NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 38, 15 February 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A mo'tpr car was recently run lietween llawera ami Wantfanui in 15 minutes less than railway schedule time. When the last until hrft Johannesburg the I.oolb hag of flour was selling at 18s (*l, and 1001b bags of sugar at 2<l« 6d, wholesale. 'Bins llawera Industrial Exhibition closed 011 Saturday ni'tfht. 'l'he receipts lvavo Ih'.wn JJKW'O and! expenses £I4OO. Mr O'Meara, at, the Woodville luncheon : "The Ministers' say the wants oE the tHstrict are satisfied, but 1 am like Oliver Twisft—l want more ! " 'lTo-day it. the ami'ivernaiy of the distruction, in IStIH, of the llnitud Sink's l,uUlv>.il.'ip Maine by an explosion in the haiflwmr of Havana, Cuba. It has been decided Ivy the Auckland Chain'bi.r of Commercg to urge the local H'aiiioui' TUmrtl to provide storage for LIJ4JO tons of exports;. 11l .Jtuiiof" IVriiv, (iovemmeivt health inspector in PalimTsiton North, is to be o»k«l to prepare u special U',«i»rt for t'lie llorough Council wpon Uie state of tho Chinese awd Syrian liiouwos in the town. l!ev. I''. W. lsitt ill his sermon at Wlmeley Church last night dealt luryely with the temperance niovement, anil at the close of the service a riH'tat; fsolfeotion waj» taken in aid of tho New Zealand Alliance funds. Hie Chamber of Commerce in T'uliners'ton North, diissrotisliud with the lloriKigh Council's aidminiiitration, deckivd to call a public meeting to talk tile matter imer. The Council is now- said to have livenoil up, and tlw imvtin# will not be held. During the Christmas holidays docks made great piri»gress in the Waii-'awa sclwol ground. The scholars set to work ami cleared them away as svon as th»' school re-open-ea—an example to many other schools. A northern paper recently ofTered a prize for {lie best suggested dress for a gfirl to wear at the local agricultural whew. Out' of the answers must have emium-ted from one of the musculiiK- species, sintv the costume pix'sertad was an umbrella and a waterproof. A prisoner, having been convicted at the Christehurch Supremo Court of committing an ifidocent assault, stated that, he had spent a large number of years in the colony waiti'nig -Rop n,-w» ilium tris people at Home. llis Ilouiour pointed out that out of the last twenty-five years the accused had spent twenty-two and a half ill gaol.

Tlu' lightning storm was severely felt at tlic New Plymouth telephone exchange. U'twi'iMi 5n mill (ii) subscribers lii"<,' cut off fi'om the exchange. There will pri,»:>a,bly In? others whose instruments ale internipti'd. IJ.it Ijei-ng- Sunday the telephone fitafl could not make an exhaustive test of all connections. The siL'bscribers who find their telephoned faulty shouhl 'advise the exchange, so t'W't faults may be remcdiwl. A petition iw to be presented to th<; Governor praying for the. release «f Mpfoi Kai, 'the yoimig Maori wo nmprterod »" old mum named Stephen Mji 1 ome.v in tlw New l'lyniotitli Keniittioiv C!ii«iotil in 1890. Jluhi Kni wiut tried at t|ie Supreme Court at, New Plymouth, and being I'onml guilty, was sunt uncoil t ( > de.vlh by Mr .Justice I'onoKy. The Bxwmtive ('oilinei 1 conmruli'il the sen! etuv to i>n<! of imjvrisoTnn.e.n.l lor life. The crying need is a law for the cure of iaizinesK, a law which shall gixv power to the authorities t« ifetai;i the 'bully who Jaws upon the earnings of tile weaker sex ; the loafer who 1 ivies public houses or u'pon the kerbstone outside ; the tittup wii.o fi'ijiiuentii the casual wards; the able-bodied pauper vho wilt not work; tile unemployed who l.SH'e never learned to work.—l,ocal tluveiii'inejit Jo'iiriial. A correspondent of the WoiwlvSie Kxaininer says : —To s.how how nccurutely the milk is tested by tiie comipanies, 1 will g-ivO one Instance out of many that liave coino under inv own notice. At the end of one milking season a settler sold his farm and dairy heed a'lid left the district. Jlut behold for the first mouth of tho following season his .usual M.-J test was posted in the cnamery, although he had not supplied a (1 roji ol' milk.

