LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 119, 13 June 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Colonial mails, which left Melbourne on the Bth May arrived in London on due date. "* At the meeting of the Education Board yesterday each member of the Board found himself the blushing recipient of a neat pincnahien, a gift from the children of one of (he schools.

Mr. R. L. Stanferd, S.M., sjttipg as the Licensi.-.g Bench, will resume business this morning, when seteral matters relating to applications for licenses held over from last week will be corisi tered.

Mr Prldham, Hector of the High School> informs us that the statement maie byoo r reporter regarding delay in the hoisting o the flag at the High School was incorrect There was a little delay in getting news of the Duke of York's landing, but not nearly so great as rcp-esentod. The men at the railway reclamation works have cut wall into the bank below the Gaswork?, and are able to run an engine and tracks on the shelf thus made. They should get a larg» quantity of earth from that side. The wqrks necessitate the removal of the Stopper Company's Works and the Sash and. Door Company's employees' stables.

A man named Alan Chland was arrested in town at 5 o'clock last evening by Constable Young, on a.charge of breaking? and entering, on or about 11th June, the store of Messrs. Boon Bros, and taking therefrom two tins of oil and one tin of lead. He was taken before Mr. D. Berry, J.P., and charged with the offence, *nd was remanded to appear before the S.M, at 10.30 this morning Accused was admitted to bail.

At Xnglewood yeeserday the young man Otto fichultz appeared on remand before Messrs. Brown, Pennington and Todd, J's.P.,'on three charges of horse-stealing, and was committed for trial on each count. Mr. Weston appeared for accused, and Sergeant Stagpoole conducted the casi for the polioe. In one case accused was charged .with stealing a horse belonging to H. B. of Inglewood; in a second a horse the property of Alex. Schoeter; and a third belonging te Donald Cameron, of Eltham.

At Toko, on Tuesday, on tho receipt of the message announcing the Royal landing in New Zealand, a very large crowd of school children and adults assembled at the school. The flag wai hoisted and the children gave three hearty, cheers for Duke and Duchess. Messrs. Kennedy (member of the Boar!) and Weir (chairman of the Committee) briefly addressed the children. Tho hea'.master then presented eaoh chi d with a souvenir of the occasion in the shape of a ribbon on which was a photograph of tho Duke. Proceedings throughout were very enthusiastic, and the children will no iV übt in years to come remember with ploisfftaMs feelings their simple little manifestation of loyalty in the township of Toko.

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