The Daily News WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 185, 10 August 1904, Page 2

The Daily News WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Ventura arrived at San Francisco on the Bth inst., at 10 a.m. A thief at a Paris hotel stoic the Princess of Monaco's jewels, worth ' £B2OO. A project is in the air for the establishment, of a motor 'bus service between FiUroy and the breakwater. The gross estate, of Mr Robert lli-id, of Victoria, to valued at £l9l- - and the nett personality at £119,201. Mr Hayne, manager of Vie Hartli'U Studio, obtained a very clear | negative of the photograph of the , "Hospital Saturday" committee on Monday. A man named Hecrdigan, alias I'isero, has been run to earth at Sydney by means of the finger-print I system of identification, and remanded to Xew Zealand on a serious charge. At tho S.M. Court yesterday the only business was the variation of an order lor tho maintenance of a girl nametL Roberts at tho Auckland Industrial School, the weekly payment being mluced from 6s to is Some people have peculiar ideas regarding the manner of spending their honeymoon. The other week, a blissful pair from this part of the provinco spent this interesting period by encircling the mountain in a milk cart ! And what was more, did not let trifles like, wet weather inteifere with their plans ! They should make a success of marnied Life.—Waimate Witness. Readers of that well-known monthly, the Triad, will notice that tho current number is enlarged to <IS pages, ti.ic supplement now being tight paiges in place of four. This improvement, it is announced', is in consequence of tlve very liberal support accorded, and indeed the Triad is iby no means unworthy of the success attained, as it is one of tho best periodicals published in Hie colony, and as a family journal has perhaps hardly an equal. We congratulate our contemporary on its evident and deserved success, and wish the Triad continued prosperity in its useful work. Notwithstanding the denial of the Returning Oflicer that there were irregularities in connection with the i'ahiatna election, it is stated that further complaints are to hand, says the Wellington Times. One is that several, electors went to vote at a certain polling booth at 12.30 p.m. on the day of the election, and found the polling booth door closed and locked. On inquiring the reason they were told that the Returning Oflicer had gone to his dinner, and they could not, therefore, record their votei at this booth. It may be remembered that it was largely through tho closing of a booth tluit the i'atca election was upset. What is stated to foe one of the soundest and most profitable avenues of investment offered in the colony is now presented in Wellington, in the formation of an important company, the Empire, IKllevue, and Mansions Consolidation, Ltd., which will yield at least from the very commencement 10 per cent, on the money invested. This company lias for its object the acquisition and consolidation of three highly valuable properties, which are to be carried on under joint management and on the most up-to-date lines. The principal property is the Empire Hotel, Willing-ton, one ol the largest and best appointed hotels In New Zealand, which is at the present time returning a profit of over £lO,000 per annum. Tho beautiful Bellevue tTarriens at the Lower Hutt arc the most attractive of pleasure resorts, and under the new management there are immense possibilities l*fore them. "The Mansions" is the leading private hotel in Wellington, and although only recently established is yielding over 8 per cent, on the capital invested. The object of the consolidation is to secure improved and more economical management, and to carry out such necessary improvements and additions as will place these fine properties in the very front rank of their class, tn the great extension of business in Wellington, and its iucroased importance as a centre for the toui'ist traffic, tile Empire, Hellevue, and "The Mansions" must inevitably share, and the investment will undoubtedly prove a Highly remunerative one to shareholders. The u'bridgvd piospeclus of the consolidation is published elsewhere in our columns.*

