The Daily News. FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 110, 16 May 1902, Page 2

The Daily News. FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Harbour Board meets to-day. i The safe stolen from the floseland Hotel, Qisberne, was found, empty, on the Park racecourse, a mile from the scene of the robbery. Colonial mails which left Auckland on the 26th April, arrived at San Fratxisco on the 13th instant at 9 p.m. During the last few days the weather at Wanganui has been most boisterous, with extremely heavy and proianged rain, accompanied by severe thunder and lightning.

! On Thursday evening Mr Walker, the local manager of the Union S.te. Company, received a wire stating that the Mapourika was unable to cross the Manukau bar owing t« the heavy sea running. It is expected jshe will cross at daylight to-day if the | weather moderates. A West Coast paper heads one of its columns "Local Lines," and one day the sinful comp. left out the "n" from the second word of the title. Ironic contemporaries congratulated the editor upon biß open confession. I

Trains leave New Plymouth station to-day, connecting with kteamers mentioned below : 8.10 a.m., Takapuna (from eoutb); 11,20 a.m., Mapourika (for south); g.20 p.m, Takapuna (for north). A passenger car will be attached to the goods train le&ving for tie a breakwater about 2.30 p.m In response to a wire from the department Mr Sam Hill, district valuer, proceeds to Wellington by the mail train oa urgent departmental business. He ezpeo's to be abseut for about ten days. Mr Kpokes yesterday received a wire from his bod, Trooper G. T. Kookes, stating he had arrived safely at Wellington, and expected to reach New Plymouth by the mail train on Saturday. We understand the Police Court will be occupied to-day with a case from Urenui, in which parties are charged with serious cruelty to a child.

At a meeting of the Midhirst School Committee, held on Monday, the members spoke strongly against the action of the Education Board in not sending a temporary teacher. The following resolution wa< carriad unanimously, and is to be forwarded to the Board:—" As the k committee's action in Dot iccepting the assistant recommended by the Board was taken in the best interests of the school, and as the annual examination of the school is so close at hand, this committee f«»ls strongly the action of the Board in not supplying a temporary teacher." The headmasters report slated that the average attendance for the past month was 110 ; that Miss J M. Macintosh, late assistant teacher, left on May 2, and, although the annual examination was to take place on May 23, no temporary teacher had been sent to assist. 'Jhe secretary of the Education Board wrote asking the committee to give reasons for not accepting tbe assistant teacher recommended by the Board. The committee's reasons are to be forwarded to the Board. We understand the Education Board has been unable to secure a temporary assistant for this school, there being aa unusual number of vacancies to provide for. Hon. J. Oavroll returned to Auckland on Thursday, after visiting Kotorua, Tauranga, Whakatane, aud Matata, where he explained the recent native legislation to tbe Maoris. Mr Carroll will remain in Auckland for a few days and then attend a meeting of natives in the Waikato.

The special msetirg of the 'Chamber of Commerce, which was to have been held on i nursday evening, was postponed owing to the inclemency of the weather. The Patea Press, referring to the funeral of Major Turner, says great disappointment was felt at the absence of the Taranaki Garrison Band, fiom New Plymouth, '.the Waverley Mounted Rifles aad the Patea i I.lilts Wr re present. Four sergeants of the Patea Kifles were pall bearers.

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A meetii.g of the committee in charge oL I the arrangements in connection with the I visit of Phoebe to New Plymouth, 1 was held on Thursday morning, when it was I decided to telegraph to Oaptain Addington that as the weathur showed every sign of sootinuing unfavourable, lh« committee relnotantly suggested postponing the visit mtil a more favourable season of the year.

The heavy gale yesterday was sending the sand over the root of the breakwater at a groat rate, The railway had several men sngaged clearing the rails, otherwise traffic would huve been stopped, The absence of a mail rooiri sit the railway station, now the steamers have stoppsd running daily, is giving tho mail carrier a great deal of extra work, for wbich we understand he is not paid. On Wednesday and Saturday evenings several tons of mail matter has to be carted to and from the Post Office. Yesterday morning several tons of mail matter had to be so treated on account of the Ngapahi missing the train. Mr Jones sbonld certainly be compensated for the extra work.

Complaints are airain made that no lights are fixed on the obstruction oa the footpath in Ourrie-street, in frent of the Imperial Hotel building. In no other town ia New Zealand would the authorities allow the footpath to bs obstructed as it is in this case, and having no light mak*s it worse. Just at the end of tha obstruction there is a drop in the footpath, and a few feet further on a telegraph pole narrows the footpath to about two feet, and steering ones way without a light is no easy matter. When an accident occurs, tha authorities will probably wake up to their duty. The Ngapuhi took a large TTnglish mail last evening, the postal department forwarding everything possibleiu case, owi'g to the very rough weather prevailing, the Takapuna should pass on. I The Rev. C. Jordan ha« been elected Mayor of Tauranga. Mr Jordan has already done good work in the borough. Mr Court, the officer in charge of the reclamation work at the New Plymouth Railway Station, has had an anxious time tee last few days. For three days the heaviest sea experienced since tha work began has been pounding oa the sea wall, and it is (.■ratifying to find as the result ot a careful inspection youterday eveninc, that the wall has come through itwi hout the slightest damage whatever. E. O'Dannell, who was'recently convict d and fined for sly grog selling at J'ongaporutu, having failed to pay the fines inflicted, was on Thursday remitted to the gaol to nnd«rge the alternative, namely one month on each of the two charges— two months in all.

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