CHIT-CHAT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 9954, 15 March 1894, Page 2

CHIT-CHAT.

fITHY, POLITICAL, AND PERSONAL PARS Beautiful weather ; pleasantly warm. Thermometer in the shade " under tho verandah " at 2 p.m. to-day, 73 degrees ; in the sun in front of office, 120. Large number went to Waitara to-day to attend regatta. " Two Hours of Mirth and Music" tonight at Alexandra Hall. Edison's wonderful phonograph will be exhibited to-night at Hall. Catholic picnic going on. Large attendance on racecourse. Captain Edwin says there is evidence of a cyclone centre 350 miles from the North Cape. Mrs Ballance leaves Auckland on her way Home on Friday. Flour mills at Nathalie (Vie.) destroyed by fire. Valuable discovery of quicksilver reported in Victoria. Great scarcity of provisions at Coolgardie ; flour, £6 for a 501 b. bag. Inspector Broham to be made Commissioner of Police. Manager Tyser's Shipping Company willing to send steamer monthly to New Plymouth if inducement is offered. Union Company has made reduction of 10s a ton on flour from Timaru. Levanting ex Mayor of Wellington is at Japan. He thinks of returning to New Zealand. S.s. Otarama is to be sent out from London to the colony at once. Hon. Mr Seddon is at Whangarei. Wesleyan Conference over. There will be no change in Minister in this district. Sports at Stratford going on t»-day. Man connected with the stabbing case , at Dunedin last Christmas sentenced to ' seven years' penal servitude. Woman at Balmain, near Sydney, chopped up her five year-old child with an axe. Anarchist Henri is said to have made an important confession. Henri admitted he intended to kill a member of the Rothschild farr&y. Twenty nominations have been sent in of candidates for Licensing Committee in Egmont District. Forts at Rio been firing at rebel fleet, which do not reply. " Labby" moves an address to Queen, asking her to take away power of Lords to throw out bills. Amendment carried against the Government by 147 to lib. Four steamers in the harbour on Wednesday unloading at low tide at pier. Fighting renewed at Rio and people of city leaving for suburbs. Rebel fleet has surrendered unconditionally. French and Portuguese warships refuse to give shelter to insurgent officers. Admiral De Gama reported to be on board British man-of-war. John Milne, of Hawera, sentenced to nine month's imprisonment for incurring debts without reasonable means of paying them. Mr Sinclair, of Norfolk Road, was badly injured on Wednesday by a steer goring him. * A " Labour paper " is to be started in Wellington on 300 debentures at £1. Starvation wages for printers at that.