"Mercutio." in tlic Auckland Herald, writes :—t'or the last fewmonths- I have been watching- with great interest .Judge Kettle's campaign against drink, and 'have at last come to the conclusion that his s\stem is a failure. It was--bound to i)i-, anyhow. I cannot ©ay exactly how many prohibition orders 1 have been issued under the new regime, but (he total is daggering. When one looks into the matter, thorp can be no surprise that prohibition docs not prohibt in Auckland. A man has nearly a hundred licensed houses open to him in the district, and an order is absolutely non-effective. No doubt, in small places, the fact of an order being in in force against a man makes the obtaiming of liquor a dillicult business, but here the- system <ie a farce. Without a blue ribbon, or some 'distinguishing badge, how in the name of temperance is a publican to know the prohibited '! Surely Air. Kettle must see the utter futility of trying to stive drunkards from themselves by such ridiculous machinery. In a certain State of South Africa thoy have a very different way, a way that has always answered well, and might with advantage be tried in New Zealand. When a person gets a certain number of convictions for drunkenness within a given time—three "within fix months, 1 believe—Hie Court lias no option but to send the culprit to hard labour for twelve months ! This may sound harsh, and, perhaps it is, but there can be no question at all about the efficacy of the treatment. It is the rarest thing in Sputh Africa to hear of a man or woman serving a second term. I commend the suggestion to The consideratio» of the authorities.

Mr New to* King sells a choice consignment of fruit and shelter trees te-day, on account of Messrs 1). Hay and Sons, i Tlio Borough Council offers a reward of £lO for information regarding the perpetrator of dog poisoning within the borough. The annual meeting of the shareholders in the (.'o-opei-alivc Society will be held on Saturday, 20th inst. | Fit/.roy people arc petitioning for a railway station, the nearest flag .station;, at Kmai-t lto n d and Eliolstrect being inconvenient to travellers to and from the rising st/builb. | The Japanese mail steamer Yawatn Muni has arrived at Thursday Island, thus reestablishing-the service 1» Australia. The event was made Hie occasion for rejoicing by Japanese residents. An impression seems to prevail that postal notes can be posted in open envelopes prepaid at halfpenny rates. The Chief Postmaster at- New Plymouth desires it known that such a course is irregular, and in all cases where postal notes are enclosed the envelopes should be securely gummed down and prepaid at the penny rate.

A meeting of delegates from Taranaki athletic clubs and Caledonian societies was held in Stratford on Monday night to discuss the question of forming an association to control sports, owing to! dissatisfaction with the New Zealand Caledonian Societies' Association. The deleI gates will meet their clubs before taking final action. | The ladies of the '•Hospital Saturday" Committee must have felt nervous on Monday when three cameras were levelled at them, the photographers who voire "taking" them being Messrs Collis, Hanna, and Bayne, all of whom secured good pictures 1 . They should -Lie valued as an interesting memento of the" first mid a very successful "Hospital Saturday" instituted by New Plymouth.

Members of the Federal Parliament are out after more salary. They declare] that £4OO a year, or about £7 Ifis a week, is not enough to livo on. Ml- O'Malley declares that some of them can afford only two meals a day, and that if they don't at least get £OOO a year there will be danger of corruption. He hasma.de an application lluoug-i the. Speaker to the House Committee for permission to erect a tent on the Parlinmintury lawn, and live there. A deputation -from the New Zealand Employees' Association placed before the Premier yesterday certain suc-ge.vted amoiAbnents in the. Shops and Offices Bill. Mr Soddon assured the deputation that Cabinet desired to pass tt n Act which would not cause friction, but discriminate between the various interests. Ho thought thero was gi-eat danger in having too many exemptions, as they ltd to abuse. He agreed with several of the proposed amendments, an'd would have them drafted for consideration. Few persons havo any idea of the extraordinary manner in which the l>opulation of Europe lias Increased during the last century. According to statisticians, this population, assuming it to have teen 1000 In 1800 nad increased by the year 1900 to 2148. In other words, it had more than doubled itself within a handled years. To this increase the Ijalin nations of the west and southwest contributed the lenst, and the greatest growth was in the east, where tho people have not yet become thoroughly saturated with the Ideas of modern civilisation. Many of the Japanese ladies, a.< we know, are very charming, and this is how one of them advertised her attractions:—-' J am a beautiful woman. Xy abundant, undulating hair envelopes me as a cloud,. Supple ns

