LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7819, 11 May 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Auditor-General has ordered a special audit of the. Oneliunga borough accounts at the request of the Mayor (Mr A. Gordon), The audit will lake place during this week.

it ;* uUerstuoU, says the Post, that ; i the banks doing business in the co'ony have decided to abolish "race days" from their list of speeial h' lidavs.

On Monday, the Bth May, in the Supreme Court, on the motion'of Mr Govett (Govetl and QuiilianO, probate of the \v;iU of the late Mrs Mary Smith was granted to Mi' Henry Smith, of the Junction Hoad, the Executor named in the will.

By the recent upward trend of the New York money market it is estimated that Mr William Hocls-efeller. I cleared easily £M,000,000 ; Mr John V,'. Gates £500,000 ; Mr Charles M. | Schwab £-1,000,000, and Mr 11. 11. Harriman £1,000,000.

In refcier.ee to tlie ten Maoris whe have been selected to go to Kngland to dance hakas before tho King,when Mrs Howie sings before his Majesty, | the statement that the Government will pay fares of the Maoris isincorrect. They are being taken to i lOngland on a private venture.

The rates of interest paid by the banks in New Zealand on lixed deposits for one year and two years have been reduced. The rate of 12 months is to be 3 per font., instead of 3J per cent., as heretofore ; and for two years' deposits the rate has been lixed at 3 a per cent., instead of 4 per cent. The rate for six months deposits remains at 2 per cent.

A strange fish which" came ashore near the .breakwater on Wednesday was brought into town and shown to several people with a view to its identity being ascertained. It is of a very dark colour, and about the size of a medium schnapper. It can be seen al Mr Smith's fish stall opposite the Taranaki Ho lei.

lletween 2."),000 and 30,000 boxes of butter aro at present stored in the cool stores throughout the colony. This is not', however, being kept for early spring shipment, as was the case last year (when heavy shipmerits were stored in the hope of the market rising), but it is 'being retained mainly for local consumption. Producers have shipped Home very late this season, in view of the good prices ruling for butter.

| The physical culture classes arranged toy Mr Filzherbert are growing in popularity. At a meeting held last, evening it was decided to hold an additional men's class at 8 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Over fifteen names of intending meiribers have been handed in already. The ladies' classes on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings aro very large, some fortyr two members attending. The men's classes at 5 p.m. aro also largely attended.

The Recreation Ground Board has received an application from the Taranaki Rugby Onion for the use of the ground for a representative match on the occasion of the vistt of the Australian team. The secretary has replied pointing out that the probable dato of the proposed fixture is not indicated in' the Union's raciest, but that providing the scheme of improvements contemplated by the Hoard is not under way at the time —which work would very Ijkols' render the ground temporarily unplayable—the Board will lie pleased to acceed to the application.

The Mayor of Stratford, Mr .V, J. King, has received a letter from Mr I!. C. Rob'bins, Mayor of liawcra, stating that agitation is being made in that town for the erection of an up-to-date accommodation heuse on Mount Egmont before next session. He askod that a meeting for a similar purpose be held in Stratford, when a deputation of Hawera gentlemen could attend and explain the steps already taken. Mr King convened a meeting of the leading business people of Stratford, which was held yesterday.—Post.

An alarm of fire was given shortly after 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, and as the directions as to its locality were very hazy it was some time before the firemen, who turned out with two reels, were able to locato the scene of the outbreak. It appeared that a tire occurred in a washhouse at the rear of Mr Ilarles' residence in Liardet Street, near thy Recreation Ground. It was 'quickly (noticed by a number of the Star A and' 11 juniors:, who happened to be out training, and was extinguished before the arrival of the brigade. The damage was but trifling.

The sitting of the District Court at New Plymouth was on Wednesday ! formally adjourned to Tuesday next, lath inst., when District Judge Hasolden will occupy the Bench. Iteforc a jury of four the case in which Ada ltaldock (Mr Wright) sues Jus. Were Baker (Messrs Weston and Weston) for £IOO damages in connection with a vehicle accident, will be heard. The Judge will preside at the hearing of the public examination, in connection with the bankruptcy of Atnin llurkc, formerly trading in New Plymouth.

Several Manila speculators are reported to have made much money by running the blockade at Tort Arthur. The Manila Times says : —lt is stated by those in this city who keep in touch with affairs in the north, that Louis Spizel has been highly successful in his blockade running. The steamer Sishan, chartered by him last fall, tnude one successful trip into Port Arthur with 300,000 rifles and almost a hundred head of cattle. The trip is said to have [netted Spitzel something over 280,!000 dollars (£56,000."

