The Daily News. MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.
Wo believe it is obligatory upon ;ill ] employed in the telegraph departmont to observe secrecy with re- 1 gard to the telegrams passing through their hands. If any obliga-j tion exists ft is scandalously ct&i'e- j garded, not only in New Plymouth, j but in almost every other town in 1 tho colony, a fact that is well Known to pressmen generally. On Saturday night the contents of some 01 our messages were told Co people in the street by a messenger and information, for which wo pay, wag. thus available to persona outside tk>e office btl'ore wo rpceivod the >viro«. W« atronglj protest against thi« state of affairs being allowed to continue. In our opinion no telegraph mesaanger should be permitted to acquire a knowledge of the iontents of the messages he in eylloii upon to driver, and then t wouhl be lew likelihood of cause for couiplajnt. The breakage of the water ii.mii Wad a disastroua effect upon our pwblication. Through tile courtoay of the proprietor of the Herald we were enabled to jweaomt our readers with the uawa portion of the paper, though mthur late in the day. We are taking saAsurua to jgw.Mjt such doltrs in futuw. The Sierra left San Francioco for Auckland on the Srd ini»t., at 11 ! p.m-.
Tha CJovernment oflices wiM be dosed on the 17th inst., St. Patrick's day. r rhe Post states that the Stntford Dairy Co's. butter by the Kuniara realised 3 00/ in thu London market.
In February the gold exported from New Zealand totalled 52,8180z, value £202.294 ; silver 0-1,4420va1ue ue £0721.
Ilis Worship the Mayor say* that the Horough Council has been turned " topsy-turvy " by the h'equent resignations of members. Russia bus directed the Thibetan mission. expeefcd in Kt. Petersburg in May, to remain at Eschita till a more opportune moment.
Mr Deakin, Federal Premier, has formulated a scheme for wider trada development in the Western Pacific. It will not be mode public till the Cabinet has considered ii.
Persons entitled to have their names on the Borough electoral rolls and who have neglected to get Uem placed thereon, should do so Ixf'ore April ltt, on which date the supplementary rolls will close.
The Sergeant of Police has a notice on the door of the Courthouse regarding t He jury list, and Muling that objections will be dealt with at a meeting of Justices of the Peace on April Ist. The Sergeant appears to have overlooked the fact that April Ist is CJood Friday.
Mr G. I'. Donnelly, the -.veil-known sheep-farmer of Crissoge, Hawked Bay, achieved a speed of twentv milcs an hour during n motor cur ride from Napier to Wungaiml. He left the former place at 8.10 a.m., on Wednesday, and reached Wtnganui at 8.i)0 the same evening, lie stopped «t Danncvirke, Palmerstan Xorth, aud Feilding en rout«. Sereral speakers at the social gathering on KaturdaJ- evening re* furred to tka unfortunate accident to Mr K-. M. Smith, Jt.11.R., remarking Miat it was exfremely to be regretted that he «hould Uve been injured whilst voluntarily dev»t»ig liitj charactering# energy toward* (he work that would bo of immediate belefit to tke burj;.-»w« by reopening the water sei-rice. Judging from interest already evinced th« Highland »T«uts whk<h have limu iacJuded i.n (h* Stan ('lut)'i giorta programme for Hasten Hoe day promiM to b» a great sucoeee. Jll reeponse to* numerous inquiries by pipem and dancer* the club has decided to add a sword dance and iriih jig, giving prizes' of £il and 10/ in each. A tnpphy Will also be Riven to the brat dressed boy or girl in Highland cosfume. i
On Saturday evening at, the milway rounion his Worship the \layor deprecated >he cry of those who wanled all the Donnish loan mniey spent in a great hurry. This meant attracting large numbers of workmen from all over the colony, and when the loan (wpendilure was ever they would be unemployed. He could not. seu the force of this, and besides, he considered the proper thing -was to distribute the money amongst local people. During the last twelve montlis or morn, .Messrs J, 11. MiifKwan and Co., of Wellington, have (writes the New Zealand Times) been endeavouring to build up a connection in the cheese trade with south African buyers, but without, success. The principal trouble is due to the bad condition in which thu cheese is delivered at Durban, Capetown or other ports, and this appears to fog chie to the fact that exporters require <0 ship their produce as general cargo, while shipments should he made in chilled chambers, under thu sejne condition* as Now Zealand cheese is shipped to London. In 11 lettw ji,st. to hand from Durban, the firm's representative writes "We have not been able to seeing any additional orders lor cheese, although we vvero promised a standing monthly order, but 011 the arrival of the last shipment. the condition was so bad that most of the cheese lias been destroyed. We quite expect, (hut the -.lieeses were prime when shipped, and the carrying as genial cargo is responsible for the heated and rotten condition in which they arrived. This is very unfortunate, but yon will allow (hat. undar these condition* it is impossible to work up a Irudu." Messrs MacKwan and Co. have communiruted with Mrastrs Kinsey, liarns and Co., contractors for the New Zealand South A'frican service, who have promised to give attention to the representation that an attempt should be made to carry the cheese in chilled chambers. The Department of Industries and Commeree has also been asked to lend its assistaacs in tßis maStw, I
Tenders for the electric light power installation for the Nuw l'lymoutU Borough Council »te due to close to-day.
A section in Uuller Street is to be leased by tender by the Public Trust Office. The price is £G 4s per annum. The Prcmior announced at Invercargill that ihe revenue for eleven months ending February 29th showed an increase of £547,000 over the same period last year. Customs increased by £292.000, railways by £'Ji>u,ooo, land tax by £37,000, and income tax by £19,000.
