LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7869, 11 July 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tii. art union organised by the New ;•!.. mouth .Mtlitarj [Sand will be ■it'..*tv!i at (lie next concert ananged i > i iio nicmt-crs. In the meantime the jijctures will bp on view at Messrs fi. MBtton antl Co. Any of the ;;■-.. be tviio may have lost their tic- ! ,-.e;s will receive dnplicatcs on ap- ' lo Mr K. H. Oforgi-, lion, sec- > ivl.ry. As the band has still about :."' :o inak<; goad it is Hi bi- hoped ■in demand tor tickets will he maititaimd. Th-- mucin l vex.«l question of I he sum -•> Ivj |«i d by the 'l'aranaki llosp ml i or.l to the. Stratford Hospital H .ad ait thu tatter's stave of tliie property and assets oi the parent in-s-.uutcn has now been lixed by the .Vuditoi-fieneral (Mr .). K. T\arburi'li) alifSl'o, ilael*'board to pay *.l its its shai*q of the expense of tho n Mi'-\. The Taranakj Board will ''nil all its properly and assets ■ i'-ei* than the £313. The Stratford lepr.-sentatives would have done bct-■i-r by accepthig the £730 offered to Ii -in originally, but through claim'nr so large h sum as £I2OO Uiey ■ii-.e lost nearly £l3O.

two deaths are reported from tlhp \'K PlyiuMith Hospital. On Friday \ man named Albert Merriunm, a .aii.er, of Mokau. succumbed at the . <."c of $1: 1> ceasnd, a nuirrkil man. >d hern ailing for some time. On ~:itui'day, JV>hn I'inlay, a young • ai. lain of Cai rington Road, pass- • I away as a victim to consumption. jr which he bad been treated for a ••ciaiderablc time. iv.'rcnscd w«s a ingle, man. 28 years of ago.

When n fining, in Monday's edi•>rinl. to the offer made by the New 'ieilnnrt and South African Company ,» ship butter (.-> the West Cons •oris of En-.-land, the rate should ■ave appeared as £fl It's a lon, or line-cighthr. of a penny ",cr pound nslcnd of £."> I its or live-ofyh'ths of a ■i. nny. The context made these typographical errors apparent.

The committee, ar« niak in; Root', ogress with th" urraiigcm<nts fei .10 1.-ridg* and euchre party, in aid ■ f the Western Park funds, to he hold n tin JStli bint. IVtws w'll ho pro<;n;od to the winners In each tournauont, inn f:.r i-ach lady and on ur each gentleman. The ladies rizes aro a silver-mounted purse presented by Mr A. 1.. Cooke), anC i nond mirror fpresented by Mr, T. \very) ; those for the gentlemen arc . pi|v (prt<sent«l by Mr John AvtTj). nd a gold scarf pin (pre/entwl bi. Pr I. H. Parker). A curious story reaches llerlin fron .k'lgrade. It appears that at a ■''" mil Court ball a inniibT of foreign liplomntists on Ibe nndi r •■landing that none of them would oine into personal Contact with niu .f the conspirators actively concern ed in tho murder of the late King. When the cotillion was reeled, air: the pentlemnn in one row had i. ,-lve his hands to those opposite, j: happened that the Minister of one ol tho Great, Powers had for a partner i chief actor in the tragedy. He not only refused to jf' vo his hand, ait s'traiKlrtaway left, the ball room, immediately followed by all the oih .t foreifn >r turned :l wilh nnip.'i' wlien Ih, iiainful incid.nt was brought to hi lotiee. and the function was brought to an Uiirlv elosv

To pi'>>iiiol<- the siudv 1,1 imliisii-iu-chemistry, Mr !•'. s,\ llriniwade, ol Melbourne, iwntl.v pre-ente;! to ttv I ni\oisily of Melbourne lIn; .sum o.' lilron lor thu louiKluiion of mi mi >iua! prize. 'l'iie intei-i'M is to be de-•"oil-1 to nil annual prize o| eu tr graduates, undergraduates, and eonmatriculated students of iln- I'nivvisity, who liuvc, ivilliin two .Mars 01 he competition, devoted » period of lot lis-' than six months in on.- o. thi' laboratories of the Vnivcrsity ti the investigation of any subject, ivlaed to .some bianvh of indusirin' chem.isiry u|)|ijoyvcl by it"' Faculty o Science.