Se\ei\il jurors wore exempted from seivke at the Palnwrston Suipreino Court on areo'iiirt of being over 00, tin- age limit.. One of those steppud hi iskly up to lvis Honor, exhibiting all the ability of a four-year-o!'d. "Vou should, apply to have your name erase,d from the lint if you an l over fio," observed J mlgo ( ooper. " [ did so (ivit 1") years ago." was Mn- callm reply. 11-is ] Tonoi 1 looked astounded, as well li>. iii-iiii'it. for the lutle old gipnilcman. who gavv his ago as 8(1, would lmve ]ia» :e:l easily us a man of f>o or . r >s. The JJarro.v and steep oath leading from l'overly I''lat into l.emonst r eel was the Krone of a g'l'eti.f crush after the circus .cm Katiiiduv night. In the darkness a general rash was maile for the track, and then the crowds at the rear shoved and shouldered. end™ v-ou ring to luii-itcii' the movements of those who were wedged in the comparatively narrow .crevice in I lie cl i.v. The language of the presser.s and the oppressed was at. tunes Jurid, and the screams of the persons jessed with Uie undesirable amictioin or corns who only j exceeded hy tlie wruthfui exejamaj tions of the l.wiies Whose trains were i in danger, or who fancied every | iidw and t Ht.'n Unit the el'how of « 1 passing m«fe was uileirliunaHy nndg<*rl in their ribs. Hundreds loapod over the Hank, but Htill tlinre way for a long time a heaving, s-trutfgdi'ii£, and grunjljinif mass in the narj-ow pass which doos niuty as the printljjul exit from the flat.

'I lie death is announced of Mr | -l'Vl'jj'. a. V.i'll ■l.i.uv.'ii ((>;. ( 1 isi.uid 00l l.'.il.'er. • ' tr'ome Japanese girls, when they lus'ire to kwi'k extremely captivating, gill I ttveir lips. A special meeting of the itorougt.i Jouncil w ill bo held to-nighv in conleetion with a:i)attuir matters, and ;t> ap|;'oini a ''ftroii'gh engineer. j\lr Carnegie has authorised the Vestport J'orough Council to draw or £2001) for 1,1 irary buiklings as ! ■vork proceeds. 1 At tile Waiiganui Police Court 011 Saturday two men were lined L 5 ■ach for giving liquor to a prohibited person. .Messrs Callaghan and Co. report .lie sale of several sections in live I 'or t Aloturoa estate to a local i 11lestor. total purchaso money ex- , ;eeiling tl-iOO. 'l'lio ixwti'ic.ti'ons place<l 011 the in 1-MM-Uitiou of (iueeiaslaivd piod'icc by New South Males, in conseupieiiee of .lie pla.giie, have creafetl e.onsl.erna:ion in commercial circles. 'five Ni-w Zealand Oil and Coal L'omipa.ny intends to bring a man :>ut from lk>;ne to recommence operutio'ns at Ori'p)tiki as soon as it has received- tive tiovernuuent Ivonus of fcuOO. The heavy rain of 'i'hursday which did so nihdi damage at the Hawera exlii'lilltion, alsjc) caiused a i;> live recently constructed sewage tank near t.he railway station. The concrete sides giivo in through the water gfttfrlg 'behind, the damage done biM'nlr c«ilmintHd.at £IOO. Tiie question came before the federal I'll 11 Court as to wIMU'-.er a company could claim deduction from prolits earned in (iueenslanld of interest payalble 'to debenture-holders in London, 'l'lie court luild that, the Income 'fax Commissioners were wrong in not aMmuiug Llio deduction. On Saturday afternoon the 5.45 train was kept standing for fully six minutes at the Devon-street crossing, t'he signalmen hia\'ing failed to put in an appearance to wave the warning flag, without whic'in it upitear.s, the eng;i'n..f'drivers lt re not niT.iwod to take the train across the street. On SttUu'day nigM the elements were exwcdiiigly boisterous, thunder, lightning uir/d rjiin all vicing in their efforts to disturb the repose of citizens. it is fair to calculate tlnit 09 per cent, of the people heard the rending peals of Uumder, bint there was still t'he one per cent, who slept peacefully through the most vivid lightning display and loudest thunder known tare for very m tt ny years. 'JOicre.fci l-riwl fior Ktvino l-olorm and increase of .spe<(d in the drain-laying works in Devi*ri-s'tri'et. At present those behind cry forward and those in front cry liack. One authority wants one tiling done, and another ollicial refuses to allow the work to prooeed thus. Whilst a decision it. l<eil>K arrived at ,'llie foolpath is l|l'iickod iu front of Mr C. C. Ward's premises 'aird great inconvenience caused. 