NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 249, 18 November 1903, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Juvenile Smoking Suppression Dill passed its second reading in the Council on Tuesday.

The members of the West End Polo Club are asked to meet at the Baths at 6 o'clock this evening.

Messrs Bewloy and Griffiths desire to call attention to the postponement of the sale of Chilman's Extended to the following Thursduy, owing to the Hell Block races takingplace on Thursday next, N T ov. 19. The proprietor of the Criterion Hotel has received the following wire from Captaii] Nixop, of the Northern Monarch " Hull brought £l;i 30s ; coal, £36 ; 2 boats, £l6 and £l3 10s. Please give my thanks to the public of New Plymouth for the kindness shown to the crew."

The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board have 'instructed Messrs Gov ptt and Quillinm to sue the Hawera County Council for the recover}' of £220. odd, being contributions left unpaid for that portion of the Hawera County included in the new Eginont County. The Hawera, Council holds the opinion tj;at new tody ahgukT pw'y th<* amount due.

We understand that the committee of the Education Board, which held an enquiry regarding the suspension of thy teacher of the scluifli, baa rucpminyndod that the tvaeher be reinstated, The recomjuvn'dation of the committed has 'beo-n given effect to temporarily, pending the meeting of the Board.

Mr Mussoy told the Premier on Tuesday afternoon that the Opposition were prepared to deal with the Preferential Trade Bill in a businesslike manner, but not in the hurried maswiM'- proposed br Sff 'Seddtm. If the Premier took the aidvice of his friends he would hold over the Bill till next session. 34r Seddon refused to do this.

At th? T'janp Company's depot on Saturday afternoon, Mi M. J- Brookes, tho manager, was presented with an illuminated address, accompanied by . a handsome f old watch and chain: The presentation was from the whole of the Wellington employees, tjw'piftfly ajWUts mid branch managers, the general management staff, and Mr Brookes' old associates of the Dunedin branch. It was not prompted by any special event in his career, but was the spontaneous and unanitnous outcome of the regard and esteem in which he has been hold by all during his twenty years' servire with the. company. The health of Mr Brookes was toasted with musical honours by the employees and various representatives present.

We have received from the publisher the Otago Daily Times and Witness Christmas Annual for 1903, a large and well-illustrated number, comprising 4K pag-oS. The is well-designed and printed in coloiirs, Tho literary contents include Miss Jessie Maekay's tale, in twelve chapters, " Tho Teacht-r of Maori Fiat,," and other very interesting articles specially written for the Christmas issuo. The illustrations are good. With the issuo is presented a hand•onio mono-tint engraving, "'J he Week's News."

A poultry farmer at Burwood, near Christchurch, was recently brought into contact with a surety in variation, and he is greatly puzzled over it. Hq has a lot of white U'g'horn fowls and white 'Wyaudbttes and he sold soinp of Hip PfitfS to' a person at KedcHiTs, while otiwcs.froin th« flamo hons, ho hatched at. home. Strangely enough, all the l'Judcliffs chickens of both breeds have ye"ow legs and bills, while all the Uurwood chickens have white onus. The ground on which the Uciclifts chickens are running is pure sand', but the Bui wood chickens are on grass, Otherwise, the conditions seem to have been the same in both cases. Falling asleep on a scat in the Jardin des I'lantes of I'aris, a Man dropped a number of newspaper cuttings he had been reading. A policecftme picked' then,' " up and saw that thty related to an attempted murder committed in the city. He wakened the sleeper, accused him of the crime, extracted n confession, and marched hiui od to orison. •

The Premier sees nothing to prevent the closing of the session on Saturday, there will probably be some late nights this week, owing to the suspension of portion' of the St aii'ding* Orders.

The women o? Germany appear to be making a serjous effort to abolish the wearing of corsets. Quite onp hftlf the women one meets in the streets of South Germany are wearing what is known as " reform dress," and there, is a weekly paper devoted entirely to its propagation. Reform dress abolishes the v;aist. It hangs from a sort of short bolero or Empire bodice, clears the ground all round, and is altogether extremely healthy and becoming.

Interviewed after the American Cup race, Sir Thomas Lipf.on said, '■Mr Fjfp Ijui't me a beautiful, r.nd I think a fast, boat, apd ])•:{ Jus best endeavour -into her. 1 j luvo never questioned his loyalty o.v his ability. It is no 'fault of his that Mr Hcrrcshofl has built a better boat for these waters. It is no fault of his that the wizard of yacht-build-ing is in this country. Wring® has sailed Shamrock 111. in !he same manner as Fife built her—to the 1 est ol his ability. If I wanted a battleship I would ask a builder 1o "ive me one that would whip eve>-y battleship afloat. I would not care whether she was beautiful r>r not I've got the most beautiful yacht afloat. You may have her for a song. There is no more Wal Bii t-'ish subject than i am , t )u t i am compelled u, H «y that as a nation \\u Cling too much to old ideas, '

A substance called uralita , n , brought under the notice of visitors at. the last annual show o f the i al Agricultural Society 0 f Vi.rfo. ia ft -is a hre-resisting building materia, suitable for roofs, ceilings, partitions, walls, etc., especially inevpjca) countries. The subsMnce " ,•« much lighter than iron un>2 much stronger than wood „{ siln p a „ iveight. A demonstration of the fire'esisting cfualities of the material was recently conducted j n j\vi 'bourne, where a number of articles including papers, a gold watch And a Silk 'handkerchief, were placed i, deed box consisting ~f ~ with uralite. The then placed within three walls r.,,',,' Posed of the new material an * . • t'hen'r r °, ,,nd rt - T,le nas then fired, and after burning lierceK for half an hour the walls were Miii down, and on the box hein,/ eel everything was found intact The non-conducting properties of th material WQ , 9 exllibiu<a ut Uw mnl

Political obituary : Licencing Bill, strangled at an early ag«.-Gis-borno Times.

