The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1901.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11820, 18 November 1901, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, NO VEMBER 18, 1901.

A groat stumbling block in the way of harbour extension at Moturoa has been the conflict of opinion.as to what is the best way to proceed with such extension. Advocates were found for the connection of Mikotahi with Moturoa and the construction of a breakwater cast- , f ward from the latter rock ; others favoured the extension of the present work into deeper water ; while others - again wanted -to try -the-hole-in-the-wall scheme before going on with any extension at all. Mr Napier Bell's able report clears the way for future action by removing all doubts as to the proper course to be pursued. In his report of October 18th, he emphatically condemns the idea of making an opening in the breakwater to allow the sand to drift through naturally,.,-,in--stead of coming round the; o'uiefj&nd and having to be removed by dredging. He went so fully into his reasons for rejecting the scheme that there is no need for us to recapitu- , late now, nor for a^iy reasonable^ person to seriously ' Consider the" scheme any further., especially since the/ just made with the sand* pump has ' demonstrated what Mr Bell feared tiiat. the sand whicjhj came through an- opening would accumulate inside the' sheltered area. In his later report which we published on Friday last, Mr Bell settles the more jseriousi cpnsider&tiant a^ toc£j}e form future extension should take. After explainmg)what r ".wbuld be necessary to makeithe^outer harbour by connecting Mikotahi with Moturoa, and building a, "breakwater fr&m the latter, he dismisses the project in these words, " In any case the time has passed,. „ w,hen, the, Moturoa site would' %« seriously considered." apparently is not quite certain whether the existing plan or the larger one of -making use of Moturoa would have been the better in the first place, but he has no hesitation in saying that having gone so far the idea of adopting the other scheme is not to be thought of now. With regard to the possibility of I making a harbour capable of accommodating the largest ocean liners, Mr Bell confirms the most sanguine hopes of those who have believed that such a thing is practicable. For an expenditure of £143, 192 he estimates that the breakpater can be extended 1060 feet, the Wharf made 400 feet longer and 50 fec,t .wide, giving ber.thage for, v . tw.o , of the/ largest,^ st6amefs^ jm jlaodititjiv to the present Iserthage, 'which al-^ ready accommodates four coastal vessels. Such accommodation would serve al£ thexiiep.uiremerits of_^ra--naki "for~ many" years, •' buV^ir trt any future time further accommodation were required Mr Bell shows how it may be provided, sufficient to . berth, .four of the, largest .qceaiu steanierp, " as'^ell -as boats. Such .an opinion, given by an engineer of Mr N"apfer l< -Be4rs standing, ought to dismiss all doubts as to the feasibility of making a good harbour at r .Motur.oa, and also as to the^prdper wey'to proceed wHitji'H&e' 1 | work. His report, as we have said, clears. the< way^'that far, -ana'if<-nVw remains to be seen whether there is enter) rise enough in Taranaki to carry out the suggested improvements. W> believe there is, and that what has hitherto retarded the extension work 1 has been the division of counsel as to the proper scheme to adopt. With regard to the sand difficulty, Mr Bell agrees with Mr Marchant that the proper course is to obtain a sand pump dredge with a hopper capacity of 2^o tons. In the Thomas King the Bpard has a dredge which has proved Invaluable; its work has been gone eminently and, cheaply, it has more thanjCopofT with the sand drif£.. But jthere is an ever present risk O f a breakdown which would causp a tempprary inconvenience to shipping whiph .cannot be permitted. Therefore^ js considered desirable that a larger and more powerful dredge of gjmjjpr principle should be obtained as soon as possible. There appears to be good reason to suppose that the sand drift does notjejeceed 70,000 cubic yards a years so that the annual cost of dredging is easily worked out; It would be_mUfcK 'le/ss.ewith a larger dredge than with the presQfit one, pp'tftat on 'tMe score*, of* economy tfee su/jgestipn of Mr' Bell" and Mr Marchant pughp pp Jae carried out, and at once, li seefns hardly likely that the schemo e»f extension can be submitted and adopted in the immediate future, but tlj'ere, is no reason why steps should not be taken at once to objfc,oin a new dredge in the same way t&a£ fjf£ large crane •was obtained;, i The purobo*^ money of the latter was advanced fojr 9n. the guarantee of a ntfjqlJS' men, the Board repaying it fey : j stalments covering principal and interest. In the event of the oxtensi sjon scheme being carried out at an i ee>'£y date arrangements could of course be <og#de for taking over the responsibility for the dredge purchase money from th« guarantors. The trade of the port has groww &pg continues to grow so rapidly that greater accommodation is becoming an urgent necessity, while ft is becoming ny»r£ and more ge nerally accepted that t'hene ig no other possible harbour for ocean lin&Ts to do the trade of the province trum &t j&foturoa. Therefore are we hof«s,ful tiaat Mr Napier Bell's reports will inspire eeti^crJj ai^d townspe,ople with confidence t# gff pri wi,th the •w.qrk and not rest until .oyccjpmmoda}yon is provided for t*he W&t^ MjOfm^eyß {trading to New j^eajand,. ■T^iep &.nrfL fcbftp. only .w^ll Ta,ranaki be, able U) reap ,t<be jfjUjJJ .a^iy^ntage ( oi its remari^bfe jpr^du^ct^v^e^s, a productiveness wiljioh i# proppr^tjo^ to area is not approached fry £#y oliher part of -New Zealand.

