The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1903. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 115, 13 May 1903, Page 2

The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1903. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will bo found on the fourth page of this issue. From the 16th inst, newspaper postage to Canada will be reduced to one pennv for each newspaper, irrespective of weight. The Ashburton Borough Council has truck a rate of 2} in the £. Since the incorporation of the borough till now, the rate has been only half that amount. The steam trawler Doto met with a mishap off Separation Point, Nelson, during bad weather. Her shaft was broken, and two uf the crew reached VVai tapu in a boat. First reports stated that the steamer was abandoned, but this is now proved incorrect, for news his beon received from the master that he had reached Astrolobo and anchored thero. The new Bishop of Auckland and his ' family are passengers by the l'apanui, which left Hobart for Wellington ou toonday. H.M-S. Phoebe has arrived at Norfolk Mauds. Mr Hou:ton, the deputy administrator, had a good reception, and commences his inquiry into the affairs of the island to-day. A social in connection with the United Tennis Club, will,, be held on 'Jhuwday evening next. Tickets may be obtained from any of the members, or from the Hon Sec., Mr A. H.. Ambury. We understand that, a new 'bus service up Carrington-road is to ba instituted very shortly. Arrangements for the service are well forward by the residents in the locality requiring it, and a meeting to ' arrange details will bo held shortly. The 'new service will be a great convenience ! to the many residents of this pouular | suburb. i Messrs Carthew, Thompson and Com" 1 | pany report having leased, with pu-chas" 1 mg clause, Mr Putt's farm at Oasura to ' Mr Schofield, of Now Plymouth. i The returns of the Oamaru Harbour 1 Harbour Board for the quarter ended * [March i in revenue as compared with the two pre- t ceding years. Tho revenue in 19D1 was 1 ! LIBGS Ids ill; in 1002 it waa 1.1703 8i t 9J ; this year it is £l3ll 18a BJ, The i , expenditure has increasod since last year | from L39(i lis 2d, to L 434 13s 41. " | Conscience money paid in Now Zealand | last year was L 9 2s 2.1, and the amount "I ijui/.ed by the police from gamblers was l b3 l(i; lid. Moneys were unclaimed as ioilow3 : —From the Customs 17s (j I, from , law fees, Ll5O, from goldfield deposits ' L 123, from intestate estates L 4247, from K -land deposits L 205, and from miseella- c neous deposits' with the Government ii L 455. w The Premier states that compared with ti what was paid iii old age ponsions duriii" fc the year ending March 31st, 1002, thero was during the linancial year just closed , an increase of only £o r OOO for tho .yoar. From this must ba de'iuciod £IOSO ro- 0 funds paid to tho public account, and ii7oo due in 1902 but -'aid in 1.903, which u reduces tho iucreasq to L 1250. This »' amounts to a saving on the estimates of ic something like ijlo,ooo. Tho number of pensioners upon the rolls on f.iarch 31st. 1902, was 12,770 ; the number on the y rolls on March Sls's, 1903, was 12,557, a decrease of 219. ' ' Yesterday the Minister of Education wired the ISducation Board that thu tea- al tiers for the dtratfurd Technical School 1W wore uucler consideration. it Mr F. McGuiro returnod to his home on Saturday evening, after a visit to | 'toturoa. jhi An ollicer belonging to the British i ,J . Bouudary Commission has captured the | l ' Emir of Kano. fht

I At Eitham on Saturday eveniug, the belies of Eitham presented to &!r G. W, ] ' Tayler a clock inscribed " From the ladies of filtham on Mr T'ayler attaining for the . third time the position of Mayor." To j Mrs Tayler was given a silver teapot. Vr ( Tayler returned thanks in a happy little speech. j Tho King and Queon have left London !for Edinburgh. Half tlio inhabitants on Ihe shores of Lako Victoiia jSyan/.i are suffering from sleeping sickness. Tremendous ravages havo also been made by the sickness amongst the natives of Southern Karroudo. The Canadian Customs officials insist] that British goods claiming the benefits of preferential tariff, must be accompanied by a declaration setting forth their value, and stating that nono of the articles were produced in CfermanyAndrew, fourth son of the King of Greece, is betrothed to Princess Viotoria! Alice of Battenburg, daughter of Prince Louis. Owing to the heavy rainfall during the past two days, the Henui and WaiwaI kailio rivers were greatly swollen. Some half dozen members of the Cable Bay staff, while fishing off Pepin Island a few days since, had (says the " Nelson Col mist") a very unpleasant and exciting experience. While 'the party .was fishing, in a 10 feet boat, a big shark made its appearrnce in close proximity to • tho boat. One of the fishermen made in ! effectual lunges at tho shark, which was ' in nowiso scared, for it seixed the bow in j its teeth, gavo the boat a shake or two, and then continued its cruise. The p irty considered it time to be going, and the anchor was lifted, an action which dis concerted tho shark, as it made i-fl The shark, judging by the length of the boat, was not less than fifteen feet in length. The Education Board invitos appli cations for teachershipa at soveral schools. r From a private wire received in town , on Tuesday, we learn that among tho few . who\have passed the recent Pharmaceutical examination is Mr Fred Edwards, who berved his apprenticeship with Mr Sykes, of New Plymouth. Mr Edwards sat for tho examination in Auckland, = irharo he has been studying for did past four months with Mr £). 'loed, at his pharmacy in that city. | Mr S. B. Hunter, the well known ' Ameri an dentist, had somer trouble with J his automobile when visiting Kapopga on ; Friday. As a consequence, he was un able to make the return journey to Strat- - ford by its aid. He secured a horse, how over, harnessed it up to the "horseless" 1 carriage, and acoomplishod tho journey - with ut mishap. The extraordinary sight of the equine fixed to the machine . afforded the oeople round considerable ■ merriment. The horse, they did not for--1 get to remind the " gumdigger," was far from being the antique and superfluous • quantity it was in some quarters ropl reseuted as being.—" Witness." r At Stratford on Monday, the Hon. HallJones ivas informally entertained at din ner at the County Hotel, by the Mayor and leading citizens. Deputations also waited upon him regarding the Technical School, a railway to the deposits of stone on Mount Egmont, and the Toko nil way • On Tuesday the Minister made an inI spection of the Toko line. The many friends of Mr H. Faull will i be glad to learn that he escaped serious ■ injury the other day. He was gathering i apples when the ladder slipped, Mr Faull being thrown a distance of som ten feet. ! Fortunately his fall was broken by a small branch, though he was a good deal shaken.