The Daily News. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7929, 19 September 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1905. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ihe report of the medical superintendent (Dr. Leatham) shows that August was another fl>uß.v month at the Nv\v Plymouth Hospital, 50 patients lieing admitted ami aft discharged. -There were live deaths, lea\ ing 15 patients in the institution. Eighteen operations were performed. Mine. Lillian Hlauvelt, the American prima riomiu, has signed mi agreement guaranteeing for her sea son of forty. two weeks sit a> salary of £loo n week. As I he, engagement is to last, for six years her salary during that time will amount to £IOO,BOO. Jn a case at Sonthwnrk Countv Court it was staled that a boy of sixteen named Harvey rnntt-J a shop an-l carried on a good grocery business until he sokl it at a good pro- ; (it. A woman who was plaintiff in an action in a London court the othet day, said she earned her living by I'■ndinjj out silk skirls. hats and featlvrs to working girls for holidays. I lie most careful chemical anal\srs have demonstrated that rice possesses more nutriment than wheat. «ats, or barley, ami will sustain life longer than any other stareh-pri/duc-in;; plant. The Strut fowl Hospital Hoaivl Iras given notice to (he \ew Plymouth and IKnvera Hoards that it will -not !•* responsible for ihe nuiinti'iiance o5 any palients except sne'n as are admitted on order given either by a mrinber or an odieial of tf M t H</ai,l. In Hit event of any urgent ease he- | inL; "admitted without this order. th« Ut>i»rt| must be advised of the sum-' .within one week. Out of every 14HH) children born survive tijeir tiflh ,\ear in \ew Zealand. Sfin in New South Wales. «ml -it in \ itloria, as against B'J7 in L r l' a, . il '' " f '~ ' n n J?h»iid and Wales. 7.)1 in France, (ill in Austria, and ">7l in Spain. The bo\>, of Wit ley School..Surrey, were ask. (I to write their views on "l.mpiie." One hoy wrote in his i>say : "Kngland has long been niis--1 tvs'. of ihe seas. She has not. got •ol t1.. 1 lai.d yet. hut will acouire it by tlegivis." Statistics g-athered in San KranCisco in regard to the Japanese enin business show that they ha\e enivred ihl<; lively competition jvith Americans in large number of occnpal ioas which the Chinese th, not invade. There are ; Japanese hotels in San Krancisco. | siMy restaurants, sixteen int.-lli-ence o!i:ie.s. iririe shooting: gulleries. elev--1 t if bathing establishments, eleven bil-liard-rooms. and sevent\-live ht.usej cleaning oftices. These are all licenami tliere is a large nuiii-l/ei" of i enlicensed cobblers , butchers, janitors. porters and domestic .servants. Fruit-packing is practically control! :d by Ja]»anese, who are sent out from here in large parlies to all fruit vowing -districts. will soon have -a Oig morning new* paper that will give its Celestial readers all the news of the world. Type ami other appliances are being imported from China. Rich mer--1 chants of the quarter are backing J the enterprise, hut the ac.tivt; htwls of the paper are men prominvnt in I the Japanese colony. : The newspaper's motto will be "Everything for the Oriental," and M will mlvocate the rescinding of the present exclusion laws ami a fair lieWl to the Asiatic in competition with white labour. Chinatown -has now four Chinese afternoon 1 "dailies and two Japanese papers, but none of tlwni is large or has much influence. ihe Ttiratiaki Hospital Hoard's finances are in a most satisfactory stale, consHlering ilk» large expenditure on improvements, etc., during the last twelve months, After passing accounts and providing for ihe cost of work in progress the statement at Monday's 1 meeting of the Hoard showed n debit of I'lily £sf»l lis :?d.

In rnnsfitirMco of dissalisfaction it It Hi'.* of tin 1 Taran* jiM Uillo Shoot ii»# I iiioti. and t'iffiToiiLTs wilh Ni'w I*lvmonth, a |>rois on foot to form a ( uion tin* Sirati'oi\l. Kit ham. tliiwi'ia , hrg)r\voo<l ami Waitara cotnpaijif.s. a iwviing will lv lu'hi shortly to (•onMd.'i- iluj nitttU»r.-~ St rat lonl l\>M .

