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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 793, 21 September 1905, Page 2

Lord Minto, the nf.v \ iccroy 01 India, leaves for his post. \i.i .'.larsctlIcs.'in Oct. 21). A plague patient ilie.l ycsicnwy at l'ownsvillc, .Queensland. An Upper Hutt resident who was [one of the deputation to Sir Joseph I Ward on Saturday paint.d a gloomy picture of the carriages u.i the morning train from Upper Hull to Wellirnrlou. The lirsl-class carriage:, 1 were shucking—the leather of the cushions was lio.tttrc.fi and torn and the stulling protruded; the doors would | not close, and rattled like an cai'th- ! quake; while the vcnlilut'nn was '.vastly. The second-class carriages deliol his all;nipt at description. The Minister expressed his horror, and said he would make investigations, and if the carriages were so wierd as alleged, he might send them, to the Christchureh Kxliiliifion. Last Saturday evening the electric lights in Inglewood suddenly went out, owing to lightning having upset matters at the generation station. The fault was put right in three or four hours,, and "' " ' ' - "'■ '"' forth in tiie tn

Speaking to a deputation last week U-.i' Minister for Railways intimatul : that lit" was going to make some change in tlic regulations governing railway tickets. Amongst eaheri things, lie proposed to make family tii'' ets available until the .trips Wife exhausted. in plaee o! the present rule that they must he used up with-, in a certain period. 'lhe grants lor technical schools arc incresisid in this year's Kstimatcst from ilj,(Hid to t2ft.(:oo. Parliament is to he asked this session to vote ifiOtui for alterations In lV.rliaiiH.nt Hui (dings. A young man named Ferguson, while lowering a totara pile itow na > sttep incline on ii wire rope at Whan garci, lett tl.v rope .si-iji. Doth his n,;s Wcie entangled and torn oil. I here Was a large oi l.idiisal Hie Council Chambers in\\;.i----n. siiay aitunoon, to make arrangements lor the New I'lymouih 1« ir_ i'ligades annual hall to he held on .Ni.v. !l. Kegrct was evprtsscd at Hi.' i.'c! thai the Floral Kete in aid o[ Iti creat,on (ifounil funds should be tix-' rd for this date, as Nov. 9 has been tlic recognised date of the Kite Uriuade's hail lor the last three years. However, Hie ladies determined toa.iherc to King's Hirilulay, and ale sanguine that the ball will be as great a success as ever. Committees were set: up to m range the details. A visiting concert party treated 111.' inmates of (lie Old Tropic's Woimj to a most enjoyable musical progiamine oil Wednesday evening, composing \ocal it.;..s, \iolin ami mandolin sdtcliolis, .... n ~ougs etc. The manager, on Uhalt of the old people cordially thanked .Mis C'Di iscoil, who' auangtd the visit, and the performers, .Misses Dixon (;j) a ;nl .Moore, and ■Messrs Cooper, Delaluw, C. .' U e Isaac, Kichardsun, I'age and Schlierike, Ii r their kindness, which was much Hull Ihriv i.s .souk- talcnt aiuuni; the inmates Wii.s .shown l»y Messrs Hicklate, Simons and Iluilesion,• assist|mgin the programme, their eltorts |Wcini; heartily applauded l,v their com- | Hides. I The Minister of Tourist Ki sorts (Sir Joseph Ward) is, through Commando lloluiel (of the Australian warship Tamlier), prcsentin;' the Fni[l'cror of Austria Mill, so'iic live specimens of .New Zealand birds, these will consist of a pair of kiwis, a pair of wekas, and a pair of keas,' to lie supplement!d |,v a conple oi live lautara lizards, 'Commander Holinel, on hejialf of the Kmperor, has promised io present the (love)iiment with a number of chamois (mountain' antelope), which should do well in tin Idgh lauds of either island In .New Zealand. Chamois-hunting is one of Hie most dangerous and iasciaatjng of European sports,

