The Daily News MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81890, 19 November 1906, Page 2

The Daily News MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19.

Auckland's flax output, worth in 1902-3, was worth in 19056 , Tlie record price of £SOO a foot ibcing a-ked for a portion of tiro land on Lamb on Quay, \\'sd:ington, which was nupt by Hie recent fire. Owinif to the breeze on Saturday morning- suddenly freshening into a g .!?, some of tie lisaing boats off -M/'turoa experienced considerable uiiiicul y ir. making the shore.

A record ! Toe hou-e cf the editor 1 the Lytielion Times was burgled | me other day, and a sum of mwiev 1 ■ oien. Jt is -ekkm that editors are I io well off as t:> have money te stea:. "It 1- to l)r Buck, to Te Heu Hcu, I Agata, ar.d oilier young Maori* thai we must look for the k'tteimerit and advancement :) f the Maori race." said a speaker a. Sir John Corn's banque: oj Mao>i< m Christchurch. The late Mrs Margaret Hemptoii's will was proved on the jjih' in-t. at 'he Supreme Court, and on the application of M r Hughes probate was 'fianied to Messis John Hamilton Hempton and W'm. Litchfield \elvroan.

A sensational statement rcgardine the- health of the Sultan is made in the laris T.mps. l t statu, that" ii has learnt on what it describes as "an absolutely re iable authority" tiiat the Sultan of Turkey is suffering f rum cancer of the kidneys, a disease whi h ii incurable and usually proves faial ■n .e-s than a year.

Quito afscnsation was caused m town yesterday through the credence given to a baseless canard circukte'd that Mr Acivlon lung had died suddenly. Not•vithstaudiug many re-nssiirauees, up till quite a late hour last night we had auxious callers at our ollice inquiring as to the truth of the rumour. Air lung is yery much alive.

Quite a thousand people vjisit-ed Mcssts Sdc Bros.' beautiful grounds on the Avenue-road vesterdav al.ernuen the Gam-on Band discoursing an exhaustive programme of sacred inusic. The day was beamifuilv hue and the grounds were in supeiij condition, being quite an e\-e-open,. r to taose whose fir-i visit to'them it was. During Hie afternoon the hand played the "Dead March in Saul'' in memory of the late Hun. A. Pitt, At-torney-General.

Hie Greymouth correspondent of die Press teieg,aphs: "ft is sta.ed 'hat owing to there being no oideis tar coal, the miners at the State col »''ty are not likely t 0 put m lnu , t . than one or two day,' work this week Ano.hcr leport s.ates that no work waa.ever will be done this week, llu- miners and the residents arc greatly disappointed at the .urn af tair. : have taken, and a very stung feeling prevai.s in the district. Some inineis have aiieady lef,, while alias, unto of whom nave gone into debt to erect houses, will leave unless matter, improve within the next fort night."

A daring- exploit in robbcrv from Hie person has been periormed ,„ broad dayljght in the- heat'. . 0l tuns, and m (he midst of ane of the 1110-t laslrkinablf assemblies m ti>e Paiisiao capi-ai. Price George Ma-k-aeH. accompanied lj\- ,11s wile, w is walking through the' great furnishing exmbiiion at tiie Grand Pa a.s when someday jostled against Hull mcess ln the crowd, and -lie p,e scmly became aware that a pair of '■• a 1 ring-, worth £l5O, had |je,-n -ken from her ears without her per ceiving it at toe moment. The tiuet reaped. For light ■fingered Kcoh this suiely almo-t approaches a re cord.

