LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7898, 14 August 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

y an advertisMiient which will ai> pear to-morrow Messrs Aniburv Itros ■ nnounce that this is the last week of their sale, uhrn oddments will lie saerificcd in order t|-> make room for s P r mg shipments. Mr W. T. Stead, in the Review of IfcviewK for June, describes Austrntii ns "the great uninhabited Continent around which a handful of white Australians are roosting." Tho pany have received : ,n oiler from a relialile lir m lo pinrhaw tJu- whole of ■ L'io factory's output for the ne.M three years. The :olTer will lie discussed by the shareholders.

I here are nine old age pensioners in th« Colony w ver aim age of 9.*> yours, of whom one is itfi unmarried man, five are widows, and three widoweis. On* ;of the .last-mentioned, at Masterton, is 104 years okl, anil another, at Ashbiirt-on, is 102 years of ape. 'llie unman-jed male pensioner, who lives at Ilavelock, is 103 vear* old. The fists,- of allowing cattle to -trav about the streets, especially b. the vicinity of a railway crossing. Were exempliiu-d on Saturday afternoon at th-' Smart Road crossing. As an engine wan approaching. two rows were leisurely crossing the rails, and the driver was unaMe to avert a collision. One of the animals waa thrown clear of the line and killed, and .the ot.'ier knocked clear, with but minor injuries. j Mr John William Walker, a/y cccen- I trie Blackpool (Eng.) resident, who! recently died made hobbies of collect- | iiW pipes and mufAeal instruments. He had over I<>o pipes and many curious musical instruments, none of which he could play. When he wanted to hear them he paid a musician lo pla.v them to him. lie-claimed to possess the largest' saxophone ever mad»* ; it was sft Ofn long. The death occurred /,n Saturday of a young man Benjamin Forbes who. after a term of illness in th.ho.spil.al, was over twelve months ago given light employment at ft he Old People's Tfome. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoojj, and was attended by the members of the 1.0.0. T. lentigo. Deceascd,woSi iv native of Scotland, and had no relatives in this country. The young fellow hail been tlest itute, but, with theirony of fate, assistance jn ihe shape of draft notes for £."O arrived too late to be of any service.

The Western ParK presented an ani* i uijifed scene on Suntiay afternoon, | when t»,: NVw Plymouth Military | Hand p,nvo an op''(*-air concert. Tho 1 lirge assemblage greally enioyed ihe solcetions. The work of improving the park iy procooding fepnee, and tho ivsort is liMy to become very popular. as the view from I his-point of vantage is n tine one. Visitors showed their appreciation of the work in hand by contributing to the collection in anl of the Hoard's fund. The. staU> of ihe approach to the park from Devon Street is anything but creditable to the Borough Cum* cil. For Dronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Feppermiot

A full orchestra Ji)as been engaged for "1-a MascoHe": long night on Wednesday. This event® flr. Home will deliver an address on plant life before members ol the Taraftaki Field Club. Cash buyers are well catered for by Mr it. W. Neal, of Devon Street, as will be marie manifest a glance at his advertisement appearing in to-day's issue. | A meeting oS Hie T-ai;a!taki Presbytery was helil in Hawera for tlve purpose o( revising the Book of Or'dcr. A large amount of work was put through but owing to the pressure ot time it was not completed, and a, cominitte consisting of the Rev. Tr-eadweil, .Messrs Osborne and McDiannid was appointed to go turthor into the matter. Tho Stratfoi'l Mounted Rifles, who are trekking round the mountain, arrived in Xew Plymouth from Oktalo on Suniav, taking up their quarters in the tamp pitched at Waiwakaiho To-day the corps will be put through tho Riinml clai-'B tiring, and on Wednesday morning will resume the march homewards. Th> men and horses are in the pink nf condition, j and have gainctf valuable experience during the four days' manoeuvre* At the S.M. Court 011 Friday among the cases hijard were an action' hy Cameron and Brooking ngainst W. 0. Knyvett for £3l 5s in respect of of crushing boulders, and another suit )ty W. G. Knyv-ett against John Hayes for £7; j . lis foi>hiro of teams, etc., in oinn«;tion *Aith a contract for road metal, the defendant in the latter action counterclalming for £5." 6s Bd. The S.Unreserved judgment in both coses.

