Taranaki Herald.

NO. 13,05?. VOL.L.V.(Published by Special AriangemrnL.)

NEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY. MAY 15, 1909.ESTABLISHED 1352,

THE SCHEMING LADY

THE ADVENTURES OFRUSSeLL HOWARD.

PRICE ONE PENNY.montwJorho frequently found that hewas U'tt to entertain tho jounger lad.\,while licr iiunt was <haimingl.\ appr--n.itiw ot Loid I'ondeirj

Oiko Ih> mentioned this to MibSYansselin. ..

"Oil1" she icplicd, "Mania is f-o dis-tant tli.it 1 have to add a little waimtlit(i our tecoption of Lord Pouderrj, <<r

lie might not think wo wished to havohim with us. Somo men arc so sensi-tne to little things like that, so I amdoing ins best to make him see how .ie

p.ppxTiato him. and 1 can plead Mai-(la's cause to him iK'ttci than she couldhcisclt, and leall.N tho d<>ar man scentsto likv- nothing better than to be al-lowed to talk about her. It seemsnltom'tli.T to be a case of love at tirstvi rhi with him, as Iexpected it wouldbe."

r.us^ell Howard could not repress asiigin sinlie at the idea of Lord I'on-dorrv being at all thin-skinned andhkolv to be fiozen off b^ a cool recep-tion, but he felt anxious to know if.Miss (irayson was as ready to accepthim as the aunt was.

"And ,\our niece-" he asked. "Doyou think she cares at all for him? Doyou think it's quite fair to her, suppo->-iii<^ she should not want him?"

"Oh, of course, she will havo himwhen she knows 1 wish it," she .said."You see-, all mj money will go to her,some day, and she la entirely depen-dent up<>n me for everything. Mybrother-in-law— her father— died with-out leaving her a cent, and her pros-pects of being rich depend altogetherupon her pleasingme."

Russell Howard was surprised at thohardness of her reply, for she had al-ways appeared to be extremely fond ofher niece, and anxious above every-thing for her welfare. Something ofhis thoughts must have appearedin hisface, for Mih.s Vanssclin looked at himsharply and said:

"You don't approve of my ideas; butIam yetting to be an old woman now,and havo seen a good deal more of theworld than my niece, and am certainlyina betW position to judge of what isbest for her than she is herself; and Iam anxious to make a good match forher and secure her a title, so that shecan hold her own insociety."

"But, good heavens, Miss Vans-.solin!" rophodHoward, "stlrel.v that i^not everything. Don't .you consider thogirl's happiness at all?'"'

"Happiness?"" echoed Miss Vansselin."I don't see that that comes in at all.Lord Ponderry seems to me to be nwry dosira&lc sort of a man. Jle is

as far as lords no, aild is notlikely to be run away with by any !K*wfads or ideas Iadmit that bo is notwhat you might call brilliant, but heis safe, and that is the groat thing. If1 don't nuirry tny girl to somo safe;man. she will, in all probability, be ro- jing off with some fellow who is alterher money; but, you can take it frommo, that if she doesn't marry the manwho pleases m\ fancy, Iwill leave all'iii\ nionev lo charities."

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(By A. E. JOBSON.)Russell Howard laughed."1 think that's about ilie most ex-

tiaoidinaiy propositionIhad ever hadput to me," ho sa:d. "Don't \ou thinka marriage agones or something in thatlino is more wkit you want. MisbVansselin?"

Miss Vansselin was a little lad<, otabout fifty, with a shrewd but not un-pleasant face.

Her eyes twinkled as she spokeagain. "Now, Mr. Howard, we Ameri-cans are generally supposed to knowwhat wo want, and bometimes— protrvnearly always— we get it. Now, I'mset on getting Lord Ponderry as a hus-band for my niece, and as you are afriend of his, and also sot up to h"equal to any problem that's broughtalong, Ihave come to you to arrangefor him to meet us. Iwill just want\ou to comealong with him a few tunesin case he might be shy by himsell ,then, Iguess, my nieco and 1 can dotho rest.""I don't know whether Ialtogether

like it," said Howard. "Lord Pon-derry's not exactly a great friend iAmine; he's more of an acquaintance,you know; still, Ihardly care abouttrying to influence^ anyone I

fknow

with regard to choosing a wife.""That's all right now," said Miss

Vansselin< "Idon't want you to influ-ence him at all. Iguess Maida willdo that whenhe sees her You're onl.\to make the opportunities for him tosoo her. Now, surely you're not goingto let this stick you up after all thebig things you have brought off."

Miss Vansselin was persistent. Rus-sell Howardhad vainly endeavoured toshake her off for some time, but sheinsisted on having his help.

"Oh, very well then,"ho said at last,laughing. "If that's all you want, Idon't suppose it will lie very heavilyon my conscience."

"Good!" sho said. "Shake— andhere's your cheque,"

Howard laughed again when she.showed her certainty ot getting him byhaving the cheque in readiness.

"I think I'dbetter wait until Iearnit, don't you?" he said.

"No, >ou don't!" sho replied trmni-phanth. "You're going to take itnow, then I'll bo sure ot you, for \oil

can't back out."Ho took the cheque and put it oai<-

iully away in his pocket-book. Theamount made his eyes openj JUi-sVansselin must bo extremely anxious

to haveLord Ponderry ror a nophow-ii.-law.

"And now," he went on, "abnu^our

Unskilled labour— The applicationsfor work in any capacity have been in

excess of the previous month, and itUna been vrrj difficult for mCij to findwork Thirteen men were assisted—eleven to private employment, and twoto (!o\eminent works.

— llorse-sHoeing has been quieter .thismonth than during former period.Coach, carriage, and tram-car buildingis also quieter than at last report.

Cycle and motor trades still continueCycle and motor trades still continuebusy.

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Agricultural operations— Farming,

dairying, etc.— Very little agriculturalwork is going on in the district. The"■

supply of milk shows a slackening offsinee last report. .

Miscellaneous-- Brickmaking doesnot show any improvement since lastreport. Tinsmithing continues fairlytegular. .

first meeting.'"I leave, that to >ou," said Miss

Vansselin. "When and bow you liko.""Well, then," he asked, "could jou

ilnve in tho park to-morrow.' I willgot Lord Ponderry to take a stroll withme, and we can arrange a casual meet-ing. I will find sonio wa\ of sendin:\ou word wheie- to be.""

"Excellent!" said Miss \an.ssolin."It sounds quite like an intrigue."

Howard laughed."Perhaps you would like me to ar-

range for your horses to bolt, or sonie-thm" liko'that, so that Lord Pondoiijcould manage a bonne, rescue.

'

"No, thank >ou," said Miss \aii-selin drily,"Idon't think Iwill eham'*that There is one thing Ihaven't told\ou," she went on, "and that is thatMaida doesn't know anything of tin-.It's all my own arranging, and if yousaid an>thingto her, it would spoil all,

for she' is very high .spiritedRussell Howard looked .slightly sur-

prised. Miss Vansselin certainly seem-ed a remarkable little lady.

"Then Ishall introduce you as anold friend, shall I?" ho asked.

"Yes, that will do," she said. "Iwillsay 1 wasan old friend of your father s.Imight have been, you know, for Ihave been in England a good deal."

Matters fell out nicely the next day.Howard met Lord Ponderry apparentlyby accident, in the early afternoon.lie generally knew where to find him.In fact, often his greatest trouble wasin dodging him;for Lord Ponderry hadtaken a great fancy to him .since theaffair of tho Sicilian Brigands. Whenhe met him it was an easy matter toarrange a stroll in the park.

Neither Mis>s Vansselin nor RussellHoward were surprised when they pre-sently met, although Miss Vansselin'snice© and Lord Ponderry had not thoslightest idoa that this chance meetinghad been elaborately arranged for.

"Why, Mr. Howard!" exclaimed thoolder lady. "How delightful to meetyou. You have not met my niece, MissGrayson, Ithink."

Then Lord Ponderry was presentedto both ladies, and graciously received.

Miss Vansselin chatted away vigor-ously, including Lord Ponderry in thoconversation, and it was easy to seethat both aunt and niece had made anexcellent impression on that gentle-man,

Luboiii in New Plymouth for themonth '.I April i-, leporled by the localif|Cf-t'i.tati\c ol tlic Department to(c .liidtit tin* mm<> as tlie previousmouth in retail ;i!i(l manufacturingirailes 'i he i.irpenteiing und build-ing u.t(lc<. ->til1 continue very quiet.

iimlding titides.— All branches are\"iy sliick. Plumbing and gusfitting—I'liuiiiiing i-> \eiy tjiiu-t, gusfitting, allicjjtiLir liaiuls iiill.i employed. Stone-:ii.tjoini

- .\ > lin^ii^-Luik going on;iloniimi'iit.il niiisoiii-% ijuiet.

\\ootl^oiking trades— Boxmnking—As the i-nd ot (lie season approachest'ns business sho«s a slackening off.Ciiliinetmukiug anil upholstering fairlylm-\, Miilicicnl work oifering to keeplocal labour employed. Coopering—\ cry little wmk going on at pre-"l'iit. Sash and door tattones are still\eiv st;nU. Saw nulling fairly busy;c!iK"> not show any alteration since lastj.-port. Wood-turning, etc., very(inlet, a number of men unemployed.

Engineering trades— Boilermaking\eiy quiet. Klectrieal engineeringcon-tinues iairlv busy. Fitting and turn-ing very quiet. Ironand brass mould-ing lairlv legular, sufficient work of-fering to keep local labour employed.

Leather tiades— Hootmaking (fac-tories)— Tin* improvement shown inlastleport still continues; a number of menwere required during the period. Boot-making (repair shops)— Good steadybusiness i» being done. Saddlery andharness-making— No alteration sincelast report , trade is fair only.

Clothing trades— Dressmaking andmillinery si ill rontinncs busy. Shirt-making— Very httlo work of this na-ture going on in the district. Tailor-ing (1actories) still continues busy.Tailoring (order) is very busy at pre-sent;difficulty has been experiencedm gettingsufficient hands to meet re-quirements.

Retail trades— Good steady businessruling in all branches.

Printing trades— Bookbinding stillcontinues fairly regular. Printing isa httlo busier 'than at last report.

Meat-freezing, etc.— Tanning, curry-ing, and fellmongery— Very good busi-ness still continues in these lines.Slaughtering, freezing, and preserving

Iis very busy owing to want of space;ithe factories have found great difficul-j ty in keeping pace with orders.I

"rVtnrlihiiilrlintr trades

— Blacksmithing"liutwe cannot talk Here, saia ivms

Vansselin at last. "Mr. Howard'sfather was an old friend of mine, andwe. have ever so much to talk about."Then turning to Howard:

"Won't you comeand see me to-mor-row evening, that is, if you have noth-row evening, wiai> is, v juu uuw num-

ing else to do and do not mind a quietchat with an old maid;and bring yourfrieiid, Lord Ponderry, with you too,if he cares to come."

Lord Ponderry, with an eye on MicsGrayson, made haste to accept provi-sionally on Russell Howard's agreeing,and as that gentleman found he wouldbo able to accept also, they parted witha promise to call.

Although Russell Howard had ad-dressed most of his conversation to theaunt, ho had found tnno to study the-uiocc, and arrived at tbo conclusionthat she presented a most attractiveappearance.

Again and again he had looked a\va\from her, only to hnd that his e>oswandered hack again to make sure thathis last impression was correct. Kaclitime- that he looked ho decided that hecould find no fault with her face;andeach time- he discovered some littlefeature that added to its beauty. Her Iclear-cut features had an air of reposeand sweetness. Her dark hair camesoftly round her face, and on to thonapo of her neck in little waves, andher eyes Mere clear and straight andfriendly. Altogether there was a hobhlook about her winch spoke ot healthand good spirits.

Both men stood for an appreciablespace of time with their hats raised,as. the carriage drove away.

"By Jove!" said Lord Pondorr>,"she's rippin'."

"Which?" asked Howard; "the aumor the niece?"

"The niece, of course," replied LordPonderry. "Lord! what a face. she\got

— and her foot. Did ,\ou notice herfoot just showing out from under therug? The aunt seems a good sort, too,you know; got plenty to say for hoi-self and seems to appreciate a chap."

Somehow Lord Ponderry's adinnv-tion seemed to annoy Howard, andduring tho remainder of their walk howas not a talkative companion.

He felt he need not have had amcompunction in arranging this mooting,seeing how quickly Lord Ponderry hadrisen to the bait, but he felt mad in-wardly at having anything to do withtho aunt's persuading this girl to a.<-cept Lord Ponderry, who, although agood sort in his way,seemed altogethertoo insignificant aman for such a nicegirl. He found himself anathematiz-ing tho aunt for trying to bring aboutsuch a match, and blaming the girl forbeing willing, aa no doubt she wouldbe, to sacrifice herself for a title.

Their little informal party of fourthat night was tho first of many. Theyfound the two American ladies charm-

Iing, and, as there were many placesthey wishedto see, there were constant-ly opportunities offering of arrangingpleasant little excursions, and, atnight, there were visits to the theatre,or better still, charming little informaldinner parties when the ladies enter-tained them without having any otherguests to bother about.

Russell Howardendeavoured to keepto his part of the compact by makingopportunities for bringing Miss Gray-son and Lord Ponderry together, andyet he had to confess to an uncomfort-able feeling when he succeeded, al-though he most loyally held aloof. Stillhis attention wandered while thte auntwas telling him some of her stories ofthe States, and he found himself oc-casionally glancing at the niece whenhe should have been paying attentionto her. . . _If he liked being in Miss Grayson's

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♥ MEN'S OVERCOATS. I ♥♥ I ♥♥"., ♥♥ Every Style in vogue,every pnee step from4 25/- to 65/-. Allare models of OvercoatA elegance, withquite asaving inprice inyour .♥ favour. Styles, Colours, Fabrics, and♥ Weights thatare sure toplease every critical ♥♥ " dresser. We want to show you our extra- ♥"*

big values for this winter. Have youaboy,bring him along,and let usOvercoathim.

J PlainDark-Grey Chesters, paddedshoulders 30/-, 36/6, J» Brownand Green effects, centre vent or plainback

I 30/-, 45/-, 50/-I♥Double-breasters,verysmart and comfortable 63/- ♥

The Raglan, the new sliponCoat 60/-; W. T. HOOKHAWI, the

cc^osthhIER.:♥ "

DEVON & BROUGHAM STS.. NEW PLYMOUTH. ♥

\ 4 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥»♥♥»♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

THE SPORTING SEASONHas againcome round, and we are to the fore with our usual well-

selectedstocks of Shootingrequisitesof allkinds.,Shot Guns,single and double barrel, BREECHLOADERS .by

Hollis, Mayne, and other leading makers.Shot Cartridges— Eley's, U.M.C.,and ColonialAmmuni-

tion Co.'s.,allgrades, loadedwithBlack andSmokelessPowders.

"Sporting Powdks— Curtis & Harvey's DiamondGrainand FFF. Patent and Chilled Shot,C. F.andE.B.'" Caps,Thick Felt and Grease Proof Wads.

Cartridge-Loading Implements,viz.:—

LoadersandClosers,'

" "" Turnoversand Re-cappers,Powder and Shot Measures."Cartridge Extractors, Gun-cleaning Rods, Pull-throughs,

Cartridge Beltsand Bags.S.hooti^g Vests, Brown Canvas and Leather Gun'. . "

Covers, &c, &c.♥4c ."_' " f -- With all theseofferingat our

%eat Relinquishing-SalePricesFor CASH, OUK Store should be the centre of attraction for

Taranaki Sportsmen this Season.

D. BERRY & OOu'-< tftftVCHAtt STREET NEW PLYMOUTH

G,B^OADBENT,Havingrecentlyarrived fromEng-

land,begs tonotify thathe has com-menced-business as

House Painter & Decorator, &c.And havinga Thorough Knowledgeof the~PAINTm6 and D&COR-ATINGvXRADE,he is prepared toundertake House Paintfng of everydescription. EstimatesRiven.

Note the Address:—

DEVONSTREET WEST.N. B.— Member of the National

AssociationofMasterHousePaintersand Decorators of England andWales. *a213

FARMERS,mechanic:-:,Kacfc-sratths, paintc-.-, rf".! 3.JJ

v ,others who I;Ie: /, nc^dLANE'S MEDOLIN2. Thenicest, cleanest and most hea!-faj article ever prenaxr^fcr■fs&''T

"'

Mods.UseItdaily, i/-everywhere." - _^SiL

NEW PLYMOUTH TO BRI&LKWATEE.A 'Bob leaves Devon Street;, Ka»Plymoath, at 7 a.m., running envyhalf-hour op to6 pju.Return, from theBreakwater,leaving

Breakwater at 7.30 a.m., and overvhalf-hour to 6.90- p.m.

'Bases ran fromDevonStreet at 7.ft>every evening to connect n-ith tivsSteamer for North, returning ,ironsBreakwater at 8 D.m.

M. JONES, Proprietor

E. W. M. LYBGNS,SURVEYOR.

Aathoriaed to Sorrey under the LsadTransfer Act.Offioe:KELSEY'S.BUILDINGS(Next Bank of AaatralsaUh '

—g- "",. . ■--

NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES.

Support them.hy using

WBLSBACHMANTLES.

Mtde in New ZealandMadeby .NtwZeatenders

Made for New Zealandcrs

At the WELLINGTONFACTORY.

Obtainable fromALLGAS COMPANIES ANDSTORES

Or from " —THEORIGINALMANUFACTURERS,

WELBBAGH LIGHT CO. OF

AUSTRALASIA, LTD.,102 and Victoria Si., Wellington.

> i i i i i

AMBURY'SFOR WINTER COMFORTS.

ROOMS FULL OF:—

WARM JACKETS, PALETOTS,COSTUMES, FURS & MUFFS,GLOVES, WRAPS. IUTJR,BLANKETS, WOVEN T'KOEK-CLOTHING, WOOL Stl'^,OVERCOATS. .)!':'"->";> '-".BLOUSES, ETC.

Splendid Ranges at Lowest' CashPrices.

AMBURY BROSBROS

NEW PLYMOUTH.

NATURALMINERAL V/MI?,

The King ofTablo i:-l.s.Iiyour Href «ud kldueys«ie -i \ n '< s

properly, and you sufiei- Ihmu i.-' ■

CousUpaUon.Rheumatlsci.^r a.ak- i-

Them yon need "Y?a,i:u.:;;- _,'

DrinkIt refutarlyonce or twic- a ci- ' }thebelt mpdtulitt mediciie y.,.ic ■ jtake, U pleasant withal. t:ul >-.- .< ■ " ;fortijUt the system. |I It add* * dellghUul fiamir and sn> to j■ wine*,"plrita,milk,"cord ".>".■■.

-1-"- j

| «m( rt-ekarged uUk V* .*.:.I'M'. UJ.« nf jUU WtUtrt. . jWholesale Agents:,L.D. Nathan md

Coy.,Ltd.,New.Plymouth/

\r* fe\ ''ROYAL MAIL/Oe^v\ COMPANY 'B"'^ISlgi iTIAMERi

FOR MARSKILLEI AND LONDON.Calling at Colombo, Aden, Port Baid,Makefiles, Gibraltar, Plymouth (withliberty to call at BrindJßi) "■

—Leave Leave

Steamer. Tons Sydney MelbourneNoon. lpm

1909. 1909"Marmora... 10500 April 21 April 27India ... 8000 May 8 May 11Victoria ... 6500 May 22 May 25Mooltan ... 10000 June 5 June 8

j China ... 8000 Jopcl9June 22"Calling at Hobart. tCalling at

LONDON (inoladin- saloon Paßiage toSyS?N^i'TIO&3TS, £47 fe to £88.

RETURN IKJKWfi, £76 18i to

4.cent for Taranaki—

gNEWTON KING.

k-Sis JV NORD-DEUTSOHERJjQMa^ LLOYD COMPANY.

DIRECT STEAMERS toENGLANDand the CONTINENT, calling at

Adelaide, Fremantle, Colombo, Aden,Suez Canal,Naples,Genoa, Southamp-ton (London). Antwerp, and Bremen,will be despatched as under:

—Steamer. Tons. Leave Sydney

130 p.m.

Seydlitz 8000 May 15 ;Scharuhorst ... 8131 June 12Gneisenau ... 8081 July 10Zuten 8043 Aug. 7Seydlitz BCOO Sept. 4

All twin screw.FARES

—First class, from £77;

second class, from £47; third class,from £16 to £18. .

For return fares and allother mror-mation, apply to

&Local Agents.

4s4s CHEAPEST "

DRY EipiASS£S FODDER.SO per cent, pure Molasses.

PACKED I'M 1} CWT. SACKS.

20 Tons just landed.

°tP BEST.

NEWTON KING,New Plymouth & Stratford.

TARANAK^ LANDS.ry/>X ACRES.— Papa formation, .ich soil. 600 acres well sown down H/OO mixed English grabses, balance good bush land. Well fenced andsub-divided into convenient Bhoep-prooi paddocks. Good dwelling-house andall necessary outbuildings. Fronting good road, three miles from RailwayStation. TENURE— Lease in Perp.-tuity at 9u per acre per annum. Nowcarrying 1200 Sheep, 600 Lambs, HJ Head of Cattle, and 14 Horses, whijhcan go with the property at valuation if desired. PRICE £5 10s per acre.Reasonable terms can be arranged. No. 5172.

fjGf\ ACRES.— Lease inPerpetnilv at 9Jd per acre; about 400 acres in/OU grass, balance first class bu>h laud;all good papa land;(unoed twisub-divided. 3-roomed Cottage ana sheepyards. When all improvod willeasilj winter two sheep. The propoity consists of t«od hills, slopes, andflats, and lies well to the sun;good road past property, handy to township,dairy factory and school. PRICE -L4per aero. About £1200 cash required.

No. 2827.

QQA ACRES.— Freehold. Suitau'o for dairying oi grazing. ConsiderableOOvJ portion flat, balance undulating, no bills;alf down in best mixedgrasses; well fenced and sub-divided; two patches native bush reserved Urshelter; nice mnning streams; 4-ro<mi^d House, Cowshed, etc.; now roilk'iig(50 Cows and grazing 100 Head of MixeJ Cattle, (iood metal road: H miles tofactory and schiol adjoining; township bandy. Good locality, free from noxiousweeds

—a real bargain. PRICE £9 1>» per aero. Vo. 2641.

1O7H ACRES.— Freehold; parti.- improved; sheep run; 470 acres inI«7 4\J grass, balance is good bush land, papa forr.ation; 7 miles Roodwire fencing; 8-roomed Cottage aril Iron Shed; 5 miles to township, schoolan! post office. PRICE £2 10s ;hr ncre. No. 31G0.

NEWTON KING,NEW PLYMOUTH.THE GREAT NEW ZEALAM.

DELICACY. All Grocers supply

STARBRAND

MULLETAlways roady for use. Don'tlw> without it in tho house.Prepared by the

DOMINION CANNING CO., LTD.,AUCKLAND. "BT9

EDUCATIONAL.

;iiH N YOUNG,

"ARAKOEKOE."LIARDET BTREET.

C»ii fhiiitt^ for all Examination*thoroughly coaohad.

A1 BUTCHERY,

NEW PLYMOUTH

MESSRS. M. H. BARNITTand F. TAIT beg to aiv

nounco that they have takenover tho Al BUTCHERY,Brougham St., New Plymouth,from Mesars. Hammond and

I Co. It is their intention tokill nothing but the piimestquality in all linea. A trialsolicited. Satisfaction guaran-teed.

The business will be incharge of Mr. TAIT, who hashad a large experience.

The O"*? Address—

M BUTCHERY,Brougham St., New Plymouth.

'Phone 97. »102

YOU can get it cheaper at The ReoPost."-

AN OLD BONC.My CJiandfathor's Clock was too high

for tho shelf,So it stood ninety j-oars on tbo floor. (

It was taller by half than tho old manhimself,Though it weighed not apennyweight

more.It was bought on tho day that the o'd

man was born,It was always his pleasure and his

pride.Hut it stopped short, never to go again

When the old man died.

WE havo just imported a fine speci-men of tho Old Grandfather's>

Clock. It is fitted with one of tho bestKn^lish movements and is made of solidrosewood. Every GOOD houso in Tara-naki .should have ono in it. HAVE ALOOK AT IT. Also see theHandsomeVj P. Jug and Basin for Washstand be-iny offered for £7 10s, which is halfits usual price.

Your discriminating palato will tollyou.

Yvv improved health will ondojso it:

'THELAST WORDINCOCOA"I,tho mo&t tempting, delicious, noui

ibhinjj;, sticngthoniny;, wholconio, 'i'Jiiivi(4oratni}s bevora^o you know.

ORDER FROM YOUR GROCER

NOW.Save the Coupons. Got a CouponStarter from your Grocer, or wnto 111 1Cadburv's, Wellington, for one, » ndsecure aFREI2GIFT of CHOCOLATGd

PURE FRESH PASTEURISEDCHILLED MILK.

DELIVERED TWICE DAILY.

FRESH and CLOTTED CREAM «lways obtainable;also FRESH SEPAH"

ATOR BUTTER

F. 3. BUTLER,

LIARDET ST., NEW PLYMOTftfI.

MISS 8. R. BAKER,TYPIST.

"Brookside," Oarrington Road (seeowhouse from Pendarvea St.)

Teacher of Shorthand and TypewritingTerms on Application,

SKEATES BROS.,WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Opposite Theatre Royal, DevonSt.,New Plymouth; and atQueen St.,

Auckland.

■VyESTON AND TI7ESTON,

BARRISTERS ANDSOLICITORS,NEW PLYMOUTH and INGLEWOODWE have several sums awaiting in-

vestment at samo rates and orsamo terms as to repayment, eto., a;Government loan monoj-.

IWANT every womm to,JOmy 'LANB^S M«bOJ;iwßit will give you t jfU* jAcomplexiontoIf4~g»r6ln4.vofc. moskin toobadtnbeclearedtyjt.i/- atOhemltta. 3.

,'„'*■ -A':C3rENUJNE SALE;*;" ;. OWING TO.DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP

OUR HUttE STUCK MUST BE CLEARED IMMBDIATELY.'""PAIE OF- BOOTS, snOES. AND SLIPPERS BOLD AT

>*}..^Wt^^W&L B;B SUBJECT TO ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS.

?^ V"*^Iftfr^WiL;RE±USE NO REASONABLE OFFER.

JSSGBS; Marked inPUm FigureX.XT: g OttANCE OF A LIFETIME.

isf/jr-.^ia-KAYSON & COOK'

E. W. M. LVBOMB>L VBOMB>

SURVEYOR.

&othorited to Surrey qnder the LandTransfer Act.

Offioe: KELSEY'S BUILDINGSi (Next Bank of Aiutralaila).

STANDItH AND STANDItH,SOLICITORS,NEW PLYMOUTH.

Offices: Late Standish and Kerr't.'Monpy to lend on all olmsm of mo»»

rity »t Towwt) rirtaw "^TfTE VI^ANT TMMEDIATELY

FOR CLIENTS^- . " ;DAIRY FARM,BOARDINGHOUSE, " . '

BAKERY BUSINESS,LIVERY BUSINESS, ' 'BUTCHERY BUSINESS, ' 'CARRYING BUSINESS, j '"'"■'

""'SADDLERY BUSINESS-^ Js* \-^\AUCTIONEER'S BUSINESS, * '"""'CONFECTIONERY BtrfNESS.

N.Z. TRADE EXCHANGE, ::BUSINEBS BROKERS,-

b386 Box 332, Christchuroh:

OLD AGE PENSIONSPORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH.

SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1909.

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOONNew Moon, 20th, 1.19.12 a.ml'ir-t Quarter, 27, 1.4.20 p.m.

A CHARGE FROM INDIA. ESSEX MAKES A POOH DISPLAY.

THE OLD RIFLES. AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

HIGH WATER.This evening,5.39.Simd.iN morning, C.13.Sunday evening, 6.47.Monday morning, 7.17.

Sunset: This afternoon, 4.04.^Suiiiw: Sunday morning, 7.7.Sunset: Sunday evening,4.53.Sunrise: Monday morning, 7.8

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.LONDON, May 14.

Mr. Charles E. Hobhouse, in theHouse of Commons, stated that sinceJanuary 1300 pensions had been with-drawn in Britain and 1200 in Ireland.The inquiry was unfinished, but so farany suggestions of fraud on the partot the poople in Ireland was withoutfoundation.

The Nationalists hotly attacked theGovernment lor ordering the investi-gation.

Mr. Birrell (Secretary for Ireland)stated that out of 12,776 appeals, 10,891wore rejected. One thousand eighthundred and eighty-tivo pensions woregranted.

Taranaki Herald.

A MEAT BILLSATURDAY, MAY 15, 1909

THE RAILWAYS.LONDON, May 14.

Flint's Foreign and Colonial MeatBill was read a iirst time in the Houseot Commons. It provides that allselling foreign or colonial meat shallaffix a notice to that effect plainlyin the shops and vehicles used to supplythe goods.

THE SPIRIT TAX

May I.").— Regulus, s.s., 1275 tons,Gibbons, from Westport.

.May 15.— Rotoiti, s.s., 1130 tons,E\aus, from Wellington.

SAILED.

ARRIVED

May 14.— Rarawa, s.s., 1078 tons,Norbury, for Onehunga. Passengers-Mad.mie Melba, Mosdames Bell andchild, Messenger, Hutcheson, Breslaw,Pannill, Kretschwar and child, fcsdaileand child, Misses Lally,Baxtor, 0 Mal-ley Matthews, Wliittam, Col. Messen-ger, Messrs. Armitago, Hewett^ \\ar-nock, Swales, Steuart, Hewett,Hutcheson, Breslaw, Pannill, Monck-ton, (.'rey, Finlayson, Stewart, Farqu-har, Fraser, Leslie, ten members MelbaCompany, and others; 14 steerage.

May 15.— Rimu, s.s., 400 tons, Rich-aids, for Kawhia and Onehunga.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.Corinna, from Onehunga, to-morrow.Rarawa, from Onehunga, Monday.Koonya, from South, Tuesday.Rosamond, from Westport, via Wel-

lington, Tuesday. COMPLAINTS OF CIGAR-MAKERS

(Received May 15, 8.15 a.m.)LONDON, May. 14. .

Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of theExchequer, estimates that the totalannual amount produced by the addi-tional spirit tax is £9,224,245, ofwhich £4,539,083 comes from Scotland.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. (Received May 15, 8.25 a.m.)LONDON, May 14.

Mr. Lloyd-George is daily receivingdeputations in protest against theBudget. Cigar-makers complain thatthe reduction of size in English cigarsnecessitates new moulds, which canonly be obtained in Germany, andthat it will take three months to ob-tain them.

CANADA AND PREFERENCE

ARRIVED.Onehunga, May 15.— Arrived:At 9

a.m., Rarawa, from New Plymouth.Onohunga, May 15.— Arrived: At

8.50 a.m., Corinna, from New Ply-mouth.

Port Pirie, May 15.— Arrived:Hamp-Ktead and Clan Ogilvie, from New Zea-land. . _

Sydney, May 15.— Arrived: Pendle-liill* from Mercury Bay.

SAILED.London, May 14.7-Sailed: Kurow,

for Wellington; Orari, for Lyttelton.New York, May 15.— Walkure, for

Wellington.BRITAIN AND HER COLONIESBy Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.„ „ OTTAWA, May 14.,,Ine_ Montreal Board of Trade, onMay 7, unanimously agreed to submita resolution to the Sydney (Canada)

conference in favour of the Empireprotecting itself against foreign pro-ducers Hence Britain and the colo-nies should grant each other substan-tial preference, and for the respectiverevenuespermit principles of free tradein the Empire to remain.Mr George, ex-president,was chosenas delegate to the Sydney conference.He has since resigned, on the groundthat the resolution was ill-consideredpolicy'oVfarCan

Ca°dr.ith Dati°nal trade

1Au

sP?°lal meeting of the Board willai'"1-

ek '» «—«<>» The A GREAT UPROAR.

Mr. G. D. Hill, »t one time secondofficer of the Takapuna, and now ofthe Waipori, has obtained his master'scertificate.

Th© Rotoiti arrived from Wellingtonthis morning with 200 tons of cargo.

The Westport Coal Company's Col-lier Regulus arrived from Westport thismorning with 504 tons of coal for thisport. She is scheduled to leave on herreturn to Westport this evening.

Messrs. Tuck (the well-known hotelproprietor) and Woolf (builder of theWanganui tramways), who purchasedthe wreck of the steamer Charles Ed-ward for £25, have already expendedseveral hundredpoundsin excessof thematerial salvaged from the wreck. TheWanganui Harbour Board will now un-dertake to remove the vessel at the ex-pense of Messrs. Tuck and Woolf.

[The original cable referred to inthe message mentioned that the paperEnglishman had stated that smuggledarms across the I'athan frontier borethe Australian and tho New ZealandGovernments' marks. It was believedthey were sold when the now ritle wasadopted.]

FEDERAL GOVERNMENTSPOSITION.

MELBOURNE, May 14It is ascertained that the Federal

Government in 1905 sold 13,000 Mar-tini-Henri rifles to the British firm ofGreener Company, who, in turn, re-soldthem to reputable English firms.

M. LOPUKHIN IMPRISONED

THE RUSSIAN DETECTIVESERVICE.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright,ST. PETERSBURG, May 14.

M. Lopukhin, formerly chief of theRussian detective service, was foundguilty of belonging to a criminal asso-ciation and sentenced to five years im-

prisonment. The sentence requires theCzar's confirmation.

[For yearsEugene Azeff, the notableterrorist who fled from Russia sometime ago organised revolutionary con-spiracies, while at the same time re-vealing them to the police, who paidhim large sums; and he might ap-parently have continued this fearfuloccupation for all time hadnot someonebetrayed him to the revolutionaries.M. Lopukhin was charged with beingthat "someone."]

"A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE."(Received May 15, 8.15 a.m.)ST. PETERSBURG, May 14.

The Russian newspapers severelycondemn the trial of Lopukhin as atravesty of justice.

By Electric Telegraph.—

Copyright.(Received May 15, 8.15 a.m.)

CALCUTTA, May 14.Regarding the Commonwealth Go-

vernment's statement that the discard-ed rifles were twisted and flattened be-yond repair before sale, the Calcuttanewspaper Englishman insiots that theMartinis bearing the Australian markwere smuggled, as originally cabled,and found mostly in tho hands of thelargest frontier tribe. The English-man suggests that originally a part ofthe consignment was sold to Austra-lia by the Indian Government, andsubsequently, w hen discarded, sold inthe open market without any precau-tions.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.(Received May 15, 8.00 a.m.)

