LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7839, 3 June 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A slight shock of earthquake was exiwrioncjd in New Plymouth on Friday at B.HO. Two dia.tinct vibrations were recorded. The adjourned annual meet'ns of the Taranaki Jockey Club fixed for l.'Sl evening was, on account of tie bad "weather, postponed to Friday evening next, June 9,_ The Pateena will relieve the Rotoiti next week, and will sail' for Onehunga on Tuesday evening next. The Paleena's size and speed have made her very popular out of Wellington. | A meeting of creditors in thee - tate of James McO.llurn general carrier, of Okato, will bo held at the office of the 1X0.A., New Plymouth, at 11 a.m. en Wednesday next. The Quebec Government are finding themselves embarrassed by the law entitling the parents of twelve living legitimate children to 100 acres of Crown lands. Up to Juno last 3400 applicants received their claim. Since then another 1000 have appliod, and every month brings 5n from 100 to 200 applioonts. The handicapping by Mr Ulic Shannon for the recent Star sports gave every satisfaction, and at a recent mooting of the Star Sports Committee a resolution was carried congratulating, Mr Shanv.on on his handicapping and the good finishes resulting therefromi

The conclusion of the first round of Cup football' matches for the Northern Division shows that in the lirst grade Stratford are leading with 7 points (8 wins and a draw) ; Tukapa next with 6 points (3 wins) ; Star third with 5 points (2 wins and a draw) ; CI fton fourth with 2 points (a win):; and Inglewood lost with no points. In the se«ond grade Stratford and Clifton are level in the lead, having beaten all other teams and played a draw.

'the Carringtoii Road and Inglewood A. hockey '.earns met on the former's! ground fin Thursday afternoon, (Jan/ngton Road winning iby 3 goals to l;f Marrett scored the. three goals for the winners, and Muii'head that for Jngfcwood. Mr Urooliie lefereed the match. Inglewood B. met New Plymouth B. at Injlewood, the former team winning; by 5 goals to 1- Turner and Taylor tcared for the home team and Cutfield for New Plymouth. Ml' Beadle was the referee. Next week's match es will conclude tlio first round 1 of. fixtures in the Northern Division.

The town was startled a'|t 10 o'clock last jL'iight by the vigorous ringing of the firebell. The outbreak was in a small building in ham Street occupied by a Chinese laundryman, named Tai Lee, and the whole building was gutted. It is supposed some heated embers caused the fire. The brigade turned out very .-■manly, as was evideneod by »be fact that a constable who was in. the police station oil duty rang up tl.e brigade, who were on the spot before he had tim* to put on his boots.

A pony laden with a couple of sacks of grass seed had a remarkable experience on the hiUls at the. back of Bclvedcro the other day. It was walking along sedately when it suddenly slipped and fell. The bags sort of rounded him off, and instead of being able to recover 'his feet, the animal rolled ovor and o\er, down the hill, presenting an extraordinary sight as he rapidly g.vratcd. first legs' uppermost and then bags on top. It went down at express speed, rolled over one log in its course, and finally landed legs up between two others, where it sli;ck. The men with it hastened to release .he animal from t''c awkward predi-a-.nent, and a moro astonished.lookin;, bewildered pony was not to be s:hii in New Zealand than it seemed v.he.i it got upon its feet.

Messrs Gordon and Gotch have . secured the right to issue a souvenir programme in connection with the tour of the New Z'ealand 'representative footTjall team in England. The souvenir will take tho form of a profusely-illustrated booklet of some two hundred pages, containing data about the team, details of the tour, etc., and will be sold on the football grounds during the team's tour. A correspondent of the London Times tells a lino story of honour ami self-denial on the part of a son whose father left a number of undischarged liabilities on his death. Receiving an appointment in South Africa in connection with' the scientific side of gold mining, he resolutely set himself to accumulate the considerable sum necessary to achieve hist own and his mother's set purpose and desire. Uy much hard work and sal-denial he was recently able, ; hrough a relative in Edinburgh, to hand cheques to the creditors for the full amount of their claim against* his father, and to. have the receipts posted to Lonaon as a birthday present to his mother.

