THE WEATHER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13371, 12 January 1907, Page 4

THE WEATHER.

White other parts of the colony are almost drought-stricken, North Taranaki is revelling in a copious rainfall which, despite minor drawbacks, i s upon the whole a great boon to the district. Doubtless some farmers are .experiencing- a difficulty in saving their hay in good order, and the continued moisture hafe had a bad effect upon the potato crops, but on the other hand the young twirnips, of which a considerable breadth has been sown, are thriving splendidly, and abundance of winter feed is becoming assured. Th© most important feature is, however, that the grass is growing freely, and thus the nuillc supplies are pretty well kept up-, though t v .e excessive heat has tenlded* to reduco the outpiit lately. White the grass continues to grow well other, things do not matter very greatly « in thiis district, and if farmers went in more for ensilage than hay rains at thiis season "Would have little or no bad effect.

Messrs Russell a nd' Son, monumental* Tffasons, iNew Plymouth and Uhwera, have forwarded us a eJ T handy and attractive tafcfle calendar. A German' named Wenndger, living in Auckland.., Ihinks he and his sister will inherit the estate of Mr Ludwig Loeffler, who died last. week in, London worth a million a nd a n al*« He i tbiinfete he is a nephew of the deceased millionaire.

"Primitive Methodism* was novel so strong in Wellington iia at the t>re®ent timr." — Rev. C. I£. War;!. President of the Xlonfgi'einOfc. It i« probable (says the Star), -that a H-awcTa-" ttia'm' of Association ' Cootballers will maU'C a tour as far south as Falnrerston North- at "Easter. Captain Edwin Wired at 1.2Q p.m. : — Northerly moderate" t:>\" strong winds. Glass fall, tides moderate, sea moderate, indications for .rain. *• . -The first reading 1 of stations at the Conference was , formally approved this mornings. Trroßfev. John' Nixon j has Jiecn granted a yoaft'*s rest. The new term " at tlje Fitihedjert Terrace Boarding and Day School ior Oirls^ -Wellington, will begin on. sch February, not 29th January, as was previously advertised. The Wollingittm tramways carried 16,046,300 people last your, whioh means that they carried the. whole population of that city and suburbs 251' times. ... . 'The'Pajtea Harbour, Board has '(says I t&e H»wera Star) practically re-en-tered on Farmer King's ironsand lease, and will shortly •oti-er' this and others to the public! ' ' " yi J v |The Taranaka Education Board has been advised that n .grant is available for a school at Kaeaea,: in thp new Waitomo county, Mr.Geo. Gran* is to proceed to Kaeaea to ctommenpe the erection of the .school, -which ■wjill be a temporary i one- , Local weather rqporl :t— Light northeasterly windw, * thermometer in- the. sfo'aide 14d&^.. j^iul the barometric reading 29.84. Sky overcast. AtTau-. po an 3 Nelson heavy rain, . and thunder and- rain, are and ( at Tiritirj -there has bea.n 21houxV fidg.. .The Rev. C. E. Ward w a s in a humorous, frame of mind on l?riday f and told the -audience at the citixens' meeting it was *by accident ho had been elected ' President of the Confereaace,havittg bepn bom by accident many ypars ago at TaranaM-^ • ■ Messrs Campbell'.' Ehrcniiried and Co., Auckland agents fpr Lloyds^ has received a telegram from Captain Willis, in charge ofih|j party 1 oii the Huia, which went north to search for the, treasure lost in the ill-faied 1 l^lirtg'amite, that £1500 had been, redovered. The ■money lost totals £17,000, and Captajn Willis expects to get more, of tKe treasure when' ' the | weather is suitable.' On Friday afternoon a trap accident happened in Devon-street, near the railway line. Mr Newton King's trap, fwas drawn up; on the.eanfc side of itih'e line, and when . a train cpttringi - ia to town began to whistle the horse backed; into the gutter. The occupants of the trap jumped out safely, and, beyond < the breaking of one oi the shafts of 'the 'trap, aro damage was done. ', Persons who are »in the, habit of Saddling dr swimming on Hhe sea^ shore below Liardet-street in front ol the 1 railway wall should take warn*injr, as last evening two large sharks, owe estimated to be fully} 10ft. and another 7ft., were cruising up and down only a few yards i from $hore ; in fact, the smaller c*ne was at one time a ctuaHy stranded, 'tout its luck Ws in, as a 'kittdly succeeding wave ran up the beach at tlve critical mo ment, and 1 it was enabled . to make good its escape. There} was a fair crowd on the- ( be a ch t who. witnessed this occurjrentee. As this nice stretch of beach is extensively .used . every day by women arid children, it behoves them 'ttf he extremely,, careful ; and we are informed that juveniles are often there without 'anyone being in charge of them. > At a meeting of. the Parochial Trusr tees of St. Mary's Church, held on Friday, the following resolution* was passed :— "The trustees of St. Mary'sParochial Trust, New Plymout-hv place on record the high esteem in which they held the late Mr Clarence Kunnoll, tihe Secretary of tlie Trust,, from its inception. His connection with the finance of the pariah and archdeaconry for ai period extending over 38 years gave him a knowledge- of the Church's business concerns which was of .gregt value m ,th« transaction o-f the. Trust's business. This, with his uriauHied 'reputation in business', and family 'life, gave tho Trustees an officer in whom they had the greatest confidence and respect." It was also decided to forward a copy <jl ihe ret-s-olution to the family* In all probability the hot weather will continue for at least two months longer. You will reqUrire somethingcool to w« a r. Blyth and C o . are offering 20 Cream Tennis Flansnel Costumes, tailor-made, all worxl, very smart in appearance, /for 2 P/ c a s^This is. a prico for.pash only. The ordinary price is. ,45/.— Advt. THE GUINEA POEM ! * ' • , .if - A CHEQUE FOR £1.1/ has *>•<» sent to the writer of this"vers»— Mrs. F. W. iyt., Brighton, Otago. Having heard qf SAPO^ T , I bought some, full of hope, And finding it most ..excellent,. 1 Have now discarded soap.

