NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 204, 1 September 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tho Melljiourno-Drindisi despatch of 27, th July arrived i n London on the night o( tho 28th instant^ At Dunedin Wilson Marton, aged 25, was found hanging in Ms bedroom on Wednesday morning by his sisters. When cut down lifo was extinct. Ho had been suffering from hip •disease and had boon melancholy lately. Tho Tourist Department is advised that Waimangu geyser, near Hotorua, which for about two months has been inactive, rose on Tuesday to a height of one hundred feet. At t.20 p.m. on Tuesday Waimangu played up to six hundred feet and continues active,; Immediately on meot'ng. yesterday afternoon the Legislative Council adjourned, on account of the 110confidence motion lx»ing in progress in "another place." The AttorneyGeneral stated that the Countili would not resume business l until the debate had closed. A firo at South Dimftdin on Tuesday night destroyed a five-roomed cottago. Nothing was saved. The building was insured in the New Zealand omco for £l6O, and tlw furniture in tho same oftlco for £IOO. Tho loss is estimated at £l5O above the insurances. Tho Sydney Moitfitig Herald's London correspondent says : "I should venturo to say that New Zealand flutter has now arrived at that stage at which wo may expect to seo it sclline) ripl'it through tho year." The correspondent refers to the highest grades and small quantities.

Foxes are playing great havoc with lambs in Uio Oundagai district (N.S.W.), lulling hundreds.

Leinuy's estimate of British requirements i luces lhe amount as at least vr.ci.nll'.icwt., whili- the supplies ale t.nlikcly to exceed 172,000 cwt.

Tho Federal Court nas ruled that the Slate Parliament cannot legislate to take uway the power of the light of appeal from a Supreme Court decision t 0 the High Court. A miner named Hugh Toner, aged sixty-live, who had been missing lor some days, was found dead yesterday, near Murray's Creek, Westland. The body was fully dressed, and stretched out, with tihe face upward, as if deceased had suddenly expired. Decomposition hud commenced.

Ln the Primitive Methodists' new church, Queen Street, this evening, at 7.30, an united prayer meeting will be held in conjunction with a sacramental and dedication service, conducted by Hov. C, E. Ward, assisted by two ministers of other churches in tho town. All Christians are invited to attend this lirat service in- the new church.

Tho punching machine at some post ollices seems rather too vigorous. A letter was shown to a member of our stall, in which about an inch suHiore hod been punched rignt out of Uie envelope and its contents, thereby going through a postal order. Had it struck out eilhei tho name or the number 0 n the note there have been trouble in cashing it.—Auckland Star. At tho municipal elections in Carrington (N.S.W.), only one ratepayer took tho troublo to vote on the local option ticket, the vote being against a new license. The Licensing Bench sulbseicjjumtly granted the application for a license for a proposed new hotel. Judge Fitzhardinge, allowing ani appeal against the decision, ruled that though the site was suitable and an hotel wanted, the single vote was a fatal barrier to granting a license. A. Stempa, butcher, gave the Masterton Council notice that unless the abattoirs were erected forthwith he would apgly to the Attorney-Gener-al for a mandamus against the council compelling it to d 0 so. He pointed out that no extension of the time limited "by law had been granted, and that t'.ie council had tailed to perform its duty within the statutory time. Stempa said he had been caused serious loss and incoii\enience by the delay, and in taking this stand he warned tfno council that he meant business.

To-day being tho sixtieth anniversary of the advent of Primitive Methodism in New Zlealand there will be a special meeting this afternoon in tliu new church, Queon Street, when Hev. J. Nixon will unveil tho Ward memorial window. The Mayor aind Councillors are expected to be present, and also the Rev. C. E. Ward, of Christchurch, sion of the late Rev. Robert, Ward, to whose memory the window h a s been placed in the church. A collection will he Oaken up in aid of the memorial fund,

A meeting was held last evening in tho Town Hall of those interested in the matter of holding a social in connection with tne .New Plymouth hockey clubs. There was a g°od attendance, the members of the ladies' club predoinuiating. Mr 11. Wootlhouse presided. .It was decided to hold a social in the brougham-street, hall on a date to be fixed, and the following committee was uppoinled to carry out the arrangements : Misses G'oldwater, A. Brewster, ilanna, Clarke, D. McAllum,. M. McEwcn, and Messrs Woodliouse, V. Heal, 1). Day, T. Avery, Pcrham, and K. McAllum.

