PUBLISHED^ DAILYr , j^tp^Y.^^MßEß 22, 1901.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11825, 23 November 1901, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1901.

"Lanky" has not enclosed his correct name. ™«j>j.|£ VH^IO^ ; T The Town Band concert, which was to have bee held last night, has been post poned till Monday evening. Entries for the TaranalriAgricultuxa} Societ3 r 's annual show «lose at fiveo'clocik to-night. . Captain .Edwin wir.ea a.t noon to-day : -— "Sltjr^Ag '^elfailyj. \raads» glass rise; sea heavy; tides high; indications glass falling again after 20 hourafrom now, witL northetlyvwinds. .< The lecture" i& be given by Mr J. A Roberts next Motfday evening is being looked forward to with invest by a large section of the comnmnity*/and doubtless the Whiteley HallSvJll _ bb^wefriffied to, hear his reminiscences'of travel.' l^|l^ al^L Fl %^:iSM Pieces*. fUifxmdemoor7thef refreslißent cars cux. the-, railway. between-.here and Palmerston North. The price ..s £1000 a year for two and a haif years. By the last 'Frisco 'mail sensational reports" came from America regarding the state of the King's health. A London] cable now states that Dr Treves says the' King was never in better health than at' 1 present. " • ' •

The.yariouß nor thrill delegates to the Baptist Conference returned homeward? this week. The Revs A. H. Collins and W. R. Wool ley are resting here a few days after their somewhat arduous duties as President and .Secretary of the Baptist Union. ii , , „ .

The following have become honorary members of the Fire Brigade since tht last libt was published : — Mrs Copland, Very Rev Dean McKenna, Messrs J. Sanderson, C. Clarjke,,-. J. O'Driscoll, H. Brown and Co., M.-*«F.'- Jones, and S. W. Jackson v /These* bringrfthft total honorary meoiberlnlpUuMo^Lri^ * •

Messrs Sole Bros, have executed an prder .this;^week;. for Worses fpr the' Gear Meat Company. It was only at the beginning of. the, week that they received/- tWe'- 'order* for • thirty strong active.- tran itoorses, and, bj\ Friday morning they them' away 6y ;trisn£ iThe manager of the Gear Company expressed his satisfactfchi 'bath*. With .horsfcfi anJ with Messrs Sole Bros.' promptness in picking them up. 3^ojerpretpise«r now. o^upied^byMr PJfty^aiurnitgre., ,s&% Jroom, Jn the Tneatre Royal buildings, have been tnken on a long lease by 'the Skeates :Cycfe Manufacturing Co. and Skeates Bros., jewellers, etc., of Auckland, a? branch shops. The place has to have a new front put in and will be,. madfifinto-two frontages, one $fcfa Be iiepolf And the other a jeweller's shop. Mr P. R Si eates will manage both, and as he has just returned from a trip to England, Europe andy4 me rica h.e will be: up^to date as re garjd^ ideajsUncf; stock in both lines. ,

A special commissioner of the Ne>v Zealand Times, writing of the Man Trunk Railway route from Porootarap, southward says that the entire] tfoute after passing the^King Coutffcry^bordcr to as far south as Taumaranui, a^sdiatance of over 50 m^es, is disappointing. The land js almpHl > entirely of .pumice formation?;'The.Ma'st camp; lies to,!th> north* of Taumaranui. Nothing beyond survey work has boon done on the remaining 72 miles of the, projeetqd ,me at the end of which Tura.tigapere qri the southern c-nd will b(! struck. On account of the physical difficulties to be met with, it does not appear likely that the line will b-j completed for many years to come. _ A very sensible man called upon lan Maclaren recently, He was tall and thin and alert; and followed his card so quickly that lan Maclaren had barely time to nad it bet df c his visitor was in the room Then the visitor spoke as follows :— "My, name is Elijah K. Higgins, and I am a busy man/. You are also busy, and have no time to fool away. Four days is all I can give to the United Kingdom, and I wished to shake hands with you/ Good- bye, £am off to Druwtochty." He left tfia room swiftly, jbut the. novelist cau«ht him at the frontdoor. Asked if he knew whew Prqrotochty was, "Guess I do," replied Mr Higgins. "Got the route jn my pocket, north-west from Perth, N.B*.— People's Friend, Dundee.

