The Daily News. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1901. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 82, 11 April 1904, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1901. NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Borough Council meets this evening.

Kltha.ni School Committee shows a di/itit balance of abjout £2O to b|igin its new school year with.

One of the boucuus on the south side of the river, near the south wall, has lately been much damaged fty the g/!aps in Ihe'lanlern 'lJ'iug hjroken, apparently ley shots from a pea rille. More hoodlumisin !—Wnitara Mail.

"If a wife was a g'ood musician uhe should not forget, to be a good cook, and with good music and goad cooking, what Hotter could lie in the homes of this colony ?"—Philosophy from Sir Joseph Ward. A novel sigjht is lo be seen at a farm just out of Manaia, A farmer has been feeding a pot sheep on oats, u.nd some of the grain fell on the biack of the animal. U has taken root, in the wool and sprouted, and the young shoots may be seen growing on its back.

The authorities have not yet come to any delinite decision on the (]|icstion qf devoting portion of St. Michael's School for the purposes of a technical school, library and museum. The matter was discussed the the School Commissioners at their last meeting.

At the Police Court on Saturday,before Mr T, Hutchison. S.M.. Henry Boyes was lined Ids and costs in default 'IS hours' imprisonment, this being his third ollom-e within three mouths. Henry Skelton, on a similar charge, was remanded till to-day.

Thi' polo match lo decide tlic P.arlow Shield competition has been fixed for to-morrow evening at the baths. Both teams!, cast and west, have a win to their credit, and this match thus becomes interesting. The weather recently has not been favourable for practising, and ■M is thought Some of the plaiyers will display want of form. The Bishop of Meljjfyurne has coi> rect ideas as to the duties of a chairman, and his remarks in that capacity are, as a rule, exceptionally ilMief. The other ni-gnt (says the Argus) us clutfrinnn () f the meeting held in connection with the Victorian Missionary Association, he told a story of the eminent Kngiish barrister, the late Sir Frank Lockwood. That gentleman, lie said, was In deliver an address l/.el'ore a Loudon audience, but the chairman on that occasion spoke for about an hour, and left the chief speaker iVliout five minutes in which to make his remarks. "I will now call on my friend to give lis his address," concluded the chairman, and Sir Frank Lockwood, stepping to the front of the platform, said, "Gentlemen, my address is 77, Luxton Hardens ; good night." That is a story, said the ISishnp, which all chairmen should remember.

Kent and living expenses struck Mr Meeks, a Mel-bourne merchant, as i>cing excessive in New Zealand. "While r was in Wellington," he said, "house carpenters were offered 1!!s a day, but 1 consider that :I.os (id a day in Melbourne would go »|uilu as fur. Travelling costs more than here, except railway travelling. It is true l.liey mave no allowance for return tickets, bui the single tickets are much cheaper than ours, and they issue very cheap all-lines tickets for tourists. On the whole railway travelling is fairly comfortable and fairly fust, considering the lines are all narrow gauge. At the same time the carriages are nothing like s(> gtwiij as we have in AustruMu. Jn the matter of travelling facilities, the New- Ziealand democracy is putting up with conditions which would not be tolerated! by their brethren of the Commonwealth. They have, however, one advantage— din-ing-carij attached to all lomj-journey trains.

Mr Gcorgo Kraser, of "The Camp, Kiwi Cully, Villi, Turainiki, New Zealand," writes to a Scottish paper describing- the conditions of .lite in New Zealand, wliicli, the editor thinks, "will he. of interest to intending emigrants to a country generally considered to have till that is pleasant of climate and nothing that is unpleasant." Regarding the West Coast of the North Island, in the vicinity of New .Plymouth, the writer says :—"Of course there are plenty of drawbacks. For one thing, for about cigtlrt months ill file year the roads most ly are mure bogholes, and the climate which you people at Home associate with New Zealand 'js not in existence here. I can only describe it as Heiug verisimilar to the Vest Coast of Scotland—'only more so.' Hut. in line iivtti'thvi- it is delightful. The food is simple, hut. plentiful, and there are innunierallile 'Hush', dances and social gatherings in the local schoolhouses in the dilTercnt settlements in the back blocks. Still, in my opinion, the ways and manners of living here would not lie agreeable to everyone."