LOJS'DOX, May 14.Australia in its match against Essex .»made 609 for the Jo« of six wicketsand declared its inningsclosed. Essex

in reply made 148 and hnd to follow-on. In its second venture it scored L3runs without the loss of a wicketAUSTRALIA.— !"nst Innings.

lJarc&n> C*m>mau h"'"-kenhain 4uaidsiey, run out 01vNoble, b Bckenham

'

Hoi)kins, b Mead' '

1-Armstrong, not out ... r'oMacartney, not out 40Sundries i«

Total for six wickets 609Bowhng analysis.— Buckenham"three(rickets for 154, Young 0 for 80, Doim-jas 0 for 125, Mead one for 59, Read0 for 47, Reeves one for 58, M'Gaheyv ior /o.After luncheon yesterday the wea-ther became brighter and the attend-n?n!^7CI

fCTic,-to 700°- Kansford'ain-

fouiers, and when he lost his wickethohadcaught Bardsley, bothscoresstand-ing at 1,4 Bardsley was 165 minutesat the wickets. His score included 222TV C g?ve a K'or'o«s display ofsuperb timing throughout. InattemptZZSok R^T Trilmpei> who wnfKmmVM'i B?rld,sl°y. s^PPed down in the"»ddle of the pitchand waseasily out-"*3- Trumper played for 69 minute^and hit nine routers. The fourth

(Received May 15, 9.20 a.m.)rrl^ rather was bitterly cold andgloomy. The wickot, despite the rainlast night, was hard. The attendancewas under a thousand. After 45 min-utes play the match was stopped byduskiness and steady rain, wiiich atSkis S? °?mme^- Both batsmenplayed lively cricket. Armstrong's

£ "tW gave an attractive exhibi-tion, which was marred only by oneSrrwa\Ol?neintheslipS^ hi'ESSEX.— First Innings.

Douglas,b Cotter 1Fane, b Cotter 7Perrin, run out 09M'Gahey, b Whitty '.'".'." 42Gilhngham, b Cotter ... 4Freeman playedon, b Whitty"!!!!! 2Reeves, b Whitty %Buckenham, not out X5Read, p Bardsley, b Armstrong"!!*. 28Young, o HartagM, b Macartney 4Mead, c Bardsley, b Macartney ... .aSundries _ ig

Total 14QBowling analysis.— Cotter, three'wic-kets for 62; Whitty, three for 28: Mac-SrtP'M" for \s'\5'Armstrong, one for23" Noble,none for 4.Second Innings.— No wickets 15.Buckenham, not out hYoung, not out /.*'.'" jq

Total (forno wickets) 15

DEBATE ON THE PARIS POSTALSTRIKE.

Of those" who v<.ie cii ir --"1 ii.'Mthe English postal ser\iee ia,t ,\ear, Wiper cent, owed their diMins^.il entmhto drink.In conversation with a reporter at

Christchurch yesterday the Hon. J.A. Millar (Minister ii,c Mamie) saidthat instructions had Ijeen given thatan inquiry should be held into the cir-cumstances suirounding the reportedover-crowding of the steamer Cygnetat Akaroa on Master Monday

The present Nav\ ciisis is lesponsiblefor the following pathetic v(jiieat Ina Ryde correspondent to a Londonpaper: "Could not iintish scientistsand contiaclois hutr\ \\\> to punulo usthe first means of netim^ to the planetMars before the (Jermins <j,et there 5

Wo shall never be sale en this planet."The Borough tmniul of Any Ph-niouth is cited to npp<:>r betoie aBoard of Conciliation at ac« Plymouthon May 2o 111 connection with the dis-pute between the Council and th«Auckland Sl..ugliteimen's Tiuon. Vportion of one ot the clauses 111 theschedule approwd In the I'linVn reads-"fcach slaughterman .shall be pio\ul-d

with a hook and a bucket not Jess th -jj18 inches in diameter which shall bekept clean by the cmplo\eis."Some ptaeticai jokers m Nottinghamrecently perpetrated a very stupidhoax, the xic-tim-, being the residentsof tho Clergy House connected with »St.Uarnabas' Catliedr.il. Tlnce large j^io-

cery firms received ordeis b\ postcardpurpoitnig to come from Canon 13ai-gent. The oidors were duly o\ccutt"l,and very soon there was a long proces-sion of tradesmen's' cait.s outside theClergy House. The amazed housekeep-er protested that tlieie had been a mis-take, and then it was found that theCanon's signatiiie had been forgedLater in the <la\ two Tuge furniturevans, followed h\ s<>v>ral cabs, diceup, and to finish up with a fuo alarmwas given.

A coriespondent writes to the We t-minster Gazette as iollows:— ""The Tar-iff Reformers fail to see the true beau-ties ot their aigunients. Tax importedcorn. The woiso the harvest at homethe more we impoit and the greater therevenue. The less corn we import theless the revenue, and the more moneythe Chancellor has to get olsewhe.oUnder Tariff Reform .1 bad harvestmeans le&s taxation. Moreover, as theforeigner pays the taxes, let us in allthings deal with him alone. He v, illthen pay all our taxes. Eased of taxa-tion, our manufacturers will beat himin neutral markets. He shall pay iorour Dreadnoughts. New Zealand'sgenerosity will be nnneeded. But sshe generous? She is a veryTariff Re-form country. The foreigner pays hertaxes. He will pay for her Dread-noughts. Tariff Reform will stimulatetrade with the foreigner, and incidei.t-ally increase our shipping. He will payour taxes. If the harvest is bad woshall bo bettor off than ever. "What avision of prosperity and progress!"

Tho services at the W'hiteley AVes-leyan Church will be conducted to-mor-row by the Rev. R. W. Poole, a mis-sionary from Fiji. The offerings for theday Hill be given to foreign missions.— Advt.

Have you a patent, or an idea for apatent'-1

*We hiinish the money, you

furnish the brains. If interested, com-municate with "The Patent ExploitingSyndicate," Post Office Box 49.3, Dnn-«din. M>76

OLD CHINA.£10,340 DAMAGES AWARDED.

By Electric Telegra^opyright.During the postal debate m the

Chamber of Deputies, the socialistsstarted singing the revolutionary air,"International." Great uproar en-sued. The Republicans raised the"Marseillaise," and the Royalists LaVendememe." ,

Tho President (M. Falheres) ad-journed at 4 o'clock. Otherwise thedebate was uneventful.

M. Barthou stated that only 2357 of24.115 postal employees were now onstrike. _ . . „ ,

M. Clemonceau (the Premier) calledthe Chamber to choose a regime of Re-publican legality for one of disorganisa-tion of tho Republic.

A confidence motion was carried by360 votes to 159.

BIRTHHANNAH.

—On May 3, at "Edge-

cliff," Eliot Street, the wife ofJames K. Hannah— a daughter.

By Electric Telegraph Copyright,m, LONDON, May 14The executors of Charles Dickins ofSSffii £/?>"£- Td Drawers' "

tole ters of fraudulent misrepr'esXiLkiCOllne£ tlon w*h sales of china

.Jndge Grantham hinted that the.7ot£,° de^^ndinV886 against

TO-DAY'S WEATHER.INDEPENDENCE OF BUL-

GARIA.THE ITALIAN NAVY.THE PROTOCOL.MORE DREADNOUGHTS

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.(Received May 15, 8.25 a.m.)

PARIS, May 14.The Chamber at Constantinople has

approved of the Turko-Bulgarian pro-tocol.

[Bulgaria's independence is thus re-cognised. Two points in regard tocompensation wereat issue. Bulgariaoffered to pay £3,280,000 for the rail-way which she seized so unceremoni-ously last October, and refused to re-cognise any claim by the Turks to-a rectification of tho Eastern Roumc-lian frontier. The Turks, besides thesum offered by the Bulgarians for therailway, wanted a further sum of £1,-320,000 before they would consent toabandon their sovereignty. The finan-cial difficulty was overcome by Russiapaying the difference between thoamount demanded by Turkey and thoamount offeredby Bulgaria.]

By Electric Telegraph.— CopyrightTi, „ ROME. May 14.

The Rev. Mr. Bates' weather forecastfor 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day is asfollows:— Southerly strong winds togale;cool, unsettled weather;glass riseslowly, but probably fall fast after24 hours and westerly rising; tidesmoderate;sea considerable;rain prob-able.

MAIL NOTICES.

GENERAL CABLES.THE VANCOUVER SERVICE.

the Vancouver service for another yearHe states that the shortness of the r£newal does not permit of any improve-ments m the service.

A.M.P. SOCIETY.NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION.

Stumps at this stage were drawn[hssex occupied the eleventh posi-tion ifi the county championships lastyear. In1907 Essex won ten iames,lost seven, and drew five. Cunbuslyenough as the result of last season'slabours the same figurescame tip againbut m a differentorder. Five victorieswere gamed, seven defeats were sus-tained and ten matches were left un-tunsned. As a consequence of thechangeJDssex droppedfrom the seventhto the eleventhplace. Financially mat-ters have not gone weH with EssexH«flc i!?8 darx^r— happily for some"vl+ lng aver.ted— that the clubmight drop out of existence. One <lif-ficulty has been overcomebythe takingup of tho second mortgage on theground of £5000.] c(Received May 15, 11.10 a.m.)

li.ir. v ■ LON»PN, May 14.hJ t* h» vJngT

stopped, the weather

the first two wickets for18. Bardslevdisposed of Perrin by a smart reta"*mY 10?- Cotter S a baSS63 M%Bha? t0 is list- F^«W. M Gahey played a sound punish-ingcame till a ballfromWhittv striknaftJdS^ad

R-disP?aCtd his3.H -

"eased "" StiU a" intfct

PERSONAL.

The lion Dr Findlay, neeording toa Prey, wiie, « ill tiavi'l from Welling-ton to Aiicklan 1 to-'li<>.

Mr. A. V. O'Brien, formerly a mem-ber ot Hie Tar.inaUi Herald staff amilatterly of the Auckland Star, has justbeen oppmnttd lepre'.entatnc of TheFarmer over a considerable portion cfthe North Kiand.

The Minister for Railways, accom-panied t)v Mr. S'-ldon. M.I1., and Mr.Murdoch* M'Le.-m left (hiistclwirdiyesterday moinin« f->r 11. We-,t Coast.tlu> coach iiinwl r.t 15. .ilev tit I.JU.The Ministej uispeilel ilu' Healey endof the tunnel tui-1 pi<><"« 1'k-\ to Otira,uhere he r'spocts th< nn.nel works to-morrow. .

The death U announced o. Mr.d)M

Ulan, ajxed 87. who came out ir !H.>o.under an en<M;Tcment 10 il'.e ( lopo

Pro\ ireinl Coiiih il (<-av^ 1 pr-1 who

fioni Dur-ednO. Deceased w <s the fir'isrho<lmp«t.r at V"i* (1-^lniei^ amiu..s immi.ii at imi officer ;.M Ii3!^. v lien

the system of as-i-tcl iiunii^ui tionei-Twd. „ i.i

The Wnitn>-:< rr.ilwav *t..ff an1 .ocalIminiiss i.eople e-lte. .rye! Ihe In.cgtationr.Mi.t»r (Mr. \Y. .! Wh.tel. «boIns ho..11 transferred to N>>\. Plymouth,at tho Wai tarn Hotel last evening. Mr.T Buchiinnii was in the c-h.iir. .Mtertho usual ton-.ts had Wu h-nimuecl.the ehaiimnn propce.l the luaMli ortheir guest, ami «hil<> « "icing theirregrets at his dopnrtur,-. «tp liHWto know of lm nro-i'oMn.!. After tt.etoast hnd born enthu .«,tieallv hon-oured, the chairman .\il'e-l upon MrSandford, the new stat '< > ir.nistc", '<>

make the presentation. f r;cut pipcruet an-1 stand for Mrs. »\ Irte ni'-l 1

hindsome travellinL'-'»ag t>r Mr.While, on behalf of the snWnber;The gi»-ts were suitably acknowledged.Tho rest of the evening vis spent «nharmony, vocal items by Messrs. iw-gleston, Mays. Russ-11. P. ton a«-lStewart concluding a very p-e.nantgathering Correspondent.

FOLLOWING THE DOMINION'SLEAD. DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE.. MELBOUUNE, May 14t> ki

19 "imour«d that. Office of thePublic Trustee » HkoK to result fromNewM^nalan

rrd

Of ''«** "lt toCHECKING LOTTERIES.VICTORIAN POSTAL OFFICIALS THE PLAGUE.

LORD BERESFORD'S STATEMENTS.

By Electrio Telegraph.—

Copyright.LONDON, May 14.

A sub-committeeof the Imperial De-fence Committee, in addition to inves-tigating Lord CharlesBeresford's state-ments as to the condition of theNavy,will collate facts for the Governmentto lay before theproposed conference.

SYDNEY, May 14.Another caseof plague has been discovered in Sussex Street.IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT.

By Electric Telegraph -Copyright.(Received May 13, 10.20 a.m.)

MELBOURNE, May 15.Tho Postal Department is displaying

much activity in checking lotteries andconsultations. It is expected thatlarge prohibitions will shortly be is-

sued in respect of persons resident in

Tasmania.LISBON, May 14.Wenceslau de Lima has formed aCabinet at Portugal of the most inde-pendent and safest statesmen avail-able. This is thelast chance of govern-ing with thepresent Chamber.

CAPETOWN, May 14.The Transvaal, Orangia and Cape

Colony have accepted invitations to at-tend the Imperial Defence Conferenceto be held in London in July.

VICTORIAN REPRESENTATIVES.ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS.MANY RESUME WORK

PARIS POSTAL OFFICIALS.

(Received May 15, 10.30 a.m.)MELBOURNE, May 15.

Colonel Bridges accompanies theMinister of Defence to the ImperialDefence Conference.

(Received May 15, 8.15 a.m )LONDON, May 14.Since January 1 there have beenibll persons assisted as immigrantsinto Queensland.

Mails will close at the Chief PostOitice, New Plymouth, as under :—

For Auckland and North, per MainTrunk, daily at 6.15 a.m.

For Wellington and South, per ex-press, daily at 6.15 a.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 15.For Auckland and North, per Ra-

rawa, at 7 p.m.For Australian States (due Sydney

21st), at 7 p.m.MONDAY, MAY 17.

For Auckland and North, per Ra-rawa, at 7 p.m.

For Wellington and South, per Co-rinna, at 10.15 a.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 18.For Wellington andSouth, per Roto-

iti, at 9.15 a.m.WEDNESDAY. MAY 19.

For United Kingdom and Europe(due London July 2), specially ad-dressed correspondence only, alsoMonte Video, Rio de Janiero, andTeneriffe, to connect with s.s. Arawafrom Wellington, at 6.15 a.m.

THURSDAY^ MAY 20.For Auckland and North, per Roto-

iti, at 7 p.m.For Australian States (due Sydney

May 25), at 6.15 a.m.For United Kingdom and Europe

(due London June 27), at 6.15 a.m.FRIDAY, MAY 21.For Auckland and North, per Ra-

rawa, at 7 p.m.SATURDAY, MAY 22.

For Auckland and North, per Roto-iti. at 7 p.m.

For Australian States (due SydneyMay 28), at 7 p.m.

For Wellington and South, Aucklandand North, per express and MainTrunk lino, daily at 6.15 a.m.

W. J. CHANEY,Chief Postmaster THE KAISER.

By Electric Tolegn»ph.— Copyright.(Received May 15, 8.25 a.m.)

PARIS, May 14.Many of tho French postal strikers

have resumed work.

OFFER OF A DREADNOUGHTCICARETTE-SMOKINC.

VICTORIA.PROPOSED RESTRICTION IN

SHIo^ £ 6 Doimn«>n constitutedare-

mmmSY' h,a<» bee* Pated

Sby

fde^°urnJftTC*"011*- and a reasonableCHURCH SERVICES.

SUNDAY, MAY 16.

(Received May 16, 8.26 a.m.). VIENNA, May 14.mo Kaiser was given an ovation inV lenna by immense crowds.

AUSTRIAN NAVY.(Received May 15, 8.25 a.m.). VIENNA, May 14.Austria has ordered six submarines

DEATH OF A STALLION

PRESENTATION TO THEPREMIER.

Per Press Association.WELLINGTON, May 11

\t n preliminary mootingof citizensto-ni"ht. it was decided to present MrJn-ep). Ward with nn illuiiMii-.tcd ad-

drcs.! in n mI"-.- <- a"-kl't :1-

-1 nV"rkappreciation ot his n.tien i-i (ifteunj;

hatlleMinis to Put«.in. (Received May 15, 10.20 a.m.)rri . SYDNEY, May 14.The imported stallion Simmerdied 01inflammation.

THE PERSIAN SITUATION(Received May 15, 8.25 a.m ). TEHERAN, May 14.

At tho instance of tho British ant]Russian authorities the population atTultriz has been disarmed.

COURSING(Received May 15, 10.30 a.m)

MELBOURNE, May 15Mr. Parkin'sPondennis andMr.Hun-ter's Overproof dividedthe Derby. MrJohnston's Fuchsia, won the Oaks, andSweet Thought wasrunner-unp.

THE PRISONER

A MURDEROUS ATTACK.

By Electrio TelegrapL.— Copyright.SYDNEY, May 14.

The man arrested for the Reeftoroutrage is named Patrick Martin. Hehad a slight wound on his left arm.

AID TO NAVIGATION.

[The victim of the outrage is a team-ster namedFinnegan, whois at preseniin a critical condition owing to havinpboon wounded on the headT]

AN AUCKLAND PATENT.By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.(Received May IS. 10.20 a.m.}„. _ „ SYDNEY, May 15.Ihe 1raser-Jumeaur patent course

recorder was tried during the voyageof the Mokoia with satisfactory results.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.St. Mary's— B (H.C.), 11(H.C.), and7.Old People's Home— lo.Henui— B (H.C.), 11 (H.C.), and7.Hell Block— 7.Omata— B (H.C.) and 7.Koru— ll.Ilurford Road— 2.3o.Wostown— ll (S.S.) and 7.Oitkura— 2.Tataraimaka— ll (H.C.)0kat0— 7.45 (H.C.) and 7.30 (p.m.)Stratford— B (H.C), 11 (H.C), and 7.Cardiff— 7.3o (p.m.)Waitara— B (H.C)Urenui— ll (H.C.)Tikorangi— 11.W.iihi— 2.3o.l.rpporton— 11.fu.'lewood— B (H.C), 11, and 7.Tariki— 7.Kaimata— 2.3o.

ROMANCATHOLICNew Plymouth— 7.3o and 11 (Mass), 7

(Vespers), Rev. Dean M'Kenna.Waitara— 9 (Mass), Rev. Father Mac-

manus.Ingl«-wood— 11.30 (Mass), Rev. Father

Macmanus.WESLEYAN.

Whitelev Church— 11 and 7, Rev. RW. Poole (missionary from Fiji).

♥outh Road— ll, Rev. F. P. Kellow;7, Rev. J. G. Chapman.

Old People's Horne—

5.45, Mr. Cart-wright.

Lower EgmontRoad— 2.30, Mr. Asher.King and Uptond Roads— 2.3o, Rev.

F. P. Kellow.Carrington Road— 2.3o, Mr. Fabian.Trankley Road— 2.3o, Mr. E. Chat-

tcrton.PRIMITIVE METHODIST.

Queen Street^-11, Rev. J. Guy; 7,Rev. A. J. Davis.

Fitzroy— ll,Mr. C. Bellringer;7, Rev.J. Guy.

UpperMangorei—

11, Rev.A. J.Davis.Upper Kent Road— 7, Mr. W. Chat-

tcrton.Roll 810ck— 2.30, Rev. J. Guy.Omata— 2.3o, Mr. A. Chatterton.Inglewood— ll and 7, Rev. H. White,TCKmont Village— 2.3o, Rev. H. White.Waiongona

— 7.30, Mr. E. Harvey.Norfolk Road— Monday.Waie/ngona

— Tuesday.Kaimiro

—Wednesday.

BAPTIST.Gill Street— ll and 7, Rev. T. Keith

Ewen.Wostown— 3, Rev. H. J. Lewis.Theatre Royal— 3, Men's Mass Meet-

ing; 8.15, Rev. T. Keith Ewen.

Since the lion. J. A. Millartook over the portfolio of Rail-ways the Departmenthas receivedmore attention than for a long-!time. The now Minister has set jhimself the task of thoroughlymastering the administration ofthe Department, and has by thistime travelled officially over thegreater part of the system, he-sides receiving numerous deputa-tions on the subject of the ser-vices. His general dispositionie to make every service pay,evenat the cost, in some instances, ofcurtailing the facilities hithertoenjoyedby the users of the lines,and needless to say his task isin such cases an unpleasant one.At Methven on Wednesdayhe wasurged to resume the running ofa train which had been discon-tinued because it did not pay, andas this is typicalof many serviceswe may be excused for detailingthecircumstances. The firstcostof the liakaia-Methven line, alength of twenty-two miles, was£100,000. The revenue for thelast five years has averaged£ 15.235 a year, which, after de-ductingworking expenses, left anaveragesurplus of i!1000 to meetthe interest charges on capitalcost, or about one per cent. Ifa half per cent, were credited tothe line for feeding the main rail-way the net loss on the capitalcost would still be over two percent, per annum, so that Mr.Millar was perfectly justified inreducing the services and conse-quently the working expenses.The train which was taken off wasput on as an experiment in 1907,but as it did not pay it was onlykept on for three months. Lastyear it was given another trial,hut it was found that to earn £Vioit cost the Department £610.That being so, there was no jus-tification for continuing it. Fpto the present, Mr. Millar said,five such trains have beenstopped, and he intended to carryout a similar course on all branchlines, whereit was shown that therailways werenotpaying. Eitherthe expendituremust be curtailedoi the charges must be increasedil the railways were to be ma'loto puy, and there was a generalfi-eling that they should be madea< If-supporting and that the Con-solidated Fund should not becalled upon to pay a portion ofthe deficit. These defaultinglines must chiefly be in the SouthIsland, for the railways there donot give nearly so good a returnas those of the North Island. TheHurunui-Bluff section of 1288miles returned last year a net re-venue of £287,195, equal to £27s lOd per cent, on the capitalcost, while the New l'lymouth-Nupier-Wellington section of 490miles returned £255,852, or £411s 8d per cent, on cost of con-struction. Thus the latter ser-tion is yieldinga substantialpro-fit onactual cost of construction,while the South Island section iscosting the Consolidated Fund alarge sum annually to maintainits services. Though the NorthIsland may be willingto help tb>-South to a reasonable extent, His rather too much to expect thatwe shall put up with inferior ser-vices in order to enable oursouthern neighbours to enjoy su-perior facilities at our cost. Wehave, however, suggested before,and werenew the suggestion,thaton some of the smallbranch linesthe convenience of the publicmight be better served at less costby the adoption of motor car-riages. On such a line, for in-stance, as the Itakaia-Methven,amotor carriage might be run twoor three timesat less expensethanone ordinary passenger train, andwouldordinarilycarry all the pas-sengers who wished to travel,judging by the returns. WhenMr. Glidden,an American tourist,visited New Zealand some timeuso,he showedhow simple amat-ter it is to adapt an ordinarymotor car to running on the rail-way, and we are convinced thatthe cost of running would onlybe a fraction of the cost of anoidinary train. Instead of .>.nengine driver, a fireman, and aguard, onlya chauffeur would berequired; the consumption ofpetrolper mile wouldbe muchlessexpensive than that of coal for alocomotivve, and the car couldeasily carry light goods, leavingthe heavy traffic for an occasionallocomotive. There aremanylineswhich, we feel sure, might bevery well served by this means,and we should like to see an ex-periment made to ascertain theactual running expenses per mileoia car which could carry say adozen passengers nnd a few hun-dredweights of parcels, luggagp,etc. It seems to us that a solu-tion might thus be found of thoproblem of making some use oflailways which have been builtin years gone by where they wereip<really required.

[This instrument records onpaper thecourse of a vessel, and rings a bell ifthe steersman deviates from a setcourse more than a certain number ofpoints. The inventors are Messrs. J.and S. E. Frascr, engineers, Auckland,and Mr. Jumeaux, draughtsman atMessrs. Fraser and Son's works.)

THROWN FROM A HORSE.

ADMIRAL BOBANQUET.

PETROLEUM

TARANAKI PETROLEUM COY

TARANAKI COMPANY AND MR.BERRY.

\ siiooial mooting of tho directors ofUK" Taianaki JVti<.!oi»in Co.. Ltd., *as

held on Thursday nUcrnuon when "a}^-tor was road fioiu Mr. 1). IVn> rcsisn-inu his position as chairman and direc-tor of the Company mainly on theground that ho v. as opposed to tho ro-ono-a»oiiKMit of tho present manager.Tho "directors passed a resolution ac-cepting tho resignation nnd thankingMr. Berry for his past somcos on thoBoard.

Tho indications at No. 2 continue tobo good and the manager is testingwith a viow of avoiding tho foreign

matter which is proving -so detrimentalto successful pumping.

At tho present moment there, arcabout 400 barrels* of oil in stock.

The directors of the Taranaki Polri-leum Company, Ltd., have handed .isthe following memoranda adopted at :imeeting held this morning, referring tothe points of interest to &harohol lorscontained in Mr. Berry's letter pub-lished by us yesterday:—

"Re engagement of manager. - -Thofollowing resolution was passed at 8mooting of tho Board held on Fr n.iy,7th inst.:— 'That Mr. Simpson's en-gagement as manager bo extended Witha guarantoo of six months from j'pril16, 1909, thereafter terminnblo Sv i»omonths' notice on cither side. Salaryto be at the rate of £750 per annum.He to have absolnto control of and theright toengage anddischarge all work-men at the bores, including the drill-ers.' Note: The salary is the samesalary aswas fixed at a mooting of theBoard held in January, 1907, at whichMr. Berry was chairman, and withhisaproval. In extending the manager'sterm for six months, it will thus beseen that no variation has been madefrom his previous engagement. Thereis no obligation on the part of thedirectors togive Mr. Simpson a bonus.It will als obe seen that the directorsharenot committed the shareholders inrespect of the manager's engagementfor any material time bevon'd thenextannual meeting of shareholders to bohold in October next."

By Klectric Telegraph.— Copyright.(Received May 15, 10.20 a.m!)

MELBOURNE, May 15Tho Premier proposes to introduce

legislation to restrict cigarette smok-ing. He declares it is becoming a men-ace to the community and is doin«more harm than opium smoking. In1907 Victoria produced nearly one hun-dred and forty-soven million "cigarettes.and in the previous year one hundredand thirt3"-one million.

MEN DISAGREE.TOM MANN AND CO.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.(Received May 15, 10.30 a.m.)

MELBOURNE, May 15.The members of tho combined unions

employed at the smelting works, PortPirie, with the advice of Mr. TomMann and other leaders, decided toaccept the Proprietary Company's offerand return to work. Subsequently awire received from Broken Hill statedthat a mass meeting of the combinedunions at the Barrier repudiated thePort Pirie union's decision. There isstrong feeling amongst a section of themen at theBarrier over Mann's action.On the other hand it is stated thatmany aredesirous of returning toworkon the company's terms. Another massmeeting is to be held to-day.

CHEMISTS' EXAMINATIONS,

HOSPITAL NURSES AND DIS-PENSING.

Per Press Association.WELLINGTON, May 15.At a mooting of the New ZealandPharmacy Board yesterday it was <"«

ported that the following candidate jitlast month's examinationshn.igained apass:

—Section A.

—Auckland: B. M. Irvine-

Wellington: W. J. Duff. W. J. Ingle,A. F. Stubbs, J. W. W. M'KenzieDunedin: H. F. F. Grant.

Section B.—

Auckland: J. G. Galla-gher, C. G. Sandin, J. F. Brooks, A.A. P. Clouston,E. J. Cronin; Welling-ton: G. C. Armstrong, B.Hill; Christ-church: W. A. B. Morton, A. F.Brooke; Dunodin: H. E. H. Gill HF. Menzies, F. W. Pratt, H. Brown,C. G. G. Sinclair.

The Board decided to oppose the pro-posal by Dr. M'Kellar, of Auckland,that hospital nurses should be allowedto serve apprenticeships in hospital dis-pensaries.

You can lose your situation,You can lose ycur rank or station,You can lose your reputation,

Yon can even lose your wife!But if this advice you followWhen your cough sounds harsh andhollow,And Woods' Peppermint you swallow,

You will never lose your life.

THE CLUTHA VALLEY.\ LINE WANTED.

Per £ r.ccrrs* Association.

to urgo lipon the Government the advisability of building the railwayup toClUtha Valley nnrl +X +!,« fn___*:,

mouth and further if possible iTwalpointed out that tho railway by folWmg tins route would gW a hiKedthousand acres of splendid\griSEml and pnstorn? lam! in thTauthataller ra.lwy facilities and wouldalso provide a readyoutlet for nr,w?,;~fro!n that argo and fertile CentralOtago district, of which Roxburgh ishe centre. Itwas urgod in favour o?his railway thnt thero were absolute-'y no engineering difficulties to en-counter as in the other routesproposedFor the railway m the directionof Rox-burgh for by following the fertile val-ley of the Clutha River it could reachthe goal over comparatively level conn-andon an easy grado.

"It wasstat-ed that the ferry service at present on

uic i.iurna was oosoicto and inconveni-ent, and that tho proceeds of ihe en-dowment now devoted to the assistanceof tho ferry miarht be set against thecost of the railway. Arrangementswere made for a strong deputation towait upon themembers of the. Cabinetat the winter show at Dunodin shortlyin connection with the proposed rail-way, and a league, thoroughly repre-sentative of the district, find with theMayor of Ralcluthn as president, wasformed to urge upon the residents andtho Government tho neoe&sitv of con-structing a railway up the Clutha Val-loy.

A DREAD DISEASE AND ITSREMEDY.

Rheumatic pains are caused by thepresence in the blood of an excess ofuric acid, lactic acid, and other foreignsubstances. This accumulation of acidpoison must be neutralised and drivenout before a cnr« can be affected. Itis useless taking a pill or liniment thatwillmerely deaden the pain» the poisonneeds tobe expelled. RHEUMOis theone sovereignremedy which will speedi-ly and effectually cure Rheumatism,Gout, Sciatica. Lumbago, and otherkindredailments. Itis the triumphantresult of yeara of scientific experiment.Ithas cured thousands, andit willcureyon. Putit to the test. Giveit a fairtrial. All chemists and stores sell it,2a 6d and4s fid a bottle. 6

Feeblenessin old ago is greatly over-come by Steams' Wine of Cod LiverExtract. It gives new Hfo to old tis-sues, and helps and invigorates thewhole system. SO

By £lefttri« TaUgrapk.— Copyright.(Received May 15. 10.30 a.m.)

ADELAIDE, May 15.His Excellency the Governor, Ad-

miral Bosanquet, was thrown from hishorse and received a severe shaking.Tho animal brightened by a motircar.

Replying to a deputation, the Min-on the Oiaborne line as the most im-portant sectwn and one that wouldV*T f??*ZTJ out- TV* Mi«»wter said itwould take some millions to make theJin«.

Following tenders were received forbaUdmg manager'i house at Pungarehutv theCapeEgmont Co-operative DairyCompany:— W. Daymon £410, BoonBro. £537 G. Marriner £329, 6. 82»» .f»24. J- Lusk £315, Turner andBeadle £305, Penirarden and HartW& E Dix £288 > p- Ward <*«»pt3)LOST— A violent hoadacho, shortly

after taking Steams' Headache Cure.Anyone else wishing to lose a headachequickly should get a box of this certainremedy. Is.

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Tho Cambridge (England) BoroughCouncil has appointed a school dentistfor both inspection and treatment, ata salary of £300 per annum, from April1, 1909, on a tenure similar to that ofthe school medical officer.

As a result of motor omnibus com-petition the Central London Companyhas decided to issue penny fares iorany distance not exceeding three sta-tions. The service will be improvedby making the trains run at 1J minuteintervals.

A Western DailyMercury, Plymouth,England, dated about the time ot thewreck ot the Penguin, contains a har-rowing account of the disaster, men-tioning that "700 lives wore lost," andthat "all the boats were rotten!" ThoAmerican press could haidly eclipsethis.It is stated (says the Nelson Mail)

that fiom twenty to flinty iamihes arcemigrating to Nelson from Wellington.The heads of these arc mostly retiench-i'd ofiicers, who lived in Wellington onsalaries of from £500 to X'6oo per an-num, but whose retiring allowance,£'200 / will not allow them to continuein Wellington.

Last week the daily average of thecattle slaughtered at the WaitaraFreezing Works was 109 (says theMail). The season throughout has beena remarkably busy one and it is ex-pectod the slaughtering w ill be con-tinued for some tuno yet. If thespung bo a mild one it is likely stockwill be received continuously.

"After the siege of the Pekin Lega-tions a dozen Russian soldiers, bent onloot and outrage, raided the house inwhich one ot my band boys lived withhis mother and sister," Sir Robert Hartiveently told the Authors' Club. "Theboy snatched his violin and played theRussian National Anthem, and thelooters stood to attention. Then theylelt the house without molesting any-one."

Recently the New Plymouth BoroughCouncil was cited to appear before thoArbitration Court at Auckland with aviow to having the Auckland Slaugh-termen's Union award extended to theNew Plymouth abattoirs. Mr. W.Pr.\or, secretary of the Employers'Federation, opposed the application onbehalf of tho Council, and it wasthrown out. Now tho Council is citedto appear before a Board of Concilia-tion at New Plymouth on May 25.

Although the ArnsMVebb scullingrace is six weeks off both men are fair-ly well forward. Indications at presentpuiut to both being in their very bestform on the day of the raco (writes"Victor" in the Wanganui Herald).Arnst did a lot of useful rowing lastweek, and that he is already in fairlygood form is evident from the fact thathe is rowing in very fine style. Webbcontinues to keep well, and his friendsarc quite satisfied with the way he isshaping.

Of the many hundreds of thousandsof photographs of the German Em-peror which are shown all over thoworld, there is not one which showshim smiling. It is said that he con-siders such a pose as being beneaththe Imperial dignity. Apropos of this,there is a story just current in Berlinof a camera artist who uas summonedto Potsdam recently to take a pictureof the Kaiser. The photograph wastaken, and in due time proofs weresubmitted to tho Emperor, who at onceordered the artist to destroy tho nega-tives. It transpired that." when thephotographer requeued his Royal sitterto turn his head a little on one sidot<o Kaiser smiled, and the proofsshowed a suspicion of tho smile

Some interesting financial detailsin connection with tho Broken Hillstrike wore given in a cireulnr letterfrom the unionists of that district rc-cuijed by the Auckland Trades andLabour Council It was stated thatup to April 7 the following amouitsHad hoea received fro:U tho Statesnamed and from Now Zo:.!:Mid- N<.uSouth Wales, £->.{T>I ; South Austra-lia C2./88; Victoria, £2M<); WestAstralta. £23r,2; Tnwm,i,i f22.VQueensland. €4!»3, \P« Zealand. £3o'In Broken Hill £7873 was raised andtho amount receiver] from private don-ations, concerts, otr . was £2520. Tlh«grand total from all sonrros to the d-»cnamed was given as £2! 308. win' 'expenditure to the samp date was setdown at £21.909.An amusing'story is told concernnmMr. Henry James, the famous Ameri-

can novelist, whoso play, "The HighHid." was roceiitly produced by Mr.Forbes Itobcrtson. Mr. Junes', whohas resided in England for some tune,took a house in the country near theestate of a millionaire jam manufac-turer, retired. This man, having mar-ried an carl's daughter, was trying toforget tho trade whereby ho had piledup his fortune. The jani manufacturerone <lny nroto Mr. Jnnics an impudentlottor. vowing that it was outrageousthe way tho James servants wore tres-passing on his grounds. Mr. Jameswrote back: "Dear sir,— lam verysorry to "hoar that my servants hav'oboon poaching on your preserves. P.S.— You'll excuse my mentioning yourpreserves, won't you?"

