NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 261, 8 November 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A meeting of the exhibition committee will be held at 7.30 to-night.

The Noumjean Parliament opened an Saturday. Br. Mialaret was elected Speaker,

The District Court opens here this afternoon. District Judge EyreKenny will preside.

The Vacuum Oil Company's store at Fremantle has been burnt. The damage is estimated at £II,OOO.

[ A sal# of forty thousand three per cent. Victorian Government debentures is reported. The price is withheld.

A. Shrubb, at Ibox Park, ran ten miles in 50min 40 ii-Gsec, and eleven miles 1137 yards in an hour both recoixla.

Tenders ar« invited by the Borougli Council for concrete channelling in King Street and fomation in Morley Street.

The work of eiixlring the Maori whares at the exhibition site is proceeding slowly, several natives being engaged on the work. Members of the Taraaiaki County Council do not seem greatly impressed hy the method of apportioning representation on the Hospital Board.

Thames proposes to erect swimming baths at a cost of £I2OO. The work will be carried out simultaneously with the library, for which Mr Andrew Carnegie donated £2OOO. The contractor for the exhibition buildings is getting along with the work of erection, but a temporary delay is occasioned by the non-arriv-al of the iron for the roof and walls.

Considerable interest is being felt in the Band of Hope competitions to be held in Whiteley Hall on November 17th. A reminder is given that entries close on Saturday pext, 12th inst.

At Wellington on Monday convictions were recorded in four cases in which city milk dealers were charged with having sold adultenated milk, or milk containing less than the prescribed quantity of solids.

The British War Office has l ordered from each of two private lirms seven batteries of new eigliteon-pound-ers. They are considered the best quick-firing Held pieces in the world. Woolwich a'rsienal is aiso constructing some.

In refei encc to the outbreak of diphtheria on board the Cormthic, the health authorities at Wellington do not propose to quarantine the vessel. The passengers, however, will be closely examined, and patients and contacts isolated.

1$ the Supreme Court in chambers, upon the application 01' Mr A. I{! Standish (Standish and Kerry, Mr Justice Edwards on Thursday l a st granted probate of the last will and testament of J Junes Ellman, dteeeused, to Rosamund Ellman, the executrix therein named.

Speaking about the travelling allowances of members of tlie Taranaki County Council, Cr. Gray jocularly remarked that perhaps the varying unmounts were paid acconding to the ability of Councillors. ' Well, tho chairman gets a very small allowance," quoth another. ' Reliable reports received at the Thames state that the market is depressed and is not likely to recover until the cessation of the war in the East. Very little attention is paid to New Zealand mining, and it is improbiatte that any substantial amount will be available for colonial investment until a more stable market is established.

two acckfent cases were admitted S°,tmvl I>li ' lliouth hospital on 'j' ... a V Was a '"'Mi named Ivnolllock, who sustained a fractured thigh while bush-felling in the HimuUika 'ulock, lhglewood, for Mess.s flops:),i JSros. The other ca«e , hat , ol Mrs of Lomcmstiojt-, who Wasi also suffering from a i.actured thigh, as (lie result 0 f .sL' l llj.,'iig j,|i. || Cr house.

The eleven-year-old son of Mr E, Elliott, clerk in Messrs Sole llros met with a distressing accident on Saturday morning. He had placet! a giant cracker in a stov«, and went up to examine it. just as thj explosion occurred,-receiving the charge full m the .f ace , As a result the ™ L ' yos w " s ' lost . though on Monday the swelling and inflamution had abated considerably, and Ur. AfcClelland, who is attending, is in hopes of saving, the sight. Messrs Lau reason and Colviu waited on the Minister for Railways yesterday and urged that the time loat by the railway men who went on, strike in 1890 should be counted in reckoning the continuous service necessary .to entitle them to pensions. Sir Joseph Ward t'n 11 •, c "" CL ' ssil> " were granted to the iiailway men it would have to l,e applied in othel- directions ■ Lin U 8 " fU " y into tllU ung the recess. Personally he had every sympathy with the request.

