CHIT-CHAT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10212, 18 January 1895, Page 2

CHIT-CHAT.

UP TO DATE. Showery weather and not so warm. Thermometer at Gilmour's corner, in the shade, at 2 p.m. to-daj', 70 degrees. Touristis are making up parties to ascend Mount Egmont. j The Premier loft Wellington for Napier on Thursday afternoon. He goes to that town to deliver an address. Wednesday or Thursday seems to be the popular day with shopkeepers in Wellington for closing in the afternoon. In Auckland, at a large meeting of tradesmen, Wednesday was declared by a substantial majority as the most suitable day for the half -holiday. The Taranaki Regatta will likely be held at Waitara on Monday, March 18th. The hull of the wrocked Wairarapa has opened out and broken up, and the masts have now disappeared. Steamer Star of Victoria, from Sydney to Auckland, was driven out of her course in the same way that the Wairarapa was, by a strong current that was running. Three young ladies were bathing on the banks of the Tutaekuri river in Hawke s Bay, when one of them was drowned. In Napier a mother killed her child accidentally by overlaying it when asleep. Miss Messer, who was bathing in a dam at Ngairo, dived into the mud at the bottom and was suffocated. The resignation of M. Casimir-Perierof the office of President of France, is creating a difficulty in that republic. The Government will before the end of January, notify to the directors of the Manawatu Railway Company its intention as to the purchase of the line. The Wakatipu, which arrived at Wellington from Sydney on Thursday, brought a large English mail. Regulations are being drafted under the Public Trust Office Consolidation Act for admininistration of Public Trust office. There is scarcely a hamlet in South Africa not connected with the telegraph wire. In M. Casimir-Perier's message to the Chamber of Deputies he says: " Government must ensure respect for Itiws.'^ Mr Joseph Clarke, brother of Sir W. Clarke, of Victoria, is dead. The Scottish Banks havereduced interest on deposits to one per cent , the lowest on record. It is now reported that the Chinese lost two thousand at Shing-King. Republican party in France favor Waldeck Robsoau as Presidout. Due de Orleans is staying at Dover, ready to takoimmediate action for restoration of monarchy if opportunity offers. Tho favourites for tho Presidency of Franco arc MM. Waldeck-Rosscau, Faure, and Brisson. The European Bourses have not been affected by the crisis. Thirty-two tons of gunpowder exploded at Butte City, in the United States. A meeting of parishioners of the Church of England on Monday, relative to Taranaki being annexed to Wellington or Napier.