$y> acknowledge receipt from Mr J. Hatrfy oi a parcel of books for bush men. The Philharmonic Society will give a nopular concert on Tuesday, 26th November. Mr James Roberts is advertised to lecture in the'Whiteley Hall on Monday. /^th November, on his recent travels. „" A vigourons vitalizing fact" is anpounced>by idpareyand Son in this issue, ilwhjoh shows that Awy-ers qf drapery get the largest retipra ,for fye ,i<ra£t money. Mr^Kelsey, Sectetajy qt .the Cjhamljer ihas .received some c|f .pitipkii&vnis^ent ,p,ut ,by the London .Chamber xrf^ommerpe \p jbe fiUedih with information ,reja#flg to the ,]pilferisg of cargoes At Mh,e Lo^^lqa dooks. Local importers «rho haw wt£ep<i& through this pilfering are ioyited to obtain fermi and supply the deiired inforoutioi, i

Professor Besant, who is staying at Mrs Weale's Jubilee private boarding house, hns a notice in this issue. Our Inglewood correspondent's letter appears on the fir3t page of this evenings issue. The members of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board visited the Hospital and Old People's Home this afternoon. • Within a fortnight three lads were injure ) in the woodware factories at WanI ganui, one or more fingers being lost in each case. (

If the western sky is clear to-night a beautiful sight will bo witnessed, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn being in conjunction.; , Captain Edwin wired at noon to day: — Northwest to west and south west wiud ; tides high ; asa considerable ; rain probable.

The Health Commitlee of the Boroggh Council had a conference this moral ug .with Mr M. J. Jones with respect to the proposed alterations to the TLeatre Royal. Mr S. B. White has an announcement with reference to sunshades in another column, which will be of interest to our lady friends in view of the approaching hot .weather. ' In the course of the trial of the sand pu.mp.^der the direction; of Mr Parr, extending from October 19th to November 14th, the pump actually worked for 43 hours 28 minutes, consuming 12 tons of coal. The prisoners, Payne and Archibald, sentenced at the last ° Supreme Court sessions, were, on Friday wight, .sent" north to join the prisoners who are-work-ing at tree planting in the Roturoa district. ; • s On Saturday night the Garrison Band played a well-selected programme in Brougham-street south.' The- music was much appreciated by the large number of people who, as usual were "<loing v the town onf Jh^t|)articular night.- • - ■7 he only business in the Police Court this morning wa^. in^applipation by Mrs "WL J. Stunuey 'for"a certificate of char aoter under The Servants Registry Offices Apt, 1895. Sergeant Haddroll had no o' - jection: r ;% R^ 'hi Stanford, , tj'^-Jf grkntea tWci3rtifio4-te> '^ *-; ' l ' ' '

A lad named A. Rcfs, was admitted to the Hospital the other day. suffering from ad injury to his'head caused through being thrown from a pony! the property of Me&sr»- Sole^'Bro's.- "I'h^-lad was ex£ erasing the pony for the forthcoming show. ~Dr Leatham attended the lad, whose injuries are not serious,:* ? • r ; -Mr Sutton made rather "a. "sweepfnjj', assertion at the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board meeting this morning. He was' speaking on illegitimate births, and in the course of his remarks saHd, " there are more illegitimate than legitimate births, I believ c ;" Hefurther stated that illegitimacy was rife along this coast.

Dr Leatham reporting on the Hospital to the Board tins morning sta ed that 22 males aud 10 females were admitted tlur-' imj the month ; 33 were discharged duriug the month; and 16 males and 7 females were in the institution on November 18, There were go deaths.

