NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 213, 13 September 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Auckland—Sail Francisco despatch of 12 th August arrived in London mi title 11th iron. " That's comical—(is it a now game?" said a woman \v|mi told to Itiss the Bible in Shorpditch County Court. In a hockey match Adding,ton v. Eastown, played at Wanganui Saturday, Aldington won by four goals to one. The old Wesleyan church at Aramoho was burned down on Sunday morning. The building was insured for £2OO in the Northern office. The directors of t.'ie Wellington and Ma.nawatu Railway Company have declared a dividend of three per cent. for t.ho half year, ended August Hist. The Tourist' Department is advised that Waimangxi geyser was active every Klay last. week. The highest shot, eight hundred feet, occurred on Thursday. " People must not send their nice wives to plead fo'' them ; your husband must come himself," said .Judge Russell to a lady applica»t at Wandsworth County court recently. Public indignation is .shown in London over the Treasury offering Mr Flower £lB towards the cost of the Wihitaker-Wright prosecution, instead of the £5lB claimed. Mr Flower has returned the money. In a paper read before the Sanitary Congress in Glasgow.Dr. Charmers, the mudical officer of health of tihat city, stated that the height and weight of school childron increases with the stizo of the houses in which they lived. One of the granite pedestals on tihe Emtoankment near Waterloo Bridge is to bo adorned with the ■bronze replica of the memorial to Sir Walter Besant in St. Paul's which the Society of Authors have presented to the County Council.

The second election for the vacant ' seat on the Victoria Collegia Council resulted in the election of Mr It. McCal'lum (Blenheim) by 81 votes to Mr J. Mackay'p (Mldhirst) 26. At the previous election wiliioh was upset owing to an informality, Mr Mackay was elected. The Gisbome A. and P. Society lias resolved to write to the Minister for Agriculture asking him to insert a clause in the Stock Hill compelling auctioneers to keep at their saleyards a register of the ear-marks and brands in the district in which they are doing busiiiiess. We (Eltham Argus) learn that the small goods trade of the Kltliam Uacon Co-, is fftjeail'ily and ttaat it is now necessary to manufacture daily. The company's lard has alreaidy caught on in the market and one linn of biscuit makers ha* given a standing order for all the lard that can he sent it. An attempt was made to dynamite the safe of C. Smith's establishment at Poimerston North on Sunday might. The 'burglars gained admittance througih a window by forcing the lock. The repon of the explosion was deadened bj the drapery, The dynamite broke the lock of tha safe, kut the bolls held, and the contents were Intact. There was about £4O in cash In , tho safe, The July numiber of "The Rapid Review," one of the C. Arthur' Pearson series of publications, is to hand and as usual contains in a concise form what may be termed a bird's-eye view of the doings of the world during tjlu* previous month. Special articles are contributed oti various subjects by recognised authorities, ujul altogether an interesting magazine-review is provided.

The Chrj'stchureh Press says that in Isorth Cantertbury grain crops are looking healthy and forward, thougih the nor'-westers coining on will rather retard growth. There is little to report in regard to orchards, except that active measures R re betaken in spraying and cleaning fruit ti-ees. The Lyttelton Times says that during the last fortnigfht turners in North Canterbury have been pushing on with spring sowing. Tho early crops are making satisfactory growth, and the country generally is beginning to have a greeai, springtime apl>earancc. The lambing season has been favouraible, and a good percentage is anticipated. Heavy mortality among breeding ewes is reported in the Aslhbutrtion district; nays the Lyttelto n Times, the sheep succumbing being practically the pick of the flocks. Several ownere have, during Uie last two weeks, lost as many as fifty ewes out of mobs of four or live hundred. In the majority of cases death lias immediately .before 0 r shortly a fter lumping. Where bracing ewes have been periodically depastured 0 n early-sown oat», the death rate is much lower, the lambing percentage often reaching lEO per cent., leading to the conclusion that improper 'feeding is the cause of the present high rate of mortality.

Mr. K. Sharpnoll Smith, secretary of tlio Automobile Mutual Protection Association, reajd a pnjier 011 " Motors and Municipal Work " n t the Sanitary Congress' 111 Glasgow, in which lie said that the remody for dust nuisance was to >be found in the gradual laying 0 f metal that had been steeped in fat or other similar liquid. Surface treatment could be urged as mi expedient only, and not as tlio final word. A resolution im general terms was adopted expressing the opinion that in the interests of public health it is imporatuve that municipal, urban, and country authorities should adopt methods for the pi-c/oqtion of dust on macadamised roads during dry weather.

