The Daily News. MONDAY, AUGUST 27.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81832, 27 August 1906, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, AUGUST 27.

On our fourth page appears an interestinft" article by "Moturoa" on the gambling question.

Mr R. H. W. BligU gives his final address to-night in the Theatre Eoyal. The address is to women on the trainins of children in purity. The Mayoress will preside. Tke Sonoma, with the 'Frisco mail, arrived at Auckland yesterday morning, six days behind the schedule date. Tlie Wainui left Onehunga for New Plymouth in the afternoon with the southern portion. A number of interesting questions were asked recently in the House of Commons. Replying to one of them Mr Winston Churchill admitted that the shares of the company who possessed the Ceylon Pearl Fisheries lease were selling at a thousand per cent, premium, The late Government were charged with having enaineered the concern.

Addressing the meeting of men on Friday night, Rey. Evans caused a suii'e by opening his remarks in the usual style, " Ladies and gentlemen." The apology only accentuated the joke. It must have been in the air, for a couple of minutes later the Mayor proceeded in due form to put the vote of ihanks to the meetiue,absent-mindedly continuing it into a vote of " confidence." The audience qu'.ekly tumbled to the joke.

The penny-in-tlie-slot machine was before the court at Oamaru the oilier day in Ihe shape of n prosecution for selling on Sunday in view of a public ijhicc. The case was brought largely hi consequence of complaints that .Sunday sclioo! scholars made use of

their pennies ill .securing sweets in--lead or putting them in the boxes. The defence was raised that the evideuce failed to show that the machine was in a public place, or in view thereof, and > i this ground the case was dismissed.

The Police Department is being urged to take a.-iiou in connection with cer.a'n wa,eis made by Poverty Bay natives witli Europeans as to the fullilment of Kua's prophecy that King Edward would be in Gisborne on a certain date. As his Majesty did not appctr wi.cn the Maori "prophet" prcdic c<l, some of the natives promptly paid over their bets, but others have I declined to do so. It is understood

■ hat some of the wagers were for substantial amounts

At a meeting of ratepayers at Kaiionga on Friday evening', a motion adursr 1" the formation of the propose-! Waimnte North county was passed.

Though Messrs Wilson and NYlan have no; vet taken over the business .if Messrj IVwl.-y and Griffith.-;, Mt Nolan wielded tne hammer at Mr liewlev's inert on Saturday, anc. made ""a teal g.r.d fist"' of it, c!c:,r i'jg the successive lines prmnptiy and -.o g" d advantage.

The road problem which confronts the llawera County Council was S.iced at a meeting on Saturday, and as a result it is proposed to a.->k the ratopavers to sanction a loan of £75,0,00. That seems a tremendously big order, but according to the engineer's calculations, interest and sinking fund can be prnyded for the loan at a lower rate than wil be consumed by ordinary maintenance 1 f the roads in their present condition. Such a heavy increase of the comity debt will no doubt be very closely scanned by the ratepayers before being accepted.

Tin- Defence report slates thai there rite fifty-nine cadet corps under the Department. The corps attached to schools arc in a very satis factory slate as regards efficienty. Of thost; outside schools, s..me corps are not in a very satisfactory state, main! 1 ' owintf to want of funds. It recommends aii increase of fifty rounds of ammunition per ca\."!. *UC cadet moveinc-nt should lie fostered in every possible way. At present, the low rate of capitation is keeping it back. The equipment is also said to be deficient, and this is discouraging to cadets. There are 117 riile clubs in the colony. It is recommended that the grant of ammunition to ciubs should be increa c'.l.

At prcm-nt lite only inoculation of calves against black], g recognised is that performed by the ollicers ol (he Agricultural Department, with vaccine made by the Department. An effort is to be m:"'o Ibis session h. al'o.v of blacklogo'iJs, previously ill vogue, to be used as well as the Government aiiicle. When it is considered that the outbreaks of black !• g earlier in the yeai were attribut I'll to the defective vaccine made and used by the Department, there is strung reason wbv the Government should allow Hit: other form of vaccine . which ha, been thoroughly te.-ieu .Mid nt found wanting- in any resp'-'t. tn le employed so long as it is seen that the administering' ol die preventative is properlv perform ed.

