The Daily News SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 8 December 1906, Page 2

The Daily News SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8.

The chairman of the West End school acknowledges 10s from Mr G. Tisch for the West End prize fund. There will be no boat to Ouehunga on Monday night, the Rarawa going [into dock at Wellington for overhaul on that dav.

The Riroad, running from the Uruti-road to the Moki-road. just be vond Uruti, in tlie Clifton county, ha« been gazetted a county road. Whilst discussing the matter of fire escapes, a member of the Egmont Licensing Committee suggested hanging a big alarm bell in one of the corridors in hotels. The idea seemed to "catch on," until another member pointed out that the fire might originate alongside the bell. A special meeting of the . Military Fand was held on Friday evening, curing the absence of Mr Geo. Garry, .he conductor, Mr J. Stumer was elected deputy-conductor. It was decided to give an open-air concert near Mr W. L. Newman's residence on Thursday next, and at Fitzroy on the Sunday following. At the inquest touching tlie deaih ot the steward of the Hawea, named Fulda, who was drowned at Greymouth on Wednesday night by falling off the wharf, the jury returned a verdict that death was due to misadventure by drowning. The jury recommended that the authorities be approached to bring under the notice of the Humane Society of Australasia the gallant and heroic action of Robert Hall, the third officer of the Kittawa, in attempting to rescue deceased Hall was m the water 15 minutes, and succeeded in getting a rope round Fulda. by which he was pulled on deck. Artificial respiration for oyer forty minutes was without avail. Deceased is said to have a sister in Dunedin.

Ministerial promises are proverbially crisp, easily broken. Mr Joll mentioned at Friday's Council meeting in Waitara that when the Minister for Public Works was at Urenui some time ago lie said he had had no idea that the roads in the district were so bad. Had he known it he wouldn't have allowed it. Which read very well, and Mounded very well. "But," said ilr Joll, "lie hasn't done anything, and he still hands over roads in a worse condition than ever." "Just before last election," the councillor remarked, he passed my gate, and looking back over the road, said, 'we'll have to metal this; it will have to be metalled.' But there's no metal yet."

Referring to the liberation of Mali Kai, who was convicted of murder a' New Plymouth in 1890, Thursday': Wellington "Times" says: Since incar deration he had been one of the nios loeile, well behaved, and industriou irisoners in the gaol. He was cducr ed and taught the mule of a carpe' er. in which he attained considcral: irnlieieney. In the imrsuit of 1 rade he worked at the erection of t resent Artillery Barracks at Hoi

,'ook. Since the convict's impriso .ment numerous petitions had boc made bv his friends and by himsel praying" for release, but the Executiv did' not think it proper to mtevler with the course of justice. At tn time of the Duke of York's visit hopes inspired no doubt by European ad vi-ors—were entertained by Man Kai and his friends that a genera amnesty would be proclaimed to al convicts of his class, but these pio\c( to be illusory. His discharge voter ■lay tfijs not'due to any of the pcti tions presented, but owing to his exceptionally good record whilst in gaol, and in some measure to the fact that at the time the murder was committed i... iln irresponsible youth unable ;• : 1 - gravity of his crime, to apprecuue >. i _ ul . 'Jinhi Kai has grown to be a m,. wart man during his imprisonment.

The cable news this week informed us that Andrew Carnegie recently made 11 speech in which lie ''thanked God that Scotland had ceased to be a British recruiting ground. Voung men were realising that tliey were fitted for so-niething better than food for powder." The Eltham Argus replies: "We thank God that everybody has not such a weak stomach for lighting as Carnegie lias. He has certainly taken line care that lie should never make 'food for powder' of his own precious body. When the rifles and the cannon were talking at the Homestead riots Auily kept out of the way. When the Pinkerton guards were imprisoned in their barges, when the rioters, encouraged by Carnegie's own writings, were mad in their desire for blood, when the strikers poured oil on the river and tried to set lire to the barges, when cannons, rifles and dynamite were being freely used, when men landing on the river bank under a flag of truce were shot down in cold blood, canny Andy kept out of the road. He was not in the 'food for powder' business, though liis managers had to face the music, and risk assassination. Canny Andy was enjoying himself at Jlanhoch Castle, Scotland, lishing. A word from him might have prevented the bloodshed, but the word never came. He hid himself and kept away from the newspapers. There was no occasion for him to make a public speech to let the world know lie was afraid of lighting—the world knew it already."