NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 182, 5 August 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The works cominiUi.u of Uie borough council was unable to limsh its business last night, aMI adjourned till this evin'ng. Ily it strang« coinckltnce a ;.'entleniaii uho travelled from Timaiu to Temuka once during each i)f three coiisa-tUhe wivks, louiml a £ 1 note iac:li day that ho made I lie iouiu.-y. An accident occurred to the Kl-tfiam-Opunuke roach on .Monday when an axle broke shorth alter Iwniiig AwaUinu. Fortunately there was not a very large load on at the time, ami no one was hurt. It is very nice to he iV railway servant, especially when elr.'t'.ons are on. It is r-porfed thai Sir Joseph Ward was to ha\e left I'ahiatua lor \V;.]li))Sloii hy special train at inidl.ish! last Widuesduy. A guard, driver and uretiinn were Uopt. waiting all night in the i-pUI, hut >M|-.losfph did not appear lai-talnina Kxprcss.

Says Iho Aslihin li,n (iiinrcllan :—A painful accident bi-ii'l) a link- girl, „ n-s.iiliiii ill' rhris(rlmnh, who is m pii'scnt staung with friosuls at Winchester. She was playing Willi another child of about the same age Hive years), uho was' Usui," a tomahawk, illifl til;'. laUer acrid. Illall.v nit hvii (if lhi',lii«t!fs. of ller (oni|ialiinli's right hand nil'. About len minutes l.efoiv the morn ii>.--; train arrived at on Tuesda.v, „ young lad saw a man ;•.- iiiM on the rails, lie irhd iii mow him, lint found he ronhl not. As , wislauce was proem.id. aud the man, who was unconscious, was curried nil the line, hut died hemic he was taken far. The deceased was an old age p,n:iioncr named Nam id.

Xu doubt many will avail themselves ill' I hi' visit in our nidst of specialists emanating from an insulation for years holding its own loi thorough and skilled work, the result of an indefatigable energy, a continuity of purpose, utwl a. lire/o»g study and experience by t tint gr#nd old surgeon, William ' Lampion, M.K.C.R., which has kept hhn, together wifh his colleagues, always side, by side wfih every advanco "in his lino of work, and given to his institution the prominent position It fens iglwiiys maintained,

Tlu- UegiMlrar i)t Victoria College | notifies intending candidates for the. October examinations lUut names, subjects, and fees should be forwanted by live ltfth inst. Thii manager at the muiiiui]xil abattoirs says that the number of leasts killed there Ims exceeded expectations, and as a result the work ol (.ho staff has increased, the ordinary hours-being from six o'clock in the u.oiiiiHg to live in the evening. The borough v:oiiiicil proposes lo uueliorise the manager to employ a lad as appiextice to assist.

"Your Worship, I object to that wiuu.vH talking to the Drown l'io.-e----cutor," remin'kod the prisoner in the asuauit case in court ,\eslci'.la.\'. 'l'he mu-istiule said- that the witness in question had every right to colder Willi counsel. " Well," continued ihe elyeclor. "he needn't talk lo Sergviint LaAlrell ; he has nothing lo do with the matter." Hut the S.M. smilingly rejoined that the sergeant hail a good deal to do with it, and further said he eoukl not interfere. The bulk of the entries for the Marlborough exhibition, to be held next month, have closed. All departments are well-lilled and the results are considered satisfactory. All space in the main building has been appropriated, and the indications are that tiie exhibition will Ixs die largest yet held in tiie colony outside of Che four principal centres. The Alanawatu l'ouhry Show was continued o» Thursday. The Poultry Societies' competition in trion of Orpingtons, L'.ghorns, Wyan'JotU'w. anil iiiinoicas was won by tiie I'abiatua Association with 105b' points, with Ihinawatu Association second with 1012. JlltwM-s K. 3-J. tthallcy and .I.T. Watson were the biggest winners in canary vlasses. 'l'he Victoria Kails in Rhodesia are the grandest waterfalls and the most sublime spectacle in the world. The River Zambesi measures over n mile in breadth where it rushes over ihe precipice in a roaring snow-white torrent—lo drop 100(1 and to throw up columns of spray to some 2000 ft, visible . r >o miles distant, llefore this vast waterfall, usi l*eiote a high mountain or a sea enraged, painting and all art fail. Niagara's horsepower is 7,000,000, the Victoria Falls have iU1.000.000 horse-power.

