The Daily News. MONDAY, APRIL 2.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8073, 2 April 1906, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, APRIL 2.

The Christchurch City Corporation kas betweon £4OOO and £SOOO outstanding rates.

A country resident, lying asleep on a sofa in au Invercargill hotel tho other day, was relieved of £25.

No less than seventeen'men were sent to " jobs" last Monday from one | registry office in Palmerson. Some of these were flamill hands for Blenheim. A Nigkt Watckmen's Union for tke Nortk Island is being formed. Mr J. Oliver, of New Plymoutk, kas been appointed secretary for tke Taranaki branch of the union.

In bidding farewell to tke bar at Queenstown, Judge Ward said he had been in the service now for forty-nine years, and at the age of seventy-nine he must retire if he desired to enjoy many years of leisure.

The magnificent scenery of South Westlandisnot to go unrepresented at

the Exhibition. Mr Christmas, an Englisli artist, has arrived at Hokitika with a view of painting the glac-

"An article may be stamped 18 carat and yet it may be absolutely worthless ?" " Yes—it may be brass." Question and answer before the Tariff Commission sitting at Melbourne recently. '

The outdoor tomato crop throughout the Canterbury district has been almost an utter failure, and tho only tomatoes available are those tkat are grown inside. Tomatoes cannot be purchased in the Christchurch -fruit shops for less than 8d per lb.

"In the Normal school, which

visited the other day," said Dr Greenwood during a lecture at Christchurch recently, " all the children were taught to breathe through their nostrils. It is safe to say that not 5 per cent, of those children would be at all likely to I get consumption."

Mr James Tarry, a traction engine owner at Inglewood, strongly protests against the imposition of permit fees for using county roads. His engine, he says, is not' used for conveying goods, produce, or passengers, biit for cutting chaff and crushing stone. For the former purpose it is exempt from taxation, whilst to tax it when crushing stone for roads is, in Mr Tarry's opinion, as absurd as it would be to tax the road foreman's wheelbarrow, or the horse he rides to work on.

A young man at present in Nelson, but formerly of Collingwood, rccenty drew £2OOO in one of Taltcrsall's sweeps, This makes the third big prize which has been won by Collingwood people within the last

three or four years. About four years ago a man uaiucd Byrnes drew £OOOO, then Curnow and Miles got £2OOO, making a total of £IO,OOO. In addition to the abovo quite a number of smaller amounts have fallen into the hands of Collingwood investors, so that the residents there have had their sharo.of the good things distributed by Tattersall's.

It is probable that at an early dale the medicines of tho Kev. Mother Mary Joseph Aubcrt will bo placed on the market by a syndicate, which will direct its efforts to thoroughly popularise those remedies, the virtues of which

have been extolled on previous occasions. They are compounded from indigenous herbs grown iu the bush on the Wangauui River, and are the result of somo thirty years' close and arduous study and experiment. Tho indefatigable industry of Mother Aubcrt in her investigations of the vegetation of New Zealand deserve a reward which now seems within measurable distance. It is the intention, it is understood, to erect a laboratory on tho Wanganui Biver,

A Christckurch solicitor has been pointing out what he calls "one of the foolishnesses of the New Zealand laws," If a liiau was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace for a period of, say, twelve months, and could not do so, he had to go to gaol. The peculiar point was that if the circumstances necessitating the order passed away, the imprisoned man got no relief. For instance, the person who sought protection might leave the country, or die a week after the order was made, but the term of imprisonment would continue, though perhaps quite undeserved. There was no means of reviewing the order, In England the law is different, because if the circumstances change it is possible to obtain a rehearing.

There isn't now, and probably never will be, a conveyance -which will take the place or bo a substitute for (he bicycle. It is always readj', seldom out of repair, and is the quickest means for making a required distance. You don't have to lutch it up, it doesn't have to be fed; lay it against a side wall, and it's there and ready when you are ready for it. You must have the best, of course, aud Reynolds and Co. offer a " Kudge-Whitworth" uew bicycle, with freewheel complete, for £lO 10s, The " Rudgo " is known iu connection with cycles all over the world, and has stood for the best in design, best in material, best iu finish, aud best iu durability, since 1870. Mr F. C. Tribe, manager of Reynolds and Co.'s New Plymouth branch, has a new advertisement above the loader in this issue.