a jvjljov,- is my v.nirt. Soft and brilliant is my visage .as the satin of Ihe Dowers. lam endowed with wealth frufllciont to saunter through l'ife b.cxl in hand with my beloved. Were 1 to meet a gracious lord, kindly, intelligent, well educated and of good taste, 1 would unite myself with him for life, and later share with him the pleasure of being laid U> <Zm. eternal in ~. tomb of pink marble." Compared with that, matrimonial advertisements in this land of ours are prosaic indeed. There seems to be discontent still among bank clerks in regard to the salaries pnid to them, and also in regard to sjme of tiie conditions imposed by the authorities of tlio institutions. The " marriage " clause, setting forth that no officer shall marry unless he has an income of at least £2(10 a year is among the ■grievances. In one hank it is announced that though the minimum ol £2OO is fixed, the authorities in no way recognise the dcsiraibkness of an ofln-er marrying, even , m t .] mt income. One of the talk clerks who spoke to a Christchurch reporter on the subject recently said that the majority of men employed in banks m Christchurch were practically debarred from marrying, a s they had absolutely no hope of lettering her prospects in the banks emplov On „, staff of 12 or 13 men in one bank there was only one young man married. Complaints are also made that there is still too much night work, and it is stated that the clerks « one institution were called back lo work 56 nights |. n one quarter rehat't.hev 0 '" 0 ?' the dcrks "'^'fin on U ° '" a PoSitioxl t0 '"WI'V lowed to *, year ' " nd ShoUld h 0 "'" 'owed to marry on that salary. S|»>cimen pages are to hand ni o,Wor, do , £ in i». an Australasian work from hepenof MrG. G.Turri.lndustri" Austialasm, International Patent At orney me,», r of r)l0 atent Law Association, Life Gou,no,. ?f the Ml , lhk)llnlft o M- i s Collet. President of the I„. ..Utiite lor M, ( . Advancement of Aus iralian invention ami Manufacture, o Melbourne, and holding high and honourable positions in llio Australasian industrial world ho book is not Simply entertaining though it entertains; not simply instructive, though it instructs • but is essentially a book shoving how ambitious mechanics and students may achieve wealth and distinction and how they may metease tho industrial welfare around them, mak•ng for national greatnoss. Among the contents arc "Some Munificent Awards. ' "American Oit.v Marvels," '■' War Invention ProMems," ■■ How Invention Pays," and other articles the whole comprising Ihe J.est hook .v.t issued in Australia for inventors' information upon tlio subjects it treats of. There is prolwiblv no man in Australia who'is ni o ro fully Qualified than Mr Turn to write < m such matters. Ihe author being recognised as tt master in his profession.

The Oce a nic Steamship Company liuve just issued n very attractively-gut-up guida to "Wonderland New /.inland : Us Scenic and Health J?c--oit.s." Tourists and others will liml this little brochure both useful ami interest in;,*. It contains, in n ■leaf and com.-isc form, all the information that a. traveller visiting tho Jolony for the first time is likely to rv,i|iiiie. Particulars are given' of the various routes of travel, the accommodation available, tin; different haiyvs, and tho principal objects of interest. With such a handy book to consult, tho tourist need never bu at a loss in touring, the colony. Mo will find in it plain and full directions, which, if followed, will enable him to w nil that, winch is 'most interesting, UauHi'iil, anil icomleiful in New Zen la ml. T.O information is thoroughly up-to-date, and we ccnyatulate 1110 Spreek'els Co. upon i:-.i ir enterprise in issuing so useful a va.'.e liucum. The book s pTofuS'ly illustrated with manv beautifully executed pictures, and is artistically printed on superior panel . The cover is exceedingly chaste and hem's a delicately-coloured iepres.mte.tion of Lake Taupo, with the great volcanic mountains in the back-ground. We have to thank tho New Zealand Express Company, local agaits for tho Oceanic Steamship Company, fur a copy of the book,

