NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 79, 7 April 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Germany and Italy are reported to be building submarine boats.

The Ottoman lludget deficit is put down at live miliums sterling;. The. rehearing of n charge of incendiarism preferred against the hoy Sydney Hoss takes place this morning before 31 r T. Hutchison, S.3r. The steamer Ilethanie, from Hamburg, carries Hcrr HagMibach and se\en hundred wild animals for I lie .St. Louis exhibition. Steamers at the breakwater will he met by the following trains today :—8 a.m., Takapuna from South'? 11.20 a.m., Kotoiti for" South'; 8.20 p.m., Takapuna lor North.

The revised jury list was signed yesterday morning at the local court house by Messrs Ilockrill, T. Veale, Allsworth, G. A. Adlain. Sain Hill, and Kreelh, Justices of the Peace. During the week ending 3larch 191 li Mil!)" packages of fruit were sold in Wellington auction marts, of which ■KiOO packages came from the .North Island. '1(120 from the South Island, and 287 from Australia. The quantity lor the week previous was LV lio packages.

Certain performances at the Star Club's Easier Monday sports are being made tlie subject of n report by Mr .1. 11. Hempton to the central authorities in Wellington. It would be hard to find a gentleman more fully qualified u, undertake the task, -Air Hempton having been connected with amateur athletics in Wellington for a number of years.

At 1 a.m. on 3londay the stalls nttached to Mr Cockerton's hotel, -Vonnanby, were discovered to be on lire, and though strenuous eflorts were made only a lew traps and n quantity of harness were saved. The stable of nine stalls and n lot of hay were destroyed. 3J r JI. Hales, trainer, was lessee of (he stables, and at !Mo he left evervthing all right. Tin. .stable and contents were valued at £:(00, and there was only .Cl.no insurance The Alliance ollico has the risk.-ITawe.a

Inveraray, in the country 0 f the uke ol Argyll, i, oa sts of a church that is certainly the only one in these islands where the ancient Oa.lK- tongue is usul. in the service. It .s only f„r the hvnelit of a few, However, as the church also has a minister who preaches in English to the ■greater part of the congreg-n----tion. Sh-angely enough, the Gaelic preacher draws a salarv (hat exceeds by i'.'lo that ..f h'i s f o i| mv _ preacher.

3rost people are aware that, there is a London in Canada, but vcrv few seem to know hew closely the Canadian town imilales ils first namesake. It stands in the countv of Middlesex, overlooks the vnlle'v of the Hi vet- Thames, and has its Ci'ccadilly, ils Ueuxmf-sl rcet , its Call Mall, and ils Westminster Ilridge. Hut in the matter of population it has si ill a lot of leeway to make up. lis inhabitanls only number about 20.000 souls.

If there is one Go\ eminent, Heparin).nt more than another v hich requires thoroughly reorganising and shaking up if is the Audit office. 11 is customary to associate red tape and tardiness ;n accomplishing their labours wit li most Government institutions, but, the Audit J'cpartment exceeds all limits of human endurance. Whether it is under-stalled or what we cannot say, but we do know that nearly every local body is complaining of the wearisome delay in receiving their balance-sheets.'— I'atea Press.

H.M.s. Itoyal Arthur, lately flag. ship of the Australasian squadron, .sailed from Sydney for Portsmouth last night.

Thomas O'Connor, who until rcI ceivtly was employed as a porter at the Imperial Hotel, Auckland, which was rol.'bcd on Monday night, was charged .vesterdoy with the theft of j;i;i! in' cash and jewellery valued at Jtl'Jl. lie was remanded (or n week. The stolen properly has not ' been recovered.

The competitions which are being held in connection with the military bazaar promise to be a great success. It is quite likely that the Uig'ht lion, the Premier will lie present to take part in the opening of the bazaar, in which lie is taking a great interest.

There art; 3327 artisans and other workmen at present employed on cooperative works in New Zealand. Of these l'J-1-1 labourers ami HUi artisans are employed by the Railway Department, and 1117 labourers by the Uoads Department. Tho Star football Club's sports netted a prolit of about £OO. and this in spite of the threatening weather, which must have interfered with the attendance. It is suggested that next year some good prizes should be offered for a big handicap, and for a wheel race that would attract outside talent.

A phase of the cooks and stewards' dispute affecting small owners was before the Arbitration Court at Wellington yesterday. An agreement had been arrived at between "the parties on most of the important points. The Court announced that il would give a decision in the whole case shortly.

