The Daily News TUESDAY, JANUARY 15.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 15 January 1907, Page 2

The Daily News TUESDAY, JANUARY 15.

'Hi' 1 I'ublie Works Department has djeeided In adhere U) the plan a I>proved by its head oilier and will take the gaol 'sewer down BroughamSoni>* time between Saturday night and Jdomlay morning a thief entered My JO. Duckvill's boot ami sink> establishment and stole about leu pairs of j boots, gaining entrance by breaking a pane of glass at (lie back of the shop and opening the door from there. A vurv handsome banner lia.s been worked for the Si. Mary's Sundaysclioo! by .Miss Larkins. Mrs Hal combo. Miss Thompson, and the Misses JJaker. -II will be >e-n for the first time on Thursdav next, wl i n Die scholars mareli from the station i<> the church.

Jt wa* in the Inhibition City. Two n ;n. t violently farmers, met in Civh edtal Sijuare. ••||,il!o, said one. '"Hullo. was tlie rejilv. "Never expected to see y.ou. you down for a holiday, or have yon got the wile and kids with you.." And the bystanders smiled. A young man named Cook was fined 10s and costs at the New llyniouth Magistrate's Court on Monday morn on a charge of having procured liquor during the currency of a prohition order against him, On a charge of drunkenness lie was convicted and discharged.

Tin? Primitive Methodist public meeting will tie lie 1 1 to-night ill the (Jueeu street church at 7.30. The chair will lie occupied by Mr t). (ioldie, and the speakers w' l be tie lievs. Henderson, ltaine. Jlaiin. ami .Messrs King and Luke. This wi 1 lie preceded by the Conference soiree ill llie .schoolroom at li p.m. A W'aitara correspondent writes staling that Hie lady who was thrown out of the gig on big dim's tlill laMThursday was Miss Alice Jiarow. Weill known in the province, who is now recovering slowly from her injuries. sustained as a result of the lu«me kicking tfl(cn it# h:i|ri(us was loosened.

The ICginont Road ]!oard mo( on .Saturday, when (here were present Messrs T. Howe (chairman), K. Sal way, 11. Martin, and .J. Martin. It was decided to have about 'JO chains of formation work done on Miles' Road, ill' Salway .supervising. Ac eounts were passed for pavnient: ilcneral, £3O His 10(1; loan, .CISI 4s

At the S."M. Court, on Monday niorniiig. Mr T. Hutchison. S.M., gave judgment by default in the following eivil eases:—McKwen llros. (Mr \VII - soul v. J. Crawford, ion., CI 0s (id. eo'.-ts l:is; K. IL Samp-on (Mr I'itz horbcrl) V. John Hill, claim .i:±> 10s lil. costs i'l 4s. (itlier ca-es were confe.seth adjourned, or paid into Court.

of much-needed 'alterations ami improvement."* at the Lcppeilon >ehooi were nveiit'y subiuiltul to the .Minister of J'ilneation, asking I'm- a rant of money towards the cM, Tin' Minister declined, and the JJoard asked him to reconsider the matter. A fur tlier letter is now to hand, stating that the Minister lias reconsidered the nuu.'.er, but regrets his inability to make any grunt.

Chinamen have a system of their own in con tri)in tiny to iiospit.ils. Th'-y raise a subscription annually amongst themselves, and having pi'd this in they expect any of their countrymen to have an open door. One upon recent'y entering the Paliuer.rlon in-ti-'ution presented the secretary's last reeeijtL for 'the local Chinamen's an uuuL WlVrt in aid of the hospital fund*.-—Time*.

The story is to'd in an exchange that All's Kodd'm has seiitiment.il ob jcC'tious to living anywhere else thai; on the site she ha* occupied for so many years, and that a piece of land ;it tin- back of-the }Jiuist<w;al n-si-dciu-e. uhieh was taken by the late (iovernmenl umli-r tin l Pubiie WorkAcl. al ii cost ut a <tmj»]i* "f liniu>and pounds, for the purpose o? pi'oxidin;.:

•; tennis court and new bibiard room is now to be sold to her for resM-'n l«al [Hiroose.

