LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 156, 6 July 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will be I found on page four of this issue. ' A lost top coat is advertised for. The Borough Council notifies that the Borough Bye laws will be strictly enforced, and that special attention wi.l be given to those prohibiting expectoration on the footpaths, sweeping footpaths after 8 a.m., backing vehicles against the chan nelling, or use of a hose in the street with" out a spreader or roße attachment. I In Chambers on Saturday, before Mr : R. L. Stanford, Registrar of the Supreme Court, an order was made on the motion 'of Mr Fitzherbert, solicitor for the petitioner, in the divorce ca«e Brodie v. Brodie, that personal service of the writ of summons and petition ba substituted by advertising same in the" Sydney Morning Herald," and " Hawkes' Bay Herald." I The Stars long night dance will be held on Tuesday next, July 7th, in the Old Freemason's Hall, Brougham-street. AdI mission : Gents' la. Ladies to provide I supper. By invitation only.—Advt. : A pplicat ions are invit ed for the position ! of cadet in the Education Board's office. Particulars will be found in another I column. I Arbor Day (Thursday 16th inst) has been declared by the Mayor a public • holiday. A lecture is to be delivered this evening in the Presbyterian Hall by the Rev. J. Takle, who for several years has been j working in India as the agent of the New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society. The subject is "Two Hours with ihe Eye and Ear in India," and the lecture wiil be illustrated by 100 lantern views. Large numbers of people have gathered to hear this lecture, and at Nelson it had to be repeated, numbers being turned away from the doors at the first delivery. Admission this evening will be free, and a collection made for the Society represented by Mr Takle. A Concert will be held in the afternoon on Thursday July 23rd, at Te Henui, in aid of the Sunday t-'chool Funds. Programme in future issue.—Advt. The Taranaki Guards are reminded of I the Goverumont parade on Tuesday, the 7th inst, tJniforms : Drill order with leggings. Members are informed that in I future, during tha winter months, leggings will always be worn, with khaki, until further notice.—Advt, From nine cows, a well known Ngaire i settler ieceived for milk last year no less than Ll2O. I Mr Henry Grey, the well known agent in Now Zealand for Messrs Pearson and jßutter, underwent a successful operation iat the hands of a Dunedtn oculist last i week. I During a discussion on licensing laws > in the Supreme Court.-—The Chief Jus Jtice:. "Another extraordinary thing ib ! that if a man makes a false repressnta- '■■ tion and gets liquor, he is liable to a fine 'of £5. If he makes a false representation i! and does not get the liquor, he is fined ,\m. ' Mr H. Hamer, the Auckland Harbour Board's new engineer, who was selected out of 91 applicants, arrived in Auckland from London on Friday. He is to receive a salary of £IOOO, which is the amount row paid to Mr Ferguson, the engineer of the Wellington Board. A cheque for £l9 510 13s 31 has been paid into the probate offioe at Melbourne as the duty on the estate of the late Senator Sir Frederick Sargood. The Victorian estate was originally sworn at £170,571 ' 4s 6d, but the assessing officer, Mr J. F. Poole, raised the amount on which duty - was payable to £195,106 12s 7d, on whioh 10 per cent has now been colleoted. Mr Murray, District Road Engineer, in a report on the receot damage by slips ! and floods in the Taranaki province, gives ' the probable cost of repairs as follows : i Stratford Countv L 2037, Clifton LIOOO, . Taranaki LSOO, Hawera L 750, and Patea ! L 550. The loss on roads still under direct charge of the Government is L 3005. , "No fewer than 1260 men wore employed on the .North Island main trunk line in the early part of June," said the ' Minister for Public Works, to which Mr 1 Remington added that within the past six months, he had seen men going up to i the work in dozens per week. The nomination for the vacancies on the ' Elucation Board closed on Saturday. ■ The three old members, Mrs Dougherty, ! Mr Faull, and Mr ftfackay, M.A., were nominated, the only other nomination being Mr J. W. Sawle, of Kaimate, near 1 Inglewood Mr D. Berry received word on Saturday that Sir A, J. Oadman will arrive in 1 New Plymouth by the Wainui on Tues--1 day. He will remain in New Plymouth • till Wednesday, when he will proceed to 1 Wellington by the mail train. Mr Berry i will also go to Wellington by thit train. i On Wednesday Mr McDiarmid (Chair- ■ man), and Mr D. Berry, proceed to Wel--1 lington to interview the Miuister of Edu- , cation regarding High School business