A cable from Melbourne states that ] the groom, who reported he was "held up" ami a horse stolen from a mob lie was driving from Mount Gauibicr, lias confessed that he fabricated the story of sticking up to shield himself for losing a horse. The facetious questioner was in evidence at Mr 0. E. Bcllringer's political meeting on Tuesday night. "Are you in favour of fortifying Paritulu ?''.was a query that nuse.i some amusement, hut the audience were fairly convulsed when an occupant of the pit yelled out,."Arc you in favour of shoeing Mr Monteliores bullocks'!" These inillock teams have loomed large in the public eye for ialc, and this! fact pointed the joke., .Needless to say that Mr Dcl'iinger look the questions in good part, and appeared to appreciate the jokes as much as the audience. The Karawa was detained at Oneiiunga till 11 o'clock on Wednesday night for the purpose of bringing Jown the inward 'Frisco mail. She will arrive here about D o'clock this morning.

Government lias decided on its lirst step in regard to Manchuria by opening four important centres, including Kirin, to trad;'. The Government is also planning the constriction of a trunk railway traversing the three central provinces, the Canton to Peking and Canton to Hankau railway forming the southern part. Messrs F. P. Corkill and Hugh daily, who were appointed to consider the claim oi Mr Oliver K. Iloby against the National Insurance Com,)any, in connection with Hie recent lire ai Hell block, failed to agree to an award, and the matter was referred to Mr T. 0. Kelsey as umpire. The laltcr's finding is lor the sum oi £229 10s payable by the company to the claimant. The insurance policy

A sensational occurrence, in which Mr John Adlam, a well-known saltier at ttaihi, ligund as the principal, caused some stir al Waitara on iMon-:i;-y afternoon. At about J o'clock those in the vicinity were startled by ii sound like a gunshot, which emanated from a vacant block at the rear wis. On investigation, Mr Adlam ivas found lying on the ground in a dazed condition, severely burned ■•bout the face and bead as from the illecis oln powder explosion. '1 be indications showed that about a pouiwl ol blasting powder, wrapped in paper aad been deposited in a .small hole in <be ground, and that Mr Adlam had evidently reclined with bis bead over the bolt- and ignited ibe charge, witi, ilie result stated. The fact ifial six Wiittjl inatcbes were peked up alongside the shot bore our this view. iW ■>ofie, a resident of Waitara, with whom Mr Adlam bad | Kvn staytng took tbo|sullerer lo bis house, where 1)1. (iocd aUei.ili.l to bis injuries. Constable Uealtie, in charge at Wailara, made inquiries, into the ma Iter, ai.'.l, with his to.ieurrmiv, n,e injur,.., man was comcud to New 1 kmoulh hospital on 'luesday morning'liy air .Si.lic. Mr Aillpms injuries are n.t .-iii-ious, but bis general slate of health nas been unsalisiactory lor a consider.* lie time past. He has been carrying on a goc\l tallying tr.de, i.ut r.--cntly determined to dispose or his , lam, which was in the sale list at ...e tunc of the occurrence.

a iv.. He message fioiu Noumea, New ..al»i! ni.i, slilies that the trench xiislnp '.ieurthe, from tlie New He- '. Mrs, reports t-liat a punitive expch,,on Mini the liritisli warship I'cga.usii.il the .Mcurthe inaichul 10 the interior oi Malieolo wittv L uia]citn guns, ilie natives hied .some shots, hut ..one were seen. The expedition buin>d villages and destroyed plantations. Switzerland has a great scheme in view—the (inversion of all its State railways to electric traction. Tlicy cover 1620 miles of route, 212 being >i double track. There exists, ot .omse, an enormous water-power in .-.wii/.erland, bul it is very variable, and we are not aware how much cl it can ,|e ulilisiil all llie year round ior the generation of electric energy. Un.Urs will be aske.l tor shortly iroin some ol the great electric linns. Ac cording to the ICleetrician, the Coniederation makes money by ils railways, the receipts last war lung i-1,v31i,U1)«, and the expenses £3,1211,lIO'I, and llie llovernnieiH expecis, lo make more (or to reduce fares) with elietric traction. .Miss Monroe, a handsome young Americn lady, and a social lavouiile, the daughler of the cliainiiaii ol

ihree Michigan hauls, comm. tied suicide recently in an txtraoi.liii,n way. She went into an orchard, .sal' uiatcd her dress with parallin, ai.d then s,e llie garment alight. Members of the family seated in the huusi .saw the llaines and smoke in the orchard, and never suspected the enactment of so tragic a drama. When the body was found the lailv was burnt to death. Her friends at the :m|uest intimated that Miss Monroe, who recently returned from a trip abroad, had become depressed because oi obstacles in the way of her marriage to au Englishman of title to whom sin' is said to have been betrothed.