New Zealand is to be represented al the I'Vdei'iil Conference ol' Schools to be |i,v'd in London oil ,\h'.y n.■>•'.. The Ivlucal ion I >ij»a i 1 nient is circa la rising ihe Iviucntion j'.oanU iNdni.' Uieiii to f'. rw.ird to Wellington si j s of photographs ami plans of colleges. technical, and public schoo 1 : buildings, including photographs of interiors of aboratories, class rooms, and workshops. If neeo' sary. the Departm.'ht will pay f<tv the which are to be forwarded to London.

A 'Jaranaki vi>itor to tic rhnsichlinh Inhibition Hit- otlj-t day had a ta)k will] Mr Hooker. ii- charge of our provincial court. Jle was very enthusiastic tie.' work done liy the display. lie was sun 1 tin l cU'eots of tlii' tli-vi'ii'iuion of tiii- literatim' would mean a dcrid-'d- !\ demand for Taranaki Mini. 11- ]i;ol spoken to hundred; from all part:- of llv- colonics, and had aiterwards received many Avi iut enquir ie.-; with ply of il' l ' booklets. Mr Hooker estimated that he had away IJ.UHU i>f I lie booklets up lu Hi-.' cii<! of I)p. eember.

By the proposed altera]ions of the electoral districts in Taraiiaki. lb" work of licensing committees is considerably affected. 'J.'he Kgnionl li censing district, with he,uh|iiarters at Waitara. bad jurisdiction <'> v.-i' botes in Midlursl, luglewocd. WuiCira, uuil I'renui. Waitara will now be the heaih|iiai(ers of the Taiimi'i'iiimi electoral'.'. and the new arrangement, throw--- the Ingl-'wood an I Mi-iliine hi!!..-l • into the Slrall'oid c''c(oiat". The fill -Ii11ile11( ill" (lie Te I'.lll:'hi e ! ee. ('■rate i ilea h • t Jia' !he ilahotii Hotel Mil'! be in I lie lieuI le-.ubpia l til'- at. Fllli.nul. wliieii \vi I |-;i',-e 1o do with hoi--!-, a:-*') in <>piinake. t)eo. "Jtakeho. wud El t ham.

I!' New r"'ynioii(n has u'thinu tNe Io bi' proud «f .lie! - peoj,ie may wll be proud of the jiiaiucr in wliit!i 1 iie j.iilway iiu.-iiies.-. is alleiKb'tl in. Thf civility and nature of the sta-tiMMniast'-r ha'% iiy 'h'k linn dijrniiy. bcu -•» iiiij)re'. ; scd on bis sitbordiu ii!-'■> that then 1 is nothing Ifre upllie attifudc of H.rks and ctia'C- ul a tdu' railway station in !!k« Wairtfi'apa. (hn» or '.wo of lh" junior clerks tia-ve se.un !o have boci.iiic iiruiiy p<!>se--sf.J nf ihe idea that 'ley. and not tlic !jeti'-ra} public, own ;-:j)'\\ay Mitem: or el-e ihul .they ov.n Hie wludc colony. Kven Jhe !i!o-t eivil eiiijiiiry is not a I wax ii'Vct wilit a eivil and tra\'!|ei> : niu-i. pui up wii !i ihe insoieiic;. <>!' tiii-se hidi-i'ojlared dua--> utdv--, aa appeal n mad" to ihe s' : 1 1 ioiiiu•!st«• r-- and a utau dre->a'l Ike doin<j- tli.sr. (),' cour-«'. they eiav bi'imtv'ii;: on; tli" rnb'A mm! bill M!'j popb- prc|c|- ilie ;V'\y ply-ni-a-'l !i way of doiu-/ it. Appat.'ijMy the drei!«di» ba> not had a very di 1 ! yiuienl a 1 ell Vet on the dairy indn-lry up to th" ju-cs.-nt. !!it-.■ i.i <iuoial ion t lum a let ler 3 rvc- ived Iroiii a factory main, .-,;<•!• in ' i*■ Wairarapa liiis Mi' I. 'i. Ila i'kiie—-ei rciary of {he Xati-aial l>airv .\ : -?-.neiatitai. iii air Aver to eiHpiiric mad - Io him by a W'elliii.'jton Po-f reporter <>a Thins lay laorniu.'i: " The u-ca t i."r her ' i- \"erv hot and pftliio i- j|i evidence al) over the district.'' The W'airarapa ,ii-!rici. Mr llarku f, :-> weal on to -ay. ,t ,i : nileriiiv sever dv from

