NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 42, 23 February 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The lOducai ion Itoanl meets tomorrow. The Wanganui Harlowr liomd's Urau oi £60,000 lull.v tine next year. The Hoard has tU.H'i*dul to call a public meeting to consider the qnos(ion of carrying on hailbour improvements out oi loan or out of revenue. As an instance of clerical bromdit may be mentioned that the Kev. leather llroidie, tho Catholic ]>.ne.vt at Wailvi, ia tho prime mover in a farewell gathering in honour (>f the Kov. J. Olphert, tho retiring I'rinn'tive .Methodist minister in Hint fjistrict. The Swedish people Juivc iva.son to greet tho late victory of the ovei the Jlufsiuns with jubilation. Olio of the battleships destroyed, tho l'oltava, is named ut'ter a butflelield whore tho Kussians defeated tho Swedish army in 1704. Tho Swedes were commanded by King Charles XIII., who bad previously in tho battle ui Xarva, with 10,000 troops, defoatod 100,000 llussiiuis. Tho president of the New Zealand Farmers' I'nion has reijiH'Kted llie various 'branchos of that organisation to obtain tho signatures of Crown tenants to tho petition to be pivsoutud to the House of Hept'esentutives, praying that tho Land Act be so amended as to give them tho option of purc'tasing tho freehold of their holdings. Travellers and visßors to New l'lymouth are often somewhat uncertain whether they will be able lit o.btain hotel accommodation on uriivill l)."ro, 'litis uncertainty need not now trouble travellers, as in point at eonvonienco and comfort the Hotel Commonwealth, right, in front of tho railway station, offers exceptional advantages. It has been very completely fitted up with every modern aid to comfort, and thi* appointments and attention are of the host. The treasurer of tho local branch of the Jtritjsh im<l Fureigji Hiilji,• Society has received an ack'nowledgnient of the amount (£l2<l) forwarded to Ihe renieimrj iuml It will be a pleasure to all those friends who have so gvnerotisly sirbscniwd to the fund lo know that their help is much appreciated. Since forwimling tho hist amount fin+her donations, totalling £2B .« 10(1, have lieoyi received and will shortlv be Wrwardod. Ifthcr.: nrf still' anv Inends who wish to UMjlnbiil,, the above fund, tho treasurer, Jl, s A. ,1. Copland, will lie pl«wd to acknowledge and remit tho same.

There was an uncommon spectator at the Hoiou-Ii Council meeting the other iwg.lx. JVtciKxl above ;i pictun: on the Willi WHS a wise-eved, plaint old pigeon, of (he Hint- Hock variety. Aaid /inn an a rock lie mt, fluttered not n whit by the <lj ß ' M jty of his umvontal sunouiKlings. JJ j s presence was a mystery. From h 1'I ul on;inil shore ' lit: came, like J'jilgvil" Allen J'oe's ra\en hut ■)ijs presence wiis wrapt in ijloom as unexj'lfiip'V'l'le as fh«,t ivlijeh tiwfronteil the J)u ei ."w,hil< ; )«. weak anil weary," 'JV sago ( >W cock sat sphinx-like thr<,u|{hi>ut the proceedings, an occasional winking of the left optic ns a councillor gut uj) to speak, being tho only sign to reveal that ho was not a graven image.—Palmorston Tiweg,

It is rumoured in Welli'iig'ton that Mr Sidney Jenkinson, subK-drtor of i!;,' Melbourne Argus, is to takeover the management of the New Zealand Tiling.

r fJie Dnned'in Star Mays there is r.u ioundation for the nnuour that tJoi. I'itt is a caivdidate for tlvo Spoakei'-s-hij) of the Legislative Council, and tlvat lh\ FiJidlay will he "calU'd" to the Upper House atwl Attoi ney-(Jenei al.

On Sunday last Jlishop Lenihan lu'iU the foundation sUiite of a home for agf-1 and inlinu iw.oplo t which is to he erected in Auckland by the Little Sisters of the Poor. The inHtilutim) will he open to people of all (hnomitiations. Thv iirst portion of t ! h(_* building will cost about JLUUOO.

