The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1895.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10292, 26 April 1895, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1895.

Captain Iviwin wired at 1.30 p.m. to- J | tlay :—": —" Wind will chpngo by the south I and wc^t, with giass rising, and colder I -weather." The Premier has wired Mr E. M ; Smith, M.H.R., that he cannot visit this \ district at present, as he is not able to leavo Wellington on account of having a i deal of work in hand. The Premier will probably visit here a week hence. Nearly three thousand factories have ■ \>eon registered up to the present dato in the various towns of the colony. Christi church heads the list with 628 factories ; Auckland lias 4GB, Wellington 420, Dunedin \ 425, lnvercargill 127, Napier 106, r Timaru 101 ; the rest of the towns numbering under one hundred each. Many of ihe places which are registered as factories , are not such in fact, but come under the i Act as such. The Government has decidod to eni courage Colonial Industry by making a rednction of twenty per cent in. railway freight on all coal intended for exporfc. j ;It has also been resolved, in the interest of tbe farmers, that grass seed gr»wn in the country and sent by rail to any of the towns in order to bo dressed, shall be . cavried free on the railways, provided the seed is for bona fide use of the farmers. Mr Morton Frewen, who bo cHiintereitodly endeavoured to convert ihe New Zealand Colonists to Bi-motalism, was the emissary of a Now York silver syndicate—at least so say the Sydney Morning Herald and the Argus. He has ■ in Australia been endoavouring to buy j for his principals the Central Broken Hill silver mine, but the shareholders would not Bell. Engagement Rings, Wedding Rings I Dress, Keeper, and Signet Rings, Gold a tid Silver Lockets, Charms, Brooches. .(Bangles, Watches, and Chains. Electro, p.lato and Silverware of the finest quality, A.neroid Barometers, Clocks, &o, Un questionably tho most valuable and select stock in Taracaki. Carefully note the address: J. H. Parkeh, Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Optician, under the Golq Bi*sptoolef, pev<m<ptreat, New Plymouth.