tile di - i>)i;.di\. i li-. i'e lnui I'l-i'i) !io raini'.'.H i'<-r a t'l iiv-'drralV liinc. In 'i'aranjki. tin' hntne .if Ihe dairy in dr.si.vv in Xr\v /• a'.ind. Ik;\v< v<'i\ niafifi \\-'V ■.liii'ei "lit. Mr llarkiicss peri a u.-ck in !h,-.! pnoiii'e al \'e\v Year. ale! w lli'e i fieri- had been |j( (I . rain. pe-'av-' was pi-nl if-ii and ol' pood ipi.sbty. i here ba I been an ciii'ii'iium- incrca.-e in the output of cheese. Ties was nttribulabl.- to iln' eipll price- ru'ine. Cheese at lid per Ih was practical'v a- Ito (lie dairyman q. imll.-r at 1:1,1 or lb?. linKcr. v. lien soiling al lid [>-m |h. coldi! lie; pe--ib! y eijlia I cliat present prices from Ibe point of view ,':f Ihe pi -..-direr. A- the -lllile lililC am! s<. far as Mr llarkne.-s eou'd as eeriaii! 1 lie drought bad bail no efiiiiiied a r duel ion in '< he ontpul would have lo be looked- torward and the dairy season would lie consider. alv!y shortened. So ijuf'tlic season had been u record one for pvieos mid qiWUtit.v. _ . V:,

In tin 1 past fortnight tlio engineer has issued [jormitt'o, l.uihl ings to [lie value of

" Tlio Eire Brigade in this town costs the Borough Council £125 a year," said Cr. Bellringer last night," and there is no otlier town of this size in the colony that gets the same up-to-date Hrc brigade with so little expenditure," Jie instanced Wauganui, where the subsidy amounted to t'iiOU iv year. It is stated that the new police station at New Plymouth to replace the present antiquated structure, will tie erected on the ground now used by Sergeant lladdrell as a garden. Then the old police ollice will lie pulled down, and the new Deeds Ollice ere;tcd n its place.

The Baths Committee has decided to have the Municipal Saltwater H Hlis opened for night swimming on Wednesday night at eight o'clock. The committee has extended to the lioi'ough Council (some members of which are reported never to have been in the baths) an invitation to visit die institution on that occasion. A correspondent writes:—' 1 '! think it should be compulsory that the mail contractors should use a covered yan for mails. This (Monday) evening, as I came down, it was raining h ird and the loading of. mails was going on There was no covering over the hampers till loading was complete, giving ample time for hampers, etc., to get quite wet."

"I don't see why the Government should be allowed to ride rough shod over our by-laws," said Cr. K. Bellringer at Monday's meeting of the Borough Council in condemning the erection of a wooden structure as a battery room at the rear of the Post Olli'c, "right in the lire area." The Engineer said he understood the building was only a temporary one. The Council decided to protest against the action of the Government in thus endangering the buildings in the vicinity, in the event of fire.

