LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7797, 13 April 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Empson, Inspector of Stock, States that ragwort is proving a more serious trouble throughout the CJrey Valley than the blackberry. Since ,lan. ;!0 of the present year. 112 new pupils have been admitted to the Stratford School. The number of scholars on the roll is now 517. According 10 the New Zealand Herald, typhoid appears to.be fairly prevalent in Onehunga, several residents being at present under treatment for the disease. In three cases the- fever has been traced to milk supply. On Wednesday next Mr Newton King will sell by auction at the Truro boaixiinghou.se the furniture belonging to Mrs Kendall, who has given up the house. The articles comprise the usual furniture of an up-to-date establishment. The Mayor said the other evening that In view of the serious losses by fire in other centres of the colony, Christehurch has a record to be proud of. During the past year the losses by lire in that cjty hud totalled £16,125, while property amounting to £120,000 had been involved in the various outbreaks,-. The brigade might therefore claim to have saved the city over £IOO,OOO. The Pa tea Press understands that whilst on a visit to Patoa on Fridya Sir W. Symcs, M.H.H., visited tho Railway Station and inspected the yard, and shed. It is rumoured that as an outcome of this visit Mr Symes> wi]l recommend the duplication at the south qjd of the platform of the presont steps and slidji as all the alterations that or,o neo

Shareholders in the Taranaki Cotoperative Bacon Company arc reminded that the statutory meeting will be hold on Saturday in the Town Hall.

Mr Walter Byrnes, M.H.R., has received a telegram from Wellingtonstating that Mr Uurrel'.l's tender has been accepted for alterations to the StraUmvl Courthouse.—l'ost.

A suspected case of smallpox from Mahnkipawa has been inquired into by the Health Department at Wellington, but the doctors agree that it is a severe case of chicKenpox. The patient is a young girl. The funeral of the late Mr F. Holdsworth 'took place privately on Welnesday morning, being attended by his bereaved parents and relatives, and also a number of the intimate friends of the deceased.

The new operating theatre at the Auckland Hospital will be ready for use in the course of a few weeks. Experts who have visited the hospital state thnt it will be one of the most complete and best-erpiipped theatres in the colony.

A good opportunity to purchase household furniture will be at the sule of effects to be held by Mr Newton King at Cambridge House jon Friday. Included in the list is an organ, besides many otherl ai tides of domestic use.

There are now 102 artisans and 1867 labourers engaged on railway construction under the Public Works I Department. They are distributed, as follows :—KawakawarGrahamtown, 17 ; Helensville northward, 71; Paeroa-Waihi, 157; (! isborne-Karaka GO ; North Island Main Trunk, 922 ; Mount Egmont branch, 46 ; WaiparaChevoit, 168 ■; Midland, 226 ; Hokiti-ka-Hosb, 25 ; Coal Creek, 36 ;• Nga-here-Ulackball, 27 ; Otago Central, 176 ; Hcriot extension, 38. On Wednesday Mr E. M. Smith, M.H.R., received a telegram from Mr Knowles, clerk to the Parihaka Road Board, stating that no word had been received torn the Colonial Treasurer, in regard to the £724, balance of the Ngariki loan. Tho contractors were waiting for their money, which the board was unable to pay. During the afternoon Mr Smith communicated with Mr Seddon, who replied as follows : "Your telegram sent on to the Secretary to the Treasury, with instructions to pay money as soon as possible, presuriilng usual conditions have been complied with."

M conference of delegates of the Post and Telegraph Department from all parts of New Zealand is to be held in Wellington about a month hence. One of the principal matters for discussion will be tho establishment] of a superannuation scheme in connection with the department, a concession which the officers of this branch of the public service have strenuously striven for in the past. The conference will probably be held contemporaneously with the general conference of delegates from all branches of the Civil Service—except those already provided for—to be held next month.

The completion of the municipal water scheme will bo marked 'by a ceremony nt the base of the supply,, the intake at the Waiwakaiho lliver, this aftornoon at 3 o'clock. The water will be turned on by the Mayor, and the visitors will have the opportunity of inspecting the whole of the works. The intake is between six and seven miles from, town, and the reserv o ir about four miles;. A goodly numfccr of invitations been issued, and the majority of the party will start for the scene about 1.30. Provided the weather is favourable, though the present indications are not promising, the outing should bo an enjoyable one. Sergeant Haddrell, in his capacity of Inspector of Factories, linds that a number of -She owners and occupiers of factories or workrooms are very, lax in regard to the annual registration fee. The Act provides that the premises must be registered and the fee paid by April 1, and though every occupier concerned sonio time ago received a notice to this effect, some 30 registrations are still nutstanding. About 100 registrations

