The Daily News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 29 October 1907, Page 2

The Daily News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29.

A start has been made with the regrading of Liardet street at the Recreation Grounds' entrance. Rowan school has been closed on account tof an outbreak of influenza. Measles are responsible for the closing of the Lincoln road school for a week. Tho Brougham street hall has, we hear, been acquired by a local syndicate, and it is to be enlarged and improved. The dancing lloor da to be extended so as to accommodate eighty couples. ' j' The Registrar of the Supreme Court lias been advised of the following dates lixed for Supreme Court criminal and civil sessions in New Plymouth next year:—March 18th, June 29th, and SepleiubGt 28th. , 1

Sickness is still rampant amongst the ! children. The West End school is closed, ponding an improvement in the general health. Out of an averago attendance of about 300, there were 130 children absent through illness on one day last week. Ihe Central school attendance is also very much diminished from -the same cause. The Mayor stated last night that ihe Borough Council was "playmg up with its engineer again," and giving him more work than any one man should attend to. lie referred to Mr Kendall's gie.it capacity for work, but said the Council would have to ease up in its demands. The remarks were prompted by the fact that Mr Kendall was unable to issue- his usual report before the day of the Council meeting.

Some shameless wretch visited the Post Office recently, and, just as the slimy worm leaves his traces behind him, so did this low-minded specimen of humanity. A lady chanced to east her eyes upon the blotting-pad provided upon the public desk, and there descried some obscene scribbling. It is extremely hard that women and girls should be assailed in suck a manner where least expected. Land has become so costly in Wellington, says the Otago Daily Times, that only the wealthiest residents within the city boundaries cau all'ord to keep a garden, while even a backyard would seem to be a luxury, and the children of hundreds of families are forced to make make the streets their playground. The uncomfortable feeling is prevalent that the values to which laird has been forced there are fictitious, and cannot be regarded as permanent.

Candid criticism. The borough solicitors, Messrs jUovett and Quiiliam, wrote to the jiorough Council last night;—"We are Bending down to the Treasury sealed copy of special order and the Mayor's certificate lor insertion in the Gazette, and under ordinary circumstances it ought to be a certainty that the money will be granted immedi-

ately. We have, however, had in similar eases so much trouble, and the Treasury habits are so unbusinesslike that we think it would be extremely unwise to accept any tender until we have received an unmistakeable intimation that the money is in hand."

Ihe reporters acted as judges last night in a long-speech contest at the llorough Council meeting. The Mayor came in an easy winner, about two and a-luilf columns ahead of Councillor Belllinger, who in turn beat Councillors Browne and Collis by a fair margin. Councillor Coleman did not start. Councillors Morey and Cattley lined up at the post, but were never in the race with the older campaigners. They covered a few lines and then retired. The race took from 7.30 till 10 o'clock, and the Mayor and the three first-named councillors had everything their own way. competitors spurting, easing up, or sitting down where and when he wished. The pencils acted as pacemakers.

At the Borough Council meeting last night the Mayor reported that he hud seen Mr Connett, chairman of Ihe Harbor Board, on his return from Wellington. Mr Connett had enquired there and endeavored to hurry up the LJailwav Department in the matter of having the valuation of the land completed in connection with St. Aubyn street crossing lie had learned that Mr. Coom, in whose department the matter now lay, would be in Now Plymouth in a few days, and lie (his Worship) would confer with him and Mr Connett. It seemed that nearly every officer in the Railway Department was opposed to the scheme for the provision of the new street through the railway yard, and the Council was fortimate in having such a definite promise from the Minister.

The financial results of the last halfyear s working were announced in the House oil 1 l'ldav night during consideration of Imprest, ~y the k stated that for the first six months ol this year the total revenue received was £3,829,304, against *3,482,569 for l? rlod 1 last J'"" - , an increase of Jor the half-year in comparison with that ul' the preceding halffTi r!i C ( ' x l )( - nilitllre they could eontiol, but the revenue was the barometer which indicated the general prosperity this expansion which was goto" oii showed that trade and industry "taken m the aggregate were doing weil This was very reassuring, and especially so when they saw that some of the other powerful countries passing through Si eat financial disturbances. There was sufficient money to meet the requirements of every class in the community; ye were more self-contained than we had ever been, and it spoke well for the country and its industries

