LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 20 March 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The prisoner who escaped is still at large.

The inward 'Friso mail is being brought down from Onehuaga by the Rotoiti this inornin?'. A train will connect at 6 a.m., ail 1 the southern portion of the mails will i e taken oil bv the Y. 25 express irain. Owing to this altsration in the arrange--1 ments the Kotoiti's departure for Wellington has b<;en timed for noon, the usual time. A train will leave the town station for the breakwater at 11.15 a.m.

The Labour Journal for March 11 says:— " New Plymouth building trades Ibusy, new buildings going up in all directions. Engineering trade rather slack. Boot tr*rte in fall work. In the clothing trade, tailoring slacking off, other linss about fully employed. Retail trade (general) fair. Fair amount of employment in different miscellaneous lines. Unskilled labour market fair, no unemployed amongst local hands. A few hands advertised for for destroying noxious weeds." On the co-operative works of the colony 184 artisans, end '-'.'236 labourers wt-re employed, 35 being in Taranaki. The Easter Fete committee hav« wisely secured the services of the Town Band fa? Ka-ter Monday, and the selections played by them will add considerably tothemimorous attractions of the day. We have received from Mr A. A. Ambridge a copy of a pamphlet he has issued, wherein arc to be found the full scores of the test matches between England and Australia from 1877 to 1902. To all who take an interest in the game and have followed thesa exci-ing Struggles for supremacy, thn handb >oi; w 11 l)°i very acceptable, and will serve as a lemindsr of tho«e who have so ably maintai«d the reputation of their respective te-.ms, and will also illustrate the truth concerning the uncertainty of the game. Two matches stand out prominently in this record, tli-i first being one that was played at Nvdney in December, 1894, again<6 Stod-i-art's i. am, vh'> won a grand contest by ten runs, making 7t!2 against Australia's 752; thn oilier being the match playe 1 at Kennington OvU in August, 1896, when in the second innings Australia scored 44 and England 84.

The following additions to the Telephone Exchange list are notified: —243, Colonial Piano Company; 244, Dr. Fookes, Devon-stre-'t; 245, A. L. Take, private residence, Powilerham-street; 179, James Mackenzie, Chief Surveyor, private residence, Liardetstreet; 246, Wm. Courtney, private residence, Eliot-street.

The Auckland liberal and Labour Federation presented Mrs Seddon, through the Premier, with a handsome gold bracelet, sti'dded with sapphires and diamonds.

The death is announced in London of Nicholas Chevalier, tha well-known artist. The Premier was entertained at a banquet by the Auckland Liberal and Labour Association. A number of Parliamentary rep-e----settitives and prominent citizens were present., and the Premier gave a patriotic speech, in which he advocated closer relations with the Mother Country. At the coming conference in connection with thu coronation he advocate rebates equal to 10, 15, or 20 per cent, in favour of British goods brought to the colony in British ships.

His Worship the Mayor, treasurer of the Nyhane Fund, desires to acknowledge tVi receipt o£ the sum of £8 5s 6d from 51' s. Hadfield, ai the result of the garden patty on Saturday evening at tho Terminus Hotel. Mr. Roach, who is retiring from the police force, desires us to contradict a report beinj, circulated that he intends going into business as an botelkeeper. The Eight Hon. ths Premier expects to' arrive in New Piymonth by the Roto.iti this morning and will, we understand, visit thfi Hi-;h School. After spending an hour or two in New Plymouth he proceeds to Stratford and inspects the rifle range there. ••

After the serious fire which occurred in their premises a lew days ago, Messrs Nelson, Moate and Co. were fortunate in being able to secure suitable premises and stocks of tea in bond, which enables them to carry on their business wirhout interruption. The Palmerston correspondent of the N.Z. Times writes as followsßpeaking with Mr. Herd, bandmaster of the Wellington Qarrison Band, who is making a brief stay in Palmerston on his way home from the New Plymouth contest, I gleaaedjsome interesting facts of the late contrast. In Mr. Heid's opinion it has been the most successful contest held in the colony, from both a musical and a financial point of viaw. It was also one of the most keenly-contested, 'flic contest was well conducted, and bandsmen generally were well pleased with the arrangements and with the result. In Mr. Herd's opinion, the all-round work in the marching competition was of a very high character. The march from a military, as well as a musical, point of view, was very good indeed. What adtled to the effect of this competition, Mr. Hsrd thinks, was the great suitability of tho New Plymouth Recreation Grounds. The bandsmen themselves were delightui with the charming spot selected for their military competition. Speaking of the massa d band performance, 'Mr. Herd considers thivt it was by far and away the best that has .been heard in New Zealand. The solo playing wan also of a , very high order, anil the ssame might be said of the quartette playing. The judging gave general satisfaction.