• ( don't think," said* l-h«» chairman of the K-dncation Conference to the Premier. " that a single Kduca- ,»);»• Moan) in ihis colony ivteiwd a i-1.-jn frmn ill*' Audi-Inr-tJeneral in cun<;eel i"ii with thoir urccmttlM last >ear" "I ■Ai'-n'l I »'iu- tnyseUV' ivjoiivd Mi" .Scddon. • •>«: tilai i» nothing new." There would to h' 1 sonic misappr. hens'u.n on the part of res-taiiram-k*»*p«rs as to thuir to tn'W ciyarel h x itnvJ cigars on Wciln. sda\ afternoons, The StijK-ndiary Magistrate at Wellington iva.y decided thai such sales are illegal. In each case a ivs.'ioiruijt-keeper avus mulcted in cos;* |hi' pnwution. 'l'lii- Inspector <i' IV.c;orirs coitleml*•<l that such trading wax not fair Ut tobacconists. who have to cbso on \\ at' errioous. Speaking «< llm- Insurance FlistiMil'* the other evening I'roiessor Ksift.-niehi mentioned tha! a portion •if a chemical c\ Under which e.vplml.•d in a lire i» Wellington was foun,\ ■at tile top of Honh'otf SUeet. What I MM-ja'iiM'd hint was thai none of the , people who were watching il>«« lire ; v.ere beheaded. If i lie of ihe cyllm ; dej-.s has "siruck in" ahont the-level | of ill'- crovdv watching the tire it 1 would have h«-en as -Imd an a cannon l/all. Jt would have gone | through lifn or si.sty people \viih» on( stopping. These c\|inder.s contained compressed osygvn. I.ord llalsliury, the present l.ord Chancellor of Knglai.-d. attained his i-l(»ht iftti year on-the :ird inst. Ho hits occupied th" seat on the Woolsack iVr ten year*, aji-d J>y the action of tlnr Tiinu' Miuisjei-, j* likely /o have another term of ollice txfore him. I.ord Halsbury cannot complain of the way he has Jwvn treated by ftie enjntry. Already he lias received fretw/.vu fcWRi/XWj aird HTU.-OUU iu salary.

For the month ending Sept. 18, one male was admitted i () the Ofoi People's Home, There are now 41 inmates at the Home, including' ;i;s males and 8 females. A male inmate was sent to the liotoma' hot lis ft few days ago on a relative undertaking! to pay the expenses, and a female left to go to a situation. One death (Itohert occurred during the month. The discipline at the Home Is excellent, and I tile gvnerul health l of the inmates good. In order to complete accommodation at the consumptive annexe, tho Hoard has decided on the erection of a louii-gx! shvlU'r shod for thy male patients. Tile tender of ]{. Coleman at £7O 8s has been accepted. 'J'lie Wellington 'builders and contractors have decided to refrain irom tendering for any contracts that have nol the \cw Zealand general conditions attached. Copies of these conditions mny readilv ol> taineil.

The Minister of Defence has hud under consideration the question of capital ion paid to cadet corps, with a vir\v of giving a slight increase. The capitation at present paid is oft per head, which members of Parliamrnt liiive urged on the Minister ah b} v ing totally insuflicient, seeing that uniforms have to be provided for the cadets. One captain commanding cadet corps has written to <\ member of the House, stating that it would take the company nine years to pay off the cost of its uniforms on the present basis of capitation.

Mr H. C. Lane, secretary of the Xui'th Canterbury Education Hoard, w-ho has acted as secretary of tho Education Hoards' Conference, was accorded a hearty vote of thanks by the conference, and presented with a piece of plate by members. Before concluding his Public Works Statement, the Hon. W. Hall-Jones made reference to the career of a ! very old public servant who has been identified with thu Public Works Department from his earliest days. Ore the 31st March next, Mr William Henry Hales, who now holds the position as Eiigiitetr-in-Chief of the colony, closes the active portion ol his official career by retiring on the pension to which he is by law entitled. Air Hales entered the service of the late I'rovinvial (Jovernment of Wellington on December 30th, 1801 ; joined tin; (Jeneral government service in March, ; and entered the Public Works Department in March, 1H72. He became Engineer-in-Chief on April Ist, 1892, and at the date of his retirement —after forty-four years' continuous service—will have held that high and responsible position for fourteen Years, or twice as long as any other occupant of the post has held it. He will relinquish the jwrformance of his 'duties cn December 31st.

