LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 119, 21 May 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

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

In another column Messrs Medley and Rawstron offer several extra choice properties for sale.

Mr F. Messenger, architect, invite tenders for erection of a residence. Sir Robert Stout and the Rev W. A. Evans have been elected to represont Victoria College Council on the University Senate. The Rev. J. 0. Andrews and Professor MacLauriu were elected by the Court of Convocation.

Tha gold medal awarded to James Knowles, junr , for life saving, the first of its class Allotted by the New Zealand Society, was presented to him by the Mayor of Napier on Wednesday

A special meeting of the directors of the Stratford Farmers' Co-operative Association was held on Monday, to receive and consider applications for the secretary ship. Out of 18 applicants for tbe position, Mr J. H. Baird, of lnglowood was selected.

At a meeting of directors of the Mid* hir-it Co operative Dairy Company, held on Monday, May 11th, Mr Harkness tendered hi" resignation as manager and secretary. Last Monday a special meeting of the directors was held, when it was decided to appoint Mr Kltmann manager, and to invite applications for the position of secretary. Don't forget Forester's Social to-night. Refreshments provided. Gentlemen 1b 61, ladies Is. Good fljor. Piano, H. S Roantree; violin, Mr Inichska,—Advt. The public are reminded of the Guards' Art Union, of 20 valuable oil paintings, and those who have not yet bought tickets should do so, as apart from tlio object, namely, to provide the men with yreat coats for the winter, several of the pictures are really works of art. The drawing takes place on the Ist July next, and the men are now busy practising several movements for the Exhibition, which will be given on the night of the drawing in the Drill Hall, admission being by Art Union ticket. It is on the tapis that a pigeon nut oh' will be arranged between Mr Duncan! Fraser, the champion pigeon shut of New j Zealand, and Mr Gorrick, the crack Aus tralian shot (now in New Zealand), to' take place at illlerslie next June - If the | match comes off, Mr Frazir will shoot off i tho same mark as Mr Gorrick, and use I the same class of ammunition as ho imid' when ho established his Nsw -Zealand ru-1 cord of April 17ih, viz , the ColouUl A.m-1 munition Company's New Zeahnd manu facture. Mr Fraser proposes to Bhoob at 100 birds from the 33 yards mark ; this! should be a good test for both gentlemen, i and the best shot should come out''oai top." j The Federal Government has purchased sixteen linotypes for use in the nient printing office for Federal work,

The nwny friends of Mr A. J. ltaws- j tron will bo pleased to hear that he has ' purchased Mr Wright's interest in tha firm of Medley and Wright, and the firm will bj known in future as Medley and itiwstron. Mr Wright is leaving shortly to try hia fortune in South Africa. Messrs Carthew, Thompson and Com pany report having sold Mr A.E. Judge's fino farm of 103 acres, near Waitara. I Iho purchaser, Mr Thomas Morgan, of Kaioiate-road south, is to be congratulated on having secured one of the best and prettiest farms in the district. Empire Day (25th inst) will not be observed as a holiday by the business people of New Plymouth This, we understand, is in accordance with the decision of the other leading centres throughout the colony. From the Timaru Post we learn tint last week a complimentary banquet was tendered to ttlx John Blundel, of the stock department of the Farmers' Oo operative Association, Timaru. on the occasion of hia leaving on a trip to the Old Country. Two interesting and significant statements were made relating to the lnrbour. "Mr W. Jl McLaren said that he had received word that day from the head oftiea cf the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, that they had decided to send the ss. Waiwera there from London direct. The boat would leave London about the end of next month, Mr McL ren said, and would be able to load there at Lyttleton and Port Chalmers charges. This action on the part of the company, he thought, might be rightly attributed to the action taken by the Harbour Board in calling a meeting of ; importers and shipping agents, to urgo the desirableness of such a service some time back. Mr R. 0. Tennant mentioned that a c dcuUtion hid been made which showed the benefits of the harbour in a striking degree. . It was calculated that while the ratepayers pay £7OOO a year in rates fur the up-keepof the harbour, they save 190,030 in railage charge? through the harbour." Taranaki eountiy settlers (might do worse than consider seriously the above statement.

Mr Chamberlain, in concluding his I recent speech said :—lf we make a mistake in legislation, it can be corrected, but if we make a mistake in Imperial policy it is irretrievable. Our opponents will find that whenever a general election occurs, the issues they propose will not be those wherean we will take the opinion of the country.

The South Kslgoorlie mine will be shut down at the end of May, throwing 200 men idle, pending Jbe raising of fresh capital to reorganise and improve the plantHe Arthur Lawley, Lieutenant-Gover-nor of the Transvaal, rejected the Dutch Reformod Church's petition asking that the control of tho Government Schools be transferred to elective school boards. The Synod is discussing means of establishing private schools, with a view to devoting more time to teaching Dutch. An amphitheatre collapsed during a bull fight at Algeiras, in Spain. Ihe bull gored the spectators, and in the panic which followed, twelve were killed, and fifty injured. The case in which Simpson claimed J3O as a bonus from the hotelkeepers and a brewer, for securing evidence to upset tho Newtown local optim poll, has ended by payment of the claim. B»lclutha people are proverbially sensitive, and an event happening in that district has set the nerves of the population on edge. It appears from the report of a contemporary that the service* of the Presbyterian Church were recently interrupted by a man in the congregation playing on a jewsharp. Needless to say, he was ejected, and eventually prosecuted and fined £lO. To " whistle on the Saw

bath is bad eno', but m >n, mot), a jewsharp th'kirk, ma coonscience it's fea;fu'."

At the District Court on Wednesday, his Honour Judge Kettle inquired of Mr. O'Brien, the gaoler, why the accused Brandon, who was committed for trkl on a charge of perjury, had not been brought up to th-vt Court for trial. Mr O'Brien replied that the matter tested with the police, His Honour said that the case should have been brought before that Court, the first Court sitting there since the committal competent to deal with the charge. He pointed out that the prisoner might be innooent, and if so, it was a great hardship for him to be kept in gaol till next September. He said he would inquire into the matter. Messrs Caliaghan and Company repcrt a further sale of town properties, coasisting of eight sections fronting Weymouth, Young and St. A'lbyn streets. The price paid by the purchaser, Mr T, Weston, ia between two and three thousand pounds. Messrs Calkghan and Company are in a position to dispose of some of the sections to anyone in want of good building sites At the District Court on Monday, on the application of Mr Crump (Elthim), Mr Malone, and Mr Spenco (Stratford), an order was made by his Honour Judge Kettle, for William M. Woodhead to be brought from the gaol to the Court in connection with an application to adjudicate him a bankrupt. The Rev. H, J. Lewis, of Patea, whose

family reside in New Plymouth, has a special article in the New Zealand Timos on " Preventing Insanity." The Woolshed Creek Company has purchased from the Mt. Somers Coal Company its interest in the mine, situated at the terminus of the County Councils tram line, about nine miles from Mt. Somers Railway Station The Town Clerk notifies that" the plans and levels of King-street, from Bgmontstreet co Queen-street are open for mspec tion, and that the Council will hear objections (if any) on 2"2nd June, such ob jections to be sent in at least ten days before that date.