The Taranaki Herald.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11548, 30 August 1900, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1900.

Sheepownetß are notified that Scptorabcr Ist is the last day for payment of the sheep tax. 4 , Tho raembors of the City Band will meet at the bandroom at 8 o'clock tonight, and will march to Fitzroy, whero a number of selections will bo p'.ajed. It is understood that arrangements have been initiated in the ' direction of giving Mr G. Garry a farewell beneQt concert. The members of tho Hawera Hockoy team arrived by tho 11 o'clock train today, and are playing a match with the Ne.w Plymouth team on the racecourse this afternoon. We arc asked to notify that on Saturday next (Ist September) the local Money Order Offiico will remain open, for the purpose of paying old-age pensions, until 4 p.m. Tho settlers of the Waroa district in tend to have a big "house warming" on the occasion of the opening of the new butter factory, which event will tako place next Wednesday. With, reference, to tho telegram sent last week' from Auckland stating that the cheques stolen fr,ora Messrs Mackay, Logan, Steen & Co.'s post office box, amounting to some thousands of pounds, had been cashed was erroncoui, inasmuch as none of the cheques were cashed. Moreover, the total amount of all the cheques was under £1000. None have yet been negotiated. Mr Walter Leslie, a well-known Southern journalist, is publishing a series of pen and ink portraits and character sketches of members of Parliament. The first instalment includes tho Premier, Mr T. M, Wilford, Mr E. M. Smith, and Mr J. A. Millar. Tho character sketches arc humorously written, and display considerable grasp of the subjects, but tho portraits aro only fair to medium. The Theatre Royal has, wo are informed, been secured for Monday night to enable Mr A. \V. Baker, of South Africa, to deliver his lecture on tho Boors and their treatment of the natives. Mr Baker is a n-tive of South Africa, and for some years practised as a solicitor in Pretoria. The locturo should, therefore, be of viKiv-ii as a contribution to tho motlioJa Mid habits of the nation with whicli Grout Britain is still at war. In Dunedin, Christchurch, and Wellington, where the samo lecture was delivered, the chair was in each case taken by the mayor of tho city, and Mr Dookrill lias consented to preside on Monday evening. Tlicro will bo no chnrgo inado for aihnN sion. but :i collection will be taken up i:i aid of the Indian Famine Fund. Further particulars will appear in our advertising columns later on. If you're bound that jou will got In tho money making not And overtake D.imo Furluno as :!ic flies, Know : Of all Hie things you can do That will push your object tlirough Tho most important is to tako WAHOO

The annual meeting of Bowling Club will be held this evening. The s.s. Toroa, -frith a full cargo of coal, left Westport laat night, and is due at the- breakwater early to - morrow morniDg. Mr G. Garry's orchestra has been engaged to play at the Star Football Club's social next Wednesday. x ' ' Messrs Bewloy & Watt report the sale of 55 acres at Tikorangi, on account of Mr J. C. Jones, to Mr S. Clarke, of Okaiawa. The Town Band's offer to play at the Otago Taranaki rep. football matoh, next Wednesday,, has been accepted. The band will play through the town prior to leaving by train for the grounds. < The Stratford Settler of Wednesday says : — A young man Mr Skinner, a son of Mr Skinner the surveyor, we are given to understand; received a painful accident yesterday, being kicked in the face by a cow. The Taranaki Guards left by tttim f or Waitara this afternoon, and intend marching home by road, The Waitara Band will head the company out of Waitara, and tha Ci*y Band will meet them at Fitzroy, where they are timed to arrived at 10 p.m. On Tuesday, the steamer Gertifc arrived off Waitara from West'poft witti'aldad df coal for thd. Freezing, Works; but as she was Unable 1 ' to 1 enter the river, the Captain brought her on , to. the breakwater for 'orders. The steamer' was ordered on to Wangautit,' where she arrived Wednesday morning, to discharge the| coal. - , The Rangitikei Advocate understands that a locomotivd is to be at once conveyed to tho railway line on the north side of the Makohine viaduct for the purpose of carrying and laying the rails between the viaduct add Mangawelta. It is intended that the completion of the viaduct and the opening of the line to Mangaweka shall bo simultaneous, and that this most important section of the Main Trunk line Will be available ' for ti-affic within twelvo months from the present date. It transpired during the dobate oh shorthand reporters in che House that some 12 large-hoarted liberal-minded members of tho House each subscribed 2s 6d per week towards the cost of en gaging a young lady shorthand and typewriter to attend to their correspondence. ( Such careless extravagance (adds the Post) speaks well for the prosperity t>£ the country, and ■will no doubt prove a sti'ong temptation to many private citizens to enter public lif i. Mr W. W. Smith, the Borough foreman, has adopted a capital plan for tho removal of earth from the hill behind the Town Hall. Tho