NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 31, 11 February 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

will fix* tihej ainnivursary of the White (-lifts massacre i.n JBl>9. A new (.Methodist church is being opeiud at Waitara to-day. At Louisville, Kentucky, in order to to demonstrate the effect of a shot gun wound, a bog was taken into u law court and t'.'veiv shot in front of the jury Jhux. The New ZtuU'awl rcprctentattves at the Australasian Amateur Athletic Association's champiousihij) meeting returned to WVUington yesterday by the -WniTimoo. Mr Vile, M.H.11., says he has every i hope, awl, indeed, is sanguine, that 1 the Cruwn tenants will, within the next year or two, "lie gran-ted the J freehold. (inly two boroughs in the colon| r Aniberley ami Outram—have selected I Saturday for the weekly half-holi- ' day. Thiiw-tWO boroußhH have declared in fuvoui' of Wednesday, end sixteen for Thursday. ' A remark was o\"erh<*ard on the racecourse yestenday to the effect that the Tarana.ki J.C. was having had luck this season, hist the growls at the Christmas meeting, and now the rain. A laughing rejoinder was , made that the club might prefer the former—they didn't cost anything. The uhildren attuulmg the Central ' School are to l>e taken to llawera on Saturday to view the exhibition there. An endeavour will bo made, it is understood, to arrange for the scholars of the High School to join the paily. Kcduad fares \\ill be in vogue. Thv carnival promoted in aid of St. Mary's organ fu-nd was postponed on account of the weather. All preparations had been made for illuminating the grounds, mid the carnival is now advertised for to-night in the Recivation (.'rounds. A capital evemi'iig's entertainment is being provided. Members of the? St. .John Ambulance Society received a call on Tue«-ri-ay evening to utk-nd at the railway station, wlion they removed two yoiiing men to the hospital. The sidTerers were victims of an accident in the Whangainomon'a d.istnVl, having be«r caught by a lull of earth uard injured about the giro'in. Mcmliprs of the St. John Ambulance corps who oil occasion assist in 1 amoving patents brought from the coun«tjy to the hospital express the opinion that the stretchers provided in the railway vans s-hould be made to lit the corps' litter. This, * they urg.\ v.ould s«\e much suffering to Ihe patients and also facilitate the work of removal. Owing to the pivssure of engagemerits there were no medical gentlemen present on the racecourse ves-terd-ay, and, as usual in their *ai- '■ s ence, several accidents occurred. | Nursi ' Cuijjii ; ngha.m, who has previ--o.lsly agisted the elub in accidents tU» course, took charge of the Mdeis who w o re 'injure.;!, Carmont and S[,utkmfiii T um l amended them I.ntil the arrival of Dr. Leutham. A Westport gentleman informs the Uangjwwi /JeniM Hifait one of the cru|.|i e\/.«r )u the Huller,V)r out oJ' it, was the Monties wlwcli Kcentiy look ,a)\va,v- a load of HestpoPt coiil, possib'ly to no very peaceful purpose, to the China seas She had no masts whatever, but just enough gear to enable h<?r to make good time at the coal staiths. And she had a crew of unassorted Cantoni.se lifl-rafl, who during the vessd's stay at Westport utilisxni the limn tjiat the winches were not going to smuggle fn wough tobacco, cigars niul ,la'<a gnf.ih-s u, tocic a tobacconist's shop. , Tyjijioiitl appeal's to.fo.e prevalent in several of the western districts of Now South Wales,

The members of. the Arbitration Court left Welling ton bust night for | Ohristehurch, en route for WcsUami. I The Kvcniug Post, Wellington, this week enters upon its fortieth year of publication. At a joint ccniference of school teachers and inspectors in Wellington on Tuewday the resolutions passed at the Kduca(ion instilute in Xdson were mostly appunvd, some lning verbally 'amended. Trains connecting with steamers will leave town for the breakwater to-day as follows 9 a.m. Uotoiti from south, 11.20 a.m. Takapuna •for South., 8.20 p.m. Kotoiti for north. The Union S.S. t'o. employs 500 cooks and waiters, and the annual wages bill for these now amounts lo £ bV>l2. If the employees' demands now before I he Arbitration Court are granted the wages will be increased by £15,250. Mr Leahy, secretary of the X.S.W. Machine Shearers' Fnion, has again refused to give before the Royal Commission at Sydney In the dispute^tween the rival "unions. A number of other witness adopted t l /e same course. During last month the Labour Department nssisLfid 85 married and 2151 single nun 'Ji diflVuMt parts of tlie colony. There were one married and thirteen single women placed in domestic service by the women's branch of the department.. As a result of l.h'e Christ church city council's "decision to close tlie Theatre Royal during extensive structural altera! ions'i the Willough-b.v-Geach Company .were prevented from playing the iasl night of their season. The shortage in the Wellington city water supply is becoming alarming, and str ngient measures are being taken to conserve ti'ue waver remaining in the reservoir. Unless rain lullis within ten days the position will Tje one of great seriousness.