Yesterday afternoon the PaeroaWaihi Railway Bill pasted its final stage.-; in tho Legislative Council. The committee of the Wanganui Caledonian Society have decided to run the cycle events at the next sports under the New Zealand League of Wheelmen rules. There will lie thrde bicycle races, one of which will foe a two mile wheel tace, first prize £lO.

Tt is stated in military circles that there is a probability of Major Andrew, who is a nativo of Christchurch, being appointed Commandant of the New Zealand forces at the end of General BaL'ington's term of olHce.

The Timaru Borough Council has found the Century Commemoration Baths rather a white elephant, as they are not in a closely occupied part of the town, and the revem.es have not equalled the expenses. This year the Council considers itself fortunate in being able to let the baths rent free, and providing free water. In the House on Tuesday afternoon the Premier announced that, the Public Works debate would be taken on Thursday night, the second reading debate on the Preferential Trade Bill on Wednesday night, and the Banking Bill on Thursday. morning. Mr W. A. Burt, of Rangiorn, who has returned from a visit to England, while there made enquiries in many of the towns as to the demand for New Zealand mutton. Tn one instance (says the Christcliurch Press) ho found that there was no prejudice, and wherever persons were getting the meat they were satisfied wih the quality. He attributes this to the fact that moat of iho Knglish butchers have cool stores, and it is quite usual to get all kinds of meat chilled. Thus the housewives are beginning to understand how the defrosting should be done, and the meat treated in cooking it. From tho Tnglewnod Record "A few of MY H. Thompson's friends foregathered at Host Grylls' on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of givjng him a send-oIT on the road from bachelor to benedict, as ho was leaving fpf Auckland tp' jmi petraty matrimony, by tho evening train. Mr Vickers occupied the chair, and Mr H. Brown the vicechair. Mr Vickers, in a very pleasant little speech, proposed the health of Mr H, Thompson, recorded hi* many virtues, and stated how pleasad all were to know that he had decided to make Tnglewood his permanent home, and wished hUu TfliVny happy amongst us, Mr Thompson briefly replied, thanking all for the generous way in which they had treated the toast, and the pleasant f\U\ißjons to his future (Qt fttntwg them, which he cordially reciprocated, On* </r_ two other toasts wore given, lnc.lud-' ing "The Old Identities," coupled with the name of Mr H. Brown, whlich 'was received most hpartily, and suitably by Mr Brown, and the gathering dispersed." iMr Thompson's New Plymouth friends wjlj join in the good wNh'« expressed by the people of Inglewood.

At the Police Court ycMerdaj morning, Mr H, F. Russell hi ard a charge against F. J. Collins, T. Brooks, T. Beresford, and C. F. Kussell, four sailors from the Northern' Monarch, of having' been diur.k ami disorderly in E/gmont-.itnvi at 10.45 p.m. on Monday. Secant Haiddrell called Jeremiah () Joist-oil, landlord of tho Commonwealth liotel awl he stated that the men tame to tho hotol after closing time and demanded admittance. He refus-t.d, and they threatened to brt-iiK in the doors and \v»K-lo\vs, He called his !l>i'otlier-in-la\v, and opened -ho door, Iwut tho men did 'not come in. Collins was the leader, urging the men on, but when it came to business he was the first to retir.?, There were about half-a-dozen other men with the accused, Constable McRae gavo evidence that when he got to the scene the men had their coats off as though there had been a general row. The accused said they were waiting to go away, by train. Sergeant Haddrell stated the men were to be sent to Wellington on Thursday, the third mat.e remaining for the nautical enquiry, Co'lins ma# ft statement that one of the men, who were in his charge, had a fi'g'ht with a resident of the town. They had been told to wait at the station to get a train. Collins was fined £2 and costs, or three dav S ' imprisonment, and the others £1 and costs, or a similar alternut. ve. Mr Newton Iving, agent for the McCormick harvest machines, has just received the following telegram from Messrs Morrow, Bassett and Co., the .New Zealand representatives "McCormick for third year wins highest award for binders, Ohristchurch ! Show, silver medal."' Thg best Medisin'? known is Sander & Sons' Eucalypti Extract, and its eminent powerful effects in colds, and influenza make i elief instantaneous. For serious cases, and accidents of all kinds be they wounds, bums, scaldings' bruises, or sprains, it is the safest remedy-no swelling, no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diptheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling l , etc diarrhoea, dys-entry, diseases' of the kidneys, and urinary organs. Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is in use at hospitals and medicni Climes all over the globe; patronised by His Majesty the King oMuilv ci'owirod with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Ams'er dam. Trust in this approved ami reject all others.— Advt.

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