LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7844, 9 June 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

| Charles Howard charged with dnihkenness was brought up at the Police Court on Thursday. He was convicted ami discharged on payment of Is cab fare.

At the annual meeting of the Taranaki Licensing Committee the licensee of the Commonwealth Hotel asked for permission to extinguish thy lights outside the premises at closing time, lO p.m. Sergeant Huddrell in reply to the S.M. said that he had no objection to oiler. The S.M. : You believe in the curlew, everyone to .be in by 10 o'clock. Sergeant Huddrell : It would not be a bad thing,- sir, (laughter). 'Hie committee granted a general permit to all the hdtelkeepers in the New Plymouth borough to extinguish the outside lights at 10 o'clock if desired.

It is reported by the Christchurch I'ress that there was a narrow escape from a serious lire at the Sumner Deaf Muteclnstitute, on May 26. Some clothes were left to dry in front of a lire, and shortly afterwurds' an alarm was given I>y the May Oat way electric patent,, and it was found that the clothes had caught alight. the heat from them setting the alarm ringing. There serins little doubt but that the May-Ontway alarm saved the building!. " O that mine enemy would write a book ; " But generally he won't. At Punedin the other night Mr .lames. Allen. M.H.R., gave his hearers a list of what he considered would be fitt : ng( chapter titles for a book from the pen of the Premier. At Mosgiel on Saturday evening Mr Seddon returned tnc compliment by saying if Mr Ailen should ever bring forth a volume a good namo for it would l>e "The Wails of Dismal James, or the Trials and Tribulations of 'the Rejected and Dejected of Bruce." While a South Island farmer was yarding his cows last week he was rushed by a prize bull, and badly knocked about, but managed to get into -a dray. As the animal persisted in rushing the dray, the man hit it on the head with an axe, killing it instantly. "Mr Mnssev says that the Seddon Government have been inflicted on the colony as a punishment for its sins. Ladies and gentlemen, the Seddon Government. have been a blessing in disguise, especially to Mr Massey and his friends."—Thus Mr Seddon at Mosgief.

A land nationalise!', possessing the infrequent virtue of being a settler, appeared before the Land Coiinmission at Feilding and caused considerable amusement by declaring (hat "a men who went into the back-blocks was a fool." When the laughter had subsided, he said the cultivated country should be first settled by the abolition of large estates—then, presumably, settlement could bo carried inU the wilderness. It was not explained |whether the settler tinder those conditions would be considered a fool or I not.

Mr Seddon, in his Mosgiei speech, likened Opposition members to the knights of tho tourney, the bull-light-ers of Spain, and the gladiators oil Home, in that for about two hours a day in the early part of the session they talked to the Indies' gallery.) The member .for Taieri was honored by absolution from guilt in this respect. In regard to the suggestion by a resident of Ophir that a monument should be erected to perpetuate Mr Seddon's memory, it may interest many of the Premier's friends to hear that he has promised some sittings to Mr Morrison, the well-known NewZealand sculptor, who is to model a bust of tho right hon. gi„>ntk«m , a'n.— ■Hawke's Hay Herald. For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, at £'£ A MOST HONOURABLE DISTINCTION. The Western Medical Review, a medical publication of the highest standing, says, in a recent issue : "Thousands of physicians in this and other countries havo attested that Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is not only reliable, but that it has a pronounced and Indisputable superiority over all other preparations of Eucalyptus." Your hcalthiisi 100 precious to be tampered with, therefore rcjoCt all products foisled upon' you by unscrupulous merceneries. and insist upon getting Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended by your physician anil the medical press. In coughs', colds, fevers, diarrhoea, kidney diseases, the relief is instantaneous. Wiounds, ulcers, bjurfis, sprains, etc.j it heals"without inflammation. As a j mouth wash (5 drops to a glass of water) it prevents decay of teeth, 'and destroys all disease germs.*

Mr and Mrs B. ST.; Smith" >n Thursday morning an invitation ram the Minister ol Customs to be | jresent at the opehing of the new Customhouse at Wellington, tout as the ceremony took place Dn the day an which the invitation came to handj needless to say they could not avail themselves of it. The weekly sale of Mr T. W.. Welch's brands of butter, referred to in our issue of yesterday, wasl(by ani oversight stated as 1000 cwts. in- , stead of 100 cwts. The club room in connection with the High School Old Boys' Association will be formally opened at 8 o'clock this evening. Commodious and convenient premises have been secured in the suite of rooms formerly used as the Guards' Club. All exscholars of the school and members of the Board of Governors are invit-. ed. Mr \V. E. Spencer (Inspector of Schools) waited on the Works Committee on Thursday night, and asked that the Council should provide! £IOOO towards the erection of a technical school at St. Michael's Square. If the Council provided this amount, the Government would grant a subsidy of £IOOO, so that £2OOO would be immediately ava 1able for the erection of the buildings. It; was decided to add £IOOO to the loan proposals to be placed before the ratepayers.