It is stated that Mr Kinsella, who has been ie-eni*ag'C , 'd by the Kew Zealand (Jovernment as its dairy expert, is now on his way to Loudon fiom the Transvaal, where until (jjtiite recently, lie hvhl an ollicial ai'poi'ntment. Air Kinssella is expected to go Inst to London, and after staying for a short t-iiiw? in land he will proceed to New Zealand by way of Canada.

It is a wonder someone has not thought of the *>llowirtg iiau-nt bei'oie. r l'he latest da/ette contains an aj)plicatk)n for patent rights lor an improved device for supporting hats and similar articles beneath tho seats of chairs, and the like, consisting of a metal frame formed of one piece of wire, having; vertical legs, and eyes at each end, and bent horizontally inwards, approximately at right angles to the legs, and then rearxvardly to form a loop. The specification is lodig'od by P. J, .Jones, of Wellington. A nasty accident occurred on the mountain side on Sunday, the Hawera Star leports, Mr M'Ldowie, a younger son of Mr M'Ldowie. of Matapu, was ascending Uie mountain when a stonp came rolling down, and, not noticing it soon | enou.gh to escape, Mr M'Ldowie ; was struck about the knee and knocked down. A parly w-as formed ami! carried him from within two hundred yards of the top of the ftuoun-t-ain dow~jt to tlie house, a job the dill'iculty of which will b# aj)preciated by anyone who has "done" the mountain. Arrived there, it was lound that a mod'icul wan was haj)pily at hand, Dr. Walker being on a visit, and he ex tun i ned the leg-, linding ti.'.e injuries were coniined to a severe contusion.

The labour (Juestiim is one of the tiouMes that oppress .JoheunnesDurg at the present time. An English lady, in a letter from th« (Joldvn City, received by the last mail,says, "The deathnate is so high that a Commission "has just been sitting to inquire into it, and has decided that Die dust alonv is responsible for the majority of deaths from pneumonia. Last week L saw -1H whites anil 5.0 blacks buried. Thet e are no <lrains lucre, and the soil is fearfully polluted. ()<i us all blazes the sun. and around us whirls the awful dust. All public works have been stopped, tirms are shutting up or turning off men. and the (government is reUeuclung in all directions.

it is not to be expected that old heads should Ih; fom.d on young shoultders, though everyotne has heaixl of prodigies at one time or another. There are some ju\<eniles in the east end, however, whose bolm iour while bathing, both in the surf and in the Henui stream, is not to )k» excused by thvir want of y<ars, since it is an axiom of school life that a boy may be a gentleman. Jtesi/<!<nts on the river bunk ey[rceia4ly are on occasion assailed by sounds the reverse of pleasant ; but. it is difficult to catch a nake<l boy in several feet of -water, to ajdiminister welHdesei-vexl chits-tisenient.-4.1u.' only form of argume-nt that will convince these knowing imps oi the errm/ of their ways. It is hoped tlvat if any of tlie parents note those lines they will seek to improve their otT-spriin-gK' knowledge of or regard for less convenances, and so save the pot-vi'hle outbreak of hostilities on the part of suffering 'househoki'ei s of tlie vicinity.

Al tilt' Ins 1 '" meeting of the* Council of the Auckland Omiubei' of Commerce, Mr I>. H. Cuklwell, of the linn of Miiclcay, Logan, on;i t.alde.eJl, Wellmyto'ii, drew attention to the taxation of fiHvlj»n firms doing business iu New /-ealand who are represenual by agents. He said there worn largx? numbers of such agents in tin* colony who deposited if") each wilu'ii they landed, but it was a well known fact that tile tlovernment took no steps to Jiml if the returns of business done were correct, ami it \va.s proba'ble t)mt sufficient taxes wei-e not obtained under such h loose system. The Chairman sakl it was a pity the charge of £ol) on commercial travellers had been abamvloiuvi. It wtitf decided to write to the Collector of Customs, Auckhmd, asking for informuliim us to t.ke mode of collecting luxation 011 agents of foreign lirms.

