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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11956, 2 May 1902, Page 2

Messrs G. Farris and Co. announce that to-morrow will be the last day of their sile, which commences at 11 a.m. "We have to acknowledge receipt from Vlr F. S. Johns of parcels of magazines for the Books for Bushmen scheme; also from Mrs Cliff, Miss Carrington, ai-d Rev. J. Nixon. The Cabinet has just issued another circular to the effect ihat all Civil Servants who make applications to Ministerthrough Members of Parliament will be liable to instant dismissal. The Cardiff School Committee has selected Miss V. Smith as teacher of Cardiff school ; the Upland Road Committee have selected Miss E. You ; and Lepperton Committee have selected Miss MacKenzie. The Strandon property, which w.- s mentioned in Thursday evening's paper as being about to be cut up and placed on the market, was purchased from Mr Bajly by Mr T. K. Bkinner, who resold to Mr Macintosh. " Mr Moverley informs us 'that lha amount raised* by Thursday's benefit football match for Mr Duffin is £28, and as a large number of tickets are not yet accounted for the amount will probably be well over £30. The Government Labour Agent at Auckland has been authorised to forward •in additional party of twelve workmen to the North Island Trunk Railway. Ihe men will be selected by ballot from unemployed married men who are supportmg families, and whose names are oq the bureau books. The postal and telegraphic revenue for the quarter ended March 31st was £125,046, as against £126.344 for the corresponding quarter of 1901. The falling off was in the postal department, which contributed £78,664, as against C8t,094 for the corresponding quarter of 1901. The chief items of revenue were as follows : — Stamps, £50,255 ; telegrams, £38,490 ; miscellaneous postal, £20,232. Sir William Lyno referred to Mr Seddon, at the banquet in honour of the latter at Sydney, as the "Czar of New Zealand." Mr 11. B. Wise referred 1o him as "a great Englishman — who will live in the records of Engl sh history as one of the men who first endeavoured as a leading object of Irs public life to make the British Empire a living reality and not a name." The extraordinary vacancy on the Education Board, occasioned by the resignation of Mr Hign'ett, has b<*en declared 511 ed, Mr Arthur Morton being elected by a majority of 24 VDtes. The voting for the several candidates was as follows : — Jfr Arthur Morton, 84; Mr James Elwin, 60 ; Mr D. M ixwell, 35 ; Mr J. :?awle, 27; Mr A. Halcombe, 26. Informal votes totalled 11. The Lyttelton Harbour Board on Thursday discussed a motion to obtain expert opinion as to how further suitable i< commodation can be made at the port, .no the possibilities of making another ; narbour at - v nmner. The last-named i proposal was struck out, and the harbour j improvement committee authorised to . >ake steps with regard to the expert j opinion on improvements at Lyttelton. j The death of Piccolomini occurred a few weeks ago at the London County , Asylum at Hanwell, where he was sent a year or so ago suffering from an obscure i mental disorder. Though Piccoloraini's songs (among them " Ora Pro Nobis.," * The Toiler*," " Whisper and I F-ball Hear," " The Last Muster,") had an j enormous sale and brought much gri«t to ihe publishers' mills, the romposrr 1 i.n .■self made wiy liltlo out of them intWd poverty' was ever his lot, and he leavi s a widow and children quite unprovided for. t

Stratford news and several letters to \ the editor appear on page one. To-morrow afternoon Mr Newton King will sell at his mart a quantity of oilskin coats and blankets. Captain Edwin wired at 12.48 p.m. :—: — Moderate winds from between southi east and tast and north-east; glass rise; poor tides; frost to-night. A Taranaki settler, who came over ; from 'Frisco by the last steamer, states that Mr J. Da Silva, late of New Plymouth, ia in busines3 in Market- street, 'Frisco. Owing to lighting new retorts at t v ;e gasworks, the manager informs U3 he has had to reduce the pressure the last three evenings. He states the alterations are now completed. - We understand that the property at Elenui, known as t 1 c" Pines," has been been cut uj. into suitable sections, and as soon as the roaus are metalled . nd completed the the property will be placed in Mr Newton King's bands for selection. Being handy to town and well sheltered, this property should meet with ready sale. Messrs Morey and Bain have obtained permission to "run" an art union iv connection with their Fortuightly Conccris. Each ticket for any concert of the series will also give the purchaser a chance of winning the prizes in the art union, 'the pictures for which have been painted by Mr Bradbury. It is always gratifying to a newspaper to have its impartiality recognised, and therefore * c may be excused for quoting the following lines contained in a letter received by us from a French gentletmn resident in Taranaki. After referring to a business matter, he writes :—": — " Let me tell you, being a strong pro-Boer, that I always found you exceptionally impartial during the whole time that this unfortunate war is going on, and that 1 nev. r could find in your paper remarks that would have caused pain to my feelings except you had special reasons given at the same time justifying your remarks Your attitude, especially at the time of the German press remarks, was worthy of your standard as a leading paper." The Wellington correspondent of tho Auckland Star wired his journal on Saturday morning :—lt: — It is understood that the following officials will be affected by the retirement of civil servants over the age of 65 : — Mr G. Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland ; Mr A. J. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council ; Mr H. Hales, Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department ; Mr Gilbert Yls>ir, Native Land Court ; Sir J. Hector ; Mr A. Mackay, Judge of the Native Land Court ; Mr J. H. Pope, Inspector of Native Schools. It is stated that the compulsory retirement of officials over 65 years of age only applies to thoss entitled to pensions. It is understood that Mr Willis is exempted from compulsory retirement. A curious feature of the Act is that there is no provision for reguUtions, but, despite this emission, regulitions have been framed and in force for 14 years.