NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 260, 2 December 1903, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board meets to-day. The annual examination of the Convent school took place on Tuesday, the Rev. Father Power, of Hawera, supervising. A peculiarly sharp shock of earthqiuake was felt at Falmerston North at 3 a.m .on Tuesday. Shocks were also felt at Wanganui. The Stratford Post reports that no less than 30 pupils will be sent up from that town for the matriculation examinations.

The first examination for national junior scholarships, under the Act of last session, will be held in the various centres in the colony on Jan. sth 'and 6th. W. Bock, late clerk to the Feathcrston "Road Board, has been committed for trial at the Supreme Court, Wellington, on charges of misappropriation of funds. The following team has been picked to represent the Central Polo Club at the opening of the 'Municipal Wat'hs on Thursday Afternoon next: —A. Hargreaves, O. Bruce, N. Black, Lints, P. J. Kivell, W. Crawford, and H. Woodhouse. An old man, hatless and bootless, and apparently ajpiout 60 yell's of age, is reported to- have been found in one of Stratford's streets on Monday morning. He was a patient who bad escaped from the local private hospital. Mr W. Fairweather sends the Tatea Press the following : My 21 cows averaged 80611) of milk for 7 days, 38.-lib per cow, with 3.9 test, delivered at the lvakiaramea Dairy Factory from Novemlwr 9 to 15th. Can this district do any better ? Commenting on the recent Union labour case, in Puiiifttuft, tlie Manawatu Standard says : —The conduct ol' some of the Lajbour Unions 'in this colony is becoming unbearable, and the position of employers would ho little worse if they were under Russian Government. In suggesting that smoking should be prohibited in the circus tent, a writer in the Patea Press mentions that, the habit is disagreeable to ladies, and continues : " Youths nowadays are evidently so deprived in their habits that they have no respect for themselves or anybody else, while their parents do not seem to have enough respect for them to being them up in the way they should g-p," The Ttiranaki County Council's traction engine, which recently broke through the Maketawa bridge near Ing'lewood, and was subsequently repaired at Messrs Okey and Hollo's I ara.ila.ki Foundry, is again in the (inn's yards—this time to have affixed to it a scarifier for breaking up the surface of metalled roads. The device consists of several heavv spiked teeth set at an angle to catcli in the road as the engine travels, a!nd capuible of being used when the engine is running backwards or forwards.

Stratford is not. in the habit of allowing Ministerial promises to sink into oblivion. The latest instance of this is noted in the Post which states that on Mvwctav evening the secretary of the School Commiltee was instructed to write and remind the Hon. C. H, Mills of the date of the school's "break-up" 10 Minister for Customs, evidently moved by the warm reception and nice sayings of Stratford people on his last visit, promised a prize for the school, and in order that ho may not keep it steadily out of view this reminder is sent.

' leaping at the Queen's Hall bydney, to a large gathering, in connection with the annual meeting' in connection with the annual meeting ol the .society lor providing homes iot destitute chikh-en, Mr Bruce . iinth, M.J said that ho thanked (.o<t that lie had met with an institution m wluch there was some esa white Aus(lulra. \\ lule tiro nation was clamouring for a white Australia, thev might direct attention to the neces•sity for seen ring "a white Parliament ~V. ea " " h,l ° politics. Mi' Bruce Smith s remarks were heartily' up-plau-ded. " '

"Fiscal-His" is U:c latest new disease m England. Jts symptoms a"e proncuss to talk on tne great I inning Question of the day. and no other—the PisoaJ rssflile. The first victim seriously affected was a Binnim,iicim stiocl-conior orator named Hazelton. He was found by a police iier B l.'aret harlanjgnmg a crowd on the question, and the officer considered Ills opinions on the subject so subversive thpt he arrested him on .suspicion of insanity, He had to ii e M'nt t.o ail a-syliim. It 5s feared he ;»»y disseminate the disease there. "By.laws-ltas" may be said tp bo the threatening compliant in fey Plymouth,,

The Ventura arrived at San Francisco on November 30 at no cm.

A Liverpool policeman, for being concerned in a number of burglaries, has lx*t"n sentenced to ten years' penal servitude.

Tho quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held this evening in Messrs Bewle.v and Griffiths' rooms at eigiit o'clock.

The Education Board has received official notification that the franking privilege will be allowed to continue till March 31st next.

After a hard fight night and day for the last eight months, the fire in the Niglhtoups coal mine has been completely exi ij ignis !>ed. Work in the damaged portion will t:e resumed -as soon as the debris is cleared away,

A movement is on foot to start a Jam factory in Gislyirne. At a pulvlic meeting held: on Suitiml-ay details were discussed. The factory is estimated to cost £IOO (plant included). ("inal 'details have not yet been arranged.

The annual installation ceremonies in connection with the Eltlnam Masonic l.od-ge (St. John, 95) take place on December Bt'h, when llro. W. (.'. Page, will be duly installed in the chair of K.S. Bro. Corkill, D.0.5., will bo the installing master, —Argus.

We regret that we have boon unable to obtain the entries or handicaps lor to-morrow's swimming sports, which should certainly have been published this morning. The various races filled well, wo are inJcfn idd by /the secrete|ry, the numbers of entries being : 25yds, 1(5 ; 50yds, 16 ; 100 yds, 18 ; springboard dive, 9 ; header 11. The 'toys' races will be made post entry. The Tuapeka County Council recently imported a rowd grader, valued at, under £7O, and were surprised to find they bad to pay duty on it to the extent of £9. Agricultural implements are admitted free p,f duty, and some pf members pf the Council contend that it is somewhat absurd to charge duty on a gradpr that performs so much work for tho benefit of the settlers of a district,

In connection with the delay in payment of teachers, whose cheques were not ready on Saturday last, it has been explained that the dilatoriness of the Department was really to tylamc. The Education Board in September forwarded a veqjiisition for some £9OO promised fprcertain works. Meantime, fis the works were completed, the Hoard paid for them put of ordinary funds, and the requisition not being satisfied its colters became temporarily depleted.* The airrlval of the Government has now relieved the position, the teachers' have been forwarded, A drover who recently went over land to Kalgoorlie from Fowler's Bay with a flock of sheep, says the West Australians can form no idea of the extent to which they are threatened by rabbit invasion. He says that within 200 miles of Kalgoorlie rabbits are sweeping across the country like a tidal wave, and eating everything before them, except bluetyush, leaving the country almost as bare as a floor.

The annual public meeting of the Council of the Churches will bed in St. Mary's Hall this (Wednesday) evening at 7.30. Speakers : Revs. F. A. Bennett, J. N. Buttle, and F. G. Evans. Selections of vocal and instrumental music. Collection,* Sixtecn-R'ibbed Umbrellas at 'half--price. l ead Morey and Moore's advertisement,, top corner, third page, next to vunts.*

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