LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7871, 13 July 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tiic Daily News printing nudum: came to a full stop yesterday morning in a sudden and unexpected manner, caused by ihe breakiirg of the connecting roil. As l)iere were some hundreds of papers still to print, a sort of burglarious descent was made upon I lie Herald office, and two of the staff, Messrs McComis-h and Moon, having been "raked out" (rum tlteir sJumbt'l's, we managed to present the News as usual 'to our readers. Wl'liavr to tiiank the proprietor of the Inula for his kind s-ssi-i----ance to-da>, which happily has not been rqtfuired,, through the smartness '" Ml ' ssr * (,t »'y ami Rollo, who made a new connecting rod that fitted to a hairs breadth, and consequently the kind offer of our evening contemporary was "not necessarily accept-

| A house to bouso canviiss in conn'rtioii nid, the local electoral roll |b;is Ik-.-ii oMnim-nced by the men ein-jplnu-l lor the purpr,.-,,-. Whera |li»iiM-h.>li|.-rs iin: absent from lmm<■when the ivlbrior i'„nn is h-i'i I" lie lilkit in n n,l 5 ,.„, ~„ ,„ ~„. bm in M'.vrr.il inslumvs rl.iiinnnls li.i\.• I'.iiht) to ol.StTve the, '.-tifiiilaliuiis on Hie foim, thus making the application l\,j- enrolment invalid. The f.irm mpriivs to bo Kilned by the claimant in the presence of a bona fide elector of the district, ot fl-e. us piwidnl, thi< Deputy UcgistraJ', Justice or Postmaster.

Th.' value of Lhc butter aajppcU from New Plymouth and Waitara during ihe last Reason amounted' to £(i:io.lH.:i».

A lul-kp fisli -was found alive on the j he-nil at Hokitika on Sunday. In B peti'i: t condition wiUi the exception ihnt u portion of if- tail was missing. It mua-sures 121'ttiiti, 17in deep, oin th.ough, and is identihel with Hanks' ribbon li>,h illustrated in Lyidekker's Royal Natural History, e.v lopl •'■■ it il has angles ..r iirlrrs. Jspec. •■nsjare. slated to be very rare, I only . lecn finds havin< been recordcd.

I'< . t!i« Ihki si\ months Nelson capit ii'i vW ha\e been I'.cwlopinK irrnmte i|:ii!.ii's nt Tonga Island, mar Xelsi'ii- They havi> erected a wharf, sh H , arfci cranes, and imported the ' \;r>t n -lchinery available at ;i cost of s-iii.c iliotistinds of pounds. Hive st im I mi- t sled at tin Canterbury Knein|.,r,v

Collie by l'rofe. sor Scott, aw! rave satisfactory results. The Ma'hinerv is now In opera I ion, consist.i; ic, of a saw plene, mould'T, and pneumatic plant. a very su:ce,ssfu,l , trial 1 eing live result. The delivery of stone has now begun. i On Tuesday nieht Detective llodrln.ni .-itrestel a man nanierl William llicV on a charire ol theft of two I.- i reals nt Waiipinnii three weeks n.L" . The accused was brought oclo'e Mr Hutchison. S.M., on Wcdnes'ny mominfr, when a lvmanrl 'ill Thursday was (franted. Local charges of the (heft of saddles are also to be preferred ajrain'sl accused. Mr (i. V. Tate informs the Wnitarn .Mail hat in speakinp to Mr Hutchison. S.M., on Saturday, iv a Court house in Wnitara. tiio Magistrate said i e would support the application to the (Jovyrmncnt. If Council Chambers were erected he would be. iti favi r of using; such building at a rental for Court work, until the Justice ncjiartrocn.t suw its Way to have a piece under its own control. Of late years the liner qualities ol amber haw. uoen rising so steadily irv i-r.c, that it is not without interest In note than an extensive McpoSit of this beautiful substance has been discovered on the islalil of Sant.i Dcnniiuii. Curiously enough, the broken - disintegrated sandstone in which the iinl-.cr is found is situated nearly !.>il(M't above the sea level, at the lop of a hill which is known us Palo ljueniado, or tho lturnt Tort. The ' ~e'.v lind of nmher possesses all tie " opalescent realities of t !>■ best Kou- • uanian and Catanian specimens.