Reviewing the reprint of the great London Daily Telegraph correspondence on the question "Do We Believe ? " the London Star says : "Do We Believe ?" Not "Do We Doubt V " l'he difference between the two questions measures the silent change that has come over our attitude towards religion. A quarter of a century ago the Daily Telegraph would not have ventured to publish an epistolary debate on the first question. Then the quettion was "Do We Doubt?" That is the quest ion no longer. We all doubt. In fact, doubt, is the strongest form of belief, for to-day doubt is common form in all the the churches except the [toman Catholic.

Letters from Russia in some of the Vienna newspapers draw a vivid picture of the anxieties of the unlucky l's.mna in the present national crisis. She is repsesented as exposed to a constant strain day and night. Much of her time is occupied in consoling her husband, and inspiring him with courage. She prepares food for him, as he is in constant fear of po'ison, and assists at every detail of his toflctte, since he mistrusts every act of tho servants ; she superintends the tailor and the UWtndresg. as well as the barber, and attends to every want of her infant son, whom she rears herself. Formerly she left but little for the nurses to do, now, lit is said, she scarcely allows the feniaU attendants to approach the child's cradle. The

Tsar is reported to have a greater fear for his son than for himself. He fears that the loss of his heir, \\horn ho so long vainly expected, would cause the outbreak" of a revo- . '"lion in every corner of the Empire, even among Conservatives, and on this account every one in every way connected with the Imperial family is surrounded by hosts of spies, who are watched in' thdr turn. Suspicion is' followed not by investigation of the suspect, but by his prompt rempvaj. A similar condition, it is sard, prevails in the palaces of the Grand Dukes. Al[ supli stories', of course, may be mere inventions, but they tell nothing that is not entirely 'credible. A DREAD PISKAHK AND ITS REMlflpy, Rheumatic pains are caused bv tho pre-onco in the blood of uric acid lactic acid, and other foreign substances. This accumulation of acid poison must bo neutralised and driven out before a cure can be effected. It is useless taking something that will merely deaden tho pain—!l; c , "™ ds be expelled. ' MO is the one sovereign remedy Which will speodijy and effectually cure Rheumatism, (lout, Sciatica, Lumbago, and other kindred ailments. It is tho triumphant result of years of scientific experiment, It has cured thousands, and it will cure you. Tut it to the test—give it a fair trial. All chemists and sf.or§3 sell it, 2s 6d and 4s 6(1 a bottle. 1

It is wortli remembering that for excellence of style and quality combined witft large range of variety and cheapness of engagement rings and all kinds of jewellery, you must go to J. H. Parker, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New PlywouUi«

A parado of the Taranakf Ilifles litis'b«en ordered for this afternoon.

Mr J. Bailey, 01" Okaiawa, suffering from tad health, has been obliged to remove from the district, and has 'therefore placed his butchery

business in the hands of Messrs Gillies. Fantham, and Nalder for sale as a going concern.

In the event of acquainting the brigade of an outbreak of lire, it is highly important that the precise locality of the lire be clearly giveh by the informant, particularly when a message is telephonul to the lire station. Two or iliil..' times secenlly the brigade have lost time when called out, not being able, 1,.V reason of the sc.inty information given in tlie telephone messages, to readily locate the scene of the outbreak. In the cntint of a serious lire such delay would bi' disastrous. Another case in point occurred on We inesday evening, when the firemen went off on a wild goo.-c chase nearly up to the Hemii bridge. The lire Wi.s us a matter ol fact in l.iardel Si reel, near the Recreation Cirounds, and when iho brigade retraced then steps had been extinguished. Tin outbreak was a s'mall one, only trifling damage being done to a washhouse, but hud it been a woodei. dwelliivglhousc such delay w,ould probably have been ,very costly.

A meeting of the Council of the Tarauaki Chamber of Commerce was held on Tuesday afternoon, Mr W. Ambury (vice-president) in the ohair, for the purpose of considering the •ontinuanco of the daily steamer sei|vi()e between New Plymouth and Onehunga. Mr Morgan, of the Union Steam Ship Company, said ho would forward any expression of opinion from TEST meeting to his principals for consideration. Eventually it was to urge the two companies to continue the daily servioe, ns its discomtinuanco during the winter months would probably interfere with the popularity of the route and prejudicially effect the traflic. The Council decided to remit the resolutions to the local agents of the Union and Northern Companies, with a request to send them on to the head oflice.

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