Mr. Huston Cur]eit, who lias justreturned from the Parnpara iron fieldsin tho Nelson district, gives a glowingdescription of the quality and extontof the ore field. He told a Southernreporter that there was sufficient oroin sight to last for hundreds of yearsIt would bo a groat mistake to allowforeign capitalists to step in, and hethought that the people of New Zea-land would bo quite able to supplysufficient money to develop the fields"There are mountains of oro close tothe sea front," ho said, "and ns thedistance js loss than half a mile, thoquestion of shipping will bo easy.Thereis a plentiful supply of coal and lime-stone in the immediate vicinity, andsufficient water power to drive tur-bines to generate electricity for smelt-ing, lighting, ond powor. There is alarge sluicing clm'm bordering on thedeposits, and Ihoar that it has boonworking very successfully."

Police Commissioner Bingham, of theNew York service, made a sensationalstatement illustrating the corruptionconnected with crime in Americancities. It explains how many policeofficials are now wealthy men. Hehasbeen pressing for a special appropria-tion of £10,000 for themaintenance ofa secret service corps to purify thecity, but the Board of Aldermen hasrefused to grant the appropriationCommenting on this refusal Mr. Rum-bam declared that until a blow wa«struck at corruption thorn could neverhe municipal offiriencv. nnd lio men-tioned that during the first your of hi<=administration ho was offered bril>o=ajreroeatinq; £120 000 to "look thoother way" while imnronor PTitorprisoTwore mrriH through in Now YorkCity. TTo anvs that it is tho nrovn]o^rr"f tbi<s Vi!>it of corruption ivMcbi^ri-e^"m office so onerous and so disappoint-ing.

From the shipbuilding yard ofMessrs. A. Stephen and Sons, Lint-house, was laum-hcd on March 24 thes.s. Tortuguero, 5000 tons, the largestvessel yet built for the exclusive pur-pose of fruit-cairyThg. '1he steamerhas been built to tho order of Messrs.Elders and Fyffes (Ltd.), banana im-porters. Sho has an insulated space,fitted with J. and E. Hall's cool-airsystem, for ovtr 00.000 bunches of WestIndian bananas, and an entirely newfeature is the divisum of tho* fruitdecks into four sopanuo compurl-iientvThe object of this arrangement is toallow the various portions of tho cargostowed in these spaces to be dischargedat different ports without interferingin any way with the distribution andcirculation of the air in the otherdecks. On her voyages from the WestIndies, the Tortuguero, after landingbananas destined for England, willproceed with tho remainder of hercargo to the leading ports of Germany,Holland, and Scandinavia. A steadyand increasing demand for West In-dian bananas has given rise to thenecessity of devising a plan by whichtho fruit shall bo subjected to the mini-mum amount of handling; and in thisrespect the avoidance of transhipmentis most important. Should the experi-ment prove as successful as is confi-dently anticipated, other vessels ofsimilar type will bo laid on the stocks.

A devicedriven by an electric motor,for sealing, stamping, and countingletters, is described and illustrated inPopular Electricity, which magazinebelieves that the mechanical mailerwill find wide application in businesshouses. Says the writer: "The ma-chine will readily perfor mits variousoperations on 150 letters per minute,and may be speeded up to turn outconsiderably more when required. Theletters in bunches are held against anautomatic feed, which permits only oneenvelopeat a time to pass its flap overa metal disc which revolves in water.As the envelope advances the stampsare fed forward, cut off, moistened,and the stamp simultaneously attach-ed, the letter passes between a seriesof rolls under pressure and thenemerges and is automaticaly stacked.A counter records each stamp as itpasses upon the envelope, and thusfurnishes a check upon the amountspent for postage. Moreover, thestamps cannot be removed from themachine except by the clerk to whomthe key is entrusted. The source ofpower being furnished by an electricmotor, no labour is involved in theoperation of the machine, except thefeeding of the letters in bunches. Themotor is attached by a flexible Inmp-cord to an ordinary electric-lightingsocket, and to start the machine it isonly necessary to turn the switch. ~\one-eighth horse-power motor will dothe work, so that the charge for cur-rent i» negligible."

TARANAKI HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 15, iS)O9.

CALENDARFOR MAY-JUNE, 1909.

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Copyright.1 (Received May 15, 12.20 a.m.)

LONDON, May M.The Bank of England returns tor the

week ending Wednesday last are asiollow:—Reserve, £2,741,500.Bullion, £36,53G,000.Note Circulation, £29,1.33,000Public Deposits, £14,8-59,000.Other Deposits, £40,840,000.Government Securities, £2-5,309,000Other Securities, £30,G21,000.Proportion Reserve to Liabilities,

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THE MONEY MARKET

Gd. Tlie adx-ertised 100 grown steersrealised from £o 5s to £G ss; two tothrce-x oar-old steers, £3 17s Gd to £5Is Gd'; 18-nionth to txvo-year-old do.,£2 2s 6d to £3 15s; calves, 15s to 33s

Gd. There was an extra large yardingof beef, which sold at Newmarket rates.

Cattle.— At the Newmarket Yards onTuesday cattle of all descriptions worepenned' in ax-erage numbers. Dairycow s sold at from £3 15s to £6 10s;empty cows, £2 to ii'2 17s 6d;calves,15s to Cl 16s. The beef pens xxere filledwith cattle of nice quality. Pricessl»nxod no lmprox-oment on last week'slates, although the market xvas a littleiirmer. Oxen sold to 20s per 1001b. andcows 17s to IDs. Steers sold from £o17s Gd to CO IDs; cows, £3 10s to £6.

Sinop.— Sheep v.oro \arded in aver-

ago numlxMs at Now market on Tues-day. Wet hois sold at trom 9.s 9d to 13sGd'; euos, Us to 11s Gd,hoggets, 8s 9dto IMs; lambs, Gs to 14s 3d. The ad-xortised store oxxes sold at irom 10s 6dto lls 9d.

Pigs.— l'orkci.s .sold at from 18s 9dto €1 7s; xvcaners, 5s 6d to 13s 6d:baooners, £1 18s to £2 6s.

Butter.— The market is firm at 9dio 9Jd per 11). tor choice separator.Fnst-grado sop.iratoi, BJdj secondHiado, slow of sale at 7d to 7id.

Cheese.— Farmers' is sloxv of sale at"Id;iactorj,o.Jd.

DUTIES ON CIGARS.

(To the Editor.)Sir,— Kindly alloxv me space in your

widely read paper to thank all thosewho have helped to make my addresseson "Practical Work Amongst Seamen"a success. The London Missions toSeamen, conducted by the Church ofEngland, is of seventy-three yearsstanding, and H.M. King Edward is

tho patron, with H.R.H. the Princeot Wales, K.G., and the four Arch-bishops and Bishops throughout theworld as vice-patrons. Every seamanknows the Fixing Angel Missions toSeamen, and each missioner m chargehelps to organise smoko concerts, andalso football and cricket matches forthe crews of vessels xxlicn inport. Mus-cular Christianity is often needed,especially xxhentaking a drunkensailoror tireman on board his ship, when thetide is high 9 and tho gangway steep.Special courtesy has been shown by theRoxs. Evans, Spencer, and Allenson.In conclusion allow me to thank thosegentlemen on behalf of the Bishop ofAuckland, xxho is heart and soul in thiswork, and xxho authorised me to give

addresses in this part of his Diocese.—Iam etc.,

ARTHUR PRESTON COWIESeamen's Missioner, Auckland.

THOSE DISCARDED RIFLES

GREEN WEIGHT OR DRYI'er Press Association.WELLINGTON, May 15

The Minister of Customs, in reply toquestions put a% the outcome of theChamber ot Commerce Conference, saidit is impossible, as the laxv stands, tohave cigars xxeighed xxhen taken out ofbond, so that duty may be paid on thedry commodity instead of on green.He x»as xx-illmg to l>ring in a Bill toamend tho Act in the direction sug-gested. Tho Minister could not agreeto issue fuller statistical information.Hoxvevor, a monthly statement ofduties x\ as noxx- prepared, but not pub-lished, and if it xvas of any service tomerchants arrangements might be madefor its appearance in the Gazette. TheMinister held that legislation regard-ing export entries, as proposed, wasunnecessary.

FIREB.BLAZE AT INVERCARGILL

Per Press AssociationINVERCARGILL, May 15.Peters' jewellery shop xvas gutted by

fire tin's morning. Tlie stock xvas atotal loss. Insurance, £2300. Thepre-mises on either side were damaged tothe extent of £150.

Three month's bills are discounted at1J per cent. The rate for short loansis 1 per cent., and tho bank rate _;per cent.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIESThe following nre the latest quota-

tions for Government securities: —2Jper cent. Consols, £83 6s 3d. 55i>

higher than last week.4 per cent. N.S.'W., £108 ss. 5s

higher.3i per cent. N.S.W., £99 7s 6d.

7s 6d higher.3 per cent. N.S.'W., £88 1.55. 10,

higher.4 per cent. Victoria, £104. Un-

changed.3J per cent. Victoria, £100. 10=?.

higher.3 per cent. Victoria, £87 15s. 2s (id

higher.3J per cent. South Australia, £99

2s 6d. 2s 6d higher.3 per cent. South Australia, £85

10s. Unchanged.4 per cent. Queensland, £105 10s.

Unchanged. ,3J per cent. Queensland, £98 7s 6d.

5s higher.3 per cent. Queensland, £87 10s. 10s

higher.4 per cent. New Zealand, £106 ss.

Os higher.3J per cent. New Zealand, £99 10s.

Unchanged.3 per cent. New Zealand, £8/ 15s.

5s higher.3J per cent. Tasmania, £99. 10s

higher. .3 per cent. Tasmania, £88. tn-changed.

3J per cent. West Australia, £98 <s6d. 2s 6d higher.

3 per cent. West Australia, £87 10s.Unchanged.

WHEAT AND FLOUR.

FOOTBALL.THE RUGBY GAME.

An improvement in America hassteadied the wheat markets. Carfioesare small in demand. Afloat is of-fering at 43s 6d and 43s 9d, Mnysteamer parcels at 43s 6d and Austra-lian spot at 47s 6d. .

Flour is firm and unchanged inLondon and irregular in Glasgowwhere Australian spot is freely offer-ing at 32s 6d and 33s 6d, landed terms.

Inaddition to those publishedyester-*day a junior match, Eltham v. Strat-ford, xva.s played on Thursday at Strat-ford. It resulted in a win for theEltham team by 3 points to nil. Inthe first spell there xva.s no score. Inthe second half Fake landed a try whichWilliams failed to conxort. Mr. Woodswas referee.

OTHER MARKETS

THE ASSOCIATION GAME.

Per Press AssociationWELLINGTON, May 11.

Tlio charge against Ethel May llallotof obtaining £V) oby meansot false pn--tences from Walter Clifford, shep-tarmer, was heard at the SupremeCourt to-day. Accused made the lol-lowiiig statement before the jury re-tired: —'After having ,n throe place* triedhard to earnnn honest Ining,Iarmed!"'! Christchurch, where I first mot Mr.Clifford. He was, introduced to mo atWarners Hotel. Ho seemed to likeme, and wo met subsequently. Whin

He gave me £20 ho said ho hoped Iwould seehim if Icame to Wellington,out ho asked mo not to say Ihad n.othim before. When Imot him at Insown house in Holison Street and v. asintroduced to him again, Iconcealedthe fact that Ihad known him beforeHo called on me at the- Grand HotelHefore ho loft he told mo he was goinganay for a few days, and if Iwas inwant of any money ho would help meIsaw him on several occasions, lietook mo to the races, and introducedme to many people on the course. Hetook me round the course, and Ilunched with him and others in themembers' luncheon-room. We weresnapshotted on the lawn together. Onthe Trentham railway station Mr. Clif-ford introduced me to prominent rac-ing officials ashis foster daughter. Wehad a party of seven at dinner at theGrand Hotel that night. Ibooked toChristchnrch with Mrs. Denniston. andMr. Clifford stated that he would bodown on the Thursday following. Iwas in need of money, for with theentertainment to which Iwas treatedand the rush of people to call on me,Ihad no decent frocks for the occasions..Remembering Mr. Clifford's promise.Iordered goods at the D.1.C., andwhen they demanded the money frommo Ihad to fall back on him for aloan. Iwent to his house for it, andwas informed that lie was at the Wei-lington Club. Idrove there xx ith MrsD^nniston, nnd got a gentleman fromChristchurch to bring Mr. Clifford outto the hansom. I shoxx-ed him theD.I.C- bill, and he said, placing bishand on mv shoulder: 'My little girl.£■"50 or £100. if yon wish it.' Ithankedhim and said Iwould be glad of £50.He told me to drive to the bank, andwhew he got the money he gave it tome. Inever obtained the monpythrough any untrue statements, andMr. Clifford knows very xx-ell what Isay is true. Iwrote telling him Iwould pay him back, as Ihave n largesum of money coming to me on June 2,when Iwill \>e 21 years old. This mvadvocate, Mr. Wilford. can prove. Inm prepared to gix-e Mr. Clifford nnorder for his money, nnd Ithink, con-sidering what he "said to me, be hasbeen very unkind to me. People xxhoare unknown to me went bail for mexx-hen Iwas committed for trial, and

had I felt Ihad dor-c any wrong toMr. Clifford Iwould not have facedthe trial: but Iknow and be knoxv*quite well that he should not have lindme arresto'l. Ihelieve ho is sorry forit now. T never cnlled myself MissCnmpbell-Bnnnormnn to him, as henow admits

"The jury. nfter deliberating For an

hour, returnedn verdict of not guilty.

TRAINS AND STOCK.

The following are the remaining fix-tures of tlio first round as drawn upbj the Taranaki Association:—

NORTH DIVISIONMay 20.— New Plymouth v. Strat-ford, at Stratford. Eltham a bye.Max 27.— Eltham v. Stratford, at

Stratford. New Plymouth a bye.Juno 3.

—Eltham v. New Plymouth,

at New PKmouth. Stratford a bvo.SOUTH DIVISION.

May _O.— Auroa v. Kaponga A, atAuroa.May _7.— Kaponga A v. Kaponga B,

at Kaponga.May '27.— Auroa v. Hawera. atHawoia.

_Ma\ 19.— Hawera v. Kaponga B, atKaponga.

Copper.— On spot unchanged, threemonths £59 12s 6d, electrolytic £60

Tin— On the spot £132, three months£133 2s 6d.

Lead, £13 ss.Iron, 48s.Sugar.— German 10s 6d, first marks

12s 4d. ,. r.Wool.—

Bradford wool is firm, quietand unchanged. At Londou snles theMatahui clip realised lOJd, Omarnma

Butter.— The market is firm. Dan-

ish is quoted at 110s and 112s. NewNew Zealand nnd Australian clearedHt late rotes. There is a better in-

a.iiry for stored, which is very firmCheese -New Zealand sold nt bK

and 6"s.

GUM AND SILVER

(Received May 15, 8 2"5 a.m.)

LONDON, May 14.Kauri sales

—700 cases were offered

and 137 sold. Bush is slightly dearer.Other sorts are unchanged.

Silver, 24 5-16d.

MINING.

PRISONERS AND ATHLETICS

Per Press Association.CHKISTCHUKCH,May 14.

The discipline in Hanmer prisoncamp has ior some tune past apparent-ly been anything but exemplary, andthe Commission which inquired intomatterson Wednesday (according to le-liable information) discovered thatsome alterations into the method ofgovernment would have to be made itthe camp were tobe continued on regu-lation lines. It appears that GaolerMurphy was in charge of the camp iorsome time, and while he occupied thatposition ho was assisted by three ward-ers and two men connected with theForestry Department. Murphy, it i»stated, was not a strict disciplinarian,and therefore managementof the campdeveloped into a very happy-go-luckysort of style. Naturally under this re-gime everyone was perfectly satisfied,and as one gentleman described it to apressman, it was more like a picnicthan anything else.

Recently Murphy's health became sobad that he was forced to apply forleave, and the Department granted hisrequest, and placed Gaoler Bowling,the present governor of the camp, incharge. Warder Carlyon was at thistime clerk in the office. Bowling im-mediately saw that the camp previousto his arrival had not been run onstrictly orthodox lines, and ho immedi-atelyset to work to straighten out mat-ters. The warders during Murphy'sgovernorship were, with thepermissionof Colonel Hume, allowed to let theprisoners play football and cricket oncertain occasions and Carlyon used toparticipate in. the games. This Bow-ling*objected to, ana helater removedCarlyon to a position in charge of agang. According to Carlyon, as theywere short-handed, it was arrangedthat Bowling should take his turn inlocking up at night and unlocking inthe morning, but when the time arriv- [ed for Bowling to carry out his partof the contract, Bowling refused, andordered Carlyon to do the work. Car-lyon thereupon refusedj and Bowlingsuspendedhim for refusing duty. Carl-yon immediately communicated withWellington and asked for an inquiry,which Mr. Bishop, S.M., held on Wed-nesday.

During the mqmry, which was of aDepartmental nature, it was statedthat Leask, assistant forester, was alsocharged with refusing duty on a cer-tain Saturday and Sunday. He ex-plained that Mr. Curie, chief forester,was away on a holiday, and had givenhim instructions prior to his departurethat he was not to take instructionsfrom the prison authorities, conse-quently he refused todo what Bowlingtold him to do. The matter will boreferred to headquarters by the Com-mission for inquiry. Leask was fur-ther charged with maliciously destroy-ing six cordsof firewood in the prisonplantation. He stated in regard tothis that only leavesand smallbrancheswere cut off and burned, and the re-mainder of the wood was carted in tothe camp. .

Carlyon was charged with falsifyingthebooks, with mixingwith the prison-

ers too freely, playing football, etc.,and being incompetent as a warderand refusing duty. He admitted thathe had been a barman prior to his ap-pointment to the camp at Hanmer.He had never been in a first-class pri-

son before, but he had served in theImperial Army for two years. He saidhe had played footballwith the prison-ers on Saturday afternoon, tl>e prison-ers' half-holiday. These games woreplayed with the pel-mission of Colom-1Hume. He denied falsifying the books,

and stated they were all right whenhe left them. He asked that they

shouldbe examined. The report of theCommissionhas to be made to the Go-vernment, and nothing is yet Inovnas to the nature of the recommenda-tions made. ,Itis understood, however, that Carl-

yon handed in his resignation at t!>close of the proceedings, and virimi*

changes will probably be made as thoresult of the inquiry.

(Received May 15,11.10 a.m.)LONDON, May 14-

Wool is strong and unchanged. Ame-ricans are operating freely.SUPREME COURT CASES.

AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET

The (iroyniouth correspondent of theL\tti-lton Times wired on Tuesday asfollows — "Mr ArCluKgago is visitingH'ikitika on belinU of a syndicate forthe innposo ot invcMigating the possi-bility «>f v.-orking the Five-mile Beach,Okarito. l>v Indiaulio sluicing. It isexpected tint the which Mr.M'Clurki^o represents will shortlycommence oj.i-r.stious, which are to becarried on* on an extensive scale."

WAITARA.

AT WELLINGTONPer Press Association.WELLINGTON, May 14.

At the Supreme Court Alfred JamesCook, a half-caste, charged with as-saulting a Chinese, was found notguilty.

PRISONERS SENTENCED ATAUCKLAND.

A SERIOVS CHARGE

lVr Preo AssociationAUCKLAND. May 1»

At the afternoon's nieetimi of theAuckland Aqrieulturnl Association, aletter was read from Mr. Will;am Tav-lor. of Te Awamutu. stating that hehad disposed of his famous Orppnhillstud lierauso of what he devribeil nsthe "shameful treatment" of lij^ stoolby the Railway Department, nndoomincc from the Cambridge «.lww Onthat occasion his 'took weie in tl»otruck 23 hours, nnd it took that timeto travel a distance of 51 mile Some,of the horses were «o badly injuredthat tbev could not 'jn into tho -.bowrMipr. and several had not at ibe tuneof writingrecovered from their injuries.He waited at Ngarotn from 11 amon the tiny they were trucked to re-turn iMitil 4 45 p.m.. and when lie rutvhow the stock were injured he rode offtho next morning to Hamilton nnd ar-rnncod for a clearing sale. To run:> stud ns he hnd done for the last 1">venrs it was necessary to exhibit, niulif he went to Pnlmerston North withseveral trucks of bis best stock, worthabout £2000, and there wi a similardelay, the chances were tbev would lustbe about killed. It was decided to for-ward a copy of the letter to tlio Rail-way Department.

SPORTING.TAKAPUNA ACCEPTANCES

As briefly intimated in our issue o:yesterday, a Herald representative interviewed Madame Melba at the "WhittHart Hotel yesterday afternoon in tinhope obtaining her mi]>re!>sions olNew Zealand and of her colonial tourHe was surprised to find the greatsinger suffei ing from a throat" trouble,the result, she believed, of a chillcaught whilst travelling on the previ-ous day. This was said to be of such anature as to prevent her appearancein New Plymouth. Madame Melbasaid it was a great disappointment toher that she could not sing here. "Thetour has been a great success allthrough," she added, "but Ithink Ihave overdone it and feel that if Ididsing to-night with my throat so bad itwould perhaps mean my resting for atleast a month. Therefore it is wiser,much to my regret, for mo to give upthe concert this evening."In fmther conversation it transpired

that immediatesteps had been taken toacquaint people down the line and inthe. outlying districts of MadameMelba's indisposition and the cancel-lation of her New Plymouth engage-ments, and her manager (Mr.Lemmone), who was present, explainedthat he had communicated with sta-tionmasters as far away as Hawera,and asked that notices to this effect beposted over the ticket offices at therespective stations.

Madame Melba said she intendedleaving for Aucklandthatnight, whereshe would have a complete rest for aday or two, in the hope thatshe wouldbe able to singat Auckland on Tuesdayevening. Everything had been ar-ranged previously for the party to pro-ceed North this morning via the Maintrunk line.. 1*! that Madame Mleba hadvisited Pukekura Park, our represen-tative asked her impressions. She wasdelighted with the beauty. "Onecouldalmost imagine she was in fairyland!"exclaimed Madame, who was most en-thusiastic in her praises of thegrounds "It is the most beautifullittle parkIhaveever seen. Itis per-fectly lovely, andhadInot this horrid

sore throat Ishould have been thereagain this afternoon; and Iam sureH'?jlllJJay to it." laughinglyadded Melba. "

Madame is very favourably impressedwith the Dominion, and chatted plea-santly and with very evident interestupon its scenery. "It is perfectlylorely," she said, "and Iintend com-ing over as a tourist in two or threeyears' time just to enjoy it." The cli-mate, she thought, was excellent.Madame Melba told our reporter ofthe beautiful contralto singer she haddiscovered in the south in the personof Miss Thomson. This young lady is

»? ej £ c fineßt. contralto singersMadame has ever listened to.

XtMa^me nas enjoyedevery bit of herNew Zealand tour and is more thanpleased with the reception that hasbeen accorded her. She has naturallysome interesting reminiscences, and re-lated one or two with considerableamusement. Inone town in the SouthMadame sent her maid to ask for somecandles at the hotel at which she wasstaying. The request was met withthe reply: "What does Madlme Melbawant with candlos. She's not a RomanCatholic." The candles, of course, woreforthcoming, but the retort created agroat deal of merriment. There wasonly ono gas jet in the room used byMadame Melba and she required thecandles to dress by.

Madame Melba* does not like themethods of Union members, or at am-rate the members of the Cooks' Unionat " (The name of the town wasmentioned, but Madame asked our re-porter not to publish it). However, itwas a prominent town in the SouthIsland. This particular Union pre-vented the cook at her hotel cookingher supper merely because it was aftera certain hour. On the night she re-ferred to she would have had to gosupperless had her butler not been withher. He cooked her a chop nicely. Ifthis was the attitude of unions it wouldspoil this lovely little country, saidthe prima donna. It was apt to plaietourists in a most awkward position." Madame Melba's tour has not beenfree from excitement. Ono nightwhilst staying in Wellington she wasaroused from her sleep by the noise offire engines beneath her window. Herroom was full of smoke and she wasnaturally very much alarmed. The firewas in the adjoining property, how-ever, and was. soon extinguished. Hadthere been any wind at the time theflames would probably have spread to

'tho building in which Madame Melb.iwas staying. "You can imagine thenervous stateIwas in," added MadameMelba. She liked Wellington verymuch. j

The booking for Melba's concert wasvery meagre, but it is no exaggerationto say that several hundred people inNew Plymouth and other parts ofNorth Taranaki wore keenly disap-pointed when they learned that thogreat singer was indisposed and badbeen reluctantly compelled to abandonthe concert. Rooms had been bookedat several hotels by intending visitorswho proposed reaching New Plymouthby the afternoon train. Visitors whohad arrived in town earlier in tho dayreturned to their homes by the out-ward bound train shortly after 4o'clock.

SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.MONTHLY MEETING

AUCKLAND, May 14A number of prisoners who had

pleaded guilty in the lower Court tovarious offences were brought up torsentence at the Supreme Court thisafternoon. Thomas Henry Hillman,for forgery and uttering, receivedtwelve months' imprisonment; BertJennings, for stealing portmanteaux,was sentencedto twelvemonths ;TulaPei, a Maori from Whakatane, eight-een months' for forbery;MahiTeHaki,another Maori, got eighteen monthsfor breaking and entering at Kaikohe.Other sentences imposed were:HoraceLyford, robbery with violence at Gis-borne, two years';Bert Dixon, forgeryand uttering, three years';Percy Ash-ton Carter, forgery and uttering,twelve months';Arthur George Helernand Victor Herbert, three years';JohnWilson, for burglary at Gisborne, wasremanded for medical treatment. Alex-ander Stewart Mackenzie, forgery anduttering, was sentenced to two years';Andrew Wallace, breaking and enter-ing at Ngaruawahia, three years';andAiden Murphy, assault on boys, tenyears'.

TARANAKI PETROLEUM COMPANY

(To the Editor.)I Sir —It is to be hoped that littleepisode of New Zealand discardedriflesfinding their way to Afghanistan willnot be allowed to be slurred over in themanner the Premier wishes it to bo.If the facts are as they would appearto bo, this is no trivial blunder, but a jcrime of great magnitude. Such a oneas before now has brought men to haveto face a firing party with their backsto tho wall. It is something more thanan absurdity for the Dominion to beproferrinK Dreadnoughts with onehand, while with the other we are sell-ing gnod serviceable rifles for shillingsto the enemies of Britain. Itake ittho guarantee demanded wasn't wortha continental d j treaty, Imean.It would be interesting to trace thoserifles, and it is to be hoped we shallhave some men in the House who w-11see it done;and want also to know whygood serviceable Sniders should beslung away, when in the event of acrisis it is very doubtful if one-fourthof the men in thoDominion willing andabio to assist in Ha defence could beprovided with a weapon. 1supposethat is part of the creed that the futureof New Zealand will all depend on theresult of a naval engagement in theNorth Sea, and Ifor one think thatno enemy, having managed to defeatthe British fleet there, would be inmuch trim to run the gauntletof the balance of her warships andtrouble New Zealand for a bit, andeven then Itrust there will be menenough in the country who will thinktheir liberties worth taking care of,and who will be prepared to fight forthe flag, whatever the dingoes anddagoes who made themselves so pro-minent in Christchurch may think. Toshow what a clean sweep must havebeen made of those rifles, a few weeksngo_ Iasked a well-known New Zealandbusiness man, whose line of work takeshim very often to Auckland, to try andprocure for mo there one of the Sniderourhinos sold not long ago, but Iaminformed he cannot got one, as they.ill seem cleared out of the country.Dreadnought or not, the attitude ofthe Premier on this defence questionis very unsatisfactory, one might sayflabby^ and wants stiffening up to eti-»hle him to withstand pressure fromthe party to whom he has been toosubservient all along. While thisDreadnought question is agitating thecountry, and Iw jn premise my obserNations by saying that my little voicelias nothing but praise for the Premierin making the offer and the mannerin wliuh it was done, for Itako itthe British navy has been worth manyships to us, even commercially, yetthere must lw> something to be saidin favour of the policy of our havingin addition to a hundred thousand rifle-men, a mos<|uito fleet, and it wouldappear to be as definite as a mathe-matica! proposition If in Home watersno fleet is complete without its faircomplement of destroyers. tori>edoboats etc., etc., why should theAustralian squadron lie completewithout them- And consideringthat those boats cannot wellbe broughtthe distance, is it not fair to assumethat if the Squadron enn find these es-sentials in Australia and Now Zealandit must bo of material benefit and asource of strength? How are suchquestions to be answered? Certainlynot by the man in the street,nor, with jbated breath 1 write it, by the garden jor ordinary colonial statesman. As amatter of fact, these conferences ofPremiers, Statesmen, etc., to meet ex-perts in particular lines of policy aretoo often disappointing, no matterwho the representative Statesman maybo. It is very seldom but tho collarlound his neck has to be taken intoconsideration, and the best results can-not be obtained in such ways. What1 do hope for andexpect is that unionsthe editors now in conference in Eng-land will be found some who will takeit as part of their ever}day work tosolve such problems; men of culture,nnhampered by fear of what Cabinetsor constituencies may say, many-sided,receptive, yet as capable of diffusingli^ht as the facets of n diamond, tak-ing broad comprehensive views fromthe heights of a serene independence ;if we have a few such among thosesent from here wo may expect a highnote to bo struck in the tone of ourpublic policy for years to come, andwe would be perfectly safe that thegarnered knowledge of best expertsin theEmpire would be at our disposalSo mote it be.

—Iam, etc.,

W. ROSSITER.

ACCIDENTSANDFATALITIESFOUND DEAD.

Per Press Association.WHANGAREI, May 14.

Constable Douglas, of Hikurangi,had to perform a very gruesome taskyesterday. The body of a Maori manwho had been dead some time wasfound in a whare in tho heart of thePuhipuhi bush. As other Maoris re-fusea to have anything to do with thebody, the constable had to carry it ona saddle over four miles. A verdictwas returned at the inquest that de-ceased died for want of nourishment.The Charitable Aid Board undertookthe funeral.

RAILWAY FATALITY

Per Press AssociationAUCKLAND, May 14

Following aro the acceptances forevents tobe run on the first day of theTakapuna Jockey Club's winter meet-ing:—

Maiden Plate, seven furlongs.—Wai-otahi 8.6. Zinnia 8.4, Jill 7.12, Valen-tine 7.7, Luminator 7.'4. Tamahero 7.2.Dainty 7.0, Waikuku 7.0, Seldom 7.0,Lady Jane 6.12, Castle Blaney 6.i2.Toa'Tere 6.10. .

Maiden Hurdle Race, one nnio anda half and 100 yards.— Kremlin 10.7,Waikato 10.0, Tui Cakobau 9.12, Bu'ly9.10, Carlyle 9.8, Pukonui 9.7, Eblis9.6, Sweet Alice 9.6, Gladsmnir 95,Powerful 9.5, Kaitangata 9.5, Heathen9.3, Keep Step 9.0. Uranuia 9.0, Ar-magh 9.0, Hokomai 9.0.

Empire Handicap, one mile and aquarter.

—Lochbuhie 8.8, Sedition 8.7,

Advocate 7.12. Miss Winnie 7.11,Scotty 7.10. Waihuku 7.9, Dully 7.8,Carmania 7.6, Wauchope 7.4, Darda-nus 7.2, Necktie 6.10. Escamillo 6.8,Newton 6.8, Rimlock 6.7, Lord Rose-bery 6.7, Leafire 6.7.

Royal Handicap, five furlongs anda half— Dogger Bank 8.12, Foremost8.9.

Hohunga Handicap, five furlongsand.-» half.— WaiotnK! 8 7. Zinnia 8 S. Jill7.12, Norma 7.10, Aimwell 7.7. Valen-tine 7.7, Starboard 7.4. Don Quex 7.0,Waikuku 7.0, Silent 7.0, Censure 6.13.Madame Soult 6.13, Matarere 6.13,Leafire 6.12, Castle Blanev 6 12, Ko-mata 6.10, Olive Rose 6.10, Crescent6.10.

Pony Handicap, five furlongs and ahalf.— Mighty Atom 9.2. Glenorn 9 0.Octoroon 8.9, Mistime 8 P>, Quadroon82. Norn fioult 7.12, Cvron.o 7.10,Maika 7.8, Tupoea 7.0, Etonia 7.0.

Sir,—Iam fully in accord with Mr.

Berry's action re his resignation aschairman of the Taranaki PetroleumCompany. Ido not always agree withMr. Berry, so that Ihave no axe togrind. The directors certainly haveoverstepped their rights by reappoint-ing Mr. Simpson, especially in viewof the opinions expressed at the meet-ing held a few months ngo. The hardestpart of the whole business is that theyshould have seen fit to promise abonus to him, especially as he receivesa princely salary to look after half adozen men. Iwould like to see ameeting of shareholders called to dis-cuss matters in connection with theabove Company, and can assure Mr.Berry that all the shareholders Ihave.spoken to are satisfied at his action.— 1 am, etc.,

G. E. BLANCHARD.GREAT NORTHERN STEEPLE-

CHASE.

AUCKLAND,M.iy 15(Special to Herald.)

Messrs. Frater Bros, report:-Stock Exchange sales. —New Zealand

Insurance 755, Waihi £9 5s fid, Junc-tion 4.-IS. Extended Gs 4d, Crown U,Broken HilU 2s Id, Saxon 2s 4 I. Vic-toria Is, Sylvia 2s 7d. Waitangi 4* £v.

Buyers.-Bank of New Zeahn-1 U-4s (Jas £14 7s, Hikurangi 19s. Li» onOil 19s 3d, Portlands 41a, Taliimi.i51s 9d, Golden Hill 7s, May Qu<?<ui2s 2d. Albnrnia Is 6d, Blackwater 2<s6d. Consolidated Mines 17s 9d, Fro-gress lls.

BUTTER AND CHEESEMr. Newton King's weekly butter

and cheese report from Messrs. R. andW. Davidson, of London and Glasgow,under date April 1, says:

ContinentalButters.— There haa beena very bad market for all grades ofContinental this week, and prices showa reduction of about 4s to 5s per cwt.The arrivals this week from Denmarkagain show an increase of about 500casks. Our telegraphic advices fromCopenhagen yesterday indicated thatthe market there was very bad, andtho quotation to-day has been wired 5kr. down.

Danish and Swedish Butters.— Therehas been a very poor market. Largequantities have )>een left over unsold,andprices show a reduction of 4s to 5aper cwt. We quote strictly choicestquality at 110s to Ills.

Siberian Butter.— The quality of thefresh goods coming forward at presentis really very choice, and is giving greatsatisfaction. There has been a fairinquiry, and stocks of this grade arebeing kept well cleared. Prices ob-tained this week range about 100s.Secondary and cold-stored goods arestagnant;prices irregular, 90s to 965.

ArgentineButter.— In sympathy withall other grades, this has had a poormarket, and prices aro lower, choicestquality beingquoted at 100s.

Australian Butfors.— The arrivals thisweek were very small, only totallingabout 10,000 boxes. This quantity,however, with the accumulations onhand, has been more than sufficientto meet requirements. Prices areweaker. Strictly choicest Victorianand New South Wales butters arequoted at 98s to 100s, choicest firstgrade Queenslands 965, seconds andthirds 92s to 945. Unsalted is stillscarce, and commands about 5s to 6sover tho price of salted.

New Zealand Butter.— The butter exKaikoura is now being discharged.There has been a very poor demand,and prices have been considerably re-duced. We again hear of some verycheap offers, as low as 99s having beenmentioned, but actual market price to-day is about 100s to 101s.

