NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 244, 13 November 1903, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Brindisi mail whish left Melbourne oh October 7 arrived in London on the 7t'h ihst.

The Doafd oE School Conimissionts's will not meet this morning. Messrs Bewlcy and Griffiths report the sale bey private treaty o. the sections in Lemon Street offered at auction yesterday.

Tho Parliamentary correspondent of the Eltham Argus expects that the present session of Parliament Will so!ncl|ide next Friday. At Hawera on Wednesday E. Buckingham was fined £2 and costs for having given a concert in a hall oj|en to the pi#Aic without having first obtained the permission of the Hawera Borough Council.

The Taranaki Oddfellows' Premier Picnic will be held nt Eltham on Jan. 21st, the local lodge undertaking the detail arrangements. Last year the Stratford lodge conducted the picnic, \yith assistance from delegates of other lodges, and the toff air was a great success The Order Is anjd the Plremier Picnic pronilisee to become one of Taranaki's recognised annual fixtures.

The borough- inspector has multifarious duties. Mr Quilliam remarked on Thursday morning in Court that were he to exercise all liis powers he would soon become an intolerable nuisance himself.

In referring to the traffic in Devonstreet, Mr Weston stated in Court yesterday that on one recent afternoon a caiwioii could have been fiit'd i ig 1 ht up the street without lnjuriii"* anyone. °

In the Magistrate's Court 011 Thursday morning Mr Jones, proprietor of a local omnibus service stated that the alteration in the bus stands would mean that the vehicles must traverse an additional 1600 miles in a year.

A prize of the value of half a guinea has been offered to the Committee F-rhiw-f ?' u TeChnical School Exhibition for tho best essay bv any pupil on a subject to be named at the time of writing. I n judging originality is to bo chiefly regardod and other things being equal, is to gain tho prize.

The Government has prohibited the importation into the colony tho sutystanco known as "flock," as likely to convey infectious diseases.

Ihe work of repairing the damage at the mouth of the Huatoki stream in tho New Plymouth railway yard is proceeding apace. There is'a gang, of men who have removed many of the lai ge blocks of broken from the bed of the stream and are now preparing to lay new foundations for strong concrete walls. The work is laborious, and also has to be made very substantial in order to repel the attacks of any future flood such -as was experienced duringthe past winter.

An Auckland auctioneer, who has b(een visiting the North Auckland district, states that the stone fruit crop, more particularly English plums and peaches, will b« short of requirements,

The wooden trestles for games at the Floral Fete yesterdfty wore donated by Mr Louis Bullot.

The Government has decided that Mi iftlempt shall be made to publish wall-pictures for Now Zealand schools to illustrate the cololiy's (p,una and florai The local cricketers fared badly yesterday, the Rovers suffering deJpat at Waitara, while at Ingle wood the Wandersrs we«e beaten by over 100 ,I'uiuk

All dolls given as extra prizes at the Floral Fete were presented by Mr li. Cock, president of the committee.

The dovGnhment is considering' the desirability of increasing the amount 01 money granted for the encouragement of swimming. The basis upon which the vote will be distributed willj tb ti large extent, be the membership of the Associations. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning Mr Weston made eulogistic reference to the excellent 'bus services provided in New Plymouth. " Look at th» ' buses here, your Worship,", he said,; "could there be found anything tetter in New Zealand than these, o,r horses superior to those engaged in drawing them ? I don't think that in any of the large centres the omnibuses are better conducted or run mSJ'e punctually to the time-table."

Mr Cartwright, who was selected for the Tikorang-i school, has accepted the appointment, and will take up his duties as teacher after the holidays. A Sitting of the District Court will be held dt Stratford on November 23th:

The Waimate Witrress says that the men tjf the Northerii Mont rch, wrecked at Oaonui, have not a uuperabumdance of cash. One A.B. came ashore with three coppers—a penny anid two half-pennies. Jack is proverbially liberal when - he gets ashore ; this particular tar was no exception. He gave the half-pennies to a boy, and when at church on the Sunday morning he piit the remainder Of his capital—his veriest all—into the collection plate !

What amount o( provocation justifies a man 111 using abusive language was the subject of a giao'd deal of discussion at th® IhgleWDbd Court. If J'Oti fiild J'fcfur rieightoiditr driving three of your best heifers to Stratfßrd frßni the Durham Road are you safe in calling him bad names 1

Mr Whitconibe, District Manager of Railways, in a letter to Mr Bewley, President of the Chamber 0/ Commerce, Soys it is now finally decided that the afternoon train shall leave New Plymouth for Hawera at 4.25 p.m. as at present.' The Department has also decided to do away with th : e proposed late train ll'Btti Hawerii, to New Plymouth, and 111 its place a train will leave Haweia daily at 4.20 p.m., and reach New Plymouth at 7.50 p.m.. The early afternoon train will leave New Plymouth at 1 p.m., instead of 1.20 p.m.., reaching Wanignnui at 8.20 p.m. instead of at 9.32 p.m. as previously proposed, thus taking nearly an hour off the rum This has been done by shortening' the stay at Hawem. Mi' Wh'itcOmbb concludes with the lio)>e that the revised time-table will meet witlf the Chamber's approval.

live custodian of the Old Men's Home asks us, 011 behalf of the inmates, to thank the ladies for their Invitation to the Floral Fete, and also to thank Mr W. Ambury for his kindness to an inmate who was smed with illness on the ground. Mi standish is also thanked for a tmrcel of goods;

The S it, Coiirt on Wednesday it Ingle wood was occupied nearly all wvLT V aSe °' f on shares J? of lnuch interest to dairy inert. The 8:M; reserved judgment. ■The Wairarapa Dally Times ' now w!?*? if T cil fe! !lt paper. This jou nai has long had the reputation 01 being one of the best printed papers in the colony, and we congratulate the proprietor on this further advancement. Mastertan may well be proud of possessing a journal of such a high standard.

The Crew of the Northern Monarch Sn?ul erethip r' eckcd at Opunake on baturdaj, and who are expected to arrive in town to-day, escaped from the vessel m the clothes they stood up in, and a subsequent journey to the wreck to obtain some of theiir H»elongiinp jiroved fruitless and nearly cost the boat's crew their lives. In some cases the men have not even a full suit of clothes. Thus it will fog seen that any generosity in the way 01 giving them wearing apparel will not be misplaced, and we would ask those of our readers who can spare a lew articles from their wardrobes to forward them to this office. All parcels of clothing forwarded thus will be handed to Mr Evans tho chief officer, for •distribution amongst the men. We appeal to the people of New Plymouth and the whole district t& help in this matter to the best of their ability, as the men will havo ftj remain in town a few days.