SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1905. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12816, 25 March 1905, Page 4

SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1905. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Next month tSie biennial miuinicipal elections will he. held, antd. it is ,to bd hoped that ,between npw j \m<& th(ejnj some 'interest will be jai?o«*sie& So far, ' little' lh!as "been . JtttctoipOi* about tlie maitter, awd we jhawe not heaitd raentkmied the iiames of any likely catisdildates. It, is reasonable? to llhink . that tihe~ hiajority of members of the preftent Coftwcil will seek re-election^ 'aflid' if sii(Cji pirofves to . be tine 'case jthey staled a giotod folianiee, for it Wild, we • tMnik, be jgtemeirgLJtly aidfmittedv tli'ait they 'hja,ve, withiotut' js^eefption, "done fair woilk./ iMspaflcies may h!a>ve been matfe,! bjut jthat does not alter the fact that bdtumtcißars have laboured to the fjest of their judgment in, the inmerest of the town; They ihalve all beeai attentive 1 to Ihmr>, !d|uities, ancl CorainitteQ meetings ijeing inVatiaWy fully attended. T-he payor as we'll as the Cofti/niciil retires, bAit H4s Worship wiil h!old oflice iDntil tlie first • meeitinig of t'hie/inew 1 . Cotutti'cil. • iWe diatv'o "bfcen led ' to itJinder,sit'ain!d that IDr Cot?k iviM not seek re-election, but there •jiatS ibteen yet no lnentioin of anyOne asfptifring to "be his stalcicess'or. Quiring his term of o-ffidel he lilas |>een 'kept. busy, aniii Hhat !he has oaiirde,di wit his duties well n!o one will dleiiy. 'He ' "has spent a lot of iime in t!he interests of t«he town, knid luas, ' cwr the whole,. istp an Excellent recoltdi • It is to be h.ope.il |h!at liufcge'sses will begin to.evince a ipjnact^ai'iUiterest in the doming llcctipMsl — -tfie sen:se' oi • responsibility is'^tii'&xe; •bii'f > 'i^t©ntJ-4iflifd t that: 1 hey will' do 7 tiheir ihe^t -ta li'ave tle^t^d a' (Rrayor- and" Colu^ilcfllors wills be worthy of a sive bo|r<e?i»yT.' f'^liose who are eni itle/d; to" '^tJie, biit who halve not ; net hai&: their Jiames placed on .the foil, sholliidt'ldse' v |io time in dioing j :o. ' .Tihte . Kjffjyi^gatjons / are : (a) "r-reebSoid,. nam|bly',\ s' an / aJlpfpJic'ant nifulsil be. I&e regasteined • owner of Ireehlold l^aifd^ valned. iat^ not less phjan 'j£2s, witnin the boro^igii ; or lie must have (b) the rteLtin-g, qjiiialii.e., hjjs. name mju.'st ap!>ear in the oc^mpiens' / ctolfumn of ?h'e valtaatlion roll in regpiectj of some r*atea»ble property witihin the >'oiro-u^n ;'• o^ he' must Waive (Ie) the residen^tial q/ualifi'cataioii 1 , / namely, nvujst hiave been for at least' thlree Inonths -oben^LUt J .dr s^ti-tenant paying, a Rental 6i 'nA^s th^ii' ]^io a ye'af.* :Whate,ver ' qjuialifitafion's maj r (be possessed by a h'us-. bawd, or, wife are :<d|eem.€id to be by b'otn fo»r ivotin^'ptartosev^. The -district elec-tats* roll close fodirteen, i Ha^s •Ip^i'O'r to the ekqtion, '• so that, intemkiing, Electors shjoWld not delay,- : Wnt xnjlenview tie Tpwn Cteife at onjee. 1 ' "> . »' — L- | A® sAJNNIVJBftSABY. j Sixty-four years ago to-day (25th vttarch. la-tJ-), the barque Amelia Thompson left PJyUßouth, England, [with the lirst party of polonists • for tthe -New Plyteoufcli setth^ment!- in" oSfew Zealand. . In passing- !H",M.S. .fynpregpiable, lying in the Sound, they were greeted by the ship's company, who gave them three rousing ' British teheensTrfcho- sliip^ band playing the National Anthem. „ The , Anielia iThompsoii, aftcr.ja long, but pleasant .voyage, auch'ored in Port Nicholson (Wcllijigtoii Harbour) on 2nd August, finally ccmiing to an anchor at Moturo-t on 3rd Sept(?^nbcr, 1841. On $his 64th anniversary we ciffor our sin^ cere' congratulations to the survivors of the Amelia Thompson's company.

