LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7802, 19 April 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho Daily News will not be pub- 1 lished on Good Friday nor on Easter Monday. The office will be open at 7 p.m. on Friday for receipt of ad- t vertisemenls for Saturday's issue. I The Borough Council invites ten- , ders for the erection of a cottage at J the new re'-ervoir. j A Wellington telegram says that i one tiadesman has orders in connection with 34 marriages to take . place within the next eight days. , In our Warca correspondent's letter \\, was erroniousty stated that i Mr Clothier's house was erected by Mr Coleman. The bwldcrs were Messrs Hartnell Bros. Those in search of good fruit will meet all their wants at Mr Newton King's mart to-day, when '2& I cases containing all seasonable local and imported fruit will be offered. Three very large tomatoes have been left at our office (says the Wairarapa Times) by Mr John Groves, of Mungapakeha, where they were grown. The respective weights are : 21Joxs. lSJozs, and ITozs. Messrs Ogle, G. V. Tate and Buchanan, representing the Waitara Borough Council, are to visit New Flymouth to-day in connection with the adjustment of accounts between the Borough and Taranaki County. Mr C. E. Major, M.H.R., received a telegram from the Premier on Saturday advising that a loan of £IOO had been granted to the Manaia Town Board upon the security of the new Town Hall to be erected. Six candidates, including four councillors, have been nominated for the ' Wellington Mayoralty, and thirtyeight, including nine ex-councillors, for the fifteen stats in the council. This number may be increased, a 8 nominations' do not close until today,; Tenders will be received by Mr J. W. Warren, architect, of Stratford, till noon on May 8 for the erection of a dairy factory at Tulutawa, for plant, machinery, and fittings for '• the same, and carting machinery and

plant from the present factory to Punewhakau. To-morrow Messrs Bc-wley and Griffiths will sell by auction at Buller Street the whole of Mr C. Tait's furniture, consisting among other articles of double iron bedsteads, wire and kapoc mattresses, chests drawers, pier glasses, dining tables, and crockery. The sale w,ill start at 2 p.m. Friday's Patea Press says [—Whilst the Mana was coming in on Wednesday, when opposite the tJ-dal guoge the vessel refused to answer her helm, with the result that she got into shallow water near the bank. Sho apparently fouled the wall, for Iter propeller broke off A new propellor has been sent up from Wellington. A Dunodin authority says that within six years there will not -be a groat many native birds left. He attributes their disappearawqe mainly to tho ravages of imported vermin. Stoat and weasels are now in the heart of tho bush in large numbers, wihere there was no other food for them but birds. The stoat and weasel prefer birds and rabbits, and are to be found in the highest trees in the bush.

On Friday morning the members of the New Plymouth Fire Brigade will hold a small local competition on their practice ground, Woolcombe Terrace. Three events will be eonI tested by the men, the principal one 'being for the ward supremacy between representatives of the east, west, and central wards 1 . The demonstration will commence at 8 a.m., and last a couple of hours. ' The tender of Mr F. H. Moycr has l;oen accepted for the construction of the grandstand:, people's stand, and steawards' stand at the Wellington Mating Club's new course at 'l'rontham. The new buildings are to bo of the latest typq, and the surroundings are lo be made as attractive as possible. Below the grandstand there will bo a large dining-room, 100 ft by fiOft ;, dining-rooms are "also to be provided for the stewards and members. Messrs Crichton and McKay aro the architects. The contract price is about £BOOO. Rating on the unimproved value (says Mr John P. Luke) has not been altogether a blessing in Wellington, it has been good in some respects ; it has- relieved the big merchant aiud tho very small householder and freeholder ; but it pix-ssed heavily on industriet, and led to a regrctable overcrowding. The latter tendency is seen in the cutting tip of gardens for building purposes. There had also been an increase of resijdenre in flats ; oven in Newtown there have been built houses sub-di-vided into flats.

The Premier is a busy man, and the marvel, is that he stands the strain of so much travelling and the surfeit of deputations, public functions, etc. For instance, he left Ohrjstohurch on Tuesday evening, arrived in W'cMingtou Wednesday morning, proceeded lo Levin, whore he opened the Horticultural Show ; thence by coach (o Shannon, where he opened the school and was bon- ; queued, afterwards giving an address to the people on general topics, and winding up with a little terpsichorean pleasure. Next morning he was on his l way to Turakina and after opening the school there, he received (quite a number of public and private deputations, icturning to Palmerston by the evening train.

After the usual parade on Tuesday 'light, the Tarnnuki Guards assembled in the orderly room for the purpose of electing a lieutenant to succeed Lieutenant Goldwater, who is retiring. Those nominuted for the post were Sergeant J. Boon, who has been associated with the ..•orps for a considerable time, and Lieutenant Hill, late of Christchurch, who has not yet received his discharge papers from that town. .Sergeant Boon was clccttd 'by a practically unanimous vole, and is to be congratulated on his promotion. The committee which has cha'rge of the arrangements for the social to celebrate tho anniversary of the corps; also met. The date fur tho function, jvilj probably be May 8.

