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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13746, 8 September 1908, Page 4

Mrs George Bayly forwards a parcel of "Books for Bushmen." The Taranaki County Council has two trucks which it desires to dispose of, as no use can bo found for them. But it is finding difficulty in doing so. "I think wo had better advertise them for sale outside the district," remarked a Councillor yesterday. ''They are too woll-known here."

The Hospital Ball, to be held in the! Theatre Royal on Thursday will be under the patronago of the Taranaki Hunt Club and visitors to the Club's race meeting. The purchase of a double ticket for the ball means, with the Government subsidy, a donation of over lls to the Hospital funds. The musio is to be provided by Mrs George's orchestra of seven instruments.

There was a big rush for tickets when the box plan for the "Humpty Dumpty" Pantomine opened at the Dresden Rooms this morning. It is regrettable that the queue system is not adopted on such occasions. There was quite a struggle to gain -admission to the shop this morning during which one of tho glass panels in the door was smashed. Ladies were pushed on one side in unceremonious fashion and several went away in disgust.

St. Joseph's School Social held last evening, was largely attended. Twen-ty-two tables vfere engaged in the euchre tournament. The prizes were won as follows : — Ladies : First, Mrs Acland (fancy worked tray) ; second, Miss Oliver (set toilet brushes). Men's: First, Mr N. West (silver-mounted pocket book); second, Mr A. Higgs (handsome cigar case). After supper the floor was crowded with dancers till a lato hour. Mr James supplied the niusio and Mr J. A. Glarko was M.C.

An unsatisfied demand fcr farm workers for Otago is re.pon.eJ m the Dunedih Times.

During Fleet Week in Sydney the trams carried 4,282, 800 passengers, who] paid £25,349 in fares. j

A Timaru tobacconist, for keeping his shop open after 7 o'clock at night! when it should have been closed at that 1 hour, was fined £0 and costs ( £1 8s).

The Parliamentary reporter of the Auckland Star says it is confidently expected that the House will prorogue in the first week of October, and that the elections will take place at the end of November.

The voluntary cancellation of the registration of tho Shipmasters' Association of New Zealand ia announced. This was an industrial association 01 workers, rogistei-ed number 471, situated at Wellington.

The boycott of American goods iiij China, is producing some remarkable! effects upon the statistics of Chinese; imports. In 1905 China importedj 12,566,093 pieces of American plain] cotton goods; in 1906 she imported 8,544,163 pieces; and in 1907 only 578,647 pieces from the States; and that was reduced almost to nil by the re-export of 519,598 pieces of American goods.

For burying a horse, the sum of 10s was charged to the Wellington and Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board by tho local body at Petone. "A strange item," remarked one of the members to tho Board, "to be charged to charitable aid!" The horse, it appeared, belonged to someone who had no money to bury it. The item was deducted from tho account as one which should be a charge on the local Borough Council.

While manoeuvring over Brighton Beach, New York, on July 12, the airship owned by Mr Hamilton, in which he was seated at the time, collapsed and fell into the sea below. When the accident occurred the airship was poised quite a thousand feet above the surface of the earth, but fortunately the gas escaped sufficiently slowly to break the fall to a large extent, and when the aeronaut \ias picked up he was found to be uninjured. A hundred thousand people had 'assembled to wit"ness the ascent, and the mishap caused enormous excitement.

From several of the suburbs during the last three or four weeks petty thefts have been reported. The Frankley Road district has not been overlooked, judging by the remarks of one of the shareholders at the dairy factory annual meeting yesterday. In this case, however, it is not horses-rugs, ■ broody hens, and such-like that have been ! 'lifted, ' but cream. "I would like," said the" shareholder referred to, "as there are several new-comers taking up their abode in the district, to) warn them that we have a mean, sneaking, cowardly thief among us that can't leave milk-cans alone. He comes in the night and skims off the cream and puts water in the milk. I warn you to keep your eyes open." j

At a meeting of the New Plymouth Abattoir Committee, held last night, tho following motion was passed : "That the Committee regrets that Messrs Gamlin and Co- should have made a complaint of hides .having been cut at the abattoirs, and after the charge had been enquired into and substantiated, the claim should be withdrawn without v , explanation. The Committee further regrets that Messrs Gamlin and Co. should have seen fit to entirety ignore the invitation' to attend this meeting -of the Abattoir Committee-" also "that in view of the above circumstances Messrs Gamlin and Co. be requested to reimburse to the Council the cost of the enquiry, amounting £2 25."

