LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 186, 16 August 1901, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following trains leave New Plymouth, station to-£ay for the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as follows: 5.45 a.m., liotoiti (from no'.th) ; 11 a.m., Tafeap'ma, from south; 11 am., Rotoiti, for south; 9.30 p.m., Takapuna, for north. A passenger car will be attached to the goods train leaving for the Breakwater about 3 pm. Charles Palmer, convicted of theft yes'erday at the Wellington Supreme Court, was sentehced to two years' imprisonment. On account of the Masonic ball being held on the 29 h of this month, the Town Band have postponed their date to Wednesday, 4th September, so as not to clash. The Ma'ine Department is informed that the master of the Isabella Anderson reports sighting, about a fortnight ago, between Oape Campbell and Kaikoura, something floating, which appeared to be wreckage. King Edward stays three weeks at Hamburg. The Queen, this week, proceeds to Copenhagen oa a visit to her parents. The flig at the Stratford Post Office was flying on Wednesday afternoon, and there ■were a lot of enquiries as to the reason. t> o one seemed to know, but we {Post) understands that ihe Premier discovered a surplus in one of the pigeon holes, and in his joy at the find the Postmaster-General ordered all flaja up to the masthead. A defendant in a case at the Onofennga Police Court last weak caused some amusement by pleading " guilty through a mishap." On being informed that his c&se had been adjourned, he seemed quite happy, and when leaving the Oonrt he said to the magistrate. " Well, ta-ta for tbe present j I 'hope we'll have luck." '

Some of our shops are exceedingly accommodating, say the Grey Star, and it speaks well lor the enterprising firms when a borse and rider can enter the grocery department sid be served as coolly as if a pedestrian had entered. This was seen the other .day. in Grsymoutb, sad it saves no end of trouble in aismounting this wet weather.

The Education Board at its meeting last Wednesday accepted Messrs Brown k Oo.'a tender forschool furniture. ...

It is expected that all volunteer corps will shortly be armed with the Lee-Xnfield magazine rifle, farther large consignments having come to hand.

'! Tenders are invited by the 'Public Works Department for additions and alterations to the Waitara police station.

Hon. Mills has received advice that's, an named Wal'jr.Puilman, whose dUapp arance has been causing anxiety at Havelock, bas turned tip at Brightwater, in the Nelson district.

As a result of there-hearing at Wellington of a charge against two young men who were last »eek sententbneed to thirty days' imprisonment by a Bench of Jastic s for being found illegally on the premisei of the Imperial Hoiel, they have been released from custody, evidence having been forthcoming which justified the former decision being reversed.

. It is understood tint the through daily train service will be established on or about the Ist November next. The journey from Wellington to Nsw Plymouth will bj accomplished in twelve hours.

It is undurstood that Messrs Heslop, as member of the Land Board, and Ba> ro «, «i the Lands Office, visited Mr. Livingston's property on JHourlay in conncc'-ion wah the valuing o£ sections and that probably values will be fixed at Monday's meeting of the Land Board.

'•There is too much horse-racing in New Zealand; there is too much sport in this country," said the Premier , the .other right. "Hear, hoar—political sport,""interjected Mr. Pir.ini. The Premier, unheeding the interruption, went on" One i)f the dangers that beset this young country is that there is too much sport, and too much Pleasure, and that there is no heed taken of the reality ef life."

Although according to Government proclem»iion the shooting season just olostd was a close season'for native game, nfpre pigeons, says the Bush Advocate, were shot in the Dannevirke district than during any of the last ten years.

From L ansard we see that Mr. Symes asked the Minister for Railways what steps have been and are being taken by the department to extend the railway to Mount Eginont, for the purpose of procuring stone or road met U to be supplied to local bodies requiring the same ? This question was a very impertant one, not only to his district, but, he R'ight say, co the country from Taranaki to Wangauui. It is a well-known fact that at Mount Egmont they had an inexhaustible supply of metal. He trusted the Minister wou d assure him that ths railway (Would be made, so that a supply of metal could be supplied to the local bodies at a , moderate cost, Sir J. G. Ward, Minister for Kailways, said at the p-esent time the department had men engaged putting a drive into the rock-face to ascertain the quality of the material available. Until ' this had been done it would be inadvisable to to take any steps to build the line. The matter had not been lost sight of, as thei department wai quite as anxious to obtain good ballast as the road boards can be to obtain road metal.

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