LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7845, 10 June 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In an interview granted the Auckland correspondent of the Wanganu Herald, Mr A. D. Willis, M.H.R., who has just returned from a trip to England, said that the principal, thing he had come across was a new method of. treat ngi Taran a ki ironsand. This consists of a patented, chemical liquid, which is mixed wittt the ironsand and baked. He was shown the process, and it looked remarkably simple-sand solwlifjed into a hard block without baking, which is used merely to hasten tho process. A block he saw made w a s done in half an hour. It was 'then| heated to a white heal, and at his suggestion was plunged into water.i It stood the test well and did not crack. There was one or two people interested, and they are going to; ask the Government for a leaso of a couple miles of beach on which to operate, and they want no Govcrni ment subsidy. They say they Can get! the sand into a marketable state at a cost of 2s 6d a ton, and can turn it into pig iron at a. very cheap rate. They have erocted a model plant at a cost of £SOOO, and propose to get to work,out herons soon as they can. The method waa discovered halt by accident. An engineer who used a> patent Ktjuid for making sand bricks thought he wotfkl try it on some of the ironsand Sir Alfred Cadmaw sent Home, and it succeedod marvellously. "To me," said Mr Willie, "it seems a thoroughly good scheme and I confess it converted me from my views as to tho unprofitable character of the Taranaki ironsand."

At the civil sitting of tie Magistrate's Court on Friday judgment iby default was given in the following undefended cases :—NfiW Plymouth, Harbour Board v. Charles A. Lichtwark, claim lis od, costs* 5s : same v. Valentine Harrison, claim £3 10s 3d, costs 8s ; same v. Augustus Aitkin, olaim £1 Oe 7tf, costs £1 Is ,:■ Aroa Bros. v. Frank Amy, claim £l2 Os Bd, judgment by consent with £1 10s fid costs.

When the payment of Old Age Pensions was completed at the local post office on tnc Ist inst.. it was found that some unfortunate individual had left a sum of money in the room. The money is being hold, pending satisfactory evidence as to its ownership. The Kev. F. W. Isitt announced the other night thai, in add-on to> Father Hays, the Rev. Leonand Isitt, Messrs H. D. Bedford, W. H. Hawkins, and McNab, M's.H.R.. and Mr J. G. Woolley would speak in Stratford before the election on the no-li-cense movement.. A curiosity in the shape of a whiW hare was shot byMr W. Squires, at Hunter's Hills, near Ulueclifls, last week, says the Otago Daily Times. In tho Arctic regions white hares are common enough, but in temperate climates they aro exceedingly rare. Sufferers from consumption, bronchitis, and asthma will find on our fourth page interesting testimonial* regarding cures effected by Hearne s Bronchitis Cure. With this issue the Railway Department issues a hand|bill reminding settlers that holiday excursion; tickets wilt be issued to Palmerstoiij from Juno 19 to June 22 lo those desirous of attending tho win'iar show, at that town. Additional attractions to Taranaki settlers are the conference of the National Dairy Association, the New Ziealand Factory and Cheesemakers' Association, andl tha New Zealand Institute of Dairy Factory Secretaries, the combination of which should prove strong, enough to induce tho aitt-ndance of all Taranaki settlers who wish to : be "up-to-date."

Whitelcyi Memorial Church, Sunday, June 11th. I'reacher : Rev. C. E. (Jodbehear (from Kltham), morning and evening. Visitors to town heart-' lily invited,* Let others sing of Prince and King, For mine's a theme that's greater f, I sing that groat, that wondrous thing ! King dough's Exterminator ! No victor m triumphal car Shows conquests half as sure, For greater far the triumphs are Of Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure. 1 For Bronchial Coughs take Wood's Great Pepiwnnint Cure. Is 6d. k 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 have 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 health iisl too precious to be tampered with, therefore reject aM products foisted upon' you by unscrupulous mercenaries, and insist upon getting Sander and Sons" Eucalypti Extract, the only preparation recommended by your physician and the medical press. In coughs, colds, fevers, diarrhoea, kidney diseases, the relief is instantaneous. Wounds, ulcers, b|urns, sprains, etc.j it heals" without inflammation. As a mouth wash (!> drops to a glass of water) it prevents decay of teeth, and destroys all diseaw jterni!,*

