LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 44, 2 March 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Minister of Lands will be in town on Monday. At Woodville, a man named Donald McLeoil, one o£ a gang of spielers, was sentenced on Friday to two months on a charge of being au idle and disorderly person. In his bag was found a set of burglar's tools. English operators employed at St. Pierre and Miquelon, Newfoundland, in connection with French cables have been notiied that they must take the oath of allegiance to France or lsave. The notilication caused much surprise siace neithw is a naval or military buse.

The Town School Committee are calling Tor applications for the position of dark and treasurer.

The attention of ratepayers is drawn to the moating of the newly-formed Ratepayers' Association convenod for Monday evening As this will be the first operative meeting, when officer; will be appointed, it iu hoped •hat Hicrfl will be a very large attendance. His Worship the Mayor will preside. Mr. Buckingham, whose singing at Miss Conncll'a concert was so much appreciated, announces in another column an entertainment that should prove very attractive to all interested in music, elocution, and British heroes.

At the quarterly meeting of the Christ church Chamber of Commerce the President, Mr. W.Wood, advocated that all Australasia should give its support to the "all red" cable, an alternative line of cable to the Old Country being most hecessary. It was essential that messages should be sent quickly and correctly and the Pacific route must be supported. No country in the world was more dependent on the cable than New Zealand, yet more attention was given t8 qu:ck mails.

Thtt Cuban Convention has virtually conceded the demands of America, recognising the right to intervene, should occasion arise, to pre»eree the independence of Oaba or maintain good g»vernment.

Despite vigorous Democratic opposition, the American Senate, by 55 to 27, adopted an amendment in tho Army Estimates giving President McKinley control of the Philippines.

It is stated that Mr. Schwabe receives the enormous salary of £160,000 per annum as manager of the Steel Trust. The case recently heard at Hawera which arose out of a verbal contract for milking oti shares for a period of five years affords another instance of the necessity for everyone to know that such agreements must be in writing. The expenditure of a few shillings at the outset of suoh undertakings in obtaining a proper legal binding document is money well laid oat. The worthlessneas of veibal agreements cannot be too generally known.-

Mrs. Douglas, widow of the late Mr. O. B. Douglas, of Filzroy, and of the Survey Office, left with her family on Friday evening for North en roulr for California whero her Tature home will be. They carry with them the best wishes of a large uympathetic circle of friends.

The Wesleyun Harvest Thanksgiving Services and sale at Okato are fixed for March 23th and 25th, and are always popu'ar and crowded. Those at Rahotu which were fixed for March 17th and 18th were very kindly postponed, so as not to collide with a proposed concert toward purchase of organ for the public hall. They are now to be held on Easter Sunday and Monday, April 7th and Bth. Rev. C, Penney of .Opunake preaching the sermons.

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