The Daily News. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1907.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 15 February 1907, Page 2

The Daily News. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1907.

The military bai:d whielii siiouhl have been iield ai "Aniea ' on I Thursday aLerno n. w;>r> ]>osl j>--ii'' Ito | ,Mnreli 7th, on account, ol' {lie ra nv morn ng making the paths and hush un-uitanlc i"r liie public. The great change in the qual y ■ ! Taranaki land in a few nines (.--ays the llawera star) is very marke.l m many cases. On one farm, of acres, near Opimake, ov;t <;o cow.sure milked, and be>idcs these 20 oilier iaw<t of c.illic arc kept. Tile cattle ke.'p in g\;od condition, mid the !and bears well. Just across the road th" is much poorer. a.;-! two miles a\v; ! .'< it would be impossible to run milch cows at less than 5 or 0 acrea to the Least.

Mr A. A. K>rkputr:elc. chief secretary for South Australia's Department of Agrieuture. left Wellington on Saturday for Australia, alter spending a few weeks in New Zealand, principally 1 at Chrislchurclt. During his travels in New Zealand Mr Kirkpalriek was imposed by tue people';-, hive of reading generally, and of m-w.spapeiv particularly. "In my country," he .said, 1 "these are only two daily morning paper,*, these have evening eliiions. which are the only even'ng dailies in the Stat-" Some workmen while engaged in cxv cavat'ng on a property e'ese to Taka puna beach, on Wednesday last, came upon the skeleton of a human b-ing. Jt was 2ft below the surface. ,Judging from its appearance it has been under ground', for many vehvs jpiisi, and in view of the popular belief that the neighbourhood was one: 1 a common burying ground for the natives, it is thought probable that the skeleton is uhat of a Maori. Unu-sonie iinds of a similar character have been made at Takapuna before. The applications f.»r the joint position of master and matron of the Ohiro Home totalled 132, including a number from clerks, gaol warder?, tue heads of other benevolent institut'ons and so on, with ages ranging from twenty to fifty years. One applicant was a youth of twenty. lie stated that, lie was unmarried, but wouid make amends if appointed. lie was engaged, and submitted a note from his betrothed as evidence of bone fides. Two or three other bachelor* gave s'milnr assurances.—Post.

A wit. arrived at a certain bu-iness premises on 'l\iuii;s.-iy morning, and found a man swoep ng and coughing in clouds of dust. Knowing the proprietor was in an adjoining room, he suggested iu a loud voice the advisa-bil-<.y for applying to him {'or a hotcle of beer. The bos- was quit'.* willing to shout, provided Ids humorous friend would go to the botes lor ihe melicine. Not to be outdone in politeness, he took the con and n (Gladstone bag, and presently '[in- thirsty, parch d sweeper had all the pleasure of a beery lubrication. A Wyoming miner nani'd llicliard W'al-on, who was engaged lo be mar ried. made the starl'ing discovery, four days beiwiv i:e was lo be married, ilnt his finance wa* his -dsler. The bride to be, known a* "Miss Anna Mills; Ha-. kidnapped from her patents' h«>m:' when vdie wa* four years old by a farm labourer named dame:; Mills. The la:lev brought her up U> believe lhat he wa>> her falh-r. lb- d her leu years agand Mi, went to Lander, Vyoiuing. where M,e i.n-t , Kit-hard \V;'.!s«iu, a pro.-per.m ; miner. The latter *''■ I in low with her. and all th- arr.ing<'i!i''iH- were made for j lhe wedding, when a chance remark ; made by "Mss .UdK" led tu tile da-i----eovery that the lu\ .-l'* wen: brother and si^t.'r. Mr C. C Kettle, S.M., me tioiiei at Uie Auckland Magi-dra t ./s Court recently chat 'ie. had received a let i T i'nnu a woman in reference to the e.vpri.-.oiier warder (Manga n v. Wrack), now occupying the attrillion of the Court-. lie poiiwe! out that it was a very lvpronoiisivc tiling to address such a letter tu a Magistrate, and amounted to contempt of Court, but peculiarly iie had no

