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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8435, 1 April 1889, Page 2

The vital statistics for the Borough of New Plymouth for March are ; — Births, 23, ; dentta; 7 j marriages, 1,

Oar country readers will find Saturday's j town edition news on the fourth page. , Charles: Otho Montrose writes to the Sydney Bulletin emphatically denying that he is dead, as stated. He is now editing tbe Victorian Farmers* Gazette, a real lire • Radical paper. I Therinking season, opens-to-night, at the "Ideal " skating rink, in. Mr J. C. George's building. 'The floor and the tollers are in firßJrelasß.conditfon, and with the delightfully cool nights we are now experiencing there le'little donbt but that the devotees to rinking will roll up in foice. The Emperor of Rusßia has just decorated and rewarded a private soldier whose fidelity to..his dnty recalls the storieß of the Roman sentinels who perished in the destruction of Pompaii. When the recent earthquake destroyed a small Russian town in Central Asia, this soldier was on duty in the military treasury. Although the houses were crashing around him this faithful fellow stood mationless, awaiting death. The only sign which showed that he appreciated his situation was the faot that he raised his hands as soldiers do at prayer. Fortunately, a sergeant in the street Baw him amid the rnins, fend instantly ordered him to quit his post, which he did right willingly. The undeviatmg obedience to the word of command, due to the iron Bense of duty which distinguishes the Russian soldier, has seldom been more strikingly displayed than by this solitary sentry, who^when an earthquake shook "a town into ruins, refused to leave his post in the very midßt ofnho crashing masonry. At a meeting, of tbe Nelson City Council a three years' contract for the maintenanca of all the streets and pathways iv the City of Nelson at £925 a year was accepted. By this step a large saving is effected. A meeting of the Committee of the Art Exhibition was held on Saturday evening, j in St. Mary's schoolroom, when letters were read from the Education Board i granting the loan of High School museum collection, and from the Fire Insurance Association, allowing all exhibits at present insured under certain policies to be removed for the space of one week to St. Mary's schoolroom without prejudice to the policies of insurance. It was also decided to take cut a policy to cover all uninsured exhibits. A discussion took place as to the advisability of securing the Alexandra Hall for the exhibition, the number of exhibits promised being so large that it was thought by some of the committee the schoolroom would be altogether too email; Very encouraging reports were made as to the number and quality of exhibits promised, and all lovers of art and the public generally may look forward to a great treat in the exhibition. The Earl and Countess of Onslow have arrived at Albany, aad may be expected in New Zealand within a fortnight. Mrs Freeling, of Waitara, hao kindly sent in the following recipe for making tomato sauce, which she says is an excellent one: —"Take tomatoes when quite ripe ; remove the green stems, and pat them in an earthen pan. Put them into an oven, and let then remain until perfectly soft; then-skin them, and rub them through a sieve, potting the seeds away. To every 21b tomatoes put 1 quart Chili vinegar, 1 quart white winu >inegar, i a quarter pound garlic, a quarter pound eschalots, peeled and sliced very thin, one ounce ground white paper, and a good deal of salt —to your^;. taste. Boil all this together, till as thick as cream, stirring, and. skimming off the froth. When the garlic and esohalots are quit© «°ftj mb all together through a sieve with 'a wooden spoon, then boil again, and if too thick add more vinegar. A seasoning of cayenne pepper may be added-if a highly flavored sance is desired.