LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 28, 3 February 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

{The usual monthly meeting of the Oeunfcy CJmucil takes place to-day. J Mr. Stevens, Postmaster of Hawera, was a yieitor to New Plymouth yesterday,

The whole of the Ourrie-st eet froßtftge of the Imperial Hotel has been pull« d joown. Very little of the old building now retains. We understand that Mr. Fredj&ick J. Robertshaw, at present postmaster ajfPieton, will be the new postmaster at Ing'^ooiJ. We understand that Miss Hojjgkinson, 8.A., of the Durham-road Scb oc jp« has resigned her appointment, having ijfeceived a more lucrative appointment Wider the iioutbland liMucation Boird. JA further advantage is the fact that bar fflome is in Southland. I 1 The Hawera Mounted Rifles bpld a record, the tstar report*, in cooneotiop with the 1 Eighth Contingent, which will' He difficult to oeat. From its ranks joins / tbo colonel (Colonel Da vies), the major staff captain (Mathews), staff s/ergeant-major (Rogers), three lieutenants (Pilmer, Morgan, and Valintine), and G. who also holds a staff appointment. /

The Waimate Witness le/arna from a private source that the father of 'he young man Crawford who was shot 4' Siding rolantier camp of instruction, is preparing j l O commence an action against the young I volunteer, Thompsou, who, it is alleged, j was awara that he had fired a ball cartridge. The sum to be claimed is set down at,£looo damages.

The Premier and Mrs. Ssddon left Onehuuga on Satur 'ay night by the Tu'aneEfli for Nelson, to attend the Jubilee oelebrations there.

The following Brothers will represent the Druids against court Kgmont at the Euchre Party this evening at 8 p.m.:—The Hon. Jennings, J. Hrvey, 0. Peteh, B. iiister, W. Phipps, V. H. Beale, H. McKoy, W. Stanley, K. Kcsumsn L. Bullot, A. Edgecumbe, and A. J. Hobts.

The Waikare. on her trip to Sydney from Wellington on Friday, took only 150 tons of cargo, which included 50 tons of scrap iron

The Federal Government issued a proclamation on ; Saturday that Tattersall, Hobart, is a pewon to whom letters from anj part of the? I'lJmru on wealth cannot be delivered afte:Matrah 31st. The illnrssof tne Marquis of Dufferin has become alarming. Two Trench factories in Newfoundland have boon ba lied. Lord Salisbury, in refusing to compensate the owners, denied th»t the e was incendiarism, and informed M., Tele isae that the colony was self-govern-ing and ableto deal with the matter.

The London Daily Mail says the Westralian loan has appreciated. The underwriter take thre^-fourths.

The iJondon County Council loan ol £3,000,0(i0 has been covered nina fold.

Two typographical errors occurred in our report of the Borough Council meeting on Friday night. The first stated that " the proposals for combined water and drainage were adopted. Instead of "drainage" it should re/.d "electric light." Then in mentioning tiie rate of interest payable on the proposed loans the Council decided that it shouljl be stipulated not to exceed 5 per cent. 1

The following addition to the Telephone i Exchange list is noted:—No. 239, John Hurle, Devon and Queen-streets. The annual meeting of the Western Packing Company was held on Friday, when laf t year's directors were re-elected. In the afternoon in extraordinary general meeting was held, when the directors were authorised to sell the works as a going concern.—Patea Press.

At the request of the Very Re?, Father Power, His Grace the' Archbishop of Wellington has formed Eltham and Kapoaga unto a new parochial district. The Catholics (of the new parish will be delighted to heir ;h|at the Rev Father Daniel O'Shea, so well kJiown to them, will be their parish priest. / Messrs 0. K. Major, A. Paterson, and W. db. Symes have been returned unopposed to Hhe Patea Harbour Board. For the WaverJley subdivision, Messrs G. Johnson and 0. /Symes baTe been nominated, and for Patea I Messrs W. J. Matthews, J. A. McKenna, ar J I W. Kossiter.

A meeting of the Maori Council was commenced at Whennakura on Thursday, and continued on Friday. There was a large attendance, Waitara, Wanganni, and Waitotara being largely represented. Wiremu Ngapaki, chief of Whenuakuia, presided. The relations between the Wanganui Education Bard and tbe Catholic school authorities throughout the district have always been of a cordial nature, and another instance of the fact is that two' Sisters of the Palmerston North Convent are taking part in the work of the summer school, now being carried on at Wanganui. Mr O'Meara, H.H.R., has been informed by the Government that a surveyor will shortly take a survey of the proposed electric railway to tap the back country. Settlers are anxious that something definite should bo done.— N.Z. Times.

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