The Daily News FRIDAY, JULY 5.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 5 July 1907, Page 2

The Daily News FRIDAY, JULY 5.

The number of miles of Government i railway now opened tor trallic in the j' North island is 0-13, as against 1524 in the South Island, a total of 2404. Mr 11. Hooker, truant inspector, had a field day at Inglcwood the other day. ! Twelve parents were lined for not having sent their children regularly to school. We understand that the proposed appeal by the defendants in tlie recent lanki road special loan rating case, in which judgment was given in favor' of the Taranaki County Council, has been abandoned. O'N'cill's Imckjmnpers performed lo a moderate house last night, (he second performance being well up to their standard. The various feats of horsemanship were loudly applauded. X 0 local riders entered for the competition for the tun offered by Air O'Neill. The Commissioner of Crown Lands will this morning confer with the Marsland Hill Aleinorial Committee with a view of selecting a site for the-monu-ment to be erected to the memory of those who fell in the Taranaki .Maori war. The Supreme Court will" be engaged to-day in the hearing of an appeal"bv the executors of the late Air Jas. Paul Iron, a decision of the Minister for Stamps, assessing tlie duly in the esliilc on the basis of £OOOO for the goodwill of the brewery business. Air Quilliam (Govetl and Quilliam) appears for the appellants and Mr Kerr and Air Myers of Wellington, for the Minister. The teachers of Whiteley Memorial Sunday School last night entertained the Voting Men's and Young Women's Bible Classes at tea, and quite an enjoyable and educational conversational discussion ensued on Sunday-school work generally. Air Victor Grilliths, recently returned from Wellington, explained the working of kindergarten classes in the Empire City. Felix Tanner, who recently made a trip between Sumner and Timaru ir the barrel-shaped boat which he bail I at Wakelield, Nelson, last year, isagaii in Wellington. He states that the lasl voyage proved that his latest "ark" i, a splendid sea boat and absolutely safe H is his intention to return to Tiniart at the beginning of the summer, an< sail the "ark' to Sydney via Hokitiki and Auckland. The honorable position of representative of the people has its drawbacks n Russia. Of the delegates to the firs Duma one—Professor Herzentine—wa murdered by assassins belonging to tin Black Hundred; one has gone insane two have been cruelly beaten by th, police; live have been exiled; ten ar in hiding; thirty-three have been ar rested and searched; twenty-four ar, in prison; and 182 are under indictnieu on the charge of treason. '"Positively the worst season Jo years for keeping up the condition o stock on flat country," was the opinioi expressed by a leading farmer to ; Wairarapa Daily Times reporter. 'Th, weather has been most trying for shee[ and" stud stock must suffer severely For practically three months sheep hav hardly known what it is to have a dr; lleece. Under tlie circumstances it i conceivable that deterioration must en sue."

Telephone mistakes may have their serious sides. A man who wanted to communicate with another named Jones, looked up the list and rang up a number. .Presently came through the receiver the soft, feminine "Hello," and he asked "Who's speaking." The answer came just as sweet—"Airs Jones." "Have you any idea where your husband is?" lie could not understand why she rang oil' so sharply until he discovered that he had called up the residence of a widow.

"i"lie power of waves" says a scientific writer, "is the sum of two cffoit-, one dynamic and due to ti -hital movement of the water particles, (lie other xiatic ami dependent on *he height of the centre of gravity of the mass raised above its normal position." It is just as well to have a little matter like this cleared up and placed on a thoroughly sound and unassailable footing, in future the stout seaside baihist who is slapped in the stomach and rolled over on the shingle by an especially playful wavelet will know exacty what it is that hurt him.

Constables stationed at .New Plymouth bad a little extra walking exercise on Thursday morning, and, as often the ease, the small boy was at the bottom of it. Some juveniles of the human species were playing on the shore under the Woolcombe 'Terrace dill's, and found some clothes. With great promptitude and some show of importance they communicated with the police, and a search was made. Hut beyond the considerably damaged coat, trousers and buttoned-up lmot washed ashore I here were no further indications of the tragedy which hud suggested itself to (he imagination of the boys. 'There was nothing in the pockets to give a clue as to the former owner of the clothing, why he put it into the sea, or whether he jumped in with it.

There is lurdly any other sentence J that is repeated so often iu the United States as "Have a drink with me," unless il is tlie remark of the other fellow to the bartender, "Mil 'em up; again." According to the New York Sun, New Vork spends u million dollars a day for drinks. The annual consumption of drinks in the United States amounts to 1,400,000,000 dollars. If ~11 I .he beer drunk in the United States since IS7O were brought together it would till a canal from New York to Denver—twenty feet wide, ten feet deep, and 11)38 miles long. The nation's drink bill is one-third more Hum the public debt, twice as much as the capital stock in the banks, a little less than the capitalisation of the trusts, une-.ialf the value of our domestic animals, more than ojie-JiuV the value of our own farm products, onc-Oiird more than our total imported merchandise, and onetwelfth more than our total export-;,

There is a deal of useful enthusiisin about Hastings. The people are talking about making the town the "Christchurch of (he North." The land boom is probably responsible for such ambitious ideas. One resident of the district is reported to have refused an oiler of C.jnuu for a six-acre property. One ol the richest residents, according to (he local paper, volunteered the information that llasiings was only commencing to advance. He eaid the principal sheep stations in the district, extending from the Cape, through TV; Aide and around the ranges to" Turn-! dale, were held by about six owners, and it would not be long before these holdings would be given up voluntarily or au.jnircd by the Government for closer M'ttlement. Then Hastings would become a city, and with the same faci-' lities with regard to a seaport as Christchurch, I here was every reason to expect that Hastings would rise to the position of a •'Christchureh of Uie North.''

For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d. Yjur roUt? SYKES'S CURA COUGH is h toothing am* healing bahr Jt stops the cough, allays soreness, ioU make.-; expectoration easy and free from effort. Sold everywhere. 1/6 and 2/0. Advt.

Indents of C. and ,T. Clark's ladies' shoes, suitable for the season, also ladies' and gents.' warm slippers have arrived at DoekrilP.s, and prices can't bo beat. A large assortment of ladies' cvenin- slioes to hand at low juices, also his well-known brand, of men's and youths' winter boots always in slock.— Working men, don't allow yourselves to be sidetracked by specious advertising. Komombcr the Melbourne Is the best place to buy your shoe leather or apparel. Prices tell. Head these—Heavy bluchers 'ls lid, kip shooters 7s Od, Vatlior slippers .'!s lid, heavy grey denims lis ]ld, heavy colonial.saddle' trousers 8s 3d. .See' our outside show.—Advt.

While and Sons have some verv choice ivhile Damask Cloths in i\/., and V/„ i-ard englb-i. with handsome woven allound borders. The price for these in ill lines inns from 8s (id each upwards -Advt.

If you want your furniture removed carefully, expeditiously and economically, employ the New Zealand Express Company. Ltd., who make a special feature of this class of work, and who are also abic to supply first-class dry stores aceommodatlfin.—Aitt. _:■■■■■,