LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 794, 10 April 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The secretary of the Hospital and Charitaible Aid Hoard wi,U bo pleased to receive parcels of clothing for the use of the children in tie hands of the Board. For the right of conducting tho bootetall at the local railway station Mr C. 0. Hawke was the suc■oessful tenderer at a rental of £8 Is. per annum. A statue that cost £Soo_has been erected at Port Elizabeth" (South Africa) in commemoration of the services rendered by horses that perished in the British-Doer war. The Ohristchurch City Council intend taking steps to make the tramway contractors pay for the repairs to roads caused by extraordinary traction engine traffic. If Is estimated that £2OOO is necessary to repairihe Fapanui road. Tho Conclusion of the tennis season was marked by a large gathering at the courts on Saturday afternoon. A series of interesting games was played, and the ladies dispensed afternoon tea. The season has been a prosperous and successful one for the club. On Friday Constable Buddy brought in from Inglewood a man suffering from lunacy. After medical examination the unfortunate victim who, it is stated, made an attempt at sdlf-destruction on a former occasion, was brought before the S.M. on Saturday and duly committed to the Porirua Asylum. The Government Poultry Expert took to Fuirlie, South Canterbury, the toronze-wjnged turkeys recently imported by tho Govprnment- Turkeys did not thrive at the experimental station at Momohaki, but they are expected to do so on the :.igh country of South Canterbury. The triennja) flection of Councillois for the borough of Now Plymouth takes, place on Wednesday, April 2(>tb, nominations closing at noon on Thursday, April 20th. The election and nomination of Mayor is fixed for the same dates. Persons eligible to vote should bear in mind that the Sectors' list closes on Wednesday next. The work of erecting ladies' rooms (with a refreshment pavilion atf tached) ap the Recreation Grounds has been put in hand, by fhe committee of management* The structure has long been regarded us very necessary, and the generosity of the master builders of the town in providing the labour free of cost . has enabled tho committee to go on with tho work". " If Mp Seddoa is) a(, one and the s.imc time Primp Minister, Colonial Treasurer, Minister for Defence, Minister %. Lnjbour, Minister for Education, and Minister for Immigra. si on," remarks live Westminster Gazette, " why should not Lord- Salisbury be Lord Privy Seal, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Minister for Agriculture- and Fisheries ? When you are sacrificing yourself there is nothing like going the whole hog." On Fi'iday evening phe infant child of Mr LyncH, of Carrihgiou llond, took suddenly ill and succumbed before uiodicajl aid was obtained. An injqju-iry was held before Mr Hutchison, as Coroner, on Saturday, when evidence was tendered by Dr. Leatham that the death of tho infant, who was six months' old, was due to asphyxia, brought about by Convulsions'. The parents were unnwure of tho serious condition of the child before deatli occurrud. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was. -brought in by the jury* Electors are reminded that the Supplementary Roll is now being compiled, und ji> order to make, the same as complete as poswjb!,) alf those possessing n residential (nullification and also those who wince the last election have become possessors of a ratepayer's qualification are specially inviitcd to see that tlieir names are on such list, or to immoduUtily send in their claims to 'be placed tfiereon, Tenants and sub-tenants are entitled to be enrolled if paying a rental of not lean than £lO per annum, and if not alroady enrolled under a ratepayer or residential qual-itipation. Wives are entitled to enrolment for the same quaii/iftaljon (ratepayer or residential)' as husbands and husbands as their wives. Wednesday, April l-aih, is the day on which the rolls finally close prior to the ejections. Do you dread washing 'day ? Then buy a tin of Washino and cheer up. See a list of storekeepers who stoclc

Miss Lucy Harris, daughter of Mrs i lary Horri», has died recently in! . small town in the United States I America. Although she lived to ic seventeen years old, she remained , baby, and never weighed more hen twenty pounds. In a semi-con-cious State she lay In bed from day 0 day, almtfit lifeless and entirely itlpless. Sho could not feed herself uc ir let her wants be known. She nc- Ni er made a sound except a low, pili- 0 f ul cry, and seemed tifraid of any- tt me exept her mother. .. Sir i'ortimor Durund, the British 0 | Vmbassador, is trying very hard to ippnciale the intricacies of Ameri:an humour, and is rapidly " getting ' there." The other day when a wag oi jsked him why he laughed at his it lis stories, he said, with ready wit: ul " 1 do not understand them at once, , but 1 take them on faith. I laugh = when 1 hear them, and then when D they sink in I laugh again. So, you b s.e, 1 have a double amount of ii pleasure."—Town Topics, New York. w The mayor of Gowrie, lowa, Issued a decree- early last year that every a old maicV. bachelor, widow or widower, refusing an offer of maniago ' ! during Leap Year would bc fined V from £1 to £4, tho money to go ' ! to tho public library fund. Many of- V fers were made to the mayor, who fl himself was a bachelor, but he refus- - ed them all. Recently a deputation e of citizens called, and demanded pay- [ a ment of £lO for these refusals. Tho c mayor asked for, and was granted a c stay of thirty clays. He was mar- c rieri in St. Louis within that time. ° v With regard to tha denial of the c Porough Council tliat any appliea- o tion had been received from tho Go- 1 vernment in connection with the pro- ' posal to have tho clock tower of tho new post office projecting over tho 1 footpath in Devon Street, Mr E. M. r - Smith, M.H.R., telegraphed to the t Minister for Public Works. The Min- s ister replied as follows :—"I was mis- c informed as to whom the letter was i sent. The Government Architect in- i forms me that he addressed letter < to you in February last explaining 