LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Jn older lo facilitate the winding-up of the aH'nirs of the recent Hand Contest the secretary would he pleased to receive all sums of money due. Dur reader.- are reminded thai the main electoral roll closes lor printing on April lilli, and that it is desirable thai those who are not already on -liouhl make application to the Itegisuar un or before that date. At ,i recent meeting of the Taranaki branch of the New Zealand Civil Service I Association, Mr. W. J. I. Wiggs was ap- | ."iutcd delegate to the executive comic" j it Wellington. The annual meeting of he branch will be held oh Monday cvonng next.
The contest for the Stratford Mayoralty tili- year is being fought on party J lines--license and no-license. One of the candidates is a publican, the other is a pronounced representative of the no-licen-v parly. Municipal politics (the Kllhaui Aigu. -avsi have no heaiiii:: m I liic election, and the onlv refill ot the ..lectiuil »ill be to tdiow'which pari ■ ha- the stronger tollowiug in il„. (own, J the license or no-license people. The demand for dairy stuck im; tineouiiiig season promises to •■.,■ a- hri-k ,i- - ever. At I lie -ale of \lc-.,i>. Da-'au's slock held at Tatar.iim;ika on Wediics- ' day by .Mr Kewlnu King.', cunpoiiuo,, ' to ClO.'uud tb'e hei-.l of us c„i. ' .iv.t.i- ! '■ ing CO. Considering the lii ■ vcar, i'' this figure for so large a herd of i-mv* j ' is probaby a record. Horses and all | " other stock also sold remarkably well. ' DON'T WAIT TILL TO-MOlleioW. !' It's lit lie colds that grow into big ,' colds. 11„. big colds Iha I end in coiisunipl I'' lion .-iii.l death. Don't wait till to- | ' morrow (.. core I he lilile colds, to,- one dose of J)r. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs. Colds, anil Consumption'will '■ break up a cold if taken at Ihe liegin- ,|, ning. Dr. Sl l ', .ilon's New Discovery is a safe and never-failing remedy. ' Price Is (ill and .Is. Obtainable everywhere.
Peoplti who regularly attend banquets and dinners luve often remarked upon the increasing sobriety of the nation. A drunken man at llie after-din-ner social is now a remarkable exception. Sot so many years ago it was unite the regular thing for a certain secS lion to attend for "cheap beer." At a recent function in New Plymouth tie I li.|iior bill amounted to barely sixpence a head. Once upon a time it wouß have cost more than (hut for broken glasses. Picturesque .Nelson is surely on the | fair way towards losing Ike title of ■Sleepy Hollow,'' associated with it for many years. In |„,j n i ~f f.,,.1, iu city fathers have been for some time very wide awake. Some two or three mouth.ago freezing works with a capital ol ■ Ik'tween .Cl-I,IIIH) anil ,112(1.110(1 were sue 1 eessfully launched; the other day, if V i- remembered rightly, a comprehensive • drainage scheme was adopted; and nov i the City Council lias decided to eonle
with the Fire Brigade to place it upoi a thoroughly cilicient footing.
A llawera buy uosv residing in Loi don. in the course of :i private Idle -peaks of Ilk' fascination of the Knglh spring, lie says: "S]iriiig is not liere yet, for we are yet having March wind* and are expecting April showers, lint I am beginning to look forward tremendously to it. One does in London and in Kngland generally. Until 1 experienced a spring here the various songs and rhyme- about spring seemed to me tasteless and silly, but after once seeing London parks change from a dreary, desolate forlornness to a glorious picture of many-shaded greens, one wonders thill there is not more flue writing dealing with the beauties of spring." Colonel Sir Augustus i-'itzCieorge, son of the late Lluke of Cambridge, was the defendant in a ease in the Leigiiton Buz. zard County Court in, which a farmer claimed .C 25 as damages for the Joss of a cow which was killed by the Colonel's motor-car. The Colonel admitted that when the farmer said he had been nearly run over himself, he answered, "JJ the felkiw. If you don't gel out of the way when you see a motor- , ear coming you very 1 likclv: will lies killed." H 0 was afraid, he added, that | he was rather extreme in his language. "Oh, ii is a way they have in the Army," said the judge. "A verdict was given for the farmer for .C2l and costs. A newspaper correspondent has found an injustice to CJirisieliurcli in the pages of Pitman's Commercial Oleography, which publication considers that Christchurch is unworthy even of mention, for on page 148 we read:—Towns in the South island.—Dunediu, the largest commercial town, has manufactures of woollen goods and machinery; population, 52,000. Lyttclton and Cireymouth are also of note." On page 147, Mount Kgmont is said to be " one of the noblest volcanoes of tlie Pacilie." "If other works on commerce are equally unfair to the Cinderella of Xew Zealand cities," savs tills writer, ' r our new association might well devote pari of its lighting energies to refuting such errors." A peculiar incident occurred at the Okainva Hotel on Wednesday evening. The proprietor of the hotel was busily j cii-.i"ed attending to customers, when a 'man. whom Air. liellve stales he oniy remembers having seen once previously, came up to the counter and asked him if he felt safe that night. Mr. Hellve replied that he felt a- safe then as he did at anv other night. The stranger said he did not think that he (.Mr. liellve) was. lie then handed Alt'. P.ellve a six-cha inhered revolver, saying: "I don't think you are safe with flu's crowd of Maoris round you. and you had better use that (the revolver)." lie also gave Air. liellve live cartridges, urging him to use them. —lfawera Star. Mrs. Vznage, the mother of Consuclo Duchess of Manchester and l-ady LislerKav. who died recently, has left a remarkable will, in which she provides for the negro employees on her Louisiana plantations. The bulk of her estate, valued at CIOO.OuO, is left to Mr. 15. C. Rhodes, who has been manager of the plantations in Louisiana and Mississippi for twenty years. Mr. Rhodes is also appointed executor without bond. Some jewels are bequeathed to Consuelo Duchess of Manchester and to Lady ListerKave. while Miss Emily Yznaga, who now lives in Paris, receives some property located in Tennessee. A tract ol i:jl) 'acres of land in i/misiaua is to be divided between several "negro friends,' and in the will Mrs. Yznaga indicates that she is very solicitous that all the ooor and helpless negroes on her estates and all who cared for her during her old age should be provided for. " I have in the savings bank," she adds, - small -unis [or each negro friend herein mentioned," ami she then gives their names. Some of .the negroes are exJaves.