In the House on Tuesday the Agricultural, Pastoral, and Stock Committee reported as follows on the question of "blackleg" in cattle : (1) That it is expedient that effect be given to the recommendations of tho department as to tho enforcement of quarantine in the district mentioned, viz., the district, lying betwoen the Waniganui and Mokau Rivers, or witlhin "a largor or lesser area as circumstances may require. (2) That vaccination be enforced within an area to be descril;pd in the Gazette, being tho area within which the disease is known to exist. (1-1) That in the area aforesaid, or any affected area, the owners be required to burn the carcases of all animals found dead from tiho disease. The report was ordered to lie on tho table.

There is a curious custom among the Miau-tszo (a well-known tribe in Asia), who are very superstitious about death. When ono of tho tribe dies, tho malo relatives of deceased set out with a basket of eggs to select the 'burying place. Stooping down, ono of the natives lets an egg drop softly on tho ground. If it breaks it is considered as an ill omen, and the process is repeated till they finally find a placo where the egg shell does not break.

A brief news paragraph published in one of our contemporaried illustrates tho foreign service frequently performed by British soldiers. On June 14th tho Ist Battalion of tho Hampshire Hogiment arrived at Southampton, back from service in SoinaMand, Had the arrival been delayed for a few weeks, oxactly twenty years would have elapsed from tho time this regiment left England. Early in July of 1884 they embarked at Gosport for Malta. From Malta they v.-titit to India, from India to Burmah. After three years' servico they were returned to India, and in January of 1903 were- forwarded to Aden, and thenco to Somaliland, where they did excellent service. The force thnt landed at Southampton consisted of 11 commissioned oflicers and 484 men. Of that number, five were members of the regiment when it left England in July of 1884.

Mr U. J. Fan-an, of Messrs Far ran and Zimmerman, Estancia Agents, of 541 Callo Cangello, Buenos Ayres, writing to Mr J. S. W. McNeale, of Wanganui, says :—" It seeniß a popular error in the outside world that Argentina is peopled by semi-savages. Colonel Gorton will be able to disabuse them of that idea, and I think it is no exaggeration to say that perhaps some of the smartest and cleverest men in the world live and have their being in this country. It is common on the 'Bolsa' (Exchange) here for a man in as many minutes to speak three, four, or five languages fluently. We have plenty of highly-educated, trar veiled and inteUSgfcnt people. I also send you a copy of our Standard, our oldest newspaper. We have our Herald, Times, and Tit-Bits. For actunl news and telegrams, the native papers La Nacion and La I'reusa —printed in Spanish, of course—ore far and away superior. Living is very expensive in this country." Australia and New Zealand—the latter particularly—are inquiring about British Columbia salmon (writes the Canadian correspondent of the Sydney Daily Telegraph under dato Juno 22nd). The preferential tariff relations existing between Canada and New Zealand appoar likely to kill the United States salmon market in New Zealand in favour of Canada. As the conned salmon which goes to the Antipodes is in any evont chiefly Eraser River fish—caught in American waters by Americans—Canada will ho getting only what is her own. A NSw Zealand salmon buyer is at present on the coast, and 1s about to make a I number of contracts with local cannerymen. Hitherto lio has done all his trading with American firms, but tho preferential tariff sent him this way. Largo quantities of salmon have hithorto lieen sent from Puget Sound to New Zealand ; this province ought to bo the source of supply in tho future. Now Zealand is a market practically unknown to local canners in tho past. Australia has, however, been a buyer on a small scale. Last year 10,000 cases were sent there from Vancouver. Possibly some of this found its way to New Zealand, but there has been no direct trade to speak of hitherto. Uncle Sam cut Canada out, but the prefer-I ential tariff will change that, I

All those needing stocks of now seasuu's seeds are referred to Messrs Howe ami Putc.rson's list in another column.

