LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 114, 12 May 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will be found on the fourth page of this issue. Mr Chas, Wallnut, Land, Estate and General Agent, Hamilton, advertises a lino lot of dairy and grazing fari.ia on easy terms. Lists may be obtained on application. Messrs Callaghan and Company report the sale of a quarter acre section situated in Courtney-street, on behalf of Mr Mo al Gowan, to a local invoator. Mr J. A. Maisey, architect, invites tenders for alterations and additions to Mr P. Stohr's residence, Devon street. (n The junior branch of the New Plyin mouth Literary and Debating Society 6j hold their second meeting t his (Tuesday) a. evenin?, whon the subject for debate will be " Which has the greatest influence for good, the pen, the sword, or the tongue?" The popular Steele Payne Bellringers D Vocalists, and Musicians, bettor known as the Payne Family, will appear at the s Theatre Royal on Monday next for a two nights season. Mr It. 'l'. Tregaski, their , advance representative, is at present in town making the necessary arrangements. Tho Sierra arrived at Auckland on 3 - Monday at 5.30 a in. from Sail Francisco, after ;t passago o£ 15 days 2llshou's i- aytuui steaming. Tho Rev. 11. Raynes is o a passenger. '' The Hou. Hall-Toties was expected at Stratford on Monday night, and was to bo informally entertained at diuner by thy f Jdayor and citizens.

The Federal Postmaster-General has arranged with the Union Company and Huddart-Parker for a new tri-weekly mail service between Lauuctsum and . Melbourne. | The Shamrock 111 has baen repaired, and restarted her trials. A storm of unusual severity was experienced at Wellington on Sunday night, followed by heavy rain, Pome damage was done to the public bjiths at Te Aro. The Union Company's coal hulk Occidcut was piled up oa Oriental B.iy lieach, and several small craft also went ashore. Mr W. T. Jennings, H.H.R. for Ejjmont, received a wire from the Hon. I Hall-Jones on Monday statins; that ho will pass through New Plymouth this evening, en route for Auckland. On arrival there tie visits the country north of Auckland. Ho will then return to Auckland, and proceeding south will meet Mr Jennings at Te Kuiti on the 19th inst., and with Mr Jennings will visit the country south of the foro-otarao tunnel. The whole of Monday morning was taken up at theS.M. Cour, "with a case between Messrs Sycamore and Brans j;rove, in which the forirter sued the lattor for the ptice of a dray alleged to have been bought by Bransgrove. Mr Weston sen., of Weston and Weston, ap jieared for plaintiff, and Mr Gray, of Wilson and Gray, for defendant. Brans bought a piece of land, owned by Afrs Freetli, and leased by Sycamore, and a lot of effects, the dispute being if the dray was or was not included. After boating a lot of evidence of a contradictory nature, the S.M. decided lhat the cart was not iiicludod'in the tilings sold, and Sycamore was not entitled to recover for it. J udgmeut would bo for defendant, with costs 201. A defended case, Olelaud v. Cook occupied the S M for some time on Monday. Allan Cleland, for whom Mr Phillips appeared, sued Thomas Cook (Mr Crump, of Mthani) for £l3 6s 11 1, for 15 weeks board etc., whilo defendant was working for plaintiff. After hearing evi--1 dence on both sides, his Worship found for defendant, with costs 2s, witnesses expenses £l 9i 21, and solicitor's foe £i Is "A leaflet issued by the Dopirtmentof . Agriculture shows that in April 2 sti7 cwt of butter, valued at 112,369 ; 7,974 cwt of cheese, valued at A 8 364, wore ex- | ported from New Plymouth, Patea sent i 1,571 civt of butter, valued at £7331. i Tho exports from Waitara comprised i 1,133 Civt of be«f (£1,586), 2 632 carcases : 1 mutton ( l 'l 525), and 11,210 carcases of 1 lamb (i' 5,547). Mr V. G. Day, Registrar of the Su--1 premo Court at Hokitika, has been ap 2 pointed Stipendiary Magistrate and War- ' den of Westlund district in place of Mr D. f AlacFarlane, deceased. 3 Sitting in his civil jurisdiction on Monj lay morning, judgment was given for plaintiffs by default by Mr Stanford, S.M , ■ in tho S M. Court in tho following cases: 1 —Geo. Riddell (Vlr Quilliam) v. Jno. 1 ocutt, claim £2B 15s 41, and coats £2 lis 61 ;J. W. Sycamore (\lr T. S. Weston) v. C. Ilasmussen, claim £5 8j and costs 18j 61; J. O'Driscoll (Vlr T. 8. We3ton) v. f. W. Jackson, £3 and costs si. Two cases were adjourned till Ist Jnno. The prison at Mount Cook will cease to be a prison as from to day, and the rleri race Prison at Wellington will in future b known as the Wellington Prison. 5 The estimated population of the colony ■ on March 31st, including Maoris, and ' those persons lesident in the Cook and other Pacific Islands, was 870,277, an in- '■ crease of 6913 since December 31, 1902. The Dairy Commissioner has informed the Manawatu A. and P. Association that , Mr Cameron, N Z. Produce Commissioner f in London, will visit the dairy conference i at Palnierston in July, and address the t producers. The Premier has oonsented to address a • public meeting at Hamilton on iionday. A new boat is to be built for the . Vlokau coal trade. She will ba 83 feet on the keel, or 98 foet over all, with an 18 feet 6 inch beam The carrying capacity , will bo between 70 and 80 tons, the i draught about 6 feet, and the stoaming power 10 kno's. The s.s. Mokau was safely floated off,, and proceeded to Wellington. ( At Opunake on Saturday Mr E, Maxwell, lata chairman of the New Plymouth Harbuur Board, addressedapublicmeeting on the subject of Neiv Plymouth Harbour bixteusion, with a view to shewing that it would be almost impossible, with any , expenditure, to make it safe for the Homa beats. He urged the ratepayers to resist any further rating or tampering with the loan. A resolution to this effect was , carried, and a committee formed. The new term of teachers classes started i on Saturday. The class for military drill, . under Sergeant Armitage, stirting at 11 , a.m. was attended by 54 teachers, the > class for bricklaying, under M'rs Dowling, 12.15, was attended by 43, and that for carton work and card hoard modelling, ' under Miss Aitken, at 230 was attended by 41. In all 57 teachers attended the . classes, 38 teachers attended all the i classes. 18 two classes only, and 10 only one class.