NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 51, 4 March 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Borough Council will this afternoon make a tour of inspection of engineering works in the town, accompanied by Mr Metcalfe. Th» export of gold from (he colony last month was 52,0.1 lozs, of the valuti of £2ol,o6liozs, as against l(>,2:Wozs, value £58,051, for the previous month.

The luglcwoad lirass Hand rendered some capital music at the sports meeting yesterday. Great improvcment has been shown under the leadership of Mr 11. Cotter. At the Hebburn (London) Amateur Milliard championship, in the first round, a thousand up. A. VV. .1. Good, ex-champion, beat P. L. Sim, a New Zeulander. by 780. The boy Drown, who was reported missing from Stratford, has been found working on a farm near Strathmore The lad seen ai Hawera by a New Plymouth resident was the lad's In-other, who was out on a searching tour. Owing to the origin of a number of cases of typhoid fever having been traced to the Railwav Hotel, at Eltham. the Health Department has ordered the temporary closing of Unitary improvements and alterations have to be carried out. Mr G. Tloulton, of Devon-street, met with a nasty accident at his shop on Wednesday evening. He was in the act of arranging some goods on his lop shelves, when the stepladder on which he was standing gave way. resulting in Mi) lloiilton falling to the floor, a distance of several feet. He was much bruised ami it is with much difficulty he is able lo get about. The Inglewood Athletic Club is a live body. During the past, year it has erecjed a pavilion on the sports ground, with secretary's ollice, committee room, and competitors' room. The track has ly-cn much improved, until now it is aiming 1 labest in the pro\in(M\ and the hill overlooking the ground has bj'en terraced, thus making a solid grandstand from which an excellent view of the whole course is obtainable. The following tenders have been received for the New Plymouth native hostelry contract :—Clill Bros., NewPlymouth, £750 (accepted). Dei-lin-ed : lioon liros., New Plymouth. £753; It. Coleman, New Plymouth, £790; Gilbert unci OHegan, New Plymouth. £Bll ; Steele, New Plymouth, £B2O ; P. A. llurkin, Auckland. £BIO ; A. 11. llurrell, Haweia, £890: .1. P. Mannix, New Plymouth, £930 ; 11. Walialh, New I'fviiioutli, £O9O. Entries for the big "Sydney Thousand" cycle race over u mile for £IOOO, which is to be held iu Sydney this month, closed with a verv fine nomination. All the crack racing cyclists now on the Australian circuit have entered for the rich event, which last year went to America, through the agency of N. C. Hopper. This year's race stands a big chance of again going to the l'nited States per medium of the strong American team now in Australia. Mr Hugh Hurdle, of Christchurch, lias just built a steam motor carrier of twenty-live horse-power, which is estimated to carry n loud of three tons at a speitl of eight miles an hour. The power is obtained by means of kerosene vapour, und the estimated cost of running is about Os lid for ten hours. The vehicle, which has been wholly built bv Mr Wardle, has a four-cylinder engine Willi pumping attachment, and geardriving arrangement. The back wheels are four-inch artillery type, and the front two und a-half inch. So far the currier is iu rather an .experimental stage, but it is slated that si ■ verv salisfacrotv trial runs have b i made. Tht- following distinctly good par appears in the New Zcniatid Times : The custom of every travelling team representing New Zealand in any blanch of athletics taking unto itself a "war cry" has long since become an absurdity. It gives people abroad the idea thai every New Zealander is a fluent Maori linguist, whereas the persons who usually shout do so iu complete ignorance of what they mean. For instance, the "war crv" of the fire brigade team that is representing New Zealand at (Jcclong is as follows :—"Pitkin, tukahia. kamalu kainate, kiiuru kuuru, tenei te langala piilmiithuiti. hupane kaupanc whili le ra." This is almost on a par with the "cry" of a Wellington hockey team, which bawls iu sleiitoiiiin (ones " Kniwiirrn. Ngahutirnngu, Pulone, ilul l-('oiirte-ii.a.v plain-:" Khe London correspondent of the New Zealand Herald writes :—A New Zealand invention, which appears to have great promise of usefulness, has just been successfully plncoil by -Ur A. Knight, of Dunedin, general manager of the linn of Messrs Ding, jlarj-is, (upi Co., ,vlin i n ia,w in (his country, t refer to the P.nnerov patent sheep-shear regulator, which, 1 learn from Mr Knight, he has succeeded in placing at. very advantageous terms with Ihe largest firm in the world in i hut firuindi of Wade.. The invention is so valuable that there is little doubt it. will be attached immediately t,, f ,|| K hcc P shears mad,, from tins lime forward. It eil'ectually compasses the object which has been aimed at for the last 40 years, namely, fo reduce Ihe pi-ensure on thw wrist during shearing, and also lo prevent the overlapping of the blades, while it enHbles the shears to be so adjusted us to be available either for shearing or (lagging. The Pomero.v sl«ars should be a great boon to New I&a----laad slueojt-owneKs.