Successful attempts have again Ihvii made in Melbourne to convert bank notes of a low denomination to u higher one by the simple espedient of erasure uml the su'j.titulio'ii of the vlesiivd figures. A number oi such notes have been passed on tradespeople. The girls of Swwlcn within the iasi generation have entered fully into the movement for opening new careers lo women, and if one ol them deckles to prepare for a pro:essjon, to take up literature or art, or to devote herself to some form of siutl; or research, no one is surprised. Last year there were in SHidcn three women doctors of philosophy ami nine doctors of mrdi cine engaged in the practice of their professions. There was also a lady doctor of laws, who has l,ven appointed 'to a Icclurership at the I'niveisity of Lpsala. Madame Sonia Kovalesky, the fnmou:4wonian tmathematjeian, was the lirst woman appointed in Sweden to a I'niversity professorship. Women are doing valuable work as members of school Hoards ai.,l boaids of guardians, they vote at communal elections, tinvl engage io all sorts of social activities. with little (so far as one. can judge) of the asperity or jjelfcoiiscioiisness which lias' sometimes discridiUd the "Xew Woman" movein Kr. o |aitd. It is pleasant to l.e told that Swedish girls, despite >heir "newness," ure healthy and vigorous both in miml ami "-body, and have i.ot lost that charming politeness which is cue of the best traditions of their nation. j

'I hero are 11 :t artisans and 2004 'aboiirers engage:! on railway consiruction in New Zealand. They arc 'distributed as follows :—lvawakawa (Jrahamtowu OS, Hellensville 86 Paeroa-Waihi 80, Uisborne-lvaraka. 11. North Island .Main Trunk 128-1, .Mount Eginont fi3, St ratiord-Whun-gamoniona y "ill, Hlenheim-Waipara 2l.f> .Midland 480, Llo'tika-Koss 70, Coal Creek 21, oo, (Kago Central 271, Catlins -'ls. .

The Paris correspondent of the Gentlewoman says that "an o.uiusing story is going the round of the clubs and afternoon tea tables in reference to a lottery ticket. The old Count S., known' for his constant money dilliculties. was -at a loss howto remunerate his cook for the pleasure he had from a wonderful salmis, and bethought him of a lottery ticket he had had lor some time, and presented her with it. \ow, it chanced that this same ticket, a few weeks later, drew a prize of £20,000 (.»00,000lr.) and there was nothing olse for the count to do but lomar:ry the cook and get possession oi' it [ again. The ceremony was celebrated at the Maine, and as soon as the interesting ci uplc were husband and wife the count asked his bride to fetch him the ticket. Illushingly the countess acknowledged having given ii to her cousin, the coachman, us compensation for their broken enMent."

Oamimi is going in for erecting n iniinicipnl teu n -luill. At a meeting held recenll,\ the Ma\or explainxtl thut thu (lovernment hud Ig'ivei) tin excellent s-i(e fer tie' proposal lju 11,1ing, anil thul was worth £1.">00 alone. Ti„-n the Tinnier was to obtain a loan from the Government of £IOOO. but it was nlso absolutely necessarv llmt the jjeople should in addition nnd -at once raise -the sum pi £IOOO. 1 lis Worship luhf■-tress or. Ihe fuel thai a sinking fund ivould attach lo -i-lie i.'oyerninent loan ol' £looo. which would exiii;gni--h the debt in It years, ami moreoverwhich was very important—the scheme would not mean any increase in the rates of the town. lie lurd &'.o;i'- very fully into the matter. with I lie jysult Hint, even if they went to £/iot)ii, Hji; |)!ill would pa,\' without being any charge on tile rates.

