CHIT-CHAT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 9921, 5 February 1894, Page 2

CHIT-CHAT.

PITHY, POLITICAL, AND PERSONAL PARS. Beautiful sunshiny morning. Thermometer, in shade, '' under the verandah," at 2 p.m to-day, 76 degrees ; in sun in front of office, 126 degrees. English expert on coal arrived to report on Mokau mines. Taranaki County Council held meeting to-day. Professor Richards says the man who asked was not the one who made his hat. Peach trees in Masterton reported free from disease ; heavy crops. Gale on Friday destroyed all the hop gardens in Nelson. P. & O. Company will not reduce the freight on butter. A Parnellite manifesto issued in London appealing for funds for the election. All European powers with tho exception of Germany wish Monarchy restored in Brazil. A levanter named Tibbut was arrested in Auckland ; was off to Fiji. Man committed for trial at Russell on charge of sheep stealing. S.S. Gothic, via Cape, has arrived at Hobart. New South Wales Government has offered reward for discovery of payable alluvial goldfield. Sir M. Davies will conduct his own defence in Mercantile Bank case. Barque Gazelle wrecked near French Pass on Saturday morning. Nine lives lost. Man killed on East Road. Tree fell on his tent during Friday's gale. Broken end of Cook's Straits' cable picked up. Overtime is to be stopped in Government offices for the future. A little girl has been " slippered at the Wellington High School. Taranaki County Council s bank overdraft £3,043 18s., Wheel tax being considered at County Council to-day. Two drunks at the Police Court this morning. Prohibition orders issued against them. Steamer Perthshire, from London, arrived at Wellington. Foreign diplomatists in Brazil advise that both sides should be looked upon as belligerents. Rebel admiral has notified that foreign vessels be allowed to load at wharf at Rio. Ex-King Milan is causing trouble in Europe. Franco-Russian policy respecting Servia is greatly disturbed. A split is said to have taken place in the British Cabinet over Uganda affairs. Polling for loan to construct protective works at Waitara takes place to-morrow (Tuesday). The Titles to Native Lands in the colony to be ascertained without delay. A whare on the Norfolk Road broken into on Saturday and £7 stolen. Mr Harold Thomson has been appointed assistant clerk in the Wellington R.M. Court. Affairs are said to be in a critical position at Samoa. Labour market at Capetown is fully supplied. Three hundred ounces gold taken out in two hours at Coolgardie.