The Daily News WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 27 March 1907, Page 2

The Daily News WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27.

At a meeting of tin? Loyal Excelsior Lodge, 1.0.0. F., AH'., Fast Grand .10. Dingle was elected treasurer of the lodge vice I'.P.G.M. Uru. ■). ('. George, deceased.

11 being- reported by Mr. Kennedy at inst night's meeting that the Frankley road school was ill-kempt and ill-venti-lated. the Fdueation Board intends inspecting the school this morning. The rating case which is being brought by the Taranaki County Council to test tlie validity ol' rates levied in respect of the. Tarik road special loan will be heard in the S.M. Court, New Plymouth, on April .15, A travelling company not being ab!e to pay to a certain llawera person bofore they left that town agreed to give two horses in lieu of money. The account was for C 4 l(is. One of the i horses was sold for .C"». and the hotter one is retained.—"Star."

The Hahotu school gardens have done | remarkably well. The successful bus- j bandry of I lie youngsters was shown in j a practical fashion yesterday, when cucumbers ranging up to 2)1 inches in lengtli were laid on the table at the Kducation Hoard's meeting. The Acting-Premier, the 11011. W. Ilall.Jones, writing to the secretary of the Kgmont Lodge, !.().().I'., regrets, owing to a previous engagement, his inability to accept an invitation to take part in the celebrations in connection with the .lUbilee of Oddfcllowship in Taranaki on Ilth April. A shooting match, 200, 500, and fiOO yards, between the Taranaki Guards and the Ritles, is to be held on Friday. The Guards will be represented by the following:—Lieut. Messenger, Lieut. Boon, Sergt. Oliver, Sergt. llartnell, Privates P. (i. Mcl']wen. Hennett, iM. Fowler, Martin, Nichols, Short: emergencies. Privates lUddles, Evans, A. T. Met]wen. The Taranaki Referees' Association held twenty-one meetings last season, and duriug the whole term had a full complement of referees for matches. Footballers are under an obligation to the hard-working members of this body, and particularly to the secretary, Mr. 1 George GviOiths, to whose efforts the , successful working of the association was largely due. The relations between the association and Rugby Union were most amiable during the past season.

There was a cornflour crash in Cour-1 tcnay street yesterday afternoon. A ; lorryfhau was backing his vehicle into j Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co.'s new pro- ; mises, ancl tile packages commenced sudenly and unexpectedly to unload themselves. The boxes were not specially design'ed to standi this sort of treatment, and the sudden as they reached the street surface hurst several open. But the damage was nut irreparable. The position of truant officer under the Education P>oard has not proved very remunerative, judged by the terms of Mr. Hooker's application last night for an increased salary. His position ; has not been improved by the withdrawal of the frauking privileges. The Board, after perusing his diary, and recognising that the ollicer's time was not wholly devoted to the Board's service, decided to make a grant of per annum to eover postage. Some weeks ago, the Principal of the Jligh School complained that the headmaster of the Central school had not forwarded certificates of proficiency with the pupils from the Central joining the High School. Mr. J)empsey supplied the following explanation at the. Education Board meeting last night:— The certificates were placed in an envelope and given to one of the boys to take to Mr. l'ridham, but mi the boy's entering the High School grounds, according to a time-honored custom in that school, he being a nc\V boy, was seized and put under the tap, with the result that the certificates were injured; hence the request for others. Mr. Ballantyne, Chief Inspector, submilted the draft of Ids animal report 1o the Taranaki Education Board last night. Mr. -Morton asked the inspector if anything were beiug done to make, one system of writing general throughout the district. This matter, he said, had been before the Board a few months ago, and some remarks had been made that were anything but complimentary. .Mr. Ballanlyne said that the "graphic" system was in vogue, and teachers had been instructed to adhere as closely as possible to it. Mr. Kennedy mentioned an improvement bv the reduction of spacing ia certain schools, and Mr. Morton said Unit some essays submitted to him about December last had contained some wide-spaced specimens from one school that were positively painful to read.

The police court was occupied foi some time yesterday with the hearing of several charges connected with tin supply of liquor to Maori women, ar illegal oll'enec. John Donetz, who hat been previously before the court on * liKe charge, was lined .Co and costs, ii default fourteen days in gaol, for sup plying liquor to Hana Nipo, and she also an old offender, was fined £1 am costs, -with an alternative of 48 hours imprisonment, for aiding and abetting in fhe offence. Two other Maori women Te Pohe Mokoare and Miri Herewai, foi complicity in the ollence, were orderet to pay costs 14s each. Two seamen Chns. Carlson and Wm. Wilson, wen chaigcd with the supply of beer t( Ilemopo at Waitara on the 21 st ult Constables Cnllen and Price proved tlu otl'eo''.>, and stated that Wilson hat askt-d them not to bring the matter tc court. Wilson did not appear, but Carlson denied the charge. Fined each and costs. Mr. llutcheu appeared for Carlson and Mr. Townsend for Wilson.

