The Daily News. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 194, 20 August 1904, Page 2

The Daily News. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY.

The borough council meets on Moni day.

A meeting of ttrfj exhibition committee is called for Tuesday evening.

The acting-chairman oi the New Plymouth Harbour Hoard "dissolved" the board yesterdav.

Mr Newton King advertises entries for a special cattle sale to be held at Stony River on Wednesday next.

The annual meeting of the New Plymouth Co-operative Society's shareholders will be held in the jTownllall this afternoon.

Results 0 f the football match Britain v. Auckland will be posted at the Daily News oflice this afternoon immediately on receipt. Huge bundles of postcards in the lobby of t-lio harbour ollices yesterday showed t-hat the annual batch of rate notices was to be issued forthwith.

A Country Storekeepers' Convention held in Sydney adopted a resolution in favour of a system of trading licenses and the exclusion of Chinese..

The borough workmen were engaged yesterday in repairing tho culvert in Brougham-street. over the Mangaotuku stream, the street being closed for traffic. Adolf Heck, who was imprisoned on charges of defrauding ladies and whose innocence was eventually proved by t! <e arrest; of a man resembling him, has been granted by tho English Government a sum of £2OOO as a solatium for his sufferings.

A ca.se brought at Anhburton against R. Elston for illegal sale of liquor was dismissed, but a conviction was entered for-koeping and exposing liquor for sale. On tlnis charge he was fined £!io, and allowed a fortnight to pay< The liquor was confiscated.

On Wednesday next Air Newton King will hold a monsiter clearing-out sale of trees—shrubs of all kinds on -account of the Morshead Nursery Company. Everything i» of good quality, well grown and carefully lifted, and guaranteed true to name. Tho sale will commence at one o'clock] The advance sheets of tho New Zealand Official Ve a r H o ok for li) 04 give the population of 'the four principal cities and suburbs as follows : —Auckland—City, 84,218 ; suburbs, 88,018 ; total, (>7,22(>. Christehurch —City, 3 7,588 ; suburbs, 89,508; total, 57,011. Punodin—City, 2'i,87!) ; suburbs, 27,0il ; total, 52800. Wellington—City, 48,088 ; suburbs, iTTOf! ; total, 49,841.

Compliments were flying yestertlay at the Harbour Hoard. Mr .Newton King, the acting-chairman,con-gratulated Mr Ward on being a most successful and admirable tactician when he luwl practically assured the removal of another 8000 yards of spoil from the reserve opposite the railway station. A few minutes later Mr Ward conipliimnted Mr King on the prompt manner in which he thspo.sed of the board's business.

Dairy farmers and others fn want oi good milch cows should attend the clearing sale to be held at Waitara Road on Thursday next by Mr Newton King, on- account of Messrs Lever Bros, and Heslop. The cows are a well-selected lot, having been parefully picked for their milking epialities. There are also two purebred Jersey bulls which are well worth tho attention or farmers. Particulars .will be found on reference to our advertising columns'. It is a wonder that there was no serious accident at the slreot gates of the Recreation Ground on Wednesday when the vast crowd sought its hasty exit after the match. The turnstile became jammed with people. Those behind cried "Forward," and those in front cric'd "Hack." To -de>al wiith the rush ul' any such crowd the turnstile tops should bo detachable, says one who watched tho frantic struggle, otherwise thero will be serious injury done to some unfortunate.

At the Carrington Road Hoard's meeting held on the 16th inst., the following resolutions were duly carrice!—That Mr 11. W. Saxton bo written to requesting him to immediately complete the formation and metr ailing of the new road from Carrington Roael to Avenue Road through part section 02 given, by him to thu Board in exchange for a n old ■oad unopened on the western boundary of section 75 ; that- tenders be called for the cartage of broken and boulder stones; that, Mr J. Goddard be appointed surfaceman and stone breaker to the board at a salary u f 45s per week. Accounts amounting to JCSB 19s (id were passed for pay-iin.-nt.

