The Daily News FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 69, 25 March 1904, Page 2

The Daily News FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tin* English Hop Trade Association has resolved in favour ol' a duty on imported hops. .Miss Ko.su Buckman, tin* wellknown singer, will give a concert in New Plymouth on Wc-dnesday inext, March iiO. The Wanganui Borough Council has decided lo discontinue the practice of cutting' oJT the water .supply at night. The Liverpool and Southport railway has been converted into an electrical line and has been opened for traffic. A number of the principal retail business houses in Wellington have decided to change the weekly hall'-holiday to Saturday, us from April 16 th. It is estimated that by the end ot the present month the Woodville Bacon Company will have put through fully a thousand pigs more than during the corresponding period last year. The railway revenue (or the present financial year, which closes a lew days hence, will, it is stated, lie the largest ever known since the railway service was established in Kew Zealand.

Tliu warship Sparrow, which is in future to i)o employed as a trainingship for New Zealand youths wishing 'to enter the navy, is to appear in Now Zealand waters shortly. The crew is to be paid oil' at .Sydney this month, and the vessel will then be handed over to the Government of this colony.

Fifty-nine years ago to-day saw the ceremony of laying (lie foundation slone of St. Mary's Chinch performed. There are, still some old settlers lel't who were present at that J unction, and these may, with many others 01 the !ai.-r "early settii-rs " he present this morning at tiie service (o be- held at, 11 o'clock.

To-morrow Alessrs liewloy and tirilliths will sell bv auction a large collection 01' bulbs and decorative palms. As the season lor planting is now beginning iiii« is a splendid chance to secure some choice bulbs true to name. Many of them are catalogued at very hign prices, but all will be .sold' with-

A singular fatality is reported in the Melbourne Age. A telegram from Outtrim states "On Monday evening a tine young man, 1!0 years of age, named Thomas Hubbard, a resident, of Happy was looking on at a game of cricket played by some school children, and a boy named Dixon was in the act of delivering the hall, when il slipped, ami went in t iie direction of deceased, striking him on the side of the head, llubbard did not complain much at the time, and remained looking on for a while longer. tin returning home he complained of feeling ill" and asked for a doctor, but within an hour of the accident he was dead. Creat, sympathy is felt for his bereaved parents.

A writer in a .souihern paper says that "the carriages on the Welling-ton-Manawatu railway line nm very smoothly, but the platforms are uncomfortably .small, the steps having been cut right into them. Hacks lire noticeably absent, and the pegs provided make but a poor substitute. Also, for tome reason or other, the windows have been made so that they cannot be pushed up for more than six inches or so. A passenger with a small head, or one with nothing in it, and consequently possessing some give, might possibly be able to squeeze it through the window. The traveller with a decentlysized, compactly filled, incomprehensible cranium is debarred, howiyror, from enjoying this luxury. One, of course, could look through the opening, but even this was only capable of accomplishment by an act of contortion that no one outside a circus could do with comfort to his nock and his back.''

During the recent floods in New South Wales, the Hunter Uiver ul Maillnnd rose about o'.Jft above the ordinary level, and flooded a Jarge extent of country. Some of the farmers will sutler heavy losses, which will be confined to the destruclion of crops, the cattle having been driven t.o the country beyond reach of the Hum! waters. The flood was not nearly so large as was anticipated. Heavy floods occurred at J'illiga. where 'Jin of rain fell. Almost every house in the township was surrounded by water, and the country for miles was submerged. .Much damage was caused to the -bridges and oilier propeny. Several washaways on the inland railways are reported. At JJoggabri, (Jons (able Cilchrist and a black tracker had an exciting oxperience. Whilst rescuing a settler named Andrews and his wife and family, who had spent all night surrounded by flood waters, the men hail to swim their horses nearly a quarter of a mile, and to return with one member of the family at a time. The family had no food, and very little covering, ami had to keep removing on in higher ground as- the waters coiitiiiutf) to riw throughout tin; Jiig'ht. Tin: (.tuoiwr Tnviuni this trip (says t!k: Cook island correspondent of thr Xcw /calami Herald) makes her tin,l call tor the year ut the French islands of Itaialea and llnaliine, to obtain oranges, to compete against Cook island fruit. in llle .New Zealand market. The slimmer will call al these islands from (iris trip on throughout. the year until llle orange season is over. Many t housallils of .-uses n ,v shipped every trip, which w .,|i K |,,| |i„, ilrurk( .| al| ', l tile collseijueilce will probably lie *•«?"'» 'l'sasl roils to Cook 'island shippers. We have plenty of oranges '"' ie to over and above snpplv New Zealand's wants, without. going to tiiu l-'rench Islands. Our ' local growers are wry sore on this point. \\ Ilea tiie I'arJiainelitarv purlv were h " n ' " |M M'ar a petition was hand,-d in lo Mien, asking lor proteel i.„, in this line. Wllriv is I lie 1 'rei el'ell 11 a i Tarilf (.'.niimii tee. and whv were „oi oranges put on the list, especially, when the members had full cotfiii.v nncc of the position ? New Zealand has taken up Ihe burden in annexing these islands, ami t la-re should not lie Uw least hesitation in protecting our produce against foivign importations. Fruit is onr principal export., and .Now Zealand is our nearest neighbour, and it behoves -New Zealand to help i«> to its utmost.:

