LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 92, 23 April 1902, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Education Board meets to-day. Thn Gove-nment offices and the Banks! will be closed to-day (St. George's Day.) At a meeting of the Town School Committee on Monday last, the following resolution was passed: " That while congratulating her upoi her «election for teaching in South .'.friua, this committee very much regret the loss of Miss Arrow's services at the (Jourtenay-street school, if only for a time. The committee, collectirely and individually heartily wish Miss Arrow ' God-speed,' and hope they will soon see her back again in her old position."

Wa underatand that Miss Arrow has received instructions to report herself in Welwington by the end of this month, an 4 she loaves Plymouth on Tuesday 29th inst. Our local contemporary i* very rouoh on those members of the Hospital a»d Charit-1 able Aid Boird who voted against the expenditure of £5 for leveiliag a lawn tennis court Our contemporary misses the point, It ivlis not the amount that was objected to, but the principal of spending what are largely " poor rates " on a luxury, and it certainly ■teems rather incongruous, to say tbe least, for the nurses and their friends to be playing lawn tennis within a few yards of the wards wherein, perhaps, is intense suffering, sickness, and maybe death.

In connection with the school committee elections on Monday evening next we shall take it as a favour if chairman or secretaries of newly elected committees will forward results to us.

Mr P. Galvin, editor of the Government Record, and Dr McLaurin, a Government analytical chemist and scientist, will visit New Fly month before tho end of the month, probably next week, for the purpise of inspecting Mr K. M. Smith's mineral, etc., samples, and reporting on same, and alio for the purpose of reporting on oar minerals in general. The Acting-Premier has sent out circulars ti all Registrars that all eligible persons are to be enrolled.

A large and enthusiastic meeting, presided over by Mr K Oock, was held in Mr Blanchett's house at Vogelto«n on T uesday evening for the purpese of taking steps towards securing a public hall on the Carringtoaroad, A section of land offered by Mr Saxton for £BO was accepted, and half the purchase money was at once raised in the room A. committae was formed and subscription lhts issued, it being anticipated that the balance of the money will bo raised within a week. As an evidence of the great interest taken in the matter, no less than fifteen carpenters, resident in the neighbourhood, volunteered their services for building the hall, so tint only the material will need to be provided, it is proposed to start building in the summer, bo that the ball may be ready for opening betore the autumn. When the building is complete we understand efforts will be made to induce the Education Beard to establish an infant school, similar to that at Westown, The committee wisely decided so to plan the structure that it can easily be enlarged when further space is lequired. Tho time for receiving tenders for the erection of Bt. Mary's vestry has been extended till Saturday next In another column will be found particulars of seme handy sized farms at Hirlsyvitle, which Ur Oewern, of Hawera, is effering for selection. On Thursday evsning the Garrison Band will give a conceit at Waitara, and there is no doubt it will be very largely attended. For the convenience of town visitors 'bases will ran at cheap fares. The Wanganai Education Board, on the motion of Mr Robbins, who conducted the Olarkson appeal case for the Board, has passed a long reaolutioa regretting that the i gentleman who conducted the case on behalf of the Teachers' Institute thought fit to rest his case mainly on legal prints; also regretting that the teachers of the distriot support this mode of procedure, as such an attitude is contrary to the spirit of the Act, and does not help the Board in endeavouring to protect children against lazy or incom- | petent teachers. The ceremony of laying the fouadatiosj stone of St. Mathew'a new church (Auckland) will be carried out to-day by the! Governor. The ceremeny will be performed with tull Ma-onic honours. A choir of! aboat 200 voices will assist, and the Primate and clergy from Auckland and vicinity will be present. There is aboat £3OOO in the hands of the trustees for the erection ef the building. j

Plans have been prepared by tb* Railway ■Department for a connecting line of railway from Bunnythorpe to Ashurit. This connection will effect a considerable saving in mileage. The board of (firectorg of the newly established New Zealand branch of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows meets in Wellington twice a year, Mr E. Wilson, of Wellington, has been elected president of the New Zealand Licensed Victuallers Association.

The hearing o£ charges brought against certain officers connected with the Auckland Lands Department, by Mr Mcknight, has been concluded by Mr T. Hatcheson, S.M., who sat as a Royal Commission. A number of witnesses were examined in Dargaville. The Commissioner will reperfc to the Government.

A paragraph hr.s been goinf the rounds that Mr W. A. Ellis, of Stratford, has resigned his commission as a Justice of the Peace. This is incorrect, the ' aragraph referring to Mr W. A. Ellis, of Taihape. The Dunedin Drainage Board on Tuesday selected Mr J. T. Noble, a consulting engineer at Melbourne, as their drainage engineer

An old Taranaki boy, Mr Harry Bayly, on Tuesday morning took his departure for the East Ooast. All his lite, apart from the work of a settler, he has been associated with the various athletic associations, ani has also servo! on local bodies, so that he will be missed in many respects. Under ordinary circumstances, probably, he would have remained in Taranaki to the end of his days, but Mrs Bayly's health demanded a change to a more gerjial climate. Me takes over the farm in the Gisborne district hitherto occupied by Mr Isaac Bayly, who is leaving for England. —Star. Sir Joseph Wa T d inspected the New Zealand Coal and Oil Company's oil blending works at Dunedin, and an engine fitted up with apparatus for using oil as fuel. The Minister may probably have some of the Government railway engines fitted up to give the oil a trisl.

Mr 0, E. Mackay, who recently left Stratford to practice law in Wanganui, is, we hear, about to join ths old-established firm of Borlase a-id Burnicoat. Mr Borlase, whose hea'th has not been good, contemplates a lengthened trip to the Old Country. The wisdom of erecting butter grading werks at Paten is amply evidenced bv the fact that to meot the demands for freezing spf.ee next season, tha West Ooist Refrigerating Company intend to put in another refrigerator of 30 tons capicity and a 40 h.p, boiler. Two more freezing .chambers will also be added to the already extensive works.

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