A GOOD SIGN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12759, 12 January 1905, Page 4

A GOOD SIGN.

Self-reliance is a grand tmii in the character of a people ; arid the", nation that has it must inevitably, worsk to the top. Our friend? in; New South; Wales haive recently been visited'by a calamity in the shape of bush fires which has occasioned loss- - to the extent/ of hundreds of thousands ,of poxuids > "arid whicih- mjust have, generally, a serious eif&st on the agridudtfural prospects of the _ colony ! for some time to come. Sympathy from the sister colonies was forthcoming, .s'pontaneoiusly, and in 'places it did not consist of words* but of.au eai'riest defiire to Ho 'something practiqal to assist the sujfferer&. .However, while grateful for the offers of monetary assistance, the New Sotath Wales Government has decided that it will cdpe ■. with, the trouble by itself, the Premier (Mr -CarriutJxers) going so fax as, to assert that heY would Jeven deplete the Treasiuiy,' if .ne^esis^ry^'in ondeavto relieve the hlardshipv This is an .excjellent spirit) as. we said before, add though many; charitably inclined people may regret that they will be pliable to 'ciolriai'biute . tpwairtis a; desenvingf object, they will ■admire the courage that can so bravely loofcmisfor/tiutne in the face, anid,. what is betterv, set abofrst^^ overcoming • "it in . suc(n! aY; commendable way. The ; wish of efverone will be -thiat New {3puth WalesJ will have' conip'e^isatioii in other-Jways, and. that its futiuife be as •. ' -brdghifr as the energy and . jpluc3crof its people deserve.'; (A. cable to-day states that -Mr GaiT^ithei-s' remacks Jfer^e. jnart&ier jniaundersiooicl^ anid that i^iaugh" t% New^ SoHith Wales Go.verqjnent -is prepared' to cojpe with the dtflifliulty, it will, not refuse aid voluntarily extended.) .; Captain Edwiii . wired at 12.3Q today . ii 1 — iMdderate to strong westerly, winjds^;- g-laiss- rise slowly ; tides good ; sea moderate.; , , ' ; : : ;'/. _;' c^ ::.H: :.H ; ;;> ;A! special sale- of '■ free-wheel bicycles \vill be-'held by 'Messrs Bewley ! .and .Griffiths on Saturday next. They tnay be iiisjpected at the " uai&vt io-nforlrow aftertttjpn. ; ' ..'■•■'., "■. . ''"[\{'i r'--y-: r '--y-: . iDh'ere 'are no ireaH developments to repoirtt 3i'.om the petroleum - prospectingwotiks at Motucib'a. Boring is • stil. being_; actively carried onu The escape 01. gas continues very pronoimiced 1 . At the anuiual meeting of tie Unity Tent, I.6.Qpi:, P.C. Ruler Br». E. C. l^iighes galve an interesting account of ; the- growth of the temperance movement ixi. England, speaiking in the lughest terms of the. work of iJhießev, LeonaiH Isitt. - The Westlana Cotatfty Colunicil, in fixings %%"d!h«sday 'as the half-holiday midei: vthe ;^hop and Ofixcses Act, 1904, did so under ptiotest, and denoTtnced; legisl ation of "this desariiption as a deliberate to interjfere "■ Vfiih : the liberty of the sufojot^t. . . "' ... • ■•'■ .. ■ A ChiristctoJiioh wire states :— The priuMpals in the SeddonfTaylor slanjdbr action dealine, to . make . any. statem-enit, but it is' ; ,utidiors.tootii an application has Ijc'en filled, here for^ a" uew *trial, with a change ;of yeniue ; also alleging irregularities :*'witli reference to the fury and matters in"; the jury. room. . . ' ■■■■■. '..", .^ -W . : : . '"^ •■ :: .;.. : v ,-.- - At the Feilding Police Co'ttrt yestterday LEr Thomson, v SfM.> fined a man named Palmer 10s anid dostjs 37s 6d for sijooting teal 6n • December) 29tli, The Magistrate liel'd that teal was natiyje game, and: was only aJlowod to be shot diuring foiur in«onths .of jthe year. The accused was - . tibWiefdre guiHy of sifcboting ganie.in a :cjpse season. ■ „ ""'.. .•/; .