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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144132, 30 June 1913, Page 2

AVhitebait have made their appearance in-the AVaitara, though they are as yet in small numbers. Tho pnpil teachers and probationers from the Omataj Frankley, Central, AVost End, Fitzroy and Bell Block schools mot in town to-day for the purpose of giving criticism lessons before the inspectors and head-toncliore. AVhere it was impossible to carry on without the teachers so engaged tho ■schoolchildren wore given a holiday. Beebe’s Vaudeville Show, which begins a two-night season in tho Theatre Royal to-night has had a very successful tour of the Dominion. It was tho attraction at tho Grand National season in Auckland, and will bo in Christchurch for the Grand National in August. At Auckland tho houses were crowded every night, and the performance was very popular. A house situated at the corner of tho Mountain and Denbigh roads at Midhirst, occupied by Mr. B. A. AVcyburne, was completely destroyed by firo on Saturday evening about 10 o’clock. The fire started in an iron chimney, and soon tho house was in Haines. Details are meagre, but from information received it is gathered that very little of the effects were saved. There was no insurance on the furniture. The latest thing in pyjamas j® the man who gets up last. Anyone with insufficient blankets for these cold nights should make an early call at the Melbourne, where there is a fine selection to choose from at very low prices. .For instance, a pair of double-bod size, all-wool New Zealand blankets, 20s pah - ; bluo-groy blankets, single-bed size, 8s lid per pair; threequarter size colonial white blankets, 16s 6d pair; also hundreds of rugs, Ss Iklrto lSetotL*-

Australian and English mails, ex Mahono at Auckland, will arrive here this evening. In the .Magistrate’s Court to-day, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., a firstoffending inebriate, who made on appearance, was convicted and fined 55." Good progress is being made with the alterations and additions to tho pavilion at the East End Bathing Reserve, and when the work is completed the building will form a very attractive structure.

All schools under the jurisdiction of the Wellington Education Board are to bo supplied with photo relief maps of New Zealand, the numbers to bo apportioned to each school in proportion to its size. It was decided to order 200 maps at a cost of 5s each for the one hundred and seventy schools in the district.

Arrangements are being made by the Canadian Pacific Railway to establish an express service which will perform the journey from Montreal to Vancouver in 72 hours. It will be the fastest transcontinental train on tho Coutinenj. Tho calculation is based on an average speed of 50 miles an hour for 60 hours, with 12 hours for stops. Alice Russon, principal girl of the “Puss in Boots’’ pantomime, stepped into Edna May’s shoes when the latter left the cast of “Catch of the Season’’ in London. Sho also was understudy to Phyllis Dare, and played her part in “Tho Belle of Mayfair.” Miss Ruseon played for a considerable time in musical comedy, and also made frequent appearances in comedy. The remains of nearly 6000 Chinese who died in California in tho last fifty years are being exhumed in order that they may be sent to China, where they will be reinterred. The remains- (Says tho Los Angeles correspondent of the Montreal Gazette) are carefully wrapped in soft cloth and placed in boxes, which are sealed. A steamer is being specially chartered to carry this unusual cargo. Tho belief of Chinese is that the soul of a man who is buried away from his native land is separated from tho spirits of his dead ancestors.

Mr. AY. H. Hyde, general manager of the Great Eastern Railway, speaking at tho annual dinner of tho Grdat Eastern Musical Society .in London, said that the Great Eastern Railway had built.up the largest suburban traffic iii tho world, only tp find great inroads made on this traffic, first by tramways and later by omnibuses. Decreased faros and more services, have affected tho railway’s prosperity,” ho added, “and the prosperity of tho Great Eastern Railway moans tho prosperity of East Anglia, where it spends £2,000,000 yearly in weekly wages.”