At the meeting of the Wanganui Licensing Committee on Monday, the chairman said tho Committee (not unanimously) wished him to* refer Lo the scenes of drunkenness which followed the last race meeting in Wanganui. In some places "dirgracoful scenes were witnessed, and in connection therewith he mentioned that two wommi were found helplessly drunk on a footpath. It, would, said Mr Stanford, be diilicult to say that all these people became intoxicated at the racecourse, but ai> many were seen coming'from that diirectio ~ it looked, to say the ifea'st, very suspicious. Mr Hartshorn, who held the Conditional license for the races, had been warned before to bo Careful as to whom he, served with j liquor, and While the committee I would make no comment in this instance, :they Hoy Id draw) his • 'att<?iition to the risk a publican ran when Ihe took a conditional license.

A young lady advertises for position as companion or lady help. The Deputy Official Assignee in- ] l vites tenders for tho coaching and carrying plant in the bankrupt estate of Jas. McCullum. Two halfacvo sections at Okato, with buildings thereon, are also for sale. Tenders close on.July 8. Residents of New Plymouth are so well aware of the bargains to bo obtained at Mr C. 0. Hawke's annual clearing sales that it is superfluous to say more on the present sale than that deductions on usual prices are equal to 2d in the sh 1ling. '

During the course of a lecturo on the auto car, at Ohristchurch on Tuesday night, Professor Scott re-' ferred to a steam carriaga which ho I made in Dunedin in 1881. The fur-) nace consumed coal, and the steam , drove a two-cylindered engine, which was connected to the rear wheels by means of chains. It had two speeds, and could attain a rate of 38' miles an hour on the flat, and ascend nil's of one in six gradient. The reason the carriage cams to grief was that It was driven from Dunedin to Christchurch for the exhibition beforo the rubber tires had arrived from England, .and the iron rims gave out in crossing some hills', where tho carriage collapsed. "At present," said i Professor Scott, "the boiler is used in the manufacture of tho best sausages in Dunedin.

The club room (the late Guards' Club) in connection with the New i Plymouth High School Old Boys-' [Association, was formally opened on | Friday evening, when a large number of members took part in a euchre tournament. Amongst the visitors wero Messrs N. K. MacDiarmid, J. B.'Trtoy, E. Lockrill, and D. Berry, members of the Board of i.oveinors, and Messrs E. Pridham and H. H. Ward, of the school staff. Speeches Conveying good wishes wero delivered bv Messrs MacDiarmid, Koy, and Pridham. Dr. Fookes, replying on behalf of members, expressed tho hope that the association would always keep in close sympathy with tho school.

We understand that the Drill Hall has been engaged for three months as ia skating rink. The rink will be opened towards tic end of next week. Subscriptions are due to-day for, both tho Provident Investment Building Societv of Taranaki (permanent) and the New Plymouth Investment and Loan Society (permanent). KH'EUMO CURES RHEUMATISM W J hy still suffer from Lumbago or Rheumatism ? Why, continue to endure those sharp shooting pains when ItHEUMO will cure you ?. The real cause of your torture is to be found in an over acid condition of the "jjlood, and until the excess uric acid has been driven out you will : continue, to suffer., Liniments and plasters'may give temporary relief, but can never cure. Something is needed that will prevent its- return, by removing the exciting cause.' RHEUMO is the only medicine which will do this. It drives out the uric acid, removes the swellingi and effects a lasting cure. Sold by all chemists and stores at 2s Sd.and 4s 6d a bottle. Wholesale agents, Messrs Kemptherne, Prosserjand'Co.* ' 2

Most politicians need a bex To jJtowb their ravings in. The Poet wants a few hard knocks, 'l"he "Dead-beat" wonts some tin. I'hc Pillman makes, a bold display The public to allure. Uut the man who sneezes night and day, Wants Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 13

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Provident Investment and Building Society (Permanent).— Subscriptions due tcrday. New Ply'mouthlnvcstment and Loan Society.—Subscriptions due to-day. Young lady requires position as companion or lady help. Deputy Official Assignee.—Tenders close on July 8 for carrying 'plant in estate of J. McCullum. C. O. Hawkc—Croat annual clearing sale now on. Railway Department—Excursion tier. kcts to Palmerston will be issued from June 19 to 22, available for return till June 26. W. G. Hcarne—List of testimonials for his bronchitis cure.