The Daily News. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 18, 22 January 1904, Page 2

The Daily News. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

♦ . The borough engineer is to be authorised to procure the necessary timber for the Mamgrituiku culvert. The' Itudiistributie/n Bill has paused tiie New South Wales House ojf Assembly, without amjowdment. The London in'iuiiciitul airtihorities propone the vigorous suppression of Sunduy street auctions o-f fruit awd old clothes at the East EnM. R was dvcidi'l at the Works Committee meetii.g on Th-urs<d-ay luigia to (lush the Vivian-street chu'iuieiliivg, near St. Mary's vicarage, au reilirireil. Mr Cilbcrl, secretary of the New Plymouth branch of llie Order of Druids, has juakl to Mrs Carter, sen., the sum of X.HI 17s, bunclits which ui'mitKl to tl.v late Mr Thos. Curler, a iiieu,!ber of the under, who was intently drownod heie. A manifesto coirturui-ng a column of si.gmului'es (hickitii'inp those of leauiiiy representative meai, nubility, ji.tlyes, 'bishops, schoolmasters, ajid doctors), l'.«us been published in London conUmnaiing juvenile cigarette smoking. The following new books hiaivc just been received at the puMic library : —Fiction : '"Hie Longshoreman-," a. Bartnum ; "The (Jtieen aire do' no Wrong," jr. ComoUwi ; "The Stolen Emperor," Mrs H. Eraser; "Tire Silver JJullet," Foists Hume; "Verintu's Father," W. C. Murray; "A Heal in Wheat," Fraok Norris; "The Key <if I'ai-adise," S. l'ickerinjr; '■The Most Secret Tribunal," E. L. I'rescotl ; "The lh.-i-.vl Stones," Mrs A. Sidgwiek ; "Kosviimjiid'e," 11. Sto-t-t. Miscellaneous: "The AtlvenUire in Spain-," s. H. Crockett ; "Napokc/iu's Captivity in Itelation to Sir IK Lowe," It. C. Seaton • ■l'oreruiwiers of D-uurte," Marcus Dads ; "Labour ami I'rofectkm," H. W. Mossinghain ; "True sWies of Coudollleri," F. H, JucTtwm,

Four hundred persons visited the baths yesterday—a record. The work of opening up trenches for sewerage in the town will be do™ by day labour under the supervision of the borough engineer. Mr Collis has received a telegram from Sir Joseph Wand to the ellect that the question of preserving scewry in the Mnngutaiki gorgie, in the Mokau district, will be considered at tihe first Cabinet meeting. Two linotype machines ordered for the Government Printing Ollice will prdbaibly arriw iu Welliißrlon in the course of two or three weeks. Two iiK.'noline in'achunes haw also been ordered. Air Farrar, caretaker of the Old People's Home, desires to thank the following for comlributicm.s : Mes'rtumes G. 11. Aluiigju'ii ntnjd A. Slumdish, books ; Ab. Goklwutcr, fruit ; 11. Moon, cakes, etc. ; Messrs- R. Cock unit T. R. H'oiddor, clothing; 'and the Toiranaki Club, periodicals ami cards. The electric ligtht amamigenients are proceeding. Application will be. inutile lo the various road boards for permisision to erect poles for.Hi* line, and the Mayor and Crs Tiseh, Brooking, and Woud will draw out the route of the line and fix tin position of the various lights. A man's position in Society is .ielimxl by the nufimer in which lit comports himself on the Sabbatl; morn. At hast, tlrat is Mr Jelli-

cue's dictum, as laid down in t-he Wlellingtun Court. ■■The first cluss Ho to church," he olmerved, " the second loaf about outside," and "the third class lie in bed." An- American editor thus retorts upon a critic :—"We are sorry ydu don't like our paper. We publish it simply to please you. We should ask you to come to the office and edit it, 01% if we did, some ir)|uis:tive idiot might write and tell you how much netter he could dio it himself, rod that would annoy a nervous perron, like you." Holland holds the first place in the World as a nation of smokers. Every Dutchman consumes on an average 100 c* of tobacco a y,ear. The Belgian comes a good second with an annual consumption of 800/.., followed closely by Turkey with 700z., and the United States with OOoz. Germany, France, Spain and Italy tread closolg on t-hei?-. lioelsy white t'hd United Kingdom comes oomparatively low on tbfi list with 230z. winter one of the Council's woi'kmen made 17s (id a week, and kept u family of four." So said Ci- Wood at the Works Committee meeting last night, lie asked the Council lo make some provision for keeping these workmen in regular employment during wet weather, and it was decided to au-thori.se the engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the eroctjon of a- shed where occupy the time now spent in idleness during lite winter mom-tfe". There are now about 50 cheese factories in the colony, and the total output for the seauoii is ejected to constitute a recoixl. It is a s-iniglular fact that whUo in Tarnroak'i several factories which «cre turning out butter last season arc now mainulUctiuring cheese, the reverse pos'R'ion has lxyeii adopted in twio or three places in the Auckland district. At tiro present time Mr

