The Daily News. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 15, 19 January 1904, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mails despatched from via UriiHti.si, on l>ec. Ifith, arrived in London on the 10th inst. The English Kuglby Union has requested thu New Zealand footballers tcj postpone their \islt until Sifjjtember next. During December 11658 i*?rscms arrived in- the codony, mid 1662 took deipmrt.ure. Tine* respective figl- - Tor DwemHxV, 1902, were 41H8 tmd 1215. On Monday morning, cm the application oi Mr Claude 11. Weston (Wvston uikl WvsUxn), proilxate of the will of Iht- lute Mr Charles Thomas Kelly was girajuttid by K. L. Stando/d, Ksjfj;., to Mrs Kelly, the executrix named in (.ho will. Mr U. Cliif Ims consented to accept nomination as a can«}i<h\te to Jill the vacancy existing in the repi esen tuition ol tluo east wand of the Mi- Cliff was, we tiro informed, i'ou-merly Muynr of Tilnuru. and has serii a good 'deal of JiiuniwI>al life. The N<ew Plymouth SwinuniingJ Ciwib committee met last ov+inhvg 1 , aiwi decided to hold liwimming' sports at the municipal baUvs on Thursday, I'V'bniary 18. Jlig pri/e money will be offered, to induce outside coimpctitdrn to enter. '1 toe ai'mngi'mcats were left in the Ir&nds of Messrs Raiuchopc, Bennett, floss and I'fut w.

Blenheim citizens and local bodies are arranging to hold an industrial exhibition in Blenheim this year. Trains will coainect with steamers •to-day, leaving the town station ! as follows : —8 a.m. Tukapuna from south and 8.20 p.m. for north. Pr Holding anil Mr G-eo. Haw let I have Ijjeeh noniii Mated for tlie vacancy caused by the resi'gmalion of Mr Julian from tin* Tnglewood Bor-

O'ugh Council. The Palmerston A. ami P. Society is conwi'dering the client ion of erecting a building at a cost of £2OOO, to provide lM,ooOft of siwv for exhibits at the next winter Mhow. The tirst of the Oarrisoii Band's omt'door concerts, anuuig>ed in order to quality tor the Boixnjgh Council's si/bsi'dy, take** place at the Coronation rotntfidu, in Kawaroa reserve this evening at a quarter to eight o'clock. A company has been formed at l;n~ vereargjll »(wi|th ft . capitiaJ of AUVOwi) in shares of 5s each) to provide the town .and suburbs with a nasseager i line of motor-dars. A speculator is about to start a motor %is service at Timaru. Last evening tlie echoes of the Recreation (.iroiuAls fairly rang 1 again, t» tlffe strains of murchin'g tunes j played by the (Jurrisun Band, who i were practising for the forthcoming contest. Tihe practices will be lieM regularly on Monday and Thursday aiwl are aleeatdy .drawing . tJUite large audkuices: j A Southland resident is reportwlto j have invented a juUent railway coupi ling which obviates the necessity of a j man g-oing on t'hr lines to counle eur- ! riaiges or trucks. The patent coupling ib automatic ii aet'Aon. If ,«• a succesw the inveiition should be the means of preventing many accidents. A well-known English tirm of )>a-per-makers is sending machinery (showing t>he whole process frem wood pulp to tine cream laid note pajKT) for ex'hi'i.jiUor. at Jlawera. in Fcijrnary. At tihe 'clost o.( .llni exhibition tho machinery will be sent on to one of the Australian States to be set up permanently. At Manilaweka last week a woman .was bound over to keep the peace to.wards a female neighbour whom she had used threatening language towards. The declaration of the Bench thirew defendant into hysterical excitament, afcid. slhu staid tWligsi that caused the Bench to sentence her to fourteen days' imprisonment for eontempt of Court. The members of the Hospital and Oharitaible Aid Bouixl visited the Hospital and Old People's Home, after the meeting on Monday, and were well pleased with the conduct of the institutions. It was decided to adopt the chairman's report, and a road leaidinig to the rear of the hospital for the ordinary whcul traffic will l*_* constructed forthwith, The ChristchurcK papers report a peculiar proceeding at an inquest there the other tfay. The coroner, , Mr W. irasekfcen, would only allow ! the oilieials amd a medical man irotQ tire clvamlber to hear tho \-vrdaet from the foreman, while the I'eixjrtvrs a;n»d the jiarent!' of the deceased chil'd were o'nly ma*li with t'he nature of thi liniding jus formally ivcorded by tin eoroner on the preijeribed form.

