The Daily News WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8008, 20 December 1905, Page 2

The Daily News WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20.

Pressure ou our space compels us to hold over our leading article. The Sonoma left San Francisco on the 16tb, at 7 a.ui Melbourne's Brindisi despatch on the loth i\ T oyember, arrived in Louden pn the night of tho 15th inst. It is understood the decision of Cabinet as|to the four suspended postal officials will be defiuitely announced this week. A boiler at a sawmill at Tallarooa Mountain (New South Wales) .burst, killing two brothers named Garner, and injuring four others. It is understood that a briquettemaking plant for the New Zealand State colliery has been shipped from London. A cable advises that the leaders of the Dutch United Church express satisfaction with Lord Sclborne's (High Commissioner) education scheme, and repudiate the Het Volk's objections.

Our correspondent writes that Mr W. T. Jennings. M.H.8., for Egmont, is to be banquetted at Tongaporutu pn Friday, February 9th. A fine haul of schnappcr was obtained by the fishermen at Moturoa on Monday. Four boats brought to land no less than 243 fish, all of which were caught on lines. The Canterbury College Board of Governors decided on Tuesday to invite applications from Australia and New Zealand for the enratorship of Christchurch museum, at a salary of £IOO per annum.

Half an acre of laud at the intersection of Colombo and Hereford streets, Christchurch, was submitted to auction on Tuesday, the highest bid being £55,000. As the reserve was £70,000 the property was withdrawn. The Christchurch Tramway Board is considering a proposal made by the Exhibition Committee to extend the tramway to the Exhibition at a cost of about £I7OO, the Exhibition authorities to contribute £I2OO and receive a royalty of id on each faro. Importers will please note that the

Corinna will load at Timaru and Oamaru ou Thursday (to-morrowj. instead of Monday next. To ensure despatch telegrams should be sent to consignors to-day.

Some young larrikins sought amusement ou Monday night by throwing stones through glass panels in the doors and through (he windows of the cottage next the Nr.ws office. It was a brave deed, seeing (bat there were only women ou the premises.

Slackness in trade has been a general cry in Taranafci for some time. The fog has lifted so far as New Plymouth tradesmen are concerned. Provision merchants are as busy as ever, fancy goods dealers are finding plenty of customers, and every business man, except the policeman, is having plenty to, do.

At a meeting of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, it was decided to protest against tlie"iction of Ihe Government in taking land from the Harbor Board's endowments without adequate compensation, and an opinion was expressed that hind taken, which the Government no longer requires for departmental purposes, should revert to the Board."

The Corinna, when she arrived at this port from Onolmnga on Monday, had in her hold 12,1X10 packages of butter from the northern' port, besides about 30,000 feet of timber. Among her New Plymouth cargo were 11,000 boxes of butter and about fiui) crates of cheese. The bulk of this was for the Home markets by the steamnr llimutaka, but 3,000 boxes of butler will be shipped by the s.s. Devon for the West of England.

Tlip chairman, Mr Wade, rouortcd to the Education Board last night:— " Your Commit tco requested the date of the midsummer holidays put baek one week, and, of these, : granted two, as I considered they gave sufficient reason, hut the other I declined. The Education Act Amendment Act of 1905, which comes into force on Ist of January, 1906, makes it necessary for Ihe Board to divide the district into three wards, with as near as possible an equal number of children in each ward atl ending schools. I beg to propose that you now appoint a committee to go into the matter and fix a day for it to meet. I think it necessary to fix a date when the next applications are to be received."

The half-yearly meeting of " Court Pride of New Plymouth," A.0.P., was held on Monday evening, when there was a large attendance of members Bros. C. Tunbridge, D.S., H. It. Catley, D.T., and G. Brauud, D.8., visitcd the Court and installed the following newly-elected officers :—C, R. Sister L. Turnbridge; S.C.R., Sister Bessie Turnbridge ; Treasurer, Sister E. Russell; Secretary, Sister A. M. Furlong; S.W., Sister A. Coleman: J.W., Sister E. S. Kirt.y; 5.8., Sister Ruby George; J. 8., Sister Olive Roberts. Sister Ada Butler was duly appointed delegate for the next Distriet Meeting to be held at Potea. On behalf of the Court, Bro, H, R, Cattlcy presented Sister A. M. Furlong with a watch, suitably engraved, for her past services as secretary (0 the Court for 12 years-, Sister M. A. Wells with P.C.ii., certificate and neck ribbon for past services. The recipients suitably replied. The Court must lie complimented on its success, it having 117 members, with £375 to its credit, also the Juvenile Female Branch, which has a good many members. Several new members were proposed for initiation, which brought to n close one of the most successful meeting; the Court has held.

A discussion on the servant-girl problem is in full blast in the London papers. Some strait-laced sour old person complains that maids over-dress and wear too much cheap jewellery. As a matter of course she is taken to task by women who take the trouble to understand their domestics and (0 take an interest in (hem. One writes:—"lf the mistress would he a friend to her servants, and not expect them to he what she herself is not—perfect; if she would arrange for their outings and enjoyments as she does for her own, she would soon find plenty of nice young women ready to apply for her situation." Another contribution is from a " Happy Servant," to flic ef-fect:—'-'One thing I shpnld like to mention is thai if girls vscro treated as though they were human, Instead of a machine, there would not be many •ladies' without servants. My liiis"t rcss is a perfect lady. She studies me, and I, in return, study her and do all I can for her."

The dociors having kindly given a. cup for the United Friendly Societies' Sports, to be held on New Year's Day, at Sentry Hill, the committee have decided to add to (lie programme a mile race. Entrance 2s, no acceptance. Entries close Thursday, L'Sth, at it p.m. for Ibis race. —Arm.