power lu ileal wilh ihe uU'eiider. I! «■ added Unit owing to tin' I'veijuem-y with which such li'tlt'i's WTe nddivs-e t 10 magi.s. rales. with the object. no ilnulii. ol' turning iIK-ir sympathies on the one aide "V the other, and owing Lu lliv number of k'Hi'i' 1 " he received. ne would be obliged Iu take liu' matter lu the [Supreme Court »o u.-» to have the of fence A young eijiu>iriiwi got.a rude shock tin; other day in IX'Vuii street. -Mounted on a pony, lie was meandering on hi* way, when .suddenly Ihe pony seemed to j?U"ot forward beneath him. and he found himself clinging to tin: back of Llie saddle. The other part uf tin* incident principally concerned a telegraph messenger, who wa> score-lull"" he} id; dawn amd eyes out in t lu? sit me direction. .Not noticing ihe pony he »an in between the hind legs, and was rewarded for h.y trouble by a gen lie lift from the ani mal's iiouf. 'tut' ferrous aspect of the all'aii' did no( strike tile by>tand-t'i-s till al't<-vwards, but there was uproarous laughter at the two lads —one clinging like an oyster to the h:nd tjiiarters of the moke, and the ulliei' with a woebegone expression *<]iuittiug in the roadway. Tin' New South Wale-: Licensing An possesses many peculiar features. Some liLtle time back the Licensing Court in a northern town iu.!d a young man who Mas courting a girl employed in a hotel had a perfect right to be on the licensed premises during prohibited hours while he was attending strict iy to the original business which at tracked iiim there. That decision has had its result. While Mr J. W. Fletcher, relieving police magistrate at

Maitjand, was at a few days nLiOj he was wailed upon by a d.-piitation uf young ladies, who, i:i the most modest and charming manner possible, asked would it be law ful fur members oi ;he deputation, who weiv eniiaycd at hutds, lo see their "boys'' on the pivmiscs on .Sunday ji'jrhts, and could the aforesaid '"buys" visit their "girls'' at the hotels without transgrc.-sing Ihe of t.ie law. Mr Fletcher, wKli an eye perhaps to i'utmv deve'opuiviiU ;i:<suml the yoimy ladies that, 'the course of true love would be pcrm:tted to run uuluokenly no far as the law was cnm-'TiK'd, adding ,>u long as nothing was done in contravention of the Aet. The members of the depu tatiou were d<diglilcd.

A 111 an uf about o"» y<-ars ot age told a htraiigc story at llm (Viura! Police Elation, Sydney, la*>t Week, wlien apbi-> wile. lie st'd in- arrived from France, his unlive country. a few days before, and took up his jv-ddemv jji Sussex street. On Mumhy of last ueelv. while roaminir abou;. the eity. he made the aiijiiaiiilain-e of a yoiiiiii wniJiiin of f;ijr]y attractive appearane;-. .\ short aei|uaintaiH'(' developed into friendship, which, so far. at lea-rt, as one of the purtie* was concerned. ri])ened into love, and then bejran an exchange of scereis. The couple re mained in company all day. and du-

H-Jecl to ronrr-iil, the frcreiwony beiiiir jKTt'iJi'miil ill I Im a If (MIIOOII. 11l a registry oliiee, ami the wedding was celebrated at I he husband's residence in Pusm'x- strwt. While tb- festivities were at their heigh i, the husband Klato.s, Ill's briilc of a few hours quiet iy left till! house, and Ion]; her deluuUire with a former lover. When jier absence became noticed it was found that some cutlery and tin; sum of 10/ were also missing. The hugbaud has his wife since, hut the stops he. has taken should shortly i lie the means of restoring; her, but < whetiicr .she will remain under his pro- ' tcctivc care, is another matter. <

Bishop Neligaii confirmed five Maoris at Kiiliolu on Tuesday: It is believed these are liiu first Parihaka natiw confirmed since the To Whiti trouble. Tlie Heads Department is al present surveying the- truck to connect tin* .North lyginont and liahotu mountain houses. The track is to be commenced immediately, and should be finished by the end of March. It will by possible for Faster parties to make the round trip from Uahotu to Dawson's Falls' houses, taking in the North and I the .Stratford houses en route.