Dairy records- are far more ea-ilv k>-pi than is gem-rally supposed. The imie and cj-t u ( keeping them f„, each cow is so small as to be only a ;iille 111 comparison with their val'uc. i'H- leng.li of time required to weigh ami sample milk depends much upon u.e quickues- ot ihe individua. doing the work. Alter studying the queHon, the lllinui- sm.ion found thai it lequ.ied on an average wit- niniuie to cacli cow, or twu minutes a day, and thin waen milk is weighed aiiu lesud every seventh week, as ijj cus tomary with some dairymen, about one hour and 3S minutes is required yearly fjr each cow tested. Wnn 'this amount of tune expended, the fanner can have a reasonably accu talc dairy record of every cow in his held. The annual meeting of ratepayer in tue Moa road disuict was lie id' on Saturday. Hir fl. Tumble, cnairman of the Koad liuaid, presided, and iheic- weie also present Mcsiis Lhamney, Lawrence, Marsh, ilube, IKnuood, Hopson and Virgin. Ihe annual .statement of accounts wasubmuieil by the chaiiman, discussed and adopted. 'J'111: list of delimiting latepayeis was read, ami Hie Baard was iccciniiiended 10 sue immediately for the X.-/0 of rates outstanding. A motion by Mr Vtigtn '" me elieci that no rojid accounX '•*" uvsiyimvp. was be allowed to uctv,..- --- -«. not seconded, and the chairman >.._ pla.iied tiiai such a tiling would prove uiiwoikable. A vote of thanks was accoidnl Mr Trimble for his service- as chaiiman, Mr Hopson stating that too ratepayers could 1101 get another man so conversant with me needs jf the district and the duties ot the ullice, or =0 willing to devote as much time and attention to cue work.

Many ltinarkab.e statements have ij.cn made liuin nine to time caning 'He healing uf trial, at the Quantise -10 a, (v>., .he- Sydney 'l'e.egiapn) utn 1. i, laleiy t.iat a Whiles OllllyS uun.-cll into unenviable pioniin A e.iaig.- was proceeding ol a.n-gi-.i a.-s.itili and lobuery, and seveial wall' =c-, iiielud.ng pusecutor and acta ed, ..dm.tied Uia. ili.y had Ijien ill yaui. bueii \\a- Hie natuie 01 Uk evoaiiM-. i„ ], l(l . a < tu L .p, ut i, um i'K;nniig judge a uiuaik ihat .ney a.t -cencu .0 siait oil' an even nuuk. l.tc -laumrnt which loilovud on 1111-, and whtci caned all eye,, to be di fec-cu on ihe whins., then in the b ,x W.l-, dial, among other Ui'iiig-, he nad been sciitcuc'-d to dcatii, bin. dial die si niencc had been commut'tl 10 unpii Oiinieiu fur 14 years. Quit.a nnid sen-mion was caused in Conn, ami ;,.i ~,,. U(JI -,. b tiained with a \i L -w 10 hearing lurhcr detail-. 11l- Ho nor Judg'' liackliou-e, h.tHe'.'i', ii,.ci |.o-,0. and 110 turlm-r question-, wcie a-k.d.

lie sue II it li:e drives Snmr Ik a.-ts «el| njj,,, Ill(1 ,|. Appaicntly men. 11,1 Sunday mailing willing n..iid- uii.-ied Air Iwikins iii\ cainage wo ; |c at Uai.aia to remove his ■ :> la lore .he i'ae iiem ~;e in ighbouiii.e building -hou d leacn "11. Sev. i.,l I,uned ~ui ii.m. and one, mine sii'liu-us ilian the lest, wic,Caen iie anvil lmm its block, and . ii.elulK d.-pi'Mi'd it in -;,i,.v s „me '-i-...ui ' aw;,, ! All s. emed to think •1 'oik oi ■ kauri limber of linie ■ll an. e. „od haickv like V !., leed •io- S Anode,■ we 11.nod oil a be a!a -dm ,a,l ~ , ,| ,; up.i1n,,..- '■; de ik' k't .ing budding, w.id-t a io" if ife.i. A William'.'.n's .no! the in ~, „ ~f ce shop Lore lie' pi '.italic- 01 having ben, visi ~,| b, a 'M'' ■> ii" -a"'- -vich aim -sphepe ■!i-.i;ik-..,.c. T.,is ,en,i„d- „!,.. „| '.V Chic lea,e|, ;: ,„ ~,„ |, ; e„,,„ ale. ..■,.i-li.,| cinekeiv Into ,|„.