In an authentic report, issued ii Connection with the Smithsonian Institution, there is a note, to the elect that lir. Scripture, of Yale I'nivcisity, is making extensive experiments, and expects shortly to be uhl to construct an rajr.m which will sing the voxels. It is probable that it will bo a vowel register, attach-.-.! to a pipe-organ, and it will lie used most effectively in church music. It is generally supposed that all the early experiments in connection • witl speaking machines took place In America : but (says a writer in the Hirininghiun Haily Post) I was most ■merest,v| to find, in .1 collection of lolk'R «i/ tho inventor of the electric, telegraph (Whetstone), that there was a talking niachin- ninong them.

Victorian prime t.nblo potatoes have been quotivl In- ra .blv to a Wellington importer at £<> His per ton. c.i.f., Wellington, deliverable in any qunni'.v to suit buyer.

Hiiring ~ tlmndprstoriii at Nelson n Thursday night, u youth named Hiiiiglas Morrison was struck by lighning and thrown into a ditch in a dazed (londitjion. When discovered he •vas found to be temporarily blinded, and his eyebrows had bud singed off. No further ill results aro t<i ]»> feared.

A few flaxmillers Interviewed the Minislor of Agriculture on 'lluirsdn,! Hid urged upon him the advisabiliti —in view of-Iho homp grading agitation—of Mending on oxiwrt abroad to investigate , tne whole niatler, aii) gather information as to where, the New '/..'aland hemp goes t*i, nnn what use is made of it.

The- North Otngo Times swys a n Oaiiiarii .-vMilenl has rccei\ed;u mse legibly addressed to hiin which had binn ■hipped fi'utii ft South American port nine year* previously. H is supposed) that it had made several trips to F.ngland and back before ft found itn way ihlo a Iwral in Puncdin, where it lay for six years.

fn reply to Mr Syines, the \r:nistcr for Public Works sUiled he was not aware that men whose Aires had Uxmi paid by the liihour Deparlnicnl from Wellington to Stratford had declined the w»k offered them on co-i-lprutivi: railway formation works, but he would iiiiii." inquiries inio the

HAVE VOF USED THE genuine and exporivneed the delight of imiiiediaie and immanent nlief? Medical authorities all over the globe announce thai the genuine stAXHF.It & SON'S EUCALYPTI E3CTHACT out distances all known remedies in colds, intloeiiza. all biveis. diarrhoea, dysentery, rheumatism., etc. A local application will at once *top ueuralgis pains : skin diseases, wounds, ulcers, it heals without, inflammation. Inhalations (."i to 8 dropß to a cupful nf boiling water) givu certniß relief in diptlieric, t.hroat and bronchial ! I roubles, asthma, pneumonia, consumpi'nn, e'e. Thirty years' use has proved the merits of SAXDF.I! and SOS'S' EUCALYPTI RXTKACT, The JiJ-efTeets following the use of th» common eucalyptus products need no* I*. I'miiuri : Ihe cuii's are legion. Try ■jt ! Hut. •; o avoid disappointment, hp sure and get SANOKW & SONS' I'liWK y(ij,4'flJ4i EL-CAjLYri',! EXTRACT.. '' '

The Waitara Mail underslands thai Jl lElißWal, il il, u Bens on is a faii Worto for 0* BWuighterine of stock almui Bm mWdie of October.

