PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1890.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8763, 26 April 1890, Page 2

PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1890.

Captain Edwin telegraphed at noon to-day: — "Indications ol: glass falling, with westerly wind."

Tho Mokau lorry punt, which is being built by Mr Campbell, will be completed at the end o£ the present month.

His Honor Mr Justice Conolly left for Wellington in the Wauaka on Friday.

Mr J. W. Footo, of Filzroy, has just received from Canterbury a purebred Brittany bull, about a year old. This breed is said to be unknown in this district. The bull is a youngster yet, his color being black with brown points.

Tho performance of Hilda (MusketOuida) in the Autumn Stakes at Auckland, on Wednesday, when she carried lOst to rietory, and cut out the 1^ miles in 2min 14scc, is a great one. St. Michael, with <sst 81b, was second, and Leorina, Bst 111 b, third. Recruit won the steeplechase, with Tawhiao second, and Darnley third; Cissy won the Flying Handicap; St. Michael the Welter; and Fiesole the Shorts Handicap.

In giving his dcision on tho OkeyFitzpatrick case, Mr Justice Conolly commented xrith extraordinary severity on Constable Gillespic's evidence, The Uuwcra St%r says :—": — " Wo are haidly in a position to weigh the evidence on which the judge felt himself justified in practically charging Constable Gillcspie with perjury, but we have not the least doubt, from our knowledge of the man, that tho judge has made a mistake in his estimate of the constable's character. We aro certain that Constable Gillespie has boon deeply wronged, and wa aro not surprised to hear that he has demanded from his superior officers a thorough and complete inquiry."

Mr Barton, solicitor, of Hawera, who took ill towards the end. of the Supreme Court sittings, is still confined to bed at the Criterion Hotel. His complaint is said to bo the prevailing epidemic "la grippe," with a touch of asthma.

Mr John Magee, of Egmont Village, wishes us to state that he is not in rusv-ipt of a pension, as stated in Mr knell's report to the Bush Fireb Relief Committee.

On Monday, sth May, Mr New ion King will soil by auction, on .ituuMft of Mr A. J, Wise, who is leaving for England, the whole of his ho'biohold fiimitiuv and effects (incliu^.ig a piano). Full particulars will !,>o Lound in our advertising columns.

In drawing the attention of the public to the sale advertised by Vie leers and Stevens of Mr Olson's dairy stock, we would point out the fact that the success obtained, by that gentleman 19 to a, great extent due to Ayrshire breed of cattle, which ho has so very carefully selected and bred, and which have proved themselves to be ho well adapted to this climate.

Referring to Mr Frankland's resignation of his position as Commissioner and Actuary of the Government Life Assurance Department, the N. Z. Ttmes says :—": — " It has been hinted that dissatisfaction with his present salary is Mr Frankland's reason for accepting the offer of the London Atlas Company, and suggestions have been thrown out that his services might bo retaiued by the Government Life Insurance Department if a higher salary were oll'ered to liim. Wo understand, however, that no pecuniary question has been at issue at all. Mr Ficinklnnd, we bulieve, is convinced that a far bettor owning for his abilities presents itsi'ii in England than can be found in tho colonies, and tivit hj/yjro spools thore will be far brighter than here, while he will onjoy the further advantages of being within easy reach of his relatives, and of being in the uiidßt of all that is stirring in the world of science, art and literature."

A novel and useful piece of mechanism in the form of a patent cork screw is to bo seen fixed to the bar of Mr Hutcheson's Imperial Hotel. The system is very simple. Tho head of the bottle is inserted in a tube and a lever is pulled sharply, with the result that the screw comes down the tube, and in the twinkling of an eye the cork is out of tho bottle, and is then dropped out of an aperture in the tube like an exploded cartridge out of a breechloader. The instrument is one that should bo kept in every hotel as a saver of time and trouble.

The Wellington Press of Thursday last says : — "A man named Levien has just come into a property in Sydney representing £75,000. This lucky individual is at present working in a sawmill at Havelock." This is the man to whom we referred in a lengthy paragraph some few weeks back.

Mr Carrington, formerly a member of the House of Representatives and Superintendent of the province of Taranaki, says the Wunqunui Herald, is at present on a visit to his daughter, Mrs Downca. Mr Carrington, who is the author of the harbour works at New Plymouth, paid a visit to the works at the Heads on Thursday, and was greatly interested in what had been done to improve the entrance to the river. Mr Carrington is himself: a Marine Engineer of wide experience, and i£ his advise had been taken as to the lines of the breakwater ut New Plymouth vovy different results would probably have been seen. But Sir John Ooode had his way, and blunderod. Mr Carrington is 80 years of age, and looks as vigorous and full of intellectual energy and enthusiasm as when ho carried everything before him in the House of Representatives, when ho secured the endowment for the harbour undor tho shadow of Mouut Egmont 18 years.