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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12867, 27 May 1905, Page 5

Iho temperature this morning was o2 dctrr&m hi tJw; shade, and barometrical reading '29.98. Tho official opening of the Christchurch electric tramways has been lixeel for June 5. The Secretary; of the Town Band to acknowledge a donation of wu*ie from Me D. McKranon Batn. In an English harbour recently, the steamer Breeze, commanded by Captain Gale, was bcrthcid directly opposite the steamer Hurricane. F IXiriiicr four mouths (x«p to April) tlm Saltation Al-my has supplied 128,000 farthing breakfasts to chiMrcn in Lomlon. Thy Chris tcl&irch Ciiy Council ih!ass uurmi to pay four bands £50 each to air municipal co.meertst during next summer. Tho Government intend establishing a maternity home in Christchurch, and a report is being made on two sites under offer. Ji-auscholdors in favourable terms of the frerfh fish s'l^jlied by tMr J. Grupen. The clcmankl already proUKsets to be a big one. A sixty-acre farm in the {Warrnajnhool district, Victoria, adapted for potato and grain gi*owixig, sold tho other day at £65 per acre. As criObagc tournament was played at- the Foresters' Hall on Friday between employees of tho ( Egm>ut Brewery and the Sash ant* Boor Factory, the former coming out triumphant . by eighteen games to fifteen. An enjoyable evening was s]oent. it'll this istfue an inset is circulated with reference to t\ic admission of l)r. Van Slyke to see fihe (practice of the Directors of the Royal London Opthalmic Ilowipital. Dr. Van Slykc is a well-known eye specialist in x Yellington. Mr Andrew Carnegie, addressing a body of technology students in !Ye\v York, said :—"! have about exhausted the library business, and I ft.ni now taking up the sniall colleges. I dislil^ 1 to see men excelling in footlblall or t lungs- pertaining to the foot; . I prefer to sco head work." How .money manufactures public opinion is exemplified in the purchase of the Standaixl newspaper by Mr Pearson. The Standard used to be a strong Free Trade organ, bjut Ms Pearson's views are similar to Mr Chamberlain's, and, of course, they will find expression in his paper, and thus go towards "echoing" public opinin. A meeting of .the ladies' committee in connection with the Garrison Band bazaar, io be held in} February nelxt, was held in the Council Chamfours on truiay afternoon. An «ncotiraw-ing report was made, and after discussion various- necessary 'details wero arrain^. cd. Tho "sewing Wee starts wfort on Friday next. A Gisborne bankrupt, examined on Friday, attributed his failure to speculating on the totalisator, bad debfe, and losses with horses. He started a boarding-house with £7 capital, and wound up with £205 10s unsecured liabilities. The assets were practically nil. He stated he expecfrid his w ife to come inta '£1000, but the will was altered. As advertised in this issue, sittings of the Land Commission will be held in the Taranaki district as follows :• — At New Plymouth on . Monday, 29ih (May, at 10 a.m., Whanlgjfajmomowa, Wednesday, jtf'ay 31st, at 10 a.m., Strathmore, .Thursday) Ist June, at 11 a.m., and Stratford, Friday, 2nd June, at 10 a.m. It is to be hoped that all settlers who have any evidence to give will .make a point of tenurng. JL fight on a train going south on Thursday will probably be vcnlilated in the Police Court. Three men, a Maori woman, and a bottle played a part in the affair, and facial disfigurement was the portion of two of the principals. A constable- was on the train, and ho took a note of the occurrence. Later one of Iho parties was ejected from the train, hot being able to produce a railway ticket, which he had probably left on the piano. „£ Extract froim Bloemfontehi Post of April 11th:— It might be interesting tot my readers to know that -hens lay black eglgs as well as white, and no less than four eggs perfectly black were laid in Fouriesburg during the past week Hy a nen belonging to Mr Barford- The eggs were absolutely bona fide black, and I myself rubbed the shell to see if the marking would disappear, but I could make no, difference whatever in the colour. This seems a uni^fie case, and thfas my reauon for'; sending it for pu-bjlioa'tion. iWJhiteley Church, Sunday, May 28th, preacher^ Bevj J. Newman Buttle. Subjects : Morning, "Paul, the Aged;" evening, "The Kevival Movement/ Visitors -f-o town and non-church goers cordially invited .t-t Aclvt. The services in Queen-street Primitive Methodist Churcil to-morrow will, be as follows :— -Morning at 11, Rev. H. Daniel ; evening at 7; Rev. John Nixon. The Rev. H. Daniel will be at Fitzroy at 7 p.mv— Advt. Shareholders of the Equitable Building Society Ist and 2nd groups will note that subscriptions will be payable at the Society's office, Curriestreet, on Monday, between the hours of 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.— Adv*b94l. There's no harm in "Malko" ; it makes a real good drink. You cannot imagine better.— Advt.