The Daily News. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7851, 17 June 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL

One of the vendors of the Veale Estate yesterday roeoive* by wiro a cash offer running- into some thousands fer kis interest in the estate. The offer was on behalf of a Wellington rnvostoi*.

Electricity is lire, and |when properly administered sends a wavo of curative -vitality throngftout the t-n----tire .organisation of the debilitated patioiit. Its potentiality in the realm of disease has long been recog-

aised by the most advanced ,»iedical scientists, hut the question lias always- been, how can it be personally applied by the sufferer witiout running a risk of danger to himself The electric current, notwithstanding its tfnd»ubted remedial effect it applied by a medical person through the means of a powerful battery, is as liable to work harm as-good. Surgeon Langston, wh» was one of the foremost specialialists to appreciate this life-giving force in elcctro-medi-Ca.l therapeutics, devotod his attention to this point, and after years ol study and experiment invented the Langstoa Electro Regenerator, on electrical instrument capable of exercising, all the remedial and curative properties of the true electric current, but so nicely adjusted and carefully rogjs'tercd tha£ it can be uswl by a child without the slightest fear of harmful results- It is nothing in the nature of an electric belt, as it does riot haw: to be worn, !but can be carried in the pocket and applied whenever and the patient (eels the necessity of a* exhilarating jr ia sedative electnical influence. The doctor claims that he has never net with a- more us»fcil auxiliary, iiedically ' -'—Co xtending

-ically, in an exporience extendi >ver forty years' of constant pro -ice. The rogenewtor is invariabl used by the members of his staff'an> the representatives now visiting' Nc\ Zealand, who will arrive in N T eu Plymouth on Saturday, t'he 24111 inst., and wh« are (always* willing to demonstrate Us valuo to any patient consulting the», Iree of charge, at their suite of rooms at the While | Hart Hotel.

The flredgo w»rked 15' days during tKo last fiv« woeks, making 282 trips and removing 16,620 culiic yards of aanfl. The rough weather caused considerable delay' in dredging apcratioasi Ff»in a survey mudp on the 14 tf>. inßt., the depths throughout the harbour wero found to too kecptag very satisfactory.

During the five weeks ended on June 14, -3a steamers berthod at the nreakValer, the aggregate tonnage, amounting to 3.7,2-10 tons. The imports totaJUrf 55730 tons, including! 4*3 tone of railway Cpal and 370 toms of lecal Coal.. The exports 'amounted to 523 ton*, Making a total of' 42©0 tons »f carga halndled. During the five weeks' period there has beon' practioalty no ddlny ti> shipping here.

A well attended meeting of shareholders (firs| gpfjup) of the Bquitable Building was held at tho Town Hall on Friday evfojne;. Mr D. .Barry (Chairman!) prefflcd. II 1 . if. Southaiu was the winner of tho ballot for £3OO free of interest. The teniicr for tho disposal of a further £3OO reuliseti £53.

CHBONIC RHEUMATISM EFFECTUALLY CURED. No matter ho\ fered from Rheumatism, no matter what oMier remedies have failed, HHETSMO. if Riven a fair trial, v.iM effect a cure. Thousands of othor suffergiß have been permanently cured hy ffIJMUMO when all else had been tried ia vain.- Many have spent iarge sums of money at Hotorua and other tUermat springs, but it was lUIBUMO that eventually effected a ci»re. If j'ou ar« suffering from Hheu- _„+;„_ „,. f rom Gout, Lumbago, LuuM, m kindred complaints, giveUHEUMO a fair trial. It has quroH olhors and will cure you—and that at little co»t. All chemists land shores, '2s 6d and 4s Bd. Wholesale agents, Kempthorfls, Proseer stft Co.* 1

In the present interesting state of affeirs in tho Par Bast, it is wormy, of notß that the largest dock in ttiat pai't of tfoj world has Just been' i completed, and has aeceived the oigiIgerit steamer in the Pacific waters—--1 namely, the Minnesota. It is situated at Nagasaki, and is the property ,ot the Mitsu llishi Company, of I Aic.i »he oiuef partners are the mcin'tess of the lwasuki family, who are 1 also closely associated wMi the Nippon Yuson Kuisha, or Japan bt ™™- ship Ompany, the ; guowth of which has been one of the most roroarkatole features in the making of new Japan. The dock was commence* in January 1902. It has thus taken fully three years t» Construct ; but this must be considered a ' moderate timo when it is rementbored that it cao accommodate a steamer 711 ft long.