Deare's Boot Arcade reports a successful start for their first sale. ■An Auckland wire states :-—lt is reported that a clerical employee in /a ku'ge retail "business in the city has disappeared, and that investigation lias disclosed serious irregularities in lis accounts. 0 During the month of February 2539 trout 'were taken- from the 1 lakes * and streams' of Kotorua, the aggregate weight of which was 10,4001f0. This . ik the greatest weight offish that has been taken in any month during the season. Since the opening o£ the season, in JsTo\'cmbor last 10,545 fish arc known to have boow secured, tho aggregate weight of which was 38,7941 b. lijany anglers, however; have either neglected or declined to give 'their Datchcs, and it is stated that quite as j amny more fish, ancliof equal weight to j Lh'osc ttwmtijoned, have been caught.

While removing bis horses; from the show ground at Penrith (N.S.W.), •Mi".^ViHi«!n:^«rker^aged';(M) years/ was kicked in the abdomen by one of thu animals, and received injuries resulting .hi iiis -'death. ' Recently Mr J, Williamsru, of Waitara, %ran the Queen oi Beauty to 3£aVVia,"'^nd made a, purchase of iish. fjtfr Williamsonr. reports that fish are •uot\plentifß^in the locality this season. , . ■ r\.l< ~ — > lit ■$ vjfePjqirtcr, the leading Dyer and French. Dry Cleaner," of Auckland, wlio has opened a bfaucK in Devonstreet, nexl Mis* Rctfcrd Js,; Is now j.vcpared to, receive" any dcscripiioii of lady's garments' f<Jr '• treatment L»y tho most up-to-date plant. , . '/ '* The members of the Townßand, under Uandmaster Garry, gave 'another concert at the esplanade on Pr^day f( night, aiid attracted a large numberof. residents thither.'* The various "selections were well rendered,' and greatly v appreciated. Thus "concludes a^ letter in a Dunodin, paper :V v 'iNuw is a prosperous countO"> but it,is not tliepeopl« tliatliavC matje her so,- but tho clim!atc andAher. natural l'eaourccs^ Opportunities cnoouragn energy. "When^ a •fawner tills the land he Knows, in tho fgeneral sense, t a good 'Crop will result. - In Australia tlicy-don't. Leti us be reasonable T m our criticisuxs, and not get swelled head. The tlay. may eoinfie^v'hon.we'{nay ,liaVG to oat humble pie."'' ' ' , . »•| 'i A plan for supplying the public with fresh og-gs i 9i 9 being '-tried in "Germany, in the hope that it,:wilL, increase tlie doiualid for a stvictly^f'resli article. Egg dcptotvS arc 'to be ostaiolished in - -the principal cities, at which the quality and freshness nl the eggs will . bo guaranteed. Fpr every bail egg tho purchaser .\s entitled to get ■15 good ones. ' 'EK'cry pouHryman has to mark, all eggs which he sends to one of these depots m such a way that they can be traced back 1 to him,' and if it is iotuicl that he - furnished . bad eggs as fresh ones ho will not be al- \ lowed •to sell to tho depots. A "vvell->attended .meeting oE gentlemen interested n tho formation of a 'Natural Science Club was held last eyeniiug- ajt 'offices of Mr F. P. Qcridll. Mr- S. Percy Smith. F.R,C!S., was vpt-jd to the chair. After discussion, it was" resolved'that ,'a ■ society be founjed iiiidcr the designation of the Taranalii Field''^Naturalists' Society. A copainiftee,.. consisting"'o£ iMessrs' S rf Percy S'mitliV 3fc., Ifrasor, -F^ Carrhigton, C. iW. 'Govctt,, .and Dr Homo, was appointed to prepare a report setting 4ovth. vi thc objects of the society and to; draft a.' set of rules.-- A - sub-conunitteo |v«» deputed to arrange for suitable becoiTMnodation for-meetings. Sir F. P. Cojel^ill Consented to act as * l^on. soGT'.peiidlno! election of the permanent bjffijcers^ -'</ ' • . . ' % Thorn,dxt few days wrli (says a'Dun■edin^aper) seeqiute- an e*fe6tiiis of experts in gold dredging, all of "whom intend trying their luck in South America, where a future awaits "dredging. Most of tihe»ni who-are leaving for tlie Argentine took a -prominent part in the industry during the btoopi days here, and it is to'be regretted -that' the colony as a whole is losing the' services of Jhen who have led i tho world in, the jnatter of designing gold dredges- Stfr iWalter Cutten, for - innfifh.p.is oivLqi tl^psc^Qn,-his \v&f to.