Taranaki Daily News. TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 3, 5 January 1904, Page 2

Taranaki Daily News. TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

At the Toto athletic spurts (\ Huttoai awl .1. Prcliy, two of the colony's best uxemtm, will chop in-a match for SXIU a. .side. A special general meeting of menil\.'iu of the. lVlrana.ki Jockey Clu'b will 1m held next Thursday ni'ffht on very importatjt/business. A full attendance of members is requested. The Iboy lfcaskin, who djsupi»eivi\'id frkm New I'l.vmouth on Saturday asud oauNuU much anxiety to his parents, timraar! up «i Wailara, wry t'ii"od. Ilw slept on the rouids'jidu on Saturday nigiht. p, A unitruc exlritbiliosti of tin- fly-cat-dhing was gjiveii/ by a numjx'r oHimiigry rifts in a disused shop wiwlow an Monday. 'llieir tuitics caused mtoch anwsieniejnt to passers-toy, but the rodents did not appreciate the iirterferenw of an Irish terrier, wJk> i pooa put them to flight,

Muidamc M'arion interviews pupils to-«fnv, the last, day, at the Ti-uca-dero.

Last night it was thought that W. K. Mason, of WellinM<»n, und .Johm Mswon would fi K -lil out the championship at the L'hess Congress in Welling:! on, Fnch has won 9J guuies aid lost 1J hams. The programme of the North Ta'raniiaki Rifle Association for flu-it- sc- ■ Minil aimiinl meeting to be held on, l'U|ruary Jlnd and 4th next has been itv.aued. Copies are oMtiai'iiuvde from' Mr C. 11. Lever, the secretary.

To-day trains will run from jjew Plymouth static*,, ut ,(.1.-, ~„, ((| connect with the Rotoiti from n, "' th ;,s «•■»>•. Tukapuna. from MoMth : 1 i .120 a.m., Rotoiti, for south; aiul 8.20 p.m.. Tuhnpit'iia for north.

Mr A. Oldham, local manager for Messrs J... 11. Nul.hun and (•„ ~,■ Auckland, sends us a cah-iidur from the Norwirk National Fiiy Illwr _ ance Society, for which the linn are now the local agent*.

At the Auckland Rifle Association Meeting Ihe southern match lit .shots at t.OO.vds was won by Sergt \rinitage i.Taraiiaki Rifles) with'a" score oi 4.'!. Private (Ikey, of the sinne corps,, won 10/ in finis miutch and also in the match at 500' yards. We are informed that Mr W G M'alune, of Messrs iUaloue. McVeiugh' and Amklereon, acting on l*4mlf of nhe carrying fraternity, will hie «„ abjection to the traflic by-laws proponed to be instituted by the Taralvuki Comity Council.

Some time ago a postcard was despatched from this country merely addressed "(The Rev. H. <)'. Feulun,' England, it was delivered safely to the addressee in Cornwall withta 'M hours of its arrival 'in Etigfend. 'lliis speaks well for the cleverness of the postal authorities.

The flagship of the Channel Squadron, M.CVI.S. Majestic, has- just heaten at Gibraltar the world's naval for prize-firrn'g w.H li l\w 12-int-h gun. Out of H 7 shots tired at a rajige of three miles the Majestic scored 24 'hits, (which is considered to bo marvellous shooting. The previous record was 'gained by 11.11.5. Ocetui, with J8 hits, wider'the same conditions.

We notimo in the window of Messrs Okt-y and Arnwld an oil painting rciwvsenting a design for a tile, which has ten painted bv Mr W. F Gordon with the Taupiri cottl twih amid whiitc. The picture Is a curiosity, Hnuing, we tx'lic\ie, tine first time that the ash in has ever been iisnil in the tine arts. A great many tints can be got witli it and white as will be seen from the desigut. At the County Council meetinir on Mo'ta.iay, ti'iwlers for works in the Mow riding were hvlid over ■ TJie tenders of Messrs ,7. H. CwlesPil' for gravel supply in the Waitara , ,'Jing were acce.ptod a;t 5s td anW ">s Hid ]K>r y«fd respectivclv ; im the Oiirata riding", contract No. 8 was let lo T. Julian at 5s Cd per Valid : No. <) l 0 H . I). Mate at Its lid; No. to, to George u ,tU Kendall at ;ls 5d ; and No. 11 to C Oliver at Jls 9d.

On Monday morning at the l'olice Court, before Mr Smut'oid, H.M liityci'l .7idans-o'ii, aiiias J.anies MotTisrnv Neilson, pleaded gmiltv to the tlief't oi a pair of Moots, value lis Md the property of Messrs Grayson and COLk, on MitirKday last. \ comiclion was recoitdod, deUwlunt to' come up for sentence when called upon, and a prah.Utioiti order to issue uUaniKt idefenfluiit to apply to the li cei«ng districts of Tanmafci atnd

The Insurance and Bunking Record |'A u/ , ,v,l- w 0 f tho w,.rk-i,„'gi of. Ausl tiajjsiaii nvtjways durinj. the , n!il yeur, says in refeutice to the YewZealand lines, that it is gratliving to note that tl;e Increase of £99 152 shown i„ the gross earnings ocatrs notwtths'tandi'ng the kvrge reductions >;adu ,„ passenger fare.:; „,«! j,, I . iUl , s ' loi wool, da..iy prtxlnce and urtilicifll manure.