A young man named W. Christiansen, 21} years of age, lost his lift; by drowning at Okinawa on Sunday. According to the iiawcra "fStaiy' deceased, who was subject to fits, was walking along a race which he had constructed for the purpose of running a milking 1 machine. iJe had just reached 'the head of the race when lie was seized with a lit and fell- Into the stream. A small nephew who was with Jiiiu at once ran up the hill to a neighbors house,which is close by, and after a short lapse of time the body was taken out of the water. Mr Kdwards galloped to Manaia for J)r Xounan. while aid was applied bv neighbors, but all their elVorts were of no avail, and the doctor on arrival could only pronounce life to be extinct. There was only some eighteen inches to two feet of water where, the aeident happened. He was of a quiet, unassuming nature, and was universally esteemed. A sad feature of the affair is that the deceased had only been married a few months.

Hie following is u lisl of subserip tions to fin' Jiisli Parliamentary Fund received by 1 lie Jocal branch of llk tailed Irish I: —lt'Uii M<■ K■■ nfiii .")S. F;Ulk-i- Mi-Mninw. W. ,1. .lon ,nin K s, \V. (.!. .Maloiic ,C 3, Dr McCleland (!. Cray .Ci as. li. Harford £3, E. Welsh ,C2 10s, k FlPininir, J. Kniilli ('. Clarke £2 2<, E. Dockrill, I*. I rackel t X2, 11. Uallaghan, Mrs 11. Callaglian, l, O'Sullivan, Airs 0. Clarke, O'Hrady, McCulje, I'. JJolloy, M. Fox, T. Furlong, junr., Alijcr, T. S. SlcGuinness, \V. Hogan, J. Avery, SI. llcaly, •M. Phillips, J. Hawkins, E. Aylward, li, Fleming £1 Is, Welch, J. H. Parker, A. Kollv, M. O'Connor, M. Jones, li. Newman, T. Welch. HI. Shceliy, J). O'Brien, ,1. O'Connor, I'. O'Sullivan. 'l'. Doyle, ,r. Brnphy. ,T. Carey, J. Manbv, ,1. 'l'. Mannix, (Jnllen, L. Kavanagh, Gilliooly J. Brcunan, J. Murray, ,1. Taylor, A. Boswell, M. Doodv, C. Leppcr £1 each. 'l'. Barrett 10s Bel, J. O'Neill, J. McOauley, M. DiU'n, >l. Dovelan, W. Murray, ,T. Italy, J. Carpenter, W. Craliani, 1). O'Brieii, Sh.'v.ian, Rev. F. Barr, W. Dugprau, 11. Ilcarley, 1!. Buckley, j. Daly, J. .Sullivan 10s each, and sundry subscriptions under 10s.

iili CELEBRITY 01' SANDER AND SON'S IT'llF, VOLATILE ELCAI.Vi'Tf EYIkACT'

Is universally acknowledged. Royalty honors it, and tin; entire medical profession lias adopted its- use. TmUatiiuis spring without numbc. The latest of whom—all styled "J'Atracts" —was an oil foisted upon the trusting and the unwary, nndcr th.-> I grossest misuse ov Pander and Hon';-, j reputation. Sandei and Sons insliuilCil all a'tion at the Supremo Court (f Victoria, before his Honor Chief Justice .Sir .T. Madden, K.C.M.0.. eles., and at (lie trial a sworn witness testiiied <h:il hi: had to stop the use of cr.iiiiicrfcils on account of the irritation caused This shows what care is required to obtain mi article that is scientifically tested and approved of As such Is solely endorsed and 'vcommended. Till? GENUINE SANDER & RON'S POKE VOLATILE EUCAUTT EXTRACTS. .

Till! <!ani*ou liunil will give a municipal opi-n-air cunei'rl at tint Esplanade lohmila, wcatlior permitting, tliis evening, at 8 o'clock.

The Weber correspondent of a Dannovirkc paper casually remarks:--" .Mr Bassett has had a good burn. Cnfortunately his house, caught lire at the same tirue and was consumed."

The Postmaster advises that themails for Samoa, Honolulu, America, Continent of Kurope, and United Kingdom, via San Francisco, close 011 Saturday, IJOth April, at 7 p.m. Correspondence to be specially addressed.

