The Daily News. TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1901. THE HARBOUR BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 11, 15 January 1901, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1901. THE HARBOUR BOARD

ELECTION. The election of members of the New Plymouth Harbour Board takes place on the second Monday in Februrry, four weeks from now. In other parts of the colony where there are Elective Boards i we notice candidates are putting their views on harbour matters before the ratepayers, but so far candidates here < have been quite silent and the present J members of the Board hare given no | indication of their intentions. We are given to understand that at least two of the present members will not be again candidates—we refer to Messrs. Ralfe and McLean. We sincerely hope this is not true because both these gentlemen have proved exceedingly useful members, and their knowledge of the business of the Board and the condition of the harbour render them much more valuable to the ratepayers than any new members can possibly be. It is a matter for regret that the Board has not put some clearly defined policy before the ratepayers upon which to ask for their support. Some time age the Board had a report | from their Engineer en what was required to improve the port and render it capable of taking in the direct | steamers, but this report has never | been fully discussed or adopted and placed before the ratepayers. Ws were [hoping that the Board would pall m Mr. Napnr Bell, or seme oompatent engineer, to confirm or otherwise Mr, Mar chant's opinion, and then adopt some schemeforimproviiagthe harbour. Those who have earefully studied the position of affairs at the port will agree that it is now taxed to its utmost capacity, and thai unless something is done sggfl the trade of the district For a long time the Taranaki were which were a for the The eJ^Hl^^^^^HH

Tlio mail steamer Mariposa, which left] Auckland on 15th December, reached Saiijl Francisco on Uie 12th inst., gaining one|i day. I The lunatic, Whiskey, who jumped from a 1 1 train on the Napier litis last week, has not (yet been recaptured, and nothing has been heard of his whereabouts. The Midland Railway Commission will not be able to hoM its first sitting until February Ist. At the S.M. Court, Cbristchurch, on Monday last, the Premier, as President of the Liberal Federation League, was sued for 19s 6d by Mr. John Scott Myers, of Christchurch, for services rendered at the Federation. The caso was adjourned to February 14th, so that Mr Seddoa's evidence may bo taken. Cr. Collis has baen appointed the representative of the B rough Council on the Egmont Park Board. The quantity of kerosene stored on the reclaimed land is 94 ca*es, and in other shops 197 cases. In our report of the Police Court proceedings in relation to putting agate in a swamp at Okato, the nmne of the complainant was inadvertently printed as McAllum instead of McCuUum. At a special meeting of the Borough Council on Monday, Thursday afternoon was fixed as the weekly half-holiday. Edmund Daniels, tobacconist, was on Monday, at Wellington, convicted by the Magistrate of being fraudulently concerned in an evasion of the Customs Act by dealing with uncustomed tobacco, and was fined £25 with £7 14s costs. The Minister of Lands, who has returned from the South, reports that everywhere the crops are looking well. The harvest will, he expects, be as bountiful as last year's, for though the area sown is less, tbo yield per acre promises to be larger. The Borough Turncock, Mr. R. M. Smith, resumed full duty on January Ist. The Taranaki Fire Underwriters' Association has submitted a resolution to the Borough Council calling attention to the desirability of establishing a bye-law compelling persons erecting new buildings to put up brick party walls in the central blacks of the town. The Secretary of the Town Band advises ns that he has received the sum of £3 12s 6d from the committee of the marine picnic held on New Year's Day, as a donation in return for the services of the Band on that occasion.

The Grey River dredge did net wash np last week, which was a broken one. A flood made the river too deep for the ladder in the early part. Yery little work of a profitable nature was done during the week, There is very little news from the other local dredges. Mr. David Syme is gazetted a trustee of the Eltham Creamery (vice Mr. P. H. Pease). Among the lands being thrown open for selection are 3000 acres in the Tanakira district, 8000 acres at Waipakura, 1,650 acres at Mangawhero, and 2,600 acres in Taranaki. The following trains leave New Plymouth station to-day for the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned belotr, as f0110w5:—5.45 a.m., Rotoiti (from Worth); 8 a.m., Mapoufika (from South) ; 11 am., .Rotoiti (for South); 9.30 p.m., Mapourika (for North). A passenger-car will be attached to the goods train, leaving New Plymouth for the Breakwater, about 3 p.m. Mr. B. Dawes, sen., has leased his farm on tho Anderson Road for three years, and will leave for New Plymouth on Monday next. The district will suffer by the loss of such a good settler, but we are pleased to say that Mr. Bawes does not intend to permanently leave the district, as he purposes in the near future returning to Eltham and taking up another farm.— Argus. A German project is in hand for opening up the Rhiae, Elbe, Steetin, antf otherwater-1 ways throngh the heart of the German Empire, at an estimated cost of 19§ millions, j The yacht Sunbeam, which is to compete in the International Yacht Raoe at Sydney on the 26th inst, was sent from Auckland to Sydney by the Mararoa yesterday. A very fine and extensive stock of Engagements Rings, Wedding Kings, Keepers and Dress Rings, new century Watches, in gold silver, genuine rollnd gold and nickel cases, Olooks, Spectacles and Klectro-plate at J. H. PABKEB'S, Watchmaker, Jeweller and Optician, next Railway Crossing, Devon-street Central, New Plymouth.—Advt. Holloway's Pills and Ointment, Reliable remedies, Jn wounds, brqises, sprains, glandular swellings, enlarged veins, neuralgic pains and rheumatism, the application of this soothing Ointment to the affected parts not only gives the greatest ease, but likewise cures the complaint. The Pills greatly assist in banishing the tendency to rheumatism and similar painful disorders, whilst the Qintment cures the local ailment. The Pills remove the constjtutiqnal disturbance and impaired function pf out the human body. temporary and has by searaj|^^^Hß^H|^^^H^H

the stage pV>rl fed. The arrangement ! announcing* o|A) screen by means of lan extra the subject of the scene to follV* excellent; one, and a great on former methods. We should Alfoatention that there is an entire ao|B«nWof the tantalising flicker so nouceajl? in kinematograph exhibitions. The llms shown on Saturday night reprew nsd between £BOOO and .£IO,OOO in jjdue, and in total length measured atout 12 miles, being shewn at the rate of tevfin foet, or forty pictures per saeondJ The coil of films is run off by an eleitric motor, and a powerful electric liglt is the medium for projecting thjeyisßs upon the screen. A traction engine H the back of the theatre provides tblraotive power for driving the dynamo Mom which a cable passes to the front Mthe theatre and conducts the electriMmrrent for the motor and light used* exhibiting the pictures. A duplicaß electric plant has to be carried toMrovide against accidents, and in all *en persons are ; on the staff, so that it HI be seen that it is no inconsiderablejftidei'taking to run the Biograph ShM We should I mention that the extMtion is under the direction of MesM Wyld _ and : Froedman, and Mr. MilNr is busimst ' manager." We fully anticipate crowded houses during the Ne* Plymouth , season of two nights, as ieats are now i being rapidly booked at GKmour's.