NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 259, 1 December 1903, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

To-day i s the 59th anniversary of tho birth of Queen Alexandra. The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board meets to-morrow. The Town Band has been engajy.'d to playi at the Taa-anakij (Boxing Day meeting. The Commissioner of Taxes has notified the Borough of a credit of a small subsidy of £3l 18s. The sa,nd hill by the saltwater baths is to be removed before the opening ceremony on Thursday. Work on the new drainage pchpme should be under way 'before long, the Borough Council was informed last night. The arrangement 'of matters in connection with the Western Park is to be be looked into by the Borough Reserves Committee. The Hawers. County Electric Co. has po!ea laid alongl the line, and it is expected that the installation will be completed very shor.tly.

Trains will connect with steamers to-day as follows :—0,15 a.m., Takapuna from north and Rotoiti from south ; 11.20 a.m., Talcapuna for south ; 8.20 p.m., Rotoiti, for north. The Gazette of Wednesday last announces that certain sections in the Pukearuhe township have been temporarily reserved, under the " Land Act, 1892."

At Napier an old man named Edward Knight, a gardener, attempted to commit suicide by taking laudanum, but prompt medical attenddance averted a fatal result. The oath as administered in Sydney police courts : Th' ividincus'lrilgiv stoilbe th' trute, th' howl trute, an' nawthinbutt'hetrute. Swilpyergahd. Kis'htherbuk !—Sydney Truth. "Is the Ark full 1" inquired the •humorous man as he stood on the step of a 'bus. "Yes, all but the gorilla ; step in," replied a sourfaced cynic.

The last issue of the Gazette contains a notification of the appointment of John Rutherford as non-per-manent postmaster at Hillsborough, New Plymouth.

The name of the poor widow with nine children who usually draws the winner of the Melbourne Cup in Tint's sweep has not been announced so far.~Tr.uth, Residents of Wallace X J |ace complained to the Boroug-h Council last night of the dangerous nature of that thoroughfare. It was pointed out that the matter had been provided for in works decided upon to fee dop,;.

The sawmilling industry is dpvo-Jop-ing rapidly in tho Mnnawatu ' and Rangitlkei districts. One result 'of tins, however, is that the heavy traffic on the roads is increasing t" 0 such an extent that the chairman of |,|)p Pobarugina County Council (Mr F. (i. mipfttts;) says that the damage thus bi'iing d'onu | n ~|l ?l t county is assuming serious proportions.

At the Borough Council mcetrnei on Monday Cr. Tisch referred to the unsightly remains of the hill by the Trocadero buildings. The 'earth should, he considered, be removed It was pointed out that the matter was to come on for discussion as bjotwwm the Council and the Harbour Board, M/KJ nothing could be done at present. The following preliminary u> a tangi is ('Meordc-d by the Corommidel News :-.A Maori died in the vicinity of Cabbage Bay, and It was desired to remove bjs remains to Paparoba. The corpse was placed on a litter and four mounted men an end each. They nijM-cheil off helter-skelter, followed by a procession of Maoris. The horses becoming restive, one rider was thrown into the mud, the corpse on top of him, and after they were extricated ' ifee m.arry party indulged in hideous I debauchery; A tangi i s nflw being

The next meeting of the County Council will be held on Monday, 7th inst.

The appointment of Mr William Swadling as trustee for Ihe Kaponga public cemetery has been gazetted.

The Oamn.ru Woollen Factory Company pays 9 per cent, on capital this year, places £1250 to reserve, and carries £lßl2 forward. Entries for the Taranaki A. and P. Society's show ne"xt week closed on Saturday. The numbers compare favourably with those of previous years.

Hayes, a London 'boardinghousekeeper, lias been discharged in connection with the charge of offering £lO to murder Mr Wilson, secretary of the National Seamen's Onion.

Thi? Japani.se navy owes its present high position to the work of British ollicers, and up to ten years ago an English captain tilled tlw> office of naval adviser to the Mikado.

The members of Eltham and Inglewood Borough Councils, and Waitara Town Board ha>ve decided to attend the opening of the saltwater baths on Tuesday, at the invitation of the local council.

