LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 203, 29 June 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter' will be found on page four of this issue. ~A branch of the Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association has been formed at Chrietchurch. Saturday was Ambulance Day at Christchurch, and the collectors of St. Juhn'n Ambulance Association raised £53 5s 3Jd to provide additional requisites. The Taranaki Guards' are reminded of the Company parade on Tuesday, 30th June, t-carlefc uniforms, field service cap, one pouch. Fall in at. 7.30—A dvt. OnFriday afternoon Mr and Mrs Arthur Standish held a reception in honour of the visit of Lady Ranfurly. The atten dance was very large, and it was one of the most brilliant and successful social functions yet held in New P ymoutn. At a presentation on' his resigning the Chairmanship of the Wellington Education Board, Mr Blair, speaking of educa generally, referred to the different system* the operation of which he had inspected in Australia and South Afrioa during his recent absence from New Zealand, and said that as the result of his observations, ho had arrived at the conclusion that the product of the New Zealand system was better than the product of any other he had seen. Mr John Plimmer, "the father of Wellington," completed his 91st year yesterday. The old gentleman does not seem to have aged at all during the list few years. Still strong in healch, vl r Plimmer takes a lively interest in the affairs of the day, and in business matters. The railway revenue of the colony for the four weeks ended May 23rd amounted to £170,162, as against £152,081 for ihe corresponding period of 1902. ' During May 34.12 inches of rain fell at Ngatimaru, Taranaki, and 28 26 inches at Inglewood. The lowest falls in the colony were 0 92 inch at Clyde, and 0.99 inch at Otekaike, Otago, A few rew m why every person should have a ticket in the Guards' Art Union. It will give you an interest in the drawing, and a chance of winning a magnificent oil painting, will admit you to the musical programme which precede the drawing, commencing at 8 o'clock, and at tha same time assist in praviding the Guards' with overcoats, that being the sole object of the Art Union. For those who have not yet purjhas' d tickets, they can be obtained from the secretary, or at the door on the night oE the drawing, July Ist, in the Drill flail. Mr W.Jennings. M.H.R . was amongst the pitrons of the band bazaar in Eltham last Friday night. The follow students throughout New Zealand of the late Rev, Father Mr.lone, intend toeroct a monument to his memory at Hawera.

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Hare Cutting ExtraQrdinary at Mason's Saloon, Brougham street, oponing to day. Shaving Tickets Three for la.— Advfc,

Mr Skerrett stated before the Wellington Lioansing Committee that nearly £50,000 was being spent in Wellington by one firm alone in rebuilding licensed premises. The other day the Auckland coroner in asking a jury if they hid all answefed to their proper names, stated that ic had found that gentleman sometimes sent substitutes, who answered in the names of the persons summoned.

luglewood is struggling with the lighting question. Mr Richardson, who was wooing Eltham reoently, is prepared to make an offer to light Inglewood by elecricity. Some people are in favour of the lighting going into private hands, and others will have nothing but municipal management. A public meeting wag held, I but nothing was decided upon. |

The Mangaweka correspondent of the Manawatu Daily 1 imes says that as far as | he cau ascertain, the only thr=e persona | in tint locality who have been faithful to " the Cause " who h ive not received adequate recognition from the Government I are, a newspaper a,Chinese truiterer I and night porter. ' The Stratfofd Doroligh Oounoil have had art linpleasitit experience. To save the expense of taking land under .the Public Works ,Act, they"agreed to a proposal to deal with the' matter by afbitra ' tion. This process involved thom in an expenditure of i'l37 16s for legal expenditure and arbitrators' tees;' Tha amount of, Compensation paid for the land was 0n1y>6105., ... To-day the Vatican comprises fifty separate buildings, ;cojitaining some lj-200 rooms. There are fourteen court yardp, and an average population of some 3,0 0 Two out of its three. storeys are packed from end to end with treasures of art andliterature, the Pontifical apartment, on the first storey, not excepted. In extensiveriess, at any -rate, the collection is unique.

The People's Journal of April 11th had the following;—Oa Wednesday morning there * was' laid on the grave of the .ate Sir HeOfcor MacdonaM. by Messrs William Machardy, AlastairMacdOnald, and John Veitch, on boh«lf of the Gaelic Society of Wellington., New Zealand, (hq,moQt;hand. some wreath whioh'has hitherto been "plioed there; The wreath took the form of a croaslet (takon from the arms of the clan Macdouald), and was composed of the choicest of flowers,. six feet fu length. At the fdot'of the cross there was a large bunch of pink and white heather, "the ba'dgo of the. Macflonalds, tied" with a ~sa6h of 1 Maficlonfrld - tartan. Accompanying the wreath was a cird with, the following inscription ; - " Glio Ohomunn na Gaedhlig ann am Wellington, New Zealand, Caidil gu suain, a Ghais. gaich threin." O.i Saturday afternoon Mr Berry received a communication from Sir A. J. Cid man to the effaot that owing to indie position, he would remain in Auckland for a few days, but that he hoped to visit New Plymonth shortly. Messrs Berry and MacDiarmid had proposed to proceed to Wellington to-day on matters connected with High School proporty, tut hive altered their arrangements, and will probably go south in company wito Sir A, J. Cmiumn. A report Was currant in town on Patur day that a nun named Keats had been assaulted and robbed of his purse cmtaiutng a cbeque and bank notes whilst in company of some Maoris between Okato and Puniho. It was state 1 that on tho following day, on g dug to the scene of the robbery, a iVaoii woman gave him the purse with the cheque, but minus the notes and small change. Further developments are awaited. At the Police Court On Satu'day, John F. D iy was again reminded on the charge of being a dangerous lunatic, the gaol surgeon desiring to make a further examination of ac:uaed. A first offender was fined 5s and costs for being drunk in Devon-street on Friday. A prohibition order was made against the fither of an applicant. From an entertainment point of . view this week promises to be a very busy one. On Monday and 1 uesday evening Mr J. 0. Williamson's famous Comedy C"mpany appear in « Are You a Mason 1" and "Ob, What a Night." On Wednesday evening the Taranaki .Guards give a very interesting military display, and the drawing of their Art U uion takes piace. On Thursday and Friday the Baz iar in aid of tho school for Maori girls will be.held. All these functions will be held in the Theatre R iyal, except the military display, which is in tho Drill Hall, and are exciting a good deal of interest. Besides the above there are several smaller enter- 1 tainments, such as Parliamentary Union, ete, Those applioints for the homestead sections in the Argyll Settlement who were not allowed to participate in the recent ballot, intend testing the question in the Supreme Court. Several are men of means.