LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 198, 23 June 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will be • found on page four of this issue; A lost chrque is advertised for. | The election of three members of the Taranaki Education Board, consequent on the retirement by effluxion of lime of Mrs Dougherty, and Messrs Faull and Mackay (all of whom are eligible for re-election) is fixed for Monday, July 27th. Non.i----i nations must be received at the Board's (office by 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 4th. » We understand that three Taranaki teachers, Messrs Pope, Urenui; J. Moody West, Stanloy-road, and A. Humphrey of Matau, have received notice of their promotiod by examination from E to D. Amongst residents of New Plymouth who were present at the ball tendered to Lord and Lady Rinfurly, by the Mayor and citizens of Auckland were Mr., Mrs., and Miss Roy, Miss M. Skinner Miss J. C. George, and Miss Cornwall. Colonel and Mrs Davies weio also there. The ball is described as the most brilliant and successful function ever held in Auckland.

According to the Borough Inspector of Nuisances report, the quantity of explosives stored in the town is not lar-?e. At one shop he found 71b of powder, 1 keg blasting powder, and 1000 cartridge at another powder, at another 271b sporting powder, and 1 keg blas'iiie, another had 151b sporting and 20ib dynamite, while another had 501bs of explosives. Ali licenses had been duly paid to the police. At the Magistrates Court, W„anganui, on Monday, a farmer was fined £3 and cost ko 4s for failing to clear his land of blackberry, and for failing to Cumply with jan order of the Inspector. The fine was ■ subsequently reduced to Is, the Magistrate (Mr Kettle) remarking that the country would be better pleased if defendant spent -to in clearing his land. Four inspectors under the Noxious Weeds Act are engaged on this eoist, and during the past season hundreds of acres have i been cleared. I The poultry industry in New Zealand lis assuming large dimensions. During the last financial year 75 000 birds were I killed, dressed, and graded at the i Government depot, the majority of them ; for the South African market as against I 38,000 for the year ending 31st March, ! 1902. In addition to the poultry which ' passed through the depots during the ' last financial year, sever tl thousand birds ! were exported without being graded by the Government experts. The Agricul ; tural Department intendß to seek legis- . latiou to prevent the export of anv poul- '■ try, unlnss it has been graded by a Government official. The tender of A and G. Prica, of the Thames, at £28,000, has been accepted for the construction of 10 locomotives for the New Zealand railways. The engines will be similar in design to the American locomotives now working on the main lines. They will weigh in working order 42 tons 10 cwt, and will be the m >st powerful locomotives yet built in any private establishment In the Colony. The Auckland Star's Correspondent at Wellington states that Mr Major, of Hawera, will second the Address-iu Reply in the House of Representatives It will be moved by Mr Rutherford, of Ruruuui. Complete specifications have been lodged at the patents office by William Madder of New Plymouth, builder, for a damper frame, and provisional spocifications by F. 0. Grifli hs of New Plymouth, plumber, for skylights. Mr T. P. Lister, who has opened a sture at the Whiteley Township, has obt'j'.r.ed a license to sell stamps there. Members and intending members of the Amateur Dramatic Club aio requested to attend at the Drill Hail at 7 30 this evening, when important business will be discussed. Inglewood waa visited with a short bub exceptionally heavy hailstorm on Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Some of the hailstones are stated to havo Measured from 2£ to 3,V inches. A long deferred but much nooded improvement in the proceedure at the Borough Council's meetings was m-ide at Monday night's meeting. Instead of wasting time (frequently over an hour) in reading outward correspondence, a list Was laid on the table, CoUuoillors being • at liberty to call for any letter to bo read j There were 64 letters for the Town Clerk, I and 13 front Ithe Engineer, so that some idea tn&y bo formed of the amount of time saved. Such a beneficial effect had this system on the meeting that Councillors settled down to business and finished by 9 15, instead of, as at the last meeting, at midnight.

The Premier was entertained at supper ivi Monday night by his friends and political supporters at Wellington, and presented with the illuminated address adopted at the Kecord Reign Demonstration on May 2nd. At the Borough Council on Monday, Cr fc>mith brought up the question of the continuously bad light given by the lamp at tho Honui bridge In doing this he acted in the interest of publio safety, and it is time some steps were taken to secure a decent light at such a dangerous spot for traffic. The incandescent nuntles are a perfect failure for this lamp (possibly owing to vibration) as after about two nights every fre.h mantle goes to pieces, and only a flicker is left to do duty till a new mantle is put on, often a week or two later. The Gas Company's attention is to be drawn to the matter, The Hon. A. J. Cadmin is oxpected to arrive in Aucklaud by the VVhakatane about Sunday next. A gun accident happened at Elgin, Ashburton on Saturday. During tile absence of his parents a boy, aged 10, named Jary presented a gun at his sister, aged 9, and playfully threatened to shoot her. The gun happened to be loaded, and the little girl received the shot in her arm which had to be amputated below the shoulder. The body of Donald Forbes, the Invercargill night watchman who his been missing skce Ju o 9.h, was found in the bush north of Invercargill on Sunday afternoon. Deceased, who was in ill health, had evidently fallen exhausted, and expired without a struggle. Afc the S. M. Court on Monday, J. W. Abbott sued Margaret Cameron far an amount, owing. Mr Kerr (Standish and l\>rv) for the plaintiff, and Mr F. Wilson (Roy and Wilson) for the defendant. Mr Wilsou said that he had only been in ' jstructed thit morning, and ho applied for an adjournment; in order that the defendant's evidence could be taken at Greytown, and a set-off filed. Mr Korr hoped the adjournment was not asked for the purpose of delay. The case was 'finally adjourned till July (Vh. In tho ciseof T. P. Hughsou v. Itigloys, fur o.' H. Wcsten (Weston and Weston) applied for cost for Airs Inwley owing to a further adjournment on account of tho summons not being served on Mr Ingley. A sum of 10s 6d was allowed. An elderly Maori who was brought in by Constable Lind from Itahotu. wis examiued by Drs Leatham and Home afc the Police Station as to his sinity, and was subsequently committed to the asylum by the S.M. A certificate of character was granted by tho S. M. to A. S. Jacobs to keep a registry office. ° I