The Taranaki herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1896.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10707, 1 September 1896, Page 2

The Taranaki herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1896.

' Mr ' John "Gilmour leases' Lond6n this week by the Gothic oil bis return journey. We are pleased to learn that he is completely restored to health. ' , The last children's practice for th& J?ire .Brigade Sail lriMje held at the •Alexandra Hall at half-past three on' Wednesday afternoon. •''''. i ! Mr R. Martin, of Wellington, announces lhat he is manufapturing to order stained and painted lead lights and embossed glasses for ohurches, halls, front doors, &c. Mr G. E. Wiggins, of the Bank of New • South Waleß, who was xecently transferred from New Plymouth to Hawera, left the latter town on Monday for Otago. In the Police Court on Monday morning Beveral cases of larrikinism were heard. The Bench had occasion to reprimand several of the youths for the levity with which they behaved in Court. > , At the Presbyterian Church on Sunday night the Rev Mr Osborne preached on the desecration of the Sabbath, in the course of which, he referred to local matters to illustrate his opinions. \. j An evidence of the striking uniformity"! of size among the Japanese la found in the f apt that recent measurements taktn' l of an infantry regiatQiit M ,Bhow mo varia- 1 tion exceeding 2 inches in height or 201 b in weight. ' '. - ' -' ' The drawing for Mr A. W. McMillin'o Art Union of pictures will take place in' 1 the Borough Council Chambera at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night. All interested are invited to attend. . , (< Some time back Mr Knbtt, temperance lecturer, los.t his magic lantern and slides while' crossing the Otaki River. 'The river recently changed its course, and the articles were found imbedded in the sand. " Have yail a good momory, Mr 1 Flanagan ?" asked Sir Robert Stout on Friday last'of a witness. " Yes, I can retaeniber some of your early speeches very cl«arly," was the reply, and ' the lawyer pasied on to the next question. A large dog created some little stir in St Mary's 1 Church on Sunday night. When the canine entered, Mr T. Brown, the sexton, endeavored to drive him out, but the dog objected, and when cornered' showed an ugly disposition. The animal was eventually pacified and taken out of the Church. „,--, - „■ v - H.M.S. Rapid, which was, expected, to call at New Plymouth on her way south, arrived at Wellington on Sunday from Onehnnga,.having apparently passed by here on account of the thick weather. She was the first warship to enter the Manukau Harbour since the wreck of ijhe Orpheus, thirty -three years ago. Mrs Goldwater requests' us to ask kll those who have promised to contribute to th« supper table for the Fire Brigade Ball on Thursday night; to Rend their contributions to the Alexandra Hall any time after nine o'clock on Thursday •morning. Tickets may be obtained djiring the day at the Hall. , The omission of a letter is described as having given a singular effect to an advertisement in a recent number ,of !an -English paper. The' • announcement should have read, " Messrs 's preserves cannot oe beaten" ; but the ",b" in the last word was left oat, and the public were informed that "Messrs' ' f » preserves cannot W eaten .'*- [ Lupton, a settler residing at Patea,,and returning from Sydney by che s.s. Anglian, was charged at the Auckland Police po?rt, on Monday, with having in his possession •uncustomed goods, namely, two i gold watches aod five white metal watches. He was fined £72, with costs. The sum was subsequently mitigated to a fine of £18, with costs' 28s, and forfeiture of the goods. Leave was granted defendant to appeal. He said he did not know tho watches were dutiable. , The proverbial bull in a china shop phrase was exemplified in the East end on Monday night, although the destructors of property were cats. Two of these animals entered Mr G. W. Browne'B crockeryware shop early on Monday evening, and got in the window, where in their reckless running about they began to smash things promiscuously. Attempts were made to dislodge the brutes, and these resulted in further damage being done. Mr Browne, who estimates his lofs at £15, wants to know if he can legally recover the amount of damage from the owners of the cats. Mrs John Gilmour, of Manaia, begk to thank all those who so kindly assisted in searching for her child on Monday,— Advt, . . , f"