A North Canterbury fanner, speaking to a. Lyttelton Times reporter, said that the operations of the Municipal Abattoirs were having a decided effect o» some I'armens. They said that lambs Hurt hud run up against a post or a fence and haul ibjeoir. 'bruised were condemned ul the institution and, as no meat that was not killed at Sockbum could be sold, there was a serious loss. Sometimes the bruised flesh was not as large as an egg.

Some unkind lndivkluul (says the Lyttelton Times) whose sense- of humour in more stroaigrty developed t'lum Ills nuumei'H, hu.s shifted several of the ling.T posts at the Mount Avon Pine Sanatorium, so that tire tends upon them with the legend 'k' 'lMiis way to the Sanatorium," poli.it heavenwards. As the instructions do not statu whether this course is to lie taken before or after treatment, the alteration may be either as a compliment or the reverse, at tiie will ol' the interpreter.

Some excitement was caused amoiDgst passomgvrs an the mail train fiom Welliiilgtoii one evening last week owing to the continuous whistling of tine engines. Coining over the liinuttaka the noise was terriiic, several women fainted, and passengers who poswd as political propliets slatud gravely that undoubtedly war bind been declared 'between ltnssia aiwl Japan, iiawl that prolju/bly liritniin hold si'ded with the latter unid blown up bit. i'etersburg, or tafcen AU'xieflf prisoner. The train drew up at '.'ros'i L'neek amid a perfect salvo of screeches. It truinspi'l-ed that a newly-wmkied engine-driver and his Iji ide were aboand the train.

According to the president of the Science Conlgress lately sitting in J.hinedin it should be one of the aims ol' Australian scientists to discover and destroy the iuicro|be of the sporting iirafnro. The love of .-port, a good thing in modulation, hiul acquired too great an ascendancy. "An American professor," he sa/id, was "iy>i)i'ouclniii(g the shores of Australia at a time when the fute of the lOmjjii-e hung in the balance. Like Ivis iellow-paissenjgers, he was eager to hear wliat the lirst news would be as he approaiclwd the shores of tilie gireat island continent. The pilot bout appruaehod, and (he pilot, through his speaking trumpet, roarod those meinoralbie words, "The Austnaltfajus lmve won the lirst test match."

Mr J, A. Miliar, Chairman of Committees in tiic House of Representatives, was interviewed in Dunedin recently by a North Island pressmajn. Mr Miliar, who may Ije reeuuiled as "in the know," asserted emphatically that he did not think Mr T. Y. l>mi/;un would Ik- Minister for IjibwJs at next session. Asked wh»i would be tlu- likely successor to tin: Minister, the mcnJljicr for llunedin mentio'nod the name of Mr McN'ab, hut stated tlwvt the difficulty was that this represented a southern collsti'Uiuncy which adjoined Unit of Sir Joseph Ward. T'he Chairman of Cmujujttccs coeßideis there is not a North Island member competent to fill the position, aatd yive« the member for Musforton very little liiope of receiving a portfolio.

In the Magistrate's Court otn Monday, before Mr H. J,. Stanford, S.M. David Teed sued Williaim ilarnat d for £2l lis 0(J, daimvges alleged to have «Kvn caused by neglect on llic part of defendant to olbservu certain conditions of a leu.se of seventeen acres of land in the Diirrrt Hand which defendant Ijel'd from pluiittiiv' Mr Kerr appeared for pLaiuUIT, ami Mr Claude 11. Weston for defendant llis " to' 1 the plaintil* was that delemla.nt hud neglected to m-ul) up aJwl destroy all furze, hlacklwrv WW other noxious woods on the land, and to fiu-m qmd manage the same m a proper and husJwMWtlikc maiajer ; and ulso neglected to repair the f UIIC( . s buii-dinifs on the plat®. KvKlence was called at con»«1er»l;lo length as to the condition »JJ as t0 th " methods and possibilities of exterminating Huvc. IHiv MuffistrnU. held that sivmv iT'i l "* hul "«' evidence to shott that durendaait tod <!ai . riw | ou , the terms of his lease, and nave jukigmient for defendant, with costs H'noimtlng it £i j(j Si tOH! '

r l'he export of white pitao from the West Coast is assuming great proportions. Large shipments will Ik* sent to Australia, one bit oi' 1 Olio b'et for Sydney having been 1 placed at 7/0 per KMsft—a capital j price.

