The Daily News SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7742, 18 February 1905, Page 2

The Daily News SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A private meeting of the Land Commission to arrange details was held at llunedin yesterday. Mr J. \V. Shaw has been nominated as the (Hugo candidate for a Khodes scholarship. The business ol' the Empire Hotel, Willis street, Wellington, has been floated into a limited liability company, with a cap tai of £40,000. The Australian Workers Unions have amalgamated into one body for the whole Commonwealth, with a membership of over 21,000.

Evidence was adduced on Thursday before the Federal Navigation Conitmission which went to show that there is considerable shanghaiing of seamen at Newcastle. In another oolumn Mr Newton King advertises entries for his annua! Waiwakaiho sheep fair, which will be held on Thursday, Fd >ruary 2Sth, commencing at 11 o'clock. The Auckland City Council on Thursday night 'decided to appeal again.st a decision which was given in the .Supreme Court against its bye-law re loitering in streets. It is reported that an improved water service for the city of Nelson is now complete, and the additional main gives a splendid pressure of water.

A deputation from the Trades anil Labour Council waited on the I'remier on Thursday evening, ami complained that the Shops Act was not being enforced. The Premier said the Government was not responsible for the 'delay in bringing a test case, as he had not the fixing of the Appeal Court dates. I'litil a test case had been decided it was no use enforcing section 2 of the Act. Advice lias been received from England that Messrs Vernon Kout, Percy Scantlebury, and Arthur Fair, have all passed the first section of the examination for the L.L.U. degree of the N.Z. I'niversity. They were tile only candidates sent up by Nelson College for that examination, but all the college undergraduates werp successful in keeping university terms.

At the Premiers' Conference at bart on Thursday it was agreed Mb for the present there should be no reduction made in the stato Uavfiinarsi.-and that their present method of nppoiplmeiit should be approved of. A communication was also received from the English Government, asking a contribution annually of £2OO for five years towards scientific investigation into, tropical diseases.

The Governor of Turkestan has memorialised the Chinese Throne complaining that the military forces at his disposal are weak, and that he is short of funds). In reply, the Thront referred to the great strategical! importance of Turkestan, and impressed upon the Governor the importance of always maintaining' an efficient army,,—South China Tost, Shanghai.

Tenders for 187 Dunedlin corporation 'debentures for £IOO each, olTcrod by the Waipori Falls Power Company to facilitate the distribution of fht< assets of the company, were ov-Gr-appljod for to the extent o'f £BO7O and yielded aj( average premium of 209 S)Jd, The Town Clerk has received a telegram from Sir Joseph Ward, stating that a special official of the Haihvay Department will be sent to Plymouth to report on the proposed deviation of the railway in connection with the extension of Moles-worth street (nlo Brougham street.

An application was made at the Police Court yesterday by Jlr Farrar (custodian of the Old People's Home) for a prohibition order against an old age and Imperial pensioner. Jlr Farrar stated that the pensioner left jJw Home on .January r>th, but while there was frequently the worse for liquor. The Clerjc of Jhfl Court explained that thp proceedings: yrero tfl.ken at hi® suggestion. The .S.jU. remarked that it meant losing the old age pension, and he adjourned the application for a week. On Wednesday next at Okato Mr Xewton King will hold an unreserved sale on account of Mr Jas. McCullum, of hoists, waggons, plant, and prpperfy. Anyone wanting strong, staunch, sorvjce;U)if: or gear will find it to their- advapfage f.i, attend this sale, as everything is alt solutely without reserve, except tile farms, on which there Js ppjy & very low upsef. Full particulars will be found on reference to our advertising columns. The Shall Of Persia has in the throne room (fi hjs palace a carpet so thickly sown with" pearls tljat the texture of the cloth (says T. A.T.) hardly seen. Xour it ie the throne of carved wood studded will jewels valued at £1,000,000. N.jiu- tin; throne stands a huge silver vasx*, set with' pearls and turquoises, but, strangu to say, alongside H stands a f.lieHj) European painted urn, such , as lass I.e bought anywhere for a few shillings'. The Wtudi Jias curious ideas about the value of things, a»<i on thl' walls of one room a painting by one of the old masters hangs side If side with a gaudy poster advertising a. dealer in fish honks'.

