The Daily News THURSDAY, MAT 15, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 110, 15 May 1902, Page 2

The Daily News THURSDAY, MAT 15, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It has been (*eciJ-d to hold a ping pong tournament iu *,ew Plymouth on rather a large scale. The suggesteJ date is 12th June next, and a strong committee will be asked to take the matter in hand. The proceeds will be devoted to the hospital fund. A meeting of the committee who have ir: hand the question oi! disposal of the colours of the old Taranaki Mounted Kifles was held on Wednesday. Present: Me»srs J. 0. Davies, 0. Deacon, J. C. George, J. Skinner, and W. Messenger. Mr Daviea was appointed chairman, ant! Mr Messenger secretary. The secretary w;.s instructeu to ob. tain a glass case for the colours, and the chairman and secretary were deputed to intorview Adjutant Taunton with reference to arranging a ceremony for Coronation Day, and report to the committee on Wednesday next. An effort will be made to get any men who served in the old mounted company commanded by Captain Mace during the war to attend the ceremonies.

Mr P. Williams-Moses? the Agency Supervisor for New Zealand of the New York l.ile Insurance Company is in town making arrangements for starting an agency here. The enormous strides made by the company iu Australia is evident by last year's increase of business, £6,184,266 above that of the previous year.

A maeting was held at the Borough Chambers on Wednesday in connection with the ball to be tendered to the officers of the warahip Phcebe. As no definite information is available at present as ts the date of thu vessel's visit, nothing was done. The ball will be held however, and we understand the ladies are busy making tae necessary preparations, so far as that can be done pending the fixing of a date. At the Police Court on Wednesday morning, before Mr B. G. Allsworth, J,P„ two first offenders were conviced on charges of arunkenn.'»s and discharged. Joseph Wilson alias Josepk Woods was also charged with being a deserter from H.M.S, Ringarooma, and was rei.anded for a week to enablo inquiries to be made. The Education Bill hss been read a second time by 4U2 votes to IGS in the House of Commons.

Amongst the estates of deceased persons recently certified to in the colony aie thote ot William Uhrystall, of Ohristchurch, £47,304, and John Grigg, of Longbeach Station, Canterbury, £83,34*. The Agricultural Department intends to offer prizas of £25, £ls and £lO for plans for cowsheds. It is intended to lithograph the best of the three plans and distribute copies throughout the dairying distriots of the colony,

A v»ry successful capture of Paradise ducks was made by office's of the tourist Department at Lake Tekapo. A large number of ducks was secured. They are to be sent to the acclims.tisation ground at Masterton, and after a short stay there are to be distributed in suitable localities over the North Island.

The Post remarks:-It is said that colonials are showing an increased disingition to become fishermen. For some time the fishing fleets of the colony have to a great extent been owned or controlled by foreigners, particularly Italians and Greeks. The development of fisheries and of native-born craws is of intarest as being the possible foundation of a future naval ruserve.

The suggestion is iriada by the Poverty Buy Herald that the P'Stmastei-lieneral t.huu..i reviau the New Zealand inland telegraph rates,. The flcralii says that a charge of fid for 12 words i s reasonable, but a Id a word additional is excessive, and if tbePost-masier-Goneral could see his ws.y to. make a uniform change of a half-peiny a word he would confer a great public l,enelit that Jwoul; bcdnlv appiiciateti.

I 1 n-t Njapnhi cr ssed the Ma ukau bar at C oVock on We-'nesday A. ve-y heavv .sua was rnnni.ig and a strong gale b owing. 'HieM-'k raka " otel nar G.sbo'M), was entcivl .-n Wedn-s'i;;y morning hy >he cellar tr,]idio"Oo tliH lootp'.vh and a safe conia.ning £b 0 ,n oheq.ibs a .d c-:sh removed. At Wa-ganui on W dn'jsdiy Aifed Bull w"* liued !;5 an t co."a f <r giving liquor to a (wrs;ii lie knew lo bo proiu «ited.

Jlu-.Fi.il ing llaroiiiihCouncil lihs 'ecided to a-, gaga Mr ■.■« si, >er in iu-peetaiid report ru obtaining a g -.vition "ate-supply for the town from trie Oioua mer,

In connection wiih lv-cens p-iiicc elm' ge_s, a Vigilance Committee has beau formed in Neb™, and "a certain course o£ action " decided ipon.

ji ri epidemic of enteric fever at Welson h»s been reported to the Public Health Department. The Chief Health Officer will shortly make a visit to the town to investigate tho cause ot the outbreak.

With reference lo the visit of the Phcebe his Worship the Mayor received a telegram on Wednesday evening from Captain the Hon. V. Addington. stating that he should proceed from Wellington to New Plymouth as sonn as lh« watither moderated. 'I here will be a meeting of (lie committee this I morning, and should the weather still continue to be boisterous it is expected they I will decide to ask for a postponement of the ' visit of the vessel.

Owing to the course -being under water the Wellington Trotting Club's meeting was on Wednesday postponed until Saturday and Wednesday next.

Storms were severe throughout the North Waud yesterdav, and floods are probable in Wellington and Manawatu. The gala wa> exceptionally heavy round the Auckland coasts.

It has beon decided by the Department of Agriculture to discontinue the tree distribution ot vine cuttings and surplus fruit trees from its stations. In futuie a charge will bo made for cuttings ar.d trees,

At Taparoa (Gisborne) on Wednesday J. 11. Skerrf.lt, of Napier, was convicted of cruelty to a horse, having ridden it nnfil it could carry him no further. He turned the animal adrift, and it wis frund live days after, with its back rotten, aad iu intense pain Skerretl was fined £lO and costs £5 2s, er two months' impri onme.-t in Napier gaol. The heavy weather experienced during the night culminated in a thunderstorm of more than usual sever.ty shortly before two o'clock this morning. The "lightning was. particularly vivid at timi-s, and heavy rain I was alternated with brief hail stones, the lumps of ica being in some cases of large size.

One fall of hail at 1.30 this morning lasted only about haif a minute, yet was sufficien'ly heavy to fill the gutters in i:evonstreet.

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