TARANAKI SPECIALS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6216, 12 May 1887, Page 3

TARANAKI SPECIALS .

SMELTING TIIE IRON SAND. ANTI-BARMAID PETITION.

DR LAISHLEY'S EDUCATION R RT. ARCHBIS DWOOD. " TB WHITI'S PIPE LIT AGAIN. (FfiOM ODB OWN OOBBISPONDENI.) N«w Pltmooth, May 11. ' Another attempt is being made to smelt the iron sand, and Mr Hipkins, a Stafford-

shire ironmaster, and his son, are now here to superintend. The experimental tr^il is to be made in a furnace at Henui " Jfltioh was built some 10 years ago. Today more men were taken on and a bridge was being conttinoted from the fnrnace to the bank, while men are engaged cleaning up, eto. Everything appears to be progressing satisfactorily. Petitions have been sent to Parliament from here praying that barmaids may not be employed in hotels. Considering that this town ia free from what the petitioners objeot to, they have little to complain of, and to send a petition to Parliament ob, jecting to what does not exiit here v rather ridiculoui. Referring to Dr Laishley's report on State Education the Herald says it is the exudation of a brain paralysed by a f«d, and that the £70 spent in proof correction was a downright wilful waste of public money. Arohbishop Redwood arrived by the Havre* from Manakau yesterday morning aooompinied by the Key Father Kirk. His Grace was received by the Rev Father Cassidy and driven to the Presbytery. He left by the train in the aiternoon for Hawera, and opens and consecrates a new church at Manaia on Sunday. Mr Brett, proprietor of the Auckland Star, was a passenger by the Hawea. He stayed here last night and Jeft for Wanganui this morning on his way to Wellington. Work is being carried on steadily at the iron sand worki, and preparations for the trial are smoothly being pnihed forward. Pheasants and pigeons are very plentiful this year, and sportsmen have no difficulty in securing a full bag in some distrioto. Te Whiti is about to become more aotive in his political speeohes, and the natives are looking forward to a revival of the Parihaka meetings: