NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 88, 18 April 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Several cases of alleged sly-grog .selling are being investigated at Ashburton just now >by the S.M.

Mr Ueakin, in a letter to the State Premiers, urges the necessity for land settlement as un incentive to immigration to the Commonwealth. The English "Education Conference has made a suggestion for improved school hygiene at a cost of live millions.

The Pahiatua Herald says that a publican in the Mokihinui district is applying for a prohibition order against one of his customers. A latgely attended meeting approved the Wellington City Council's proposals to borrow £-75.000 for the completion of the tramway, town hail, and wood blocking, by a small majority.

Tiie adjourned conference of Commonwealth Stale Treasurers to discuss tiie question of the Commonwealth taking over 'debits, and other important questions, fixed- for this monln, has been postponed. f l lie report of the British and Australasian Trust Loan Company shows a profit of £20,909 on the year's operations. The sum carried forward is 110,909.

It was the Post Office Savings Bank at Dune-din, and not the Savings Bunk, from which Woolley, arrested at Timaru, withdrew the money deposited, by representing himself to be Glass, whose pass book he is alleged to have stolen.

At the meeting of the Christchurch Chamber of Commerce on Monday. Hon. .J. S. Lnrke (of Canada) mentioned that a corps in the British army in South Africa had to receive their words of command in French, as they did not understand English! The corps, he explained, came from Canada.

Unlike his New 55ealnaxi prototype! the Canadian worker is opposed to the principle of compulsory arbitration. Thero is 110 Aribdlration Act in li n Cifyna'dia, c{.vd 011 tvjch occasion on which the matter has hten brought up the annual conference of Labour Unionists has rejected all proposals in the direction of securing such un Act. Dr. Pomare says that from careful observation and figuring he is able to state that half the Maoris born in New Zealand die before they are four years old. This alarming infant mortality is attributed to the utter ignorance of the Maori mother as to the proper care of her young. "What," he says, "is really needed is to have some mother in Israel to go amongst the natives to teach them how to look after the haby, , how to crtok for the invalid,, and how to administer the simpler rem- ; edies.'"

Sir Joseph Wfmi, in the course of an interview at Dtmcdin, said he felt very soro over the refusal of the Commonwealth to join Canada and New Zealand in the proposal for an interchange of free press messages with Canada, suggested by Sir Sandford Fleming. Representations had been made to the Imperial Government on the matter, and if Australia insisted on holding aloof he was hopeful that a Canadian free press service would bo instituted.

If the Trades Conference serves no other useful purpose (says the Christchurch correspondent of the New Ziealanil Herald) it at least lets the rest of the community know what they would have to expect if the Labour party ever secured the reins of ollice. One of the delegates, in the course of the debate on the halfholiday Question, said that when a compulsory Saturday half-holida.v was u'bta'ined tha't would l)fe the thin end of the wedge towards securing a five days' week, which he considered should be the aim of all unionists.

Under the heading "Who Invented Frozen Meat?" Mr Samuel Yaile writes to the New Zealand Herald as follows In the early fifties I had to make frequent visits to Sydney, and on several occasions met the hUe Mr Thos. Moit. At that time he Was trying to Rome method of sending frozen meat toLomlon, and, if I remember right, his first effort was to send it packed in ice. which hi* imported from America. I do not how this succeeded, l.ut there can be no doubt that' the credit of starling tin's important industry belongs to him.

That tlu' n;111:i■ uiut fame oi New Zealand are attaining u world-wide ivpula.t ion is iurther attested by a letter n.'L'rived this week by a wcl 1ktiown Wellington business man irom that busy hive of industry in tile great. American Republic, the oily of Chicago. Tlu: writer, a historical and portrait painter, who claims kinship lo the artist who was commanded by the late Queen to paint the ".lub'ilee picture," inquires as to how fine arts flourish in New Zealand, as tlio "most civilised country on the glolbiV and thinks that in its capital city ho might find an appreciation oi his talent which Chicago apparently can never afford.

IJishop Julius says : Every .priest must take an interest, in politics or forfeit part of his munilood, ami it is his business, directly by his personal vote, and indirectly by his influence, to secure good government in the interests of righteousness. It'.it there is nothing in his duty for the proper performance of which it is for him to en&iufcje in party politics, and there is certainly nothing to justify his hoklim? any place in Parliament. "By allowing himself to He drawn into party politics," said his • lordship, "I may be allowed to observe, without, being accused,of arrogance, that he is at once descending from a higher to a lower platform.

If the railway servants wore under the Conciliation ami Arbitration Act, could an award of the Arbitration Court fixing wages at higher than the maximum amounts to the schedules of the Railway Classification Act lie enforced '? This question, addressed to tho Minister for Railways by the General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, drew forth a negative answer from the -Minister, Such an awaid would have no force while the Classification Act was in existence, as the Court could not. override the Statute law governing the service. It could he done only by repealing the Classification Act. It would be u tremendous thing to make the Arbitration Act superior to the Shite itseil. It the Court fixed a payment to the employees of a rate involving more 'than Parliament had authorised the money could' not be paid unless a special session of Parliament was call;ed. or unless some extraordinary law was pussi'd giving the Colonial Treasurer power to depart from the authorisations of Parliament.