TIMARU, May 14.Dennis Collins, a labourer aged 29,

was run over by a slow train from thesouth as it was coming into the stationto-night, and killed instantly, his headbeing cut off and his body terriblymutilated. No blame was attachableto tho driver of tho train. Deceasedhad no business on the lino where hewas when run over.

(I'Vom Om Oun Correspondent.) |Maj I').- Hie present .season hasbeen an exceptionally busy on© at theNuitara Kicezing Works. Last weokthe daily a\ojago of cattle slaughteredwas Hill, and operations aro likely tocontinue tor sonic considerable timejet. (Jivon a mild spring,it is not un-likely that stock will be received con-tinuously.

Since the beginning of the presentmonth the majority of the business ■people hire advertised the fact that !during the winter months their pre- jmises would close at 5.30 p.m. Thisinnovation was hailed with great satis-faction by the employees at least, butup to the piesent the observance hasnut been conspicuously unanimous.

A number of Waitara folk made thejoudney to New Plymouth on Fridayto hear Melba, and were greatly disap-pointed when it was known thatMadame had cancelled her concert ow-ing to an inflamed throat. When willthe public combine and try a littlejudicious boycott on all trusts, includ-ing prinm donnas and beer? Untilthis is done wo will have to pay what-ever these dictate.

"Your Own" when in New Plymouthrecently inspected the ceremonial ban-ner, the gift of which caused a slightstorm lately, and is of opinion thatno one need cavil at what is a mostartistic, appropriate, and devotionalgift. It is indeed "a thing of beauty"uell worthy alike of the sacred edificeit adorns and the generous donor. Theparishioners of St. Mary's can con-gratulate themselves on possessing awork of art not surpassed in theNorthIsland, tho presence of which will notcause their orisons to be less efficaciousthan formerly.

A meetingof the newly-formed Muni-cipal Brass Band was held on Fridayevening, Mr. T. M'Kenzie occupyingthe chair. The late bandmaster (Mr.W. E. Skelton) handed in his resig-nation, which nns received with regret,eulogistic reference being made to hispast sen ices. The following oficerswere appointed: -Patron, Mr. W. T.Jennings, M.P.; president, Mr. W. F.Jenkins; vice-president, Mr. W. Bird-Img, custodians, Messrs. B. M'Koyand R. Sampson; band sergeant, W.Skelton; corporal, C. Sampson; lance-corporal, J. M'Kenzie; committee,Messrs. F. Uartnell. J. Kibby, S. L.Lewis, W. Byrne, nnd Cudby. Mr.Harry Spurd'le's resignation as secre-tary and bandsman was accepted withregret. The appointment of secretarywas held over, Mr. Spurdlc promisingto act in the ntonntimo. A committeew .is appointed ;iwait on the volun-teers in r^r

i ic'iro to the orderly-roombeing sect"'- '1 a* a hand-room. A voteof thanks to the chair concluded thebusiness.

DEATH OF AN INFANT

(To the Editor.)Sir,— Inotice in your issue of laat

evening a very interesting letter fromMr. Berry, explaining to some 'extentthe proceedings of our Oil Company,particularly as regards the manage-ment of the same. It has boon dailycomment for a long while past thatsomething serious in that- respect weshappening, and tho very least thedirectors can do is to call tho share-holders together immediately and ex-plain matters and vindicate thoir posi-tion if they can do so.

— Iam, etc.,SHAREHOLDER

CHEESE

STRATFORD HIDE AND WOOLSALE.

Now Zealand Cheese.— Arrivals con-tinue to moet with a fair demand.Prices are unaltered. Choicest white61s, choicest coloured 64s to 655.

Canadian Cheese.—

The market rulessteady. Prices are unchanged. Choicestwhite 62s 6d to 635, choicest coloured65s to 665.

CARD ASSOCIATION.

NAPIER, May 15.An inquest was opened on the body

of an infant founddead in anouthou.cat Port Ahuriri. The child had breath-ed, though imperfectly, and had it beenborn under proper conditions wouldprobably have lhcd. The inquest wasadjourned in order to obtain themother's attendance. EAST END V. DRUIDS

ENTERTAINMENTS

AUCKLAND,May 14Acceptances for the chief events at

the Great Northern Steeplechase meet-ingof the Auckland Racing Club closedto-night as follows :—

Great Northern Hurdles — Paritutu11.6, Master Douglas 11 6, Maidi 11."i.Exmoor 113. Knmiira 10 13 Wmpu10.7, Audax 10 6, Kremlin 10 />. Cm-ingno 10.1, SuagMnnn 10 i, Sol 10 tNorth Head 10 4, Jack Pot 10 2, Irish10.0, Snip 10.0. Oryx 9.13, New town9.11, Reservoir 9.10

'Creusot 9 t.Bulk

93. Poplar 9 3, Maharanui 9.2, Bela-rir> 9.1.

Great Northern Steeples.— Kiatere12 5. Sol 12.2, Audax 10 13. Maidi 105,Irish 10.4, Capitol 10-1. Le Bonn 103Creusot 10.2, Cuiragno 10 3. Wainu10.2. Jack Pot 9.13, Kremlin 013Aroha 0.11. Oryx 9.11 Pawa 9.11Playmate 9.9, Te Aral 9.8, Mawliiti9.7, Whimper 9.7.

WHITELEY ORCHESTRAL SOCIETYDISQUALIFICATIONS

Those teams met in tho first roundof tlio New Plymouth Card Associationtournament on Thursday. Scores

—fiiirhre: Scrivener and Dockrill1, Hart-ley and Johns 5;S. Brooks and Ed-wards 3, Irvingand Siffett 5;D. Smithand E. Lowe 5, R. Smith and Groom-bridge 5, Clow and W. Ellis 6, Allanand Beals 4. Cribbage: Parker andPoster 2, Hoon and Harvey 6;E.Whittle- andF. Whittle 4, Tuc'kner andW. Yardley 7;Cosbrook and J. Boul-ton 5, Dickenson and Askell 6; G.Main and A. Lee 5, W. Shultz and D.Barrett 7. (East End players are men-tioned first in each case.) Totals:EastEnd 31 points, Druids 45 points.

AUCKLAND, May ]/>The- Takapuna Jockey Club decided

to disqualify during the club's pleasureJ. Grant, in whosename the horso Tau-riki was raced at the winter mooting;and S. Darragh, owner of tho hors<\for supplying false, information. Thecommittee awarded tho stakes won b\Tauriki in the Maiden Plate, Welter,and Pupuke Handicap to the secondhorses.

Messrs. Young, Hobbs, and Co. re-port:— On May 11 wo held our usualsale and submitted a very attractivecatalogue consisting of 400 hides, 50bags and 5 bales wool, 600 sheepskins,100 calfskins, 2 casks and a quantityof tallow in tins, bones, horsehair, etc.Buyers were in attendance from Auck-land to Dunedin, with the result thathides and tallow maintained the highrates of last sale, white wooland sheep-skins were a shade higher in sympathywith the London market. We quote:

Wool.— Fleece 5d to 6id, lambs' 5d to6|d, crutchings 3id to 3jd, dead 4Jdto sid, pieces 2Jd.

Skins.— B medium salted 8s 7d to4s, salted lambs' 2s 3d, B woollies 5dto 5Jd, settlers' medium woollies 4idto sid.

Hides.— Medium freezer ox s|d to7d, butchers' medium oow s|d *,o 6Jd,B ox 5Jd to 6Jd, yearlings' 4Jd to sd,settlers' cow 4id to 4fd, slippy cowlid.Tallow, 23s per cwt, in tins 20s 6d.Horsehair, Is 2d.Calfskins, 7d to 7{d, slippy 6d.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE.

An emaciated horse attached to aenrt belonging to Mr. F. Josephs,Imtcher, fell down in Devon Streetthis morning, apparently from sheerweakness, breaking one of the shaftsof the cart and some of its harnessin the full. "What's the matter?"queried a pressman. "Only an al-leged horse blown over," replied a by-stander.

Tenders are invited by Mr. FrankMessenger for painting and plumbingwork at tho National Bank buildings.

There will be a men's meeting in theTheatre Royal to-morrow (Suii'lay)afternoon at 3. The subject Rev TKeith Even will deal with w'll h*>"Why Wo Fail." The Mayor (Mr. O.Tisrh) uill preside.

A special service for everybody--Abright,brief meeting, a good choir aidorchestra, in the Theatre Royal, to-morrow evening at 8.30 by Rev. T.Keith Ewen. Como, and bring a Sun-key's hymn-book with you.

Miss A. Batz, The Lake, via Charle-ville, Q., writes: "Ido not know whatwe people who live in the bush woulddo without Chamberlain's .Remedies.Many of ua live miles from a doctor,and tho time that would be lost insending for one in a case of croupwould, in most cases, prove fatal, tosay nothing of the expense In ourfamily we take the precautionof keep-ing Chamberlain's Cough Remedy onhand— wealways havea few bottles inthe house

—and. we call ft oar doctor.

As a matter of fact, one and all ofChamberlain's Remediesbare a placein our medicine chest, andIoouldnottellyou the numberof times they havesaved us serious trouble." For sale byall dealers.

The ordinary meeting of the SchoolCommissioners was held at tho secre-tary's (Mr.F.P. Corkill) office yester-day. Present: Messrs. J. Wade (inthe chair), Simpson, Faull, and Major.

The Commissioner of Crown Landswrote that the Government had ap-proved of the exchange of section 2,block 10, Upper Waitara S.D., forlands of equal value, and that section1, block 11, Mahoe S.D., 428 acres,would now be vested in the Board.It was resolved, on the motion of

Mr. Major and the chairman, that thesecretary of the Board (Mr. F. P.Corkill) be authorised to execute andseal thememorandum of transfer fromthe Commissioners to his Majesty theKing of section 2, block 10, UpperWaitara Survey District, containing860 acres.

Tho Commissioner of Crown Landsforwarded for the information of thoBoard a series of reports by CrownLands rangers on certain of tlie Board'sunlet reserves. After discussion it wasresolvedon the motion ofMessrs. Majorand Wade that the fencing of reservesavailable for leasing be left to Mr.Simpson, and that on receipt of hisreport the secretary be empowered toadvertise the usual auction sale ofleases.

The District Engineer of Roads wrotethat the matter of the Ahoroa Roaddeviation could now be adjusted;andit was accordingly resolved, on themotion of Messrs. Major and Faull,that the chairman be authorised tosign the necessary documents on behalfof the Board.

The secretary reported that ho hadinterviewed the Secretary for Educa-tion in Wellington, and that it ap-peared the Commissioners had powerunder section 330 (5) of the Land Act,1908, to take steps to sell reservewhich could not be profitably utilisedas endowments or school sites. It wasresolved on thomotion of Messrs. Faulland Simpson that the secretary pre-pare a list of reserves which it wasdesirable to have sold.

The ranger's report was read anddiscussed. The secretary undertook toobtain full particulars of the reserva-tion of Lake Umutekai so that theBoa-d might consider its position atnext meeting.

The treasurer reported a balance of£333 0s 6d.

The following transfers were ap-1proved subject to thousual conditions:N. G. Glasgow to C. E. Hansen Allen,section 13, block 1, Ngatimaru 5.1).;M. A. Bcale to Francis A. G. Lee,parts 500, etc., New Plymouth; G. J.Willy to Theodore Willy, sub. 2, sec-tion'sl, block 11, Ngalre S.D.;execu-tors of D. Carroll to Goo. Vickerv, sec-tion 19, Opnnake suburbs; L. C. andS. Foster to George S. Ferguson, sec-tion 5, Manganui district.

Tho secretary stated that many soli-citors now omitted to supply the in-formation required by the Commission-ers as to the consideration being paidfor goodwill of leases. Itwas resolved,that a circular bo forwarded to soli-citors and landbrokers informing themthat applications for consent to leasesmust state the amount of purchasemoney, and that all applications forconsideration by ' the Commissionersmust roach the secretary not later thanthe Monday evening previous to theBoard's regular monthly meeting,otherwise they could not be placed onthe order paper.

Accounts amounting to €39 19s lidwere passed for payment.

This Society is making preparationsfor putting on a first-class programmeat its concert in Whiteley Hall nextThursday evening. The orchestralitems are selected with a view to show-ing the capabilities of the performers.and the advance they have made sincethe last concert. The overtures, onefrom one of Rossini's masterpieces,"Barbor of Seville," and the otherfrom Suppe's "Poet and Peasant" (avery brilliant piece) will be played.The selections are from Gounod's"Faust," introducing students' chorusballet music, flowor lay, and soldierschorus; Wagner's "Lohengrin," intro-ducing "Lohengrin's Farewell to theSwan/ introduction to Act 111., andtho Bridal March; and Donizetti's"Lucia do Lammermoor." Tho latteris more for the solo instruments. He-sides the above there will be other in-strumental pieces. The vocal items arebeing selected with a view to gettingthebest local singers available, and thoprogramme submitted to the audiencewill bo one worthy of a musicalsociety. It is to be hoped there willbo a good audience to receive _ theprogramme and encourage the society.

The following will represent the Wai-reka Card Club, crib and euchre,against the Rolland Club on Ttiesdavnext, May 18, at the Rolland Clubrooms, play to start at 7.30 p.m " Crib— F. Newell, A. Murphy, G. Newell,A. K. Smart, J. Hooker, A. D. Gray,H. N. Goldwater (capt.) Q. Braund.Euchre

—E. Loveridge, W. Loveridgo,Robert Sole, S. Russell, H. Harvey,S. Rowbottom, E. Francis, J. Harvey.Emergencies: R. J. Deare, S. Howell.The folowing members hiive teen se-lected to represent the Eist End Car1Club against Avenue Ro-il >n Men-day, 17th, in the East End club-rooms,

at 7.30 o'clock:—Crib.— E. Lowe, G. Maine. \ Leo,

F. Coster, G. Rampton, W. M Koy(captain), R. Kibby,G. Cosb.\T>lc<>.

Euchre.— W. Ellis, W. Do-sk.-'l, J.Parker, W. Davidson, D. Smith, H.Whittle, W. Boulton, S. Rrook-?s.Emergencies. — Edwards and F.approval. In extending the manjger«Any member unable to play, i """«"»«notify the secretary.

The following is the list of winningowners at the Egmont winter meetingand the amounts won in stakes: —Messrs. A. Alexander £135, F. Faber£110 B. T. Bennett £80, O. Ceorget>%o, G. T. Lynrh A. Sands nnd F.Tilley £70, H. M Menaway, A. Mor-ton £65, S. M Guinness £60, R. Jef-for; £55, H. Spratt £30, S. Pitt 13.Nicholl £20, C. C. Hammond, A.Ryder, J. Melville. J. Foreman, W.Oliver £10. G. F. Moore £5.

Winning horses at the Egmont meet-ing were ridden by W. Price (4), C.Jenkins, A. Mitchell, W. Young (2),C. Cochrane, W. Ayre, N. Campbell(1). Riders who gained second placeswere C. Jackson (2), E. Lowe, A.Olliver, C. Cochrane, W. Price, W.Ayre, C. Pearee, N. Campbell, T. Car-roll, W. Audrey, L. Nodder, G. Price,S. M'Rae (1each). Those placed thirdwere C. Cochrane (4), A. Olliver, C.Jackson, W. Ayre, T. Jones, H. Cope-stake, C. Pearce, H. George, T. Car-roll, F. Coleman, C. Hammond.

Mr Walter Trafford, pharmaceuticalchemist by oxam., High Street, WestMaitland, N.S.W., writes: "I havthad over 25 years' active and practicalexperiencein leading English and colo-nialpharmacies, and am convinced thatof all the numerous cough medicines,none has given greater satisfactionthan Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Iinvariably us© it in my own family,and have derived such benefit from itthat when Iam asked to recommend agood medicine Iunhesitatingly recom-mend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy."For s«le by all dealers.

When you wake up in the morningwith a bad taste in your mouth, youknow that you need a dose of Cham-berlain's Tablets, for they will sharpenyour appetite andstrengthen the diges-tive organs. For sale by all dealers.

Carry a box of Zymole Trokeys inyour pocket. They are a good thingto have about you, oft'times prevent-inga little hoarseness from resulting ina hard cough. 11

For Influenza take Woods' GreatPeppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6<3and2s 6d.

The committee of the Marsland HillMemorial desire that all accountsagainst them be sent in to the secre-tary.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercan-tile Agency Company, Ltd., in itsweeklyreport,dated Auckland, May12,1909, says:—

Horses.— On Friday, at the DurhamYards, horses were yarded in less thanaveragenumbers. Heavy draughts soldat from --88"to £28 15s: medium do.,£15 to £23 10s;hacks andlight harnesshorses, £8 10s to £14 10s; spring-cart£10 10s; dog-cart, £16.

At Papakura on Wednesday therewasa largemuster of cattle of all class-es, which sold under improved competi-tion, everything with few exceptionschanging hands. Dairy cows sold atfrom £4 6a to £9, heifers, £3 10s to£7 15s; backwardspringers, £2 10s to£3 178 6d;empty cows, £2 Is to £3 2s

lARANAKI HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1909.COMMERCIAL.CORRESPONDENCE.MISS MAY HALLET.MELBA'S INDISPOSITIONHAMMER PRISON CAMP.

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNSIN RACING CIRCLES Wo are not responsible for the opinionsexpressedby correspondents. Thewriter's name, as a guarantee ofgood faith, must be enclosed in theletterHER SUPREME COURT TRIAL

3

WOOL.

AMUSEMENTS.

TT7 HITELET TTALL,

NEW PLYMOUTH.

A fiRAND

ORCHESTRALCONCERT

Will be given by tho' r

WrHITELEY ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY

On

THURSDAY, MAY 20, at 8 p.m.

Admission Ono Shilling

H. J. CREWES, '.*'b6OB Hon. Soc-

THEATRE ROYAL.WEDNESDAY, MAY 26.

-in

THE NEW PLYMOUTH AMATEURSIn

A. W. Pinero's Screamingly FunnyFarcicalComedy,

"THE MAGISTRATE"(By special arrangement with Mr. J.

C. Williamson).Proceeds in aid of the Recreation

Sports Ground.Full particulars later.

buoo

LOST ANO FOUtt.v.

LOST on May 7. h.tiuu,Street and Westoui.

alid Gold Brooch, in->c n!< 1—Reward at Herald Olf..'\

OST — A Uib '~'(Brooch.— rjiick'i ,V

Herald Office. _LOST—Fox TemeV~Pn~pr

turning to \V. S. _> >

Edgecom'je Street, wili !<" i ' >iOUND at We<t'*7~!

opp. Jury's Stal>!o, ' "in Picturo-framinjr. l'nij>(phanging. Large s>tc<.k m ilines.

9THOUSAND

YARDS

JOBEMBROIDERYI

On. YARD

AT

THE BUSY CASH STORE,

Opp. CARNEGIE LIBRARY,

KING STREET

TENDERS.

TENDERS.

SEPARATE Tenders will be receivedat my office up to 12 noon, on

SATURDAY, May 22, for Painting andPlumbing Work at the National BankBuildings in Devon Street.

FRANK MESSENGER,Architect,

b687 Devon Street.

TARANAKI RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.

GRAND MILITARY BALLTHEATREROYAL,

EMPIRE DAY, MONDAY, May 24.

Gentlemen'sTiokets 3s, Ladies' 2s,Dress Circle Onlookers Is.

Under thepatronageof His Worshipthe Mayor and Officers of the 4th Wel-lington Rifle Battalion.

W. H. FLETCHER, Lieut.,R. BLACKETT, Lance-Corp.,

kogn Secretaries.

WANTED, £;.

ANTED— A TiVn'ifjob for a good mmJackson, IMmnlx-r, ()i 1.

WANTED— An Oth, ,Northern S.S. Co;.

00D Wages for V.u~<\~C'

to cook;thrco m ."■ply Herald Office.

PIANIST open to enup.< ■. , <

private parties, oucli; " "i ,etc.

— Apply Herald Office.6 MOVERLEY'ST^JV~> ."-

celebrated Cambi idyo > r >■ and fresh small goods. Uii% .■[ dairy-fed pork. ', >

ANTED— Married"CoupIo~~( .. -out encumbrance prcfortod) to

manage Branch Store;also ox}vr<.->n<v.fiDraper, male or femalo; nl-<> |)j-r> s-maker.— Apply T.P. HughVni, R.i!"hm., hb'ii

ACANCIES for two^f^tlraoiBoarders, private homo, r\frycomfort, hot bath; terms modern1">.--

Apply "Home," Herald Office. hlcA

WANTED— Good useful ~~iHorse, 4 or 5 years; not toolight; must be goodmover.—

C. Chik--,White HartHotel. LPirrpRY our Golden Grain Tea; unfceiUA en for flavour and value.— Bm-lock and Johnston. bfHl

W^ ANTED by Widower with h\-ochildren — Capable WorkingHousekeeper. References roquirrri.--

Apply byletter to "Alpha," c/o.H?r->1Offioe. hGPS

CIOLONIAL BI4ANKETS— These nu/ be bought at|size 17s 6d, full8i» 28s 6d

—cheapest in town

—at N.Z.Clothing Factory.

ANTED —BeehiveKnittingMn.chine Company (New "Zealand)

wantpeopletomake Hosiery for thoni,whole or spare time, in their i«nhomes; make £l a week;previous ex-perience not neoeßsary; constant e>n-ployment all the year round.— Writeat once, Box 784, G.P.0., Wellington._ I i____

"B"''sLINOLEUMS'trom 3s yard, K«Tpok

Maltresses from 15s, Toilet f-\r<?from 8s.— Riddlesand Johnson's Grnrpiaaohition Sale. ]>C37

LADIES' BOOT BARGAINS. — SV?window for sale .prices and sizes.—M'Ewen Bros/ Shoe Sale. hr*ll

BLACKSMITH in want of p'W;shoeing and jobbing.— "0.5.",

Midhirst, Taranaki. U^I

FRESHRock Oysters and Stew.-Mt\s3d dozen in shell; also Hot Pi^hand Chips.— Star Cafe, opp. Avcrr's., a.714

3D PAIR— Pelt Slippers,'wonWssizds.—^M'Ewen Bros.' Rbco Pale._

l_^ l-6]SADIES' High-grade Ainorretni Tan

Boots,Button and Lace, ciearinsat 12s 6d.— M'Ewen Bros.' Barir.imSale. h683TTUBINESB ScRIBBLING BLOCKS■M-9 at Catran'g, 100 pages,.3d nacu.Try them for your'offioe table. Ro»]nfiiscribbling paper in a handy form-I / PAIR UP— Kiddies' 2 to £ BoolsJ^/ and Shoes, half-price.— 3fFvronBros.' Shoe Sale. b613

WANTED KNOWN— You can^etfresh-ground Coffee everymorn-

ing, at Veale's; also Essence of Coffee.made from the fresh-jn-otmd berry.Give them a trial.

—A. Vcale.

TTISITQRS to Waitara~c«"TroifjT<t:n aV first-class Shave or HaJrc.-.t «*t

Sampson and Hellier's Saloon We-fQuay. '^j£lFARMFOR LEASE— I9O acresgood

DairyingLandf05.lease at18s peracre; close to cheese factory, schrsl.and.post 'office; nearly all ploughable-—

TL P. Russell and Co., New Ply-mouth. 1)08-1

ROLLAND HALL.

ST. JOSEPH'S

"pUCHRE pARTY & pANCE.MONDAY, MAY 17, 1909.

Commencing at 8 p.m.

First andsecond prizes for ladies andgentlemen.

Admission: Ladies Is, Gents Is 6d.

J. A. CLARKE,b609 Hon. Sec.

TO BUILDERS.

TENDERS are invited till 1p.m.on WEDNESDAY, 19th inst.,

for the Erection of Offices for theEltham Argus.

Plans, etc., may b* seen with theundersigned, with whom tenders mustbe lodged.

J. W. ROUGH,b6lB Architect.

EGMONT LODGE, 1.0.0.F.

SOCIAL, EUCHRE PARTY, ANDDANCE,

FORESTERS' HALL, GILL STREET,New Plymouth,

THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1909.

Admission: Gents Is6d, Ladies provide.Play commences 8 p.m.

bGOO

TENDERS.

TO BUILDERS.

mENDERS will be Tfeoeived at our

Office up tUlr4 p.m. on THURS-DAY,May 20, for theErection of Pre-

mises in Brick for the Proprietor of

the Taranaki Herald and Budget.

Lowest or any tender not necessarily

accepted.

SANDERSON & GRIFFITHS,

Architects.

Brougham Street,

New Plymouth, May 7, 1909.

b507

MEETINGS.

/GOSPEL jy|IS&IONRev. T. Keith Ewen

(Wellington).GILL ST. BAPTIST CHURCH 11—7.

Also each Week Evening <.30.

THEATRE ROYAL, SUNDAY—Men's Mass Meeting, 3 p.m.Everybody's Meeting 8.15 p.m.

b539

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE— Purebred Jersey Bull. Calf, out of Sweet Shamrock by

YankeeLad; a double combination c?Yankee Sweet, the great son of thegreatest three-year-old cow alive,Rosairis Olga 4thPride; 984 lbs butterfrom 14.108 of milk. Samo blood nsIhave just sold to the Government forRakura.

—Apply sharp to'Mr. N. King,

Auctioneer, or W. J. Freetlf, Urenui,breeder.

* -b327

OR SALE— A completeDairy Plant—100-gallon Alfai SepaTator,

Churn, Butter-worker andmoulder, ailin tiptop order. Owner supplyingcheese and h«s no need of it.No reasonable offer refused; or wouldexchange for cattle.— Willie Freotb,Urenui. b£2B-FOR SALE— Particularly fine b^u\

of 50 Dairy Cows,, near Strat-ford; August-September calvers. De-livery June 15. Averaged over £)rtper cow this season. Snip at £6! —

Ap-plysharp.— E. Griffiths and Coy. bS^

FOR SALEOR TO UET,Strand<m—7 acres, 12-roome_ House, gas,

hotand coldwater,every convenience.—Medley andRundle. ISSO001ACRES Suburban Lf.r.d- b^f-£t2& tifuHy situated;mostly hvoi-.well adaptedfor sub-division; ciiesp.--E. J. Carthew 4 Co.

FOR SALE BY TENDER.

TENDERS will be received by theundersigned for the purchase of

196 acres, all grassed except patchshelter bush. WeU fenced into 9 pad-docks, 60 acres flat, balance mostly

easy undulating country; 7-roomedhouse, 20 cow-bails, 2 milkers'cottageaand other buildings. Title, I-^-Rent, £20 per annum. Situated atReikiorangi .close to schoolandcream-ery, and 3 mile, from Waikanae rail-way station, Manawatu Line. Metalroad. Mr. W. Cooper, on the pro-perty, will show intendingbuyers over.Tenders will close at noonon SATUR-DAY, May 22, 1909, and must be ac-companiedby a cheque for10 per cent,

of the purchaseprice as deposit, mehighest or any tender not necessarilyaccepted. * CO4«9 Wellington.

SALES BY AUCTION.t

— "

STRATFORD YARDS.TUESDAY, MAY 18.

-j^r EWT O N J£ IN G

Will sell at his Stratford Yards, onTUESDAY, May 18:

-I -g f\f\ HEAD MIXED CATTLE,J_ I.UU including:—

200 8 and 4-year Bullocks.350 2\ to 3-year Bullocka.25018 to20-month Steers.60 18 to 20-month Heifers.

120 Mixed Weanera.80 Store and Forward Cows.80 21-year in calf Heifers.15Fat Cows.

On account F. Mackay, Eaq., fasannual draft of Steera M followt:

50 31-year Bullocks.60 2i to 3-year Steers.

120 18 to 20-month Steers (choice).

Sale at1o'clock.b658

TO LET.

TO LET— 6-roomed House, clean, ingood repair;bath, cupboards,cop-

per.— Apply Hill's Store, South Ro;><l.... bte-l

TO LET— Cottage," 2 rooms. p:>«ring:Aubrey Street.

—V. Hasluck.

BeltRoad. > f_}^

TO LET—

6-room House (gas), w fish-house, 4 loose-boxes, larjie tiajo-

shed, 5 acres land.— Apply to Newtru

King. "_ h023

TO LET— 10-roomed Boardin^b'wse,Devon Street, lately occupied by

Mrs. Kent.— Apply Chew Chong. bGOGO LEASE from July I—6o acres,

Cottage, close to Inglewood.—Apply Mrs. Randolph Smith, To

fHenui. - - ' WOO0 LET—

The premises" inBrmv^!-.mStreet lately occupied by the

Union Bank of Australasia.— Wssinu 3:iWeston. -'"«;

BOROUGH OF NEW PLYMOUTH.

A PUBLIC MEETING will be heldin the Town Hall on TUESDAY,

May 18, at 8 p.m.,,..

Business:— To consider the adoption

of Anniversary Day (March 31)as a permanent holiday andother matters relative to holi-days.

A full attendance of tradespeople isrequested.

G. TISCH,b6BO Mayor.

THEATRE ROYAL.

MEN'S MASS MEETING, 3 p.m.;the Mayor presiding. EVERY-

BODY'S MEETING, 8.15 p.m. San-key's Hymns.

REV. T. KEITH EWEN.bCSI

NEW PLYMOUTH INVESTMENTAND LOAN SOCIETY

(Permanent.)

THE Thirty-third Annual Meetingof Members will tako place in

tho Office of the Society, BroughamStreet, New Plymouth, on MONDA\,May 17, 1909, at 3 p.m.

Business:— To receive the AnnucjReport of the Directors andStatement of Accounts for thepast year, tho Appointment ofDirectors aad Auditors, and forsuch other business that may bebrought before the meeting, cfwhichduo noticeshall havebeenBlVCn'

C. 8. RENNELL,b641 Secretary.

THEATRE ROYAL.MEN'S MASS MEETING, Slp.m.;

the Mayor presiding. EVERY-BODY'S MEETING, 8.15 p.m. San-

KEITH EWEN.—

AMALGAMATED SOCIETY RAIL-WAY SERVANTS.

THE Quarterly Meeting- of the NewPlymouth Branch will be held in

Social Hall on TUESDAY, May 18,7.30 p.m. r

_ , ,Business:— Alteration of Rules and

General._^ _^ THOMgON

b682 Branch Secretary.

THEATRE ROYAL.MEN'S MASS MEETING, 31 p.m ;

the Mayor presiding. EVERY-BODY'S MEETING, 8.15 p.m. San-key^Hgnns.. EWEN

bool

FURNITURE SALE.MONDAY, MAY 17.

nrEBB T E R DBOB.Have been favoured with instructions

from Mrs. Edwards, who is leavingNew Plymouth, to sell, at her resi-dence, Brougham Street

—ALL HER HOUSEHOLD FURNI-

TURE AND EFFECTS, con-sisting of:

Combination and Duchess Chests,Tiled Back Washstand, Mir-rors, Dressing Tables, Orna-ments, Dining Table, ToiletSets,BedsteadsandStretchers,Curtains, Linoleums (in verygood order),7Bentwoods, Rat-tan Chairs, Uncommon Table,Writing Desk, Crockery, quan-tity Jam, usualKitchen Uten-sils, and Sundries.

Sale at 2.30. b622

NEW PLYMOUTH & INGLEWOODwill be visited at regularMONTHLY Dates by

JAS. E. CAMPBELL, D.8.0.A,LONDON,

SIGHT-TESTING OPTICIAN(By Practical Exam.).

New Plymouth Dates:— WEDNESDAY,May 12 to SATURDAY, May 15,inclusive.

Consulting Rooms:— DOMINION TEAROOMS (next door to TheatreRoyal, DevonSt.).

Inglewood Dates :— MONDAY andTUESDAY, May 17 and 18.

Consults at Bennett's Coffee Palace

Expert Service Guaranteed.Latest Up-to-date Sight-testing In-

strumentsused.PostalAddress— Box 94, HAWERA.

b421

CRAWFORD'S URENUT-AWAKINOMAIL COACH.

LEAVES Urenui every WednesdayandSaturday (on arrivalof Wai-

tara coach) for Uruti, Okau, Tongapo-rutu, Mokau, and Awakino, returningthe followingday.

Passengers returning will be takenon to Waitara if required. As Inmnow running a Covered-in Coach rightthrough parcels entrusted to me andpassengers willhavemy best attention.

Rates Reasonable. Try a trip overMount Messenger.

A. G. CRAWFORD,Proprietor.

SOITDOES: NOT DO TO FORGETSOITDOES: NOT DO TO FOIJGJ?r

That theThat Jho "

BIG GENUINE SALE BY N.I.C.BIG GENUINE SALE BY N.I.C.BIG GENUINE SALE BY N.i.C.

Of theOf the

Bankrupt Stock*of J. PoweUBankrupt Stock of J. Powell

AndAn*

Assigned Estate of J. A. FletcherAssigned Estate of J. A. Fletcher

Commences CommencesCommences Commences

OnOn .

SATURDAY NEXT, MAY 15,SATURDAY NEXT, MAY 35.SATURDAY NEXT, MAY 15.

FOR 28 DAYS.FOR 28 DAYS.FOR 28 DAYS.

Inpremises late W. Pellew, Devon R.Inpremises late W. Pellew, E«©von Si.

BIG BARGAINSINBIG BARGAINS IN

RUGS, BLANKETS, CURTATXS,RUGS, BLANKETS, CURT.\!N:\RUGS, BLANKETS, CURT^1>_,

DRESSES, DRESSES,DRESSES, DRESSES,DRESSES, DRESSES,

And Hundreds of Wondrous Bar^cm-.And Hundreds of Wondrous Bm^'ims.

DON'T FORGET THE N.I.CDON'T FORGET THE N.T.C.DON'T FORGET THE N.r/.C.

MISCELLANEOUS.

NOTICE.

THE Laundry Trap will call atFitzroy every TUESDAY After-

noon and deliver every FRIDAY. Any-one wishing trap to call, kindly sendname in to Nicholls' Steam Laundry.

F. NICHOLLS,b646 Proprietor.

TITANGANUI JOCKEY /"iLUB.

ACCEPTANCES.A CCEPTANCES for all first day

XjL events, vi«.:— Borough, Wanga-

nui Steeplechase, Electric Hack, Kai-toke- Hack Hurdles, Century Hurdles,Connolly and Purua Hack Handicaps,close on MONDAY, May 17, 1909, at 9p.m. at the Secretary's Office.

WM. HALL,Secretary.

P.O. Box 15, Wanganui. b626

Jas. Sanderson.] [H.VictorS.Griffiths.ANDERSON AND rjEIFPITHS,

ARCHITECTS.Office:— KlNG'S BUILDINGS, Cor-

ner Devon and Brougham Streets, NewPlymouth.

P. C. MfRTOH.-ALUER. ACCOFNTANT,ATJDITOE

LAND AND ESTATE AGENT.Manager of N«w Pljmoatb 6»ring»

Rank.Agentfar ImperialInsuranceCompany.

IntarMta and RentaCollected.Offices: BroughamSt., Haw Ply-W«tt

PIGS! PIGS!! PXOSmmHE INGLEWOOD CO-OPBRA-J. TIVE BACON CURING COM-PANY. Ltd., are buyvra of PrimeBacon Pigs, Maiden Sows, or Barrowsfrom 112lb to 160 lb dead weight, inany quantity.

