The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1887.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7296, 12 February 1887, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1887.

The poling for the return of members to sit on the HarbourJßoard for the next three years will take placo on Monday next, and as ihe work at Motuioa is nearing completion the ratepayers cannot do better than return the late members. The old Board has done some good service, and although mistakes have been made, they are not Biioh as would warrant any censure from the public Mr. T. King has made an excellent chairman, being both paiDßr taking and careful in his duties, and his return to the same position after the election is, we feel sure, the wish of all, It is said, however, that an attempt is being made by one of the members to get Mr. King ousted, nol only from his position on the Board, but from the Board itself, and that strong outside influenqe is being brought to bear to get him placed amongst the defeated oandidntes. We regret to hear of such treachery, and hopo the ratepayers will show their disapproval of conduct of tho kind by not omitting, on Monday, to record their votes io Mr. Rmg'a favour,

We have to acknowledge the receipt of a tin of hooey from Mr. N. Schumacher of the Te Popo Apiary, Mid hirst. It in very neatly got up, aad the purity of the honey is undeniable when tvs ted. Considering the high price of the genuioe article in the London market, if a consignment similar to the sample before as were sent Home, it would prove, we should thiak, a profitable speculation. It may be interesting to know thut thare are 135 printing establishments in New Zealand, employing 1999 male and 108 female handb. The " special " of the Auckland Herald, who is at present doing the West Coast of this Island, writes: — " To run a train trom Wellington to New Plymouth at express speed and heavy cost under the disguise of ' rapid communication ' between the 'terminal cities, is a fiction, a farce, amd a fraud." If the " special " were to see the number o£ through passengers who ore now travelling on the line between the two ports. New Plymouth and Wellington, he would have wished he had never written those lines. A Chrysanthemum Society has been formed in Wellington for the culture of these flowers. It consists of fifteen members, of which Mr. F. Cooper is prenident. Mr. Price Williams, in addressing the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, said — " In calculating the resources of the colony Dr. Hector had given him some information, and he had come to the conclusion that the resources of this country were practically unlimited, and when the sun of England was set, that -of New Zealand would be at the zenith." A little paseage-of-arms took pluce between Mr. Justice Ward and Mr. O'Meagfier at the Auckland Supreme Court the other day. Mr. O'Meagher was crossexamining a witness who had already been cross-examined by Mr. Cotter, and His Honor remarked, somewhat wearily, thut the questions put had already been answered, and were on his notes. Mr. O'Meagher replied that he wanted to get something more. His Honor replied that of course Mr. O'Meagher had a perfect right to waste the time of the Court if ho thought proper. Mr. O'Meagher replied that he was not wasting time. His Honor retorted, "You have done nothing else since you commenced. You have not asked a single .pertinent question. Mr. Cotter'B questions were pertinent enough." Air. O'Meagher, after one or two other unimportant questions to the witness, eat down, We have to acknowledge the receipt from the publishers, Messrs. Nicholson and Co., Sydney, of the Christmas number of " The Australian Musical Magazine" au exceedingly cheap and well got up publication. The number contains fourteen songs, well printed, and music size, the price being only a shilling. Amongst the songs we notice : " Pretty Pond Lilies," "The Cuckoo Song," "Sweet Violets," " Biddy McQee," a new Irish comio song, " Never say Fail," a motto song, and two of the best songs from the " Bohemian Girl," viz., " Thea you'll Remember Me," and "Ihe Heart Bow'd Down." It is certainly the cheapest shilling's worth we have ever come across. The late Mayor of Wellington in referring to the progress of the city since the seat of Government has been stationed there, said: — "During the last 13 years Wellington had been the only city in New Zealand which had nevar gone back." We are not surprised at that, for the hills behind prevent it going in that direction. A correspondent writing to the New Zealand, Times says that "Sir Robert Stout is not capable of dealing with questions of political economy." Amongst other items of Mr. Kumney's new stock of groceries is a consignment of coffee from Stang's coffee mills, Invercargill. A quantity of this article which