NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 144, 22 June 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Auckland-San Francisco despatch of mails of 20th May arrived in London on toe 19th inst. A Melbourne cable states that the racehorse Colonel Khilinski. who was injured while racing on Saturday, may not run again. The Ruapehu left Plymouth for Wellington last Sunday, and the Paparoa arrived at Plymouth on Friday from Wellington. The winter school for teachers in the Wanganui educational district opened on Monday. About two hundred teachers were present. Sir George Clifford has joined the colonial directorate of the New Zealand Shipping Company, and took his seat on the board for the first Lime yesterday. I It is understood that Messrs Cornwall and Paltridge, disjijialilivd lor life by the Taranaki Jockey Club for alleged corrupt practices, will lodge an appeal against the decision. Dr. McArthur, Stipendiary Magistrate at Wellington, yesterday gave a reserved judgment upholding the right of the City Council to make bye-laws prohibiting traction engine traffic on certain streets. A very large cortege followed the remains of the late Mrs \V. 11. Kivell to their last resting-place yesterday afternoon. Rev. J. Js\ Buttle conducted the burial service, and at its conclusion the hymn "Rock of Ages" was sting. Owing to several prominent members being unable to obtain tihe necessary leave, tho Wanganui garrison band has decided to abandon the 'rip to the Ilallarat contest. The >»und had £IOO in hand toward# the expenses, and this amount will be immediately returned to subscribers. To-night at the Whiteley Memorial Church the congregation will bid farewell to Rev. J. Tl. White, home missionary in the coastal district. .Judging by the interest displayed there will I*3 a large attendance. The proceedings will take the form of a tea and after-meeting, during which Mr White will be made the recipient of a small souvenir of his May in the district. The funeral yesterday afternoon of the late Mrs W. (J. Malone was very largely attended, a numitoer of leading Stratford and New Plymouth residents paying their last token of respcet to the deceased. The service at the graveside was conducted in ft most impressive manner by Rev. Father Mi'Manus, who made some fervent and sympathetic remark# to the lange assemblage of mourners and friends. Those who purpose attending the Fil/roy Fire Brigade's first annual I Kill on Tuesday night nvxt are guaranteed a very enjoyable evening, an energetic committee being very busily engaged perfecting arrangements so that the -brigade may have reason to be proud" of its first, effort. A goodly contingent is expected from town, ami, seeing that the ball is arranged for the purpose of raising funds tor a really deserving institution, the local lovers of the art of terpsichore will doubtless muster in full force.

Ihe billowing announcement re--entl.v appearul in an Indian Territory paper : "W'iih this issue the llerald-Benner folds its lily-wliite hands upon its bosom and turns its pink toes to the daisies, and Alil''iirn, 1.T., V.S.A., is without a pa"r. having witnessed the death of ;' l ' mH cost the present linn dollars to advertise the town, ' lie beautiful blue and fertile soils. '!•' 1 now throw up tho tpongu uid vacate to make room for anoth■tlter sucker. Ta-tti, an rcvoir, good •; e. We are going to do something lor you that the devil will never do—thal'is. leave you."

Uhito mtn \\hi> were present at tlie signing of the treaty of Wajitlungi must now be -Hourly as rare as survivors of the Light Brigade (says an exehungv). There is one of them at 1 loltarl, in the lfev. George Clarke, who luis just retired from the pastorale of a Congregational Chinch, which he has held for the last lilt t \-two years. Mr Clarke was Hie son of one of the early missionaries Ut Buy of Islands, and had recently come back from school at llobai'l when he witnessed the historic meeting between Governor Hobson and the natives. Afterwards he saw a good deal of service between the Government and the northern tribes. -Mr Clarke left New Zealand in 18*10. ' h' l L.vtlelton Times of Thursday ■''■a.vs' The price of. beef "on the hool ' was the subject of long and at times animated discussion at Addington yards yesterday. Butchers asserted I hat their purchases of to prime beef cost them at the lateoi J2h (-.d lor Xortlilslnnd and -Is to 2.1s for local cattle per 100 lb; while the vendors of the North Island cuttle estimated that tliev realised from 17s to l!)s per 1001b, and local light weight heifers were declared to have been sold below in per HlOlb. 'I ho higher estimates were those of butchers who buy small lines of very prime cattle, which no doubt approached the prices named ; but the wide difference in the estimated price of ordinary und North Island lines is not easily explained, even allowing that the latter were very 'hollow ' after a long and rough sea voyage, rendering it ditlicult to form an accurate estimate of their weight. The price of beef, iiii deed, is a burning question just now.

