NEWS OF THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 195, 22 August 1904, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Brisbane reports another case of plague. Joseph William Wilson, aged 50, a cook, was seized with a fit in Wil-lis-street, Wellington, on Friday night, and expired in a few minutes. He was. a married maw with a large family. The Wellington corporation loan of £33,000 for street works lius boor, obtained locally at -1J per cent. There is every prospect of the loan of £77,000 for tramway extension being obtained at the same figure.

In connection with Australian State elections all West Australian Ministers except ono (Mr Drew).have been returned unopposed. In Queensland eighteen menders, including eleven Labour candidates, were elected without opposition. The New Zealand Culodonian Association, evidently stirred into action by the proposal to form a Taranaki Athletic Association to govern local sports gatherings, has at last dealt with tho matters brought under its notico six months ago. W. Wilson's disqualification by the Bell Block Club for using insulting language to an official has been endorsed, the disqualification being for the term of his natural life. Capel's disqualification has been increased from six months to twelve, mid Stanaway,, who was warned off for three years by the Stratford Caledonian Socioty, is now disujimliiii.d for life. Hut even those drastic measures will not win the Taranaki athletic institutions back to the association fold, as the -governing association will be definitely formed in September.

The committee set up at the public meeting on July 16th last to oi'jtain particulars of properties suitable for tlie proposed Taranaki Co-operative Bacon Curing and Pork Supply Company met on SatuiUay, when there were' present: Messrs Price (chairman), Gray, Rowe Wright, Colsoni, Sal way, Street and Andrews. The oilers of Mr W. F. McAllum to sell his tannery sito on tho Fronkley Road for £2OOO, with certain provisions, and of Mr Alf. Drake to sell his present bacon factory premises at Fitzroy at £ISOO, were road, and t.te reports of Messrs Orbell and Alackay (engineers) and Moronoy considered. It was decided to recommend to tlie general meeting that a company bo formed, that a canvass bo made for promises of support in shares and pigs, and that the company should erect a killing station at Okato.

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is tid.« *

How a moderate capitalist misses becoming a millionire.—ln reviewing the rise of property in New Plymouth during the deriod 1890 to 1901 it was possible for a £IO,OOO capitalist to lie on a fair road of becoming a millionaire, and it causes much study to-day before anyone con bo in a position to say that the opportunity has now gone by ; when wo come to consider that the whole of the freehold in the borough of New Plymouth contains only about 347 acres—lo4 acres central ward, 89 acres western ward, 159 acres eastern ward—one-fourth of the total area of which could havo been purchased for about- £17,000 uniinprovvulue within the period mentioned-, which has increased to a present saleable unimproved value of about £222,000. Many residents remember a few years ago sections in Iline-st. wore looking for buyers at £ls n flection. Are there any sellers at £250 a section to-day ? We have no local industries that the cause of this rise in value can be attributed to It is practically tho prosperity ol Taranaki which tho syndicate known as tho Crown Dairy Company was the means of starting. There arc no enterprising capitalists in New Plymouth up to the present. It cannot be long before capitalists will turn their attention to what is the greatest colony in the. world. Labour will follow capital. Tho population will increase, and when wo consider that the total area of our borough could bo held by about 300 persons with a little over an acre each, and rising in value as it lias done with a population of 0000, what will be the value when the population readies 20.000, wilh large industries? Property values in New Plymouth aro "cast iron ; " depression can never affect them. Depression should cause unity and with unity we can drive Taranak- to prosperity. It It estimated that tlie lirzt direct steamer would cause nn increase in value of Taramtki properly o." £500,000. Person, ally wo should say now is the time i;',r i "r' U „ I ''' , T hokl ' il ' 0nl y o"'a small -stale Callaglian and Co. can oiler opportunities of securing homos wi , ma.l deposit and in situations that the capitalists- will wnnt .i,,,..,!,. Again in 1908, what hie of sections ,„ the Veale Estate foam* eXP ' ration of the labour'

Amount of shippers' invoices collected against delivery 0 f goods by the New Zealand Express Company Ltd. Try their C.0.1), system and minimise risk of bad debts. p.

I Mr William O'Brien Ims been ro--1 turned unopposed for the Cork seat i ii. iho House of Commons.

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