An endeavour is being made by all the larger agricultural and pastoral! societies of the North Island to make 1 some' satisfactory arrangement of show dates, to that .410 one important show will clash wi,th . andther. The" Taranaki and Auckland societies are now making, an /arrangement, and both are requesting the Wanganui Society to hold its show a week after the Manawaiii fixture, instead of a fortnight, as at present, and then Egmont and Taranaki sliows 'will folldw in the two following weeks, and Auckland a week after Taranaki. . This arrangement will not only greatly assist in the selection of judges of stock by the different societies, but will enable breeders ol pedigree stock to exhibit at all the important shows in the North Island.

Progress for September contains^ as usual, a great amount of interesting matter for the scientist, mechanic, architect, and builder. There are articles on the, patent law of Great Britain, the navies of the world, and the latest in regard to Brerinan s monorail. In the electrical department we learn of a new phase in modern warfare — electric artillery; and to this interesting section must be added some notes on; a new "wireless," and an account of the great desideratum of all electricity users, the ideal primary battery. Several pages are devoted to building and , invention, while the achievements of the pioneers in aerial navigation find fitting acknowledgment. In addition to literary merit shown, excellence of paper ana printing go to produce a number highly creditable to the publishers, Messrs Baldwin and Rayward. :

"When is a drunk not a drunk P" Aj Christchurch case revives a debate in which all manner of disputants, from the Chief Justice downwards,- have been engaged in New Zealand at odd times. A wooden-legged man was arrested on a charge of drunkenness. Seven; policemen, declared that the monopod was intoxicated when Raptured, but his counsel entered a plea of "not guilty." The lawyer asserted that his client was able to walk in a straight line towards. a piece of paper, picked it up, and return with it, still in a straight line, to a doctor who watched the .performance. This doctor gave evidence in court, and mentioned that no definition of drunkenness had yet been decided upon. The lawyer forgot that drunkenness attacks some men in the head rather than in the legs, and in such a case a wooden-legged man would have some sort of advantage over an ordinary biped inebriate. Even if the liquor did not commence to assert itself in the lower quarters, the woodenlegged man would have only one limb to oome under the influence, and the other could be used as a sort of prop to steady the erring member. Such a man, with two wooden legs, might be able to get outside of a cask, and,remain able to walk straight enough to satisfy a Euclid. Apparently some such thought ran through the mind ot the level-headed magistrate, Mr H. W. Bishop. "It is absurd to put forward such a defence," he remarked. He not only slapped a fine of 40s upon the accused, who had been previously convicted, but threatened to send him to the Pakatoa Home for chronio drunkards. Wooden-legged, straight-going men with a fondness for spirituous, fermented, or malted liquor, are advised to steer clear of Christchurch. — Wellington Post. - .

The butter merchants of Auckland have decided to rcauce tlu> price ot standard brands of butter to V 2' 3 d per lb wholesale.

Tho construction of -the Wan^mui electric tramways is progressing i'a\ourably. Most of the important lines have been laid and the erection _m the ot crhcad gear has been commenced.

The records of the first complete year's operations oi' tho Wellington City Council's electric lighting department show that after providing for interest, sinking fund, and depreciation, there is a net profit of £6122.

