LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7833, 27 May 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is understood, says the I ost, that Parliament will meet for the despatch of business on Thursday, 29th June.

To save disappointment country settlers will do well to note that next Saturday, June 8, (Prince of Wales' Birthday), is a close holiday for the Money Order and Savings Bank office. The post otlice is open in other branches from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. only.

Two years ago the Defence Department held an enquiry in connection .with certain remarks made by two volunteer officers in Auckland criticising the methods of the Department. It is now announced that tho has called upon both of- | fleers to tender their resignations.— Postj

Discussing the (picsHon of sheepdog trials at a conversazione in |Christchurch, Mr G. Witty, M.H.R., said that the dogs would often do ■better work without the men who ivcre supposed to be directing them. It was the same with members of the House of Representatives. If they were left alone, they would do ft. great deal better.

| Mr W. T. Jennings, M.H.R., says the Times, is responsible for the suggestion that one of the earliest Parliamentary picnics during tho forthcoming session should be to tho Midland railway works.' The suggestion, which has been communicated to the West Coast members, is ■tliat the party should leave Welling'ton on a Friday night for Lyttelton, tak'o the overland route to jGreymouth, and leave that port by 1 steamer on the Monday.:

The well-known Hartley and Riley |drodge met with a peculiar mishap a I week or two back. Her buckets | brought up an old anchor, protoaib'ly belonging to one of the now prehistoric spoon-dredges. This anchor !penetrated Iho pontoon of tho dredge lu'low the water line, and IJecamp | wedged between the dredge's ladder and her pontoon. The water was ;kept down by ejector pumps, and a diver was engaged in Dunedin, who succeeded in freeing the dredge of its awkward and embarrassing parasite. His report is rather interesting reading. He states that on going under-

ncath the dredge he found the anchor completely wedged, with its stock ! through itheKliiy v>f the dredge's 1 ladder, its fluke being underneath, nnd l . its head, with a chain attached, be- ' ing through the pontoon. The anchor ' was immovable,und tho only course . was to cut the anchor through at the stock with a small hack saw. This, 1 of course, had to bo vlone under wat--1 cr, and it occupied the diver a day ' and a-half. He says it was a lmti.torl- - ous task owing to Ihe muddy state of tho water and the swift current of the Molyneux, which was running at ' about seven miles a" hour. The djv- • er also patched up the hole made in tho pontoon, and tho directors state that they are very (pleased jlit thp suc- ' cessful job ho l made. Mr 11. W. Lucy, writing to the ; Sydney Morning Herald says : —lhere ' is just now current a remarkablo - wfiive of sickness, in London, previously 'clogging the wheels of social life. 1 happened to know of a little ' dinner party arranged for last Tues- ■ Say, at which the American Ambas- : jsaidor and Mrs Choate were to be , present p.p.e. Forty-eight hours beIfore the dinner came a forlorn note 1 from his Excellency,, announcing that s both he and Mrs Choutc were in) • |bed with influenza. Of a small party I twelve all told, only three present : were guests who had originally, ' three weeks earlier, accepted the invitation, The rest were on the siek- • [list. I£ we, by rule of three, applied this proportion to the whole, after the manner of by-elections and the prospects of a general election, it ' I would appear that something exceeding one-third of London society is on tho sick-list. It is, perhaps, not so bail at that ; but the epidemic is : remarkable in its extent and persisitence. The chief attack comes from i our old friend influenza, though tho form in most cases is comparatively mild'. Oddly enough, it 1 avoids the 1 Treasury Bench, usually a favourite hunting ground. A favourite victim, the I'rime Minister, would be inclined just now to submit to a I moderate attack with feelings of re- | pulsion 1 , not unmixed with a sonce of Compensation. Having in' respect of etribfirraKsing resolutions on the fisIcal question tried the previous 'question and 1 b'oltlng, hp anight prefer influenza, which has before this kept him away from the House of Commons at inconvenient epochs. ! On Monday next, May 29, Mr Newton King will hold a clearing nalc ol Hairy -cattle at Fitonkley Road on account of Mr Isaac Ilolloway. Tho cows, although few in number, ;area real choice lot, and will provo a valuaMo acquisition to any milk- J Jug herd. Particulars will be found ' on reference to advertisement in an- I other column.

| Mr J. K. Chatterton, the well|known boot importer, comes in for notice by the Australian Leather, J Journal, an attractive trade paper j published- in Melbourne. 'Mr Chatter- | ton's rhyming advertisement—which jrucently ap|>carotl in the Daily ISyivs (' —is quoted at length, and the Journal winda up by remurking that, Mr Chatterton must bo a descendant of the family who produced the youthful Bristol .genius of the 18th' een|tury«

[ tVhiteley Church, Sunday, May L'S, preacher, Rev. Kewmnn Buttle Subjects : Morning, " Paul, the Aged evening, "The Revival Movement." Visitors' to town and on-church goers cordially invited*

