NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 102, 4 May 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The sale of Ah* W. I<\ Greenaway's ironmongery advertised foi to-day will not be held.

The Chief-Postmaster advises us that the Melbourne-Naples despatch of March 30 arrived in London on the afternoon of the Ist inst.

According to a private wire received in town, t'he Newtown hotel! keepers have been sueessl'ul in their appeal case at Home. Mr R. McNab. M.H.R., is writing a history of the southern portion of New Zealand, for which he has been collecting materials for many years. At the annual meeting of Sharland and Co. in Wellington yesterday a dividend of seven per cent, on all shares was agreed to.

It is notified that on and after the 9th inst. the various hairdressers and tobacconists in New Plymouth will observe the hours of 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. for business. Quite long enough, too.

Tin* borough of Hamilton rejected a proposal to rescind the adoption of rating under the Improved Values Act by .148 to 11G, consequently the nates continue to be levied on unimproved values.

At an inquest on the body of John Mortensen, found dead in a hut near Napier recently, a verdictwas returned of death from suffocation through falling in water during a fainting fit.

A settlement has been arrived at in the claim by Mr F. Watson against the Government for compensation for damage to the mare Okoari by becoming entangled in a loose telephone wire at the Hutt last spring, and the consequent loss of her services. A Wellington telegram states that appeals made by J. M. O'Brien, a clerk at Wellington, and ex-lireman Cox against their retirement from the railway service, and by Itennelt, stationmaster at Te Aute, against his classification, have bmn dismissed.

It is proposed to hold chopping competitions by gaslight during 1/1, forthcoming exhibition. Many of our principal axemen are greatly struck by the idea, and predict large entries, as at that time the Australian champions with axe and saw will be in the district, attending the N.Z. A.A. Carnival at Eltham.

At Puni, near Auckland, Cyril Stanley Ashwin was about to mount a horse, when the animal reared up, and ran in some trees. A branch struck Ashwin, and us he fell tho horse kicked him on tho forehead, killing him. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned.

Leeds is to have another beauty show, with members of both sexes in rivalry, and the Physical Culture Society, to which the Lord Mayor has given his support, have already arrangements well in hand. The final competition is named for November. Cups are offered for the finest man and woman in the British Isles.

As the train from Ashburton was entering the Timaru station Monday night it left the main lino, and the engine collided with a stop post. The impact was not 'great, as the driver reversed the engine. Three trucks were derailed and l the engine slightly injured. The accident is believed to have been due to some person tampering with the break.

It is reported from Bordeaux that an inventor has submitted to the authorities details of a new process for paving streets with steel. The steel is formed into blocks, which are scored to prevent horses from _ slipping and motor-cars and cycles from skidding, The cost of these blocks is 8s a square yard, while the cost of wood paving in Paris is over 20s a yard.

The Maori haß an inherent love of racing, and in arranging to give their services to the exhibition committee the natives of this coast have stipulated for permission to attend the Taranaki Jockey Club's two days' racing, and Mr Skinner, in producing the estimate of the cost of tho Maori village, has allowed for admitting fifty natives to the course on each day.

A disease known as the gall-worm has been attacking potatoes in Victoria and Tasmania. It is stated to be a very serious affair, us the pest is even worse than the codlin moth in fruit. The disease is not unknown in New South Wales, though so far it has not been very prevalent there. Efforts are being made in the latter State to prevent its spread, and to this end shipments from Tasmania and the arrivals overland from Victoria are being carefully watched. Recently a quantity of potatoes was condemned on the southern border by a New South Wales inspector.

A Japanese woman, when abandoned by her lover, takes a peculiar and picturesque revenge. When she no longer has anv doubt as to his faithlessness, she gets up in the middle of the night, and puts on a pleasing dress and wooden sandals. Attached to her head-dress she carries three lighted candles, and suspended to her neck hangs a small mirror. She takes in her left hand a small straw elligy of the faithless one, and in her right a hammer and nails. Walking gravely to the sanctuary, she selects one of the sacred trees, and nails the elligy securely to the trunk. She then prays for the death of the traitor, vowing that if her wish is granted she will takeout the nails which trouble her god, since they are fastened to a sacred tree. Night alter night she comes to the tree, adding one or two nails and repeating her prayers, persuaded that the god will not hesitate to sacrifice the man to save the tree.—Daily Mail.

