The Daily News SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1. ON FOURTH PAGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 36, 1 February 1908, Page 2

The Daily News SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1. ON FOURTH PAGE.

Tariki Tinii.iT l':i-i-. l.'oiiiiiuriiiil Loral ;iml Colonial. IN HTI'I.KMKXT. Tin' Stiirvti'lli-r. Historical Uoinanw. Hreacli of I'romise c.iso. Sportiiifr Xotiw. Wit ami 1 lutiii.r. Romantic Stories of Famous J'ami- | lies. Our .l;i|i;tiU'.N' Allv. Nvws in lirii'f. Etc., i'tc.

.Mr. Roy in Court yc-lerday re fern d :<> ll.u Awakino ami .Mokau districts as places in which the people pay no rates and know no Sundays.

Local butchers are taking steps to inaugurate a system of closing their premises as follows, as from .March Ist next:—-Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 5.3(1 p.m!; Thursday. 1 p.m.; Friday, 8.30 p.m-; and Saturday 9 p.m. St. Joseph's new school in Powderhanistreet in now complete and ready for opening on .Monday. The classrooms are thoroughly up-to-date and completely furnished with all requisite appurtenances. The section „| the community supporting the denominational school 1-. i-i he congratulated on their enterprise ii this departure. The chairman of the Works Committee descries the thanks of the community lor his endeavor to make our I'ooijiaths continuous and a little more up-to-date. Several improvements haie been effected of late, mainly in spanning the side-channels with level crossings. Frequenters of the theatre will j appreciate the tilling up of the hollow I in Devon street just below the White I Hart Hotel.

Mr. X. Allen, Mulctary of the Garrison Band, on behalf of the bands to be engaged in the Hospital Sunday deuiou--tration on Sunday, requests that child- | ien and oilier.- will refrain from running up and down or walking alongside the steps on the band rotunda in the lie-, creation Grounds. The landsmen are ranged near to the outside of the rotunda platform, and it i- disconcerting to have passers-by bumping against the legs of the players. Jfelcgales ( of the Xarauaki County Council met the Works Committee of the Borough Concuil yesterday in. conned ion with the adjustment, of the expenditure by tlic two local bodies on the proposed deviation of the Avenue road and the erection of a new bridge over the Heuui stream. The conference proved abortive, the borough representatives declining to meet the county's demand for a half share of Ulc cost, i which is estimated at £2200. The two ( ouncils have previously divided the cost of two bridges. The lienui bridge, erected by the Borough Council, cost CJ400., and the County Council's contribution was £SOO. The Waiwakaiho bridge was erected by the county at a eo-t of £4OOO, the Borough Council contributing £SOO. It will probably be necessary to refer this new proposal to a

commission. The effects of the continued spell of dry weather are now very apparent throughout the Waikato and other country districts, says the Auckland Herald. The country lying between Otahuhu and I'nkckohe, always evidencing a consideraiile need of rain, doe* not appear, as viewed from" the railway, to have suffered so severely as some portions of the Waikato. where the parched appearance of the pastures is very apparent, particularly on the light pumice lands. The rivers and creeks are very low. and those districts that are dependent upon wells and tank- for their water are beginning t.i lind their supplies running short. This i- notably the case at Frank-ton, where a water famine is threatening. (If course, one effect of the dry weather is an enormous quantity of dust, which ri-e- in almost stilling clouds along the roads and the railway. The excessive c 111 -1 along t In- line is just now a somewhat unpleasant feature of the journey between Auckland and Rotorua. Visitor- who have arrived from the other end of the i-land during the pasl day or two state that the country in this province i- not looking -o dry as in the Wairarapa and oTaer parts of the Wellington di-lrici.

According tu t'uc London Daily Mail, . uw tiuaucial stringency is producing a st'nous cllett in Canada, particularly in lue Eastern f'rovinces. Thousands an' out vi work, and hundreds are leaving \v< ekiy on their return to Europe. The ' lorouto Telegram'' states that ill consequence of the Grand Trunk Pacific ] ilo-iiig down construction work between Purl Arthur and is.enora SUUU more men have been discharged. Wages generally arc down, and this is driving many fi;om Canada. The "Toronto Daily Star" says there are more unemployed in Montreal at the present tune than for some years I past and it is leared there will be conj sidcraplc stress during the approaehing winter. Mr. liallantyne, president of Kiic Canadian Manufacturers' AssociaBiiHi, states that the same conditions pn-iail almost everywhere in Canada. The "llaliiax Herald""quotes Mr. Ballantync as saying that ''there were more unemployed men walking the streets of Montreal than ever before in the city's history. The financial stringency of the money market had caused nearly all the big linns to retrench, and to do this they had lo pay oil men, with the result that thousands of men in Montreal were now out of work.'

The Waiuiatc Witness says:- -"The 'drought' still continues, and but for a slight rainfall during Monday night no inoi-lure has reached the parched country throughout ihi, neighborhood for at least a month. As a result the milk supply ha-. Im'cii going down steadily, and the best milking at present is about hali Ihe ordinary yield, while in some cases dairymen are complaining of cows having go icarly 'dry.' It has created a rather serious position. Not only are fanner- being compelled to sell 'their stock at a sacrilice because of the i scarcity of feed, and will be obliged to reinstate at advanced prices when matters improve, but the winter outlook is I not cheerful, and this mi top of small i dinpics for ihe seasons milking. Where cows uould last year each average approximately CHI for the season, it i, I climated thai this .iniounl will 1„. ,-,.. j dticed by al least c> for the current I year, and for those dairymen who are j at the struggling stage the knock will lie severely felt. Some parts of the district luive been affected worse than others, but on the whole there is no need for undue pessimism.'' The Waimatc ,I'lains are suffering from the dry weather ymre than they have suffered in the memory of man.

softices at Whileley Memorial Clm'ft'li on Sunday will lie conducted liv the iVv. T. <:. Urookc. Subjects—Morning. •Reeking to mt (Jod'sUory,-' ami evening. Men and Women an l>i-<i|>Ui-t-> and JJicani.-rs,'' the monthly addles- to young people. Solo, "Come Into Me," by Miss Xellic Butler, of -\iifk'jincl. Strangers cordially invited. -A.lvt. Tim A.li.C. Bout Company are holding their annual di-posing sale, commencing Saturdev. t-t Fc.liniarv. A few prices: licut-' glace kid lials. Ills lid per pair: chrome bal,-. light, its Mil; chrome | -hooter-, heavy. 13s lid: hoys' chrome I hals. 7s :iil: mens carpet slippers. 2s lid: j latlie-' glace button hoots. Ids (id: glace ■' slmes. hutton. ."is lid felt slippers. 1 Oil: js carpet slippers. Is: children's slippers, » felt, "d per pair. All good*, greatly rel Juood. fall early. A.B.C. Boot Comj.any, .Devon-street.—Advt. j