have been made to date. Under section 10 a heavy penalty is set out for a breach of this clause, and although the inspector has no desire to issue "blue papers," he will be compelled to tako proceedings against defaulters very shortly. In the leading article of Monday's issue of the New Zealand Times reference was made to persons who palm themselves off on :o :ho farming community as qualified veterin-

ary surgeons without the slightest real claim to be considered such. The Departme-nt of Agriculture is inpossession of the name of one person who has been visiting farms, professing to be an officer of the department, and promising to send valuable reports of the cattle and

premises inspected. Farmers M.ould be on their guard against this, and insist upon the production of credentials "before allowing anyone to inspect their stock. A recent issue of the Daily Mail, just to hand, says that the King proposes to have a, new yacht built on the Clyde in place of the Osborne, the picturesque but very old boat on which His Majesty used to cruise about when he was Prince of Wjales. The Osborne is an 1850-ton naddile-'bioat, a companion ship to the first Victoria and Albert, very comfortably arranged, but slow, and not well suited for anything but coasting voyages.- She was in attendance on the Victoria and Albert at Cowes last August, and the Tving has lent her to one or two friends since, and many Royal guests will regret her disappearance. The little Alberta is now the only paddle-boat left in the Koynl servitf. At the, last meeting of the Recreation Ground Board Mr Govett presided over a fair attendance. Plans of the proposed alterations to the sports ground were submitted by Mr Sladden. and he, with Mr Palmer, was asked to proceed with' the plans and estimates as submitted, with certain modifications. Tho chairman and Mr Newnian were appointed to prepare a schodule of prices for the use of the sports ground. The Star Football Clulb was granted the ufc of the ground on April 24th on the usual terms. It was agreed that the chairman's report and the balance sheet be issued to subscribers in a few day's time. Mr S. : Percy-Smith was apr pointed overseer for the month. The construction of the ladies' rooms was reported to bu proceeding satisfactorily.

At tho meeting of the Exhibition Committee on Wednesday night the president (Mr R. Cock) pointed out that though tho Government had guaranteed the forthcoming colonial exhibit-on at Chilstehurch to the extent of £20,000, tho people of that town thought the amount would not bu enough to satisfy them against loss. Here at New Plymouth they had run an exhibition considered to bo almost flqiiul to those at Wellington and Auckland, which had '.een a 'great advertisement to Taranaki, and bepause they had incurred a loss of £IOOO the committee were decried on all sides. Considering the fact that the exhibition had iissumed proportions far beyond what was at first anticipated, he did not think the financial result was- nearly so bad as many contended, especially i,s it w t ,s 'the first exhibition of magnitude imsmbsidised by the Government. For the small population lie maintained that the result bore comparison' with other exhibitions. A member of the comjnitl 'O pointed out .that ijfthe Government had not announced flic Colonial Exhibition ul an inopportune

moment many firms would have sent exhibits here, ami a better financial result would have been reloriiodj His suggestion that even at this late hour Government assistaaice might be obtained was scouted by , Mic_rest of the committee, It being stated that the Government aid was already being given to the district in the way of grants promised for roads, etc> during the Premier's' - sit. A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINCTION. The Western Medical Review, a medical publication of the highest standing, says, in a recent issue : 'Thousands of physicians }n thip and other countries, have attested that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is not only reliable, hut that it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority pvor al) other preparations of Enpalypfus." Your health is too precious to bo tampered with, therefore reject all products foisted upoayou by unscrupulous nicpcnranies, and insist upon getting Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation ruco/Himpndcd 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. Asi a mouthwash (5 drop?\ to a glass of water) it prevents dc-\ cay of teeth, and destroys all <He' u , , ._•;_• , i. _.., I

The sale of Mr H. Kitchingman'a ifarm of 199 acres, on the Knhui. Road, Rahotu, has 'been postponed till Saturday, May 6th. Particulars may be obtained from the auctioneer, Mr Newton King, or Messrs Oovett and Quilliaru.

For the year ending March 33 st, 1905, New Zealand shipped to the Home markets considerably more butter than for the corresponding period the previous season. Cheese | shows a sllight falling off. The (quantity of these two v:o «5..-.-> cfpro.duce exported in live aggregate total £1,680,632, against £1,623,354 ' for the previous season.

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Tukaka, March 3rd, 1895. Dear Sir,—l have to inform you that the Rheumatic Liquid procured from you about three years ago cured me of Rheumatism, after unsuc cessl'ul u-cntment with several other medicines. I have never had a re turn of the complaint since takinj. only the one bottle of Uurrnclough's'i Rheumatic Liquid. I may state that 1 suffered from the Rheumatism for fifteen months before taking the Liquid.—Yours truly, HENRY POLLARD. Mr IK J. Barraclough, Wellington.