'A StraMoira rte«Stent who has lust returned ft-rnn a visit, to the Wickulocks states that gangs of men n re now at work on the road betw<*-31 Ilaihoiii ami Makahu. The nwchiuery | Is lx*ing phicul H tiho new creanier-y at I-nnhvhakiiu, whi-Ji it is exited to h(,Tp in working order shortly. I Bush set lb rs intond felling extensive;ly this sun.son, two Brewer Koud f-n-

mcrs paving marked off 300 and 100 acr\-s of bush res-jectivi'ly. A very young lady (says the Munawatu Times) tent her put lamb to Messrs Abrfaha'm &. Williams' jards recently to be sold for the benefit of the hospital. The public entered in■to th--r i.doa with zegt, and the lamb

passed from hand to hand with great rapidity, for assoq-rns it found on-.' owner the older was to put it up aß'aiii. After half ifi hour of this

spoil, the proceeds went In'to limire., .ip;H*oiichiri<r £.20, which with the snb--My will iiieji.i somethin-r like £44 or the ;■!-.:«;iitn4. The Soiithcrn Ktaiidaed says : Sunn' glaring case-* of usury 'in .';av have t.ccn brought before our nut icy, in(l if the facts he as suited w. tjive ■ .1. b-ast. oire inotiern shylock in our midst wh»> should bo drummed out of town. The ease in question is one in which a woman with a young family gol ii) small loan un her furniture a few inm'-iths ago lo stave her ov<t a time ,-..if trouble. Sh>> has re paid to Shylock the amount cf the principal, and is still in his debt id about two-thirds of the original amount, which she is being pressed to pay and cannot. The rate of inter*wt works out something like 2*20 per oenl. pur aHftuJn. It is stated that Mr T. K. Taylor urd the Premier had an interview in the course of whiiihthc former let yr Soddon uirderstand that if the CapCaptain Seddon testimonial were preMjnlcd in the shape in which it wa» made public, he would '-robuhl.v reopen the uise, his ground being that he ttn'ms of the setllenient were inriugod. As a result of the interview, it 1 is said, the testimonial has Ijßea altered, the disparaging referen-

ees to Mr Taylor buing removed.— Kxchangc. Owing Ui 'the illness of Mr E. M

Smith. M.11.1t.,: the Now Plymouth bran-ili of the Political liabour I.engiii-

has written to Mr' W. T, Jen'ilngs M.H.R.. asking him to learn the Oovernme.nt's intentions as to the pro

oosnl to divert the railway line 'hi'oiigh the centre of the town. As ihere is a persistent rnniour (<urrenl hat this promise is but an election ruse, the League tinges upon it hi' .{!o----■.'ernincnt the necessity of making a .rood start before the elect bns take .lace. Mr !"■. M. Smith. M.li.K.. or, Mmlay received a telegram from <ln Hon. W. ilali-Jones, Minister for Public Works, in reply to his i; |;uiry to the effect that thv plans for thr New i'l.Miiouth Post Ollici! are eon. ;iletud! and instructions have been driven to Invito tendors.

In his monthly report to tho Ilo;:>ugh Council, Inspector Kendal! -tUiti'd :—"1 have ins|.ectod places used for the storage, of dangerous ,'ood.i (including kerosene), ai'.l tind that the stocks of the suine are rcnurka,b)y low owing lo the non-ar-'ival of an overdue cargo. There aie it present in town at the. viiPiiems depots 70 cases kerosene, 6 coses ol benzine, 2OXIO rounds of ammunition, II cuse-i of methylated sp.rils. ."iirlb -f bitting powder, ,'!01b of sporting lowdcr, and seven cases of turpt. <- tine."

lV:|>orting to tho Borounh Council, inspector Kendall stfitca that ho lias visited several billiard rooms, ni:d has So far been unable to. verify th.> llecatiim that youths under sixteen veai-s are allowod to Ireiiuent these places.

