NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 2, 4 January 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The baths wei'e visited by a very large' numiber of people on SunUay, Uve deep euJ showing a depth of alioait Uu l'tet of water.

At Wm.yanui the duties for the year totallud XOS/123, ait increase of £9983 over the •pi-evioius ywar. The Rai'awa arrived at the bivakwater from Onehuu.'ga shorty utter rti'ne o'clock lawt a:rjd tslw train brought about liuudircd j>assengers into New Plymouth about 10.15 p.m. As a consuijutmce all the hotels and board'jng-lnooses' aci-oni-niO'iat/ion \va» severely tried.

An American correspondent shows how much he dislikes footlb'all in the following " Football is doing linely (his week. One broken leg, one dislocated siiouldor, one death from injury to spine, and 0110 death from valvular disi'aso of itiho heart. The above is a record for New York only; 1110 doubt it was ej/ially successful in other districts. (Jreat ganw !"

On Saflfi'day afternoon a boy named KoViJOTt llas'kin wandered away from Devon-street whilst his mother was 'doing some business at Messrs Grayson and Cock's boot store. Up till last evening he had not been AkiriJ, alihoug'h' the matter liaid been reported to the police. The little fellow is i|,.|out live years of agte, aaid was wett ing a black amd, white straw iiit, hiollau-iJ cont, arad 'blue serge knickers.

Mr Walter Sanford, the proprietor and s-tar of the Sanford American l'lay.era, is. one of the best knowa actor-managers in the Unjited States. He comes 01 a theatrical family,and. was at the head of 'his own company at the uge of JB. He is an actor of great versatility, playing a number ofavtirely different roles in the repertoire Of the company. It is understood that the estate of the late Mi- Joseph, of Wellington, will represent between £<l'so,U(>o and £500,000, mostly from landed property in and about Wellington City. No estate in Wellington of a deceased person has ever been valued at such a high Irguiv. That of the late Mr W. H. Levin, of Levin and Co., mertiliants, was formerly the most valuable—about. £230,000.

I he secretary of the ii .iv.tl Humane Society has received an application for recognition of tho bravery of Edward Kalehert and David liobbie, of New Plymouth, in their attempt to rescue t.wo men, Thomas Cai'Ler and 'I homas Itow an, from drowning in Te Heriui Itiver, near New Plymouth. The two last-named were capsized in rough watjer, and Kalchert and Jiob!b'i& 'unfit bo their assistance in a small boat. T'hey managed to reach Hawaii, and rvero swamped, and had to swim aslhore■ with him.

Dr. Mason, chief health officer, is about to g'pe a serin* of lectures 011 the prevention of consumption throughout the colony. Dr. Mason believes that thp pul'/ic will fully appreciate and understand the danger and extent of the scourge, and assist in the crusade. The prohibition of expectoration in public places, and the encouragement of more healthful conditions under which people sleep, iaro tho chief features of his campaign.

A prospecti)ig partly fo e i» (says the New Zealand Times) forwarded to the. Government Assayer for leport specimens of ore, showing indications of copper, silver, and tin, from the upper reaches of the Hokitika Itiver and Whitcomi ,-* Itongl'S. The party, which was out two months, states that in the country proi(|>ected tin predominates, and the specimens of that they conli(l"inly assert to be pure stream tin. No payable gold leads were found. Says the Southern Startdaid On Christmas Kve a most dastardly act Has perpetrated on a cow, the'property oi Mr T. H. liro.wer,. of (.ore. When Mr Brewer was driving in his cows the following morning he noticed blood flowing from the udder, of one 01 tho animals. On examination he found that about lvalf a teat had been cut off. He made a search, and subsequently found the severed portion in a dorner of; tho pa/ldock, ivith traces of a considerable quantity of bipod 1 , in the viuinity. Only a day or so pifsvious Mr Brewer hud a dog poisoned.

Mr Allen. M.H.K., in the course of a lecture at Druco the otiher day, mentioned that at Tonga {lie M.H.R.'s .paid « viwit Ito King, Coorge. On 'being ushered into th« royal palace, the members sat round in a circle, and the dusky potentate lolled in his chair. l)is Majesty did not speak, mid aflpr an awful silence Mr Mills its intensity by iemarkipg : It is a fino day." His Majesty (in a bored manner): ''Yes," Mr Mills ('desperately; : It is warmer than we have been having," His Majesty (apparently reihrring to the nether regions) : " Not so warm as you will giet." Once more silence foil with u dull sickening thud, and tho disconcerted M.H.K.'s retired frofn the Roy*] i>resenc« without AnptiiSi' word.