The autumn show of the Horticultural Society will be held on April 7th. The llawera Hospital Board is advertising- for a matron and junior nurse. In I he Supreme Court, in Chambers yesterday, on the motion of Mr Kerr (Standish and Kerr) an order was made under "The Vnclaimed Land Act. 1891," by his Honor Mr Justice Edwards vesting sift ion No. 2(17. town of New I'lvmoiith, in the Public Trustee. .Extraordinary vacancies have occurred in the Borough Council representation, owing to the retirement of Crs Burgess (East) and Tisch (West). Nominations are due on the 11th insl., and an election, if necessary, will take place on tile 25th. Owing to the showery weather on Thursday the Primitive Methodist Sunday School excursion to Bell Block bad to be abandoned, but the children were gathered together at the Freemasons' Hall and seemed to enjoy themselves very well, (lames, races for toys, etc., were indulged in. and after the children and adults had had tea more games were played until 7.M0, when all departed for home, having quite got over the disappointment in the wet day. Thanks are due to the ladies who provided the good things for the tea, and to Mr llellringer (the superintendent) and Mr Buttimore for general management of the games. At Salton, in Southern California, exists a basin of land between 20(1 and MOO feet below sea level. About 1000 acres of the depressed area are covered with a deposit of salt, which C. P. Holder, describes in the Scientific American as one of the sights of California, The salt is (irst thrown into ridges by a peculiarly shaped plough, drawn by a dummy engine with cables, and tlk'ti is |iiled into conical heaps before being curried to the drying house and crushing- mill, The expanse looks like a field of snow. Anout 2000 tons of salt are removed each year, but the supply is perennially renewed by the deposits of Bait springs which Uqw into the basin. In Juno the temperature of the air reaches l.lOdeg., and only Indian workmen can withstand the heat aud glare. A point of some interest is raisod by the Trade Review in a recent money article. Kefcrring to tho por sition revealed by the bank returns for the December quarter, showing an excess of deposits and note circulation over advances of about £4,700,000, the editor of the Reviewsays :—"We think we may, however, without touching on political ground, point out that this position, good as it is, does not justify the Premier's view that there are nine millions of deposits lying unused in the hands of fhe bunks. The total of deposits now held by these insfttutioits is £17,:i07,2:i5. From these funds the banks have lent their customers £1.1,078,708, anOi hold in coin and bullion the sum of £;!,74(j----581. together £17,it25,28'J, or more than £500,000 iu excess of all the deposits of both classes. Against this, however, must be set the note circulation of £1,46b,27i). which ranks as a fust claim against the stock of coin, and must therefore be added to tin- despoils. This leaves a margin of a little over £1)00,0110. not £!l,OO0,0O0. Should the Premier therefore succeed in attracting, not nine millions of deposits, but any considerable sum, away from the banks, these institutions would lie compelled to call in advances, and thus produce serious inconvenience, raise the price of money, and indict a severe check upon manv industries."-

The A.B.C. had u novel style of advertising at the .swimming sports jestcrdny. the umbrellas in the cigar and umbrella race being used for the purpose. This firm is always to the front as usual,* The savings that you make in buying at the MeHJJourne Clothing Co. will amount to a considerable sum in the course of a year.* The renioival of his furniture from house to house or tovvii to town annoys the. averulgt- householder more than would a fire. All trouble and annoyance may be avoided ; by employing the New Zealand Express Co., Ltd., Brouylrani-street, New Plymouth. You may search the district from one end to the othw, and you will not find a more comprehensive stock of good lioots anil shoes thorn is to be found just now at the Melbourne Clothing Co. Their famous low prices do the tnlkinj.*