NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 34, 10 February 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

-m * The Mangorei factory is now turn- | ing out about a lon and a quarter of butler daily. • A Melbourne-Naples innjl dpapatch of -Jan. 0 arrived in London on the 7th inst. Su<:«cTi'licrK to tin; l'*iblic Library should note that the library will be open iK.m 1(J a.m. to noon to-day anil 10-inoi'i'ow. Fractising at 7<)o yards on the. Fraukley-road range yesterday afternoon a member of the Tarasinki Rjfles pal on -Jie fine score of (58 out of a possible 7f> on the Bisley target—2(lin. bull's-eye.. Only two borougiis in the colony, Amljierluy anil Outram, have selected, Saturday for the weekly half-holi-day. Thirty-two boroughs have declared in favour of Wednesday and sixteen for Thujtidn-y. In chambers on the Bth instant a decree ousel i(e was granted by the Registrar of the Supreme Court in the divorce case of Brodie v. Brodie, on the application of Mr Fitzlwhtort, counsel for tho pctii tiqwv

As showing the good condition or tiro stock in the Wairoa (ICast Coast) district, it may lit? mentioned that out of moo yarded oil' one place u ■buyer lor one ol the Gisbomc freezing works took 'ISO as fit for (reeving. A party of <t huMlicd (Canadians wrote a short while ago to the Hermitage asking if ihey could lie accommodated as one ijarty on a visit to -Mount Cook, Such a demand as this wan probably q;U'ite unforeseen when tlu- Hermitage was designed, and live reply was that, so many could not be accommodated.

A man at K arati'gaihiake, who gave evidence in n wly-grog- selling" ease, said that If he was in good drinking order lie could drink eighteen gallons of beer in a few days. ' 'Phis interesting individual further stated that he did not kn'ow his daily drinking capacity, as lie had never hair as much ns he could drink. The traffic returns for the four weeks ending .lan. 2, 1904, on the Wcllington-Napier-New Plymouth section of railway amounted to £.">4,490, against £50,011 for the corresponding period of the previous year. Tho total is made up as follows : Paswengcrs, £21,251 ; parcels, luggage and mails, £2067 ; goods, £2O- - ; miscellaneous, £574 ; rents and commission, £1471,

A severe hailstorm passed over Tlniiaru on Sunday, doing considerable •damage. Hailstorms the size, of lven's eggs fell and penetrated galvanised, iron roofs, cut the heads of grain off, and destroyed fruit. Cattle were terrified and rushed wildly about the paddocks. Windows of houses were broken and a man was struck on the head by a hailstone and rendered unconscious.

A meeting of the New Plymouth Church Council was held last night. Rev. !■'. A. Dennett delivered his report on tine.recent Students' Summer School. Votes of thanks were passed to the various committees, especially the secretaries, Rev. Dennett and Mr W. AiiHWury. A resolution was [Hissed that the Council favour the inlr.cSluc.tlon of the Bible into the schools of the colony, and referring the matter to the ministers' association It was decided to protest against railway traffic on Sundays. Messrs Campbell and George, the former OM his "Minerva" motor bicycle and the latter towed behind the niacihiiie on a free-wheel bicycle, made a smart trip to I.itglcwo«d and hock on Sunday. A Maori on horseback watched the little procession with groat glee, exclaiming again arid again that "He the good feller, that," and laughingly directing a weary-looking cyclist to ''tie up, too." .

During last month 29,2170z of gold valued at £109,862 were exported from the colony, as compared with 48,7700f. of the value 'Of £189,081 in the corresponding mouth of last year. Last month's report was made up as follows:—Auckland, 13.7980z, £48,388 ; Greymout-h, 12,4490z,£49794 ; Tnvercurgill, 1501o'z, G6004 ; Dunedin, 87'20z, £3487 ; Nelson, 597 oz, £2239. Tlie exjiprt of silver last month was 51,4970z, of the value of £5307. !

Operations at tho State coalmines in Wostland are being! carried out on an extensive scale. The colliery at Sodd-onville is putting out about 1000 tons a week. The weekly output from the Port Elizabeth mine is uljout 2000 tans, and will be increased 50 per cent, as soon as the raiiway into Greymouth has been completed. The Manes Department lias solid 1000 tons of coal from Seddonville to tlie Itmilway Department atml also a considerable quantity to the Union Steam Ship Company. The coal is. pronounced by experts to bo a first-class article for maiine and'domestic purposes. Some boys were up before the Wellington S.M. oil a charge of robbing fruit trees. Said counsel fqr the accused : ''lt is part of a boy's prerogative to steal fruit. It is trivial." His Worship : " I don't think so." His Worship added that there should 1)0 provision to arrest, after a certain hour, groups of five or six seen hanging about together. If he was inclined to lei any of them off, it Would not be the boy at the gate but the boy up the tree, who took tho more onerous part of the business. His Worship lined the older niuj principal offenders eact 10s. Mr Mesfcayer's lucky star has been in the ascendant lately. He spent four days in one week'ainid three in the next among the ranges' north of Auckland, engaged in selecting a site for tliv head of the new waterworks. Not one wet day was ex]ferienced but on returning t 0 (, oW in, rai ;,, ,- cll 011 the 'days following his arrival. At Pupakiira, by urging their steeds to u hand gallop, tlw? party reached the railway station just in time to flniS the reins to tho guide and rush lor seats, catching tho train with not a moment to ypuro. Efforts (0 reach the station were entirely speculative, for tiny were of oj/imon that the train did not stop. lj ut it (id. Phe lucky part of the affair was that tins was tl* f lrs t Wednesday in the month-the only day on which the train drew up at the *lalion.

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