LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7823, 16 May 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In eonsV(|iicncii of the drop ill the market price of fat .stock, the Christ-, churzh city and surburbau butchers have unnouueed a reduction in the price of beef.

A man arretted on Saturday night (of drunkenness came before Mr llutciiii'on, S.M., on Monday morning, * iit:ii as it was his first appearance i oily, he was' discharged with a ci. lion.

Tae statue of Sir John Logan Campbell ordered for Cornwall Park, Auckland, will cost £2OOO. The pedestal is to be on a rocky base, which will be surrounded by an or- ' naiuental water-pond. : An inmate of the Old Peoples' lome, named J. W. Buick, who was ulmitte:! from Hawera, died at the nstitution on Sunday morning. Deeased, who had not been long in the Home, was formerly a tailor at Hawera.

A lad named BrcHhough', son of Mr S. Uucktliought, of Cloton road, .rod on a piece of brofen glass 011 Thursday night, cutting his foot very severely. I>l\ Paget was sent for, nit found the patient in such a low condition owing to loss of blood, that he deferred stitching the wound until Saturday. The lad will be laid up for some weeks.

It is pleasing to learn that work at the Moturoa petroleum boring site is to be actively pushed on without further delay by the newlocal company. The additional casing for the shaft is now in position, and Mr Fair, the company's manager, will commence boring' operations to-day.

A special meet fog of the New Plymouth branch of; the Independent Political Labour League was held on Saturday evening to consider what attitude the Lcaguo shall take in reference to the forthcoming election. There was a fairly good attendance, Mr Christison (President) taking the chair. After a discussion extending over two hours a committee was apI pointed to make certain inquiries and report at a further special meeting to be convened shortly.

l)r. Mason, Chief Health Officer, writing to the Chairman of the Hospital Board says "Please accept my very best thanks, for the invitation which jour Board has extended to me with reference to the formal opening of the annexes at New Plymouth. I will have very great pleasure in coming up to Help you in celebrating the beginning of a very great and valuable movoment. Both you and your Board deserve the very greatest credit for the large-hearted way in which you have faced the pro-, blem of helping those poor people who suffer from consumption.'

" 1 would not invest a dollar in Australia," declared Mr William Franzen, of Milwaukee, a-ccording to the Sentinel of that city, on his recent return from a four months' tour of Australia, Tasmania, and New Ztealand. " The investor who puts money into that country loses control of it at once. The labour party has complete control of every part of the Government, from the courts down, and the manufacturer has absolutely no show. As a result, individual conditions are demoralised, and no outside capital can be induced to go there."

A sdect expedition of ten English sportsmen is to sail to the Arctic regions in July to shoot Polar bears wali tises, and any other big game that may come within range. Each member of the party is t 0 pay a sum of £275 to cover the expenses of the trip. The strum yacht Bore, a first-class passenger vessel of 737 tons, has been especially chartered to accommodate the ten sportsmen. For so small a party, the vessel will be nothing less than a floating palace, for the dining-room is built to seat fifty passengers, and there are also largo reading and smoking rooms.

With reference to fire insurance the following letter was read at AlonJay's meeting of the Hospital Board from the General' Manager of the State Fire Insurance Office ring to the opening of the State Fise Insurance Office may 1 rospectfully draw your attention to the fact that 1 shall esteem it u favour if you W(\ll kindly send any fire insurances within your sphere of influence to the State Fire Insurance Office, seeing the Government, I understand, expects support from those iiepartments which receive subsidies from the Government." The secretary was instructed to lay on the table it next meeting a return, showing all tha insurances and the offices with which they are placed, for further consideration.

An inveterate cigar smoker is , Sir Henry Irving. The tilobe says that oino night years ago l , on getting into a cab, hei gave the driver a line Havannah. Mr J. L. Toola .was in the vehicle with his friend. On reaching their destination the cabby was putting on airs. His hat was on one side, and, sitting bolt upright, he was smoking with keen enjoyment—an enjoyment that rejoiced the heart of the two players. They told him they were pleased he liked tluv cigar. Yes, I do. I never dreamed of such tobacco ! " Thereupon Irving gave him another cigar of the same brand, with the injunction to smoke it after supper. " No, sir, I won't, for the very smell of such a cigar as this in my house would make tho landlord double my rent." The Pircific Mail Company's liner Acapulco, on her voyage round 1 the Horn from Panama to San Francisco; had a most exciting experience with a whale. Off San iUas a cetacean was seen floating apparently asleep, on the surface of the sea, and the look-out's warning only came just in time too ena.ble the quarter-muster on duty at the wheel lo avoid an end-011 collision. As it was, the Acapulco just grazed die whale, and the huge creature, annoyed at being disturbed, turned, and charged straight at the vessel. Vndiumted bv the hardness of the steel plates, lie made a second assault, this time further astern, but, after a third, which brought him into noiitaei with the propeller, and in the course of which he received some nasty blows on the jaw. he had had enough, and dived, to re-appear 110 more. The steamer was not injured.

