NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 155, 5 July 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

"The Waitara road is a credit to the whole county," said Mr McDonald at the County Council iiieoLirig yesterday. Messrs Hill and Andrews had some complimentary remarks to mate about the muin south road. The county bridge carpenter reports thai Uie bed of the Waiwokuiho river at the bridge at Fitzroy is now two (eel lower on one side irnd three foot lower- on the other side than in 1.902. The bridge was erected in 1867. "if the council can see its way to pay the foremen full wagies and allow them to stay at home, perhaps these men will be satisfied," said Mr Cray at the county council meeting yesterday, when an application for an increase of wages camo up. There is a very narrow filling on near Mr Curtis', caused by traffic leaving the road for a wateringplace. A low days ago Mr Orbell was driving past, and met with an accident. The attention of the county foreman will be called to the matter. Owing to tiro had state of tho Junction road on Maiig-orei hill the county crusher sank deeply into the mud sand caused a good deal of inconveriencc and expense. Tho accident was the result of tho cutting up of IMio road by tha borougji workmen in Haying water pipes, and the council will be asked to pay the cost.

The Exhibition L!onimitleo meets this evening. Perth reports a other case of plague in that city. The public co sing class at the Central School i: ; well attended. Thi' CoiiiiniHiwi ulth postal revenue is ,ta,r,(i;.-,(i(i(i, 11.-ing fc.KH.ooo mom than thai for last year.

l'ii iliis issue tellers are invited for adililions to itbe Government Ihiildin.'/:'. in Sew Pilymouth. The Taranaki Ccoim-ty Council's i-i.iHri'hui'ion to the \ New Zealand Counties Association \is three guineas per annum. \ Individual cups were Vied for the liir.i. time at the, monuhly celebration of Holy CommunioiX at Whiteley Church on Sunday last. \ llackdischiiiMt (Ktissiamj defeated .linkint; (American) in (!raieco-Rom an wiv.'tiin'g for a purse of \i:2'il)(l at the Albert Hall, London. 1 The amount of revenue collected at Napier by the Customs IVepurtmc«t for the year ewleiK Mist March lust was £B»,r>o4. \ The new Waipnku bridge that \ is being erected Ijy ti.e Taraimki nlud Stratford County Councils shoifcl b« completed in a few weeks. The Taraimki County Council is looking for a wheelbarrow stolen from the Mountain road, near Messrs lirown and Go's, lngjewood sawmill. The Town Rami concert takes/place this evening in the Theatre Royal. A good programme-, low prices, and a good cause should ensure a large attendance.

William Carter, a sailor, who recently voyaged from Australia, has been arrested in London on a charge of stealing Nelson relics from the Greenwich Hospital. The Wellington electric tramways carried 18,000 passengers on Saturday, and 10,789 on Sunday afternoon. Tho'liumjber of passengvrs during the first four days was about 58.000.

"I'd like to move a vote of sympathy with Mr Petrie," said Cr. Gray at the County Council meeting yesterday. "He can't mend his cart with that," was the chairman's prompt retort.

Gibson's store at Hawera was burglariously entered on Sunday night and some cash, tobecco, and other goods stolen. Entrance was effected by cutting a hole through the corrugated iron wall.

Some mischievous youngsters have been amusing themselves by chipping concrete caps off the ornamental fence around St. Mary's churchyard. Other brats find an outlet for their enthusiasm by aiming stones about the streets, and lolling about street corners when they ought to be in bed.

The Education Board's plans for the winter school have worked splendidly. An especially pleasing feature is that the teachers are all well pleased wilh the instructors provided. Teachers, us a rule, are a critical fraternity, and to give satisfaction to over a hundred of these means a good deal.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's Act, 1904 paswd by the Imperial Parliament, has received the Royal assent, liider the act each of the 10.000 trustees' preference shares of £1 of the company is converted into two fully puid' ordinary shares of 10s each, forming one series and ranking in all respects puri passu with the 40,000 fully paid ordinary shares of the company of 10s each, and ranking for dividend as from the 30th day of June, 1903.

Mr Gibbons, borough (ngineer, reported to the police yesterday that the protecting fence at the Henui bridge approaches was torn down and the lamps broken, thus leaving the new works totally unprotected. This might easily have led to a most serious accident, if not loss of life. Inquiries made bv the police elicited the fact, that the damage was not, as thought, due to larrikinism; but (lint a badly-steer-ed four-wheeler was responsible for the trouble.

Owing to tho .great success attending tlii) teachers' social last week some of them are earnestly considering the desirableness of holding another on Friday next. It Ims been suggested that two teachers' socials should be held every winter—one at Stratford and one at New Plymouth. This scheme gains a good deal of favour, many thinking it would bo decidedly advantageous for teachers to meet socially now and again to exchange ideas and experiences.