The story of the discovery of human bones and bangles in 'the interior of a crocodile captured at Fort Janson, Rhodesia, brings to miml another story. Everybody has heard of "Mrs Macquarie's Chair," as they call the eastern point of Farm Cove, in Sydney Harbour. There it was that a poor emigrant in pre-cable days killed and towed ashore a shark, cut him up, and found a London newspaper in his internals. In the paper was the announcement of the war between Germany and France. The shark had outdistanced the steamer by which the mail was coming, and here the discoverer had the announcement to himself, lie gave his information to a wealthy wool dealer, who bought all the season's clip at 9d per lb, and sold at «>s after the news of the war had arrived by the ordinary channel. He cleared, it is said, four millions sterling by the deal. The man who killed the shark and extracted the news of price—well, he received a battered silk hat and a five-shilling piece, and unrestrained liberty as to the disposal of the shark.

'Die Town School Committee held a special mwting on .Monday, when the selection of an assistant in place of Hiss 1). Taylor, resigned, took place, Miss 1). I'. Hartley being appointed. On account of severe illness Miss \V. Stephens' application was set. aside by the committee, who regretted having to do j-;o. The pllcr of .Messrs Sorrenson and ttagley for cleaning out ollices was accepted on the same terms as last .year, The clerk was instructed to obtntn prices for supply of lirewood and coal and lay theni before the next meeting. Mr Frethey gave notice to move, ■■That the. committee express to tin* Hoard of Education its very strong disapproval of the removal from the Central School of ellicient and proved teachers, and their places being lilled by others of less experience in the profession ; the committee being' of opinion that such a practice is very detrimental to the children of the householders We represent, and is also unfair to the head-teacher ; that il. in the interests of education generally it, is necessary to imo the Central School us a 1 raining-school, teachers brought in for that purpose should he placed there in addition to, and not t\s a part of, the regular staff." For Bronchial Counts take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is od,»

"To the Obnoxious Inspector" is how a man troubled with noxious woods addressed a stock inspector at Carterton.

A speaker at the Band of Hope on Monday evening eminc.iitt.ed an argument that evidently appealed to a lady in the hall, and she uttered a vociferous "Hear, hear." The only effect produced was an excited "Where, where ?" from a smart small boy in the gallery. There is a probability of mutton being scarce and dear this winter, and there is no likelihood of retail prices being any lower until next summer at least. The butchers, however, might (suggests the Christchurch Press) make a concession in the price of 'beef. Prime steer beef is only selling at Gd and cow beef 18s to 20s per 1001b In the Aldington market. This is about 2{d to 2Jd per lb. Persons who pay butchers' bills can compare these prices with what they are charged for beet'. The advocates of municipal or State insurance can draw little comfort from recent experiences. The Aalesund lire cost the Norwegian Government Insurance Department £IIOO,OOO, which it was obliged to raise by a loan, and the people have to pay special premiums for five years to make up the amount. The next experience on a large scale is that of the State of Wisconsin. The I Legislature of that State resolved to carry the insurance of its own buildings, and allowed all its policies to f lapse. On Feb. 27 the State capital was destroyed by fire, involving a i loss of 800,000 dollars, against which 1 there is an insurance fund' of GOOO j dollars, the net loss being 794,000 dollars, or nearly £1 GO,OOO. In both these cases the fatal objection to State fire insurance has been demonstrated, namely, that the risks are not spread over a sufficiently wide area.

Dr. Vnn Slyke, of Wellington, specialist, eye, ear, nose and throat, may be consulted at White Hart Hotel, New Plymouth, Slay 10 and 11 *

An industry that has made rapid strides in the colony is the manufacturing of gents' flno all-wool underwear. The celebrated Roslyn mills are now turning out a splendid class of goods manufactured under a special process which makes them unshrinkable. New shipment l just opened at Neat's, the cash clothier.•

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