The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1892.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9543, 10 November 1892, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1892.

The Taranaki Metropolitan Agricultural Society's Show is to be held on Thursday, December l6t, and doubtless will be an excellent one. The Committee have published their prize list, copies of which intending exhibitors can obtain from tho Secretary on application. Tliero aro good reasons to beliovo that tho Show, will bo a euccehs, for the Society is well supported by an active Committee, and wo ure now getting into the d'sttlct animals which have Fecuied tirat prizes wherever they have beon exhibited. ' The Taranaki Agricultural Society is an old ouo. It has had its ups and downs, but ha influence has been felt throughout the district. Tho schedule of prizes embruces a wide range — horsos, cattlo, shcop, pigs, dogs, wool, and agricultural implements. It was not necessary to havo poultry or produce at this Show, as tho former are looked after by a sepurate Society which holds an annual Exhibition, und for the laltor an Autumn Show iy held for tho purpose of exhibiting agricultural pro duce from the farms. Tho Show on December Ist is chiefly for exhibiting animals, and wo would oarnostly urge tho owners of stock in tho district t> begin selecting tho animals they intend to enter, co it may bo said that we, butli in quality and number, havo exceeded our previous effort 3. Shows of this* kind enable owners, by comparison, to form a just idea of the moi it* and defects of their animals, and the intelligent breedor may therefrom gathor many valuable hints for the im provetnont of his future stock. The man who has no opportunity of comparing his own slock with that of others, und with better j ones, is very upt lo form a wrong estimuto as their value, us it in natural for people to think too much of what is their own. Hence he is satisfied with tin in, and takes little trouble to improve unlil after it few yours he is rudely awakened to a know ledge of the fuct, that what was once a

tolerably good herd of cattle has J dwind ed down into a lot of scrubbers. There is no doubt, whatever, but that a cattle show properly conducted tendu to impart valuable knowledge. It fosters a healthy spirit of emulation, and generally increasos an interest in tho subject of the improvement of stock — a matter which is 1 anything but unimportant to tho welfare ' of this district, and of tho individual settler. Wo would remind intending exhibitors that all entries have to bo made on a printed form to be obtained from the secretary and to be left with him on or before 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 19th.

Tho public should not forget Professor Mason's Musical Quintetto Party to-night. The' entortainment is described by the Southern Press as being nightly entertaining.

A reminder is given of the sale of Japanese goods to morrow, by auction, at Mr Jones's auction room. Tho goods are a splendid lot, and should suit the ladies.

In tho R.M. Court, on Tuesday, a dofendod action — D. Berry v. Hans Pedersen — was heard. Mr Samuel appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Roy for defendant. The plaintiff sued for £4 108 6d, for lime sup plied. The defendant repudiated liability on tho ground that tho lime was spoilt by water whea he saw it in a railway truck at Mid hirst, and ho wou'd not take delivery of it, aa he had not got notice of sending. After evidence the R.M. deferred hia decision until Thursday,

At tho Recreation Ground eporta on Wednesday several boys reported that money had been stolen from their clothes, which had been left in the competitors' dressing tent. In one case 4s Gd was stolon, and iv other instances small sums had disappeared.

It was reported in these columns a few weeks back that a weasel had been tiopoed and killed at Pukearuho. There is now reason to believe that the pests exist near Waitara, as tho depredat'ons in one fowlhouse thero appear to be tho work of the weasel .

Tho R M. on Tuesday gavo judgment for plaintiffs in the following cases :—: — Shutt'eworth Bros. v. J. H. Bishcll, claim £5 18a 9J, an 1 costs ; Mr Samuel for plaintiffs. H. Brown v. T. Willing, claim £8 7i Bd, and costs.

About £100 was netted at tho Pro.byterian Bazaar, whbh was held in the Alexandra Hall on Wednesday.

At a re: eat meeting of the Taranaki Jockoy Club Committee, Messrs Standish, Paul, and Bauchopo, wero appointed a sub committee to framo conditions for a Hack Derby' to be run on Boxing Day 1894. Tho prizes will bo £10? for fir t 7/ £30 for second, and £20 for third horse.

Captain Edwin telegraphed at 1.30 p.m. to-day: — "Indications of strong north oa«t to north and west winds, with rain and considerable sea and high tides • class fall."

In another column Mr W. Harknett notifies that he has removed into his now premises, next to Mr G W. Browne's, in Devon street East. The building is a very neat double-fronted shop on 'concrete foundation, with dwelling and store rooms attached, and is adminbly adapted for tho businosa of a gncer, fruiterer and greengrocor, which Mr Harknott will carry on.

Miss Alice Sydney Burvett, tho wellknown pianiste, gave an entertainment in the Alexandra Hall on Tuesday night. An excellent programme was gone through, the chief items of which wore Grand Sonata, Grand Fantasia on the celebrated p:ayer in Rossini's Opera "Mose in Egitto," grand variations on " Spanish. Airs," " Auld Lang Syne," "The Mocking Bird," " Last Love, 1 ' celebrated turantelle, " Robi.i Adair," "Extract de la Suite."

That trout thrive in the streams in this district is evidonced by a beautiful speci men disporting itself in the Huatoki River near the Carrington Road bridge for the past few clays. Although attempts have been made to land the fish, the disciples of " Izaak Walton" have so far been unsuccessful.

A good story is told of t' c sojourn of tho Jubilee singers in Dunedin. They stayed, while in the southern city, at the Grand Hotel, and at the dinner table one night they met a " new arrival 1 ' fresh from tho Old Country, and with very hazy notions as to things colonial. He seemed favoiably impressed by them, and next day startled his acquaintenances by remarking tljat he had no idea the Maorifi wero so civilised, and that ho thought those that he had met at the Grand on tho previous evening must certainly hnvo been chieftaias and chieftninesses ! He was some what surprised, however, that none of them wero tatooed !

A number of pressmen who went up from Wellington T .o record a country show tho other day, found, says the New Zealand Times, a c riously complicated state of affairs prevailing at one of tho local hostelries. Some short time previously tho lessee having had some differences with tho firm which supplied the beer, had been notified by them either to • vamoose tho rancho 1 or find a euccccssor. Tho lesseo rather tardily carried out tho latter alter native and sold out, but tho brewers interpreting tho delay to mean that no liecd was being made to their mandate, had sold to quite another party. The rival boni r aces, with their familios, anivod on the scene on tl.e same day as the scribes of tho press, and were recoived by tho browern' representative, who was already in possession. Then ensued a most amusing illustration of divided and conflicting authority. Each o r tho three individuals asserted himself as the ' boss,' ihe sorvants were at their wits' end to know whom lo oboy, and cuslo-iiers wero bandied about from pillar to post. The browors' client was in possession of the stock, but ha 1 no license, and was threatened with an action at law if ho sold any liquor. Tho rival bonifuco held tho license, but had no goods. The brewers' representative, however, wont on soiling quite independently of the rival pnblicand Eventually the difficulty «as compromised by one man being accepted aa lessee, and the other receiving compensation. l