NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 196, 23 August 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

'lhe Tanirutarig'i Dairy Company rifiuires the services of a manager for a small creameiy. Twenty thousand deaths from cholera occurred in Teheran in six weeks, ihe scourge is now abating. It is sutpeeted that M. de I'lt-hvo's (late Russian Minister for the Interior) murderer is an ex-student ol Moscow, named Sasanoff.

Toe Rev. E. L. Cairns Wilson, late of Australia, was remanded at Westminster Police Court on a charge defrauding stamp collectors. in the Warrnanrbool-Mjelbourno cy;le road nice J. Arnst's machine broke down. 'lUiu ridjr was also suffering irom influenza. It. Arnst finished tenth, in 7 hours 49 minutes seconds.

Stray dogs caused a resident of iiomewood, in the Wellington Province a heavy loss a few days ago. They drove a Hock of sheep over a cliff, 200 being killed or suffocated in the gully below.

A Timaru auctioneer states that of lato the stock market prices show an upwaid tendency, in cattle the tone is much improved, while the ■iheep m a rkot is somewhat excited. Tno demand for stock generally is considerably greater than the ' supply, especially in sheep.

It is estimated that there is over £2,500,000 worth of wheat, hay, oats, etc., lying unsold throughout Victoria. The prospects for the'now season are 'now considered excellent, anrl with only moderately favourable weather in the spring a fair harvest is considered certain.

A lire broke out at 2.30 a.m. yesterday in Kiely's boot shop, Westport, and spread to Martin's, ironmonger, and Sloan's furniture warehouse. Kiely's was destroyed, and the other two burned out at the buck. The stocks were much damaged. The new high-pressure water uipply prevented its spread through the most important hlock in the town.

The scientists of Adelaide wero stirred a few days ago by a discovery made in tho vineyard of an Italian named Peter Salotti. He produced what' was' thought to be the body of ani aboriginal -girl, which, he said he had dug from the root of a tree in his vineyard, a few miles from Adelaide. The body was lying on its back, with the knees doubled ip, the soles of the feet resting on thegrourtd, and the hands folded. It was covered with a crust of travertine limestone, and where this was broken away the material had the appearance of fine marb|e, the surface ol which was pitted as though by the action of the weather, It wus said to have beet found on land which became a vineyard . r >o years ago, and Salotti himself had been in possession of the nlace Tor 31 years. Now, the conditions and the soil did not favour petrifaction, but if the material was marble the cmestion was how it came where it was found. Geologists and others looked into the matter, with the result that interest in Ihe find vanished. There is littlo* doubt that the figure was placed there by someone for the purpose of working a fraud, and Salotti appears to have made a mistake whMi he refused the £IOO which was offered to him for it when it was brought into Adelaide.

j David Burke, tlho principal actor in | I (ho fracas in Devon-wlreet on Satur- 1 j : ;> evening last, was before tho ■ IVllco Court yesterday, and wassenI ;eiwed to a lortn gilt's imprison-

lioVUin and llaggvrty .started from Dover t 0 swim tho English Channel on Satiii'iiuy evening, liolb»in was going strong, .but llaggerty wo-S'sei-zed with cramp, ami abandoned the .attempt, alter 'bring 91 luinntes in the water.

In the Ek'ctahuna appeal case, the Chief Justice and Mr Justice Cooper yesterday refused an appeal by Margaret Thompson, of Ekelai'iuna, against her conviction and sentence to one month's imprisonment for cruelty to a niece.

In tho S.M, Court yesterday Mr Hutchison gave judgment in the civil case Morey and Son v. J. O'Driscoll. Judgment was for plaintiffs for tho amount claimed, £2 7s <>d, and £2 us costs. Mr C. Wright appeared for the plaintiffs'and Mr C. H. Weston (Weston and Weston) for defendant.

A Dttnedin syndicate proposes to set up at, Mataura Falls a plant for the purpose of maiiu.acturing calcium carbide, amongst it bet things. A well-known Dunodiu engineer is to furnish a report of the available pewer, and if this report warrants the enterprise it will j,o gone on with.

Otto Herd-yon, alias J. C. Adams, pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court in Wellington yesterday to escaping from a prison gang at the Otago Heads last November, tt nd was committed to tho Supreme Court for sentence. This man was traced in Sydney by means o! the linger print system.