The Itev. .J. Alwyn Ewen. who is now visiting New Zealand, was described by the Jiev. W. Ilewitson, who introduced hint to Ouneatn audiences, as u famous dijijt-e-\lingui*h-er. When ho was inducted to the charge of the Cairns Memorial Church, Melbourne, in 18UD, the building was encumbered with a. •debt of £-1700, oihMil'th of its tola) cost. Th-al lias .since lyeen wiped olf without tli-e aid of anythiiug jii tlw shape 01 lotteries or rallies. The membership oi' tivo. church has in the same period incre'U.sod threefold. Hut M>r Ewen is not merely lemarkuble tor My success in gvtting otiter people to spend their own money; he is (Anally liberal with his own, Noticing on the day of hi;i arrival in I) urn-din that the two leading newsjmpers had leading articles advocating the claims of the Veterans' Home at Auckland, he deckled to give half the grow* rveeipls of his Jirst recital to that deserviug institution, and a cheque for that amount was handed to ihe treasurer.Amended regulations under the Maori l.a.n<is Administration Aet appeart'd in hist tlazethe. No lease may comprise moVe t4ian UOUO acres, inclusive of not more than OiO acres of lirst-clasH land, except in the ca.sv of smailj trniv-livl? run-s or jiastoral lenses,' and the 'term of the lease may not be moiv than thirty \eawrt nor less than seven ye-urs, unless with th<j consent of the Minister. Further, thvt lease must ju-ovitle for keepvng the laiwf clear t»i noxious ~. anil cannot be transferred without the ccm.sent of the Council, and until the lessee has lx<cn in possession or occupation for tw'ulvo monthsl' Kvcry iwsee muj-t within t u el\ e )ijo/iilis ol the commencement ol the term and thereafter for six consecutive years reside on some j,ort;on oi the land it-a.sed )j^ r Jiitti, i.ut such residence will not be compulsory for a certain period in the case <u bush or swamp lands. iYovision in also mjule for the lessee cultivating tile land jrt'Ul by him: within a lci tain j.ei ji;d.

I-ast un'k s (la/.ette Kimaiiis regulations I'm' Public School Cadets, which arc now iimler til.' control of Kducatiimi Hoards. The Hoards must set nimrt no Us.s Ulan ono hour per Week lor military drill. Cadets must. he over twelve years of age, or, if Hinder thi.it age, must be -Jft Tii| hig'li, mnl otherwise physically lit. Tfo. in;|j(»rjlv Of (l cadet c(|rjis al any t,iui(! must In: actmilly on tl)o mil of tin- s.bool, but—(a; Jf finally inrollcu, a boy may continue li> belong to it alter he lias left school unlil he reaches live nge of sixteen, provided there, ' is- no wlulitjw cadet corps in th« locality, (b) Where there are not .mlliricnt boys over twelve oil the rolls of the district school to form a corps, anil wllele no of lief ril'ilet corps exists, tiie required mimber amy bo lnarle up h,\' the uutd'il ion of former ptipils of the school who are over twelve anil not out sixteen. The Department will supply to the Hoard lor the use i,r ivc;.(f,lisi-cl rtKlet. corns ; model rid,; am! w»i3|!bejt, , w *!|U-h ci|/.let ; one miiiiatui'o rifle lor i.'itch t< lt CllflDtS, but not nip¥'e than 10 for liny |Hiljl|c school; pincers' words, rank budges, and 50 bull cartridges per cadet per annum,

A site for Wte North Island boftesterilising plaint lias been selected at Otahuliu, twelve miles from Auckland, coittHtional on the Railway Department. constructing a siding to if. The Crown Lands Ollice notifies that lots in the township of llungaroa, and villages of Matile, Tatu, Aria, will be olYered for cash by public auction olt March .10. Theso townships are in the o'h.ura country, wlviili, as it Ix'comes opened up, must n nder many oi the sections of considerable value to business men, since the villagtw will each (iconic a distributing 1 centre to a largo tract of country.

Accoixling to tlie Berlin orit of the Berlin Advertiser, an under taker nai ned S w wsk i han bi-i-n arres-ted in singular circumstauces. He was instructed to lurnifth the coflin for the little I'rincess Kli/nbeth of Hwse, and upon being asked to present his bill iop the work, roqucstod that he should bo permitted the title of "Furnisher to the Court." This was construed as an outrage to Uoyal sentiment, and h'd to his arrest.

