LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 205, 25 September 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Interesting reading mutter will be found 0:1 page four of this issuo.

McCormick advertisements are promises honestly kept.—Aclvt. 'i'ho following liipir--1 regarding the Y/eHmgton-'i'aramiki t'.'octoratos will be mad wit.li intereHt: The area ef the city of Wellington electorate is 1950 acres,' cirrying a pupal vtion of 18.37 per acre ; Uutt 217,:?0() acres, 0-179 population per r-cre, Newtown, 16 225 acres, .7211 per '■i-:e ; Otaki 421, ICO acres, .0198 i.u\r 'ttcre ; Manawatu, 453 750 aonw, .0197 uere ; falnurswu, 147 450 acres, 0715 per acre; Oi'oua, 506 300 acros, .0186 per acre ; Wanganui, 31,650 acres, .3537 por acre ; Rangitikei, 2,174 pOO i. '■< i, .0038 per acre; Pataa, 997,800 acres, .0105 per acre ; Hawera, 295,500 acres, .0342 per acre ; Taranaki, 191,747 acres, ,0512 per acre ; Egmoirt, 2,010,700 iicres, 0047 per acre; Wairarapa 1,094 100 acres, .0076 per acre ; Mastori on. ()M 400 acres, .01(57 per aero ; Pahia t.ua, 698,300 acres, .0135 poracra. New Plymouth will shortly be visited by the clever Black Fimily, a famous musical organisation hailing from Dune din, and consisting of five members. In addition to high attainments as performers on a number of ordinary and ex traordinary instruments, they have a reputation for individual versatility and cpllective skill raroly to be found, and for all round excellence their entertainments are said to be remarkable. 1

His Worship the Mayor, Mr R. Cock, who has been in Wellington.iti connection with the Harbour Empowering Bill, returned from Wellington on Wednesday evening. The chairman of the Board, Mr Oonnett, and Mr Newton King returned last night (Thursday). The Mayor says the Harbour Bill has a great fight before it, the opponents being determined to use the forms o; the Hjuse to obstruct it in every possible way. A ease arising out of the recent case in which two Maoris were charged with stealing from the person, was heard at the Police Court on Wednesday. Richard H. Keats, the complainant on the former occasion, was charged by the police with supplyiug alcoholic liquors to a Maori woman. Accused pleaded euilty, but Sergeant Haddrell, who prosecuted, said the case was a very bad one, and pressed for a heavy fine, and the S.M., Mr Stanford, imposed a fine of £5 and 21s costs.

On Thursday evening Mr E. 6; Allsworth, J.P., Mr Banks. Clerk of the Court, and Mr C. Weston, of Messrs Weston and Weston, proceeded to the Now Plymouth Gaol for the purpose of releasing Mr Moses Trotter, who had been arrested m Auckland at tho instance of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, to whom It is alleged he owes about L2OOO. Mr Trotter having signed a bond for LIOOO, which was also signed by Mr G Taylor, Muyor of Eltham, and several other Eltham gentleman, the otder for his release was handed to Mr O'Brien, gaoler, and he left the gaol in company of Mr Weston, who was acting on his be h-ilf, instructed by Mr Crump, of Eltham Mr Trotter will appear before the Court at Stratford on Saturday. Papakura (Auckland) has its half holiday on Tuesday afternoon. Amberley and Outran) are the only towns in the oolony to have a Saturday half holidey. There are thirty-nine towns that have a Thursday, and seventy one that have a Wednesday holiday. The meeting of the Teachers Institute, called for to-morrow, 26th inst., has been postponed. There is at present a splendid collection of blooms to bo seen in tho windows of the C.F. and F.C., Devon-street, grown from bulbs by Cooper, of Wellington, i Orders can now be booked for these grand bulbs, which will be delivered in due season.—Advfc. 2

The Wellington Education Board has decided to again wait on the Minister of Education as tu its financial position.

The Wellington City Council on Thurs day temporarily shelved the proposal to carry the electric tramlines through the Basin Reserve, and negatived a recom - mendation that certain parts of the town belt should be leased for building purpuses.

Mr J. H. Heragton, of the Custom* Department, on the eve of his departure from Wellington for New Plymouth, to take up the duties of Collector of Customs, was presented yesterday by his late offioe comrades with souvenirs of esteem.