The Daily News. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 43, 20 February 1904, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Kagworl is said lo be lipremlinif on farms along the Junction Hoa.il, from Kgmout Village to Kent Koiul. The Kent Horn! Alliloiic Club will in t/bably have a credit balance of alioiit Z'JD on ils recent gathering. M.,- \V. .). Slime, local secretary for the London art anion, forwards n prospectus of tile forthcoming ingAt I lie Toko S|iorts oa Thursday M. Cernhowfcr. with «."i second's start, beat I). I'ivtty, the Tasmanian champion, in the chopping- competition through lift logs. Many setllers in the Mamrorei district are strenuously striving to eradicate tile blackberry curs,., but, unfortunately, there are niuny lackadaisical fanners who will not do anything more tliau they are forced 10. The s.s. (lothic. leading Wellington on llim-li :inl. will Iw the m-xt boat lor dairy produce ; to be followed by Ihe .s.s. Tuiukhia on the J 7th of -Uardh. The closing days at the Moturoa Works will be W.'cihies-dav, I-'eb-niaiy IWLh, for the C! otitic, and U'edni'suluy, .March Dili, fur th„ Tiinihina both da,\w at ;i p.m. T'he weight-guc.viivg coiu|n'ti!ioii at the Ke,,t lioad sports ~„ Th,lr.,dav was won by .Miss Alexander, 01 Kent Koatl, who guessed K<y|!w as the rect weight was dolbs. T|„., v WITIJ over forty who essayed ( () tlie weight, and hazarded all weights from J.'ilbfi upwards of illilbs. While Muslcr Osborne was cyclim* down the incline towards the 'llenul irom town on Wednesday ,*'enina he met with ;l serious accident, from some cause he fell from his i.muriie and sustained a slight conuus-iion of the brain. Mr. J-\,okes was soon in attendance, and the hid was removed to his home. 11,. is now maid,,,., fair progress toward recovery. At Kit ham yesterday a man named bailie lost control of a spirited horse that, he was riding „„.„„.,, lliKh-sllvt. !( is thought that he U'i'-'l I" jump oh, but chose n „ ,„,- lortunate „,„,, ns ]„, was , U| ,.,,, (1 against the verandah p« ; ls u f ,|, t , 1 •'•"■»•'■ I'ol-l. Thr Argus .'nies ~ml •'>"' ' I'is libs were broken amMie also s„n,,e,| rojuHes to bis ""'l'- "'...mi11,,, met l.s, IliEh l to .; ~ _ f1 "" l""'l.v on T rday Cite, m,on nexl. Ih,r thirty ladies and gentlemen were present, ami | lu> reports icceivod showed that, ample nro\isloil laid been made, for the entcrUiini.ienl. of iL large attendance. Afternoon tea will be. available, and a programme of novelty evenU lias been arranged, bes-ities fortune-loll-ing, etc. ]'rot-codiings commence at 2.;50 p.m., and th* concert in the Mvuninji ot 7,30,

A train will leave the town station at 8.20 t-his ereuiii« to connect with the Roloiti at I lie breakwater, on her -departure for Onelitmga. The New Ply n,out li -branch of am-tiiij-iinml.-il railway servains will lu'ilil u smoke concert on Saturday evening, March o. We lvav» to thank the secretary let* a complimentary ticket. Mr l-'a.rrar, in charge of the Old People's Home, desires to (hunk the committees in charge o-i Te Heuui and Wvstown Harvest Festival services (or fruit ar.-d vegetables (or the inmates. Tickuls for the bantqjiiet to Mr Farmer King, on Tuesday evening there will be a representative gathering. We have to acknowledge receipt of a complimentary ticket. Messrs llai.rr and Co., who lone ilist purchased Mr K. T. IVtlv> business, announce on Hie fourth page that lire.*, intend in a few days holding a gig-am ic clearance sale of the whole of the slock. On Wednesday at I-uglewood Mr R. L. Stam-o-.-.1, S.M., heard an information laid at the instance of the Accliinalisalici Society, for whom Mill. .1. M. 'lhoinson appeared, ag'ainst Flank Schioeder, Louis Schrotder, and dohn Schrocder, of Hie Lepper Road, for spearing trout. Mr Claude 11. Weston (W-.sii)ii aiikl Weston) ap-p-eaiv.l lor the defendants, and on his objection tlie information was a-me-nded l-.y siriking out Louis and .John Sc-kro.-.L-r. Alter hearing evideiue o-n both skivs at lengtli, his Uor.ddp dismis-so.i the case. A very unpleasant instance of history's trick'of self-repetition has come "to l-iji'l.t in a district of South ul of in-.onveieeiit husbands was dis(['.ivsliou. A similar conspiracy has recently been brought to light. An hidUt-.l tomb oi grim humour lies in the fact cliat. the mii.klleiiuvn was the coron.'i* of tin- dislrict, who bus been caieful to provide himself with aliernaliie mnthrs for crime. in most cases he was the wife's lover, tun*.l in suc'h as went beyond the scope of his amorous activities hu lo'iimd an incentive to murder iu Hie sale oi poisens. Lnfortunately, the coro'iic-r anil Ids devoted awststatvts Imid made a pretty clean sweep of lnusban-.ls bvi.ore Hit-ir methods were levcakii. Alter all, New Zealand is live safest place for m-arrkd men. Even our occasiona.! wet climate is preferable to naiider as a line art. Whitcley Memorial Church services to-i,:<rrow, Sunday, Feb. 21, morn'iiig and evening. Lieacher, Rev. ,1. Newman Buttle.*** At the Wellington (Inn Club's handicap match, held at Wellington on dan. •!:,, the stake of XJ.vO was di\tiled between the following: Messrs lioib.'iou, Eraser, .loimsto'.l, McNali, Kelly, Crow, Duck, Smith, Campliell, Ivaslen, E-url, Cheeseman, Storey, and Bay ley. The XI sweep was (iiiidal between Messrs Roseing.aie, Smitlv, and Easlon. Messrs Eraser, Buck, Su.ifli, Campbell, Laston, Karl, Ci.eesenran, Storey, Bayley, lic-'j-sini, Kelly, Johnston, and McNnl) us d the Cidonin! Aminuiiition Company's "Invi'iicible" and "Fin out ite" cartridges auxl patent concaie waJiing thVougjhout the matches. " IniincJlile*' cartridges were chargid with Messrs .\ : o'bel-s "Empir.e" smokeless jmwider.* Have you noticed how smoothly Hhopjiin-g goes at "The Melbourne." livery body says it's the busiest store in Turanoki, and certainly we are doing the largest business we ever knew, livery customer saves money, We buy for canli anid sell for cash. That is the secret of our famous low prices.*

One of the latest a:il«litii«i.s to the important huildi'ngs of New l'lvinouth is the New Zealand Express C'o.'s new brick store and ollices in BroiiMliani-street. .Merchandise, furniture and effects stored at mj-nimuni rates and lowest rates of insurance. <

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