Mr L. M. Taunton, who is manager for the North Island for the Rudge-Whit-worth Oycle Co., and has also a number of other agencies, has a notice'in another column to which attention is directed. A* statue of the Maid of Orleans wa» unveiled at Rheims, on July 15th, by the President of the French Republic, who said that that child of the people had reawakened the national sentiment in the fifteenth century, and stood to-day for the incarnation of patriotism. As far back as 1886, when the work was considerably advanced, the Academy of Rheims valued it at £6000, but the sculptor, M. Dubois, will take no remuneration for all these years of labor, regarding as a sufficient reward its acceptance as a national monument. Mr G. <R. Sims, in illustration of hia lamentable ignorance of the sights of London, tells the following anecdote : — "It happened to me to bo walking through .Hyde Park not long ago with a Boer gentleman, who had come over in connection with the Jameson trial, and he suddenly asked me which was Birdcage-walk; Ashamed to confess my ignorance, and entirely unable to remember, I gasped, and pointing to an avenue of trees in the distance I exclaimed, " Over there." "Ahj then, let us go," he replied, " I am much interested in aviaries." „ ■ < '\ ' An amusing incident occurred at the Boyal dinner given to Li Hung Chang at Brussels the other day. After passing into the State drawing-room at the conclusion of dinner (sayi a Chronicle correspondent) the Chinese envoy, apparently in ignorance of the rule of Court etiquette which strictly forbids smoking in the State apartments, pulled out a long pipe, which, duly filled and lighted by his secretary, was returned to the owner, who began drawing it with evident, satisfaction to himself. King Leopold, with kindly .tact,, had cigarettes thereupon passed round, and in a few minutes the whole company were puffing vigorously. A very sudden death occurred at Midhirst on Friday la^Mr .Him Wing Kee who has been-.a storekeeper at Midbirst for some years past, being found dead in bis billiard rqom about 5 p.m. It appears that deceased had not been seen during the day, and on Mrs Him Wing.Kee looking for him, ha was found in the billiard saloon which had been newly built, quite dead. An inquest was held on Saturday before Mr W. A. Ellis, acting coroner, when tfie eviderice t .6f Dr Pajjet, who had conducted a potet mortem examination, was to the effect that death was due to heatt disease. ' A ! verdict/ waibrdfught in accordance with 'the medical evidence. — Bgmont Settler/ • ; :: " In the .Divorce , Court,' Sydney, on August 20tb, the petition of Amy Rose T Clari?sa , Stahl, formerly Branjley, ,was h9ard, for the dissolution of her marriage with Oscar Ludwig Conrad Stahl, school master, of Warren, on the ground of his adultery, at Kaglan /with a woman with whom it was alleged he had gone through the ceremony of marriage under the name ,of Mauritio Juan Jose de Lauren zo in November, 1801.' The parties 'wars mar- t riad on 31st December, 1888, at New Plymouth, New Zealand, according to the rites of the Church of England,, There had been' no issue : of the marriage. -A, decree nisi' was granted, returnable' in <lne month. ! ■"' ' ■ ' i; o,ne is rather tired of; examples of -incomprehensible ignorance in children. Here, however, are six positively " guaranteed,'' which (says an exchaoge) have a more' natural flavor than) usual :— Name- a fruit 'which 'has its 1 «eed-on<the outside ?•-•—; A seed cake.' Name-six animals of the Arctic zone ? — Thr^e Solar bears and three seals. What are is Ibb£' teeth that come to man^-UFalse teeth. What is yeast? — Yeast is a vegetable flying about in the air hitching itself on to ; anything.-*' If amp and locate the fiVe senses-?