The Ureytown Bowling Club is going to combine quoits with bowls, us the local paper states that in all probability a piece of ground will bo set apart entirely for quoits playing.

A novel method of preparing n floor for dancing was adopted at Napier the other duy. A motor car was run repeatedly over the floor, and in that way a capital surface was obtained.

The Hawera Borough Band was invited to take part in a band contest in Now Plymouth during the first week i n next January, but declined owing to the imp/bility of some of its memibers to get away. Messrs S. Clark and Co. invite inspection of their lange stock of furnishings. Several lines are offered at specially liberal rates in order to clear and make room for shipments shortly to arrive. A special meeting of the Egmont County Council on Monday continued the resolution of a former meeting declaring tho Parihaka Houd District merged in tho Egmont County, to conic into force on the 30th ult.

The Warvganui Chronicle reports that on exceptionally brilliant meteor was observed at 0.53 on Tuesday oveni»g, It oamo from the S.S.W. and disappeared towards the N.N.E. During its course the meteor burst into a showor of sparks,

Broomhall, a recognised authority, in a letter to the London limes, states that India's wheat export in twee weeks amounted to 783,000 quarters. He declares that India is likely to compote with Argentine for second place a mongst the exporters of grain.

Mr F. R. Cooper, of the well-known Wellington firm of seedsmen and bulb growers arrived by> last night's express. He has brought up a splendid collection 0 f cut blo o ms to exhibit (for exhibition only) at St. Mary's Sunday School spring flower show to be held to-day.

At a meeting of the South Canterbury Farmers' Union, one of the speakers related a trotting story which raised some laughter. A vendor, standing behind his auctioneer, cried excitedly ; "Sell, sell ; now ;'■'■ and tho knight of tho hammer, in an angry voice, retorted : "How can I sell, you fool, when. I haven't got a bid !'■'•

A sheep killed at the Christchurch Meat Company's Smithfleld works a few days ago was found to have a piece of wood several inches long embedded in its side, ono end of it having entered tho liver. The skin had grown over the wood, and a round hole waa worn in the liver, but the sheep appeared to be thoroughly healthy. The public are reminded for the last timo of tho Bulb Show to bo held in St. Mary's Hall to-day and Friday. It is thought that the show will bo better than any yet held, as a good deal of interest is being taken. Tho fancy goods and refreshment stalls will also be worthy of support, and afternoon tea may be ohjtained by those fond of the beverage;

Lovers of the beautiful in nature will be pleased to learn that the Scenery "Preservation Commission lias, on tine suggestion of Mr I). o'Sullivan, resolved to recommend that the spot at the confluence of the Waitara River with tho Mnnganni stream, known to many as the "Meeting of Who Waters," be conserved. This particular point possesses an added interest in view of its proximity to Bpots of historical note.

On Saturday morning (tho Patea Press reports) an attempt was made to get the Aote a off. During the morning tide her stern was brought round, and it was anticipated that no difficulty would be experienced in getting her ofl in the evening. Every preparation was malde, but the anchor shifted, and the vessel dragged it in for 200 yards. No further etTort will be made to get her off until tho next spring tides', Iby which time a third anchor will bo put out.

Constable B. Spencer, of the Johannesburg Police Force, formerly a member of (he Wangtanui Rifles, who joined one of New Zealand's contingents for South Africa, writes to a. friend stating that the importation of the Chinese to the llan'd has so far not improved matters. The only difference is that the introduction of the Mongolian element has irritated the Kaffirs, who declare that they will kill all tho Chinese, l:ecatise they haw no right in the country.