• ; . ''^:/ : 'v : ' We understand that Mr.;' Newton ; King is receiving numeroTus':^^ entpiiries ro the remaining sections yinJi*he Tironga townsnip ( Vogeltpwn) whioh are to be sold by. auction in the Exhibition Italian gardens at 7.30 o'clock this evening. The low upsets and exceptionally easy terms are no ddfubt. a great indijoement to buyers, and. there is every prospect of the sale being most suooessful. No one in want of a freehold should miss this"oppoirtunity. " .■-.■' • The Northern Koller Mlliilg, Com--, pany's great "bread baHng comipetitipn whidh is, to be held at the Exhibition to-mtoiitqw, is assuming- very much larger propartions than was ever dontemlplated by, the prpnipters . Loaves of bread from botih " hxsußewives and bakers are i literally poiir' ing in to the sficretary^ and the latter is experiencing considerable^ diflSqulty in providing storage, room lor Same. The disfplay to-moiToW will be worth going 1 a Ion? way? to see. and will serve to amply dem'on'st^ate the extraordinary popularity an® universal use of Champion Flour.

A greyhound slut at Kaiapoi, after rts wiielps were removed,^ adopted a kitten. When dog friends call and attempt to assail the Jvitten the greyhound cmiekly assumes the defen»\-e and when the kitten strays the greyhound bjrings it home in its-mowtli 1..;.-■1 ..;.-■. .;.-■ An interesting fact, throwing an irii-pox-taiit %ht ■■ypon the - domestic serVa s) P roWem in New Zealand, "is that a ttairarapa settler went" do^ all tho way to Wellington to "meet 'lie' lonic and engage one of , the -two servant giris who .arrived ; by that j^eaOKJiv According to members of the lion and Steel Institute, says the New York Press, a gigantic sfeej. cjomfoiaation, which is being m Go-cat Britain, will shortly be com-" pleted with a capital, nearly as lar ff o as that of the IJnited ; Stated Steel t-oipoxation. ■-■ ■ v A Masterton settler (says th> An-e) ha-d a rather ciu-ious experience with two of his sheep a few days ago. Tint;-, became "cast," and as thc^*ere im' ableto stand he took them to lus wooded and "-doetorod" them . witj f *u a -»"W^' > a ". result of th is - doctoring" ' tab ' sheep slept for two days. _I he Kitssiah newTspaper Russ pub-, ashes the •following •paragraph :— "Our ideas about Japan were all wrong. ; so weru probably tloic of our enesiiy about us. Among- tho horrors of war wu j>ayo learnt to undortstund one another, and it is iTasoiiaCjle to v VoiW that the heavy price which '■ both one countiy aud Japan are "called upon to . pay for this, nmtual ' under Viaudiniv will form the foundation . of -:ourpeac^ ful relations in future years." Ouo effect of the v P.plice .Offences Amendment Act of la^t session appears to be the exclusion of professional boxers from making- exhibition tours of the colony (writes the ; /tVel- 1 lington correspondent of the Auckland Star). Recently tlie ■<seetrehetry' 61 tiio local, centre of the Boxing A ssocia-> tion received advice that a team vof four professionals were coftternplatnig a tour through tha colony. In reply. to enquiries regarding the prospects- of the tour, he fp'r^rded cjSpy of. the Act mentioned; swith t^^sultMhat the proposed trip has been abandoned. Sunshine relates the following' as ones oi the best stories oosf s the late Andrew, Clark >^t^^ HdrßnerH drßner 'ph-ty' one night ,ho nd fcicod that the lady sitting- next to him at table passed' a dish, to which he helped himself plentifully. -He asked if she did not like it, as it was excellent. She replied, "Oh, yes, I like it, but my physician forbids me to eat it." "Stuff and non r sense/ said Sir Andrew ; "it could not hurt anyone, Wl»o>is your physician?"- To %vhich the lady, whom the medical magnate had forgotten/ .