Storage noeomodaiion for furnituie nd . Ih.-r -...n.1s i, provided bv the X./h K\|u.-s (-„.. 1.p.1.. ;„ (1,,;,- brirl; : 'liable-. 111-,li,;l,::; l , street, Xew i'lvinoinh. Ties buddin- havine- a ; d floor ail iisk Loin .lamp is ~!, •'.'■""!. I'.o.ab, carted ci forward, d 11. any nd-.|.'■•■■-• 1

hnier.-t. is an.-c.i.iK." (1 be the iU. I!),■urne Chain.,..- Co. The (in,,',-. bo,,t .ngiiiiiseil. aed to co)),' wiith their In-1 growing bu-incss several alt. ...tion- in their piemi-es have been "ii'ranee giving access from Devon s eeet. To mark the .-venl a big 10erganisation '.', l,' is being held, rmiinienc'mg this morning. Buyers are pramiscd many sensational bargains. l-Advt.

Messrs Collett and O.'s New Plyni"U:li n prcsentalvc received a cable from Sydney on Saturday i" ; the effeei Unit the' New South Wales ! Government have res, Ivcil in grade | in future all butter and cheese produce fur die Old Country.

At the Taranaki Club en Saturday night, Memnmti, the Ausirala-ian citampion billiard player, engaged!] in a match with Mi Alex. Hill, whom ( :h« cancelled 600 in 1000. The chain- 1 pum's biggest breaks were 88 and 6t, 1 the latter being almon entirely < ff tne red ball. The game resulted,'Mr Hill ', toco, Mr Mt-mrautt 950.

The Wellington Times is the latest I New Zealand journal to pto.est I again 1i the recurrent, dec! ion f, N-w Zealand local baoies to a, o'y to Mr Carnegie for tha means w~~ne--1 uiih 13 build fiee libraries. It ;ays; "The vast hoard of the famous St )■> man belongs to the American poop'e, and it i- to them, and especially to 'lw worker- in the American s.tci in ciustry, that Mr Carnegie owes his hr-t duty. Many peope are begin ninjr to fear that there is toa much leadinc-'s in this country to rely upon the State, and that is never a wholesome or a creditable thing in anj State. To our mind it is infinitely los crediiablc to rely upon the un ea-y of some far away mil. iienaiie who cares nothing for New . Zealand, and know- no-thing of its

I people, and wou'd probably have nevert known of its very cxisjonce , had he n'ot roijeived a good many btgging letters bearing New Zealand postmarks."

A side light on high Wellington rents was in evidence this week, when a Mr Hampton, who represent) etl the carpenters and joiners of Wellington, said that there was a large amount of building going on in Wellington ty the order of speculators, ,;nd the "labour only'' provisions resulted in thi- work being done at rates below those specified in the ag--1 cement and in the previous award. A recent ca~e occurred where a job that would have cost £l3O under f he award conditions was carried out for £yo. The practice, he contended, was most unfair to employers who had to pay their men in accordance with the award. Apparently high rents are directly due to the requirements of the Carpenters' and Joiners' Society. As long a-; Wellington workers are onicnt that this should be so, outsiders may be satined, although they may wonder that any trade should be allowed to put up the cost of living, as would appear from the example cited by Mr Hampton, by So per cent.

Two unforeseen consequences of die shipping war aie begininig| td bom up, says the Duedln Star. The direct liners, which have in the past endeavored : to compete sut'ccessiul'y against lines burning Newcastle coai, may shortly have to consider future action in this respect. Hitherto the direct lines have paid coal bills for New Zealand coal, coal which is more than twice as dear as the Newcastle article. The position now is that hose line- are being forced to cast a favorable eye on Newcastle, and in cases where the steamers can afford the time they may require to go to Newcastle to fill their bunkers. The Mamari went last week. The other point is that the present cut: rates are not sufficient to maintain, or at Ml everts to renew, the brilliant saloons in which the public have been accus- ■ tmied to travel. One Sooo ton liner which was recently repaired after a wool fire has had the saloon cut of her altogether. The injusticewhich have been heaped on the direct liners in the past are beginning to make themselves felt in a way not beneficial to the colony.