LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7821, 13 May 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is understood that the Hotel Commonwealth is 'changing hands, Mr O'Driscoll giving place to Mr J. Cody, formerly in business in Wanganui. Mr O'Driscoll hands over the house to-night. The Rev. J. M. Davidson, the venerable minister at Mataura, a few days ago performed the manriagc ceremony of the tenth member of one family resident in his parish whom he has united.

An inmate of the Old Peoples Home, named William Harland, died at the institution on Friday. Deceased, who was formerly in the Ooth Regiment, served in the Maori war. The funeral takes place at 10 a.m. to-day.

Sir Joseph Ward, in reply to a ■communication lrom Mr Frank Roberts, has intimated that he wild bo pleased to meet a deputation, with respect to the proposed HalHiy-the Sea, on' the occasion of his visit to New Plymouth on the 24th inst.

Messrs T. French, H. T. Hall, and J. H. Snvth have been nominated for the two vacancies on the Walitara West Road Hoard. The election will be held in the Lepperton Hall on Wednesday, May 17, between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The New Plymouth A and Inglewood A hockey teams met on the rarecourse ground on Thursday afternoon, and a well contested game ended in a draw. Ward secured the goal for Inglewood shortly utter the start, and Lints scored for the local men during the second half, in which New Plymouth showed to the best advantage. Play was fast for an opening match, and some good form was shown by both teams.

Work in connection with the railway line from Waipuku to the mountain is proceeding apace, a large gang of men being employed. lne formation preparatory to the ballasting and laying of the track has been completed for a considerable distance. The work is being finishled in sections, and operations are no*v proceeding on a section about three miles from the junction.

At the Police Court on Friday Mrs Blanche E. Cook applied to have an eight year c,ld son, Berbe A. Cook", committed to an industrial home on the ground that Ik wus uncontrollable. Mrs Cook gave evidence as to the lad's misdoings and said that he was beyond parental control. The mother and father agreed that it wouJd be to the boy s own interests to have him committed to a home. The S.M. made an order as requested, the parents to contribute 6s per week towards his maintenance.

The first patent ever granted by llie Chinese Government was recently issued to a citizen of Nanking for an electric incandescent lamp. It is said to bo a decided improvement upon the foreign bulbs now in use in Shangnai and elsewhere. The inventor calls it " the clear moonlight ele'qtric lamp." Chang took his invention to the taotai, or mayor. who became interested in it, and forwarded a sample, with a memorial, to the Viceroy, asking that the inventor lie protected from interference and competition in its manufacture and sale.

On Monday last several prominent Marton residents had the opportunity of seeing a " water diviner " at work. The artesian water promoters secured the assistance of the Rev. W. Mason, Church of England minister, of Otahuhu, Auckland, who has been of immense service to settlers in his district in locating water. lie started at the site where an attempt was made yeans ago for water, north of High Street, and proceeding ajlong Pukepapa Road northwards he located an underground strcaiA afaout two chains distant, and was confident it would give a permanent s.ipply. Ho was then directed to the waterworks, and with a forked huzel stick grasped in his hands ho located a, convenient place where a splendid supply of water could be secured at a depth of not more than 100/t. It

is remarkable that Mr Mason has never failed in h'is attempt to locate water. He is confident about gotiing a never-failing supply for Marton'. Mr Mason has never atqcoptcd a fee for this work.—Advocate.

The Commission which is inquiring into the claims of Ngadimutunga absentees' land claims at Urenui continued its sittings at the Masonic Hall- on Friday. The block of land in question, 3000 acres in area, was to have been allotted to the Ngatimutunga tribe in connection with the war. and to be awarded at tho rate of lti acres to the members of the tribe entitled to participate. Lists of the natives of the hapu claiming an interest were put in on Friday totalling 72 by lieni te Ran, Te Tipi Hone, Wci'ihano, Hoperel and Huni Matenga (James Martin), of Whakapuwaka ; and Rio. mata Werenui Tamihana, The Commissioner has l ruled that no person who has already received compensation by Government awards through the West Coast Commissioner shall be recommended for consideration. At 3 p.m. the Commission adjourned to the following day, in order that certain information might be brought forward. The report ol the Commissioner is due by June JJO. Whiteley Church, Sunday, May 14. Preachers : Morning, Rev. R. F. Miliums ; evening, Rev. J. N. Buttle.* Mr A. E. Sykcs always has his eyes open for something good. He has just imported a line of the celebrated Royal Doneastei" Butterscotch, as supplied to the Prince and Princess of Wales, for their children. I Parents will be glad to know that, it has 'been analysed, and'pronounced to be free from' extraneous or deleterious ingredients. In order to introduce this celebrated sweetmeat, for a few weeks only Mr Sykos is giving a sixpenny packet to every purchaser pf a bottle of his famous Cura Cough, Xpcdfofis to say, Sykos Cura Cough is famous thfouigihout the length and breadth of this colony. Over 20,000 bottles of this remedy for coughs and colds found its way into tho homes of the people (jf New Zealand during last year.*

For Children's Hacking Cough a£ night,* Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1* Gd.

