LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 13, 16 January 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Taranaki Regatta hns been fixed fc> take place at Waitara on Thursday, 27tl February. The programme of events will 1 ppear in the News to-morrow,

A lost oil- stnui. mure is advertised for. Mrs. Rus-?en, representative of the Messenger Corset Company, for which Miss Retfor,i is the local agent, desires to announce that she may be consulte-i at Miss Retford's shop, where ladies desiring a private interview may leave their names. The Janie Seddon and t.ady Roberts, the new boats for submarine mine work at Auckland n<:d Wellington, passed Farewell Spit at 10.30 yesterday morning. Miss Portia Knight, an American actress, liai withdrawn the writ for breach of promise agfjn>.t the i uke of Manchester served upon him i n his arrival in Kn-»!anrl with his new I bride from America in March last.

Important business has necessitated the recalling of members of the Cabinet now on tour. Mr. Duncan has accordingly abandoned his trip to the West Ooastand Cheviot and will r«t»rn to Wellington from Nelson to-day, and Mr. Carroll is on his way back from Gisborne.

The Government has received a strongly worded resolution from the Canterbury Trades Council, protesting against the Government importing steel bridges from America. The Premier replied that there is no foundation whatever for the statement that it is intended to make such a purchase.

The following trains leave New Plymouth station to-day for the Breakwater, connecting with steamers mentioned below, as follows:—6 a m., Rotoiti (from north); 8 a.m, Takapuna (from south); 11 a.m.,

Kotoiti (for south); 8.30 p.m., Takapuna (for north). A passenger car will be attached to the gcods train leaving for the Breakwater about 3 p.m Speaking at the Wflllington Liberal and Labour Tuesday, Mr. Seddon, referring to the revenue, said that compared with the Government's estimate for the year there was, roundly, at the present time a surplus of L 200.000, The expenditure had been ki?pt well within limits, and at (lieend of the year, notwithstanding the great reduction in taxation, be anticipated at least L 250.000 surplus.

For the third wool sales o£ the season at Christchurch on Friday 14,232 bales have been catalogued. Some 40 Auckland bowlers will take part in the tournament at Wellington, commencing on Jannay 20th. The road works arranged by the Hon. J. MoGowiin during his visit to the Thames, Ohinenuri, and Coromandel, will necessitate the expenditure of upwards of £9OOO. This will give help to a large number of temporarily unemployed men. Rev. Lewis has resigned the charge of the WoodviJle 1* esbyterian Church. He intends to reside privately at New Pljmouth. The recaptured prisoner Theodore Bchreiner, who recently escaped from gaol, is to appear at the Police Court to-day on a charge of gaol-breaking. Ob Friday morning a charge of indecent assault, and an affiliation case will occupy the attention of the Court.

The London Daily Chronicle says:—" New j Zealand is preparing to supply our breakfast tables with eggs treated by a chsmical process, which is warranted to make them keop for three jears. The mere idea of an egg three years old is, except to a Chinaman, an outrage. Will no one infuse vigour into our farmers, or moderation into our railway companies, that we may be able tioeetari egg from less than ten thousand miles away!" A new grade stamp for dairy produce is being introduced by the Department of Agriculture. The stamp is circular in shape, and is surmounted by a crown and the Royal initials F.R. Tha outer circle contains the word 9, "The Department of Agriculture, New Zealand," and the inner circle a broad arrow, with the number of the giade and the description of the contents of the box or i ackig», on which the stamp is impressed. This stamp will be employed in p'ace of thesimple numeral and broad arrow so fir used.

A New York paper says: " With a desire to avenge the death of his only son who was shot by Boers last year, the Rev R. E. Ban- j is about to leave for South Africa to join the I British Army. For the past two years he I has been rector of Protestant Episcopal churches in Whatcom and Fair Haven (America). His son was killed in an engagement in which the Boers greitly outnumbered tie: British The Boers, it isj alleged, showed extreme cruelty, K,ver since | receiving this news Mr Barr ha« had a strong j obtain funds for his trip. Mr Barr has been one of the leading Protestant Episcopal clergymen of the North-west."

Mr Hursthouse, chief engineer ff the Road Department, has returned to Wellington after a visit to Hunterville and Taihape. He says he did not see a man looking for work, and in no single c»?e did any of the men discharged from the public works approach him. Ha sta'es that the settlers have taken a manly and reasonable view or the rocent unavoidable occurrence.

The Egmont Licensing Committee held a meeting on Tuesday. Transfers were grantei of the licenses of the Commercial and Tariki Hotels. An application for a conditional license for tha Caledonian Sport? meeting was refused, the committee being averse to granting licenses in cases where meetings were cbjefjy attended by womea andchildrea. fhe committee intend to insist on the ereotion of balconies at the hotels specified at the annual meeting. At the Hawera Police Court on Wednesday, John Havaere was charg»d with attemp. u a ™ n at the Empire Hotel. Accused, who had made a written confession which was produced in Court, stated that when he [ committed the act he must have been unconscious of what he was doing, owing to heavy drinking. Having pleaded guilty, the accused was remanded to the Supreme Court for sentencs.

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