The body of Jessie Charlotte Cole, a woman who has b»>en missing from Sydenham since Tuesday, was found in the Avon on Sunday evening. There were no marks of violence, and nothings to show how sh<| g;ot into the river.

"I wish you would not waste so much time staring fit yourself in l the mirror," said a lady to her daughter, "But, mother, you have often told me to devote myself to reading amd reflection. I have just been reading ; now I am reflecting." " From what I have seen of this ' Brick Wall Act ' it seems to be pretty much a dead letter," Thus Cr. Burgess last night, In speakingi on an application to dispense with a brick wall in a new building,. The application was referred to the Works Committee.

At St. Joseph's Church on Sunday, after the celebration of High Mass, tho Forty Hours' Adoration was commenced. The Very K«-v. Dean McKenna officiated in the morning, and iji the evening Father McManus was the preacher." Last evening Father Power, of Hawera, preached, The adoration, will end this morning with a procession, Writing pn the insanitary state pf a draihiiilawinf* •dinwit Eliot Street a i-esident agigrlpvedly stated that a wire fence, erected when the drain was last cleaned out, ■ was now totally insufficient to keep back the smell. The appeal evidently touched the councillors' hearts, as it was decided that the engineer should see what could be done to remedy the trouble.

Rev. Jacobs, of St,. Luke's, Hawera, has soundly rated his congregation for a fault that is not confined to his church, namely, that they do not join with any heartiness in singing the hymns. He askpd his people for the reason why, but no response iwas made.

Governor Durbjn, of Indiana, }ias received ft telegram fi'fitn. Mr Ste-' phen A". Reeves, of New Albany, announcing that ho (Mr Reeves) is the father of twins, who are the third consecutive brace. The Governor has sent the communication to President Roosevelt, saying that it furnished one more striking instance of how strenuously opposed to race suicide are the good Indiana people. Tho reasons why certain plants are avoided by (dugs' pn'd WfiUa have been shown by experiments to bo various. Tannin, acid saps, ethereal oils, and 'bitter substances prove to be objectionable to these creatures, and some plants are protected by acid secreting hairs. The carrot, which is particularly attractive to slugs, remained practically rnitguched aftej- V'V'tt+nWt with 'a one per cent, solution of potassium Minioxalate. Certain agnatic plants were shunned by the water snails, but wore speedily eaten after the tannin had been extracted,

The ni-gVitwatchman in Hawera evidently got tired of his own company at. an early hour on Sunday morning, and, discovering a couple of sacks of fodder alight in a backyard, sounded the alarm of lire. If his object was to rouse the town, he may be said to have Iwen fajrjy successful, for a very mixed gathering of hastily-attired people of all ages and sexes soon appeared on the scene to watch a full muster of the lire brigade do battle with this comparatively wee conflagration. No. serious damage resulted.' An amusing seojuel was that a man returning from the fire found his. own bed anil bedding had turned into ashes durjpg his absence—truly a remarkably 'narrow escape,

Perhaps this will account for the much talked of "lishiness" in butter, or for some other defect. The Moa Dairt Factory sent about a dozen boxes of butter to Inglewood railway station yesterday morningi and, coming from the cool the cases looked very clean and felt as cool as it was possible to conceive. How long they remained so we know not, but at any rate some thoughtful person did his best to d? • tract, from the quality of the butter by leaving it unprotected In (ho 'broiling sun, Comment, even by the passengers on the train, was needless.

