LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 183, 5 August 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading matter will he found on page four of this iaaue, Tliß Melbourne-Brindisi despatch of Ist July arrived in London on 2nd inst. I Messrs Jordan and Sonß, land agents, Tauranga, offer for sale a capital firm i with all implements, stock etc, as a going . 'ooncern. I I The conciliation Board sat at Wanganui • ' on Tuesday to hear the butchers' dispute.;. ! Lieutenant Colonel Sommerville ,has , been appointed officer in charge of the , Veterans' Home. j, | Messrs Malone, McVeagh and Ander-', son have a notice of interest in another . t column. |, ! Messrs and Laing notify an . auction sale of a large estate in the Waikato district. Mr W. D. Campbell, sub*editor on the " Taranaki Herald," has been appointed to a similar position on the " Christchurch Press, in succession to iVir J. ' Parker, formerly a reporter on the Herald ' staff, who is joining the Wellington Post. 1 i Mr A. H. Holmes, clerk of the Court ' at New Plymouth, his been offered the ' I poshion of clerk at Wellington. i | The fact that the £IOOO voted last . session for assistance to sewing teachers i : has not yet been p-.i<J, was the subject of i ', complaint on Friday by Mr Thomas Mackenzie. The Premier replied that the reason whv the i'2ooo for c >.Tunittees, . and £lO 0 for sewing teachers had not j been paid was that the Government had j not been advised that it would bo within j the power of the Education Boards to apply the money for their own purposes., j However, he intended that the money should be handed direct to tha school oommiltees, and a clause to that effect 1 would be included in the Appropriation. , Bill. "Vt ill you make it permanent ?' | asked Mr Mackenzie. " Ya3,l will make it permanent," was the Premier's reply. '

j At Stratford His Excellency tho Governor was met, on the arrival of his special train, by tho May r, a member of the Borough Council, the Town Clerk, and the Ohairmin of the District High Sch >ol Committee. His Excellency informed the Mayor that it was hia intentiod to stay in the colony until May, as it was his wLst: to be present at the opening of the Veterans' Home. On Monday night Mr J G. Harkness entertained the employees of the Midhirst diiry factory. The employes presented Mr Harkness with a set of carvers, and expressed regret at losing a man with whojn they had always worked so amicably. Mr Hurkness in reply expressed regret at lowing the district, and said he would always remember the Midhirst Dairy Company employees. j Mr Sladden, as will be seen by advertisement in this issue, has taken Mr A. jH, Palmer into partnership. Both 1 gentlemen are bo well known in the disj trict that we need do no more than 1 . heartily wish the new firm every success. | M,r Sladden's knowledge of the district is ' second to none, and as a surveyor he has had a very wide experience. While Mr j Palmer, as engineer to the town of Stratford (where as the senior member of the firm of Palmer and Clare he did excellent work) The Manganui Road Board, Moa Road Board, Clifton Uonncy Council, on ■ the Thames Qoldfields, and in Australia ' . hasan experience in that important branch i of his profession that should be meat ! valuable to the firm and the district. 1 The Stratford School Committee which i' realised £SO as the result of a sohool 'entertainment entitled "Babes in the Wood," have voted £lO to the funds of i the Schpol cadets. The Editor of the Daily News has been invited to contribute an article on I " the chief point of interest in the financial relations of the Mother Country . to New Zealand " to appear in a special , issue of the Financial News, to be published in London, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of that journal. The 'Frisco mail arrived by the Rotoiti , on Wednesday morning. After landing the Taranaki-Wanganui mail, the Rotoiti i fefo witji the Wellington and (Southern I I mail. j The construction of the flume to carry i the water of the Huatoki is a big work, | The whole stream is being raised f >ur 1 j feet, so that the bed of the stream can be 1 concreted and the walls erected without any trouble with the water. The wrk will be done in two sections. The first length of ftumin? is well advanced to wards completion, and a large quantity of stune is ready, so that the work should 1 proceed rapidly. The Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce informs us that a meeting of the Chamber has been called for Tuesday next, ll r h inst., to consider the proposed j railway time table. Mr Bewley further states that the traffic manager promised to submit any alterations proposed to the Chamber for its consideration and suggestions. Dr Valintine objects to the site for abattoirs at Majtei'ton, on account of its proximity to the s septic tank. The Masterton Borough Council have j declined to certify to the petition for nine i o'clock closing on Saturday night, on account of the irregularity of the signatures. At a meeting of the Ngaire Farmers' Union branch last week, a circular was received from Oounake re the formation of a Harbour Katepaytrs' Oefence League. A motion was proposed by Mr Fryday : "That it is time we s r art a Harbour '■ Ratepayers' Defence League with the object of strenuously opposing any further liability being imposed on ratepayers, and generally vo safeguard their interest." Mr Thomas moved an amendment: "That this meeting is averse to any Bill being passed this session, givine power for borrowing money to extend the New Plymouth harbour, until we have more information on tho subject," This was carried by 10 to 5, The muster of volunteers iu town on the occasion of the memorial at St. Mary's to ihe troopers who fell in South Africa will be very large, as it includes all the companies in the district, from Stratford to Okato inclusive. Suoh a display should prove highly attractive to country residents, who would probahly come ii if ' facilities were afforded in the shape of excursion fares and speoial trains. Wei would suggest that efforts be made }n this I djrefitipß, !