drays are backed in under a shoot, and the men employed on tho hill simply looßcn the earth with their picks, and the earth runs down into the drays, which are by this means - filled in an expeditious manner. For expedition and cheapness the system is in mafked contrast to that adopted by other authorities in • the .Vicinity. The earth that is being removed by the Borough is carted to Dawson street, where it is used for filling up. The Borough with their small staff and the slow means of carting the earth away take out an average of 160 yards a day. Mr Edwin Geach, writing to us from the s.s. Mararoa, in quarantine at Auckland, says :—": — " lam bringing along Donald Macdonald, true a pressman, still the finest "star 1 ' that ever stepped a platform and one that you will be dolighted io meet. Ho must captivate New Zealand, if lam any judge at all. I shall reservo you two nights and "am sure you will thank me when you have heard him. Ho comes in the very zenith of his fame — the lion of Australia, and truly the Man of the Hour, with the Story of the Cen - tury." Our Australian exchanges for weeks past have contained moßt glowing reports of the phenomenal success scored by Mr Maodonald in his lectures upon the war in South Africa, and since Mr Geach'a name is never associated with an indifferent show, tho New Plymouth people may depend upon a rich treat when Mr Macdonald's visit hero, After an interval of about sixteen years Professor Anderson, the Great Wizard of tho North, is about to 1 pay New Plymouth another visit, having engaged-the Theatre Royal fbr Tuesday next. His bills describe him as having" appeared before the Queen and Royal family on numerous occasions, and as having performed in Melbourno and New Zealand several seasons in the past. Needless to say the Professor has not allowed the grass to grow under his feel, but has kept pace with -modern ideas of entertaining. He is accompanied by Miss Blanche Anderson, who assists him. A feature of his entertainment is tho giving away of presents to tho audience. The Colonial Piano and Organ Importing Company, who nre always in the lead with the latest novelties'in the music line, received on Wednesday a shipment per s.s. Gothic of English pianos by tho wellknown firm of Messrs Barratt & Robinson, London; These pianos, although well known in England, are the first to be shipped here; they are of the latest designs, and are ut prices to suit the times. Messrs Barratt & Robinson" are suppliers to the London School Board. The tone, touch, and workmanship of their pianos aro perfect throughout, and they ought to havo a quick sale. In tho showrooms of tho Colonial Piano Company aro to bo seen pianos ranging from £10 to £115 and by such eminent makers as' Collard & Collard, J. , & J. Hopkinson, Pull <SField, Schiodmaycr & Sou, Monington & Weston, Brinsmcad, Schumann, Strauss, &0., &c, and with >suoh makers as these to choose from, purchasers ought to have no difficulty in selecting -Wo may j*ention that the piano supplied by MrMcKinnon Bain, tho manager of tho above company, at tho recantn t Philharmonic Society's con cert, w.is a 90 guinoa Collard & Collard which gave every satisfaction. It is proverbial that when ladies take to a toilet preparation its success is assured. The ladies of Wellington ? have given thor verdict in favoor of Wilton's Hand Emollient as being the very best thing they have ever tried for curing chadped hands and for keaping the hands soft and Avhite. Price Is 6d obtainable from Sykes, chemist, Devon-street. Insist upon trying it. Do not be put off with "something just as good." 0 Amusing Breach of Promise Case. — This is a familiar lino in the newspapers, and one which always attracts the eye. And yet, when we com 6to read the report, how often do we find that the case is not very amusing after all. Indeed, considered rightly, tho breaking of a promise is a very serious matter. A man who is once guilty oC such an act is never trusted again. When we aro suffering from indigestion, sick headache, or from any disorder of the stomnch, why do wo turn to Holloway's Pills ? Because they promise relief in cases, and have novor yet broken their proraiso during a trial in all parts of tho world for nearly sixty years. ° It is said Mr Leo Cam's advent with his Harmony system in tho various cities, has created quite a beneficial stir in all directions. Wanganui recently offers a fair estimate where Mr Curr brought over £40 of business to one musical firm alone, besides the sale of a quantity of book and sheet music, in addition to which he induced threo pupils with promising voices to tsiko local training; ho wroto thej'Palm' March for the Garrison Band, and from the attrractiveness of his system induced certain learners io ro study the music under local teacher*", besides incidentally disbursing over £80 in quite a brief stay in advertising, hotel, and other expenses, and above all rendered many homes decidedly brighter. It is said in Dunedin ho spent l'6o witli ono paper alone, so enormous was hia business "thcr\ no less tliiiu 300 pf-oplu directly learning tho " Simple liui.uoiiy." o Factory "" icon and II ins. — Buou fd per lb (by sides); haas, Cd per lb. — R. Cuck. & Snx. 0