LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8025, 11 January 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Melbourne-Naples despatch of December 6th arrived iu Loudon on the niglit of 7th inst. At tho Police Court, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, Mr J. H. Colcshy, contractor, was fined Is and costs 3s for allowing a horse to waudcr in Molesworth street. Nearly £2OO will be given in prize money at the Champion Regatta at Picton on Easter Monday. For the chainpion fours tho first prize will be £SO and four gold medals, and the second £ls to £2O. Tile meeting of Civil Servants to have boon held at the Coffee Palace, New Plymouth on Wednesday, to consider a modified co-operative scheme for the supply of goods to members from local tradesmen, was postponed until this (Thursday) evening. . Messrs Bewley and Griffiths, auctioneers, New Plymouth, are landing a motor car this month, for use in connection with the firm's business. As a moans of locomotion, in conveying would-be clients on the look-out for farms around the province, the motor should prove an up-to-date salesman. In future the following are c] 'j "ges to be paid for Telephone Bureau communications on trunk wires:—For , every period of three minutes not excceding 25 miles, subscribers 3d, non- ' subscribers (id; not exceeding 50 miles, all persons 6d; not exceeding 75 miles! 9d ; not exceeding 100 miles, Is; not . exceeding 140 miles, la lid; not exceeding 180 miles, 2s j every succeed--5 ing distance of 40 miles (id. • Arrangements arc being made to se--5 cure the meeting of C. Casey (Eltham) j and C, O'Rourke, winner of the big chop at Kuuiara at Christmas. The proposed condition;, which have boen b accepted by O'Rourke, are that the - match be in 18-inch white pine, underB hand style, for £SO to £IOO a side, the match to take place at Kumara. In r the event of the negotiations proving - successful, Casey will carry all the .] money that Taranaki can find wagercrs I for. A meeting of the New Plymouth ') Tradesmen's Association is to be held r on Monday evening next to consider t 11 proposal that has been put forward by the Eltham Association to form a larannki Association. Other matters t to be discussed include the question of representation at the forthcoming conference of employers and workers at Wellington, and a request from ) Hawcra that business establishments e should close earlier than usual on r Thursday, January 25, to allow ol assistants and others visiting Hawerii 1 for the Band Contest. An abortive burglar hunt at Midhurst on Wednesday morning occasioncd some excitement. Word had been received that a man answering tlu description of a "wanted" had been « seen in the district and police were desis patched from Inglewood and Stratford to effect a capture. They 'spotted' thoir quarry near the Radnor road and ) immediately gave chase, but the man [s whose name is unknown, made for tlu „ hush, where up to the time of the tele- ° graph office closing, he had eluded 1 capture. It is alleged that the fugitive y is wanted in connection with a jewel d robbery at Wanganui, t Tho " Grey River Argu* " reports l( i there are no signs yet of the abatement of tho plague of mice which has, for the past two or three months been y causing housewives in the Grey Valley considerable annoyance. The bush in the vicinity is reported to be swarming with the pest. Anglers report that in 16 almost every trout of decent size capi- turcd mice in different stages of diges- ( tion are found. It is surmised that the mice in attempting to swim the IS rivers liavi been drowned, their bodies le dropping to the bed of the river, where they have been found and devoured bv the trout. The possibility of the trout • attacking live mice whilst swimming !>• the river is said to be unlikely. r, The house that greeted the appear. r . ance of the Taylor-Carrington Company at the Theatre Royal, New Plymouth, on Tuesday night, was one of the largest that the seating accomim ■[ ition n of the theatre has been called upon to :e bear for a long time. Whether it was that the echoes of applause, that had 10 been bestowed oii this popular combiny ation at the various provincial towns a they had been visiting, had reached New Plymouth, or because of the • reasonableness of tho tariff, that , such h record patronage was accordod is not >f stated, but probably each was a contributing cause. "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which was staged, is too well known to require description. Suffice >- it to say that iu the hands of the ] Taylor-Carrington Company the dramatisation ■of Mrs Beeehcr Stowe's ' s famous novel was admirably presented, n The return of the company from their e northern tour in about two months should witness a repetition of their success. Mr W. E. Bendall, secretary of the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union, it Limited, in a circular issued by order h of the directors to shareholders and a suppliers, says" Onr' prospects this year are, perhaps, brighter than for it some years past, and prices are at preh sent £lO to £l2 per ton better than j this time last year. Should they keep nj), and we ship the same quality as last soaion, the increase in price means n that we will be about £3OOO hotfor off 13 than last year. Add to that the fob lowing amounts, and the most sceptical will admit thai wc are justified in - thinking that we should have a good ,t yearßeduction in London freight, . is per bos, say £(iUO (last year we shipped 25,1fi11i liojres); increase in n Wellington prices, lod to lid, £1500; 1 office salaries, exchanges, and general n savings by removal of head office to Paliuerston North, £350; storage and interest on drafts on butter stored in London, £850; increase in London

i- prices as above, £6500. ;1 . The well-known, and cuiincntlysuccessfiii medical specialists have re- ® turned to New Plymouth. Judging d from the. results of their previous visit t, the services of Mr and Mrs Goodman , r should lie eagerly sought for by suffcrcrs, especially by those who haye failed to obtain velicf from ordinary methods. It is understood that tliey e treat almost entirely without medicines, and effect cures iii a surprisingly short ' time, even in the most difficult oases, o such as female ailments, diseases of the e nervous system, painful affections, diseases of the digestive organs, anismia, fits, and various chronic s diseases, which yield to no other form - of treatment, As Mr and Mrs Good, j man can only receive a limited number of patients, those intending to consult ' them should do so at once, and avoid - disappointment, as their stay is brief. . Mr and Mrs Goodman may be con- £ suited at the Imperial (private side entrance) daily from 10 tiil 5; evenings from till 7.30, or by appoint nicnt, Men who slmve themselves should lie infonneil of the excellence and smooth-cut- ■ ting qualities of the ''Kiwi" mors. Have an even temper, extraordinary keenness of ' edge, dci not vibrate when cutting into an extraordinary heavy heard, anil give you a cleiin, luxurious shave, even if you have ' the touchiest skin. Make mo provo these ] statements, 1 will change your razor as ] often as you like until you nra satisfied. KIWI is tlio name, Oct it at J, Avery's, £ the place for men's sundry needs, Devon | street.—Auvt. ~

MEIIIT REWARDED BY UOUKT 0 JUSTICE, The acknowledged good qualities and success ef Saxdhii and Sons Euti.\i,Yi"i'r ExTIUCT have brought out. many imitations, ami one case was just, tried in the Supreme Court ef Victoria, ln-fore hi* Honor Chief Justice Sir J. Madden, K.C.H.U., dc. His honor, in giving judgment, said that whenever ;iu ar'iele is commended t> the public by reason of its good quality, etc., it is not permisslvo to Imitate any of its features, Restraining tho imitators perpetually from doing so, ho ordered ; them to pay all costs. , We publish this to afford the people an opportunity of protecting themselves, and of securing what is proved beyond all ] doubt by skilled witnesses at the Sup- ] reme Court of Victoria, and by many ( authorities during the last 31 years to be ■ \ preparation of genuine merit, viz.:— " s Tun (tbkpine Sander & Sons' E Pi-in; Vor, vtilk Eucalvto v i Extbact, . 1

Italian ryegrass 7ft Sin iu length has been cut on Mr limes' farm at Makaka, oil the southern side of the mountain. Mauy of the farms in South Tara. naki are covered with the ox-eye daisy. The Noxious Weeds Inspector should have his hands full for a few days rounding up settlers. Owing to an oversight we nicnt ioncd iu a local in Wednesday's issuv that the Hawcra Band Contest takes place next month. As will be seen by advertisement the Contest will be held this month. On Monday the Corinna will take from New Plymouth 12000 boxes of butter and 800 crates of cheosc for transhipment to the Toilgarioro, and 3000 boxes of butter for the Mayorshire. The Eltham Dairy Company is paying out, for the month just closed, a sum of £9887 to .suppliers alone. Including the wages and other expenditure, the total amount to be paid out for the month will amount to £12,531. These figures forn a record iu tho \ business of the Company.—"Argus."