I'lctil Americans came Into the Australian trade such a tiling as a ring in agricultural implements was, according to Mr H. V. McKay, unknown. lie admitted, however, in evidence before the Tariff Commission at Melbourne that a rijig exists ed to-day. 'i'ais he described as a trade arrangement between tiie largr Australian manufacturers and the principal American importers with regard to prices. The Westralian makers had, he said, to make the arrangemcnt in self-defence, owing to American competition. Before federation the Americans had a combine to keep up the prices of imported bindeis, but it was allowed to lapse n-hen the tariff was before l'arliament, and tlic price of a machine dropped from £SO to £l>'s.

No time has been lost 'by the V.S.W. Kflihvny Commissioners (says thy Sydney Morning Herlad) in taking the preliminary steps towards carrying out the decision of the Cabinet that a series of experiments be made with motor omnibuses. Tae Government authorised the purchase of four mac,hities at a cost of £5500. The Commissioners have cabled to London for the machinery parts of four Chelmsford steam motor omnibuses. Three will be fitted with an upper deck, and will carry from 36 lo -10 passengers each, whilst one, without an upper deck, will accommodate 16 passengers. The body of the omnibuses will be made at the workshops from plans to be sent out wij.li t|)e machinery. No decision yet been arj'ivod at by the Commissioners as to where (lie omnibuses will be first tried. It is understood that the Victorian Railway Commissioners have ordered eight motor omnibuses from Enirlantfj

A MOST HONOURAULE DISTINCTION. 'llie 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 Ex- - tract is not ruljalifo, hut that it has a pronounped and indisputable sui>ciiority over nil otiipr preparations of Eucalyptus." Your health is too precious to b8 tampered with, I therefore reject alf prpdupts foisfed upon you by unscrupulous Ses, and insist uppn getting Sapder and Sons" Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation r e comnipn(|crf by your physician aniJ the mgdicaJ press. In coughs, Golds, fevers, rtiai' rhoan, Kidney diseases, the roliof i, instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers, hums, sprains, etc., it heals without inflammation. As a mouthwash (5 drops to a glass ol water) it prevents <1&cay of teeth, and destroys all disease pzyws,'

I Messrs Bewley and Griffiths report the sale of Mr Morgan Thomas' fine suburban house and property at Westown to Mr John Horne, "

While inflicting a lino of £5 on each of several persons guilty of breaches of the Uaniing and Lotteries Act, 1/881, the other day, Mr S. E. Jlc-

Carthy, 5.11., Auckland, thus expressed ii is opinion : "The vice of gambling is pressing hnrd on the heels of over-indulgence in alcohol as a factor in causing crime," ! The district Court will sit at Ne«

l'lymolith this morning before District Judge Hasolden. The case of UaUlock v. Hakei', u claim foi" £IOO damages "for accident, will be heard before a jury of four, after which the : public examination in connection | with Amin liurke's bankruptcy wil be conductedi ; The Guild of Berlin iluteheis has been grunted the privilege of escorting the lluthess Cecilia of MecKlen-burg-Kchwcrin the future Crown t'riucess—to the impel ial castle or her arrival at the capital tlirJtedajt |jO;'ore her wedding, which has beer lixed for June G. As long as th( IlohenzoUems reign in Frusiia, tbbprivilege is the right of the guild, and on this ground the Kaiser re spectc-d their claim to form the Ct eort. The butchers will rido on horseback arrayed in dress suits, silk hats, white ties, white gloves, and patent leather shoes, In reply to a telegram from Mr E. M. Smith inquiring if the plans for the new post office were reaidy, and if so whether tenders would be called according to promise, Sir Jospeh, Ward wired on Monday stating, that it is expected the plans, which are now "in course of preparation, will be finished in about three weeks time, and that tenders will thereafter bo immediately called foi'." Mr Smith promptly replied as follows "1 am disappointed at your reply to my wire re post office, as over three weeks ago I got just the same reply lrom the Minister of Public Works. As the time is up when the plans were promised to be ready, i t appears to me that unnecessary delay has taken place. Kindly hurry tip this important •matter."