There is at least one school in lingland where liie pupils have a chance of learning, beyond all doubt, that New Zealand is not a promontory of New Caledonia, a lake in Australia, or the capital city of the Cook Islands. This fortunate institution, iu which the children are taught that New Zealand is not merely '■ the place where the ' All Blacks' come from," is the Hallwell lload Council School, Bolton, Lancashire. One of the masters received a present of forty-four New Zealand views from Mr C. I{. C. ltobinson, Superintendent of the Health and Tourists' llcsort Ollice, Wellington, and, iu returning thanks for the gift, he writes that the pictures have been placed iu very good oak frames, and " that the children are iu great glee with this new possession." This enterprising teacher has also secured specimens of leaves of New Zealand trees, and is thus able to give his classes interesting object lessous.

lii spite of tin? repeated warnings from Supreme Court judges, newspapers, ami polieemeu, the casual colonial will persist in leaving loaded firearms lying around, as if they were absolutely essential pieces of furniture. The latest terrible instance is one in Invcrcargill, where, through someone's culpable carelessness, an infant had been shot by another infant toying with a loiuled pea ril]e. The public has been repeatedly thrilled of late by reading of shooting fatalities with a loaded something or other, but the pea rille as a plaything in the nursery is an entirely new departure, and is about as sure a method of courting disaster as feeding a lire witli guueotten or bouncing dynamite cartridges. Apparently no household is complete without its loaded pea rille or pistol placed in a promiscuous position for use by all and sundry. As long as the Government will persist in doing nothing in regulating the use of lireanns, we can rest, assured that these unnecessary fatalities and casualties will keep 011 occurring with painful Frequency.— "Trulli.'' COML'LETELV CURED AFTER .\I.\ETEK.N TEAKS. After nineteen years sultermg Irom rheumatism, Uiiki mo brought relief to Mr Clias. .Dowsetl, the well-kuown chimney-sweep, of 51 Jl'urpliy-sirect, Wellington, Read what Mr Dowsett writcs" I thank you very much for the use of liiuxjio. ]' have used nearly everything in existence for rheumatics, but found no relief till I used your lilicumo. After nineteen years suffering it i< a great comfort to be free troin pain.' Give Rhki/mo a fair trial, and it will cure you as it cured Mr Dowse! t. Your grocer or ehomist sells it at IKI aud Is lid a bottle.

Tho Military Baud will give tho fourth of tlieir aeries of Municipal concerts at " tie l'ines " this evening.

The property known as tke Egmon t Mill, at tke top of Currie-street, New Plymoutk, and near tke News Office, has boon sold to Messrs. L. D, Natkan & Co., wko propose converting tke building into an up-to-date warehouse.

A contomporaiy learns that quito t) uumber of inquiries have been made of late for properties in tho Whangamomona district. Some of tho would-be purchasers come from the Palmcrston North district.

A fatality happened early the other morning to Evelyn Jobling, a girl 20 years of age, an inmate of St. Vincent's hospital, Melbourne. She was suffering from typhoid fever, and during the temporary absence of the nurse she got out of her bed and climbed over the balcony. She fell a distance of 30ft, death being almost instantaneous.

Tke Rev. Wm. Douglas, M.A., who kas been in charge of the Hokitika Presbyterian Church for tke past 25 years, was entertained by tke congregation on Tuesday nigkt and presented witk an illuminated address and a purse of sovereigus. A movement is afoot to cstablisk a Douglas Scholarship for candidates entering the ministry.

A Palmerston householder who kas written to the Wanganui Education Board protesting against the College street school committee taking upon itself to introduce Bible teaching into the school hours, has received a reply that the Committee has been called upon for ail explanation. The matter will probably be considered at next Thursday's meeting, and will be further dealt with by the Board on the 23rd April.

In the witness box at the Brenford County Court, England, a young man expressed regret that his wife, who was a material witness, and unable to be present, as she was about to become ill. " And when do you anticipate this—er, kappy event ?" inquired counsel. At this instant the usher handed the young man a telegram, whereupon his faco became wreathed in smiles. " Has the event como off?" said counsel. "Yes, sir," replied the pround parent, " and I am happy to say it is a double event—twins."