RECEIVING DAYS:4t the Factorv— Every Wednesday.Wftitara— Mondays. May 10 and 24.Tariki— Mondays, May 8 and 17. jMidhirst

—Tuesdays. May 11and 25.

Smart Road— Tuesdays, May 4 and 18.Pigs receivedfromshareholder* only.

TARANAKI HERALD SATURDAI, MAY 15, 1000.

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE

COMMERCIAL. RIFLE SHOOTING.

TAHANAKI GTAUDS v. STHAT-FOIU) UIFLI-: CLl'll.

WIN FOl? GI'AUDS

A rifle match was iired net wen tieTaranaki Guards and the StratfoidUifle Club yesterday at Stratford. Al-though tho d.iv was line the light w a.-i

very lndiHeroiit, making the seoi.-s ),e-

low' the usual, a-, ih< ligu es leiwwill show esperialh at (iOO yaids. 11omatch was exceptionally interesting,

the linish Icing lc-lt to I'nvate Brucea,id Hifloman Mngster to win or I( ose,

the G.iards wet- one pom: I><hind v h< »tin. two above shots in -ed thi^ music.l,nt Hiuce beatinghis niiJ.i by / )mrlsmaking lnss.de the win..'

" ||.v the m.i-,ow matgui ol 6 points Ih-y'-'-1;x,ere enteitam-d at dinner m thoeven-h,s> thus winding up " X'>f)(l <la-v "SIThe following are the sioies

GUARDS

CHRISTCIUTHCH, May 12.Per Press Association.

At the Arlington market there wasagain a good entry of stock, and .ilarge attendance.

Sheep.— Two-tooth tliree-quarterbredewes sold up to 14s lid, and lour andsix-tooths to I.ls, forward wethers, IKto lls lOd, and smaller, 10s to 10s6d; ewe lambs, lls to 12s; a lew smalllines of mixed sexes, 7s 6d to 9s,and culls, 6s 6d to 7s 3d.

There was a large entry of fnt hiinb.sof good to prime quality. The rangefor freezers was 12s fid to lls; lightersorts, down to lls 6d, heavy tegs to14s 9d, and heavy butchers' lambs tolos 3d.

Primo wethers, los to 17s 3fl;lighter,12s to 14s Gd, primo merino wethers.12s lil to 12s lOd ;prune ewes. 12hto 14s; extra, to los 11(1;Jighter, i)s6d to lls 6<l;merino ewes, 7s Gil.

A poor lot ot store cattle was oi-fered. Three-year heiters made tlss, and dry cows 17s 6d to £2 10s.Good dairy cows were in demand, prices,ranging from £3 10s 8d to £10 7s 6d.

Cattle.— The yarding of fat cattletotalled 293 head. The demand wasagain very dull. Sales were difficultto effect, even at a further reductionof Is per 100 lb. A considerable num-ber were, therefore, passed in. Steersmade £6 17s 6d to 4'lo 2s 6d, heifers£) to £7 7s, and cows £4 os to £8(equal to 17s 6d to 19s for primo), ].>«■to 17s for medium, and 13s to 14s 6dfor cow and inferior beef per 100 lb.)There was a small yarding of vealcalves, and the bulk being extra goodquality sold at 4s 6d to 60s, accordingto size and condition.

Pigs.— Choppers sold up to £4 10s,heavy baconers 57s to 635, and ligiiter.50s to 56s (equal to 4Jd to 4id per lb).heavy porkers 38s to 465, and lighter32d to 33s (equal to 6d per lb),mediumstores 30s to 345, smaller 22s to 28s,and weaners 10s 6d to 14s 6d.

MESSRS. ABRAHAM ANDWILLIAMS.

Till you fear your chest's affected,There's no need to feel dejected,

You can Btill bo quite secure.To despair is only madness,So away with gloom and sadness,Take that thing of joy and gladness,

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.(Special to Herald.)

PALMKRSTON N., May 14.Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.,

report:— On Thursday an average en-

try of bothsheep and cattle was yard-ed". Sheep were dull of sale, but faireon&petiiion was met with for all classesof cattle, and a good clearance wusmade. Quotations:—

Sheep — Fat ewes 9s Id, forwardwethers 10s 10d, empty forward ewes6s lOd, f.m. ewes in lamb 6s 6d, cullewes in lamb 3s 9d.

Cattle— 3i-year-old bullocks £4 l.~>s,3-year steers £4, forward cows £2 lGs,store cows 355, 15 to 18 months heifers295, weane.rs 15s.

MR. NEWTON KING

MIDHIRST

(From Our Own Correspondent.)May 11.

—Ihave to record the usual

olnireh gatherings for this time oijear. On the eyeing of the 3rd inst.the Primitive Methodist Sunday Schoolheld its anniversary in tho Church,tho Rpy. ]}.Metson being in the chair.In spite- of the inclement weather,which prevented a large number frombeing present, the Church was wellfilled. After a first-class tea providedby the ladies, a good programme otsongs, recitations, and readings wassubmitted, Mr. W. T. Mills, of Don-high Road following with a capital ad-dress on Sunday School work. Prizeson tho result of the year's work werethen distributed by the Rev. Mr. Met-son; every child being presented witha book, and the more successful gain-ing two or three. The report of thesuperintendent, Mr. S. Robertson,showed that the School was increasingrapidly in numbers, and was in aflourishing condition generally.

On Monday last tho congregation ofthe Wesleyan Church tendered a wel-come social to the Rev. Mr. Bowie,who has been transferred from theStratford to the Inglewood circuit, ofwhich Midhirst forms a part. Inspite of the fact that the function hadbeen postponed from the previousThursday owing to the wet, and thatthe weather conditions left much to bedesired, there wasstill a fair gatheringincluding a goodly number of youngpeople of both sexes. Speeches of wel-come were given by Messrs. Mail andWright, andreplied toby Mr. Bowie.An excellent programme, musical endhumorous, was submitted, followed bysupper, which brought to a close whatwas pronounced by all to have been amost enjoyable evening.

The usual winter amusements aregetting into full swing again. TheGlee Club is making aneffort to widoiitho sphere of its usefulness, and withthis end in view is contemplating amove into new quarters. Previously itheld its practices in thehouse of Mrs.Parkinson, who inaugurated the Club,and has hitherto been itsleadingspirit.It is proposed to hold the meetings infuture in one of the public halls andto increase, if possible, the member-ship. Mr. Barnetthas been appointedconductor;and we wish the club everysuccess in its new venture.

On Wednesday evening last the fac-tory employees held on* of their P°PU"

lar* dances* in tho Town Hall. Therewas a large attendance and all seemedto enjoy themselves thoroughly. Themusic wassuppliedby Miss Schodroski.

Tho second of the Oddfellows' euchreparties passed off most successfullylast evening, there being a large at-tendance. The first prizes were wonby Mrs. Thompson andMr. Parkinson,the second prizes falling to Mrs. Fos-ter and Mr. Thompson. The Oddfel-lows have recently purchased a piano,which should prove a useful acquisi-tion towards making its future enter-tainments enjoyable.

URUTI.

Mr. Newton King's weekly auctionreport, dated May 14, 1909, says:

—At tho Haymarket on Saturday there

was a fair entry of pigs, weancrs made4s 6d to 6s 6d, small stores 7s to 01s.Harness horses £5 5s to £8 15s.

Cattle.—

At Rahotu on Tuesday therewasonly a fair yarding of cattle wean-ers made 10s 6d to 15s 6d, l.> to 18-nionths heifers 24s to 295. store cows£1 to £2 Is, forward do. £2 11s to £3Tis, bulls £1.

On tho same day Iheld a clearingsale of dairy cows, etc., on account oiMr. W. Dalziell. The cows were youngbut mostly in milk and late calvers,early calvers made £4 to £4 17s (id.late* do. £2 12s 6d to £3 ss, 4-year olddraught horse £28, 2-year old colt £1715s. trap mare £10, gig £11 10s. Stin-di ies sold at usual prices.

At Oakura on Wednesday Iheld aelcaiing sale on the farm lately ow indby Mr. J. Were, there was a good at-tendancebut prices for most lines werein favour of buyers. 2-tooth to f 111.ewes made 7s, old do. 2s. 2-tooth fatand forward wethers 10s 3d, lambs (is

2d. cull do. 3s 3d, yearling steer* £114s 6d. yearling heifers £1 12s, lightdraught 'mares £12 to £16 10s, 2-yearold do. £7.

At Waiwakaiho on Thursday therewas a fair yarding of cattle, and near-ly everything sold at tbo hammer atthe following prices- Weaiurs 13s Oilto 15s, yearling he.fers Cl 2s, storecows 255" to £2 6s, forward do. £2 14s6.1 to £3 4s, heifers and calves £2 os,

cows in calf £3 5s to £4 10s.cows £4 15s, heifers in calf £3 <s od to£3 13s 6d, 2}-vear steels £3 ss, bulls£1 9s to £1 10s.

MESSRS. VICKER AND STEVENS

(From Our Own Correspondent.)May 12.— The ladies who liuvo undor-

taki-n to supply the Hall withcurtains,etc. ,"held a very successful concert and jdance last Thursday. A really goodprogramme being contributed by Mos-dames M'Kenzio and Kelly, MissesMusker, M'Kenzio (2), and Alice Smith jand Messrs Alpo and S. Musker.

Tho wet weather andconstant traffichave made a few puddles along themain road and the Council's party ofsurfacemen are making some on thel>y<> roads. Not through any lack ofability or judgment on their part butsimply because it is the nrong time oftho year t« disturb the surface of clayroads.Inotice that Councillor Hunter and

Surfaceman M'Donald made a consid-erable saving in untying the fascinesand spreading them out. It perhapswas slightly risky but the fine weatherfavoured them and saved the ratepay-ers something over 20a a chain.

A \or.v pleasant surprise party wastendered to Mr. and Mrs. J. Murrayat tho opening of their new house. Alargo party of friends gathered andspent a most enjoyable evening.

The unexpected often occurs, verymuch so in fact in connection withhorse racing as proved by the resultof a race held on the Mimi beach be-tween two local horses las* week. Be-fore the race backers of one horse werelooking for bets at five to threo withno pakers and after the race theylooked puzzled and subdued. Such islife!

PUNIWHAKAU.

Messrs. Vickers and Stevens report:There whs a good yarding of cattl.' in

their Inglewood yards on Wednesday.Bidding was not ro good for youngcattle, but nearly everything was soldaa follows:— Calves 12s. 6dl to lis 6d.emptyheifers £1 7s to £1 13s 18 to 20months steers £2 to £2 5s 6d, in-oulfheifers £3 to £3 ss, springing calve*£2 10s to £3 10s, store rows £11. m to£2 17s 6d, springers £3 to £4 12s Gd.

LOCAL MARKETS.

NEW PLYMOUTH, MAY 14

(From Our Own Correspondent.)May 10.— Mr. Foston, of the No-

License League, was here last weekwith a lantern display. Owing torecent wet weather the attendance, Ihear, was not large.

Timber waggons have been busy inthis direction lately. Mr. T. Gedgeis having a new five-roomed housebuilt. Mr. Watchorn is also havingadditions to his housse.

The more this district become*knotv-ii, tho more it is appreciated.Messrs. Kirkham, new settlers, bad alarge waggon in last week conveyingtheir furniture, etc. Our storekeeper'sbusinesss is increasing fast. When hecame in about " year ago, he couldpretty well manage it with the aidof his family. Now he find* it neces-sary to have two young men and alady to help in his increased trade.This is a good sign for the district.The storekeeper has also been ap-pointed agent for Mr. Newton'KinginTututawa, Makahu, Puniwhakauandsurrounding country.Ihear that the attendance at the

local school is increasing "lightly. Mrs.H. Worthington has kindly offeredprizes for the best attendance duringthepresent quarter. Jt requires someforce of character to ride two or threemiles through mod in winter time.

Under Mr. Curtin's guidance, a gangof men have been working on KitikiRoad, putting it in order for tho win-ter. This will be much appreciatedby all the settlers using the road.

TARIKI.

RETAIL PRICESButchers' Meat— Beef:Sirloin, 6d;

prime ribs, sd; rump steak 8d;boor,

from 3d to 4d; corned beef, from 4dand 5d lb. Mutton: Legs 6d, chops6d, loin 6d, shoulders 5d necks 4d b.Pork: Fresh 6d lb. Veal 3d to 5d lb.Sausages, beef 4d, pork Bd. Lamb, 5aand 6s quarter. Fowls, 6» per pair.

These prices are for cash only;|dperlb. for booking over one week.

Groceries, Grain eta-Following; arethe cash prices charged by Now 1ly-mouth Rrooor8:-F!our8 :-F!our 100£ 14s, 60s7« SA fiS'a 4s Sugars: No. lA, os£" No. 2* & 6d. Kerosene 10s percase. Rolled oats and oatina. lOd perbag; oatmeal, 3s 251b.hag; sharps,14sWper 2001bbag; fowls' wheat 5a 3dbushel;bran, 6s per lOOlbs.;oatt, 2s 6d

etc.-Butter: Fac-tory, Is 2d; dairy lOd best separatorbutter Is. Cheese, 9d lb.;ocga.&JJ "Urd 9d lb.; bacon. 10d lb;hams, 8»dlb;'rashers, lOd. milk, 4d quart.tat -Bananas 3d per lb; lemons,

lg to Is 6d per doe; apples, 2d perlb.;oranges la down; «' nlnnj3; *£ ;dried fiKs73d box;grape* la &\ to 2a.

Veßetahles-Cabbages 2d to 3d each,carrots 2d per bunch, turnips 2d lb.

BUYING PRICESButter-Dairy 9d. factory rolled Is

id lb ;best separator butter 10(1;o«Rs2s per dozen; bacon, 7Jd per |l». ;hams. 8d per lb; lard, <d; fungus, 4dpor lb.

'?rom Our Own Correspondent.)May 12.— A well attended meeting

of tbo Riflo Club was held at Mr.Therkleson's store on the sth inst.Alter some discussion 'it was decided topurchase a silver challenge cup andthe shooting committee was authorisedto draw; out rules and regulations inconnection with it. Arrangementswere made ior tho annual picnic andball to be hold on the 20th inst., which,piowded tbo weather is fine, shouldboth attract a good muster. Some sub-stantial prizes are to be offered for thentlo shooting and every effort is beingmade to make the social and danceroallv first-class.

The bchool committee met on the10th inst. The chairman reported thattlie sub-committee appointed to inter-view the football club, re renting aground for the boys to play on, hadFound tho club very willing to bearjiart of the expense, but us no suitableground could bo obtained the matteruould have to bo dropped for the pre-sent. The old grievance of the verycramped accommodation for the child-ren in the way of playground wasstrongly commented on. It was pointedout that Salisbury Road School, thoughmuch smaller, had 10 acres which al-lowed for a proper horse paddock andplayground. Tariki, on the otherhand, only had about 4J acres, whichon account of tho situation of thoschool building and master's house al-lowed for neither paddock nor f^y*ground. The picnic and concert waspostponed till the endof June and sub-committees were appointed toattend totho programme, etc.

There is no secondary solace of lifeto surpass the solace of music. If youwant your children, to hare this solac*through life, you must see that theyhave the daily companionship of a goodpiano

—a Broadwood,a Ronisch,iLipp

of a Steinway. There are others alsoin the great stock of theDresden!PiarioCompany, Ltd. Extravagance it fool-jahiiess. Butyou can buy a piano fromthe Dresden and pay for it so.'easilythat the cost is scarcelynoticed. Writeand ask about it. Xocal representa-tives, Messrs E. Griffiths and

'Co.

—kdvt.

A. L. Cooke ia nowafcowfogii faVioty;f articles suitable for wading mnd>rare. Aicong the latest noV*lCwTinbirthday presents. Attention i»mrwjt-ed to the new stock of .ailfferipMtedineipensivo jeii-fUe,r7 -■«© .brwchos,nloune buttonß, liiUu; 0t0.,/.fn tJ c newAbnl^ne pearl, %kkh "f^Dfgsefi; v infashion. For aolid silver cFreasin(ttablerequisites, including. bmah«L n^rror*.jewbt-.boxcs,etc.,A. L- Coolersstock it;)ract<caH3 anllwit«d.

—AJr*.

P.D. Cor4*taKir« tt« Igor* til*Idea)joiaoand«win«. Witlip«rfa«t "fcgport,\\m ffive period* grMtfnlnaM. Modellod on true hytfienio prluofate. Ow(«nduoe io pofrl»et health. AM they fitthe fignre, and do not ortnm it, ihajkeep their shape. The P.D. w tlvmodern corset par excellence, alike forfcfie working womanand the woman offashion. 1

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STRATFORD RIFLE CUJB.Rtritm. C. Spook " :« M 2/-92

Rtlmn. W. Spook ... ;> 33 2,-JORtlmn. A. Spool; ... .H id *>-%{Capt. A. Markoy " $> 26 26-81Rllmn. O. SaiiKstor 32 28 21-81Rilmn. W. Rotors .U A 217—80

249 243 20U 606

/-j ~d BB*%cB2J iH £3££Szl3 Those who use it swear by it. \

g-^li & B lfi&%ajrß m m^dr^& m13Swi,1/8, j/»o«nd 2/-perii>.

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laL^al^i S Our largeoiUpuL enabK-. Wo turn out |;|KlQi'.'.m,r'ArToRYI well-tailored pori«»t 'Umr; Suits from i|* good materials ;U .nM l-ioderato rates. |

■tfTHE 1 Ift' i

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:; SHOP I*>I-*»*** f \>£

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Filß * "Si' %* SPECIU,N'OTI-:.

- All T.'i'.orins Crdcr<s reIl'I1' QI!?TQ %' ceue ih<i pi.ro. -.1 supervisor, of the Manager,$i %5 i#IItf p w|10| 1,-^mr !iid (ho lv-.t of exnerience, can ii

f& ccnfi'l°! l(I< promts" ihrto.r-jh satisfaction. i

iTO § ;:Measures '~~

.THE—

N.Z. CLOTHING FACTORY, j

riYVVO TTERY /~1ll(HCK T\AIRY T^ATIMS AT T^LTHA^f.|THE REST DAIRYING OH FATTENING C'OI'NTRY IN TAIUNAKI. S

136 ACRES- £32 10/-PKR Allll-A1111-

ONLY £310 CASH DOWN REQUIRED."CHANCE OF A LIFETIME." WILL MILK SIXTY COWS.

NICE HOUSE, G rooms, j^oocl 8-liml rowsliwl, 9 p.iddooks, fill lovol spl<>n-tlidly watered, within 2 inilos croamory, ."> miles to iamous NGAIRE

CHEESE FACTORY, which pH\s out record prices for buttor-iat. Only 3miles from Eltham. Whole of tho lnlanee of purchase money can remain for3J >ears. TIP-TOP GRASS LAND. FIIEE FROM NOXIOUS WEEDS.

ADJOINING ABOVE:—

1A Q ACRES Level Land, good bit been ploughed, 0 paddocks, little shel-14:0 tor bush, 6-roomed house, 12-bail rowsJiod. u«od outbuildings. Carry-ingseventy cows and getting very Ihru returns.

PRICE OQI T>ER A CRE. £1,500 CASH. BALANCE SEVERALdWOL J jOL YEARS.

tsj ft Both of these farms are as pried as can be obtained, and willundoubtedly fetch £40 per acre withm tho next \ear or two, and in themeantime pay a man WELL to farm.

E. GRIFFITHS & CO.,LAND AND ESTATE AGENTS, &c,

NEW PlifcMOUlH.

The Proprietors of Wolfe's 'Schnapps have determined j

to institute proceedings,which will be catricd tothe utmost extent allowed 5by law, against anyone ♥refilling their bottles with .other spirit and retailing' it <under the nome of I

!As offenrlers mny be ignc- jrantof the v:-iy seriousrisk jthey aic iiiL-iti -'.'', rttciillon \is herebycrlled to Ir-e Act of jPaili?mc!i« ci Ncv'>"ca'anil, 1"Tlie P\"'eu fs' Fa,',.

-and 1, Trade Marks /-ct, ipoG," 1

■ under whichany peison who 1encloses avy goods in any |, covering (which includes '

, any bottle) to whicha trr.de *mark has been appliedshall i

! be liable on conviction on 1.indictment to imprisonment jwithor without hard labourfor not over twoyears or to 1fine, or to both imprison- <ment and fine. i

A REWARD OF £50'i

is offered for such information as mill lt-arlf

to tlie comntion of an} person carr.unjf 0:1' tliece practifi. Any Infomiition ran ho, gullied toour Solicitors,Mots. ( lineman!! ,

and Tri]Ji>, Ilramlon feticct, \\ilhiib'on, New1 Zealand. '

UDOLPHO WOLFE COMPANY, :Proprietors of Wolfe's Schnapps

GOOD NEWS FOk iY.PArTI VJG&ENI.$_ _. ... " Crcat C!c-irr.-.:c of Manufacturers'

Ladies IJnderwggr -*>^ **< -AT SPECIAL SALE PRICES.

* \^ia g K \*om=

LADIES' DAlM^uSiiT LADIES' WOVEN UNDERWEAR.LADIES' NIGHTDRESSES in fine L.\nir.S' "WOVEN COMBINATIONS

Longcloth and Nainsook, trimmed in Wool, Wool and Cotton, or Silkwith Torchon and Valenciennes ami Wool, painor ribbed, inpink,laces and insertions, or muslin or cieam and natural.lawnuand-embroideries. Ordinary value,7/6 to 21/-

) Ordinary value, 12/(5 to 75/- Sampla Prices, 5/11 to15/0SamplePrices,9/11 to59/6LADIES1 LONGCLOTH SKIRTS, LADIES1 WOVEN VESTS,plain or

trimmed with Valenciennes and nbbed, in Wool, andSilk andWootTorchou laces and insertions, di.'.nt- round or low necks and shortily finished with be.idinf,' "yd nl)- sleeves or shouldewstrapn.bons, with Vandyke, plain and Ordinaiy value,2/6 to 9/6double or triple flounces. SamplePrices, I/I!to 7/11

Ordinary value, 7/b to70/- "*Sainplo Prices,S/lIto 59/6 LAJ)IES> COMBINATIONS,in Non'i

LADIES' COMBINATIONS, in fine Veilingand Wincey, trimmed withLongeloth and Nainsook, trimmed jl(T |iII(j fenther-stitching or Bilkwith Valenciennes and Tochonlaefs cmbioidery, with the usual andand insertions, emlroidtry and. ,sn,,i:ctr waists

"Goods to the valueof30'- and ui-v. lWd< -"' ". '««" "«»' "Ur in"° Domtaion-

THB DRAPERY & OENS-R L \r.i»:i -M CCMPANY OF N.Z., LTD.

OPENING ANNOUXC F.MENT.

B0O1S! BOOTS!! BOOTS!!!

IBEG to notify that Ihnvo oporrclin premises adjoining Mr. New lon

King's Auction Mart with a largo midwell-assorted stock of Hoot-, and Shoos.

Our loading line tho O H.F. Bu.ncl— Ican specially recommend as be.n"unsurpassed for durability, style, mdcomfort, and specially suited for Tara-naki wear. All Ihxs in tins brandstocked in half sizes. Repairing ofevery description done on tlie premies.

H. E. WELHAM,

DOOT IMPORTER,

Nest Newton King's, Devon StreH

PROTECTYOURSELF

BY ONLY BUYING

TEAWITH

MOATE&GO'SNAME ON.

Everygenuine PacketorBoxhas NELSON MOATE&CO.

on It

INSIST upon having pack-ages that have not been

opened.

N. M. & Co.'s TEAS are theONLY BEST, all others aresimply copies In name and

stylo. v

NEARLY SO YEARS TEST.

Durable and Dainty, <?\

s « AH fastidious women know the difficulty

! of getting underlinen of Rood cut and fine

\ [./lure that will wear well. With that| >:>ject in view, the wisest of them now in-I sist upon"7f? A'iLAMJIA."

( LOOKS BEST!

fISSf J FITS BESTIi^^^ WEARS BEST!

IIS BEST!

Beats theBest of Other Makes!

GEORGE GUDGEON,INCLEWOOD.

IMPORTER CYCLE AND MOTOIt C\CLES.

AGENT "F.N." AND "TRIUMPH"good stock of cycles always on hand.

PRICES RIGHT. ALL WORK GUARANTEE^

BICYCLES - £!! 10/-MASSEY-HARRIS,ROVER, RALEIGH, B.S.A.

DARRACQ, DE DION TRIUMPH, N.S.U.,(Motor Cars) MOUNTAINEER

(Motor Cycles)

G. W. GUNSON,Skeates and Bcckeert, Ltd.

0Perhaps your indigestion is

dueto foodmade withcheapandinferior baking powders, con-taining ingredients which maybe ruiningyour stomach. Any-way make certain for thefuture. Buy only the bestBaking Powder

—HUDSON'S

oom\ RA*°

It is madefrom the very finestand purest materials by aspecial process from a secretrecipe.

It makes Cakes, BicuitsScones, Muftins, Pastry andBreaddelicious, light, and farmoredigestibleand wholesome.For over thirty years it hasstood the test and by sheermerit has attained its greatsales.

If yourstorekeeperdoes notstock it send us bis name,,andwewillseethatyouaresupplied.

The price is, 6d, 1/- and1/9 per tin. 8

WHOLESALE AGENTSBURGESS, FRASER & CO.,Q NEW PLYMOUTH. Q

PEAS'AREFOR THE

STOMACHAND

LIVErV.NOT /UW.BV/T KNOWNTO MANV FAMIUlES,

TMEV HAVEBEENSOLDFORCE/HERATIONJ.— I

BUT NOTADVERTISED|ASiffiß CONSTIPATION

t^mmtm CheatstSf/6mmmommA

ALL LADIES LOVECOOD TEA.

CREMO TEA is tea perfectiongrows on the hill-tops of

sunny Ceylon. Great care istaken in the picking and pack-ing of this choice and fragranttea. Try a sample packet. Itwill give you great pleasure andsatisfactionCREMO TEA HAS MANY

FRIENDS.WILL YOU BE ONEi'

HAVEYOUTried our Self-raising FlourP Ifnot, "why notP Baking day is apleasure to those who nave triedit. Good results are certain.Anyone can use it No bakingpowder required. Light andeasily digesffia.

C. CARTER,DEVON STREET,NEW PLYMOUTH.

KWhen |#Mother Ifsays: W\Who wants ■"" X " Jam?

The children all say ME!Every jar contains 2 ll>sof Jam without tho glass;

KNOT |#ii lbs M£of Jam W\andilb IIof glass.

[Established 3-i years.]

THOB. AVERY,

PRINTER, BOOKSELLER, AND

I MANUFACTURING STATIONER.

Printing orders of any descriptionexecuted in thebes^ styleat the short-

est notice. Satisfaction guaranteed.Account Book Ruling and Rinding a

speciality.

DEVON ST., NEW PLYMOUTH.

"CIARMS TpOR OALE.

1m\ ACRES.— LcseI, excellent4 *+■ quality, fenc-od. in good

crass, metal ro*ad, school opposite,creamery H «ml«- Freohold. S& fisor terms £10. 10s per acre cash. Uon tmiss this clirnce. Wiito at once,

iHP ACRES FREEHOLD.-NineI*JO paddocks,house, near cream-

ery, schoof, metal road. £12. £300

o%' ACRES.— Impsoved buildings, 3ftl year*' kw goodwill low.000 ACRES.— Le\oI, fenced 300OOJi acres fclloJ and grassed, fourpaddocks, nov house njotai road nearoieamery. Perpetual lease llcl peracre. Goodwill £4 12s. £300 cash,nif) ACRES.— IGo acres well!£4-O craswd, sub-divided, milkingshed metal road, near creamery and

!Si, country Por^tual lea^.lid por acio. Goodwill €4. £H«) c.bli.

R/? ACRES.-Partly improwd, por-OU petual lease. Goodwill £3 lUs

rilO LE\PE— 33I ncros at 7s, f> \cfii'-

X with I.C; 170 acros at Bs, 3 <»'

[° S VLE— Canterbury Corl.cfoot"< lVivnmal It.ilinu Rye, Clow is.

Timothy, vU:, I'Vit.l.zors, t.lon.a!Cement, IV.IIII linploi..<MU^, < to.

A. H. M°" BP'

LAND A(Ji:NT, Sl'l DSM \X, ETC.

(M';n\kk.

LADIES,Just roreived, CJioiro Selec-tion of AuUmi.ii UlCill-CLAS3

COSTUMECLOTHSAnd SUITINOK from LONDON.

Correct' Cut, Latrst Styles,X!nt V/orKmanOiin Guaran-teed.

We bog to NOTIFY {'at there isNOW NO NECKftSiTY to placeORDERS in YYIiLLLNiJTON orAUCKLAND, as wo have aHTAL'F OF MEN' TAILORS cap-nblo of COMPETING with anyfirm in tho DOMINION.

H. COCKER,DEVON STKEET. -

KOZIE TEA VERSE COMPEIITION.

TWO GUINEAS.— A prize will begiven totheperson sending inon

or before the 10th May,1909, the bestverse of eight lines containing thetruth about the excellence of KozieTea.

AH verses sent in for competitionbecome the property of theproprietorsof Kozie Tea,Dunedin.'

Sold by all grocers at Is6d, IsBd,Is lOd, 2s.

%The best*teaon themarket is GoldenTipped Kozie Tea at 2s.

Address: "Kozio Tea Competition,"Bond St., Dunedin. *633

HEW PLYMOUTH SAVINGSIANJC.

(Established 1860).

President:His Excellency the Governor.

Vice-President:Mr H. Westcn.

Trustees:Messrs A. Shnttleworth, R. Cock, W.

L. Newman, and J. Ward.

TOHIS is » publio institution of 57A Spars' standing, with the Gover-aor as President, who also appoints41Vice-PresidentandTrustees to manage.

The New Plymouth Savings Bank is.-pen for the transaction of businessevery day from11a.m. to 1p.m.^and2to 3p.m., with the exceptionof Thurs-days (close day)."

FOUR PER CENT,by the yearpaidfor any sum depositedfrpui £1 to £100.One shilling deposes received, but nointerest allowed until the accumulation- amounts to £1.

Further information enn be obtained■Toai the Manager

—P. C. MORTON.

IARANAKI

WOOL, SHEEPSKIN, HIDE *"

TALLOW SALES.HAYMARKET, BTIfATFORi

TUESDAY, JUNEST/CLIENTS are particularly reouectedi\_J to forward Consignment m timeto arrive on or -before "FRIDAYprevious. ..

s Small consignments will be receivedlit my PRODUCE SHEDS; HEWPLYMOUTH, and will be forwarded ioStratford for sale, where vendors canreis on their Produce meeting F/OLLCOMPETITION. „ ,

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MONTHLY SALES Al OU* „

BROUGHAM ST. STORE-

Cash Advances made on Wool Clips &Butchers' Produce, either for^sak.or shipment.

Address Labels andConsignment Foroifposted on application.

Prompt Account,Sale*. * -NEXT SALE.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9.

Consignments received up to FRIDAYn previous.

Consignors may rely on getting ruffmarket prices for their produce.

ti,A. N^11 * C6l-(LateC61-(Late WILSON A NOLAN).

F. P. CORKILLINVITES ATTENTION TO THJS

FOLLOWING:—

GOOD Section at Fitzroy.- Weilsituated, fenced, eleagnus hedge

' all round. Title,LandTransfer." Price£60.QflA ACRE FREEHOLD, 280 in*j\J\J grass. Price £7 per «crei£400 cash, balance 5\ per cent.1A HAH ACRE BLOCK, muchJLU>UUU of it very good land

*

and most conveniently situated. Free-hold 26s por acre. Terms can be ar-ranged.TITEfcL-SITUATED Half Acre, nearYV CentralSchool. £100 down.

AT RAGLAN. Centrally situatedhalf acre,main road. Goodspec,

at'£7s. Freehold^~ "

SMALL SHEEP FARM.— 4B4 acres,300 grass, 35 felled. £6 10s Od

£2000 left"onat S£ per cent.BUSH SECTION, Taranaki.— 2oo

acres real good papa country.s Very little money required.

BUSH SECTION^Raglan.— 2Bo acresexcellent volcanic land,well tim-

bered. Very easy terms.

HALF-ACRE Bpilding Site, nearPukekuraParE. £100 deposit.

O7HH ACRES, valuable freeholdMIUU and leasehold. Excellentsheep country,. Price £3 per acre./CHOICE Suburban Homestead,. 4}V^ acres, Waiwakaiho; good house.

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prepared. *'ITCHING, chafing, factf

blotches,heatrash, pimples'' sunburn, cracks, chags^ oranyskinirritationquickly enredby LANE'S MEDOLINE-Queen of Skin Tonics, i/- atChemists. «"

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".THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTINGTHE HEALTH OF WOMEN ANDCHILDREN.

riIHE PLUNKET NURSE can beX consulted at the Town Hall on

Weinesdays and Fridays. Hours from2 to 4 p.m.

On Wednesdays a Demonstration oftho Making of Humanieod Milk willbe given by the Nurse. " .

The Nurse's advice is FREETO ALLwho may wish to avail themselves ofher services

MRS. DOCKRILL.President."

MRS. R. MATHEWS,1442 Secretary.

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Gents' Umbrellas from 4s.Ladies' Umbrellas from 3s 6d.

No slumping, hut roa'honest work.— ■

CALL" AND INSPECT.

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LONDON DENTAL INSTITUTEDEVON ST., NEW PLYMOUTH.

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TARANAKI ACCLIMATISATION

SOCIETY.

SHOOTING SEASON. MAY 1TOJULY 31, 1909.

J ICENSES for SHOOTING GAME"^i can be obtained from the Post-masters at New Plymouth, Inglewood,Waitara, and Opunake.

Note.-;-Sportsmen willkindly observethis Society is not endorsing StratfordLio) ises.

DUNCAN M'ALLUM,Secretary,.\2s New Plymouth.

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Range. A large numberof thes« Ranges arenow working i

satisfactorily in this district. The rising fire box is a ;noveland useful device for economising fuel. It is an jextra heavy and wellmade range v.ith a cast-iron oven, ,whichmeans long life and a regularity in heating. Takingitaltogether, the

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Personal or written inquiries receive our careful "

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VERDICT OF SCIENCE ON BILEBEANS.

Proved Superior by Analysis and Tests.

A Leading Scientific Journal's Report."Wo have satisfied ourselves that

Bilo Beans are of purely vegetable on-Kin," says that leading London scien-

tific journal, Science Sittings. "Ourlaboratory experiments and practicaltosts have disclosed to us a valuablepreparation . . . ex<client for con-stipation . " ■ and as a regulatorof tho livor and bilo. AVhon employedto roliove constipation th<\N do not— asin tho caso with so many purgatives—cause after-constipation. There is rogriping. They relievo flatulence, sickheadache, andbiliousness. May alwajsbo relied upon to rectify tho overflowor insufficient flow of bilo. Bilo Beansare an excellent family medicine, andwo award tho Certificate of Merit toTho Bile Bean Company in respect ifthem."