A young New Zealander, ,writing from Singapore on April 2nd, says : —" There is great excitement here at present- A cofd storage concern has just been started, a||d the first shipmint of meat, which was landed tlio other day, is being thawed. I h u d a bit of real mutton yesterday, and didn't 1 enjoy it! None of your cheap goat, which we usually have here, but real mutton ! The|i 1 had some Christian hares—what do you think of that? 1 tell you it was u treat. The funny part of it is that, after paying all charges of shipment and so forth, it, is cheaper, than the meat the Klings sell us. The latter must have been making a great prolit liL'foiiS'i they've had things all their owi» Wiiy, |)iif. the tide is -turning against thwni now, Tfig.v'rc issuing circulars in very iunity pnglish to try to keep the custom, but they haven't a hope. We're going to have most lovely things J'rotu all accounts, including even apples." At the civil sittings of the S.M. Court on FjitJay judgment by default was given in thjj folfowjng pases .Jeremiah O'lyiscoll v. 'J' j/)lay Jo))n MacLcan, claim £2 10s, costs fit, j Uo.v and Wilson v. Patrick Kinsella, claim £2 costs 10s ;Clark Bros, v. G. Lowe, claim £1 Ss 9d, costs ss;i William Henry Broome v, John Knyvett, claim £2 18s (id, costs 5s ; same v. .James Junes, claim £2 19s, costs "is ; New Harbour Hoard v. Richard James Frewan,claim £t (i# 2d, costs 5s : samo v. Agnes A. Cook, (i)ajm £1 2s sd, costs ss; same v. F<ctgar Watt, ft?a/m £8 7s 2d, cos's 8s; same v. Henry F, Ca||ag_han, claim l)s Dingle v. John llenry Pickrell, claim £1 8a 9d, costs ss. The judgment summons matter of Sladden and J'almer v. If, Callaghan, £l(> 4s, was adjourned for oi\,j mopf ft on Mr Quilliam's application. Zataiheug W. Wells proceeded against Patrick J. Dolan on a judgment summons for £(i IDs JOd. The debtor failed to ap[ ear and aji order was made for payment of ilie auu?unt within onu I week, in default fourteen im* pi'iton.incnt. An order was refused in the case of llenr.v Riiriber v. J olin McCracken, ,a Judgment summons for £l<l 10s (id. Chew Choiig sued .James Sutherland for the sum pf £3 3s, alleged tp be due for rent. Mr Gray (for Mr Ma(one) appeared for tlio plaintiff whose evidence was taken. The defendant being ill in bed and unable to attend the 'court his evidence will be taken before .iudgweul is dejivere3, .

The Borough Ofljces will" be closed on Monday in honour of the Prince of Wales' Birthday. Tho depth ol' the bore at the Moturoa petroleum prospecting 'site has reached 2190 ft, Mr i'aix having bored 901' i since the new company took charge. IT. Tori', ll'e well-known South Australian missioner, will conduct, a lt>n days' evangelistic mission in the Whileley Memorial Church, beginning i <n Sunday, June 18. The eicjrsion fares Issued on the railways in commemoration of the Prince of Wales' Birthday, will be obtainable on Monday, the avuiluble date of return being extended to June 26. Those in search of land for every purpose should find interesting rending in the advertisement published today by Messrs Carthcw and Co., New Plymouth.

The need cf warm clothing for the j baby has been strikingly brought brought home during the past two days, and mothers should welcome the announcement that Messrs Morey and Sou", of Devon Street, have a hii - a; stock of such in hand. The diamond jubilee of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hcnui, will bo ce'e'iratcd on Thursday, June 22, with services in memory of tho founJir, Bishop Selwyn, and the old Henui settlers. Holy Communion will be celebrated at 8 a„ro., and festal evensong at 3 p.m. In the evening a conversazione will ba held, process to be devoted to the new bell fund.

The Native Land Court has been sitting at tho local Masonic Hall for the past week, Mr Justice Mair presiding l . The principal case oci cupying the attention of the Court has been the revival of the Aorangi willi case, which bad been setrled eighteen years ago- Tho matter, came up on an application made on behalf of Charles llailey, of Auck-t land, to participate in the title to; certain land at Urenui and the ChatHani Islands, held by Mrs Brown. Mr Ilutchen appeared for the claimant, and Mr Morrison, of Wellington, for the defendant.!; 'ihe evidence having been taken, the case has been referred to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, before whom counsel are to appear.;

Memory of the Doer was is being rovivod by the distribution of King's medals, awarded to all those persons who saw eighteen months' or more unbroken service in South Africa. The medal, of silver, is about the size of ' a half-crown, but half as thick again, and to it is attached a couple of silver clasps with the years 1901 and 1902 impressed thereon, and a length of orange, white, and green ribbon. On one side of the medal is an impression of the King's head, and on the reverse is a. neatly-figured allegory —Britannia extending « laurel wreath to "the sons of the Empire." The medals are be|ing distributed unostentatiously for the reason that those entitled to tliem are scattered nil over tile colony, and all their addresses are oo U known to the officials of the Defence Department. Amongst, the repipients are Captains H.i l> Coutts (I-laWera) W. C. Moirisori (Okniwa), ,Lieutenant< D. Lougan (To Kuitij, Squadron, Lieutenant Major P. A. de Loire, Q.M. Sergeant Robertson (Patea), and Corporal A. J. Kitney (I'remii). Whit-Icy Church, Sunday, June 4. Preachers : Moi'ning, Bev. U. F. WJI- - ; oVc.ning, Rev. J. N. Buttle. Subject : "Christ the flood Shepherd." Holy Communion.* &. MOST HONOURABLE DISTINCTION. The Western Medical Review, a medical publication of the highest standing, says, in a recent issue "Thousands of physicians in this nni other countries have attested that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is not only reliable, but that it has a pronounced and indisputable sueriority over all other preparations of Eucalyptus." Your health isi too precious to be tampered with, thereore reject all products foisted upon you by unscrupulous mercencries, and insist upon getting- Sander and Sons' Cncnlypti Extract, the only preparaion recommended by your physician nd the medical press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diarrhooa, Kidney diseases, the relief iB instantaneous. V'ounds, ulcers, burns, sprains, etc., it heals without inflammation. As a mouth wash (5 drops to u glass of water) it prevents decay of teeth, and dostroys all disease germs.*

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