A MOST HOXOUBABLB DISTINCTION.

Tho Western Medical Review, a medical publication of the highest standing, says, in a recent issue : 'Thousands of physicians in this

nd other countries have attested that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is not L,nly reliable, but that it has a pronounced and indisputable superiority over nil other preparations of Eucalyptus." Your health is too precious to be tampered with, therefore reject all products foisted upon you by unscrupulous merc/U'anies, and insist upon getting San der and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended Iby your physician and the medical press. In poughs, colds, fevers, d(ai-' rhoea, kidney diseases, the relief i.' instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers, burns, sprains, etc., it heajs without inflammation. Ac a mouthwash (5 drops to a glass of water) it prevents dfc cay of teeth, and destroys all disease germs* If you do your own washing, then here is good news for you. Try a tin of Washine. It will help you'J and please you. See list of storsf eeperi ivjio itocls it,*

The annual meeting of the Acclima- j tisation Sotyety will beheld at tfe Council Chancers at 2.30 this afternoon,? I

Those on might duly at tho Daily News on Friday received an agreeable surprise at supper-time, for two members of the Taranakj Guards brought a basketful of cakes and dainties as a gift from the Social Committee, of whkh token of kindly feeling the staff wish to record their appreciation.

Tho first anniversary re-union of the Taramaki Guards was held last evening in the Old Masonic Hall, which was well filled. Admirable arrangements were carried out by a strong'qoiinuibtcc, of whjiu Lieut. Uoonaad Private G. Dlanchard (secretary) desor.ve special mention. Dancing was kept up merrily till tho early hours, Captain Mills acting as ALU. For iion-duni-eis cards and other amusements were provided. The ladies' committee deserve credit for the dainty supper provided.

In this country any objections which are fe'.t to the infliction of capjtal punishment are bused on scnthrent ; but in France the extreme penalty came near to bciuj abolished the other day on account of the expense. The chief executioner draws j a salary of £240. He has two first I class assistants, each drawing £IOO I a year, and three second class assistants, each drawing £l2O a year, in addition to this, tho executioner draws 12 f., and each assistant 8 f., a day for expenses when! operating in the provinces, while the stabling of tho guillotine cosis £C>O a year ; and an ! Algerian executioner is salaried at the some figure as his Parisian colleague.

At the weekly civil sitting of the Magistrate's Court on Friday judgment by default was entered on the [following undefended cases :—llurgess, Fraser and Co. v. P. J. Dolan, claim £9 (is 2d, costs £1 3s 6d ; H. Eva v. F. Julian, claim £l3 15s 6d, costs £1 10s 6d. In the defended case of Dr. McCleland v. Lottie King adjourned from last week, a claim for £2 10s, judgment was given for £2 2s, with 10s costs. A number of other cases were confessed, adjourned, or struck out. In the matter of Chas. Clarke v. Vernon Willcston, a judgment summons, debtor failed to appear, and an order was made for payment of £5 3s, and costs, within one week, im default two weeks' imprisonment.

During tiho month of April 2MVS cwt. of butter, valued at £9510, were exported from New Plymouth (he total for the colony being 12,OOficwt., valued at £54,940, as anainst 30,68(3cwt., valued at £136,182, in April, 1904. Tho colonial export of cheese was 10,571cwt., valued at £23,543, us against 11,tl3cwt, valued at £27,001 in April of last year. Of the former total >few Plymouth is credited with 414 cwt., valued at £IOO7. The Wait.aru exports for the month were : lleef, 11,400cwt., valued at £15,V)0O ; mutton, 4437 carcases,'. weighing 2325cwt., valued at £4340; lamb, 53(i7 carcases, weighing 1661 cwt., valued at £3876.

On Inquiry on Friday evening w» learn that the general condition of young Lindsay (who was admitted to the hospital on Thursday evening irom lnglewood, suffering from injuries to his left eye as the result of ■x "shooting accident) is very good indeed. The injury to the eye is somewhat serious, as hemorrhage has occurred within the eyeball, which will mean in any case a permanent defect of vision. Dr. Walker s assiduous in his attention, to the patient, and so far the symptoms have not pointed to the advisablenoss of removing the eye-ball, which course will only have to be resorted to should the other eye become seriously affected.