Sir Joseph Ward's refernce to the extension of the agricultural exhibit it Christchurch Exhibition indicates thai a complete, butter factorv nil! be installed. Cabinet decided to make this important addition to the

■xhibii after (he recent visit to Chrislcluirch of the Minister for Lands. A milking bvre will be in-

s,.il|i-l, -,, ,|iat visitors nav see the pi... ,-ss „f butter-making Irom beginning in end. An interesting fealuie will be the u-e of ma -bin.'., all t\pcs of which will be given a fair trial, and the results earefudy noted for the guidance of buiter makers. Among other new feahiies of the agricultural exhibit will be a chicken farm, with incubnlois iiMifip-ially carrying on ihe pro'ess which supersedes the brooding' hen. Practically all the grasses at present mi, the market have now been sown in separate plots, 50 as to be r ady f. r exhibition and comparison m Xovi'tnli'M'.

Tin- Whakai llmvak'a block of 50,noo iicio, a \ery fmr block, likely to lie >ou,u,hi aflir by land buyers, -ituale aer ss the Wheniiakura River, in a centra! position between YVaitotr.ra, Stratford, .and Kltham, has t.een ptirchaM-d, negotiations having been i;iv.cee(liiiif for the past few month.-, ami another block of excopronallv .;00.l land. j0.,,00 acres in •■:ini! aiiioinim. \\ hakai lltiwaka. (•nd known a- lann.olo .Mahoe, has also l:ro;i ae'niiiet! by the Crown.. In eonneclion with these latest nur-

■ka-cs the sum of jT.id.nm has been paid o\..T to the natives by the Government oilieials. and -o s'on as certain Gazette notices appear anoihei .'_".•, 1. 00 will lie handed over to the Mjioris. li is stated thai the priie paid to tl'.e natives me. 76 per acre f r \\ hakai liuwaka and 10 for 'i'auni to Mahoe. In connection with the openi»[•• up of the former block, Mr IV. Symc-, M.il.K. f-r Patea, has prr-ented a petition si;;ne.:l by a l.iijfe number of landowners prayinjr for a further extension of 15 miles of the Klthani-Omona road, tin ugh the Omotnt No. 2 block.

Men who are jroinjr to follow the hounds at the corning "meet" shouixl see the fine as ortment of corduroy, Bedford cord, and saddletweed riding breeches on sale at the Melbourne. Prices us Ctl to 22s 6d

The local paper states that atone !n : .4 ;,i 'lis'bigs tljere were stuymg at the same liuiu twelve persons named McGregor, and a thirteenth, a commercial traveller, was' due to arrive. It is proposed to form the present ttaimaie Koad Board into a country district. The thief advantage of the proposed alteration is that the district will benefit by .several hundred pounds by way of Government subsidy. Also, that the H)i\v<!ra County Council, to which the Waimale Road Hoard is at present attached, will benefit considerably by extra Government subsidy. By the two bodies beingattached thedistricts concerned have lost in Government subsidy alone roughly .£IOOO a year. This f r .ict was only discovered last year, when the proposal to separate I was being threshed out. In fishing around for a subject on which to conduct a debate among the teachers belonging to the New Plymouth branch of the Institute, a teacher suggested the meeting might discuss the reason for the exodus rf teachers from Tafanaki. The subject was quickly despatched by another, who said the reason had already been made public by the Chief Inspector, that it was not through any dissatisfaction with local conditions, but simply because other districts required men of their qualifications. It was very hard that "just as a man had been broken in, ho jumped across into some other fellow's paddock." The enigmatical answer came back, "Have you j ever seen a fish caught that wasn't J willing to bite?"

Anent the increased price of but-] ter, an indignant correspondent of the "Post" asks :—"Has the price of grass gone up, or is it becoming scarce.'in this country, where the verv juice of tlie cow is becoming a prohibitiv luxury to the working class? The dairying industry, like the frozen meat trade, is levying a heavy toll on the worker's weekly wage, for meat and butter can be s nt across the world and retailed cheaper than we can get it. Candle prase (as a substitute for high-priced butter) for me also, and there are many such sentiments abroad, rather than be robbed by the 'fat man' that owns the rrtan, that owns the cow, hat owns the milk that she got from the grass that God gave for nothing."

Judge Scth-Smith of the Native Land Ccurt, is just now conducting an inquiry in llawera into certain native complaints. K'uini Wi K'angipupu and tlcni tc Rail, two female beneficiaries under the West Coast Settlement Reserves, complain of unfair treatment at the hands of th Public Trustee. The former alleges that she was improperly charged high commissions for collecting rents, and the latter urges that she has no security of tenure as against an entrance into possession by tho Public Trustee which results in tlie land being negligently farmed. A second Commission, and in which a greater amount of public interest is being taken, empowers Judge Smith to investigate certain charges against O. R. Bayley, who is alleged to have imposed such usurious rates of interest as to impoverish his native clients. The inquiry is expected to occrmv a week.

