NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 287, 8 December 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Melbourue-Brindisi despatch of moils of November 2nd arrived in London on the afternoon of the 3rd inst.

Notwithstanding the backward season the grading works at Patoa have sent away 500 more boxes of butter : thau at this date last year

Owing to the recent rough weather delaying completion of the North Egmont Mountain Road, the opening ceremony, originally fixed for the 15th December, has been indefinitely postponed.

Judge Edwards has granted probate of the wills of the late Captain Cornwall (Dell Block), Hans Jacobsen (Tarata), and Km. Ilaslett (Ingluvvoovl. Messrs Roy and Wilson are the solicitors to these estates. Parents and friends of scholars at the Centra] School are reminded that tho presentation of prizes will take place in the Theatre Royal this afternoon. The proceedings will be interspersed by several items by the children.

The Colonial Secretary has instructed Air V. M. Mansfield, Registrar of Mleclors for Wellington, to go through the colony and organise a system of compiling rolls similar to the one which has been introduced in the Empire City. At Stratford on Wednesday Henry Judge Calling-ham was committed for trial on a charge of a breach of the Bankruptcy Act in obtaining from Newton King, auctioneer, credit for £129 by means of false representation. Hail was allowed.

A paragraph having appeared in a Wellington paper stating that tire police had received instructions not to interfere with the "bona fide traveller," the Department of Justice points out that the statement is totally incorrect. The police have received instructions to enforce the law as it stands,

A statement has been published in southern' papers that there had tan a disagreement between Mr Seddon and Sir Joseph Word, and that the former had treated the latter with studied discourtesy. Both Mr Seddon and Sir Joseph Ward ask that the statement be given an emphatic denial. They state that perfect harmony prevails.

A single man named Edward Troy, aged 42, died suddenly at Wn-ngaim-i on Wednesday. Deceased was a borough workman employed at the waterworks. H» was working, apparently in hie usual health, when he dropped down, expiring almost immediately. At the inquest a verdict of death from heart disease was rcturneJli Mr Jaqnes, the Government fruit canning export, has returned to Wellington from his tour in the north, where he had been investigating the possibilities of establishing canning factories. He travelled extensively in the Auckland district, and in the Bay af Plenty, and visited Wang,anui. He intends to report the result of his observations to the Government. The butchers of Timaru are so satisfied with the contract system of killing, as carried out at the Timaru Municipal Abattoir, that they have asked the borough council to give the present contractors an extension of their existing contract. The butchers have further given their opinion that the contract system of killing is the most economical and satisfactory.

The executive of the Tradesmen's Association, at a meeting on Wednesday, decided to forward the following resolution to the Minister for Public Health: "That bringing ditto force of section 101 of the Public Health Act, 1900, referring to patent medicines, into active operation was entirely unwarranted and detrimental to the interests of country settlers in particular, and that the Government he requested to suspend the operation of the clause until its effects have been further considered.

According to a contemporary, the Premier forgot his interesting role of invalid and "went a bender" down South. It is recorded that after the ceremony of opening the railway, Mr Seddon rode to Ohatto Creek, where he again spoke at length, and on his return he occupied himself with matters of State until the banquet began.. After taking part in .this, and contributing u song as well as speeches, the Premier retired soon after midnight, but wns up the next day early enough to receive several deputations, and drive a couple of miles to the station before 6 a.m. The return journey was a speedy one—perhaps the fastest that will" be made on the line for some little time. In order to gel pigeons into proper condition for a race, they must be regularly exorcised and trained in the same manner ns racehorses. Naturally, says The King, wind.and weather affect their flight. With a gale behind them they have been known to home at a velocity exceeding two thousand yards per : minute, but with the wind against them their speed varies from 700 yds to 900 yds per minute, On a calm, clear day they generally make from 1000 yds to 2000 yds per minute, and it is when these conditions prevail that the best results are usually obtained. In Belgium pigeon racing is the national sport, nearly every house being constructed with a loft on top. In the National Pigeon Race of Belgium £4OOO is offered for competition in prize money. Messrs D. Berry and E. M. Smith were the presiding justices at the Police Court on Wednesday, when Herbert Ballot was charged with being drunk at St. Aubyn-stroet on November 23rd. Mr Malone appeared for the defendant, and called Dr. Walker to prove that the symptoms described by the police might have been the effects of a kidney trouble from which Ballot was suffering. Other witnesses were called for the defence, but the Bench held that' tire charge had been proved, und inflicted a fine of 5s and costs 2s. On a charge of leaving his vehicle unattended, at the same time and place, Ballot was convicted and discharged, this being his first offence. Edward Allen, who pleaded guilty to a similar charge, was fined 3s and 7s costs.

Mr James Ashcroft, official assignee in Wellington, completed last week 21 years in his official capacity. He was appointed on Dec. 1, 1883, and spent nine years and a-half in DiinoI din, and eleven and a half, in Wellington. During the 21 years he has dealt with 11,(187 petitions, the assets realised being valued at £1,657,286. If the term be divided into three periods of seven years each the yearly averages of petitions in the whole colony are for tho first period 387, for the second period 507, and for the third 275, showing very large reductions as the colony increased- in prosperity. Only the present year is estimated, all the rest arc actual figures. Mr Ashcroft has had the general control of between one-third and one-fourth of these bankruptcies. He has also sat us coroner in about 850 cases.

The Hospital Board on Wednesday approved of plans for the new nurses' home and the consumptive annexe submitted by Mr Frank Messenger. The nurses' hone will be erected on the west side of the hospital, and in the building, which will be 65ft by 85ft, provision is made for a sitting room, eight bedrooms, and two store rooms. The consumptive annexe will occupy the site of the present nurses' home, this building, with the addition of a kitchen, being utilised for the administrative Mock. In this will be a large dining room for the patients, with a bedroom and sitting room for the nurses. There will be two four-bed shelters, one on either side of the main block, open to the weather, revolving shutters providing means for closing them. Each shelter will have its own sanitary block, situated sonic distance at the back. Tenders for the homo will be called for at once, and the plans for the annexe will be forwarded to Wellington for the approval of the Health Department.

The Canadian Pacific Railway system now comprises 9108 miles of line, besides 2218 miles of supplementary lines. The company also owns steamers for both lake and ocean navigation, as well as hotels, town sites, and a commercial telegraph system. Still further, the company owns 11,838,350 acres of laud in Manitoba ami the Canadian NorthWest ; the sales of land effected in the financial year ended Juno 80th, 190-1, realised an average oi 4.10 dollars per acre. The company further owns 3,744,324 acres in British Columbia. The capital raised by the company in various forms stood at the close of June, 1904, ivt 359,000,000 dollars. The gross earnings for the twelve months ending with June, 1904, were 46,169,132 dollars; the working expenses were 32,256,027 dollars. After provision had been made) for all obligations, a balance of 8,088,276 dollars remained available! for dividend, out of which the; directors paid dividends of 4 per cent, on the preference stock and 0 per cent, on the common stock, leaving 1,666,000 dollars to lie carried forward. The ratio of the working expenses to the traffic receipts last year stood at 69.42 per cent., as compared with 63.97 per cent, in ISO 2-3. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. For the cure of debility, also liver and stomach complaints this inappreciable medicine is so well known in every part of the world, and the cures performed by its use are so wonderful, thnt it now stands preeminent above all other remedies, more particularly for the cure of bilious and liver complaints, disorders of the stomach, dropsy, and dtbilitat»d constitution. The beneficial effects of the Pills are so lasting that the whole system is renewed, the organs of digestion strengtliened, and a freo rcßpiration promoted. They expel (torn the secretive organs the morbid matter which produces inflammation, pain, fever, debility, and physical decay, thus annihilating, by their purifying properties, the virulence of the most painful and devastating diseases.*

Mr 1". Wolls, ol tho Egmont Mills, forwards a calendar for 1905. Thu Liaitlet-street bridge is to bo closed to vehicular traflic to-day.

The Christmas vacation to be observed by the legal offices will be from December 21th to January Dth. A Maori boy' won the writing competition held in connection, witli the Christmas carnival at Waniguiiui.

Messrs Bow ley and Griffiths advertise several desirable properties, in the country and convenient to or in the town, for sale or to let,

A meeting of Fitzroy residents is called for Wednesday next to consider matters in connection with the proposed new suburban railway station.

Mrs R. ' Cock invites ladies and gentlemen to meet) to-morrow afternoon at the Town Hull to consider the holding or « ball during carnival week.

Those anxious to participate in the bonus now about to be allotted by the A.M.P. will have an opportunity if they drop a line to Mr,l. 0. O'Sullivan, the society's ugt'nt, who is just now doing the Waitara district. This popular office is famous for the liberality of the profits which are annually allotted to its members. Intending insurers have no time to lose.

Storage in dry Brick store, low insurance rate, minim urn fire risk, low rates for storage.—The New Zealand Express Company, Ltd. 2

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A.M.P. Society—Agent visiting Waitara. Fitzroy—Public meeting to discuss railway station, Wednesday. Legal—Christmas vacation notified Carnival Ball—Mrs R. Cock invites ladies and gentlemen to meet tomorrow. Borough Council—Closing Liardet Street bridge to-day. Bcwley and Griffiths—New property list. Four £1 notes lost. Black enamel brooch lost. Grass paddock, handy to town, wanted. Bicycle for sale. Groom and gardener wanted.