After an absenco from t'.ie colony of nearly six years the Rev. L. M. fsitt is again visiting Taranaki. 1 tofore he left he was a master of the subjects he deals with, and an orator ; his varied experience in the Old Country, amongst all sorts of people, should have biioloideiiod his view and his sympathies. All who like to hear a good speech, whether they exactly agree wilh the speaker or not, will be glad to welcome hiin back to New Plymouth. At, this time he will only spend one day with us. Tw.o well-known commercial travellers .had nn exciting experience lately on the Kaikohe Road, when they wese chas d for several miles by a Wild bull that Wad"brc(ken fivaty from some Maoris, who had captured him a few hours previously. O ifc of the travellers'triod to dodge him round a telegraph pole, 'bii't his Worse did not like the appearance of the angry brute, and soon turned tail and fled. They eventually (trew away from their pursuer aiiwl succedcd in negoti ating a 'gate, behind which there was safety.—Exchange.

A London correspondent writes "Mr Reeves told the story of an omen at the New Xealand dinner t.itother itrglil. A fortnight ago, hi said, he' was ascending the staircase of the New Zealand Government Offices, when he was confronted wi?h a staring notice, "Beware of the High Step." On entering the office his old friend Mr Kennaway met lmn wi'th a smiling face and handed him a telegram notifying his appointment as High Commissioner. "Luckily," said Mr Reeves, "we do not live in the middle ages, and do not iyelieve in oniens. I am not yet in prison, and have not lurn rut over by a motor-car ; and inasmut-li as the official telegram was Antipodean, 1 hope it miy turn the omn upside down." Neatly put. Tho lonal Chinese (suvs the Warnranui Chronicle) wero patted on the back at tho last meeting of the Char (table Aid Roland. The secretary reported that during the jear ending March .'II. lOO.'i, the sum of time guineas had been received by th<Iljard as voluntary contribution; from Chinamen. He also I hat only one Chinaman had been un iter treatment durinl* that period, lb was discharged in April, and in addition to ikying, his account .<?ave r donation of Other donations said the secretary, had also beer nvule during this year. The Chair man, in referring to tho matter, pai' a tribute to the honest manner ie which the local Chinese acted, and said they were an example to man\ r-airiopeans.

A parade of .'the Wellington Navals was sumlrioncil on Krrday for Mount Cook (irillshi-d. Five petty officers turned out hut no .gunjwr/s. Staff-Captain Biss liad been appointed to take charge of the parade, tlw company's officers having all resigned. In addition to the petty-officers, there Were present Master-Gunner Richardson and the Permanent Artillery instructors. Two men in naval uniform stood outside the drillshed and a fairly large crowd, in mufti, stood across Hie street. As the time for the parade drew near a non-commissioned officer asked from the doorway of the hall if there were any navals in mufti present, and an answer c-,uue ''''No." Tlivil the non-com. walked up the hall and saluted the commanding officer, an.l reported "No muster," whereupon the parade ]Was dismissed by the divisional corps officer. HEALTH HINTS FOIt RHEUMATICS. Diet plays an important part in Khoumatism, Gout, Sciatica, Lumbago, tind kiudred Complaints. 'J hose troubled With these diseases should l.c careful, for some foods encourage the formation of uric acid. Avoid red mcjats, use spicis, tea, and cofTo:' sparingly, and—most important ol all take IIHEUMO. It is the onlv one medicine that will quickly n tf"; effectively cure Hheumatism, Gout, .Sciatica, Lumbago, and their attendant evils. The first dose of RIIEUMO gives relief, and its use will qc foun I 10 effect a complete cure. Your chemist or storekeeper sells it, 2s 6d 10 6d a bottle. Give it s trial.

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It's good for the Butcher, the Baker the Brewer, The Carpenter, Bricklayer, Black* smith and Shoer, The Mistress, tho Servant, the Maiden demure, Tfre Toiler, tho Clerk", the Disconsolate Woopr. It's good for the Wealthy, it's good for the Poor, Of vhe. system cold-stricken a perfect rcnewoc. When the air of Australia is cold and impure It s Infallible—Woods' Great Peppermint Cure-* 8