<the lA^gerltine^lwas feo* successful in Lhis' iworlr^d^si-g^img; * tlitft' idi^dges of the pattern he has in use in Otago.. -are—now to be found in Siberia, Victoria, and South America. It speaks volumes * for ■ tho enterprise'iuicT success' of the fiian to which he belongs thali they 1" iioV-'Kav-d o>ffi6cs« in-. X/oftidon and S.puih Aim^i;ica. Things, in fact, are so bad'in fiold dredging now frolm an engineering?and snajjebuoking point of view that' Miany others are also talking of seeking pastures new. The New •PlypiouiK. Public Library has isstted a catalogue of. its books. The Hs't is a long one, and should prove very useful to subscribers. The February number of the iWindsor Magazine (a copy of which has reached us through MrT. Avcry) is a very notable issue, in no way falling behiiwi the recent (New* Year and* Christmas-numbers in quality and infinite variety. The sequel to "She" is continued by Mr Rider Haggard to a stage of thrilling suspense, and the •finely imaginative illustrations of Me Grieffenhagen' add to the impressivcness tof the strange theme. • Another complete adventure in the delightful new series of romantic comedy stories byiAgnes and Egerton Castle is entitled "The Burgravc's Farewell." 3li'9 Clement-, Shorter contributes a remarkable sl|#t story, and the egw gious Chaj-leivEdward and Lady Angela, his wife. tconcoct <c>Ah iAniazing Elopement,"', which is full of laughter l and high spirits. Other short stories by favourite authors arc finely illustrated by leading artists, ami the special fine-art feature of the number is a whole section devoted to beautiful reproductions of' the pictures o£ Stcmhope'Forbes, A.R.A: There is also a special frontispiece plate, separately printed, by J. J..,M- Strudwick. Among the articles is. one in the notable railway series on "The SeaPower of our Railways/ and a special long article jrivea a wide bw^ <**■£ great work achieved by the' YjM.^A.. - Many illustrations render this latter article particularly interesting to all who appreciate what Matthew Arnold called "the high seriousness of a great movement. A .delightful story, dealing -with the life of a MotherBear and her Cnbs. is strildJ^ly illustrated, and "Military Bands" forms ttar subject of another very pictorialarticle. The nitmber altogether is a notable* one.-

A representative meeting of factory delegates to the Jfawera Dairy p ro\ duce-JiK-changc decided not to'consiin April butter to the London market unless they can obtain tenpence per ft iitan outright salc^ It is imd©rstriotf--that the Gas^ Com, Pany intend to replace the main in Devon-street, between Currie and* Egmontstrcets, with a six-inch pipe. The question of extending the pipes to Fitzroy will, it is understood, 'be considered shortly. Arrangements have been raa< j Q the amalgamation of the New Zealand Refrigerating- Company.,with this Christcluirclr Mont Company l, subject to confirmation of the agreement by* the shareholders. Tho -Dunedin Cokripany, which was tho first of the kind, in tho colony, has works at 'Bumsidi' and Oamaru. A Wellington telegram states that the largest estates of deceased persons cert»iied last month were:—Wellington : C. B. Izard £40,343; J. Stad-^ holme £19,750, Frances Bethune £10,548. Canterbury: W. D. Woo<l £57,155, D. McMillan £20,183. Otao-a.