A writer in a Dunedin paper th'nk* it must be a surprise to temperance people in this colony co learn of a very large shipment of alcoholic liquors com ing by the .Morayshire. It comprises 20,001) cases and 100 casks of wh sky. The vagaries of cable codes! At a recent meeting of the Wangamii Bo r rough Council, Cr. Hat tie said he knew of a cast; where a man sent a code message Home for a quantity of fencing ! wire. lUs feeing.* can be imagined when the next steamer brought him out a merry-go-rouiid. Some time ago ihu chairman of the Wanganui Education Hoard asked the Minister for Education to ascertain the possibility of paying teachers' salaries in ea-h through the post ollice. At the last meeting of the Hoard a letter was received from the Department, asking for data about the cost of distributing teachers' salaries, so as to compare it with the post ollice charges, with a view to introducing the reform suggested. 1

The Grand Master of the New Zealand branch of the 1.0.0. F., M.U. (Bro. A. X. Batchclor) and the Corresponding Secretary {Bro. Kershaw) will pay an official visit to the New Plymouth District on Monday evening next, at the : meeting of the Loyal Kgmont Lodge, ; when it is hoped that a large number i of members will be present to receive them. Refreshments will lie provided at the close of the meeting. Visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. In the return gathered at the last census one wife in 'the colony was entered as being between the ages of 14 and 15, and one became a widow between the ages of 15 and 1(5, whilst one wife was divorced between 18 and 10 years of age. There were two husbands between the ages of 17 and 18 years, and 44. between 10 and 20. There were 10" wives returned as between 17 and 18 years, 240 between 18 and 20 years, and 1101 between 20 and 21 years.

A meeting of the comimttee to ai range for the celebration of the jubile of Uddfellowship was held last evening Bro. A. Chesess, N.G., presiding. J was decided to make a charge of (Id ad mission at the garden party at "Aotea, the grounds of Messrs. Sole Bros., o Thursday afternoon, April 11, to defra the cost of afternoon tea. The seen tary reported that the tickets were sel ing fairly satisfactorily for the dinne and a good gathering may be expecte< Several matters of details in connectio with the dinner were dealt with.

The prospective members of the FiUroy Town Board, unaccustomed to legal phraseology, are wondering how on earth they are to comply with the terms of the gazetted Order-in-Council, Avhicn fixes the first meeting for eight o'clock in the afternoon. It isn't a misprint, as many may think, and, according to, law there is nothing to prevent this afternoon meeting taking place in the darkness of the night. The law, which is recognised as a "hass" in many 'directions, knows no morning, evening or night, but cuts the twenty-four hours into forenoon and afternoon/ A writer in the "English Gardener" states that the best way to keep flowers is to put the stalks for ten minutes in boiling water immediately after picking th'em. The boiling water has the effect of sealing up the pores, and prevents the sap from running out. Flowers with hard, woody stents will li\'e ten days or a fortnight in this -way. The method has proved to be very successful wjth dahlias, Japanese ancinouies, perennial sunflowers (all when cut with long stalks and foliage), with Michaelmas daisies, long trails of Virginian creeper, sweet verbena, and also lilac, syrmga and branches of wild rose. The annual report of the inspectors of Primary Sschools in the Wellington province says, inter alia: '*\Ve would strongly recommend the practice of taking a few minutes every day for

free-arm and breathing exorcises in lieu of the old method of a weekly hour or

half-hour lesson. Teachers should also recognise the fact' that training should embrace such matters as general carriage, posture at work, personal cleanliness, ventilation, and the general tidiness of the schoolroom, olliees and playground, all of which h;ive a vital bearing on the child's life. We are quite ir accord with the proposal for the medical examination of children, and we hope the Department will be able 'io publish such general directions as may best guide teachers in assisting the expert in this part of his work." Dairy science classes started in earn-

eat on Monday night at Mimaia, twen-ty-two factory managers, employees and farmers attending, and taking an enthusiastic interest in the work. Jt is of interest 'to note that these are the lirst classes of the kind, under the management of 'educational authorities,

started ill the colony, says the ihuvera ''Star." The director is of opinion that the Agricultural Departnien; should conduct au examination for dairy .science students at tlijs end of the year, and. issue 'them u certificate

that will be recognised throughout the colony and give students something to show for the course of work they'have

undertaken, it ia understood that efforts will be made to bring this suggestion under the notice of the proper authorities.

A cable published in these columns the other day in reference to the additions which it ia proposed to make to the height of the Assouan dam, in Egypt, stated that it was feared that the temples of Pliilac would be completely submerged as a result, l'hilac is, it may be stated, ail island in the Nile near Assouan. It is about, 1200 feet long and 400 feet broad, and it is almost covered with ancient buildings of great architectural beauty and interest. One known as "Pharoah's bed" is of the (.reek and Jloman period. The great temple of Tsis, to whom the island was sacred, was built /by Ptomely Epipllanes, and continued by his successors, especially by Ptomely JIT., Euergitis. The temple contains representations of the story of Osiris, hi 3 birth, bringing up, death and embalmeiit by Isk " It was converted into a Christian church in 077.