CHIT-CHAT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 10112, 19 September 1894, Page 2

CHIT-CHAT.

UP TO DATE. Another dull morning ; the weather still remains chilly. Thermometer "under the verandah" afc 2 p.m. to-day, 57 degrees. Public meeting guaranteed £35 for advertising Taranaki through Mr Herbert Jones' English lectures. The body of Tawhiao, the late Maori King, has been taken to Taupiri. The Rotomahana, Tasmania, and Mararoa leaving Auckland took SJOO pasaengers to Sydney ; many being en[route to Coolgardie. James Bailey, who absconded, from Hawera, from his creditors, has been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. He was just recovering from erysipelas in the head. Many London city men think the National Bank of N.Z. should be included with the Colonial Bank in the amalgamation. Lord Hathfield has left the British Liberal Party, never to return to it. Twenty persons have been killed by the collapse of a naptha warehouse in Russia. It is officially stated that only five out of fifty torpedo boats are ready for sea in France. Fifty thousand Japs were engaged in the battle near Seoul, in Corea. Li Hung Ching, the Chinese Com-mander-in-Chief, it is reported, has committed suicide. War fever is increasing in Japan, and many noblemen have volunteered as soldiers. The Times (London) considers the late battle has changed the balance of power iv the East. Tho Kiugito natives have elected Tawhiao's son, Mahuta, to succeed his father. The victory of Japan is due to her supremacy at sea. Count Kalnoky of Austria denies thai the Triple Alliance was the cause of heavy armaments. Two men killed and three injured at a party fight at Ballennerry, in Ireland. Moors have attacked a French convoy south of Oran, and killed two of the escort. Labour members suspended from Queensland Parliament are going to force entrance to House. Japs have captured the entire effective staff of the Chinese troops including the commander. Several Chinese iv towns are showing signs of a panic. Kirk's store at Gisborne was burnt down last night. British flag first hoisted in Auckland, September 19th, 1840. Woman's Franchise in New Zealand camo into force September 19th, 1893.