~. A social gathering was held in the a Wliileley schoolroom last evening ior \- the purpose of wishing bou voyage to M r ,' t . W. Grilliths, who, with Mrs. Grillitiis. ], leaves next week on a trip to England; ,(. also to bid farewell to the Rev. 11. A. Ci. Keck, who is being transferred lo Rotorua, There was a large attendance.
For several years Mr. Grilliths has been closolv identified with the official work of WJntcley Church, hcing both class ! leader and a society steward. The following gentlemen spoke on the various departments uf church work:—Messrs .). Whittaker, C. W. Hooker. W. Auibury, G. 11. White, €. Carter, and J- W. Boon. The Rev. T. G. Brooke was in the chair. Handsome and eulogistic testimony waborne to the successful and devoted work of both gentlemen. A choice musical programme was rendered. The local soloists were Miss Olive Buckman. "Mr. Gordon Mclsaac, and Mr. G. 11. White. Miss Douglas and Miss Wickhani delighted the company with pianoforte selections. Mr. Griffiths' and the Rev. Keck feelingly replied. Refreshments were provided by the ladies and the meeting terminated to the strains of "God be with you till we meet again." A writer on a Chicago dailv paper is authority for the statement' that one of the largest operators in Western and North-Western lands—a man who thinks nothing 0 f entering a deal involving 100,000 acres or more—says that the telephone is contributing more to the i|iiiek settlement of newly-opened territories than any other one agency that can lie named. It does uwav with 111) per cent, of the hardships of pioneer life. The telephone is making farming nrolil.:ll,l..- it ..no 1.1... .1... .-..,.. ... ..7.1 .1. .
highest market. r,„. everything he produces. The business advantage of the telephone, however, is only a small par! of its contribution to the welfare of the fanner-. There is no more isolation or loneliness on the farm. Neighbours are always within an instant's call, and the social features of country ale have been increased many fold hv'placing all Hie people in the country in such close relationship. Ii is possible that not until the census of llllli Wl -|| „•„ |;„ ow j, m .j 3o . ly bow many rural telephones there are
their number from the statement that the Swedish-American Telephone Company of Chicago, IN., is installing 50,0(10 rural telephones every month. This concern, of course, makes a specialty of farmers' telephones. Church comes all the way from England. If you want to take him down, Call on him for land and houses, Because ]„, ],,,s the best in town. —Church. Estate Agent, New I'lvmoutli. 11. Callaghan, Manager—Advt.
"L.K.G." WORTH DOUBLE ITS COS')'. An "L.K.G.'' will save both time and labor. Mr. W. Weir, Stirling, writes: - "It is with extreme pleasure that I ' testify to the splendid results I am ob- ' tabling with the "L.K.G." milker. The I longer I use it the more pleased 1 be- I come, for the results are in every way 1 extremely satisfactory. It is a. great i labor-saver, for with throe attendants '
I fun milk 40 cows in SO minutes with three machines, and peace and contentment reign over the whole establishment. With the latest rubberware, I | find the upkeep of plant a small item, and the upkeep for the past four months' continuous running has only cost Us fid. I ain so pleased with my plant thaUf T were, offered double it's cost, conditionally that I' would go back (o hand-milking. T would not accept." ngents, Egmont-stroet, New Plymouth. •T. B. MacEwau and Co., Ltd., sole AWvt.
Quite the latest in little boys' jerseys and caps are now being displayed by tiic Melbourne Clothing Company Striped "'tors in combination of blue'and white.
■ni'He and while, and red and whit.
etc. are, with the new knitted polo caps I -i match, extremely pretty and effective Prices are moderate, ranging from ?: 2s fid.
A big improvement on the ordinal".' oilskin coat is th mas slicker coat now Leber largely shown hv Ihe Molh.nmi" I'bilhinir Cnnipanv. Tn uppcar- -"■''" Ihe cat is m. dull Yellow and well •'dueled for ils puriK-.se. It is made of ■loiil American duck and fashioned e'fher bo- riding c.r walking. Tf is • laieacd for this coat that, it is absolutely impervious (o water and that it has none of the common defects eharac (eristic, of oilconts. Farmers and others -ne advised to give it a h-wl.—Advt. As the i.i.jhls grow cold your thour/hls will (urn (o feet-covering. Buy bed | ■n.cks. Thev are just the thing for coll. iii>py nights. Clean, white, and soft as town, you will always have them on'-c ,ou use them. Try a pair: 2s (Id a pair s our price for such novel feet-warmers. White and Sons, Devon-street,—Advt. '
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