A bazaar and sale of work in aid of funds for the completion of the NVaire 'pi* klie Hail was held oft Wednesday' and iliursday last, and success greatly attended the efforts of the many willim* workers, the receipts for the two dayi totalling about £SO. The following ladies, under the able direction of Mrs a ; £° lem ,S n ' assls ' e< i:—Fancy goods JJrs - T - E - Coleman and Mis»cs Uhitham and B. Coleman; lollie stall Misses M. Brake and Flora Brown; Ye Doudrop Inn refrcsljment-room), Alisses liimvn and KoWnj Christmas m\ .Mrs. Bret I; Jjslipond, tfesdames Mamey and ( lark. At intervals during the evening short concerts were given ill a specially-arranged concert-room, under the able supervision of Miss A. Kolison. Mrs. .T. C. Davis kindlv lent a piano and Mr. J. Kobsun u conccr f gramophone. A novel feature in connection with tlii! alTair was an art <rallery introduced by Mr. Beresl'ord, and reflects great credit. The shooting gallery was well patronised, and was under the care of Mr. A. Brett. Ail excellent dance and social terminated the proceedings on the evening „f the second day.— Own correspondent. TWO SOVEREIGN" KEAIEDIKS.

The famous SANDER AND SONS' PUKE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT was proved by experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own, and to be medicinally absolutely safe, elVeeiivc, and reliable for infernal use! Therefore, do not aggravate your compliant by the use of one of 'the. nianv crude eucalyptus oils which are noiV palmed oil as ''Extracts, ;J or under fancy names, but insist upon the OKXUINB SAKDKR AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT and reject all others. For wrinkles, sunburn/pimples, blackheads, freckles, cracked hands, dry and inflamed skin use SANDER AN IJ SONS' SUPERBA BKTN FOOD. No lady should be without it. Allays irritation; brings beauty to every faco sail I liana. Chemists and stores,

A start was made yesterday wiili 1 ■>'' widening of Victoria road. The work is being carried out by day labor by the Carrington Road Bo:ird. j "We have reason to b lievo that near- , ly half the methylated spirits imported. into this coloriy is sold as whisky and , gin," said tho Minister for Customs. ; Madame Alida Loman, the famous i lyric soprano, who is now louring the Dominion of New Zealand under the direction of Uerr Bonno bcherck i, ; well-known pianist and enticpicni ji , will give a song recital m this town shortly. Some of .the so-called plans of permanent levels of the borough practically useless, for they were male in pencil, and signed as they should be. Now there is a necessity tor ™ ak '"K fresh plans in proper form. Truly - Borough Council has had some painful engineering experience. European medical experts have ex ploded the theory that the contui "® p 1 use of the'telephone is injurious to the eenso of hearing. On the contrary, celc brated physicians say the daily use of the telephone sharpens that faculty and increases its alertness, proving thereby

•csa I.«. -r has tJ worry tnrough couiuiiii.ee ic ports. Thai takes ~mc. Xlien the cnairmaii of tne committee, at tne Council meeting, reads over the report, lest the typewriting should juot be. clear. Thai, takes more time. And the Councillors, who have already read the reports furnished, sit by and listen and wait.

A crib and cuchre tournament took place at the Fitzroy Hall last night twecn the Carrington Koad players and the Fitzroy Fire Brigade. The final scores were: —Crib, Carrington Road IU, Fitzroy 17; euchre, Carringtno Road 20, Fitzroy 19. A .very pleasant evening was spent, and Ibefore leaving ihe visitors were provided with light refreshj UltiEtS,

iu-om the Tourist Department we have received a copy of the Department's latest publication, viz.., "New Zealand, or Ao-te-roa, its wealth and resources, scenery, travel routes, spas and sport. It is profusely illustrated, almost every page bearing a picture, is exceedingly well printed, and most creditably written. It is intended for circulation amongst tourists, but really it is _a work tluit should be in the possession of every colonist, it being full of useful information iuid instruction. With the book are two well executed colored maps. A gentleman from Taranaki was talking tile other day to an ollicer on tile .steamer Kua-pehu. The latter asked, "When are you going to complete thai harbor of yours, so that we can load out. meat tliere instead of lying oil Waitara for days, and sometimes without getting anything like a cargo Cjme here." And they went, "ihereg the stem of an anchor that we broke last time we were there, and We left two." So it's quite evident that there are disadvantages to weigh against the cheaper dues paid at the river port. With reference to the table of sales of Taranaki dairy produce published by us from our Wellington correspondent last week, some misapprehension appears to have arisen in some quarters, the outputs placed opposite the several factories having been erroneously read to mean the gross outputs for the season. What was intended to be conveyed was merely the approximate tonnage dis- , posed of to the particular firm of buyers interested. In several instances only two, three, or four months of the outputs are given, the balance of the sea- ' son's output in many eases not having ' been available at the time of the comI pilation of the return. > On several occasions in the past . twelve mouths we have, in various eon- : nections, published the amounts contn- : buted by local bodies to the Taranaki . Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, i Last Bight these were referred to at the Borough Council by Mr Fred. Bellringer, one of the Borough representatives. The Mayor eut the statement short. He said 1 there had been a big flourish of trum- ' pets at the reduction of the hospital 1 rate, but the fact remained that, owing to the increase in values, the borougl 1 had contributed more than in the pre- ' vious year. The reduction of the rate ' was entirely due to increased valua' ■ tions. He suggested that Cr. Bellringei ' should,}ook intp the matter. ,i

