The Daily News. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 1, 2 January 1904, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

.': Heavy rains an Napier caused tho i fancellation or postponement' of all arrangenienta on New Year's ijj Day. " £ AKiied Kinsett, aged 41, cut his 1 -throat with a butcher's knife at Koimini, in thu Forty-Mile Bush,' on "{Thursday. The first police business of tho year \ws the trial of a man for tho theft of .a pair of boots ProunMessrs Grayson and Cock's premises. The caso cttnu-• 'before Mr H. Cock on New Year's Day, and the accused was rexnaoi'lcd until Monday. The eighteenth annual session wf 4lho .Ciraikl Orange Lodge of the ■Hortb? Isilaasd was hold at Bastings Km Frrtiay. Tho next half-yearly session Will be held in Napier in July jlsmd tfoo annual session at Aucklund fin 19(*5. « A Press Association telogiiim from S'Niapier states that Messrs Borthwick tvalnd Bon (proprietors of the Wafi'brti'a LlFreezrag Works) have purchased 2<Xl of the Lorfglands estate near ItfaJcipuki, anid adjoining the railway ainw. The firm intend going in for dpeczing opornrtiotiß on an extensfvu ■;scale anid the fixation of necessary (bluikltngH and plant will be proceeded with shortly. Between three and tbav thousand jwople were present at tho 28th amanital gathori'iHg- of the Wiaiiw)i"aipa Oalodomja-n Society at Master! on on INew Year's Day. The (jatc was a record, 'approximately £IOO. In the •ttwHtaMing contest L. Berg put up what is considered to be a world's iword wtem ho choripoti a, log 18 in* ftom in tiaamjier is imin epsec?,.

The guard on a mountain train in, Now Mouth Wales was suffocated by the fumes oi a broken case of nitric acid, which burned the van.

The sum of £BOO has been granted by the Education Department for the purpose, of electing a technical school at Temuka.

A press cable states that there were no New Year honours this year. In future they will be conferred on Coronation Day.

Otto Sullen, of Cleveland, Ohio, was held up by two women, wiio, alter carefully rifling his pockets, f*>rcedl lrfiii, witih teveljtal revolver to kiws tham; T'.U'y. nvere m-ot goodlooking.

Mr H. Cock, Mayor of New Ply-' mouth, yesterday received a tele■gfram from the Premier at Oroymouth, conveyiiiE to him, the councillors and lyurgvsses, his cordial wishes for a happy ami prosperous New Veur.

On Boxing Day the Devonport Ferry Company, Auckland, put up a i>ocord by carrying no less than 20,000 jjeople, and the railway Department also established a record for race meetings hy conveying 11,000 people lo and from EUerslic.

Tho impudence- of the prisoner who, when givt'tn, work il-i xhp governor's ollice in Nirthanpton (lacd, stole official notfcpnper, and on his release, swindled tradesmen out oi goods "for the Prison Commissioner," was )e----w'ardod with a sentence of foe years' penal servitude.

From January 1, 1904, a daily mail service by- coach between New Plymouth and Opunake will be inaugarated. The coach will leave New Plymouth at 10.30 a.m., arriving at Opunako at 5.M0 p.m. Tlie coach from Opunake leaves at (U!0 a.m., and will arrive in Now Plymouth at 1 p.ni.

An enterprising American railroad has instituted -a system of carriages reserved for children. The " nursery car" consists of dining, dressing, bath, and sleeping compartments, in the last named of which six beds,are urranged. The floors are thickly carpeted, and the walls padded. .A nurse is provided at the company's expense.

Air Sanies Al'Laren. who is mentioned as a. possible successor to Sir James Hector as Government Geologist in New Zkmlaitd. at a salary of £6'oo a .-Hear, is a Ne.w /'.ea<ander. He is a son "of Mr James M'Laren, Engineer of the Thames" County Council, and was born on the Thames goldfield about twenty eight years ago. He is at present on the geological staff in Indte.' whore he is receiving £IOOO a year."

Reference is made in various London papers to the death of jVrchdeacon Govett, aaul one writer observes —" It is remarkable that during his 59 yearg' work in New Zealand, Archdeacon Govett should have had to deal with,only three 1-ishops, of whom the third, Dr. Neligan, was installed in the spring of tMs year,."

According to the North Otago Times, the Taieri and Peninsula Company paid out last month for milk over £17,000, Tho turnover of the company lor the same period was £20,515. These, figures are based on a payment of 9i'd per ft) for butler (at, and also Is jier 1001b of butter fat that goes as a bonus to milk suppliers.

