NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 293, 15 December 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tto Corinthic, which left Wellington lost Friday, is the deepestrladen vessel that ever left Wellington Harbour. She was drawing 31ft 9in aft, and 30ft lin forward. A very nidh find of 'gold lias been made by a party of tributers at Spring Gully mine, near Costlemaine, Victoria. They came upon a pocket of solid gold weighing 2500z. A public meeting at Nelson formed a committee representative of the district lo organise and conduct a hospital Saturday and Sunday on Christmas Eve and Christinas Day, with the object of erecting a consumptives' hospital fa Nelson. The movement is being enthusiastically taken up. Already nearly a hundred pounds has been subscribed, about £IBOO being wanted. A cold snap, following heavy rain, has again set in in the Nelson district, in common with other parts of the colony. The weather is wintry, and there is snow on the hills, The stone fruit crop will be very poor, especially plums and green gages, which will be extremely

scarco. The unseasonable changes arc retailing shearing and injuring shorn sheep, but grass is very plentiful* At the High School Governors' mooting yesterday the chairman said that according to the Government regulations the term for the free tuition of qualifying pupils started from January Ist of each year, so that a child started at the school one week before the end of the last term of a year that counted as a year from the January previous. Mr Roy wished to know where these regulations were drawn up ? At Porirua?

The deputation appointed by the exhibition committee to interview the steamship companies Jji regard to steamer accommodation during carnival time, waited on Messrs Morgan and Webster 0 n Wednesday morning The wfojuest of the committee raU.l be forwarded to their respective Auckland offices. The same deputation waited on the statiomnas*ter in reference to the running of late trains to Stratford and Hawera. These representations will be forwarded to tie proper quarter. The luck of the Chinaman was again exemplified on Monday morning, when an elderly member of that ancient race was in a pretty tight place Travelling 0 n the Wellington ano Hanowatu mail tmin, j,e was carried past his station, and jumped from the car while the train was going at full speed down the Porirua Incline. An Bngdne, with a doctor on board, was sent from town to pick him up, and! to was found to have been scratches ftn d bruised, but »o serioua injuries ware sustained.— Post.

Owing to the small number oi nominations received, it has been decided to abandon the Feilding band contest lor the present.

Entries for the cookery division at the exhibition will be received up to December 31st, and exhibits must be sent in for adjudication by the lth prox.

Sixty axemen will be present at the wood chopping competitions during the carnival. In addition there will be the competitions in the citizens and Maori chops, besides the visitors from Tasmania.

Three men have been arrested at Melbourne on a »harge of forging Bank of Australasia notes. *oui hundred pounds worth were found which it is believed the men intended to unload during Christmas week. At the Victorian Butter Commission, a Sydney witness stated that butter freights would have been reduced to a halfpenny but (or the existence of a secret commission. He characterised the brokerage u.s a fairy tale.

At Wellington on Tuesday the Chief Justice sentenced Robert Burke, convicted of indecent assault, to four years' imprisonment with hard labour. Thomas Fanning, on a charge of robbing and assaulting a man, was sentenced' to eighteen months.

The axemen's championship carnival to be held at Eltham on Boxing Day and next day should attract large attendances. Prominent men in the chopping world will be present, and an attempt to lower a world's record will be made by the present] champion. The qualifying age of an old maid, so long a matter of doutot and discussion, has (been fixed by a Paasionist Father in New York. Eighty-five, so he told his congregation, is the fatal borderline. The decision will press hard on the editors of comic papers, but it has gained the Father an extraordinary popularity with many members of his flock.

At the Education Board meeting yesterday, uhe chief inspector paid a tribute to the good work done at tho Roman Catholic schools throughout the (116111101. He was struck with' the progress made in the upper classes especially. The chairman said these schools are on their metal in order to show that they could impart education efcjual to the State schools.

Dr. Collins appeared in the Police Court at Auckland on Tuesday morning, before Mr Wardell, S.M., charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Wallis White, which occupied prominence in the Royal Commission's report on the hospital. Dr. Collins did not plead, j and was formally remanded till Friday on bail of £SOO, and two sureties of £230 each.

A very good story is told by Dawson, who recently resigned the billiard championship of England. After the conclusion of a day's billiards in a colliery town, Dawson asked the manager of the hotel to have the table cleaned before commencing play next day. It was done, and the servant 'ised for the I purpose a pail of hot water and n scrubbing brush !

During the recent concentration o! the British navy in connection with thi3 Dogger Bank attack five submarine boats arrived ait Dover Iron Portsmouth, accompanied by the cruiser Leander and the gunboats Harrier, Niger, and Seagull. The appearance of these strange craft created great interest. They manoeuvred in the bay, passing under some o. the ships and causing! considerableexcitement among those on board. The despatch of these 'boate was thesequel to so urgent and imperative an order, that their crews had not time to get complete kits before stalling from Portsmouth.

