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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11636, 18 March 1901, Page 2

A final reminder is given of the Social in aid of the Convent funds to be held in tho Theatre Royal to-night. Captain Edwin wired at 12.30 to-day : — Moderate to strong south-oast to east and nqrth winds; glass fall; poor tides. Yesterday, St Patripk's Day, was the forty- first anniversary pf the firing of first shot in the Maori War in 18,60. The incident occurred at Waitara, The "packing" work at the railway reclamation is being rapidly pushed along. From present indications it would appear that the earth on the west side of Eg-mont-street will be required before the "packing" is completed. Filling the position of chairman of a public body nowadays has far more draw backs than advantages. A chairman of such a body recently remarked to a friend, " Would you believe that I did not earn a sixpence for myself on Saturday*." The friend asked the reason, and the chairman in a hfino,rar.y Rosit qn Replied, "Well, I was attending to the Board's business all day and neglecting my private business, and at night I had more Board business to attend to." The general public have very little idea of tho great amount of work that tho chairmen of some public bodies have to perform without any remuneration whatever, and at considerable financial low to themselves. I

The fencing of the railway line between I Tariki and Stratford is almost completed. The University boat race will be rowed on March 30th, at 11 a.m. It is stated that the Maori King, Mahutu. intends to make Kawhia his headquarters in future. The Timaru Harbour Board last week increased the salary of its secretary from £300 to £325 a year. In our few remarks on St. Patrick in Saturday's issue, the intelligent comp sent Ireland's patron sainc to "gaoil" instead of to "Gaul." TheoftVeof Mr A. H. Steeds, manager of the New Zealand Millers' Association, li.is been connected with the Telephone Exchange (No. 217). Telephone connection between Hawera and Patea will soon be an accomplished fact, more than the necessary number of subscribers having signed. Owners of horse stock in this district report that the bot fly has been very | active this season, and has been very i troublesome to the objects of its attention . Last year twentj'-nine licenses were granted by the Colonial Secretary to the Roman Catholic Church to held lotteries in connection with bazaars, and thirteen to the Church of England. The Hon. J. G. Ward opened a new post office at Eketahuna on Saturday. In the course of a speech he said that in 1876 there were 61 post offices in the Wellington and Wanganui districts, while in 1899 tho number was 354. The White Star Steamship Company has given an order to Messrs Harland & Woolff, of Belfast, for a steamer 3000 tons larger than the Oceanic, the largest merchantman afloat, whose tonnage is 17,350. The Germans are building a steamer of 19,500 tons. At a meeting of the shareholders of the New Plymouth Co-operative Society on Saturday it was decided to alter the articles of association in order to enable the Society to take up shares in the Moturoa Freezieg Works. Mr J. B. Connett presided and explained the position. An experiment is being made in Sydney to see what effect the sweeping of footpaths will have in certain parts of the city. Boys have been put on with specially constructed brooms, and the experience so far tends to show that the innovation is one of the best steps towards getting clean streets. The maintenances of beaches along the coast of New England (U.S.) is being succassfully accomplished by the " groyne sjs'en." These groynes consist of a series of posts planted firmly in the sand, with close planks extending from post to post. The '• groyne " is constructed at right angles to the beach, and its position prevents the sand from acting on it injuriously. Sand is intercepted by the planking, rapidly forming a new beach and preventing erosion. The picnic held by the Central School Cadets at Urenui on Saturday was an enjoyable affair. The party, who numbered 46, were driven down in three brakes, and after spending a happy day the lads started for home at 4 o'clock. On the return a short stay was made at Waitara with the object of inspecting the Freezing Works. The party arrived in town at 7.30 o'clock. Capt. Dempsey and Lieut. Gray express their thanks to Messrs W. Webster, Tompsitt (Urenui Hotel), and R. H. Pigott for their assistance in helping to make the outing a success. An American firm of agricultural machine makers issued showcards representing the Goddess of Liberty in scanty garments, driving a mowing machine drawn by Bengal tigers. Their Berlin agent wrote: "The picture of your admirable machines, of which I the receipt of 10,000 acknowledge, is not useful in this count-y. The women of our country, when by circumstances to do agricultural work compelled, do not dress as your picture shows. I have to my customers explained with earnestness that your picure is a sinnbild (allegory), and does not mean that your admirable machine should be operated by Women too little clothed, nor is it necessary that the place of horses shall be animals from the ifcologischer Garten taken," An Auckland correspondent writes to the Christchurch Press: — The crime of child abandonment has lately been on the increase. Some of the children have been found alive, and some dead, evidently sti angled. So far the detectives have been able to do little in the way of detection, and the offenders are still at large, although in one case there should have been little difficulty in tracing the offender. The lenient way in which the destruction of those children has been regarded is not calculated to protect the lives of these helpless infants. They have been found on the beach, in the water-tables of the slreets, in soap boxes in the cemeteries, and on the street pavements; and in the great majority of cases in the past this has baen done with impunity. Some people are in favour of a foundling hospital, while others hold that it would only aggravate the evil of illegitimacy. In a series of articles on the Temple and its inmates, appearing in the new legal paper, the Lawyer (according to the Pall Mall Gazette \ a story is told of Thurlow. A clergyman desirous of a living went to the Bishop of London to ask him for an introduction to the Lord Chancellor. The Bishop said, "I should be willing to give it, but an introduction, from me would defeat tho very end you have in view.' 1 However, the clergyman persisted in his request, and the introduction was given. The Lord Chancellor received him with fury. "So that scoundrel, the Bishop of London, has given you an introduction; as it is he who has introduced you, you will certainly not get the living." "Well, so the Bishop said, my lord,'" gaid the olergyman. "Bid the Bishop say so ?" thundered Lord Thurlow. "Then he's a - - liar, and I'll prove him so; you shall have the living." And the mau got it. Thurlow and William Cowper, the poet, were called to the Bar in the same year, 1754. Mrs Kelly, Bell Blook, has received the following letter from Dr Barnardo: — " Your welcome New Tear offering has safely reached my hands. It is, I need hardly say, much appreciated, and I enolose my official receipt with hearty thauks to my Taranaki friends. It will, I am sure, interest you to know that in spite of many difficulties and drawbacks, we wereable duriog the past year efficiently to maintain the work of the homes; 2879 destitute and homeless fresh children wore admitted for training, of whom 257 were babies, 68 were deaf and dumb, blind, incurable, or crippled, while 248 were girls and youths in their teens saved from the temptation of the streets; 931 trained inmates were emigrated, and altogether throughout the year we dealt with no fewer than 13,598 children. We are just now greatly in need of help, for tho winter, with its long cold nights and attendant poverty and privation, always increases the number of our child applicants,. Over 5.300 hoys and girls are now under my care, whilst 60 fresh cases are being admitted every week. You Mill therefore see how welcome is youi aid, and very timely and helpful it is. With renewed thanks, and commending the cause of the waifs and strays to your continued and prayerful sympathies, believe me to be, sincerely yours in (phrist's service, T. J. Barnardo. P.S. — I enclose a separate receipt, as requested, for Mre J. Burgess, with hearty thanks to the young people of Warea who collected the amount." The annqaj meeting of the New Plymouth branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society will be held in St Andrew's schoolroom on Monday evening, the 18 f h at 7.30 p.m, A lantern lecture will then be given. Admission free. Collection in aid of the funds of the Society ° Wade's worm figa, the wonderful worni worriers, never faU for adults or children. Price ls.«