1 The attendance of ladies and girls at the swimming baths has been very large during the lust few days*-. One of thy sj oakcr.s at tlu« c'-li^cns' iiiiO't<i'i>g on Friday who sought U< yittthf-r imo)inat"-'un a« to tho oll'act o^ tho no-liecnso down south, obtained this for preformeo from policemen, who all described it as a boon. Of course, he might have got his information: from a minister, but ihe gvu-jral public held tho opinion- that minfiste-rs were prejudiced on thcs?o questions. The Fitzroy now Primitive Methodist Church will be opened to-mor-row. The Ke-v. C. E. Ward, son of the founder of th<j oJd ftemii Church, will preach at 11 a.m. Tti the evening at 7 o'clock the Be»v. W\ S. Potter will ccarduct tho wrvico. The choir will render special anthems at both ssrvices. On Monday the opening tea will beheld at 6 p.m. in the ' Fitaroy Hall, followed by a meet'.ng at 7.30. Iha G<-,'nf(;rj.ncf> Vice-Frcsident will prea'de, and fahe spoaliers will be the Revs. Clover, Guy, Ward, Woolloxall, and ¥r J. Cl<?men<t. At the recent lawn tennis tourney two events were not finished. Miss Udy aud W. Brown were in tn'e final roumd far the Combined Handicap Doubles and Miss A. Dicfkie and' Keith and Miss E. Dickie and Wallace in- the semi-final. The latter tealm gave a by«, and the prizes were divided amipiig the o*her two teams. Dickie and Wallace were left in the final for the- Taranaki Championship Men's Singles, but d^d,pot f play off, appor'tionii'lag, tKe. prize nionay to the rti"n-ners-up in, the -Men's- ISanclicap Singles (Pearse) lane tne Men's Ohampi<vnship Singles (Dr. KeitK),