The member for Wnirarnpu, Air Buchanan, gave the House some interesting information a few nights ago on the matter of parental control of children. Old maid.* and bachelors uie famed for Having very complete knowledge on the bringing up of chiVlrcn, and as Mr iiuchanan is an elderly bachelor, his opinion on the subject of parental control must be valuable. When the Prevention of Infant Mortality Hill comes on Messrs Ailken, liuchanan, l,aing, lledfoitl. Mc'.Mvh and other gentlemen will be expected to impart heaps of useful information, to • the delectation of a crowded ladies' gallery. After a most successful season throughout New Zealand, where crowded houses have been the rule, Mr Spun- once more departs for Australia, opcuing in Melbourne on August 27th. Prior to bin departure Mr Spurr will give one rurewell performance in the Theatre Royal on Tuesday next. For tho reason that the visits of Monologue entertainers to these shores are few and far between they are the more welcome and interesting when they do eventuate, so it is not surprising that crowded houses have greeted such an artist of celebrity as Air Mel 11. Spurr. The box plan for reserved seats Is open at McKinnon Pain's.

A few weeks ago a man who was driven late at night to tho local hospital complained to his Mends at Stratford that he had been overcharged for the conveyance of himself and n ho.spit.ul patient. Tho charge made was ton shillings. The. horoug.i council resolved to investigate the occurrence as the alleged overcharge was made by a cabman I. censed under the borough bye-laws. Tho driver appeared before the works committee last evening, and explained that the charge was made at the shillings an hour for each person according to schedule, rales, the actual tame occupied being an hour and. ton minutes. The council was sulifiiicd with the explanation, and that there had bet* no overcharge. The driver said the passengers made no complaint at the time. The Wellington correspondent of Truth lolls the following story :—Mr Seddon's famous ".1.P." brand of law administrators has gained colonial notoriety, but seemingly Ihev don't know -em 111 the Old Couutrv. Recently a quartette of Wellington business men—all good Government sup-poiters-went to London, if not exactly intending to paint the good "Id metropolis vcrmillion. to at least have a royal time for „ mouth or two. I'ho story goes Unit just before they sailed they were soparalclv commanded to appear before- Uie " great man. who had a communication to muKc. -Ah, ~" |,u is reported to have said to one of the quartette when he had made his bow, "I hear that you and arT going Home. I've decided to make you all Justices of the Peace!" The expectant recipient mumbled his grateful thanks. "You know well cnoug.h," continued tbe dispenser of titles, "that the honour isn't considered to be worth n in this country, but It will serve you well us an introduction m the Mother Land, whore they don't compiehend what it meun:i." And the new J.P. departed with his vjommussion in his pocket.

The Petone Porough Council runs its own gasworks, but tire financial results do not appear to be too satisfactory. At the council's lust meeting the. gasworiis committee i imported thai on tho bans of the, pro:vnt rate of tho retail supply of gas there would be at the end of the year a deficit of' £llo7—that is allowing for sinking fund and reinstating retorts. They recommended that the price of supply bo fixed for ordinaly lighting at Us ad per .tOfl'M't. lens 10(1 discount : (or hunting and power 9s 2ds lees 2s Id discount ; f.ir special consumers of not less than 20.000 ft monthly, (is (id net per jOOOff. These figures represent an increase of lod |>er 1000 ft, and an annual gain in income of £.'15(1 18s -Id. It was agreed to increase the price- of (he gas. A recommendation was ulso carried as follows :—■■That, provided power is given to the council to act, the gas plant, mains, fittings, meters, street lumps, etc., within the Ilutt borough be leased for fourteen years (approximately for the remainder of the term of the existing ngieoiiHint) a) a price which wjli reliiespul if .'luklijg fund to liquidate in that period (he cost of such p|„„|. of an estimated value of £1000."

The New Zealand representalivi s lo compete in the (loulburn-Hvdnev lloiul Itace, which talus place tomorrow, will lie the three fnstcsl liilers in the Timarn-Clirislchurch event, namely, P, fl. Smith, 11. P. Asnst and ('. F. Il„ker. Hy private' .subscription .1. and It. Arnst have also Ixvn sent, whilst Harrow .U ine s and Henderson, of Palnicrston North ulso Itradley. ol Wellington ■"„,,. in! eluded in the Now Zealand ~.„,„ of rulers. After competing i„ the(!oulburn Sydney event Hi,, representalives Hill g„ on lo AJelbourne to compete in the U'arrj minhol)l . Mt .,_ I'ourne Knee on Au b „. sl 0,,,,,. Th ,„ sum total of the pi-.j Zl . i iMs in eoll . nectiou with I his , s ears Puulop Hoad Hace (Uarrnambooi-Melbourne), ami all the climinatu.g races, held in New Zealand and li R , diflVrent Australian Stales, amounts to the respectable ,', ".".- " ,l! enterprise of the evele |''"c til the Commnnwcnllh and New i ' 1 ? 1 '; 1 ' " h 0 '-'»"ll.v n«-«*nlw the «"al benelit and good cycling de,yv«l hj„„, such contesis o,i the road. '"<"'(' amoiiul does not include ,h; i.MK.nses entailed by the Dunlop ,K t; u *nzany in running these racto..t the (I)uulop people between three u«l lour .liundred pounds, so that all told, the Running of Urn lilue ltiband, ltoad C'onOest of Australasia to-mor-row over (he 105 miles between Warrnauihooif and Melbourne, entails an outlay A £IOOO,

Mi- 11. Kerry'* offer to sell to the r.oro.ugh Council sullirienf land lo enable it to carry out the '.lillstreet extension sclieme will be discussed nt next meeting of the borough works committee. 'lhe linance committee of the horoug::i council is supposedi to fi;.vt at i'.i'.O on Thursday evenings, awl get through it.n business by ft a.m. l<ast night the committee, made ft start at .en minimis piist Uii o'clock. MiSsrs Mole llroliliurs' application for live- right, to erect a hide-house, ai the abattoirs tvusi not granted 'by the borough council lust night, ami in addition the council deckled to ask this firm to leniove a building owned b,v them ami at presotvt clofAvhy b* abattoirs.

T.iero is a buautiful ibunigk' just now over the borough reservoir contract, the contractors being kept dangling about, and most unkind things being said about the council ,iiid its consulting engineer. There are heaps of umal-eur engineers in .New Plymouth at the present time. The levels County Council on Wednesday agreed to contribute to the cost (is a hospital for minor infectious diseases at Timarii, on condition that Home other site isi selected than the one the. council bus already objected to. and that it is consulted regarding imy otlier site in the county. Parliamentary work yesterday was uninteresting. The Legislative Council contented itself with passing the Domain Hoards Hill and Fenelng Act Amendment through committee, while the. members of the popular chamber listened to or took part in the costinued debate on the Financial Statement.

At the borough works committee last nignt Mr W. (!. Mulone asked for a de.liuite statement as to the course of the, pipe line through the properties of Messrs Saxton aid Jordan. The conference proved aibortive, and the council will await the answer of the Crown Lands Dcpart1111.nL to its application for the right to enrry the pipe-lino aloTig a closed road now running through Mr Saxton's property".*"'^

The precocity of the average colonial juvenile is generally acknowledged—and tolerated. There Is one: ■point, however, on which it would be well were parents to exorcise more, control over their offspring (and themselves also, for I hi' matter of that, in too immy caws), for otherwise it would seem almost Inipossihle that children of tender years should bo heard indulging' in such vile expressions as were hound from some young imps, in the Recreation Ground jesteiday. Choicest liillingsgatc was not to be compared will) their disgusting language. If t'ho natural guardians of such children do not T'ccognise their responsibilities a lew applications 0/ the hheh rod at the instance of a magistrate might have a beneficial effect. An extraordinary pigeon story was told by Captain Butler, of the ship Port Jackson, on arrival from Sydney. Leaving Sydney ok the last voyage the boatswain purchased two pigeons, which, on the journey to became very tame. On the arrival of the ship at London docks the birds were sold to a gentleman at West Kensington. Three weeks Later the pigeons returned to the vonsv'l, then lying in the East India Dock. They stayed for a fortnight, and then disappeared, the captain presuming that they had been trapped. Tiie ship proceeded to sea, but when two days out from Gravosvnd one of the pigeons in an exhausted condition came on board. After a while It flow away, and returned a 1 ttle later with the other bird, which was a 1.'.0 in an exhausted state.— South Wales Echo.

" This is not a guessing Competition," said tbe S.M. yesterday morning- to Dr. MeCloland, who in his evidence stilted Constable Russell had lost about half a stone in weight during, the illness cyns<kjuenl on injuries received whilst •rrasHing a drunken man. The medico was not ho easily non-plussed, and said it was- no guess. '• How do you know how much he lost '/" queried tbe Magistrate. " From my experience as a medical practitioner," was the quick reply, the doctor going on to say thut he could substantiate his statement. He had known the constable ,for years, and anyone coufd see to what extent he had lost flesh. The S.M.,however, considered a court of law was not the place for making haphazard statements. The prisoner asked Dr. McCleland a few minute* afterwards to give an estimate 01 tho distance between two pointy. The gonial doctor, however, did not know, and refused to guess, remarking that sinew the magistrate had held it was a crime to guess he was not going to make a criminal of himself.