The Sanfoiul Players will repeat "The Power of Gold" to-morrow night, in rwspoiL.se to pupul'ar re•iiuest. Bntellers ami dealers shomkl note that Mr Newton King advertises some fiat cows ajvd fat lamHyS for sale at Stony River on Wndinesd'ay next. The bof'dy of a domestic servant, ai'aJiicd Ivate Hill, agvil liO, emphvyvd at Stoney ('reek, Palmei'ston North, W'Uis found in the iV!a'iiawa(ti riwrmi She iiaid been niis.sihng since WndiK'Stlay. On Christmas Day at Timpani the Battalion baml stalled out al)ont 1 a.m., dividod into three sections, two playing in town till about 2.H0 p.m., the thind dri'ving roinvd country centres, and returning about G.JH) p.m. The three parties collected about L 7-0.

The itew miuitvicipal resverve, " Ivawiaron," on which siur»>d* the Coronation Baii'd rotuui'da, is hecominng a f'a,voui'ite place for am ai'ternoon stroll hy those wlm enjoy the sea •breezes. r J'he reserve conli.l he mmde very attractive hy a little judicious expenditure. A laidy who was waidiibg in the sea near the Terminus Hotel om SaUir<iay ieJ't her watch ami jjJurse in the iiathing-s'hed. On returning there, she I'oinul l)Oth Im-il <li«i\i|x]>eai\j'd. Th«e watch was a gold one, valued at at>oiut )>nt the pnrse co'iitmned (,'iily a few shillings. On the urriival of the Itarawa at t-lw, brea-kwater on Suntiay e\eiiing a , was conveyed to shore, shiflferi/ng from infl-animation of (he bowels. A cat) was summoned, a.nid the sick man taken to the New Plyj mouth hospital, on the certificate of ; Dr. Grahtam, i'almerslo-n Nor(Ji, who was on board the steamer. Miatdame Marion, late of the School of Millinery, Auckland, nrod formerly of London, will interview Ifupils -at tiie Ti'ocadero from 2 to 5 o'clock on Pri'day lui'tei'ii-oO'n-, nmd on Tuesday, morning from ten o'clock till noon. Afaidame Marion Inis splem'dild refeiences, four of her pupi Is, djurijig six months' tuition in i A'ueklaii'd, having obtained good poI siit ions.

Some recent visitors to the colony consider our railway cars almost a •disgrace. They are state*! to be dirty, dusty, aiivd unattended to, anything but co'mllJoirtiiiiivle, ami apparently not run in the interests of pa«One toiuj-ist infornifil us that Ainerieaiv railwiay cars arc* superbly fitted. As for ours, '"They wouLiin't ask—well, 1 -don't kinow that they waulid ask anything to triwel in such ears" as those on New Zealand railways. A passenger who hakl missed the tjuuin in town a'n'd took a cup toi tiie liarboiur fell uviethc/arcl between the wil/arf aiiwl the Rotoiti on Satur'd'ay might. The cry "man overboard" was at once giwn by the U.S.S. Co.'s booking clerk, an-J &&■ distance was soon forthcoming. Ropes'were lowered aim! a couple of men went dowji, but it wns some minutes tefoixj the main coiuld l|>o I'oiuikl. He had drifted a g'ood many outwards, but wa>; at last haiukid up ropes. nvan's livaid was injured a good deal at the hack a',itf.l Captain lMUertson, of the Rorefused to let him go albc/and. He was conveyod to tiw Breakwater Hotel and Captain Hood telephoned for medical assistance.

An Auckland merchant has received tho followiaig from America, in a letter /rom his son, a gonUeiimu well ablo to form a good estimate "The busroess outlook 0/ this country is not alluring just at [(resent. What with the Caiinegicing of steel, the J. IJ.1 J . U.origt.iiii'ivg' of everything else, the poor umler-do-g is aiib to «et severely bitten ag'aw. However, tho stock 01 'rec liVnumifs must kept; up, oven at the cost of the very existence of tho under-<log. Thero are also the already great colleges to he made greater, and the ji/cUtry couple of million dollars must l,> ma'dc to earn their keep. Therefore if other ways lail stocks must bo so manipulated that the lambs : will buy at top notches and sell out at bedrock,whilo Air Millionaire Bondholder smiles at his little joko and pockets l the tl-ilTer-ence. The unfortunato part of all this fun is that the hard-working small-capital, non-gambiing men must of a surety bear the brunt of attack, for immuillhately the big man commences to operate, Mr Cautious Danker smells u mouse, and to provent 'over-production (by the sniall man) puts 011 the screw, and the un'der 'dog" with his comically-plaintive wail, Umps oil to tuke a partjjig look at the 'plant.' he built up with untold energy and sacrifice, which is now in the hands of Mr Millionaire Blank 8 College f Hut business is blusiness, and as long as the big man smiles benignly surely the under-dog has no kick coming. May jour colony never know a miH.ioiiaiie, then will prosperity keep things moving."