1 what was proposed in regarid to the I tower, and gave sketch, and also i asked whether Council would agree. ' No reply was received. Did you re- 1 ceivo letter '?" Mr Smith at,once ire. i plied : "Received lotter from archi- 1 tect, re post ofljee. Handed it over : to the Mayor. Ho undertook to I deal with the matter and reply." ' Owing to the Mayor being out of i town, no further information is i available. ' Tne lady was troubled about the , numerous changes in her name,, and called at the Lands Department recently for advice, says tho Melbourne Age.' Sho has some broad acres, which she selected ia the days of her maiden innocence, and although she hus since selected and lost three husbands, Iho land remains, thus proving tho truth of the northern farmer's philosophy that ".beauty's a flower that blows, but proputty, proputty sticks, and proputty, proputty grows." The lady paid the survey feo-i in her maiden name, the land sale deposit in the name of her first husband, some of the instalments in tho name oi No 2, more in the name of No. 3, and now, having married for the fourth time, She wants the- grant made out in her present name. Her anxiety was very Mjuickly relieved, and sho was informed that there would bc ho difficulty In ajgain makiijg analloratiion. (Truly, all flesh is grass, but property sticks. Ladles more frequently Complain that they do not get a chance to change their names at all—bu't they haven't all got land. If they had, the problem of closer settlement would"ba solved. The returns compiled by the Clerk of Courts, Mr W. L. I>. Banks, show a heavy volume of business transacted at the various Courts held at New Plymouth dining the March iquartcr. In addition to the sittings of the District and Supreme Courts, 12 sittings of the Magistrate's Court were held ,to dispose of civil business, and thirty-six to deal with criminal cases. The total number of civil cases heard under ordinary jurisdiction was t33. The aggregate sum sued for amounted to £218(5 18s M, and amount recovered £9lO 4s lid. There was a. total of 177 plaints onterod, 81 distress warrants issued, 12 judgment summon--1 ses, 3 orders made on Judgment summonses, and one warrant of committal. The bailiff and assist- ; ants had a busy tjuarter. Summonses and other processes served by them within two mile's totalled 137, over two miles 38,-. distress war- • rants executed' within two mileel 13, over two miles 3, and warrants of ■ committal executed 7. In old age pension matters there were threerow applications pending from last Quarter, 23 received, 14 granted, 1 refusal and 11 wero pending : while in regard to renewals 42 applications were ponding from the previous quarter, 5o were 91 granted, 2 refused, and four . were ponding. Willi respect to cri- ; uilnal business there was a total ■ of 69 persons taken into custody, . Summoned on apprehended, 8 of the , number being females. Eight of the 69 were discharged either for want, of prosecution or evidence, one ' dismissed on the merits of the case, • four were committed for trial, thlr- • ty-ninc were summarily convicted, i and twelve wore otherwise dealt 1 with. The latest luxury of the palacc-ho-lct steamships of the across-Atlantic ferry is a system of lifts. The two new vessels, the America, and the Kaiserin Augustc Victoria, are to bc ( provided with several lifts to run be;tweon tho Jive decks on which are placed the passenger accommohations The lift made possible the erection of • the American " skyscraper." When tho ocean leviathans boast from five to seven decks, the labour of going [ up and down stairs has become irkr sonic. The modern steamship is itself a "skyscraper." The passenger cap- . acily of these ships will be about . 3,300 each. On the new hotel stcam- , ship the grill-room has grown into a , large, modern a Ia carte restaurant. Passengers dine when they please, arrange luncheon and dinner parties for - friends whom they ehanqp to meet on • boaid,and hav# a change f ( 'omthe meals served in the rogular dining- , room. Tho muoh-decried upper berth i finds no place in the first cabin statei rooms. The coixfort of a lower berth : is thus ensured to every passenger, i Spaciousness (s tin important feature i of tha staterooms, Some of them have J. ho unusual dimensions of 10ft by 17ft. Suites of largo connecting ■ rooms, with private bath and -toilet ; and combinations of one room with • bath and toilet are numerous. In - addition, a large and well-equipped • gymnas|i,-m jg a|so a feature of the newer slcamshjp of iWp same linp as ■■ the America, The two now steamerti • will bo-equipped-with Turkish baths, i in charge of attendants, Owing to tho poor attendance on Saturday night tho drawing of Mrs : Harding's (Fituroy) art union has been postponed till next Saturday at ' 8 p.m. Sir R, 0. Hughes hnvjng kjndly placed his of'ttcp in Krpugham ■ Street at thp disposal of the committee, the drawing will take place ' there.*> It is worth" remembering that for i excellence of style and quality com- '• bined with largo range of variety and cheapness of engagement rings and all kinds of jewellery, you must go to J. H. Parker, Jeweller, next railway &ro6Sjng, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth, A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINCTION. The Western Medical Review, a 1 mcdicuil publication of the highest standing, says, in a recent issue : ; 'Thousands of physicians in this and o'thjii' countries have attested that Sander, and Soil*' Eucalypti Ex= tract Is not only reliable', but that it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over all other preparations of Eucalyptus." Your health is 100 precious to bo tampered with, therefore reject nil products foisted tipojt you by unscrupulous mci'ceran■ios, ami iiJSjst upfm getting Sa!)= tter and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended by your physician and the medical press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diarrhoea, kidney diseases, the relief is instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers, burns, ! etc., it heals without inflammation. As- a mouthwash (5 drops to a glass of water-) it prevents decay of tcef.li, and destroys all disease germs.*