Whatever hard swearing there might have ln-cn going cm. within die walls of that structure in Kliham culled a courthouse last week during the hearing of the civil action—W. Howell v. Avery—we do not profess to know, but liiat indulged in by the poor, shivering witnesses who were ordered out of court was just about as strong as we have ever heard. They wero squatted about the doorway on their hams and heels like squaws, from ten in the morning till three in the afternoon, waiting to be called. Fortu-I nately the hotel was close by, so that some ran over at times iust to warm their toes by the fire, 'it is really 100 bad that shelter is not piowdoil for witnesses in such cases' Had the day been wet and women numbered amongst the unfortunates the potation would have been oven worse. 11 i, man drives his horse into an Kltham stable yard the animal is taken out, rugiged and rod. ■but the witnesses were compelled to remain outside the court. Something ought to be done for tho comfort of country people who are called „s witnesses in such cases.—Kaponsa Mail. 'low a moderate capitalist misse* becoming a millionaire.—ln rovicw!»>K the rise of property in New J lymouth during tho i>eriod 1890 ( 0 Xi IJO VV Was l>" 3si «9 'or a £lO,--<>oO capitalist to be on a fair road of becoming a millionaire, and. it causes much study to-day befonj anv . ■>»« can be in a position to sav that "«e opportunity has now gono „ v . ftiu-n we come ta consider that (he whole of the freehold in tho borough 0 Now Plymouth covins onlv about 3-17 acres-NH acres centra'l ward, Hi) ucr es western wart 159 acres eastern waitf-one-fourth ~f the tola area of which c () uld have been purchased for, about £17,000 unimproved value/within the period mentioned, which has increased to a present saleable unimproved value of about £222,000. Many residents reuiniKsdeet were looking for buyers nt M. r i a section. Are there ally sell''rH, nt £250 a section, to-dav ?' We b'vveno local industries that the Uie cause ol' this rise in value can l)e attributed to. It is practically the prosperity of Tarannki which the syndicate known as) the Crown Dairy Company was the means of starting. There are no enterprising capitalist in -New Plymouth up to the present. It cannot, be long before capitalists will turn their attention to what is Ihe greatest colony in tho world. Labour will follow capital. The population will increase, and when we consider thut the total areu of our borough could- lie Iwld by about .'loll persons with a little over an acre each, and rising in value as it has done with a population of (Soon, what, will be the value when the population reaches 20,000, with large industries ? Property values in New Plymouth are "cast iron ;" depression can ntiver affect them. Depression should cause unity, and with unity we can drive Tarnnaki to prosperity. It i« estimated) thai the lirst direct steamer would cause an increase in value of Taranaki property of £500,000. Personally we should say now is the time to acquire freehold, if only on a small scale. Onllaghan and Co. can offer opportunities of securing homes with small deposit, and in situations that the capitalists will want shortly. Again, in 1908, what wilt bo the value of sections in tho Veale. Estate at the, expiration ol the harbour loan,*

Irregularities are alleged to have occunxxl in conuvtion witli the Pahialuu election which may prove suflicunt to upset the i-esult. The lirst Cliilha poultry ahow was Ik>W yesterday, the entiles numbering. 380. There was an excellent j show of duties, the championship of i the South Island Poultry Association being won by E. Keilly, VHineI din, wi( h a Pokin drako. ' The. lighting at Ihe Iknui bridge works at night is very unsatisfactory. Jt is stated that a lady mid gentleman walking through thonnriow pass were nearly ridden ' down last night by a hor»uinan approaching from Ihc opposite -lircetiioi). No blame was attachable to hint ; tho fault lay, in the want of more efficient illumination.

A live-storey building alongside the railway at the south end of Timaru, was burned down about 3.80 a.m. on Thursday. It was owned by Mr J. P. Newman, and used by the Farmers' Co-operative Association a* a store for seed and manure. Newman's loss l was 1 barely covered by the Insurance, but the stock way uninsured. The loss is estimated at £21)00. The. second performance of "La Mascotte " lust evening by the New Plymouth Amateur Opera Club proved very successful in owry way, those taking part nuuMjig a noticeable improvement on their eflorts of the previous evening—and on this improvement of weak points they are to be heartily congratulated. There was again a large audience, and an appreciative one. For the rest the presentment, was decidedly credi tnble, the various details receiving due attention, ami the orchestral work was particularly meritorious. "'"- Van Slyke, of Wellington, specialist for the eye, ear, nose, and throat, may be consulted u t the White Hart Hotel, .New Plymouth, August Uth.* luiiiuftanl to sufferers from rtneu uiausm.- -The proprietors of Bock's RHEUMATIC POWDER wish it known that every tin of their powder is sold with a guarantee. All Chemidts or Storekeepers are authorised to refund the price paid to thos< not having benefited by the use of it. Close on 500 Cured Cases are known to the proprietors, and the following are a few of v hose who have kindly consented tu have theii names mentioned to induce other suf'ereri to also benefit by the. use of Hock's Rheumatic Powder—l.. R. Webb, Makotuku ; Thas. A. Pruden, Gltham ; James Harvey, Mrs Hart, and Mary Ann Hodder, Ashhurst ; W. H. Lukies, Pohaugina; Joseph Cummerlield, Foxton ; Maurace MoGull um and Albert Burges, Waihi ; H. R. Ilcai, Patea : John Douglas, Hampdsn. Otago. All chemists and stores.*