Australia and New Zealand are to bo visited by Arthur Duffey, the Georgetown (U.S.) University man, ivho is V:<o champion sprinter of the world. Ho has the record of 9 8-5 sees for the 100 yds. He competed last month in the championships in England, and left there in August for the Antipodes, intending to compete in the national championships in Sydney, starting Septcmlhbr Ist. At the conclusion of the tour it is said he will retire permanently. Ho will g 0 to all the principal centres in Australia and New Zealand.

Mr .1. D. Baliner, of "Athelsten," Nikau, writing to the Feilding Star, suys :—"I notice by your paper of tho2Srd inst. that Mr Alfred Brett, of lost 42 fat bullocks through eating tutu. Perhaps it is not generally known that kerosene is almost n certain cure. I have used it, and know others who have used it. and have never known it fail. Even when . a boast is down and apparently beyond all hope, from one to one and a half pints will drive tho gas off, and relief will soon follow. I trust this information will be of uso to some stockowners."

Here is tt paragraph from a Cingalese newspaper, which speaks well for the imagination, if not the veracity, of tho writer i: "The Sultan of Turkey was communicated with regwxling the war in tho Far East, and being a great admirer of the Japanese monarch, he sent a specially selected company of swordsmen, each of whom, with a sword in his hand, is shot away from the mouth of the gun at the enemy as ordinary shrapnel. On arrival among the enemy ho makes short work among them by his sword play. The swords-i men aro now fighting for Japan and helping them to gain great victories !"■

About nino years ago a young lady from St. Kilda (Victoria) lost a <lia- | mond brooch, valued at £SO, on the Ye 0 Road, near Colnc. Diligent ivarch was made, but it was not discovered. Two years ago a dealer driving stock along tho road picked up the brooch and handed it to a female relative, who considered it an old buckle, and tl'uew it into a drawer. A few days ago it was taken 3Ut, and the lady, noticing the setting of the stones was rather too good for a buckle, took it to a local jeweller, who pronounced the stones to bo diamonds. An advertisement 'attracted the notice of a friend of the lady who lost the ornament, and it has been returned to her, after being lost for nine years.

Important to sufferers from iineumallsm.- The proprietors of HockV RHPJUMATIC POWDER wish it known that every tin of their powder is sold with a guarantee. Al; Cheniiets or Storekeepers are authorised to refund the price paid to thosi not having benefitod by the use o! tt. Close on 500 Cured Cases are known to the proprietors, and the following are a few of 'hose who have kindly consentod tu hove theii names mentioned to induce other suf'erers to also benefit by thr- use ol Bock's Rheumatic Powder—?,. R. iVehli. Mnkotuku ; Thos. A. Pruden Eltham ; James Harvey. Mrs Hart, and Mary Ann Hodder, Ashhurst ; W. H. L-.kies, Pohaugina ; Joseph Oummerfleld, Foxton ; Maurace MeCullum and Albert Burges, Waihi R. E. Dean, Patea : Jolin Douglas, Hampden. Otago. All chemists and stores." I

A development of a very interest- , ing character, although of little intrinsic vulue, has occurred in the Victoria Quartz mino, Bendigo (Victoria), at a depth of 4015 ft. A spur, tin thick, has coino in from the west end of the shaft, and a lew colours of gold have boon aeeu in the qmartz. ThU is pioisaMy the deepest poim at xhu h gold has been met in the world.

"Air Balfour does not," says an English critic, "seem to know, lor example, thai ulun largest manufacturers of American mining machinery n tho world have established works near London ; that the largest boiler makers in the world (American.') have established themselves An Scotland ; that the largest makers of electrical plant in tho world have settled at Rugby ; that the Largest single works of this kind has >been established at I Trah'ond Park."