Wo are 111 receipt ot a copy ot a Municipal Handbook of New Zealand for 1905, issued from t.lie oilice of the Registrar-General, Mr E. J. von Dadclszeii. " The work," the preface states, " prepared by Ministerial direction, is an elaboration of tiie Municipal Handbook for 1903. . . . From the requests made for another edition, it would appear that the first attempt gave satisfaction. . . . Thanks are due to the municipal officials whose aid was essential." -. Exhaustive information, which ciij be readily found, is given about all the cities, towns, and boroughs of the colony,

The "iytteltou Times ' has authority for saying that a number of "shrewd" New Zealandcrs have recently taken advantage of the Government's sehoine of assisted emigration. Their plan has been to obtain a single passage Home and then to make use of tho Agent-General's oilice to get au assisted passage back. Bj this means they save something material in the way of passage money, and secure advantages which they would not obtain if they took a second or third-class ticket in the ordinary way. Tlicy can, if they desire, go to London by the San Francisco or Suez route, and make up for their little extravagances by returning by one of the lines subsidised by the Government.

A university professor, wishing to study the tramp question during a summer tour through England, interviewed 2000 wandering beggars, whom he questioned as to why they did not support themselves by work. Six hundred and fifts-three said they were willing to worfr but could not obtain employment; <Ki gave vague, unsatisfactory answorsV 301 expressed the opinion that no one ought to be obliged lo work, bat if some fools did, so they (the vagrants) considered, they were justified in living on them; 407, according to their own statements, were pro- ■ cccdiug to procurq work at certain faroff localities, and the remaining 194, having expectations, were living in hope until their relations should die and leave them money.

One of the visitors attracted by the Taranaki races appeared before tho Justices at New Plymouth on Saturday morning, charged with the theft of money on tlie racccourso. It is alleged that Mr Jackson, custodian of the native hostelry, was leaving the totalisator witli his dividend of £4 iu his hand, when this man snatched it, and made off, Tho accused, however, states that he had given the informant two tickets on which to collect on the machine, and thijt the money was handed lo hiin in the ordinary way, except that the person paying out gave him too much, and finding this out, repudiated tho whole transaction. The stories will be told, on Wednesday morning, to the S.M., who will decide as to their correctness.

A young woman who liail uot sufficiently moderated lier drinking on Friday night, was found sleeping on private premises early on Saturday morning. She was given free quarters iu the police cells, and was brought before the justices. The police described her as as one of a class whose room was prepared to their company, and suggested that she be given a term in gaol to bring her to her senses. The girl seemed utterly lost, and had evidently never been iu Court before. This she told the magistrate, and promised to amend, or at any rate to get out of New Plymouth in record time if she were given the chance. A member of the local bar, seeinglicr predicament and probably feeling that she would not be mended by imprisonment, eloquently pleaded for her, with the result that the Bench dismissed her, giving her a fixed time iu which to get clear of the town.

A reminder is given of the clearing sale of furniture by Mr Newton King this afternoon on account of Mrs Ambridge, who is giving up housekeeping.

On Wednesday, Mr Newton King will hold a monster sale of furniture in the Drill Hull. Tliis is a splendid chance for anyone wanting good household furniture as everything is for absolute sale. Particulars arc advertised in another column. „

Every time the seasons change, clothing requirements change also. Cold weather is setting in now, and overcoats are becoming tiecessary. The Auckland Clothing Company advertises that the coats offered for sale by them arc built to keep their shape, to give good honest serviffe, and to do all that is required of an overcoat. Men's and boys' sizes are stoeked. Fancy worsted suits, " for workday or holiday," ties, scarves, and underwear ilnd a -place 111 the advertisement appearing in this issue.

We would call our readers' attention to the sale of high-class oil paintings of local South Island scenery by that well-known artist Mr H. W. Ivirkwood, whose works are well-known and prized all over the Colony. This choice collection is now on view at Mr McKinnou Bain's late shop in the Theatre Koyal buildings, and will be sold there by Messrs Bewley and Griffiths on Wednesday next at 2.30 p.m. This is a chance that .should not be missed by art patrons of securing works that will give them pleasure at all limes.

It is now well-known that Mr J. H Parker, of Devon-street, has disposed of his jewellery business. A business announcement states that all goods arc reduced 25 per cent, and over, but the bare announcement cannot do justice to the unprecedented value offering. Every article bears the old original price, off which the liberal discount is given. Early visitors will secure the pick i in fact, it is essentially a ease of the early bird catches the worm, and the worms in this case are valuable in dvetl,—Avn.