The harbourmaster' lvported yesterday that during the live weeks ending August 17th, forty ste'atners and two sailing vessels berthed at the wharf, the aggregate gross tonnage amounting to 3ft,181. tons. Imports were 5008 tons, including 829 tons ; of railway coal, 022 tons of local coal, and 458 tonp of irp-pbark timber for the Ilarboivr Board. The exports, 725 ions, included 289 tons of white pine timber for Sydney. During (])is period strong variable winds and high sejis had been experienced. 'Plie dredge had worked 21 days, making 487 trips, removing 20,220 yards of sand and silt-, using bucket and suction pump at times.

The results of the recent examination of scholars conne'cted with the Auckland Supflay-school I'nion were published in Tuesday's issue of the New Zealand Herald. Tile following New Plymouth names appeared in the list Senior grade, pass certificate. Annie Afa.'scy ; junior grade, Ist division, Eveline Mary Hawk : 2nd division. Constance E. Maisey. Eveline M-aise'.v ; 3rd division. Jessie Corker ; primary grade, Ist division, Ma'bel A. A-mbury, Alice. Cocker, Annie Mabel lluwk. These were candidates from the New Plymouth. Baptist Sunday-school. Mabel Ambury, in tlio primary grade, was placed next ill order to the prize-winners, standing fourth on the list of over .eighty cpißpet-itpi's iu Ikat gratia,

The Ventura loft Sati Francisco on the 18th ®t 3 p.nii Another case of plague was reported last night from Brisbane city. Mr New ton King holds a special stock sale at Stony River on Wednesday.

Mr Newton King announces the sale under the conduct of the Registrar, of a valuable property at Fitzroy. A Spring flower and bulb show will be held in .St. Mary's Sundayschoolroom on Ist and 2nd September.

The Town Maud will give an openair concert 'in front of the Government Buildings on Monday evcniirig next.

A meeting oi those interested in tlie formation of the proposed bacon cur-, ing company is to lie held on Saturday next. 27th inst.

Mr .1. C. "Ma'ddison. of Christchurch, expects to ha.vc the plans and specifications ready in a few days 'or the Waitara Ireez;ing works. At the Queensland Rifle Association nuetinig Bradley and A. Fergu3oii tied, with a score of 219, for the King's prize. Bradley won in the slioot-oIT.

I o-day marks tho anniversary of the iirst attack on the military post at Tc Ngutu-ole Jlanu, in 1808, when the Maoris caused severe losses to tho trojj.s.

Messrs Cartlliew, Pattie and Co report the sale of Mr Southe.v Baker's splendid beach form at I'iecontaining 525 acres, including his beautiful ihomostfad, Waliiloiloi, to Mr James Shnrrock, ' 0 f Stratford.

Jhe discovery was made shortly alter, midnight- that, something < la J|, «pno amiss with the town water.supply. No information could be gleaned as to the cnusse of the troujlvle, but it is to be presumed the pipe-line has been alVected in some way, possibly by last night's thunderstorm.

At a meeting of the commhtee of tho Horticultural Society, held last evening, at Mr J, C. George's olliee, the schedule for the spring show, to be held on November 24-th, was adopted, a nd the. tender of the Daily News for printing the -schedule was accepted. A large number of special prizes has already been received, but the committee tiesii-es that anyone intending to donate others should uotily the secretary a t once, so that the awards- may ibe allotted in tilie various classes.

A sitting of the Magistrate's 'Court was held yesterday morning before .Mesnrs W. Bewley and 11. Berry, J.P.'s. The following undefended cases Were dealt with. E. okev and others v. R. Hadlield. Mr tiu'illiani for plaintiffs'. Claim for costs only (10s), for which judgment was given. Holmes v. Colson. Mr Wilson (Roy ulid Wilsm) for plaintiff. Adjourned lor a fortnight. Chant v. T. Halsol. Mr Quilliain (Govett and Quilliam) for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff for £5 Bs, costs £1 3s (id.