A munlero.is, /issaiill wilh a tomahawk. impnn is.-d ti'utti I l]e laitt of a crosscut saw, upon a ial.ll/Hvr nam<d rhimius Wilson, is reported frun ItocljesUf (Victoria). The attack is said to have l,<x-n ill.- outcome of an n I tonal ion lieUveoii Wilson pwj Ills male, a man named .Whitling? ham, Tho Iwck of Wilson'.f bead was laid and Ins en/- nearly dotal hul. Witting'ham has 'been ai'reyl-

lt IS umlorsl outl (says the MarlI" Times) fliat the vestrv of til.; ('h.jirh Nativity has gralelully accepted i(i./ ~f _\| rs .p I. alter t.o present Ihe ci>i>g;'eg»it ion iyUh n new pipe-organ, at a com of ■t.iili, as (i memorial to her lalu husband. ('oocl L.vc,' said tPoniuti find gave up the (-hast ! JO l v oe Sony dyspeptic, submerged in his gjoom. Who lerls most dejected at.il (it for lilt tomb ; The pour hypochondriac, «| )() wanders j;i woe, Willi no ono to speak to and nowhere (o go, Whom no consolation noi comfort can please, Who maintains lie's a martyr to every disease. Let them aid their digest inn, and ko*p their blood pure, P»d recruit upon Woods' Great I'eppcrjiiijjt C'W'tf g

At a clearing sale at Clinton, Ota- I go, last week potatoes brought 20s (id jicr bag 1 - The Gore Standard says some fanners talk of cutting the seed into 'as iiitny parts as it will allow, for economy's sake, as the price hinders them from buynvgl I a good quant ity of seed. Messrs Ambrury Uros. announce that their first display of season's fashions are to hand from London I and the Continent. Full details will appear in | Lo-mjorrow's issue, liut ladies need net delay inspecting this I tempting array of 'dainty materials.

The memorial service of the late Sister Jenkins, conducted at Hie Salvation Army ilarracks on Sunday night was very largely -attended, including a good number of the Rechabite Ledge, of which Hro. Jenkins was a member. Tlve was comluctvd by lieutenant Adams. Mrs Kennington and Mr Bewick spoke very highly 'of tho 'departed comrade's life. A very well rendered cempany .song was sung, entitled "When the ltoll is Called lj> Yonder." jMi\s Adjutant Dickens gave the solo "Eternity is Near," with organ accompaniment by Lieutenant Adams. Mr C. K. Hellringer will commence his political campaign by addressing I the electors at the Theatre Royal ! this evening. The dress circle will be reserved for ladies and their escorts. Cricketers are reminded of the annual meeting of the New Plymouth Cricket Club to be held at the Council Chamfers at B this evening. A night porter and a ktfcchenman are required by tho proprietor of the) Criterion Hotel. The annual reunion of the Taranaki Rifles is to -be held -at the Trocadero on Thursday evening. As each member may take a friend, the gathering should bd large and enjoyable. The advent of the spring naturally leads ladies to turn their attention | to thp latest fashions for spriog and 1 summer wear. Recognising this, j Messrs Morey and Sou notify the arrival of a consignment of live latest and most fashionable hats, scarves, neckwear, ( lacc capes, and smart blouses. Details will appear in t<H morrow's issue. Everyone IS on the lookout lor bargains and bargains of tho best kind in clocks, watches, jewellery, solid silver and electroplated goods of high quality, by best makers, may be secured at J. H. Tarker's, next railway crossing, Devon Street}, New Plymouth. Note carefully—Only a low Cases left ot very line America* 8-day fttriking clocks at 32s Od each.*

To j day Morey and Son are showing a most charming lot of summer nuislins, prints, delaines, voiles, taf-» fctas,.,Houses, trimmed and untrimmed hats, costume;; (tweed and linen), jackets in cream serge and light tweeds (silk lined), cream and black voile skirts, belts, fichus, collars and a magnificent lot of lace and silk capes and jackets suitable tor elderly ladiis, at;prices that must make the uoods sell. The show is well worthy of inspection, and we advise all to call.*