Trains leave New Plymouth station to-day connecting with steamers mentioned below as follows:—6 a.m., Rotoiti (from north). 8.15 a.m., Takapuna (trom south); 11.15 a.m., Rotoiti, (for south); iS.2O p.m, Takapuna, (for north). A train will leave for ! the breakwater at 2.30, returning at 5 p.m. i 'J he directors of Kemptborne, Prosser and Company recommend a dividend of 7 per cent, and to carry forward £12,163. The net profit for the year was £4274. Provision has ue.-n made to cover all defects as to inflation of stock and book debts,

A girl aged eleven, in company with her brother, while walking through a paddock near Aiobertstown (New b'outh Wales), was bitteuontheleg by a snake. 'Che brother ; took off his braces, tied them tightly round the limb, and thus stopped circulation. Not having a knife, he scarified the place with a sharp pcinte.i stick, and sucked the wound.

The following should make the mouths of some New Zealand Town Clerks water. " Town clerk* are an ancient and discreet race, and get p - etty good salaries. Birmingham and Liverpool pay best, each £2OOO per annum, with £6OO for a deputy in the one ease and £IOOO for him in the other; but the Birkenhead town clerk takes for that and some other offices no than £2400 a year. Leeds pays £1750; Hull and Leicester £ISOO each ; Sheffield, Cardiff and Bradford £1250; Bristol and Bolton, £1200; Sunderland. £1150; Nottingham, £llOO. There are .several towns where the .-.alary is £IOOO, and generally there is a deputy, paid by the corporation also." The ftratford Post says: The Hon. the Premier went to Auckland last night. During the stay of the train at Stratford, the lion, gentleman was waited upon by Mr W. Symes, M.H.R., aim promised that gentlsman that the Taranaki Rifle Association should be placed on the sxme footing as the Wanganui Association as regards ammunition. Mr Sed ion snid he would endeavour to stay in Strafcfovo on Thursday morning and visit tha range." A boarding-honse-keeper at Tapanui was charged on Wednesday last with supplying alcoholic lit] aot" to two persons, but as rhe evidence showed that neither had partaken of anything stronger than quinine and water and raspberry and soda tie cise was dismissed.

! The framework of the new offices at the railway station is now if: position, mid the existing building is ready for transfer to the new platform. Messrs Bewlcy ami Allsworth. J.'s?., presided at the Police Court on Tuesday, when William Thomson, an inmate of the Old Men's Horn";, was lined 5> and 2s costs for diiinlifntiess, the alternative being a week's imprisonment. A. considerable number of civil oases were adjournea, judgment for plaintiff being giren in the case of L. Marks v. J. F. Q'Sullivan for £2 16s and 10s costs, Colour-Sergeaut Davis, of the Wellington City Kifles, who w&b acting as drum-major of the Wellington Garrison Band during coniest week, was a sun of Mr Richard Davis, drum-major in tho 65th Kejimmt i ' Koyal Bengal Tigers"), and not in tha 07th as stated by erwriu a rac«iit issue,

The prize of Ave guineas offered by Mr H. G. Seth-Smith, through the New Zealand Literary and Historical Associatin, for the best essay on vine culture for wine making in New Zealand, has been awarded to Mr ' W. Heathcote Jackson, of Kaipara. Sir Joseph Ward left Wellington for Lyttelton on Wednesday, on his way to Cheviot, where he unveils a memorial of the j late Sir John McKei.zie. j Sir Francis Packenham, British Minister •in Sweden and Norw%v, arrived by the Wariimoo at Wellington on Wednesday, i He is making a tour o£ the colony, and is j accompanied by Lady Packenham.

Mr Douglas, chief engineer of the steamei Pareora, has been appointed a Goveminenl Inspector ot Machinery. Mr. F. Y. Lethbridge, M.H.R. for Hangi tikei, was amongst the congregation at hi! Mary's Church last night. Mr. 1\ McGuire. M.H.R., who has beei visiting the country north of Auckland, i expected to arrive in New Plymouth by th ftotoi'.i this morning. Mr. If. Y. Lethbridge, M.H.R., who hai baen vi-iting the north of Auckland, speak ing to ». PAir/r News representative ex pressed himself as delighted with the countr; tie has seen; the land, a large portion of it is of first-class quality and beautifull; watered, The "curse of the country is thi l uge blocks of native and Government land ■imi the consequent want of roads. Olimati lud scenery are, Mr. Lethbridge says, simpl; superb. A mild scare was caused at Gisborne 01 Wednesday when information got about tha the local health officer bad to examine thi passengers absard the Zealandia prior to an) jther communication being allowed. The sxamination was duly made and everything Eouod satisfactory.

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