The Daily News MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81881, 5 November 1906, Page 2

The Daily News MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5.

Poles arc lying on the roadside for the proposed electric lglu extension to Vogeltown. Mr Farrar, custodian of the Old Old People's I-lome, desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of edib es from W* Fiizhcrbeit, sem from ihe New Plymouth Lawn Tennis Club opening. The action, Hawera County Electric Lighting' Co. v. The E.tham Borough Council, will be heard on November 27' h. The claim is for /'4OOO for compensation for loss of water power. A runaway p'ggie caused some amusement a iJevoh street on Saturday. Like a blowing hat the little chap got an extra spurt on when his J pursuer stooped to catch him, but he was unable to get pa s t Currie street, j for a keen-eyed butcher nabbed him, but returned him to his owner.

Because he persisted in staying ou Jate at lvght against her wishes, Mr: Burt, of Chicago, for revenge, tun into shreds all her husband's clothing including two brand new suits tha had arrived from the tailor's only tlv same evening. Mr Burt has ptos ecuted his wife. The Garr'son Band gave a strcc oncert on Saturday night, enliven ing the town considerably On Sun day afternoon the band discourse' sweet music to a large asscmblag of people from the rotunda in Kt waroa Park, the programme bein, heartily appreciated. The Postmaster advises that th ma.l for Australian States. Unite Kingdom and Continent of Eurup via Suez, per Moerak/ from Welling ton will close at New Plymouth o Thursday, 6.15. a.in, instead c Friday, t)th as previously advised This will be the best despatch, dt London 21st December.

A local postcard collector lias re ccivccl a icquosi frum a Londoi friend to send a few pictures of tli. Taranaki oilfields. Local photo graphcis , please note. There's ; good thing for the camera fiend win }.v)l!l get out some new view of »hi town. At present recourse lias to b' made on several old 'scapes, am even these are Selling out rapidly. Following ail English custom, say: tli? Wairarapa News, Mr 11. Tancred of Park Road, Caiterton, has taught h.s cows to drink their own milk when they arc calving. By this means, says Mr Tancred, the cows sufFei from no complications. At no other time during the year will cows drink their own milk. Mr Gilruth thinks that any hot drink administered would have the same effect as the milk. The Glen Innes settlers, New South Wales, have hit on a bright ideastates a contemporary. Tired of having their valuable sheep converted into dogs' meat, a meeting of the local association lately resolved as follow-: "That al! dogs be compelled to bear a registered ear-mark, and that the motion be forwarded to the Ministry through the member and to the Stock Board." If this is carried out the owner of a sheep-worry-ing cur may be sometimes traced and made responsible for the damages. On Saturday the New Plymouth section of the Taranaki Teachers' Institute met at the Education Office, eight lady teachers and three male teachers attending. Mr 0. Johnson presided. It was decided to endeavour to have a general meeting to arrange d. vision?) boundaries and diaft rules. The la?k of interest was discussed, and teachers will be circularised . Other business was left over, probably for a more enthusiastic meeting. The attendance was small, compared to the big resuscitating meet'ngs of a few months ago. Mr Thos. Wells (writes the Cambridge correspondent of the AuckHerald) does not as a rule do anything in the "prize packet" business so inadvertently,for last Sundaymoniing one of his customers opened a packet of cornflour, and found therein a silver English lover watch. The outer case was much worn showing' that it had been in use a considerable t ! me-, ,but on bcinjg wcjund up 'lie watch went on with its workas if nothing unusual had happened to it. Mosi probably ct had been dropped by one of the workmen in the factory where the cornflour is made; and it may yet be returned to its owner, for the makers will be communicated with