The birth-rate for New Zealand In 190:> was 2G.GI per 1000 of mean population, and the death-rate 10.--10, as against *Jf».B9 ami 10.50 respectively in 190l>. The deaths last year exceeded the number registered during the previous year by 152, but there was a decrease in the rate per 1000 from 10.50 to 10.10. The number of marriagvs (including those contracted between Maoris) solemnised in ILM>3 is estimated at GTHU, giving a ratio of 8.27 per 1000 of the mean jjopukitioni against amd 8.01, the actual number and rate in 1902.

A new method of constructing buildings is likely to be adopted for Messrs Veituh and Allan'* new drainer's shop 1o be built in Wellington. The plans of the building have been sent to England to be submitted for lender to the Kerry Coucivte suppliers of mateiial for the construction of tireproof buW'dings. Jt is statc<i that this muteiial is jiroof against lire, and is practically unbreakable. The walls oi structures built or tt are only a'ljotrL Oin to Sin thick, but steel baii'ds running through the concrete giv*» them strength and suppleness. The chief surveyor of Westland (Mr (L .J. Hohertn) has just complcted ilk» survey of 22,000 acres of West Coast land which will be placed on the market in a few weeks. He is of opinion that if Westiand, a? a province for scttlemernl, were mo well boomed as some of the North Island districts, there would be something of a rush for the new blocks, which are suitable for dairying.pur* poses. lOven as it ifi, the new area*, he Kays, will tind settlers. The lack of bridges over the big Mvers kept back settlement, but this drawback was now being remedied by the erection of one important bridge and the early erection of another. Mr Huberts reports that the dairying industry is forging ahead along the West Coast. There is also the promise of a big tourist trailer in tho ! future, when the alpine and forest beauties of Westland become better I known.—Post.

The Taranafci Guards are reminded of the parade to-mig'ht., 2vlrd inst. Drill order with leggings. Kines will be im.po.sied for non-attvndaaice.*

Am aiggyx'gotion of the finest jvady-to-wear clothing that has e\er been idacid on olYer in this district hi now oji view at the Alelbounio (Mothing Co. The suits have beon specially made by merchant tailors, and will cost you a trifle more than half the cost oi made-to-owler clothing.*

Traders who wish to effect a saving in transport charges on their gfoods coastwise or per rail should utilise tjhe services of tl*e New Zealamd Rxptms Co.'s forwaixling deliartment, and take advantage of the fixed through parcel and packaigo rates. 5 Vou may search the district from one end to the other, and you wib not tind a -more comprehensive stock of good boot#* and shoes than is to be found just now at the Melbourne Clothing Co. Their famous low prices do the talking.*

Important to young ladies and gentlemen. J. 11. Parker's stock of engagement rings, weddiug rings, \valchen, chitins and all 'kinds of jewellery is the finest 011 the West Coast of New Zealand, and pi ices 10 pel' cent, lower Hum in tlx.* largur eentres. Carefully noto tho address —J. 11. l'arlieit, jeweller, etc., next railway crossing, Devon-street Central, New Plymouth."

The best mcdlrine known la Sandor & Sons' Eucalypti Extract, and its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, and influenza make relief instantaneous. For serious 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, dysentry, diseases of the kidneys, and urinary organs. Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust iu this approved and re« ject all others.—Advt. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Uurgess', Fraser, nml Co,— Refljuire a .traveller lor Tanunaki. New Plymouth tins Co.—Last discount iliiy pn Friday. J, O'DriscoJl, Hotel Commonwealth—lnserts a business curd today. Charles Ci>i>]>cr—(Jives notice that no one is authorised to act for him. .Jamiw iMcCullu.ni—Notilies alteration of coach services to llahoui. Crown Lands OiHce—Town and V illngc sections in OHum country to lx) offered for sale. ■Provident Investment Sooiety—■lssues a new series of investing shares on March 9th. White ley Sunday School—Anniversary services on Sunday and public meeting on Monday. y Tiinuiiiki (lunrds—l'nnwle to-nig-ht. A rewaivl is offered (or a lost purse.