A deputation from the Frankley, I Road Hoard waited on the Works I Committee on Thursday night and i asked the Council (o divert the storm water which runs frqin Standish's Hill over the entrance to the Frankley Road, also to continue the footpath in Dawson Street to the boundary of the borough, connecting with' the Hoard's footpath on the Frankley Road. It was flecided to grant the request provided the Frankley Road Board contribute the sum of £lO towards the cost. A comfortable neat shoe is one of the pressing wants of ladies, and as the "Julia Marlowe" shoe fulfils this want it has been steadily growing in popularity ever since its introduction. The A.B.C. Boot and Shoe Company stock the famous brand, with and without elastic instep. The' annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, adjourned from Wednesday last, has ]>oen fixed for next Wednesday at 7.30 p.Hk Those in search of a good compact dairy farm should read an advertisement inserted in this issue by Mr D. Mitchell, of Manaia. The farm on Glenn Road to be, let contains 205 acres, and has thereon a new six-roomed house and siixteen-baUcd cowshed. Tenders close on June 30. At the Inglewood Police Court, after a hearing which extended over two days, before Messrs H. Brown rnd G. Haslett, Justices of the Peace, the (Change of cattle stealing brought by the police against J. W, Harding was- dismissed. Servant Uaddrell conducted the case lor the police andl Mr Quilliam (Govett anci Quilliam) appeared for the defence.

An inspection of the Taranaki Guards was held on Wednesduy night by Major Joyce, of the headquarters staff. There was a good muster, and the visiting officer was well satisfied with the appearance of the men on parade. The company, in battalion order, was afterwards put through several battalion movements by Major Malone,. who went through his practical- examination. The cxaming officers were Lieut.-Colonel Okey and Mujor Joyce.

On Tuesday evening at the liaptist Church the weekly meeting of the Young Men's Improvement and Literary Society was held. Three new members were elected, and tho programme for the first session was announced. Inder the direction of Mr W. T. Cond, an elocutionary programme was gone through, and before the close of the meeting tho matter and rendering of the various items were subjected to criticism. Recitations were given by Messrs Dawson and Duncnnson, and readings by Messrs K. Ambury, W. Neal, Catran, and Iligelow. A remarkable scene was witnessed lately in Warwick Rood, Earl'scourt. Two motor cars came into collision, and in nn instant both were in flames. The drivers did all they could 'to extinguish the lire, but without avail, the machines burning like a furnace. The fire brigade was called, but, despite all •IToits. the woodwork of both cars was completely destroyed in a quarter of an hour. A great crowd gathered and excitedly watched the operations of the brigade. Hoth drivers- escaped without injury.

In: constfq'uence of»an increase, of ■business Messrs Malone, McVeagh and Anderson, solicitors, have opened permanently at Kaponga, where Uiey have, up to the present, had a visiting office. The new branch will be under the charge ol Mr McVeagh, one of the partners, ivho has hitherto made Elthani his head|j|uarter.s. Mr A. H. Johnstone, manalging clerk in the Stratford office, is taking! charge of the Elthani branch. 'l'he manager of the Old People's Home wishes to thank Miss Knight, Young Street, and a "friend"- for gifts of women's underclothing ; and a "friend" for books: also those ladies and gentlemen who, with Misses' Howell (2), and Messrs Duncanson, Barker, and Hinc, or Thursday evening visited the Home and gave an cn:oyable concert.

A! well known fisherman nanied Louis Sheen had' a narrow escape from death by drowning at the breakwater on Wednesday evening, throujglh tha.capsizamjg) of his.. Jjoat. In attempting to swjira, ashore ho lost . con>«oj.ousness, #nd was found amongst the breakers in an unconscious condition an hour afterwards. Dr. Walker was summoned, but it was three-quarters of an hour before ho regained consciousness l . Sheen feels no ill effects from his adventure. The sorry dyspeptic submerged in his gloom. Who fcols most dejected and fit for his tomb ; The poor hypochondriac who wanders in woe, With no one to speak to and nowhere to go ; Whom no consolation nor comfort can please-, Who maintains he's l a martyr to every disease ; . Let them aid their digestion, and keep their blood pure, " And recruit upon Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 2 For Bronchial Coughs take Wood's Great -Peppermint Cure. Is 6d.

NEW A IWERTISEMESTS: A. Whitaker.—First-class chef open for engagement. Chamber of Commerce. Annual meeting adjourned to Wednesday, June 14.J. Srnitß.—Waitress wanted for Imperial Hotel. 11. Mitchell. Manaiu.—2os'acre farm to let by tender. High School Old Boys' Club.—Formal opening takes place to-night at, 8 o'clock. A.B.C. Boot and Shoe Co.—Julia Marlowe shoes obtainable with or ■without elastic instep. M. E. Clow.—lnserts a funeral notice. E. Reynolds and Co.' Britalin'e best bicycle is the Kudgt-Whitworth 1 .