On December '2l. Mr_ James Hayes, a railway inspector in of carriuige cJiujiers at Hie Me.'j'iom ne railway. slUtions, 'nipt a dreadful fate, Uiinff cuit' to pieces by a Lra'll mPhe Princes Bridge railway yard Melbourne. Inspector Hnvcs, who had been conversing with Inspector Mayhew, walked ,aci;oss Uie yaid Ueyona the eastern end of the station to examine some carriages which wen; being cleaned. At this point a considerable number of tracks converge, and 'i't is regained by railway men as a place wlvre Jt is .necessary t,o use particular caution when •crossing, Mr Hares was mi the frequent lmbit of moving about among the traffic here, BWd tho various tracks were naturally like an open book to him. When he walked across the lines his mind appeared to 'be preoccupied, and'he lajiVd to liotit'C'the'approach of the incoming train from Oakleigh. The driver, of tho train saw the inspector walking., towards the track upon which his eng'ir(o was running and blew his whistle sharply, and us Urr did not have the effect of drawing attention lie put on the brakes. Mr Hay'os kept his way,, wad just 'as he Stepped on tho fatal track the engine struck him. The whole train passed over his body, imuiKlmg him shockingly, lb* was decapitated and the- head smashed to pieces. Death must havo been mercifully quick. Mr Hayes was a v.iidower, and leaves a son.

The following is un extract from a letter from ;i gentleman who lias been travelling in Norway and Sweden " I read a very gwxl account of,the local option position in New Zealand In the Nineteenth Century. It appears to mo thatl there are a very groat number of people in New Zealand who are a bit crazy, but you may say that of most .parts of the world. They have this local option in Norway, and the result has been that in some districts Ufc common tlJtlik of: tlhe pooplfl is ..either keft'oseno oil or napitha, and in Some haid cases—of winch one caime under my personal.- notice—spirit of varnish after the gum haid been piycipitated hy a mixture of salt. This lsWtcro g|iijminc:d up the 11 (ait's stomach ami caused his death. The inquest took place when I wus in the village. So much for local option. In Bergxln you can only buy spirits at four shops in the city, specially licensed, and then only by the bottle. No hotel can sell it, so it is necessary to keep a bottle fi'oijng just as if you were on boajd' siiip. liv (Ihrjstium somk) hotel,s are lifceniUl to retail it on their premises, but if 'i't .i,*, !<o riftlikd ill must be .by servants o'f the municipality and for cash only. Bach Idrink is'lili-ought to you in a small glass flask containing a specific amount. The flask is stamped with 'the price and states that the hotelkeeper is allowed to chargo a pinny for water and sugar. The trade is wholly under the com trol of the city, and is not badly worked. It ensures goqtj whieky ftnt j correct measure,"

The cricketing public evidently appreciated the action of the Daily News in jjortlimg up at a late hour on Satnuniay night live kit est news' of the Uwl. match in Australia. The was sfrajimud very frequently an Sunday. Tho variety of the potato known us the Northern Star continues to attract, attention at Home. Mr Kinie, oi Itouton, says a London paper lms just, sokl two tons for £SOO. A postman at Spilsby in the spring bought one Northern Star from Mr Kiluu?, for 'kl, aiiid this he cut into live pieces and planted. lie hart just ring the crop, and from the one potato hii lias secured 4 2.'*0 largo tulA'rs wei'gi/ing For he has disposed of 141!) , and ho -has sold 140 of the potatoes left, so that his vis .Hd investment whs a good one. Another grower announces that he has obtained 17i22!1> from 14!b of Will your suit standi inMpeetian ? Tf looking nroiunid''? Our 45s av.'d 59s (Vd tailor made " Rough Rider 1 Hrnnd" suits are of the most fas-lir iona'blc tailoring materials. Kvauly U» try o'n. T}k»v" will please the hand to please kiuvd"ilvl'baume (' 1 othing Co., the jVlo'ik'v Saving Corner.*

The best medicine known is San- 1 der & Sons' Eucalypti Extract, ond| its eminent powerful effects inj coughs, colds, and influenza makei relief instantaneous. For serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, i be they wounds, burns, scaldings, 1 bruises, or sprains, it is the safest.' remedy—no swelling, no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced In croup, diptheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling, etc., diarrhoea, dysentry, diseases of the kidneys, and urinary organs. Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is fn use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, A:usMrdam. Trust in this approved ami reject all others!—Advt.

A great slaughter of human animals, such as Fleas, Flies, Lice on Plants, on Fowl?, on Jlorsos, o n Children's Heads ; Cockroaches, &c.., will he effected by rising ttock'b Mortein Insect Powder and Spreaders. Will k'iU within fi'vo minutes uv~ cry fly in a elo-sed room. Price, .1/ each. Bock's Moilein is world-fam-ed. but cunningly imitated. The public will kindly see that the proprietors; nam 1 , P. Bock and Co, is on everfy tin, as none i.s genuine without it. AH chemists and stores.* Scieiml-ists say that ruidi'um, the lateat discovery in minerals, is infinitely more valiuajbde than tlte fimest diawon-J. The "Regal" Shoo for woinajn is not a recent discovery, but it is ratios ahead of any other shoo at 10s fid a pair. The Mol;bou.rrw Clothing Co. stock tho "Rogah" #