Another of the long series of petty burglaries tha't have keen taking place in this town recently occurred last night, says the Eltham Argus of IWcdneday, the shop of Mr T. Quin, ohcmis't, ueinigi entered an'i the sum of about thirteen shillings taken from the till. Mr Quin was attending a dance at the Athenaeum Hall cloeo by, und evidently someone with a knowledge of the premises took the oppsrtunity afforded by Mr Quin's absence to ent'.r the bul'iding by a back door. We ha\e not the slightest doubt in our own mind that this and some of the recent shop-break-ing incidents are the work of a igaMg otf youthful hoodlums who nightly parade the streets of the town. Ilf parents will So sadly neglect their, duties, nothing is surer than "that these youngsters will yet find thomseivos within the grip of the law,; and the corrective treatment that I has been neglected in the homes, will jfctj undertaken by the State. In the cour.= e ol his speech a t Waiters, on Tuesday Mr Jennings mentioned the Case of a young volunteei from ■ Inglewood, who had been fine! 20s for not attending the Easter eu.campinont. The amount not being HiMiiecMately paid, the fine was increased' t*» 425. There was no response and the young fellow was sent to N.P. goal, where he was garbedj in prison clothes. Mr Jennings saidi he had resented this, had telegraphed to the Premier and hs meant to bring the matter' More Uie House. A third Marlborough flaxmJllcr has succeeded in gaining the first-class grading tag for his liemp. Only two millers outside Marlborough province have struck, "superior" quality. One was in Southland and the iother in Canterbury. Both remained' in the top grade only for a very short time.

Dairy factory managers in Otago are resolutely refusing all milk thati comes to their works from suppliers; who feed their cows lon turnips. The mail steamer Sonoma, with the British mails of London date May 27, did not leave San Francisso until 11 a.m. on Sunday last;, three days Ifitb. The steamer is due at Auckland on June 29.

Steps are being taken in Dunedin to form a State Schools* IMenco League on lines sici'.lar to those ii'i>— on which an'organisation was recently established in Wellington, with, the object of maintaining the present system of free, secular, and compulsory education in the primary schools of the colony : and at a preliminary private meeting, which was held recently, arrangements wcrq made for holding a public mooting at which the league will be launched into existence.

The Taranaki Education Board invites- applications for the positions of sole teachers nt llaupuha and Tongaporutu,, to bo handed to the secretary not later lhan Saturday next.

A concert in aid of the Home and FoEeign Missions will be ht>ld in St. Andrew's Schoolroom on Thursday, June (29. An attractive musical programme is being arranged.

The return crlhbogo tournament between tho Brewery and Sash and Door Factory employees was played last night, resulting in a win for tho Brewery by one game after a tie •23 all. The evening was very enjoyable owing to the excellent catering of Mr Honry Inch, with valuable assistance of Mr Geo. Knight, who has carted for both (inns for some years past. The whole of the entertainment was conducted under the able m«nagoment of Mr H. T. Aimsworth.

The special hyipn service hold r,t the Whiteley Chur«h on Friday evening was a decided treat from a mu- ' sical po nt of view. Owing to the ; inclemency of the weather the attendance was only moderate, but it is intended to 'repeat the service shortly, and to introduce the hymnary into the congregational worship jOn the first Sunday in July. The new work was highly pleasing, and tho revsibn is a great improvement |on the old in every respect. The choir gave an artistic interpretation of the various numbers, their line rendition reflecting most creditably on the conductor, Mr E. N. Okay. Mr G. H. White presided with skill at the organ. The solo, "I do not ask, O Lord," was excellently lendered by Miss Black, and the quartette, "Come Unto Me," was giiven by Mrs W. 'Ambury, Miss Collins, and Messrs W. Ambury and Lee. The Rev. J. N. Buttle, who presided, will jjivo some interesting particulars of the new hymnary at the next gathering.

Dr. Torr, who commences a mission at W r hiteley Church to-morrow, arrives by steamer this morning from Auckland. Services will be held morning and evening. A special service for young people will' be held at S p.m. at Whiteley Hall.

A private message received from Wellington last night states that Miss Tittell Rrunc, of Mr J. C. Williamson's Dramatic Company, scored a brilliant succers in L'Aiglon, which was presented there to an enormous house, The company pays a visit to New Plymouth an "a few weeks'.

The Archbishop ol Ireland doesn't mind telling a joke on himself. The ArohbiisJuop Sways' dresses so unostentatiously that no one could guess his episcopal rank from his. street garb. Travelling one day in a ruru'l district, h 0 met a. good natuied woman in a car, who, alter sonic general conversation, asked him :—"You are a priest, father uren't you?" In a bantering mood the Archbishop thought he'd try a quibble to put her at her oaoe, s u he answered: bo, my good woman, l' m no lofl"|er a priest." The woman gave him [a pitying glanc-. Then she said, voh, the Lord help us, father! I fc , rasn - t (he mk t hope ? •

The lipy. J,oh„ K ixon w , m ch ■n Queen Street Church to-morrow, mornrng at 11, evening at 7. Mr C, E. ffcllrragcr will,'- fee at Fitzroy

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Colds never fails. ] s 6d.

When Influenza stalk's the land La Grippe or Bronchial trouble, Or croupy coughs are going round Our misery to double ; Would you from every cold and cough iveepyou and yours secure There s one, and only one, advice, lake Woods' Great l'oppermint oure. * a