Dr. C. North, of Chandpore, Bengal, will conduct the services tomorrow, (Sunday) in the Baptist Church, Gill street. Ira the afternoon at 8, a speoial s-ervicc for young people will be held. Offerings in aid of Missfon. On Munday night, a public missionary meeting will be held in the Whiteley Hall at 7.30. Dr. North will gave an address, illustrated by views' and curios. A collection will be made in aid of the N. & Baptist Missionary Society. On Tuesday afternoon, a social will be hold in the White-ley Mall from 3 to 5, to meet Dr. and Mrs North. Afternoon tea will be provided. Music and curios. Missionary offerings In aid of the work in Bengal.

The State colliery at Seddonville produces a large quantity of slack coal, and as some difficulty is being 'xperiencod in Uniting a ready market for i.t, the authorities have sot,ohomselves tlie task or finding a means oi' using it in a proiitable manner. The Agent-General was instructed to make inquiries at Home tnd abroad in reference to the manufacture otf bi'Kjuetts (bricks made of coal and clay), and a recent mail has brought to the Government a mass of information on the subject which Mr Reeves has been able to gather from the British and Continental manufacturers. The reports to hand show that the slack coal can be profitably utilised in the form of briquettes, and Mr H. A. Gordon, Consulting Engineer of the State Coal Department, and Mr Bishop, Manager of the State Cotleries, have met in Wellington for the porpose of conferring with a view to the establishment of the new industry at Seddonville.

On the 16th ult., a Bfver named George Wilson, employed in salving work on the Orizaba wreck, off Fremantle, mot with a pointful accident. He descended under the vessel for the purpose of fixing a charge of dynamite to blow off the propeller. Suddenly ho was caught by the-wash, and canted with great force towards the aperture near the propeller, but managed to secure hold of portion of the vessel. He was carried round by the force of tho water, and his right arm was pulled from its socket and the shoulder was badly dislocated. For some time he could not make his attendants above understand what was amiss, but finally he was drawn up pearly totaling with the intensity of the pain. The diving dress was cut away, and the injured man was conveyed t 0 Fremanile. Only for his presence of mind, the diver would have been drowned, as had he been carried into the aperture his life-lines would undoubtedly have been severed.

" Hero, I want to speak to you," said a stout man 1 in Taihape the other day to a flashly-drcssed stranger wearing an overcoat, who was hurrying by. •' 1 haven't time just now," said the lntter. "But 1 have time," retorted the stout one, and laid his hand on the other's shoulder. "Well, what do you want?" suid the flash one, seeing the stout party determined. " I want my new coat you are wearing underneath that overcoat." "Nonsense man, you're dreaming." "You engaged a bed in my room last night, and yet you didn't sleep in it ; how's that," " You're wrong, I did not." " Unbutton that overcoat—here I'll do it fop you," and the stout party did so. " Ngw take off that overcoat and give me back my coat that you look from my room, leaving an old shabby ono in its place." The flash one protested that it was all a mistake, but the other was adamant, and the result was that the unusual spectacle was seen oi a man taking qff his cpat in the main street and Hiving it to' another. "A fair exchange is no rojjibcry," but awkward consequences generally follow.—Post.

ChriiHchurch Truth says :—The gentleman who wrote that everything wns upside down in the Antipodes would have been more convinced than ever if he hud attended the recput Easter encampment, and observed the- only regular soldiers we possess acting ag scullery hands and camp followers to the volunteers, This is the sort of thing that might be expected to happen in a country with a Defence Department! .ongriiiised by a Hnbington and bossed bv a Secldon, The only wonder is that the menial regular isn't compelled to brush the haughty volunteer's boots in the morning, and bring him his shaving! water. During Hie rcCent encampment, states an enraged spectator , the Royal New Zealand Artillery had to pitch tents and marquees, dig latrines, and cooks' trenches, ei'tiJt horse lines, and generaiUy do the volunteer's dirty work, and he rises to enquire, with great emphasis, Why tho volunteer doesn't attend to his own fatigue duties, and what is going tq happen If) him }n war, tlnifi, if he. 'doesn't learn Jibw, and why the Artiljeyman should suffer the degradation of acting as his rouscabout, anyhow ? And echo (liournfuily answers, Wfty ?

Pi'. North, the wallrknown Indian Missionary, will preach at the Baptiso Churph on Sunday. On Monday evening he addresses a public meeting in the Whiteley Hall, and the following afternoon ho attends a, social in the sawe jjiaw.