No fewer than 5080 applications for loans under the Government Advances to Settlors' Act have been refused. The amount of application fees received by the Department from applicants for loans since the Act came into operation is £29,060, The amount paid to solicitors for preparing mortgage deeds by the Department has been no less than £34,544, distributed as follows:—Auckland, £0070; Taranaki, £5091; Hawke's Bay, £1325; Wellington, £IO,ICS; Marlborough, £1116; Nelson, £603; Westland, £307; Canterbury, £2436; Otago, £2745; Southland, £3207. These figures are from a return asked for by Mr, Flatman and presented to Parliament today.

Unaer u.ue September lith, a .London correspondent writes: —Major Long, who was despatched to Australia and New Zealand by the War Ollice to report upon the meat works there, and who has now returned to England, has a very favorable tale to tell respecting the cleanly and excellent methods pursued in the slaughtering and meat packing processes. Major Long travelled throughout New Zealand, and in Australia he yisited all the meat works in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. The officer was particularly struck with the meat works in Queenslaud, and if the War Office is at all guided by his recommendations, it is certain that in future Australasia will get more and. Chicago less of army eontracts. , .!■ ;

The "Yes—No" vote of the New Plymouth Harbor Boards delegates to the conieienee has become quite a standing joke, li was narrowly avoided at the conference last week. The matter under discussion was the proposal in the Harbor Hoards Bill to give the Boards auihurity to pay their chairmen an annual -(-alary, up to £IOO. When the subject was Jirst discussed locally the New Plymouth Buard decided against the proposal, but since then ii change has cuine o'er ihe scene, and must of the members huve recently expressed the opinion that the chairman's services should be recognised in a practical fcishion, especially as nearly all the oilier members draw their travelling expenses. When tile conference had: the matter under discussion last week Mr Connett decided to support the proposal, but Mr Maxwell, the other delegate, said he would oppose it. The delegates refrained from voting.

A sensational incident occurred in the .Magistrate's Court at Westpoi't one day recently, at the conclusion of a case charging a commercial traveller and a young lady with picking shrubs and flowers from a grave in Orawaiti Cemetery. The Alagistrate had just given his judgment dismissing the informations, when Mr. Brebner, a local commercial traveller, called out from the body of Hie Court, ''Hurrah, the Dominion for justice!" "Bring that man back," demanded the Magistrate, and the police instantly dived out of the door, arrested him, and brought him back into the Court- His Worship asked him what lie meant by crying out as he had done. 'T wish to say that X only acted on ail impulse. Surely a person is at liberty to express his own feelings in a case like this!" "No, you are not," said the -Magistrate. "In a court of huv a person Ims no right to express his feelings." "Then I apologise," said 'the offender. "J ii that case 1 will let you off. but take warning fpf the future," replied the Magistrate, and the incident closed.

I The frozen meat trade of London is assuming larger proportions every year. Twenty years ago it was of no consequence, whereas now only about 20 per cent of the supplies at SmitMeld conhist of home-grown meat. The state of perfection to which the shippers have brought Iho arrangements for transit is evidenced by the fact that last year, out of no fewer than 0,001,100 carcases delivered in London, only 4270 sheep and 844 quarters of beef failed to arrive in a sound condition. It is interesting to note, on the amliority of the medical officer of the port, that at the present time the number rf vessels engaged in the trade exceeds 170, and that the total carrying capacity equals upwards of 11,50-!.000 carease«. Some of iho hoats can c-iiTv hs mnnv as 150,000 carcases.

A party of Maoris, licivled by Miss Sterling, well-lcnown in Wangan'ui. are at present touring Australia. The party were in Victoria when the last mad left, mid. judging by press reports, they were making a. very favorable impression. Entertainments are being given in the -bigger towns, the programmes "consisting of sonjs, poi dances, hakni'j illustrations of Maori customs! etc,