The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1895.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10479, 3 December 1895, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1895.

Over 700 packages nf dairy produce woro shipped by tho Tak».puna from tho breakwater on Monday night. The annual meeting of the Hoapits! and Charitable Aid Board will bo held at noon to-morrow. Tho overdraft of the Taranaki County Council, including accounts (£177 Is 7d") passed at Monday's meeting, is £3,889 12s 4d. la the Taranaki district 429 laborers w«re employed during October on cooperative works under tho Survey Dopartraent.

Owing to tho wet weather on Monday night the Town Band concert, announced to be given in tho Recreation Grounds, was indefinitely postponed.

A rat with a silver ring round its neck was caught at Makinn lately. Apparently it had got its huad through the ring when very young, for the flesh of the neck had almost overgr. tth it.

The secretary of the ! Hospital and Charitable Aid Board desires to acknowledge with thanks receipt of a parcel of linen from Mrs Bain. Similar donations trom others will be very acceptable.

The House Committee of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board met on Menday, when tenders for supplies for tho next year were opened. The tenders will bo submitted to tho monthly meeting to be held to-morrow.

Referring to the work to be done in the Parihaka Riding, Mr McGloin, at the Taranaki County Council meeting on Monday, said: "If the foreman had wings he could not attend to all th« work."

The charge for telephonic communication between Odessa and Nicolaieff— a distttuco of about 100 miles— is only one rouble (a fraction less than 2s 3d) for five minutes' conversation.

A company has been locally floated in Buluwayo, called • the Ancient Ruins Company, with capi'al of £25,000, to search for treasure. This is probably owing to some remarkable finds of ancient valuables.

The Due d'Aumale intends establishing a home for the soHiers who fought under him in Africa, and for this purpose has purchased the Chateau of Amboise from the executors of the Comte de Paris.

The Bishop of Wellington and Mrs Wallis will be welcomed at a Benefit Societies' Social to be held in the Alexandra Hall to-night. The management intimate that the Social will be open to tho general public at 8 o'clock; when tickets can be obtained for one shilling.

The Animals Protection Act Amendment, passed during last session, and which came into force on December Ist, provides that native pigeona shall pot be taken or killed in any district during tho year 1896, and thereafter every sixth year, under a minimum penalty of £1.

Mr McGloin stated at the Taranak County Council meeting on Monday that the prophet Tohu had advised the Maoris to make passive resistance to the wheel and toll taxos, telling them to let the pakeha take the vehicles sooner than pay the taxes.

The huge bullock which was exhibited at several of the A. and P. shows by Messrs Reynolds and Co., of Waikato, aud whos9 live weight was stated to bo 2'JOOlbs, was slaughtered" at Wellington last week, and tho weight of the carcase cold was found to be 17401b5.

The slate of the labor market in New Plymouth is thus described iv the Journal of tho Department of Labor for November : — Building trades, brisk, most tradesmen employed. Retail .trades, fairly bu^y, except in the clothiDg trade. Unskilled labor, local men fully employed, and very fow swagger* on the road.

At a meeting of the council of the New Zealand Football Association, a letter was read from the English Association on the point raised whether the ball, being held by a player between his knees, could be construed as "carrying." The English Association confirmed the referee's decision that it could not.

The committee who carried out the arrangements o£ the Hospital Sunday Demonstration consisted of Messrs J. Bellringer, Abner King, P. Bellringer, W. H. Skinner, E. Humphries, E. de L. Beane, H. Roberts, N. Goiding, A. Cleland, F. Goodacre, and Mies A. Hammond. Mr J. Bellringer was chairman, and Mr F. Goodacre hon. secretary. Messrs J. Bellringer and Abner King aoted as a Working Committee.

The Town School Committee have decided to give a limited number of prizes to the children attending the scheols under their charge. An equal number of merit and attendance prizes will be awarded, the former to be decided on the results of the Inspector's annual examination. The Committee have a small sum iv hand, and do not intend to canvass for subscriptions ; they would be glad, however, to receive voluntary contributions of money or prizes from any who may feel sufficient interest in tho matter to come forward. It is so arranged that no twoprizos will go to the same child.

Mr E. M. Smith. M.H.R., has recatved a letter from Mr Hunt, who was manager of the Onehunga Ironworks at the time when Mr Smith had a trial smelting there, stating that he will arrive in New Plymouth on Tuo&lay next for the purpose of inspecting the sand deposits, and making himself acquainted with the raw material found here. Mr Hunt was formerly an ironmaster in England in a large way, and also start«d the large brickyard at Avondale, Auckland. He expresses himself as anxious to assist Mr Smith as far as possible in his projected trip to England.

There was a discussion at the Taranaki County Council meeting on Monday as to the representation of the county on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Mr McCullum moved to rescind a motion appointing members to the' Hospital and Charitable Aid Board as ho considered the Parihaka and Omata Ridings should have a more central member. The Chairman could not take the motion, as the only course was for the members to resign on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Messr3 Connett, Peters, and Adlam, the representatives »n the Hospital Board, each said he was quite willing to resign if the ratepayers desired different representatives. Mr Bewley said he had heard that some ratepayers desired a representative outside of the Council. The discussion then ceased.

The Empire Tea Company have justly acquired the reputation of dealing fairly and squarelj with their patrons. Another proof of their fair dealing is to be seen in the fact that although the duty on tea has been reduced, they, as the producers, have not gained the advantage, but have let the consumeis have the benefit of the reduction. This is, of course, how matters should be, but as this is an age in which everyone is eternally trying to get tho better of everybody else such little items as tbescr are worth mentioning. In another column appears a list o f the alterations in price of the Empire Company's teas which we may remark en passant still maintain their deservedly high reputation for quality and unapproachable value.

Many have been the arguments, and much the discussion, on the peculiar fitness of an insurance agent for the position of a judge of horse flesh, but tho following incident, which occurred at a late agricultural and pastoral show not 100 miles from Blenheim, and is related by the Express will probably set the matter at rest. It appears that among the various prizes offered waa one for the best mare of a certain class, and a local joker, aft6r duly paying his entrapce, sent up his animal well groomed and got up for the occasion. Great was the interest taken in watching tho learned | jijdga criticising the various points of the ! mare v . and comparing them with thoso of other aspirants to fame. His interesting and edifying remarks proved his undoubted technical knowledge, and norm were auprised tfhea the pink ribbon was awarded It is stated tho owner nearly died whilo taking his prize-winner home, from tho effects of sub lued risibility. It seems he alone knew what no one elso had discovered- the maro was a gelding