The Daily News SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 111, 17 May 1902, Page 2

The Daily News SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1902. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

| A breach of premise action brought by Mary Jane Richarda against Herbert Birch to ££sol damages, was leard by Mr Justice Kd ;i ards mda jury at Wellington en Friday. Plaintiff swore she became engaged to defendant at Manly, when on a visit to Sydney seme years ago. He undertook to marry her in August, 19fi0, but afterwards postponed the eveut and fiaally cooled off. The jury returoei a verdict for £IOJ damages ia favour of plaintiff.

The Government is so ratisfied with the experiment of employing short sentence prisoners in tree plantisg in the Rotoru* district, that it has decided to increase the number of men. The system will be applied to one or two parts of the South Island when an opportunity occurs.

The Acting-Premier was to g 0 on Westport last night from Wellington. He will return to Wellington on Thursday, The deaths from smallpox in London during the past two weeks were 43 and 41 respectively, The London Customs authorities have stopped a consignment of Birmingham "safes" addressed to Batoum. The safes had hollow walls enclosing stocks, barrels, breachloaders, unfilled cartridges, and detonators.

The Humbert family, connected with the gigantic frauds repo.-fsed from Paris a few days ago, have fled from Fradoe to Spain, A Dunedin telegram states that the cadets are to be included in the coronation muster of volunteers The ActiDg-Defence Minuter ssys that local parades are intended in the country districts in lieu of bringing the.men into the centres.

At Wanganui at a special meeting of the Licensing Committee an application to transfer a license was opposed bv the owner. Mr Treadwall for the owner said hi« client was opposed to these frequent changes. The committee adjourned the application, the owner agreeing not to oppose the transfer if a clause was inserted in the lease that no farther transfer would be asked for during the currency of the lease. The Town Band will give a concert in the Recreation Grounds on dunday next at 2.30 p.m., weathet permitting, Among the items will be " Poet and Peasrant Overture," by special request.

The appointment of Mr James Rattenbury as a number of the Taranaki Land Board is notified in this week's Gazette. At a meeting of the Auckland City Council the engineer at the pumping station reported that during April 1290 rats had been | burned. Up to .date 12,321 have been consumed. As e«eryone is more or leas interested in in the question of clothing, Messrs Ainbury's announceuit nt on our front page should be of general interest to ail our readers, particularly as a special feature is ins.de of the encouragement of New Zealand industries. The Wellington Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr John Strauchon) notifies in this issue that the ballot for sections in the Horowhenua East Village Settlement will take place on the 28th inst,, at the Public Hall, Weraroa. Applications must be lodged at the District Land Office, Wellington, prior to 4 p.m. on 27th inst.

Mr A. 'SS. Sykes haa just returned from a business tour southwards, and we understand that in Cura Oough alone he has received enough orders to keep his staff engaged at high pressure for a lon# time to ceoie. It is solid and successful enterprise of this description that helps so materially to add to the reputation of a town, and speaks volumes for the merits of the remedy for which Mr Sykes has justly obtained so high a reputati; n. Kre long triere should be scarce a houaeheld in the colony where his Cura Coujih is not a sine qua ntm. On We.ine?day next Mr Nawton King will uo.d a clearug sale of uairy stock at \Ve town on account of Mr p. James. The ™vs are mostly spring calve , and several have, just calveit.

We learn that the concert to be given at Beit Block on Tuesray, May '27 th, is to be .■-buve the ordin»ry. Already considerable interest is being- taken by iSew Plymouth ymjuthiserH, and .special arrangement is niad« for lite conveyance of visitors to «nl from the concert ;a, reasons tile r'tet. St. iim-j 's choir, under the leadership o£ Mr Fletcher, arc preparing several ciiaioil (turns, toU- sorioeihe scenesiu the iaiilsaux of some of Venn) son's works 'Che tableaux :u'o in the capable hands of Mm Skiiir ur. '"•vcr?.: of tl.c mo.it popular of our ieuii 'aleut nrs also msistißii.

At Wellington on Friday Hdward Taylor : pleaded guilty to forging a signature to a money order telegram, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Mr Hawke is again to the front with u marvellous lot of pric»s for bis great annual clearing sale which is now taking place. The 'Mo; mous stcc's he has for selection is j of itself a unique attraction, bub a glance at i our advtrti.ing columns will show at whit an unpr«ceilnntedly low figure his goods are now being offered. As the sale will only last a few days, the opportunity of securing real bargains should be generally seized on.

A curious poster appeared in a country town in England on the occasion of the unveiling of a statue " The town En Fete, " The Mayor on the Bust;"

On Whit Sunday there will be collections made in all the Anglican Churches of the colony in aid of the Mel&nesian Mission. I Mr Newtown King advertises a sale of fur good? to be held on Saturday, 24th inst. These goods are direct from Mr Rose, who is well known as the premier furrier in the Australasian colonies. The Government has decided to aisist such municipalities a-< desire to celebrate the coronation by a £ for £ subsidy up to tisoo for the four chief towns, and up to 1,200 for smaller towns.

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