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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8077, 5 April 1906, Page 2

the Melbourne. Prices, ll)/(j, ai)/0 to 'Jo/-.—AIIVT. Tell us not our days are numbered ; That nothing on this earth can save Us—by coughs and colds cueutnbOTcd, Struggling tor mastery o'er the grave! To the rescue comes undaunted, Life's panacea, strong and pure, Striking home the truth that's Taunted Of the Woods' Great Peppermint Cure,

The harbour .construction stuff is again engaged on the New Plymouth breakwater extension scheme, [ At' Lancaster Liccnsjig Session it was said of a publican that he was also a coal dealer, a horse dealer, and a cattle dealer. At a Salford inquest the ovidenco revealed that husband, wife and three children existed on 8s a week, 4s 6d of which went to pay ren * Uriclge repairs and renewals formed a fairly big item in the expenditure from the Taranaki County general account last year, the payments under this heading coming to £489 Os (id. During the year just closed the Taranaki County Council spent £3736 19s 8d on roads, or £lO7 Is Id in excess oE the amount expended in the preceding twelve months. A man whose liberal libations induced him to emulate a quadruped found an unappreeiativc policeman last night, and will be charged as & drunk this morning at the Police Court. There are no less than seventy civil actions set down on the list for hearing at the next sitting of the S.M. Court at Masterton. New Plymouth hardly musters that number in a month, The community will move heaven . and earth to gather in a few hundred pounds for a hospital, says an ex- ', change, but the captivating totalisator t has only to open its lips and thousands , of pounds roll between them. The Eailway Department has arranged that the 4.15 p.m. train from New Plymouth will be delayed this evening, to suit the. convenience of the patrons of the New Plymouth Trotting Club's first mooting.

f|Thc following amounts were eipended from the Taranakl Couuty bridge loan account in 1905-6 :—Waipuku, £540 lis 7d; Waiongona (Snake), £1066 10s sd; Wcrekino, £392 18s; Tapuae, £746 ss; Oakura, £IOO. The bridge Iprograinine is big for the ensuing year.

A. very handsome dining-room suite, in dark maroon morocco leather, is attracting much notice from people passing Messrs. Braund & Tunbridge's shop in Devon street. Assisting tho display are some splendidly made wardrobes, and hall-stands, and other furniture.

Several New Plymouth business ppople, whose premises como under the provisions of the Factories Act, have I'occived notice from the Inspector of Factories that they must observe the Saturday half-holiday. One firm manager informed a " News" representative that there would be a great outcry against this latest mandate from the Department,

Commissioner McKie, officer commanding the Salvation Army in New Zealand, will address a Pentecostal meeting in the Theatre Royal, Now Plymouth, this evening. The Commissioner has conducted very successful meetings on his tour of the colony, aud should have a big crowd to-night. A collection will be taken to defray espouses.

Wednesday night was the last of the "Living London" season -it the New Plymouth Theatre Royal, when the audience included large numbers who had been prosent on each of the preceding nights—a striking testimony to the quality of the pictures shown. Several new subjects were taken, and the pictures were quite equal to those shown on the previous evening. 4 first offending drunk whs convicted and discharged on Wednesday at the Now Plymouth Police Court, Messrs C, E. Bellringer and H. F. Russell, justioos, presiding. A prohibition order was granted against a country resident, on tho application of his wife. The hearing of the alleged money-snatching case, a portion of tho aftermath of the recent races, was adjourned to Saturday, on the application of Mr C. H. Weston.

To any business man on the lookout for an opening in the most prosperous district in Tarauaki, we would recommend that he inquiro into the particulars of the properties in Eltham and Maugatoki, advertised for leaso or sale in our columns. The sites aro admirable business ones, that at Eltham at present occupied by Mr A. W. Blenncrhassett, general merchant, at the intersection qf the two main thoroughfares, being generally rogarded as the choicest shop site in the town. Equally well situated are the business premises at Mangatoki, adjoining the dairy factory in that prosperous district. Mr Blennerhassctc's lease is expiring, and the Co-operative Company, owners of the premises, are anxious to sell or lease at once. Easy terms can bo arranged for purchasers, to whom full particulars will be given by Mr W. J, Tristram, sole agent, Eltham. A bullock that was being shipped by the Harawa on Wednesday afternoon at the New Plymouth Breakwater caused a little excitement before he was safely transferred from the shore to the ship's hold. His particular cause for complaint, evidently, was against the indignity of being girthed with a sling, and he showed his resentment in no unmistakable fashion. The beast, a four-year-old shorthorn, probably about 900 in weight, started operations by trying to leap out of the teu-feet race. This ended disastrously for him, and he was thrown on to the broad of his back. By some extraordinary contention he regained his foothold, and then, in a state of frenzy, he endoavourcd to avenge himself on the mon in charge. Brain, however, was victorious over brute force, and soon he was lowered into the hold, where he amused himself by tearing up the straw bedding.