— The' eyes 4 are in tHe northern part of the fact and the mouth iis in the southern. Explain "flinch|" and use it in a sentence ?— Flinch, to shrink. • Flannel flinches when it is washed. These were " grammar school F/ children. . > The Rev Father Newport, of Port phalmerß, was returning , from celebrating divine worship at "Portobello ; dn f Sunday afternoon in a boat manned by a man named J. Dougherty, with three boyß, Lawrence Ruddy, Thomas Pound, and Hugh Ruddy. They ,had got abreast of the Quarantine Island when the boat cappised, and 1 they were all' thrown into the water. Boats put off to their aid,' and the boys wore landed on the Island, where they are recovering, but Father Newport, who was unconscious, was brought to Port Chalmers,- and 'every means tried to restore animation^ 'but without effect, as life was exticot. ' , An inquest was hold on Monday,; when a verdict of " accidentally drowned " was returned. The evidence, showed that the wind died away, for a second and then sail was taken aback! The sheet was let out, but the boat turned over four or five, times. Father Newport took the boy Pound in his arms, white Dougherty, who was sailing the boat, and the boy Ruddy* made fOr'th6 boat. Father Newport then swam up with 1 the s boy, and the latter, grasping the bowsprit, steadied the boat and she ceased turning over. The boy, who still had hold with one hand of the priest, shortly afterwards cried out," Oh. Father Newport's > drbwned.'' ' -The bacK of hia head was above wal«r, but his face ,was in the water.. The, boat drifted towards the Island, and Ruddy/striking out, found he could bottom. The mcdi-, cal evidence was to the effect that- pifo-' bably Father Newport fainted. j The Sydney Morning Herald, dealing with what it terms the popular fallacy that the British investor prefers stock with a lengthened currency to a short' dated one, instances,, the.! recent colonial' loans to prove that his preference is for stocks with a currency of 20 yews or Jess. Taking the aggregate deb,ts of the Australasian . colonies at , £217,000,000 and the annual charges upon tbii amount at £8,497,000, it 'says we have to consider what would have followed had the ,lpans in the past been. floated for 40 ' years, redeemable at the option of the Governments in 20 years, instead of at fixed currencies averaging about 35 yearß. The , various .Governments in that case would' be able to redeem this vast debt, costing £4 Is per cent., and renew lit at" say 3 £er cent. 15 years earlier, afcid thusßave'£2,3so,ooo per annum. If the loans had been floated in this way, at the end of twenty years, when the option of redemption came, to be exercised, the colonies would have forty-nine v million, including interest. If the comparison i« made as perhaps it properly should be, at .the maturity of the fixed loans-j-say, 35 years — the saving ' would be 1 otfer ninety^-two , millions, including interest, or allowing for a decreasing value jof money,' probably considerably more: The main conclusions the' Herald is fordtidito are, that 'any ' fresh loans' 'should 'be floated on a 20' to 40, or 15 to 35 years' basis, and that any conversion proposed should, if possible, reduce the currency of long-dated stock maturing from 1924 onwards. ■ ' .'i j , Gaa.— Mr Cliff wishes us to' state that' our contemporary's informant was correct re driving butter box and other raac'hi nery with gas, and that he has arranged wjth the local Companies for the supply. No gas manufactured on the Bxcelsior premises.— Advt. ■ . - Wanted. — Wanted everybody to know that lam like a bank note. I require bolstering up by guarantees, or prefer customers purchasing che.ip for cash. G Cliff, Excelsior Timber Yards.— Adv^ Positive Cure for Neuralgia. — The Rev. R. Chew, Free Church Minister, of Norwich writes: — "A New Connexion Minister— a friend of mme — suffered severely from Tic for some time. He took one or two of your ' Anti-Neuraigio Pills,' and next morning he was quite well. Tho ' Quinine Pills have been Of great service in our family.' Sold by' all chemists and storekeepers. . Post free from the .proprietor, J. Baiter, Chemist Christohurcb,! for ,18 postage stamps.— Advt ,^-1 i