The Government have authorised -Mr Toswil), Government roads' overseer, to submit estimates for installing a permanent water supply at the North Kgmont mountain house. A number if trial surveys have been made, and the scheme to be roconi mended is one that will bring water in pipes from one of the mountain gullies, d : stance a mile and a half. It is to be hoped the work will be authorised and pro- ; eeeded with without delay, as it would br a decided convenience.

The Kidding Star hjivs:—A local 'sheepbreeder has had a slrang-:- experience in dealing in rains. lie had n line Ronmey >lu» ram on show in' 1!)04, which he intended to util'se for stud-breeding purposes. A connoisseur in stock asknl him to name a price for it, and, jokingly, lie replied that nothing less than 100 guineas would buy it. To his surprise, and be it added, somewhat to his disgust, the bargain was clenched. This year the gentleman, who had parted with the stud ram two years ago, saw a ?tud lam at Hastings whien; took Ji's fancy to the tune of 112 guineas—the produce of the animal he had sold. So, although lie has paid -dearly for his experience, he secured the very .strain lie wanted, and which he recognised he should not have parted ivith, The principal excitement at the North Mountain House this week was a race against time to the top of the mountain from the house, to decide a wager to break two hours for the journey. Mr J. Lehrke, who essayed the task on Tuesday, successfully accomplishing it in 1 hour and 21. minutes, Mr A, Bregman, acting as timekeeper, left the house at (i a.m. and arriyed at the trig statiou four minutes* before S o'clock. Mr Lehrke set out on his ; journey at 7 a.m. and reached the trig (station at 8 20, Mr Morris, the caretaker at the house, is organising a race foi all comers to take place during the Easter holidays, valuable medals to be given in prizes. A bicycle race from New Plymouth to the Mountain House is also being arranged for Easter The mountain record, from the house to the top and back, is held by Mr Herbert, of Mangorei, who is credited with the exceptional time of 1 hour 45 minutes.

■ It is not often a local body is called on to defend an action for allowing noxious weed* to llourisli 111 its district, but an instance has occurred in Marlborough, where tiie Pelorus K'»ad JJoard was sued by tin; Government Inspector, under the Noxious \\ eeds Act, for allowing blackberry and sweet briar to glow on the river banks, alter receiving notice to clear " lu Ivcmls away. The Board contended that as they had been denied the right to lease the cutting of (lax on the lands in question, tciey had no,jurisdiction there, and were'not liable, i'le Magistrate held that the Hoard was Ihe occupier of the strip of resolve along the banlc of the river which a I joined the road, anil as the Act provided that where land's al<uts oil a I'oad the boundaries of tiie laud on each side of the road shall, for the purposes of the Act. relating to tiie clearing of noxious weeds, be ilelined to be extended to the centre of the road and the occupier of the land shall accordingly be deemed to be the occupier of that part of the road afI'lfUl, illn x Jioard wan liable to be! penalised for not clearing the noxious weeds oil. 11,. lined t .) t>rk to ok , l>"ard 10/ and' foal's f.»r |'aih M f.. t,> comply with the Act.

Professor iStcphiine I; due, whose experiments in the chemical production "I hie have been much talked about lately, went to Paris to present to the laciilly hvo new inventions of grca t interest. At- the liroca Hospital he i a method la. l lias discovered '7 "•I'HiiiWerins l.y elcctricitv, the scienlilic nam.- oi which is ioni'sii"ii. I!y way of proving his theory Hi.it drugs could U- adiiiinistered by the passing of an electric current the professor shaved ihe back of a rabbit and put a compress of surpliite of strychnine oil it. This violent poison did Ihe animal no harm but immediate I,'. alter the pass'ng ol an electric curwent the rabbit died, the electric cur rent having introduced the poison into it.-, system. Professor Ledue considers that innistion should prove . -v; 'tremc-ly useful in the curing of risunia Isciatica, locomotor ataxia, and paralysis,. The professor also 'showed showed his colleagues sn Interesting experiment with electricity as an anaesthetic. He put a rabbit to sleep by means of the electric current, under the influence of which the animal could he cut without feeling pam. The professor kept the rabbit asleep lor ten minutes, and then stop peil tin; current, and tiio animal opened its eves and got up. .This new met.hod of producing anaesthesia, is likely. Protessor Ledue considers, to replace chloroform and ether at a very carlv date, and incur immense importance to medical science.