A correspondent wriles: -While, (lie moist weather of (lie past few days will do uutold good in reviving pastures, ami forcing the growth of turnip and other wnucr crops, il is already giving evidence of being the cause of disaster in another direction, the dreaded potato Migh', from which the province lius been practically free so far this season, haying made its appear anee suddenly in all directions, and numbers of crops, especially south of tlio raouutain, alrcaly present a blackone:l appearance. Many owneis are hastily digging all that are snlllciently forward, and others may be seen mowing the toj s and burning (hem, hoping probably that the tubers may still mature. As (he rains have been almost continuous since the appearance of the blight, spaying has been out of the question, Many oT the heavy oat crops in .Southern tnramiln have been laid Hat by the heavy downpour.

Says the Wellington Free Lance: "'A certain •otlieial at Cliristehurch went alon- to the police a whi'e ago :'iid said he had been "saudhagg<-d'' iind robbed. The police don't like io have ni ml baggers dotted ai'ound the -cenery and they 'searched around for a s-mdlmgger without success. Late enquiries by new>paper folk elicit the informal ion tlint the gentleman wasn't sandbauged at aM. lie al>o admitted that he hadn't lost his watch-chain, but tie- sovereign lie had missed w,\\ si HI mi»ing and he had had a fearful time. lie didn't think he wanted to ituplieaTe the sandhagger or th» person who hadn't sandbagged him and would the reporter go away and not worry him! '['he naughty Southern L'ress wasn't sandbagged had quite van or dinarv quarrel with an oi'die.avv per- • hi, and the ordinary person had come out lop dog. A f-llow has to e?.plain his contusions 'somehow, and 'sandbagging' is as good an .explanation as a •steam roller or wood chopping or a fall from a church steeple,'

At the last meeting of the Library (VnniiKoo, Cr. (in Hie chifir) ('is. Ilrown and C<>l ; is weie present. Competitive designs for ihe new library buildiiijir were opened. Cr. ilulcheli. Alerisi's W. 11. Skinner and I'. White, members of the library cm■nit Lee weiv prs-nl by in vi la t ion, and disctis>ed the tpiestion of 'library nei i ;iiuioda: ion. It. was d-'cidcd to rucoitnneud to tlie Council ''Eg moiitV'' ilesi;.ai be selee'cd aud tiiat' ll.e eonoiuUec with the successful competitor for any minor alterations in (lie and specilku tiojis thai mar be necessary and to call for tenders for the work: that .Mr Carnegie he informed that plans have be .mi prcjured and that tenders ,ire lo be invited immediacy, and i hat the Council would be pleased io receive tin; jjniut of ,C2 t )UO as arranged. At the Council meeting )a-t ni.nht. Cr. the ehairniiin, said tlie selection of ihe had been unanimous by the commitlee. <m accouni of tiie interior arrangement of. the building. The report wax adont.'d.

The I'.S.K. I'd. lias put forward considerable energy in coping with (he liea.vy traflic occasioned by the Inter, national Inhibition on tin: lAtteltmiWeliington fen'y service. A recent sa'ooii traveller by the Mararoa was cou'-iderably surprised when he was i.old he would have to I ravei "in the hold." J lilt that he bad been told so he would never have known. One dili'erence between this accommodation and the cabin is that it is more pleasant on account of (be bettor ventilation than can possibly be obtained in mo'-t staterooms, ami the only lliing against it is that Iliere ale so many berths together. Tl.e whole place is s|>oUc.-'s!y clean, and the long row of white painted berths, with (lci|- snowv coverlets. are verv utiraelive. This 'style* of (rawlling is becoming '|uite popular, principally on aceounl o( the splendid ventilation secured by the installation of electric l'".us and so on. The saloon arrange incuts I'm- providing meals I'm' the many hundreds travailing', are perfect, and there are very many travellers who have marvelled at the apparent ca-*.' and smoothness displayed, to nether with the greitcsl promptness, in attending to tile needs of hungry jri.-scngers.