The Clutlm Leader says that the risks attendant on taking sheep off turmps and drivtog. thorn a distance were exemplified at the and i ast week. A flock of 100 ewes in lamb was driven in from Warepa to the sale at the Corporation Yards on a recent Friday. Apparently they were then all right, and bhoy were bought at 16s Gd a head. They were left In Uw yards all night, and next morning no less than saven of their num)>or were fouryd to be dead, ai»d the rest m a more or less precarious condition ajjd unlit for removal. By Sunday morning 13 , 110 re bad gU( ,_ cuiHlwd, and on Monday morning the number was increased to 45. The osa is not confined to the sheep that have died, for even those that aie left will toko some time to recover. Taking sheep immediately o fl turnips and driving them .any di.v tujce is an exceedingly dangerous pioceoding, as h a s more than once been proved in this, district.

A little mild excitement was created m aftw ' noon ,b y the sight „ 1 olhc «' 9 in the removal of s. number of bottles, and „ (lonujohn, from those well-Enown promises i n Devon-stixx't, the "Silver ♦ . ,ncid "it was somewhat out of the common, and passers-bv stopped a moment to consider what, the guardians of the law could be domg Wltll a , of liquid refreshment, especially us though they had a conveyance handy to reccavo tjie liquor, it w a s not one such «s la usually affected bv pic-nickers. Aa the ■' Grid " does not rejoice in the possession of a license to include in its list of co»iesti|' lies such trifles |as •• 01<1 Scotch and "pale ale," their discovery on tho premises haul 1«1 up to the incidont referred to. It is probable that in the course of a few days the occupier of the'"Grid" —one Vincent Kurta—will be, e 0 to speak, placed on the grid(lron), or in other words asV-Td to explain to the S.M. how the articles annexed ramo to bo in lis possession, and I why. , For Children's Hacking Cough at ' Bight, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. 1« 6d.* X [

Edwin Thomas, an inmate of the Asliburton Olil Men's Homo, was found gowned in a creek near the home. ; It is supposed to bo a case of Miiculp, An iiH|iiest was hold yesterday - when another inmate stated that suw the deceased gv.t through a fene ; e and plunge i»to the creek. A ;erdict of suicide by drowning while 0 f unsound mind was ivturned. A Wellington telegram received last nipht states thai Felix Tanner has decided lo abandon his projected trip in the Ark No. JII. The trial trip ol the " bar') " took place on Sunday, being witnessed by crowds of people on l'en-y ste-uners and in boata, Given a tow-line by the J Loyalty, the Ark became fractious and eventually turned turtle. No persuasion could niako it willing to leave the protection of Port Nicholson, and in the end the Ark found a restang place At Ngaimuranga. The Marino Deportment had not given the Ark its? benediction. Iwpui' T ant to suderers from tiiietrmaoism.- The proprietors of Bock's iiHICtfIUTIC POWDER wish it , known that every tin of their powder is sold with a guarantee. Al! Chemists or Storekeepers are authorised to refund the price paid to thosi ' not having benefited by the use ol it. Close on 600 Cured Cases are 'mown to the proprietors, and the , following are a few of '■hose who r have kindly consented to have their t names mentioned to induce other sufterers to also benefit by th» use ot j'. Bock's Kheumatic Powder—;,. R. Webb, Makotuku ; Thos. A. Pruden Eltham ; James Harvey, Mrs HaH, ■ and Mary Ann Hodder, Ashhurst , W. H. L'ikies, Pohaugina; Joseph ' Cumnierlield, Foxton ; Maurace McI Cullum and Albert Bulges, Walhi > H. E. Dean, Pa tea : John Douglas. 1 Hampden, Otago. All chemists and stores.* i hor Chronic Chest Complaints, , Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is «d.«

5 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. e Distract Land Registrar.—Notice o( ■application to regiis-ter a re-entry. McK'innon Main.—Engagement of Mr Hennessey to take charge of music department of his business. High School.—'Third term commences Monday next. Newton King.—Stock sale at Stony River. Morey mil Sons.—Show day, millinery, etc., to-day. Suratura Tea—Quantity consumed in coloay, Ambury Bros.—Spring show of far shionable novelties commences to- , morrow. ) Mason, Stnithers and Co.—Wanted traveller for North Island. C. A. Paap—'Wanted to hii-o or buy, good harness pony.