Mrs Fraser, of Outfield Hoad, has j commenced dressmaking, paying spe- I cial attention to evening wear. I Mr J. H. Bentley has something to j say in this issue about the all absorbing topic of skirts. He. men- | 1 tiont those needful for golf, hockey, ■ und street .wear, of all material, i and of varying prices. \ In reference to the alleged cura- • live ell'ecisof violet lea\es in cases of cancer, mentioned in the last issue of the Lamed, a well-authenticat-ed case, according to the London uai.v News, has occurred at Dover. A weil-known lady, in a good social position, wus a cancer victim. lno ci.sj \vu« diagnosed and cotnlirmed by a specialist us one cancer of the liver. It was, indeed, given up «s , hoiwless in the usuul way, and the patient grew worse. A friend drew nor attention to the alleged efllcucy of the violet leaf remedy, and thv sufferer was induced to try it, with u, result which was quite extraordinary. She is to-day apparently healthy as anjonj could wish t 0 be. According to the lady's stuteii.eiu, shj made decoctions with boiling ■•valur li-oiu fresh violet leaves galhieit from the garden. She took a •vineglttss of this every few hours, as recommended, and also applied cotI'ton steepisi In the hot liquor over the scat of the cancer, with the remit that the dread disease gradually disappeared. There has been no .' recurrence of. the symptoms.

The Allan liner Victorian, the first, ocean-going vessel to be propelled by turbtaes, left Liverpool on 23rd Match last on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic to Canada. Tho Victoria is a triple-screw ship of 12,000 gross of tonnage. Her engines are ol 15,000-h-p-, the steam pressure is 1801b per square inch, und the propel,er shafts make 220 revor lu'tions- per minute. Accommodation is< provided for 250 first, 350 second, und 1000 steerage passengers,, and on this trip she carried nearly 1500, the second cabin and steerage being full. One of the directors of the Allan Line proceeded to Canada with the vessel. The manager of the Parsons Turbine Company, who built the engines, sailed with the vessel as far as Moville, in Irelund. On her trial trip the Victoria accomplished 19.5 knots, but she could easily steam mush faster. An immense crowd witnessed her departure, including Mr Bruce Isnuvy, managing director of the Morgan combination, and the principal Liverpool shipowners.

The Elthani Argus says : —A dastardly uttompt was made on Wednesday night to burn down the extensive residence of Mr (!oorge I'arkr at Mangatoki. Entrance had been obtained to a small room at the end ' of one of the verandahs on the (bottom floor, and tho walls were literally drcnclied with kerosene and lighted. 'lTie alarm was quickly given and the lire was beaten out before a strong hold had been obtained. 'Hie nudnicity of the individual responsible for the outrage may be imagined when it is stated that the attempt was made shortly after six o'clock and before it was yet dark. There is not the slightest doubt that some deep dyed villain is at work in the vicinity, as a similar attempt to lire the building was made only a fortnight ago, the lire on that occasion having obtained a hold of the woodwork. Mr Parker previously has !becn subjected to considerable annoyance, no doubt by tho same individual, bicycle tyres having been hacked to pieces', harness cut etc. The police have some slight clues upon which to work, and it is to be hoped, in the interests of the whole community, that no effort will be spared to bring the despicable creature to book. A reward of £SO Is olTered for his apprehension. "We haven't been in business in l'aranaki all these years without learning something about the tastes and requirements of ladies," is one of the paragraphs in Messrs Morey and Son's advertisement in this issue, which gives interesting information about flannelettes-.

The share list of the Taranaki Co-operative Bacon Company js now open. Shares are £5 each, 10s being payable on application, 10s on allotment, and calls of £1 each nt not less than three months' interval.

"A good investment" is the striking heading under which Mr George, of the Cycle Depot, Brougham Street, brings his £l2 and dearer bicycles- under notice.

The A.B.C. B o ot and Shoe Co. is well known for the good quality of footwear stocked. In this issue are given examples of taking lines of evening wear of every kind.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Baptist Missionary Society.—Dr. North, of India, holds meetings here to-morrow, Monday, and Tuesday.

Theatre Royal.—Musgsove Dramatic Company will appear on May 22 and 23.

Waitura West Road Board.—Election of two members to be held on Wednesday. Mrs Eraser.—Has started dressmaking in Cutfield Road. W. F. Brooking.—Funeral notice inserted.

Taranaki Bacon Co.—Application for shares invited.

Morey and Son.—Explain the moaning of the demand for flannel. J. H. Bentley.—Something about skirts.

George, Cycle Depot.—Offers a good investment. A.B.C. Boot and Shoo Co.—Their prices aro prices that talk.