TARANAKI NEWS.
SCARCITY OP L.\BOR, (Per Press Association.) New Plymouth, last night Owing to tbo great scarcity of labor I throughout Taranaki, farming operation? I road works, and bußh foiling are hampered' in many instances dairy farmers being compelled to reduoe herds materially. B ELECTRIC LIGHT. The New Plymouth municipal eleotrio light plant received the first complete trial to-night, proving most satisfactory. Th e official opening will be on Friday, IRONSAND. Latest cabls advice from London re' specting ironsand indicates the flotation of a strong company within a month DEATH OF OLD COLONIST. Obituary : Henry Jardine Crompton aged 65, after a protracted illness, jj was one of the oldest residents of the nr vinoe, having resided ca a farm at OaLt over years, u ‘ ri *
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1651, 18 January 1906, Page 2
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125TARANAKI NEWS. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1651, 18 January 1906, Page 2
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