NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 56, 10 March 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Works Committee of the liorough Council ingots this evening. The bad weather in Olago has stopped threshing operations amongst tilt? farmers. A committer lias been set up to consider the question of erecting j municipal hatha in Stratford. ! A line of Kt,oooft of kauri boarding will be olTered for auction by Mr Newton King on Saturday at Mr Wallath's yards, hiardet street. Tho Commissioner of Crown Lands has decided to hold the land ballot on Friday in the Courthouse, New Plymouth, instead of the Crown Lands Office. In consequence of repeated requests from ratepayers, air F. 10. Wilson, solicitor, has decided to become a candidate for the East Ward vacancy in tile Borough Council. The Star Sports Committe has Secured the Kecreat j<m (irounds for the Faster Monday meeting. Competitors are reminded thai nominations close on Saturday next. The Primitive. Methodist Chri.sii.m I Kndeuvour Society in Stratford has protested to the Horough Council against the practice of the.urcal companies holding so-called sacred concerts on Sunday evenings. Judge Fdwards has not yet given his decision on the motion of Mr dellicoe for cretiorari in the Stritford Commercial Hotel case. He intimated yesterday morning that |h," point in dispute seemed io him to |>P .on."' that might, well he referred i.o |in* Full Coin]. In connection Willi 1 hf* Mns.onic Inst alia I ion ceremonies at Inglewnod litis evening the number of names of intending visitors handed in was iusuHirient to secure the running of a special return train to New Plymouth. Tt is understood, however, a considerable number of the local brethren wilt be present* going to Jnglewood either by train or Dap. A couple of windows in the Courthouse refused to open yesterday ;jfternoou, tvh-:!} Hie sweltering heat of the room rendered jf necc'ss.irv to have some increased 1 ion. The clerk said he was waiting for the Public Works Department to nee fo these faulty furnishings. Arrangements in connection with the bazaar to be held next month in aid of the Taranaki Rifles are well forward. The ladies have been hard at work, and have n lot of material worked tip, while it is expected that the comic singing and elocution competitions will attract considerable attention. Already inquiries are being made by intending competitors, jtfyJ te thinking of 1 inaugurating £lfyjr fypypl tiOAS,

It has been practically decided that in all "service" matches at future meetings all volunteers competing will have to be certified to as "cllicient." Mr Newton King announces that he has again secured a supply of tiie celebrated Flaxmere rye >:ecd, which he is olVering to those desirious of laying down lirst class permanent pasture. A twelve-year-old boy was convicted at Christchurch yesterday-for smoking a cigarette in the street. I This was the first case heard under j the Juvenile Smoking Suppression 1 Act. A couple of young men who rode their horses into people's gardens and on the verandahs of houses al an unearthly hour on Wednesday morning will be asked to explain their freak in the Magisi rat e's Court. A statue of Salmanassar 11.. th« * w.ir-like King of Assvria. has, according to the Cologn.- (Ja/et le. been discovered in the course of ihe Herman exca\ations in the neighbourhood of Bagdad. The statue hears numerous inscriptions, but the head and the left side are Slated to Ue damaged.

