The Daily News. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1903. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 63, 14 July 1903, Page 2

The Daily News. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1903. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will ibe found on page four of this issue. The Star juniors dances will he he held as usual this evening,—Advt. Mr Jennings intends to ask the Government whether the services rendered J by Mr Hulke, of Bell Block, Taranaki, in the direction of furthering the dairying iand cheese making industries of the [Colony, are not entitled to substantial recognition by the colony ?

From a communication just to hand by the 'Frisco mail, we learn that the Stine and Evans American Comedy Company started on an Australasian tour on July 4th, and will visit New Plymouth in due course. Mr Fred Duval ia the touring rapresentative, and this should be a suffl cient guarantee of the high status of the combination. At a speoial meeting of the Borough Council on Monday evening, the speoial order made on Jane 9th levying rates was confirmed. At the Borough Council on Monday evening, a discussion took place between the Council and Mr Okey, Chairman of the County Council, relative to the dim culty of disposing of the surface water on the Avenue-road, near the High School, but it was unproductive of any result, aB neither party had any scheme to propose Mr Felix Tannei, lately diver at the New Plymouth Harbour Board, and who in his time has played many parts as tight-rope walker, parachutist, inventor of a flying machine etc., incited by the exploits of Captain Voss, of the Tilikum, is proposing to make a voyage round the world in a beer barrel. Of course the barrel will be built into a hull, and otherwise fiied up, so as to carry tail and have steerage way. Bar Tanner has so much confidence in his project that he proposes floating a local company to carry it out. You can get Three Bhaves for Is, at Mason's Hen-dressing Saloon, Broughamstree, next Miss Cottiers.—Advt. Mr A. Howell has joined Mr Bransgrove in the boot and shoe business, carried on in Devon-street. The business will in future be carried on under the style of Bransgrove and Howell. A general meeting of the New Plymouth Tradesman's Association is called for Wednesday next, at 8 p.m., In the Borough Oounoil Chambers, all employers and Tradesmen are invited. Business important.—Advt. 14 lhe Stratford Supreme Court oase George Kay v. Esther I. O'Neill, a claim for £ 1080, in respect of the building of the Crystal Coffee Palaoe, Stratford, was satisfactorily settled last week by the respective solicitors for the parties, Mr Spence, of Strattord, acling for the plaintiff, and Mr Fitzherberfc, of New Plymouth, for the defendant. Mr Fitz herbert is to be congratulated on settling this very difficult case out of Oourt. There was an exceptionally "cold snap" experienced yesterday in New Plymouth. Our readers will please notice that tickets for the Hospital Ball can be procured at all stationers, and Mr S. Teed, the Hon. Secretary. All donations, if convenient, can be left at the Theatre Royal on Thursday morning early, and where inconvenient, the secretary wi.l be pleased to receive names from such, and will send for the same on Thursday. The secretary reports that tickets are moving off more freely than the former week, and everything points to a successful ball. A feature at the Ball will be the dance music on the Pianola. We are requested by the secretary of the Star Football Club to say that the statement contained in our last issue that "Skinny" Humphries was presented with a cheque before leaving for Wellington by the members of the Htar Club, is not correct. We need hardly say we are sorry to hear it. According to the Auckland Herald, Messrs "Watt and Laing, land and financial agents, and laud auctioneers, of New Ply mouth, have opened an office in Auck* land, in Legal Chambers, Queen street. To show that land in the Eketahuna district is worth having, we (Express) may mention that a settler who went on to a small section five years ago, i-80 in debt, is now in a position to take himself and wife for a trip to the Old Country. Says the Bulletin:—" Jnnuiy " Tyson, the Australian millionaire, died just in time, perhaps. The buyer of his Meteor Downs (Queensland) station, Spnngsure district, fans mustered sincn the riin, and can find only 1000 of the 95.0.X) sheep he bought. The prioe for the lot waß said to 1 be £IOO,OOO. I.

Trains will leave the New Plymouth Station for the Breakwater, connecting with steamera mentioned below, as follows :-9«n,, Eotoiti (from south), 8.20 p.m. Rctoiti (for North). In addressing the Auckland members of Parliament at a meeting of the Natives' Association a week or two ago, Mr Ralph (president) made some interesting remarks upon certain desired reforms. In dealing with the liquor traffio, he said the tourist traffic of the colony was of such vital importance that he offered no excuse for averring that the Government should either give such fixity of tenure for hotel licenses as would justify owners in extending their premises to meet the anticipated increase in the tourist traffic, or, in the alternative, should nationalise licensed houses, according reasonable compensation for the property acquired. He ventured to say that all the hotels in New Zealand could be acquired for a reasonable expenditure, in the form of four per cent, debentures. At the S. M. Court yesterday, judgment for plaintiff was given in the case J. Paul v. T. O'Oonuor, claim £2B, and 30s costs. There was a clean sheet at the Police Court. Mr 0. Samuel leaves for Wellington by the mail train this morning, and will represent the Taranaki Jockey Olub at the Racing Conference, which opens on Wednesday morning. While in Wellington, Mr 0. Samuel, as solicitor to the School Commissioners, will confer with Mr Martin, the authority on municipal law, on the action to be taken to compel the Stratford Borough Council to open Esk-street, which is blocked for traffio by the water in a dam on a neighbouring seotion, thus depriving the Commissioners of access to a section they are desirous of leasing. Acting on Mr Samuel'R advice, with the view of avoiding litigation, the Commissioners applied to the Stratford Borough Council to have the obstruction on the street removed, _ but the Council declined to take any action. A young lad named Ernest Henderson, aged 17 years, of Rata, died at Marton on Sunday. He played in a third class football match for Rata against Marton on Saturday, and retired before the game finished. In the evening he became unconscious and never recevered. The post mortem showed that deceased received a kick in the abdomen. A verdict to that effect was returned at the inquest. The kick was received during the progress of the game. The Inspector of Lodging Houses reports that the lodging-house keepers in the town all object to the word "com mon" in the form of application for license, as they consider it reflects discredit on the house. From a private letter reoeived at Stratford, it states that the Rev N. U. Boyes met with a very serious misfortunb recently. He was cutting gorse in the church grounds at Howlck, when a thorn lodged in the pupil of his right eye The orb was so damaged that he will not regain his sight in that eye. Mr Boyes' many friends will regret to hear of this accident. The Egmont Settler says :—The Com* missioner of Crown Lands has notified the Stratford County Council that pound Rites have been granted at Huiroa, Mangaehu, and Whangamomona. A supplement to the Gazette contains the names of teachers who hold certificates under the Education Act of 1877. The total number of teaohers employed in public instruction is 2729, of whom 1303 are males, and 1426 females. The number of qualified teachers not employed in public instruction is given as 2486. Of these, 793 are married women. The Auokland City Council resolved by eleven to two votes, to abolish the ward system in the city. This will necessitate reducing the number of councillors to 12, and holding a new election. It's the first holiday I've had for two years," said a woman at the Wellington Magistrate's Court, when the Stipendiary Magistrate commented on the faob of her and another person claiming and counter claiming against one another for 13s and lis respectively, and waiting about a whole day for the case to be heard. Eaoh party got judgment against one another—and had to pay 5s and 63 costs respectively. —Times.