■answered, with a demure twinkle in her "eye, "Sir Andrew. Clark.". '••' . > The diffidulties of the Blenheim Bibspital BoarVi in connection wltih its - , medical staff have inoreasea.' iWatiim the last three months three d^eioxs have resigned from the position' of medical officer, an 3 the consfuJtanthas also thrown ulp his post. •An -ajxpeal was made to the Inss>ec;tor-<seneral of Hospitals, and he went across, .but failed to throw oil on the tr<dirbled waters. Feeling has run high at the meetings of tne' Board, whith is Vliivided a» to what ehoufd be the constitiution antl ike relative duties of the staff. Applidatdpns are now being called for the positions!- At the present time the hospital is . withefut official medical staff of any kirid, and no more patients aro 'admitted;. A swan was electrocuted !ry the lighting wires running into fiotorua, the contact resulting- in the momentary extinguishing of the lights. Two Maoris were travelling along the road at the time, and seeing- the iightningiik^o flashes being emitted from • the wings of the unfortunate bird, took fright for t!*? moment. A Maori and his wife, who lived in a whare- close by, witnessed, the occurrence; the latter faulting away,; foelievingj another eruption was taking placvv.'jn;. its death struggles the swan broke tlie telephone wire/ which carneyfown with tho bird, and on Sirnday-momingj realising the effect contact 'with a wire had had on the swan; the Maori, who Jives near the scene of , the occurrence, attached the following notice/written in Maori, fo a tix-Cj near which the wire lay on ihe' ; -ground :\-± "Oaution^-Let no man touch the wjre outside my gate, lest hV dip. it most be left for tho electric light authorities to iijin:itatc t)ie wire. If any person touches the wire with h's hand the penalty is death.— Kan^itcriorcrc." Tho paddocks at Totara on which the experiments arc being conducted with a view to finding ' a specific against the Califbrnian thistle has of late assumed tjaite an air of bustlo (says the Oam arii Sail). Fifteen optimists with concoctions of various ingredients have each worked Iheir litlie plots, some 1 being satisfied that one a]>plication of their magic preparation will suffice,- while others, appreciating to its' full the .strength of the enemy, are not so sanguine. In many cases the leaves have'T)sen> entirely removed, and the roots, car. examination, have been found to have succumbed to tho deptii of if t. This, of ' course, is* a comparativily slight achievement as against the roots of'a Californian thistle, which go down to the depth of i about - 4ft. and ramify in all directions, but it would admit of a cereal ,crop being taken off the ground thus cleared. And if t-iuvt were followed by turnips, the chances of eradicating the weed should !.>e good. Five of those who asked for sflections have not yet arrived on the scone, being kept waiting for their preparations. ■ : '" • I The members af the New Plymouth Town Bawd are -requested to Be- at the Exhibition this evening at:--7f30. the Exhibition this evening at 7.30 Any grocer wil| give you a sample of ."Malko," ■ but take our advice] buy a tm.—AdVt. . : • • • -. • i!.-

Jam makers are referred to a frui sale at Mr N. King's mart -to-morrow Tlyt, jteujperature . ..this, morning wa : jE>sSeg-;"iiV'- the shade, and baroihotrica reading 30.03. \ -Mothers buying' • bjqys' cluihi tig shoul( read Neat's new advertiscvau-nt on 't?t front .pugju a,ud compare prices. Thy Kin Ora, wliidh aiidvou yester;d.a>^...i>rpu£i,i o\oua;.sioni.stis , from Rag; Jan" and "Kawhia. .'".