The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1896.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10656, 3 July 1896, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1896.

Letters to the editor and other matter of interest are crowded out to-day.

The probate of the will of the late Donald Larnach was sworn at under £600,000.

An agent is required for an old established Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

At the fire last night Fireman J. Roberts gaehed his fingers through accidentally putting his hand through a pane glass.

A man named James Graham was arrested in Wellington on Wednesday on a charge of obtaining goods by false protonceß from Ernest P. Bullott, New Plymout.

Messrs White & Carter announce they will bo closed ior marking down on Monday and Tuesday next, previous to their great sale. Their new advertisements lire unavoidably held over to-day.

The members of the Harbour Board met this morning, and proceeded to tho breakwater to inspect the works under the guidance of the engineer, Mr Marchant. A special meeting of the Board was held this afternoon.

Some time ago an attempt was made on the lifo of Li Hung Chung, and the bullet from the revolver lodged in his face and all attempts to trace the leaden missive were futile. However, by means of the Rontgen rays the seat of the bullet has been discoveied.

The Marlborough Daily Times gives publicity to the extraordinary statement that there is an ugly suspicion that three of tho New Zealand iepresentatives in the recent intercolonial fours were drugged before the race. The crew, the paper remarks, kept the suspicion pretty well to themselves, and even now it has leaked out, in the absence of absolute proof, they prefer to say little, but think a lot.

We were shown on Thursday by Mr Milne a copy of a photograph taken at Waipawa recently at the scene of an accident which, occurred some years ago, and by which two jockeys lost their lives. The photograph shows a group of people standing near a fence, over which two. ghostly horses are jumping, the figures of which and of their riders are just discernible, whilst those of the onlookers came out very distinctly. The deception, for deception «f course it is, is a clever one, and reflects credit on the skill and ingenuity of the operator.

We do not know what local body is responsible for the condition of the main road at Moturoa, and of the bye-road leading up the hill, but it is high time something was done to put it in a condition of pafetv. At the corner there is a deep hole which it requires very careful driving to avoid. Already two or three accidents have occurred at the spot, the latest being on Wednesday afternoon, when two gentlemen driving in a trap were capsized, the trap badly smashed, and the horse cut in such a manner that he will have to be turned outf or some time. Fortunately tho occupants escaped unhurt, but something ought to be done to avoid the risk of more serious accidents.