:.")<HM ioin -manual organ ordet- .... ~, ~le Wellington City Council or the I own Hall from Norman and Heard, of London, is upon the watM, some lorty-Mc eases „i or K an material being on board the Delphic, due in Wellington .„„ the audi insi. Hie rest of |lie organ pans were, shipped by the Tyser linn Indralema, ilue about the middle of nevt month. Intimation has been received by the Council, that Messrs II Tustii. and K. li. H.iil, of Norma,, and Heard s staff, who are to erect the "ifiaii, ate passings by the Paparoa, due on Hie 2Stli insl. The oi-jfan Weighs ;I7 tons, and will it it esUmatcd, Mice i,vo months t „ t . ra . ( As the whole of the floor will be needed to lay out the parts, no entertainments ca „ lw i,,,,., l|u . rcj|i durm s the erection uf the ereal inurnment. Many booking had leen "■all- for Octok-r and November, nut all were made'subject 1o a proviso in regard to tl, c o r S an. The Manakau on Xaturd*v l)imi K ht u Uaitara from Mokau a vouns; fel'"W named James Walter' O'l'rync win) was injured early fn [] w week at Awa ~,, It appears that he and bis " I'h'i ban' a contract for .|„,sli<>.«K .... Mr McKay's place ten '"■' ," Awakmo, and j„ crossing :' ff.Uy, Halter slipped, his axe fol 1i,., ,' U ! 0J: '' lk ' I(, W' T "W sinews ," Kd " y ™l, and an artery sli-hl, up, and the injured .man rode to M 0,:,; ,:,; , U V '"' s h "l"d he would not I, * , ° '" l "'»'' any further, l, llt 1, Diursday \ !.,»,] eommn.e Ito (low v«7 freely, and l)r. Pokes' %,* ™ were requisitioned. » v „ 1C ,; w ' "'r'verv"'!;: 1 ' i'" 0 *"""« M ™ ,e- i i y Wl ' ak s,i 'le and he was ordered (o the where lie arrived on Saturday aflernooiT Pinuies Mom t| K . wa || s iß , nn . U,c lool;ol, t '"Tbuincoek, . f''°- °' " ,0 "•■•-t kind "..-?' V C, ' CK ' J"«Cllere, solid sj|i * ii "^ Cr S ' ri,i| wnv -'"•"*'« Ucv im Street, New ri v l "'""Hi. Note <-iircr.,llv_Oiil,- ~ ,L sinking clocks at 12s fid carl, •

manor your iimd„„s <- said disM-*« one dn\, To the demon' Cold and l,i, f rienil J'«i'«y ; 'Wi.,to,-> h,r, to R iv, vou « l„„ rt , Oi;t : inpnd, out and r*v»g» th« 1 can't," said flip Jl«inon, "Im cjiiilt l out of work, A rial nainril W0,,.!, mil. ,„- .... 'lisf.'reit r"Pi«ru)ii)t t.ire is ilonli to J»J & u "'i

Messrs Bcwlcy and Griffiths have a sale notice in this issue. Our readers arc advised in this Is* sue to "look out for London in the Sixteenth Century." Messrs Morcy and Son announcq that they have engaged the services of an artistic milliner. • Mr F. A. E<lc, manager of the Koru Sawniilling Company, calls for tenders for carting timber. The annual meeting of the Equitable Building .Society will be held in live Town Hall on Friday night. Appropriations will be allotted iiy ballot and tender. : Messrs Gilniour and Faltic, land have a list of properties for sale in this issue. Mr C. T. Mills, a candidate for the Taranaki seat, will address the electors in the Theatre Koyal to-night. Chair will be taken at 8 o'clock.