The following were the visitors at the Criterion Hotel for the month ending Nov. 30th, 1903 :—Mr Aitkin. Mr George AWott (Woods-Wil-liamson Co.), Mr Arnst, Mr C. A. Brown, Mr Bay ley, Mr. and Mrs Baxter, Mr Beaver, Mr Boom, Mr Brodio, Mr Barden, Mr C. A. Brown, Mr Baxter, Dr. and Mrs Barnes, Mr and Mrs Bayley and daughters, Mr Bourke, Mr J. Bayley, Mr Black", Mr Coogan, Mr Colo finch, Mr Cunningham, Mr Cox, Mr A. C. H. Collins, Mr Campbell, Mr Carr, Mr Clark, Mr J. Devitt, Mr Drake, Mr Da'.ey, Mr and Mrs Bore, Mr Dooley, Mr Downes, Mr Dempsey, Mr 0. Edwards, Mr Elder, Mr Eickleburn, Mr Emanuel, Mr and Mrs Fleming, Mr Forsytho, Mi- Griffith, Dr. Gill, Dr, Grenville. Mr Groat, Mi' Galloway, Mr Goodsou, Mr Gardacl, Mr Gamble, Mr Grendall, Mr Gllten, Mr William Gordon, Mr Gulls, Mr 'Gir-ma-ack, Mr S. Humphries, Mr Hawke, Mr Halitt, Mr Haymenson, Mr Hathaway, Mr Hample, Mr H«rno ; Mr Hampton, Mr O E mights, Mr Hall, Mr' Harris, Mr c" E, liwersoti,'Mr J. p. 'lreland' Mr Ingram, Mr V. .Jameson, Mrs Jennings, Mi' .Johns, Mr Johnstone, Mr S. Juliff, Mr Jarah, Mr King Mr J. King, Hon. Kelly, Mr Kelly, Mr Charles Lepper, Mr Lennon,' Mr Lang, Mr and Mrs Lucena, Mr and Al|'s Millur, Mr A. Moore, Mr W Moore, Mr Mywott, MJ- Majjkie Mr McCabe, Mr J, C. McMahon, Mr' MeMaster, Mr McPhgrson, Mr Maior Mr M. Mills, Mr S, McFarrmi, Mr Sidney Nathan, Mr Oswald Mi- J O'Brien, Mr Parker, Mr and' Mrs c' F. Piatt, Mr .Phillips, Mr Pettio'-gi-ow, Mr Quilliam, Mr Quin, Mr S IC. Richards, Mr Russell, Mr Ravl.K>rt, Mr T. Roberts, Mr T R Russell, Mr Hedall, Mr Rpence Mr ijtiwiforcl, Mr W. .J. ■ Salmon, Mr HimpSqn, Mir J S/nvorfj, Air ami Mrs Siulth,' Mr " s\,tferlarid, M, SimiMon Mr Sponce, M r Stephcnhpn, Mr fecparl, Mr and Mrs Tyler Mr Tui'n'l.uil, Mr Tapjin. Mr A. b' J hompson Mr Taylor, Mr Tyne, Mr 1 nomas Miss Tansey, Mr and Mrs H C, JVwsley, Mr Thompson, Ml . Cat. Mr Vickers, Mr Wilev, M,- T I M, Wllford M.H.H.. Mis S Mwd W| ll llnmson (Woodsi-WJlliamson Co ) Mr ' •Vlf, Woods (Woods-Williamson Co > Mr Wakley, Mr Wilson, Mr Watson 1 Mi' Whickham, Mr Woodward, Mr Weston, Mr WwWeJd ( Mr Yomg. ;

The milk Supply at the Bell Block butter factory approximates 2000 gallons a day. By a notice in the Gazette Parliament 'is prorogued until Thursday, January 21, 1904.

The annual concert in connection with the Central School will be held on Monday, Dec. 14.

The Government offices and bunks observed a holiday yesterday, St. Andrew's Day. Court business was adjourned until to-morrow.

Mr B. L. Stamford, S.M., Begistrar under the " Companies Act. 1882," gives notice in the Gazette of the dissolution of the Cardiff Co-op-erative Store Company (Limited.) At the Boroifnjh Council mw-Ung on Monday Mr J.'VV. Hurle wrote protesting against the appointment of ilr I'oland as caretaker of the saltwater baths. He considered the appointment, illegal, the selected applicant ''4'inig illegal as ho was a single man. The Mayor said he had ' heard the man was now married and as he did not take up his duties till I to-day that was near enough.

