The Daily News. SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7804, 22 April 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The olfices of the Taranaki Education Hoard and the County Council Rill be closed till Tuesday. The local milk suppliers have decided to raise the price of milk to 4d per quart from May 1 to Oct. 31. Mr Now ton King reports having sold Mr Jas. McCullum's farm of 455 acres, situated on the I'uniho Koad, to Messrs liell Bros., of I'unilio. The o/lic's of the Harbour Hoard, Gas Company, and the Investment and Loan Society will be closod until Tuesday morning'. The public library will be closed on Monday. The Town Clerk has received information froin the secretary of the Wanganui Band that the band is unable to give a concert on Monday night in aid of the Western Park, as suggested, as tho bandsmen are returning home on Monday night. Mr Newton King will sell by auction on Wednesday the furniture of Miss Brunton, at her house in Brougham Street. Included are a liohm piatjo, auto-harp, drawingroom suite in leather, books, and linoleums. Lovers of music need no reminder of the. enjoyable recitals to be given by Mr J. Maughan Barnett, of Wellington, on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening next. Mr Barnett deservedly ranks high amongst colonial organists, and a large congregation is sure to be present. A meeting of the directors of the Equitable Building Society was held on Wednesday night. It was mentioned that up to that date 523 shares out of fiOO in- the second group had been taken up, and that there was no doubt the balance would be placed on May 1, the date on which the shares will come into operation. On Tuesday Jlr Xewtpn King will hold a stock sale at Wuiwakaiho, when a choice line of cattle will bo offered, including ,00 mixed calves, 30 18 months mixed, 35 18 months to 2 year steers, springers, store cows, and empty cows. On Wednesday a sale will bo held at Stony Kiver, the enU'/cs including 50 yearling steers, 45 calves, and 70 12 to 18 months mixed.

Messrs liewley and Griffiths will sell by auction ut 1 o'clock to-day a large line of ladies' boots and children's mackintoshes. The lines will include all kinds of poultry, a Singer's sewing machine, ranges, groceries and pianos. At 2 o'clock a cottage at the Courtenay and Cam-

eron Streets will be sold for removal within two days.

The first concert given by the St. Cecilia Choral Society takes place on Tuesday, Jljiy 2, in St. Mary's Hall. An excellent' ppogi-apuiie has been arranged, the vocalis-ts including such favourites as Misses Cliong and Xixon, Mr F. Cornwall, and the Rev. A. M. Ilradbury. The chorus, under the baton of Mr G. H. White, will rundpc English madrigals glees, and pai't soijgS', The following teams have been picked to represent the New Plymouth ltowllng Club in the proposed match against Waiigaiiuj to-day, starting at 2 o'clock H, Small Sanderson, Morey, I'aul (sk.) ; \Y. liundlc, G. Grey, McKellar, Hall (sk.) ; L). liundlc. Hooper, A. Goldwater. S. liundle (sk.) ; Govctt, Simpson, Wyllie, Gray (sk.). Emergencies ; Uijidon, O'Loughlin, t'ookes, Ewing.

As annoitoced in our pojumns Mr J. Maugiian Barnett, of Wellington, will give two recitals oil the magnificent new organ In Stl. Mary's Church during Easter week, particulars of which are advertised in tjiis issue. The afternoon recital on Wedije-SfJay afternoon has been timed especially i,o wift country people, and will enable them lo easily catch the 4.15 p.m. train or drive to their homes earlier. Very few people realise what a wonderful instrument the new organ is, and no ohq should miss hour|rijf at least cue of these recitals.

Captain Young, the Government Veterinary for the Taranaki district,

sustained the less of a valuable two-year-old lill.v on Thursday morning under peculiar circumstances. The filly had been taken to the racecourse for the usual morning exercise, and later on was tied up while the trainer, Patterson, was engaged exercising a second horse. The filly managed lo break away, and galloped into town. Hhp pami! down Devon Street at a rattling paqe, and when turning the coiner into Kgmont Street struck the hub of a cab wheel with her off hind leg. Although the limb was disabled by the impact the filly continued on across

' the riiad. and full h(.M<lloni: on the footpath in of Heare's boot arcade. It was found no pxpininution that the leg 1 was wry badly smashed, and the animal was removed to an adjacent reserve, where Constable Wood, with the concurrence of the owner, aidinini.ster«d n friendly bullet. The filly was b.v Kilvei'dan, and bred in the Auckland district. She gave some promise of developing iuto a very ukci'ul racelwr&e. -.7. , j