l'lic filth annual meeting of the I'ederiitod Council of the Builders and Contractors Association of Now '-f-'ulumi, to be hold in New, Plymouth on tlie loth of this month, promis--08 , l>o of as much imriortance as any held m the past. It has aluidy 'been referred t, 0 j n these. columns, but for general information U f ° ~l nav S 'I.V that in the early days Of Courts Of Conciliation and ArbiIhe 0 1;.-, W t lteVel ' tJleil ' »' .J „ Ut,hty or : otherwise, the emown n/" 0 ", 1 < " scover « l tlvu-t in t.lioir ! I '" I'/-'St, as well tl6 in that of |)ulhllt . steadvmg influence must ho brought to on Mic Often unfair and reckless demands of the labour unions. Accord"f', y . " v ° yearn ago a meeting was held in Ghristchurch, and tlie FedeCouncil inaugurated. Subsequent annual meetings haw been held in Wellington, Auckland, and Dunedin, and thene is every reason to believe that the meeting i n New j! i. vm °u*h will be as sueee.swi'ul as its predecessors. Almost every district in both islands- has joined the 1' ederation. Among the subjects to tic dealt with at the New Plymouth meeting are : Tlie unfairness) of tho present conditions of Government contracts" both to the contractor and the taxpayer ; the position of builders and contractors in recent decisions of tho Court of Arbitration • diamaigie to buildings in course of construction by fire ; copies ot itward to employers and oM'orcememt ; accident insurance, and several other Questions important to the trade and to the general public.—Stratford Post.

A portion of Princes-street, Dunedin, near t'usvoiu House .Square, was lit by eiectriclity huit night, and worked in connection with the electnici tram system. J.adies wiio have kindly promised supper dishes for the Fire lirignde Bail are reminded to have them ready early on Wednesday moaning as an express will be sent round to collect, them.

Tke VVan.ypnui Jieraki understands that Mrs It» Cotk, of New Plymouth, has kindly consented to act us jkdge in the Home Industries competitions in connecuo'ii with tlie forthcoming Japanese Fancy Fair. The Ventura, with the Sau Francisco mail on board, arrived at Auckland shortly before seven o'clock Inst IV.ght. The southern portion will be 'brought down by file Ngapuhi, leaving Onehunga tiiiis afternoon.

Mr Thompson, of i'alea, has purchased tte Western Packing and Canning Company's leasehold and plant at i'atea, which includes a large and complete freezing plant. Mr Thompson will probably commence freezing operations next season.

The lighting committee met on Monday, and decided to instal a n electric light plant. The exterior of the tower will be outlined m red white, and blue, tlie same colour.s being ustJ( i ia t , I(J court and tllJ , o , _ out the b'Hiding, lias will also be 'aim on lor motive and other nurposes. '

t ! ) losl ' uni 10 the Stratfoixl Post yesterday stated that the Minister oi Agriculture had informed Mr Jennings that the 0 f the uliumnan of the National Dairy Association have been considered by the Government, which will direct to the proprietors of cold stores two'T 1 P fu flft J"" six P°"«l box to- . . ' tilc C °W storage c h«f-gos on butter export.

American journalism A Greenville, His., editor a few days ago published the following enthusiastic account of a wedding that t o w n : Miss Jennie Jones and Dob Henry were married at the Jones mansiion last night. The bnide is a daughter of our Constable J ones, who is a good officer, and will undoubtedly lie re-elected next spring. He offers a tine horse lor sale in apiother column. The groom runs a grocery Store in Main-street., a nd is a good pati on of our 'ad ' columns, and nufi a H ne i ot 0 f 'bargains this week. All summer he paid 2 carets more f o r butter fch&n any other store in T 'i® liappy couple left in the 100 otatk to visit the bnide's uncle in Milwaukee, who is reported to to have lots of money and llright's disease. Boh certainly has an eye tor business.''.

A Christahiireh telegram of Friday says This has been un extraordinary spring for wind ami rain. Yesterday, for the second time in a month, Christchurch has boon almost cut oil' from the North Island by the gale blowing doA'n the telegraph wires jii the northern partsi of the island. The only means of communication with the North for tlx- past twenty-four hours has been by two wires across the ranges to Grevmouth. The late sou-wester products tlie hea\i.est rain known for nearly -0 years, and yesterday's nor'wester boat all' the it-cords for manv years. In some pacts of the country the Surface soil was blown fr 0 m the paddocks and piled against the tenets or distributed as dust over the surrounding country. The Concli iiojii Culveiden to Hanmer was detained because the horses could not lacetjw wind and clouds of dust land elsewhene in North Canterbury wheeled traffic again* the wind was suspended for hours. Trees and fences have suffered batlly, an d at Waikare two railway waggons were blown oil the lines.

The Taraimki Guards are notified ol the Government parade to-night at 7.80, and also of the daylight parjade on Wednesday, the 9th inst., at y a.m. sharp.*

Engagement rings, wedding rings gold bands, and spectacles to suit all sights at J. H. Parker's, next Railway crossing, Devon Street Con traJ, New Plymouth.*

The Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth offers through its ballots special opportunities to its 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 members who cannot wait their turn in the ballot to obtain loans at nn extremely low rate of interest. One of its chief distinctions is that it lends its hinds only to members. Share list for second group is n o w open at the society's office, Cuniio-, street.*