-,' Hie Conciliation Boarcf met at noo: to-day/ 'cltrcc ; niein&crs i 'ouig present. A nomination " ; wa&- : recojveu for th« j:r(.s'.do-.iey, and the meeting >vas ad jouiiretl till i.o~xr>«crow to obtain tii< n'oinlnce's 'consent. In consequence of the great successof 'their, lube show, tJ'u Tnvanalii Ag-ri cul t ura! Sock> ty have decided to have a two days' show next- year. Most oj 'thu judging of cattle will be done on the first day, and thxs second will be iditrved fob, "People's Day. • Another runaway occurred in Devonstreet this morning (tcoconimpii a matter in this town), whoa one of Mx C. Carter's delivery carts -.'uiue charging down ifovon-dtri'Ct from il>o White Hurt Hotel. Mr 11. Fox, one ol 3ir (.!. liitldell's "employees, \i-rv pluckily 'rcd\: alongsidu the hoi'so. ai:<l succcisled uV pulling-, up the uavh opposite the Criterion Hotel. This no doubt prevented what may have been a serious accident. ■'* Sir !jox'"s action was very much admired. The following is an extract from a letter received «jy tho secretary of tho Tai'atiaki Agricultural Society froim a Ilawora e-vhibitor at the late show : —"I congratulate the society on the splendid way they conducted • their show. It , was the best managed shpw I. liave v exl'ibited at this year. I The 'courtesy shown l>y all the oHiciaisj I came in contact Avith only requires! to ho known to be appreciated. riV'ishing-- your society all prosperity in the future.". . ... ' ' A couple of bolts occurred cti Wed"nes'day shortly before; s oV;!ock. <V gony in a gig,' which Mrs A. Staark bad tied up outside a house whexe she was vissiti-noj, bteTtow Hiie •liacdcoiirse iliill^ became startled when o» boy untied it, and careered into Devon -strcet> and ,was not stopped till the -Coffee Palace corner was reached. In the meantime the pony startled the horses harnesoed to a landau cab on the Eg-mont-strt'Ct stand, and this pair increased the, excitement by making up Devon-street in an easterly rVlrecifon at a good gallop. When they reached the hill the pair, took to the footpath, but were stopped before any damage was caused. At the atmual meeting of Unity Tent. 1.0.0. U., officers were elected ami installed as" under : — Chief Ruler, Bro. J. Buitimore ; D^. Ruler, Sister ;<J. Cole • treasurer, Bro. J. T. White (re-elected) ; secretary, J. Whitaker (re-elected) ; Levite, Bro. Miorshead ; Cash -.steward, Bro. A. Sai^dler; boole steward, Bro., P. . EDcf^vins ; guai'dLan, Bro. T. Frewin ; a*uSitors, Bros. Goo^acrc aiid T: G. Sole; triustee, Br,o. A. Cole (re-cladtdd). Past Chief 'Rulers' emplems, UeairtiSully framed, ' were presented "to Bros. K. -E%cconibe and B. Clark. Bros. J^ T. While, B>; Clark,, and HopWns wiU je- :- present, the Iddge at; iiie, biennial Coxoicir meeting to 'be-h!eld in Dunedin ■•n^ti-todntih, and at wMdh the D.G.R., Bro. J. Whitafeer, -ndll preside. Among tie bu-sines^ to be bro'ugrht forward is a siciheme for amalgamating all the branches ' in the colony. The local Tent has s/hown Very satisfac'tafy progress Quririg the year. . Yai'iety, they say, is charming, an d^ the attractions at. the New Flyjmouth Exhibition continue to be both varied and ciiarming. Por instance, Anto-j uio's €!r eat? Circus ha« been performing twice daily*- Jor sixteen days to.thousands of dblightcd spectators. ' The trained monkeys, birds, ar>'d .tJ.ogs have g-orie through their wendcrful evolu* tions, thai marvellous dog : Briino haa been turning somersaults, shipping, jumping, and performing all sorts of curious antics. Signer ..Antonio' has been throwing up and catching- -multitudes of halisVas thou2h* i .ho .li'ad threo pairs of hands, spinning butter vubs and plates balanced from his mouth anjl-' swallowing : enough . swonts 1o choke a crocodilo. The Sti'on^ 3Tan, with unuscles like coils of ropp, has been lifting and .