The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1895.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10481, 5 December 1895, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1895.

♦ The Hospital Board has increased the number of the House Committee to four. The rainfall at Puysegur Point during November amounted to 29.80 inches. The -warship Goldfinch arrived at Wellington from Sydney on Wednesday morning. Bad weather is seriously impeding shearing operations in the Masterton district. [ The Premier's son. aged 15, is confined to bis bed from injuries sustained through a herse falling on him. As the net result of Mr Michael Davitt's ! visit to Napier, £96 will bo sent Homo to assist the Irish cause. The Town Baud will give an open-air concert in front of the Government buildings on Monday evening next. A special meeting of the Education Board was held to-day (Thursday) for the purpose of allocating tho building grant. A sheep drovor informs the Waipawa Mail that he will be engaged for the next four montlm driving flocks to Taranaui where there is a great demand for sheep. A fire occurred at Huirangi on Sunday night, by which a shed, the property of Mr J. Watt Lee, and containing a quantity of chaff aDd bonedust, was destroyed. The Royal Insurance Company had a risk of £100 on the building. Th 6 passengers for New Zealand by the Mariposa, which arrived in Auckland from San Francisco on Wednesday, were : Messrs Ingall, Stevens, Dr Schiedel, Hallew, Hall, Simms, Prank, White, Burnside, Rev Caiman, Lambe and wife. Medical authorities assert that crying is the chief and best exercise for young children, and one hospital superintendent says that a healthy baby should cry three or four times a day at least, and from ten to fifteen minutes at a time. A very heavy hailstorm visited the Ngatimoti (Nelson) district a few days ago. The hailstones are described as being as large as gooseberries and lying to a depth of six inches. The hop gardens suffered immeuso damage. In the light of recent discoveries at Rangitoto, the "West Coast Times has been congratulating the district on the approach of an era of prosperity and development such as it has not seen since the palmy days of the fir3t rush. So mote it bo. '* Gentlemen of the jury," said an Irish lawyer, "it will be for you to decide whether the defendant shall be allowed to come into Court with unblushing footsteps, with a cloak of hypocrisy in his mouth, and draw three bullocks out of my client's pocket with impunity." The Midland Railway Company's witnesses, upon the mining portion of their case, will be finished to-day (Thursday). Evidence as to timber will follow, and there is a slight probability of the Company's case finishing, so far as the evidence is concerned, this week. A British firm of iron producers reports to the London Times the result a five years' experiment with the eight-hours system. At first the cost of each ton of output was increased, and now it has fallen as low as it was in 1895. In other words, the men get as much work done in eight hours as they used to get done in twelve. Messrs Butler and Edgar, of the Native Lands Court, accompanied by Mr Hemi Eruoti, Native Assessor, and Mr Holland, Clerk of the Court, began a sitting of Native Lands Appellate Court in New Plymouth on "Wednesday. There are a number of natives from different parts of the district, along the coast, and the Hawke's Bay and "Wellington districts attending the Court, which is likely to last some time. The following programme has been arranged for the Taranaki Rifle Association's meeting to be held at Havvera on the 22nd and 23rd January : — New Plymouth match, 200, 500, and GOO yards, 7 shots at each range ; Patea match, 300 yards, 10 shots ; Inglewood match, 500 and 600 yds, lOshotsat each range; Hawera match, 200, 500, and 700 yards, 7 shots at each range; Nursery match, 500 yards, 10 shots; Manaia match, 700 yards, If) shots. The latest thing in America entertainments is " poverty partie3." The invi^ tafcions, printed on coarse brown papery request all ladies attending to dress as plainly as possible, and to avoid all external appearance of prosperity. A schedule of fines is prepared, and' each guest who in any way looks well off, is mulcted in a small amount. The wearer of gold-framed glasses, has to pay 2Jd ; diamond ear-ringi Bd, and so on. The money thus raised goes to charity. The output of the Johannesburg gold mines for the month of August has been officially retnrned at203,5830z, comparing with 174,9770z for August 1894, and 136,0690z for August 1893. The total for the eight months of the present year is 1,516,573 oz., against 1,816,6G90z for the corresponding period of 1894. The exports from the Cape were declared at 1,506,0290z., of the value of £6,172,451. On the other hand, no leas than 3,192,300 sovereigns have been imported from the London Mint. Our readers will have noted thai the Band of Hope picnic this year has several new features in its programme. "Wo are informed by the Committee that they hope to make the 1895 celebration an unique event in tomporance work in the district, and if only Captain Edwin's department proves favorable, a lnrgo gathering is confidently looked for. An open air meeting on the grounds is to bo one of the now departures, and with the singing by the children should prove an attraction to the public. The Council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce has carried a resolution expressing regret at the PustmastorGeneral'B decision re delayed telegrams, and suggests if an alteration is necessary that sixpence for twelve words, including signature and address, despatched as at present, be substituted, and a halfpenny for each additional word ; also that holders of priyate boxes be allowed, on payment of a fee of ss, to register an abbreviated telegraph address. The severe drought in Australia has not been without its humorous phases. Mr S. H. Drjw, of Wsnganui, tho Chronicle says, who recently returned from the other side, relates that when in a warm locality, where water was at a premium, a gentleman at the hotel at which ho was staying informed the landlady that he would like a bath. " Yes sir," she replied. " but which will you have, beer or water, for they arc both the same price I" THE QUEEN BEE Among tho busy denizons of tho hive is alone Lo be distinguished by her stylo, so you know bow Jumi,i:ii Cofkiji: is put up in different stylo to other brands, and how far superior in quality to them all. VANITY FAIR. Wojien may woiryover wearing apparel, complexion, &c, but if they wioh good health Wolfe's Schnapps is rocommonded. Buy bottles intact. The latest in hand camera, only the size of a lady's hand basj, yot not a toy, price only 25s complet3. On view ana Kale at j Gollin's studio, Devon-street.— Advt. . . " bO9B