A speaker at the Farmer's Union dinner at Feilding, said tliat recently tho Crown Lands ranger paid a visit to his holding and condemned his action in destroying some native bush. Ho then communicated with tho board, and to his astonishment the ranger paid a second visit and asked lam if he was willing to ac■ept compensation and allow the bush to remain. lie replied, "Yes ;" but he is still waiting for the compensation and is sharpening his axe. Said Lady Plunket during the couiso of an interview at Dunodin :

"We like Wellington very much. Of course 1 know that colonial girls possess a freedon that those at Home do not have, but it does seem to me a pity thati one should see troops of young gltlsr—girls of 14 or 15—parading the streets, apparently released from parental control. And how expensively they do dross ! Mo.hers have not as much control over their daughters, apparently as they once had.'*

Speaking to tihe toast o( Mr SedJon's health at the Hon. C. H. Mills' residence on Saturday, Major Donald, ol Wairarapa, told how, whtn other names failed him, a letter from tho Premier hod given him entrance everywhere in the United States—even to the White House. The Premier replied that he had heart of a man who, finding Wmsclf unablo to get entrance to the celebrated Monto Carlo, raked up an old letter signed "R. J, Soddon," and the signature carried him past all obstacles without further troublo.

ACHES THAT ACHE. The actios of rheumatism, sciatica, gtout, and lun)bago ai'e aches that ache. They are the kind of aches thnt torture and torment one. Those aches a re caused chiefly by an excess of uric acid in the system, and the only antidote is that marvellously mccessi'iil remedy Kheumo. It is un- . eqiiaJli-d for prompt results. Kheumo is neither a li«imont nor a pill, but a litijuiri medicine to be takn in prescribed doses. Hheunio exl«ls the excess uric acid, slops the acho, and reduces tho Bevelling. Even n chronic cases n euro is elTected mostly within 48 hours. It is plea;ant to take, and is guaranteed free 'roui all hurtful ingredients. Cltcmsts and stores, 2» Od and 4b Od per bottle. Kompthorne, Prosser ajid Jo., Wholesale Agents.* 4 I'or Chronic Cheat Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is fid.»

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, Newton King—Sells furniture, etc., to-morrow, on account of Mrs Preston, Fulford-street.

Newton King—Sale of Mr J. Irvin's stock-in-trade (groceries) on Saturday. Newton King—Sale of sections at Tukapa, on account of Miss Morris, on Saturday. Newton King—Sale of Mr F. Watson's stable outfit on Saturday. Newton King—Sale of property on account of Mr P. Jury, on Saturday. Howe and Pattersom—New season's seeds now at'iiving. S. Clark and Co.—Furnishings of all kindsi open for inspection. Theatre Royal—Watkin Mills' piano recital, September 15th'.

Personal Notes. Mr Letham Beal, formerly manager of the Bank of New Zealand and Colonial Honk In Dunodin, died yesterday. A cable from Sydney advises tin.death of Father Fauvel, parish priest at Temuka for 25 years. He was a native of Normandy, France, audi 71 years of ago.

The Waroa Dairy Company is presenting Mr W. P. Champion, who baa been manager for some years, with an illuminated address on tho occasion of his severing his connection with the Arm.

Mr C. D. Solo, of Stratford, is mentioned as tt probable candidate in the Government interest for Patea at the next general election. Mr Joseph Mackay has again been Bominatod as a candidate for a seat jn the Victoria College Council.

'''he death is announced of aSultan Murad V. of Turkey. Murud succeeded Abdul Aziz, who was deposed on May 30th, 1870, and Was himself deposed on August Slst of tho same year, being succeeded by Abdul Hamid 11., tho preicnt ruler.

At the Glasgow University on July 18th, when the usual graduation ceremony took place, Professor Murdoch Cameron presented for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, with commendation, Ernest Alexander Walker, M.A. M.8., CM., Scotland Dr. Walker will leave very shortly on his return to tho colony. Mr William llassett, of Pow,dcrh a m street, is tho only surviving member or the Primitive Methodist Church who joined Mr Ward when he started his work in New Plymouth. Mr Basset! laid the first stone in connection with the present building. Should tho weather be favourable this afterno 0 n he. will take part in the unveiling ceremony at the new church.