The above supports absolutely theclaims we have long made for

'Bile

Beans. Tho verdict of Science Siftingscoincides with tho verdict of tho'pub-lic. Eleven j-oars ago Bile Beans' worepractically unknown in Australasia.To-day they have tho largest 1 salethroughout the world, and are thestandard family medicine, preferredabove all others as a cure for livei} com-plaint, indigestion, biliousness, consti-pation, and allied ailments. This isnot merely our statement. WHy arcBile Beans so rapidly replacing tlie old-fashioned preparationsdating bark fif-ty or sixty years, most of which con-tain some harmful mineral subslancepBecause Bile Beans arc a modern'scien-

tific triumphs are■■■■■i^k compounded ' fromI^llIg^A the finest medicinal■■BBMHjfIB roots and herbs;

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ELECTRICITY.F. G. GRIFFITHS,

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DEVON STREET, NEW PLYMOUTH

ISHALL be pleased to submit Esti-mates and Prices to persons con-

templating the Installation of ElectricLight, Power, etc., and having encagedthe servioas of an Electrical Expertlately arrived from England, Icanguarantee satisfaction to those whomay favour mo with their orders.

All kinds of Plumbing and Sr.nitaryWork exeojted by experienced wotkmen.

ON DIT.

THAT tho following would besuitable gifts for tbo season:

For THE PREMIER— A coat ol'many colours.

For WOMMY TILFOBD— Abrief spoil.

For THE MINISTER FORLABOUR— A baker's triko.

For THE MINISTER FOREDUCATION— A brace of

For °ALSPHABET FISHER— A

rar-quet with which to tickleHis— lip. .

For THE MAYOR— A Portfolio.For MR. RIDDELL, S.M.— The

gift of a smile.For LEADER OF OPPOSITION— A combined and massive

following. _,For THE DOMINION— A Keen

critic and the Early bird.For LIONEL TERRY— "The

For "hOI'SaYiXaSERS- (1)"Readymoney Mortiboy.(2) "HardCash." (8) "Con-solidated Digest.''

For EDITOR, POST— "Lookin'Backward."

ForRESTAURATEURS—^ "Chips. . tha,t pass in. the mcht.AH these are good in their own

way but for something which willehoor the lonely, gladden thecheery, and sadden not a singlesoul, we must stjill turn to^

—"SURATURA"!

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When in need of a throat relief getZymole Trokeys. They are the mostimproved form of medication for an ir-ritated throat or a tight cough. Atrial will convince you. 12

z,Corsetsr^^VT.'S'^TOa^^ rope and. America,

[ Zealand and Aus-9J^&^GB^ tralia, there are no

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Wjfffl/Bsi fßmif \\ els are never cx~

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KRUPP'S.

Hempton and R. George; secretary andtreasurer, Mr. F. Tribe. Mr. A. H.Steeds was elected club captain.The club has now all arrangementsmad© and the links in good order, soit is to be hoped that it will have avery successful season.

Th© Ngamotu Club will probablysend a team of men and ladies to In-glewood on the 24th (Empire Day) tomeet the local club. The team will becomposed of six men and four ladies.As a team of Stratford men are visit-ing Ngamotu that day, it will be asecond men's team that visits Ingle-wood.

On Saturday, the 29th, a match willbe played amongst the men and ladiesat Ngamotu. There will be abouttwelve matches, and the men will behandicapped.

Affiliated clubs of the Ladies' GolfUnion are reminded of the alteredconditions under which th© two cor-onation medals will be played forthis year. Formerly players withL.G.U. handicaps not exceeding the25 limit met annually and competed forthe medals on a common ground, onecompetition taking place in the NorthIsland and one in the South, there be-ing two medals to play for. It wasfound thai the distance to be travelleddebarred many eligible competitorsfrom taking part, so with the consentof the English doners of the trophiesit wasdecided that in future one medalshould be competed for at the annualchampionship meeting, and the othershould be played for throughout NewZealand on a fixed date, all playersplaying on their own courses againstthe par of the green on their L.G.U.handicaps.

The Vogeltown Club has at presentfortyactive members.

The Hawera Club is tbe latest tojoin the Union. This brings the num-ber of affiliated clubs up to twenty-five, of which fourteen are' in theNorth Island and eleven in the South.

On Thursday at Ngamotu the firstqualifying round of the dab trophywasplayed. There were fourteen com-petitors. The following qualified forthe final:— F. Elliott 98—16—82; C.A. Jones 97—10—87; F. S. Johns 91—scr.— 9l;J. Johnston 107—14—93. Thelinks are now marked out for reverseplay, a men's reverse match is beingplayed this afternoon.

The Auckland ladies' championshipmeeting will be held on the CornwallParklinks in June, commencing on the28th and continuing till July 2.

The Ngamotu ladies' tournament willprobablybe held on the two days fol-lowing the ladies' championship meet-ing at Palmerston, which concludes onAugust 25. Itis hoped that the ladieswill be able todecide upon these days,for tbe meeting would undoubtedly at-tract a number of players from thePalmerstontournament. Ifitis decidedto hold this meetifig annually it isprobable in future it will follow theTaranaki Easter meeting.

As mentioned last week the ladies atNgamotu endeavoured to restore theprivilege of men playing on Tuesday.The committee this week unanimouslydecided to ask men to refrain fromplaying on that day.Ithas been decided to inaugurate a

status competition at Ngamotu. Thisis a competition which resembles a lad-der competition, any player challeng-ing another player, etc. From nextWednesday players may indulge in tbeinnovation. At other links the compe-tition *aas been introduced with success.

FOOTBALL.

The annual report to be presentedto the annual meeting of the NewZealand Football Association on May81 states that the Association gamehas made great progress in both thelarge and the small districts duringthe past year- Wellington has now81 teams, Otago about 50, and Auck-land 30. There is also a steady in-crease in the smaller centres. InOtagoand Wellington the expansion is con-sidered particularly gratifying, as theincrease in the number of teams ismainly in the boys' department of thegame, and it is hero that the associa-tion claims to be getting a firm holdon future senior players. Otago hassome 24 school teams and Wellingtonhas 83 teams of boys under 17 yearsof age. During the season the South-land and Hawke's Bay Associationswere affiliated to the Council. Asso-ciations are being formed in the Wa-nganui and Marlborough districts,- andWiU be affiliated shortly. The BrownShield was played for in Dunedin dur-ing December, and resulted in a winfor Wellington after some excellentgames, the local men defeating Otagoin the final by 4 goals to 2.

Referring to grounds, the report saysmost of the difficulties in differentparts of the Dominion are being over-come, and as a result a marked im-provement is being shown in the stand-ard of play. Application was againmade for affiliation with the FootballAssociation, London, and in this con-nection Mr. A. E. Gibbes was appointedrepresentative in London, and is takinga Veen,interest in the welfare of "soc-cer" in New Zealand. During thelatter part of 1908 negotiations wereopened with the South African Foot-ball Association to send a team to tourNew Zealand. The cost of such atour is very heavy, but the Councilconsider that if the affiliated associa-tion will come to a resolution to assistthe New Zealand Football Associationt>v raising the necessary guaranteesthere is no reason why such a tourshould not be successfully carried out.Benefits will result to the game as awhole in New Zealand. Ab is usual,t«anu from the strongest centres wenton tour at Easter to the smaller out-lying districts, thereby increasing in-terest in the game in those places.

Advantage was taken of the venueof the Brown Shield in Dunedin tohold a conference of delegates on sub-jects of interest to the game in NewZealand. The following matters wereon the agenda paper, and useful dis-cussions took place:— Future form ofcompetition for Brown Shield;forma-tion"of a New Zealand Referees' As-sociation;question of amateur status:visiting teams from England, SouthAfrica, and West Australia;encourage-ment of interprovincial and interislandmatches for boys. Suggested rules forcompetition for the Brown Shield asa challenge shield are now in thehandsof the various centres, and will comeup for confirmation at the annual m<><'*-ing. Rules for the formation of aReferees' Association are also tobe sub-mitted.

The amateur question was also thesubject of a special council meeting.It was finally decided that the rulesat present provide that payment beallowed representative players for lossof timp if sufficient funds are avail-able1,and that any club or associnti >>iunder the jurisdiction of tho NowZealand Football Association is privi-leged toengage the services of a coach,and that coach be allowed to play forthe club or association, but that theCouncil do not approve of tho numberof coaches being limited. The thanksof the Council are due to Mr. J. J.Roberts for journeying to Otago andacti'iz as chairman of the conference,■l»o to Mr. D. Anderson, secretary ofthe Otago Football Association,' foracting as seru»tary of tho conference,and to the Otago Football Associa-tion for managing the Brown tourna-ment. The transfer of Mr. GeorgeBroJio win olfo a distinct loss to the< -ouncil. Thanks are also extendodto Mr. F. E. Baume, M.P., Dr. Walker,and Mr. J. G. W. Aitken for dona-tions, to th© V.M.C.A. for tho um>of a room, and to Messrs. Roberts andCourtnay for services as chairmen.

RUGBY NOTES.

(By "Harpaatum.")

LAWN TENNIS.

THE NEW, ZEALAND LADIES

no less a total than 84 goals being re-gistered in tbe four matches. Atmo-sphericalconditions wereall that couldbe desired for "the game that grows."Most interest centred in the New Ply-mouthEast-InglewoodA match decidedat Inglewood on the local club's newground, which some day, it is thought,will probably be a good field, but whichat present is described as "prettybad." Inglewood A is, if anything, astronger team than last year, and onThursday fairly easily accounted forthe Now Plymouth East players,several of whom are now convincedthat a club dance the previousnight,and consequent late hours, and a fasthockey match the next day, do not gowell together. In this match a New|Plymouth player is reported to haveIbeen tho victim of a deliberate foulstroke on thepart of aprominent mem-ber of the Inglewood team, the playerbeing partially disabled for the rest ofthe match. As to the deliberate natureof the act, the New Plymouth menwere unanimous, and in conversationafter the match a few of the Ingle-wood team and onlookers are said tohave expressed the same opinion. Theoffender was particularly lucky thathe was allowed to participate furtherin the game. Other than this the re-fereeing was very impartial.

Tho twomatches played in Now Ply-month were very one-sided. Stratfordwas unfortunate in beine without R.B. Anderson, Cameron, Strange, andE. Dewhirst. Carington Road mus-tered full strength for their first matchand gained an 8 goals to 2 win.

Inglewood B went down badly toNew Plymouth West. Many of thevisitors were unacquainted with thegame, and considering this fact theycertainly showed true sportsmanshipindriving in twelve miles to fulfil theirfixture. West thus had matters nilits own way, and out of some twentyshots ten weremarked downas "bulls.''

The Kia Ora team journeyed to Ha-wera and suffered defeat by 4—o.4— 0. Ha-wera had its best team in the field.

The reported deliberative roughtreatment of a player in the InglewoodA— New Plymouth East match shouldremind and impress on referees, whohave solo charge of games, the necessityof penalising the least shadow of de-liberative roughness or foul play, andif needs be reporting offenders to thogoverning body to be dealt with. Areferee cannot be too severe on aplay-er in any sport, more particularly inhockey, who does a deliberate foni acton the fiold of play. For the sake ofthe fair name of the game it is to hehoped that referees willdeal with anysuch offences with a firm hand. Ihope, however, that no occasion willarise for a player to bo reported and

imnde an example of.This reminds ono of a matter voiced

so often in this column—

the. necessityof forming a Taranaki Referees' Asso-ciation, a matter which has not yettaken practical shape.Imentioned in recent notes that ef-

forts were being made to form newclubs in South Taranaki with themuch-to-be-desired object of revertingto tho North and South competitionsunder the Taranaki Hockey Associa-tion. A new club has now been formedin Eltham with bright prospects, andit is hoped also to start the game <nKaponga. Opunake has its club and i*very anxious to arrange matches so asto keep th© players and tho club to-gether. Iunderstand that a notice ofmotion is to come before a meeting ofthe Association to be hold next week,to commence the Northand Southcom-petitions rig^ht away. Ipresume thiscould bo satisfactorily arranged by thematches already played by North teamsholding good.

The Auckland Association has sug-gested .Saturday, August 28, for theAuckland touring team's matchagainst Taranaki. The Recreation"Sports Ground should be pencilled forthe occasion. The intention of thelocal association is for a Taranaki teamto play return matches in the variouscentres, including a Shield challengematch against Auckland, prior to thisdate (probably July). A match be-tween Auckland ana Taranaki on theRecreation Sports Ground should bethe game of the season, and somethingwell worth seeing.In previous years players who have

been selected to represent the provinceat hockey have paid their own travel-ling and board expenses, which, ofcourse, is no inconsiderable matter.This year tho association should en-deavour to help in this direction.

Two ex-Taranaki players Cathro andSwinburne, are this season playing forthe Auckland United seniors. Refer-ring- to Swinburne's play in the open-ing matches of the Auckland inter-clubcompetition last Saturday, the Auck-land Star writer says:

—"Swinburne

is the greatest acquisition to the clubsinco the advent of R. B. Anderson(now of Stratford Club) into theseniorranks, four years ago."— A fair ex-change.

The Whittaker Brothers, formerly ofHawera, are playing for Thames Club,"Eadie" as captain.

The New Plymouth's Club's danceheld during the week was a decidedsuccess, socially and financially, andnetted the club about £8. Withouttho assistance given by their ladyfriends and the officers of the club

'this result could not have been attain-ed.cd.

Messrs. H. D. Hill, A. E. Tattley,andF. S. Shirriffshavebeenappointedselectors for tho Auckland representa-tive team.In international hockey at Home,

England boat Scotland by 5 goals to 2.

Say for the treatment. He considersbat as he was paying an income tax

of £10 a week on the £210 he wasget-ting a week for his theatrical work hepaid enough to the State.

"Orion in a recent issue of theBris-bane Sun says:

—"At the last meeting

of the Q.A.A.A. Council a somewhatheated discussion took place over aquestion raised as to whether th© sec-retary of a League football club couldoccupy a position on the Council of theAssociation. Variousclaims were made,on behalf of theLeague as to their be-ing a purely amateur body, but in viewof the statements made at the annualmeeting of the League by Mr. Faulk-ner, one of their principal officers,that the League intendedpaying theirmembers up to 10s per day for loss oftime in addition to 5s per day travel-lingallowance, itis hardto realise thatsuch, a body can be recognised as anamateur body, and it would thereforebe better for all true amateurs to keepapart from them."

A cable from Constantinople onMarch 6 was published in severalAmerican newspapers in the followingterms: "Themost remarkable result ofthe revival of British influence in Tur-key since the revolution is the extra-ordinary 'boom' in athletics, sport andclub lifo now in progress. Not a weekpasses without some football or othermatch being played here, and, indeed,instead of massacring one another, theTurkish, Armenian, and Bulger youthplay Rugby football, and confine them-selves to an occasional (metaphorical)massacre of the referee. This rage forfootball is one form of the craze forathletics which has sprung up in Tur-key since th© proclamation of th© con-stitution. ... Ishould not bo sur-stitution. ... Ishould not bo sur-prised, if, in a few years' time, a Turk-ish eleven were to be seen batting atLord's or an Ottoman football teamgiving a good account of itself in York-

The participationby A. E. Relf andHumphreys in Interprovincial cricketmatches in Now Zealandhas been con-sidered by the M.C.C. Committee, whodecided as follows:— "That a provincein New Zealand is not included in thewords 'A British Colony, Dependency,or State' in the Rules of County Cric-ket, Rule1, whereby a residentialqua-lification for an English county is af-fected. It is thought, however, thatevils willarise in New Zealand ifEng-lish professionals are brought over totake part in Interprovincial contestsin that country." Itwill be seen thatthe M.C.C, whilst deciding that thecaseof Relf (and also, presumably, thatof Humphreys) is not covered by Kule1of County Cricket, considers that thegrowing practice of engaging Englishprofessionals for Interprovincialmatch-es is not in the best interests of thegame.

Chatting with a New York Heraldman soon after his arrival in America,Jack Johnson said: "I will not boxSam Langford in London, although re-ports have been sent out to that effect.Iexpect to reach England by May,and for six months havea contract forLondon music-halls and an Englishtour, and after that will go to Franceand Germany. lam entitled to a littlerest now, and Iwill make some easymoney while the sunshines. Iwill thenmeet'Jeffries, Ketchel, or anyone else,on a 65 to 35 per cent, basis, so and25, or 60 and40, any way they want it.Further,Iwill meet Jeffries in a six-teen-foot ring if he wants it. lam myown manager. Fitapatrick's contracthaving expired some time ago, but Iexpect to pick up a manager in NewYork. Tommy Burns was a pluckyboy. but Ihave forgotten all he everknew about boxing,and had him easy.There is no truth in the report that Iwas otfered12,000 dollars to throw thecontest. Inever heard of such a pro-position."Johnson was to havestartednis music-hall engagements in Londonlast week. His refusal to moet Lang-ford has caused a sensation in boxingcircles in England, and it is consideredby many that the music-hall receiptswill show a decided fnlling-off in con-

;sequence. Itwill be rememberedthat.many competent judges consider that.Langford conId now beat Johnson.

"Billy" Elliott, the New Zealand'.featherweight boxing champion, wasbeaten by Frank Fitejohn, of NewSouth Wales, in a twenty-round con-test in Sydney last week. The SydneyReferee says of the contest:—"Overthree parts of their twenty roundsjourney at tho Gaiety, Fitzjohnturned the tables on Elliott, and wonwell Referee Barron's verdict at theend. There was a big house— thatlooked absolutely assuredbeforehand

—for the previous meeting between^thepair had left an excellent and endur-ing flavour on thepalateof thepublic.Then Billy Elliott had the better ofoperations, though the referee confes-sed inability toseparate theboys.Lastnight Elliott shaped as well as before,and was inas good condition andeverybit as strong, but Fitsjohn toed themark an improvedboxerand a shrewd-er general. Frank certainly came onbetween 'times in a remarkable man-ner, and he is going to show a gooddeal better, or the signs are mislead-ing. It was a battle erally great towatch

—science, strength, determina-

tion, nnd endurance were in evidenceall the time. Not a whit more thanwas necessary dia either Xiv« way tothe other,and thehottestsituation wasnever shirked if there appeared achance toscore. 'Tis such fights, if wecould see some moreof them,that wouldbuild the great old game of fisticuffsup to the high standard reached avoro or more years ago. Indeed,things occurred between Elliott andFitsjohn which sent memory over thehills of time and brought many a ster-ling go athwart the mind's eye."

THE BACK-BLOCKS OF CHINA

Admiral Sir Arthur Wflaon may bethe finest living naval strategist, btttthere is not the smallest doubt aa towhat Admiral stands highest in th*affections of the British public. 'LordCharles Beresford's reception by th«public onvacatinghis commandof theChannelFleet wasquite unprecedented,(says the Press). An Admiral's fare-well to his fleet ia an extremely..im-pressive ceremony, and nowhere couldit be-jnore so than with ihegreat fleetthat is England's first line of.navaldefence. The KingEdwardVII., withLord Charles Beresford's flag flyingfor thelast time, steamedmajestically'between two lines of leviathan,battle-mhipa and cruisers constituting thefleet. All the crewsmanned ship,andflags fluttered up and down in aadfarewell to the retiringAdmiral on the'bridge of the great battleship. Thenthe ship wasmooredat the jetty, andthe whole crew mustered on deck tosay good-bye to their beloved comman-der. When he came at last he waa inmufti, "a thick-set, merry-looking,white-haired gentleman, in a siDt hatand a heavy coat," very unlike theBeresfordof the illustrated papers. Heshook hands with the officera, and thenwalked down the gangway, white thecrew stood at the salute— silent, athiaown request. The scene recalled t» aLondon correspondent a story ofLordMethuen he heard an Australian tetlafter the South African war. ,Lord-.Methuen made nosecret ofhis love forthe Australians, and when this parthcular lot wereleavinghis command forhome he attempted to address them.Hia voice faltered,; he gave up iheeffort, andstarted down the longline,shaking hands witheach inturn.Then,breaking down altogether, he turnedabruptly andleft'them. Thepublic of,Portsmouth, however, were under noorders to keep quiet, and as soon aaLord Charles reached the dock gatescheering broke out. The streets werethickly crowdedall the way to thesta-tion by a wildly enthusiastic crowd,and ths station platform waapackedby admirers, who demandedaspeech,and got one. At Waterloo {station,London, the enthusiasm was tremen-dous. The retiring Admiral repre-sented to tho public the party that iafighting for an overwhelmingly strongNavy, andpeople weredetermined rtoshow him that they sympathised withhim inhis retirement before hia timeand at the Height of hia ability. Inhis public utterances he maintained aproper reticence, but it is said thatatthe dinner hegavebehind lookeddoorsto his captainsbeforehe hauled dmrmhis flag, some of the speeches \wereextremely vigorous and blunt.

Phyllis wasradiant— radiantwith thetoy of conquests won, and with thelope of conquests yet to «be. Sheshowed me an oxydued silver waist-band, which she styled ripping, a loc-ket set with pearls which she told mewas a perfect duck, and a sealskin col-larette which she declared to be comfybeyond words. They were the tangibleresults of playing in six whist drives,and wereheld by her as witnesses of askill only possessedby champions at thegame.Iam well aware how large an ele-

ment of luck there is in these com-petitions, butImade haste to acclaimher a pundit, who shall be hailed asan authority when Cavendish is for-fotten, and Hamilton rots inoblivion,he remarked that Icould be quite

nice whenIliked, and modestly added,yet with a becomingcomplacency, thatshe supposed her play must be abovethe average, and that she knew thegame better than most of her sex.

"For instance," she said, "I'm gen-erally the only woman playing who asksher partner if ho plays Americanleads. And Ialways do."

"And if he does play them?" Iask-

"Why, then, of course, Iknow it,and that's a great advantage, untitP""Inestimable," Iassented.

"Of course, you're coming to theChurch Organ one to-morrow. Themen's tickets are only seven-and-six.

"WellIyou surely don't grudge thatto your church. Ihad no idea youwere so irreligious. Besides, the firstprieo is simply deevie. Lady Ayltonis giving it, a lovely topaz necklace,andit must have "

"ButIhavenouse for a topas neck-lace."

"Oh! you? Your first prae, ofcourse, is a cigar holder.""Inever use one.""Never mind! Come and see me

play. I'm so dreadfully afraid thatChalcombe woman will winit. HorridfrightI Iknow you dote on whist."

"That is why Ihate whist drives.""Oh! if you are going to be para-

doxical,Ishall send you away." -Isaid Ishould come to see her play.Idid. It was always a joy to watchher, and now the hope of finding anexplanation of the inexplicable gavean added eest to the employment. Thethought of being Phyllis's partner,ex-cept at bridge, made one lost in adream of ecstasy. But at bridge theprice one pays for her partnershipwould break the bank in a year. Iwas eager and curious then to learnhow it was she prospered so well atthe kindred game of whist.Igot easily excused from taking part

in the contest, and gave myself up tothe much more agreeable pastime ofwatching Phyllis. The first handthrew no light onher methodsof plat-,for as she held ace, king in all theplain suits, it was not surprising thatthey made five tricks. At the nexttable Phyllis cer&inly asked her part-ner if he played American leads, andreceiving an answer in the affirmative,she added,after making the first trick:"SodoI. ButIsometimeslead froma singleton."

And didao with such effect that herpartner, profiting by the hint, enabledher to make her two small and onlytrumps before her .adversaries couldlead them. She passed in triumph tothe third table, and here*Iwas unableto see her hand, but her partner in-formed me afterwards that she revokedtwice without being detected by theiropponents, and thus, with nine addedto her score, she passed on to thefourth table. Her male opponent atthis table was one of her most ardentadmirers «nd when bis partner do-tocted Phyllis's revoke (whichbenefitedher to the extent of three tricks),Phyllis turned to him witn a look ofirresistibleappeal,andcried:

—"ButIamsure Mr. Jenkinson would

never be so cruel as to extorta penaltyfrom poor little me!"

"Certainly not/ said the fatuousJenkinson. "We don't play so strictlyas all that."

AndPhyllis's triumphal progress con-tinued. So did her revoking. Sheran the risk (valuingit flocci) of beingdiscovered by one of her own sex, andtrusted, asIsuspected, to the chivalryof tho other sex not to betray her.Once, indeed, a particularly glaring in-stance induced young Lawrence to ox-claim :—:

—"Oh, but pardon me

— surely youtrumped ". "What, pray?" interrupted Phyllis,m her haughtiest manner."No, noT My mistake?" falteredthe fatuousLawrence, and Phyllis wentup once more.

But to her great chagrin the Chal-combe woman (a married woman withalmost as many followers in her trainasPhyllis) was also winning, and whenthey met as opponents in the lastround before the interval only two orthree points them. TheChalcombe woman's partner was Alt-main, as good a bridge player as ourclub can boast, and thereforeincapableof revoking. Phyllis, recognising herdanger, dropped a card in shuffling,and he and she at once dived simul-taneously to get it. Their headstouched, and so did their hands, andPhyllis's lingered on bis far longerthan was excusable as an accident, andas they came up her eyes caught hiswith an air of bewitching supplication,and his responsive blush made me sus-picious, and not without cause. As*the handprogressed it was made clearthat the Chalcombe woman was win-ning; she had made seven tricks whenshe led the twelfth club. She starteda little when nobody followedsuit andled a diamond on which her part-ner, a faultless player, who wouldrather be accused of high treason thanrevoking, flung his club! Not con-tent with this, he drew attention toit, crying:—

"I'm awfully sorry, partner—

an in-excusable blunder!"

"Shall weexact the penalty?" Phyl-lis's partner asked of her.

"Most certainly," she replied. "Icouldn't think of letting so excellenta player as Mr. Altman off."

The smile she bestowed on him con-soled him. Idoubt not, for the Chal-combe woman's frown, and Phyllis rosefrom the first half of the contest eightpoints aheadof her nearest rival.

"Phyllis,"Isaid to her— and, heed-less of the pretty frown with whichshegreeted this impertinence,Irepeat-it. "Phyllis, lam going home. ButIadmit that youare certain towin thenecklace."Itis needless toadd that she did.

HELPLESS ASA BABY.

There was a large attendance ofplayersat the welcome to the victoriouslady tennis players at Wellington onWednesday.

The Mayor (Dr. Newman) expressedtho great pleasure he felt in welcom-ing- the players back to Wellingtonafter their singularly successful careerinAustralia. He was themore pleasedto do this as he had read from day today of the brilliant manner in whichthe visitors had upheldNew Zealand'sreputation in New South Wales. TheMayor referred to the high places oc-cupied by New Zealand in the sportingworld, and particularly to Miss Pow-drell's achievements in tennis. WhenBrookes wont Home from Australia hebeat the world, andnow the Now SouthWales championship had been won bya lady, and she a New Zealander. Ifanyone won an Australian champion-ship, then such a one was good enoughto compete at Home or anywhere else.Miss Powdrell had proved that shewas quite good enough to be sentHome, and he believed that if a mancould do that and stand out and win,so a lady could do it;and why notMiss Powdrell?

Mr. H. M. Gore, replying for theladies, said they had had a most en-joyable- time, and theNew South Walesplayers had treated them right roy-ally. In all probability a New SouthWales team would be sent toNew Zea-land to play at Christmas, and hehoped players here would show themas much hospitality as they had shownto the ladies of New Zealand.

Miss Nunneley said the ladies hadhad a glorious time. The people ofSydney had been exceptionally kind,and a better time the players hadnever had in their lives.

The ladies were to have been enter-tained at a dinner at Wellington onThursday evening by the New ZealandAsociation.

Other speakers also referred inpraiseworthy terms to the achievementsof the ladies.

HOCKEY.

NOTE S.

RELIEF FROM THESTART.

LADIES' NOTESThe annual meeting of the Taranaki

Ladies' Association washeldlast Satur-day, when matches were arranged forthe season and other matters dealtwith. The association intends affiliat-ing with the New Zealand Ladies' As-sociation. Communications concerningthe association should be addressed toMr. F. Dewhirst, Stratford. Matchescommence next Thursday, when Wha-katika (present holders of the shield)meet Inglewood at New Plymouth.Stratford has a bye.

Says the Auckland Herald hockeywriter:

—"Tho Taranaki Ladies' Associ-

ation is to be revived. A match be-tween the Taranaki and Auckland re-presentatives would create much inter-est, and the officials of the local bod?might consider the advisableness ofsuch a contest being held this season."

Considerable surprise has been ex-pressed in hookey circles in respect tothe transfer of the headquartersof theNew Zealand Ladies' Association fromWellington toChristchurch. The meet-ing which decided in favour of thiscourse (says an exchange) was held atWellington, and very poorly attended.The Auckland proxy was supposed tohave supported the retention of Wel-lington as the headquarters, bnt it isstated that the chairman

—a Canter-

bury delegate— <lid not useit. Instead,he gave a deliberative and casting votein favour of the transfer of the head-quarters to Christchurch, and the mo-tion was thus carried by one vote. Amovement is on foot in Wellington toupset the resolution, and it is certainto have strong support.

OTHER SPORTS.

Now that wehave the German men-ace so much with us, it is interestingand instructive to have any informa-tion on Krupp's, the famous workswhence the new monster guns hi-the specially hardened armour areturnedout for theDreadnoughts whichGermany is constructing with suchfeverish haste. As you draw near the"City, of Steel." says a Londonpaper,a forest of- tall chimneys shows, and a.multitudeof towering workshops whichstand like giants round the habitationsof men. The dull boom of heavy gunsfills the air with its concussion, fortests are always in progress, and thesound ofthe firing at any time suggeststhat a veritable battle is going on.In the town or around it stand somevixty factories orseparatedepartments,linked together by fifty miles of stan-dard railway, while there are fortymiles of narrow gauge lines runningthrough the shop*. The gates of thefactories stand invitingly open: but"noadmission"is strictly enforced,andthe luckless individual not providedwitha Krupp'spassport, is relentlesslyturned away by the double sentriesposted at each door. Not for Germanyonly, but for the whole world, do theworks of Krupp cater, and we canunderstand the magnitude of theiroperations when we are told that inthe last fifty years no fewer than60,000 cannon havebeen produced, andthat guns are turned out there at therate of a thousand a year, from thelargest weapon for the new Dread-noughts tosmqll field-pieces and navalquick-firing guns. Not even at Wool-wich are the works carried on withanything approaching so vast a scale.It is stated that the secret of the suc-cess of the Krupp firm lies in thespecial quality of its steel. A centuryago the founder

—Peter Friedrich

Krupp—

experimented, face to facewith poverty and disappointment, inthe casting of large blocks of steel.He was only partially successful. Afterhis death his son Alfred endeavouredto find the secret, and after much pa-tience and perseverance, he solved thegreat problem; and in addition herapidly made great inventions whichbrought him in a colossal fortune.The various processes in its manufac-ture are of course kept with jealoussecrecy by the authorities, and onlycarefully picked men are allowed inthe "holy of holies" when the steel isabout tobe cast. The workers who areengagedon Government orders are notpermitted to talk, and few outside theKrupp works and the German MarineDepartment have any inkling of whatthe calibre of any of the new monsterguns may be. In this city of Essenthere are 250 railway cars for thefirm's own railway system; and forcommunicationbetween the various de-partments there are forty telegraphstations and fifty miles of wire, and400 telephone stations with 250 milesof wire. And over this huge city pre-sides Fran von Bohlen Halbach, neeFraulein BerthaKrupp,a lady with thehandsome income of over a millionyearly.

V..c l..riKont Ka< ing Club has everylX

"(ll"

(ll <>!, " i-roud oi the success winch,toi nAwuui moving held on

\\ed iVcliv and lhursda> of this week.The wither remained tine and there«.- a bit; attendance each day. Onthe lu-t day there were fourteen book-niakeis- heeded,and on the second> dayten. the fee being £10, and althoughthey would noturally keep a loir ofnionev fimn tho machine, the returnscompared with last year show an _in-cTcbLo of something like £480, so thatthe financial result will show a con-siderable improvement. The returnsi.i [cos from the bookmakers alone re-i,resent an additional income to theclub of about £210. The racing wasiiiteicst 111,1 on both days.

Mtiltjii 'Jill made no mistake in win-

nme the Kailwav Handicap on theiir-'t <\<i\, and hi, success led to a sub-stantial sum being put on him in theNgimotuHandicap on the second day.

His backers, however, were doomed todisappointment, for be failed with theextra weight incurred and finished un-pincod. _, ,Iwa, informed at Hawera on Wed-

nesilav tli.it Clemency had changedhands and was now the property of aManaia sport. On Thursday Sedg-lnoor the 'w inner of the Tawliiti Scurryon the previous day, was submitted toauction, but there were no buyers atthe price wanted, and he was passedinat 65 guineas. Montpellier was alsosubmitted to thepublic, but passed innt So guineas. It is the wrongtime ofthe. year for buying racehorses.

Mr.H. Eva has one or two new ad-ditions to his stable, including WeeTrinket, and another good horse camethrough yesterday from Dannevirke inHighden, by Merriweo— Balam.

Glenullin appears to have once moreovercome his trouble. He has beengalloping now for a month or six weeksand does not show any signs of sore-ness and hits out even on the hardest

"/going without the slightest fear.Uhlando had a terribly rough pas-

sage in theHawke's Bay Cup and re-■ ceived one or two nasty flesh wounds

through being^galloped on. However,he is all right' again.

Auratus, Maharanui, and Nova madetheir first attempts over the sticks in

public in the Tongahoo HandicapHur-dles Maharanui finished second. Allthree jumped well. On the followingday Nova won the ManauapouHurdlesafter an excellent race. .

The first of the horses engaged in theTawhiti Scurry arrived in the "bird-cage" three minutes late. The lasto{ them was seven minutes late. Alltho trainers were fined £1 a piece.For the rest of tho day the nags werevery prompt as also was the' case onthe second day.

Het Volt started in The Shorts, buttinished with the ruck.Iheard of a rather amusing conver-

sation which took place at Hawerabetween a well-knownNorth Taranakiowner and an insignificant boy. meonncr had a horse in the Cup racoandthe boy was anxious to find out fromheadquarters whether the candidatehad any chance before he put bismoney on. He was assured that thehorse was well and so on,but was notsatisfied witli this and bluntly asked"Is he a trier?" The only answerfrom tho now indignant owner was toCk3oodwin Park, a three-year-old Syl-via Park— Vivat gelding, the propertyof Mr A Alexander, gave.promise ofdeveloping into a good horse. He an-nexedthe Waihi Handicap on the firstday and the Manaia Handicap on theSCC

Vnothearyparticularly good youngster

and one that should notch a few goodraces is Starboard, another three-year-old. His breeding is Daystar— GipsyOffeen. He finished second to Waionein theLadies' Purse and to Rohepotaein tho Opeke HanSicap. Had the bestbeen got out of him in the former eventIthink he would have outdistancedW-ione He gave Rohepotae a terriblyhard go for it. Rohepotae was veryhaul udd.nandas in the Ladies Pursehad Starboard been m charge ot a"troivor jockey or had Jenkins beenTiding him instead of Rohepotae, theübult would have been reversed. Th©half-brother to Maniapoto never ransuch a haid race as he didon Thursday,lor Jenkins was at him from start tolinish. Starboard, 1am told had notbeen a barrier until Wednesday, thisbeing Ins first engagement.

'Alie success of Lady Lucy came as abit of a surprise to most people. Itwas notuntil the field wasalmost homothat sbo came through and won.

