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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8099, 2 May 1906, Page 2

On Wednesday next, 9th inst., Mr Newton King will hold an unreserved sale ol dairy cattle and farm stock at Mangorei, on account of Mr If. Huthnauce. Particulars are advertised in another column.

The Chief Postmaster at New Plymouth advises s.s. Moana, witli the English mail, left Vancouver on 28th April, at 9 a.m.

An encouraging number of pupil has come forward for the proposed class iu advanced accountancy, as one of the technical classes, and only two or three more are required to warrant the formation of the class.

Owing to unavoidable circumstances, the children's carnival, which was to hive commenced at the Skating Rink to-night, has been postponed until tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday nights,

The s.s. Rotoiti has been taken off the West Coast running, and laid up for an overhaul. In the meantime the s.s. Takapnna will run a continual ferry service to and from Oncoonnocting with the s.s. Wainui, which will run to and from Wellington. Captain J. Robertson will have oharge of tho Takapuna for one month.

Greater New York is to-day governed by former newspaper reporters. From the Mayor down through the various heads of departments to secretaries, ex-reporters aro in charge. Mr McLellan himsolf worked on a newspaper in New York from tho time of his graduation from Princeton in 1886 until the time he was appointed treasurer of Brooklyn bridge in 1889. Since then he has held political office continually, and though admitted to the bar, has never practised law. Supporting the newspaper reporter Mayor, there is a newspaper reporter at the head of the fire department, who two years ago was a political reporter. Then there is a newspaper reporter at the head of the bridge department. The Health Commissioner was an editorial writer, and the License Commissioner was a labor writer. All these men are actively in control of the departments and bureaux. In addition, the secretary of the Mayor is Frank M. O'Brien, a reporter. William M. Willis, the Mayor's assistant secretary, was a reporter for 13 years. Eight important city departments have newspaper reporters for secretaries, and in addition fully 30 other important places of trust are now held by men who, until recently, were writers for the daily press.

An exciting, though impromptu, jiujitsu contest was witnessed in the early hourß of one morning at Snowhill Policu Station, London. Two constables had arrested a well dressed, powerfully built man of about 40 years of age, at a quarter-past-two, on n charge of disorderly conduct, With [ considerable difficulty the constables got their prisoner to the police station. There he was released for a moment whilo the charge against him was being taken down. Suddenly throwing off his silk hat and two coats, he challenged any policeman present to put him in tho cell. Several of the officers as it happened had learned jiu-jitsu from a Japanese expert, and, well aware of tfe helplessness of the ordinary wrestler against jiu-jitsu methods thtfy smilingly accepted the challenge.' Que of them stepped forward,.bill be. fore he could g;et self lying on tfte he had a -kliultar' result, he realised that his opponent knew more about jiu-jitsu then he did, A second policeman then advanced to the attack, but the formidable unknown threw him as easily as the other man. Then three or four constables together rushed in, anil a desperate struggle followed. Even against such odds Pagct's great strength and scientific skill enabled huu to hold his own, Oue after another the policemen' went down, but they came on again. At length tliey tired out and threw their antagonist, who was then locked in a cell and left to cool down. Speculation in the Force as to whether or not they had arrested Mr Iliickcnsehniidt was set at rest later by the prisoner, who assured an inquisitive oilicer that his description of himself was correct, and added, " I used to bo an army drill instructor."