A unilorm system of examination in the locomotive department, with independent examiners, is among- the requests of the Uailwav Kmplovees' ConiereTtce. Dealing with this' the Mn.isirr said he did not understand Ihe request : the present system had worked s~at jsDarf'ohiy. The j denl. of the conference statu! that th, ; <('.;e.s(io»s Jmi t were uniform t hrou>-li-out lit.t the methods of supervision and examination were not (jf (| u , examiners—occasionally a lireimm,nr |H'i,iii|i.s an engineer—one would subnut till' questions Ki tin- rnmlhltllrN and leave lliem by themselves • other would remain (| K . I" °l»er way. In some cases candiK 111 wtiiln subjects H ' KIV , I '" <>l'l»>rliuiil.v ai a snbse,|at'' <>f inn in (| v< , t ,. P(S. i„ l», hi.'!' Cl)Wi M,,|, iiJ lml <" «'<.■ i" f'»- all til,, s'lll A who na, 1 -iili-d in arithmetic had actiMllv had Jus papers iviVn-til back to iiiin w'iii V! 1 ,l ;r;- i Oil lli'it'" Tl r'"'" i,IU J- fti-pcml ar r^J tona^4 k^4& t : ( JU,, " UW, ' „X because they could not pass the arithmetic examination.

The Chief Postmaster advises that the Ventura left San Francisco on the 1-1 tli inst. at midnight for Auckland and Sydney*

The various works in connection willi the installation of the Wellington electric tramways have now reached such a, state that they were opened to public inspection on Saturday. The first trams are expected to be running in about -three weeks.

Unclaimed letters from beyond the colony await delivery at the Tost Office for the following persons J. J. Adams, J. Bunyan, Thomas Cunningham, Fisher, Esjcjj., J. W. Gibson, W. W. Jones,?. Nye, P, Seymour, John Brown, Hiss Chermonte, li, Ji. Fortuua, Mrs E. ingle, Leslie Little, Mrs H. Mankelow, Mrs W. Miller, Mi \V. \V. Mutton, Mrs G. Seymour, Mr James Scanlan.

Messrs McCormick, publishers of the newspaper the People's Daily, in Melbourne, have been committed for trial on a charge of criminally libelling Sir Malcolm McEachern in his capacity as Lord Mayor, by alleging thai lie was interested in certain municipal contracts.

The third and last of the nmmmoiii boilers for thi 1 Wellington electric powerhouse was landed from the Aotea on Saturday. The Aolwi also brought two engines and dynamos, and other fit Lings for tiie powerhouse:.

Felix Tanner, the all-round entertainer, has built; a second "ark" at Wangiinui in which to circumnavigate this mundane planet. A hardhearted interfering Marine Department, however, placed an embargo on the and ordered a survc> to lie made of the craft. The Minister for Marine; .subsequently authorised the release of the vessel, and the irrepressible Pelix was reported to have for a friendly tow out to sea yesterday. Mis intention was to sail for Wellington " direct." The committee for the garden party hope for a generous support from the townspeople on Thursday next, and to ensure this have fixed the date for the half-holiday, thereby providing an outiivg l'or business people as well as an opportunity of .supporting so excellent a cause. This I is one of the many schemes so practically and generously supported by Lord Uanfurly and family, who in this way will leave a more abiding mark on New Zealand than any former Governor has done. This garden party is the outcome of a request that was made to several New Plymouth ladies, through printed circulars, to collect £2O per annum for three years, this .sum being sufficient to support one Maori girl at school for thai length of time.

The drawing of the art union at the military bazaar on Saturday night resulted First prize, No, 8, P. B. Ross, New Plymouth ; second No. 487, C. Hansen, New Plymouth ; third, No. 910, D. Stuart, New Plymouth. The winners in the competitions, physical drill, comic singing, and dancing, were as follows : —Physical <lrill| —Tirana ki Kifles No. 1 team, 09 (joints, I ; TaramiM Rifles No 2 team and Taranaki Guards No. 1 team, 58 each. Tile Guards team wan placed third owing to the whistle having been used instead of word of command. The Guards No 2 team scored 55 points. Singjn^l—C. Bimiington 1, li. Farmer- 2, CoJj}*rn 3. lUiniyinig—J. Brown 1, It. Soon 2, J, Andrews 3. After the results of the competitions had been announced medals were presented to the winners by Mrs it. Cock.

A few residents yesterday visited Mr Fetch's farm, about six miles from New Plymouth on the Carrington Koad, the site of Mr U. Fair's proposed boring operations tor petroleum. !Ur Fetch very kindly undertook to show the visitors over the properly, and soon piloted them to the spot, where favourable indications are found. Here a small creek is seething and buttling with a highly inflammable gas, and this also exudes front most of the ground in the vicinity. The inflammable nature oi the.gaij was.ascertained bv the application of matches to the bursting bubbles. Then a hole in the ground was made, a stick bei'ng driven a depth of about three feet, and on tlu.s being withdrawn u ligjit wus applied, ami a bright and steady llaine shot up, burning with vigour until the party left. A good heat was thrown oil, and as a proof it may be mentioned that, the smokers present ignited their fragrant weed in its varied forms. Mr Fetch states that oil previous occasions lie has had the gas burning for weeks, and that the water in the wells in "the neighbourhood becomes covered with an oily film if left undisturbed for a day or two. The visit was decidedly interesting and instructive.

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