Somalihad a runaway victory in thoTon- Tahoe Hutdles and also came very

near" to taking the hurdle event on thosecond das being a good second to1"|"he Uo\no is a particularly nasty

1.-mpirod niaie at tho barucrs, and on..■id da\ it was found necessary to puttie "blmdeis" on. On the first Saybhe rushed under the tapes anddraggedlur ruler, H. George from his seat.In falling, one of his feet became en-tangled in the reins and ho wasdragged some little distance before thesuaio pulledup. It«as very fortunateher rider's foot was in theein, and not the stirrup. Otherwise

it i> more than probable she wouldi,Ve dragged h.m round the coursewith very serious consequences. As it

was, however, Mr. George was nothurt, and pluckily remounted, eventu-ally finishing third. On tho secondday she was again troublesome, and mrearing, turning, and generally play-ing up, went down on her hindquar-t«Ms once more unseating Mr. George,who, however, was not deterred, and,although feeling a bit stiff, steeredIh-i loiind again, but not with so muchsuccess as on the first day. She wants", -lion.' lockev to take her to the bar-1mm- foTa tune or two to straighten herup a bit. .

Kangihaeta had a sensational spillin the Hurdles on Thursday. In tak-iii" the jump in the straight he struckthe rails and landed on his back on theother side. Price, his rider, sustaineda fracture of a small bone in theshoulder which will keep him out ofthe saddle for a while.

The lion. J. D. Ormond has lodgeda complaint regarding the handicap-pingof his horses at the autumn meet-ing of the- Canterbury Jockey Club.*The complaint and the reply of Mr.j. K. Henrys have boon referred to aspecial committee, which will in duei' nso submit a jeport.

The man or* woman who is sufferingfrom Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, orother complaints arising from the urioaoidpoisoning, is oftentimesashelplessas a baby, the stiffened muscle* andjoints cause intense torture, and fre-quently reduce the victim toa stateofutter helplessness. Don't remain the *victim ofrheumatism.TakeRHEUMO,'the modern antidote for urio acidpoi-soning. RHEUMO ia aycientific pre-paration,to be taken inwardly. RHEU-MO gives promptrelief; with the finkdose thepain and swelling''usually dis-appear,and a cure is generally affectedwithin forty-eight hours. Sold by allchemists and storekeepers at 2s 6d and4s 6d per bottle. ftGOLF.

WHAT RHEUMO WILL DO.Itis a great thing to know of amedi-

cine that will give relief with the veryfirst dose. That is exactlyhow RHEU-MO works. Itis apositiveantidote foruric acid If you suffer fromRheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, Lumbago,or any other disease due to excess uricacid in the blood, RHEUMO^-whichhas cured so many others

—will cure

you. RHEUMO is a liquid tobe takeninprescribeddoses, and willgive reliefwith the first dose. RHEUMO expelsthe uric acid poison, cures the pain,and removes the swelling. Those whohave tried it praise itmost. RHEUMOcures Rheumatism. Soldby all chemistsandstorekeepers at 2s 6d and4s 6d perbottle. 5

Further sidelights on the inner his-tory of China are furnished by Dr. W.Edgar Geil, the American traveller,who has given to Reuter's agency someadditional particulars of his journeyalong the whole length of the GreatWall of China. Dr. Geil followed thewall for 1800 miles. He found roughlytwo hundred miles of the Great Wallso far unmapped. Heis convinced that

1 there areat least ten great walls apartfrom that whichis known as the GreatWall of China. "In some of the re-moter parts," Dr. Geil says, "thepeople had never before seen whitemen. At one point we heardof a raceof Chinese pigmies, and the investiga-tions Iwas enabled to make tended toconfirm the reports wo received. It issaid that the ancestors of these^people,wholive in the mountains, were driventhere when the wall was building, hav-ing escaped to avoid compulsory workon the wall. The descendants havelived in these mountains for twentycenturies, and are to-day wild crea-tures covered with hair. Some of theohanges Ifound in the remoter partsarealmost incredible. Within fivedaysof TibetIfound a modern steel trussbridge being erected over the YellowRiver, and in Lanchau, in the provinceof Kansu, where the viceroy is makinga fine boulevard right through thecity,Isaw electric light and a tram-way. But perhaps what struck memost was the fact that all over thecountry, even in the remotest villages,Ifound small groups of young mendrilling. In somo cases there v.ere onlyten or fifteen men,but it appeared tobe part of a concerted plan, the pre-cise object of which the people them-selves seem ignorant. Ibelieve, how-ever, that it is part of a general plantoprepare secretly an enormousarmy."

(By "Sport.")

(By "AH Square.")

REWARD OF ORIGINALITY.

Of the great piano makers, there isalways one that can be most safelytrusted to furnish the instrument re-quired in any single cam. The Dres-den Piano Company stocks the instru-ments of all the great homes. Beforeyou buy " piano, you witt do well toprofit by the Company's experience.And if you want tobuy oneasy terms,the Company will arrange the matterfor you withoutany embarrassing con-ditions. Ib a wall-orderedhouse of thiscentury, a piano is as necessary as asideboard. Local representatives,Messrs. £. Griffith* and Co.— Adrt.

Substantial fortunes are the rewardof handy inventions. Simple improve-ments to articles,of ©very-day use pro-vide a substantial increase in the in-ventor's income. Sco the specificationsanddrawings are faultless. Read "Ad-vico to Inventors." Post free.— HenryHughes, Patent Agent, Queen's Cham-bers, Wellington, 8

(By "Argus.")

Jack Johnson, tho champion boxor,has admitted that he was treated nthe Melbourne Hospital and did not

A remarkable game of bowls wasplayed in Parramatta, N.S.W., recent-ly. The ages of the right players in arink match aggregated 628 yeara

An Australian "Marathon" raco willbo hold at Brisbane in August 21, thesecond day of the amateur champion-ship mooting. It is proposed to givethe following prizes:— £20 open orderand gold modal first, £7 open order andsilver modal second, £3 open order andbronze modal third, with a bronzemodal for all who finish the course.

The P.D. corset is thehighest markof achievement in its class. Often imi-tated, it is never equalled. Only themakers of the P.D. corset, with theirwonderful organisationand facilitiesofdistribution, can furnish you withsuch a corset at such a prioa. Qualityis the test of cheapness. Why help toput a premium on inferiority, whenyou can wear " P.O.t I

It's most consoling, when you're ill.To think aboutthedoctor's1bill..And add unto the time you've lost,The money his attendancecoat;And realise 'twas lack of senseThat caused you all the great expense.Because when first your ohest got

wheezy,Woods' Peppermint Cure would bar*made tilings easy. g

Few people were prepared for th«trouncing that Tukapa seniors gaveStar onThursday. The blacks were ex-pected to give a much better accountof themselves than they did, althoughit wasrecognised that Tukapa1s chanceswere rosier.

The Star team was beaten both foreand aft. The Tukapa forwards werestronger, faster, and much more cleverthan the black vanguard. The Starforwardsbattledhard against the odds,but they were less experienced, lessbrilliant and had much less combina-tion than the Tukapa forwards. Ryanwas much the beet of the Star pack.M'Koy was the most prominent of therest. Of the Tukapa forwards, Allenand Jones were the best. The othersall grafted bard, though.

In the backs the superiority of theblue and whites "was much more pro-nounced. Their combination was excel-lent, their attacking movements fre-quently being made with machine-likeprecision. There was not a single weakplace. Undoubtedly the Tukapa backs,on dry grounds, will prove themselvesa thorn in the flesh of the other teamsin the competition, if their forwardscan manage to keep their end up atsending the ball out to them.

Clarke made anexcellent showing atfullback, and promises to develop intoa really good man in that position."Jack" Stohr's form this season is a

decided improvement on last year'sform. During the 1908 season he cer-tainly usedhispace and kicking powersto advantage. This season he is show-ing both these good points, with theaddition that he goes down to rushesbetter and runs stronger.

B. Stohr showed an improvement enhis formon theprevious Thursday. Thespeedy Stohr brothers putup a remark-able performance, scoring all the 22points between them. B. Stohr scoredtwo tries and potted a goal, and J.Stohr scored a try, converted two triesand kicked a goal from a mark. Ofcourse the good play of the other backswas largely responsible for this.

Apart from his play and his general-ship, Mynott is, m club football, de-cidedly dangerous to the opposing teamfrom the moral effect be causes. Thiswas particularly noticeable on Thurs-day. The cries of "Look out for My-nott" from Star players became quitemonotonous. "It's alright. Don't beafraid of me," smilingly replied theTukapa skipper on one occasion.The Star backs werea poor combina-tion. They certainly got few chancesin attack, but when theydid there wasno "fire"in their movements. Brown,Iat half, was the best of the lot. He'did a great amount of rush-stopping.In doing so he was knocked about abit, but it did not dampen his ardour.What rush-stopping Brown was unabletodo was performed by Whitaker, nndthe Star centre-three-quarter conse-quently had comparatively little to do.

At wing-three-quarter Hill was afailure. When shifted to centre heimproved a little, but could have donemuch better. Puce »»d Pfankuch didsome good work, and ateo some verybad work. Clow at fuft, played well.There was no cohesion in the Starrearguard.

The result of the Elthahi-Stratfordmatch indicates that the senior com-petition this year will be extremelyinteresting. So far no team hasshown a decided superiority over theothers,

(in!<<"■* nl t'.io Yc></< Uow M Club have1,, .ii .!. c-..1 .1-, follows —l>n».ident,\:. ( > dm, \ i<o-iiM>sidonts, Messrs.'i' (' lv ljnuckfJi'ii-r^ and R. Cock;commits* Mv^is. A. D. Gray, J.

The Stratford backs were superiorto Eltham's- Cameron andDixon play-ed dashing games, whilst Bullot wasalso smart and clean in his work. TheEltham forwards were ahead of thereds, particularly in scrums and loosework, but the back play was dis-appointing. Dire and Potier playedup strongly, but Fitzgerald was off,repeatedly falling with theball, whilstDaisley was ragged.

Goodwin, who was reported to havethrown in his lot with Clifton has re-turned from Waftara toHawera. Thereis a probability of Potier, wing-three-quarter for Eltham, playing for Clif-ton before the season expires. DeBlois, a former Clifton senior and whohas latterly been playing for the Mel-rose Club in Wellington, is likely toagain don the Clifton jersey. If so,ho v ill be a decided acquisition to tnegreen and golds, as he has been show-ing excellent form in Wellington.It is a great pity that there is not

more enthusiasm amongst the Ingle-wood seniors. There is undoubtedlygood material, but it needs bringingout, and the thing to bring it out isplenty of practice. But the trouble isfchey Von't practice, and with the ex-ception of two or three, a "don'tcare"style prevails. It was the same lastyear and the club was rewarded byseeing its team at the bottom of thelist and a poor position it was. Be-fore it is too late they should endeav-our to raise a little enthusiasm and seeif last year's position cannot be im-proved upon. If it was not for theenergies of a good secretary (a thor-ough sport) it is doubtful if therewould be a senior fifteen.

The annual meetingof theNew lea-land Rugby Union is now past. UntilIreceive fuller reports than the tele-graphed report, however, it is hard tosay exactly what will be the effect onthe game of the decisions arrived at.Imust say, however, that Iam notgreatly impressed with the personnel5f the new Management Committee.

TheUruti FootballClub held a prac-tice match on Saturday last betweenteams from the Tangitu Road and therest of the district (writes the Tara-naki Herald's Uruti correspondent).Taneitu Road won by three tries tonil The club should be ab etoput agood strong team in the field thisRea-son with something over thirty play-ers to pick from. Of course, the» playwas slow because the ground was^heavyand the men not a lit in "«"««*»«■"Messrs. Aroa, Hunter MMaster,M'Kellar, Masker, NichoUs and Millarof the old hands were back at thegame with quite a »« IBJ» |l?JMllM

11TLmen Hawke at half-back should be

rSefnl man when he is «*"»**£bit and Joe Pott played a ♥"*««?Ssyssr«r Jw'JrsZSly wanting condition to be d.nger-

°ln the final for the "NgJ/ggJChampionship, Durham defeated Cornwall by twelvepoints toml.

Information comes from I*"***."**the Home Unions-England, I"*""Scotland, and Wales^are to join in

a conference to insider .the sugges-tions as to amendments in the rulesmade by the colonial unions and some° f&££&£!£* matchin Sydneysave a free kick to one side for wast-ing time, and then to the other sidefor the kicking side wasting. *"»«>"taking the kick. This decision must

The » #.-*»»to theNew ZealandRugby Union show

;that the Canterbury Union has Wteams, Otago 80, Wellington 77, and

;WWith

nUrWard to the conference be-tween New Zealand, Queensland andNew South Wales to secure "m6n<*m*nJ;of the Rugby rules, the New SouthWales Union has decided,that as theparent body in England is n<mng J«that direction it would bo well to"stand easy" for the present. .

The Sydney University toam will visitNew Zealand in September,play twomatches with the New Zealand Un>v.®J-gitv (one each at Dunedin and Cnnst-chiireh), one match with Otago Uni-versity at Dnncdin, ami one with Vic-

toria College at Wellington. A matchwith Auckland University at Aucklandis also mentioned as possible, with tneAuckland Rugby Union financially as-sisting the local team. t

The Northern Rugby Union alloweamateurs and professionals to play to-

■ gether, but so far the N.U. has shownitself to be far wiser than the NewSouth Wales Rugby League, inasmuchas no professional is allowed a voice

of any kind in the control either ofclubs or theUnion. Andif theRugbyLeague here ever comes to any per-manent success, it will, Ibelieve bebrought about only by adopting similarrules. My experience of snort, bothas a writer and as an administrator,has left me strongly convinced that itis not good for any sport to be P*«Wor wholly governed or controlled bymen financially interested in it, thatis if the sport depends on public sup-port (says "The Cynic" in the SydneyReferee).

Thus the Otago Witness: "There isno denying the fact thatRugby footballin Otago has deteriorated of recentyears, and the cause is not far to aeek.Pho players do not take the same in-telligent interest in the game as theplayers of the past. They train, it.is true, in a fashion, and even riseto a certain degree of fitness, but thisdone, save for a few orthodox move-ments known the worldover,and prac-tised when the Kills were young, theyseldom, if ever, break new ground.Last season an attempt was madethrough this column to instil intoplayera the necessity of bringing theirbrains to work on the game. Rugbyfootball is not sledging logs to m sawmill, whore there is only one thingto do— bullock. It is a game in whichthe man physically fit and with thekeenest brains will come out on topevery time. It is of his type whichmakes our internationals."

France was defeated by Ireland onMarch 20 at Landsdowne Park, Dublin,by only 19 points to 8. "Naturallythe excitement lay not in how Irelandshould play, but rather the order ofthe Frenchmen's methods," said anEnglish writer. "These, on the whole,were surprisingly good, and there itno doubt that the game in France hascome on a lot. The match itself wasnot an international struggle as usu-ally understood, and possibly there wasan amount of politeness displayed onboth sides that robbed the contest ofmuch of its grit. All the same, therewere plenty of episodes to warn theIrish players that before very longFrance will have to be reckoned withseriously as a football country. Theirindividual efforts struck us as beingparticularly keen and intelligent, butin combination they over and overagain proved themselves at fault. Theirtackling was undoubtedly keen and ef-fective, and their appreciation of howand when to kick was often an objectlesson to the Irish playera.

The Queensland Rugby Union hasdecided that the changes in the lawsadoptedby it recently shall take imme-diate effect in club football. Thus thereferee is toput theball intothe.scrum-mage, theball must be thrown in fromtouch at least five yards, and whiletheball is in the scrummage no playerout side the scrummage may advancebeyond an imaginary line drawnthrough the back row of the scrum-mage. "The Cynic," in the SydneyReferee, writes as follows of these de-cisions:— "The first two are not drasticchanges, but the last one is. Itgoestoo far;if the / imaginary line werethrough the centre of the scrummageit would meet thecase. With a power-ful set of scrummagers near the goal-line somepeculiarsituations might ariseunder Rugby Union law. However,as the common object is to improvethe game and obliterate crudities, theQ.C.A. has taken a step forward,though it will probably be found han-dicapping to Queensland in the repre-sentative matches. The conference onthe subject of the laws to be heldby New Zealand, New South Walesand Queensland this year will go tho-roughly into all these and other mat-ters. There appears to be some hopeof the International Board making

Week's Results

Carrington Road (8) v. Stratford (2).New, Plymouth West (10) v. Inglowood

B (0).fngtarood A (7) v. New Plymouth

East (3).Hawera (4) v. Kia.Ora (0).

Thursday's matches advanced tlioT.H.A. championship competition an-other stage. Goal-scoring was prolific,

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

JIMMY.SUPPLEMENT TO THE TARANAKI HERALD. SATURDAY. MAY 15, 1909.

THEWORLD OF SPORT. (Marshall Steele, in The Pall Mall.Gazette.)

EVIL" OF THE YELLOW PRESS.

DENOUNCES THE "SORDID

A NEW POWERMR. ROOSEVELT At A JOUR-NALIST.

GENERATING ELECTRICITYBY WIND.

some changes after the fashion desiredby Australasia. But if that be notso

—the question is, Will the Austral-

asian Unions legislate for themselvesPThe position has changed in the lastfive years. Among other things, theunions of the Old Country can nolonger be regarded as possessing amonopoly of thekeenestRugby footballthinkers in the world."

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

PROGRESS DURING THE PASTYEAR.

THE TURF.

(By ''Field Glass.")

In Britain the utilisation of wind-mills for the purpose of generatingelectricity has not attracted the atten-tionitdeserves, althoughitshouldofferan easy means of solving many diffi-cult problems atpresent existinginre-mote districtsin connectionwithlightand power, as theperiods of absolutelydead calm experiencedin these islandsare few and far between. On theotherhand, in Germany and Denmark suchinstallations are becoming quite com-mon, owing to their ease of manipula-tion, efficiency,und economy. Consid-ering that windmills are already ex-tensively used in Britain for raisingwater andperformingotheroperations,the reluctance to adopt a more scien-tific means of utilising such energy issomewhat remarkable. The installationsimply comprises the steel tower withvaned wheel, from which thepower is* *

transmitted by a vertical shaft to thepower-housebelow containingthe dyna-mo, and also a small petrol or oil en-gine as a stand-by tobe used at thosetimes when there is insufficient windto drive the wind-turbine. Consideringthat with a light wind six hotsct-powercan be furnished, oneis practioftlly sureof the apparatus being in action forquite 90 per cent, of the days in theyear,so thatthe demandsupontheoil-engine areveryslight;whileduring; theperiod the wind-turbine is inoperationelectricity is being, generated praeno*.ally for nothing. The electricalequip-ment is provided with suitable auto-matic devices to prevent overdriving,so that when the wind attains to*great a velocity only sufficient is con-sumed by the dynamo tomeet itsmaxi-mumoutput requirements,or itmayhedisconnected altogether during suchheavy stresses of weather as storms.Owing to tiie substantialnatureof thewindmill, itcan withstandtheheaviestwind-pressures without any tendencyto eoflapse or be thrown out of align-1ment. The cost of installation natur-ally varies according to locality of thesite and capacity of the plant;but afair impression may be gained fromthe- results attending the operationoffa small plant at aprivate country seatin Germany. This particular instal-lation, which furnishes from sixhorse-power with,a twelve-footwindtoaboutthirty horse-powerwith a twenty-fVrafwfoot wind, displaced

~a twin petrel-

driven set. The cost of the winoVtur-bine,\complete with accumulators, wasnine hundred and eight pounds, andthe stand-by petrol-engine cost anothersixhundred pounds, which, with otherincidental expenses, made a total capi-talexpenditureofsixteen hundredandthirty-five pounds. The petrol'instal-lation whichit displacedcostabout sixhundred pounds wssj but this-differ-enceininitialoutlay ismore thancom-pensated for in the reduced cost ofoperation, for whereas the- purelypetrol-driven installation cost threehundred and thirty-eight pounds tomaintain' per year, the wind-turbine,set.only costs twohundredandtwenty-sevenpounds. This strikingdifferencein operating charges is primarily dueto dispensing with skilled attendancewhich was formerly necessary,ceiipfeawith decreased consumption of petrol.So effective is the system that ithat:been found possible to rely on thewind for as long as ninety days at a;stretch, without oncecatling thepetrolmotor into service. In view of thesecircumstances it is perfectly obviousthat the moreextensive applicationofsuch a system wouldprove highly sue-.cessful, since the energy thusprocuredcan be transmitted to the most remqteparts of a farm for "both lighting andpower.

LORD BERESFORD'SFAREWELL.

The New York Outlook contains anoutspoken article by Mr. Roosevelt,who, now that he has retired from thecares of the Presidency of the UnitedStates, joins the staff of that news-paper. The title of the article is thesomewhat cumbrous one "Why IBe-lieve in the Kind of American Jour-nalism for which the Outlook Stands."ButMr. Roosevelt's mode of expressinghimself is as terseand as vigorous ashis speeches. Here are his views onjournalists and journalism in general,and on the yellow variety in particu-lar:—

NO TEMPTATION TO FOLLOW.

"Every owner, editor,or reporter ofa conscientiously and ably conductednewspaper or periodical> is an inset ofreal value to the wholecommunity. Itwould be difficult to over-estimate theamount of good which can be done bythe men responsible for such a publi-cation — responsible for its editorialcolumns, responsible for its newscolumns, responsible for its generalpolicy. We havemany newspapersandperiodicals, big and little, of this kind,put we also have many that are em-phatically not of this kind."

'"Daring the last few years it has

become lamentably erident that cer-tain daily newspapers,certainperiodi-cals, are owned or controlled tar menpf vast wealth, whohave gained their!wealth in evil fashion, who desire toitifle or twist thehonest expressionofjublicopinion,and who findan instru-ment fit for their pnrpose in theguided and purchased mendacity ofthose who edit and write for suchpapers andperiodicals. This style oflordid evil does not even constitute atemptation to The Outlook; no influ-enceof anykind could make the menwho control The Outlook so much asconsider the question of abandonmentof duty, and they hold as their firstJuty inflexible adherence to the ele-mentary virtues of entire truth, entirecourage, entire honesty. Moreover,they are as far removed as the polesFrom the apostlesof thathideous yellowjournalism which deifies the cult ofthe mendacious, the sensational, andjthe inane, and which, throughout itswide but vapid field, does asmuch tovulgarise and degrade the populartaste, to weaken the popular charac-ter, andto dull the edge of thepopulare>nscience as any influence under

hich the country can suffer/* (ip^

THE PAPER HE APPROVES.

IBy way of affording a farther con-trast to the kind of journalism whichbe thus denounces with scornand con-tempt, Mr.RoosereHconcludes as fol-lows:

—"I am glad to he associatedwith Dr. Abbott and the group ofmenmd women he has gathered aroundbim, because they practise what they

preach, and because they preach thethings that are most necessary to thesalration of this people.°

It in theirsarnest beliefthateverymanmustearnlenough to support himself and those(dependent upon him, but that whenjonce this has been accomplished moneyimmediately becomes secondary tojtnanv other things.i "Inthis matterThe Outlookputs its[principles into practice. It strives in■proper waystomake money. If itdid{notmake moneyH couldnot berun at«U. But making money is not the[prime reason for its existence. Thefirst question asked when any matterjof policy arises, so f«r as The Outlook.isconcerned, is whether or not a crfven{course is right,andshould be followed[because it is in the real and lasting(interest ofthenation. If thisquestion'i« answered in the affirmative, then(The Outlook follows the course indi-cated with all the courage, earnest-ness, and ability that are at its div"oosal."

NEW ZEALAND'S DREAD-NOUGHT.

CAPTAIN COOKFARM NOTES.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE TARANAKI HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 19^0

"TUBE" CARS FOR WOMEN

LONDONPROPOSED MEMORIAL IN

NEW NILE BARRAGE.

A GIGANTIC UNDERTAKINGYORK EXPERIMENT.

AMUSING RESULTS OF A NEWPASTURING PIGSSIR JOSEPH WARD'S MESSAGE

Carriages "For AVotnen Only" arerunning on the underground railwayconnecting New York and Jersey City(wrote a Nf}\Y York correspondent onApril 2). The metropolis is watchingwith mingled hilarity and scepticismthe result of the experiment. Yon havenil heard of the over-crowding which isn feature of transportation in this con-glomeration of huge cities. Every dayi<especially during the "rushhours," theunderground railways are invaded bya human maelstrom which sweepsmen,women and children into tho carriages,where they remain packed like sar-dines until they reach their destina-tion.

The fact that many women have re-reiverl serious injuries, while many

more have contracted dangerous ail-irenls, not to speak of the thousandsof di esses and hats which aro" dailydclroycd in tho mad strtißjih^ to Be-t-uio foothold on tho undornroundtrai/i.s. Vj.os indiicod thp PuWic ServiceCommission to recommend the reserva-tion of the rear carriages for Jadi*>sonly. Tlio new system will soon heintroduced throughout ' the entir^*jindefgrotind system 'in Greater NewS'ork and its environs.

Tt was with great curiosity that Ifetationcd myselF'on a crowded pint-form to watch its operation. M.V on-fcervations confirmedthe statements ofthe New York World; to the effectthat the new order, will merely crowdstill Diorc painfully the 'ordinafv car-}ria«os. Ailiife tlio're'nr carriages invan*jihiv r(nuiin' three-quarters empty." Though dozens of negro portersmaintained a strident chorui of "TinsMay for the ladies' car!" only women"with huno packages,or bahics,' and stu-dious gills carrying heavy tomes ofclassical literature, could he andueedto iwail thvnisehoh of the speiial ac-rounno'latioii."' the guards locked the (Imrs*l-o Hd-mii ia-ido roso in nlnrni. Mn«s*' not EiiuUnfl," th'et exclaimed.("Yon uuiNii't lock tho enrringo d.w»n,rn

fthi- country!" put the merelyVc-tiiiU'd, "This carriage ih for ladiesonly, juiJ my duly, is to lock out allmales."

'.

A meeting,of the General Committeeformed in connection with the proposalto erect in London a memorial to tbefamous navigator and explorer, CaptainCook, was held at the Mansion Houseon March 30. The Duko of Devonshirepresided.

Mr. Herbert Samuel, in moving theelection of thePrihcu of Wales as hon-orary chairman of Ihe General Com-mittee, said that his Royal Highnesswas interested in tlie movement on ac-count both of his connection with theNavy and ■ his great interest in theAustralasian States. Tho movementwas initiated by Sir JosephCarruthcrs,ex-Prime Minister of New South Wales.,He(Mr.Samuel) happened to representin Parliament the Clevcdon Division ofYorkshire, v/here Captain Cook wasborn. The committee of tho BritishEmpire* Leaguo heartily' approved ofthe idea, and a provisional committeewas appointed, with himself at, chair-man. He wrote to several of his col-leagues in tho-Government and otherleading mon in tho country, and ageneral committee was formed whichincluded represeititfatives of tho British'Navy, the Colonial Office, tho Austral-,asian States, British shipping, and alsoWie learned societies. I

There were various reasons, continu-ed- Mr. Samuel, why the movementshould' appeal to the nation; JamesCook ims one of tho greatest explorerstha<;England luwl over produced. Hiwas a man who sailed in small shipsnnd exploredunknown seas, exposed tcalmost deadly peril, who '-howed daunt-less perseverance, and, inall Ins deal-ings with tlie savage'tribes with whichhe came in contact, conspicuous lm-manitj\ The " movement would also bea recognition of tho scientific workwhich had been clove for so many &vi\-cratious by tho British Navy. TheNavy was not onl.\ ouo of tho tinhtin^sorvjci's, but hflpetl on thu work of x\wworld through tho imestimations whichhad been carried out l>,v its distinnuihli-vd officers in tin- vatious s«>;u, ot theworW. It.wasa *igii that i>n<iland ap-preciated th* greatness of Australiaand, isaw /<-al»ucl, and valued veryhighly tin* tifh tlia't united them to tinEmpire, that ok> imniHi.ii\l h-d bc<»nso hcaitijy wt'lcomcd. H<- wond/'iedwhetlK'C Captain Cook, when l>c firsthoisted tho Britiuli Una in Australia,and later cm m .New Z<aland, couldliave foroaecn that nc.nl> » ocntui.vand a- half lat«ir those colonies wouldpresent to the >Jt»ther Gmiitiy *»ogreat battleships to add to the strengthof tho Navy of which ho was so devoteda servant.

On tli" motion of Lord lirabsey,seconded h\ Admiral Sir NathanielBowckiwSmith, 1v..C.H., a resolutionwas ndoptod appointing an txecnUvoc6mmitteo "to becurc tlie election inLoudou of a* memorial to CaptainCook."

A ROYAL COMMISSION.

Tho following is a copy of a ««We-gram sent hy Sir Joseph Ward fo'tlieLondonStandard i|i connection with theDreadnought offer:—

"In order that there .may be nomisunderstanding of the oonsideratiomwhich prompted me, on behalf of theGovernment and people of New Zea-land to offer 0110, and if necessary,two Dreadnoughts to Die Motherland,Ishould like to say that no othcipart of tho British "oversea dominionshas a people of such purely Britishstock as wo; nowhere in the Umpire"is national pride moro vital aijdstfbitive, f.ur loyalty is a living sen->tof kinship with the Mothorland, ofthe sincerity of winch our support .inher last great struggle ;n;n South AJricamay scive as a small earnest.

-/ :

""Our own insularity and isolation

quicken the tics of sympathy thai bindus to the hind "of onr fatliois, y(0proudly call our littb' country t!: ■ Bri-tain of tho South, and dream that soiucday Wo may eniulato her greatness..We know how mm h orn nation owo^its freedom to tiie; British na,vy;thatfreedom so won Riigland ha& oo"il,erredupon us, f< r tbe Bntis.li Enip're isjiot a system of tributary Uepeii(l<ncies,but a" galaxyof free joung nations.

"Thus wo .trace our freedom to thenavy, and, remembering Cadis Bay,St. Vincent 'and Trafalgar, ask: How,cnn we help England noiv? Thus*,our offer was uuido in 1:0 U.im!>qyantspirit fit from n scve oi filial grati-tude anU ! ivalty. Recent event* and■utterances liiave rat only increase 1 oiirsolicitude for" ttife nation's uhvM su-premacy, but havo impies«-eii lib withthe imnien.se nnd growing hurdcitJ3i£^icMotherland asfumoa to j);ot(.>ct no' onlyher honour, hut Jior own chores.

"Tho command "of tji** Pacific,.&" vitalto us, and so doubtful since Gcrat Bri;.tain parted with Samoa, may one* 'Aiyneeds he FOtthrt by her ships of war.The East threatens pioblems tha+ maydemand the same grim .solution, andagainst these dangers niul pll fnvoignnj*<»r<K<-ion wo ieel the British navy isour final palladium. Our obligationsto the Homeland* are in proport'on tothe protection the throws rouu-1 ourlives. liberties jiiid property, a; d nocrisis wns needed to rouse us to arecognition of this fact that, wish herpresent wealth jind developments. Neiy/enlni'd ought to hear an intveasodshare of the burden of linj^unial d«K.fence.

"Hence \re \rmild h;.\'o* tftc peopleof (treat Britain understand Ah*1* ouroffer sprang from no impulse#of pa,m'c,.from no fear that they "would toraetthat 'the fleet of Britain was htr^llhi all,' but Irom a growing serse ofonr dutj to the Empire. While, how-ever, it is easy to justiffy. ox postfacto, on counting-house considerationsof self-interest, our new contributionto thenavy, the feeling which promptedit wns not selfish, hut sjKmta,n*.onsl](patriotic; it but vpieed.©ur«pri(te that,although our numbers are scarcelygrearer'than those of some ofUier:pro-vincial cities, still we are:'

One with Great Britain, heart andsoul:One Life, one Flag, one Fleet/,one'Throne.

"It -was meant to prov<* to'Vltat "OldLand, whose greatness rests —as ailna-tional greatness must -r-^on individualsacrifice, that, beneath these far-offskies where two bright pointers inftik

our constellation or the cross, wo canemulate the spirit of our forefathers."A great many members \>f Parlia-ment have now higncd the memorialof thanks to the Now Zealand.Govern*ment, including Mr. Asmiith aud Mr.Balfour. The 'list will be dosed thisevening, with probably 400 signatures,and will be fittingly illuminated audframed before being sent to Sir JosephWard. '

Allowing for the difference in the-seasons, there is always something tobo learned from the agricultural prac-tice of other countries, particularly inspecial lines, and on industry inwhich America excels is ■pig raising.In the interchange of information col-umns of the Rural New Yorker a cor-respondent writes:— "As Irais© about50 nigs a year,Iwould liko to growfeed -with as little labour as possible.Would an acre of peas fatten as manyt>igs as an acre oT maize? If not, howmuch less, or how wonld it do to sowpeas, barley and oats? Can 1seed toclover or permanent pasture with sucha crop ? If not, would it pay to lei tlupigs harvest the crop, and avoid har-vesting-, thrashing and grinding costs?In reply to the foregoing a practicalpig raiser says:

—Tho writer has had no experience

worth much with field peas as a cropfor pigs. The climate is too w armhero for best penults, and the seasonoften too wet. On the edgo of themaize belt they are ofton sown to taiiothe place of maize to some extent.Oats are sown with them, to help sup-port the vines. While the peas aroyet green or soft in the pod, pigs canbe turned on them to harvest tho crop,and they will make excellent growthon this ration. Iwould not uso bar-ley in combination with the others, asit is not as palatable, and pigs willneglect it artd waste it to get theother crops that pleaso their pal-ates better. Itis a question w hetherclover and permanent pasture grassescan be started with these crops. Ifthe oats and peas are a heavy cropthey are opt to smother out the cloverami grasses, unless they get a strongstart befofo the pigs are turned on thefield to eat the p>as and oats. Thopigs rooting about to gather thosecrops interfere to some extent with tl>o'growth of the clover and grasses, andif tho pea vines and oat straw arovery heavy, all together they nio npt■to finish the clover nnd grass. Thepeas and- oats both lodge easily,lience there is danger in sow ingclover'and grass seeds with them. The pvasand oats have to be fed off promptlyto pre\-ent loss by weathering, but thowet weather that injures thesc> crops istho lifo of tho clover and grass thnt*nay be sown with them. The vntriuses' rye sown after maw m tin-nutiimn, sows Timothy in the autumnHvhen the'rye is sown, and clover in thejr-arly sprang, and if permanent pastureSs desired,. Blue grass is sown in thejearly spring. This grass is indigenous,and wilL sod a field in a few year*..(Usually by the time Timothy andclover have failed it has a good hold,jbut sowing some Seedhastens the mat-ter. Rye is the best of all small cropskn which, to start clover, Timothy andIBlue grass. The pigs should not hoturned on till the ryehas straw brokenand the cloverand grass madea strongptart. Rye straw breaks about a footfrom the ground, forming a kind ofbench or floor for thehead* to rest on,land it will be a long time before theJioads touch or lie on the ground. Thisleaves ,thg space under tho fallen strawfor the clover and grass to start andgrow. Then when the pi^s go on, thereis no danger that they will destroy theplover, rooting about to gather the rye.ilye exposed to the weather in this"way wastes but very little; less thanany other small grain under similarconditions. Soon the waste rye trod-den into the soil by the pigs hiII be-gin to grow and furnish a fine lot ofpasture in amount proportionate tothe fertility of tho soil. If not piggedtoo close, as many as three crops maybo had from one sowing. Several yearsago we adopted thia plan, sold out theharvesting machinery, and bid fare-well to harvesting small grains, andwill not return to the old way.