The Tapanui Courier complains that owing to the export ui the lambs, wethers, and maidens, local residents are being fed on old enu mutton and aged cow beef. The pallet says : "The people in Ibis coun-try—t-hat produces some of Ihe best meal in the world—should have n share of it, but apparently vesidents in Maoi'iland, who grow the Ijest meal, eat the worst, and whilst the Home consumers eat the best primesi meat from the colony city consumers have to worry through existence on old ewe diet." In one of the States of the Argentine Kepublic every man who remains a bachelor after the agt* of twenty has to pay a tax of £,l a month till he is thirty. After mat, if he is still so unfortunate as not to have married, the tax is doubled up to the time that he attains tho age of thirty-five. From that age to lifty lie [lays £4 a month, and, should ho stiil persist, between lifty and seventy Jticj monthly. At this point the maximum is reached. 1 havK just made acquaintance (says u correspondent) with two laundry-mauls who are sisters. In youth Ihey were both married, at a double ceremony, to shoemakers. Each igave birth to one son and two daughters, and within a month of each other both were made wid- ; ows. At the end of two years they both married Bakers,'a dotfbte ceremony again taking place. Each sister had another son. Now, again, within six months of each oilier, both have become widows.

Felix Tanner, who experimented unsuccessfully with a tubby craft designed an "ark" nt New l'ly-t mouth some time ago, and has at various times accomplished fasting (eats of different duration has recently Ix'cn employed in the construction of "ark" the second, with which he proposes to circumnavigate, the globv. The total length of the boat is 18ft, with a beam of oft bin, and her draught will be about 3ft iiin. Mr Tanner expresses the opinion, the Wanganui Herald reports, thut il would be impossible to break her back, even on a reef. Jn any case a No. 4 pump will be fitted up on board ready in case of emergency. A propeller has been put in which in tlie meantime will be worked by hand-power. Mr Tanner hopes to launch and make a trial trip this week.

The fact that the Hon. H. J. S«ddon has recently been confined to his he'd owing to some liver complaint causes the Lyttelton Times to itmark thai the Premier should take bl-lter care of his health, that he should ease his burdens a little, and that he should seek more assistance. The paper goes on to say : "No serious trouble is expected now, we are glad to learn, but il ib impossible not to feel a Utile anxious." The unsatisfactory condition of the Premier's health is said to be the reason why Sir Joseph Ward has abandoned the idea of visiting the St. Louis Exhibition.

The attention of the postal authorities having 1 been drawn by .Mr liorton, of -Newton and liorton, solicitors, Oamaru, to the fact that, tile savings bank regulations hitherto in force with regard to interest conflicted with the statute law as contained in the i'ost Oliice and Interpretation Acts, the Department has in consequence decided to make the following alterations : "As from the Ist .April, whin tiiu first day of any mouth falls on a Sunday or post oflice holiday (such as New Year's Bay) deposits lodged on the 2nd of that month will h* credited with the full month's interest as if they had been lodged Oil the first."

Writing editorially under the heading "JlcKciizie alias Ellis," the Ekctaluma paper says :—'"Jim rjan lias now been wanted for ov«r a mouth in connection with the Jlarlinborough tragedy. The Police Department, with its stupendous intelligence, has scoured the couiitry with tired-looking policemen, and has succeeded in capturing 9'Jl clues, if it goes on at this pace it will surely succumb to overwork ! In the meantime would it not be just r.s well if a reward were offered ami unemployed civilians wc»e given a chance to earn an honest ■ brown ?' It cannot be expected that people are going to do police work for the honour and glory of the thing. The police cannot find the man ! Why not give somebody elsu an Inducement to do so V"

i table has been compiled showing the statements of affairs of various dredging ami sluicing companies m Otago and un the West Coast up u> lliv end of last Dccrmher. The inlal nominal capital of Hie companies is considerably more Hum a million and a half, but allowance miiHt lie made foe the fact, that some companies did not allot all their .shares, while- in others vlio shares were forfeited owing lo noulia.Tmenl of calls. After making allowance for this, howuver, the actual capital may be set down approximately at XI,.".(ID,0(10, and the tolal sum. dislributed in dividends a!, about XSlib.oiio, 01; more than ol per cent, oi the capital. The total quantity of (fold won last vcar was about j:i:),000o/., valued at some 4;f):22.51(0, and (lie total quantity produced from iiic date of resist ration up till the end of lasi year was approximately (joT/JUOoz, valued at aix.ui v2,:,:,H,;,[)i). \\\ wn u,,. uniting industry is in full swing it provides direct employment for" ronsid"C»l'ly over lino ,„ cu .

The total export, trade of llle colony for the twelve months eliding Seplem r last, was val .1 at i'M-'.m:',..->27, as againsl U t:i,:ii 12,K52 for l:»U-n2. In spite of a falling-oil of (M 1,.72:! in grain and grainstulls. the value of New /.calami produce shipped was greater l.v Z I ,(i.".1. 1.72 I ban in I he preceding year, so llial. apart from grain products, the values show an inwuw of sheepskins, Owen meat. butter and cheese, kam'i gum. hemp. r.2.ti.17,W2.V Xeurlv twoiliinls of this increase, however, was Hie result of the higher prices which ruled for wool and sheepskins, froz- '■" '"'■■"■ Imiler and cheese, kauri gum. hemp, lallow, ,-ic. The total value of the exports from Wellington shows an increase for the year 01 C.'SSI.WI. ami of C78y,.i14' as compared with I'.IOII-I. Tl le shipping visiting the port shows tliu substantial increase of :iI.M vessels aud_ 2.'-C'...;.-,7 lons of nm. register, Ivnwng reached a total of 2870 vessels and 2,122,22'j tons net register.

