NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 28, 3 February 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

j exhibition to-day. W«jWiS I'd Mr Hughes, an Engim a visit to 'Prtranuki, New Zealand butter is in high favour for storage purposes at Home. It is stated Hint llw> Bell Block sports on tin- Htli i>rox. will );«.- a good meeting, but tha.tr inuulllcient interest is manifested amongst the young' men oi the district. I Ureal preparations are being made ! for the tea-meetinig and concert at h'e Ikinui next Thursday. Several new performers will take part. An excellent programme appears in another column. Playing against the Sash and Door Factory, H. Brown and Co.'s cricket team defeated them by one run alter an exciting game,. Thci,r scores were 50 and 50, and Sash and Door 70 and ««. Hawera School Committee has agreed to permit Biblical teaching in the State school for half an hour a week, on Wwlncslluys, after school lioum, attendance, of course, being optional. The Rev. .1. A. Jacob commences the work. At StrUll'oi'd ye.VUli'dny Mr H. L. Stanford, S.M., committed ('. J. Bol.stad for contempt till the rising of the Court. The contempt consisted of sending a lutleri dealing with the case before the Court in which Bolstatl was a litigant. At Dannevirke. a young man named O'Konrke was fced £lO or two iii'Oivths' imprisonment in the Napier gaol for assaulting a native. This incident was the cause of a riot in July last. Accuwl eecapeo at the, time and evaded arrest until Monday. The line was paid. There is a youngster, or gang of youngMtvi-s, iit New Plymouth who will be in trouble ere long, if our vigilant police can only see the bright youth or youths occupying their otherwise idle moments' by scribbling beastly uiiicl obscene remarks on buildings and seats in public places. Wholesale inoculation against blackleg is now proceeding. Mr Young, (iovermiwnt Veterinarian, left New Plymmnto yesterday for Hawera, uibere Stock Inspector Pecm has live hundred head of calves mustered to be submitted to the operation.

I'eojilo in Pulea wonder how it is that whilst New I'lymouth lias three graders stationed here, the southern Taia'naki port has to be content with a periodical visit from one of the New I'lyiiiouth staff. The reason may be in the-Sad that here the pro- ' dtico of seventy factories and over two lumdrtd dairies is treated, whilst only eleven factories ship through Dated.

Ice is not used to any great extent in tile carriage oi butter to the Moturo-a, Freezing Works. Last year great trouble arose from the fact that widen the thaw set in a <|imntity of water lay in the bottom of the railway vans, aw.l this swished about amon'gst tlw boxes of butter. Then when it was landed at the grading works the stuff had to be allowed to dry before, it could be ■tored.

The ijnths coni'iiiitteM has decided to extend' tin. hours for hot sulL-wu-ser baths in the went end institution. By making appointment with the caretaker, these haulm ai'e now available up till 8..'i1l p.m. Co,- this concession a charge of threepence is made, the evening bath costing one shallLiig. Tilu- health-giving- properties of this portion of the establishment are now becoming fulh recognised.

Messrs Hewley mid I,'riilitlis advertise Air siiln by auction on the premises, Elliott-street, on Wednesday next, a substantial residence of 111 rooms, which the owner is coni|>elled to dispose of on uccmml of failing sigfvt. 'As Uw situation, is a firstclass one, and the position is in every way desirable and convenient there should he good competition for the property.

It has been noted that tint ladies' hours at the baths do not at all suit those who are engaged in business ■diiriii'H the day. For their convenience, it liras been decided to allow them the use of the baths each evening after seven o'clock. Those intending to take advantage of this j«k-a should do well to communicate with the caretaker (telephiorre 21(>), as sometimes the bath has to be emptied in the evenings to catch the incoming tides. Some t(>wnsixH)ple are indignant because tilie Horuug'h Council fails to set an examiple in the observance of the fifth commandment, so strongly impressed on the young. The charge is laid tigains't. our City Fathers because on hist Sunday the reservoir in connection with the town water supjily was cleaned, the liaths were cleared of a growth of weed, and the water motor set at work for the first time in pumping wat»r into the saltwater baths.

Mr Stevens, of the Theatre staff, has been busity engaged the last fewdays preparing a gondola tu be used on the lake in Hie KiWation (.'rounds on Thursday night. Cornwalls' ES'tudiantina Hand will pl a y in the gondola which will lie manned by gondoliers who will sing part song's. Coloured lights are to V used and the ert'ect should bo very pleasing. In another column will be found the full programme, and if the weather is favourable the attendance should lie a record one. The survey o[ the proposed canal from the W'aitemata to the Man'ukau is Hearing completion', anil everything now looks hopeful for the ultimate success of the scheme. The country is reported to lie a soft sandstone formation all the way, so thwt the cutting would not he n serious matter, and on the Waitemata si.de there is a natural channel of good width which would assist in cheapening the canal when the work is irniderlaken. Mr Harrisevn is making the survey, which shouM be completed so time next week.

