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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7904, 21 August 1905, Page 2

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• In reply to a question by Air E. M. Smith, in the House on Friday, Sir Joseph Ward said he hoped to be able' to fulfil his promise Legislative authority for the proposed deviation of the railway line at New Plymouth. There were eight. offers received by the Taranaki County Council for office accommodation. These were gone into o i Saturday by Hie committee appointed! fbr the)purpose, and a recommendation will be made to next .Council meeting.

A middle-aged man named James McLean was arrested in town on Saturday by Detective Boddam on the icharge of obtaining; goods and money to the value, of £lO, from' a large retail firm. Accused will be brought up at the Police Oourt this morning,

Mr Golding's string orchestra was heard to advantage at the entertainment given at the .South Rood Hall on Thursday last, and well deserved the vote of thanks which \va; accorded it for its services.

The London Spectator is bewailing the alarming scarcity ,of great men in tho realm of statecraft, ami chal- I lenges anyone to name a single man of our age "the stamp of whose'foot produced armies from the ground." The writer has evidently yet to learn that New Zealand's Premier is still with us. The Rev. P. C. Hates, who has now held the position of meteorological observer at Wellington for twelve months, has calculated the me a n temperature for tho colony over that period as follows :—Nprth Island, i>4.9dog. ; South Island, Bl.Sdeg. It is a testimony to tho equableness of citir climato that the variations from ih'se figures during July wore onl) " leg. in the North Island and Bdeg. in the South.

The American white fish and quinnat Salmon, which the Government imported last your have done remarkahly well. Most of the salmon have been liberated, tint there are still a few in the ponds at Hakataramea. The white fish went straight ■ roni the hatching tloxes to the rive s. It is pmposed to got « furthei consignment this year from the Unitr/1 States Fisheries Commissiion, Consisting of a million white fish and ."00,000 quinnat salmon.

The mildness of tho season is the .'•object of comment from end lo end of the South Island. At I'icton willows are already coming into leaf, although the foliage has not been oli for six weeks. The Marlborough l'rcsS states that tho willow has >)>etonie evergreen in some parts of the Sounds. At the other end of the lsmnd a Milton paper states that a tattler of forty-two yeafs has never Known stick line weather at this senson of the year.

One of tfks jurors summoned to attend the civil sittings of the Supreme Court at Wellington asked fids Honor Mr Justin; (.'.ooper to excuse him. n n tho ground that, he was partiiill.'. deaf. "Your Honour, I've only got one ear—l moan I'm deaf in one ear. and the other's not much good." His lio.our : "Well, I suppose .both sides must bo heard in this ease, as ill all others ; a juror ought to have two cars. You tiro exuused." (Laushter.il

The programme for the fourth ami last of the present series of concerts given by the New Plymouth Military Band, to be held to-nisht in the Theatre Royal, will be found in our advertising columns. All songs will, be accompanied by a full orchestra. It is to be hoped that, there will be a good attendance, as everyone concerned h-avc put forth their best efforts to make these concerts successful and popular. A vastly interesting collection of ancient publications, mostly (mck-i latod newspapers of tho time when the press of the day was very immature is on exhibition in the window of Mr James B. Speed, on Lambton Quay, Wellington. There is a little paper with queer advertisements called The Times, (of London), dated June '22. 1815—The Thunderer of nfnety year* ago. " The early part of the eighteenth century is represented by a l quaint little sheet about the size of modern note-paper, called the Northampton Mercury, or Monday's Post. It makes trying reading for modem eyes owing to the alteration made in the configuration of some of the letters since the date of its pu'ilicu. t ion—-May 2, 1720. The press of over half o century later is represented by a fadi'd yellow sheet branded The Glocefter Journal, which means The Gloucester Journal. Its I'.-ite is November 3, 1783. America, where printing has made amazing strides, is represented by a copy of the New York Evening Post of November 16, 1801. A hand written paper, or the fac-sinv ile of one, is the Melibourne Advertiser, written for and published by Joliia P. Fawkner, at Melbourne, in January, 1838. Three years later u palter was printed in Wellington. Papers of local interest on exhibit on consist of copies of the Wellington Imiependent and SpecJU.tor of the forties.

A local poultry-fancier brings under our notice the heavy charge made by a leading carrying company for the consignment of a bird from Invercargill to New Plymouth. The bill presented on delivery of the -bird, [which was cooped in a pen very little ! larger than a kerosene case, totalled I l!)s 9d. No details of the charge [were supplied, but the consignee figj ures the cost out as follows Riv[crton to Wellington 7s 3d, butcher's fee 2s itid, feeding and attendance Is, cartage, store and train 3s, railage os, cartage l,s. This treatment is the reverse of encouraging -to fanciers, and the poultry journal, the Australian Hen, has taken up the whole mailer in their interests. It publishes a letter from a New Zealand client stating that a bird which lie bought iu Sydney for 30s, cost him I another 20s for cartage, etc., before 'delivery. Such' charges are probi-bi,-live, and the question is one which should receive attention from the [Poultry Society, with a view to moving the Association in the matter. Tenders n.')/>sc to-day at the Public Works Office, Wellifigfoi), fof the erection of the long-propiised Post Of- [ lice at New Plymouth, Mr M, Mills invites tenders for i twenty chains of wire fencing, to -be delivered at his farm, Omata, A meeting of those . Interested in the formation of a Trolling Cluh, as approve;! some time ago, is called for next Friday evening in the Council Chambers.

The Star Football Club £rt Union will Ire drawn at the Military Band's concert to-night, under,the\supervision of Messrs E. Dockrill and A. E Svkes.

For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is fid. Shareholders of tho Equitable Building Society will not« that subscriptions will be payable at the Society's office, Cunie-street, to-day, Monday, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12.30 p.m., 1.30 p.m. and 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. 4

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