'l'i warning is given to those settlers who crowd into small compass die potilrfy intended for sak' in the Nejv I'lyinoutli market, Every Saturday cuses of shocking negligence and cruelty come undw the notiue of tke [icdice, who intend to taku action in the '.patter. When from ten to a doziw fowls are packid in c.ase-s not large enough to accommodate a pair of birds, then it is nilx)lit time that somebody stepped iiv on behalf o'f the dumb creatures. The Opotiki cricketers must be like other eiait'lniK'insts of tin- old gome • the world over. T'hu following wJiolv«ale cpcommem'dat'i'ons are made bv a wri'tar in the local |iaper. Ta.keii all roitud, the players waut considerable more practice, especially in thv field. They wawt to lvarn how to back up and how to place tlwriiselws for t'he various styles of lnowling awl battiii'g', uml they want to letM'n to thrown ill -quickly and straight to the mnn n't the wickets. In the course of a speock at the "social' l ' to Mr () M'eara, M.H.R., at I'uhiatuia, the Colonial Secretary (Sir Joseph VVaiiil) wcpresswl th» opinion that thfe Lower House s'h'ould elect tl'.e mcmljers of the Legislative Council, and tlrat every pioMinc.ial district oirgii't to have a fair .'.hare of ropresvuita'tion. If t'he.v were goiing to lnukc a 0 vange, let it lie a wholesale clvanigi.'. The ((irestiun. lie added, wns simmering. Some change must come, uml public op.itiiim reqSimd to be educated on the point. A minister wishing to emphasiso at the mooting of the ChrisLfhitri-h I'iesbytery the (fiffm-nce of spirit between the Presbyterian, Wesley .in, and Cowgiixfilationnl bodies, declared that i'f an tmkivown jn'einvvor delivered a sermpn before any coivgivg'a.t.ion they would immediately know to which of those thru' churches he belonged by the character of his discourse. Some of tV>se present plainly showed that they aci yiiesced in tlvfc opinion, bint as the looks of others -expressed! dissent, Ihe speaker further fluted that to the dull, ministcnial 11 rind till:,' dilleivnce I] I ween the sermons might not be noticea/ble, but to tin* co/ngix'gutki'n it would be obvious enough. A native gathering takes place at Kaipara, Heads on March Lit! next, when the monument wtsjch is to be erectid to the memoiy of llaunioewaraavgii, a chief who idied many generaitiiei'iiK nl:o, will hj« unwiltd. 'J'lie monument lias been subscribed to by natives throiilghout the Nortih Island, and is to cost niiout JtlOi). 'fhe scheme was originated by Hello Pafotn l)on(are, wilim has 'Sunt |.,roadcast, invitjitions to tri|!.fes from WnnH.mui and fi'i!-|borne Ito the North ('ape. H is expected that close 011 fiOOO natives wi l attend Ihe cer,iiiouy, which is to laffc for a'b<mt(';\e d/ays. 'l'he deceased chief llaum.iewiu);nig'i'« descend'ants can be definitely traced up to the present day through thirteen generations. In oipeniing the new l!alla.nce Gorge bridge, three miles from Woodville, tlje fremier said tinftt for the ten y,ears betwwn 1891! and 1!)(Ki tl.e (loveiiimenl. had constructed MOO ■miles of railways, 5000 miles of dray rpads, BriU(> mifes O'f tr'acks and 101 ill bridges of (>ver tWrty yards' span, 'flint, lie eim'teimied,. whs a record of wh'icih amy d'ovenrment might feel pi pud, amid in years to come. If there wns a kind word sirrl of the presienf A'dmlivlstration nothing would please lilui more t'liuii to hear it said Unit if it had diwHMiothlng'else it haul Ivriidiged <hurg , ei'ous rhers. nuwle roaids and given access to the laHfai of t.he coiimfi'y. Tie wished the Government couid make all the roads and bridges unid railways ranuiru'd, and give every settler access to Ills holding, and do it at once,,but it wins impossible to do su, thoiiglh the Government had done its best with moneys available. As showing how valuable an asset the Ireehold is a local ri*;ident v. as iilTered, f I 1 vears air the properly from the lluntoki stream to Mr Moverley's shop in Itrougiham-sl reet for £.ioo. 'I o-day the sjime jiroperty could not bo secured for £:io,o(in. It is propliesird by many of the old New l'lyminiti'v identities that. the main town will be 011 the properly now known as Vealu's Estate, which is more tlinn likely, considering its situ/vtion and proximity to live luirWjur.* TROUBLED WITH SCIATICA. Let IHieumo cure you I It has cured others. The positive assurance of James A. Capper, Lyell Bay, should convince you. Mr Capper, , wiiting 011 Feb. 3, says " I wns much troubled with sciatica pains, and at times I could get no sleep, following the advice of a friend I tried a bottle of Rheumo, and that botjtlc droro awav the sciatica pains. That has been three months ago and they have not returned since. If they do, lUieumo is the medicine I shall go for." Mr Capper's confiby chemists and stores at 2s 6d and 4 s 6d per bottle, Wholesale agents, N.Z. Drug Co.*