The Daily News THURSDAY, APRIL 29. ON THE FOURTH PAGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 79, 29 April 1909, Page 2

The Daily News THURSDAY, APRIL 29. ON THE FOURTH PAGE.

Commercial. District Xews. Tiie Xew Woman. Moneylender's Pate. Education in Waitara. Pleasures of Starvation. Taranaki Education Board. Britain's Peril and Defence. Cambridge Student Hoaxed. Drowning as a Death Penalty. Agricultural Instruction in Schools. LCCAL AND GENERAL. m On the motion of .Mr. Qnillinni (Govelt \ and Quilliani) probate of the will of the late .Mary Head Inch has been grauU'u by tlie Supreme Court to Thomas Inch, tlie executor named in the will. A disturbance took place in tlie pit at the Theatre Royal last night, and a young man who was " looking for light" was escorted outside lo find it there. Fortunately the fuss occurred during an interval. Some live hundred children received instruction in agriculture in schools under the Taranaki" Education Board. Of these 414 were pupils in Standard IV, V and VI. Invariably, at the smaller schools, Standard JIJ 'children aic sent also. The Feilding Star says: "A writ for C 140.) damages has been issued out of the Supreme Court, Fnlmerston Xorth. by L. M. llorrocks against Theodore West, in connection with the recent fire which destroyed the dwelling-house of the plaintiff. There were 37 applicants for the position of working overseer under tlie Taranaki Education Board. Mr. Ciias. 11. Moore, of the Xew Plymouth Stiiflii and Door Company's stall', was appointed, and is to be 'asked to lake up his duties in a fortnight's time. Mr. George ISrowne, chairman of the Western Park Board, has received acceptable donations of bulbs from .Mrs. Henry Ward and Mr. IJutthnore. The Park Board, which is now engaged in beautifying the grounds, will be pleased to receive further donations of a lik<! nature. The Wanganui trams, according to a statement made by the Mayor, have carried practically* 400,000 passengers .since they commenced running on the 10th December last, which means that every man, woman, and child in Wanganui has been carried ecjual lo forty times over. The Xapier Chamber of Commerce has decided tu make strong representations to the Government a s lo the necessity of amending the railway time-table to permit the through trip to Xc\v Plymouth being done in one day, and also to expedite the service with Wellington. Mr. P. W. Williams was appointed to represent Hie Chamber at the conference to be held in Palinerston lo consider the time-table.

"1 was as much surprised as anyone l>y Mr. lionayne's withdrawal." ,said' the Minister for llailwnys ill regard to the Addinglon cuipiiry. "H is' unfair 10 blame him. however. His memorandum was not intended for publication, and should not have been made public. It wa.s based on statements from what lie believed to be „ reliable source. But when (he commission sat Mr. Ronayue found that his informant was not prepared to substantiate the c:har»cs contained in the memorandum, amf he was compelled to withdraw."

Tiie first debate in connection with the Xew Plymouth Club is to take place in the clubrooms on Tuesday, May 11th, at 8 p.m., when me lollowrn'" onestion will l„. debated: " Whether or not the Premier of Xew Zealand took the right action in presenting a Dreadnought In Hie Home Government." Mr. Stran" is to be leader, and the followiii" gentlemen were dnnvn to take the all'miafive: -Messrs. Enroth, P. Webster, 11. Baker, '!. (ilegg, L. Hill, W. ,| ls , and A. L. Cooke. The negative will be taken by Messrs. Sullivan (leader), W. Woods, A. Webster, A. Humphries, P. ll'opkin, A. 11. Johnstone, J. Sumner, and Maeey. The president of the club (Mr. Tisch) will preside.