The ceremony of opening this new. annexe at the hospital promises to be a very interesting function, ami the ladies committee! have in hnna arrangements to cuter for nfternoon tea for 400 persons. A silver key is to be presented to Sir Joseph Ward to commemorate the opening. Invitations to be present ore being extended to the Chairmen of the Stratford and Hawera Hospital Hoards, the Chairmen of the County Councils, and Mayors of Borough Councils in the hospital district, and of other representative local bodies. The ceremony, which is open to the public, will take place in the hospital grounds nt 2 o'clock on Empire Day, May -'■ The use of the tennis courts in Vivian Street Ims

been secured on which to erect a large marquee where afternoon tea will be obtainable at a cost of six-

pence, which will be collected at the entrance gate. A meeting of ladies was held at the Council Chambers on Monday afternoon, when arrangements for the catering wero relegated to a committee consisting of Alesdames Dockrill, G. Tiseh, N. K. MacDiarmid, It. Cock, E. M. Smith, and Ryan, the committee having power to add to their number.

Interesting evidence as to the relative cost of living in Australia and in England was supplied to the Tariff Commission by Mr Edmund Ogrden, one of the witnesses chosen to represent the Australian Association ol Jomnyemen Felt Hatters, "'lhe

journeyman with 33s a week in England, constantly employed," he said, "is as well off as we are with £3 7s 6d a week here, because in England the purchasing power of money is greater." "If" that is so," asked Senator Higgs, " wliy doesn't the English workman get beef ? The witness' reply showed that the workman's bill of fare in Great Britain is by no means stinted, nor was his food likely to pall for lack of variety. "He gets a substitute," he said, and with the happy smile of one who remembers the fleshpots of Egypt,, and the delicacies that are no longer to be obtained, he enumerated Wiltshire bacon, Cheshire cheese and Yarmouth bloaters. " llow would that suit you ? " he asked triumphantly. Mr Wansley subsequently elicited the fact that since Mr Ogden was in F.ngland the condition of living in that country had improved 20 per cent.

On Friday Mr W, T. Jennings, M.H.U., returned from Auckland whither lie accompanied the Hon. Mr I kill-J ones on his overland tour. Starting at Stratford the party, which included Miss Jennings, went through Waitara, Urenui, Awakino, and Mahoenui to To Kuiti. There the train was taken to the southern terminus of the railway, and the party proceeded to the extreme end of the works on the Central route. Mr Jennings says that great activity is being displayed, some !500 men being employed, and l'ukerini a is a very busy spot. Proceeding then to Auckland, the Minister has gone north and Mr .Jennings took passage by the Harawa. Mr Hall.Jones was much impressed with the necessity for roads and bridges, and at many places he gave instructions for work to be proceeded with. He made a special note of the requirements 01 the A wakino-Te Kuiti Road, and it is hoped that as a result of his trip substantial work' wil-l be provided for during the coming session of Parliament, Fine weather favoured the party, but the roads In some parts were heavy.

Speaking to a representative of tho Oyttelton Times, Mr T. Archey, director of the Ilurnham Industrial Schoqi, said that there was an amount of over £SOOO in the Savings Bank to the credit of past and present inmates of the school, The money is in various sums, varying from a lew shillings up to" £7o'and £BO, and each boy has a separate account. The money represents a part of the boys' earnings prior ,to their linal discharge. After a term in the school a boy is sent out to some approved employer, untl is credited with a certain weekly sum for wages. A part is paid to him, and the goes to the school authorities and is placed to his credit in the Savings Bank. One boy, for instance, is earning 15s per week", with which he has to purchase his own clothes, and 10s is paid into tile bank. Another boy is paid 2s for pocket money, the school supplying his clothes. The balance of Iflsj, less tho bare cost price o{ the clothes, is placed to- his credit, When a boy gets his linal discharge the money to nis credit, often amounting to quito a substantial sum, is held by the authorities until he applies for it or foi apy portion for some specific purpose. Inquiries arc then made, and li his proposal secures official approval the money is paid over. ,1 ,™ nsenL of the Minister and ol the Trustee (Mr F. J. Il o ard) has always to be obtained.

nI!Vf C , C undcr th P requireof ' J hu Land and Income AsIMO," should note 11 at returns have to ba sent in by , UUdw PWVaUy of a fine. I lie Tiiranaki Co-operative liacon Company will have for sale after ednewiav fresh port and cuttings at tnen I'itzroy factory f Mr J Sinjith, who lias lately taken over the Imperial Hotel, has had conmon.t3 Ti £Pollunee iu hotel manage- .. ' is sufficient rceomtnenda°v.- any that ho w « s - P'-ior to , ° wu house, manager of the Hotel Cecil, Wellington. His new Hiim'Tli 18 • - t0 bC nm 011 "l>-to<-dato liicv, thocu.s'Bc being uw|cr control of an experienced chef, while !n the tie bestf ParU,IUUtS

he Commonwealth Holel has been "ken °™e M r Joe Cody who Hotel w' l,,U| " , ' s . ,HHI il'« Criterion Motel, W.ingamn. Mr Coilv is wellknown as an enthusiastic sport, and no doubt will ere long , JC ,"1" mg an interest in such pastimes as are practiced in New Plymouth. The house itself is so well known that nothing need be said of it; sullice it ( the present licensee ln- , 1 to . »'» k e it one of the most popular in the town.

