The Daily News TUESDAY, MARCH 12.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 12 March 1907, Page 2

The Daily News TUESDAY, MARCH 12.

A pill of (he ratepayers cf (lie borough of New Plymouth will lie t '.Ken early in .<pnl on the proposal to have the borough jn'ociaiunal a lire district under the nc.v Fire Brigade's Act. A specialist says jlnt tin; mot expensive ilnijf n called physotiy nine, an ounce of wliu-li would lieii'ly .C'iOO.UOO. It is prepared I'roni tin* Calabar bean, ami is used in diseases of tlw eye. There arc now I ,">4 private consumers uf eeetric liuhl front the Xew i'iyinoittli borough installation. The revenue iron) this source in February was C.")U ISs 7<l, and in .January, the smallest month of tlio vcar, .Qa !)s -Id. At the Police Court, on Monday morning a fir-i ofl'euder for drunkenuess was lined IDs and costs, in default 21 hours' im]>ii«t»iini«- jI. On )j j - s\vn application a prohibition u'nler wa> issued to take ell'ect in lh<- Taranaki ami licens n# districts. A Maiaura farmer, who s !n Lhc* Inp py posit on of beiny aide to hold for a rise, is reported to have so.d three years' of oat*, amounting to some 10,(1011 sack*, al 2/."» per | bushel. The same farmer is said 1.0 have seen red 2/S per b'.i-hel -for a similar ho'ding three years ago.

"The footballers in Southern Taiu- j nuki are already preparing for tlu; winter pastime. Eltham held its animal meeting </u Saturday, when ui , Successful season was prognosticated. The club has a large membership. The Kaponga placers are also asuir. and it is likely they will be granted a separate district this -year. A stock dealer in a larg•• way of buisness estimate-' that upwards of : 100,000 store saecp will be placet on the market during the next two months (says the i'alniersion South Times). Tins number represents the Surplus number of sheep from various stations, and does not include farmers' lots. Following their plan of 10(14 and 11)05, the Danish, author.tie* have authorised the issue of a charity stamp whirh i> to be on sa'e at all the post otlices in Denmark. The stamp costs ! iwo "grer" (the third of a penny), and the proceeds of the sale will be given 1a a hospital f.>r children. About 110,0000 was obtained by the two previous sale>. At the -Magistrate's Court oji AL<>uthe Tarfmaki Oil ar|»T* FnvhoM Company, limited, sued .Robert Log-t i for Hi/ri, being ,C 1 i>/ allotment moneys on ten share.- allotlcd t«> the defendant on his written authority and interest.. The defendant did nol appear and judgment wag givjen by default. A pathetic incident is n-irr.ited by 1 Captain -McCibbon, of the s.s. Kent, wiiich during her last passage from Smith Africa to Australia made a diligent but unsuccessful search for tlie missing dredge Walrus, Tin; griefstricken mother of one of the unfortunate members of the crew of ihr Walrus never left the s de of the Ken! after the receipt of the cable mes-age instructing the ves-el to make a search. The .-teamship which she [toped might lind tidings o<f her only son appeared to have a remarkable fascination for her, and she was tie only person on the wharf at Din ban j when 1 he Kent at daylight o.t Januarv H cas(, o!V her lines. The Kent is now loading Homeward cargo at northern ports, and is under charter to the Xew Zealand Slipping Company.

