NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 252, 28 October 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Ngamotu Golf Club has decided to abandon the idea of holding a ChiisUmis tournament. To-day is tho anniversary 0 f the wreck of the Wairarapa, at the linrrier, in 1891, when 137 lives were lost. Tho report of the New South Wales State clothing factory shows a loss on the year's transaction of £1795. Tlie carnival sports committal ha-s allj-i a ted wilih tlie Taranaki Athletic Association and tho New Zealand Loague of Wheelmen. This evening, in the Brougham Street Freemasons' Hall, a public soanco will bo given under the tiu.v pices of the local Psychological Society,. 'The deadloiik ©ver tho Tasuiauinn Government taxation proposals has been suttled. The compromi6o is the result of a free conference of the Houses. The Now South Wales Railway Commissioners informed a deputation usking for a cheap country r a to that if tho railways were to be made to pay at once, it was necessary to reduce wages uik! increase rates.

Burglars effected an entrance into De Luen Bros,.' drapery establishment and the Palmorston North S.ll. Court o'liccs on Wednesday night, but were unrewarded- i" each instance. Boors were broken open at both places. Work at tilre breakwater in connection with the extension f the mole and wharf is progressing. Five or six piles have been driven at the wharf, and tho mixing- shed is nowready for the making oi blocks for the outer work.

The police on Wednesday night Caught two young men, .John .Motfat and Henry Charles Faulkner, on the premises of the Te Aro House Di'upcry Company, Wellington, and they were charged at tho court next morning with breaking, amd entering and theft, and remanded.

The Ta'ihape whuii completed its first year on Saturday, bcarj) evidence of' being in a thriving condition. To mark the occasion, the ■proprietor, Mr Joseph Ivesw, wellknown in journalistic circles in New Zealand, presented his readers with an enlarged edition of the paper (printed, by the way, in red ink). The colour is not to be permanently used, but Uio enlargement is, und as advertising space is fully occupied the enterprise of the proprietor bids fair to reap a good measure of reward. Apparently 'tte internal workings •M th_' Postal Department have been somewhat disturbed during; Uie past few days. Exchanges from Wellington, addressed to tills office, und tearing dates Saturday, October 22nd and Monday, October 24tih, actually arrived here on the following Thursday, October 27th, Imvung occupied t'Julee days (leaving out Sunday) to compass the formidable journey of 252 miles!. If this is to be looked upon ns n foretaste of the "improved service" promised after the Ist prox, then some pungent expressions of opinion may be reckoned upon. The New Plymouth Horticultural Society's advertisement for the spring show, to be held at tihe Drill Hall on November 24th, appears in this issue. To mako the show more popular and attractive tho committee has introduced classes fSr art needlework, carving, etc., and also u number of classes for school children for brushwork, writing, and composition, for which a number of money prizes have been allotted. TM) committee met on Monday eveniilg last, and judges and steward!) for i the different classes were appointed, j

It rained all day at Tiimini yesterday, and there was a s'mall attendance lor the " Peopled Day " at tlio show. Horses were the groat feature, and tli© jumping and hunting competitions created great interest. The lioraes for the Imckjuiiyjiug were very wild, and tJw display of horsemanship was exceptionally good. All prizes went to local men. Mr Small (Ashburton) won moat points in draughts, aw) Messrs Klworthy Hroa. in light horses. Thirty-four yours ago, at the time erf the great war, Germany had practically no fleet at all, and it was only due to the fact that her armies enjoyed a practical walk-over to Paris, that the French navy h,,d to send . ft U its men and guns to heJjr in the defence of the capital, mnl was put out of'action, eo to speak, by tho German victories on land—c result unique in history. Now ; however, with tho virtual extinctior of the Hussion sea-power, Gennan> has become the strongest naval Power after France. Fifty-four of he warships, (including nine battleships with aggregate crews of 13,000 men are now anchaivd i-n Kiel Harboin in preparation for &e naval mamoeu vres, which are to be carried out oi an unwonted scale.

What is there about tobacco smoke so injurious to the young) ? the " Family Doctor " asks. Dr. Stevenson says: Analysing the smoke from tobacco it was found to contain water in the form of vapour, free carbon in minute particles, ammonia compounds in a state of vapour, carbonic oxide and nicotine, a complex substance which, when analysed, is found to contain a fluid alkaloid—nicotine proper— a volatile j substance containing ammonia, and 1 a hitter resinous extract. Numerous, other substances are often produced, but those mentioned ai-e always present, and to them can be traced the evil effects of smoking l . There are more readily taken into 'the lungs when smoking cigars and cigaretts Hian when a PU>e is used.

Tho Daily News states that a one-1 legiged cabman, Banjamin Tyrrell by name, ts about to iievive a claim to a baronetcy and estate in Duckinffhainsbire. lie claims to tie descended from John Tyrrell, of Thornton Hall in the County of BuckingJuun, baronet, by Frances, his wife, dauaht«r of Henry Blount, of Tittenhanger, in tine County of Hertfordshire, and through such descent to be entitled as heir male entail of the Thornton Hall estates and Crakcmarsh Hull, StralTondshire. Tyrell lives at liur-ton-on-Trent. Members of the Tyrrell family at onu time hold distinguished positions. Sir Tomotliy rell was Privy Councillor to Charles 1., and was' General of tho Ordnance under Lord Gerard. He married the I daughter of tho Archbishop of ArI moigh, Another Tynvll was th« uuthor of the history of Englund.