- », Heenan £16,143, E. H. Carew, Sis\ 295. . ■ A The Fire Brigade experienced a repetition of the difficulty in locating the fire plugs when called out in connec-' tion with the outbreak of fire at Messrs Burgess, Fraser .and Co/s premises on Friday night. Although the; town pressure was not required a futile search was made for the plug and had water been Heeded to suppress a serious fire the brigadesmen would have been helpless for a time. Captain Bellringer states that the pluV Wfis eventually found hidden by some six inches of metal. A story of Count von - Bulow's French cook is' (says .the'''TaWer") causing much amusement in Berlin. Before the Imperial Chancellor was called to Berlin ho was Ambassador m~ Rome, where he occupied one; of.. rfth& most spacious 'palaces. "* "When' 'the Countess learned he was to move, aod that tho Chancellor's residence in Ber^. lin was a poor thing compared to their magnificent dwelling' in the Eternal City, &he had misgivings as "to how her cfief—a somewhat lordly personage—would receive the news. Determining to take the.bull by. the horns, she sent for him, acquainted him with the state of affairs, and was at once relieved of her, worst antici-^ pations by the great man's affable rejoinder, "Oh, please don't Jor a moment permit your husband ta give up his post in Berlin on my account." . The Mayor of Southwark; London (the Rev. A. W. Jephson, M.A.)^ ledturing at the,Newington public hall recently on Wagner, told att amoisingstory cf the "great composers ;hah\ Wagner became afflicted with readaches and "determined to have his hair cut. He accordingly arranged with a barber to perform the operation, on a certain day. That worthy resolved to make a good thing.of it, and accordingly .infQrmed.,^all,liis..custom3i:s of Wagner's impending sacrifice. Most of them paid him a certain sum down. To the barber's horror Madame Wagner superintended the cutting, ami when it was over appropriated ihe whole of the coveted locks. The bar Her, in despair, confessed that. he Bad sold them many times ovor.whereupon Madame" suggested" that her butcher had hair very much" like Wagner's. And the story goes that that night half Dresden slept with the butcher's hair xmdar its pjllow. The Auckland Star's Birkenhead correspondent writes, apropos of the receut outrage at Birkdale, that on Sunday evening last three ladies were passing by Mr Bagot's corner, when a man rushed out of the ti-tree scrtub* and confronted them? stantping his feet". 'One~oTthe ladies asked the man what he wanted, whereupon he rushed back into the. scrub. Search was afterwards made by their Kusbands for the man, but without result. The ladies were unable to testify to the description of the man, as the encounter occurred in the dark shade of some pine trees. Shortly before the . abovo occurrence Mr and Mrs Goodall, of Birkdale, were sitting in their diningroom, when they were startled by a crash in the front of the house. On ascertaining the noise they found that someone had thrown a stone through the bedroom window. (Mr Goodall i-ushed out and discovered a man running towards the. top of a hill near by. He gave chase, but the man got away in the ti-tree not far from where ihe ladies were passing. Mr Goodall. is of opinion that the man must be mentally deranged. It is also reported that Mr Bartley's place at Lower Birividale was broken into on Sunday afternoon, and that considerable damage was done to the furniture and crockery. The house is used 'as a rammer residence. Tho Rev. Nixon will preach tomorrow, at the Quecn-stretft Chinch, niomtog and evening. The usual service will be held at Fitzrfoy at 7 o'clock, ' a7i6

