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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12198, 17 January 1903, Page 4

Donations of for Bushmen " are always welcome.-' We have.hkd jouquiries this .week f.or parcels. I At the Harbour Board meeting on Friday, tho chairman stated he had -.settled Mr T. E!. Skinner's chim for survey, woi-k for £9. •-.' • , n - r j Messrs McEwen Bros, notify the arrival of some choice styles inT ladi4s' shoes for afternoon -wear 5 also a' full, stoclc of patent rubber lieeis iiiull s^es^. „'\ V , The first sale of Ithe n,ew season's e^ain for Canterbury is reported- ailine 'of 11500 bushels of Canterbury oata' having 'Keen sold at 2a 53 per bu^heli'on irucka^ at Chertsey. " .'•,,' ■-> \ The balance, of tbe Port MofcnVoa tpwaship is. to bo placed on the Welljngr ton market by Messrs Callaghan & ho~ r Mr Callaghan- prcoeeding to Welliagton in a few days to open an ofnco* there, i A large slip "has: tali £n plaee,'on t(hat part of (J over -street which runs pi»allel to th^ seai,. .Th'O.slip'is sufficiency lalrgo to abput make r the road irupnssable; to. whofeled traffic/.. Mr C. F. Thomas, lately of Melbourne, will. temporarily fill Mr Michie's posiljion as manhger -of 'iho Duae^in brancli of the Bauk of New; Zealand, while Mr Michie 1 acts as general manager of tho bank. I I Mr W, p: M;lsotfail, manager 'of ihe Oamaru branch l .<Sf .the' National Bank, wh<? is going 16 ,Sydi;cy^bn tix months', leave to undergo. an operation 'to Jiiqj thfoatj was on Tliesday preseq'ted with a, purse of 144 f sovereigns,. I '- -- ' , * ; ; > Mr F-. P. Corkill r,eports the sale to Mr Ja^ Belcher, of Cardiff, of N tbe 7§oacrefarm described in a recent telegram /frbnv Raglan, with a f«rthsr adjoining' area r of 270 acres. This salo necessitates an'alteration vhich appears to-day in -ISfr' Corkill's advertisement. ' Hallenstein Bros., TTew.Zoiilan'd Clothing- Factory, .caiLattention in replace advertiseiceut to their large and varied stock of ladies', gent's, and children's b^ots. The firm claim io ' be , the largest retail cash buyers of colonial and imported' boots iv the colony, and therefore buy at rock-bottom prices. " , It is reported that.anothier phase in the old age pension payments has' cropped up, aud that- tho matter is now being investigated in every district. : The allegation is that relatives have been claiming iv some instances the pensions that had been paid to persons who were deceased for soi<e time. ' . . •' >Mr Warbrick ' informed tho Superintendent of the Tourist "Department, that the weather bas..., exposed at Moura the skeleton of one of the victims buried there by the matter ejected .from the. mountain 011 the night of the Tarawera eruption. Ie is poasiblo that further trosion of deposits by rains may shortly expose other remains. Private letters-have been received jupt Chriatchurch by, the last 'Frisco mail confirming the cablofi roport of Mias 'Maude, Beatty's engagement at Drury Lano as ' principal boy in the pantomime of, " Mother Goose " at a salary of £40 per,; week. After the .pantomime* season Miss, Beatty will do a, round of the halls, appearing at three each night. The Tourist Department has been advised that a party of wealthy Americans will make n tour of the colony in OOrc r tober, mainly with the object of seeing tho natural beauties of the colony. It is probablo that a nnmber of Canadians, including represedtatives of tbe Canadian j Department of Agriculture^ will also visit, the colony a&mfc the end of tbe year. j At a special meeting of the Auckland , Harbour Board "oh Wednesday, Air W. tl. Haraer, br"£ionctd^ Wsf elected engineer out ©f 9i candidates. The appointment is ;of considerable iinportaac6;,'as if. carries with it a salary of £1000 par annum. Mr Hamer ia a young man, being only 33 years of ago. He comes to Auckland with tbe highest credentials, aud a fine record of achievements. . ' * An example of the excellent material which was used in tho construction of the old Cobb und Co. coaches is 'supplied by a waggon now in use in. Duvaucbelles Bay, sa>s a Chriatchurch £aper. Ths under portion of this waggon was the carriage of the first Cobb and Co-s coach which ran between Ghriatchurch and Akaroa, and although it has been in constant ÜB6 ever since l!37O, when it was imported, it is still strong and staunch. Tho Napier corrospor'dent of the Now Zealand—Times states that Mr A. L. Loathom, tho veteran of Lord Hawko a cricket team, will remain in the colony at the close of tho tour, though ho has not yet definitely decided whether his re»iden<:o >»iil be permanent in Now Zealand; Mr Loatbam, who last year enjoyed soino door-sfcalUing in Otago, has reprcacnted Eton, Cambridge, aud Gloucestershire, and will prove a great acquisition to, ( cricketing circks yhould ho settle in the' ( colony. ' '~ ''* " f ] West's 'bus will run to tho Meeting of the Waters ou Sunday, leaving Ambury 's ' j corner' at 2 o'tilock.° * . \ t

In a valuable report on the tse of oil j on roads, the town clerk of Sydney says : j " With references to the comparative cost ,'. between oil and water, in on*> district the average cost of treating 12£ miles of road ■with oil for ouo season was £33 10s per mile, including labour and all incidental expenses. In another district it is stated tbafc the streetsjean be efficiently sprinkled with oil at a cost not exceeding £42 per mile, whereas watering in the same district costs about £110 per niile, and the opinion is freely expressed that, generally speaking, the watering of roads in America costsfour timeß asmuch- as the cost incurred in oiling." We regret -to have to record the death at Hawcra on Friday evening of Mrs Jaaips Livingston, oorf r pneumonia, superroning on an. attack of influenza* >„ Deceased was a daughter of the. lpto Mr ' Frank Brett of .Norpaanby, and sister of 1 Mrs L. ' M. Taun ton,' of IS qw , Plymouth. The sad event was totally. unexpected, no ' serious consequences ;£eing, ajjticipated I until Friday af ternopu, y^nen'^Df, Walker ! was summoned to Ha WeraMo consult with Dr. Sloane. He, however, arrived too ' lafee, IMrs-Liviogstoii having -.passed away lat 6 p.m. • .1 ::!'•. ; Whiteley Memorial ChurchV-^-Eev. S. '. J. Serpell's subjects for Sabbath! °are as j follows; — Morning,;, '.'. Those -who have \ sealed their testimony With' 1 theii* blood ;" j evening: " Some facts about the death t of Christ." Miss Alice li'injuier^ will siug.° 1 Rimmer, whoso/singing. > was so . highly appreciated at tho Whitoley > Memorial Church lasb Sunday, will again b sing' at botjj services on- Sunday- aexc.°