The Borough Council requires tenders for the work of constructing a concrete retaining wall on the septic tank site in Gill Street,

The Mayoral election takes place on Wednesday, April 27th, and the 'Town Clerk nolilies that nominations, accompanied by a deposit of ill) each, will be received up to noon on the Kith instant.

The Pope has appointed a commission of Cardinals to co-ordinate and modernise tlic principles of the canon law. He is disposed lo abolish perpetual vows in the case of monks and nuns.

Mr James Ashcroft, coroner at. Wellington, states if is unlikely tin inquiry will be held into the circumstances concerning the recent lire which destroyed Messrs Kempthorne, JVosser and Co.'s drug store.

The Maiiaia correspondent of the Star reports thai a certain wellknown private factory owner in Taruimki has been otl'cred £!!0,000 for his factory ami five creameries by a company that proposes converting milk into powder.

The members of the Wnnganui Swimming Club, who competed in the swimming carnival at Auckland, returned home yesterday. They were sore indeed at losing the polo championship, and one of them remarked that the winning team was "really no class."

The lnmdicapper in the cycling events in the recreation ground on Monday evidently forgot to take into consideration the state ot the ground. On a proper track the handicaps allotted would have provided splendid racing, but on a flat, sodden track, slippery in places, the scratch men had not the ghost of a chance against the limit men. When will there be a decent track here?

The other evening a youth ami a horse disappeared into a man-hole in cine of the Hicham streets, which was undergoing the eruption process for drainage works.. People gathered round, of course, and speculated. "What's wrong here?" asked a man, running up to the scene, anil pnnnp he went down the hole on top of the horse and rider. He knew then what was wrong', and was made even more cognisant when the brute lushed out ami kicked him in the face. Language and compliments Hew thick and past, and the spectators wisely moved away,

A change is taking place in tho proprietorship of the Ellham-Opun-akc coach, Mr Duncan Campbell, of Uiverlea, having bought out Mr Jvidd'a interest, and with his brother will at once take charge. Messers Campbell are well-known settlers in the Uiverlea district; and us they appreciate the wants of settlers, and will personally conduct the business, it may lie relied on that the service will continue to !bb satisfactory. Mr George Kiikl, who has been responsible since the lamented death of his brother, the. late proprietor, has business interests in Nelson that engross his attention. Mr J. Searle, who lias been driving for several months past, goes on to Ins farm at Awatuna.—Star.

Thus u South African correspondent of the Liverpool Post :—There may not have been mni'fy pro-Hocrs in this country under the knigrr regime, but nt the present time there are many ex-irregulars in South Africa who curse the day they ever took up (inns to overthrow the old Government, corrupt though il may have been. Out of the frying pan into the lire does not adequately describe the present situation, and if old Paul kruger could only look over the fence and hear some of the remarks passed by men who have served for King and country—well, one could imagine him grinning in his heard. The whole country seems to be in the hands of the Jews, and, despite the indignant denials of the South African press, the newspapers of the country are in their hands too.

The usual half-holiday will be observed by tite tradespeople to-day in town.*

Money Is scarce Just now and people are complaining Hun they iuc experiencine great dilliculty in placing their loans. The Provident JJuilding Society are offering excellent terms, and it would pay in. tending borrowers to cull on the Secretary, Mr 11. A. Leimon, and see for themselves how easy things are made foe ihem by the society.*

Something worth reading.—To boarding-housekeepers and heads of families : Large warm bed rugs seven feet long 4/11, white blankets 7/11 per pair, larger size. 10/ li per pair. Heavy twilled Xew Zealand blankets direct from the mill purchased under exceptionally advantages before the rise occasioned by tile incrensed price of wool in the Home markets at our usual bedrock cash prices. Xeal. cash clothier."

A great slaughter of human animals, such as Pleas, Elirs, Lico on ['hulls, on Jowls, on Horses, pa Children's Heads ; Cockroaches, &c, will be effected by using Bocks Mortein Insect Powder und Spreaders. Will kill within Ave minutes every fly in a closed room. Trice, 1/ each. Bock's Mortein is world-fam-ed, 'out cunningly imitated. The public will kindly see that the proprietors' noJne, P. Bock and Co, is on eveey tin, as none is genuine Without it. All chemists and stor-is." ,iy and stimulate the stomach and liver in*i> a healthy actio*■ The best medicine Known Is Sander & Sons' Eucalypti Extract, nnd it 9 eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, and influenza muka reliel instantaneous. For serious cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scalrtings, bruises, V V sprains, it is the safest reiiwdy—no swelling, no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diptheria, bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, swelling, etc., iiarrhoeu, dyscntry* diseases o[ the kidneys, and urinary organs. Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract is In use at hospitals and medical clinics till over the globe ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with medals and diplomas at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved and rw Ject all others.— Advt,