The Frankley Road Board met on Saturday, when there were present: Messis Okey (chairman), Allen, liillmp;, and Jcmison. Messrs Billing- and Jcmison reported that the work done on Frost's road was not to their'satisfaction, and advised the Board to hold the. work till next summer, until which time no payment should be made. The Carringtcn Road Board wrote regarding the proposed suburban borough,

and Mr Okey was authorised to attend the conference of chairmen of the bodies interested. An account from the Carringlon Road Hoard for half share of work done in connecting the Carringt-.n and Fmnk-K-yroad's for wheel traffic-was iMsscd. subject to slißht reduction. Notice will be given to Mr Collins to immediately commence work on his contract- to open up the remaining portion of this road.

Accorciing to Government returns the proportion of first-class passengers on the Welliugton-Nauier-New-Plymouth section of railways is less than one in five. On other sections the proportion is even lower. The number of persons who travelled on the Wellington sections during the four weeks ending July 21st was if) 3,503 ; last yoiur the number for the corresponding period was 182,37 c). On the other hand, the number of season tickets in use 'encased from 3570 to 3317. The revenue from this portion of the railways shows an increase since last year from ,£43,2813 to £45,422. For the whole colony the revenue for the month was £173,488, and the expenditure £134,205. Last year the amounts were respectively £'64,337 and £i2o,6Gfi. The proportion of expenditure 10 revenue has decreased from 07.83 per cent. 10 67.51, The number (f passengers carried in eajch class increased considerably as compared with last year, and there were iiicrtj.iscs also in almost every kind - f ouods and stock carried.

The "Post" reports that at a public meeting held at Stratford on Friday the' following resolution was passed : ''That in view of the enormous difficulties under which the back country settlers arc labouring at the present time owing to lack of proper road communication, as diown by the fact that the mail coach ■.o \\ liaiigamomona from Stratford is now for the first time, within the last live years unable to proceed further than Si rath more, the lion, the Minister of Public Works bo requested to push on the Stratford Ongarube railway with all possible tiespatch.and also to lake immediate steps to opn up the Ohitia road through the Tangarakau Gorge."

The presiding officers of the Carringlon, Krankley ,and Eliot Road Hoards will confer on Saturday next, when the proposal to form portions of the districts into a borough will l'-e discussed in its various phases. The chairmen are expected to report later on to a ratepayers' meeting.

ihe well-known oyesignt ana spec(acle specialist, Mr A. Green, D.S.A.O. of Auckland, is now on a visit to New Plymouth, and may bo consulted d tily from 31st August at the consultin'? room in Messrs ' Bewlcy and Griffiths' premises, Devon street. Mr Green needs no introduction to fin's district, where there are many pecple can gratefully point to him as having given them relieved sight. Anyone who is suffering from defective vision, and who require the use of spectacles, cannot do better than call at ouce upon Mir Green, who has come fully prepared to deal with any stage or kind of eye trouble. Sufferers would lo well to remember that whero the eye requires attention delay is dangerous, and that an opportunity does not if ten occur of consulting a first-class ■poei.'ilist. If you have the faintest suspicion that your eyes are not just riiht, tint your glasses don't suit your icut, if you have to hold a newspaper further from you thin J'ou should, or you cannot sec at a distance, or if you MilTer from headaches, painful bloodshot eyes, inflamed eyelids, crossed eyes, elc, (hen do not go to tho averige optican or spectacle seller, as he is unable to distinguish between optical defects and diseases, hut consult a good eyesight specialist, who will thoroughly examine your eyes, and give you good glasses, which will improve and strengthen the sinht. The oplie nerves will secure rest, headaches will thus be prevented, and there will be an absence of dizziness. —Anvr. STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. Mr Alexander Miller, the well-known builder, of Hoslyn, is not lavish iviili words. He says what he has to say briefly and to the point. Writing under date May 10th, Mr Miller says : ~" J suffered from rheumatism in 1113heel for two nioulhs, anil was cured by Rheumo in two or three days. J can recommend it lo anyone suffering from the same complaint." It is a volume in a nutshell. Two months' agony • tired in two days! " I can recommend it," says Mr Miller. You can believe bun. lihcumo is sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 2s Od and 'ls Cd per bottle. .1 little 0. T. PUNCH,

In a little water hot ; A sound, refreshing sleep, Yes, that is what 1 trot,