Singileton is tlie only cheese instructor in the colony, and factory manuigers are coiinpla'iiiing that tlwy do not sec enough o( him. That is not Ilia fault, as it is manifest that one man, however energetic lte may be, cannot satisfactorily cope with the volume of work which he is called upon to do. Aimtici|mtii «g the efforts of tlie <"!o----verniiitmt of -New /.i-nliunl to establish direct steani.i/uat communication tetweeri this country olid the western ports of the British Tales, tlie 'JViier Stanimship Company has resolved to inaiiijjurat* a steam service from (Jla%»ow and Liverpool to New Zealand ports. This line should be a distinct aldvuiitaigo to shippers who do business with the largt mietaufacturir>g centres of (ireat Britain, and there is little douht that I<hp efforte of the Tyser Line to establish a direct service ought to meet with the hearty support of colonial importers. The first vessel will be the Star of Eng'lawd, 3782 tans, which will ) w despatched from Liverpool on or ajbfout March 1. Tire Dannovirke Press says that Mr McUwvan, who 'has joined Mr J. 13. MapKwain in New I'lymoufh, ' was certaiinly one of the smartest men in the service, and tire colony could not. afford to lose him. It was confidently expected that om the ivt'irojiient ol Mr Rinaella Mr Mc(iowan would be appointed Commissioner, awl in tin interests of Hie dairy rad,i;;try the appointment wu>ukl have been a judicious one. ; It seems rnthvi- strawge that lliefiorernmejit loses all its best mvn after they have boon i„ the service a lew yearn. If the (iovernment could recognise that there are good men ui the colony and go in a little ess im- foreign importations perhaps the men we now bare would Itnid it better worth thoir while to ttick to tire service. Speaking to a representative of the Sew Zealand Times in reference to the works on tlie North Island Mlain Trunk Itaiilway, the Minister for Public Works stated that the .men were being concentrated on the , section 'between Mfam.giaweka and Twihape, so that it may lie completed as far as possible before the wet weather of winter sets in. (Jrcat troriflfle has .Keen experience.! -i„ carting goods alomg that portion of the road, and it is hoped to have the rails laid and the lines ballasted sulilciently to j«ennit of .. ()o ,| s lieing carried on the railway before the beginning of June. Passenger traffic on the line may be delayed a little later. The, 'JRojtoi bridge, the; Minister hopes, will be ready for locomothie traffic in about a fortnight, and in the meantime ballasti'lig is being carried on up to that point. Next, summer, it is expected, the work will bo carried <m liVtwevn Twihape and Wuiouru. Work «n tlie northern end, where there miv nlxmt -ISO men employed, is also going' on well. The best medin/io known is Sander & Sons' Eucalypti Extract, and its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, and influenza make relief instantaneous. For serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings| bruises, or sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling, no inflammation. Like surprising eflects 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 In use at ' hospitals and nwdical clinics all over tho globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italycrowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Ams'erdam. Trust in this approved and reject all othersl—Advt. TROUBLED WITH SCIATICA. Let Kheumo cure you ! It has cured others. Tlie positive ussurancc of James A. Capper, Lyell Bay, should convince you. Mr Capper' writing on Feb. 1, says :-" I was much troubled witih sciatica pains, ajwl at times I could get no sleep' Following tho advice of a friend I tried a bottle of Kheumo, anxl that bottle drove away the sciatica [mins. That has been three months ago and they have not returned since. If they do, Itlieumo is the medicine 1 shall go for." Mr Capper's confidence oomes from experience. Sold by chemists and stores at 2e 6d and 4s 04 per botUe.-Advt,

The Borough Works Committee will recommend the Christmas Carnival Committee to take into consideration 1 the question of observing Hist O'f March, the aniii'ivers<ai"y of Taranuiki, as a general holiday. A Greymouth telegram states that the Premier iuas intimiated that the royalty on limber is to be raisud to Is per 100 supeiiicial feel, us from July. This is double the present umount. A nuinbei' of iiiem'bcrs of tiho Christian Endeavour Sock-ty pawl a visit to the Old People's Italic lust night, amid entertained the inmates at a "musical evening'." About a thousand nolives are attending the tangi at. Papawai over the remains of the hue Taiuahau Mahupuku, a celebrated Maori chief. The proceedings are being controlled by the Maori Council, and are very oi|deil\i. No Moxicuiting lijipior iri

allowed at the encamjmient. The Borough Couincil talis decwled to call tenders for forming Barretlstreet, and tlw Elliott Roiud Board will be asked to contribute towards removing soil from Wallace Place. The ISortMgh Council has reserves n*<ar Stratford, and fearing llmt there might be ragwort on the farms the Councillors will have a little (jjicn'ic theiv, with the idea of ius|.vcting t.lX' land. Where is the Government inspector ? There is neither myth nor mystery about these Ladies' Shoes, in which sharp price concessions are announced to-day at 'Phi- Melbourne. They are haiulsofiie, pcri'eot-fitTunj shoes, ami as s'tutplc as Ijtrttcr in regard to their market values ; 100 pairs were bought at a big reduction, and the fiiirgain is for the firm's customers ; 5/11 per pair, worth at least 9/6.* Tourists and travellers' requirements arc specially catered for by the New /Zealand Express Company, Limited. Baggage stored or forwarded to meet tile traveller at any poinl. New Plymouth ollice—Brougham Street. 1 Lot. of men waste money and wear uiusiatis'llaet'Ory clothes because they d»n't know us much as they ought to know about the splendid lilting Suits, and at such little prices, at the Melbourne Clothing Co. There is a very special Vicuna Suit at 29/0, and big stock to select from.*