A scene that was as regrettable as it is uncommon presented iise'f at the New Plymoulh I'olice Couri: on Monday morn ng. when a lad of eighteen years entered the 'dock to answer a charge of drunkenness. The sergeant of police explained dial though this was his appearance for drunkenness the accused had be<-n before the court on another criminal charge, and lie w.is still unh-r probation. Ser gram IlihUivll it,lVl red a doui.i ; ,s |<< whether gelling drunk w.w behavour Ilia! could fair y he expected from on" who wa< undler th s system of sur-Vfi.htiH-e. The youngSley pleaded guilty, and after a «.de:nn warning and ~<;me <>rod advice from iiie i'.cacli he w;s lined ,"»/ and cn.-d-, i, ( ..Vfaiit :M !;ouiV inijiristniineui. A horrible occurrence took place al I'liMoii (X.SAY.), on the '2nd in.-1.. a young mot:ier apparency Jos : u<;- her ; without, any v. /.Ming, and immediately alterwai\l> Idling her iifant ehilil by eui ling its threat. The lianie of the unforiunate woman is Ml zahelh Stiilh. the wife of a miner, ■<f Sonl h Clifton. It >eeins that 'the woman ro«>e early, as usual, for the purpe.se of preparing the breakfast, leaving her husband in bed, and her baby, il i:-; supposed, in the coi bc-ule (he bed. The baby \va : four months old. The husband was asleep, ,unl knew nothing whatever of what was going on. and it was not until he was awakened by repeated knocking at the door by a tradesman thai, he became aware of the horrible tragedy that ha 1 occurred. Jle discovered the child lying dead in its cot with its head nearly -evercj front the body. His wife wa< about the house, and apparently quite out of her mind. Dr Dixon was at once called in, but the infant was dead. It seems that the demented woman was in a delicaie condition of health. Al the inquest a verdict of wilful murder was reI uriicd.

Tlie frequency of iudu.it rial troubles in America is caricatured by Mr. Dooley, Chicago, in ,i neat little "hit oil',"thus: see ,h' silirike has been called "It," saiii ,\ir. Ilennessy. "'Which uan'.' 1 asked Mr. Dooley. "1 can't keep tluack iv I him. iSojncbody iy 1 -tiirikin' all tlr time. Wau ,[.,y -dt--1 linrseshoers are on I. an' another day th' teamsters. 'l'll* Itrotherhond iv .Molasses Candy Pullers slhrikcs, an' th' Amalgamated Cuiou iv I'icklc .Sorter* ijiiit-. :n .-unpalhy. Th' carpiuli'i' Jiat has l.eeii putt'n' up a chicken Soup ll' liugan knocked oil' wurrk whin In' found that llngau was slinv.n' himself H'lllliilit a cant ir'lu lII' liarber;' t nion. I Infill li Neil it with ll|' walk- J in' ililiygalr iv 111' barbers, an' th' c.irpinier quit uurruk bccaiw he fouii.i lliat (lull llogan was wcarin' a pa'r iv non-union pmils. llogan wiiil, down town au' had his pants iiiiion'sed an' came home tu lind thai the carpinter had sihruck I llogan's hens was hiyin' egs without Ilr union label, llogan injooccil til' hens to jine (.he union. But wan iv tliim laid an egg two days in succession, an' th' others sthruck, th' rule iv th' union bein' that no lien shall lay more eggs than tlr' most reluctant hen in til' bunch." Periodicall\ a batch of examination "howlers" comes along, and amungsi tliein a few colta .(-J by a London jouriii! are excepi iouaJlv rich in uneonslious humour, and some school cssavs on ijiteniperaiiee arc re-ponsiblo for a number ot goof ones. The young essayists are quotwl to the Following cll'ect: —"Another dangerous tiiine about alcoliol js ihai should a p rson lake 100 large a quantity of beer he would be lal.'eli or go ( ~ a very liol I place.'' "Seafaring men who arc in the habit of drinking are liable to cofide j "'fill oilier vessel,." "To-day many p 'ople are iu gaol for committing suicide iiiilev lli" influence of drink'. eohol is ,1 mocker. At last it hi;- ' ei h 1 ke :t s-i'\ ant and si ngcl li like i . fitii icr." -Do, tor- say thai fatal ,|j. ' ease:-; are the worst.' "Medical men "

have found thai there are more <j ( >. t .i I han there were.'' "Doctors say that (lit- indVci-rd dcadi-rate live.-, ts ml s"( I .'' '.I helv ;ui air of hrerzy c;r I><>n 1 the answer of the yifnniiM.'-i- ho was a-ked when- !u----wonj«| conn' io ii ii ; * tlu;r l'i.uiii ihrou'di Hie rarth. "The -l,e\'il and al! his wurlo!" wn* !ti- idea (if the Am ipodc,-;. A .earlier w!m had Ix'cn telling her vlass of the wonders of an I'lephanl trunk, poinli'd the Avith (;w -iUc ipjery: "And now, eh'ldren. yon ' .-vhall h;M e telj mi- \v)ki | your ljosr ij; ■fur." il was iri'L (o a live-year old i-'ii'l to <'\|daii):"('s 'aves it lo wipe, nuiiii!'' There is a world of /ih.servant ]diiloMtphy in the small girN jlcjinitiuii of 1 a widow: "Pleasn 'in a 'ad.v whav inar- ( ri«s the lodger/' and only a hoy could , have £ivcn 1 his reason for n inolor car "she/' "iiccatrHe it vlrivon

esterday > Uu.st eojuplelely ovor-fctxed tin: capacity of the borough water cart.