1 *«y in l'ekin," sajd an American tourist, v w|>en a lire broke w ii(, , a few door:-. Mow tilt,- house in which J was lodging, and at the first alarm 1 rushed out into the burning struo , ture to see what could be saved. J was at once arrested, and later oil discovered (.he Chinese way of lighting .a lire. A policeman /irst required an aflirtavil <he head of t!ie|lhouMehold to the effect Ijiat li.- d-d not deliberately starL the blaze, and „>r tills purpose took him before an official hal!f a mile away. A second "as stationed to see that no one removed any furniture until the papers »ad been made out. After a lapse of forty mjnut'es the firemen arrived. J hey lyoke<} af the burning house mid decided that it was fl rc . After much argument it «•«? am that ,:t would l/e a waste pf wats'r to try to put out the flaines. Two members who erected a ladder and climbed part of the way up were duly reprovwi for too much zeal, and alter the name, age, and habits .of the owner had been taken, the file department retired in good order. As the ilamcs wen- unhindered the house bin noil to the ground, am) whim the ownei returned he was bea'ten by hid neighbours I,or endangering tile r property. I hoto " . vii„ . hcld m durance 'Jots"' K ' nnd thon "Nxl'lO Whiteley Chuixh Sundav. February 9th, preachers; Mo^g/ IN. ■ itu t tie; subject, •'jji's Choice, A Word to Business Men., evening, Mr T{. F. Williams, offertory l'oj- Tnist Fund,*

Mr J. H. Bentley opens a sale of after season drapery, etc., to-day. Mr I). Ixting reports the sale of a section in the Veale Estate to Mr Williaim Mclsaac. The .Town Clerk calls for temlers for the supply of 20(H) uynrds of crushetf" metal.

Mis A. Richmond invites personal application for the purchase of her residence in Vivian Street. | The County Chairman advertises for applications from persons willing 1 to collect the dog tax for 1305. | Mr Newton King will sell a large entry of horses and cattle, also 7000 feet of timber, at Itahotu on Tlnirs- ,

day next. | There will shortly be held in the Brill Hall a promenade concert in aid of that deserving institution, the Victoria Maori Girls' School. Mr Newton King will sell by auction to-day fla quantity of timber and other articles at the exhibition | buildings.

Those who are in arrears with their county rates are reminded thatTuesday, 28th inst., is the last day for payment. Memlbers of the New Plymouth Investment and Loan Society arc notified by the secretary that subscriptions are payable to-day. Cole and Browning, llie two men injured by tram accidents in Wellington this week, are still in the 'hospital. The former is progressing favourably, but the condition of th« latter is not so good. Last night, for the Jirst time in the history of the local Chamber of Commerce, the members transacted business in ]a council chamber of their own. Great pleasure was expressed by all present at the welcome change. The Fisk Jubilee Singers, so well known for their quaint are shortly to re-visit New Plymouth, | and give one of their world-lamed concert's. Since last the company toured New Zealand they have, we I understand, added a number of new artists to their combination, win) foi'jn an additional attraction to it, and are reputedly a success. | "If you had the money to pay how much would you consider plaintiff should receive for his work said the S.M. to a lady defendant yesterday., "Nothing,'' was flthe prompt and emphatic roply, witness subsequently adding that "if he |!was a poor man and I could afford if, I wouldn't mind (giving him £5." This outburst of hypothetical charity evoked a smile from all present. | When Mine. J'atii sang a Pew weeks ago in St. Petersburg in aid of the Grand Duchess Mario Pavlovna's hospital train, she had a remarkable reception that was wondrous indeed. After her third song, Ard'iti's "11 Bacio," J'attie was called into the salon at the back of the Imperial box ito be received by the Downgvr ' -llnches'-* .Marie. Tliey had la 't met in 1809, and, throwing all etiquette lo the wind, th." Empress and the queen of song were overcome by mutual emotion., and fell into each other's arms and wept. Then Count Grabbe, aide-de-camp lo the Grand Duke Vladimir, presented the diva with a crown of gold on ai blue velvet cushion, the gift of the Grand Duko and Duchess Vladimir. | By the simpfe e.-qicdient of attaching a piece of thread to the boots hanging outside his shop and connecting it with a mouse-trap Inside the shop, a Burlon-on-Trem tradesman enabled the police to discover a cartload of stolen goods. For many months past pilfe,vr:v liid -rausr'd great loss-, and t,he tradesman was advised to set the trap. This snap'ping alarmed him, and he accosted a woman hurrying away to an apparent accomplice. Two women were arrested, and upon their homes t.eing searcihed, tile police found twenty pain; of new boots and a large quantity 01' new clothing. Tradesmen Horn a wide area are identifving the clothing. L H . t; oncu "'at appropriately lfeoting symposium of rfU the ephemeral glories of ?he Napoleonic legend, lis oqce more lo arise iioiu .the degradation in which it has lain ever wince the fall of the Second Empire. The restoration of the place ! was decided upon at the very moment when all hope was lost. Mat. ters had gone so far that arraugeimeats were being made for its Ijeilllg cut up into lots for sale a:.