Doctors attending a'white leper for the I act twelve months at Perth/ rejjoirt -t-inoit tlhfe atftivityfjyf tjho disease has disappeared, that the man now shows no signs of leprosy, and is no longer infectious The .Colonial Secretary states that the man has been practically cured by the use of Oluilmu-gra oil. Mr P. N. Russell, who endowed the school' of eng'imeeritng in .Sydney University with £50,000 has offered another £50,000 towards providing free scholarships for apprentices engaged in engineering! shops in the State, and for the extension of the teaching, of electengineering on condition that the Government s|>eruls within three years £25,000 on necessary buildings to accommodate the increasing! scholars, : A dead man was fined 5s and costs 'at Aston, Birmingham, recently, for discharging fireworics in the street. Wutoi the name of Kli May, an insurance agient, was callU'd to answer the charge, there was no response, and a reporter volunteered the information that the defendant Jvaid shot himself at Hawdsworth on the previous night. The magistrate, however, proceeded to read the police report of the case, and imposed the tine stated. For the first time in his experience an up-coamlry viticulturist has found his attackud by rats. The dedeprudiator found a hole in the hothouse, and went from bunch to bunch sampling. Tluen he settled down alongside, the one of his choice, ami the grou:ud below was strewn with live skms anid small stoaies of the fruit. The owner regrets that aVodent Fiquiatting plli'MowiJinically on a vine-stalk, glutting out graj;«-skins arud swallowing the succulent interior, coultf not have been wnapshotUid. Further, he bewails the loss of about 10s worth of grapes in a single Mffht. Piracy .s'liJ) /loipj'ishes in tlie Fast. Uust. 11umth the caijUuin of a Ohiinesc gulnbi/al sig-liUid a j»i rate craft and attempted to capture her. Jn the tigiht which endued live captain, chief officer and sm-eral of the crew were killed or wounded in the spaca of fifteen nuinutes. The rejnainder plunged into tlie Kast Ki\er and swam msihore. The pirates, who did not lose a single man, took immediate possession of the gunboat, rifled her of arms, ammunition, stores and a chest cowU'iniii'g £750 inteiKlod for the i Payment of a provincial garrison, and then turned her ad,rift. Sevont.s' ])ersons weix? recently arres'tud at Foggia in Italy for belonging to a society whose objects a>v robbery and minder. At the headquarters of the society at Barlctta there was a school lor the members, who wwe taught in the best way rob and assassinate quickly. The members paid a monthly subscription, and graduated according to the amount of money they brought to the funds of the society. For two years t-lwy terrorised the towns of the -\driatic.

It is not perhaps generally realisml Ivoiv great a part the 'Sumlayscihool pjays. i'Vom an interesting article in tlve Suniduy Strand Chrisu urns number we learn tlmt to-<lay in l',iigtaud and Wales alone the Sunday school army lm» reached the total 01' 7,OIK),000. So many, in fact are throw youthful disciples of Kob-ei-t Kaikes that they form 21.8 per cent, of our entire population, and out-immlwr Scotland and Wales with seven English counties thrown in. Out of 8,(>0»,0€<) young people who I may be said to come within Vw limits o£ Sunday-school age, ",000,000 have actuixlly been drawn into the fold. Hut every country in Ruroju* has also its SuMla.v-scbools. Tile sclwilais ol the Continent number little over 1,750,000. In the United States of America the Sunday scholar's now fall short of 11,000,000, a number Kivah']' than the coniinne<l populations of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Taking the Sunday-schools of the world, we liml that the scholai'.s to-da'.v number, with their teachers and officials, no fewer than 25,000,000 members, thus forming an army ol jieiu-e at least 2,0110,run1 more numerous than all the world's armies o-n a footing of war. All races to-day invited to putronise Mason's Usvii'dressing Saloon B'':y.cghani Street. Open all dav Tobacco and cigars. Have you noticed how smoothly shopping goes at "The Melbourne." Kverybwdy s>ays it's tlve busiest store in laramki, ajnid certuinlv we arc doing tho largest dustiness we ever knew. customer :;a\i.'S mone.w Wo buy for cash and sell for cash. Uiat is the secret of our famous low prices.* . Important to young ladies and gentlemen. ,J. H. Parker's stock of engagement rings, wedding lings, watchcM. chain* and ull kinds of jewellery is the linest on I lie West Coast of .New Zealand, and piiees 10 per cent, lower than in '.lie larger centres. Carefully nolo the addiess -.1. 11. Uark<Mi. jeweller, etc., next i nilwny crossing, J)evou-siroet Central, N r ew nyinouth.* lU(; di-irte known is Pan ! der & Eucalypti Extmct, and it-9 eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, and influenza make leiief instantaneous. For seriout 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 effects produced in croup, diptheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling, etc. diarrhoea, dyseatry, diseases of the kiuieys, and urinary organs. Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is iR use at hospitals and medical clnncs all over the globe; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italycrowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amster n ff 1 m this n PP rov ed and rejeet all others. —Advt