"In Port Arthur women with a past were always prostmt.' —Captain Scott Harden. " " Captain Edwin wired.at 12.35 p.ni.; -^-IMioderate to strong southerly winds. Glass rise, tides, high, sea considerable swell. - There is a movement on foot in .Wellington ,to organigD a niounted inflan€r\ r corps composed of men who.served with the. New Zealand- contingents in South Africa. 1 -Accoxxling to Captain Scott .Harden, rfetdgswejie popular in Port Arthur before -the war, and "the favourite al\^aya won."/ rtThis wiil appear strange ,to, N^w $eaJanders. ■ ; During the past three years the Timaru Borough Council has received and expended 1 a sum'of tl6~ Jess than £73,SOO. The increase in the rateable va^ lue of the^ borough during the same period totalled '£OQOO. WifcK reference *o the' report ihaf a ccal opened up at Kawhia it seems that a syndicate of sctlers is finßliig about £1000 to exploit a .seam, t flat oH^grppa-oa^ ihjp banlcs of &"ttaVigal)ie>zivdr;' ralJdnfc 17 miles froni the-Jho&ds'' anH^bout'l2 miles from the township. Lilfe everyfr^sse, V Captain , Scott! Harden <<?gi<tfes< -I tne' Japanese great praise, for -thd*-?exc.e; Hent organisation' b-y.Jand^antf hospital ar-: rangements are also perfect, being re--plete with ;and..,minus lux-: Orids; n ItufeSans'^are^ vice I tT6'go; i-rti -rt- i appfca liisridi;^li i sridi;^ not keep xtp* the strict blockade of Port* Arthur t^?t ';^ as ' IP^^^^^PP&iepLil^ccord. ln S "to Cap" tain, Scott pardon, he toolr ifts^lii^s 1 ;to^ Jjajpan' to' be renovatedi lea^ihg 11 a'%*msp4iyuscfWdron about ten niiles off the entrance to the harbouri. This-evidently answered the purpose, altihoiig-h^Chi^esi 'j>inks> wii chickens,' green- shi% and, on'one occasion, tne Captain himself,.'fait'ai gaiihtfet that did not Sxist. • iS i Owing to the number of pigs which the Inglewopd^ Bacon Factory Company arc receiving, 1 they nave been compelled to make extensive additions to the factory.; Tenders are invited in tliis "issue ' .for. the work. During the past month this Company* ' h ave, | paid out £1335 for pigs. The distribution of tjns.Jajcge.sum,,.!^ addi^on to the c ordinary dairy factory cheques, throughout the'district will to some extent compensate farmers for the red'uced^'amoTm^^F^ln^inilk cheques caused by the unusual jspell of- dry weather^ %'g}*!^, ? A 13-year-old boy nam& Siminonds,' aso'n ' of Mr Siioimonds, (s.' member of the local staff of the Ra%way Department?..wias^^mit ted "to&ie hospital, on F^a/,sufferihg froiminjuries to his face^ and eyes. The ibpy. who has shown ;con&derable apim-ude in mechanical work, construed a model ateajm engine.* ;;^bi^.egf)er^nenting with ftKe moclePl o^^ha&da}?, night the" youthful engineer turnefl the wrong -valve to:shut off steam, f!he result being an explosion, and injury to the| boy as mentioned abovefi) Blindness' ensued, but it is anticipated that it| is only. t(snp!orary and Tjsdll be restored. OUr'Prida^ight tH^' patient was able to see the*? glimmer^fof a light in the rb'ota. -y Further particulars 6| the Akaroa tragedy are.^to hand. I^ppears that the cries of 'Mrs Sunckell^ who was being murderetf^s^^^i^ husband, were heard by a visitor to the house, named Harrow, a.nd..oji,,running, inside the latter fount! Mrs Lelievre (Sunckall's daughter), lying in a comer, Sunekpll was standing over his wife, who was on the "floor, striking her with a hunt.' ing crop. The visitor pulled the assailatnt" off, f arid Sundkell then tiuriied c^tr jHayroWy who ran and.goi an axe and struck Sunckell on the head and knocked him senseless^ This enabled Mrs Sunckell to away. Harrow then went to a Jieighbour's nouse to get assistance. . Whilst Harrow, was away getting j assistance Sunckell re- ' gained consciousness and went tci •au outhouse and got a tin of .keroscno, the contents of which' he emptied over the 'house, and'set a light to it.-- He found" his -wife and tried to drag her into the flames. Sunckell then cut "his- throat with" ;a ' carving 1 knife, inflicting a nast3jr:,wound .and severing an artery. Mrs Sunckell received twelve wounds*' chiefly ion the, head. The \Sydiiey /isforning Herald states 'that ihe values,of sheep penned at the Homebush fat stock saleyards are very high, in fact, as high as at any time «ince- ,the,recGr,d-'.' 