A packed audience greeted the pupils of the Sacred Heart High School when they gave their annual conccut in St. Joseph's Hall on Wednesday night. The sisters of tin convent schools throughout the colony have earned an enviable reputation in the musical world, and the local school fully maintains the high standard set by more preten tious centres. Last night's performance was most enjoyable, from the opening piano duet, Paul Wochs' "Les Muscadins" by Misses D. Sutton, Pepperell, Foote and Godsall, to the finale, "God Defend New Zealand." The dialogue, "Aileen's Dream," by the junior pupils evoked loud applause; while the senior pupils' fan dance must be described as one of the gems of the evening. Then followed an action- song, " The Handkerchief," by the Kindergarten pupils, the effect being very fine. "The Last Rose of Summer" was rendered in a manner which speaks volumes for the musical ability oi Misses I. Dixon and K. Riddell (violins) and Clarke and Moore (pianos). A wee tot, Miss J. Connop, gained a vigorous encore for her spirited : recitation called "The Little Teacher." Misses A. and K. McCleland were also very successful in their dialogue, "The Daisy and the Ivy." ■One of the best instrumental items was the pianoforte selection by Misses Fischer and C. Clarke, their essay being Mazuretto's setting of' "Home, Sweet Home ;" Miss Clarke also took part with Miss Smith in GotitsAalk's "Primtemps d'Armour." The second part of the programme was taken up with the 1 cantata -The Children's Queen," in which Miss M. Clarke took tho part of the Fairy. Queen- and Miss Q. Hawkins that of Laila, tie latter receiving a handsome bou&Met after her rendering of "Home, Sweet Home." The whole performance showed signs of careful training on the part of the sisters, and of close attention on the part of the pupils, the only drawback being the crowded state of the stage. Between the two acts Misses Smith and N. Sutton played a pianoforte selection, "La Fete du Champenoise." The several accompaniments were played by the young ladies already mentioned as instrumentalists.

The Moa and Golden Nugget teas are once more creating a sensation among the ladies by their superior quality and fine flavour, at a very low cost. The half-yearly cash prizes are to be distributed at the end of December, and all those who have saved twenty-five or more coupons would do well to forward them to the Castle Tea Company, Wellington, [before the first of January, 1905. The enormous number of prizes distributed throughout New Zealand proves that Moa tea is the best obtainable for the money at the stores, and the proprietors consider that only one trial is required to convince ladies of the economy and good values of their teas, which are all Ceylon, packed in lead, and so retain their flavour and purity. This tea is now such a universal favourite that it is found in swell houses and the humbler cottages of the working classes. The reason for this popularity is that it is pure strong, and cheap, and the different grades are within the reach of all. fry it, and your palate will ciate it, your nerves be Improved by it, and yourfrie»ds dolighted 'to partake of your hospitality. What delicious tea " will be the remark of one and all.* WHY IT SELLS.

If SYKES' DRENCH were not tracked by real merit it would have been dead long ago. Do you want to know why it sells ? WORD OF MOUTH ADVERTISING. A farmer buys it, perhaps through chance, maybe a friend it to him. However, he gives it a trial. A valuable cow's life is saved ; next time several of his pigs are sick; he tries it again ; and so it goes on until after two or three more trials he limis it can be depended upon. When his neighbours cows are sick he says : " Why don't you use SYKES' Drench ? Best thing I ever struck. Get a packet old chap, and just uso it accordikg to the directions and it will do tho rest." This friend tries it with similar results and recommends it to another, and bo it grows constantly because it faithfully does its work, Each Packet of SYKES' DRENCH contains two drenches. Price Is 6U.— Advt.

Messrs Moroy ana Son announce their great sale of summer dreapery. Anew advertisement from Messra Baker and Co. is held over till to-morrow, The New Zealand State Fire Insurance Department will commence operations on January 4th. Mr Newton King reports the sale of Mr T. Eottin's farm of 94 acres, [ situate on Salisbury Roaid, to Mr L. I Vivian.

His Worship the Mayor received a telegram on Wednesday stating that tihe Hon. Colonel Pitt will be present at the opening of the exhibition. The Egmont County Council (Opunake} invites .tenders for several contracts for Supply of boulder sitono. Tenders! for the construction of a septic tank are invited by the Borough Council. A speaker at the meeting at Fitzroy last evening prophesied that ere long the question of amalgamation with New Plymouth borough would be disposed of by the foundation of a suburban municipality. Speculation is now rife as to the identity of the lirst mavor of the borough to be. In England a man may keep wolves as a hobby 'when they are under control, but not pigs. This seems to be the result of a discussion at the Henley-on-Thames District Council, on account of a sanitary Inspector's report of the receipt of complaints of two wolves being kept in an old cottage in Church-street, Watlington. He had visited the j spot, and found no nuisance injurious to health, but the people in the neighbourhood 'were alarmed lest the animals should escape. The inspector said they could not get free unless they made their way through the wall)*. The owner purchased the old cottage in question to carry out a hobby. The chairman told his brother members that the council had no power to prevent a man keeping wolves so long as they were under perfect control. "But we should not allow pigs to be kept there," said a councillor ; pigs would constitute a nuisance. Unless they wolves could be brought under the same category, they (or their owner) might defy the inspector. The officer was, however, instructed to keep his eyes open, and if a ''nuisance" arose to act at once.

The Provident Building Society is issuing a new series of shares, and in accordance with its usual policy, it is inviting applications from the public. The secretary, Mr H. A. Lenmam, will be pleased co give any information to inquirers, and be happy to supply application forms, which must be filled in and lodged with him by December 10th. The society has steadily progressed since its establishment aril has always tione business on safe and cautious lines. The society has funds in hand, and is prepared to lend on approved security at tho usual favourable rates. 1 GOUT GOES GLADLY.

Rheumo and gout can't be in the system together. When Rheumo goes in the gout goes out. Mr F. D. Belling, oi Eketahuna, has proved this. Writing on Ist July he says : —"Kindly send me another bottle of your Rheumo mixture, a» I have had no trouble with gout since I have kept it in the house. It gives me immediate relief by taking one dose. I can with confidence recommend Rheumo for either gout or rheumatics." Just one more proof of that Rheumo conquers chronic rheumatism. Chemists anid stores, 2s (id and 4s 6d per bottle.* 5

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, Eltham Axemen's Carnival—Championship meeting on the 26th and inst. . Moa Tens'—Reasons for their popularity. Exhibition Cookery Classes En tries extended to 31st inst. Egmont County Council—Tenders wanted for boulder stone supply. Borough Council—Tenders for septic tank construction. Two boarders wanted in a private family.