Another of the enjoyable concerts irranged by the New Plymouth Military Rand took place at the-Theatn Royal on Mondiy livening. There •vas a attendance. T.iV 1 dress •irele being pardcularly well (Hied. The various items wore of such merit :hat every vocal numberS'jejivesl a n •neon 1 , as did several of the instruncntal pieces. Miss Murphy was in ! excellent voice, showing to advanitajje in her two programme songs, i 'l'ndir tho IVodar" and "Somebody | ..o\es Me," her encore numbers l.einc, ■ 'Coming thro' the Ryu" and '"Ki'llarney." Miss Norma (inrr.v made i a \ery iavourable impression o;v her debut on the concert platform, and ner rendition of the ballad " Come jnd lie Mine Again" was re.wauiul ny hearty applause mid an encore. Tfie ligluer vein 'was supplied b.\- Mr lack McLean, who gjive the descri[>livc song "In the Pal? Moonlight" and the character song "Tae Sheeny Coon." the latter receiving a double eneoie. Another pleasing item was the cornet sol i, "d'aul and Virginia," by Messrs (Jeo. Carry and Saunders, the band selections were : Grand selections. "Lucrezia llorgia" and "Souvc|!isr de lleethoven ;" march. 'Return of the Troops ;" internie/zo v "Tile Star Dreamer;" romano!, 'Simple Aven."-

Madame and Professor Ilylanri, who iave but lately arrived in 'the colony after n successful' Jswison at 1 the Crystal I'alaco London, announce that they may lie consulted in- rooms next to Mr lY'llew, di'nlier, on phrenilogy. astrology, palmistry, clairvoyance, and crystal reading.

Messrs Morey and Son are evidently determined to compel the attention of shoppers, Tor jn this issue they give examples of extraordinary reductions in price, such as would satisfy even the most insatiable bar-ium-hunters.

"All things have an end" applies ■veil to sales, n nd the end of Mr C. I). Hawke's bargains is so close that would-be purchasers should hurry up Mr Newton King has decided to make a change in the. proccdurli at lis weekly St nit ford sale, by .selling ill dairy stork in his social dairy Surds. Both sales will Blurt at one ('clock.

i For somo time, past a few of the [devotees of trotting have hod in train n proposal to fonria loqul club, and matters are now so advanced that a meeting of those interested will be h.-ltl in the Criterion Hotel on Thursday evening.

The Jupunese entertainment which was so successfully given In Now Plymouth a fortnight ago, will be repeated 4n the Fitzroy Hall to-night. Policyholders of the Equitable. Life Assurance Society and ethers interested can, on application to the Stratford District office ov the New Plymouth agency, obltain a statement -lowing all stocks, lionds. real estate, and mortgage securities in which. the funds of the society are invested.

Tenders are invited by the Taranaki Education Hoard for additions to the Wait urn School, closing tit 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 22. If you suffer from Itheumatism, (•out, tiravt)!, Sciatica, or Lumbago, a fair trial will convince von that UIIEI/MO will cure these'diseases. 'Hie pains of Rehuinatisin and kindMil complaints urc produced 'by the -a me Cause—excess of uric acid in the blood. The pain may be alleviated by the use of plasters and lininietils, but, these can never touch the real Cause of the disease, and can only give punijil relief at best. lUIF.UMO neutralises ami drives put the poisonous ncjd nccumulaCoiis in the bbod, ami effect*! a speedy and permanent cure. The best proof of ifs merit is tli,. fact that its sales are larger to-day than ever before. A fair trial WJII convince you of its marvellous power over Itchmnntism j and kindred diseases. All chemists anil stores, 2s Cd and 4s tid. .1 I Though Hoiras on biting blast. j Howls IVoin -the Fro/.on Pole. | And swept before him, flying past. | The sullen storm l clouds roll. Though coiigiH' and colds arc in his w H kr. I Vet still 1 feel secure, | And fear him not. because 1 tukc. ' Jjy Moods' tircat Peppermint Cure. 2'}

That ihosu in scurcli of land shoulJ have no difficulty in suii'imr ihiir l'Bquirements is shonn by UK' coinprohmsivo ami lntorestint r list of properties advertised by Mr Ncwttm Kfing. ITio dairy larms conlnirinil thorciii o,ro scattered from one end oi the district to another, and vary in area from 41' acres' to 4-110 acres. The majority of thedn l contain less than MOO acres, just the right si«e for the small farmer. Improvements and bulldjiigs ligure largely in tlio descriptions of t:i.; propcrties', and of course the prices* rango considerably. Severs 1 town and suburban sections, most, of thi>m with houses erected thereon, are also detailed.