The Taranaki County Council opened tenders yesterday as follows: —For the earthwork to the Wnipuku bridge, W. Mather, lid per cubic yard for earthwork and 4s per cubic yard for boulders; IV. L. Martin and Co., £67 15s; M. J. Jones, •I'ari.ki, £43 ; 11. Silencer, £29 15s (accepted) ; J as. Tarry, £43 10s ; Zimmerman, £34 15s. For concrete piers at tho Wniongonn (Knake) bridge : F, M. Grayling, £387 ; Uoon iiros., £399. Tho first tender was accepted.

At the County Council meeting yesterday Messrs Footo, Steelo and Griffiths, representing the Henui Hoad Hoard, brought under notice the question of driving stock to the municipal abattoirs. Beauts were now being driven at all hours, at considerable annoyance to residents ni»d danger to the school-children. They were granted leave to widen I he footpath near Mr Shuttle-worth's residence at the board's expense. The county clerk stated that in August, 1901, the council agreed to the erection of the abattoirs provided that cattle from the north end were driven to tho paddocks by way of Smart road, and those from the south end by way of Henui beach. The deputation having stated that there would be no objection if this rule were carried out, the Council will ask tho Borough Council to adhere to tliis arrangement. The Inglcwood Record describes the Governor's speech as "rhetorical rot," and makes' a general criticism of its contents. For instance, the Premier "is of opinion that the peo--1 Vie of New Zealand would like Karl Roberts to he brought and toured over the colony at taxpayers' cost. Well, Karl Huberts has undoubtedly [lone good service for his country ; (bus been well paid for it, and is a j wealthy man; and can very well lulTord lo (ravel to and about .New Zealand if he wishes so to do without any assistance from the taxpayer. New Zealand is supposed to be a democratic country, and can find better use for its taxes than carting idols about the country for settlers 'to fall down and worship..' We have the highest possible opinion of Lord Roberts—nobody holds a higher—hut we can die quite peacefully without seeing him, and the colony has not yet forgotten the 'cost of these man-worship shows. . . Regarding the Premier's scheme for tnursing, and 'ijnliuit iitoi'tjality and the pain and sorrow entailed thereby,' we very much fear that a (greater amount of 'pain and sorrow' results from the non-mortality of infants than from the mortality, although, no doubt, the latter is at times hard to .bear, but where circumstances in New Zealand—where not so long «(go Mr Seridon, swellinpj with pride, declared there were no pool —are such as to call for Government assistance and nursing, it were far better than the little ones should 'return to tho Father who gave them' while they are yet young than that they should continue on earth to increase the hardship and struggle for life of tho parents with the certainty of a similar life-longt struggle themselves. . . "If mem.iticrs in Parliament assemMed cannot make suitable laws without the endless expense and nuisance of a Royal Commission, why can't they be honest and resifgn their law-making; commissions and let better men tako their places ? The colony would be the better for tho absence of a great many present members."

At, tiiu'Alaxaadra Park intetimg', H. U. Hunting's Foundling won tire London. Jomaiug. Cup.

To-dayis the anniversary of i lie birth of the lato Cecil J. Kiodes, the '■'(Jolosßiß of South aVfricu"

A you«' man named OTiien, from Opunake, was admitted k the hospital on Sunday, suffering from a badly ctf foot and instep, caused by as-lip of the axo when busftfelling. The folowing satirical (pistle addressed ly "Joe" to "Oti.'l" m the Argus sp'aks for itself :~"Me and the othn fellows want a referendum on miiiti'ity rule. There's more girls aw boys than fathi'is, mothers and tenners all put together ; and we're giing to join the Trades-hall if we ddi't. get paid for going to school. Ho you know, Mr Oriel, that in his country there are thousands a|d millions (Tommy Smith says bilious, but lit; exugKvrateK) of poor lilile white eluldrca who work at scliiols and never get a cent. That's i nice state of things. We might mike, but we don't want to be too luxl on people, so we're going; lo onanist'. We're going to rise out of our apathy t we're going to liavo our rights. And when we get our. rights we'll have a shilling an hour for all school work we do, and we'l make laws about having more lwkluys, and we'll put that maiKjni Parliament who has the light 'Vews about boys and girls. There's eYer so many more of us than Here is of grown-up people, and yet they rule us. It's one of the tyrannies of the age. There's a Parliamentary fellow been talking about making going lo Sundayschool compulsory. When we have the ponvr we'll it compulsory for members of PatUnment not to make idiots of themselves;. Tommy Smith and Ellen J one? and me made up this letter. Ellen 'jelped because she's good at spellir.|. The (ciuestions in our referendim are—Are you in favour of scholars #emainii»g unpaid as at present Are yon in favour of canes aoid '.traps '? Are you in " favour of fur holidays a week '.' Are you in fa'our of such legislation as shall irevent the grown-up minority buying the youthful majority 1"