Ar illustrated article in the current number of the Magazine of Coin-jiii-rce treats of Hie kauri gmn jnilustr.v in New Zealand. The average New Zenl/aiidcr. it. is slated, (locs no! rra.lise how vuJunJ jo I lie industry bus ln.cn, and is to tin- colony, pnvbubly because gum-dbjlging can only;bc carried on in the limited district norlli of Auckland. Opinion differs as io the duration of the gumlields. The mosl hopeful opinion, and certainly one of the most competent, is Hint of Mr (!. \V. S. I'aiIcrson, one uf the leading gum, merchants of Auckland, who is reported nicy of the guni-lieids. I am of opinion (after 120 years' sludv of the industry) Hint there is more gum in the ground than has cyov been nn-,-arthed. J'Vsh patches and new layers of gum arc constantly Ivi-inc? discovered, and immense areas of the known old fields, which have only been skimmed over in the past, are now being worked systematically Io n. depth that, was never dreamt, of some .years since." For Children's Hacking Cough at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is Gd.*

Tim Maoris gut oil some <i',ih-oi - Haying's at itiines- Quite recently, one of them l/ejjan discuss'i'niH the mori|ts of a sporting man with.a reputation for considerable sliimiess. "Py gorry !" lip exclaimed ; "lie Li good follow ; got head lour feet through!"

The oilier day a large number of wild ducks arrived in the Kecrcution (.rounds, and Ihoj large pond presented an animated scene as the Ijirds—-a hundred or more—disported gosled that the ducks are seeking sanctuary, instinctively divining divining thai tile shotting senlson is nigh.

At the Police Court this morning a drunk remanded from Saturday will come up for trial, lie will lie accompanied by another in the same predicament. This man was lined on Saturday morning and released. (In Saturday night he got into his cups again, and caused such a disturbance in Devon-street that lire police had perforce to provide him wil.li lodging at the country's expense.

A Woodville telegram states that the case agldnst (icorge England, a. Mn.'hairuhnru settler for allempted murder of his wife and one Thomas Nicholas was heard before Mr James S.M., on Saturday. The evidence went to show that" England had been drinking; and was always jealous of his wife when in drink, lie made certain accusations against her itud struck her, and then Nicholas interfered.i Eirg'laaid then went 'and got a gun and .Airs England, Nicholas, and the children left, the house. England is alleged lo have fired three shots, but tlid aol strike ainyulne. He reserved his defence and was committed for trial. Hail was refused.

The Itcv. Mr Southey, ol the Inland China Mission, struck a. gp(od home nou' in on apt illustration in his address ut the Christian Convention at Hastings on Monday last, lie said that in some American forests there was a U'ircl called the cat bird. When flying about it sang so beautifully that passers-by stopped, enchanted, to listen to it. The same bird, however, on returning to its nest, only r/avo forth harsh asid discordant notes, that would drive every listener away. The speaker said that the cat bird was like many Christians. When they were at conventions or any public religious cckutralion. they were amongst the most prominent, but" at home there was nothing but growling and discontent. The speaker observed that in such a man there was no real religion.

Chemists at one tiirxi lVolioved that petroleum was formed in the depths of the earth by the act ion of water working on metallic caiilfoils in a slate of fusion. Now this statement is challenged by some geologists, who content! that petroleum is the result of putrefaction of uniimttlslwho have been swallowed up in some enormous rataclysms, similar to Mount Peleo. This upheaval, says Professor Engler, buried millions of prehistoric Quadrupeds, lizards, serpents and sen monsters, and during all the cycles of years that, have elapsed since then the hjodios of these animals have lieen distilled by Mother Nature in her immense laboratory beneath the earth's surface. The result of this distillation is the valuable product that we know as petroleum.

The Record says that a very peculiar coincidence has occurred in the appointment of Mr Coad to the position of borough foreman at Inglewood. Mr Coad applied to the Wailara Town Board for a similar position at Wailara. The Waitara Hoard sils on the saine n*>;.Jill'as the Ing|lev\ood llorouigh Council, and both boards Selected Mi- Coad from its list of applicants. The Town Clerk had only handed Mr Coail the notice of his appointment about a quarter of an hour when the lettercarrier arrived with the notice of his appointment to the Wailitra. position. Mr, Coad has decided to retain the Inglew-ood position. Uoforring to Mr (load's -departure from Mangaweka, the local paper says :

"MrChas. Coad left Mangaweka with his favni/ly on Rn'ttirdtiiy .for Taranaki. Duriyg the time lie has l(ocn in tiro district lie has made himself popular liy his unfailing courtesy. Tie lias been secretary to the Domain Board fur four years. He was also secretary of the" Axemen's Carnival Association, and a member of the library committee.''

