursion tickets wilt be issued oil the New Plymouth-Welling-ton section railways front Tuesday,. April 18, to Monday, 24th;, available or return till Tuesday, May 23. Captain Tnmliuriivi, a half-pny officer, has been arresfed In Paris for a conspiracy resembling the Ma lot I conspiracy in 1812. He had 500 uniforms and 8000 cartridges concealed in a garret. The annual sitting of the Court jfor the revision of jury lists was held on Friday. The work of revision was comparatively light. Mr Hutchison, S.M., and Mr D. Uerry, J.l\, occupied the Bench. X>urlng the hearing of a Police Court cas« on JMday, in which a man was charged with vagrnney, the accused, though denying that he was habitually asking for charity, remarked that even the church?s asked for alms. ' They are licensed : mendicants," observed the S.M. "The church people are bcyo*d ua alI together, but they do not beg from tfaQX ty tJewV 1

I The Maori Gills' Scliool at Turakina will be opened on the 13tli, probably by the Premier. I Twenty-three earthquakes were experienced at Rotorua betweeeu S.iSO j on Thursday evening and 7 on Fri- , [day. Three were rather severe. I The Hrit;all' Empire League is is- J suoing an appeal throughout the ( I Commonwealth with the object of se- ' curing the celebration of Emftiru Day on May 24* I , I According to the Auckland 1 Herald, the contest for the mayoralty oi Cinthuuga promises to be the most "[exciting held in the borough for yearsj | | Negotiations are practically com- > 'pletcd for (jiTe sale of the Lyceum [Theatre in Sydney, to the Methodist Mission. The price paid is over £30,000, 1 Mr lUow, I'mUu'-Secretary for I'ult- * [ lie Works, visited the Christchurch I Tramway Board's car shc-ds on Friday, and, referring to the locullymucJe cars, mi id they were a great credit to the manufacturers, and compared fafvonrably in every way with the imported ones. The tennis courts will close for the season this afternoon. On Thursday ) the 'ina' for tho men's championship resulted in a win for J. C. Nicholson from A. L. Tukc, who had held the distinction of champion during the year. Nicholson was victorious by 6—l, 6—3, after an interesting game. At the annual meeting of the Wel-

lington Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday the custom which the members of the Canterbury Chamber have followed for some years in taking luncheon together before proceeding to the more matter-of-fact business of the meeting, was imitatwith great success. ' Captain Hood got a pleasant surprise on Wednesday, when h<j received two elegant "diplomas" for championships won by birds exhibited by ' fcim at New Plymouth in 1903 and at 'Palmerston in 1904. The first named was for a Golden Wyandotte* and the award at Palmerston, which carried with it the championship of the North Island, wast for a huff Orpington. We congratulate the wor--1 .thy "skipper" upon his success, and imay remark" Utot the certificates, ' tastefully printed, in gold and brown, • might well be coveted by any lover 'of "the fancy. " \ Vancouver press correspondent [writes Butter from New Zealand ■'seems to be a curious product to 'filing to a 'great agricultural conn|try like Canada, but Gunn, Langi lois", anid Co., of Montreal, have been [negotiating for some, for Aas L mi:

negotiating i«r SOUK-, lUI ■-« | |Canadian consumption, and say that they are 'quite prepared to handle it on any terms that do not inI volve in actual toss. " A iiou.se with ''a large local business like ours can- I not afford to turn away any rtgujlar customers," said llr Langlois to | |a Montreal reporter, "so we must have butter to supply them somehow. This New Zealand is subject i 'to six cents duty, and cannot posIsiblytolaid down here at less than 128 cents (Is 2d)C so you see we are • not looVing for any particular pro- | -'fits. We want to accommodate our Jcustomeis, and that is all there is '•in it.'' 'ihe particular New Zealand butter that is l available at time of [writing for the present Montreal stringency is, of course, some in [storage at Liverpool. So far as . can be found out no butt.r from New Zealand has l>cen seen in Eastern Canada before. The stringency is confined to the cast of the continent. The following the full l«xt of . the pathetic document whioh the women ot Moscow have forwarded to the Empress Alexandria ''We Russian women, motheis, wives, and sis- - ters of the warriors who are shelving their blood in the Fnr East for the beloved Fatherland, address ' lourselves to you. O Sovereign, .believing that, with Jour mother's heart, you feel all the horrors of war, as we do. You will understand that a woman ardently desires peace. Peace " ;is being violated, not only beyond |the frontiers of our country, but jcven in the heart of the Fatherland. We see with terror in the recent "|troubles the beginning of calamities 1 that may crush all Itussiu, if the 'jEmpcror docs not, seek, In unity f with his people, tp avert them. All " the lyases of life are shaken, and all ' moral foundations are trembling. 1 Mothers, those who have to bring t th,. trnm.vii I i,,n or,. K,wl-

up the young generation, are sad- , 'denod, and their task, lmide impos- ; sible. It is beyond their power, be- j yond all possibility to train child- i ren up on the bnse."> of unshakeable i itruth and love of duty when the j [social life of the country does not rest, on these for its foundation. Tho ; youth of the country, on entering ; lifa, constantly meet contradictions : ,to what was taught them in their families. They thus lose all faith in the principles taught them, seek . j new faiths, and fafi Into extremes. 1 Our best forces are perishing. Mo- j: ( thers" hearts are breaking. They cannot remain silent. They feel that ,many more lives will yet be sacrificed, for what is happening is not [spasmodic, but the result oi earlier , calamities. The Emperor can still |Save Itussia by his puissant will. He | our pleader, and pray the Emperor |that he may listen to the voice of tho country and th# cry of Tts mothers. If the Emperor leads t)re country into the paths of greatness jf.s women will help in the work of its organisation by guiding their brothers and children into the new way and a life of light." Whitelcy Memorial Church, Sun- i day, ApriJ 9fh. Preachers : Morning, ! li«v. J. N. Buttle ; subject. " Love's i [Best Gift." Evening, liov. K. F. i Wiiltiftms.* !| The choice of your machine is a matter for most serious considera-l: tion and anxious care. Tho history ,] of a firm is always a safe guide in ' the choice, a ltd if you are practical, I' if you have some technical know- 1 ledge, all wi'.l be well. Above ail I 1 things, "be practical," or you will ' ever regret Ijte choice you make. Your tours, rides, all the beautiful ' scenery you pass through—never i. mind how 'beautiful the roads may r be—they will lose their joy if you l' arc on a bicycle that is unreliable!. ! The "practical" man knows that ' the Huflge-Whitworth is the bicycle ' ithat has stood the test of time and I Come through triumphant.* I| The art union of Mrs Harding, of.j jFitzroy, i« to bf-'drawn on Satur- ( day evening at 8 p.m., po|. at the White Hart Hotel as previously noti- ij f't'd, but in the rooms opposite. Mr £ Frank \V. Watts intimates that there ) aj's fi large number of tickets still j, on hand. 'l'ii.e numbc-r of tickets sold ' f to date is bclo«v anljcipations, amlK it is hoped to pi.acp a good many L more before th» drawing?: takes place. If Tickats may l>c obtained on npplica- p tion to Mr Watts, either at his residence, Vivian Stcept, of in town, j Those having books in hand a;-c reqiiCKted ta hand in thip but|.s tp.hjin, in order that (ihp drawing may Ins expedited.*

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