The mail steamer Ventura, which arrived from San Francifeco on Alonday, brought a shipment of prize Holstein cattle, consigned to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. The shipment comprises one bull and three heifers, whicjh will undergo the usual period of quarainltjfne at Motuihi l bel!oro lx> ing lunded in Auckland.

.The fruit-growers in tho Nelson district anticipate having a record crop this year. The export of raspberries and currants is now in full swing, and the various gardens present a busy scene wfyh.'tho ci'owds of pickers at work. An exceptionally heavy crop of peal's and apples is expected this season. Gooseberries can te had for the asking) from nearly everywhere.

The Government return of shipTjuildtog in the United States for the year circling June last shows that the industry is not making very rapid progress, for the total tonnage of merclnant shipping constructed, 253,675 tons, is 22,000 loss than in Hie preceding year, and is barely iMjiia) to one-fifth of the productions of thy United Kingdom. The number of vessels in process of construction is now 47, of 334,147 tons, which is a'boHit one-third of the total tonnage on the stocks in yards in lintnin, notwithstanding that country j.s passing through a period of depression unecrualled for several years.

A rather sensational incident Kappeiutil at the Aramoho Railway station on Sunday, when a young mun had a very narrow escape from a fatal accident as the result of a foolhardy attempt to Jump pn to the special train to Wellington whilst it was in motion. The train had got fairly under way, when the young fellow ran ni»i!g the station! pllatl'orm and sprang on to the carriage steps, but his fpojfe slipped, and ta would have fallen right under the wheels had some friends of his on the carriage not grabbed him, and finally, by desperate efforts, hauled him up to thtln.

The liev. M. (i. Hart, pastor of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Ba.Harat East, Victoria, speaking in his church on a recent Sunday evening with reference to raffles, caused a mild ((ensatjon by imploring the congregation to reduce Iris 'saWiry rather th'.an they shcuhl sel'l dolls in order to make up his stipend. In strong terms he denounced the holding of bazaars, sales of gifts, etc., for the purpose ofi making euids moetj He would rather, lie said, see " the shutters go up" than that sushsfi.ie.Btionable methods yhiouM be continued. That day was Hie fifth anniversary of his ministry of St. John's a).id 'iw-trusted tlu\t '"'frfc leftist one Protestant Church" should be maintained isii a,' itiiaimer more accepta.blo to Hlni whom they had met to worship.

Walter San ford's Company o< Players will offer their second piniklluction at the Theatre Royal tonight, January 2nd, the strong dramatic play, "Tire Struggle of Life." This drama is a story of new life of tondiay. Its peojsle aro familiar types. It is a true picture of city life. Its story has the bockgroiuMl ol scenes of real life and human iraterost. The fallen woman hiidfag- from tllno rwuits oit'her frtmlty in the sluans O'f a great ci'ty, beyond the reach of the pardoning voice of her father, is Unfortunately not unknown in the drama of rent life. The final return to her father, the pimlsjunomt of tlw.se who caused her fall, makes a happy ending to the play. The stage settings show many well known Inra.ll ties in the great metropolis. First tlte eye falls an a scene of wealth and tuixury. Then one is wflvirled down to «tty Hall Park, a picture showing Park How in the .irerspectiw. Tn the mididistance is Broadway, the city's great commercial artery ; 'tlien wo are carried to Battery Park, n fine view of the- harbour shipping and the statue of liberty ; up to™ again to Fifth Avenue to the famous cathedral, them down to the river front to the thhives' delmonico at Uutger's Slip where the lights of Brooklyn are 'reflected in the river, spanined by the world lamous Brooklyn bridge. Tile company will be cast to its ft,]] strength, Mr Waltor Smifond apiwivrwif B8 t)w hero, "Wftj Srockton^'

Extensive ro'b'berios of washing at tilici New Zcalanid bau'mliy Co., Auckland, lad to a search warrant, as the result of which a cartel' Ivaisiud Harry iia.nk, formerly muna K ier of lihe laumdry, was arrested charged will! the. theft, within twelve mouths, of articles vuluod at £HO. Tim case is being reniaivdod. Among losers of articles are the Northern and Union Steamship companies and many hotels.