When in England Sir John Hall heard Mr Chamberlain speak on three occasions, and to a Lyttellou Times reporter he gave his impressions in these words : " 1 haw heard famous speakers, including Mr Gladstone.and have heard main who are more eloquent than Mr Chamberlain, but I never listened to a speaker who was more clear, business-iike and convincing. lie always had the very word required to express his meaning, and he never used one word more then was necessary. Physically, he is rather a spare man, and does not give one the impression (hat lie possesses great strength. llis voice is not loud, hut wonderfully distinct, lie does not hurry, but speaks very deliberately, and hi* hearers have time to assimilate whati he says." An incident in Melbourne of the i gold-digging days is chronicled in
"Adventures on Australian Foldfields," by Mr Craig, of Invercargill (recently defeased) •" For several days after my arrival there might have been seen an open carriage, drawn b\ a superb pi,ir of horses, And driven at breakneck pace through ihe main streets by * sailor dressed iu an orthodox man-of-war suit, his hat and sleeves decorated with ribbons. A number of his mates, similarly attired, accompanied by coarse-looking specimens of feminine frailty—the latter attired in the most costly and garish-hued slothing—occupied seats in the body of the vehicle. The gold ornaments on the women would have been suf- | ileient to start a jeweller's shop. A j Union Jack floated at the rear of tho carriage, while one of the Jack Tars acted as postilion."
N'ews comas from Indiana that * man named Smith has invented h new: kind of steam generator, which, if the meagre facts published about it are approximately correct, will create a very marked change in the boiler , making industry, He is said to have devised ' an apparatus (of whose construction anil /'inciple no detuils have yet arrived) which will vaporing water at once, Hushing the fluid instantly into steam. r i he steam thus produced is used at -jnee, no storage of steam being necws.irv —a faist which would lender safety valvofi and steam gauges quite iuihcceesary. The invention ia also s»id to be simple in coustruction and vwy easy to operate, while in felie matter of room it occupies Ims than half the spac* taken up In a modern steam boiler a Hit accessories 'J'lie advantages of such a gemrator in comparison with a boiler are obviom for it does with wntw: what iho petrol engine iloes with oil. (hough (lie action is said not lo tae explore. In addilion to the übova liat •!' reeommaudations, the few accounts appearing in the press hint darkl,v at considerable reduction in the fuel necessary for the new generator. Such a collection of desirable peri.efliins ii a new invention really seems too"®ood to be, tru» : bul if the.v are genuine they will not remain lang unrea-orduid and unten'ted.
'1 he Wellington correspondent of the llawke's litiy Herald says : "Amongst the other visits that the Governor has to pay before leaving New Zealand is one to New I'iyniouth on Apnl 28, for the purpose ol unveiliug n hatchment in St. Mary's Church, in memory of soldiers and friendly natives who lost, their lives in the Maori war between 1800 and 1870. This memorial will also celebrate the doings of the men from 11.M.5. N'iger at (lie battle oi Waireka on March 28, 1800. This incident is worth recalling. 'I in: rebel natives a few days before hud committed several muuders. Mr S. Ford was shot from behind a hedge while .ftoing to see some sheep ori u neighbour's farm. The rebels nilerwjirds tomahawked him. Mr 11. Fassmore was shot whilst driving his bullock cart, as was also Mr S. Shaw,who was going to milk his cows. Next morning two boys were found tomahawked. To avenge these murders and rescue the family of (he Tie-,. Mr Brown and olhers. a military expedition was organised, the late Sir Harry Atkinson being one of the military captains. The : battle of Waireka was fought. The Maoris outnumbered the Europeans, and held a strong position. They were gradually surrounding the sinaii force when Colonel Murray, in command of the military, sounded the retreat at sundown, thus leaving the volunteers and militia at the mercy of the natives. It was then that Captain Cracroft, of the Niger, and a •mall party of bluejackets and marine* covered themselves with glory. In the twilight, amidst a hail oi bullets, (hey attacked the pah, drove the natives off In a panic, and then marched back to town singing, with tile rebel flag that had flown above the pah stuck on their bayonets. There was great rejoicing in Taranaki when the volunteew and -niiUia marched in laler, and Captain (.lacroft and his gallant little band were the heroes i)i the hour. The ta«»gH that y«u limk# i» buying at the Mo(<ourue CkHhlrij Co. wIH amount to a oonsMornble sum is tto of a y«w. # Parcels miA package* from •tod trawamitkwl to aH purtg of the world by tbo Sew • Zetland TCxprwii Co., Lfcl., nroii()(liiniu-«ti'e«t, tke only i* '/^oluhtl tofins its off* brvnckw* at «.U e»*tr«r. -
Important to yotißg lad-in ami gwitlemao. J, H. Parker's stock of ■tngasfement lines, wedding rings, watches, chain* anJ all kinds of jewellery iu the finest on the Wqst Coast of New Zjeetand, and prices L 0 per Cwit. lower tijan ui the larger ieutrus. Carefully note the twtdress -J. 11. Darken, jeweller, ate., next "allway croseing, DcTOH-street Cen'ral, New Plymouth.*
Tho best medi.*in<j known is Sander & 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, barns, scaldings, bruises, or sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling, no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, dipthcria, 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 nwdical cbiiics all over the globo ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with modals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust lu this approyod and rei lect ail othors.—Advt.
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