There is a coalmine near Gladstone, in Queensland, from which coal that burns without giving off smoke is obtained. On Nov. 8 a trial of the mine (known as Callide, after the name of the miner) was made on H.M.s. Torch's steam launch, and an official report, concerning the trial is now being propared . The seam from wtojch,. the coal is obtained is of the extraordinary thickness of 45ft,

The committee of the North Taranaki Rifle Association met with Lieut.-Col Ellis at the Drill Shed on Saturday night to consider the conditions of the .District Match. The match will be at 200 and nop yards, vanishing targets. The am. ount of prize, vniihftv isabtout half of last year.» grant. The entries are fixed at 1/-. A resolution asking tho programme committee to consider the advisableness or otherwise of a Companies' Teajns match was also passed.

Among the many missionary enterprises carried on in India there are none more worthy of attention than that of Ramabai at Mukti, l'oona. Here this indefatigable Christian woman of Bra!h/m'an casta has under her charge. 1800 child-wddows and deserted wives, the majority of whom were rescued from death by sturvation during tho famfnes of '.1.807! and 1900, and not a few from a worse death. These girls are being trained, educated, Christianised, and fitted for useful happy ljves, all of which is in utter contnatJiction of Hindoo custom in regard to the treatment of child widows.

The Official opening of the new Band Rotunda and the naming, of the E. Reserve will take place fit the Band Rotunda on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the ceremony being performed by his Worship the Mayor. Afterwards an adjournment will be made to the Municipal Baths, which arc to bis officially opened at. 2,30. The public are cordially invited to attend these ceremonies, which will bo followed by .the New Plymouth Amateur Swimming Glut's agnatic earnivftt, for which there is a good programme prepared.

The Mayor reported last niig|ht that Mr Mestayer, during a visit ho paid to New Plymouth last week in connection with works, had complained of the inferior quality of some of the drain pipes received from an Auckland firm. Instructions had accordingly been given to the Council's inspector in Auck)an.d. to seo that all pipes not up to the mark worp rejected. It was stated that the inspector had already rejected a large number of pipes ; yet they got here. The query was : How ?

A suggestion has been made by Cr. BeHi'infgfjr that the Counci'j should re-namo the E, Reserve, on which the now baths havi'i been.'built. He mentions the native, nanio Kawaroa, or ''long roof," that being the name of the reef near by.

The following particulars relate to the Jones case, in which on inquiry has just been held in Liverpool regarding the persons entitled to the fortune : —A couple of years ago WilHalm Jon,es, a resident of Footseray, Victoria, died intestate, leaving property valued over £30,000. Since then between thirty and forty j>(t)v sons claimed kinship with deceased, and a share in, .'his estate, Mr Uobortaon, a nephew, was appointed to administer the estate. A caveat was lodged by another nephew, Mr Hodson, against such appointment, on the ground that ha was next of kin to deceased, and a commission in England was held to enable the Victorian Court to determine whether Robertsoin, Hodson, or one of the thirty claimants in England Is nearest kinsman to deceased.

An illustrated article in the London Magazine on Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper tolls the story of a romance of journalism. It was in 1842 that the late Mr Edward Lloyd determined to establish a clveap weekly newspaper for the wowing classes, and he began with an illustrated paper at 2d. Dut this could not be maintained aigainst the heavy taxes on the press, and the cheap j)a,per—it wtw half the price of the Weekly Despatch—had to be raised to 3d. For live years from 1852 Mr Douglas Jorrold was editor, being surprised into the post by an offer of £IOOO a year. The article gives us the inner history of the establishment of the various well known features. "Long Lost Relarives," for instance, sprang from a couple of portraits reproduced with a kindly desire to identify an unknown young Englishman drowned in America on the night of his arrival.

The Anglo-Indian Review summarises an interesting account of the possible future applications of radium. The area where success is practically assured is at present not very large, but in the medical lield it is already fairly extensive. In the working of X-rays and in the marvellous results achieved in the treatment of cancer and blindness we have every hope for great and universally benefiting results. In iVi industrmr application we are somewhat restricted by the extremelv limited supply of radium available, but It is stated that a small fraction of an ounce properly employed, would probably provide a good light sufficient lor several rooms and would not require renewal during the present century. It has been calculated UMt the energy stored up i„ one uwse 000 tons weight a -mile high d n a 00-horso power motor car Infth^U. 30 "^-^