When Mr Myers askyd a witness yesterday if il were not a fact that he frequently visited a certain hotel the wilness indignantly t'eplicd thai he did not drink. Air Myers explained that he did not mean to in::inuate anything of the sort. What was more he did not (area jot whether the witness drank or not. During the progress of a bush lire on Hangsheet station, near Bingara, New South Wales, two sheep dogs were tied up in the hay shed, and it was intended to .shoot Ihcm to j revent them being" burnt alive. Cue dog was shot dead. but the other had-a miraculous escape, the bullet passing alongside its nice ami (lilting tlu* collar, thus liberating; the animal. Intending exhibitors al the World's Fair at Si. Houis, which opens on May 1, should peruse a notice elsewhere from Mr T. K. Donnie, superinlendcnl of the Tourist Department. The Government having decided that the colony should be represented at this great exhibition it is to be hoped that an exhibit worthy of New Zealand will be forthcoming, and every assistance will be utVorded exhibitors by the Government. A meeting of the Taranaki Licensing Committee was held in the New Plymouth Courthouse yesterday. Mr Stanford. S.M., presided, and the other members present wire Messrs Newman. Ambury, McKellar, and Rev. Beimel I. The following transfers were granted, on the application of Mr Quilliam (Govett and Quilliam) Taranaki Motel, E. F. IJucktbought, to JI. Julian; Imperial 1 It)lei, F. W. Watts to Stephen Cooper; Terminus Hotel, R. Hadfield lo Mrs Mclsaac. "Vou'iv friendly with Mrs Fleming. 1 understand?" queried Mr Myers of Mr Leydou in the Supreme Court yesterday. The witness prompt ly informed the Court that he was friendly wilh everyone. His Honor —Mr -Myers does not mean the common friendship you have for Hie people in the world at large, but is asking if you have any more aflecl tionate feelings towards the lady in (piestion. J The climate of England kills half the population ; the cooking kills the rest. Throughout the world, wherever there is the sun of spring, there are English men and women I endeavouring to repair their constitutions. The medicine bill of the English people—together with its accompanying expenses—is sutliciently large to support a second-rate Power, and does'mainly support many large and small towns on the continent and elsewhere.—Truth. One of the most impudent and disj graceful cases of contempt of court we have ever witnessed, says the Ex- | press, occurred in Kketahuna on Friday. A young fellow, charged with assault, ami with using obscene language, was allowed lo plead, although he was manifestly under the inlluence of drink at the time. lie , straightway proceeded to address ; the bench in an insulting manner, interrupted the proceedings with the utmost impunity, and twice used a word which newspapers describe as sanguinary, ; md which would have caused his arrest had it been used ' ,l il public thoroughfare. The justices merely ordered him to- leave .•he box and 1,1 Sil down,'which he did not do until the third time ~f asking. Chrislchurch Truth :-\,-w Zcal.uul is a country where everybodv is more or less engaged in taking leaning exercise of one sort or anol>|...|.. Nobody to date, however, appears lo hn\e tired to such a devastating extent as the letter-carrier who '.pica.led "tired" the other day when charged with the theft of some letters which lie hid away because it was too much trouble to deliver them. This weary individuals lassitude, unforinnateh , brought him within the scope of tiie criminal law, but most of the colony is pleading "Tired, your Worship !" and snooping around looking for r stray subsidies, and a nice shady tiee to lie under. The (lovi.rn'n.'ni, sets the exau pie by sending to .John Hull for money and then taking a holiday, and the parents of the colony, in the intervals-of their vawns, keep telling the Magistrates that they are too utterly bowed down with weariness to look after their children, and the Society for Keeping a Sleepy Kye on Things keeps 011 explaining that it is so dog-tired, owing to tile necessity of breathing the somnolent atmosphere, that it wants some money from the (lovernment. Now and then the colony wakes up in spasms and sends nwav a contingent., or sells a horse, or does something definite, and .Mr Seddon gels up in the night now and then and shouts across the ocian that we are leading the world, and then the tired feeling settles down again with renewed vigour. Money is scarce jnst now end people are complaining 1 hat. they ale experiencing great ditlicnlty in ]ilnc'"K I heir loans. The Provident Jtuililing Society are oil',-ring excellent terms, and if would i.av inlending borrowers to call on Ihe Secretary, Air 11. A. 1.,-nnmi. and see for themselves how easv things mad.. fur t him In- ihe • >.'uciet.v.* I'arcels and packages received from a:ml tl ii.h.iij,illml t„ all parts of the woi hi by the New /,<-alaiii'l Kxpress ( 0., l.tid., Jtrou^l|.a,m-streel. the only oi'tfiinnination in New /calami l.'a.\'in:g its own branches at all ecu- | tres. ~ Important to young ladies and gentlemen. ,J. I|. Parker's stock of engagement rings, wedding tings, watched, chains aikl all kkids of jewellery is the finest 011 the West Coast of New Zealand, and pi ices 10 per cent, lowel' than in the larger centres. Carefully note the address —J. 11. l'urken, jeweller, etc., next railway crossing, lievon-sl reet t'en'ral. New Plymouth." .An aggregation of the linest, ivudy-to-wejir clothing that has e\er | been placed 1,11 olTer in tin's district. i;t liou on view at the Melbourne Clothing Co. The suits have been ■specially made by merchant tailors, and will cost you a trifle more than half the cost of laade-to-oeder clothing.*