Speaking at a reception tendered to him liy the Unworn Kir,. brigade, on his return from the Australian lire brigade demonstration. Captain Wilson said the ladder event, won by New Zealand, was really n new one in Australia, and when our boys put up the lime they did, it was considered marvellous, the amount, of cheering they received from the public and other competitors being alike evidence of tfo» delight and astonishment. Host oi the teams over there have only one man who can climb a ladder and they were surprsied thai so many of our men could climb, lie believed that the reason the team did not win more events was want of practice. The Australian teams ran in light coats, singlets, etc., and the turns wen; wushend up so that one or two turns would complete; a coupling. He did not, think there was anything of practical utility to be 1-nrned from them, and in that, respect the trip was of no use whatever. The men had a really good time, and every hospitable was tendered them in the dilicreni.' parts of the Slates. The competitors helped in e\ery possible way by lendinlg appliances, etc. There was on the contest ground about £2OOO worth 01 plant, that was useless except for competition purposes. Krom the information we gave them lliev seemed to think our way of running was best and believed that the sooner they eld-red ihuLJr methods the letter it. wofuld lie for compeliltiors il'i not for competitions.

0» Krid'ay and Saturday the lie were given two exhibitions of the manner of performing police duty. The members of the force have tit times a very dillictilt task, but the tacts of these two instances go to show that tact is a great factor. On Friday afternoon a man who had drunk rather heavily caused a disturbance in Devon Street, and during ono of his rowdy tils he ran plump into a constable. " Here." said the policeman, "Mr wants you al the White Hart Hotel." " All right, I'm going right up now," wits the reply and oil' he went, staggering ami reeling along tlie. street closely followed Initio gentleman in blue. When Hearing'the While Hart corner the distance between hawk and pigeon riate was shaping his course for Ihe on trainee to the bur, the constable closetl up, remarking. "Come on. he's over at, the police station." Without any fuss or trouble the drunk was locked up and the public relieved of his presence. Next morning another unfortunate fellow tell into the hands of the law. lie. too, hail committed the olTence of imbibing a little more stimulant than was conducive to his uprigSilnttss—so he lay down. An oag'le-cy-ed constable arrived, noted ' lite drunk, and made haste to cvl assistance, lit: culled an express close by, and throw ihe unresisting inebriate j.;|o Hie vehicle ■'willioiil fear or favour.'' Hang he went into the 1/ottom of the ' express, with his heels in the air. Then there was the triumphant. procession to liie M'paralo constables, two distinct, me;hods of handling drunken humaiiii\.

Soiii.-thinc; worth readier. — To hoai-diiig-linusekeepe.K and heads ol families ; Large warm bed rugs seven feet long 4/1.1, white blankets 7/JJ. per pair, larger size ](>/.> per pair. Heavy twilled Xew Zealand blankets direct f.-om the mill pill-chased under exceptionally advantage.-; before tile rise occasioned by the increased price of wool in the Home Markets at our usual bodrock cash prices. Keal, cash cloWoods' Groat- Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is Gd.*

A slight shock of oaKlhquake was felt here about midnight on Saturday.

The Tuiranaki Hides' bazaar which is lo he opened on Thursday promises to be a grail .success, Committees have their arrangements well in hand, and considerable outside interest is being shown.

The fruit sold in Wellington during the week eiwlod 20th March totalled T,2r>7 packages. AVjth the exception of 511 packages from Australia and Till from the South Sia Islands all the fruit grown in New Zealand.

for reliable Boots, Shoes and Slippers at a low price go to DockriU's, Devon-street Central, where you will find the largest assortment in the district of Colonial, English, American, and Continental Manufactured Boots, Shoes and Slippers.* A piece of string on my fiirgvi- ! Now what can that be for ? Something 1 have to reincm'h'er To fetch to-nig'ht, from the store. My wife said she'd die without it, Her cough she could never endure ; Her cough ! Now I know what she's wanting, Tt's Woods' (treat Peppermint Cure. THE ACHES AND TAINS OK BIIEUMATJSM.

What awful torture those aches and pains give ! Who knows this better Hum the tortured victims of rheumatism ! But why suffer? There is u remedy at hand—yours for half-u----crown—that will completely wipe out rheumatism, gout, lumbago, sciatica, and kindred complaints. Take Ulieunio, the seientilic remedy—the medicine that has driven away pain from many a stilTering individual. Ulieumo conquers rheumatism, kills the pain, removes ail swelling, and effects a cure generally within -18 hours. Hold by chemists and stores at. :2s (id and 4s lid per bottle. Wholesale agents, New Zealand Drug Company.*