LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7809, 29 April 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Eltham branch of the Farmers' Union has arranged for 10 or 12 witnesses to give evidence before the ijand Commission when it reaches Taranaki.

The Hastings (Hawke's Bay) Stan. dard has been informed that a well known gentleman in Hustings intend* to provide a site for a hospital, and also one for a park.

During the Sunday evening service at the l'rimitiive Methodist Church, Queen Street, Miss Alcorn, a visitor from Ashburton and the possessor of an excellent voice, will >eniTkv the solo "Abide With Me."

Thc first of the series of dances to be held in tho Freemasons' Hall, in Hrougham Slrct. in connection with the "La Mascotte" Assembly, will be held on Wednesday evening next. The Assembly committee consists of Misses A. Finn, M. I'eaie.', B. McKay, and K. M.overley, and Messrs C. Clifford, (!. Moverley (secretary), H. Moon, and \V. Way.

1 The Hev. J. N. 'iluttlo intends to pay a 1 visit during May to .\luslerton, where he was formerly stationed. He has not visited the town since he loft it seventeen yours ago. Mr Ituttle will conduct the Anniversary services at tlva Masteitou l.'huiUi ion 'May 21st and 22iifl. 'I lie occasion will l>e taken to introduce the newly-published revised hymn book into the regular services of tho church.

Mr K. M. Smith, M.H.R., on Friday received the-following telegram from the Minister for iPublic Works, in reply to his' inquiry about tho post oflice piano :—"Rp new post oflice. lluilding plans arc now \n course of preparation. Information has to bo obtained from Postal Department as to their requirements, so that, plans will pjijo'baljjy ttaku three weeks before completion. As soon as this is done tenders will be Invited."

The shooting season lor native game (excepting native pigoon, kaka, pukeho, wio, or blue duck, huia, tui, white heron, and crested grebe), and for imported game commences on Monday. Shooting is prohibited within the Mount Egraont Forest Heservc. Licenses may he obtained from the Chief Postmaster a{ New Plymouth, and the Postmasters nt Inglewood, Wuitora, atM Opunake.

in another column will be found particulars of an important clearing J sale to bo held on Monday next by 'MoHsrs Jenkins, Matthews, and Pigott at Mr Souf-hey Maker's. ! homestead, near Vrenui. Mr Maker having disposed of his farm has instructed the auctioneers to submit tho balance of his agricultural implements, machinery, and purp-bfed stock as enumerated In the advertisement. Tho sale begins at 11 a.m., and the opportunity Is one that buyers should not fail to take advantage of.

For Children's Hacking Cough n't night, Wo«ds' Great ropj.'orniliit Mfe,lM* _ - ..

The annual meetfwg of membe»s I of the New Plymouth Assctiiifjliea will ', be hold at 7.30 this evening in Messrs Standish and Kerr's oßkies. | To-day Messrs Bewley and Griffiths will sell by auction a large line of poultry of all descriptions, other articles including Singer's Sewing machine, and a gentleman's bicycle. As the shooting season Is now at hand, sportsmen will appreciate the advertisement inserted by Messrs 11. .Ward and Co., giving details of the various requisites stocked by them. ] I Mr Newton King has just landed ex "Corinnoj," a shipment of live tons of sound Canterbury potatoes, ifor which he is now booking orders, | also fir a dine of 20 tons due in a •.fortnight. I After thealra. parties nothing Is so '. enjoyable as a supper, well cooked land 'tastefully sened. For such »s put this "finish to un evening'*'enjoyment, Mr .1. W. Kurlas.--'Golden Clrid" is just tho thing! The menus arc always c unprehensieo and meals ' are served till midnight.

Large quantities of flax are being sent away from Auckland at present, both to England and America. The mail steamer Sierra, which left on Frifiny, took llWu bales, ' and the .Star of New Zealand, which 1 •ft «w Thursday, for London, had over 300 bales, whilst, the. barque Cloceburn

[which s.iilwl for Xew York the same day, had nearly yOO bales under her hatches.

