LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 19, 23 January 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading matter will be found on page four of this issue.

Ihe Governor left Christchurch for Wellington by the Hotomahana on Thuwdav eveDJDg, J

The troopship Tynu and twelve torpedo destroyers have Mt Malts and Corfu on a three weeks cruis?.

The Sunbeam Society organ! Ed by the South Anatralian newspaper, tht Adelaide Register, entertained 2500 p-or children in London,

u £. r o m J nd , er is S' ven of Sli - Andrews Pabboth School piceic to-morrow at the Waterworks. Convevancss will ltave the Cfiurch at 10 and 11 a.m., 12 noon, and 2 pm Further pjrticulars as to arrangements wili be found in the advert'sement

*w r ». -n' Curtls IDfoms the ratepayers trut he will not seek re-election to the New fly mouth Harbour Board for the Stratford fub-divrsion.

A bottle which had been thro vn from a vessel plving between Liver; 00l ani Calcutta floated on to the Raglan beach laat

Major-General Babington deniss the tru'h of the statement i hat he will leave the colony snort.y. What we are more interested in up this way 13 wten is he g ing to visit 'laranakr an 1 introduce birasslf to the Taranaki volunteers.

♦w .u fe S-,, wlre from chr »tchur C h stated that the Millers Asscci-tion has red H c 9 d the price of flour by £l_per ton, quotatior s now being £la to £l3. A sub.equent message stated that the millers declined to Bocepia reduction. '

Tbe e.ec'ioß to fill the vac.ncy for the West Derby dv.s.on of Liverpool caused by the death of Mr Higginbottom, resulted in tbe re urn of Mr W. M. Rutherford, a Conservative, who polled 5455 voles. Mr Rioharj Holt, Liberal, polled 3J67. Mr Rutherford is Lord Mayor of Liverpool

A gang of wilwajr employees started work by artifcewl light on Wednesday last at 9.30 p m., to elenle 11, , stfes of the overhead bridge sinning the railway at the TerminaHotel. They worked all nighl, ar.d by the aid of a huge eUvator. pot the line clear bv 530 a.m. Tro span is 78 feet K Inches, and the brdge will be a very handsome structure I when completed. The one to be erected opposit. the Hotel Commonwealth will have three spans of f 0 ket each, but will not be qir.te i o widd as the other one

Many peope 'aiigh at tha idea of a small annual cxlension of the Naw Plymouth breakwater, I ut rec-ntly .he Napier Ha--I'our Board d.c.dod to xt nd the breakwater.Qt,,}. n, B result, have been s, ben licul m reducing the range that the 60 feet, ihs s atement of la.t year's operations of the Board was hiehlvl ; satisfactory. B y \ St. Joseph's School will re-opea on Mon(la?, 20th lustant.-Advt. "«