In America a movement has been started by women adopting the unusual course of removiiijf their hats when they enter a place of worship, 'llhore U no. idoub't that sjich a custom would add to the general convenieiKj". just as it does in the theatre, uaid 'the tact that i;t is entijiely a voluntary innovation, and not '''by request,•:'■ luay po;|,.i.|l:| Had to ifis general adoption by ladies.

If suflicieii't iniduceinent oilers it is proposed to run an excursion lo the Mivkau from New Plymouth on Frit>ay next. The trip to tihe niivt-r will be an •o.vei+arta- ane, and Mr Ncnvton KLnig Ikis' guwraaiteai lo have 'his oil launch ready to conwy tlx, party ly) to the imiiiMß. 'Pho trip will take till MuiKlay iiiigilit, awj will not be I>y ainy means expenst've. Those wlio inUaJd joi'iii'ii'g tl* luvrty must communicate with Mr 0. Carter or Mr Co*lis, members of the Touiist Trailic Coiiuniltcv, this evening. Count Rocca Diunovitch, who has passed through Chart res on his way to Bordeaux, has for almost 40 years been performing u journey, as lar as jMxssiWe on fopt, |roumt the world. Born at Lissu, the Count began his truiveks at the age of 14 and lus hitljby has cost him i(jot,ooo He l'as a coltetllon of 10,O(X» ollidal documents, duly .signed and stumped by the authorities having jurisdiction over the places which hj« has visited, ami has also collected a mass ol prison statistics.

Adout IK),(KK) young men are affected by a notice served by various Chicago employers against racetrack gumljding, excessive drinking, immoral conduct, and cigarette smoking. The concerns serving notice are not engaged in missionary work. Tl|ey aie 'acttiatc-d by purely business motives. They do'not say that men positively shall not 'do certain things—only that they shall not do these things while in the linn'* employ. Employees who are impelled to' "kick over" have the liberty of all men to take themselves and their " independence" to other shops.

KxploKtls in navigation by small ibutits iuv extending <<> l'-asleru Kurope. Simon Ktratirovsky, a Jiuwly Russian fisherman of (Xk-s.sn, has just accomplitihed tin- feat of nuiviguting alone a small sailing Unilt from that port across Uw JUack >Sca to Constantinople and back, putting in at Constan/.a and Sarina on tin. return voyagu. f/n<i |H<cn|iaritv of the adventure is that St rabrovskv ||uvigMted without a compass, declaring I hut the stars were enough. ]] t . received a sum of £120(1 for his exploit.

Kvcn wlien oil duty a policeman cannot always enjoy that freedom from caiv ami rcsponsiMilitv which fails to ti». i„t „r ,„„. sl ,„;.„ ollh . a lew 'days ago Countable. Fryer, of Melbourne, who had a few hours' to llijaself, was lulkihij" J,|i t i Uwo youngsters (or a stroll dpwn Jlourke.-stm-t when-he was most unexpectedly called upon to abandon all prospect of pleasure and wturn again to those duties which lie had just forsaken. A man named Hay, who was trying to dispose of a piece of hra.ssVus a nuggvt, for winch he only asked the trilling sum of 7fi, apj(airentl;v saw in the policeman a prospective buyer, and, stopping him, immodiately' tried to strike a bargain. Hut unfortunately for the vendor, liia memory was defective, and he did not recognise I<"roycr as the man who, ■only thixx; months previously, and under sutiicwhat simitar conditions, hud arrested him for having tried to " work" the same dodge, r'ryer examined the ]*icce of tiiAt theh tjcr.uti|nis«l the man. " Oh, you are at your old giamu are you ?" lie asked, and liny, overcome with astonishment, blurted out, " (iood heavens ! Yon are the bloke, what "jug-god ' mo before !" Hay was then Jed weeping to the lockup,

A Press cable says hjißaji'ds are committing' great excesses in the

Speaking at the Ohrislrlmrrh Cathedral th (her ni K: lil. Bishop Julius condemned the general tendency oi the lileiiltuic of I lie pei ii.d as likely to do a great 'deal of harm, lie advocated the formation of libraries specially, for the younger generation, not necessarily altogether of tit.' Sun-day-school type of literature, hut something |)iirer and more wholiiionie (hail the generality of th >vels which are now published. If I hits were carried out. he reft that' a goral deal of harm which was now U-ing dime lo (lie rising gcnciiaUou by literature of (lie kind to which he referred would he counteracted.

The Otago Daily Times, in its account, of the opening of the Duiieilin electric Iraniwavs, savs :—" As a rrsult of Mr Goodman's recent trip round the world, he recommended the Corporation lo adopt the Wcslingliousc magnetic brake, which is, beyond doubt, the most perfect. awl most powerful brake ever used in tramway construction. It consists of a steel slipper, which is maw>elised by the motors, which, u'hen the car is running on a down grade, act as generators and supply the runvnt necessary. The slipper is attached to the rail, and at the same time npplf,(| t(he htiuiko islinK-M til the wheels. With Ibis brake any posiii/bility of the skidding of the wheels is eliminated,, as it is elivious that if the wheels skid the motors do not involve, and consequently there is no current given off to energise the magnet.

Th«se iivterested in "Gladiolas" should lake -a look at the window of the City flower and I'Yuit Coy. They have a splendid collection on exhUiHuljn njt I'hu pil»sent time, kjoiisistiiiK- of Grnndavirsis, I'hildsie and Lcn'oine's, fi-om purs white to dark purple shudes.*

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