Several Kingsdown farmers have complained to the Timaru Herald lately of the serious depredations made amongst their poultry for some time past by thievea. One man has lost 15 fat ducks and roosters in about a fortnight, the thieves turnling up about twice a week and taking on an atverage three a night. The farmers are arranging to try und lay the offender** by the heels.

" Don'U you think it's :n your power to make him give me a home ?-' was the plaintive request made to the magistrate at Christchurch by a young, woman who had boon deserted 1 by her husband after four months of married lite. "It is certainly his duty," repliod Mr Bishop ; " but all I can do is to send him to gaol if he doc's not pay, and that would not give you a home."

A sailor named Charles Monkawitz had, says the Hew Zealand Herald, a narrow escape from a violent death in Patteson-strect on Tuesday evening. Ho had just left a tramcar, and was crossing the lines, when another car came along and knocked him down, fortunately flinging him clear of the wheels. He was carrying a sailor's baft on his shoulder at the time. When picked up he was a little "dazed but was not injured beyond a bruiso on his shoulder.

Several French dealers have recently visited America to purchase stock, for an alligator farm wiiich they psopose starting in the South of France. Alligator skin has become so highly prized throughout France that the animal dealers believe it will pay well to raise the alligators on this, the tirst farm of its kind in the world. Not long ago President Loulbet received a present 06 a hunting .suit of alligator skin. This is said to be growing scarcer each yoar, and there is always a great demand for it for boots, shoes handbags, wriUngi-pads, portfolios, and toilet articles.

Vanity Fair reminds us that, after all, Hritain Ims heroes as well as Japan, and asks whether Port ArIthur ha.f any story of reckless courage than this :—A gunner of il.M.s. Resolution was standing by his gun at the Rattle of the Saints as the ship came abreast of the French flagship. The gun was loaded and ready to fire, when a shot enteral the port and took the gunner's leg off at the knee. Like lightning the man plucked his ncckclooth 'rom his neck and made a quick ligature above the stump. The next instant he seized his leg that was lying on the deck and thrust it into the muzzle of the gun, which went off tw 0 seconds later. "My foot,'' shouted the gunner, drunk with patriotism, ••• is the first lo board the Yjile do Paris."

Mr Jennings, M.H.H., (lining his visit to Ohura, was wailed on by a large deputation ol settlers at Mr Williams', at Mangaroa, and ivpl'esentations were made on behalf of necessary works ns follows :- .Schools and telephone, Mr C. llyan ; one mile metalling at Mangaroa and Mutlori townships, Mr Stephenson ; completion of road between Whangamoinona and Mangaroa, Mr T. do Vcrc Hunt ; .Post Office, under Government official, at Mangaroa, Mr W. Williams' ;■ railway construction bfctween Ongarue, Matioro, and Mnnffaroa, Mr Hyde; bye roads and bridges (Waitowhena Hoad, Toka-rimu-Tatu Hoad, Waikaka bridge and Matioro bridge), Messrs Heresl'ord, Wyllic, Wildermoth, and Hyde. Hie banquet was a first-class affair, catered for by Mrs Denzes, the arrangement of ferns, interwoven with | flowers, showing grent taste on the part of the ladies. The chair was occupied by Mr C. Rynn, the pioneer settler of the Ohura district.

Tb* pupil teachers' regulations, approved by the Taranaki Education Hoard at iits last meeting, constitute a gradual change in the examinations of candidates. The aim of the regulations is to encourage the best class of pupils to apply by allowing them according to qualifications to start with a better salary and get through their apprenticeship in a shorter period. One great advantage of the new system of examination is that hea(l teachers will not have so many different grades of pupil teachers to instruct, for at, most there can bo only two groups and the instruction will thus be rendered more effective. In the appointment of pupil teachers preference is to be given to candidates who have passed matriculation or Civil Service examinations, or have spent a stated time at u secondary school. The Chief Inspector (Mr Spencer), will be pleased to give any information on the subject.