]\ir Frank "Messenger, of Xew Plynioulli is the Mieeessful of the plan 'selected by (he -Xew Plymouth JJoi-oiigh Council for !he new Carnegie Library, under (lie sola-hpiet ot "Kgniont-.'' The oi.hcr architects in I lie competition were "J'rlsiu.-" Mr Tong; "'l' Si|Uaiv," Mr .'I. Sanderson: "l/ineoiinn," Messrs Uigby and Warr- 11. 'l'll-.' siicecnsl'ul archil ect iva's s.ii'llni(l eil a plan of a modest, neat, and -olid looking building, without i vei'-oi'iiamentatiiin, yet not >evere in its outline. Tile front is of red brick. relie\ed liv facing stones. There is a, pil'areil jeirl-ico willi slep., lead ing up to it. anil the exlerioi' o( (he lie.il'ling i. t'iu(lii'i' enlianeed bv (he line balii>.h'aded pediment which runs along I hi' whole of the top front, ti;e reiiii-elini ica l wiinlows «f (lie lirsl flour and ih.e circular windows on tile ground tl(H,r. The flout- of the building doe.- not conform to (lie sirect front, but will be about parallel with the (rout of (lie present Town Hall, and an ornamental'iron railing will front the building. Ou (lie ground lloor. on 1 lye Fgniont-str'fel side, is tec public reading room, 33ft 221"t,

nmninir Ihe lull d<-|>lh of ih,> /;•: and on Ux.- oilier sid'> of 11 kSr L ustiljulo is I Ik.' magazine room. % liii v j-ll'l ; room, "'tt \ Hill iiin; mid a slurrronm. A ■ lil'oad stail'r;l>v U'llds lo iho Wool 1 . fill! ll|i.->l aivs iii'i\ found a 'spurious i ;i librarv. '■>~>h din x "ft «>m iwiii, 35ft x lll'l; and ;i reference library. :i!f 1 x 1 -11( iiin. The 'ighting arrangements are on Ihe whole pood, 11uI in this matter tincomiuiilcc Will confer wdlh the archi |t 1 - kavaiories and sanitary arj rangciiieiil.-i arc provided tm bolii

*\J|. V '■ Surely farmers and lami'ies lia\c enough hard work witliout- looking- for it. isome so called hand scparalors rcipiire ab;>ul Miofse power to drive tlieui. \ow if you inspect a "Al<-lotlc'' vou will undcrsiand iu a luomcnt wh\- a bov «.m- pirl can turn it for about all hoiir if 'no ei'ssary without tiring. The bowl is sespended. so thorr is only one point of friction, and that is practically I'rictjonfoss because it runs in ball hear nijjs. Are you lookinj"' for toilV If so. we should advise vo'u not to buy a "McinHc." It you are after tho best l-.ihour saving separator on the market then yo* want the "Mclotte." —Sok> ngents, i Wilson ami Nolan, Jvew PlvmoiUW ' \ .

An exviled raconteur, iln> "They can >.wint dim- ra.bbits." Ileal.*! An cflnrt is being made to lorm an 11 (universal language) rla>s in JN e\v iMyiiiouth. i'lie New Plymouth iiorough Council luis again adopted Thursday as the !ia!E-Uotiday under the tfnops and Sho]) Assistants Art. j Tlio number of consumers of the municipal electricity J'ur private lighting is now i;i2, and tlierc are 15 further applications. The revenue in December iroin private liglitiug was CSO (Is BJ. The Jigmont Ludgfi No. 112, LOAr.T., held its um11! sessioii on Monday evening, ttro. .). 0. Le<»g presiding. llro. (I. Iviheri k, G. Ciia k, p:i'd the Lodge an ol!bi:il and presided (or the resi of ilie >ession. there was u good a!tend;!nee of members lii'o, IVtli-riflv give an interesting; d Iress and some useful infonnaiion regarding general Lodge matters !W J. 0. U'gg, C.J.. read a letter from

the Good Teniphir Orphanage, Suns-biry-on-Thames, J'jiftlaiul, thanking the Lodge " for your «rent lcindne.-,s m tiiinl' ; ng of us, and your follow mcmb.rs for so generously votiug the .Co os. I need hardly tell you how much such assistance is appreciated. 1 trust you will all have abundant success in your work, You have prospered, and I hope you will continue to do so,"