I.oikl wore hhv complaints of U,e iml'ortuiiuUe \H\ir\i\k< who requirnd » lnrgc water mii|k|i-I.v on Monday morning'. The Rorougih Council, in its wisdom, mail without notice of any kiiwl, shut oir thii Hiipply on Sunday for tin- purpose of cleaning out the reservoir. (In Monday morning (here was nothing- like normal pressure .(Hie exeitiulile sim of Krin declared "There's no power at all, hardly," aiiwi others in.charge of motors we're wnyehing hut moderate in their u,„-g-uagv. In one instance a water-carl had to.he tilled from t.| K . lower |)( ,_ von-strert pipes and conveyed to a place of business- on ■(he higher levels where work could not proceed without some such assistance.

.lust according to M )e ainomit of care used I'm storing at t:he factories and in sewl-img hntter on to (he u-ain' is the .state- of the produce on arrival at the grading, works here Yesterday afternoon a News representative saw a t|uaiility of butter from Tnrata, which haid arrived i„ , M .,. u . c . t griudrng wiin'drtioii, after travelling sixteen miles |, y ~,„,,, „„,, h twenty hy rail. Another consignment mm a proprietary r-onceni on the line of railway lawdud in tt V frv b-id stale, Jialf melted. Of rourse' t , K . maker possessed no rcfrigeratimr plum, and tlierefoiv h„„l „o chimed of trucking his butter at a proper tenrjwature. The general "g,t-„V" ol this parcel was anything hut creoitalde. This is t.h« sort of thin,, that keeps down the average qnalilv usui rinniagofs the reputation of Taratraki produw in tliufnarltcts of - the world,

' :/ ' A banquet is to be held to-night in connection witii I lie exhibition. The Kitflrt I I'm. H- •'• Schliloii. Ihe Premier will be present. The Haw-era I'Miibition opens this afternoon at l.:id o'clock. 11 is anticipated that a goodly contingent of New Plymouth people will be pre- ■

Owing to n scarcity of railway trucks sawmilling op.'ial ions are temporarily dislocated -in the Dannevirke district, and some mills may have to close for a few days.

Fitzgerald Bros' circus and menagerie, wll'ieh shows here on Monday next, has been doing "big business" in the siiu'lhesn districts, and will no doubt do likewise in New I'lymouth'. The Paris Siecle -Is of opinion that, in view of the good feeling existing between (Ireat Britain and Fiance the time is opportune for reviving the idea, of constructing the Channel tunnel. Those interested in athletics are remindid of the Caledonian Society's sports at Waifara to-morrow. With good fields and line weather a very pleasant outing should be in store for those attending the sports. Sir 'Joseph Ward inspected tint works around llanmer yesieid.iy. In reply to a deputation he promised to acceleralo the railway and coach service, and to ini(iijre into the mutter of n water supply M\<] drainage scheme.

By the 'death of F. White, a resident, of the Armid-ale distrirtij N.S.W.. the Mchincxinn Mission receives u beijuest of ,C5(I0. Various substiStvlinl sums have been left to other oiigjin-isaitions of the Church of KiiKlaml." The fiurmuu F.mpetxir's illness is stated to have been much more severe than was conveyed by the intelligence published at the time ; the exalted patient suffered n great deal, and those who have \isited him find thai during his illnes., he has consulIt. is said that one scheme which Mr Herbert Spencer prepared he was never able to earn out. It was conceived as a kind of supplement to his "Descriptive Sociology." aixl the end in vicj\v was to pivsent briefly, in a tabulated form, the contents of our Statute-book from early days onWflrds. showing why eacb law was enacted, liio effects produced, the duration, and, if repealed, the reasons for repeal.

In the live-election yesterday to I'd] th* vacancy caused by the resignation, for business reasons, of Mr '(.'. K. Bellringer us representative for the east ward on the Borough Council Mr (I. CHIT was returned wiuT 185 votes against Mr F. Wilson's 10. S. One informal vote was cast. There was little interest until about live o'clock, but after that the |«>lling was fairly brisk. The poll was declared in record time by Mr F. T. Bellringer at, 7.15 p.m. lie had with him as clerks Mr Bradbury and Miss Collis.

In December a yoirng Fnglislv lady (Miss Cave) was denied the right to practise at. the Kugiish Bar, but doubtless her claim, or fl'.af of some more fortunate successor, will be admitted at Home future date. In America more than half a century has passed since the first lady lawyer raised her voice. Maryland was the State which led the way, and gradually nil the other Slates have followed suit. There are now over twenty legal firms in America in which 'husbands have their wives as partners.

Others limy claim to have, and possibly may have, as good shoes as "The Melbourne," but we are sure 'the prices cam never be as small. "The Melbourne" small prolit cash at the counter policy enable:-; them to make their famous 'low pric-

The New Zealand Express Co., Ltd., have to let a commodious office or shop op the ground floor of new brick building, Broughamstreet. 2

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