Some changes ure now tinder consideration which, ;f carried out, will alter the appearance of London policemen as the public have grown to know them. The first, of these changes curies with it the extinction of tho belt. Inquiries have tended to show that this is the cause of weakness in the backs and loins of the men wearing it, and its abolition is suggested on physical grounds. The second reform touches iboth the headgear and the overcoat. The exact pattern of the new hat is r..ii definitely decided, but one similar in design to that warn by the '.vprds is projected. Alooseovcro.it, without belt, is 5n prospect of substitution for the present regulation cumbersome article. Perhaps the most important]t departure of all—and one suggested in the interests both

of the men's health and of progressive reform*—affects the abolition of .the nocturnal oil lantern fe>r electric lamps, with a small battery for- tho pocket. Notwithstanding loud complaints regarding the shortage of accommodation on the railways at holiday time, it would seem that the general public themselves are sometimes responsible for the overcrowding they grumble so loudly at. On Easier Monday a special train was run from New PUymouOi to I'atea for the 'benefit of those who wishctl to attend

the races at the latter pface, and the Uailway Department's officials a) \ew Plymouth gave notice that no passonigcrs Wou | d be can , ic( ] 011 tho mail tram for intermediate stations, but (hat these could go on bv the special. As jt happened the express was very much overcrowded;, and bitter complaints were made of the. Dopartmont's neglect in not providing more cars. At Patea, a largo number got oil', which relieved the pressure somewhat, mid it then transpired that large nunil,ers from the northern stations had got the better of the Department, by booWm; for Wave-ley, which enaWed them to uavei by the express to tho destination for which they were really •hound. It is to be hoped, sa vs th' c YUnKnnui Herald, that those cute individuals had the decency lo keen quief on the score ol "the Departmont s shortcomings., aftor thus nullifying the latter' s efforts few tho comfort of the travelling public

Wellington, Nov. 30th, 189!!. Mr II J. ItAUnAOLOrjOH-Si,., s.our Rheumatic Liquid is a reliable and permanent cure for Chronic Khcumutism. 1 suffered severely for iwirs, so much at times that i' had talled remedies unsuccessrullv, heniIWAIICWQIJIO, I procured a bottle and by the time I had taken it the rheumatism w a « entirely removed. „ IS , °, ver a veal ' s >"Co the cure was effected, and so far there Is no harassing loturn of pain o>- swelling. 1 have recommended it to a number ot people, and shall continuo to do w.-R. JACK.SOJT. Une«aoj

Messrs Bcwley and GriflUhs will sell by auction this afternoon a cottage and |nuarten-acre of land in lemon Street, the property of Mr Daskett.

On the motion of Mr Quilliam (Govctt and Quilliam) probate has been granted by the Supreme Court of the wiM oif the late Hugh Parsons Mills to Mrs Charlotte Annie Mijls, the executrix named in the will. Probate has also been granted, on the "motion of Mr Quilliam, of the willl of the date William Sands, to Mr V. P. Coi'kill, the execftlor named therein.

Whitolcy Memorial Church, Sunday, April :!(). Preacher, Kev. J. Newman lint tie, morning and evening.* The Ktv. John Nixon will preach in Queen Strict Church to-morrovt morning and evening. At the evening service Miss ■Alcorn, from Cantert>tir.v, will sing a Gospel solo.* Shareholders in the Sicond Group of the Ktpiituble Ittiikling Society (Stiir-llowkeit) of .New Plymouth ore ictilie.l lliii.t subscriptions are diH

tnd pa\ablt at the society's olllce Ourric Street, on Mondav, Ist May 1905.*

For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Ureat Peppermint Cure. Is 6d. It is worth remembering that tor excellence of style and quality combined with large range of variety and cheapness of engagement rings and all kinds of jewellery, you must jgo to .1. 11. Parker, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth.

Rheumatism is one of the most j painful diseases. Many are bent and I physically disabled by the torture and sufferings inflicted by this dreadful scourge. The disease may settle in the large muscles of the back, neck or thigh ; in the joints of the arms or legs ; or the pains may dart from one muscle to another. Tho pains may be constant or occasional, but nil are produced by tho same cause—excess of uric acid in the blood. RHEI3MO is the best, the only cure for rheumatic pains. It neutralises and drives out the poisonous fluid, relieves the pain, removes the swelling, and effects a speedy and permanent cure. A trial will satisfy you of its merits. Sold by all chemists and stores at 2s 6a and 4 b 6d a bottle. 3

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