One of thi'. effects of (hi l present war between llusrfa and Japan is an increase in the pric« of camphor. The increase threatens to Ir' so considk-r----■ihle as to actually stop certain in.iiiMriiS such as the making >f celluloid, which depends on the sup|il.v of I'jiiiiphoi"-

The new lnglewood Hotel has been taken over by Mrs Kennedy, late of .h.r ShaniroeK Hotel, iiolesworil. ,inet, airs Kenned) has spared no pains or expense to .ii-ur itris house one of the leading hotels in Taranaki, the furnishing bi ing of the best, not only of coloma. manufacture, but of the latest Euj:lish designs. The building will be I opened on Saturday evening, with. we hear, a right good old Knglisi: house-warming.

As an outcome of the letter receiv- . d from Mr .1. Mc(.'lugguf,e. "i Whtin,aiuonioiia, at tilt annual meeting oi ihe New Plymouth Chamber of L'.-tin-inerc, -Mr J. 11. I'onnetl, who is ai present in Wellington, has arranged for a deputation from that body to wait upon the Premier with regard to opening up and metalling arterial road* of the Taranaki district. "To show ihe necessity ui opening up .these roads," says Mr Conin'U, "1 would point out lh.it last season Ihe co-o|>eiati\e factories on good roads were paling 'ld to Slid per IT) lor butter fat. while factories located on unmetalled roads were only puyiiu ."i.Jd per Iti. The city man really doe..) not understand what that means. It ineans, in short, that settlers in country where the roads are not metalled cannot get milk to the fncory until Ik-comber on account oi ihe state of the roads, and then the.\ receive Id less per lti tain thus-.- who have the advantage of good roads.'' Messrs (k Samuel, X. King. Yl. l-'ra-ser, and .1. Mct'luggage (Wlyangiimomoiia), who, wkli Mr Connect, constitute the deputation, left for ttcllinglen by the mail train tills morning.

Mcsrs Ambury Bros, hold their annual stock-taking sale from Saturday next until Aug. 15, when large reductions will be made for cash. Job lines in dresses, silks, velvets, costumes, jackets and many other lines will be sold at half-price. Count:y orders, accompanied by cash, will obtain tlie same concessions as those over the counter.

On Saturday next, Messrs Vickers and Stevens will hold a clearing tale lof furniture at the olil tngltwuu.t Hotel, the lots comprising bedsteads, mattresses. bedding, tables, chairs, chests drawers, crockery, cutlery ami many other articles. The sale starts at 1.30 o'clock. The Taranaki location Board invites applications for the appointments of teacher at Dudley Road and head teacher at Omata. Applications must be delivered at the Board's office by a p.m. on Saturday, July 22. Mr Frank Messenger invites tenders for additions to the premises 01 Messrs Morey and Moore, in King Street, closing on Saturday.

Ab experienced nurse is advertised for.

The claim made by the tic-wlv-created Stratford Hospital Board as its share of the assets of the Taranaki Hospital Board was £2OOO, not £I2OO, as staled in a previous issue when the award of the Audilor(leueral was published, s iviiift the Stratford Board £315

the ivo-nth-formed Tii-aimki Field Club, who hold flieir inaugural m.vtmg to-night, (invite the public to be pr.-s.nt at lb,' Chamber ~( Commeic room*. Mr S. I'ercy'.Smith, EK.C.S. will deliver 1( „ ~ddre,,s on "The Eruption of Tarawrra," a subject „f which uho lecturer has special knowhd.,'c derived tj'om |iersonnl obs-rva-:ion immediately after the event.

The largest stock in town at 2il in the Is discount, should interest all buyers of drapery and clothing. Amnury Bros.' sale tor a month, slarlinß Saturday.* Those interested in the formation of a trotting club in New Plymouth are reminded of the meeting to he held in the Town Hall at 8 o'clock this evening. HAVE you fSKI) THE GENUINE and experienced the delight of immediate anil permanent telief? Medical authorities ull over the globe announce that the genuine SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT out distances all known remedies In Colds, infloenza, all fevers, diarrhoea, dysentery, rheumatism., etc. A local application will at once, stop neuralgis pains: skin diseases, wounds, ulcers, it heals without inflammation. Inhalations (5 to 8 drops to a cupful nf boiling water) give certain relief in diptheric, throat and bronchial troubles, asthma, pneumonia, consumption, etc. Thirty years' use has proved the merits of SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Th« ill-efTects following the use of the common eucalyptus products need not lie feared ; the cures aro legion. Try It ! Hut, to avoid disappointment, he sure und get SANGER tc SONS' HIRE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.