Correspondence appears on the front page of this issue. ! On Wednesday afternoon Mr Newton King will hold au unreserved sale of groceries in th-3 bankrupt estate of Mr R. Gilmour. This is an excellent opportunity for householders to obtain a stock of groceries at their own prices; everything i 9 of good quality, well assorted, and nearly new. The sale will commence at half -past one. The New Plymouth Schools Picnic will take place on Thursday at Sentry Hill. The children's train will leave town at 9 15 a.m., and another train will leave at 1.45 p.m. The return fares will be 6d for children and Is for adults. Hot water, milk, tea, and sugar wUI be provided. The work in connection with the taking of the censu? on the night of March 31st is now well in hand. Mr W. J. Shaw, the local enumerator, has appointed the following sub enumerators, who have commenced the delivery of schedules in their respective districts :—: — Taranaki • County: Messrs S. I. Jackson, Arthur H. Good, Alfred E. Good, Harold H. Olson, Wm. J. Olson, James R. Hill, and Constable Hickman. New Plymouth Town: Messrs T. M. Fleetwood, J. B. Lawson. and E. P. Lister. Waitara: Mr Jas Christie" Ioglewood : Constable Fitzpa:rick. Clifton County: Captain Armstrong, Messrs R. H. Pigott, W. L. Baxter, Robert Cashel, and Constable Hyde. Mr Shaw has arranged for a separate census of the New Plymouth suburbs to be taken, which has not^een done previously. The boundarios of the suburbs are as follows: — From Paritutu in a straight line to Barrett's Lagoon, thence in a straight line to the Smart Road by the road at the back of Mr Hewton King's property, Brooklands: thence down to the Smart Road to the Wdiwakaiho River, which is then the boundary to the sea. This will take in about ten square miles of country, and it will be interesting to learn what the population within the area is.