The Daily News WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 13 February 1907, Page 2

The Daily News WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13.

A puu in Uic Compi'iisal'ton Ourt by l)r Kind lay: "It was you wlio introduced inures, Air I'aviie, ami if ilir .subject is painful it isn't my fan t." On the application of Mr Govett (Govett & Quilliam)| probate h.is been granted by His Honor Mr Justice Denniston to Hunnali JJing, the widow | of John King, deceased. Tlie Minister of i'ublie Health is urging all local bodies in the colony to destroy rats and other vermin, witL n view to preventing the introduction of plague from Australia Herbert Straker, a molorman on the electric tramways, was committed for trial at Aii'-kUnd yesterd'iy in connection with the death of John Urn ,-dmi, who died from injuries sustained in a tram-car accident some lime ago. Messrs Boon -Bros., of fcr Plymouth, have started with the erection of the Ta'iki road bridge. It uill be constructed of concrete, braced with steel, and will take about three mouths to build. "The Shadows of a Great City," a drama of exceptional interest, was submitted by the Hoiloway Dramatic Co. to a fair audience at tlio Theatre lioyal on Tuesday night. The various parts were again ivell sustained, and hearty applause greeted the successes of the artisls concerned,

At a meeting of the Fire Brigade last night, a request from the Western Park Board to assist at a torch-light procession at the opening of the bazaar in aid of the park on Wednesday, 27th iust., was acceded to. Ex-Lieut. Carrington was nominated as a judge at the forthcoming Exhibition demonstration. The (Stratford school committee has written thanking the Xcw Plymouth Borough Council tor gratuitously pla ciug the municipal baths at the disposal of the Stratford school children last Thursday. "You are not a skilled engineer," was a query put to a witness in the court yesterday. "Xo, J. don't reck en I'm one, but 1 know a> much ac some of them all tiie same," was the newer. Lick of conlidenca m himsea should not prevent the parry from making l;is vvny in the world. The borough stall', in tarrhig the asphalted footpaths, in most cases give tin- cobblestone side channels a top dressing of tar and sand. Mr Hooker , : g to be commended for thus endeavor.ng to make, these chanues more sanitary than they were, and we hope every one of the drains will receive similar attention.

The North Island Kailway Appeal Hoard has considered its recomniciidalion to tin l Minister on the appeal ot William Niitik', ex stat'oumaster at .Miilliirsl, agaius; the department's refusal to grant him promotion. Appellant admits that he deserves punish ineut for having allowed goo.U to go out of the station shed witiiun; tne signature of a certain lirm. This was a reputable lirm \vi th which he had made special arrangement for the eon venienee of liotli parties. He elaims that his punishment is out of all proportion to his olfence. The rcMilt ol the appeal wiil not he known until the Minister has considered the decisiou of the Appeal Hoard. A publication that should l» accept aide to all business and professional men in the colony is a "Handbook to Newspapers and Newspaper Advertis ing in New Zealand," which .\l<;.-srsi Itailey and .'tiilbuni, advcii.lising ng' eats, id' lil Princess Street, Dunedin have just published ami are distribuliii.tr free in all bona lide adverti.-crs. This Hand book contains a list of all the paper-, in the colony arrant;,'l ,n tabular hum under provincal headling-, days of publication, etc. ele.. Several well thought out arlieles < m sindi topics as "Imc Neces.sitv of advertising.." "Who should advertise,'''"More Business for Ihe Manufacturer," etc. a'so appear, while Messrs Badcv and iii ri. repioiluee a number of' .heir ailvei-liseni, ills to illustrate what can be done to make advertising attractive and wnat they an- doing f.-r their clicnls. Accompanying the booklel is a n-ally printed new-paper map of the colony, showing the railways, and in. (Healing the position of every town In New Zealand in whcii a newspaper iissiicd.

The tedium of the proceedings of •'.M "inlay nmht's mcelimr of the Carrincton Road rctcpavcrs was relieved In an encounter IvLweeu .Mr JJrown and the Clerk, the latter being hacked Up by one or two of the others pies cut. .Mr Brown, had held the Hour for quite a time and plied question after question, of a more or less rele vuill. nature, to the clerk and chairman. Tlit' Clerk's gall at hist. ru s e. .Said he: It I were chairman I would make you sit down pivllv quick]v. You talk and taik aud talk and iio one else can have a say. Von -imply prevent the business from being pro ceded with! 7 ' Mr Jirown ejaculated Hal ihe clerk was nol chairman. 11l anv ease, he did no! car.- for him or Jie chairman. Xliey had assembled th.-rc to discuss matter, llml had a ben ring on lhe tin lire of ihe place, and he was going to express his opinion. .Mr Howell objected to Mr Jirown monopolising all the lime of ill.' lncetim.'. lie was oiilv hanging tain-j-. up by "talking as lie did. and "keeping them from their homes, as be had done Indole, an.l he (Lie -peakerj was just about tired of him. Other speakers extent of his verbosity, .Mr llrown. quite undismayed took the lloor again ami had Ids say out.