Mr James Holmes Lucking, of the j ""ir.os, Streatham, Ijondon, S.W., | vho died on November 23rd, belueathed £BSj,OOO to charitable in- | stitutiions, and left £IO,OOO in trust . [or aiding such charitable institutions as h\v« for their 01/Mt seek- I ing out the desliture and poor children oI the metropolis, and providing them with board, lodging, and cloth" ing. The estate is sworn at £265,332 gross and £259,053 net. A pious man was in lite crew of an irondaL This man was told one evening that in all probability th« next day he would witness a groat bat'.l. l . 'when he prayed that night he put. special stivs.s upon the plea that the vessel upon which he and his comrades w*vo serving might escape disaster, saying among other things: —" I) 1 .or.t, shi 'kl us from the shells 'and projectiles oi the en.-uiy : but ii ]anv shells and solid shot do come jto oup vessil, 1 pray thee that they 'may L-e distributed—like tie prize money—most among tire officers. ' The King has graciously been pleased to allow the wives of Scottish Judges to use tkeir husbands ■titles, llith'rto there has often boon 'awkwar® complications owing to the custom of a Scottish Judge using a title while his wife had none. Out of Scotland people did not understand tihat (say) Lord Crieff and Mrs Forfcen were husband ami wife. Social blunders have often occurred land on many occasions hotel-keepers ;have required an explanation of the J apparent anomaly before they woulc receive the Lord \vith one name ant his wife without a titlo.and wit! another name.

We understand that in connection with the Volunteer Encampment arrangements are being made for a special service for volunteers at Whiteley Memorial Church to-mor-row (Sunday) evening. THe Kcvs. J. N. Buttle (who is this year jProa'dent of the Conference) and It. F. Williams, in conjunction with the officials of the church, have forwarded an invitation to all the officers and men of the camp to attend a service at the übovc church. Wc feel sure the men in camp will appreciate the kindly intentions of the church authorities, and the interest in the camp and its success as expressed in the invitation. The musical part of the service has been sjxscially arranged. Hymn sheets wjll be supplied, and tlie hymns chosen are all familiar, so that this service promises to be bright and hearty. The President of the Conference will be the preacher.

It is questioned in New York whether even " a good man from Scotland Yard," as recommcndod by a witness before the committee of 'investigation, would be able to secure ede. the reform-in the New York police force under the present system ,>f political management. Some details of the corruption are publicly outlined b.v Mr Jerome, the Public ' Prosecutor, w<ho openly accuses the police of allowing pickpockets to operate in tramcars "under distinct contract with the Central Ofiice of Detectives." Blackmail, he says, is

levied upon all publichouses for permission to violate the liquor and other laws. Even President Roosevelt, when he was Police Commissioner, said Mr Jerome, was able to bring to justice only one-fiftieth of 1' per cent, of the violators of the laws. The only practical result of his reforming crusade was to put up the charge of blackmail from £1 K er week in cases of putoFxhouses to £2 and £4 in some instances. The Standard Oil Company, which is known as one of the .strongest combines in the world, recently made a tactical blunder, which is causing it some trouble. Jt encouraged private owners and lessees of Kansas petroleum lairds to bore for oil, agreeing to take all that was produced <at the market price, which was at one time as high as two dollars a barrel. The result was a host of Kansas oil wells, to all of which the Standard ran pipe lines, and connected the latter with two retinfries which it built. Then the price of cruide oil began to go down unti'l it reached 17 cents. Producers complained, but could get no relief. The matter was taken to the Kansas Legislature with a proposition to build a State refinery, when the Standard made the tactical error of retaliating and refusing to buy or take oil at all, vlaiming it had all it wanted. This action angered the entire State, and the State Heiinery Hill went through without trouble, and there is another measure under discussion, to make pipe lines common carriers. Complaint was made to Congress, and found echo in the .'al* of the President, with the result that a "dragnet" investigation is being held. The Anti-Trust campaign is spreading in the United States. The Anti-Trust I.aw of Arkansas is so drastic that no trust goods can be sold in the State, and no insurance company can do business within its borders if it is a member of any trust, tiomlljination, or organisation for the purpose of controlling rate. Whitoley Memorial Church, Easter Sunday, April 23. Preacher, Hev. J. N. Buttle. Subjects : Morning, "An Easter Aspiration evening. "On Active Service." Special volunteer service. Easter hymns, anthems, and solos. Visitors to town cordially invited.* Oh ! Thou husky asthmatic old fellow Whom coughing has bent like a bow ; Thou child with the colic, whose bellow Disturbs the whole neighbourhood so. O ! Lad with the api>elit'c hearty. Whom sweetmeaits too greatly allure ; Sow mark what I say, nor depart ye From Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. -j A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINCTION. The Western Medical Keview, a me'dicail publication of the highest standing, says, in a recent issue Thousands of physicians in this nd other countries have attested hat Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is not o nly reliable, hut that t has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over all other preparations of Eucalyptus." Your hea'ith • s too precious to be tampered with, therefore reject all products foisted upon you by unscrupulous merqeranes, and insist upon getting Sander arid Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended iy your physician and the medical ,;ress. In coughs, colds, fevers, diarrhoea, kidney diseases, the relief is instantaneous. AVounds, ulcers, burns, etc., it heals without inflammation. As a mouthwash (o drops to a glass oi water) it prevents decay of teeth, and destroys all disease germs.•