The Daily News. TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1903. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 135, 9 June 1903, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1903. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will be found on page four cf this issue. Sitting in his civil jurisdiction, Mr R. L. Stanford, 8.M., gave judgment for plaintiff in the following cases:—N. Mackay v. W. T. Wallace, claim £4 4s, and costs 10s, Mr T. S. Weston (Weston and Weston) for plaintiff ; H. Brown and Company v. F. Tanner, claim £3 41, and costs 53 Several cases were settled and adjourned. Messrs Carthew, Thompson and Company report from their Hamilton agency branch, the sale of Mr Spencers suburban farm of 50 acres, to Mr W. H. Hamilton, of Warkivorth. A Nelson College boy named Guy Collins, who was spendinp his holiday at Palmerston North, was lost in the Kahuterawa Ranges last week, and was found by Mr P. C. Freeth, one of the proprietors of the Manawatu Daily Times. Mr Freeth, who is a son of Mr J. J. Freeth, of New Plymouth, at four o'clock in the morning, after a long day's work, went into the bush, which is described as one the worst patches in the district, by himself and after several hours hard work came within sound of the boy, bu', so dense was the bush tha6 it wea two hours after they heard one another's calls before they met.

Mr R, E. Mcßae, the well known Manaia farmer, has secured from the Transvaal Government a block of from 30 to 40,000 acres of land in the Ermelu district. The property is well watered It is Mr Mcßae's intention to form a New Zealand settlement on this block, and with this purpose in view, he will leave Cape Town for] Wellington on May 15: h. On arrival, Mr Mcßae will get to* gether 25 young New Zealand farmers of the right class, and bring them over to develop the land. The property is very suitable for dairying.—Exchange. The Stratford and Egmont Mounted Rifles will go into camp, for their annual training, on the New Plymouth Racecourse, Captains Liardet and Knight having made the necessary arrangements with the Racing Club, "'he camp will be pitched in about a month's time. An advertisemenc for the A.M.P. Society will appear in"our next issue.

I We understand the Licensing Comi mittee do not propose to insist on endorsing the Hotel Commonwealth license. The attention of plumbers and others is directed to an advertisement in this issue notifying that the' Taranaki Education Board is establishing a class for instruction in practical plum bin?. The course of instruction is that adopted by the Wellington Technical College, and an examination will be held, and certificates of competency will be issued to the studentß who display satisfactory proficiency. The New Plymouth Borough Council, at its meeting last night, passed a resolution giving these certificates a standing equal to that of certificates issued by the Wellington Technical College, and other well recognise! colleges. The fee fixed is so low as to prevent no tradesman or apprentice from attending. It should be noted that the class. is open, not only to those directly engaged in plumbing, but also to anyone over thir teen years of age who desires to atteud. A class will be established also in Stratford, and it is almost certain that tlft Borough Couucil there will pass a resolution recognising the certificates. At the suggestion of Cr. Collis, the Town Hall caretaker's rise in wages is to be accompanied with a condition that the I museum ehall be opened by him every afternoon, instead of twice a week. The Commissioner of Wown Lands has received an intimation that the Crown Law Officers advise that legislation is necessary to give effect to the proposals re-ardingthe Western Park—St. Michael's Square exchange, but that as the proposal 1 is approved by the Government, a clause j has been drafted, in the Reserves, and and other Lands Disposal Bill, to be introduced this session to deal with it. The Patea Harbour Beard has asked the Wellington Board if it would sell the Priestman's dredge, and, if so, on what terms. 1 lie matter has been left with the secretary of the Wellington Board to deal with. Mr E. H. Petherick, who has for over twelve months been editor aud manager of the Eltharn Argus, has taken over control of the Patea (Jounty Press. At a special meeting of the. Borough Council on Monday night, the following rates were struck : —General rate Is in X on annual value ; special rate of lOd in li on same value ; water rate (id in £ ; extraordinary supplies as the Council may determine. The many friends of Mr Pat Webster will be glad to learn that his foot is proi gressing favourably. Mr Major, M.H.R. for Hawera, was in New Plymouth on Monday on his way back from the Islands. I

. In considering the Borough estimates on Monday, the Mayor moved that thf honorarium to the Mayor be £SO, Cr Oollia seconded this, and Cr Wood said he would i like to sea £SO voted this year, with a; recommendation to increase to £IOO nexs year, but the proposed vote of £IOO was ( carried. | The Iftglewood Record teports the death of the el !egt son of Mr and Mrs ho'lander, Tne little fellow was jusreaching his tenth birthday, and. the bereaved parents will have the sympathy of i a Urge circle of friends in thsir present loss. _ Jhe remains have been taken to I Wellington for interment. ' The New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association has passed R C. Murphy's peiformance at Wanganui baths, of 64 l-s;h seos. for 100 yards, as a record for a New Zealander. , At a conference on Monday between representatives of Dunedin City Council, and Suburban Boroughs, it was decided , to erect an infectious disease hospital, | and to defray the cost of maintenance by a levy on the basis of the hospital area. A committee was appointed to select a. site. | Mr W. Moore, teller of the Bank of Australasia at Fielding, has been trans | ferred to Victoria, and Mr A. G. F. Law * son, of Palmerston North, has been appointed to the vacancy. The Hawkes Bay County Council have declared ragwort to be an infectious di- j sease [? noxious weed] under the A ot. J Comment was made on the negligenoe shown in the destruction of noxious weeds on Native lands,'and it was de-j cided to draw the attention of the Govern ment to the matter. | The Borough 0 juncil sat till midiiijl t on Monday On several matters - every member spoke at more or less length, ai d in the later stages of the meeting, interruptions were the order of the night, Our report is necessarily held over. Engagement Wedding Rings, and Keepers, certainly the finest stock on the West Coast of New Zealand. A good present with each wedding ring at J. PI Parker's, Jeweller, next Railway Crossing, Devon street, New Plymouth.— Advt.

The progressive policy of the directors of the Provident Investment and Build* ing Society is bemg amply jmtifie.!, arid iitis a matter of remark suoh a young Institution should so soon have inspired | tha which it enjoys. '1 ho Directors very wisely invited the pufclie to apply for shareß in their second series, and the result has been most gratifying, as the number applied for greatly exceeds the number available. The action of the Directors is in keeping with the true spirit in which such institutions should be workod ; purely and simply to provide a means of saving money for the thriftily inclined, and to assist men who aie trying to acquire their own lands.—Advt. 6,9.12.