The Daily News. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81853, 28 September 1906, Page 2

The Daily News. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28.

At a meeting of the llawcra Piesb;

Cub. who won it in the past season. Mr llasell says other clubs will have to ''put their best foot foremost'' to 'Jryirjvc Now Plvmouth of the trophy. Mr Hill also presented a very handsome shie'd to the Carringtonroad juniors, who have won it for three years in succession. STRAIGHT TO THE POINT Mr Alexander Miller, the woll-ltnown hmlder, of Roslyn, is not lavish with words He says what he hns to say briefly and to the point. Writinp under date Mny 19th, Mr Miller says : —"I suffered from rheumatism in mv heel for two months, and was cured by Rhenmo in two or three dim. I can recommend it to anyone suffering from the same complaint." It is a volume in a nutshell. Two months' agonv cured m two dnys! " I can recommend it." pavs Mr Miller. You can believe Mm, Eheumo is sold at 2s fid nnd'Md per bottle, byall ckoniists and storekeepers,

Last night's " Gazette" contains notices prohibiting the importation of pear trees from North America ; also the introduction into the colony of potatoes infected with the potato moth.

Tlie telegraphed report of the discussion in the House on the Breach of Privilege incident m connection with the publication of the doings of the Waste Lands Committee appears on the fourth page of this issue la tho N.S. Wales Assemby the Premier (Mr Carruthers) hiis promised an inquiry into the question of whether tho high price of butcher's meat was due to tho operations of a ring. The Australian magazine "Life," for Oc.ubcr, is to hand, and is brimful oi interest. It is announced that the companion magazine " The New Idea," is offering as prizes free trip* from Australia to Now Zealand and back After standing under severe cross, examination for about six hours in the Supreme Court on Thursday, tho plaintiff in the case of Harding v. Mcintosh, was compelled by physical exhaustiot to apply for a chair in the witnessbox. l'crcival John Hughes, who has been going around Otago towns prescribing medicines for fees, was fined £SO, or three months imprisonment, atDunedin yesterday, on a charge of falsely representing himself as a doctor of medi-! cine. ™ Mr Lowe, of the vVeddel Company, addressing Berry (N.S. Wales) dairymen, advocated the New Zealand system of grading butter. Australian i pastures were quite as good as those of New Zealand and eight or nine years ago Australian butter was better than New Zealand. Stone's Wellington, Hawke's Bay and Taranaki Diroctory has just been issued. We have to thank the firm for a copy of the production, which quite maintains its usual high standard of excellence. It is brimful of information invaluable to the business man, md should be found on every desk. A return presented to Parliament gives particulars of the subsidies paid oy the Goyernment to medical men for attendance on Maoris. The number oE patients attended wa3 1238 in tinjouth Island, and 3125 in the Norl li Island. The amounts paid were—South Islaud £766, North Island £ll-i'J, -jtal £1951. Additional fees amounted to £lls. " You've given Mr Samuel up, and Mr Samuel seems to have given yuu up ; let's call it square," said Dr Findiay, when cross-examining counsel, ■.rith a gesture of impatience bordering in disgust, concluded his six hours and twenty minutes' examination of the plaintiff in the case winch occupied the >upreine Court for the greater part nt «Vednesday and the whole of Thuiv liy. The work at Western Park proceeds faster thau ever. Nothing succeed.', like sni'i-'sfi and as the grounds near completion tie well wishers redouble .heir ciiuits. A horse leut by Mr W. if. Jury is working wonders, for by his aid about 70 or SO yards of spoil arc now shifted daily. The ground has oe'en harrowed and grassed, the bonedust manure being donated by Messrs Shuttlewjrill Bros.

A deputation representing the muster bakers of the colony waited on Ihe Minister of Public Health yesterday to urge that there should be a definition of fancy bread «hich docs not

require to be of the full weight prescribed by the Act, and also t! at all bakers' establishments and shops where bread is sold should bo licensed. The Minister promised to enquire into the points raised, bat said the public interest must be considered.

