LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 215, 7 October 1903, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Inteieating reading matter will be found on page four of this issued Among the more salient features of the McCormick mowers are the superb gearings. The McCormick is a powerful machine for heavy work.—Advt. Mr William Sholto Douglas, who has been on the editorial staff of the " New Zealand Herald" for many years, has been appointed editor of that journal in su;ces»ion to the late Mr William Berry. At the Arbitration Court at Wellington on Tuesday, several employers were fined sums varying from LlO to LI for breaches of awards, The claimant in a case for damages for loss of a foot while working in a gravel pit was awarded LI 4s a week. A reminder is given of the annual meeting of the Equitable Building Society at the Town Ball this evening at 8 o'clock, when two appropriations of Ll5O will be sold by tender, and other business transacted as specified in our advertising columns. The Borough Council invites tenders for shoot and hooper bins for the stone crusher at the aoattoir site. The Hokitika Harbour Board at a special meeting on Tuesday, considered v!r Leslie Reynold's report on suggested harbour improvements. An offer was received from a local firm of sharebrokers for a loan of L 20.000 to include this Boaid's present indebtedness. It was resolved to have a short Bill prepared enabling the Board to deal with their re serves, and if it is passed, to carry out the suggested improvements. At the Magistrates Court, Gisborhe, Watene Kaipau, an alleged tohunga, was committed for trial on a charge of killing HitaTekania, a consumptive, by throwing cold water over him.