The Now Zealand Times, tho most strenuous Opposition journal, has nothing but praise for tho appointment of Air. Lang as Speaker, and only qualifies its approval of tho new appointments to tho Upper House in respect of Mr. Earnshaw —it cannot understand why ho, who is quite out of touch with Labour and its aims and aspirations of to-day, has boon chosen to represent Labour in the Council. Of Mr. Nicholls it savs that “his appointment certainly calls for approval . . . Ho is a man of decided ability, with a sound grasp of public affairs and a thorough understanding of the Native land problem.” Tbo Brougham Street Hall was crowded on Saturday evening, the concluding night of the first annual exhibition by rim Taranaki Arts and Crafts Society." During tho evening a promenade concert was hold, and songs wore given by Misses Taylor and M, Thomson, Messrs. J. Haslam, A. Gray, Fredericks and N. Day. Misses B. Hirst and Smith played tho accompani-, monts. Tho proceedings wore wound up with an impromptu little dance, which was an exceedingly happy conclusion to what lias boon a decidedly successful exhibition. The result has in every way been very satisfactory, and should be a groat encouragement to tho society in its exhibitions to come.

Tho AVaihi Telegraph says: —An amusing incident was witnessed at an incipient outbreak of fire in Messrs. AVynyard and Co.’s workshop at AVaihi last week. Tho clanging of the firebell and tho outpouring of dense smoko quickly attracted a crowd to the vicinity of the outbreak, and then many willing hands engaged in rescuing articles from AVynyard’s and Frnidcr’s, an adjoining workshop. AA’hilo Messrs. J. Ncwdick and other sturdy citizens were labouring at the removal of a motor car, a vouiig man rushed in and seized a heavy anvil. Ho tugged and exerted himself for all ho was worth, and finally succeeded, notwithstanding dense smoke and dashes of water from the firemen’s hose, through which he laboured, in dragging it clear of tbo building. Some of the bystanders said that in the smoke-begrimed rescuer of the anvil they recognised a prominent official of tho Borough Council. Tho “ragtime” craze has.spread all over tho world, and it clusters thickly amongst the songs and musical numbers in the J. C.AVilliamson pantomime “Pftss in Boots.” Tho cause of it all is a certain young gentleman of New York, named Irving Berlin, who this year has received something like £20,000 in royalties from ragtime melodies ho has composed. And lie is just 24 years of age. Four years ago he was a waiter earning £3 per week in a Bowery cafe. Ho has little knowledge of music, and ho gets tho melodies written down as they come from his inventive brain. His first effort ho sold for £5. It brought tho publishers £4OOO. Thou camo success after success. “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” “Tho Ragtime Violin,” “The Mysterious Rag,’” and “Everybody’s Doin’ It” are his biggest hits. The first and tho last .mentioned (the whole four are in “Puss in Soots”) are the rage for tho time being in all parts of the world. Over 3000 copies of each have .already been sold. . Giving evidence before the Railway Appeal Board at Palmerston, the audit inspector said he had found that systematic peculation had been going on in tho parcels office. Amounts on consignment notes had been altered, and lads wore collecting money belonging to tho Department. AVitncss identified instances on the consignment notes. This had been going on for about three months. They had also altered tho luggage tickets to show that nothing had’been collected on left luggage. Tbo Department got admissions from tho lads that they had defrauded the department and obtained the motley themselves. Tho officer in charge should not have failed to see that something was wrong. It would not be unreasonable to ask the clerk receiving £250 to see that tho work was properly carried out. In one case a 6d was made in such a wav that it could be made into a B, and then the J was put in front, indicating “J. 8.” for “Journey Broken,” for which there was no charge on left luggage, and the Cd wont into the youth’s pocket. Ho had found a large number of these “J. 8.” tickets, and all altered in tho same manner. For frosty weather the “Prestwcll” overcoat is a necessity. Made in the latest stylo, in colonial and English tweeds, they are the finest overcoats sold in Taranaki. The low prices usually prevailing at The Kash apply to these overcoats too. Commencing at 255, they range up to the highest grade at 555. Call round and see our outside display. *-