The abattoir manager reports that during February there were slaughtered 212 cattle, 18 calves, 507 sheep, Mil lambs, 105 pys; and Oli tripes were cleaned. ]j':vc cattle were condemned lor tuberculosis, one sheep tor hydatids, and a pig for malignant growth. I'lefe were slaughtered fur export »:i cows, 0 oxon, 27 bulls, and one calf. Increase over t lie previous February figures were: Ten sheep, 10 lanibo, ami Il' pigs; ilecrea-es, 7 cattle ami /■! pigs, fees .C.'l 3- fid. Fees and rents last month were .CI IS 17s.

Civil c.iscs went by default at the New Plymouth (supreme Court, befoie Air. W. G. liiddell. S.M., on Monday morn ng. as follows: ,1. R. West (Mr Grey) v. A. K U. Collins! clai.n C! 1 9/2 and CI l.>/ti costs; John Lane I.Mr Johnson) v. T. Jones, elaim 15/ and XI 5/ costs; I'. ilavnian and Co v. das. Davidson c'aim .PI !)/, costs C2 14/; N. |i. White and Sons. (.Mr Hoy- v. Hmily Itearden (separate estate) claim ,c> IS/I, cos|s 10/; liiranaki Oil and Freehold Co (.Mr Weston) v. l!ober( Logan, claim C - Itl/.'l. and costs 2/. (ilher cases were adjourned, cnivl'i's-ed. or settled.

.1 hroshiiiij; operations in tin; Wakaun and the neighbouring districts arc almost eomplcic.l. Jt is believed, Hays Uio A-iilnirt ui .Mail, tliaf (his season the various plants— of which there are over titty in the Ashburton county— will not tliresh out half the total tallies recorded last season. Mr dailies J)rown, of Wnkanui. last week had several paddocks of wliea-t threslied, and the yield was from 20 to 32 bushels per acre; the average yield f] oiu the same landj in an ordinary year, well jip to forty bushels. At Scajiold. 011 the lighter lands, the yields of oats have varied considerably; limited areas have only threshed from 13 to 20 bushels per acre.

An instance of "love at first sight" is recorded from a [own not a hundred mili& [from the .<rejitrfc of ( Ncw Plymouth. Tlie man—lie was a dashing! debonair young fellow who was connected with a travelling company. The woman—she was a favorite dispenser of good tilings at a popular hostelry. J hey met last week for 'the first time. Me swore ho had met his counterpart; she was indifferent, and then interested. lie swore that he would marry her within a week; she smiled. Yesterday Llu\v met again. "Now yr never." he exclaimed. "What will the people say about if."' she answered. "Hang the people; I. wani you. Come along to the Kegisiry OHicc and we will get switched up!'' Five minutes later they were ascending the stairs of the Registrar, and a few minutes later they returned as man and wife! They had known each other exact y four days, mid started on their honey* Woon yesterday as happy as if the period of engagement had been four years instead of four days.

Argentine is going in for pork production. The news may be trivial, but is really of some importance. This go--11 head South Amcr can ltepublic has already shown what it can do in grain growing, and British graziers and dairy limners hare felt the effects of Argentine competition in the production of beef, mutton and buiter. Very soon the Amei/ran and !DaiiMi, as well r«s !/<e Knglish p : »-i>reeder will have in lake account of the activity of Argentine in the rising of swine. In the production of cheap pork the Argentine has advantages which England, Denmark and the United States lean hardly be considered to possess. It is. I hen, all over with our pig-keeping industry. Ky no means. There is a demand for high class pork as well as cheap pork, and it is equally as profitable to meet it. And the man on the spot, with an established reputation, !uis a much belter chance of meeting it satisfactorily than anybody in South America.—Westminister Gazette.