The Daily News. TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1903. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 103, 28 April 1903, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1903. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Interesting reading matter will be fouM on p>gd four of this issue. N'twj has been receivsd in Wangantu by privati cable from Ten <)ffe of the death of D> Cocnol y, o . the Kimu aka. Deoea-ed, who was well known throughout New Zealand, was goicg hjme fur the benefit of his health, which has been indifferent for the last six months. His wife ard tw j children are at (resent in Auckland. J he largest stog jot shown in New Zealand f 11 to ona of a party cf sportsmen who have been shooting in the Lake Hawea district. The animal weighed BOOica, and tbn head n a massive one. The greatest length uf horn is 52j inches, the greatest spread of bom is 35j inches, i Ihe Auckland Herald sajs '• The Government intend to clear ihe bar at Opunake, and provide a depth of 35 feet of water. Mr 0. G Warwick has been engaged to d-j Che diving work, and leaves Auckland on Monday fo- Opunake." At a near Auckland, on'! speake' said ho knew of a case in whic'i the r,.iiway oificiils, iu weighing a long t.'uck full o goods, w ighed it in two sections by placin. one end of the truck on the weigh bridge at ri time, 'ihie announcement was greeted with incredulous laughter, but the delegate giavely reiterate! tint it was "a positive fact." Mr S lmuel has returned from Wellington wher.; he acted as a judga, in conjunction wits Eir George Clifford, Bart, and Si' William Russell, in tho racing appeal o l Mr Walters against the Auckland Racing Ciui We congratulate Mr Whitaker upon the excellent choice of biscuit ha has again imported from C&rr aud Company, of Carlisle, and especially upon the novel and up-to-dat. pl?.n of making a special show day to-mor-row, as by this means we predict a large i.u nber of ladies especially will seek to make them«elves acquainted with the dainty and delicate biscuit, so much sought after for afterno n teas. Amongst this large shipment is to be found a splendid line of smill tins of the choicest kinds, which are sure to become favourite* with the purchasing public.—Advt. The clergy was well represented at the boudeholoers meeting in St. Mary's Hall on Monday evening, the Rev Evans, Osborne, and Woolley g p'esent. There is a rumour of an important development in connection with the ironsand. Considerable interest is b;irg taken in the election for Mayor an) Councillors to-mor-row. The Returning Officer has got all the arrangements well in hand, and a fairly close , contest is expected in both the East aud Central Wards, and tor the Mayorality. The Mayor yesterday received a telegram from Mr E. M. Smith, that the Premier had granted the Borough Council a gi'aVc-I pit. The pit in question is situated at the. top of Brougham-street. We unde'stand that Mr F Stohr, the well known tobacconist, has sold his business to Mr Rowbottom, who, until' recently, was with MrTunbridge. The last meeting of the old Ooancil was poorly attended —in fact, only a bare quorum. There was, moreover, a deci .ed tendoncy to do no more work, but to let the " new ' Couaoil try their " prentice hands" upon it. The patient named Newell, who waß admitted to the hospital some days bac; suff ring from the result of a fall ef earth near Eitham, died at 1 a.m. on Monday morting. An inquest will be held this afternoon. The Boys' Orphanage at b'toke, Nelson, was completely destroyed by fire at 2.30 on Monday morning. So far as is known all the inmates escaped, but the boys pr&cticall.t lost all their clothing. A cable from Sydney on Monday sta'ed that 5000 bunches of bananas, by the Tyrian, were ordered to be thrown into the se;i, owing to the discovery of plagu ;d ratamong the shipment. An arrangement has baen made with th< the Incorporated Law Society of England to allow New Zealmd barristers to be admitted t,o practice there, on producing a certi- ! iicate fro u a Judge of tho biuprema Couri', j thht. before commencing to praclica in New j Za.il>nd they had been engaged exclusively j in acquiring practical knowledge of 1 w for [ not leas than three years under a practise j barrister.