The following were the visitors at tilio Criterion Hotel for the month ending Deeeudier Mist, .1 Ml.') :—Mr Aitkin, Steve Aclson, Mrs Allen, Mr Andrews, Mr .1. Illuming, Mr llrownlow, Mr Baii'd, Mr Doom, MiBaker, Mr Hark, Miss Beckett, Mr Brudie, Mr Buind, Mr C. A. Brown, Mr A. Beaver, Mr aai'd Mrs Breiimui, Misses Uremia it (2), Mr Bronnan, Master Bronnan, Mr Balla'nce, Miss Bradio, Mr Brow, Mr Arllmir Bins, Mr [{. Bagjev, Miss Baker, Mi- Bromliel'd, Mr Bailey, Mr Brodie, Mr Croll, Air Calgnr, Miss Ada Crossley (J. C. Williamson Company), Air ■Wild Mrs Currey, Miss Carring'ton (Taylor-Carring'ton Company), Mr Cookenhock, Mr Curtis, Air Craig, Mr Cairo, Mr Cornwall, Mr Curtis (Walter Sanfoi'd American Players Cnnrpa-ny), Mr Craig, Mr Cairo, Mr CKnivin'g'h'ani, Mr Clement, Mr Chavaimes, Mr Cleave, Mr Cox, Mr Carr, Mr Curry, Mr Calg-her, Mrs Donne, Mr Drumniond, Mr Willi'am Hudson Davis. Mr and Mrs Downey, Air Drake, Mr Dowry, Mr and Mrs C. J, Doiiomsoui, Air and Mrs Alfred Dumpier (Alfred Danipier Company), Miss Hose Dumpier (Alfred Dumpier Company), Mr A. Dampicr, jun. (Ailiad Dampier Company), Mr .1. Dumon, Mr Douglas, Mr Desperlo-u, Air Purvis, Mr Ellis, Mr EninieU, Mrs Forrester, Air ' Forrester, Air J. Fryer, Miss, Fleming, ill- and Mrs Finch, Mr Gamble, Mr Greenwood', Mr Glasgow, Mr A. P. Gardner, Mr Win. Cordon, Air Gilf-en, Mr Green, Mr G-urnwoo-d, Afr S. L. Humphries, Mr Humimg, Air H?nJeiton, .".r Harris, Mr Haley, Mr Ilowden, Mr •H. A. Horne. Mr Hinton, Mr ITard-h-y, Mr Mine, Air Holflen, Air llig>netl, Mr Hyde, Air Hanvooil. Mr A. F,. iiwersen, Air S. Julilf, Mr Jar-, rait, Ali- Jackson, Mr .Johns, Mr Nvwton King, Mrs Vincent King, Air E. R. Kiminins, Mr Kelly, Air F. Lu'iisford, Air Lareg, Air Loi'sen, Allium! Mrs Lncinia, Air and Mrs Miller, Mr anil Airs Major, Mr Alackie, Mr McCarthy, Air Alyniott, Air Manson, Hiss Aloore, Air Alarsden, Air Miller, Sir McLeary, Air Alaylor, Air and Mrs (laveron, Mr R. McMaster, Mr Morton, Aliss Murry, Air McCarthy, Captain Alnihews, Air arad Airs Meyster, Mr Sydney Nntilian, Air Nieliolls, Air Htirce, Cttptain Newb'orrj-, Mrs Nit-bolls, Mr amd Airs Oliver, Mr I'eterlii-n (.1. Williainson 'Company), Messrs Barker (2), Mr and Mrs Parks, Air Paton, Air Pritchurd, Air I'omler, Mr liuiirn, Ali- IJuiiilaind, Mr Head, Air Riord, Air ainl Airs Holt (Allml Pamiiier Con(puny), Mr and Mrs U-amwden, Air Richards, Air liiiohiandson, Mr Hothc.hild, Air Simpson Searl, Mr Shrltery, Mr 11. Scherek (,J. C. Williamson Company), Mr fcitewai-t, Air Solomon, Air Solomon, Mr Scott, Mr Stovrn«ivn, Air Stewart, Air Sp,ri.g!gii!ns, and Airs Sanfoiid (Sanforil American i'layeis' Company), Air and Airs Smifli, Air Shaw, Air Stanford, Air S, Taplin, Air A. U. Thompson, AI. 1), Thompson, Air Taylor (Taylor-CU.n-in-gton Company), Air Taylor, Mr Tyler, Air Ticks, Air Thorn fan, My Young-, Mr Yalbslcy, Mr Seal. Wluteley Alemorial Oh'uroh,—Tho Rev. J. Newin-an Buttlo will preach New Year's Sunday. Su'bjects ; Aloming, "Kbenozer" ; overci-ng-, "Knowledgv by Past Expo-

Handkerchiefs make specially acceptable Christmas gifts for man or woman. The "Meibotirne"—the bargain corner—oilers a full range of pure silk, fancy embroidered atud hem stitched handkerchiefs at Is ll'd, 2s 0(S to 4s (id each.*

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