I« the House on Friday afternoon Mr Hawkins fired his first shot—a certain telegram which he read intimating that it would bo pleasing to have Mr Buick returned. He gave notice to ask whether the same was paid for privately or sent as a memo, lit is rsportod to be understood that the reply of the Premier will be simple, namely, that the telogram was paid for. A proposal is on foot to have the Gaelic language taught i n Dunedin. It is stated that probably a Gaelic •sermon will bo preached weekly or monthly at Chalmers Church in that city, and tho Burns Club, Gaelic and Caledonian Societies might arrange with the preacher to start classes for teaching] the young generation of Scotch colonials the language of their forefathers.

Bendigo (Victoria) has just passed through one of the most prosperous years of its career. It turned out seven tons of gold during the period bringing its total yield up t 0 543 tons, to the value of about £71,000,000. The premier mine for the year was tho South New Moon. For the twelve months it yielded 27,1(>70z, and paid away in dividends £83,000, equal to £2 12s per share. Quartermaster Fisher, of the steamer Wadwera, who seized the 'murderer Sullivan instantly the deed was done, was complimented by Mr Justice Grantham upon his promptitude and pluck, whilst the passengers and crew of tho vessel subscribed and presented him with a gold watch and chain, Inscribed : " For bravery at sea, 1904." Mr Fisher is the tJirel son of Mr George Fisher, M.H.R.

The Clutha, Press says that fat cattle arc being "cornered" hi several districts', and are being eagerly bought up by dealers with the intention, of holding them for boom prices. One cattle-dealer, on being interviewed on the subject, said the price would be up to 30s per 1001b before long, and another sadd there was plenty of young cattle coming on, and when tho grass came away there would be a slump.

While contingents of mounted infantry from the colony to South Africa were being raised an exchange says, some Government horse buyers visited Ceroldino to inspect some horses that were under offer of sale as remounts. Among . the horses was one that hod been driven in the jcraldine-Ornri coach. This animal was rejected by the buyers. The horse was Slow Tom, and on Wednesday it won the Grand National Steeplechase at Riccarton.

A Chiistchurch doctor, lecturing before a large audience, in pointing out tho injurious effect of drug treatment in general, remarked that it might be said that the doctors prescrilKd drugs. "Our reply," he added, "is th a t you compel us to prescribe dings, for if we treated you rationally, you would go to another doctor and get a prescription." "Sponge yourself to the waist evei-y day," he remarked later in the evening, "and you will never catch cold. That is a tip worth a good many guineas." From tlic Auckland Herald .-—The first interprovincial Rugby football natch played in Taranaki was against .Auckland. The, Auckland olayers included G. Punnett (captain), W. Worm, W. Cart-wright, O. Sharland, 11, Whitakcr, F. Abrams, H. W. Henderson, F. Pilling, H. Nic;ol, E. W. Burgess, F. Earl, 11. Poacocke, L. Dacre, J. Nolan. Among the other Auckland players in tho touring team worn T. Henderson and J. Phllsoni. Among the IVanaki representatives wero Mr Max D. King, of Waihi. The rcI'eroe was Mr H. J. Collins, now colonel, and in charge of the llisley team of rifles representing- New Zenland at Home. Tho match, which was won by Taranaki, was played o n Septemlber 28th, 1875. Speaking in connection with recent Arbitration Court dec sionfi towards the employment of youths, the manager of a new factory, just opened at Perth, said that, practically, apprenticeji were things' of the past In tho timber trndo of to-day, thanks to the labour unions and the awards of the Arbitration Courts. They could not put a boy on unless ho was over 14, and the Court liad ruled that by tho timo lie was 17 they had to \>ay him ai man's wages. Unless a boy was an absolute phenomenon, ho knew but a small portion of the trade in that short period, and was not worth tho wagos of a man. Tho result was that the firm, had to "sack" all their boys for the crime of being 17. A further result was that no average Australian boy ever knew his trade properly, making the work a free gilt to any properly-educated foreigner who come along. Ho had petitioned against tho award, and lived in tho hope that it would be reversed.