Woods' Great Peppermint Curo, for Coughs and Colds never fails Is 6d.

| Mr A. 10. Sykes always has liis eyes open for something good. Ho has just imported a line of the cclfru j:a tei) Itflyal Dongaste)- Muttcrspotph, as supplied to t}, o Prince and 1 rincess of Wales, for thejr children. Inrenfs will be gjad to know that it has been analysed, and'pronounocd, to be freo from extraneous or deleterious ingredients'. i„ order to introduce tjiis celebrated sweetmeat, for a few weeks only Mr Sykes is S'Mng a sjxpenpy pscket to every puivlmsnr of a bottle of hiu famous U">a Cough. Needless to say, Sykes i Cura CaugU is famous thvoulg>hoiit toe length and breadth of thus colony. Over 20,000 booties of this romedy for coughs and coltls found its way into tho homes of the people <j{ New Zealand tlurteg last jettr.*

The funeral of the late Mr Charles Blanchand will leave the New Plymouth station for Te Henui Cemetery at 1.30 p.m. to-morrow. Mi- Hugh Hugh.son and Mr G. A. Green have arranged to send a canvasser into the country for assistance for tlie Husby family, who lost their belongings by fire on May 2. 'l'he rare occurrence of the birth of triplets is reported rom Oltnto, where, on Stimtoy, Mrs I'ctch gave .ii'lh 10 iwo boys nntl a girl. it is gratifying to hear that mother and babes are doing- well.

ISall-lK'arinj; sewing machines are low becoming, general favourites, \nd when they are of reasonable pric-' an additional attraction in added. Messrs linker and Co. claim for their llonita machine that it is strong, simole and cheap, besides 1 carrying a ten years' guarantee. Messrs He\nolds ami Co. have already gained general favour as hi■ cycle importers, and are keeping up hat reputation by stocking the wellmown lludge-iWhitworUis. A few lightly soiled machines are 'bi.inj piittod at n reduced price.

The Morel McKenxfc piju; is naw ; .innly^cstablishod favourite with tie 1 votess of "My Lady Nicotine," and to cater for th o demand Mr J. Avery has imported n large stock, lie has also nrndu a specialty of footballs, boxing gloves, and hockey sticks.

From present indications the military ball to be held on May 2-1 promises to be the most successful yet held by the battalion. Sir Joseph Ward has sign liod his intention of being present. Lady Ward and Drs. Mason and Valintlne will also attend.

The usual monthly battalion parade was held on Monday evening, a large muster of both corps attending. Lieutenant-Colonel OKey in command. At the conclusion of the parade the Taranakj Uifles met in the orderly room for the purpose of electing a captain, vice Captain Weston, promoted. Ca [it.-Quartermaster Cock' took the chair. Lieutenant F, \V. Okoy was unanimously elected to (ill the position, and three hearty cheers were given for the second Captain Okey to command the Hides. Captain Okey has been a member of the corps for twenty-live years, holding the positions of colour-sergeant for fifteen years and of lieutenant 101 four years.

There was a good gathering at the Whiteley Hull on Monday evening, when a most interesting lecture was given by Dr. North, of Chandpore, Bengal, dealing with the Mission work carried on there by the New Zealand Baptist Mission, and affording an excellent insight into the country and the life and conditions of the native population. The lecture .va» well illustrated, which added I considerably to i'ls attractiveness. At the ..conclusion votes of thanks were accorded the ilecturei', to Mi' W. Amluiry, the latter being in charge of the lantern, and to the trustees of the Whiteley Hfell for the use of the building. The chair was taken by the Rev. W. 11. Woolley, of the Baptist Church, and devotional exercise preceded the lecture. A collection was taken up in aid of the mission funds. This afternoon at Whiteley Hull there will be a social gathering of New Plymouth friends and sympathisers to meet Br. and Airs North Afternoon tea and music, will agreeably help to iill in the time from ,1 to 5 o'clock. The visitors leave for Wujigamii on Wednesday morning.