An interesting Maori relic in the shape of an old lighting spear over 24f-tlong> Has just been presented to the Auckland Museum by Captain G. Mair. In all probability jt is the least, or one of the last, of its kind in existence. It bears the special name of " Tuhuohopu," and was used on tho fighting stage which in oMon times surmounted the wallaroo, or gateway, of the Ohincniutu Pa at Kotorua. It is related on one occasion, when the Pukeioa Hill was I attacked, To Umanni, a Ngatiwhakano chief, thrust a similar spear through the palisades wjth such force that it transfixed t.w ! o qf the enemy who were in the outer ditch. The ■ipear was obtained by Captain Mair on a recent visit to Rptornu.

flio Chief Justice remarked during He hearing of the Flaxbourno ease thai sheep-farmers, when a "boom" was on, were o,uite us liuljlu to discount the future us speculators in other department of enterprise, such «fi mining. In fact, his long experience- loci him fo affirm that more mpn had been ruined by shcop-farm-;»g than by gol'd-mining. Of the grpal number of mem "of' substance, who wont jnfo ruijholding in otago ami Southland forty years ago he knew not more than six who were wqlt oil' to-day. Ip making valuations " the eye saw vary much as the heart desired," to use a quotation ; ami of course the one party \\as inclined to employ men who look aft optimistic view,' while the other side wanted valuers whose outlook was affected for the moment bill bilious attack. (Laughter,)

At Tuesday's mcciMng of the Tarauaki Education Hoard the following .letter was read from the Premier : —" 1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of _your letters of .January 21st and March 23rd, mid i"l reply to inform y„u I>hat the account appearing in the T.-iranaki News of January Kith in respect to my interview with the Waitara School Committee does not convey an accurate report of ihe statement made by me on. the occasion referred to." ]( win | ie remembered that the board look exception to t.(io Premier's remarks, «, s published, as reflecting pn l|s admimsu-a-tion. Members pointed out, when Dio Inter was read, that it seemed a singular thing, .if .the report was not accurate, that the accounts published in three different newspni*ers, aiid written by independent reporters, agreed in every detail. U was _ realised, liowevpr, that the Premier's danial had cut the ground from under the Hoard's feet in, routing any animadversions npon Ids speech, and the matter was dropped.

For Children's Hapking Cough at Night, Woods* Great Peppermint Cure, is Gd.

" A few a Tweeds doctor, " I stepped out a length o* 100 yards on the Ottey-road near Jjawnswood : Cemetery, and in that distance counted 176 expectorations, several of which, 1 should say, contained the tubercle germ. A f Jiicial passJd, and 1 watched twenty-six ■ladies trail their Bkirts over my arbitary track. A second inspection showed that the majority of these blotches to have been swept away. Into how many 'homes did those twenty-six skirts go ? " The Victorian Railway Commis-

si oners have given orders for the supply of eight motor omnibuses. Six of these will 'lie Chelmsford steam omnibuses, similar to those in use in Tasmania; the remaining two will be petrol omnibuses!, of .Milne's Daimler pattern. The vehicles will bo in part imported and in part li*;al manufacture Orders have iieen placed in England for the supply oi" the machinery, wheels, oUv, ijiit the remaining or upper portions ire to 'Io manufactured at the Newport workshops. The imported parts nill bo shipped from England by a maitboat next month, and Mr Tail expects to have the service started between Brighton and St. Kilda very ,-hortly after their arrival. The whole eight vehicles will be used for this line, though all may not run at the onot time, as allowance is nec<essary for repairs and overhaul. Among the many schemes more or less successfully carried out for the benefit of children in Uie poorer districts of London, the arrangements made by some of the borough councils for supplying them with suitable and wholesome reading stand out as likely to result in tho permanent good asi well as present pleasure of all who aro able to profit by them. According to the general rule

children under 14 are not admitted to the libraries under the jurisdiction of the borough councils, but the council at Stepney led the way some time ago by providing children's departments in the four libraries under their control, and the example has been followed by Shoreditch. More recently, both librae es have admitted children with certificates from their school teachers to the reference departments, where desks have been placed for their use, and where, under due supervision, they can prepare their home work in all The comfort of a iquiet, worm, and wolHight room. This is a boon chiefly sought by the studious, but the access to libraries stocked in accordance with youthful tastes moots with the appreciation of a very wide circle. Here, again, the recommendation of a school teacher is necessary and it may be surmised that there are few cases in which it is witheld. It is good hearing that fairy tales are in large request among the little ones, and that books of adventure, such as Hen-ty's. are popular with both boys and girls. Tho sorry dyspeptic submerged i n his gloom, Who feels most dejected and fit for his tomb ; Tho poor hypochondriac who wanders in woe,. With no one to speak to and nowhere to go ; Whom no consolation nor comfort can please, Who maintains he's 1 a martyr to every disease ; ', Let them aid their digestion, and keep their blood pure, And recruit upon Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 2

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Daily News—Will not bo published on Good Friday or Easter, Monday. Neal, Cu«h Clothier.—Jerseys, umbrellas, and gaps jqfit opened up. J. W.. Warren, Stratford.—Tenders for three contracts invited till Monday, May Bth, J. O'Neill —Tenders tlmnks for kindness shown during his daughter's illness. Borough Council.—Tenders for the erection of cottage at reservoir close on Wednesday next. Newton King—Sale of fruit today. Bewley and Griffiths—Sale of Mr C. Tait's furniture to-morrow. Assistant Lund Registrar—Surrender, of lease a(, OpunakVtq be registered. Newton Kjng—Entries Hahotu sale on Thursday, For Sale—A sawmill, as a going concevn,