informing them of ihe strange find. A ciiiioijs article showing the qualify and industrial value of mohair, fi; wool of the Angora goat, is being sent o the International Exhibition by Mr John Moore, inspector of stock", it is a pair "1 handsome knitted bocks, and has an interesting history. Mr Taylor Wilite, the well known Angora breeder of Wimbledon, Hawke's IJay, some years ago chipped a purebred kid that had fallen over a precipice and broken three legs, doubtless in the belief that the little animal would die. He handed the fleece to a Norwegian woman resident in tliQ neighbourhood, who spun it into three-ply wool and knitted the pair of sycks referred to. The socks have the "feer and appearance of being much superior to anything to be seen m wool, and carry besides the silky gloss peculiar to the Angora fleece. Mr. Elvira Ki'ncaid, a wealthy lady of Bucks. West Virginia, has been arrested for working a large illicit whisky still in a cavern under her mansion. She employed an assistant named Albert Colson, who felT'in love with her, but a* she refused to lec'procate hi> affection-, he gave information to the police. Colson guid ej a revenue ofliccr lo the cellar of the house at midnight, and an cntiance was effuc.ed through a secret door to the mysterious cavern. The Officer's search revealed that Mrs Kincaid's house was erected over a natural cave wth an out.'ct half a mile Qwar, (in a bru-h covered hillside. A small spring sunt a stream of water through the cave and by the way of the hillside outlet into a mountain stream. This carried off the refuse of the still and enabled Mrs Kincaid to keep every suspicious act'on hidden from the public. A ca«e that bears a striking" resemblance to tilt familiar problem the solution of which ,'s ins. parabfy b<)"ud up with King Solomon's fame came up recently for deci-ion before ihe cir cu'll Judge at Giorgia (Sicily). Two peasant women clained with equal vehemence ownership of a pretty ljaby boy. one accusing the other of posing , us the real m"ih''r after having had the child in temporal y charge. The Jedge remembering Ihe Scriptures, thought he couhl not do belter than follow X:,7" Solomon's example. Jl, ordered the if r i c | t0 be ; ( , d t „ a ( and- proi'ur ng a caiving knife. snoke , tile famous words that ought to have led to the immediate jliscovery of the < true mother. Hut limes have ( changed. It ihe Italian newspaper ; report is to be believed ihe two women ( ciicd nut s mullaneous y: "If you \ must cut it ri]>, Excellcnza, you may | as well keep the pieces!'' I An extraordinary encounter with Jsu„rms 111' back beetles as large as a man's hand, and myriads of 'u- 1 is ''elated by the eiew .if ihe j IJMtisli steamer Aiisc.'iim d' l.arringa. which has airiv.cl a; New York with '• a cargo ..f s U gat from the East lnd <•*. Ihe s'e.'uucr sailed inm Sotirabaya '. last June with the decks and holds -"arming with immense black beetles attracted by the cargo of sugar. Although shovels from the stokehold S Here biought i nto i'(Kiisi,,n. verv little impre.sion aiu'd be made on the great msects and they even altaekel the <|.'W while I hey woe a-le. p, 1, inlli. ing sn'-'ic injuiic's. '|'o mat ".is wre. while t!ie steamer was n passing through the Red Sea. a | -v.ann of locusts seeled „„ ,j K . S |,- |K Ai lii- : i lieeil.-s and I. custs imlti'g'd w 11 t ; 'l.'e combats. Tll-Il thev tllll'ie.] « 'P the cro,v and m.e'e them ihe r com- '! nioii [■><•. It n;-, no; nnlil the steam- | "T was well 1.11 ns way acres, ihe Aih.mir thai the pe.a, f ma t| v ( |' Si| „. peairtl. ov u on,.' by till* c'lange n tl the climate. | .

! A few good heifer:;. Although a very small number of ■ calves .ue being reared ih>< s\'is<>n, ■he -sale of Ciilruth Calf Food has b<vn very larg<«. farmers evidently roalising the importance of making a good job of those they are keeping. Write 'o J. B. MacEwnn and Co,, New Plymouth, for. particulars.

Ihe aimufil law cxmnimitions of the ITovv Zealand University open to-day. U'jiirteen candidates arc sitting in New t'iymouth. The examination is to bo •onducleit in the l'resbytemin Sckool'ooin, tke Kev. Mr Osborne supervising. " Star Kose" literally speaking, sent Waitara deligkl'ully indifferent to tilings mundane on Saturday, and at latest reports tlie town was but slowly coining back to a comparatively serene condition. It is estimated that the local candidate's win in tke New Zealand Cup will bring about £12,00(1 to the township, a very large proportion of tke inhabitants participating. .Humour has it that tko owner was tke lucky backer of tke £2o(iO double, in ivkicli ease tke iullux of new capital will probably rcaek £l-1,000. Waiuu'a is made! lugleivood sports aro also reported to Have kad a royal win. Tke total cost of State primary education in Victoria for 12 montns was [£548,037. Mi Johnson, the pioneer missionary i rc-111 Lake Tanganyika, in illustrat.un of the inherent Jove of anything cruel or that lnthcled pain, told a Duiiedin audience that 011 one occaion he was giving a lectuie, wilk magic lantern views, on the life of Clms't. The natives, preserved an unruffled demeanour up to the scene of tlr cruifixion; then, when the picture of Ckri.it was thrown on tin screen, the utmusi depressing silence gave place to loud murmurs, clatter ing tongues, voluble comments and a peculiar nclise that was caused b> tunning tke fingers over tke lips. On asking wkat tke demonstrator meant, tko missionary waa told tka -kj natives were pleased to find tka' white men were clever enougk to in vent a new form of punishment Death on the Cross struck them ai be.ng something beyond llteir owl unique experience in the practice 0 torture, and they paid it the compli ment of imitation. The next da; boys and girls f'oized an}' stray fowl that were aljout, and promptly pu them to deatk in the new way. Several, sa d Mr Johnson, were nailed to the mission house door, in the nearest approach to a cruicified body that ihe anatomy of the birds would per-

mit. The, British battlesh'p Dominion, which struck on a reef at Porot Bonaventure in the Chaleur Bay, on August tS was saved from destruction by the crew dancing in order to keep the ship "alive." 'l'hc Dominion was cautiously feeling' her way ;n the Chaleur Bay towards Quebec in the night when the navigation officer mistook a bush file for the light and took his bearings aecordingly. The battleship was approach.ng the Souris light when she suddenly touched a hidden reef, and the shock was so giieat that ishe shcuk from stem lo stem. The crew weie at once summoned to quarters, and SSO m»n and officers were ordered '0 keep the ship "alive," so that the Dominion's keel could not settle on the ledge. The lead showed her forward part to be in 27 feet of water, wlr'le the vessel draws 28 feet. The officers and crew were told to assemble with their kits in tlu'ir hands and dance together. At first the bluejackets whistled an accompaniment and then Captain Kingsmil! ordered the ship's band to play lively selec'inns. The men danced with a will, while Captain King-mill, who alone was en the bridge, made every effort t.i get the ship off the rocks. Finally the engines working fu'l speed astern, the Dominion slowly gave way and backed again into deep water. Then it was found that a number of plates had been damaged, but the pumps we.e able to keep the rush of water under control.