H is a curious fact that perfect health is nut consistent with high muscular development. Professional athletes and all men who acquire phenomenal strength seem to lose in length of life and Tietivily what they gain for a few years of record-breaking powers. Take, for instance, Louis Cyr, the Canadian giant, who broke all weight-lifting records. He weighed 3201b, aim was all solid bono and muscle. He could hold his wife out at arm's length with one hand, and raise n 3001b barrel from the floor to his shoulder, using only one hand and arm. Yet this remarkable man was muscle-bound and crippled at 37, when he should "nave been at the height of his wonderful powers. Kennedy, who won a diamond belt for lifting with his hands from the lloor. absolutely without apparatus, a lOUOlli weight, was used up and crippled before he was 41). Mr. .fames S. Wilson wrote recent/1 V to the Education Board as follows, concerning the need of something being done as soon as possible to tiie Tarala school residence. -'ln stormy weather," he says, "the present abode is unworthy. It consists of a small porch, a tiny kitchen, and one room. Tins' room, some years ago, was petitioned across, forming two little cubicles for 'bedrooms, one of which is pimply a draughty passage containing four doors and no window. This latter place is whir.. Mr. llice sleeps, the other recess being occupied by his daughter. In wet,

stormy weather, the Horn's of both these rooms get Hooded, owing to the leakage from a side door. The roof of the (in chimney in the little kitchen also leaks, and there is a very decided drip in tiie sculler,-.'' The Board is endeavouring lo have a teacher's residence erected.

In fairness to the people whose names were mentioned by ''Observer" iu a letter appearing in our issue of Tuesday, we may say that we have been sliow-i the ligures from which the engineer calculated that Mr. T. Partington's wanes averaged IT.-2 Ills lid a week. "Olisc'ryer's" remark that C 3 Ills Oil would lie nearer Hie amount is conjecture on his pail, and conjeclure will not weigh against facts iu black and white, ••(lbserver " is correct in styling the employee mentioned an '• urgency" man. hut Hie idea Hint he is paid' "lo pry into what people are saying" needs no denial to those who know .Mr. Kendall, the borough engineer, under whom 51 r. Partington works. Any of last year's councillors should be able lo explain to "Observer" the circumstances leading to Mr. Hodgson's retirement. Our correspondent's inferences on this point are unfair and unfounded.

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When Hen- Schicnichnaii, of Vienna, presented his wife with :i lottery ticket mi her birthdiiy, she bitterly reproached liim for his wastefulness and tore ft into shreds. Thev learnt Just month that the number of the ticket had won £11)00, hut as they eould not produce llip ticket they could not obtain the money. The husband is now petitioiiiiig for a divorce,

Speaking on the ell'eel of the motorcar on the carriage trade at the convention of the Carriage and Waggon Builder's Association of Australasia, held at Adelaide, -Mr. li. A. Duncan said that the motor-cur was forcing its way into favour, and in tlie near future would have to be serioiishly reckoned with. Within the last week a motor train, consisting of four trucks and a propeller veliicle, has been landed in Adelaide. This train was capable of carrying a load of 211 tons, and it was to be used to replace horse-drawn waggons in the far northern country. The motor industry was aggressive, and the carriage! trade was being attacked on all bides.

Speaking to an interviewer at Timarii Mr. Vigor Drown, M.P., anil chairman of the Xapier Harbor Board, stated that his Board often envied Tiniaru Board in that the In titer had such a lot of loyal p.ople behind it—people who were all anxious to make a good port of Tiniaru, and who were not afraid to be rated in order to do it. Up Xapier way they often looked with longing eyes towards Tiniaru, where they had been able to accomplish so much in tlie face of-great natural difficulties, and where they would soon be able to accommodate four big liners, while Xapier could not take in more than one at a time. What made the position worse for Xapier was that they had a larger area of water, as well as a greater depth up there. All they lacked was the eompleti )f the breakwater and the wharfage accommodation, and this the ratepayers hail just declined to (junction. It was true that the proposed loan for this purpose had only been lost by less than 2()0 voles, but ft should have been carried by a large! majority hail the people been alive to their best interests. The town of Xapier voted solidly for the loan, but the country killed it. lie regretted to say that there were more people of a conservative mind up there—men who were oppmed to all progress if it meant the payment of a few extra rates. What they said ill connection with the loan proposal referred lo was that they would vole for it provided there was no power to strike an interest-covering rate. The Board would not insert such a clause, knowing-full well that it would be useless to go to the market for a loan under such conditions. Last year the Xapier Board spent between £II,OOO and i 112,000 on improvements, out of revenue, and all this money should have been loan money.