The Sports Coaimittee of the United Friendly Societies' Picnic desire to thank Mrs > . Gl Pearce, draper, Devon- street, >for a handsome donation of ten shillings worth of goods as prizes for the children's races to be held at Sentry Hill, New Year's Day. Any f,tjr>her donation^ from friends will be thankfully received by members of the Committee, or the Secretary, Mr |$. J* Hobbs. - T^he^ were< 242 artisans and 5156 labourers- employed- upou Government cooperative works during last month. The of Roads employed 2006 labourers, and the Public Works Department employed the remainder of the men. The North Island Main Trunk Railway works employed 1166 men, the' Otago Central/729, (he Midland 433, the -Blenheim-Waipara 227, the Paeroa•Waihi 134, and the Helensville-North-warcjs J. 40. .» * .- '■;'•:•••*' Yet another veteran of New Zealand's fighting days has just passed a waj (^ writes a Londoa correspondent) in the person of Lieut.-Colonel George Harwood Cope, Deputy Chief Constable <of Cheshire. He formerly held the rack of Captain in the 14th Yorkshire Regiment, and it watt with that Regiment that he served in both the Crimean and New Zealand Wars. Lieut. Colonel Cope, who had been ill during the past month, passed away on September 28th at his' residence at, Broxton, Cheshire* . \ J , j : We hear pn good authority {hat Mr H. Kingslcy, the popular managerf or Messrs Collier and Company, .New PJyoictjth, and his brpther have beea bequeathed a legacy of £13,0Q0, thr.oogU^he death of a relative in Epgtjfndy.^wid fthat the former gentlemsm if '' 'about to proceed Hpme in connection therewith. V((e congratulate both gentlemen on the go.jd news tjiey have received, and, with their many friends, hope their most sanguine expectations will be realised. — : Elthara Argus. There was very little civil business in the S.M. Court this morning. Judgment for.plaintiif.was recorded in .the case, E. j White VL'A.' Ohannings. for £4 and costs | ss. The case.pf W.,,Webber v. Sole Bros, and Kyi)gdon;,.cl&im £100 damages for remoTiQg»fonevfrQa» the -beaijb, and such action (ij is alleged) caueing the sea to encroach and'earry away 4 acres of defendant's leasafaold at fH°.oui was cajled on. Mr Weston (for d fendants) said that Mr Roy (for plaintiff) desired an adjournment. The casawas adjourned MU November 26th, i ff '

Mr B+ Bennett notifies in. this issue 1 hat he has opened a ' Lairdressing and tobacconist) business in those centrally situated premises, lately in the occupation oi Mr G. Brasch. . The saloon has been equipped with two of the latest patented cbaira, and all up-to-dut'ero-quiaites for a tonsorial establishment. Moreover the saloon is spacious, and is in every way adopted for' the carrying on of an extenßive •' business. The shop has been stocked with entirely new goods, specially purchased by the proprietor in Auckland, so that smokers will t\ni their needs wel c ttered for. All hair dressing and shaving requisites are also kept in stock. The factory butter competition at PalmerstOQ was won by the Mauriceville Dairy Company, Maketawa being second, and Stratford third. The winning exhibit secured 4faJ points for flavour, 25£ for body, moisture, and texture, 10 for colour. 10 for salting, and 6 for finish; total 94. The Maketawa Dairy Com puny, which scorbd 93 points, got 45 for flavour, 28 itSr Uady ' etc., ' 10 for colour, 10 for sotting, and 0 f«% flrtwh. Stratford Farmers' Co -operative Asioelfttfon \ scoring 92, had 44 for flavour, 23 for body, atid 5 for finish. Amongst other exhibit^ $ taki won 43 points for flavour, 22$ fojjbody, ate,{ ifye Wellington Fresh Food and Ice Company No. 1 41 for flavour, and 22 J for body, etc.; No, 2 exhibit, #1 fqr texture and 2$ for body, jeifi. A$ the' exhibits scored" equal points fay colour, s4tisft> »nd£hish. 'Cbmment- ■ ma on th& qwUw of tha i^bit's, Mr| Kinsella states' fa&t WPftg foem a« a whole they were a very $redi£abjjt tqt. Considering the length of time the butter has been stored in Wellington — a month — it has, with the exception of a couple of the lines, kept very welK The pointing on each exhibit denotes the character of the quality. Mr Kenoella jtrongly advocates the adoption of the pystem of selecting butter which was adopted by the National Dairy Association at the winter conference hold in Palmerston — namely, choosing it from the ordinary market butter, in preference to making mfskeciol lines for competition orexTnbitWtt. • !

Headache occurs W many formn and is produced by various causes. T^cre are siek.head&cW, billiolis headachp, nervous headache,' etc. Bteiifns' Jlea'daehV Cure cures allrP • '^'* ' ' "• Ball programoa, invitation cords and ticketi at Herald Office/ 1