A at Clmrleroi has invented a madhine for dra-wing gilass liy means of a counterpoise, 'l.'.v which it is p;owsHb)e to oiljitain sheets of gtuss 1J tut Ivy 100 ft. If the inlventor can perfect his system lass-blowers ami ghuss-d.rmwers will not be 'iveodi'd. (»reat excitement has been canned in the in'ighJbjxirhood t'he di^eowry. Surely some nioi*e severe penalty than a tine (»f £2 and costs might have been, inflicted on the man — though it seems cruel irony to call him a man—who, in company with three ethers in a bujrijy, drove a horse completely to a .s.nnJs:/li on several occasions, thrusuiiig it unmercifully between Nelson and Kithmond the other day. Hating almost killed the beast, they drov* if' into the sea. still drawing ;hese bright young men. unlit t'ie water was nearly up to the horse's Siead. Accused was lined as above, in defauh three days' imprisonment. Tlree years would not. have been too much. Six criminals were recently sentenced by Mr .lustice Hodges, of Melbourne, to various terms of imprisonment, ,anid in every case periods of solitary conlinemcut were ordered during the last two or three months of detention. This form of punishment is much dreaded by prisoners. It means conlinement in'a cell for the whole day, with tU» exception of one hour'w *xer.citfe i; the oy'en, air. and as the hammock and other " furniture " are removed from the cell ex,cept during hours ollicially allowed for sleep, the prisoner is restricted to the limited and comfortless option of sitting or standing on the hard floor. A leader writer in the Wairarapa Daily Times says that many \ears ago he joined the management of a Benevolent Society, in order to gel a little insight into the probl"iu of poverty. He found that by spending live hundred a year the particular institution with which lie was connected manufactured a thousand pounds worth of poverty ; and that by oniy spending three hundred pounds it only .manufactured six hundred pounds worth of poverty. He came to the conclusion that t'he m-u'inillaeturo of poverty out of fui'bric lnone.y wax a mistake ; -ami he retired from his ur>fjionsiiliUliitsji'S a gadder and a wiser man. A remtafkafl>le sight o(T the coast of New Somth Wales was 1 witnessed by tlw crew of live American battue Servia, which .arri\ed at Sydney on l>ec. 2il, from Tacoma. The vessel was' about 20 miles off 'Port Stephen'.;, whin aiUiiut u dozen lurg* wiaiter-s])outs made their appearance iin the oiling. They were whirling round at a terrilic rale, the water at t'he baw !)ein l g ehurnvd snowy white, and unfading to tlie grarndeur ' of the sight. One big spout, passed aibouit a mile from the vessel, and i then suddenly broke with a terrilic report, the column of water as it fell > sen/;lin'g up a cloud of spray, and » causing consiid<«rable commotion in • tiie sua. Heavy low-lying clouds were about ut the time, but the weather was not very bad.

At the annual meeting of memPjors of the iuglewioafd AWilelic Club on KrUkuy evening, the sports iKihunces'heet. wiis adopted, slewing a credit of nearly J_l>B. Other funds were reported as saOi.sfuiCtory. Suveral new menjl/er.s were elected, aiid it was decided to ■hold tine annual gathering an Thursday, MuroU 3rd. Mr !•'. Sjrtirdle uus re-elecUid secretary, and Messrs I'eremil, H, 11. Curtis, C. W. Hennett, Drake, amd Jlpo-U'ii were elected a committee. Sptoeial votes of thaisks were pas.sod to Mr PerciVial, chairman of the mwmatmement committeo ; Air (iareia, auditor • Mr Nl>urdh!. BWS.VUU-.V i >l, GW-fts, ' instructor in gymnastics ; and to Mrs Vickers ami Mr (Jndgwii for olTei-s of prizes. A very strong sports commutteo was elected to curry out arraingemeftts (or tlie l«oi meeting.

A very odd case involving the. light to personal amusement of an old gentleman of seventy-two has |,een decided in Paris. According to tin. sLory furnished by the Advertiser's correspondent, M. Cochardi after a life of laborious toil, had uuuuired a tortune. and at seventy-two kept u mistress to whom he was not bv any means faithful. His family besought the Court to prevent him spending his money. Tho old gentleman was examined, and as his replies did not indicate senilitv, much less softening of the brain, the Court decided against the family. The judgment is worth reciting-" That there is nothing extraordinary in an old man who ha.s worked hard all his life and raised his children' seeking a little comfort in his old agie. even at the risk of leaving nothiife of the little foitune which he has labjriouslv a<|qiuiwt to Jjis Camiilv."

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