The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1889.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8636, 23 November 1889, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1889.

Rev. T. Farley will preach a sermon on "Freethought and Christianity" at St. Mary's on Sunday night. The "White-Eyed Kaffir Minstrels" anounce their intention of shortly appearing in New Plymouth. The Land Board have disposed of 860 acres of land, principally in the Kaupokonui Block, since their meeting on Monday last. The Hon. John Bryce has been returned unopposed as a member of the House of Representatives for the district of Waipa. There was quite a large number of througli passengers on the Wanaka to-day (Saturday), most of whom were on their way from Auckland to the opening of the Dunedin Exhibition on Tuesday next. The shippers of butter to London, wo understand, consider that they have enough space in the Kaikoura and Doric for this month's supply of butter. Mr D. Rumney is again to the fore, this time with tiis shilling table, which is laden with bargains. He has also a very choice display of summer millinery adorning the heads of dolls, which are at once the wonder and admiration of the young folks. We learn that the sale on Wednesday last of Mr R. Stanley's dairy stock, conducted by Messrs Vickers and Stevens, was very satisfactory. The prices realised for the cattle showed that the buyers present appreciated the care that had been taken by Mr Stanley in the selection of his herd. The pick of the herd, a splendid cow, young, and in full profit was bought by Mr Franklyn, of Inglewood, at the top record this season for dairy cows, viz., £8 12s 6d. A boy named Sidney Smith met with a painful accident in Courtenay-street the other night. Ho was trotting down the hill near the Wesleyan Church when the horse ho was riding stepped on a stone and fell, tlirowing his rider on the hard metal road. Young Smith, who got severely cut about the face, lay stunned for some time. Dr. Leatham attended him, but found no bones broken. In the New Review for October Mr O'Connor defends with a good deal of force and common-sense what iscontemptu,ously style "the new journalism." A London correspondent says the reporting staff of the London Star are, 'tis whispered, about to strike. They were promised increased salaries directly the paper paid, and the pledge has not been redeemed. Mr O'Connor himself is at loggerheads with the directors, who find him an expensive and not specially hard-working editor. James Gordon Bennett has found himself ignominiously compelled to re-engage an entire staff of the London edition of the New York Herald, whom he loftily dismissed the week before. Mr Joe Hatton is now editor, but the general impression is that publication will shortiy cease. The speculation has already cost Bennett close on £20,000, and in the course of the next three months he will have to defend upwards of a score of libel cases. Some of these actions (notably Mrs Ernest Weldon's) are serious, and likely to prove very expensive. Many of our readers, says the Auckland Herald, will deeply regret to learn that the old and respected firm of B. Tonks and Co. have found it necessary to file a declaration of bankruptcy. This has been brought about principally on account of the long general depression which has been felt throughout the whole colony, and the high rent of promises amounting to about £1200 a year. This rent was only a fair one at the time the agreement was made, but it has yet some twenty years to run. A private meeting of the principal creditors was held on Tuesday afternoon, when it was agreed that the only course open to the firm was to go into liquidation at once. At the same time the creditors who were present oxpressed their great sympathy with Messrs Carr and Tonks, and their regret at the painful position in which they were placed, and at the fact that some of the principal creditors being away from the colony left no other course open. The declaration was filed on Wednesday afternoon; the liabilities amounting to about £13,000, and the estimated assets to £10,000 or £11,000. At tho Resident Magistrate's Court, Gisborno, last week, Gibson Kirke Turton was charged on the information of Ellen Hanlon with stealinga Bible, her property, on the 23rd October last. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and tho offence was reduced from an indictable to a summary one The evidence of Mrs. Hanlon and three other witnesses was taken. The defendant's cross-examination of Mrs. Hanlon covered a wide area and included a great deal of her family history, as well as her local experiences. Turton asked for a remand until Tuesday, to produce more evidence, but first desired to give his own evidence, which was taken. He had gone to Mrs Hanlon to ask for his washing. She had mot him twice since the date the Bible was supposed to have been stolen. On the first occasion she asked about tho Bible, on the second for the price of a " booze." He was not drunk when lie went to Mrs Hanlou's place. Case re- . inanded to Tuesday. Defendant was well known in New Plymouth some 25 years ago. We make the following extracts from the most recent London circular of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency to hand : —Butter : There has been a good inquiry for all descriptions of Continental butter during the past month, French sorts being in most request, and valuos mark an appreciable advance. The small parcels received per Doric (a.) and Tongariro (s.) were readily disposed of at from 74s to 95s per cwt. The consignments per Arawu (s.) are not yet available. We quote :—: — Prime Danish, 10(Js to llfis per cwt ; prime Normandy, U6s to 118s pur cwt ; prime Frieslnnd, 100s to 106s per cwt ; prime Brittany, 80s to 90s per cwt ; prime Now Zealand 74s to 95s per cwt. Importations from New Zealand during the past month amounted to 1,847 packages. Cheese: There hns been considerable improvement manifested in the domnnd for American und Canadian' Choose, and the market closes firm for finest descriptions. The small consignment per Elderslic (h.) is not yet avai'able. Wo quoto : —Prime American, 50s to 52s por cwt ; prime New Zealand, nominal, 47s per cwt. Importations from New Zealund during the month amounted to 22 pack(ftgßß(( ftgBB(