Tho Union S.S. 00. has instructor Mr Newton King to sell, to-morrow, two caaea of corrugated iron, at the Ilayinarket yards. A hospital which was established in London for the treatment of cuncer hy lho use of radium lias been abandoned as it failure.

In another column Sergeant and lladdroll return thanks to Messrs S. ilennelt and M. White and others for their efforts in saving Mr (!eoi-ge lladdrull in the surf on Wednesday morning. An incipient lire was -discovered yesterday afternoon in a very old wooden building on Mr Sheet's properly at tlie Jlemu, formerly used as a hop drying shed. A few buckets of water promptly extinguished the hla/.e.

The March mnnber ot Ibe .Journal of the I'epart iiH'iil oi' Labour thus refers to trade in .New j'lyluouth : ti'ade is fctill slackening oil, and allied trades are not so busy in consequence. KngiueeiiiiL'; trades : fully employed. Hoot and clothing trade : .Slack. Iteiail (cade (general) : fiuit't. .Miscellaneous: t»i.nerally, business .is very slack. TusKilled labour : At present all local hands are employed al various small worl'is going on in the dislrict.

In the course of an interview which appears in Cassell'.s Saturday .lourlia. Viscount llayashi, the ■)apanese in Loivdon, s-ays :—"There is something solid ami Signified about, the average llrilou that never fails to impress me ; England is so progressive. As a city I consider London unique. In the first place it is so large, yet so orderly and wellgoverned. it is an example of what your laws, the love of justice, and the loyal spirit of a great people towards their country ami King can produce. As a foreigner from the Ear East X can assure you thai London al once arrests attention. I know I'ans is a line city ; so is Uerlin. and, lor that matter, St. Petersburg : but as an example in city governmentship, if I may use that term, London is a study." The real secret ol liritain's position amongst the nations of the world, in the Viscount's opinion, is her love of justice and her laws and the sincerity of her citizens.

A meeting of junior members of the Star Football Club will be held in the Council Chambers this evening at 7.H0 p.m.. I'lavers only requested to attend.* For reliable Boots, Shoes and Slij)pers at a low price go to JJockrill's, Devon-street Central, where you will find the largest assortment "in the district, oi Colonial, English, American, and Continental Manufactured iioots, Shoes and Slippers.* Golden opportunities come seldom to you, but when they do come il behoves you to lake advantage ol them. A golden opportunity is offered to all at the big Jacket Fair to beheld in Hooker's No. H sample room in Eguiont Street, commencing on SaLurday 2f>lh March and continuing for one week only. .Jackets to suit everybody, jackets to lit everybody, and jacket prices for everybody will be found at the fair. J1 s a good oiler ; it's a genuine offer ; therifore, il must be a profitable olTer to you. For nearly three years Morey and Moore have marched along with the times and know exactly your needs in the jacket trade, so they can conlidently ask you to visil Hie fair. During the week Ihe linn have made every convenience lor customers trying on. and are mai-K----ed at such prices, iliat must suit all pocket s. During the fair iroods cannot be sent out. on approbation.* ON THE FOURTH I'AGE. Literature, Coniniercial. 'Pile Railway J'orter. Curious Libel Action. Radium in the Home.