was sent to us has been sampled. The coffee can be very highly recommended. Mr. Samuel Coombes, of Auckland, is writing to the papers complaining that the Gas Company refuses to supply him with light without a deposit in advance to cover one month's supply. He says : " Imagine asking a bankrupt -man to pay for what he never had." At the inspection parade of the Patea Rifles, says the Mail, " A hearty vote of thanks to the Taranaki Rifle Volunteers for their courtesy to this corps on the occasion of the recent review at New Plymouth, was unanimously passed by acclamation." A correspondent in Sydney sends to us the following return of the produce received at that port from New Zealand during the year 1886 : — 15 bales wool, 1007 casks tallow, 3372 hides, 11 bags horns, 688 bundles hay, 1330 bags chaff, 37,828 bags flour, 73,556 ba<*B bran, 6220 bags Pollard, 3235 bags maize, 214,197 bags oats, 0917 bags barley, 101,484 bags wheat, 65,307 bags potatoes, 25,519 kegs butter, 6778 cases cheese, 1902 cases bacon and hams, 73 packages honey, 170 packages lard, 1618 bags peuse, 89 cases eggs. There are eleven clothing factories in New Zealand, employing 264 males and 1,005 females. The annual production of butter and cheese in Now Zealand, calculated to March, 1886, wan:— Butter, 12,170,9641b5.; cheese, 4,594,7951b5. Referring to theFisk Jubilee Singers, the New Zeala>id Times says, " The music, no doubt, is not of the highest class." The codlin moth has made its appearance amongst the plums at Tauranga. The milk supply to the Tauranga Cheese Factory now averages about 450 gallons a day. At Napier the other day a butcher deposed to buying fat sheep for his business at five shillings a head. Mr. Justice Gillies was in Scotland when the mail left. He intended to leave at once for the south of Italy. Some of the crops in the Niagara district (North Otago) are expected to average between 50 and 60 bushels to the acre. The x band will give an open air performance this evening, on the reclaimed land at the end of Currie-street. Mr. F. P. Corkill, as agent for Mr. Hulke, has leased the Tawhiti mill for a term of five years to Messrs. Ogle Bros., who will at once commence operations. Lord Sandhurst, who was Under-Secre-tary of War in the last Liberal Ministry, was a passenger to New Plymouth by Friday night's through train from Wellington. Lord Sandhurst, who was accompanied by his brother, left for Auckland this afternoon. The agricultural implement manufactories in New Zealand number seventeen, and employ 336 men, turning out annually £111,813 worth of machinery. All agricultural machinery is admitted duty free, whioh shows that manufactures can thrive without protection. The Poiierty Bay Herald calls the Premier's late addreßß at Dunedia a " Bay nothing epecoh-"

Mr. Wray, Engineer of the Waterworks, reports to the Borough CoudcU as follows on the waterworks :—": — " I received five sacks of lime, and am usins; the same ia the reservoir. Owing to the low state of the river on the 21st and 22nd January, filling in gravel, to prevent percolation, had to bo done. On the night oE the 22ud a plug was blown out of the mains in Devon-street East. It waa repaired the following morning. The firemen suddenly shutting off water, in their practice, contributed greatly to knocking out these dead ends. The use oE iron clamps would prevent their coming out. The whole works are in good working order." Mr. R. .Bundle supplies ns with further particulars of the schooner Taranaki, which he built in 1855. She was of about 100 tons register. Only part of the timber used in her construction was white pine. Tho ribs were of puriri und rata. ihe keel and planking o? miro, and the decking aud spars of white pine. Her return trip fro;n Syndney on hjr first voyage was made iv the very quick time of five days. Another gentleman has communicated with us stating that the Taranaki was not the first ship built here, but thut that honor belongs to the Fenetta. The Fenetta, we would remark, was not actually built in Taranaki. She came to New Plymouth as a ship's longboat, and was only improved, decked, and rigged at this port. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 1.19 p.m. : — " Every indication of strong easterly winds after twelve hours from now. Tides will be very low during the next 36 hours." Some of tho farmers owning flat land in Poverty Bay will derive this year as much aa £3 an acre for the right to cut grass seed. There are 268 sawmills in New Zealand, at which 5,031 maleß and 11 fenaaleß are employed. The annual value of production is £1,177,713. Miss Malcolm will be in the Waitara j Church to-morrow morning, and Huirangi afternoen and evening. — Adv. 262 Getting drunk may be looked at in different ways — implying to one extreme happiness, to another extreme degradation. There is a German proverb (says the World) which says — " Wer in sei'm Leben kein' Rausch hat g'habt, Der ist kein braver Mann." which means, " He who has never been drunk in bis life is not an honorable man." The Right Hon. Mr. Ghildrs has consented to act on the London Committee of the Centennial Exhibition, to be held in Melbourne during 1888. Lord Northbruok's speech, delivered in the House of Lords, supported the proposed expenditure of the Imperial Government on the defence of the coaling stations of Great Britain. The German war steamers will in future call at Colombo. The Cincinnati papers have been fined for publishing lottery advertisements. Welsh tithe-payers are now threatened with dynamite i£ they dare to muke payments. The Welsh Conservatives pro pose to form a national union. The Skye orofters who were imprisoned have been liberated. Dnring the past year an area of over three millions of acres has been swept by 1 prairie fire in Texas. Wife : " Why, aren't you going to wear your dress sait, my dear ?" Husband : " Not much. The last time I wore my dress suit at a party, a youag women 1 ordered me to bring her a cup of coffee, , and be quick about it." The Prince of Wales having expressed a desire to have the pair of spurs worn by Fred. Archer when he rode Ormonde in his last race at Newmarket, the executors have sent them to his Royal Highness, together with the saddle used on the occasion. There was an offertory in Winchester Cathedral for the Church Temperance Society, when the congregation in the nave, numbering 500 persons, contributed the very temperate sum of twenty pence ! The Municipal Corporation of Cork has been invited by a circular issued in the ; name of the Prince of Wales to subscribe to the fund for the Imperial Institute. In reply, they have declined to subscribe, and suggest that the Prince of Wales should contribute to the relief of the existing distress in Ireland. Another domestic romance is (according j to the London correspondent of an Irish contemporary) being prepared for the London court. The principals are a veteian soldier on the verge of fourscore ( and his wife, a young lady of 25, who married twelve months a«o. It was stated that on one occasion the venerable husband was set upon by his } r oung wife and actually kicked downstairs, ani at another time she called for him at his club, and when he came out on tho steps she thrashed him with his own walking stick . A notice of motion has been jnven by Lord Colin Campbell for a new trial of the suit of Campbell v. Campbell, on the grounds that the verdict was against the weight of evidence, misdirection, tho absence of a proper and complete direction to the jury upon points of law, and the improper admission and rejection of. evidence. English soap and candle makers are showing signs of alarm at the saponifactory and luminiferous capabilities of our colonies. There is at present on view in the Colonial und Indian Exhibition 24 specimens of colonial soap, distributed us follows: — Canada, 9; Victoria, 3; Multa, 3; New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, and Mauritius, 2 each; tmd Cape of Good Hope, 1. At a meeting of the Loodon Association of Engineers and Draughtsmen, this fact came up for consideration, and it was debated whether it was desirable, in the commercial interests of England, for engineers to supply the colonies and foreign nations with machinery for manufacturing soap and candles. It was admitted, in the course of the discussion, that the colonies possessed such exceptional facilities foi the manufacture of these aids to cleanliness and light that, in no groat distance of time, the new world might be supplying the old with both soap and candles. The London engineers and draughtsmen declined, however, to commit themselves to the expression of an opinion that the old world ought to boycott the colonies in order to stave off this dreadful contingency. " Yeß," said tho chairman, sadly, " our temperance meeting last night would have been more successful, if the lecturer hadn't been so absent minded." '• What did ho do ?" "He tried to blow the foam from a glass of water." The Blood family, who have been so en evidence lately in the Colin Campbell divorce case, are a Co. Clare funnily of rather small estate, whom Bateman ignores among the great landowners of the United Kingdom, and Burke disregards in bis marshalling of the country families. Brickhill, not very fur from Litnoriok, is the name of the family teritory, which has no manor house upon it. Beauty (the fatal gift of beauty, as, 3yron puts it) seems to be somewlut of a family heritoge, tor poor Mrs. Bolton — Lady Colin's sister— wbb a beautifully statuesque lady of Isrge proportions. She , will long be recollected in Meutb, where [ she hunted for part of a season, the gueßt of her cousin, Sir Tluunas Heeketu, at Boumvillo, 1