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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 13927, 4 August 1905, Page 4

'Mr Seddon hopes the North Island Main Trunk Railway will be coinplet-i ;"ed 'by the' general elections of 1908. The temperature this morning wad 55 deg. in the shade, arid barometrical reading 29.90. The Hawera Borough Council passed a resolution in favour of the Fire Brli grades Bill being' passed this session. Mr Hogg, during the Financial debate, accused t^e Government of resting on their oars in regard "to progressive legislation. They had been so" long in office that they were growing fat arid lazy. • . M'orey and Sou, Devon-street, whose! great winter ' sale has been so mucK talked about, announce that the sale will terminate in about a fortnigiht's time, and the bargains are made to) suit the circumstances: "During the Financial debate Sir J* .G. Ward said, as to the attacks on! the Life Insurance, that the Depart* ment diet nearly, half of the, life busw ness of the Colony, and he urged thaiJ they could not expect the department to, run-side-by side with, oowerful un stiUitions if its foundations were pulled up. Thft department was well conducted and stable, and all this effort to discredit it would not have the desired effect. Again, on Thursday evening, vtiie t attendance "at the ,' third euchre party; held in St. Joseph's Schoolroom was verj 1- large, all available space being! taiken up. A- very pleasant time was spent by all; arid' the management must be congratulated on the excellent arrangements. ?In I the euchre tournament, the lady's prize was won 5 by Mrs Whittle, and for the-gentle-man's prize tlce Father MacMamis arid Mr iJ. / Jones played off, the former winning. The rev. ,'gentleman hanided bade the prize for competitiort at next tournament. Mrs Duller arid Mr A. Carter secured the "teooby"' prizes. " Afteri refreshment^' dancing was indulged in for an- hour or two. The Rev. J. J. Pendray, Wesleyau minister at Waitava, gave a lecture inthe Primitive Methodist Church, New Plymouth, :ori Thursday, evening, ori the factious- Cornish! character "Billy; Bray.V There was. a satisfactory attendance, and the lecturer had sympathetic listeners. personally known "Billy Bray," arid often taken: part in tEe same religious services, Mr Peridray was able to visibly depict? the witty «nd eccentric character, and to retail incidents '. in his life whicK would be new to tKose wt'o had only reaSl of "Billy Bray's" career. The lecture was an interesting one. The Rev.-Jtohti Nixon was in tKe chair. Afi the conclusion of the lecture Mr J. H. Rdberts (a Cornishman)) m'ovecT - e( heary vote of thWks to .the lecturer; arid iKe g-athering heartily. feplpro!ve3 by acclarii'ation. A Westport wire states :—The boar 3 set up to inquire into the managements of the Seddonvillo State Coal Mine re« ceived lengthy evidence .'rotm Mr Bishop, General-Manager of the Murray Mine, the manager and other officiate connected with -the mine. The evidence* went to show- that' there was a considerable q^uaritily of slack or small coat in the mine, for which the management had found a difficulty in obtaining a market. TKe prices obtain--ed for the coal for a time w«re a loss on- the working - expenses, but more satisfactory prices were now being obtained, and the coal from- the south' area was valued for houseKolct pur« poses. The Chief Engineer of the Westport dredging flotilla said the coal used had destroyed the bar in the furnaces, but the effect was not so n«ti- * ceable where a, forced draught ,wa» used. ' When colds arid influenza i-ago, They add to life a dismal page, They make us all look" twice our ag*- I'And scatter slea^h around. 'Tis then we find a friend po sure, In William Woods' Great Pepperm!ir6 cure, ' t

At Messrs / Bewley V and Griffiths" mart to-morrow there will be a larg*elsry /o* { poultry including laying pullets. . v . . - The committee ' of j the St. Mary's bazaar have received an offer from a gentleman in Auckland to take over ijhe 'stalls and scenery of /'Yfi Oldo English Fair," at ' the/ close , of tho bazaar here on October 13. The appropriations for roads and bridges will, Mr Seddon hopes, be increased this year from. £300,000 ,to £500,000. What we Would like to know is, how much will be actually expended on roads and abridges during the year. { Appropriations go) for nothing unless the money is spent. The contractors (the Brush Co.) for the installation of the ' electrical scheme in the -New Plymouth Borough, have commenced the work, commencing with the high tension main at'Todd's corner /on the i 'Avenue Boad. Tho greater portion of the .necessary pioles ar,e~now on hand. Mr Fenn (of Messrs Stewart and Fenn) is acting as con* struct ing engineer. With reference to a paragraph which appeared in Monday evening's issue to the effect that Mr E. T. Morshead had succeeded to a baronetcy through tho death of | Sir Warwick Morshead, we now learn authoritatively that such is notJ the case. ,It appears - that although Mr Morshead is next of kin to the deceased baronet he is not in the line of succession and hence does not succeed. We regret having " given currency to the report. The septic] tank in connection with the Borough drainage scheme has now been completed, and made tight. Owing to the very wet condition of tho ground, some trouble has been experienced in getting the walls perfectly dry and the cementing- thoroughly tight. Lead pipes have had to be free-* ly used to drain the • water . through, the wells and , assist, .the • inner facing in drying. / This process has proved effective. The third of the series of concerts inaugurated by the New Plymouth Military • Band * will be held in the Theatre Royal this evening. The preceding concerts are sufficient guarantee to warrant a packed house ; never during: the histo:y of the Band (which extends over .20 years), have these concerts been so well patronised.l The interest shown iby New Plymotith people is very encoxtraging and much appreciated by the performers 5 who give, their services! gratis for the furtherance of music in this city. The road cycle race, Invercargill to Wanton and back, a distance of 40 miles, to select a l rider to represent Southland in the Timaru to Christchurch road i-ace on 2nd September, was run recently and won by J~ Wilson (Mataura), from the 0 yards mark, in 2hrs. 18min. 15-ssec. The winner carries off the first prize money, £2, and trophies, together with the Dunlop, Company's £5. N The animal report of' the iNew Zea-. ? land Methodist Home Mission 1 Church' Extension Fund contains some interesting particulars." This year a nsw departure is made, the 'report, in book form, and nicely printed by Wilsons and Horton, Auckland, containing sev-, eral pictures. The work done at the Three Kings College has, we gatner, been excellent, and reports from the several- Maori missions are, on the whole, encouraging. On. *!:his coast th« Jlev. T. G. Hammond and the Bey. Kobert Haddon (Tahu Potiki) have laboured earnestly, and in face of many disadvantages, but there ar." favourable points 6i outlook for tl)*' - future. In Auckland district there ar; 10 Maori churches and 58 other meeting places, with seven ..joinisters, S'S local preachers, 18 class leaders, 1325 church" members, 34S Sunday scholars, , and 4900 attendants in public worship. From all the Home Mission Stations good reports have been icceived, and the Christian Bndeavourers have also done excellently. The several- circuits in the Taranaki province respond6d well to calls on behalf of the Mission Funds, bu% there is vet much' to be done, and the scope of the missions is daily being increased..