The Taranaki Herald.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 4119, 24 August 1882, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald.

PUBUSHEO DAILY.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1882.

A public meeting, in connection with the Band of Hope, will be held this evenin? in the "Wesleyan School-room. The postponed meeting of the members of the Agricultural Society will be held tomorrow evening, at the Criterion Hotel. It is proposed to form a Club and Debating Society in New Plymouth, and a meeting of those interested will be held this evening, in the Court-room, when his Worship the Mayor will preside. Mr. Peter Hall, of the well-known firm of Winks and Hall, cabinet-makers and upholsterers, Auckland, died last week. The Right Rev. Bishop Redwood was a passenger by the s.s. Wakatipu from Wellington to Sydney, the object of his journeying being, it is understood, to assist at the consecration of the new Roman Catholic Cathedral at Sydney. It is the intention of Sir Julius Yogel (says the Mataura Ensign), to leave Melbourne for New Zealand via the Bluff on the 22nd or 29th instant. Sir Julius has expressed a desire to see some of the New Zealand Agricultural Company's pi operties, and, if his health will allow him, he intends visiting Gore and the Waimea Plains upon his arrival in the Colony. Yesterday morning, a three-roomed house at the Waiwakaiho, belonging to Mr. Charles White, was totally destroyed by fire. It had been . unoccupied for several weeks, and no cause can be assigned. It was insured in the South British Insurance Company for £100. The uncertainty attending the condition of affairs in E»yot, and the fear lest obstacles be placed in the Suez Canal, is increasing travel to Australia via San Francisco. The Zealandia left 'Frisco with a full passenger list, and more orders for berths by telegraph from the East had been received at the office there than could be filled. A member of the House is reported by a contemporary to have said, "AH the scoundrelism of the House during the last two years had gravitated towards the Government benches." This is not very complimentary to the Ministers — but then perhaps it was uttered by a disappointed '• scoundrel" who could not get a shovr. Colonel Trimble, the other day when presiding as temporary Chairman of Committee, gave a decision which the Opposition members denied was a correct one. After consulting with the Speaker, Colonel Trimble found he was in error, and apologised. Commenting on the matter, the Lyttelton Times says : — " As it is, the House has shown a very creditable vigilance and tenacity of its rights, and Colonel Trimble has had a valuable lesson, which may one day make him a valuable man in the House. Error and repentance increase not only knowledge, but also one's respect for other people's. What are termed "ink pencils" have come very much into use lately, and although a most useful implement to the business man, this innocent looking pencil can be easily converted into a treacherous friend, and on no consideration should b e used to write the signature of anyoneThe composition of the pencil is a peculiar combination, highly poisonous in itself, and — herein lies the danger to signature writers — competent to give off two or more impressions on damped paper — not tissue paper, be it understood, but ordinary writing paper. A Wellington paper, commenting on these pencils, says its attention was first directed to this peculiarity by an astute official of the Bank of New Zealand, and subsequent experiments proved the easy practicability of making a clear copy of the filling in of a cheque with this ink pencil. First the writing of the cheque is transferred — upside down, of course — to a slip of damped paper, and from that transferred — right side vp — to another slip of damped paper. Anyone who has a pencil en test what is above stated for them selves, by writing on a cheque, transfering it to a piece of damp paper, and transfering it again, when a very perfect copy of the original document will be obtained.