In looking through the list of Sessional Committee's, we find laranaki i 8 represented as follows : Bills Committee, Mr Major; Native Affairs Oommittee i Messrs Afajor and Jennings ; Stock Com mittee, MrSymes; Public Petition Committee M to Z, Mr Smith ; Reporting Debates Committee, Mr Jennings ; Public Petition Committee A to L, Mr Byrnes ; Goldfields and Mines, Mr Smith. It is stated that nearly £1, 000,030 has been contributed towards the relief of the rates, since the city [gas works were ac* quired by the Birmingham Corporation in 1876. York House, Twickenham, when Quoen Anne was born, and whieh was given by Charles 11. to Clarendon, was offered for sale at Tokenhunse Yard on May 16th, but no bid was made. A new hoad dress for Scotoh regiments has been designed, and it is claimed that it will be both comfortable and picturesque. It will consist or a blue bonnett or Tarn o' Shantr, with a dice border, and the regimental badge and a feather on the left side, which will be turned up slightly. It is similar in pattern to the bonnets worn by the Black Watch about the year 1740, and makes an excellent head-dress. If Mr Seddon is anxious to save money and the time of legislators, he should forthwith adopt the electric method of recording vote?. This is now used by several municipal bodies in England, the latest b6:ng Liverpool. Bach councillor's desk is fitted with a white button for "Aye" and a black button for " No," and the result of the division appears on an indicator above the desk of the presiding ofrioer, and can easily be read by the clerks or those who have voted. The County Council meets to-day. At the forthcoming Poultry Show, ten j pairs of birds from the Momahaki farm ' will be exhibited. At the Police Court on Saturday John Field, alias Day. who had been twice remanded for medioal examination as to mental condition, was discharged on the dootor's report. | See the Conquering Hero comes! 1 The ! enemy rbeumat sm is vanquished ! 1 Book's : , Rheumatic Powder succeeds where hundreds, of others h=we failed! It strikes the roat of , the evil I Expells the Uric Ac!d Poi on I : ffnsures perfect circulation of the blood; i Kegenerates the whole system I Has cured ! hundreds 1 Will care you! Success certain I , Failure impossible. Price 8s 6d at all chemists and leading stores.—Advt. '

The Von. Archdeacon Walsh, writing ' to Mr VV. H. i-kiuner, states that Messrs McNab and Mason, the Auckland monu- i mental masons, have nearly completed the stone obelisk wh/ch is to be erected , in St. Mary's Churchyard here in memory of the Taranaki men who lost their lives in the South African War. He suggests that the monument should be unveiled on the occasion of Bishop Neligan's visit to New Plymouth in Auguat. The old Maori chief, Take Take, whose tatooed face has been photographed probably more than any other native in New Zealand for illustrated papers, has just died atWanganui, aged 83years. The quantity and value of the gold exported from the different ports of the colony for the month of June, was as follows :—Auckland 28 510.'Z valned L 98.459 ; Nelson 30640z, Ll4 69C ; West purt HHOcz, L4o4'); Groymouth 3375 >z L 13.499; Hokitika 43430z, L 17.876; Dunediu 21.5900z, LB6 472 ; Invercargill 1573.12, L 6292. Total 64,0750z valued at L 240.834 For the half year the export of gold shows an increase of L 87,376 in value over that for the first six months of 1902. The Governor has named Messis W. and T. K. tkinner's Outfield street property " Oranoa," which means "saved with difficulty." In relation to this name the legend runs that a Maori girl saved her sisters life on Paratutu, by opening a vein in her arm to give her sister a drink of her blood, and that she was afterwards christened •' Oranoa," hence the estate will have an interesting story attached to its name. Purchasers in this estate can have their titles now at any time Messrs . Oallaghan and Company are the agents.