I There was an unusually brilliant 'lectrical display last evening-, just after eight o'clock. Two or three very vivid flashes of lightning oc;urred, accompanied by heavy thun-der-claps, and one of these came with an extraordinary degree of intensity. A blinding glare was. followed almost instantaneously by a revoberating crash rig>.,t overhead, and so heavy was it that the atmosphere seemed to vibrate 1 0 an alarming extent amd buildings to shake violently for several seconds. The display las-ted only a few minutes. At the local telegraph oflice the electric fluid mnxle things lively for a time. The top of a chimney on a house adjoining the back of the Sows oflice wan demolished, making a lively rattle as it came down. At a residence on the Carrmgfon Road a telephone wire inside the house became red-hot, igniting the wall. A bucket of water soon smothered the lire, however ; but it was fortunate the incident had not occurred later in the nig.ht.

A good st.ory is tokl at the expense of a gi ntleman—an Englishman—resident near town. lie was at the football match, and, while walking through the grounds alter the game hail ended saw two men wearing amber and black favours engaged in a "willing" dispute which was not confined to wordy argument only. The Englishman, who proudly sporfod the red, white and blue, thought he woiiid intervene and endeavour to initiate a more peaceable .state of alfairs, and proceeded to act upon the .sentiment. Therein, however, iio 'discovered his L-rror, On the disputants having their attention'diverted from the business In huiwl '.by ope wearing the colours of Tara-nukl's opponents they at once joined forces and dealt ■with the Englishman in, sucli a manner as left him 'Wandering it there had been a recrudesence oi seismic unrest, and speculating on the probability of Mount ligmont liaving reverted to its prehistoric condition of volcanic activity. When he brought, himseif hnck to a proper appreciation of present-day alTnirs the amber and black men had departed, and now' the sop of Albion is anxious to meet them again. He thinks lie can, being prepared, meet and beat them at their own game,, Whileley ChurqH, Sunday, August 21st.—Horn.- and Mapqi Mission Services. Preacher, Rev, W, Keall (Chairman Waitganui District), Collections for Mission Funds." Shareholder* of the Equttabl« Duilding Society will noto that subscriptions will be payable at the Society's oflico, Currie-strcct, on Monday, between the hours of 9 # a.m. and 12.30 p.m., 1.80 p.m. and 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. and 8 p.mf

How a moderate capitalist misses becoming a millioniro.—ln reviewing the rise of property in New Plymouth during the eleriod 3890 to 1904 it was possible for a £IO,OOO capitalist to be on a fair road of becoming a millionaire, and it causes much study to-day before anyone ca* bo in a, position to say that the opportunity has now gone by ; when wo come to consider that the whole of the freehold in the borough of New Plymouth contains only about 847 acres—lo4 acres central ward, 89 acres western ward, 159 acres eastjiii ward—one-fourtli of tho total aro a of which could -have been purchased for about £17,000 unimprovvalue within the period mentioned-, which has incivuseel to a present saleable unimproved value of about £222,000. Many residents remember a few years ago sections in Hine-st. wen; looking for buyers at £ls a section. Are there any sellers at £250 a section to-day ? We have no local industries that tho cause of this rise in value can bo attributed to. It is practically thu prosperity oi Taranaki which the syndicate known as the Crown Duiry Company was the me-ans of starting. There are no enterprising capitalists in New Plymouth up to the present. It cannot |M! long before capitalists will turn their attention to what is tho greatest colony in tho world. Labour will loliow capital. Tho population will increase, and when we consider that the total area of our borough could lio held by about 300 persons with a little over an aero each, and rising in value as it has done with a population of (iOOO, what will be the value when the population re>nche\s 20,000, with largo industries? Property values in New Plymouth aro "cast iron ; '■'• depression can never alTect them. Depression should cause unitv, and with unity we can drive Taranaki f 0 prosperity. It ii estimated that the firzt direct steamer woulel cause an increase in value of Taranaki property oil £500,000. Person, ally wo should say now is the time to acquire freehold, if only oil a small scale. Callaghan and Co. can oiler opportunities of securing homes with small deposit, and in situations that the capitalists will want shortlv Again, in .1908, what will" be the value oi sections in the Yenle Estate at the expiration of the harbour loan.*