< EVILS OF OVERSTOCKING

The lLneli Barrage, a fitting sequello the jjreat works of the dam at As-souan and the barrage at Assiout, wasofficially opened by the Khedive ofEgypt onTuesday, 9thult. The inaug-uration of the new barrage marks an-other important stage in the giganticirrigation uorks in the Nile Valleywhich under British direction have al-leady done so much for agriculture inEgypt, and which, when the entirescheme is completed, promises to altertho whole face of that ancient land.

Great and beneficent as will be theeffects of this latest barrage across theJtiver Nile, in conferring upon the ex-tcusive province of Kenoh tho immenseboon of perennial irrigation, which inother parts of the fertile Nile Valleyhas enabled two crops to be obtainedinstead of one, and these much moreprofitable in their character, it is butpart of a larger and much more com-prehensive project. Besides the bar-rage at Assouan, the general schemeof irrigation now progressing towardscompletion involved the construction ofthree others of smaller dimensions— theone just opened at Esuch, 110 milesbelow Assouan;another at Assiout, 235miles further north (completed in1902);and a third at Zifteh, onone ofthe arms of the Delta (completed in1903). The cost of these works has, ofcourse,been enormous,but it truly fallswithin the scope of that blessed phrase,"remunerativeexpenditure."

Tho barrage at Esuch is verysimilarin general design to thoso which nowstandat Assiout and at Zifteh. Rough-ly described, it islinopen weir of 120bays, cash about 164 feet wide, sepa-rated by piers, which areabout 64 feetthick, except those at every tenthopen-ing, which are twice that thickness, soas to form additionalabutments. Onthe v,e6ttTii side of the river, where itis crossed by the barrage, a large lock;measuiinji; about 2624 feet long byabout 52* feet wide, has been con-structed, withsufficient depthover thesill to accommodate the largest of Nil©boats.Itwasearly iul9Q6 that thecontract

for the Esnch barrage was let toMessrs. John Aird and Co.;while themanufacture- and fitting of all themechanical appliances, includingsluices, swingbridge, lock gates and soforth, was entrusted to Messrs. Han-somes and Jlapier, Ltd., Inswich. Thepreliminary work was commenced inApril; 1906, and was prosecutedthroughout the summer and autumnfallowing. The work of preparationinvolved much forethought, a* it wasanticipated that from6000 to 7000 na-tives would be engaged on tho under-taking. As a matter of fact, ibenum-ber actually employed on.the work waswell nigh 10,000.

Temporary roads, railways whose ag-gregate length ran to S^Ljniles, barges,tugsr oip.. were requiredfor the trans-port by river and rail of granite fromthe Assouan quarries 110 miles to thesouth; of sandstone from- Silsilla, 571

miles to tho south;and of limestonefrom .quarries situated about 15 milesto the northward. Bungalows forthe office staff, huts for theworkers, hospitals, and otheraccommodation had also to, be provid-ed. In all, some 1,200,000 cubic yardsof material wero excavated, mostly bynatives, inorder toobtain a level foun-dation for the floor of the barrage,'whilo,550,000 cubic yards were deposit-ed on tho sudds or earthen cofferdams,in addition to 1,000,000 bags of sand.T,he excavated material was removedby tho natives in baskets or loaded onto camels, a nftthod which provedeco-nomical as well as. expeditious.Throughout tho whole works therewere used 42,000 cubic yards of con-crete, 80,000 cubic yards of graniterubble, 27,000 cubic yards of clay pud-dling and 166,000 cubic yards of hme-stono in th© pitching..

With such skill and forethought wasthe work carried on,and so completelywas tho experience of former similarundertaking utilised, that the under-taking has been completed in abouttjiree yearsfrom the signingof the con-tract, and eighteen months before theexpiry of the period within which thefirm contracted to have tho workfinished.

The samp firm is at present engagedin increasing the height of the greatdam at Assouan, thus increasing itscapacity from 1,000,000,000 to 2,300,-000,000 tons. In virtue of the designadopted, the existing structure will bothickened from tho foundations up-wards by the addition on its down riverface of a strip of masonry about 16Jfeet thick throughout its whole lengthof a mile and a quarter, and this ad-ditional thickness, as well as the ori-ginal dam, will be carried somo 16ifeet above the present level. It isanticipated that the work will not becompleted until 1912.

(Dy "Oriel," in tho Melbourne Arfrus.)Nowadays the solution toeveryques-

tion seems 4.04.0 lie in the appointmentof a Royal Connnifesion. "And it cameto pass that tho famine was sore in tholand, and the rulers said, Let there beinquiry, and there was infinity, and nRoyal Commission called they it.'

Has anyone built a tnnff wall?Appoint a Royal Commission !

"Has anyone seen the birth-rate fall?Appointa RoyalCommission!

Has anyone raised tho price of bread?Has anyonehoard whatCentralsai^Does anyoneknow how babes are fed?

Appoint a RoyalCommission!Does anyone think that opium's sold?

Appointa Royal Commission!Does anyone want to purchasegold?

Appoint a RoyalCommission!Has any Celestial stowed anay in a

steamer bound for Hobson's Bay?Does anyone viant n six hours' day?

Appoint a RoyaJCommissionf

What are you going to christon thetwins?

* . . ,Appointa Royal CommissionI

When a man's married his troublebegins—

Appoint a Royal Commission! _There was an old womon who lived in

a shoo, and certainly didn t knowwhet to do; she ought to have booninstructed to

Apnoint a Royal Commission!Tattle 80-lYep has lost her sheep-

Appoint a Royal Commission!Rock-a-bye, buhy, can't you sloop?

Appoint a Royal Commission!Honoy-pots, honey-pots, all in a row,

twenty-five guineas wherever they

gol Whether your mother will letyou or no,

' ...' Appoint a Royal Commission !

REPUBLIC'S HEROICOPERATOR.

AN ETHICAL WEDDING.!

i \n Kn"!i^!i bridegroom objecting toi,p'innri»d i" a cb'ircj. on account ofIns comicti.nis. and Ins- brulo's mrtt^'protestiiiK against what she turned thek-olcinebs uiul wmllcbsnes* of the omliioroinonv before a registrar, led to 0

«omproiuihe— t!ie civil contract .beingj,prfonni'.l at the registry office in thyniorniux. iolUweil hy an ethical.Wilding in the drawing-room of thei,ride's mother in tho afternoon. HubIniiriiiigo ceremony, which was con-]ducted by J>r. Stanton Colt, leader ofthe ethical niox-ment at Home, is said<o have boon quite novel to England.jD«tails of the ceremony are deculedlyintoiebting. We are told that a solemnBiK-nco fell upon a1he- gathering ofguet>ts— nearly a hundred—^when at theHppoiutfd hour the bride entered thedrawing-room and took her se«t nttho bridegroom's side on n brocaoe-coveied settee in the centre of theroom. It will he of interest to ourfair readers to know that the bridewore no veil, but had a spray of the«n\uigc-l>lnsj>oiu of orthodoxy and car-liod a bridal bouquet of whito flowers.The ceremony opened with a solo, "TheMorning Hymn,' and ShakespenWs.sonnet, "Let us not to the marriageoi tine minds admit impediments," fol-lowed .i& a recitflfiye. The bridegroomin his vow promised to shield, love,comfort, honour, and keep the brideiti sickness and health, and, forsakingfill others, to keep only unto her. solong ,ii they l>ofh should live. Th^bride's vitw wat, very similar in pur-port. l>ut, and this was what th« spec-tators listened for curiously, she die'not ninke any promise of obodionc*to the mnn. Aftefr this, the bridemid bridegroom joined their rijththands, and onch repeated tho familiar!"I, . , take tlieo, ~— , to be mywwMod . till denth n» do part,"only adding, "according to the holypurpose of marriage, and thereto 1plight thee my troth." Rings werenow exchanged, and t!i<» service closedwith a benediction. A few other ex-tracts from the "ethical" marriagese-r\ ice may I>{» quoted. Thus:— "Noother net which two individuals canl>ertorm is fraught with deeper importto tho community nt large then theselection !>y each other for the mostintimate comradeship and union." An-other:— "Except in the rarest cases,those persons whose entrance into mar-ringe is a lottery aro the culprits, andthe institution itself is not at fault.For the ordinary onuses of unexpecteddi«corel in wdlork ninv be mot andremoved. There is no iiicnlculnHo mys-tery in the relationship." The cere-111011 v h:is certHinly rotnim>d some of theimpressive features of the orthodox ser-vice.

A correspondent wrote toTlie Domin-ion recently complaining of inconvoni-onc© and annoyance to passengers onone of the Main Trunk oxpres*,.trains,caused by the cxdusircnoss with whichone of the cars wasreserved for tho useof tho Hon. A. TV. Hogg. Referringto this matter, the Minister told a"Dominion reporter* the other day thathe occupied the worst and least com-fortable first-class, carnage on thetrain. ,It was one of the. old "bird-cage" type, and but for tho fact thataMinister must have some phice. ivheif*'-he could attend to his correspondenceand see interviewers* ho would havomuch preferred oneof tlie compareKvo-ly luxurious soats in anotlier car. At0110 station several people, vlio. per-haps, did not see the lal>«»l "Resorted,"tried to board the- nrrnajro and v.^ropro\ontod by a railway official. \oi-ther tho Minister "nor his secretaryknow of this until afterward*!, but thp'\were informed that there was plenty ofroom for all the passonnors.in; other,parts of tho train, IVo inconveniencethrough o\ercrpwding wat» noticenblewhen tho express 'left Auckland, andthe number ot people en board decrens-ed at tho various stoppingplaces as thotrain wont southwards.BINNS AND CHORUS GIRLS

THAT ACHING BACK.

Apart from the ill effects of continu-ous gracing, and which becomes muchincreased wh*n paddocks are overstock-ed and apart also from tho actual foul-ing of the herbage, there is the further"disadvantage that the good grasbes ar»continuously eaten off as they shoot in-to growth. In this way tho extiipa-tion is hastened. At the same tiiu ",useless or actually harmful and noxiousplants which are not eaten by stock rn-til the pastures are baro of nutritiousgrasses, predominate "the good graspshaving been eaten out." A familiar in-stance, Mr. S. S. Cameron, Chief in-spector of Stock, Victoria, remarks, "istho gradual usurpation of a pastute

-by Yorkshire foggrass (Holcas loiiatu-.)whero tho grass nas been sown withsweeter grasses; tho latter aro eatendown continually, while the fog is ne-glected by stock owing to its harsh-

.ness, and being a stronger grower itsoon takes possession of the pastu.ro.Again, tho well-known rib grass (.1

plantin (Plantago lanccolata) beingmuch relibhed by sheep, is a u.veful-grass on sheep country; cattle, h:>w-'ever. neglect it, and on cattle runs itquickly becomes a nuisance, not oni>on account of its spread, but becauseits flat habit of growth entails groatwaste of ground surface that couldotherwise bo utilised by moro suitablegrasses. Evenin times of plenty, the, folly of overstocking is not less acuto,ifor then tlie noxious plants aro loftstill more severely alono to propagateand spread their baneful prcscjuo o\<rtho pasture, occupying ground thatwould otherwise accommodate hoilhi^i'of more nutiitious. character. Then,a;T,ain, theio is the wasteful practice- ofburning off seeding grass during boun-tiful seasons, a practico which is cv-,ried out by not a few. Thc>' fc-\r l»Us>hfires, andinstead of mowing the super-abundance, of needing grass, and turn-ing it into hay or ensilage, as :i.st-uid-by for a time of scarcity, tlicj thouglit-lebbly resort to the improvident methodof burning.

EGG-LAVING.

THE UNFROCKING OF MR.SMYTH-PICOTT.

Tlie deposition from holy orders oithe Rev.John Hugh Kmyth-Pigott, till'head of the Agapemonos, Spaxton, wassolemnly pronounced by the Bishop orBath and Wells 111 the Cathedral ofWells, on March G. It.was an unusualand sombre ceiemonial, of which, sofar as tho diocese of Wells itself is con-cerned, there is no record of any pre-cedent. The previous like sentencepronounced was at Durham in 1897.Mr. Smyth-Pigott did not put in anappearance. At thehour fixed for thebeginning of the ceremony the organpealed forth a mournful dirge, and thebishops, minor,clergy, lay officers, andchoristers slowly wended their wayfrom the vestries to the choir. Theprocession, 111 addition to tho diocesan,included the Bishop of Exeter,BishopBtiring (assistant to the bishop of the,diocese), Chancellor C15. Heler, Chad-vyck-Healey, C.8., K.C., ArchdeaconIsrymer (of Wells), Prebendary Goudge(Principal of the Walls TheologicalCol-li-ire) Prebendary Beresford, the' Vicarcf St. Cuthbert's, Wells, the Rev. G.A. Hollis (Vice-Principal of WellsTheological College), tho Rev. J. M.Alcock (acting chaplain lo the Bishoppf Bath and Well*), Chancellor Holmes,andCanon Church (Wells). The bishoppf the diocese was inlm full robes, and"with his Court he look up a positioninside the altar rails.

THE BISHOP'SPRONOUNCEMENT.After seating himself in his chair

jicar tho altar tho Bishop pul: ''*«r-psmuch as- theRev.J«hu Hugh Pigott,or John Hugh Smyth-Pigott. of thefAgapemone, Spastpn, in,our diocese.lioldingno preferment,hath grievouslybffended against the law of God bybpen and notorious' sin, whereof beliathbeen fully convicted, wohave motiiere in the. presence-of Gotlandof thisfeongregation to dei>ose him from thatoffice which ho bath misused, and thatpublicly, that others muy be warned

!neither to receive his ministration,noito follow his example;and that vo mayknow that this, odr act, is rightly andjustly done, we shall now give andpromulge sentence* in your hearing.

Thereupon Chancellor Cluultfycke-'approached the bishop, and

lianded him a document containing theSvords of the sentence. Before reading;them the bishop said: "This is theicase of one v\io has brought, ,ns many1

people think, great shame and sorrow,(upon not only the Church of England,jbutupontlie whole Christian comniun-iity. In our procedure all that the■ecclesiastical law allows of has been[undertaken and carried through its.various stages with scrupulouscare,ami♥thefull statutory time has been al-lowed for appealagainst the judgmentjwhacbMtwas my sorrowful duty to pro-nounce last January. As a rorollfirysof that judgment Ihave a still moreSerious sentence to pronounce ,to-day.*T© some it may appear a strange factthat no charge has been broughtjagainst tho defendant for tlie blas-phemous.utterances w^th which he isCredited. Upon this'l would observethat there is grsivq " doubt whetherunder the- Clergy Discipline Act,und^r[which the late ))rocecdings were taken,!a prosecution for blasphemy could be{included;if it could not have been in-cluded, it is not easy to see,how anyJother punishment could have been nn-jpoeed than it is my painful duty tojnow inflict."

THE SENTENCE.j The Bishop, standing before hisIchair, "facing the people and in hear-ingof the pepplp," thereuponread the(Bontenccj ''In the name of God," It}was a long fprinula, which set forth.that the Consistory Court had had be-fore it charges against Pigott of "im-

|moral acts, immoral conduct, and im-"moral habits," and of "adultery and,'uncleanness and wickedness of life,""and that he was "found guilty of thesaid offences." It declared that hemade no confession or acknowledgment,of the said offences, and had "griev-knisly sinned against Almighty God-"and caused grave scandal to theJChurch and to his holy orders." T'.o

concluded:---> Therefore k&, Georirt1 Wyndham.I by Divine permission I,ord Bishop ofi Bath and Wells,. first calling on the'

MostHigh God of Heaven andearth.Father, Son, and Holy Qhost, and" setting Him alone before our eyes,do pronounce, decree, and declare'that thesaid Rev. John Hugh Pigottor John Hugh Smyth-Pigott, being

, a priest and deacon, bo entirely ro-| moved, deposed', ,and degraded from

the said offices of priest and deacont respectively, and we do hereby, by; tho authority committed to us byj Almighty God, the.Father, {he ,Son,*

and the H.oly GHpst. remove, de-[ pose, anddegradehim, the said Rev,I John Hugh Pigott, or John

'HughI SmvfH-Pjgott. from allclerical affirp*I and orders of priest and_'dracQn re-! spectively by this our defiaitu"1" sei--

tenceand final decree; which \\c*giye. and promulge by these prewnts.

J The Bishop then signed the sentence>and delivered it into the hands of th»'registrar, directing him jo peservcand record it in tho resist-y of fhe dio

vceso. Then the. Bishop, with ,out-stretchedhands,.said aloud to the ror-Igrcgaiion the prnycr:-r- And now for-jasmuch as Ood onr Henvonlv Faflier i«'all-powerful and nli-wr-ir-il. ict 'isJpray to Him that H<> will of His gronttlove grant to our rrrini; brother iru>-'repentanco and amendment of life;,and tous and Tlis whol(» Clmnhpjirdei'-and peace." With head bowed, and inJa subdued voice, tl*<> Bishop next ledithe peoplo in pvnvor. and there wficirecited the ps^lm' "Out of the n>pT>!bave Icalled unto Then. O I/Orfl."jClergy nnd congregation joined in fur-ither prayers,nnd when they More over-the Bishop, witn bj% right hnnd raisedand the left holdinghis crozier,blessedthe kneeling worshippers.

MRS TAFT AND THETAILORS.

CAMPAIGN FOR PATRIOJ'ICDRESSES.

NORTH ISLAND COMPETITION

Jack Binns, the wireless operator offlic Republic, was the object of a de-monstration in New York which emhar-rassed him not aJirtle, but pleased ni)audience of several hundreds at tlicHippodrome who witnessed it. Biraishad been takenby some friends for theevening to this resort, where a mixedperformance f* given, of which the chieffeatnre is the Bird Ballet, performedby some 200hundred dancers supportedbyanequalnumber of chorus girls. The

.performance winds up with this ballet,and jtist at the finish Binns, who wassitting in a proscenntm box next to thestage was "spotted"by oneof the lead-ing performers, who came to the foot-lights and announced:

"Ladies and gentlemen, it gives mogroat pleasure to introduco to yon Mr.C. Q. D. Binns, thohero of the Repub-lic." Tho initials^ of course, are in re-ference" to the wireless message signalsent out hbur after bOurby Binns fromtho Republic, meaning that the shipwasin danger and asking for help."

The whole audience rose to their'feetandshouted and cheered, while the dis-comforted Binns sought fd escape fromtho box. His friends blobked his pas-sage, however, and a couple of stagehands grasped him by the arms andpulled him on to the stage. He triedto rush behind the scenes, when ho wasSurroundedby the members of the BirdBallet and tho chorus, and dragged totlio front again. Here, in response torelated demands for a speech, Binnssaid: "I wish Icould get out of thi*.Ionly didmy duty." Whon the cur-taindropped the 400 girls on the stagepreventedhis escape at once,and Binnswas repeatedly kissed until rescued bythe stage manager.

— Daily Chroniclecorrespondent.

Tho fifty-first week of the .secondcompetition promoted -by the NorthIslandEgg-laying Competition Associa-tion, Ltd., at Cambridge, was conclud-ed on Friday. The nuinl>cr of eggs laidduring tlu> week vu 190, being miaverage of 2.87 «?ggs per pen. Thetotal number oi ojigs laid since May 10is 63,905, being an average of 969.62eggs per pen. Tho leading pens todate are:

—Litfht Breeds.— Harrison and Cirat-

ton, Whito Lo«horns, 1333: C. 1). Brat-son, White Ix'pJiorns, 1228; WaikatoIndependent, Wlut«» Leghorns, 1224; A.11. Browne, White Legliprns, 1175; A.Denton, Brown Lo^borns, 1175.

Heavy Breeds.— E. Vealc, Black Orj»-ingtons, 1290; C. Hammond, WhiteRocks. HHiG; Miss Ona Roberts, SilverWyandottes, ldftl; Cliamber of Com-merce. Whilo Orpingtons, 1012; AVui-kato Central Association, Black Orp-ingtons, 996.

RHEUMATIC POISON.(Useful Knowledge.)

Bheamati«in is o&us«d by poinonouematter whitfh, owing to uivthcieut ac-tion of the eliminatinj;oih-his, has

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SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1909.

Tho triumph of the P. D. Corset >&easily understood. Great surgeons andspecialists commend the P. D. Injurywas caused by tho old-fashionedcoiset,but the P. D. confers benefit. It supports and ennobles the figureand givesstrength and stimulus. Demand IbrP.D., and get iX

Mrs. Taft, the President's wife, Imsformally joined the ranks of those whoaro waging war to the knife againsttho tyranny of Parisians fashions intho wearing apparel of American wo-men.

A convention of fifty-two ladies'dressmaker^ from all parts of tlieUnitod States was held in Ncns Yorkrecently.

A letter was read from the w ifo ofthe President expressing her heartywish for the success of the propagandaand of the exhibition widen has beenorganised for the autumn with the ob-ject of showing the superiority of Ame-rican designs over those of Paris.

The pround claim is made that 75per cent, of the designs gold in theUnited States as Parisian are in originpurely American. The Paris dress-maker, it is proclaimed, "runs, tofluffiness and concealment.The Ameri-can woman demands a moro humanmodel."

'It is doubtful, however, if

trje propaganda will be assisted by theboast' made by the president if theconvention that "even tho hiplessgown, which is credited to French tail-oring designers, is an American crea-tion."

Just now preachers all over thecountry (writes a New York corres-pondent) are conducting a vigorouspulpit campaign against the "hipless"fashions. Clergymen one and ail haveassumed that the "hipless" gown is awicked " Parisian invention, liko themushroom hat, which Americans urenow manufacturing by tho thousand.

USatablished 1876.]

THENEW PLYMOUTH INVEST-

MENT A LOAN SOCIETY(Permanent).

Directors: Mr. J. B. Connett (chair-man), Messrs. W. F. Brooking, T,Furlong,C. T. Milln, C. T. Rundle,S. Toed, W. C. Weston.

Jankers: Tho Llank of New Zealand.

FIVE PER CENT. PER ANNUM AL-LOWED ON FIXED DEPOSITS.

LOANS GRANTEDOn 6cale at very low rates of interest

from one to twelve years.l'amphlets giving scale of repayments

and other information posted to aayaddress upon application to

C. S. RENNELL,, Secretary.Office: Brougham St.,New Plymouth

"Mr. J. Williams,of Northern Sta-t^011' !>\ E. Port Augusta, sends hisWET ■ photoand writes that he lias beenaH* sufferer from imparetolepdandlbdvBi 4f?ji- B^i gestion, withpimplesonhisfiico,ani

\* t«^ ill blackheads. Ho was always taking- y. A-a*-/W^i medicinea of some kind, wiLh no r>' *^ T<^^^ liefuntilhe began with AycTs Ssh--^^^^>^^y^^^. saparillaand Ayer's Pills. Ho took

ma^ tnreebottlesoftheSarsapnrillti

-^mm^^^^Jo^^'dri(i twobottlesof the Pil!*,v,ith the

w^^^^^^^l^f^^ result that the pimpL s.and black-'"%^

''s headsdisappearedandhe wasrelieved-

entirely of his indigestion.

*MX V B" &*C r*^> OdiSHOda Had,,#mI■«■ B a %*&> 11 i. ^i „. ,,^^^.-,

acts directly upon tho blood-ionningglands of tbobody, stimulatingthentoproducehealthy,rich, redblood ;thokindof blood thatbriiifrsagoodTvliole-SQiuecolor to the lips andclioeks, clearingawaypimples audblackiioads.. "

As now made,Ayer's SarsapariMa containsno alcohoK Bosure that you get "AYtR'S,"not some worthies^ irti'rtation.

« TakeAyer'3 Pills withAyer's Srxsaparilla. On6nidstheothev:t: --■ ' - ' ■

> . Preparedby Dr.J. O. Ayer& Co.,Lowel', Mftsa.,U".H * THEPREMIERSTORE.

WE HAVE THE FINESTSTOCK OF GROCER-

IES IN NEW PLYMOUTH.

CALL AND GIVE US A'TRIAL.

WHTTAKERAND SON,

Opposite THE MELBOURNE.: 'Phone 111. "

p^o^ 1hare's Sound Ilealihf|n-It*'(if «*J'- Jr%:">j>v

'$ " I^f^ct healthwithconstipationislanimpnssi-'&*Jaffift*s^k '■ l>il'-ty- Piugative3 arc h-xb'e to aggravate' theiWi &%&> si cOll^I*-^11 by weakening tlie organs acted-upon.

t r^ nll'^ natura^ laxative is- all that is required,>"'

2T^^Ss^^^^ and Califorr.ia Syrup of Tigs will be found as|«ypb stj&ffl agreeable as it is nr'>n1T5t and thorough in action.

| ) Gently andsoothinglycleanses theS)«6fem;c'orrect32«n»Mn«iwa torpidity,promotesregularityand, gives tonatolkc,;.

4rs^^r^r^1""i sluggish oi gans. Theicisnodiscomfort or '

|mm^^ynxi a°d the habitual |con?tipation'is gradually""cqit-'IfflifoiVfll.VyjffT-^S^ quered.Ciii!lien(\^horehsli itsdeliciousllavon'r)ss%mm.ZZZZZL,«u.^j wellas adultsarektpl insoun1healthandhuoyanf

BwsK>Ph'^s^-'V^lW spirits b)1this greft householdlaxativeremedy.,■ EmpUasise ttn- wed CM.IPORNIA when pnfcliasinff, atid lonfc for Ibo circle TradoW<9 Maik in t'-luo at topof pacVage. Ft mall Cl'^r. rt% Vs and i/it. \

f E. L. ADAMSON, (Late, Manager Dyeing DepartmentI . Wellington Woollen Mills),

WISHES to announce that he hasstartedbusiness atDevon Street

i East, New Plymouth, as a

i Dyer and French Cleanerj Ladies' Costumes,Jackets,Skirts andIGloaks dyed and cleaned, also Silk{ Blouses and all Fancy articles French■ dry cleaned.

jGENTS' SUITS CLEANED OR DYED.

Leathers cleanedandcurledordyedandcurled. >

ECONOMISE! By havingthe clothesthat have now become comfortable to

I itoar renovatedatpriees below:—

:Ladies Skirts— Cleaned and Pressed,3b to4s;Dyed andPressed,5s to7s 6d.

Ladies' Costumet—

Cleaned andPressed, 5s 6d to 7s 6d; Dyed H3dPressed, 8s 6d to 10s 6d.'Gents' Suits— Cleaned and Pressed,6s 6d to 8s 6d; Dyed and Pressed,10sto 12s 6d.

Kid'Gloves, Is to Is 6d per pair;Vests Dyod, 2s 6d; Coats, 5s 6d; Trou-sers,.4s;Feathers— -Cleaned and Corlad,|cr Dyed andCurled, Is6d to2s6d each.

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YOUNG, HOBBS A CO^GRAIN, SEED AND PRODUCEMERCEEANTS, AUOTIONEERe,

STRATFORD AND ELTHAM.

SALEYARDS-Stratforfl, Eltham,Kaponga and Strath(ftore.

OATS.SEED ALGERIANS AND LONG

TARTARS.FEED GARTONS AND DUNS.

CHAFF.GOOD CLEAN OATSHEAF.

MANIJREB' " IN ALL VARIETIES

STRATFORD ARTIFICIAL MANURE^:Bloodand-Bone.

Compored of Para Bonednst and'Blood. Remarkably rich in Ammonia.Also high percentage Mount LyellSuperphosphate.

POTATOES.Fresh Shipments constantly arriving.

Good, sound Canterbury Up-to-Dates.Large Stocks of GRASSSEEDS, WR~m.cro£Ki. XB&gk

Etc.WIRE, WIRE NET/TINS, STAPLES,

Bto.Prices, etc.. on Application.

ROYAL MAIL COACHNEW PLYMOUTH-OPUNAKE.

Revised time-tableas from JanuaryI,1909.

Leare* Duly.New Plymouth Port Offaoe 9.90 »,in,Omata JO-lg *m-Oakura W.65 ».nuTataraimaka ... ... n.«6 ""»"Okato ... 12-25 p.m.Puniho 10 p.m.Warea l-]5pnuPungarehu ... —

2.6 p.m.Rahotu 2.30 p.nrOaonui 3-16 P-«Opunake, arrive ... *.U ?"<*

Leaves Daily. .Opunake 6.45 ».m.Oaonui 6-30 »"»».Rahotu 7.20 a.m.Pungarehu 8.6 a.m.Wtorea ... 8.30 ».m.Puniho 8.45 a.m.Okato .... 9-16 a.m-Tataraimaka ... ... ,9-*» »- to

-Oakura 10.50 »,m.Omata ... """ v- U-*l ""m. New Plymouth, arrive .7. 12.15 p.m.

All Faros and Parcels to be prepaid,and Tickets obtained for such.

New Plymouth Booking OfnoesMasonic Stables. «,.",■,,. ,

OpunakeBookingOffice: Middleton'tHotel (O'Meara).

Through Fare; Single, 10s; Return,178 W. A. JURY,

Proprietor.'Phone. 815^SLADDEN AND PALMER,

ENGINEERS AND BURVEYORS.Licensed under Land Transfer Act.

Office: DEVON STREET.

I Amber Tips Tea^^^H IS certain to please you Whether it be used for theH afternoon cup which eVery womanso appreciates,H or for the more formal "At Home." -*a How cflvii, -..!.»n visiting, your afleinoon's enjoy- ,Wl ment has been spoiled by the nasty inferior tea that .,

J was served you.'

jS Ensure the success of your own little,social func-r a' tionsby using Arr.bcr Tips- Tea. If you do so, you"

3 will hear those exclamations of pleasure that so deHght|tbe heart of a hostess— "What delicious lea

—where

| did youget it }"

|j » ■ The exceptional quality and delicious flavour ofV |*U\ Amber Tips Tea has quickly made it thl"Mv-<Wite""of

3^k\ all who have tried it. It is very economical—

noordinary tea will make so many

pfe^-\\ .nfsi'&A cups to a pound.Ksflnk Na-U^# r^' >'our S^cer you. want

rlW^^ X^^-V AMBER TIPSTEA-packed

Ijiiilia^fe^V. . P"f P^> preserve "

pl^feCW^:-'' - v^Sv ils deßgbtful -fla-I[fi'jjiiiji^i cTC~fc :5 your and strength,RHitO^^rilii^ f»d sold at 1/8;

|ll)liii!l!i|li.:'i';^,,

AUSTRALIAN MUTUALPROVIDENT SOCIETY

f

[Ehtadlib^ed 1849.JHOLDS THE WORLD'S RECORD FORLARGEST BONUSES

ALL POLICIES ISSUED ONOR PRIOR TO DECEMBER 81bt NEXIWILL SjHAiIE Hi THEPROFITS TO BE DIVIDED AS AT THAT,. " DATE.

Totii! CASH HONUSEB divided amongit the Members £13,596,50?" A'MfcUNT'of'CASH PROFITS Dividedlfer ONE YEAR T907) £708,24f

EqflalWx>ver 86 per cent, of thoPremiums received undo.' Participating A■ ' onrance Policies during the-year

! EVERY YEAR BONUS YEAR.

IINSURE AT ONCE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROFITS FOR TH>' CURRENJ YEAR.' \ EDWARD W. LOWE,

-"■'*" " Resident SocfotarrBRCUSTOMHOUSE QUA*.WELLINGTON. ,

NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT OFFICE— .- -CORNER DEVON AND EGMONT STREETS.*, : .

>.

- - " C. A. BENBOW, District^Seerbtaij.

LEGAL.

WESTON and WESTON, Solicitors,of New Plymouth, opened a

branch office at Inglewood on Jnne 1,1908, where they canbe consulted daily.Offices opposite Railway Station.

New Plymouth, May 6, 1908.

Tho secret of success in modern busi-ness is to do perfectly the thing youset out to do. The DresdenPiano Com-pany, Ltd., knows all about pianos. Ithas'collected all sorts of curious and

valuable information about them. Ifyour home ha#no piano, it is so muchless a home* xou can get one so easilythat you will scarcely realise that youare paying for it. Mr. M. J. Brookesis manager for the North Island. Ifyou communicate with him or withthe Company's local representalives,Messrs. E. Griffiths and Co., you willbe put in the right way.--Advt.

'1 -X^IHE. TMTAKINE. A CCIMSNT.

':.'"■" NEW ZEALANDINSURANCE COMPANY,LTD

. HeadOffice— AUCKLAND, N.Z.

"feONDS PLATE GLASS, BURGLARY AND THEFT. SICKNESS>Nraccident risks accepted at

i-~ -

'.* * '_: lowest current rates.

—-v-'tJ": &"s.'s' PAT ON, "

' " '""J r T " -

1'- '. " -BRANCH MANAGER FOR TARANAKI.

,\oe>RNEfc BROUGHAM AND KINO BTREFTS. NEW PLYMPFTB -

my opinion--'LAKE'SEIV.UIS9ON

'has no equal,"Ina letter to the I.nno's Emul-%

sion Coy., Air. A. S. Conkson, ofInvercargill, says:

—"About three

years agoIwas In i\ poor stateof health, my weight being only-nine stone. Iseemed to be.-ln«adecline, and all my frlondfi sym-'pathised with me and seemed tothink that Iwould soon be awayfrom Uiem One of my. chums. -»j

Btrougly recommended me to tryLane's Emulsion. Innd almostmade up my mind that it, wasonlya matter of time, and. that- H wasno good trying anything more.*?Itook his advice,h6wever, and sentaway for a case of three dozen...

■These Itook according to direc-tions, and when finished foundthat my weighthad increased iy;28 pounds, and my health simplyperfect. I can strongly.recom-mend Lane's Emulsion to anyone 'who, like myself, was fading\away_.Jn my 'case there was nothingapparently tho matter, but -I was -gradually getting thinner andVreaker. In my opinion Latin'sEmulsion as a body-builderhas uq-,equal."— Signed, A. S. CooKSoii,Invercargill. ",.' ~

Lane's Emulsion will act foryou as it did for Air. CooKson. It

'always assists digestion,builds upnesh, and adds strength. Thistreble action of Lane's Emulsionis unique with itself, and cannotbe found In the many substitutesand whi-rji .floed thenia>r!jjstf Lane's Emulsion in twoaijvcs-^a J;e found in the stocks ot.all chemists aud

vgrocois througho-

ut the Dominion. Small size2/G, large sizo 4/C ® The largeSize is the ocononiital size.

''AS'

MONET TO LEND.

MONEY TO LENDin large or small'duma at lowest rates.

N.B.—

Very favourable terms forsmall amounts.

COVETT AND QUILLIAM.

There is no secondary, jsolace of lifeto surpass the solace of music. If youwant your children to.have this solacethrough life, you muat see that theyhavo thedailycompanionship of a goodpiano. A Broadwood, a Ronisch, aLipp,or a Steinway. There are otheraalso in the great stock of the DresdenPiano Company, Ltd. Extravagonce isfoolishness. But you can buy a pianofrom the Dresden and pay for it soeasily that the cost can be charged toyour rent, and scarcely noticed. Writa'tives, Messrs E. Griffiths and Co.—Advt.

HENKFIT BY OUR EXPEKIENCE.Tho years of experiencepossessed by

thr> N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., are atyour disposal either in tho matter ofK-moviiiß furniture quickly and safely,forwarding goods and parcels to. anypart of tho globe, passing Customs en-tries for town and country traders, orrpepifingand handling travellers' sam-ples right through tho Dominion. Forreliable, valuable help in any of thesedirections, get in touch with tho com-pany at once.

—Advt.