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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11625, 14 September 1899, Page 2

There is a very large iuflux o£ visitors in. town to-day, tha Auckiand-Taranaki football match being the attraction.

Tha Gisborne Harbour Board ia send • ing its engineer to Now Plymouth to inspect the sand pump at work here.

A huge wild boar was captured by the natives north of Waikare, Bay of Inlands, the o'her day, the monster weighing closo on 400P s.

It is proposed to hold a band contest ia Hastings early in December, open to all bands that like to compete. It is proposed that tbe first prize shall be about 160.

Mr Walter Williams, a well known Wanganui Lative, aud editor of the Maori newspaper The Jubilee, has been chosen by the W»nganui natives to stand for tbe W< stern Maori electorate ia the coming election.

The Taranaki Education Board on Wednesday made the following appointments *—Mr Pope, Urenui; Miss K^lly, Uruti; Mi*s O- Peaice, assistant, Tariki; and Miss Veale, sawing teacher at Frankley Road school.

It is said that the naval authorities on the Australian station are "tabooing" Auckland, an the result of the desertions from warships whkh visit that port. The quarterly rifle practice of some crews is bting done at Christchurch this year instead of Auckland. . * News from Kibikihi, Waikato, states that at tho last "Rabbit Day" there was a great revival in tbe rabbit t kin trade, and very nearly 12,000 skina were handled and paid for ty the Stock Department. The rabbit? are killed by the natives in tho vicinity of Kibikihi.

Mr Sterensou, who resigned his position an stationmastor at Auckland under circumstances previously telegraphed, has been presented with a haudsome gold watch, chain, and pendant, by members of the railway staff. A beautifully illuminated address was presented by tbe Railway Officers' Institute, of which Mr Stevenson was President.

Mr Tegetmeier, General Manager of (he Bank of New Zealand, has applied to the directors to be relieved of h'u duties, partly on the ground of ill»hea tb and partly for private reasons. Ha asks to be allowed to take up a position in tho bank in London, where ho was formerly manager. The directors have a :ceded to the application, but details a-e not yet fully settled.

Says tbe Ota^o Daily Tirms :— Town clerks and others who have been called upon to make a study of the Municipal Franchise Reform Act, are finding that uuder the new law there are many anomalies. One town cloik pointed out that the Act gave eve»y facility for the manufacture of faggot votes, and the names of a dozen persons might be placed on the roll for ono property. Another town clerk pointed out that -while the owner of a property who had nob paid his rates was not eligible to vote, bis tenauts would be ablo to exercise that privilege even though their rent had not been paid to tbe landlord. j&The Bell) Block School Inspection question is still dragging its weary length along, and the prospect of a «dt finite settlement setma as remote as ever. On I Wednesday afternoon tho Education Board again discussed the matter. Mr Maokay's motion to delete clauses 2 and ■A of tbo report, signed by himself and Messrs Faull and Wade, and substitute another clause, wan lost by six voles to three. Mr Wade then moved the adoption of the report signed by the majority of members of the Committee, and the motion vas tecoi ded by Mr Culfield. A short dmcussion onaued, but it was interrup'ed by members having to leave to catch tho train, thus hanging the question up ngain. Mr H>ghett has "given notice ot bis intention to move at the next meeting, "That tho whole matter be reported to tbe Education Department, Wellington, requesting that a lull enquiry be made, as the 'iaraaaki Education Board feels uiitqual to deal with the question,"

Captain Edwin telegraohed to-day : — Strong north-east to north ani west winds ; glass fall ; tides increasing. A telegram from Wellington says the City Council elections are taking place to-day, and a livelier interest than usual is beiug displayed.

The death has occurred of the Hindu celebrity Swam ißhaskerauauda, the naked selMmmured saintly ascetic of Benares. Ho was visited by all tourists to India, including the Prince of Wales.

Mr Edgar Watt report a that amongst his recent sales there have been the following : Mr Walter Bayly's 792 acres at Urenui to Mr David Gibson, of Kaupokonui; Mr H. J, Alley's 300 acres at Huirangi to Mr Fred Warsom, of Stratford, aud Mr Erntst Bayly's lease in perpetuity, of 1980 acres at Awakino, to Messrs Tweeoie Bros, of Opuuake.

A native named Popaitua wa3 charged at the Police Court to-day (Thursday) wi'.b. the theft of a saddle, valued at 7s 6iJ, the property of M. Jones. He pleaded guilty to taking the saddle, but said he intended paying for it, and came in from Parihaka that morning tD give Mr Jones the money. The accused was convicted and discharged, and was ordered to pay the value of the saddle.

Th 9 caas9 of Brigg3', tbe cricketer's, sudden il'ness at Leeds -an epileptic seizure it was called— appears to have beeu the result of a severe blow over the r hsart received duriog the progress of the Surrey v. Lancashire match at Old Trafford, accentuated by hard work and domestic worry, his wife being in a very delicate state of health, and his children down with scarlet fever.

Hitherto the Customs Department has insisted that molasses .imported for feeding stock should be adulterated with lamp black and bone black, to prevent tin mateiial from passiog into human consumption. Ia response to representations, however, it Las been decided that molassts will be allowed to pass the Customs to whi«h bone black has been added in the proportion of 101 bto every cask of six or seven hundredweight.

One of the expert witnesses in the Wellington Competisafoo Court— a successful builder and owner of properties in Wellington— stated (according to the Post) that valuations of properties in tbe city were undergoing rapid changes. What were valuable residential sites yesterday became more valuable business sites to-morrow. Some sites had increased 150 per cent in value in Wellington during the last ten years or so. He knew land in Ingestre^street Bold for £7 and £8 a foot six or seven years ago whioh bad lately realised £30 a foot. It* he had money for investment he would most probably invest it in Wellington city properties aa a good " Bpeo."

Tho Gesause, the romantic ravine through which the river H'nns Rows from Stjrid into tha Danube, and on both' tiles of which the mountains rise tocky and steep, was the scene of a sad accident recently. A Vienna tourist named Maretsch was ascending the Hochtor, in company with other?, when he suddenly stopped and Faid ho felt uncomfortable, and that he thought it a duty to bis wife and family nos to proceed further. Tha arrangements lor the rest of the excun-ion were beiDg discussed, when suddenly a large piece of rock which other tourists must have displaced higher up came rolling down, and struck Maretsch on the heal. He fell, and rolled into a small chasm closo by. EIJb friends followed him, lut they found him dead.

A curiou3 story comes from New York. A German benevolent society secured to its m mbeis the payment of £40 at death for funeral expenses. One of the members had the misfortune to Jose a leg, and he thought that as a portion of his body was dead, he was entitled to claim a fourth of the total payment, viz- £10. The Society disputed the claim, but eventually agreed to pay 40 dollars (£8) for the leg; As the tules of the Society provided that the payment due to members must be applied exclusively to funeral expenses, it was stipulated that the who'e of the £8 should be devoted to the burial of the deceised leg. Some days after thd member, who was of the Semitic persuasion, followed bis leg to Brooklyn Cemetery.