'prices during / t\u drought, -tfhen^sheep - were imported -from New Zealand, antl in a lesser degree from and. Tasmania. At [ the sales on. IVtonday week <merin<; sold up to 20s 9d, and crossbred owes . to 20s 7d per head, while many pens; although not reaching such high figt .dres, ,were sold equal to 3^d per lb t /The -fact that high prices have beet ;. .ruling-, for..-some- -tijne, -and-yet - sup -; plies remain light, seems to indicate t -' paucity of fat wether . sheep in thi -! S&fyf&T&iC Experts estimate that c > the 33^ million sheep in the State, on •j' fy oneonillion or thereabouts arp c , agod wethers, the balance comprisin [>; about; 15 -million ewes, seven raillio »■ hoj^etsi-10 million lambs, and half , - mijly^f&W? 1; t4 s taere '^.aye been' v. . general rams this season* some part ; of the country aro dry, and pasturf ' bare, • cohsciq'uently stock are bein ; moved, and the prospects for the coir :< vng winter arc for a scarcity of f;: ' sheep''and dear mutton for-the co: sumer.-

The directors of. the 'Xcw PlytmpuUi Gas Co.. held a meeting on Friday, and decided, it is understood, on several up-to-date improvements. At Opunake on Thursday "G. N. Eb« butt was ordered to pay 20s per week towards the maintenance of his \vifo and child. Last year potatoes" could bo purchased anywhere in this district for 30s a ton. The prico now asked locally iis £12.— Manawatu Times. 'According- to the Mayor of 'Greytowai, the acetylene gas lighting oi the Borough, is three times dearer >th,an kerosene, and tho Council will •havo to resort to kerosene. ; Tho Japanese aro popularly sup-; posed to be an undemonstrative people, but if Captain Scott Harden is to pc believed, they shout f 'Banzai!" on jthe slightest provocation. j "What's wanted/ shouted a bookie pt the Te Kiri sports. "Rain/— and pat badly/ answered a dry -looking individual, presumably a farmer TBeer would be better/ replied the! layer of odds, — Opunake Times. J It is understood that the personnel 6f the Borough Council will be considerably changed after the next eleciion, not' through any personal feeling figainst the sitting members,- but because some of the present Councillors are anxious for a change. It is understood that the Mayor will not seek de-election and those in the same 1 ship ire Councillors Wood (who is. going iJgck on the land), Brooking, Medley, and probably Cliff. Time wild, h.owcver, telh jTibe writer of brass banJtl ntotes in phHstclhMrcih -Triuth says, :— lKaikorai can boast, of a reooiKl mot yet totDdhed in New ZlealaWd!. A re.rosfpect from 1891 to 1905 eawis for Jaihorai a- pecsuliai* -hotoilQfisr— always n/t3ie first fo-u!r, a^'d winjners of >rizes on every occasion th©y competd! If one oojisiders the jpoints scor|sd 6y 'Wellington and .Wiamgiartui Garijison an"d the -sterling Kaikorai "bands m. the contests UieTd in thie Nort/h, and BoHrfen Isladds from ,;1 891 to kjate, no Atner -thgcee 'barudjs can 'come within gunshot of tHeir record. (WJh^,t attoirt fjfe TaiianaJki Garrison Ban!d ?) !'| The Aai'cklanid Star refers 'to the tfepreati of aiag-wort at Te Raxira-JMba, in the JWaitoato. Messrs H. J. Greenslade and A. R. Harris, v?ho t as the Result of represent^ations made by the I settlers in . the ; locality, visiteid the > Jistridt, fduind ithjat the alarm, felt by ihe settlers was fully juistifierdi. Tho ! ; peist in, > thie district now. aJfecjts an area of at least 500/'acr'es> some aores o»f whieli is one 'xnass. of yellow bloom, aniti just on the verjge of seeidfing. Tiey at onlce telegtaplhejd to tie feigtht Holn. the ' Premier, . imjp^essing wpom 53am tihe ebjeorute-v necte^s?.ty for tie immediate *• outtinigi <d!own of the nlants now . in . bloom, with a view to breven'ting the seeding • anjd spread of the weeid over, th-e suMro/utoldliing counTtry. Mr Sedjdon hjas referred the matker to -Uhe {Minister' of Laridls for immediate attention. ,