The bazaar in connection with, the Queen Street Primitive Methodist Church wu continued yesterday. The attendance in the afternoon was limited owing to the heavy rain, but in the evening the Theatre was crowded. Business was very brisk, by nine o'clock the stalls jjresenting a denuded appearance, and the financial success ie assured. Over £SO was taken on Wednesday, and yesterday's proceeds should nearly double that amount. The pleusure of those present was considerably heightened by the played by Mr ConiH'ull s 1 Estudiantina Band, while the various Competitions created much amusement. The results of these were as follows :-Ladies nail-driv-ng. Miss McQuoid ; sawing compe tition. Miss A. Ward ; boot-lacing competition. Mi® Andrews. Men's saving- competition, Mr Mclsaac '■ hat trimming, Mr Buttimore. The telegraph service organised by Miss Maud Connett was continued, and brought in a fair revenue.

chuiv t L g tttkc " 'n Christchuich to obtam a ii information possible m regard to the trial "mi oxelii'st ''° , m Swales ' uh ° W « S (ho ,' T f 6180 " raccutod in Canterhui'v murdZrt .p Una " guilt y" of having muideicd ins partner, J o h n Unnkin m Market Square, OhrisH'iiuiv'i nn^ l«r» eXt T lrL i o, V took pl ' aco on A I"'" 13 1868 at Lyttelton <i fto l. After t *T" dn Cantl -' /or a he ,)ccaJ "e "cquaintod with Rankm, and they entered j n t 0 pnrtnere-hip, which proved fetal t 0 them both. They mot with li n d tunes and their shop did not prosPer Swate took t 0 drink, !m d „nt nif,ut set hi e to the premises m oitler o get the insurance on the stock He confessed that he lmd set /ire to but that ho had ontu tanned any desire to cause. Hankins death. Tivo confession. l ) lon by him shortly before ho w a s executed are hill of expressions of of contrM/ion. He was a native oi Ch<4tenham. Hi s proper name was John Dlnaley Swales, and he w n s 56 years of ago. [L is supposed that he had no relatives in New Zealand, , . a an<l 60veral ehild-pji In England.

The thirty-ninth annual meeting of | tho Taranaki Land, Building, n nd Investment Society (Permanent), held im Wednesday, was well attended. Mr 11. Cock in the chatir, The annual hulancosihoet showed a nett piolit of £2,512 18a 9id, including the amount brought forward from last year. This has been proportioned as follows : Placing to; tlie credit of all members, borrowing investing, a dividend equal to 10 per 'out. and a bonus of 5 per cent (including A.1., A.K., and A.L. series matured during the year, amounting to £1022 5s 8d) ; and to the credit ol_ the resw f1 fund (£IOO, leaving £790 li!s Id to be carried forward. Mr 11. jr. Bauchope having resigned the secretaryship, Mr E. P. Weibster has been appointed to tho position. Messrs I{. Cock and W. L. Newman were re-elected directors', and Messrs 11. Bailey (re-elected) and E. H. Tribe were appointed auditors a t a remuneration of £ls 15s. The meeting p«Hsed a resolution expressing the hope that Mr Bauchope will have a pleasant trip and a safe return. Votes of thanks were passed to the directors (who wore also voted an honorarium of £SO), to the secretary, auditors, ami the chair. The directors subsequently re-elected Mr Cock chairman.

Describing; to the Christchurch Press tho principal electric exhibits at the St. Louis World's FaTr, from which he has just rotuniod, Mr A. U. Craddock refers to a wireless telephone, known as a radiophone,which excited great interest. Though not in commercial use, the apparatus was stated to be capable of conducting communication over distances of severni miles, though tho distance used' in the exhibition was necessarily limited, perhaps less than 100 yds. At tho transmitting end of the telephone,, the transmitter was placed in a circuit, the two ends of which-woro connected to the two mains supplying an arc lamp. The are was placed in the focus of a reflector, whS(.lt fOTit Its: rays on tile form of a jwr a llel beam to a distant reflector, In the focus of which was placed a ''cell" of selenium. This metal hasf the peculiar property of changing iW resistance to the electrical current' when it is actediupon by light. The ceil was constructed of very fme brass wires, wound on Indian pipe stone, and tihen covered with a thin layer of selenium. The cell so formed was enclosed in a glass trflfo, and plfcicod In circuit with a battery and a teleptano-ro-ceived. As the light focussod onitho selenium cell varied in intensity, and so set fluctuations in tho ollcctric c.urrent passing through tho receiver exactly corresponding to tho fluctuations in the current at the transmitting end. The words and tones of the speaker were tihus exactly reproduced in the receiver.

Tile Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth offers through itsbnliots special opportunities to i'ts members to obtain money at a rata arid' on a scale of repayments which cannot be obtained from any other lender. Its appropriations by sale enable members who cannot wait their turn 'n the ballot to obtain loans at an extremely low rate of interact. One ot its chief distinctions is that it lends its funds only to

The Postai Department in advised by Berne that the Fao telegraphic route is now restored. "You seem to> take a ffwat interest in the case, Your Worship," said ttie accused in a case at tho local Court yesterday. "I always drily replied the S.M. MemU-rs of Uu* Loyal Kgmont ait* requested to attend tilt' funeral of tlu* late wife of Hro. Harris Ford this afternoon, meeting at the residence at two o'clock. rings, wedding rings, gold bands, and spectacles to suit all sights at J. 11. Parker's, next Railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth.*