bui'Miivg sites. One feature of ;! restoration of this public park for flWlblic use ;s that It is to be l,yh lin Statuary, but not of Ihe heterogeneous' medley kind. Kaeh piece of I culpture will take its place in a jfitinera! i/.un. It is supposed to coiujmemorale the promiscuous heroes of a moment. The subject'; i)-v."i«ited \\jll include such embodied ideals as lEar.(,h a|«l Stream, the Hours, and rtta! "Seauons,

| A good many people may be nston.ish'ed to learn thai every year in, ( England, according to the latest | volume of criminal suitietics, about [ l.) 0 innocent men and women are imprisoned eight weeks and more. During 1103 there were 130 prisoners found to 'be innocent detained in prison from eight to twtlw weeks 41 spent from twelve to sixteen weeks i n guol awaiting their trial, and 14 lay in prison more than sixteen weeks before it was discovered that they ditj not dfisorve to be imprisoned at a'Jl. A system that works this injustice is obviously in need ,of the reformer's hand. Some part lof the evil may be attributed to the reluctance of magistrates to exercise their wide descretion in the granting P.f bail but the real fault is to be found in the circuit system, PromptPOSS of trial i t s impossitte, because the intervals Ijtrtwpen the assizes are irregular and long. N (J s'tups, however, have been taken to rid the administration of the driminai law of this grave defeci. though nearly six •ih a !' S ,u a ?° Jl ' lialfolll ' amio\mc,«d that t}je Lord Chancellor had " 50,,,,, proposals of a character to in&ke beforp lojjg." (Jiobe WHAT HIIEVMD POF.S.

I Mr u. Wearing, miner, Mataura ( states as Jollow.y "1 am 79 vears ; old, and ha ve 1; ved inMat aura <\ () , years. J'or seven months I was a great sufferer from rheumatism, *o ;had that at timcii I could not leav 'IIJ b.e(J. f lva .s told of Uheimio, an-.l pokfo ,ir 1)0 u.k,. 'Hie "esuli was that 1 was completely c nvd c.f rheuimatism. Mr Mactilbbon, who Is a \' ' . rf> and a well known merchant | here can verify „, v stale,n,„t. vhat a ' VS K,ad 10 CIS what your wonderfhl metlicine eumo did for me.- SoW m> where. _>s 6d and 4s (id. Kempthorne Prosser and Co., Wholesale agenfs 4

HOLLO WAV'S PJNTMENT AND ~. PILLS. Chest aijd stomach complain t a erv P' d CCnlre of ii ailment is impurity of the slodlgo this pplson and the disaaai depfavts,. Ilollowav's I ills exercise the inestimable power of thoroughly cleansing each coinponent part of the blood, and cnP!)f? fluid to perform its imWW Pone n'osl SuccLssfuJiy SVI til Cjiest 'dfseasea ers m .m! 'ivor disont w,L f, ny oU,er mftlwlies, which , , o »ce the besetting dangers af mankind a t certain seasons. 'lhe directions for use enable everyone pills^vfnM) 0 th ° opol ' lltion of these e il.vVi:,L srcaU,st "iccty. Chronc lmal.ds, neryous sufferers, and a l whom other treatment has fail ed to lelicve, are respectfully inltcd to try llolloway's celebrated medicine, which will strengthen and cure them.* j l?o you tfroa# washing day ? Then t,p p/ and cheer up ...ee a list nf storekeepers \vji,p stock it. A (>d tin sufßcient for a week's washing.*

Parcels nnd packages fiom nil centres in -\ ew Zealand to New Ply. mouth or vice versa at fixed through tatcs.—The New Zealand Express Company, Ltd. j It is worth veiiiemjjoring that for xcollence of style and quality cominod with large runge of variety and cheapness of engagement rings find all kinds of jewellery you must goto J. H, Parker's, Jeweller, next railway crossing, Devon Street Central, New Plymouth.*