What is- more distressing than a persistent headache ? Why suffer any longer? Steams' Headache Cure is perfectly safe and gives prompt effects. 0

Whiteley Memorial Chnrch.— Rev S. J. Serpell's subjects for Sunday are as follows f-11 a.m..' "The Church— The Liquor Traffip-r-Society ;" 7 p.m., "I speak unto yop young men because ye are strong.' o •

The Primitive Methodist Conference has ordered that sermons bearing on Temperance be 'preached in all the churcheq, on Sunday, November 24th. The- Rev. J. Clover will preach in Queensi reefc Church: busSundjiy evening, at 7. Subject: "The Liquor Ox." Strangerß invited. All seats free. 0 , ; . ' Evangelistic meeting in Shaw's Build-ingsf-Brougntm-street, to-morrow at. 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. Everything free* Cone !° <

Jn-this 'issire the Phnfiiirmbriic SSweiyadvertise +he programme for their concert on Tuesday evening next. The pro gramme is a good one, and as this is the last concert the Society willj give this year there should be a large attendance, j We , are in formed, by Mr McKihno.n 1 Bain a,h ' exhibition will be given this evening from the music room above the Colonial Piano Importing Co., Devotfv street, between 7.30 .and 8.30 p.m./bjr' the largest phonograph ever imported into the colony. & ,'■-./

The first of the charges of laying totalisator odds, against Peter Grant, of Barnett and Grant, bookmakers^,bein£ the sequel of the recent raid -by thtf police, came on at the Duriedin Police^ Court on' Friday. - la addition' t'o-Mr^ Graham, S.M., four J's.P. put in an a^j^> pearance;' and- took their seats on the bench. Two witnesses r who were- called 1 declined to give evidence which r-.in^gbf-incriminatc them. Mr Graham, S^M., thought he had power to issup a.'cerj^lf^. cate of /indemnity, and the ; Crown Frds&outor produced a tfeiegrahr from' the Justice Department that if the .witnesses, gavefuir evidence they wojnld no& ü bJßf proceeded against. The majority ;.of the bench' over ruled the'magisf^rite's 9p'inf6h'^ and the 'case was dismissed on thegroorjd^ that the amount paid otft was 'not "the"' saoie'as thfe totalisafof' dividend;: '-Ttie'Re? are 58 other charges, whicTi wer^ <J i 'TOf :< journed to sth December. ' ' ' I <-

A meeting of Friendly Society delegates held on Friday evening^ counection with~the proposed^ -.gala^ay was j attended by the Mayor, the Tdwn^lerk. Mr Carter, and Mr )V. L.'^^u^aii representing the citizens^ Mr "H.~. TJ Ainswortb, who presided, explained that the object of the conference w r as ,to en^ deavour-to coma to feme understanding . on ' ' the' ' " 'pic'ntV ' ''Wiferi JFriendly Societies fix'ed ( iipbn New Team's Day for their gathering they ikneViiotfif ing of any proposal to hold"a' f,spasidepicnic. The Mayor explained that be fore anything was made public *f*e and Mr Newman had been in communication jvith the Railway Departm¥ti|>-"iitod,tbe shipping companies with respectf 't<| tram services and s'. earner trip W; -He ex* pressed his annoyance thafc'a -rejidrt ad. gained currency to the efEect- ttrtt ne hadstatetf tbiW W6uld J ' be picnic, 1 ! ixrfef had h^ver^sirdsb} «nfs^Woras«fldJHrs Newman then withdrtffry 1 -* %d3-°%R^' Socre'tie**^eWg«teS discussed eventually d.eciding, on Mr F; motion td^gwe^^Vay^to 1 the CiUzensiPi^riifinghdHb hold their "gUtreieipg^ the second Thursday in'TFfeWtiary ste^:^lTlvljr'aT3o w delflde^Tris^^ JMa>oi6io ;s snvita.]thßtradespeopl^|o mafc* tfe^dayf a jplose, holiday, va)«d ajsuggestjotl was made that all the Friendly =«qfQieti^ in tl^e province^ be invited to itake par ( t. j.,j