- sustaining: pvvt. . and two cwt. bars on his hands and "feet with men sitting thereon. Aud now he throws down the gauntlet io the world, and challenges a ll corners* to compete with him for tho wdgi-Ulift-ing championship and a gold -modal. .All this, an-d a greeii deal more, is to be seen to-night in- the exhibition concert hall, and a wonderful display it certainly will be. Messrs Griffiths, Pikett and Jacksc-n waited on Sir Joseph Ward on Wednesday niorning, and urged upon him tho necessity of erecting a railway station at Fitfetroy. It was stJated! that the site would be two miles distanae from town, aaiVl there was a station at Smart Road only a mile furi/her on, in view of which the Department had declined to crdet a scc.ox*l station at Fit^eoj ? . A s!ugges : tiari was ma'de-^tßat the station at SinJart Roa ( d slhould be removed, to J'iteroy, but the inhabitants of the former district objeetud. iMrnlii taker was present, and on behalf of tjie of the Smart Road residents opposed any 'application for the 'deprivation ol the v privilege they had enjoydd for some. time. Sir Joseph in roply stated that he had made it a rule not ti; tak9 a privilege away from a community arid transfer it to 'another j and further the Dopartnient coiirkl no* erect stations at a dapr-lvr -distance apart at two and a half miles. Tlu difficulty he tJio'ujrht ■■may b« oiver come by .(lie Lexpctiment shortly to b( started in the runninc of motor car 'riajjes; and; if ever.. surfi a -ferivicfe Wa; pHit into operaHon a nlopptn^ placi wqiyld pj-obably bs ' cs tablicihed ai Fit'ziroyl. • ;

At the New Fiyinoulh Carnival th< New Zotiland chopping- lx-corcl for ISir .-■LaiiJiug block (_lmin. 55t.ee.) jjiade bj h. Berg at JUasterlon Wiis twice "brok on, 2>ave Pretty estublishing- a fresh record by winning- tho third heat oi tJie Ojien Handicap in Imin. -15.sees., and Giiw Blanc won tlie fincil of the First-class Hamlicap in Ijnin. ITsecs. At Newmarket (says the King) King Edward startled the sporting- contra* ternity by appearing in a given full Imt, ufter tho Tyrolose' pattern, with a small feather juttiiig up at tfie l)aclv. There are plenty of photijgraphs of King Edward wearing such a hat during- one or other of. h is' Continental trips. But that his Majesty yhould actually appear in one c-vt Newmarket struck terror into ihe hearts of tho ehainpiojis of' the "topper." A deputation representing the. Exhibition Connmittee waited on Sir J. G. Ward, Minister of Railways, on Wednesday with a request to carry the Natives assisting at the Exhibition for a holiday ofuting as far as Stratfoi<d free of charge, but Sir Joseph declined to actoede to the rocjuest. He pointed out that as Minister of Railways he could..not authorise the running- of free trains for either Europeans or Natives. He had never done it,^ anjd ho could not "establish a precedent at the present juncture. If he did he wou-d be bombarded with similar applications irom 'Maori j gatherings all over the colony, arid in the face of granting: such a concession' to one he c&uld not refuse others and be debited with partiality. The prefvious request, of the Committee for a free train to the breakwater; was negatived, but he had sent the application on to the Native Minister with a m'eui'oi'iinsdiuin that if the latter Minister's Depairtment was prepared to stanjd the cost the Maoris woMM be carried at the very lowest scale of charges. The Native Minister accepted responsibility, and Sir Joseph stated that he was prepared to telegraph the former the circumstances of the present application. Later in the day Sir Joseph, informed the Committee anid the Maoris that the Native Minister had again agreed to debit his Department with the cost of carirying the Natives to Stratford on any day that may be decided xipon. The information supplied was received by the Maoris witfh satisfaction. A frienid in need is a friend indeed, make a friend of "Malko" antf you will soon discoA'er how you have needed it. I—Ajdjvt.l —Ajdjvt. For Up-to-date Printing call at the Herald Office: