LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8068, 26 March 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Tukapa Football Club's animal meeting will be liekl in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. On the application of Mi' Hughes, His Honor Judge Edwards granted an order authorising the sale of the residence of the late Edmond Walsh by the executors of the will. The order was applied for by the executors owing to one of the devisees, Lewis William Walsh, being a minor. The arc lamp at Crocker's corner was invisible last night, except by the aid of matches. Residents report that this particular piece of the electric I light installation Frequently fails.

Chinese apparently find business "allli" in New Plymouth, if the increasing attention the race is devotiuc to the town may be accepted as a criterion. Time was, not so very long ago, when the Chinaman was almost a rarity here; now he is a very considerable quantity, and for the most part in business. Within |tho past month no less than threo separate Chinese signs have appeared oyer now fruit and grocery shops in town. These have evidently got on the nerves of at least one New Zoaland patriot, whose protest yesterday disfigured the windows of two at least of these shops. Traced with a heavy tar brush the inscription ran:—" The Yellow Peril. God bless Lionel Terry."

Tiie Harvest Festival serrviees at St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth, on Sunday, were very successful. The services were largely attended, particularly the Evensong, when the seating accommodation of the Church building was taxed to ils uttermost. At this service, the anthem, " Ye Shall Dwell in the Land," was rendered by the choir, the soloists being Miss Choug aud Mr T. Woodward, both of whom acquitted themselves with much success. The Rev. F. G. Evans preached a most impressive and instructive sermon in the evening, drawing on the life of Mary Magdolcno for his subject maiter, which he handled with particular ability. The building was appropriately decorated for the occasion. ,

In connection with, tne new arrangements rendered necessary by the inauguration of the " 48 hours week " on the railways, which comes into operation on the. Ist April, large numbers of men in ill grades have received notices of transfer. The following members of the New Plymouth staff have been notified of transfer: Messrs G. A. Haddrell (to Napier), W. H. Houlding (Stratford), J. Hoskin (Toko), T. W. Pratt (Hastings), S. F. Bennett and J. Lucas (Cross Creek). On Saturday evening they were farewelled by the members of the local stiff, at a "smoker" in the Robe street Hall. Mr T. Underwood presided, and a lengthy toast list was gone through, proceedings terminating shortly before midnight by the singing of " Auld Lang Syne."

An analysis of the new House of Commons has been made, and there have been found among the members n Fox, a Bull, a Wolff, two Lambs, a Finch, a Schivaun, a Haddock, a Roche, an I a Itoc. Tn colours there are Black, Grey, White, and Ueddy. Rural life his its Hills, Field, Brooke, Parkes, Wood, Grove, Hedges, Cane, Branch, Hay, and Greenwood. There are a Midday and a Rainy, a Rose and a Thornc. Timber has its Hazel, Cherry, and Woodhouse. Trade generally is represented by a Baker, Taylor, Glover, Butcher, Mason, Smith, Cooper, and Whiteley, as well as C«tton, Holland, and Remnant.

Mr Justice Edwards left by the mail train for Wellington on Saturday morning to attend the sittings of the Court of Appeal. He concluded all business hcr3 on Friday afternoon. The Chamber business, in addition to the eases already reported, included an application by Mr Samuel, as counsel for Messrs llc-id and Bailey, of Auckland, for an order for sale of bind on the petition of the tenant-for-lifc, which was granted on the usual conditions, and an application for direction as to the hearing of a compensation claim by G. J. Willy, against the Kltham Borough Couucil, for £ISOO for the taking of land for drainage works. In the latter ease, Mr Hutcheu, instructed by Mr Welsh, appeared as counsol for tiio claimant, and Mr Samuel, instructed by Mr Syme, as counsel for respondents. After discussion, an order was made by consent, fixing the place of trial as' Stratford, and appointing Mr Turnbull, S.M., to preside over the trial. By arrangement a further question was 'informally mentioned by Mr Samuel—whether one cf the trustees who owned the land taken (the claim being in respect of the loasehold interest) or a mortgagee (merely as a trustee) of the laud of a claimant, adjoining aud alleged to be injuriously affected, was disqualified from acting as an assessor. His Houor answered the ciuestion in the afllrmative.

According to a most careful analysis made by an expert accountant at the request of Mr W. F. Masscy, M.H.R., Leader of the Opposition, omitting constituencies where contests were brought about by candidates nominated by the Prohibition Party, the voting at the recent elections contains some interesting comparisons, and the number of voters in tliß colony who declined to vote for the Government nominees is very much larger than appeared at the time of the elections. The Government secured 185,141 votes, the Opposition 137,192, the Independents 32,04.7, New Liberals (5072, and the Labor candidates 5513. Thus the Government majority over Ihc Opposition was 17,229, and the total of the Government votes exceeded half the number of voters by only 1573*.

The Hawera Commercial Agency are a Ivertising dairy and sheep aud grazing farms for sale and lease.

Star and Tukapa footballers will find the right kinds oE jerseys at the Melbourne. TkcA> arc made of strongly-spun colonial yarn with strapped shoulders and laced fronts, and are warranted to stand any amount of hard pulling. Prices (is lid, 7s (id. -Advt.

KITRTfMArrC SUFFEHKHS. Don't w.astc your money by the purchase of linimenl or pills which at the best only afford temporary relief. Go to Hie root of the trouble and expel the uric acid (the real cause of rheumatism) from your system. This you can only do by faking a medicine which drives out the uric acid. Rhcumo will do this for you, and you will be surprised to find the wonderful euro effected by taking a few doses. Head the published testimonials from leading citizens all over New Zealand in favour of liheumo, and try it for yourself. Sold by all chemists aud stores at 2s Od aud •Is Gd per bottle.