A Maori heroine died in the Picton Hospital last week, The C.dlensvillo correrpondent of the Marlborough Daily Times tells the story. Delia Daniel, a young Maori girl, lived in D'Urville Island. When only fourteen years of age she received the bronze modal of tho Royal Humane Society of Australasia for the courage and humanity displayed by her in attempting to rescue Tepeui Turi and Matthew Ruriorti (brother-in-law and uncle.) from drowning during night time in Cook's Strait on 21st December, 1885. The three were returning to their homes, d'Urville Island, in a whalcboat loaded with nikaus. A fierce "willuwaugh" tore the sail to tatters, swamping the boat. Her two companions were tlppwn out of the boat. One she drugged in again and fastened to thp side of the boat with a rope myder her armpits. Rotlh men, however, succumbed to cold and exposure. The boat drifted all day and all night with tho girl and her two dead relatives, the girl seated in the swamped boat up to her waist in water. Tho next morning her cries and coo-ees were heard by her now widowed sister, left alono on the island, who, unaided, launched a boat, and towed nshoro tho whaleboat, which was drifting out to sea again'. Fortunately, European aid was then at hand to bring back to life tho girl, then all but dead. Hut it took six months for Bella Daniel to recover from her fearful experience. At the time of her death, at the ago of 32, she was a married woman, Mrs Mark Williams, and was very generally respected.

| Tho Borough Council invites appli- I •'cations for the position of electrical J I engineer to .the municipality. \

The Cliristchurcli Cathedral is to : iie neatcd and its organ blown by ' electrical power I'roin ihe city lie- j struclor. I

Messrs E. lioyiioias aK'd Co. lut I .*' tl notice in this issue calling attention to Rudgo-lWiitworth cycles stocked liy them,

Visitors to Auckland are invited bjy a notice appearing in another column to patronise Ford's private ho- [ tel, Eden Crescent, which is tinely Situated and convenient to the city. Messrs Ambury Bros, havo an an> nouncoment in this issue relating to a sale of job lines in millinery, dresses, etc., at clearing prices, to make room for spring stocks shortly to be opened. The Wellington Harbour Board yesterday adopted the report of a committee to rescind the resolution passed in May last that after October Ist next the harbour improvement rate be increased to 4d per ton. The Mayor, wko is also chairman of the Hospital Board, said last night that in, the latter capacity he had received notice from the board's bankers that from October Ist next the rate of interest on overdraft will bo increased by g, half per -cant. Tho Taranaki Choral Festivul Association's annual service of song will bo held in St. Mary's Church on Thursday evening, when all the choirs in the archdeaconry 4 will be represented under the baton" of Mr -A. IS. Fletcher, choirmaster, at St. Mary's. Archdeacon Cole will preach tho sermon. A 'beauty hospital for horses liaß hoeni established on the Continent. Here horses have their coats electrically massaged, their hoofs manicured, and their teeth iiled and whitened ; and here they learn to stand properly and to move in all the I'asH huonable gaits. Probably the most interesting and novel operation to witness is tho electrical massaging of a horse's coat. This has the same effect on the-coat of a horse as on the scalp of a man ; it makes the hair thick and glossy and fine, and where tho skin has 'been rubbed bare it bringsi on a new growth. The present-day system, or lack af system, of teaching children tio speak properly, was rather harshly | commented upon by His Honor at the Auckland Supreme Court, says j the Herald. A lad aged in was ! giving evidence, and spoke very indistinctly, provoking His Honor r 0 | remark : "It is astonishing boys are not taught to speak properly. We will eventually have to resort to signs." And, further, His Honor said: "You will have to inteipi.f, Mr Tole, I can't make it out.'' "How long are you from school ?'•' asked Mr Tole, amid the witness replied : "Two years.' l ' "And did thpy tench you to road?" "Yes, sir'," was the prompt reply. The best medicine known 13 Sander & Sons' Eucalypti Extract, and its eajnent powerful eflects In iMighs. vildn, and Influenza make ••lip' instantaneous. For usriuus cases, and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scardings, bruises, or sprains, It i> in,. aa re.-t remedy—no swelling, ro iinnuimntlon. Like surprising effects produced In croup, diptheria, bronchitis, In flniuiuation of lungs, swelling, »ti , "arrhoea, dyscntry, diwar.-s of

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