At the anniversary celebrations of the battle of Te Ngutu o te Manu, a New Plymouth visitor was greatly impressed with tho evidences of prosperity among the settlers. There was a very large collection of motors, traps, and bicycles. This spectator estimated the attendance at about three thousand. Some time ago the German steamer Sesostris went ashore near Ocos, on the coast of Guateniala. All efforts to float her have failed, and the vessel has been abandoned. Neither hull nor engines havo been damaged, and the ship's dynamo is now used to light the town of Ocos by means of electric cables stretched from the vesel. At Timaru on Thursday last a child of ten years was convicted and discharged on a charge of stealing £2 from a private house. It was shown that the child watched the occupants of the house when they were going out, and had seen them hide tho key of the house. Having gained possession .of it, the child effected an entrance and stole the money. Something of a phenomenon was witnessed in the heavons last Thursday (says the Auckland Herald). Shortly after 4 p.m. a meteor was seen to flash across tho sky from near tho zenith towards the east. On its way it burst into five or six separate portions, ILk6 a rocket, and left behind a trail of light similar to the glare of magnesium. The Wairarapa Standard ajmonrices th i visit to Carterton of a Parliamenraij party (which consisted of Government supporters only) to inspect a b'ne of 50 acres set aside by local residents as a suitable site for the now , Parliament House. This party consisted of Hon J. A. . Millar (Minister for Labour), Hon. J. Carroll (Native Mini.*tei>, Hon A. R.. Guinness (Speaker), and Messrs Rornsby, Hckc, T. MacKenzic, Ross, Seddon and Witty, M.'sP. The final stage in the merging of the Carrington, jrrankleyj • and Elliot Road districts into the Taranaki Couirty was reached yesterday. The Taranaki County Council then, in a special meeting, confirmed the special orders dissolving tlies^ road v districts and altering the boundaries of the Omata Riding to adniit^f v their inclusion in the County as the Hurworth Riding. There was no opposition to the confirmation of the "Orders. The road districts will cease to exist on March 31 next. / In advocacy of the suggestion that a team of ten boys from New Zealand should be sent to England to take part in the competitions at Bisley next August, Major Robb, .writing from Auckland to tho Prime Minister, says : — "I beg leave respectfully to bring before your notice at this early date the advisability of sending Home a team of New Zealand lads to compete, for the Empire trophies at . Bisley in August of next year. Now, when the Dominion is congratulating itself on tho, lustre which her youthful representative has shed upon her, would seem a fitting time to bring the matter before your Parliament with the purpose of securing a grant for next year's representatives, so that no time may be lost or confusion caused in the equipment and drilling of^such a' team. Apart from the fillip which it -would give to the cadet movement, the advertisement the Dominion would receive would more than pay for the entire cost. I have received papers from different parts of England,, ail eulogising the action of the New Zealand Government in sending a representative] so far across the seas. I nave no hesitation in saying that a team of ten boys, isjho would worthily represent the Dominion, could be picked from our ever-growing army Of cadets."

At the foot of a half-burned stump On Dr. Chappie's Makerua property, a skull and one or two human bones were discovered a few days ago- by an employee. The remains had evidently been only a little while exposed. The .man made further investigation, and pn removing the soil three whole skele-i tons were exposed to view — one that of a man, another of a woman, and the third of a child. Dr. Chappie, who has seen the skeletons, ■ states that the stump at the foot of which they were' found stands on a small dry eminence 106 yds or so from the maitf road. The bodies had lain there apparently for many years. The grass had sprung Over them, and concealed them from sight, but the recent fires had eaten into the roots of the stump, and exposed the relics once more ' to . human sight. Dr. Chappie has taken the preliminary steps towards solving the mystery by submitting the bones to experts to ascertain their age. . Ills opinion is that they had occupied their shallow resting-place for nearly, half a century. Whether they are tho skeletons ot Maoris or Europeans it is al-j raost impossible to tejl. One interesting and important thing is that on the left upper arm brine of the male, near the biceps, is a large derit, evidently an injury inflicted before death. This, however, only-, adds to the mystery.

A frock wnich nearly proved 'fatal to tho New-Plymouth Harbour Empovr-; cring bill was the plural voting clan >c, j a determined effort being made to in- 1 sis • upon the principle of one man one, vote. Mr Hogg, of Masterton, \n»s •"'try emphatic in denouncing the pluril vote, saying: — "The honourable member for Taranaki, who is in charge of th"s Bill, has effected what the people, of tho Dominion have been trying t*> do a.l the year, i.e., to bring about a coalition of the two parties in ti.is House. We have seen here to-night the Government going into the lobby vith the Opposition, voting against a principle which this party has fought for and 'brought into existence many yearse ago, viii, the abolition of plural voting. I do not think I have setn such a disgraceful state of affairs as thert has been to-night, the leader. of the Government leaving the main supporters of his party to assist a member of the Opposition to bring into existence a principle that. -we have been fighting to do away with for a number of years. The effect of this wiJI be farreaching and must do harm to the supporters of this system." Mr Laurenson (Lyttelton) said:— "We have looked upon the member for Taranaki as having Liberal views, as he has voted with us to bring about many useful reforms, but in this measure he, appears to have sold himself to the rank Tory, and I am surprised at his giving such a measure hia^upport."