A pillar of ieelaw was placed in rath, r an awkward positional the meeting of the Cairington lload Board ratepayers on .Monday evening. llcpro :-eiiiing a client, a pari of wiuw properly it is proponed to take for streetwidening purposes, he called to deliver a let..cr lo the chairman of the meetiug. Tin's done, he was about to make his exit, when lie was prevailed upon b.\ -everal present to stay, though he explained' he was not a ratepayer. Later, the matter allcctiiig i»is client came up lor discussion, in' the course of which a ratepayer couiiuce.ted upon Ihe peculiarity of the position in having the parl\'s solicitor at the ineel ing aud hearing all the details of their plans and probable oll'er.s and the ratepayers not even having the Hoard's own solicitor present. At this tiio lawyer in question made haMc to explain that he had been invited to slay and was not there as his client's solid lor at all. further of what lie had heard at the meeting, be knew noiliing as far as outsider.., were concer i and that he would be pleased to retire, which he did with alacrity. His good (M'-fe and gi-ntleinanliness saved tne situation, and the meeting went on with its business.

•'What do you tliink of New J'ly mciullr;" a,ked a member of our s.a'll' of a visitor yesterday. '-.lf my summing up—mv opinion-i, oi snllicicnl value I'll ,ay right here llr.it Ibis town's ]iieliiresipiencss and general at Iraeiivcness are practically unrivalled; ils climate, too, is unquestionably Hie he-1, in Mainland, and its recuperative powers are really gieal. Now. I'm a 'city man.' one of those individuals lliai you invariably linil hen cooped, ■<> lo speak, in a cilv olliee ]■> bv I", brimful of bull air (fact), will, -'bonis of microbe, ilaueing polkas around "»" a iv-and s- dunes until late at i.ighl,. And <•;,„ vou imagine Low '■ fe.d (odav now iiml. I'm in \e W I'hmoulli awav from lliai wrilnoo ►cone of s,|„nh,r? A dill'crcnl man en iivl.v. lil lo tackl-anv.lapanes,. wrest. I-'!' that care- |„ e along! Abolli Hi" llecrealio|, (Iroumlsr It'- a luce -anion lhat can be seen nowhere except in Xew IMyinoulh. I socnl half •i 'kiy lliere o„ Monday, and ihink vog :■ garden's got to lie smncl hi„g prcll v good ton a man to Jose half a day on 1C aeceunl. Doe, (he I nv.,, need many improvements'; "Well, m, doubt yo'u will gid going very soon rearranging liiiugs a bit. An improvement necessary in particular is changing Ihe railroad route. "You agree'; A locomotive to pa,s triumphautlv through the p.iine'pal street of the [own! It ought 1o come in at the outskirts. They're going to alter lliai? Well, you're alive lo ihe times; Unit's the lirsl im■provonienl thai should be clfecled. Xew I'lvnionlh charms me ,o much that J ihink I'll stay here a fortnight—it'll help to rejuvenate me,"

The Melbourne Brimlisi despatch of January !)tli, and the Sydney-Vancou-ver despatch of December 2Kth. arrived in Loudon on the Sth inst. In many things in the the elcclri.ie Held, Great Britain is ahead of America, said a witness in tlie Compensation Court on .Monday, thus exploding the belief that the Yankees lead the worn! of electricity. A resident recently complained of vandalism in the Ileum Cemetary, instancing damage to concrete around graves. The. matter was referred by the Town Clerk to the sexton, but he failed to find anything 'to complain I about.

It was, perhaps, natural that in the discussion on eleclrie lighting charges in the Compensation Court gas charges should be. commented upon. His ITo nor Judge Cooper remarked yesterday that his experience of gas companies showed him line gas bills were just as big even when the house was empty, | and the family away. A series of amazing robberies are reported from Xevado. where a hundred miners in lire goldlields have been looting certain mines and stealing large quantifies of high grade ore. As labor is scarce, the mineowners, although cognisant of numerous ore thefts, ovorlookivl them .because the leases of the property were about to expire. The thieving workmen were therefore retained with orders to get out as much ore as possible before the expiration of the leases. TiHo thefts grew more and mure extravagant, 'however. The workmen combined, and shipped large consignments of stolen ore to a smelting works at Kan Francisco. Finally the mineowners decided to interfere, aud one shipment, valued at ;C2&,0l)0, was stopped at Hello,, California, for the purpose of hiak ng a test case. It is claimed that the miners have made not less than JIIOUO a month each by stealing ore, in addition to high wages.

Very' elaborate precautions are to be 'taken at Portsmouth and Devonport to prevent outsiders from obtaining a view of the construction ot tUe battleships Teiueraire and piion of the Dreadnought class. Tito dockyard police will patrol the slip ,-ide day and night, and have special instructions to keep all .suspicious characters in view. The cuds of the building slips are to be observed will I close wire netting, in order that no photographs of any value shad be taken from the water. The vessels wiil both be in hand by January ;!. and by December 3L VMS, it is hoped to have a Dreadnought squadron in commission in the North. Sea. These vessel's will he as follows!: Dreadnought, 10 12 inch guns ;Teind raire, Dcvonport, 10 12-incli guns; I'.eilcrophou, Portsmouth, ]u 12 inch guns ; (superb,. Elswick or Marrow, 10 12-inch guns. The three new armored cruiser's now in hand on the Clyde, and at Elswick are practically Dreadnoughts, and will he associated with the class as a cruiser squadron.