LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 49, 13 March 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Education Board meets to-day. Lord Kimberley is improving. Benjamin Harrison, ex-President of the United States, is critically ill. The wreck of the Astlona was due to a Rale extinguishing the light oa the rocks where the vessel perished. * The price of steel in America has advanced 24 dollars per ton, as a result of the formation of the trust. J The Synod at the Russian Charon has ex- i ;emraoaicatcd Couufc Le«n Tolstoi owing to his anti-Christian pre*oalßg. S

In anticipation of fresh taxation being disclosed in the Imperial Budget, the duties paid during February upon tobacco were £1,500,000 in excess of the previous February, and on tea £660,0','0 in excess,

A Queensland opal, reported to bo worth £50,000, is being tihibiied at the Victorian Agency-General. Jtis stated tbat the owner intends to offer it to the King as a contribution to the rs.jalia in honour of the establishment of tho Australian Commonwealth.

Mr. Newton King reports the sale of facre section, Lemon-street, on behalf of Mr Govett to Mr. IS. M. Dell at a satisfactory figme: An inspection parade of the Guards was held on Tuesday evening. Onlv a moderate number put in an appearance. After drill a meeting was held at the Guards' Club to elect the executive for tho ensuing year and to make arrangements for a of the entertainments which proved so popular last season.

The Katepa;ers' Association is losing no time in getting to Work. She first business to which attention is being directed is the authoris d loan, and a meeting of mombera is summoned for 8 o'clock on Tuesday next, at th! Council Chambers, to consider the position of -tho Borough in relation to the loan in consequence of the altered condition of affairs since the loan was sanctioned The question is one that opens up a wide field of discussion, and will doubtless attract a large attendance.

The German army's uniform will be dark brown, and not khaki. There will bo no shiny buttons or buckles. Some of the troops in Spaudau have alreaiy boen equipped.

Five Chinese girls were sold by auction on a recsnt Satiirdoy at Kan Francisco. Notwithstanding thit there was a large crowd, there was no protest against the proceeding. Tho girls fetched prices ranging from 1700 to 5400 dollars.

The Premier has sent tho following care-fully-worded letter to the Rev. J. K. Elliott, who recently wote to him protesting against displays by the Indian troops on the Sabbath: —" Premier's office, Wellington, 7th Maroh, 1901. Rev. Sir—Respect for the position you hold, and ordinary courtesy, demand that I Bhould acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 27th ult., and I accordingly do so.—l am, yours faithfully, R. J. Seddon." Mr. Mestayer, who is to advise tho Gisborne Borough Council on a water and drainage schome, arrives there to-day. There is a conflict of legal opinion at Gisborne as to the roll under whioh a fresh Harbour Board election must be held. The meeting of the Board convened to consider' the matter lapsed for want of a quorum. The advent of Mr. McAdoo's original Jubilee Singers is always a pleasure to the public, and they always attract large audiences. The advance ajent of tho Company, Mr. W, B. Yardley, is now in town arranging for a season of three nights at the Theatre Royal commencing on Tuesday, the 19th inst. Further particulars will be announced.

Mr. Jones will run a bus to the Convent School picnic at the Waterworks on Thursday next. Bus leaves town at 2 and So'clock

At an inquest at Wellington on the body" of an infant who died from insufficient attention while being boarded out under the Jnfant Life Protection Act, the jury added a rider to the verdict, that in its epinion the Government should provide an institution for the support of such infants and compel fathers to pay a contribution to their mainteniince.

Frajk Lionel Holloway, who last week was caught red handed at a burglary at Wanganui when £39 worth of jewellery taken from a house in the suburb was found od him, was this afternoon committed for trial. Accused is an escapeo from Queanslaad where he was sentenced to three years' for burglary. The Star Olab desire to thank Mr. J. H. Kingsley for his doration of a gold medal for the schoolboys championship race at the Club's Sports on Easter Monday. The action of tho Gomniittee in instituting the 120 yards schoolboys'interprovincial championship race (open to all boys attending Government primary schools in Taranaki) has caught on well, and is attracting considerable attention throughout the Noitii Island. The N.Z. Times refers to it as an invent that should bs on all sports programmes. Nominations are made by mssteraof s;hools. Mr. Hales, Engineer-in-Chief, and Mr. YickeraaH, District Engineer, vitited the tunnel at Karangahake and inspected the works where the men only earned between 4s and 5s Haily. As a result the men have been asked to go back to work with the assurance that they will be treated fairly. Mi. Viekerman states the rato paid is rather low.ljut some t>f the man had baon loafing in a most bnrefaced way, and tha G»vern-! ment will not pay for such loafing. Tho I GoTernmeat, he says, desire to deal fairly I with the men, but tha men must co-operate i with the present syt tem or it could not bo j maintained. The men have decided to go i back to work at ones. \

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