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For Children's Hacking Cough" afc night, Weeds' Great Peppermint CJIIW, if id h.. - ,

Now that BoM nights are freijjient, the imperative necessity for warm bedding is made apparent, and in order to meet the demand Messis Morey and Son have imported a large slock of eiderdown qiiilts. lhe Colours and patterns arc so varied' that, nil tastes should be suited, while the prices are very low, 'Considering the quality. j The Ngsitemutuuga I..and Commission, which has been sitting at New Plymouth for thu last ■fortnight, to I take evidence oil the native claim to certain land in lhe I renui district, was practically concluded. ore Friday, in so far as the hearing of evidence locally is concerned. Ihe Commissioner, Mr J. Mackay, Will probably leave lor Wellington on Monday. The Salvation Army social report for last year, -vhich lias just been issued, contain* much information as to the doings o« this branch of the Army's work in Australia. Besides the general description of the various homes und refuge®, the book Contains "experiences," written in true Army stylo. The frontispiece is an [excellent portrait of General Booth, "the 'friend of the Submerged Tenth."

Wo have to acknowledge receipt of , Messrs l>algety's Heview lor M n y. c the principal article in which is tho 1 Koyal Agricultural Show at Sydney. ■, Other interesting articles are • "The l< Dairying Industry," "Russian Af- >< fairs," while tho various mwket ,] eports, shipping, and conunarcial , cws, are such as will readily ap- ] peal to all agriculturists. The il- j lustrations are a feature of the pub- j lication. which throughout is m ( first-class* style.' j The employees of the Saeli and j Door Factory and tho Egmont ( llrewcry met together at the Forestors' Hall 1 last might tospimdasoc- j Sal eveningi and play a eriWba'go : tournament.; Beer came out on top,. . the Brewery team vanquishing then | Opponents by 18 gamos to 15, which , defeat tho woodworkers determined iito avenge upon sonie future occasions A very pleasant evening was spent .by eno and all. The Land Commissioners have altered their arrangements, and instead of visiting tho Waikato next week, as , originally intended, half the members , will sit in Taranaki. Those intending to give evidence should note that the Commission sits at New Plymouth on Monday at 10 a.m., at | Whangamomnna on Wednesday at 10 a.m., at Strathmore on Thursday . at 11 a.m.. and at Stratford on | '.Friday at 10 a.m. TJio scope of the j i inquiry will he found in our advertisement columns. I The New Plymouth Howling Chili (brought a successful and enjoyaMa season to a dose on Thursday aljternoon, when teams selected by the . j president and vice-presidents tried ' conclusion--- tho latter side winning I .'by 91 poiats to 86. Mr Paul, in declaring the green formally closed, remarked that he did not think thoro • was a better green ill New Zealnnd. i Play had takon place on no less 1 than > 365 days, and tho count kept by the - caretaker (Mr Aldridge) showed that ■ ho average daily attendance for tho > eriod was about 23. The club had - maintained its unbeaten record on - |its own green, and had won all its matches this' season. Cheers were Igiven for the president and vlce-pre- ' 'sidents, and "Auld Syne" ter--1 tninated the proceedings. Subse- ' tjjient.ly the memibbrs assembled in 1 ,tho pavilion, and drank the health of ' IMr V. Bind on, a. popular memlber of ■, the club, who is shortly Heaving for ' Eltham.

| On Wednesday, by order of the D.0.A., Stratford, acting in the estate of Mr H. S. Priestly, Mr Newton King will sell by auction . 28 incw bedsteads, not yet out of bond. I Mr Neal, the cash clothier, has an interesting advertisement in this issue, in which lie gives particulars of th« many clothing bargains obtainable at the Cash Store. | The services In Queen Street Primii tivc Methodist Church to-morrow will be as follows: Morning at 11, Rev. H. Daniel ; evening at 7, Rov. John 'Nixon. Tho Rev. H. Daniel will be at Filzroy at 7 p.m.*

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f'Scatter your millions !" said disease one day, To" the demon Cold and his friend Decay ; 'Winter's hero to give you a hand, Out ! friend, out and ravage the land." 'I can't," said the Demon, " I'm Iqluite out of work, A mortal named Woods pulls mo up with a jerk ; lis Great Peppermint Cure is death to my host.-"Good-)bye," said the Demon and gave up the ghost ! 10

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, Newton King—Sale of bedsteads in the estate of Mr H. S. Priestley will be held on Wednesday. McDcrmott—Macro-Bioscope will bo shown on June 3 and 5. If. Whitcom!b«j—White and tan settor pup lost. Coffee Palace—Wanted at once, housemaid waitress, also girl for iioiisework and nursery.

Neal, Cash Clothier—Enumerates many clothing bargains. Morey and Son—Eiderdown cjuiilts, of warmth and heauty, am obtainabla at tittle Costi. Land Commission—Will sit at New Plymouth on Monday, Whangainoinona Wednesday, Strathmoro Thursday, and Stratford Friday.