I Several parceli of land will b» ! thrown open for. selection in a fow :' days, paiticulaai of which are advertised to-day.. The Hou. C. 11. Mills formally opened the Mangawbero bridge on Monday. Messrs Thomson and Majo.', ai u.ii.li., were also pit-sent. At u banque. tsubsequently Mr Mills said there umkl be no retrospective lei gislation concerning the y'J9 years' k-use, without compensation. lie declared that no Uovc'i-nmeiit could pass such legislation ami live. The Minister returned to Wellington yesterday morning. In conscujuciict) of an accident to her machinery the Taknpuna did not reach Wellington iroiii Lytlelton on Tuesday morning, and consequently will not arrive hero to-day. The Roloiti will mako her trip to Onehung'a to-night at thu usual now. but there will not bo a steamer for Wellington until Friday at 10 a.m., via I'icton.The presence in New Plymouth ol a represeatative of the famous Dr, Langston institute, so favouroibly known after many years-' practice in the various- Australasian colonies, is a matter lor the greatest possible interest to all those who suffer from rupture or similar complaint. The methods of the Institute are not a question of experiment or doubt; their ellicacy has been proved in hundreds and thousands of cases, and the experience and study of years is now placed at the disposal of Tarauaki residents. Consultations may be arranged at the rooms up. to Mo»day next at the White Hart Hotel, Jicw Plymouth.

The sport of snow balling seems to have been followed with great vigour in Christchurch dining the snowfall of last week. A correspondent writes to the Press to complain that one hud to run tine gauntlet in nearly every street of svoivs of youths and larrikins,, and was literally mobbed if he did not run, with a smile more or less pleased on his face, whilst if he curried an umbrella, these same youths were not content until they "finished" it. "Christchurch yesterduy," ho writes, "was giivon up to a mild reign of terror, with which the police wore quite incapable of coping. Such a state of things is a disgrace to nny civilised community and cannot be defended on any grounds. ' From inquiries made there is no truth in the rumour that the Government has agreed to sell coal from the State coal mines to any given parties. There are neither hulks nor yards yet available for the storage of coal. Some surplus coal was sold to several dealers to arrive. Later on it is estimated that there will be a considerable surplus over from what is required for State Departments. This will be sold to dealers on their agreeing- to sell at a <ixed price, or, in the alternative, the Government may establish depots for the surplus coal, to l>e sold retail at a fixed price. It will be some time before the fixed supply and quantity uvailftlilo will be known. Meanwhile inquiries are being made, and it is the intention of the Government to give lull effect to what was promised when the State coal mine proposalswere submitted to Parliament.—New Zealand Times, Mr Mel B. Spurr appeared to a ','oiwl house at the Theatre Royal luwt night, and furnished a couple of hours' hearty i njoyinent. This, or one man, unaided, is no small order, but Mr Spurt- by hi ß monologue of all kinds, changing rapidly .'rom grave to gay, from pathos to humour, rendered a programme which, whilst providing the greatest of amusement, also gave the audience an idea of what mobile features can do. The best of the humorous sketches-Mr Spun- is an accomplished musician—wero "Under the Circumstance;;" and "The Man With a Single Hair," the facial expression being provocative of roars of laugher. The serious vein was Introduced in a hno recitation of Thomas llracken's "Xot Understood," with a sympathetic expression that earned an imperative encore, the entertainer responding with " A Game of Cards," each of, these items having a pretty lither accompaniment. "After the Hall" and the recounting of tho expcrienccs of "Treacle" in a schoolboy freak were exceedingly funny. The entertainment all through was distinctl good, and tho theatre was rippling ith laughter by the hour. HOLLO AY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS. Disec s of the skin. No case of disease of the skin, be its nature what . may, has failed to be benelited , ? ien these potent remedies have been properly applied. In scrofulous and scorbutic affections they are especially serviceable. Scurvy and eruptions, which had resisted ail other modes of treatment, and gradually becomo worse, have been completely cured by Holloway's cooling Ointment nnd purifying Pills, which root out tho disease from tho blood itself, and loave the constitution free from every morbid taint. In the nursery Holloway's Ointment should be ever nt hand ; it will rlto ease in sprains, contusions, burns, scalds, and infantile eruptions, and may always safely be applied by any ordinary attendant.*

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