One of the scientific papers (says the " St. James' Budget") has beou calling attention to the hard battle which new discoveries have to fight against prejudice and indifference on the part of the layman, But it is not the layman alone who is to blame; scientists themselves are us conservative and hard to convince as the veriest tryo. History proves it iu a thou.mud directions. Who does not remember the story of the anger with which Humphrey Davy's successes were received by some of Ins contemporaries ? One worthy man, professor of chemistry at Aberdeen, persistently declined to accept the younger man's dicta, but after the discovery of potassium his students would not let him rest. So he said to them, "Gentlemen, both potash and soda are now said to be metallic oxides —the oxides, in fact, of two metals called potassium and sodium by the discoverer of then, one Davy, in London, a vcrra troublesome person m chemistry."

When Mr E M, Smith, in voice •lquiver with emotion, used to praise the fair laud of Taranaki—the Garden of New Zealand —we were wont to yawn and s.nile, judging the eulogiums to be political exaggerations, to produce the needful vote, says a contribator to the" Wairarapa Daily Times." But the little man with the button-hole and the white waistcoat was not romancing. Tarimaki is a magnificent country—fertilo, with its wide strotches of meadow, where the cattle feed iu cuhu enjoyment, and beautiful exceedingly, its lovely mountain giving a grander note to the iiuieter pastoral symphony of the plains. The Taranaki people have every cause to be proud of Mount Egniont, and it is delightful to find the whole-souled admiration and love for it that is imbued iu these shrewd, hard-headed settlers. They have done splendid work iu preserving the belt of bush, six miles wide, that girdles the mountain, and in building and up-keeping the huts tUnt- are half-May sllollors to the mountaineers, and tlicy deserve—in these days when all beauty is sacriliccd to utility—the highest praise. A "cleaner," for general household use, is " Hydroleiu " soap, tlio " King of Cleaners." Used iu warm or cold water, economical, savos uubbing, and hard work, costs only 3iil at T. W. Wklcu's, Brougham street, N.P.— A'dvt-

For Bronchial Coughs and Colds, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is Oil aud is b'd per bottk ' '

Mr N. L. Okoy journeyed to Hawcra yesterday to assist in the " Messiah," part of the opening ceremonies of tiic new Methodist Church in that town. In Germany even housemaids, butlers, and chimney sweeps may receive, in special technical schools, all the oorrect fundamental preparation for their humble careers. At a meeting held at Kapouga on Monday evening it was decided to form a football club, About thirty-eight intending players were present and a ■committee's report showed that sixtyseven names had been secured as members. A resolution was carried that stops be taken to get a district, Mr C. S. Crawford, formerly of New Plymouth, was elected secretary and treasurer. "The tourist traffic in New Zealand during this season is the heaviest on record," says Mr T. E. Donno, Superintendent of the Department, "a\though the season was much later , than usual, due, no doubt, to the late summer." This is the result in a large measure to the more extensive advertising of the colony's attractions. Such magazines as the " Tatler," the " Sketoher," " Black and White," have ', page articles, with illustrations pourtraying the beauties of "Greater Britain."

Notice is gazettod ;that a duplicate | . of a lost lor destroyed postal noto may ■ bo issued after the expiration of six i months from the date of issue of the original postal note, provided that the I number of the postal noto is known, and the person claiming the amount 1 can satisfactorily prove that he is en- | titled to tho same. When there is un- ' doubted evidence of the destruction of ' a postal note, and the number is known, a duplicate may be issued forthwith. - The person to whom a duplicate postal ' note is issued, shall be required to give - a guarantee in writing to refund tho , amount should the original postal note ; be at any time paid, and no payment j of a duplicite postal noto shall bo - mado until the guaranteo is given,

Recreation for the mind, and entertainment, oducational and interesting, may be enjoyed in the home, by the reading of interesting books. Under ordinary circumstances, however, every one cannot afford the luxury of this, tho best form of entertainment, An pxcpptional opportunity is now afforded for purchasing the works of popular authors at half price at Hodder's, Devon-street. The whqlc of the shelves have been marked down, and hundreds of volumes of copyright colonial libnries are being offered from one shilling, Special inducements are given to library committees, for whom the ohance is an exceptional one. Magazines, stationery, toys, etc., are correspondingly reduced to prices that will ensuro a oloariug during the present month. Particulars of the sale appear in a special notice in our advertising columns this morning.