NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 96, 27 April 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The secretary or the Tradesmen's Association nfc/uests traders to close their premises to-morrow at noon. The s.s. Ngimguru has Ix'en engaged to run trips between the breakwater and U.Al.s. Psyche to-moH-row. A meeting of the District Court will 'be held'in New Plymouth on Friday, May 6. His Honour District J udgo Ward will preside. Tiie Stratford tradesmen have d-e----ci'ded to close their places of business at 5.30 p.m. during the winter months, Saturdays 9 p.m. The members of the Inglewood Presbyterian Church intend to hold a monster tea meeting on May 26 next. The New Plymouth Presbyterian choir will give an entertainment a/terwurds.

Jlr N. 1!. Kryday, tiie Ngaire irreconcilable, is now levelling his aim at the Taranuk'i Land Board, whose administration lie considers is a disgrace to.a British community, adding lliat its inrm(|)i'rs have no svnso of fair play. Whatever else Mr I'Yyday limy be, lie never misses a chance of showing 'he js ''agin live tlovernmcnt.'' The Town Clerk notifies 1 lint shilling subscriptions t„ the presenilation fund to tiie battlesiliip New Zealand will lit received at the Borough Oftices. Tiie fund is to provide suliicient interest for ainnuul prizes for good gunnery for the men of 11..M.5. -New Zealand, As Hie lis! has to !>e returned at the ■ eml of flu- present month subscriptions should lie forwarded at once..

Last evening il r Kci v complained O! Ihe danger which would accrue to residents in the neighbourhood of a hospital if a, consumptive ward were erected in tile grounds. He. Yaliiitine answered that 'the well-known lawyer rail a greater risk every time lie went lo Waitara in that old smoking car —where people consumptive or otherwise used tlve spittoons of thu (loor under Ihe seals for cltoicetlianil he lived right alongside the annexe.

One of the. worst, worries of a tradesman's life is the constant stream of begging institutions. !<'or the sake of their business they each have to suiwerihe a little, (or lose custom, and it is only lair to suppose each shopkeeper places a figure pn his goods to recompunse him for this expenditure, and thus the general public is lorcedi into indiivct contribution. In Stratford canvassing expeditions will not meet with much success now, as the Tradesmen's Association has decided that no contributions be given to sports, bazaars, etc.

To-day Site anniversary of the death of 'the Hon. John Hallnnce, which occurred in 189(1.

A final reminder is given of the ysale of rattan furniture )>y Messrs Dewley and Griffiths at their nmrt at 2.H0 p.m.. .tenday.

We are proud of our hospital, and proud of those medical genI lemen connected with it.''—Air Samuel at last night's meeting;. The local volunteer corps have undertaken the matter of entertaining the visiting volunteers and leave men from H.M.s. Psyche to-mor-row.

Several speakers last evening roferred to the popularity of the New Plymouth hospital, mentioning tho care bestowed on patients by the medical and nursing stall's, and th»» general high standing of the conduct of the institution.

11.K.5. Psyche left- Wellington yesterday morning at 11.-10 and should if,rri t vo bore a,t. a'n uiWy hour this morning. Ilia Worship the Mayor will pay hi# olflcial visit to the ship at 11 a.nj. to-day, making the trip in IVlr Newton King's launch which has been placed at his disposal. The oflici'al assignee at Auckland (Mr Gerard) apparently has not a very high opinion of -guiudiggers. At a creditor?/ meeting recently. MiGerard, in referring to some biook debts, said the majority of theui were owing by gumdiggers, and his experience of such debts was that they were only wCrtii £25. in the £IOOO.

The Auckland Electric Tramways Company has despatched orders for a large consignment of steel-tyred wheels with which to replace tho iron wheels at present in use. The constant chipping of the iron wheels through contact with the loose metal on the streets is said to be responsible for the excessive vibration of the cars ami the inordinate noise at present produced by the truflic.

An exchange says "in proposing a vote of lhanks to tho press for reports of the North Canterbury Executive of the Farmers' Union, Mr J. Henry remarked that they were almost as much 'indebted for what had not been reported as for what had been." If reporters published in full the statements of some of our euilwyo orators and politicians, what a noise there would be sometimesv

A prominent South African merchant, writing from .lohannesluirg, under date March 11, to a Wellington citizen, says ; "Wo are having) a very bad time here—worse that I have ever seen it—and I have been here since 1887. Until we get our mines working at full strength (and the only way to <lo this is to get outside labour) I fear bad times will continue. Tho whole country is dependent on tho mines.

Half a century ago when a small devoted Imnd of Methodist pioneers banded together in the infant settlement of Cliristchurch, for their first service, their hyms of praise and worship were attuned to a solitary clarionet. The player has long since passed awa.v, but the instrument was produced us a great relic at the jubilee ci'hS'iration of the Lyttelton Church last week, and once again its plaintive notes blended with the voices of the singers in the good old hymns of praise. The Kotorua correspondent of the Herald wires A mud-hole in the Arikakapakapa Reserve, which has been quiescent for some years, suddenly burst out on Wednesday morning, und shot watsf and mud to a height of 100 ft. There were three distinct eruptions at intervals of some hour«, each accompanied by a peculiar rurmbiing and a sharp crack as of a cannon being fired. The mud hole is situated nyar the water reservoir, in the reserve, and is one of many in the same locality. A mysterious disappearance is reported from Ohinga'iti. A young girl under 10 years of age was sent to a settler's place to assist in the bumsework during the illness of the settler's wife. After some months the parents of the girl went to take her home, but her employer stated that the girl had left anil refused to tell lie" whereabouts. A box addressed to her was found at a station further down the line. On being opened it was found to contain a quantity of rubbish—jam tins, straw and cust-ufl' clothing, besides other debris. The box was consigned by the girl's late employer. The matter is to be placed in the bauds of the police.

I At. the conclusion of the meet|i 11 lust night the Mayor su|7£(,>sied I lluil I Jr. Yalintine should exercise. ' his mKh,ority tmd [.mil down the post office or order it to be pulled down, on account of its highly ! insanitary conditions. J)r. Valintiuu | said he had stmt in ti report on this I matter some nine months ago. Mr j Smith said the sanil/ary arrangements at the post ofliee had been designed'by the Government. Me had done all he could to get u new pols't o|(lici3 lie,re. Mr George KjaW that they all knew Mr Smith had done his utmost to get u new post office hero, but he -did not think it advisable. to discuss the matter at that meeting. Mr Smith said he could not lot the occasion pass without putting himself right with his conslitucnts. He wanted to say that there was still iiIOOO earmarked for the New Plymouth post office. Sociiial in Queen-street. Church on Thursday, 28th, at 7.30 p.m., welcome home to Mr and Mrs Buttimore, members of the church. Tea at 9 p.m. Solos, addresses, etc.— Advt. Bullocky Bill had a cold so bad That, though his langua/ga was very sad, His team stood placidly chewing the cud, While the wheels sank deeper into the mud. Woods' Peppermint Curo his voice brought back, When of classical speech there was no lack, And his cattle took to their work with a will, 'Neath thu lurid appeals of Bullocky Bill.

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