It is announced that Mrs Stevenson has sold tho estate ot her husband, Hgb; crt Louis Stevenson, who died m ±OJ* at Vailima, Samoa, for the sum ot £5000. If it be true as reported, that PW»I dent Roosevelt is to get over #lAIWU ! for his projected book on his {African hunting adventures (says the Wpstmin- : ster Gazette), it will take a very high • place indeed among lucrative volumes, although t here have been mall^ tha I have run. into five figures. I A wealthy syndicate, including representative's of Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, has been f<£med to compete with the American oir^rust m Europe. The new, company^ intends joining hands with the greai^frussian oil firms .an,d evontually buying them out. *' . f ■ . In the Magistrate's Cotfrti this morning, before Mr H. S.^ .£***«*«s?. S.M., judgment for plaintiff in jfcfoatt of defendant was given in eachi of tlie following civil cases:— H. S^rfces V. George Gibbs, £1 2s 0d (costs fs) j G. R. West v. B. J. Baker, £3 3s Id (£1 4s Od) : Werekino Road Board Pxki Tararua, 4s (10s). In the jhdgment summons case of Edward Dixon J5McPartlatid, a debt of £2 19s 6d, debtor was ordered to pay the amount within one week, with the alternative of fourteen days' imprisonment. The Hon. Oliver Samuel telegraphs to the Herald from Wellington: "Tlie Harbour Bills, Opunake (myself in charge) and New Plymouth {Hon.-T. Kelly in charge) were -passed inthia order by the different Local BilteXJom- , .mittees with trifling amendments. I au4 Mr Kelly respectively move the second . readings to-morrow. Consider both, safe." Japanese residents at Seattle, have decided to withdraw their children, from the- public schools, because tho education given is not satisfactory to then!., Japanese schools and Japanese instructors will be substituted for American schools and American instructov&, and the Japanese interested say, diplomatically, that this is due\ to * desire to avoid a repetition of the San Francisco trouble. Tho latest Parisian novelty -in female coquetry, is the "planting** of eye-^-Jashes and eyebrows. The operate©n ia very delicate and painful. A 16ng! hair is singled out of the patient's head. A needle is threaded with it, and forcea f in and out of tho skin along the edge ol the eyelid, forming a series of loops. These loops are then cut at the extremities with a pair of scissors, and tbo rows of lashes thus obtained are curloa upwards 'with curlers. The Egmont Lodge, No. 112, 1.Q.G.T., held its weekly, session last evening in St. Mary's Hall. Bro. J. C. Legg, C.T.. - presided. One candidate was proposed and one initiated into the lo£ge. The committee in , charge of arrangements for the anniversary "At Home" reported that they had them well in hand. Sister Mrs Bruce handed in, her resignation \f rom the office of superintendent qf the Junior Temple. The resignation was accepted with -regret. It was decided.to hold an open night on September 27th instead .of the "Trial by Jury.'* The Rev. Leonard Jsiti will speak on that occasion to temperance workers and friends. The, item for the evening was "Single Members'. Night.** v A good programme of musical ancj, vocal . items was rendered. - \^ '" There are evidences that >fcbe export of frozen meat from Australia to «Eapait' is likely to become established on a permanent- lfe*}ss£sfcnding foundation. The Melbourne Age states that^isome time ago a Melbourne firm having an extensive connection |n Queensland obtained a contract for. sending beef from there, to Japan; an,d £he i Queensland Meat Exporting Company is ako opening up the same ground, and recently shipped 300 carcases of mutton rom Sydney, as well as 145 quarters of beef. ' The experimental and other shipments . so far made have up to the present all been from the northern States, where there are certain advantages both in facilities for cheaper production and for shipping. At the same time, if the large population of Japan once, began to absorb meat on a large scale, the demand would inevitably affect Victorian producers beneficially. A girl of twenty-two years, small in statute and with tranquil features, met death at dawn on July 20 in tU« prison yard of Freidberg, Germany. She was Grete Beier, the daughter of the Saxon burgomaster, who in May, 1907, killed her lover after forging 9* will bequeathing' aH his proflerty to her. She was^ sitting with him and playfully bade him open his mouth aud shut his eyes in the manner of the children's game. She slipped thh muzzle of a pistol between his teeth and pulled the trigger. She moved without a tremor to the guillotine, and listened quietly to the reading of tho deatln warrant, making a sign of resigned acquiescence as the decree ana the Signature of the King^of Saxony, who had declined to stay the execution, were shown to her. Finally^ -always more tranquil than those who watched her — she submitted to the shackles and bent her body. She^ cried in a firm, clear voice, "Father,*" I yield my spirit into Thy hands," and as she uttered the kißt syllable the krfif e fell.