The weather conditions could not havo been moro profilions for the euchre tournament held tit the Weßt' End s:hoolroom on Thursday evening, between Westown and West Knd players. A large number attended, and a most enjoyable time was spent. An excellent supper was provided. The

Westoniat'S beat the West End players bv 173 games to 1(55. Mrs Murphy won the lirst prize for ladies, Mr A. J. Elder winning tho gent's prize, with Mr J. Broadmead second.

Kefetring to the escape of Terry, thi Christchurch. " Press " says :—During ,119 stay at the Asylum Terry has behaved himself excellently, and was about the most tiusted man in the ins.i.utiou. He exercised a beneficial restraining influence over the other .umales, and was the means of prevent - ng several of the latter from escaping, dis conduct and actions wero quite .lormal and rational, and his intellect mt at all clouded. He never, by word jr sign, gavo the slightest indication hat he proposed at the proper time to make his escape.

terian congregation on Tuesday ' .light for the purpose of determining Ahom they should ca'l to fill the vajancy caused by the death of the late

V. H. Treadwell, it was decided to give a call to Rev. Walter William iJrown, of Limestone Plains, South.and. A stipend of £275 a year with free residence will bo guaranteed. Christchurch Truth, an out and out Opposition paper, says: "We ,iave never been abic to see any point m the reiteration by Mr Massey and nis followers of the groundless suggestion that the Lands Bill is based on "Single Tax" principles, and as a strategic device to discredit the measure it is a very poor one. It is a pity when there are so many points on which the Land Bill can be effectively criticised that anyone should consider it necessary to resort to a transparent dodge if this kind." One explanation of the mysterious way in which letters disappear attei being dropped into a post office receiving box has just come to light. A newspaper loosely tied in the middle with a piece of string, was posted in a street box, and was duly delivered. On being opened by the adrt'ssue, a small cloud of letters fluttered on the floor. There were 15. The news paper had apparently rested in the receiving box with the loose end upwards, and the letters subsequently posted dropped into the folds and became wedged. The post office now requests tno public to tie newspaper;, at both ends before posting. Mr E. Storerfi of Matapu, showed the Hawera "Star'' a remarkable ireak of nature yesterday in the shape >f a calf 's head, or rather doub'o head. £ach of the two heads is a'most perfect in itself, so far as outer confor mation goes, but are so conjoined a-. .0 be one head, and a third eye in the cnlre of the forehead. This cow had Jroppcd an ordinary formed ealf, and uien subsequently this f:cak was boin. l'here was a most attenuated body attached to the monstrous head, and afe did not extend beyond birth. Mr Storer was endeavouring to get the curiosity preserved. The steamer Somerset, which arrived from Liverpool and Australia it Auckland on Sunday afternoon, brought another batch of immigrants, who have come out to the colony under ■he inducements offered by the New Zealand Government! Tile list comprises about 150, for ail ports, 55 of whom land at Auckland. From appearances the immigrants are a very ikely-looking class, and the Officers of the Somerset state that after many years' experience in carrying immigrants to Australia and New Zealand they found the present contingent are .nuclt above the average. There are 1 number of married men and their families, who have come out to take lp land, if possible, in the Auckland province, and are of the farming class. There arc a few labourers, but the majority are tradesmen. One of the must handsome trophies presented for competition in this district is the Robertson trophy, presented by Messrs Robertson Bros., of Dundee, which is the coveted prize in senior cricket circles in North Taranaki. The cup is set on a solid black pediment, and the head of the silver batjpjan on the top of the cup stands nearly two feet frojp the base. The bowl, lid, and base arc handsomely engraved and scrolled, and the b»wl bears the inscription "Robertson Trophy, presented to the North Taranaki Cricket Association, Senior Cup." and the "J.R.D." mo- 1 nogram. This was presented on Thursday night by Mr S. Hill to Mr llasell on behalf of the New Plymouth ■