At the [lawiTa County Council meeting a letter was read from the Department of Agriculture notifying I lint fennel, periwinkle, and elderberry had Ik™ added (o tho second or optional schedule of ■■The Noxious Weeds Act. 1(100." Previous letters had advised that the following weeds had been added, namely, wild turnip, ox-eye daisy, hemlock, dock, burdock, lupin, pennyroyal, St. John's wort, tutsan, ami steuiless common plume, woolly-headed, star, and milk thistles. The plants originally in the schedule were: Hathurst burr, broom, smut burdock, gorse. lmkea, and ragwort. The council was earnestly' recommended to immediately consider the (pieslion of noxious weeds. Cr. Marx said they could not possibly adopt the li.s-1. Cr. Hive added 'that to mako docks alone a noxious weed would ruin the farmers. Cr. Slewart recognised tliat it was q.uito impracticable to adopt tho suggestion. Sheep would eat fennel anywhere, ami clean it right out. Tho County Clerk said the letter was merely for purposes of information. No weed would ho declared noxious unless the Council ao desired,

The Peceawd Wife's Sister liill has been dropped in the House of Commons. The cost of the coronation of King Edward is stutod to have been £859,289. Yesterday was the winter solstice, the shortest day, the sun rising at 7.2-J a.m. and setting at 4.36 p.m. It is stated that the Crown lMiry Company haa decided to present a cup valued at live guineas for competition in the dairying section ol the New I'Uniouth exhi-bition. Trains leave -Vow Plymouth station for the breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned below to-day 1>.!5 a.m., Wainui from North; 11, !20 a.m., Wainui for South: 12.1K) | p.m., Rotoiti from South; 8.20 p.m. Rotoiti for North. Mr Parrar desires to acknowledge the receipt of native shrubs and fruit trees for (he Hospital and Old People's Home from the Recreation Grounds Hoard and Air A. Green, manager of the Morshead Nursery Company. Mr Cecil Wright, formerly of Messrs Wright and Ilutehen, and more recently with Messrs Gowtt und Quilliam, has decided to commence practice as a solicitor in New Plymouth, and hay taken temporary ollices in Avery's buildings. Mr Wright should have no difficulty in (Villaining his wharc of the legal work of the district.

In regard to the dairying industry !'.i New Zealand for tile present season it is oilicially estimated that when all the returns are completed a total export of about ,£1,750,000 worth of dairy produce will We shown giving an increase of al.|out. £250,000 oil last sealson'ls figures. Exporters are still hurrying forward their shipments liy direct steamers for the London market in preference to sending the produce to tile cold stores, us wus the case last year. A Kaliotu fanner displayed betting tendencies in the Assessment Court last week, tjuestioned us to the nature of the swamp 011 bis land, he oll'ered to bet the magistrate that he couldn't walk on it. ]\lr Hutchison choked off the bet, saying he was not a betting man, and at any rate he was not just then prepared to attempt a swamp-walking feat. The objector then went. 011 with his tale of woe. His land was all under water. "Well, what, do you run or aw'iin on the place?" "Oh, a few cattle run round the edge of the swamp. "J sec," said the S.M., "it's 11 sort of ornamental lake."

The spectacle of a man of upwards of 80 years of age lighting ibravely against odds was (says the Melbourne Angus) seen in the Methodist General Conference, when the Rev, John Watsford urged the brethren to retain the class meeting, attendance on which lias been the essential condition of membership in the Methodist society or church for the IjM 150 years. He is familiarly and isJYietionately called by his brethren "Father" Watsford, lie spoke with with an intenseness of conviction that held the conference under his spell, and although he was defeated on the question, ho bore his defeat with a manly dignity, combined with a linn resolve to do what he could to win his brethren back to the old paths. These cold days it is very handy to have a warm pair of glove's. Gents' knit woollen gloves Is fid, 2s lid; gents' kid gloves, warm lining, 4s fid. Our best dogskin, warm gents' Astnikan gloves, kid palms, lined driving glovers, now 5s fid, Xt»al, CaMi Clothier.* for reliable Boots, Shoes and Slippers at a low price go to Dockrill's, Devon-street Central, where you will lind tho largest assortment in the istrU-t of Colonial, English, America, and Continental Manufactured foots. Shoes DJ»d Sliopers * IIOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINT-

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Xewton King—Sale of furniture on (account of Mrs Dickson, CourtenayMreet, Monday next. W. Morey am! Son—Special sale on retirement of Mr W. Morey. Theatre Royal—Lectures by Mr Clement L. WnnUe, Monday and Tuesday nest. Noal—The Cash Clothier. Special price list. Puniho School (Warea)—Concert to-morrow evening. A good milker wants employment.