NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 255, 1 November 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr W. V, K.ooklng invites tenders for painting a u-w.deuce ut h'itzroy. An explosion occurred in a ooal mine at Tercio, Colorado, hilling sixty men. A substantial reward is offered for recovery of a purse lost at the breakwater. 'lhu New Zealand Parliament passed tho Old Age Pensions- Act six years ago to-day. A Melbourne-Naples mail despatch of September 2H'ch arrived in Tondon on the 80th ult. Two Stratford hotelkeepers are to be prosecuted lor tailing to deface beer duty stamps on casks. A meeting of the exhibition com miiteo will be held in the Borough Chambers at 7,30 this evening. Ncwspajiers may now be sent to Malta and Straits Settlements for one penny, irrespective of weight. The New Zealand Insurance Company, for which Mr J. I'alon is local manager, forwards its calendar for 190!). Nominations for tlie vacancy on the Borough Council caused by the retirement of Mr C. Carter close at noon to-day. An exhibition of fancv dancing Will >*' given ait tho Eire Brigade ball on the 9th insrt,. by children instructed by Miss Bedford. Applications for the right to cater at the Christmas exhibition and carnival are invited bv the secretary Mr 11. A. Lennon.

A young mAn named Bonfield murdered his sweetheart with a revolver, at Adelaide. Jealousy was the cause of the tragedy. At Wellington on Monday the Chief Justice sentenced Arthur Quartermuu to twelve months for forgery, and Alfred Joseph Batchelor to two years for forgery. Dalgety's report and balance-sheet show a profit of £113,507. A divid nd of live per cent, has been declared, and there has been carried to :e:ervo £IO,OOO, and carried forward £55,507,

Efforts are being mode to hold the tennis tournament In New; Plymouth on the sth, 6th, and 7th, January, contingent on the sanction of the Taronaki Lawn Tennis Association being obtained.

To tho travelling pubßo an important question is "Where, to stay." Tlie proprietor of the Grand Central Coffee Palace answers this in ananother column, so far as New Plymouth is concerned, Wellington's total rainfall for October was 12.94- inches, about half an inch beyond the record for any previous month jn Wellington. Since the beginning, of Juno no less than :-12.89 inches fell, which is Just about fifty per cent, ahove the average (or that period. The Taranakl Caledonian Pijie Kant expects its costume outfit from Scotland early next month, and will make its first parade before the public at the Christmas carnival in New Plymouth. The band is eighteen strong, and ought to make a lino .how, well worthy of the Land of the Heather.

Tenders, which closed on October 27th, for five thousand Bank of New Zealand forfeited shares, wvre 'halt with by the directors on Friday. Tun •hiii(;> i.i re largely (>ver-> iu<> '. i'ie 1. and tenders included applications from London, Australia, and Fiji. The average price roal-ised was £f> 8e per share. Several areas of land are to be offered for sale at tho Crown Lands Oliice on the 23id inst., comprising town sections in Mangtu'oa, ami village allotments at Aria, Matiri, and Tatu. Early next year lands, aggregating 34,20!! acres, will be offered in various areas, of which particulars will be advertised later. The District Court sits on Friday neott. There are. two civil cases set down for hearing, and one bankruptcy case. In the latter ca.*c llu D.O.A. v. Burke, the question of including the farm owned by Airs liurko in the bankrupt estate of Einil Burke. her husband, will be threshed out. Evidence taken on commissi.>n in Damascus will bo read in this cu*e. In reply to a communication from tho Department of Industries and Commerce, Wellington, the Lowg-artli Dairy Factory has decided to forward to the Colonial Products Exhibition to Ik 1 held in Liverpool in January next, u case of cheese for exhibition, also the particulars relating to the output of the factory and the Halm's of its directors. Post.

The Lowgarth Dairy Factory has forwarded entries to tho New Plymouth Carnival and the Egjnont A. and P. Association for competition in the Gheese classes. In the butter clac.si>s at the New Plymouth Carnival, the Tarauaki A. and P. Society and the Egniont Society will compete Tho Ngairo Dairy Factory will compete in- the cheese classes at the three latter shows. Mr. J. Bollard, M.H.U., Is now urging tile Minister for Railways to arrange anew time-table to come into force on the Ist prox., for the express- train- running' between Wellington and New Plymouth daily, so that th» train may arrive ut New Plymouth at the Hume time In the evening as now, and hj, order t hat the mail'boats can arrive at Onehunga in tune to enable tourists to catch the Rotorua train at Penrose,

The Stratford Posit states that further developments have token place In connection with the recent enquiry into tlie destruction by fire of a property lielongilng to Mrs Wing Koe, of Midhirst, Ml< | a ch , lrgc 0 ? perjury mla been preferred against tier in connection with her statement as to having purchased the lamp nl- !"„, i > .u e cm,s,xl t,Ui fl ™. an « to ha\c■sold the same to the man McAuWfc. Mrs Wine K TO h<* ~„. ivZU:y. ftppra '' on tho «***» °»

be hi" !? fol ' thc on.in« show to tL' aki t r - u :: aus " ic <* <* th « . > x ' °«'in,g to the unexif n.wr" l M PP» rt the s.n b!«l l 0 ~„creaso tho first prize oi the leapmg competition to Z\n, ,;,,, "' £4 »« in tho schedule, Ihe second n i,d third prizes remain afl Mw . '«£ a iS, lj ; o r i '', M<i Co - have « ''lf ot foui ' lj ags of manure, vulout th ° ' !CSt fal ' mor ' B tur u-

At tho annual mooting of the New l lymouth Tennis and Ci-oquet VU.h neiu on Saturday, the following ofliccrs were rc-elec-ted : Dr. Loatham, pu-s.iaent ; Dr. Home, vice president: and Mr (}. (). W addy. l,o„. secrcta.y and treasurer. The committee was elected ( ,s fon ow(l : fcni F . HuilHl| ;'■•„••„ Wc ' lr - W - Jl ' Fit'lierbert, E, (.ninths, mid J. w. Wilson. .Mr 11. A. Lemion was olectcd auditor. The limitation of membership was removal, ulKl n recommendatipu made to the m coming, cominiltee that two cro;n:et courts be laid down on (he new section. Vo'tes of thanks were pas,,eJ to Ihe ladies' committee and secretary, luid to the retiring cineel's.

Ihe Equitable ftuilding Society ol New l'lyitiouth oilers through its ballots special opportunities to d'ts members to obtain money at a rate and on a scale of repayments which cannot be obtained from any other lender. Its appropriations by sale enable inombors who cannot wait their turn in the ballot to obtain loans at an extremely low rate of interest. One of its chief distinctions is that it lends its funds only to memIKTS. Shaie list for second group is now opon at the Society's office, CurriiMgtrcet,*

tteeontly a Nelson business mini roceivod a telegram, presumably signed at Wellington by an employee who was on holiday, asking for a remittance of £lO. The money was sent, but it w a s afterwards discover-i-d that the, telegram was a forgery. The police have now arrested at AueliluiKl a man named Clenry on a charge of having committed the fraud.

A pretty story is being told of, Oyuma Chief of the Japanese ticneral Stafl'. During his service as Judge advocate ut Tokio he attended the ball one night. He was standing near a doorway at this hall, when a beautiful European woman swept by, and so greatly did her charm impress ,) udge Oyama that he exclaimed involuntary, "What a lovely woman !" She overheard him. With a little smile she, looked over her wlvite shoulder, and, recognising him said : " What an excellent judge !"